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<p>85.201.171.166: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> :''Ejector is an [[Allspark Mutation]] and [[Decepticon]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Toaster dew.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Transformers 2: Electric Dewgaloo]]<br /> '''Ejector''' is a&lt;s&gt;n evil&lt;/s&gt; mischievous Transformer secretly living with three twenty-something humans in an apartment flat. He conceals himself in the form of a 4-slot bread searing machine (a toaster) usually located on the kitchen counter. He has revealed himself only to one of his roommates (&quot;the patsy&quot;) and he is now attempting to drive him mad.<br /> <br /> Ejector's robot mode is a bipedal robot about 1.5 feet tall with red glowing internal parts (possibly heating elements.) His most distinctive feature is an articulated 'tail' from which he rapidly spins his retractable power plug like a flail. He cannot speak English, but appears to understand it. In toaster mode, he is capable of concealing a small payload within his frame (such as a 20 oz bottle). However, doing so prevents actual toast from being inserted inside of him, and thus partially compromises his disguise.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2007)===<br /> While the Patsy and his other roommates were out, Ejector snuck into the fridge and stole the Patsy's last 20 oz [[Mountain Dew]]. When he returned to find it missing, the Patsy reasoned aloud that the toaster must have taken it to aggravate him in increasingly accusatory tones until his roommates intervened to calm him down—whereupon Ejector transformed behind their backs and performed a taunting &quot;touchdown dance&quot;, rubbing himself obscenely against the cool and glistening surface of the Dew bottle while the Pasty shrieked in impotent rage.&lt;ref&gt;The &quot;Toaster&quot; commercial for the &quot;Transform Your Summer&quot; Mountain Dew campaign.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen''===<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> {{storylink|When Robots Attack!}}<br /> <br /> ==Roommates==<br /> ===&quot;The Patsy&quot;===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommate punkd.jpg|left|thumb|ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!]]<br /> The Patsy knows his toaster is both alive...and evil. He's seen it moving around, causing trouble when no one else is paying attention—but for some reason ''he'' always gets blamed for the toaster's mischief!<br /> <br /> The Patsy at least partially doubts his own sanity in the face of the toaster's growing campaign of &lt;s&gt;terror&lt;/s&gt; humiliation, and he has begun to construct elaborate logical proofs for Ejector's existence... that fail to convince his roommates, but leave Ejector in stitches.<br /> <br /> One of these days, he's going to get that Ejector, yes he will! And ''then'' we'll see who the crazy one around here is! Ha! ''Ha ha ha ha ha...''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===The couch guys===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommates couch.jpg|thumb|We got the couch, now all we need is to find three girls, and we can start our own show.]]<br /> The Patsy's roommates think he's crazy for projecting all his insecurities and failings onto the toaster. They figure he needs a girlfriend to project his failings and insecurities onto, like a normal guy.<br /> <br /> Oh, God, is he yelling again? Yeah, okay, we'll do something about it...as soon as it's a commercial. Well, not if it's one of those delightful Mac/PC ads...<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Revenge of the Fallen===<br /> *'''Ejector''' (Scout Class, 2009)<br /> Only one thing is known: based on his stats, he is one [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_(film) Brave Little Toaster]. <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Toaster]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_64.html Ejector's character design.]<br /> * [http://pepsi.yahoo.com/transformyoursummer/video.php 'Toaster' commercial on the Transform Your Summer website.] (currently down)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Allspark Mutations]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Movie characters]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]</div>

85.201.171.166 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ejector&diff=306043 2009-06-04T23:10:48Z

<p>85.201.171.166: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> :''Ejector is an [[Allspark Mutation]] and [[Decepticon]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Toaster dew.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Transformers 2: Electric Dewgaloo]]<br /> '''Ejector''' is a&lt;s&gt;n evil&lt;/s&gt; mischievous Transformer secretly living with three twenty-something humans in an apartment flat. He conceals himself in the form of a 4-slot bread searing machine (a toaster) usually located on the kitchen counter. He has revealed himself only to one of his roommates (&quot;the patsy&quot;) and he is now attempting to drive him mad.<br /> <br /> Ejector's robot mode is a bipedal robot about 1.5 feet tall with red glowing internal parts (possibly heating elements.) His most distinctive feature is an articulated 'tail' from which he rapidly spins his retractable power plug like a flail. He cannot speak English, but appears to understand it. In toaster mode, he is capable of concealing a small payload within his frame (such as a 20 oz bottle). However, doing so prevents actual toast from being inserted inside of him, and thus partially compromises his disguise.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2007)===<br /> While the Patsy and his other roommates were out, Ejector snuck into the fridge and stole the Patsy's last 20 oz [[Mountain Dew]]. When he returned to find it missing, the Patsy reasoned aloud that the toaster must have taken it to aggravate him in increasingly accusatory tones until his roommates intervened to calm him down—whereupon Ejector transformed behind their backs and performed a taunting &quot;touchdown dance&quot;, rubbing himself obscenely against the cool and glistening surface of the Dew bottle while the Pasty shrieked in impotent rage.&lt;ref&gt;The &quot;Toaster&quot; commercial for the &quot;Transform Your Summer&quot; Mountain Dew campaign.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen''===<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> {{storylink|When Robots Attack!}}<br /> <br /> ==Roommates==<br /> ===&quot;The Patsy&quot;===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommate punkd.jpg|left|thumb|ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!]]<br /> The Patsy knows his toaster is both alive...and evil. He's seen it moving around, causing trouble when no one else is paying attention—but for some reason ''he'' always gets blamed for the toaster's mischief!<br /> <br /> The Patsy at least partially doubts his own sanity in the face of the toaster's growing campaign of &lt;s&gt;terror&lt;/s&gt; humiliation, and he has begun to construct elaborate logical proofs for Ejector's existence... that fail to convince his roommates, but leave Ejector in stitches.<br /> <br /> One of these days, he's going to get that Ejector, yes he will! And ''then'' we'll see who the crazy one around here is! Ha! ''Ha ha ha ha ha...''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===The couch guys===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommates couch.jpg|thumb|We got the couch, now all we need is to find three girls, and we can start our own show.]]<br /> The Patsy's roommates think he's crazy for projecting all his insecurities and failings onto the toaster. They figure he needs a girlfriend to project his failings and insecurities onto, like a normal guy.<br /> <br /> Oh, God, is he yelling again? Yeah, okay, we'll do something about it...as soon as it's a commercial. Well, not if it's one of those delightful Mac/PC ads...<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Revenge of the Fallen===<br /> *'''Ejector''' (Scout Class, 2009)<br /> Only one thing is known: based on his stats, he is one brave little toaster. <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> His stats says his courage is up to 1, for such a little Decepticon, this is surprisingly high. One might even say he is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_(film) Brave Little Toaster]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Toaster]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_64.html Ejector's character design.]<br /> * [http://pepsi.yahoo.com/transformyoursummer/video.php 'Toaster' commercial on the Transform Your Summer website.] (currently down)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Allspark Mutations]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Movie characters]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]</div>

85.201.171.166 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ejector&diff=306041 2009-06-04T23:10:08Z

<p>85.201.171.166: /* Toys */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> :''Ejector is an [[Allspark Mutation]] and [[Decepticon]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Toaster dew.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Transformers 2: Electric Dewgaloo]]<br /> '''Ejector''' is a&lt;s&gt;n evil&lt;/s&gt; mischievous Transformer secretly living with three twenty-something humans in an apartment flat. He conceals himself in the form of a 4-slot bread searing machine (a toaster) usually located on the kitchen counter. He has revealed himself only to one of his roommates (&quot;the patsy&quot;) and he is now attempting to drive him mad.<br /> <br /> Ejector's robot mode is a bipedal robot about 1.5 feet tall with red glowing internal parts (possibly heating elements.) His most distinctive feature is an articulated 'tail' from which he rapidly spins his retractable power plug like a flail. He cannot speak English, but appears to understand it. In toaster mode, he is capable of concealing a small payload within his frame (such as a 20 oz bottle). However, doing so prevents actual toast from being inserted inside of him, and thus partially compromises his disguise.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2007)===<br /> While the Patsy and his other roommates were out, Ejector snuck into the fridge and stole the Patsy's last 20 oz [[Mountain Dew]]. When he returned to find it missing, the Patsy reasoned aloud that the toaster must have taken it to aggravate him in increasingly accusatory tones until his roommates intervened to calm him down—whereupon Ejector transformed behind their backs and performed a taunting &quot;touchdown dance&quot;, rubbing himself obscenely against the cool and glistening surface of the Dew bottle while the Pasty shrieked in impotent rage.&lt;ref&gt;The &quot;Toaster&quot; commercial for the &quot;Transform Your Summer&quot; Mountain Dew campaign.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen''===<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> {{storylink|When Robots Attack!}}<br /> <br /> ==Roommates==<br /> ===&quot;The Patsy&quot;===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommate punkd.jpg|left|thumb|ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!]]<br /> The Patsy knows his toaster is both alive...and evil. He's seen it moving around, causing trouble when no one else is paying attention—but for some reason ''he'' always gets blamed for the toaster's mischief!<br /> <br /> The Patsy at least partially doubts his own sanity in the face of the toaster's growing campaign of &lt;s&gt;terror&lt;/s&gt; humiliation, and he has begun to construct elaborate logical proofs for Ejector's existence... that fail to convince his roommates, but leave Ejector in stitches.<br /> <br /> One of these days, he's going to get that Ejector, yes he will! And ''then'' we'll see who the crazy one around here is! Ha! ''Ha ha ha ha ha...''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===The couch guys===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommates couch.jpg|thumb|We got the couch, now all we need is to find three girls, and we can start our own show.]]<br /> The Patsy's roommates think he's crazy for projecting all his insecurities and failings onto the toaster. They figure he needs a girlfriend to project his failings and insecurities onto, like a normal guy.<br /> <br /> Oh, God, is he yelling again? Yeah, okay, we'll do something about it...as soon as it's a commercial. Well, not if it's one of those delightful Mac/PC ads...<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Revenge of the Fallen===<br /> *'''Ejector''' (Scout Class, 2009)<br /> Only one thing is known: based on his stats, he is one brave little toaster. <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> Is statistic says his courage is up to 1, for such a little Decepticon, this is surprisingly high. One might even say he is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_(film) Brave Little Toaster]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Toaster]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_64.html Ejector's character design.]<br /> * [http://pepsi.yahoo.com/transformyoursummer/video.php 'Toaster' commercial on the Transform Your Summer website.] (currently down)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Allspark Mutations]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Movie characters]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]</div>

85.201.171.166 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ejector&diff=300277 2009-05-26T21:19:49Z

<p>85.201.171.166: /* External links */</p> <hr /> <div>{{noname-designation}}<br /> {{disambig2|the possible Allspark mutation|Blaster's brother in the Marvel Comics|Toaster}}<br /> {{disambig2|a toaster|a Transformer who likes toast|Ramjet (G1)}}<br /> :''The toaster bot is a [[Transformer|Transformer]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Toaster dew.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Transformers 2: Electric Dewgaloo]]<br /> The '''toaster bot''' is a&lt;s&gt;n&lt;/s&gt; &lt;s&gt;evil&lt;/s&gt; mischievous Transformer secretly living with three twenty-something humans in an apartment flat. He conceals himself in the form of a 4-slot bread searing machine (a toaster) usually located on the kitchen counter. He has revealed himself only to one of his roommates (&quot;the Patsy&quot;) and he is now attempting to drive him mad.<br /> <br /> The toaster bot's robot mode is a bipedal robot about 1.5 feet tall with red glowing internal parts (possibly heating elements.) His most distinctive feature is an articulated 'tail' from which he rapidly spins his retractable power plug like a flail. He cannot speak English, but appears to understand it. In toaster mode, he is capable of concealing a small payload within his frame (such as a 20 oz bottle). However, doing so prevents actual toast from being inserted inside of him, and thus partially compromises his disguise.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2007)===<br /> While the Patsy and his other roommates were out, the toaster bot snuck into the fridge and stole the Patsy's last 20 oz [[Mountain Dew|Mountain Dew]]. When he returned to find it missing, the Patsy reasoned aloud that the toaster must have taken it to aggravate him in increasingly accusatory tones until his roommates intervened to calm him down—whereupon the the toaster bot Transformed behind their backs and performs a taunting 'touchdown dance', rubbing himself obscenely against the cool and glistening surface of the Dew bottle while the Pasty shrieked in impotent rage.&lt;ref&gt;The 'Toaster' Transform Your Summer Mountain Dew commercial.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen''===<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}<br /> {{storylink|When Robots Attack!}}<br /> <br /> ==Roommates==<br /> ===&quot;The Patsy&quot;===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommate punkd.jpg|left|thumb|ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!]]<br /> The Patsy knows his toaster is both alive... and evil. He's seen it, moving around, causing trouble when no one else is paying attention—but for some reason ''he'' always gets blamed for the toaster's mischief!<br /> <br /> The Patsy at least partially doubts his own sanity in the face of the toaster's growing campaign of &lt;s&gt;terror&lt;/s&gt; humiliation, and he has begun to construct elaborate logical proofs for the toaster bot's existence... that fail to convince his roommates, but leave the toaster bot in stitches.<br /> <br /> One of these days he's going to get that the toaster bot, yes he will! And ''then'' we'll see who the crazy one around here is! Ha! ''Ha ha ha ha ha...''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===The couch guys===<br /> [[Image:Toaster roommates couch.jpg|thumb|We got the couch, now all we need is find three girls and we can start our own show]]<br /> The Patsy's roommates think he's crazy for projecting all his insecurities and failings onto the toaster, he needs a girlfriend to project his failings and insecurities onto like a normal guy.<br /> <br /> Oh, God, is he yelling again? Yeah, okay, we'll do something about it... as soon as it's a commercial. Well, not if it's one of those delightful Mac/PC ads...<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * He gets his designation from his [http://benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_64.html character model designs].<br /> *Though the toaster bot's origins are not explicitly stated, it is possible he is an [[Allspark Mutation|Allspark Mutation]] of the type seen in the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 film]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ezpy 'Toaster' commercial on dailymotion.]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Movie characters]]</div>

85.201.171.166 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Transformer&diff=300272 2009-05-26T21:16:54Z

<p>85.201.171.166: /* Origin */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the living alien robots|the brand that they appear and are sold as toys in|Transformers brand}}<br /> {{Disambigr|Transformers|other uses of Transformers|Transformers (disambiguation)}}<br /> [[Image:Bumblebeeg1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], a Transformer, transforming. Savvy?]]<br /> '''The Transformers''' are a species of [[wikipedia:Sentience|sentient]], living robotic beings (mostly) originating from the distant machine world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The stories of their lives, their histories, and most especially their wars have been chronicled across many different [[Continuity|continuities]] in the vast [[multiverse]].<br /> <br /> The designation &quot;Transformer&quot; stems from the species' generally-shared ability to [[Transformation|&quot;transform,&quot;]], to change their bodies at will, rearranging their component parts from a robotic primary mode (usually, but not always, humanoid) into an alternate form; generally vehicles, weapons, machinery, or animals. In some continuities this ability to transform is innate to all members of the species, in others it was a wartime innovation that was adopted by most, but not all, of the populace. <br /> <br /> Although &quot;Transformer&quot; is the most common term for these beings, there are others, mainly &quot;'''Cybertron'''&quot; as a reference to ''any'' being whose origin traces back to the planet in question (the adjective form being the more frequently used &quot;'''Cybertronian'''&quot;).<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Many [[MYA|millions of years ago]], on the planet Cybertron, there existed life. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities.|[[Victor Caroli|A voice]] from beyond|[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]}}<br /> <br /> ==Origin==<br /> [[Image:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Narration boxes don't lie!]]<br /> {{quote|They '''were''' the dream--mechanical beings able to transform their bodies into vehicles, machinery and weapons; a last line of defense against the chaos bringer, '''Unicron'''! They '''are''' at war, heroic '''Autobot''' pitted against evil '''Decepticon''', both on their homeworld, the metal planet called '''Cybertron''', and here on our '''Earth'''. They '''are''' the galaxy's last hope, they '''are'''-- '''''TRANSFORMERS'''''|[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' comic]] introductory blurb}}<br /> <br /> The origin of the Transformers species differs according to continuity, and not all continuities have given the race a specific stated origin at all, but, of those that exist, the most prominent are:<br /> <br /> * '''[[Atechnogenesis]]''' — Spontaneous evolution from &quot;naturally occurring gears, levers and pulleys&quot; on Cybertron's surface. This rather questionable origin was given in the first [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comic]] issue and then was promptly (and thankfully) ignored.<br /> * '''[[Quintesson|Quintesson made]]''' — Created as consumer goods and military hardware by the alien Quintessons. This was the origin given for the Transformers in the original Generation 1 cartoon. Although well known because of the cartoon's prominence, it has been given relatively little attention in subsequent media. According to some [[Al-Badur|sources]], it may be just another Quintesson trick.<br /> * '''[[Primus|Primus created]]''' — Created by the god-like &quot;Lord of the Light&quot; Primus to carry on his age old battle with the &quot;dark god&quot; [[Unicron]]. This origin sprang from [[Simon Furman|Simon Furman's]] United Kingdom comics and then carried back to the later American Marvel books. It is also the origin that has been embraced and adopted by pretty much every ''Transformers'' work/continuity until 2007. A [[retcon]] created by the ''Transformers [[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' and [[Fun Publications]] ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' comics and related fiction has unilaterally applied the Primus and Unicron backstory to all Transformers continuities in the Multiverse, past and future. How this works in light of the original cartoon's Quintesson backstory has not been explained ([[3H]] attempted to do so, however). <br /> [[Image:CybertronFossil.jpg|left|150px|thumb|I ''was'' Batman.]]<br /> * '''Biomechanical evolution''' — In no continuity is this a proven back history for the Transformer race. It is mentioned as idle speculation by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] fiction, who wonders if perhaps Transformers perhaps evolved/upgraded (with or without external help) from biological beings to mechanical ones, in a similar manner to the transition he witnesses underway on [[Gorlam Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} The inhabitants of Gorlam Prime ''did'' turn into Transformers, albeit with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|outside prompting]], but then went on to independently rename their world... Cybertron. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}} In at least one alternate universe, a [[Tonka GoBots|certain other race of transforming robotic lifeforms]] did indeed arise in such a fashion. In some continuities, Cybertron is known to have once been inhabited by organic life; in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', for example, Nightscream finds the fossilized remains of organic animals, which incidentally were startlingly similar to known Earthly life forms. {{storylink|Survivor}} However, there is little or no implication that the Transformers ''evolved'' from these organics; there is more implication that whatever previous life was on Cybertron was instead swept aside by the Transformers or their forebears. The ''Kiss Players'' timeline states that [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|12,000,000,000 years ago]] Cybertron was a verdant planet in Japanese continuity.<br /> * '''[[All Spark|Cube]] [[AllSpark (Animated)|Creationism]]''' — This origin, the newest, was introduced in 2007 for the live-action movies and ''Transformers Animated''. Here, the cube-like All Spark (much larger—though shrinkable—in the movie) mystically gave birth to the Transformers. It is not known by any of the Transformers who created it. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}} Unknown to the Transformers in the Movie-verse, the All Spark created them as a worker race to seek out energy refills for it, and had created a [[Trans-dimensional AllSpark creations|a different race]] first. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Biology==<br /> ===Physical construction===<br /> [[Image:Spark.gif|left|100px|thumb|Sparks retail for $29.95 at [http://www.sharperimage.com/ Sharper Image]]]<br /> Traditionally, Transformers are living, sentient, emotional, and fully-mechanical beings. Many continuities portray Transformer &quot;life&quot; as being granted by a soul-like [[spark]] residing within their mechanical frames. <br /> <br /> The [[Generation 2]] comic books established that Transformers possess both &quot;genetic material&quot; (useful when [[Reproduction|&quot;budding&quot;]]) and a distinct cellular structure, assumably both of a somehow mechanical nature. <br /> <br /> [[Image:G1Bw.gif|right|250px|thumb|Original, or extra-fleshy.]]<br /> By the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]] synthetic flesh had become increasingly incorporated into their construction, often to aid in disguise or survival on worlds inhabited by organic lifeforms. (A version of this technology had been introduced earlier with [[Pretender]] Transformers, though in that instance the synthetic flesh was a removable outer &quot;shell&quot;). <br /> <br /> In the era of ''[[Beast Machines]]'', events led to true organics being infused into Transformers biology down to the cellular level, making them &quot;[[technorganic]]&quot; with an increased range of powers resulting. (The &quot;[[ParasiTech]]&quot; technology introduced in the Generation-1-based ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' series seems to have an organic component to it as well.)<br /> <br /> Being mechanical creatures, Transformers possess a number of distinct mechanical parts that make up their anatomy. For a list, see: [[:Category:Transformer anatomy|Transformers Anatomy]].<br /> <br /> Transformers are also known to suffer from the following diseases:[[:Category:Diseases|Transformers Diseases]].<br /> <br /> First generation Transformers shared the same computational matrix as [[Vector Sigma]], making their power source compatible with the mega computer. Such Transformers are thus capable of reactivating the sleeping computer intelligence. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> ====See also====<br /> {{see|Ability}}<br /> <br /> ===Size===<br /> [[Image:BigSmall.gif|left|130px|thumb|Unicron is quite big, Browning is quite small. The contrast scares this poor little boy something mighty.]] Transformers are ''generally'' large in comparison to Earth lifeforms, (two to eight times the height of a human seems to be about average, though depictions vary wildly even for the same character), but a Transformer can be much, much smaller or much, much larger. There are some small enough to fit in a human's palm (see [[Browning]] and the [[Real Gear Robots]]). While the [[Micromaster]]s and [[Mini-Con]]s are two groups whose size range is within normal human standards at a time when most Transformers are larger, human-sized appears to be the norm for Transformers altogether in the Beast Era. In the G1 cartoon, the sizes often shift from episode to episode, at times when they can be twice the average human height to that of being able to reach a four-story building. Several Japanese animations have the robots usually large enough for a number of human characters to fit in one hand.<br /> <br /> The upper range of size can be a good deal larger, if you include planet-formers like [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] or even the colossal city-bots [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] or [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (the latter's gigantism depending on the continuity). In the ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' series, the planet [[Gigantion]] is populated by both extremes: robots who tower over &quot;normal&quot;-sized Transformers, aided by their tiny Mini-Con partners. But to be blunt, the usual sizes range from 20 feet to 40 feet.<br /> <br /> ====See also====<br /> {{see|Scale}}<br /> <br /> ===Variance in form===<br /> [[Image:Scorponok-Annual.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Unconventional limbs make [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] a slow typist.]]<br /> <br /> [[Image:Ravageboxart.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A [[Ravage (G1)|classic example]] of a non-humanoid Transformer.]]<br /> [[Image:ROTF Voyager Demolishor.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A [[Demolishor (ROTF)|not-so-classic]] example.]]<br /> <br /> While many Transformers possess a &quot;humanoid&quot; form with two arms, two legs and a head atop their torso, it is not uncommon at all for there to be extensive variations. Some Transformers do not have a &quot;humanoid&quot; mode at all, rather their &quot;primary&quot; form is that of an animal or vehicle. [[Generation 1|Generation 1's]] [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]], for example, or the ''Beast Wars'' [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants]].<br /> <br /> [[Image:MCA-ElitaOne.jpg|left|100px|thumb|[[Elita 1]] - Boys 0]]<br /> <br /> Some have unconventional limbs, their hands (or whole arm) replaced with tools, claws, weapons, or some other form of manipulator (like a beast-mode's head!). Some Transformers' lower bodies feature digitigrade legs, or wheels/treads instead of feet, or no discernible separate legs at all. Some even have more (or less!) than the normal number of limbs altogether. This design style became much more common in the Beast Era (''Beast Wars'' [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and ''Beast Machines'' [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], for example), and is also common among the Mini-Cons, but Generation 1 is not without its examples (like [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], and [[Octus]]).<br /> <br /> Transformers' faces also run the gamut of design, from looking like a metal human in a helmet, to faces that can only be described as robotic (again, like Generation 1 Shockwave, whose face consists of little more than a single glowing eye) or animalistic (again, the Beast Era). The Mini-Cons are also notable for more commonly having non-humanoid faces.<br /> <br /> The existence and appearance of [[Female Transformers]] in most continuities seem to suggest a level of &quot;sexual&quot; dimorphism to the species as well (the term sexual is used in a gender-based, rather than physical sense, see [[Reproduction]] for that whole kettle of robo-fish). In almost all cases female Transformers are portrayed as more graceful of form and more rounded and curved in general, often with a more than passing resemblance to an attractive metal human female wearing armor and kibble. There are rare exceptions to this rule (notably [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and [[Discharge]], though the latter is said to be wearing armor that obscures her true appearance.) <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Energy===<br /> [[Image:EnergonCubesCartoon1.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Energon - the food, drink, and primary currency of Cybertron. (It's like if chocolate coins had a valid exchange rate...)]] <br /> Unlike humans who need air and water as well as food, generally the Transformer's only major need to assure their continued functioning is fuel (though again, even this can vary depending on the fiction).<br /> <br /> [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] is the most common and preferred form of Transformer fuel, but other alternatives may be substituted if it is unavailable. <br /> <br /> In the Marvel Comics Earth fuel needed to be treated with a special additive (invented by [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]) to be made usable by Transformer life. In the Cartoon, on the other hand, human energy sources were converted into energon simply by being condensed inside Energon Cubes. <br /> <br /> In the original cartoon the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] alone among Transformers seemed to be able to fuel themselves by ingesting organic matter, but by the Beast Era, the ability to ingest organic substances to supplement their fuel needs seems more commonplace.<br /> <br /> The [[Action Master]] line introduced a new type of Transformer fuel called [[Nucleon]] which was extremely powerful but prone to unpredictable and destructive side-effects.<br /> <br /> There are also even further examples of fuel, including [[Solitarium]] from the Japanese-exclusive [[Robot Masters]] line of toys/FMV produced by Takara, and the [[Kiss Player|kisses of little girls]] in ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]''.<br /> <br /> ===New bodies===<br /> It is not uncommon at all for a single Transformer to change body form many times across their life-span. The ease with which they can do so depends on the continuity's technology level. In some, changing bodies requires an extensive full-body rebuild and tends to be resource draining and even dangerous. Sometimes, however, all it takes is to transplant their brain or personality program into a compatible new body. Other times, the existing body itself will be &quot;reformatted&quot; on the spot using a scan of a local compatible alt-mode.<br /> <br /> *Adaptation — While stranded by themselves on Earth, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]'s [[idento-computer]]s adapted their forms to be more compatible with their local environment. It is not stated how long this took, nor were further details provided. They were discovered four million years later. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}<br /> *Mechanical reconstruction — A Transformer's form is reconstructed into a new form manually through hard work, often after the Transformer is badly injured. This is sometimes accomplished by humans. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}} {{storylink|Hunters}} {{storylink|Realignments}} {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers}} {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}<br /> *[[Scanning]]<br /> **The computer aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] scanned the surroundings for suitable local life-forms then physically rebuilt damaged Transformers with altmodes to blend into their surroundings. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|MTMTE}} {{storylink|The Last Stand}} {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}<br /> **A Transformer has on-board systems that allow him to scan a new form himself and immediately take on the new form. This ability is displayed in [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]], the [[Unicron Trilogy]], the [[live-action film series|live-action film continuity]], ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'', and [[Action Blast 1|Action Blast]].<br /> ***[[Trans-scan]]ning is a particularly adaptable form of personal scanning from the live-action film continuity.<br /> *Transference — A Transformer's essence ([[personality component]], [[spark]], or simply their mind) is transferred to a new body or into a blank [[protoform]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} {{Storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}} {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} {{storylink|People Power!}} {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}} {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}<br /> *Off-panel — Sometimes Transformers would arrive at a new place with a new alternate mode with little explanation, but it is implied they were altered by technology aboard their ship or back at base. This was seen in later Generation 1 Marvel comics and is common in the [[IDW]] Generation 1 and Beast Wars series.<br /> *[[Reconfiguration Matrix|Internal Reconfiguration Matrix]] — This device has allowed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to alter his vehicle modes.&lt;ref&gt;Optimus Prime's [[Go-Bot (G2)|]] toy bio.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Transmetal]] — During the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], Transformer bodies were unintentionally altered by a [[quantum surge]].<br /> *[[Transmetal 2]] — Transformers were altered either through a piece of [[Vok]] technology called a [[transmetal driver]] or through experimentation by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].<br /> *[[Reformatting]] — In [[Beast Machines]], reformatting is the process by which a Transformer is converted to a [[technorganic]] form.<br /> <br /> ===See also===<br /> For more information on Transformer biology see:<br /> * '''[[Life cycle]]'''<br /> * '''[[Reproduction]]'''<br /> <br /> ==Culture==<br /> [[Image:WOTF Emotion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Transformers are [[Orion Pax|lovable]] [[Ariel|couples]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|peaceful creatures]], or [[Galvatron (G1)|omnicidal maniacs]].]]<br /> Regardless of continuity, the most distinctive facet of Transformers society has been its near-continuous state of [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|planetary Civil War]]. The two major factions in these wars are the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s. The conflict is mostly defined by what each faction believes is the &quot;destiny&quot; of the Transformers: the Autobots believe in a peaceful society where Cybertron is a place of culture and justice, while the Decepticons believe in a &quot;might makes right&quot; philosophy where Cybertron would be the center of a [[Decepticon Empire|mighty empire]]. The fact that the vast majority of what we know about Transformers has been shaped by this constant, corrosive warfare should not be overlooked. What a theoretical Transformer society would be like in peacetime is mostly unknown, glimpsed mainly during its disintegration into war or via brief flashbacks and asides. That said, there are some things we do know.<br /> <br /> ===Sociology===<br /> The Cybertronian society of wartime is portrayed as heavily polarized between Autobot and Decepticon. When there are neutrals they generally fare poorly, becoming victims of Decepticon abuse and destruction.<br /> <br /> What little we know of the society before the war suggests it was stratified economically between &quot;haves&quot; (like the aristocratic [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]) and [[Empties|have-nots]]. Other facets of society were similarly Earth-like with [[Needlenose|fads and fashions]], [[Chromedome (G1)|schools]] and [[Crankcase (G1)|lousy jobs]], [[Rook (Universe)|news]] [[Slamdance|media]] and so on.<br /> <br /> ===Politics===<br /> {{main|Transformer government}}<br /> <br /> In many continuities Transformers seem to prefer a non-democratic autocratic government centered around a single powerful hero-leader called a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], who serves as both Head of State and Commander-in-Chief (sometimes referred to as [[Supreme Commander]]). In the Generation 1 cartoon continuity the Autobots determine this leadership by possession of the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] which is passed from each leader to his chosen successor. The Decepticons, however, bow only to the supremacy of the [[Decepticon leader|most powerful]].<br /> <br /> By contrast, in the Marvel comic continuity, possession of the Matrix does not denote political leadership, as it was more of a religious icon. Instead, Cybertron appears to have traditionally been governed by a [[Council of Autobot Elders|group of elders]] and [[Emirates]] (how they were chosen is unrevealed), all overseen by a Caesar-like [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]]. The last of the Overlords passed away as the Great War was just beginning and the remaining government powers floundered for years before finally turning political authority and military leadership over to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].<br /> <br /> In the IDW continuity, the planet is overseen by a [[Senate]], with each city-state having a subordinate council.<br /> <br /> By the era of the Maximals and Predacons, the planet was in a bi-partate system split between [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]; it's not fully clear how this worked. We know there's a [[Maximal Imperium]] and [[Predacon Alliance]], with a [[Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs]] bridging the gap. There's a [[Maximal High Council|High Council]], but they're rarely talked about despite having high legislative power. Most of the time, when talking about governments, the Transformers refer to the [[Maximal Elders|Maximal Council of Elders]] or the [[Tripredacus Council]] (what ''is'' it with Transformers and the word &quot;council&quot;?). Both of them are bodies of old Transformers (well, the former would have to be!) who appear to wield the ''real'' power in their respective factions, making this brave new peaceful Cybertron hamstrung by its past.<br /> <br /> ===Interaction with other races===<br /> The Civil Wars have resulted in the factions adopting radically different views of how to interact with other races. The Autobots, in the words of Optimus Prime, believe that &quot;freedom is the right of all sentient beings&quot;, whereas the Decepticons view other races, particularly organic lifeforms, as little more than slave labor or target practice. When arriving on a planet, the Autobots will usually attempt to contact the native species and warn them of the Decepticon threat, but sometimes they will remain hidden or outright discourage other lifeforms from participating, usually in an effort to better protect them. The Decepticons often make overt attacks on native species, but there are occasions when stealth has been a priority. After the Great War, the Maximals were ''banned'' from travelling to [[Earth|certain]] areas of the galaxy.<br /> <br /> However, one unique method of interacting with other races is [[binary bonding]], a process where an organic lifeform will enter into a symbiotic relationship with a Transformer. Such lifeforms will serve as their [[Headmaster (technology)|heads]], [[Targetmaster|weapons]], and, in rare cases, their [[Powermaster|powercores]]. This process has met with mixed results, as it places the Transformer at a dependent situation in the relationship.<br /> <br /> [[Swindle (Animated)|Some]] [[Scorponok (G1)#IDW comics continuity|Decepticons]] [[Swindle (G1)|are]] known for making deals with other races, either to gain power through an alliance or for cold hard cash. <br /> <br /> The Autobots have made diplomatic and military alliances with humanity in several continuities, most notably in having [[Autobot City]] built on Earth.<br /> <br /> ===The Arts===<br /> The Transformers have been shown to have a very active [[Transformer music|musical tradition]]. The [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] itself has an archive of 11 million traditional Cybertronian songs. Many Transformers such as [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] have shown great interest in music, and [[Squawkbox]] is one prominent example of a Cybertronian musician.<br /> <br /> Furthermore, sculpture seems to be one of the primary art forms of Cybertron, with many Transformers dedicated to it. One notable (and gruesome) school of sculpture, practiced by a startling number of Transformers involves making art out of the bodies of other Transformers. The [[Slogism]] movement is a part of this school.<br /> <br /> Before the war, Cybertron also featured many marvels of architecture. See: [[Crystal City]]<br /> <br /> ===See also===<br /> For more information on Transformer culture see:<br /> *'''[[Cybertron Civil Wars]]'''<br /> *'''[[Religion]]'''<br /> *'''[[Transformer funerary practices]]'''<br /> *'''[[Transformer economics]]'''<br /> *'''[[Transformer furniture]]'''<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> {{main|Toy}}<br /> <br /> The Transformers were introduced by [[Hasbro]] in 1984 with the [[franchise]] now known as [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]. The line has gone through numerous incarnations since, with the latest being the new animated series on Cartoon Network. Nearly all the product sold in the line consists of actual Transformer figures; non-Transformer items such as bases, vehicles and accessories, while common in most boy-centric toy lines, have been fairly uncommon in the history of the [[Transformers brand]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Biology]]<br /> [[Category:Primus]]<br /> [[Category:Species]]<br /> [[Category:Transformer culture]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers| ]]</div>

85.201.171.166 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=TransWarped&diff=238562 2009-03-25T17:51:18Z

<p>85.201.171.166: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=TFA TransWarped Sari hands.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;WhY mY hAnDs HuRt?&quot;<br /> |prev=A Bridge Too Close, Part II<br /> |next=Three's a Crowd<br /> |ep=30, 31 and 32<br /> |title=&quot;TransWarped&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[March 14]], 2009<br /> |written by=[[Marty Isenberg]], [[Michael Ryan]], [[Marsha Griffin]]<br /> |directed by=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]], [[Tetsuro Moronuki]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]<br /> |animation studio=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''In the aftermath of the battle at the mine, Sari and her father’s relationship takes a strange turn; the Autobots have their work cut out for them trying to contact Cybertron; and Megatron and Starscream find a new opportunity'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> ===Part 1===<br /> [[Image:TransWarpedRodimusCosmicRust.jpg|thumb|left|180px|No fair, I just got here!]]<br /> <br /> Somewhere along the outer rim of the galaxy, a contingent of [[Autobot]]s led by [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] defends a [[space bridge]] against the [[Decepticon]]s' &quot;[[Team Chaar]]&quot;, led by [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]. She, [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] and [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] strafe [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], badly injuring Hot Shot's leg and forcing team medic [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] to perform an amputation. Before she can do so, however, she is swallowed up by [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]], who explosively vomits her back at her team. Rodimus contacts the [[Elite Guard]] for backup, but the Autobot forces are spread much too thin, defending space bridges from Decepticon attacks all across the galaxy. Oil Slick and Cyclonus proceed to take down Brawn and Ironhide, leaving Rodimus on his own, at which point Blackout arrives and all but finishes the fight with a huge electromagnetic pulse. Rodimus still has some fight left in him, but it drains away when Oil Slick offlines him with a vial of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Strika contacts [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who informs her that nobody is to TransWarp to the planet until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself arrives. But Megatron was supposed to be there megacycles ago...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedStarscreamsScream.jpg|thumb|right|180px|How... literal. And disturbingly yonic.]]<br /> <br /> Off in the depths of space, the disembodied head of [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attempts to remove Megatron's stasis cuffs with his teeth as the Decepticon leader berates him all the while. As Starscream begins bellowing back at Megatron, the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment in his forehead begins to glow, and he undergoes a surprising transformation: his mouth converts into a sonic blaster that shoots the cuffs clean off Megatron's wrists. There is no time for the two villains to celebrate, however, as the giant form of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] materializes above them. But after a moment, Megatron realizes that the colossus is offline...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Hush little baby, don't say a word. Sumdac's gonna buy you a mockingbird.]]<br /> <br /> On [[Earth]], as the Autobots return to [[Detroit]], [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] explains [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] origins to her as best he can, revealing that he discovered her in his laboratory years ago, in the form of a small, liquid metal robot. Sari finds the story hard to believe, and her strained patience reaches its end when the group returns to [[Sumdac Tower]] and confronts [[Porter C. Powell]] and [[Henry Masterson]]. When the two men refuse to vacate the premises, Sari's hands transform into energy projectors that hurl the villains to the building's elevator. This newest revelation pushes Sari over the edge, and she walks out on the man she can no longer even think of as her father, returning to the Autobots' base with her &quot;fellow robots&quot;. While [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] examines Sari—deducing that she's basically human, but partially Cybertronian—Prowl departs to carry out some research of his own. With Ratchet lost in his memories of [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] head back to the Decepticons' destroyed mine base to salvage some equipment that will let them contact Cybertron and inform the Autobots there of the traitor in their midst.<br /> <br /> On a small planetoid somewhere in space, [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] is still trapped in a cement blob with Starscream's [[Thundercracker (Animated)|egomaniacal]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardly]] clones. Blurr proposes using sonic pulses to dissolve the glue, and the egomaniac takes the idea for his own and successfully frees them. Blurr immediately speeds off, launching into space and literally running across the galaxy, ricocheting off everything in his path (including the egomaniac) to get back to Cybertron and inform the Elite Guard of Megatron's invasion plan.<br /> <br /> Megatron and Starscream force their way into Omega Supreme's body, but this action brings the giant Autobot back online, and his internal systems immediately seize the Decepticons. Megatron exploits Omega's simple processor and convinces him to take him back to Cybertron &quot;to face justice&quot;. Omega transforms back into ship mode and TransWarps off toward Cybertron.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are searching through the ruins of the mine when Bumblebee discovers a [[Plasmadynamic thruster|plasmadynamic thruster]] space bridge component that abruptly TransWarps him away. While Bulkhead is wondering where his buddy went, he is suddenly attacked by Henry Masterson, who recovered his Headmaster unit and Starscream's headless body from the mine the night before.<br /> <br /> At Sumdac Tower, Prowl shadows Sumdac into his laboratory, and quickly accesses his computers and scans the scientist in an attempt to learn more about Sari's origins. Ratchet is having distinctly less luck back at the Autobot base, where Sari refuses to let him perform an exploratory surgery. The whole unpleasant affair reminds Ratchet of his past on Cybertron, when he performed open-processor surgery on Arcee, and discovered she was carrying the codes that were key to the creation of Omega Supreme. Prime snaps Ratchet out of his flashback with the news that he cannot contact Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and Ratchet heads out to the mine to investigate.<br /> <br /> With the other Autobots busy, Optimus Prime tries to patch up the Sumdac family feud by surreptitiously opening a comm channel to Professor Sumdac's laboratory and explaining loudly and at length to Sari that he is going to take her to [[Burger Bot]]. Sumdac catches on and heads out to meet them there, but Sari is furious at being set up and refuses to talk to him. Unfortunately, the Headmaster soon arrives, having picked up Prime's phone call through bugs left in Sumdac Tower, and threatens to unleash t0t47 0wN4ge!<br /> <br /> ===Part 2===<br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Headmaster PWN3D.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Heads out.]]<br /> Optimus Prime engages the Headmaster, binding him with his grapplers and dragging him around the Burger Bot parking lot before taking a moment to usher the Sumdacs to safety behind a dumpster. The fight carries the two combatants to an overhead roadway and back, with the Headmaster eventually downing Prime with a slab of concrete. Sumdac is forced to take action, and hides Sari within the dumpster so that he can draw the Headmaster's attention and keep her safe. Touched by this, Sari unleashes her energy projectors on the Headmaster in defence of her father, though they do little to the villain other than draw his attention. Prime rejoins the battle just in time, ramming the villain in truck mode and goading the Headmaster into trying to transforming Starscream's body as well. Infuriated by Prime's claim that a n00b such as he would find it difficult, the Headmaster tries to meet the challenge... only to find his Headmaster unit squeezed clean off Starscream's body by the transformation process. As Starscream's lifeless carcass spirals off into the river, the Headmaster is apprehended by Prime and handed over to [[Captain Fanzone]].<br /> <br /> Back at Sumdac tower, Prowl reveals his findings to Prime, Sari and Sumdac: he believes that the body Sumdac found in his lab was, in fact, a Cybertronian [[protoform]] that scanned Professor Sumdac's data. Sari takes the revelation in stride, although everyone else remains mystified as to how a protoform wound up on Earth in the first place. There is no time to dwell on the subject, however, as Ratchet radios Prime to inform him of Bulkhead's injuries and Bumblebee's disappearance.<br /> <br /> Out in space, Omega Supreme re-merges from TransWarp, and his systems all power down, having been sapped of energy by the effort of the teleport. Megatron attempts to escape from the confines of the giant Autobots' body, but without his weapons, he is unable. Starscream's new sonic blaster is similarly uneffective, and Megatron instead schemes to take control of Omega's very body.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Blurr Crushed.jpg|180px|left|thumb|&quot;We... are going... to die!&quot;]]<br /> On Cybertron, Shockwave (in the form of Longarm Prime) is informed by [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] that the space bridge network has been shut down to prevent a Decepticon invasion of the planet. Suppressing his frustration, Shockwave is promptly presented with an outlet for his anger when Blurr comes streaking out of the sky and crashes at his feet. Blurr informs him of the double-agent on Cybertron, who he plans to identify by cross-referencing his voice-print with the Cybertron intelligence database, and Shockwave immediately attacks the speedster, intent on silencing him before his cover can be blown. Blurr streaks off into a series of nearby corridors, but his speed fails to carry him beyond Shockwave's reach: using a control console, Shockwave seals off the tunnels, and Blurr is crushed between two walls.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Ratchet's treatment of Bulkhead is interrupted by Sari, who volunteers use of her Key to fix the larger Autobot's wounds. Ratchet is indignant, insisting that just because something is new, it doesn't make it better, but Bulkhead request the Key. While Sari goes to work on Bulkhead's injuries, the sullen medic is overtaken by his memories, and he recalls the creation of Omega Supreme, and how he was partnered with the new-born titan to serve as his mentor, teacher and friend. Ratchet is roused from his unpleasant trip down memory lane when discussion turns to the whereabouts of Bumblebee, and before long, Bulkhead figures out that the plasmadynamic thruster has TransWarped Bumblebee off across the galaxy. Bulkhead suggests using a homing beacon generator recovered from the mine ruins to pinpoint Bumblebee's location, and Sari uses her Key to fix it before Ratchet can even begin examining it.<br /> <br /> Aboard Omega Supreme, Megatron uses his stasis cuffs to &quot;hotwire&quot; Omega's body and bring it back online. However, when the light from Omega's &quot;headlights&quot; falls upon a nearby asteroid, Megatron and Starscream are shocked to see the rock react to the light, transforming into a humanoid monster that immediately attacks the ship! As more asteroids transform around him, Omega TransWarps away to safety... only for Bumblebee, cruising on the tail end of Omega's TransWarp signature, to materialize in his place, right in the midst of the rock creatures! The largest creature swallows the tiny Autobot with a single gulp.<br /> <br /> Simultaneously, on Earth, Bulkhead locks in on Bumblebee's position and teleports him back, but the rock creature he is inside comes with him, and is immediately driven to a rampage by the blinding light of the [[Sun]]. Optimus Prime detects Bumblebee's signature within the creature, and the Autobots prepare to give chase as the alien stomps off through the city. Prowl is rather taken aback to see Ratchet wearing his EMP generator on his arm once more, while Prime has to deal with Sari's demands that she be allowed to join them in the fight now that she has powers. Prime refuses, and the Autobots zoom off after the rock monster, but Sari won't take no for an answer, and is struck with inspiration: give herself an upgrade! Sari concentrates and a port opens in her chest, into which she inserts her Key... and in an explosion of energy, Sari's whole body transforms into a taller, older form, suited in combat armor!<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Screamer Hotwire OmegaSupreme.jpg|right|180px|thumb|What am I [[Laserbeak (G1)|a]] [[Buzzsaw (G1)|t]][[Ravage (G1)|a]][[Frenzy (G1)|p]][[Rumble (G1)|e]].]]<br /> Meanwhlie, Megatron has discovered that Omega Supreme has again expended all his power, and his stasis cuffs do not have the energy left to rectify the situation. He grabs Starscream's head and jams it into the circuits, where the traitor's AllSpark fragment energizes Omega's systems once more.<br /> <br /> Back in Detroit, the Autobots are attempting to figure out how to stop the rock creature without hurting Bumblebee when the upgraded Sari comes streaking onto the scene on jet skates. As the Autobots look on in shock, Sari begins attacking the alien with arm-blades and an energy-hammer that morphs out of her arms. A single strike of the hammer reduces the alien to boulders, freeing Bumblebee, who is immediately struck by Sari's new look, but then shouts a warning: the smaller boulders surrounding the pair have transformed into small creatures. But the creatures pose no threat to Sari, and she pounds them into pebbles. As Sari basks in her triumph, Ratchet realizes with horror that she has used the Key on herself - and the elderly Autobot's concern is soon proven to be valid, as the Key overloads Sari's systems, and she loses control of her body. With Sari attacking everything and everyone around her, the Autobots attempt to stop her with a variety of non-lethal strategies, but Sari counters everything they throw at her, including Prowl's processor-over-matter technique. Even as Prime and Sari tell Bumblebee to keep back, the young Autobot races to his friend's side... only for the out-of-control Sari to stab him through the chest! Frozen for a horrific moment, Bumblebee is then hurled back by an energy discharge, and the light dims from his optics...<br /> <br /> ===Part 3===<br /> Ratchet leaps to Bumblebee's aid, but without Sari's Key, Bulkhead fears his little buddy is done for. Ratchet denies that he requires the key to do his job, but his memories of when he was forced to place the dying Omega Supreme in stasis haunt him as he begins to operate on Bumblebee.<br /> <br /> Sari, meanwhile, is storming through the city streets, causing objects to explode when she comes into contact with them, and the Autobots head after her, seeking to remove the Key in hopes of bringing her back under control. They corral her with a wall of steel girders, affording Prowl the chance to get the drop on her and rip the Key from her chest, but Sari continues to rampage. With Bumblebee fading, Ratchet goes back on his previous claim and requests the Key be brought to him, but when Prowl complies, he discovers that the energy of the Key has been completely drained. Prowl assures Ratchet that he can accomplish the task without the Key, and the old medic gravely takes up the challenge, and manages to bring Bumblebee back online.<br /> <br /> Back with Sari, Prime and Bumblebee, Sari's energies are growing increasingly more out of control, as the street beneath her explodes with every step she takes. Bulkhead suggests just trying to &quot;hold it in,&quot; but when Sari tries, things get even worse, as she begins to glow with so much energy that she is on the verge of exploding. Optimus summons Ratchet so that he can use his EMP generator to take Sari down, and while Ratchet is hesitant to do so, Sari begs him to stop her. Ratchet fires, and Sari collapses, her energy fading.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, Longarm Prime has Cliffjumper dispose of the crushed remains of Blurr, and is then contacted by Megatron. Learning that the space bridge network is down at that the Earth-based Autobots are poised to blow Shockwave's cover, Megatron orders the Decepticons to cease their attacks on the space bridges so that he can solve both problems his own way. Team Chaar recieve the transmission and fall back, much to the Elite Guard's surprise.<br /> <br /> In the Autobots base, Ratchet completes a rewiring of Sari's systems, bypassing the circuits that caused her to run out of control. Professor Sumdac soon arrives, having been informed of the location of the base by Optimus Prime, who desires that there no longer be any secrets between the Autobots and their friends. The Autobots step outside the plant to give the Sumdacs some time together, and are in the middle of catching Bumblebee up on recent events when the small Autobot suddenly begins to glow with TransWarp energies once more. Bulkhead quickly deactivates the plasmadynamic thruster, but the source of the TransWarp wave the thruster was picking up soon becomes apparent, as Omega Supreme materializes in the sky overhead. Much to the Autobots' surprise, the titan fires upon them, before transforming to robot mode, revealing a projected image of Megatron's face upon his visor! The Decepticon leader is in complete control of Omega's body and begins attacking the Autobots, forcing Optimus Prime to consider unleashing an uncontrollable Sari on the giant. Before resorting to this desperate last resort, the Autobots attempt to lure Megatron away from the city; Ratchet even upgrades Bumblebee's stingers to a more powerful battle grade for the mission. Taking refuge in the nearby river, the Autobots attack Omega's legs, forcing open an access hatch through which Prime and Prowl enter Omega's body. Fighting off Omega's internal defences, Prowl taps into Omega's processor in order to help him fight off Megatron's control, and they succeed in forcing Megatron out of the system. Prime engages Megatron in battle in order to keep Prowl safe, but as their battle rages, Starscream seizes control of Omega's mind and forcibly disconnects Prowl from Omega's processor. Prime and Prowl are unceremoniously ejected from Omega Supreme's body, but Starscream is not finished there: he uses Omega's internal defences to seize Megatron, and resumes attacking the Autobots all around him. Megatron manages to talk Starscream into an alliance, suggesting they forget Earth and conquer Cybertron together. Starscream struggles to activate Omega's TransWarp system, and while his attention is occupied with this task, Omega's consciousness fights its way to the surface and begs Ratchet to shut him down again. Ratchet regretfully unleashes his EMP generator upon Omega, but it has no effect, and Starscream transforms Omega into starship mode in order to begin the TransWarp. Bulkhead and Bumblebee hit upon the idea to plant the plasmadynamic thruster on Omega Supreme, and they hand it off to Prime to complete the task. Prime plants the thruster at the last second before Omega disappears into TransWarp, and Ratchet catches Prime with his magnets as he falls out of the sky.<br /> <br /> Back at the Autobot base a little later, Sari comes to, and admits to Ratchet that he was right about taking it slow. Sumdac apologizes for holding back the truth from Sari for so long, and Bumblebee thanks Ratchet for saving his tailpipe. Unfortunately, Bulkhead brings the mood down by reminding everyone that they still have to find a way to contact Cybertron.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] holds an Autobot council sand announces that all the evidence points to a double agent on Cybertron. Longarm Prime implicates escaped convict [[Wasp]], and Ultra Magnus instructs [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to put together a unit to hunt the fugitive down. Magnus also notes that he have to make contact with Optimus's crew on Earth, and Longarm hastily demands that all contact with them be filtered through him, adding that it will be purely for security reasons after the rest of the council give him wary looks.<br /> <br /> In the sky above Cybertron, Omega Supreme materializes, and Starscream howls with glee... only for the Autobot spaceship to immediately TransWarp away to another random point in space... and another... and another...<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] (2)<br /> *[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (3)<br /> *[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] (4)<br /> *[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (7)<br /> *[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]] (9)<br /> *[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (10)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (11)<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (12)<br /> *[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (17)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (18)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (19)<br /> *[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (20)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (21)<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (22)<br /> *[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (27)<br /> *[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] (28)<br /> *[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (29)<br /> *[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (31)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] (33)<br /> *[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (34)<br /> *[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (36)<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (37)<br /> <br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] (1)<br /> *[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] (5)<br /> *[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] (6)<br /> *[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] (8)<br /> *[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime/Shockwave]] (13)<br /> *[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] (14)<br /> *[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (15)<br /> *[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (16)<br /> *[[Starscream clone|Starscream clones]]<br /> **[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp, the Coward Starscream II]] (30)<br /> **[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker, the Egomaniac Starscream]] (32)<br /> <br /> |c3=<br /> *[[Isaac Sumdac]] (24)<br /> *[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]] (25)<br /> *[[Porter C. Powell]] (26)<br /> *[[Captain Fanzone]] (35)<br /> <br /> |c4=<br /> *[[Sari Sumdac]] (23)<br /> *[[Rock creature|Rock creatures]] (38)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Bulkhead and genius in the same sentence? I'll never get used to that.&quot;<br /> :—'''Bumblebee''' shows his high opinion of his best friend. <br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I'll warn them even if I have to run halfway across the galaxy to Cybertron to do it!&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Blurr''', who apparently does just that.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Sari, I don't pretend to fully understand humans, but from what I've seen, being a father is far more than a simple organic bond. It has much more to do with the spark. With the heart.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' muses on the nature of family. Sadly, the [[fandom]] desires more [[Relatives|concrete answers]].<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Prepare for T.O.T! Total Ownage Time!&quot;<br /> :—'''Headmaster''' to Optimus Prime and the Sumdacs.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masterson''': Cut it out and fight like a robot!&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Optimus fully transforms]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': Why don't you try fighting like a jet? That is, unless you don't think you can handle transforming. It is pretty difficult. Especially for a &quot;n00b&quot; such as yourself.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Masterson''': N-Nobody calls me a n00b! NOBODY!<br /> :—Optimus hits the Headmaster where it hurts the most—his own vocabulary. <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Megatron''': It's no use. I can't break through without my weapons.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Starscream''': A-hem. You're forgetting one of us ''is'' a weapon.&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Starscream fires his sonic blast, but the recoil sends him ricocheting around the bridge, screaming all the while]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Megatron''': And a pitiful one at that.&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—Even weaponless and traped inside an Autobot, Megatron can still take comfort in the fact that he's still better off than Starscream.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Ratchet''': Last time I checked, I was this team's medic, and I've been doing it this way for over four million stellar cycles! Any bot got a problem with that?&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Prowl''': Uh, no, not really.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': No, I'm good.<br /> :—Ratchet lays down the law on the Autobots.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> ===Technical or animation errors===<br /> * The damage to Starscream's body disappears during the commercial break. <br /> * When Ratchet is talking to Bumblebee about Sari's condition, the side of his head is miscolored white. <br /> * When Sari removes her key in order to place it in the homing beacon generator, the string doesn't actually go over her head... It just phases through her neck. Somehow.<br /> * Once the key has been removed from Sari, the string attached to it mysteriously reappears.<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors===<br /> * When Bumblebee gets blown away in Part 2 after being stabbed by Sari, he lands on his back. When it starts again in Part 3, he appears on his side.<br /> * Bumblebee’s rocket boosters seemingly appear out of nowhere. With Ratchet's upgrading of his stingers and now this, it seems that &lt;s&gt;Hasbro&lt;/s&gt; the Autobots have gotten over their from &quot;Upgrades are bad, m'kay&quot; phase. Spending two seasons out-gunned will probably do that to you.<br /> * Sentinel is back in his Earth body, despite being back on Cybertron.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> *Bar Oil Slick, every member of the new squads harkens back to a previous series. Rodimus, Ironhide, Brawn and Cyclonus are heavily based off their Generation One counterparts. Red Alert and Hot Shot take after their Unicron Trilogy incarnations. Spittor and Strika are both modeled after Beast Era characters and Blackout's design is heavily influenced by the live action movie version. <br /> *As Sari dismisses Isaac Sumdac's story of her origin, she suggests that he should have told her how he found her &quot;in a cabbage patch&quot;, or the &quot;stork brought me&quot;. These same ideas were suggested by Professors Bumblebee and Bulkhead in &quot;[[Return of the Headmaster]]&quot;. In that episode, the professors also suggested that Sari was really a robot, that she came to Earth in an egg, and that she could have fallen through a portal, ''all'' of which seems to have some nugget of truth to them: she ''is'' a robot, she was contained in a strange pod, and she appeared in Sumdac's lab out of thin air. ''Foreshadowing!''<br /> *After Sari mentions those theories, Optimus Prime recalls how Sari told him of human manufacturing, which occurred in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;.<br /> *While lecturing her on taking it slow with her powers, Ratchet says that there's &quot;more than meets the vis-scanners&quot; on having powers, a clear reference to the time honored Transformers tagline &quot;[[More Than Meets the Eye]].&quot;<br /> *Starscream says Omega Supreme is &quot;more powerful than I imagined... okay, not AllSpark-powerful...&quot;, in reference to his use of the same phrase to describe the AllSpark way back in &quot;Transform and Roll Out!&quot; <br /> *Arcee's open head looks ''waaay'' too much like [[Alex Milne]]'s cover for [[IDW Publishing]]'s &quot;[[Spotlight: Arcee]]&quot; to be a coincidence.<br /> *Blurr races along a Saturn-style planetary ring, as [[Blurr (G1)|his namesake]] had done in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 3|Generation 1 season 3]] opening credits. <br /> *The building in which the Autobot Elite Guard have their meeting looks [[Metroplex (G1)|somewhat familiar]].<br /> *Blackout seems to have retained his seismic stomp that was used by his [[Blackout (Movie)|movie counterpart]].<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> *[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] confirmed via. Twitter after the show aired that like the series pilot, &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, &quot;TransWarped&quot; was made &quot;as one 70 minute movie&quot;, although it was also cut into 22-minute episodes for syndication.&lt;ref&gt;[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] - http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1329673450 - &quot;We made it as one 70 minute movie, but it has also been cut into three 22s&quot;.&lt;/ref&gt; ''Unlike'' the pilot, however, &quot;TransWarped&quot; counts as three episodes out of the thirteen alotted for the show's third season. While Cartoon Network aired all three episode in movie form for their premiere, Canadian network YTV opted to debut them in episodic form, airing only the first two in a double-bill, and then screening the final part the following week.<br /> *Ultra Magnus builds a living WMD and makes him purposefully stupid so he won't question his lot in life. Optimus considers sending an overloading Sari against said death machine even at the risk that the kid might blow up and take the whole city with her. ''Damn''.<br /> *Sari's transformation sequence upon absorbing the power of the key is a nod to the transformation sequence of the title robot in ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''.<br /> * The Creatures that turn into rocks are a reference to the Rock Lords from the GoBots movie ''[[Wikipedia:Gobots:_Battle_of_the_Rock_Lords|GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''<br /> *It is revealed that the streak of white in Isaac's hair came from the shock he received when he approached the protoform that would become Sari. Do not pay attention to the streak in the hair of his younger self appearing in the &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, please...<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Transwarped}}<br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

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<p>85.201.171.166: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=TFA TransWarped Sari hands.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;WhY mY hAnDs HuRt?&quot;<br /> |prev=A Bridge Too Close, Part II<br /> |next=Three's a Crowd<br /> |ep=30, 31 and 32<br /> |title=&quot;TransWarped&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[March 14]], 2009<br /> |written by=[[Marty Isenberg]], [[Michael Ryan]], [[Marsha Griffin]]<br /> |directed by=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]], [[Tetsuro Moronuki]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]<br /> |animation studio=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''In the aftermath of the battle at the mine, Sari and her father’s relationship takes a strange turn; the Autobots have their work cut out for them trying to contact Cybertron; and Megatron and Starscream find a new opportunity'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> ===Part 1===<br /> [[Image:TransWarpedRodimusCosmicRust.jpg|thumb|left|180px|No fair, I just got here!]]<br /> <br /> Somewhere along the outer rim of the galaxy, a contingent of [[Autobot]]s led by [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] defends a [[space bridge]] against the [[Decepticon]]s' &quot;[[Team Chaar]]&quot;, led by [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]. She, [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] and [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] strafe [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], badly injuring Hot Shot's leg and forcing team medic [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] to perform an amputation. Before she can do so, however, she is swallowed up by [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]], who explosively vomits her back at her team. Rodimus contacts the [[Elite Guard]] for backup, but the Autobot forces are spread much too thin, defending space bridges from Decepticon attacks all across the galaxy. Oil Slick and Cyclonus proceed to take down Brawn and Ironhide, leaving Rodimus on his own, at which point Blackout arrives and all but finishes the fight with a huge electromagnetic pulse. Rodimus still has some fight left in him, but it drains away when Oil Slick offlines him with a vial of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Strika contacts [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who informs her that nobody is to TransWarp to the planet until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself arrives. But Megatron was supposed to be there megacycles ago...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedStarscreamsScream.jpg|thumb|right|180px|How... literal. And disturbingly yonic.]]<br /> <br /> Off in the depths of space, the disembodied head of [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attempts to remove Megatron's stasis cuffs with his teeth as the Decepticon leader berates him all the while. As Starscream begins bellowing back at Megatron, the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment in his forehead begins to glow, and he undergoes a surprising transformation: his mouth converts into a sonic blaster that shoots the cuffs clean off Megatron's wrists. There is no time for the two villains to celebrate, however, as the giant form of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] materializes above them. But after a moment, Megatron realizes that the colossus is offline...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Hush little baby, don't say a word. Sumdac's gonna buy you a mockingbird.]]<br /> <br /> On [[Earth]], as the Autobots return to [[Detroit]], [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] explains [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] origins to her as best he can, revealing that he discovered her in his laboratory years ago, in the form of a small, liquid metal robot. Sari finds the story hard to believe, and her strained patience reaches its end when the group returns to [[Sumdac Tower]] and confronts [[Porter C. Powell]] and [[Henry Masterson]]. When the two men refuse to vacate the premises, Sari's hands transform into energy projectors that hurl the villains to the building's elevator. This newest revelation pushes Sari over the edge, and she walks out on the man she can no longer even think of as her father, returning to the Autobots' base with her &quot;fellow robots&quot;. While [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] examines Sari—deducing that she's basically human, but partially Cybertronian—Prowl departs to carry out some research of his own. With Ratchet lost in his memories of [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] head back to the Decepticons' destroyed mine base to salvage some equipment that will let them contact Cybertron and inform the Autobots there of the traitor in their midst.<br /> <br /> On a small planetoid somewhere in space, [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] is still trapped in a cement blob with Starscream's [[Thundercracker (Animated)|egomaniacal]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardly]] clones. Blurr proposes using sonic pulses to dissolve the glue, and the egomaniac takes the idea for his own and successfully frees them. Blurr immediately speeds off, launching into space and literally running across the galaxy, ricocheting off everything in his path (including the egomaniac) to get back to Cybertron and inform the Elite Guard of Megatron's invasion plan.<br /> <br /> Megatron and Starscream force their way into Omega Supreme's body, but this action brings the giant Autobot back online, and his internal systems immediately seize the Decepticons. Megatron exploits Omega's simple processor and convinces him to take him back to Cybertron &quot;to face justice&quot;. Omega transforms back into ship mode and TransWarps off toward Cybertron.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are searching through the ruins of the mine when Bumblebee discovers a [[Plasmadynamic thruster|plasmadynamic thruster]] space bridge component that abruptly TransWarps him away. While Bulkhead is wondering where his buddy went, he is suddenly attacked by Henry Masterson, who recovered his Headmaster unit and Starscream's headless body from the mine the night before.<br /> <br /> At Sumdac Tower, Prowl shadows Sumdac into his laboratory, and quickly accesses his computers and scans the scientist in an attempt to learn more about Sari's origins. Ratchet is having distinctly less luck back at the Autobot base, where Sari refuses to let him perform an exploratory surgery. The whole unpleasant affair reminds Ratchet of his past on Cybertron, when he performed open-processor surgery on Arcee, and discovered she was carrying the codes that were key to the creation of Omega Supreme. Prime snaps Ratchet out of his flashback with the news that he cannot contact Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and Ratchet heads out to the mine to investigate.<br /> <br /> With the other Autobots busy, Optimus Prime tries to patch up the Sumdac family feud by surreptitiously opening a comm channel to Professor Sumdac's laboratory and explaining loudly and at length to Sari that he is going to take her to [[Burger Bot]]. Sumdac catches on and heads out to meet them there, but Sari is furious at being set up and refuses to talk to him. Unfortunately, the Headmaster soon arrives, having picked up Prime's phone call through bugs left in Sumdac Tower, and threatens to unleash t0t47 0wN4ge!<br /> <br /> ===Part 2===<br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Headmaster PWN3D.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Heads out.]]<br /> Optimus Prime engages the Headmaster, binding him with his grapplers and dragging him around the Burger Bot parking lot before taking a moment to usher the Sumdacs to safety behind a dumpster. The fight carries the two combatants to an overhead roadway and back, with the Headmaster eventually downing Prime with a slab of concrete. Sumdac is forced to take action, and hides Sari within the dumpster so that he can draw the Headmaster's attention and keep her safe. Touched by this, Sari unleashes her energy projectors on the Headmaster in defence of her father, though they do little to the villain other than draw his attention. Prime rejoins the battle just in time, ramming the villain in truck mode and goading the Headmaster into trying to transforming Starscream's body as well. Infuriated by Prime's claim that a n00b such as he would find it difficult, the Headmaster tries to meet the challenge... only to find his Headmaster unit squeezed clean off Starscream's body by the transformation process. As Starscream's lifeless carcass spirals off into the river, the Headmaster is apprehended by Prime and handed over to [[Captain Fanzone]].<br /> <br /> Back at Sumdac tower, Prowl reveals his findings to Prime, Sari and Sumdac: he believes that the body Sumdac found in his lab was, in fact, a Cybertronian [[protoform]] that scanned Professor Sumdac's data. Sari takes the revelation in stride, although everyone else remains mystified as to how a protoform wound up on Earth in the first place. There is no time to dwell on the subject, however, as Ratchet radios Prime to inform him of Bulkhead's injuries and Bumblebee's disappearance.<br /> <br /> Out in space, Omega Supreme re-merges from TransWarp, and his systems all power down, having been sapped of energy by the effort of the teleport. Megatron attempts to escape from the confines of the giant Autobots' body, but without his weapons, he is unable. Starscream's new sonic blaster is similarly uneffective, and Megatron instead schemes to take control of Omega's very body.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Blurr Crushed.jpg|180px|left|thumb|&quot;We... are going... to die!&quot;]]<br /> On Cybertron, Shockwave (in the form of Longarm Prime) is informed by [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] that the space bridge network has been shut down to prevent a Decepticon invasion of the planet. Suppressing his frustration, Shockwave is promptly presented with an outlet for his anger when Blurr comes streaking out of the sky and crashes at his feet. Blurr informs him of the double-agent on Cybertron, who he plans to identify by cross-referencing his voice-print with the Cybertron intelligence database, and Shockwave immediately attacks the speedster, intent on silencing him before his cover can be blown. Blurr streaks off into a series of nearby corridors, but his speed fails to carry him beyond Shockwave's reach: using a control console, Shockwave seals off the tunnels, and Blurr is crushed between two walls.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Ratchet's treatment of Bulkhead is interrupted by Sari, who volunteers use of her Key to fix the larger Autobot's wounds. Ratchet is indignant, insisting that just because something is new, it doesn't make it better, but Bulkhead request the Key. While Sari goes to work on Bulkhead's injuries, the sullen medic is overtaken by his memories, and he recalls the creation of Omega Supreme, and how he was partnered with the new-born titan to serve as his mentor, teacher and friend. Ratchet is roused from his unpleasant trip down memory lane when discussion turns to the whereabouts of Bumblebee, and before long, Bulkhead figures out that the plasmadynamic thruster has TransWarped Bumblebee off across the galaxy. Bulkhead suggests using a homing beacon generator recovered from the mine ruins to pinpoint Bumblebee's location, and Sari uses her Key to fix it before Ratchet can even begin examining it.<br /> <br /> Aboard Omega Supreme, Megatron uses his stasis cuffs to &quot;hotwire&quot; Omega's body and bring it back online. However, when the light from Omega's &quot;headlights&quot; falls upon a nearby asteroid, Megatron and Starscream are shocked to see the rock react to the light, transforming into a humanoid monster that immediately attacks the ship! As more asteroids transform around him, Omega TransWarps away to safety... only for Bumblebee, cruising on the tail end of Omega's TransWarp signature, to materialize in his place, right in the midst of the rock creatures! The largest creature swallows the tiny Autobot with a single gulp.<br /> <br /> Simultaneously, on Earth, Bulkhead locks in on Bumblebee's position and teleports him back, but the rock creature he is inside comes with him, and is immediately driven to a rampage by the blinding light of the [[Sun]]. Optimus Prime detects Bumblebee's signature within the creature, and the Autobots prepare to give chase as the alien stomps off through the city. Prowl is rather taken aback to see Ratchet wearing his EMP generator on his arm once more, while Prime has to deal with Sari's demands that she be allowed to join them in the fight now that she has powers. Prime refuses, and the Autobots zoom off after the rock monster, but Sari won't take no for an answer, and is struck with inspiration: give herself an upgrade! Sari concentrates and a port opens in her chest, into which she inserts her Key... and in an explosion of energy, Sari's whole body transforms into a taller, older form, suited in combat armor!<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Screamer Hotwire OmegaSupreme.jpg|right|180px|thumb|What am I [[Laserbeak (G1)|a]] [[Buzzsaw (G1)|t]][[Ravage (G1)|a]][[Frenzy (G1)|p]][[Rumble (G1)|e]].]]<br /> Meanwhlie, Megatron has discovered that Omega Supreme has again expended all his power, and his stasis cuffs do not have the energy left to rectify the situation. He grabs Starscream's head and jams it into the circuits, where the traitor's AllSpark fragment energizes Omega's systems once more.<br /> <br /> Back in Detroit, the Autobots are attempting to figure out how to stop the rock creature without hurting Bumblebee when the upgraded Sari comes streaking onto the scene on jet skates. As the Autobots look on in shock, Sari begins attacking the alien with arm-blades and an energy-hammer that morphs out of her arms. A single strike of the hammer reduces the alien to boulders, freeing Bumblebee, who is immediately struck by Sari's new look, but then shouts a warning: the smaller boulders surrounding the pair have transformed into small creatures. But the creatures pose no threat to Sari, and she pounds them into pebbles. As Sari basks in her triumph, Ratchet realizes with horror that she has used the Key on herself - and the elderly Autobot's concern is soon proven to be valid, as the Key overloads Sari's systems, and she loses control of her body. With Sari attacking everything and everyone around her, the Autobots attempt to stop her with a variety of non-lethal strategies, but Sari counters everything they throw at her, including Prowl's processor-over-matter technique. Even as Prime and Sari tell Bumblebee to keep back, the young Autobot races to his friend's side... only for the out-of-control Sari to stab him through the chest! Frozen for a horrific moment, Bumblebee is then hurled back by an energy discharge, and the light dims from his optics...<br /> <br /> ===Part 3===<br /> Ratchet leaps to Bumblebee's aid, but without Sari's Key, Bulkhead fears his little buddy is done for. Ratchet denies that he requires the key to do his job, but his memories of when he was forced to place the dying Omega Supreme in stasis haunt him as he begins to operate on Bumblebee.<br /> <br /> Sari, meanwhile, is storming through the city streets, causing objects to explode when she comes into contact with them, and the Autobots head after her, seeking to remove the Key in hopes of bringing her back under control. They corral her with a wall of steel girders, affording Prowl the chance to get the drop on her and rip the Key from her chest, but Sari continues to rampage. With Bumblebee fading, Ratchet goes back on his previous claim and requests the Key be brought to him, but when Prowl complies, he discovers that the energy of the Key has been completely drained. Prowl assures Ratchet that he can accomplish the task without the Key, and the old medic gravely takes up the challenge, and manages to bring Bumblebee back online.<br /> <br /> Back with Sari, Prime and Bumblebee, Sari's energies are growing increasingly more out of control, as the street beneath her explodes with every step she takes. Bulkhead suggests just trying to &quot;hold it in,&quot; but when Sari tries, things get even worse, as she begins to glow with so much energy that she is on the verge of exploding. Optimus summons Ratchet so that he can use his EMP generator to take Sari down, and while Ratchet is hesitant to do so, Sari begs him to stop her. Ratchet fires, and Sari collapses, her energy fading.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, Longarm Prime has Cliffjumper dispose of the crushed remains of Blurr, and is then contacted by Megatron. Learning that the space bridge network is down at that the Earth-based Autobots are poised to blow Shockwave's cover, Megatron orders the Decepticons to cease their attacks on the space bridges so that he can solve both problems his own way. Team Chaar recieve the transmission and fall back, much to the Elite Guard's surprise.<br /> <br /> In the Autobots base, Ratchet completes a rewiring of Sari's systems, bypassing the circuits that caused her to run out of control. Professor Sumdac soon arrives, having been informed of the location of the base by Optimus Prime, who desires that there no longer be any secrets between the Autobots and their friends. The Autobots step outside the plant to give the Sumdacs some time together, and are in the middle of catching Bumblebee up on recent events when the small Autobot suddenly begins to glow with TransWarp energies once more. Bulkhead quickly deactivates the plasmadynamic thruster, but the source of the TransWarp wave the thruster was picking up soon becomes apparent, as Omega Supreme materializes in the sky overhead. Much to the Autobots' surprise, the titan fires upon them, before transforming to robot mode, revealing a projected image of Megatron's face upon his visor! The Decepticon leader is in complete control of Omega's body and begins attacking the Autobots, forcing Optimus Prime to consider unleashing an uncontrollable Sari on the giant. Before resorting to this desperate last resort, the Autobots attempt to lure Megatron away from the city; Ratchet even upgrades Bumblebee's stingers to a more powerful battle grade for the mission. Taking refuge in the nearby river, the Autobots attack Omega's legs, forcing open an access hatch through which Prime and Prowl enter Omega's body. Fighting off Omega's internal defences, Prowl taps into Omega's processor in order to help him fight off Megatron's control, and they succeed in forcing Megatron out of the system. Prime engages Megatron in battle in order to keep Prowl safe, but as their battle rages, Starscream seizes control of Omega's mind and forcibly disconnects Prowl from Omega's processor. Prime and Prowl are unceremoniously ejected from Omega Supreme's body, but Starscream is not finished there: he uses Omega's internal defences to seize Megatron, and resumes attacking the Autobots all around him. Megatron manages to talk Starscream into an alliance, suggesting they forget Earth and conquer Cybertron together. Starscream struggles to activate Omega's TransWarp system, and while his attention is occupied with this task, Omega's consciousness fights its way to the surface and begs Ratchet to shut him down again. Ratchet regretfully unleashes his EMP generator upon Omega, but it has no effect, and Starscream transforms Omega into starship mode in order to begin the TransWarp. Bulkhead and Bumblebee hit upon the idea to plant the plasmadynamic thruster on Omega Supreme, and they hand it off to Prime to complete the task. Prime plants the thruster at the last second before Omega disappears into TransWarp, and Ratchet catches Prime with his magnets as he falls out of the sky.<br /> <br /> Back at the Autobot base a little later, Sari comes to, and admits to Ratchet that he was right about taking it slow. Sumdac apologizes for holding back the truth from Sari for so long, and Bumblebee thanks Ratchet for saving his tailpipe. Unfortunately, Bulkhead brings the mood down by reminding everyone that they still have to find a way to contact Cybertron.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] holds an Autobot council sand announces that all the evidence points to a double agent on Cybertron. Longarm Prime implicates escaped convict [[Wasp]], and Ultra Magnus instructs [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to put together a unit to hunt the fugitive down. Magnus also notes that he have to make contact with Optimus's crew on Earth, and Longarm hastily demands that all contact with them be filtered through him, adding that it will be purely for security reasons after the rest of the council give him wary looks.<br /> <br /> In the sky above Cybertron, Omega Supreme materializes, and Starscream howls with glee... only for the Autobot spaceship to immediately TransWarp away to another random point in space... and another... and another...<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] (2)<br /> *[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (3)<br /> *[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] (4)<br /> *[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (7)<br /> *[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]] (9)<br /> *[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (10)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (11)<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (12)<br /> *[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (17)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (18)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (19)<br /> *[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (20)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (21)<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (22)<br /> *[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (27)<br /> *[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] (28)<br /> *[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (29)<br /> *[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (31)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] (33)<br /> *[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (34)<br /> *[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (36)<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (37)<br /> <br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] (1)<br /> *[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] (5)<br /> *[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] (6)<br /> *[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] (8)<br /> *[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime/Shockwave]] (13)<br /> *[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] (14)<br /> *[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (15)<br /> *[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (16)<br /> *[[Starscream clone|Starscream clones]]<br /> **[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp, the Coward Starscream II]] (30)<br /> **[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker, the Egomaniac Starscream]] (32)<br /> <br /> |c3=<br /> *[[Isaac Sumdac]] (24)<br /> *[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]] (25)<br /> *[[Porter C. Powell]] (26)<br /> *[[Captain Fanzone]] (35)<br /> <br /> |c4=<br /> *[[Sari Sumdac]] (23)<br /> *[[Rock creature|Rock creatures]] (38)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Bulkhead and genius in the same sentence? I'll never get used to that.&quot;<br /> :—'''Bumblebee''' shows his high opinion of his best friend. <br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I'll warn them even if I have to run halfway across the galaxy to Cybertron to do it!&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Blurr''', who apparently does just that.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Sari, I don't pretend to fully understand humans, but from what I've seen, being a father is far more than a simple organic bond. It has much more to do with the spark. With the heart.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' muses on the nature of family. Sadly, the [[fandom]] desires more [[Relatives|concrete answers]].<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Prepare for T.O.T! Total Ownage Time!&quot;<br /> :—'''Headmaster''' to Optimus Prime and the Sumdacs.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masterson''': Cut it out and fight like a robot!&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Optimus fully transforms]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': Why don't you try fighting like a jet? That is, unless you don't think you can handle transforming. It is pretty difficult. Especially for a &quot;n00b&quot; such as yourself.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Masterson''': N-Nobody calls me a n00b! NOBODY!<br /> :—Optimus hits the Headmaster where it hurts the most—his own vocabulary. <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Megatron''': It's no use. I can't break through without my weapons.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Starscream''': A-hem. You're forgetting one of us ''is'' a weapon.&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Starscream fires his sonic blast, but the recoil sends him ricocheting around the bridge, screaming all the while]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Megatron''': And a pitiful one at that.&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—Even weaponless and traped inside an Autobot, Megatron can still take comfort in the fact that he's still better off than Starscream.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Ratchet''': Last time I checked, I was this team's medic, and I've been doing it this way for over four million stellar cycles! Any bot got a problem with that?&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Prowl''': Uh, no, not really.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': No, I'm good.<br /> :—Ratchet lays down the law on the Autobots.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> ===Technical or animation errors===<br /> * The damage to Starscream's body disappears during the commercial break. <br /> * When Ratchet is talking to Bumblebee about Sari's condition, the side of his head is miscolored white. <br /> * When Sari removes her key in order to place it in the homing beacon generator, the string doesn't actually go over her head... It just phases through her neck. Somehow.<br /> * Once the key has been removed from Sari, the string attached to it mysteriously reappears.<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors===<br /> * When Bumblebee gets blown away in Part 2 after being stabbed by Sari, he lands on his back. When it starts again in Part 3, he appears on his side.<br /> * Bumblebee’s rocket boosters seemingly appear out of nowhere. With Ratchet's upgrading of his stingers and now this, it seems that &lt;s&gt;Hasbro&lt;/s&gt; the Autobots have gotten over their from &quot;Upgrades are bad, m'kay&quot; phase. Spending two seasons out-gunned will probably do that to you.<br /> * Sentinel is back in his Earth body, despite being back on Cybertron.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> *Bar Oil Slick, every member of the new squads harkens back to a previous series. Rodimus, Ironhide, Brawn and Cyclonus are heavily based off their Generation One counterparts. Red Alert and Hot Shot take after their Unicron Trilogy incarnations. Spittor and Strika are both modeled after Beast Era characters and Blackout's design is heavily influenced by the live action movie version. <br /> *As Sari dismisses Isaac Sumdac's story of her origin, she suggests that he should have told her how he found her &quot;in a cabbage patch&quot;, or the &quot;stork brought me&quot;. These same ideas were suggested by Professors Bumblebee and Bulkhead in &quot;[[Return of the Headmaster]]&quot;. In that episode, the professors also suggested that Sari was really a robot, that she came to Earth in an egg, and that she could have fallen through a portal, ''all'' of which seems to have some nugget of truth to them: she ''is'' a robot, she was contained in a strange pod, and she appeared in Sumdac's lab out of thin air. ''Foreshadowing!''<br /> *After Sari mentions those theories, Optimus Prime recalls how Sari told him of human manufacturing, which occurred in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;.<br /> *While lecturing her on taking it slow with her powers, Ratchet says that there's &quot;more than meets the vis-scanners&quot; on having powers, a clear reference to the time honored Transformers tagline &quot;[[More Than Meets the Eye]].&quot;<br /> *Starscream says Omega Supreme is &quot;more powerful than I imagined... okay, not AllSpark-powerful...&quot;, in reference to his use of the same phrase to describe the AllSpark way back in &quot;Transform and Roll Out!&quot; <br /> *Arcee's open head looks ''waaay'' too much like [[Alex Milne]]'s cover for [[IDW Publishing]]'s &quot;[[Spotlight: Arcee]]&quot; to be a coincidence.<br /> *Blurr races along a Saturn-style planetary ring, as [[Blurr (G1)|his namesake]] had done in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 3|Generation 1 season 3]] opening credits. <br /> *The building in which the Autobot Elite Guard have their meeting looks [[Metroplex (G1)|somewhat familiar]].<br /> *Blackout seems to have retained his seismic stomp that was used by his [[Blackout (Movie)|movie counterpart]].<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> *[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] confirmed via. Twitter after the show aired that like the series pilot, &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, &quot;TransWarped&quot; was made &quot;as one 70 minute movie&quot;, although it was also cut into 22-minute episodes for syndication.&lt;ref&gt;[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] - http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1329673450 - &quot;We made it as one 70 minute movie, but it has also been cut into three 22s&quot;.&lt;/ref&gt; ''Unlike'' the pilot, however, &quot;TransWarped&quot; counts as three episodes out of the thirteen alotted for the show's third season. While Cartoon Network aired all three episode in movie form for their premiere, Canadian network YTV opted to debut them in episodic form, airing only the first two in a double-bill, and then screening the final part the following week.<br /> *Ultra Magnus builds a living WMD and makes him purposefully stupid so he won't question his lot in life. Optimus considers throwing an overloading Sari at said death machine even at the risk that the kid might blow an take the whole city with her. ''Damn''.<br /> *Sari's transformation sequence upon absorbing the power of the key is a nod to the transformation sequence of the title robot in ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''<br /> * The Creatures that turn into rocks are a reference to the Rock Lords from the GoBots movie ''[[Wikipedia:Gobots:_Battle_of_the_Rock_Lords|GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Transwarped}}<br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

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<p>85.201.171.166: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=TFA TransWarped Sari hands.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;WhY mY hAnDs HuRt?&quot;<br /> |prev=A Bridge Too Close, Part II<br /> |next=Three's a Crowd<br /> |ep=30, 31 and 32<br /> |title=&quot;TransWarped&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[March 14]], 2009<br /> |written by=[[Marty Isenberg]], [[Michael Ryan]], [[Marsha Griffin]]<br /> |directed by=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]], [[Tetsuro Moronuki]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]<br /> |animation studio=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''In the aftermath of the battle at the mine, Sari and her father’s relationship takes a strange turn; the Autobots have their work cut out for them trying to contact Cybertron; and Megatron and Starscream find a new opportunity'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> ===Part 1===<br /> [[Image:TransWarpedRodimusCosmicRust.jpg|thumb|left|180px|No fair, I just got here!]]<br /> <br /> Somewhere along the outer rim of the galaxy, a contingent of [[Autobot]]s led by [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] defends a [[space bridge]] against the [[Decepticon]]s' &quot;[[Team Chaar]]&quot;, led by [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]. She, [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] and [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] strafe [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], badly injuring Hot Shot's leg and forcing team medic [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] to perform an amputation. Before she can do so, however, she is swallowed up by [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]], who explosively vomits her back at her team. Rodimus contacts the [[Elite Guard]] for backup, but the Autobot forces are spread much too thin, defending space bridges from Decepticon attacks all across the galaxy. Oil Slick and Cyclonus proceed to take down Brawn and Ironhide, leaving Rodimus on his own, at which point Blackout arrives and all but finishes the fight with a huge electromagnetic pulse. Rodimus still has some fight left in him, but it drains away when Oil Slick offlines him with a vial of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Strika contacts [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who informs her that nobody is to TransWarp to the planet until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself arrives. But Megatron was supposed to be there megacycles ago...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedStarscreamsScream.jpg|thumb|right|180px|How... literal. And disturbingly yonic.]]<br /> <br /> Off in the depths of space, the disembodied head of [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attempts to remove Megatron's stasis cuffs with his teeth as the Decepticon leader berates him all the while. As Starscream begins bellowing back at Megatron, the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment in his forehead begins to glow, and he undergoes a surprising transformation: his mouth converts into a sonic blaster that shoots the cuffs clean off Megatron's wrists. There is no time for the two villains to celebrate, however, as the giant form of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] materializes above them. But after a moment, Megatron realizes that the colossus is offline...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Hush little baby, don't say a word. Sumdac's gonna buy you a mockingbird.]]<br /> <br /> On [[Earth]], as the Autobots return to [[Detroit]], [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] explains [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] origins to her as best he can, revealing that he discovered her in his laboratory years ago, in the form of a small, liquid metal robot. Sari finds the story hard to believe, and her strained patience reaches its end when the group returns to [[Sumdac Tower]] and confronts [[Porter C. Powell]] and [[Henry Masterson]]. When the two men refuse to vacate the premises, Sari's hands transform into energy projectors that hurl the villains to the building's elevator. This newest revelation pushes Sari over the edge, and she walks out on the man she can no longer even think of as her father, returning to the Autobots' base with her &quot;fellow robots&quot;. While [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] examines Sari—deducing that she's basically human, but partially Cybertronian—Prowl departs to carry out some research of his own. With Ratchet lost in his memories of [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] head back to the Decepticons' destroyed mine base to salvage some equipment that will let them contact Cybertron and inform the Autobots there of the traitor in their midst.<br /> <br /> On a small planetoid somewhere in space, [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] is still trapped in a cement blob with Starscream's [[Thundercracker (Animated)|egomaniacal]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardly]] clones. Blurr proposes using sonic pulses to dissolve the glue, and the egomaniac takes the idea for his own and successfully frees them. Blurr immediately speeds off, launching into space and literally running across the galaxy, ricocheting off everything in his path (including the egomaniac) to get back to Cybertron and inform the Elite Guard of Megatron's invasion plan.<br /> <br /> Megatron and Starscream force their way into Omega Supreme's body, but this action brings the giant Autobot back online, and his internal systems immediately seize the Decepticons. Megatron exploits Omega's simple processor and convinces him to take him back to Cybertron &quot;to face justice&quot;. Omega transforms back into ship mode and TransWarps off toward Cybertron.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are searching through the ruins of the mine when Bumblebee discovers a [[Plasmadynamic thruster|plasmadynamic thruster]] space bridge component that abruptly TransWarps him away. While Bulkhead is wondering where his buddy went, he is suddenly attacked by Henry Masterson, who recovered his Headmaster unit and Starscream's headless body from the mine the night before.<br /> <br /> At Sumdac Tower, Prowl shadows Sumdac into his laboratory, and quickly accesses his computers and scans the scientist in an attempt to learn more about Sari's origins. Ratchet is having distinctly less luck back at the Autobot base, where Sari refuses to let him perform an exploratory surgery. The whole unpleasant affair reminds Ratchet of his past on Cybertron, when he performed open-processor surgery on Arcee, and discovered she was carrying the codes that were key to the creation of Omega Supreme. Prime snaps Ratchet out of his flashback with the news that he cannot contact Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and Ratchet heads out to the mine to investigate.<br /> <br /> With the other Autobots busy, Optimus Prime tries to patch up the Sumdac family feud by surreptitiously opening a comm channel to Professor Sumdac's laboratory and explaining loudly and at length to Sari that he is going to take her to [[Burger Bot]]. Sumdac catches on and heads out to meet them there, but Sari is furious at being set up and refuses to talk to him. Unfortunately, the Headmaster soon arrives, having picked up Prime's phone call through bugs left in Sumdac Tower, and threatens to unleash t0t47 0wN4ge!<br /> <br /> ===Part 2===<br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Headmaster PWN3D.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Heads out.]]<br /> Optimus Prime engages the Headmaster, binding him with his grapplers and dragging him around the Burger Bot parking lot before taking a moment to usher the Sumdacs to safety behind a dumpster. The fight carries the two combatants to an overhead roadway and back, with the Headmaster eventually downing Prime with a slab of concrete. Sumdac is forced to take action, and hides Sari within the dumpster so that he can draw the Headmaster's attention and keep her safe. Touched by this, Sari unleashes her energy projectors on the Headmaster in defence of her father, though they do little to the villain other than draw his attention. Prime rejoins the battle just in time, ramming the villain in truck mode and goading the Headmaster into trying to transforming Starscream's body as well. Infuriated by Prime's claim that a n00b such as he would find it difficult, the Headmaster tries to meet the challenge... only to find his Headmaster unit squeezed clean off Starscream's body by the transformation process. As Starscream's lifeless carcass spirals off into the river, the Headmaster is apprehended by Prime and handed over to [[Captain Fanzone]].<br /> <br /> Back at Sumdac tower, Prowl reveals his findings to Prime, Sari and Sumdac: he believes that the body Sumdac found in his lab was, in fact, a Cybertronian [[protoform]] that scanned Professor Sumdac's data. Sari takes the revelation in stride, although everyone else remains mystified as to how a protoform wound up on Earth in the first place. There is no time to dwell on the subject, however, as Ratchet radios Prime to inform him of Bulkhead's injuries and Bumblebee's disappearance.<br /> <br /> Out in space, Omega Supreme re-merges from TransWarp, and his systems all power down, having been sapped of energy by the effort of the teleport. Megatron attempts to escape from the confines of the giant Autobots' body, but without his weapons, he is unable. Starscream's new sonic blaster is similarly uneffective, and Megatron instead schemes to take control of Omega's very body.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Blurr Crushed.jpg|180px|left|thumb|&quot;We... are going... to die!&quot;]]<br /> On Cybertron, Shockwave (in the form of Longarm Prime) is informed by [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] that the space bridge network has been shut down to prevent a Decepticon invasion of the planet. Suppressing his frustration, Shockwave is promptly presented with an outlet for his anger when Blurr comes streaking out of the sky and crashes at his feet. Blurr informs him of the double-agent on Cybertron, who he plans to identify by cross-referencing his voice-print with the Cybertron intelligence database, and Shockwave immediately attacks the speedster, intent on silencing him before his cover can be blown. Blurr streaks off into a series of nearby corridors, but his speed fails to carry him beyond Shockwave's reach: using a control console, Shockwave seals off the tunnels, and Blurr is crushed between two walls.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Ratchet's treatment of Bulkhead is interrupted by Sari, who volunteers use of her Key to fix the larger Autobot's wounds. Ratchet is indignant, insisting that just because something is new, it doesn't make it better, but Bulkhead request the Key. While Sari goes to work on Bulkhead's injuries, the sullen medic is overtaken by his memories, and he recalls the creation of Omega Supreme, and how he was partnered with the new-born titan to serve as his mentor, teacher and friend. Ratchet is roused from his unpleasant trip down memory lane when discussion turns to the whereabouts of Bumblebee, and before long, Bulkhead figures out that the plasmadynamic thruster has TransWarped Bumblebee off across the galaxy. Bulkhead suggests using a homing beacon generator recovered from the mine ruins to pinpoint Bumblebee's location, and Sari uses her Key to fix it before Ratchet can even begin examining it.<br /> <br /> Aboard Omega Supreme, Megatron uses his stasis cuffs to &quot;hotwire&quot; Omega's body and bring it back online. However, when the light from Omega's &quot;headlights&quot; falls upon a nearby asteroid, Megatron and Starscream are shocked to see the rock react to the light, transforming into a humanoid monster that immediately attacks the ship! As more asteroids transform around him, Omega TransWarps away to safety... only for Bumblebee, cruising on the tail end of Omega's TransWarp signature, to materialize in his place, right in the midst of the rock creatures! The largest creature swallows the tiny Autobot with a single gulp.<br /> <br /> Simultaneously, on Earth, Bulkhead locks in on Bumblebee's position and teleports him back, but the rock creature he is inside comes with him, and is immediately driven to a rampage by the blinding light of the [[Sun]]. Optimus Prime detects Bumblebee's signature within the creature, and the Autobots prepare to give chase as the alien stomps off through the city. Prowl is rather taken aback to see Ratchet wearing his EMP generator on his arm once more, while Prime has to deal with Sari's demands that she be allowed to join them in the fight now that she has powers. Prime refuses, and the Autobots zoom off after the rock monster, but Sari won't take no for an answer, and is struck with inspiration: give herself an upgrade! Sari concentrates and a port opens in her chest, into which she inserts her Key... and in an explosion of energy, Sari's whole body transforms into a taller, older form, suited in combat armor!<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Screamer Hotwire OmegaSupreme.jpg|right|180px|thumb|What am I [[Laserbeak (G1)|a]] [[Buzzsaw (G1)|t]][[Ravage (G1)|a]][[Frenzy (G1)|p]][[Rumble (G1)|e]].]]<br /> Meanwhlie, Megatron has discovered that Omega Supreme has again expended all his power, and his stasis cuffs do not have the energy left to rectify the situation. He grabs Starscream's head and jams it into the circuits, where the traitor's AllSpark fragment energizes Omega's systems once more.<br /> <br /> Back in Detroit, the Autobots are attempting to figure out how to stop the rock creature without hurting Bumblebee when the upgraded Sari comes streaking onto the scene on jet skates. As the Autobots look on in shock, Sari begins attacking the alien with arm-blades and an energy-hammer that morphs out of her arms. A single strike of the hammer reduces the alien to boulders, freeing Bumblebee, who is immediately struck by Sari's new look, but then shouts a warning: the smaller boulders surrounding the pair have transformed into small creatures. But the creatures pose no threat to Sari, and she pounds them into pebbles. As Sari basks in her triumph, Ratchet realizes with horror that she has used the Key on herself - and the elderly Autobot's concern is soon proven to be valid, as the Key overloads Sari's systems, and she loses control of her body. With Sari attacking everything and everyone around her, the Autobots attempt to stop her with a variety of non-lethal strategies, but Sari counters everything they throw at her, including Prowl's processor-over-matter technique. Even as Prime and Sari tell Bumblebee to keep back, the young Autobot races to his friend's side... only for the out-of-control Sari to stab him through the chest! Frozen for a horrific moment, Bumblebee is then hurled back by an energy discharge, and the light dims from his optics...<br /> <br /> ===Part 3===<br /> Ratchet leaps to Bumblebee's aid, but without Sari's Key, Bulkhead fears his little buddy is done for. Ratchet denies that he requires the key to do his job, but his memories of when he was forced to place the dying Omega Supreme in stasis haunt him as he begins to operate on Bumblebee.<br /> <br /> Sari, meanwhile, is storming through the city streets, causing objects to explode when she comes into contact with them, and the Autobots head after her, seeking to remove the Key in hopes of bringing her back under control. They corral her with a wall of steel girders, affording Prowl the chance to get the drop on her and rip the Key from her chest, but Sari continues to rampage. With Bumblebee fading, Ratchet goes back on his previous claim and requests the Key be brought to him, but when Prowl complies, he discovers that the energy of the Key has been completely drained. Prowl assures Ratchet that he can accomplish the task without the Key, and the old medic gravely takes up the challenge, and manages to bring Bumblebee back online.<br /> <br /> Back with Sari, Prime and Bumblebee, Sari's energies are growing increasingly more out of control, as the street beneath her explodes with every step she takes. Bulkhead suggests just trying to &quot;hold it in,&quot; but when Sari tries, things get even worse, as she begins to glow with so much energy that she is on the verge of exploding. Optimus summons Ratchet so that he can use his EMP generator to take Sari down, and while Ratchet is hesitant to do so, Sari begs him to stop her. Ratchet fires, and Sari collapses, her energy fading.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, Longarm Prime has Cliffjumper dispose of the crushed remains of Blurr, and is then contacted by Megatron. Learning that the space bridge network is down at that the Earth-based Autobots are poised to blow Shockwave's cover, Megatron orders the Decepticons to cease their attacks on the space bridges so that he can solve both problems his own way. Team Chaar recieve the transmission and fall back, much to the Elite Guard's surprise.<br /> <br /> In the Autobots base, Ratchet completes a rewiring of Sari's systems, bypassing the circuits that caused her to run out of control. Professor Sumdac soon arrives, having been informed of the location of the base by Optimus Prime, who desires that there no longer be any secrets between the Autobots and their friends. The Autobots step outside the plant to give the Sumdacs some time together, and are in the middle of catching Bumblebee up on recent events when the small Autobot suddenly begins to glow with TransWarp energies once more. Bulkhead quickly deactivates the plasmadynamic thruster, but the source of the TransWarp wave the thruster was picking up soon becomes apparent, as Omega Supreme materializes in the sky overhead. Much to the Autobots' surprise, the titan fires upon them, before transforming to robot mode, revealing a projected image of Megatron's face upon his visor! The Decepticon leader is in complete control of Omega's body and begins attacking the Autobots, forcing Optimus Prime to consider unleashing an uncontrollable Sari on the giant. Before resorting to this desperate last resort, the Autobots attempt to lure Megatron away from the city; Ratchet even upgrades Bumblebee's stingers to a more powerful battle grade for the mission. Taking refuge in the nearby river, the Autobots attack Omega's legs, forcing open an access hatch through which Prime and Prowl enter Omega's body. Fighting off Omega's internal defences, Prowl taps into Omega's processor in order to help him fight off Megatron's control, and they succeed in forcing Megatron out of the system. Prime engages Megatron in battle in order to keep Prowl safe, but as their battle rages, Starscream seizes control of Omega's mind and forcibly disconnects Prowl from Omega's processor. Prime and Prowl are unceremoniously ejected from Omega Supreme's body, but Starscream is not finished there: he uses Omega's internal defences to seize Megatron, and resumes attacking the Autobots all around him. Megatron manages to talk Starscream into an alliance, suggesting they forget Earth and conquer Cybertron together. Starscream struggles to activate Omega's TransWarp system, and while his attention is occupied with this task, Omega's consciousness fights its way to the surface and begs Ratchet to shut him down again. Ratchet regretfully unleashes his EMP generator upon Omega, but it has no effect, and Starscream transforms Omega into starship mode in order to begin the TransWarp. Bulkhead and Bumblebee hit upon the idea to plant the plasmadynamic thruster on Omega Supreme, and they hand it off to Prime to complete the task. Prime plants the thruster at the last second before Omega disappears into TransWarp, and Ratchet catches Prime with his magnets as he falls out of the sky.<br /> <br /> Back at the Autobot base a little later, Sari comes to, and admits to Ratchet that he was right about taking it slow. Sumdac apologizes for holding back the truth from Sari for so long, and Bumblebee thanks Ratchet for saving his tailpipe. Unfortunately, Bulkhead brings the mood down by reminding everyone that they still have to find a way to contact Cybertron.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] holds an Autobot council sand announces that all the evidence points to a double agent on Cybertron. Longarm Prime implicates escaped convict [[Wasp]], and Ultra Magnus instructs [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to put together a unit to hunt the fugitive down. Magnus also notes that he have to make contact with Optimus's crew on Earth, and Longarm hastily demands that all contact with them be filtered through him, adding that it will be purely for security reasons after the rest of the council give him wary looks.<br /> <br /> In the sky above Cybertron, Omega Supreme materializes, and Starscream howls with glee... only for the Autobot spaceship to immediately TransWarp away to another random point in space... and another... and another...<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] (2)<br /> *[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (3)<br /> *[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] (4)<br /> *[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (7)<br /> *[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]] (9)<br /> *[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (10)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (11)<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (12)<br /> *[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (17)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (18)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (19)<br /> *[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (20)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (21)<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (22)<br /> *[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (27)<br /> *[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] (28)<br /> *[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (29)<br /> *[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (31)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] (33)<br /> *[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (34)<br /> *[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (36)<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (37)<br /> <br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] (1)<br /> *[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] (5)<br /> *[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] (6)<br /> *[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] (8)<br /> *[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime/Shockwave]] (13)<br /> *[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] (14)<br /> *[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (15)<br /> *[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (16)<br /> *[[Starscream clone|Starscream clones]]<br /> **[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp, the Coward Starscream II]] (30)<br /> **[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker, the Egomaniac Starscream]] (32)<br /> <br /> |c3=<br /> *[[Isaac Sumdac]] (24)<br /> *[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]] (25)<br /> *[[Porter C. Powell]] (26)<br /> *[[Captain Fanzone]] (35)<br /> <br /> |c4=<br /> *[[Sari Sumdac]] (23)<br /> *[[Rock creature|Rock creatures]] (38)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Bulkhead and genius in the same sentence? I'll never get used to that.&quot;<br /> :—'''Bumblebee''' shows his high opinion of his best friend. <br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I'll warn them even if I have to run halfway across the galaxy to Cybertron to do it!&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Blurr''', who apparently does just that.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Sari, I don't pretend to fully understand humans, but from what I've seen, being a father is far more than a simple organic bond. It has much more to do with the spark. With the heart.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' muses on the nature of family. Sadly, the [[fandom]] desires more [[Relatives|concrete answers]].<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Prepare for T.O.T! Total Ownage Time!&quot;<br /> :—'''Headmaster''' to Optimus Prime and the Sumdacs.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masterson''': Cut it out and fight like a robot!&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Optimus fully transforms]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': Why don't you try fighting like a jet? That is, unless you don't think you can handle transforming. It is pretty difficult. Especially for a &quot;n00b&quot; such as yourself.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Masterson''': N-Nobody calls me a n00b! NOBODY!<br /> :—Optimus hits the Headmaster where it hurts the most—his own vocabulary. <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Megatron''': It's no use. I can't break through without my weapons.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Starscream''': A-hem. You're forgetting one of us ''is'' a weapon.&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Starscream fires his sonic blast, but the recoil sends him ricocheting around the bridge, screaming all the while]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Megatron''': And a pitiful one at that.&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—Even weaponless and traped inside an Autobot, Megatron can still take comfort in the fact that he's still better off than Starscream.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Ratchet''': Last time I checked, I was this team's medic, and I've been doing it this way for over four million stellar cycles! Any bot got a problem with that?&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Prowl''': Uh, no, not really.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': No, I'm good.<br /> :—Ratchet lays down the law on the Autobots.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> ===Technical or animation errors===<br /> * The damage to Starscream's body disappears during the commercial break. <br /> * When Ratchet is talking to Bumblebee about Sari's condition, the side of his head is miscolored white. <br /> * When Sari removes her key in order to place it in the homing beacon generator, the string doesn't actually go over her head... It just phases through her neck. Somehow.<br /> * Once the key has been removed from Sari, the string attached to it mysteriously reappears.<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors===<br /> * When Bumblebee gets blown away in Part 2 after being stabbed by Sari, he lands on his back. When it starts again in Part 3, he appears on his side.<br /> * Bumblebee’s rocket boosters seemingly appear out of nowhere. With Ratchet's upgrading of his stingers and now this, it seems that &lt;s&gt;Hasbro&lt;/s&gt; the Autobots have gotten over their from &quot;Upgrades are bad, m'kay&quot; phase. Spending two seasons out-gunned will probably do that to you.<br /> * Sentinel is back in his Earth body, despite being back on Cybertron.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> *Bar Oil Slick, every member of the new squads harkens back to a previous series. Rodimus, Ironhide, Brawn and Cyclonus are heavily based off their Generation One counterparts. Red Alert and Hot Shot take after their Unicron Trilogy incarnations. Spittor and Strika are both modeled after Beast Era characters and Blackout's design is heavily influenced by the live action movie version. <br /> *As Sari dismisses Isaac Sumdac's story of her origin, she suggests that he should have told her how he found her &quot;in a cabbage patch&quot;, or the &quot;stork brought me&quot;. These same ideas were suggested by Professors Bumblebee and Bulkhead in &quot;[[Return of the Headmaster]]&quot;. In that episode, the professors also suggested that Sari was really a robot, that she came to Earth in an egg, and that she could have fallen through a portal, ''all'' of which seems to have some nugget of truth to them: she ''is'' a robot, she was contained in a strange pod, and she appeared in Sumdac's lab out of thin air. ''Foreshadowing!''<br /> *After Sari mentions those theories, Optimus Prime recalls how Sari told him of human manufacturing, which occurred in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;.<br /> *While lecturing her on taking it slow with her powers, Ratchet says that there's &quot;more than meets the vis-scanners&quot; on having powers, a clear reference to the time honored Transformers tagline &quot;[[More Than Meets the Eye]].&quot;<br /> *Starscream says Omega Supreme is &quot;more powerful than I imagined... okay, not AllSpark-powerful...&quot;, in reference to his use of the same phrase to describe the AllSpark way back in &quot;Transform and Roll Out!&quot; <br /> *Arcee's open head looks ''waaay'' too much like [[Alex Milne]]'s cover for [[IDW Publishing]]'s &quot;[[Spotlight: Arcee]]&quot; to be a coincidence.<br /> *Blurr races along a Saturn-style planetary ring, as [[Blurr (G1)|his namesake]] had done in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 3|Generation 1 season 3]] opening credits. <br /> *The building in which the Autobot Elite Guard have their meeting looks [[Metroplex (G1)|somewhat familiar]].<br /> *Blackout seems to have retained his seismic stomp that was used by his [[Blackout (Movie)|movie counterpart]].<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> *[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] confirmed via. Twitter after the show aired that like the series pilot, &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, &quot;TransWarped&quot; was made &quot;as one 70 minute movie&quot;, although it was also cut into 22-minute episodes for syndication.&lt;ref&gt;[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] - http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1329673450 - &quot;We made it as one 70 minute movie, but it has also been cut into three 22s&quot;.&lt;/ref&gt; ''Unlike'' the pilot, however, &quot;TransWarped&quot; counts as three episodes out of the thirteen alotted for the show's third season. While Cartoon Network aired all three episode in movie form for their premiere, Canadian network YTV opted to debut them in episodic form, airing only the first two in a double-bill, and then screening the final part the following week.<br /> *Ultra Magnus builds a living WMD and makes him purposefully stupid so he won't question his lot in life. Optimus considers throwing an overloading Sari at said death machine even at the risk that the kid might blow an take everything with her. ''Damn''.<br /> *Sari's transformation sequence upon absorbing the power of the key is a nod to the transformation sequence of the title robot in ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''<br /> * The Creatures that turn into rocks are a reference to the Rock Lords from the GoBots movie ''[[Wikipedia:Gobots:_Battle_of_the_Rock_Lords|GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Transwarped}}<br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

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<p>85.201.171.166: /* Trivia */ Optimus never intend to use Sari as a bomb, only to use her overpowered ability.</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=TFA TransWarped Sari hands.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;WhY mY hAnDs HuRt?&quot;<br /> |prev=A Bridge Too Close, Part II<br /> |next=Three's a Crowd<br /> |ep=30, 31 and 32<br /> |title=&quot;TransWarped&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[March 14]], 2009<br /> |written by=[[Marty Isenberg]], [[Michael Ryan]], [[Marsha Griffin]]<br /> |directed by=[[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]], [[Tetsuro Moronuki]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]]<br /> |animation studio=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''In the aftermath of the battle at the mine, Sari and her father’s relationship takes a strange turn; the Autobots have their work cut out for them trying to contact Cybertron; and Megatron and Starscream find a new opportunity'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> ===Part 1===<br /> [[Image:TransWarpedRodimusCosmicRust.jpg|thumb|left|180px|No fair, I just got here!]]<br /> <br /> Somewhere along the outer rim of the galaxy, a contingent of [[Autobot]]s led by [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] defends a [[space bridge]] against the [[Decepticon]]s' &quot;[[Team Chaar]]&quot;, led by [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]. She, [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] and [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] strafe [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], badly injuring Hot Shot's leg and forcing team medic [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] to perform an amputation. Before she can do so, however, she is swallowed up by [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]], who explosively vomits her back at her team. Rodimus contacts the [[Elite Guard]] for backup, but the Autobot forces are spread much too thin, defending space bridges from Decepticon attacks all across the galaxy. Oil Slick and Cyclonus proceed to take down Brawn and Ironhide, leaving Rodimus on his own, at which point Blackout arrives and all but finishes the fight with a huge electromagnetic pulse. Rodimus still has some fight left in him, but it drains away when Oil Slick offlines him with a vial of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Strika contacts [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who informs her that nobody is to TransWarp to the planet until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself arrives. But Megatron was supposed to be there megacycles ago...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedStarscreamsScream.jpg|thumb|right|180px|How... literal. And disturbingly yonic.]]<br /> <br /> Off in the depths of space, the disembodied head of [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attempts to remove Megatron's stasis cuffs with his teeth as the Decepticon leader berates him all the while. As Starscream begins bellowing back at Megatron, the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment in his forehead begins to glow, and he undergoes a surprising transformation: his mouth converts into a sonic blaster that shoots the cuffs clean off Megatron's wrists. There is no time for the two villains to celebrate, however, as the giant form of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] materializes above them. But after a moment, Megatron realizes that the colossus is offline...<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Hush little baby, don't say a word. Sumdac's gonna buy you a mockingbird.]]<br /> <br /> On [[Earth]], as the Autobots return to [[Detroit]], [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] explains [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] origins to her as best he can, revealing that he discovered her in his laboratory years ago, in the form of a small, liquid metal robot. Sari finds the story hard to believe, and her strained patience reaches its end when the group returns to [[Sumdac Tower]] and confronts [[Porter C. Powell]] and [[Henry Masterson]]. When the two men refuse to vacate the premises, Sari's hands transform into energy projectors that hurl the villains to the building's elevator. This newest revelation pushes Sari over the edge, and she walks out on the man she can no longer even think of as her father, returning to the Autobots' base with her &quot;fellow robots&quot;. While [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] examines Sari—deducing that she's basically human, but partially Cybertronian—Prowl departs to carry out some research of his own. With Ratchet lost in his memories of [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] head back to the Decepticons' destroyed mine base to salvage some equipment that will let them contact Cybertron and inform the Autobots there of the traitor in their midst.<br /> <br /> On a small planetoid somewhere in space, [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] is still trapped in a cement blob with Starscream's [[Thundercracker (Animated)|egomaniacal]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardly]] clones. Blurr proposes using sonic pulses to dissolve the glue, and the egomaniac takes the idea for his own and successfully frees them. Blurr immediately speeds off, launching into space and literally running across the galaxy, ricocheting off everything in his path (including the egomaniac) to get back to Cybertron and inform the Elite Guard of Megatron's invasion plan.<br /> <br /> Megatron and Starscream force their way into Omega Supreme's body, but this action brings the giant Autobot back online, and his internal systems immediately seize the Decepticons. Megatron exploits Omega's simple processor and convinces him to take him back to Cybertron &quot;to face justice&quot;. Omega transforms back into ship mode and TransWarps off toward Cybertron.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are searching through the ruins of the mine when Bumblebee discovers a [[Plasmadynamic thruster|plasmadynamic thruster]] space bridge component that abruptly TransWarps him away. While Bulkhead is wondering where his buddy went, he is suddenly attacked by Henry Masterson, who recovered his Headmaster unit and Starscream's headless body from the mine the night before.<br /> <br /> At Sumdac Tower, Prowl shadows Sumdac into his laboratory, and quickly accesses his computers and scans the scientist in an attempt to learn more about Sari's origins. Ratchet is having distinctly less luck back at the Autobot base, where Sari refuses to let him perform an exploratory surgery. The whole unpleasant affair reminds Ratchet of his past on Cybertron, when he performed open-processor surgery on Arcee, and discovered she was carrying the codes that were key to the creation of Omega Supreme. Prime snaps Ratchet out of his flashback with the news that he cannot contact Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and Ratchet heads out to the mine to investigate.<br /> <br /> With the other Autobots busy, Optimus Prime tries to patch up the Sumdac family feud by surreptitiously opening a comm channel to Professor Sumdac's laboratory and explaining loudly and at length to Sari that he is going to take her to [[Burger Bot]]. Sumdac catches on and heads out to meet them there, but Sari is furious at being set up and refuses to talk to him. Unfortunately, the Headmaster soon arrives, having picked up Prime's phone call through bugs left in Sumdac Tower, and threatens to unleash t0t47 0wN4ge!<br /> <br /> ===Part 2===<br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Headmaster PWN3D.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Heads out.]]<br /> Optimus Prime engages the Headmaster, binding him with his grapplers and dragging him around the Burger Bot parking lot before taking a moment to usher the Sumdacs to safety behind a dumpster. The fight carries the two combatants to an overhead roadway and back, with the Headmaster eventually downing Prime with a slab of concrete. Sumdac is forced to take action, and hides Sari within the dumpster so that he can draw the Headmaster's attention and keep her safe. Touched by this, Sari unleashes her energy projectors on the Headmaster in defence of her father, though they do little to the villain other than draw his attention. Prime rejoins the battle just in time, ramming the villain in truck mode and goading the Headmaster into trying to transforming Starscream's body as well. Infuriated by Prime's claim that a n00b such as he would find it difficult, the Headmaster tries to meet the challenge... only to find his Headmaster unit squeezed clean off Starscream's body by the transformation process. As Starscream's lifeless carcass spirals off into the river, the Headmaster is apprehended by Prime and handed over to [[Captain Fanzone]].<br /> <br /> Back at Sumdac tower, Prowl reveals his findings to Prime, Sari and Sumdac: he believes that the body Sumdac found in his lab was, in fact, a Cybertronian [[protoform]] that scanned Professor Sumdac's data. Sari takes the revelation in stride, although everyone else remains mystified as to how a protoform wound up on Earth in the first place. There is no time to dwell on the subject, however, as Ratchet radios Prime to inform him of Bulkhead's injuries and Bumblebee's disappearance.<br /> <br /> Out in space, Omega Supreme re-merges from TransWarp, and his systems all power down, having been sapped of energy by the effort of the teleport. Megatron attempts to escape from the confines of the giant Autobots' body, but without his weapons, he is unable. Starscream's new sonic blaster is similarly uneffective, and Megatron instead schemes to take control of Omega's very body.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Blurr Crushed.jpg|180px|left|thumb|&quot;We... are going... to die!&quot;]]<br /> On Cybertron, Shockwave (in the form of Longarm Prime) is informed by [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] that the space bridge network has been shut down to prevent a Decepticon invasion of the planet. Suppressing his frustration, Shockwave is promptly presented with an outlet for his anger when Blurr comes streaking out of the sky and crashes at his feet. Blurr informs him of the double-agent on Cybertron, who he plans to identify by cross-referencing his voice-print with the Cybertron intelligence database, and Shockwave immediately attacks the speedster, intent on silencing him before his cover can be blown. Blurr streaks off into a series of nearby corridors, but his speed fails to carry him beyond Shockwave's reach: using a control console, Shockwave seals off the tunnels, and Blurr is crushed between two walls.<br /> <br /> Back on Earth, Ratchet's treatment of Bulkhead is interrupted by Sari, who volunteers use of her Key to fix the larger Autobot's wounds. Ratchet is indignant, insisting that just because something is new, it doesn't make it better, but Bulkhead request the Key. While Sari goes to work on Bulkhead's injuries, the sullen medic is overtaken by his memories, and he recalls the creation of Omega Supreme, and how he was partnered with the new-born titan to serve as his mentor, teacher and friend. Ratchet is roused from his unpleasant trip down memory lane when discussion turns to the whereabouts of Bumblebee, and before long, Bulkhead figures out that the plasmadynamic thruster has TransWarped Bumblebee off across the galaxy. Bulkhead suggests using a homing beacon generator recovered from the mine ruins to pinpoint Bumblebee's location, and Sari uses her Key to fix it before Ratchet can even begin examining it.<br /> <br /> Aboard Omega Supreme, Megatron uses his stasis cuffs to &quot;hotwire&quot; Omega's body and bring it back online. However, when the light from Omega's &quot;headlights&quot; falls upon a nearby asteroid, Megatron and Starscream are shocked to see the rock react to the light, transforming into a humanoid monster that immediately attacks the ship! As more asteroids transform around him, Omega TransWarps away to safety... only for Bumblebee, cruising on the tail end of Omega's TransWarp signature, to materialize in his place, right in the midst of the rock creatures! The largest creature swallows the tiny Autobot with a single gulp.<br /> <br /> Simultaneously, on Earth, Bulkhead locks in on Bumblebee's position and teleports him back, but the rock creature he is inside comes with him, and is immediately driven to a rampage by the blinding light of the [[Sun]]. Optimus Prime detects Bumblebee's signature within the creature, and the Autobots prepare to give chase as the alien stomps off through the city. Prowl is rather taken aback to see Ratchet wearing his EMP generator on his arm once more, while Prime has to deal with Sari's demands that she be allowed to join them in the fight now that she has powers. Prime refuses, and the Autobots zoom off after the rock monster, but Sari won't take no for an answer, and is struck with inspiration: give herself an upgrade! Sari concentrates and a port opens in her chest, into which she inserts her Key... and in an explosion of energy, Sari's whole body transforms into a taller, older form, suited in combat armor!<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni TransWarped Screamer Hotwire OmegaSupreme.jpg|right|180px|thumb|What am I [[Laserbeak (G1)|a]] [[Buzzsaw (G1)|t]][[Ravage (G1)|a]][[Frenzy (G1)|p]][[Rumble (G1)|e]].]]<br /> Meanwhlie, Megatron has discovered that Omega Supreme has again expended all his power, and his stasis cuffs do not have the energy left to rectify the situation. He grabs Starscream's head and jams it into the circuits, where the traitor's AllSpark fragment energizes Omega's systems once more.<br /> <br /> Back in Detroit, the Autobots are attempting to figure out how to stop the rock creature without hurting Bumblebee when the upgraded Sari comes streaking onto the scene on jet skates. As the Autobots look on in shock, Sari begins attacking the alien with arm-blades and an energy-hammer that morphs out of her arms. A single strike of the hammer reduces the alien to boulders, freeing Bumblebee, who is immediately struck by Sari's new look, but then shouts a warning: the smaller boulders surrounding the pair have transformed into small creatures. But the creatures pose no threat to Sari, and she pounds them into pebbles. As Sari basks in her triumph, Ratchet realizes with horror that she has used the Key on herself - and the elderly Autobot's concern is soon proven to be valid, as the Key overloads Sari's systems, and she loses control of her body. With Sari attacking everything and everyone around her, the Autobots attempt to stop her with a variety of non-lethal strategies, but Sari counters everything they throw at her, including Prowl's processor-over-matter technique. Even as Prime and Sari tell Bumblebee to keep back, the young Autobot races to his friend's side... only for the out-of-control Sari to stab him through the chest! Frozen for a horrific moment, Bumblebee is then hurled back by an energy discharge, and the light dims from his optics...<br /> <br /> ===Part 3===<br /> Ratchet leaps to Bumblebee's aid, but without Sari's Key, Bulkhead fears his little buddy is done for. Ratchet denies that he requires the key to do his job, but his memories of when he was forced to place the dying Omega Supreme in stasis haunt him as he begins to operate on Bumblebee.<br /> <br /> Sari, meanwhile, is storming through the city streets, causing objects to explode when she comes into contact with them, and the Autobots head after her, seeking to remove the Key in hopes of bringing her back under control. They corral her with a wall of steel girders, affording Prowl the chance to get the drop on her and rip the Key from her chest, but Sari continues to rampage. With Bumblebee fading, Ratchet goes back on his previous claim and requests the Key be brought to him, but when Prowl complies, he discovers that the energy of the Key has been completely drained. Prowl assures Ratchet that he can accomplish the task without the Key, and the old medic gravely takes up the challenge, and manages to bring Bumblebee back online.<br /> <br /> Back with Sari, Prime and Bumblebee, Sari's energies are growing increasingly more out of control, as the street beneath her explodes with every step she takes. Bulkhead suggests just trying to &quot;hold it in,&quot; but when Sari tries, things get even worse, as she begins to glow with so much energy that she is on the verge of exploding. Optimus summons Ratchet so that he can use his EMP generator to take Sari down, and while Ratchet is hesitant to do so, Sari begs him to stop her. Ratchet fires, and Sari collapses, her energy fading.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, Longarm Prime has Cliffjumper dispose of the crushed remains of Blurr, and is then contacted by Megatron. Learning that the space bridge network is down at that the Earth-based Autobots are poised to blow Shockwave's cover, Megatron orders the Decepticons to cease their attacks on the space bridges so that he can solve both problems his own way. Team Chaar recieve the transmission and fall back, much to the Elite Guard's surprise.<br /> <br /> In the Autobots base, Ratchet completes a rewiring of Sari's systems, bypassing the circuits that caused her to run out of control. Professor Sumdac soon arrives, having been informed of the location of the base by Optimus Prime, who desires that there no longer be any secrets between the Autobots and their friends. The Autobots step outside the plant to give the Sumdacs some time together, and are in the middle of catching Bumblebee up on recent events when the small Autobot suddenly begins to glow with TransWarp energies once more. Bulkhead quickly deactivates the plasmadynamic thruster, but the source of the TransWarp wave the thruster was picking up soon becomes apparent, as Omega Supreme materializes in the sky overhead. Much to the Autobots' surprise, the titan fires upon them, before transforming to robot mode, revealing a projected image of Megatron's face upon his visor! The Decepticon leader is in complete control of Omega's body and begins attacking the Autobots, forcing Optimus Prime to consider unleashing an uncontrollable Sari on the giant. Before resorting to this desperate last resort, the Autobots attempt to lure Megatron away from the city; Ratchet even upgrades Bumblebee's stingers to a more powerful battle grade for the mission. Taking refuge in the nearby river, the Autobots attack Omega's legs, forcing open an access hatch through which Prime and Prowl enter Omega's body. Fighting off Omega's internal defences, Prowl taps into Omega's processor in order to help him fight off Megatron's control, and they succeed in forcing Megatron out of the system. Prime engages Megatron in battle in order to keep Prowl safe, but as their battle rages, Starscream seizes control of Omega's mind and forcibly disconnects Prowl from Omega's processor. Prime and Prowl are unceremoniously ejected from Omega Supreme's body, but Starscream is not finished there: he uses Omega's internal defences to seize Megatron, and resumes attacking the Autobots all around him. Megatron manages to talk Starscream into an alliance, suggesting they forget Earth and conquer Cybertron together. Starscream struggles to activate Omega's TransWarp system, and while his attention is occupied with this task, Omega's consciousness fights its way to the surface and begs Ratchet to shut him down again. Ratchet regretfully unleashes his EMP generator upon Omega, but it has no effect, and Starscream transforms Omega into starship mode in order to begin the TransWarp. Bulkhead and Bumblebee hit upon the idea to plant the plasmadynamic thruster on Omega Supreme, and they hand it off to Prime to complete the task. Prime plants the thruster at the last second before Omega disappears into TransWarp, and Ratchet catches Prime with his magnets as he falls out of the sky.<br /> <br /> Back at the Autobot base a little later, Sari comes to, and admits to Ratchet that he was right about taking it slow. Sumdac apologizes for holding back the truth from Sari for so long, and Bumblebee thanks Ratchet for saving his tailpipe. Unfortunately, Bulkhead brings the mood down by reminding everyone that they still have to find a way to contact Cybertron.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] holds an Autobot council sand announces that all the evidence points to a double agent on Cybertron. Longarm Prime implicates escaped convict [[Wasp]], and Ultra Magnus instructs [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to put together a unit to hunt the fugitive down. Magnus also notes that he have to make contact with Optimus's crew on Earth, and Longarm hastily demands that all contact with them be filtered through him, adding that it will be purely for security reasons after the rest of the council give him wary looks.<br /> <br /> In the sky above Cybertron, Omega Supreme materializes, and Starscream howls with glee... only for the Autobot spaceship to immediately TransWarp away to another random point in space... and another... and another...<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] (2)<br /> *[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (3)<br /> *[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] (4)<br /> *[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (7)<br /> *[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]] (9)<br /> *[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (10)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (11)<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (12)<br /> *[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (17)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (18)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (19)<br /> *[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (20)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (21)<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (22)<br /> *[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (27)<br /> *[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] (28)<br /> *[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (29)<br /> *[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (31)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] (33)<br /> *[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (34)<br /> *[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (36)<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (37)<br /> <br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] (1)<br /> *[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] (5)<br /> *[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] (6)<br /> *[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] (8)<br /> *[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime/Shockwave]] (13)<br /> *[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] (14)<br /> *[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (15)<br /> *[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (16)<br /> *[[Starscream clone|Starscream clones]]<br /> **[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp, the Coward Starscream II]] (30)<br /> **[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker, the Egomaniac Starscream]] (32)<br /> <br /> |c3=<br /> *[[Isaac Sumdac]] (24)<br /> *[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]] (25)<br /> *[[Porter C. Powell]] (26)<br /> *[[Captain Fanzone]] (35)<br /> <br /> |c4=<br /> *[[Sari Sumdac]] (23)<br /> *[[Rock creature|Rock creatures]] (38)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Bulkhead and genius in the same sentence? I'll never get used to that.&quot;<br /> :—'''Bumblebee''' shows his high opinion of his best friend. <br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I'll warn them even if I have to run halfway across the galaxy to Cybertron to do it!&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Blurr''', who apparently does just that.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Sari, I don't pretend to fully understand humans, but from what I've seen, being a father is far more than a simple organic bond. It has much more to do with the spark. With the heart.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' muses on the nature of family. Sadly, the [[fandom]] desires more [[Relatives|concrete answers]].<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Prepare for T.O.T! Total Ownage Time!&quot;<br /> :—'''Headmaster''' to Optimus Prime and the Sumdacs.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masterson''': Cut it out and fight like a robot!&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Optimus fully transforms]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': Why don't you try fighting like a jet? That is, unless you don't think you can handle transforming. It is pretty difficult. Especially for a &quot;n00b&quot; such as yourself.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Masterson''': N-Nobody calls me a n00b! NOBODY!<br /> :—Optimus hits the Headmaster where it hurts the most—his own vocabulary. <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Megatron''': It's no use. I can't break through without my weapons.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Starscream''': A-hem. You're forgetting one of us ''is'' a weapon.&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[Starscream fires his sonic blast, but the recoil sends him ricocheting around the bridge, screaming all the while]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Megatron''': And a pitiful one at that.&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—Even weaponless and traped inside an Autobot, Megatron can still take comfort in the fact that he's still better off than Starscream.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Ratchet''': Last time I checked, I was this team's medic, and I've been doing it this way for over four million stellar cycles! Any bot got a problem with that?&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Prowl''': Uh, no, not really.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': No, I'm good.<br /> :—Ratchet lays down the law on the Autobots.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> ===Technical or animation errors===<br /> * The damage to Starscream's body disappears during the commercial break. <br /> * When Ratchet is talking to Bumblebee about Sari's condition, the side of his head is miscolored white. <br /> * When Sari removes her key in order to place it in the homing beacon generator, the string doesn't actually go over her head... It just phases through her neck. Somehow.<br /> * Once the key has been removed from Sari, the string attached to it mysteriously reappears.<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors===<br /> * When Bumblebee gets blown away in Part 2 after being stabbed by Sari, he lands on his back. When it starts again in Part 3, he appears on his side.<br /> * Bumblebee’s rocket boosters seemingly appear out of nowhere. With Ratchet's upgrading of his stingers and now this, it seems that &lt;s&gt;Hasbro&lt;/s&gt; the Autobots have gotten over their from &quot;Upgrades are bad, m'kay&quot; phase. Spending two seasons out-gunned will probably do that to you.<br /> * Sentinel is back in his Earth body, despite being back on Cybertron.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> *Bar Oil Slick, every member of the new squads harkens back to a previous series. Rodimus, Ironhide, Brawn and Cyclonus are heavily based off their Generation One counterparts. Red Alert and Hot Shot take after their Unicron Trilogy incarnations. Spittor and Strika are both modeled after Beast Era characters and Blackout's design is heavily influenced by the live action movie version. <br /> *As Sari dismisses Isaac Sumdac's story of her origin, she suggests that he should have told her how he found her &quot;in a cabbage patch&quot;, or the &quot;stork brought me&quot;. These same ideas were suggested by Professors Bumblebee and Bulkhead in &quot;[[Return of the Headmaster]]&quot;. In that episode, the professors also suggested that Sari was really a robot, that she came to Earth in an egg, and that she could have fallen through a portal, ''all'' of which seems to have some nugget of truth to them: she ''is'' a robot, she was contained in a strange pod, and she appeared in Sumdac's lab out of thin air. ''Foreshadowing!''<br /> *After Sari mentions those theories, Optimus Prime recalls how Sari told him of human manufacturing, which occurred in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;.<br /> *While lecturing her on taking it slow with her powers, Ratchet says that there's &quot;more than meets the vis-scanners&quot; on having powers, a clear reference to the time honored Transformers tagline &quot;[[More Than Meets the Eye]].&quot;<br /> *Starscream says Omega Supreme is &quot;more powerful than I imagined... okay, not AllSpark-powerful...&quot;, in reference to his use of the same phrase to describe the AllSpark way back in &quot;Transform and Roll Out!&quot; <br /> *Arcee's open head looks ''waaay'' too much like [[Alex Milne]]'s cover for [[IDW Publishing]]'s &quot;[[Spotlight: Arcee]]&quot; to be a coincidence.<br /> *Blurr races along a Saturn-style planetary ring, as [[Blurr (G1)|his namesake]] had done in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 3|Generation 1 season 3]] opening credits. <br /> *The building in which the Autobot Elite Guard have their meeting looks [[Metroplex (G1)|somewhat familiar]].<br /> *Blackout seems to have retained his seismic stomp that was used by his [[Blackout (Movie)|movie counterpart]].<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> *[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] confirmed via. Twitter after the show aired that like the series pilot, &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, &quot;TransWarped&quot; was made &quot;as one 70 minute movie&quot;, although it was also cut into 22-minute episodes for syndication.&lt;ref&gt;[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] - http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1329673450 - &quot;We made it as one 70 minute movie, but it has also been cut into three 22s&quot;.&lt;/ref&gt; ''Unlike'' the pilot, however, &quot;TransWarped&quot; counts as three episodes out of the thirteen alotted for the show's third season. While Cartoon Network aired all three episode in movie form for their premiere, Canadian network YTV opted to debut them in episodic form, airing only the first two in a double-bill, and then screening the final part the following week.<br /> *Ultra Magnus builds a living WMD and makes him purposefully stupid so he won't question his lot in life. Optimus considers throwing an overloading Sari at said death machine even at the risk that the kid might blow, taking everything with with her. ''Damn''.<br /> *Sari's transformation sequence upon absorbing the power of the key is a nod to the transformation sequence of the title robot in ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''<br /> * The Creatures that turn into rocks are a reference to the Rock Lords from the GoBots movie ''[[Wikipedia:Gobots:_Battle_of_the_Rock_Lords|GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]''<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Transwarped}}<br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

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<p>85.201.171.166: /* Continuity errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=TFAni Threes a Crowd Constructicons.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;''Ben 10: Alien Force'' got none on this guys.&quot; <br /> |ep=33<br /> |title=&quot;Three's a Crowd&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[March 21]], 2009<br /> |written by=[[Rich Fogel]]<br /> |directed by= [[Kalvin Lee]], [[Tetsuro Moronuki]]<br /> |animation studio=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''There's a new boss in town... Dirt Boss!'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> {{-}}<br /> {{epstub}}<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (2)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (3)<br /> * [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (4)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)<br /> * [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (6)<br /> * [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)<br /> * [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)<br /> * [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Lugnut]] (7)<br /> * [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] (8)<br /> * [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] (9)<br /> * [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] (10)<br /> * [[Liar Starscream|Liar Starscream clone]] (16)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)<br /> * [[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] (11)<br /> * [[Captain Fanzone]] (12)<br /> |c4=<br /> <br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> '''Bulkhead''': These AllSpark fragments should give the power core a boost.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Sumdac''': Be careful, Bulkhead! We don't want to overload it.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': Relax. When it comes to space bridges, I know what I'm doing.&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[The floor starts to give way beneath them]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': But I'm not so hot at structural integrity!&lt;br&gt;<br /> :{{m-}}Bulkhead and Sumdac learn that there are flaws with building a giant space bridge in a tower.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh, I so don't have time for this.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''', in desperate need of some leave.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Lugnut''': &quot;Uh, you promise me you will, uh, never speak of this to Megatron...&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Liar Starscream''': &quot;Oh, I promise.&quot;<br /> :{{m-}}Epic foreshadowing of something that, sadly, probably won't be brought up again.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> ===Animation or technical errors===<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors===<br /> *When Bulkhead confronts Mixmaster and Scrapper, they speak to Bulkhead as if they remembered the events that transpired in &quot;[[Rise of the Constructicons]]&quot;, saying that &quot;they dont work for no stinkin' Autobots anymore&quot; and referring to Bulkhead as &quot;Bulky&quot;. Nevertheless nothing forbid that they may have remembered at some point, but if that's the case, it wasn't showed when.<br /> *More AllSpark fragments are showed in the beginning of the episode, yet, all the previously collected pieces the Autobots found were placed into Omega Supreme last season. But again, it is still possible that they were found in a time not featured by the show.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> [[Image:TFAni Threes a Crowd Sludge Sign.jpg|thumb|right|So cars &amp; trucks ''do'' eat dinosaurs!]]<br /> * The Headmaster unit was recovered [[TransWarped|last episode]].<br /> <br /> * The [[Fossil Fuel]] Oil Company's logo is essentially an ''Animated'' version of [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], doing an impression of the [[wikipedia:Sinclair Oil Corporation|Sinclair Oil]] logo.<br /> <br /> * It's not the first series to have [[Space bridge#Generation 1 cartoon|a space bridge in a tower.]]<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> *Scrapper and Mixmaster are found drinking heavily in a manufacturing plant that is deconstructing luxury cars piece by piece. Striptease, anyone?<br /> *The climactic scene with Dirt Boss on top of the oil tank is closely based on the ending of the gangster movie ''[[Wikipedia:White Heat|White Heat]]''.<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> * Ratchet appears in the episode and does a few things, but never speaks.<br /> <br /> * What ''exactly'' did Dirt Boss hope to accomplish by climbing up to the top of the oil tank, again?<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

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<p>85.201.171.166: /* Continuity errors */</p> <hr /> <div>'''There's a new boss in town... Dirt Boss!'''<br /> <br /> {{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=TFAni Threes a Crowd Constructicons.jpg<br /> |caption=<br /> |ep=33<br /> |title=&quot;Three's a Crowd&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[March 21]], 2009<br /> |written by=[[Rich Fogel]]<br /> |directed by= [[Kalvin Lee]], [[Tetsuro Moronuki]]<br /> |animation studio=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (2)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (3)<br /> * [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (4)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)<br /> * [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (6)<br /> * [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)<br /> * [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)<br /> * [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Lugnut]] (7)<br /> * [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] (8)<br /> * [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] (9)<br /> * [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] (10)<br /> * [[Liar Starscream|Liar Starscream clone]] (16)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)<br /> * [[Sparkplug (Animated human)|Sparkplug]] (11)<br /> * [[Captain Fanzone]] (12)<br /> |c4=<br /> <br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> '''Bulkhead''': These AllSpark fragments should give the power core a boost.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Sumdac''': Be careful, Bulkhead! We don't want to overload it.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': Relax. When it comes to space bridges, I know what I'm doing.&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''[The floor starts to give way beneath them]''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': But I'm not so hot at structural integrity!&lt;br&gt;<br /> :{{m-}}Bulkhead and Sumdac learn that there are flaws with building a giant space bridge in a tower.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh, I so don't have time for this.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''', in desperate need of some leave.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> ===Animation or technical errors===<br /> *How exactly did Dirt Boss get his Decepticon insignia anyways?<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors===<br /> *When Bulkhead confronts Mixmaster and Scrapper, they speak to Bulkhead as if they remembered the events that transpired in [[Rise of the Constructicons]], saying that &quot;they dont work for no stinkin' Autobots anymore&quot; and rferng to Bulkhead as &quot;Bulky&quot;. Nevertheless nothing forbid that they may have remembered at some point, but if that's the case, it wasn't showed when.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> [[Image:TFAni Threes a Crowd Sludge Sign.jpg|thumb|right|So cars &amp; trucks ''do'' eat dinosaurs!]]<br /> * The Headmaster unit was recovered [[TransWarped|last episode]].<br /> <br /> * The Fossil Fuels Oil Company's logo is essentially an ''Animated'' version of [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], doing an impression of the [[wikipedia:Sinclair_Oil_Corporation|Sinclair Oil]] logo.<br /> <br /> * It's not the first series to have [[Space_bridge#Generation_1_cartoon|a space bridge in a tower.]]<br /> <br /> * Dirt Boss appears to be using something akin to [[Cerebro-shell|cerebro-shells]].<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> *Scrapper and Mixmaster are found drinking heavily in a manufacturing plant that is deconstructing luxury cars piece by piece. Striptease, anyone?<br /> *The climactic scene with Dirt Boss on top of the oil take is closely based on the ending of the gangster movie ''[[Wikipedia:White Heat|White Heat]]''.<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> * Ratchet appears in the episode and does a few things, but never speaks.<br /> <br /> * Dirt Boss's design is very reminiscient of [[wikipedia:M.O.D.O.K.|another mind-controlling supervillain]].<br /> <br /> * What ''exactly'' did Dirt Boss hope to accomplish by climbing up to the top of the oil tank, again?<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

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