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Transmutate (episode)

2010-05-22T15:12:35Z

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{{disambig2|the Beast Wars cartoon episode|the spotlight character of this episode|Transmutate (character)}}
{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=36
|image=Transmutate base.jpg
|caption=You cried. Don't lie!
|title="Transmutate"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 10]], 1998
|written by=[[Christy Marx]]
|directed by=[[J. Falconer]] [[Sean Osborne]] [[George Samilski]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''A strange creature emerges from a damaged stasis pod, and both Rampage and Silverbolt find a strange type of kinship with it.'''

:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Mutation'''
:''Japanese title:'' カニじゃい! (''Kani Jai!'', "I'm a Crab!")
:''Spanish title:'' '''Transmutante'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Transmutante'''
:''Italian title:'' '''L'arrivo di Convertor''' ("Arrival of Convertor")

==Synopsis==
Within the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], Megatron dozes in his quarters, an opportunity which Rampage uses to make a grab for his Spark. His efforts earn him nothing but painful punishment and a sharp rebuke from the suddenly-awake Predacon leader.

[[Image:Transmutate Pod.jpg|left|200px|thumb|That's a fancy looking pod.]]
Elsewhere, Rattrap, Silverbolt and Cheetor are searching for another Pred jamming tower in a mountainous, seismically unstable region; Megatron monitors them, and sends Inferno and Rampage to deal with them. Worried about the growing earthquakes, Primal heads out to back up his teammates. A huge earth tremor emits strange energon discharges, knocking out Rattrap and Cheetor and burying them under a rock slide. The quake also uncovers a buried stasis pod; Megatron immediately sends Inferno after it; Rampage follows.

Inferno arrives at the pod, which is badly malfunctioning. Silverbolt arrives and takes him out of the picture. Rampage arrives, intrigued by the pod's contents. As its computer warns that "deconstruction" is "imminent", he urges the powerful spark within to fight its way free. With a mighty shriek, the pod explodes, releasing its passenger.

[[Image:Transmutate Rampage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo.]]
Rattrap and Cheetor free themselves, and behold the new arrival: a strangely misshapen, almost skeletal creature. Rampage is impressed. He urges the newcomer to destroy the Maximals; Silverbolt counters that they offer friendship. The new robot doesn't seem to know what to make of either side, until Inferno returns, opening fire on the Maximals but hitting the new arrival instead. In response, it unleashes a sonic shriek that shorts out the Maximals and drives Inferno off. As the last one standing, Rampage leads "Transmutate" away, telling it that he is its only friend.

Away from the others, Rampage examines Transmutate. Inferno catches up and demands to return the creature to Megatron. Rampage is prepared to fight it out, till Megatron sends a holo-communicator to speak with the new creature. When it can't even transform, he deems it worthless and orders it destroyed; Rampage pleads to give it a chance to destroy the Maximal to prove its worth. Megatron agrees.

[[Image:Transmutate Silverbolt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Silverbolt attempts to communicate via sign language.]]
Primal and Silverbolt split up to hunt for Transmutate, sending the others' back. Rampage uses Transmutate to lure Silverbolt into an ambush; he and Inferno blast the Maximal unconscious. When Transmutate hesitates to finish off Silverbolt, Inferno bashes it aside and prepares to finish the job himself. Transmutate responds by blasting him over the horizon. Primal arrives and buries Rampage; Silverbolt's intervention keeps Transmutate from blasting Primal in defense of its friend. Primal and Transmutate take Silverbolt away, Transmutate revealing that it can fly. Rampage breaks free and promises that Primal will not have the creature.

At the Maximal base, Rhinox scans the creature and finds that its malformed structure and datatrax make it a danger to itself and everyone else. He recommends putting it into stasis, a suggestion that angers Silverbolt. As the team argues, Transmutate wanders off, then bursts out of the base in response to a call from Rampage. A still-fuming Silverbolt stalks off. Primal orders the team to find Transmutate.

[[Image:BWTransmutate Rampage mourning.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Alas, poor Transmutate, we knew her for one episode.]]
Rampage welcomes Transmutate, but Silverbolt arrives, and a fight ensues, with Transmutate watching unhappily. As the two struggle, they eventually launch weapons. Transmutate lands between the opposing missiles of its two friends with a cry of "Stop!"; its energies destroy the missiles but overloads the creature, destroying it.

Rampage cradles the creature's head in his hands as its spark fades out. As Primal arrives, Silverbolt urges him to leave Rampage be; they are "brothers" for the moment, both mourning the loss.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Rattrap]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (5)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (2)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (8)

|c4=
*[[Transmutate (character)|Transmutate]] (9)

}}
==Quotes==
"Man, I am tellin' ya, the things coming out of these pods is just getting weirder and weirder."
:—'''Rattrap''' on spotting the title character.

"Do not speak. None shall hurt you now. Come with me, come. I will protect you... I am your friend. Your only friend."
:—'''Rampage''' shows his compassionate side to Transmutate.

'''Inferno''': "Speak up! I won't have you freaks plotting behind [[Megatron (BW)|the Royalty]]'s back!" 
'''Rampage''': "I was explaining what it means to be a Predacon. Deceit, treachery, ''mindless'' loyalty." 
'''Inferno''': "Loyalty comes first!" *nod*
:—Inferno has his priorities straight.

"Have I told you how much I like ants, huh? Especially fried in a subtle blend of mech-fluid and grated gears?"
:—'''Rampage''' being creepy again

"NOOO! You will not have him, Optimus! The darkness of its Spark echoes my own! It belongs with me!"
:—'''Rampage'''

"Are we Predacons now?! Do we destroy whatever does not fit our definition of perfection?!"
:—'''Silverbolt''', who is very pissed off that the rest of the Maximals want to put Transmutate into stasis-lock.

''[to Transmutate]'' "I knew you wouldn't fail me. We are two of a kind. We belong together." 
"Stop! This one is not for you." 
"It is only for me!"
:—'''Rampage''' and '''Silverbolt'''

"No hurt."
:—'''Transmutate''', during Silverbolt and Rampage's fight

"Time to go back to the Matrix, hero!"
:—'''Rampage''', before firing on Silverbolt

"[[Silverbolt (BW)|Friend… good]]. [[Rampage (BW)|Friend… dark]]. I… am… hurt."
:—'''Transmutate''''s last words

"It's over. It's gone. We extinguished its Spark before we ever saw its true light."
:—'''Silverbolt''', mourning Transmutate

'''Optimus Primal:''' Cheetor and I will take care of Rampage. 
'''Silverbolt:''' No. Let him be. For the moment, we are brothers.
:—Silverbolt showing mercy towards Rampage after Transmutate's death.

==Notes==
* When new, this episode was at the center of an April Fool's joke gone horribly, horribly wrong. A copy of the script was altered by persons unknown at [[Mainframe Entertainment]] to include some rather lurid scenes, such as [[Rattrap]] mounting Transmutate. Regardless of whomever the victim of the joke was intended to be, the altered script found its way onto [[alt.toys.transformers]], to the horrified chagrin of the fandom.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/a0692716a917082/2e1b7bbc8c17d4bb?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#2e1b7bbc8c17d4bb It's like a wreck on the freeway.]</ref><ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/d437ac801e991775?hl=en&&q=transmutate+script You don't want to look, but you know you will.]</ref>
* As if that weren't bad enough, the script was leaked ''before'' the episode actually aired in the United States, leaving the fandom debating whether the entire story, and the naughty bits in particular, were actually legitimate.
* This episode features one of the rare instances of Inferno referring to Megatron by name rather than as "Royalty" or "my queen."
* This is the first episode of the series in which Waspinator does not appear.

===Technical/Animation glitches===
* When Transmutate unleashes a burst of energy upon exiting its pod, knocking Silverbolt and Rampage for a loop, Rampage is missing his robot mode "[[kibble]]". He is also missing it while he is trying to step on Silverbolt during the last battle.
* When Silverbolt declares to Rampage "This one is not for you!", he's missing his wing assembly.
* Rampage has lots of problems with his backpack this episode. His right-shoulder kibble (the wheeled joint) is out of alignment in multiple scenes and he is missing his entire backpack assembly when Transmutate knocks everyone out the first time. Poor Rampage.
* How the hell is Cheetor holding Rattrap in mid-air by the tail? His paws lack opposable thumbs!
* When Rampage drives up to the cliff where Transmutate's stasis pod in tank mode, just before he transforms to robot mode, his crawler treads just disappear. They don't retract, just vanish.

===Continuity errors===
* Rampage calls the protoform Transmutate before he actually asks it for a name and goes through his "Part transmetal," description and decides upon the name, Transmutate.

===Transformers references===
*[[Rattrap]] claims that [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is his great-aunt.
*Also, [[Susan Blu]], Arcee's voice actor, provided the voice of Transmutate.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I'm a Crab! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 7 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)

2010-05-18T20:26:11Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=29
|image=Coming of the Fuzors 2 Predacons sunset.jpg
|caption=Let the battle begin!
|title="Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 9]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The outnumbered Maximals must defend their base from a Predacon assault while Rhinox takes a dangerous journey.'''

:''French title:'' '''Nouveaux Arrivants - 2e partie''' ("New Arrivals - Part 2")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Fuzors 2'''
:''Japanese title:'' よみがえれコンボイ (''Yomigaere Convoy'', "Convoy Reborn")
:''Spanish title:'' '''La Llegada de los Fuzors (Parte 2)'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Los Recién Llegados Segunda Parte'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Lo sbarco - Parte 2'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Powerlinxing gone horribly wrong]]
[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rattrap]], and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] attempt to hold off six Predacons some distance from their base, to allow [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] to complete his mission to travel through the [[Allspark]]. When [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] orders them to take no survivors, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] protests, saying they should let the Maximals surrender, only to be struck by the irate Predacon commander. When Silverbolt is perplexed by their resistance, Megatron realizes that they are keeping them from their base. He orders [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Silverbolt to head to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Cheetor takes to the air, and Rattrap converts to vehicle mode, ordering Dinobot to hop on and provide cover fire (disgusting the former Predacon).

[[Tarantulas]], however, is using the psychic link to force [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] to search for information on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden]] [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Disks]]. While she searches through the files, she discovers something of importance, but refuses to show Tarantulas. When Tarantulas is rendered unconscious by a boulder, Blackarachnia downloads the information, then destroys the computer, claiming that it was boobytrapped.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Silverbolt staff.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No organic lifeforms were harmed in the making of this episode. Several Cybertronian lifeforms were.]]
Reaching the ''Axalon'', Silverbolt is shot down by the autoguns, and captured by the Maximals. Dinobot prepares to destroy him, but Rattrap and Cheetor prevent him, instead taking him in to repair him. Rhinox, who has finished, tells the Maximals they must hold the Predacons off for a little while longer. Inside the ''Axalon'', a charge hits the device Rhinox was connected to, heading to a [[stasis pod]] with a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. Outside, the shields fail under the fire, and the Maximals engage—to discover that they are out of ammo. The Predacons seriously injure the Maximals.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Optimus Primal.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Check out my new pec-implants. I only had to sell my old body to get 'em."]]
Having waited a long time for their victory, the Predacons approach, prepared to deliver the killing blow. Before they can finish the Maximals off, there is an explosion in the hull of the ''Axalon''. When the smoke clears, the Maximals and Predacons alike are shocked to see the cause of the explosion—[[Optimus Primal]]. The Predacons attempt to destroy him, but Primal, now with his own [[Transmetal]] body, causes the Predacons to scatter. Primal takes to the air, dispatching the rest of the Predacons. Megatron attempts to kill Primal, but Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff, defecting to the Maximals.

After the battle and some repairs, Primal inquires as to how the new bodies do with absorbing energon. Rhinox remarks that all the energon within the area either detonated or was converted to [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]], so it isn't really a problem right now. They'll have to wait for [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s report on the rest of the planet. In the meantime, Primal remarks that he has to put his house in order, such as get to know the new additions, and remove Rattrap's personal effects from his quarters.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Blackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|She's got a twinkle in her eye.]]
At the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], Blackarachnia tells Megatron that Dinobot stole the Disks and destroyed the computers. Megatron and Tarantulas ask if anything from the back ups can be recovered, and when Blackarachnia reveals that it was totally destroyed, Megatron smashes Tarantulas into the wall in rage. Megatron then declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] has entered a new phase, while, unseen, binary code flashes across Blackarachnia's eyes.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (8)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (10)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas]] (1)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (3)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

}}
==Quotes==
"Prepare for a full attack!" 
"What? We outnumber them more than two to one." 
"Yes..." 
"We have twice their firepower." 
"Yes..." 
"We should give them a chance to surrender!" 
"Mmm...''no''." [''bashes him aside'']
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Silverbolt''' have a tactical disagreement.

"To think, that a warrior must become a... a ''rat'' patrol." 
:—'''Dinobot''' on having to ride Rattrap.

'''Waspinator:''' "Waspinator is in command. Waspinator will lead! Yesssss." 
'''Silverbolt:''' "Well, since you're the one who knows the way, go ahead! Lead on." 
'''Waspinator:''' "Hrmph! You not tell Wazzpinator what to do! Wazzpinator in command!" 
'''Silverbolt:''' "Okay... fine! What is your command?" 
'''Waspinator:''' "Doggy-bot follow Wazzpinator. Wazzpinator will lead." 
:—And that's why Waspinator [[A Better Mousetrap|can only dream of being in charge.]]

"Eh, we would've been here sooner if Dinobutt wasn't such a porker." 
"The vilest ride of my life!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Bahhh! Maximal sentiment! Oh, I must've been defective to defect."
:—'''Dinobot'''

"Am I back?" 
"Well, the machine said so. Oh, but you had me worried for a second. Where'd ya go, anyway?" 
"Where all are one." 
"Oh, where all are– what?!"
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Oh, great. We're all gonna die." 
"It happens... but miracles happen, too. Let's go!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Rhinox''', as the Predacons attack the base

"Comes... the dawn." 
"And...''[Dinobot's arm falls off]''...our doom."
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Dinobot'''

''(Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff)'' 
"Consider that my resignation from the Predacons, Megatron! ''(to Primal)'' I know now that my place was always with the Maximals. May I join you?" 
"Well...I like your résumé."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

'''Optimus Primal:''' "In the meantime, I've got a lot of catching up to do. People to meet, things to do. Specifically, to have Rattrap clear all his junk out of my quarters!" 
'''Cheetor:''' "Rattrap!" 
'''Dinobot:''' "Opportunistic vermin!" 
'''Rattrap:''' "Come on! Gimme a break, will ya? The guy was... dead." 
''[Dinobot punches Rattrap, sending his chair spinning around]'' 
:—Rattrap learns the hard way not to claim jump the room of [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|a dead Optimus]].

==Notes==
===Trivia===
*After Rattrap throws a rock in the air as an example of what would happen if they moved away from the cover of the boulder, it's blasted into a tiny pebble and hits the ground. All three Maximals' "eyes" then pop out of their heads towards the rock in the fashion of the eyeball gag in classic Tex Avery cartoons.
* Blackarachnia's theft of the Golden Disk data would have consequences carrying through the remainder of the series.
* Though neither admits it, it seems likely that both Tarantulas and Megatron see through Blackarachnia's sleight-of-hand with the backup data tracks. Blackarachnia tells Megatron that the computer was destroyed by Dinobot... after telling Tarantulas that it was destroyed because it was booby trapped. Tarantulas says nothing to contradict this lie to Megatron, and later interrogates her when the chance presents itself in "[[Bad Spark]]". Megatron likewise guesses the truth and attempts to strong-arm the data from her in "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]".
* This episode continues the Spaghetti Western film references, especially when Optimus fights Inferno.
* Speaking of Inferno, there were plans to have him be a reborn version of Megatron <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&q=inferno+megatron 1997 Bob Forward interview on ATT]</ref>, but those plans obviously never came to be. This abandoned plot was hinted when the two flyers crash into one another, and recover only to find their heads on the wrong bodies. Megatron was capable of using Inferno's body during this mix-up to punch Inferno's head.
* It seems somewhat unusual that [[Rattrap]] would have [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (then a Predacon) sent to the CR Chamber ''instead'' of a holding cell ''(especially when you consider what was done to the deactivated bodies of Inferno and Tarantulas during "[[Aftermath]]")'', but, since it ''did'' result in Silverbolt defecting to the Maximals, it all worked out for the best.
* As of the end of this episode, four of the eight members of Primal's team have spent time as Predacons, one way or another.
* In the Canadian broadcasts of this episode Tarantulas calls Blackarachnia "Widow" rather than "Witch".

===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Megatron opens fire on the Maximals the second time in this episode, his middle, ring, and pinky "fingers" are shown clipping through his cannon.
*While in pursuit of Rattrap and Dinobot, Megatron transforms from his beast mode in mid-flight and continues to attack from the air, yet his VTOL engines are inactive on his back rather than deployed.
*Before the Maximals begin getting hammered by the Preds, Rhinox is on top of Rattrap, with him either clipping through Rattrap's rear wheel, or the wheel has no interior.

===Continuity errors===
* Tarantulas and Waspinator arrive again mid-battle, despite having already arrived at the end of the previous episode.
* Waspinator and Silverbolt take off for the Maximal base twice, clearly going over the Maximals' heads a second time as they reassert the danger of the situation in different phrasing than before.
* Dinobot says his weapon is depleted, despite clearly having ammunition bandoliers criscrossed over his torso. The weapon gets fired more times before the episode ends, anyway.
* There's no real in-story reason for the Maximals to run out of ammunition before the Predacons, who have been unloading ordnance at them all night. Rhinox in particular should have fully loaded weapons when he enters the fight.

{{note|The above "errors" may in fact be intentional directorial choices, to fit the episode's thematic homage to spaghetti western serials.}}
* The Transmetalization of Optimus Primal's new body doesn't quite fit the established Transmetal pattern, which is that bodies active before coming to Earth were Transmetalized (unless in a [[CR chamber]] at the time), while those "born" on Earth were not. As a raw protoform, Primal's new body seemingly should not be mutated.
* An earlier script revision <ref>[http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasontwo/cotftwo/cotftwoscript.pdf "Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2) script at Benson Yee's site]</ref> called for the elevator into the Maximal base to be destroyed during the fight, giving Primal a more practical reason to blow a hole in the side of his own base. Oh well, maybe the big guy was in a hurry.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Rubber ducky cotf2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many Starscreams are there on this planet, anyway?]]
* While Blackarachnia is searching through Megatron's stuff, a gray model of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s head is in the pile. (It's too small to be the real thing, given that Beast Warriors are shown later in the series to be much smaller than G1 characters. Part of a bust maybe? Ah, yeeesssssss.)
* Other items in the pile include a model Supermarine Spitfire, a model helicopter, a number of books, the [[wikipedia:Holy_Grail|Holy Grail]], three identical spiky planets, A model rocket, a pocket-watch, and a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]].
* During one of Rhinox's trips through the [[Allspark|Matrix]], near the end of the episode, the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]] is seen floating.
* When Rattrap asks where Rhinox went, he describes the Matrix as "[['Til all are one|where all are one]]".
* Rattrap filled Optimus's quarters with his things, despite the latter's warning not to do so in "[[Other Voices, Part 2|Other Voices]]".

===Real-world references===
*''[[wikipedia:The_Rat_Patrol|The Rat Patrol]]'' was a 1960s TV show about a group of Allied soldiers fighting Rommel's Afrika Corps on the North African front during World War II. A remake starring Dinobot and Rattrap would be ''awesome.''

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Convoy Reborn ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 5 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)

2010-05-18T18:24:54Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=28
|image=Coming of the Fuzors 1 Megatron fuzors.jpg
|caption="Say cheese!"
|title="Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 1)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 2]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Spittor#Toys|Transmetal Spittor]], [[Airazor (BW)#Toys|Airazor]], [[Razorclaw (BW)#Toys|Razorclaw]]
}}
'''Dinobot breaks into the Predacon base and steals the golden disks; meanwhile two oddly misshapen Transformers emerge from their stasis pods.'''

:''French title:'' '''Nouveaux Arrivants - 1re partie''' ("New Arrivals - Part 1")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Fuzors 1'''
:''Japanese title:'' 新戦士登場! ギッチョンチョンですっ! (''Shin Senshi Tōjō! Gitchonchon Desu!'', "Enter the New Warriors! Snippety-snip, Sir!")<ref>The second half of the Japanese title combines the speech quirks given to the Japanese versions of Quickstrike and Silverbolt.</ref>
:''Spanish title:'' '''La Llegada de los Fuzors (Parte 1)'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Los Recién Llegados Primera Parte'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Lo sbarco - Parte 1'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Dinobot sees moon.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Oh my God, I was wrong! It was Earth all along!"]]
At the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], the ship's sensors detect two [[Stasis pod|stasis pods]] that have landed in [[Delta Quadrant]]. Desperate for troops, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] move out to secure them. Waspinator notices that there is only one moon now, and flies back into the base. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], looking from afar, also notices the planet's single satellite. Sneaking into the base, Dinobot corners [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], who is looking at the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden]] [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Disks]]. Grabbed by the thorax, Waspinator points out that there is only one moon now, and Dinobot explains the significance. They're on [[Earth]], and the Disks can foretell the future. In a surprising show of ambition, Waspinator offers to join forces with Dinobot to steal the disks, but Dinobot uses Waspinator to deactivate the shield (by throwing him at it), then escapes and shoots the computers. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], hauling the deactivated body of [[Tarantulas]] to his lab, makes a half-hearted effort to stop Dinobot. Having been reduced to a crushed cube, Waspinator is forced to drag himself to the [[CR chamber|restoration chamber]]. Poor Waspy.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike Silverbolt.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Quickstrike and Silverbolt's datatrax on kissing was unfortunately damaged in the crash.]]
Meanwhile, the [[Maximal|Maximals]] have found another stasis pod. [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] are heading out for a more extensive survey to see what other effects the [[Planet Buster]] has had on the planet. [[Rattrap]] says that they should open up the pod, but there is no [[spark]] within, and the [[protoform]] is a [[blank]]. Rattrap asks what the use of that is, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] says there isn't a use—yet. Elsewhere, the two pods the Predacons are seeking activate their [[DNA scanner|DNA scanners]], but the scanners malfunction. Two Transformers emerge, one a wolf-eagle hybrid, the other a scorpion-cobra hybrid. Neither recognizes the other; the scorpion-cobra speculates that he could beat the wolf-eagle up, and attacks. Inferno arrives, and attacks. Megatron, observing, alters their [[Command code|command codes]] to become Predacons. Introducing himself, the Predacon leader shows them that they are Transformers. The scorpion-cobra names itself [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], and the wolf-eagle names itself [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]].

[[Image:Dinobot GoldenDisk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Can these chocolate coins tell me my destiny... or should I eat them?"]]
Elsewhere, Dinobot is talking to himself about the two disks. Do they hold the future, or just what might be the future? A quick look would confirm how he dies, but it could be used once, and Dinobot could not live unless he were master of his own fate. Destroying them would be a coward's act, so he resolves to know the truth, but later. Placing the original disk under a rock, he takes the alien disk back to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. At the Maximal base, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] is sent to find Dinobot, while Rhinox hooks himself up to some equipment for an unnamed purpose. Cheetor spots the Preds, but is attacked and pursued. Cheetor calls in his predicament to Rattrap, who prepares to wake Rhinox for battle, only for the computer to inform him that any disturbance to Rhinox—or the base—will separate Rhinox's [[core consciousness]] from his body. Dinobot arrives (hiding the disk) and asks what's going on, noting that Sentinel is on full alert. As Rattrap explains the problems, Dinobot, carrying more armament than a small battleship, declares that they must take the fight away from the base.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Western.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The good, the bad, and Dinobot]]
At the Predacon base, Tarantulas's mind is restored to his body, but he has left a psychic link with Blackarachnia, in an attempt to control her. Megatron contacts the base. Waspinator, finally revived, tries to tell Megatron what happened earlier, but Megatron orders them to link up with other Predacons. As Rattrap and Dinobot meet up with Cheetor on a dusty plain, the Predacons, double the Maximal numbers, prepare to attack.

[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (9)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (10)
*[[Tigatron]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (2)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (3)
*[[Tarantulas]] (5)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (6)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (13)

}}
==Quotes==
"Whoaaa..."
:—'''Dinobot''', reacting to Waspinator getting slagged by the force field protecting the Golden Disks.

"Oh, sure. Don't mind Waspinator. Waspinator just lie here and suffer. Drag him''self'' to CR tank..." ''(continues grumbling to himself)''
:—'''Waspinator''' after being ignored by Blackarachnia/Tarantulas

"Fool! Pain is my friend! Allow me to introduce ''you'' to it!"
:—'''Inferno''' to Quickstrike

"Teamwork and cooperation—those are the Predacon watchwords." 
"How about backstabbin' and treachery?" 
"Oh, we can be flexible..."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Quickstrike'''

"What're you looking at? Hey, get your [[Transmetal|shiny new butt]] skyward and see if you can find Chopper-Face before the Preds do." 
"You mean fly?" 
"Do I mean fly? No! I mean take a submarine. Of ''course'' I mean fly! Now get going." 
"All right!" 
''sigh'' "Optimus, how did you do it?"
:—'''Rattrap''''s problems ordering '''Cheetor''' around remind him of [[Chain of Command|the last time that he was in charge]].

"They're on my tail!" 
"Oh, pussycat, you really know how to tickle my joystick."
:—'''Cheetor''''s predicament provokes an unfortunate choice of words from '''Rattrap'''.

"To be or not to be; that is the question. These disks I hold, are they a record of what will be, or only what may? For if, the future is indeed imutably foretold, then my demise is but moments from the confirmation. For I, I could not live if not the master of my fate. But if the future can be changed, if these disks record merely one path of all the miriad ways the cosmos might conform, then their power is infinite, and yet, still limited. For they could be used but once, and in that change be rendered fiction, forevermore. I could destroy them! But no. T'would be a coward's answer. I will know the truth instead. Then, it will be either them, or me, that face oblivion. Till then!..."
:—'''Dinobot''', contemplating what to do with the disks.

==Notes==
* The remains of a third [[stasis pod]] can be seen near the two crashed pods. Shortly before Silverbolt and Quickstrike emerge, the remains of another robot can be seen, presumably the occupant of the wrecked pod. This may or may not be the same stillborn protoform seen at the end of last episode.
* As Rhinox explains about the blank protoform, the [[Cybertronix]] label on the stasis pod reads either as "dud" or "dod", depending how forgiving you want to be for flipped letters.
* This is the only episode of the series to not feature [[Optimus Primal]] in any capacity.

===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Megatron shoots Silverbolt the smoke from his shoulder gun barrels stay the same shape and in place even as he is moving.
*When Rattrap is explaining the events of the episode to a returning Dinobot, his left thumb is gold through the entire scene while the rest of his hand is silver.

===Transformers references===
*Silverbolt's line "I think my name is...Silverbolt. Yes! Pure, strong, and...and fast." mirrors the first line of the [[Silverbolt (G1)|original Silverbolt]].
* As he prepares to leave base, Cheetor's Maximal logo lights up and fills the screen to act as a [[scene transition|scene-wiping transition]], vaguely in the style of the Generation 1 cartoon.

===Real-world references===
* Dinobot makes his second ''[[wikipedia:Hamlet|Hamlet]]'' reference when contemplating the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden]] [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Disks]].
** Although more of a paraphrase than a quote, the immediately subsequent lines harken to [[wikipedia:Ebenezer Scrooge|Ebenezer Scrooge]]'s final plea to the last of the Ghosts in ''[[wikipedia:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol]]''.
* The final scene of the episode is a reference to old Spaghetti Westerns, right down to the music and the tumbleweed.
* Dinobot covers himself in mud to avoid the autogun's infrared sensor, a la Predator.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — We're Back! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 5 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

The Iron Age

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{{picsneeded|Covers/interiors}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Ironhide]]'' #1
|next=Ironhide issue 2
|title="The Iron Age"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date= [[May 12]], [[2010]]
|coverdate=May 2010
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Casey Coller]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2010)]]
}}
'''Ironhide awakes up on Cybertron... better, but all alone!!'''

==Synopsis==

On present-day Cybertron, inside an abandoned Autobot headquarters building, a console monitor beeps...

''4 million years ago, Optimus Prime and a small team of Autobots are battling a squad of Decepticons carrying a small convoy of energon. Prime orders Blurr to disorganize the Decepticons by breaking through their ranks and force them to chase him. Windcharger wants to help too, but Prime tells him that he's not as fast as Blurr and orders him to stay and hold the line with Groove, then orders Prowl to hold the line as well. Prowl suggests that he can get to higher ground and pick them off if they go to the alleys. Prime orders Prowl to send Hound, but stay and command from the ground while Prime goes and flanks them alone. Prowl thinks it's suicide, but Prime warns him that if the convoy is delivered, then the city falls, something Prime won't let happen. Prowl suggests sending Silverbolt for an aerial strike, but a determined Prime tells him that he's going in.''

''Ducking into the alley, Optimus manages to avoid being sensed by Ravage, but is downed by a blast from Soundwave's concussion blaster. Soundwave then orders Rumble to tear Prime's optics out. However, before he realizes it, Soundwave notices a red Cybertronian truck run over Ravage and plow right into him. The truck them transforms and slugs Rumble so hard, he breaks half of his visor. Optimus, recognizing the Transformer as his friend Ironhide, asks what took him so long to save him; Ironhide replies with the retort that "slow and steady wins the race". Dragging the unconscious Soundwave, Ironhide asks Prime if he wasn't on planning to do something crazy like taking on the convoy by himself, to which Prime replies that Ironhide was running late, drawing a smile on his face.''

''Ramjet, leading the convoy, is annoyed that Megatron ordered him to guard the convoy on the ground rather that the air. Believing that Megatron has no vision, Ramjet starts thinking that he'll run Cybertron, but his knock down by the butt of Optimus Prime's laser gun. Prime tells the others that their "scout" needed to pay more attention, and that recruiting Decepticons with ambitious goals leads them to losing. Long Haul taunts Prime, asking if he's going to fight all of them. Prime instead says that they'll come quietly. When asked why, Prime says that his bodyguard is covering him with Soundwave's blaster, detonating the 75 tons of Energon they're carrying. Tankor calls Prime's bluff, thinking that Prime would kill himself stopping the Energon shipment and wasting four city blocks. Prime dares them to try, while Ironhide adjusts the blaster, laughing lightly...''

''Later, the Autobots celebrate their victory at their headquarters. Prowl is amazed that Ironhide help him, but is proud to call Optimus a "Prime", due to his inspiration to the Autobots. When asked if he intents to give a speech, Prime says that the speeches can wait tomorrow; for now, they want to celebrate. Optimus and Ironhide go outside and meet up with Kup, who starts the conversation by saying that Prime should go and give a speech. Prime says that he's just a soldier and that word don't come easy, believing that he would stumble his word like having too much Energon drinks at Maccadams'. Ironhide agrees with Prime, saying that since Prime can handle Decepticons, he doesn't to talk. Kup reminds Optimus that he's a Prime now whether he likes it or not, that it takes more than soldiering, and by seeing things past the tactical side of combat.''

''Optimus says that he does see things, but thinks that the Great War will continue for a long time, longer than any of them can imagine. When asked why he believes that, Prime says that he thinks they're fighting for a philosophy, an idea that no one can defeat. Ironhide asks if they aren't gonna win, but Prime counters that while an idea can't be defeated, it can be changed, but neither he nor anyone else knows what it takes to do that. Until then, Prime has to keep winning battles, and with that, he goes back inside to celebrate. Ironhide tells Kup that Prime's the finest soldier he's ever met and liked, but doesn't understand him, and neither does Kup, then Ironhide, too, goes back inside.''

''Surveying the party scene, Ironhide notices an unusual party guest: a white and blue colored Transformer standing there, not conversing, nor celebrating. Ironhide asks Silverstreak who the suspicious character is, but Silverstreak can't remember his name, nor does he care, wanting to get wasted on Energon. Studying some more, Ironhide's suspicions are confirmed when the guest suddenly alters his appearance and pulls out a rifle from his leg. Ironhide, shoving partying Autobots aside, warns Optimus, just as the would-be assassin, Axer, fires at him. Ironhide takes the blast meant for Prime...''

...and wakes up screaming. Ironhide then realizes that he had a dream, and is lying on an table in the darkened Autobot medical facility, fully repaired. Realizing that the medical lab is empty, Ironhide walks out of the lab, then down the dark halls, calling out to anyone available. No one answers, and Ironhide stumbles outside, realizing that he's outside on present-day Cybertron, all by himself in the middle of nowhere!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (1)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (4)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (9)
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (10)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (13)
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (19)
* [[Bluestreak]] (20)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (21)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (22)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (23)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (24)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (25)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (27)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (28)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (29)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (30)
|c2=
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (5)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (6)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (7)
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (8)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (11)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (12)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (14)
* [[Octane|Tankor]] (15)
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (16)
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (17)
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (18)
* [[Axer]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"What took you so long?" 
"Well, you know me, Optimus. Slow and steady wins the race."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' questions '''Ironhide''''s approach to rescuing his friends.

==Errors==
* In previous IDW issues, Bluestreak and Silverstreak are separate characters, but here Silverstreak is miscolored as Bluestreak.

==Items of note==
* Many of the Cybertronian designs are borrowed from [[Don Figueroa]]'s redesigns in ''[[The War Within]]''. Some were used later in ''[[Megatron Origin]]''.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Ironhide ready to bust some Decepti-chops with Optimus Prime behind him; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] (with facial designs vaguely reminiscent of [[Don Figueroa]]'s work in the [[The Transformers (IDW)|main series]]) and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Cybertronian-era Ironhide, with Cybertron below; art by [[Casey Coller]] with colors by [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free "virgin" version of Cover A.

<gallery>
Image:Transformers Ironhide 1A.jpg|
Image:Transformers Ironhide 1B.jpg|
Image:Transformers Ironhide RI.jpg|RI cover
</gallery>

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Japanese themes

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The various [[Japan|Japanese]] ''Transformers'' television shows each feature one or more opening and closing [[theme song]]s to accompany the [[title sequence]]s and [[end credits]].

==Theme songs==
Each ''Transformers'' series in Japan has featured its own opening and closing theme song. Many different performers contributed over the years, giving a wide variety of different styles, from rap to pop, from serious to silly. Typically, the same artist would perform the opening and closing songs for a given series, though there are exceptions. Occasionally, an artist would provide music for multiple series.

===Generation 1===
;''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''
*OP: "[[Transformer (song)|TRANSFORMER]]" (トランスフォーマー) by [[Satoko Shimonari]]
*ED: "[[Peace Again]]" (ピース・アゲン) by Satoko Shimonari

;''[[Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: 2010]]''
*OP: "[[Transformer 2010|TRANSFORMER 2010]]" (トランスフォーマー2010) by [[Shō Hirose]]
*ED: "[[What's You|WHAT'S YOU]]" (ホワッツ・ユー) by Shō Hirose

;''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]''
*OP: "[[The Headmasters (song)|The Headmasters]]" (ザ・ヘッドマスターズ) by [[Hironobu Kageyama]]
*ED: "[[Kimi wa Transformer]]" (君はトランスフォーマー, "You Are a Transformer") by Hironobu Kageyama

;''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers: Super God Masterforce]]''
*OP: "[[Chōjin Masterforce no Theme]]" (超神マスターフォースのテーマ, "Theme of Super-God Masterforce") by [[Toshiya Igarashi]]
*ED: "[[Moero! Transformer]]" (燃えろ!トランスフォーマー, "Burn! Transformers") by Toshiya Igarashi

;''[[Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]''
*OP: "[[Transformer V]]" (トランスフォーマーV) by [[Kōji Kaya]] and Morinoki Children's Chorus
*ED: "[[Cybertron Banzai]]" (サイバトロンばんざい, "Hooray for the Autobots") by [[Korogi '73]]

;''[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers: Zone]]''
*OP: "[[Transformer Z no Theme]]" (トランスフォーマーZのテーマ, "Theme of Transformers: Zone") by [[Ichirō Mizuki]]
*ED: "[[Ashita no Kimi e]]" (未来の君へ, "For the You of Tomorrow") by Ichirō Mizuki

===Beast Era===
;''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars ~Super Lifeform Transformers~]]''
*OP: "[[War War! Stop It|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" by [[Banana Ice]], [[Shitamachi Kyōdai]]
*ED: "[[For the Dream|FOR THE DREAM]]" by [[Mickey]]
*ED ([[Clash! Beast Warriors|special]]): "[[Hello! Toughness]]" (Hello！タフネス) by [[Katsu Seiji]] and [[Kenzō Isurugi]]

;''[[Beast Wars II (cartoon)|Beast Wars II ~Super Lifeform Transformers~]]''
*OP 1: "[[Get My Future|GET MY FUTURE]]" by [[Cyber Nation Network]]
*OP 2: "[[Super Voyager|SUPER VOYAGER]]" by Cyber Nation Network
*ED: "[[Yume no Iru Basho]]" (夢のいる場所, "Where Dreams Are") by [[Jun Yoneya]]
*OP ([[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!|special]]): "[[Space Dreamer: Haruka naru Beast Wars|SPACE DREAMER ~Haruka naru Beast Wars~]]" (SPACE DREAMER ～遥かなるビーストウォーズ～, "SPACE DREAMER ~Distant Beast Wars~") by [[C.O.A.]]
*ED (special): "[[My Shooting Star|MY SHOOTING STAR]]" by C.O.A.

;''[[Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo ~Super Lifeform Transformers~]]''
*OP: "[[Love For Ever: Kimi o Mamoru Tame ni|Love For Ever —Kimi o Mamoru Tame ni—]]" (Love For Ever ―君を守るために―, "Love Forever —To Protect You—") by [[M.C.R.]]
*ED: "[[Te no Naka no Uchū]]" (手の中の宇宙, "The Universe in Your Hands") by [[Hitomi Yūki]]

;''[[Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals ~Super Lifeform Transformers~]]''
*OP 1: "[[Tamashī no Evolution]]" (魂のエヴォリューション, "Evolution of the Spirit") by Hironobu Kageyama
*ED 1 "[[Ba-Bi-Bu-Be Beast Wars|BA-BI-BU-BE Beast Wars]]" (バ・ビ・ブ・べ　ビーストウォーズ) by Hironobu Kageyama and [[The Ba-Bi-Bu-Be Bombers]]
*OP 2: "[[Sen'nen no Soldier]]" (千年のソルジャー, "Millennium Soldier") by Hironobu Kageyama
*ED 2: "[[Halleluyah|HALLELUYAH]]" by Hironobu Kageyama, [[Mitsuko Horie]], and The Ba-Bi-Bu-Be Bombers
*OP ([[Bad Spark|special 1]]): "[[Hajimari no Uta]]" (始まりの唄, "Song of the Beginning") by [[Katsu Seiji]] and [[Kenzō Isurugi]]
*ED (special 1): "[[Hateshinai kono Sora e|Hateshinai kono (SORA) e]]" (果てしないこの宇宙(SORA)へ, "To the Never-ending Skies") by Katsu Seiji and Kenzō Isurugi
*OP ([[Cutting Edge|special 2]]): "[[Ano Yume no Kanata e]]" (あの夢の彼方へ, "Off to That Dream") by C.O.A.
*ED (special 2): "[[Wa! Wa! Wonderland|WA! WA! Wonderland]]" (WA! WA! ワンダーランド) by C.O.A.

;''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns]]''
*OP/ED: "[[Phat Planet]]" by [[Leftfield]]

===Car Robots===
;''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Transformers: Car Robots]]''
*OP: "[[Honō no Overdrive: Car Robot Cybertron|Honō no Overdrive ~Car Robot Cybertron~]]" (炎のオーバードライブ～カーロボットサイバトロン～, "Blazing Overdrive ~Car Robot Autobots~") by [[Kōji Wada]]
*ED: "[[Marionette]]" (マリオネット) by [[Mami Nishikaku]]

===Unicron Trilogy===
;''[[Armada (cartoon)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Micron Legend]]''
*OP 1: "[[Transformer: Dream Again|TRANSFORMER -Dream Again-]]" by [[Psychic Lover]]
*ED 1: "[[Never Ending Road]]" by Psychic Lover
*OP 2: "[[Transformers: Kōtetsu no Yūki|Transformers ~Kōtetsu no Yūki~]]" (Transformers ～鋼鉄の勇気～, "Transformers ~Steel Courage~") by [[Hideaki Takatori]]
*ED 2: "[[Don't Give Up!!]]" by Psychic Lover

;''[[Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Super Link]]''
*OP: "[[Taiyō no Transform!!|Taiyō no transform!!]]" (太陽のtransform!!, "Solar transform!!") by [[Hiroshi Kitadani]]
*ED: "[[Calling You|Calling you]]" by [[Takayoshi Tanimoto]]

;''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Galaxy Force]]''
*OP 1: "[[Call You... Kimi to Boku no Mirai|CALL YOU... Kimi to Boku no Mirai]]" (CALL YOU... 君と僕の未来, "CALL YOU... The Future of You and Me") by [[Shinji Kakijima]]
*ED 1: "[[Itsumo]]" (いつも, "Always") by [[Tomoka Issei]]
*OP 2: "[[Ignition!|IGNITION!]]" (IGNITION - イグニッション!) by [[CHINO]]
*ED 2: "[[Growing Up!!|Growing up!!]]" by Shinji Kakijima

===Animated (Japan)===
;''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers Animated]]''
*OP: "[[Transformers Evo.|TRANSFORMERS EVO.]]" by [[JAM Project]]
*ED: "[[Axel Transformers]]" by [[Rey]]

==Song collections==
Though each ''Transformers'' series featured distinctive music, the songs were not widely available in the '80s. Some of them were collected together with non-''Transformers'' anime and sold as part of massive compilations. With the debut of ''Beast Wars'', that started to change. CD singles of most ''Beast Wars''-era songs were readily available, and eventually albums compiling many songs began to be released. By 2003, the Generation One series would see similar treatment.

===Generation 1===
The first ''Transformers'' soundtrack album was released by [[Victor Entertainment]].
*'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers — [[Original Soundtrack: Music Book|Original Soundtrack <Music Book>]]''''' (Release date unknown, [[1985]])
<center><gallery>
Image:JG1_LP_Cover.jpg|
</gallery></center>
{{-}}

===Beast Era===
The ''Beast Wars'' soundtracks were released by [[Columbia Music Entertainment]].
*'''''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers — [[Cyber Music|CYBER MUSIC: Original Soundtrack]]''''' ([[August 21]], [[1998]])
*'''''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers — [[Hyper Music|HYPER MUSIC: Original Soundtrack Vol. 2]]''''' ([[November 21]], 1998)
*'''''Beast Wars Special: Super Lifeform Transformers — [[Strongest Music Collection]]''''' ([[December 19]], 1998)
*'''''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers — [[Best Songs Special]]''''' (December 19, 1998)
*'''''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers — [[Beast Wars Transformer Songs Best|BEAST WARS TRANSFORMER SONGS BEST]]''''' ([[December 18]], [[1999]])
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</gallery></center>
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===''Car Robots''===
The ''Car Robots'' soundtrack was released by [[Interchannel]], although the DVD releases for the series were handled by [[Pony Canyon]].
*'''''Transformers: Car Robots — [[Car Robots: Original Soundtrack|Original Soundtrack]]''''' ([[August 3]], [[2000]])
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===Unicron Trilogy===
The ''Micron Legend'' soundtracks were released by Columbia, ''Super Link'' by Interchannel, and ''Galaxy Force'' by Victor.
*'''''The Transformers: Legends of the Microns — [[Sound of Evolution: Vol. 1]]''''' ([[March 21]], [[2003]])
*'''''The Transformers: Legends of the Microns — [[Sound of Evolution: Vol. 2]]''''' ([[June 18]], 2003)
*'''''Transformer: Superlink — [[Original Soundtrack: Mission I]]''''' ([[May 26]], [[2004]])
*'''''Transformers: Galaxy Force — [[Sound Pack 1]]''''' ([[April 21]], [[2005]])
*'''''Transformers: Galaxy Force — [[Sound Pack 2]]''''' ([[November 23]], 2005)
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</gallery></center>
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===Retrospective collections===
Columbia released these compilation albums, which collectively cover the entire ''Transformers'' franchise from ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' up to ''Galaxy Force''.
*'''''Transformers — [[Theme Song Collection]]''''' ([[August 20]], 2003)
*'''''Transformers — [[History of Music: 1984-1990]]''''' ([[March 17]], 2004)
*'''''Transformers — [[Song Universe]]''''' ([[August 8]], [[2007]])
*'''''Transformers — [[Music Matrix]]''''' ([[April 2]], [[2008]])
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[[Category:Merchandise]]

Revelation (IDW)

2010-05-04T20:41:29Z

85.250.86.8: /* Collections */

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
[[Image:Revelation EJ covers.jpg|center|500px|thumb|Destruction at its most beautiful.]]
'''''The Transformers: Revelation''''' is the follow-up miniseries to [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Devastation (IDW)|The Transformers: Devastation]]''. From June–October, 2008, ''Revelation'' was played out through four ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' format issues, focusing on [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Doubledealer]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. This four-parter marked the [[Autobot]]s' confrontation with the [[Dead Universe]] Cybertronians and the end of the "-tion" series "for the foreseeable". <ref>http://www.idwpublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3599</ref> It had previously been hinted that the following volume would be titled ''The Transformers: Expansion'', but writer Simon Furman later stated that "the stuff [he] had (mentally) prepared for ''Expansion'' may still happen, just later or in a different form. <ref>http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/revelations/</ref> These four ''Spotlight'' issues were ''in addition to'' the normal ''Spotlight'' series, notably, ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]''.

The four ''Spotlight''s were to be issues #23–26 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering", the only ''Spotlight''s to be incorporated in this way, though the sub-numbering has since been abandoned.

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=Devastation (IDW) |next=Maximum Dinobots
|title=''The Transformers Spotlight: Revelation'' issues: |content=
* [[Spotlight: Cyclonus]]
* [[Spotlight: Hardhead]]
* [[Spotlight: Doubledealer]]
* [[Spotlight: Sideswipe]]
}}

==Overview==
[[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]]'s corrupted crew prepares to unleash the [[Expansion]], bringing the unlife of the [[Dead Universe]] into our own. On multiple worlds and fields of battle, the [[Autobot]]s struggle to uncover the plot and find a way to stop it. [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] confronts his inner berserker, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] finds the truth about [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] accepts an inevitable destiny, and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] proves his own worth to himself.

Ongoing story arcs that were wrapped up with this series include Hot Rod and Dealer's battle over the [[Magnificence]]; the mystery of what happened to the crew of the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', and their plot for Expansion of the Dead Universe; the theft of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] and [[Sixshot]]; [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]'s revenge on [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]; and the nature of [[Gorlam Prime]] and the [[Micromaster]]s.

==Creative team==
The creative team from ''[[Infiltration]]'', ''[[Escalation (IDW)|Escalation]]'' and through ''Devastation'' (writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciller [[E. J. Su]]) again worked on ''Revelation'', though Su only illustrated Cyclonus and Sideswipe and provided a connecting cover for all four. [[Nick Roche]], who also drew a cover for each issue, penciled and inked Hardhead, while [[Dan Khanna]] penciled Doubledealer (with inks by [[Frank Milkovich]] and [[Robert Atkins]]). [[Kris Carter]] was the colorist for Cyclonus and Hardhead, [[Liam Shalloo]] for Doubledealer, and E. J. Su colored Sideswipe himself.

==Trivia==
* IDW Editor-in-Chief [[Chris Ryall]] made the decision to tie up the -ation run short here, explaining it as a basic business strategy for comics: "it's like any book on the market--sales start at a point and then they slowly dip until things are done to re-invigorate them... the reality is that sales numbers need to stay steady for a book to stay on the market. This isn't to say that things were by any means dire--they weren't at all--but we do need to occasionally mix things up so people don't just take a book for granted." <ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=3845&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15</ref>

* ''Revelation'' is the third IDW miniseries in a row that [[Revelation (The Dark Ages)|borrows a title]] from [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' series.

* Shane McCarthy has said that originally, ''Revelation'' was ''not'' going to happen; he'd started writing ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' when IDW decided to let Simon finish his story off. <ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=11723 Shane McCarthy podcast interview]</ref>

==Collections==
* ''The Transformers Spotlight: Revelation'' TPB ([[February 4]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600104215 / ISBN 978-1600104213
:Bonus material includes each A and B cover, and sketches of the 4-part image, Cyclonus, Nightbeat, Doubledealer (including a dragon-like alternate mode), [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (the last 2 in robot and alt mode).
:The spine of the collection wields the number 4, putting it clearly in the ''Spotlight'' series rather than in the main "-ation" series (where it would have been #5, including [[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]).

* ''[[Premiere Collection|The Transformers: The Premiere Collection, Volume 2]]'' ([[June 17]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600104371 / ISBN 978-1600104374
:Includes ''[[Devastation (IDW)|Devastation]]'', ''Revelation'', and the contents of volumes 2 and 3 of the ''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' collections.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]

Stormbringer issue 3

2010-05-01T15:39:27Z

85.250.86.8: /* Items of note */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Stormbringer (comics)|The Transformers: Stormbringer]]'' #3
|prev=Stormbringer issue 2
|next=Stormbringer issue 4
|image=Stormbringer 3a.jpg
|caption=Comin' to wreck house in your neighborhood.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 6]], [[2006]]
|coverdate=September 2006
|story by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Don Figueroa]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|color assist by=[[grungewerx]]
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Infiltration]]
}}

'''Utter destruction...'''

== Synopsis ==
Thunderwing continues to devastate the surface of [[Nebulos]], while on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bludgeon prepares to submit himself to the [[Pretender|polydermal grafting]] process. On the dead planet's surface, Nosecone and Afterburner are attacked by [[Centurion droid|Centurion drones]], but are rescued by the [[Wrecker]]s, who have arrived with Optimus Prime. The [[Autobot]]s breach Bludgeon's bunker and rapidly overcome his team-mates. Iguanus flees to the pressure vat chamber, seeking Bludgeon, only to discover a massive figure wielding a glowing sword.

Darkwing orders the [[Decepticon]] [[infiltration unit]] on Nebulos to attack Thunderwing, but the monstrous being eliminates over half the attacking Decepticons within seconds. After their own attacks prove ineffective, Darkwing and Dreadwind abandon Nebulos. They send a message to Razorclaw, who in turn contacts the [[Decepticon High Command|High Command]]. After being briefed, Megatron authorizes Razorclaw to do what ever is necessary to stop Thunderwing, even if it means destroying Cybertron in the process.

The Wreckers breach the pressure vat chamber and discover a catatonic Bludgeon within his shell, Iguanus, dying from being cleft in two by Bludgeon's sword and Jetfire, who tells Prime to shut Bludgeon's control throne down. Jetfire gets to work on the data in Bludgeon's computers, but an orbital warning sounds—with Bludgeon's control system destroyed, Thunderwing is returning home...
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== Featured characters ==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (7)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (8)
* [[Roadbuster]] (9)
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (10)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (11)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (13)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (14)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (15)
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (23)
* [[Twin Twist]] (24)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (25)

|c2=
* [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (1)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (2)
* [[Bomb-Burst]] (3)
* [[Finback]] (4)
* [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] (5)
* [[Skullgrin]] (6)
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (16)
* [[Darkwing]] (17)
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (18)
* [[Skullcruncher]] (19)
* [[Roadgrabber]] (20)
* [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (21)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (22)
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (26)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"Suppose there's no point in asking you to stay up here, out of the firing line." 
"No." 
:'''—Springer''' and '''Optimus Prime'''.

"Damn! Damn! Damn! It's all gone to Hell!"
:'''—Iguanus''' is having a bad day.

== Errors ==
* Iguanus has a different design for his face during his "death" scene with Prime.

== Items of note ==
* Megatron's brief appearance in this issue links directly to the final panels of [[Infiltration issue 4|''Infiltration'' #4]].
* The Decepticomments section had readers' mail answered by Chris Ryall.
* Optimus Prime's hand-held rifles are pretty obviously those from his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Powermaster body]]. This in mind, his arm-mounted twin-cannons could be inspired by the same toy.
*Apparently Japanese is a Cybertronian language, as evidenced on the monitor in the last panel.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Wreckers wraparound cover by Don Figueroa and Josh Burcham. This cover can be combined with similar ones from the other three issues to form a giant battle scene.
* '''Cover B:''' Cybertron sketch wraparound cover by Don Figueroa; this was later colored for ''[[The Best of Simon Furman]]'' trade paperback and the [[Madman Entertainment]]-exclusive [[The Transformers (Madman)|comic]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Cover A uncolored.

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Image:Stormbringer 3a full.jpg|Who ya gonna call? The Wreckers!
Image:Stormbringer 3b.jpg|Cybertron is a spiky ball!
Image:Stormbringer 3ria.jpg|Cover RI-A
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