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White Leo

2012-09-27T13:16:07Z

85.31.137.11: /* Dreamwave Generation 1 comic */

{{factions|autobot}}
:''White Leo is a [[Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:WhiteLeo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We can [[Lio Convoy|rebuild him]]. We have the technology.]]
'''White Leo''' (ホワイトレオ ''Howaitoreo'') is the leader of the [[Autobot]]-aligned [[Beastformer]]s, anthropomorphic animal aliens from planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. He's all noble and brave and all that.

White Leo is the king of [[Historam]], over Emperor [[Flykick]], and was born in [[Lake City]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor'': [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)
[[Image:RebellionBeast White Leo.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When the [[Decepticon]]s invaded and took over the planet, White Leo headed a group of rebel Beastformers, though they didn't have much luck in rescuing a number of their fellows whom the Decepticons had enslaved in an underground factory. White Leo and his lieutenants were trying to decide what to do next when the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s arrived. The newcomers teamed up with White Leo's rebels and went to check out the Decepticon base. White Leo knew of an entrance beneath the [[piragilon]] swamp, and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] instructed him to use it while the Autobots took care of the Decepticons.

White Leo contacted [[Platinum Tiger]] who knew the way, but told him it would be impossible as the swamp was infested with metal-eating piragilons. White Leo was stymied until Fortress used Battleship Maximus to drain the water from the swamp, leaving the piragilons helpless. White Leo was then able to lead his team into the cave under the swamp, and with Platinum Tiger's help, head towards the Decepticon factory. They encountered [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and the escaping prisoners partway through the tunnel, and led them back out into the open air. The victorious Autobots provided White Leo with the services of the [[Monsterbot]]s, should the Decepticons return. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}
{{--}}

====''The Headmasters'' comic====
In White Leo's absence, the Decepticons attacked Beast with [[Alligatron]]'s forces again, this time also using [[Predaking]] and a horde of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. When the Decepticon forces held [[Brainstorm]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] hostage, Alligatron hoped to use them to lure White Leo into their clutches. White Leo soon arrived with a contingent of Autobot Beastformers to aid the Autobot Transformers, and they were all successful at driving the Decepticon invaders off the planet once again. White Leo thanked the Autobots for their help at making Beast a peaceful planet. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

===''Beastformers'' comic===
{{charstubfiction}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comic===
White Leo was in the front lines, fighting off [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Air Warrior]] armies when the Decepticon came to take the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Welcome to the Jungle}}

== Transformers Seeds of Chaos ==
White Leo is the younger brother of Optimus Major ands the cousin of Lio Convoy.

==Toys==
===Beastformers===
*'''White Leo''' (Beastformer, 1987)
**''Beast ID number'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': "White Beamer" sword

: White Leo is an anthropomorphic white lion with blue robotic armor. He came with his "White Beamer" sword. His [[rubsign]] reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood. After the move to non-''Transformers''-style packaging, each White Leo might also have the "Burst Sun" symbol, but the odds were pretty low.

*'''White Leo white version''' (Beastformer, 1987)
**''Accessories'': Some weapon

: A solid-white version of White Leo was sold through gumball machines in Japan. The gumball versions of the Beastformers appeared to have randomized weapons (or just crummy QC).

*'''Burst Sun Special Set''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''Accessories'': "White Beamer" sword

: The first Beastformers multipack (still using the ''Transformers'' logo and factions) contained nine normal figures, then one of two special editions of the faction leaders, either White Leo with the "Burst Sun" rubsign, or a clear-plastic version of [[Alligatron]]. The box contained no windows, so you didn't know which of the leaders you got until you opened it up.

: The other nine standard Beastformers in the set were [[Black Jaguar]], [[Būpink]], [[Crowmax]], [[Dog Hunter]], [[Dreameater]], [[Earthhog]], [[Mingo Kid]], [[Muskhorn]], and [[Slo]].

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Pirate Lion''', '''Sheep Commander''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)

[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Beastformers Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Kings]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]

Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)

2012-06-27T14:00:01Z

85.31.137.11: /* Weekly Kiss Players shows */

{{nav-kissplayers}}
The '''''Transformers: Kiss Players''''' (トランスフォーマーキスぷれ ''Toransufōmā Kisu Pure'') radio drama was a segment of the Japanese radio show ''Lyrian Moe-tchao'', and began airing on [[April 3|3 April]] [[2006]] in Japan and ran for 38 episodes. Each weekly installment of the show featured a one to three-minute story narrated by one of the voice actresses who played the three main characters in the series. The radio dramas are in-continuity with the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (manga)|''Kiss Players'' manga]], and together they form the whole story of the ''Kiss Players'' line.

In the first week of October, the format of the show was revised, and the entire half-hour show became ''Transformers: Kiss Players Transformers News Center''. Now broadcasting at an earlier time, but still starring the same trio of voice actresses, the show included a brief introduction explaining Transformers to new listeners, a "Tell Me Please! Transformers News Center" section during which [[TakaraTomy]] employees or related professionals discussed ''Transformers'' news with the voice actresses, and a section in which the actresses ad-libbed dialogue based on reader-submitted scenarios.

==Weekly ''Kiss Players'' shows==
Note that the broadcast order of the radio plays is not the actual chronological story order of the plays. This order is noted below.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Brief summary!!Chronological story order!!Original airdate

|- style="text-align: center;"
|1
|[[Marissa Faireborn]] boasts about her new boyfriend, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], whom she awakened from a "deep sleep" with a big and sloppy kiss.
|8
|[[April 3]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|2
|[[Shaoshao Li]] details how she is working with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] to expose the evils of her former employer, the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]], and is starting to overcome her distrust of Transformers.
|9
|[[April 10]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|3
|New EDC recruit [[Atari Hitotonari]] worries about her carsickness, and despite her resolve, complains about having to kiss her [[Autorooper]].
|1
|[[April 17]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|4
|Marissa describes how Prime will not let her fight because he fears for her safety. She resolves to kiss him so that he can share her knife-wielding skills.
|11
|[[April 24]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|5
|Shaoshao talks with disgust about her job as an EDC [[Kiss Player]] and how she had to kiss robots. She's not much happier that she's still doing it even now, but she notes that she'll swallow her pride to save Hot Rod if she has to.
|12
|[[May 1]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|6
|Atari wails and moans repeatedly about how embarrassed she is by the kiss fusion process.
|2
|[[May 8]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|7
|Marissa talks about her surfing skills, wondering if she could share them with Optimus. He tells her that he's [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|already quite experienced]].
|13
|[[May 15]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|8
|Outraged at Hot Rod's smug self-confidence and lack of martial arts ability, Shaoshao decides to train him herself. She's not very happy when he points out she could just kiss him and share her knowledge that way.
|14
|[[May 22]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|9
|Atari (As in the video game company?!) explains that she has recently had her life saved several times by Marissa and Optimus Prime. Since her and Marissa's powers both come from kissing, she worries that this must mean her own kisses are not good enough. She vows to become better at kissing, only to realize what an embarrassing thing she has just said.
|21
|29 May 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|10
|Marissa relates how Optimus has transformed her surfboard into a knife so that he could actually use the knife-wielded skills she shares with him. She's not that pleased about it, and she threatens to "transform" his truck bed into her own private bathroom.
|15
|5 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|11
|Shaoshao continues Hot Rod's martial arts training, and the Autobot puts his tonfa weapons to use. The pair embark on a long-distance drive as a form of endurance training.
|16
|12 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|12
|Atari describes her Autorooper and its abilities. When a Legion attacks during routine daily patrol, Autorooper takes off with such speed that the screaming Atari gets carsick.
|4
|19 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|13
|Marissa and Atari meet for the first time and have a friendly conversation, and as they talk, they seem to become friends. However, when Marissa discovers that Atari is a member of the EDC, she is sad, as she realizes that it is quite likely she and Optimus Prime will have to fight Atari in the future.

|20
|26 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|14
|Optimus Prime is making Shaoshao is feel very stressed, even though Hot Rod is convinced that the Optimus Prime currently active is an impostor. When Shaoshao hears Marissa's voice, she starts to think the stress is making her crack.
|22
|3 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|15
|Atari expresses her admiration for the senior members of her EDC squad.
|3
|10 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|16
|Marissa dubs the sword Prime has made out of her surfboard the "[[Surfblade]]" and his gun the "Convoy Gun", declaring herself their "godmother". In response, Prime names the three skulls on her shirt "The Three Skull Brothers".
|17
|17 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|17
|Shaoshao notes that the EDC has been hunting down her and Hot Rod, but despite this, her Autobot partner still has time for a little fishing now and then. She, however, hates having to kiss Hot Rod when he comes back from a fishing trip stinking of fish.
|23
|24 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|18
|Atari wonders about the mysterious disappearance of Shaoshao from the EDC ranks. The rumors that she is currently working against the EDC with the Autobot Hot Rod worry her.
|18
|31 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|19
|Marissa talks about washing Optimus, particularly his stick shift and the rim of his gas tank. ''Yeeeah''.
|19
|7 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|20
|Shaoshao describes how Hot Rod has built a special new fishing rod for himself, the "Exhaust Rod", which can transform into a set of blasters.
|24
|14 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|21
|Atari's Autorooper inexplicably shrinks to palm-size after a kiss, but [[Hitoshizuku Amaō|Commander Amaō]] explains it by telling Atari that some Transformers possess that power. Atari is horrified when the shrunken Autorooper crawls inside her shirt while she is daydreaming about desserts.
|6
|21 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|22
|Marissa reflects on the events of the summer as she and Prime watch a fireworks display from a safe distance. Marissa hopes that Transformers and humans can recapture their past relationship.
|27
|28 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|23
|Shaoshao once again thinks of Marissa and how she befriended her when she was a child, living in New York, where her parents ran a Chinese restaurant. Resentful of Optimus Prime for "stealing" Marissa away from her, she joined the EDC, but she never expected things to be as they are now.
|28
|4 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|24
|Atari talks some more about the Autoroopers. More than merely robots or weapons, they are truly the human EDC operatives' partners, and Atari senses a kind of humanity within hers.
|5
|11 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|25
|Marissa reflects on Optimus Prime's past and his concern for his fellow Autobots, whom he is unable to contact because of the anti-electron field around Earth. Even the presence of Hot Rod on the planet fails to change this, since Hot Rod thinks Prime is an impostor because of his different physical appearance thanks to his [[ParasiTech]] fusion, despite the fact that the same thing has happened to Hot Rod himself.
|29
|18 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|26
|Shaoshao dwells on Hot Rod's past as [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots and how he gave up the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to come to Earth, blaming himself for the deterioration of human-Transformer relations. Shaoshao claims she does not care about Hot Rod's sadness, however, and that she is only using him to reunite with Marissa.
|30
|25 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|27
|The ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] has possessed Atari and has [[Doctor Arkeville]] create him a [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|new body]] from a jet plane the scientist has stolen. Atari kisses the plane and transfers Starscream's ghost into it, but Starscream is only able to enjoy it for a few moments before it is destroyed by Autoroopers, sending his ghost flying back into space.
|7
|3 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|28
|Like all Kiss Players, Marissa loses her clothes when she merges with Optimus Prime. Upon separating from her partner after a battle, however, she discovers that her underwear is missing!
|25
|10 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|29
|As Shaoshao was naked when she was rescued from the EDC underground complex by Hot Rod, she has only been wearing a Chinese dress since then, with no underwear. So, after a battle with Optimus Prime, Hot Rod steals Marissa's underwear for her! Shaoshao is taken aback to find the name of her old friend inside the undies.
|26
|17 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|30
|Atari remembers her first unpleasant meeting with teammate [[Ringo Chikuma]]. When Ringo's driving makes her carsick, Atari begins to feel that she is all alone.
|10
|31 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|31
|Marissa relates how Optimus Prime has been suffering a recurring nightmare, visions of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] that fill his mind with destructive impulses. He suspects it is somehow a result of the Autorooper cells now in his body, after his fusion with one restored him to life. Having been protected by Prime all this time, Marissa feels it is now her turn to look out for him.
|31
|7 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|32
|Shaoshao and Hot Rod witness a [[Shizuku Amaō|young girl]], bleeding and dressed all in black, riding on the shoulder of a Legion. As Rodimus lowers his visor to scan her, she disappears into the Legion, making Hot Rod wonder if she is a Legion Kiss Player of some kind. Then he notices that his thermal scan did not pick up any body heat from the girl...
|32
|14 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|33
|As Atari suffers more and more of Ringo's bizarre acts of childish cruelty, her pleas to teammate [[Kayu Michikusa]] for help are ignored, causing Atari to break off spitefully their promise to take a trip together. The next day, when Atari works up the nerve to talk to Kayu again, she discovers the girl has been transferred to a different squad...
|33
|21 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|34
|Preparing to launch a final attack on the EDC, Marissa and Optimus Prime go on a "last date". Marissa recalls her childhood, her absent father, how she looked to Prime as a surrogate parent, and how she reacted to his death. Marissa spends the night crying against Prime's chest.
|34
|28 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|35
|Hot Rod and Shaoshao witness masses of Legion units all converging towards one spot, with the mysterious young girl riding with them once again. Like Optimus Prime before him, Hot Rod too has become plagued by Megatron-filled nightmares and the urge to destroy, and Shaoshao exploits this, whispering in the Autobot's ear as he sleeps that he must kill the impostor Optimus Prime so she can reunite with Marissa.
|35
|5 December 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|36
|Atari discovers that Kayu suffered the same cruelty at Ringo's hands to which she is now being subjected. Just then, sirens begin blaring, alerting the squad to a new danger: Kayu's Autorooper has gone berserk. Atari thinks she hears Kayu's voice calling out from within the Autorooper, but Ringo mercilessly shoots it down despite Atari's pleas. In response, Atari blacks out, and when she awakens, Ringo is screaming...and Atari's Autorooper's hands are red with blood...
|36
|12 December 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|37
|Optimus Prime has taken control of the amassed army of Legions and is leading them in an attack upon the EDC headquarters, when they are confronted by Hot Rod and Shaoshao. As the EDC's Autoroopers face off against the Legions around them, the two Autobots are overwhelmed by their destructive urges and begin battling. Marissa and Shaoshao clash and manage to settle their differences, stopping their partners from fighting just as Atari's fusion time with her Autorooper ceases. Atari is surprised to see Marissa and Shaoshao, and Shaoshao tells her that they are not going to fight anymore. As the Legion tear their way into the EDC base with the dark-haired girl at their side, Shaoshao tells her assembled allies that they are going to discover the dark secret behind the EDC in the place where she and Rodimus first met: the [[Genital System]]...
|37
|19 December 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|38
|On the moon, the three [[Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassettes]] [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]], [[Glit]] and [[Sundor]] join up to become a musical group called the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Cassette Players]]. They want to heal the Earth through song, but because of the anti-electron field, they cannot.
|38
|26 December 2006
|}

===CD collections and special episodes===

The weekly installments of the ''Kiss Players'' radio drama (save for episode #38) were collected on CDs packaged with the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players toyline]].

*Episodes 1-5 were included with Convoy X Melissa.
*Episodes 6-10 were included with Atari X Autorooper.
*Episodes 11-20 were included with Hot Rodimus X Syaosyao.
*Episodes 21-30 were included with Autorooper X Atari.
*Episodes 31-37 were included with the [[Sparkbot]] set

The first four CDs also included included ten-minute-long special bonus episodes. Most notably, after the first-year story ended with a cliffhanger (and the first episode ever to feature all three voice actresses) in the third week of December 2006, the bonus episode included with the Autorooper X Atari toy set released to stores the following week brought the tale to a close. These episodes are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"

|-
!Title!!Chronological story order!!Packaged with

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"Someday, Under the Sun"
|Between #19 and #13
|Convoy X Melissa
|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Optimus Prime takes Marissa to the beach so that she may surf under the safe cover of night, but as she swims out into the sea, she finds herself subject to the advances of an octopus. Prime wades into the water to disentangle her, only to discover that it's not simply an octopus—it's a Legion! As Prime struggles with the creature, Marissa stabs it with her knife, and it hurls her away. Marissa kisses Prime and they fuse together, using the Surf Blade to dispose of the Legion. After the battle, as the sun begins to rise, Prime and Marissa spot an Autorooper and beat a hasty retreat. But someday, Prime promises, they'll be able to come to the beach under the light of the sun. 

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"Atari's Close Call?!"
|Between #24 and #21
|Atari X Autorooper

|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Atari discovers that that omelette she ate for breakfast had a Legion inside it, and the creature is now running rampant inside her body. She kisses her Autorooper, causing it to shrink down so that it can enter he body and get rid of the Legion. The fight carries the two tiny terrors throughout Atari's digestive system and into her stomach, where the Autorooper destroys the Legion with Atari's stomach acid. Unfortunately for Atari, she has to stick her finger down her throat and puke up the Autorooper in order to get him out. 

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"A Big Catch Tonight?!"
|Between #20 and #28
|Hot Rodimus X Syaosyao

|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Hot Rod and Shaoshao visit the rebuilt Tokyo Bay Bridge for a fishing date, where they discuss Marissa and Optimus Prime and what they plan to do to end their conflict with them. The date is interrupted by the attack of twenty-three Legions, but Shaoshao refuses to kiss Hot Rod until he is overwhelmed by the Legion and in serious trouble. Shaoshao relents and the pair fuse, transforming Hot Rod's fishing rod into a blaster that makes short work of the monsters. Through this latest mental fusion, Shaoshao discovers that Hot Rod was the one who hurled Galvatron through space, leading to his crash on Earth, and that Hot Rod gave up the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] so he could come to Earth and atone for his sins. Shaoshao is furious, and the fusion abruptly ends...hurling her straight into the river below! Shaoshao is okay, though, and is forced to hang her clothes on Hot Rod's fishing pole so they can dry.

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"You, I and the Spinning Earth"
|After #37
|Autorooper X Atari

|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Venturing through the [[Spiral Vagina]] into the secret Genital System facility beneath EDC headquarters, Prime, Hot Rod and the girls discover the lifeless body of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Suddenly, a door comes slamming down, separating Atari from the others. [[Hitoshizuku_Amaō|Commander Amaō]] appears before her and reveals that Legion, Autoroopers and Kiss Players are all a production of Galvatron's cells, and that she intends to use them in her fusion experiments in the hopes of resurrecting her [[Shizuku Amaō|daughter]] (the dark-haired ghost-girl seen by Shaoshao and Hot Rod) who died when Galvatron landed on Tokyo. She had originally intended to use Shaoshao for the process, recreating her daughter in her body, but selected Atari instead when she proved to be an even more powerful Kiss Player. As Amaō begins the process, Marissa, Shaoshao, Prime and Rodimus come smashing through the door, but the two Transformers' proximity to Galvatron triggers the destructive impulses of his cells within their bodies, and they struggle to remain in control of themselves. Atari fights against the process, remembering her friendless childhood and how far she has come, and merges with her Autorooper, seizing Galvatron's body and blasting off into the air. The Autoroopers and Legions all follow her, and the underground facility collapses, killing Amaō, who sees a vision of her daughter before she perishes. Hot Rod destroys the [[anti-electron]] field generator, after which his Galvatron cells, along with those from Prime, the Autoroopers and the Legions, are sucked from his body and rejoined with Galvatron's body. Atari hurls the reconstituted Galvatron back into space and looks down upon the Earth in happiness.
|}

==Weekly ''Kiss Players Position'' shows==
When the series transitioned into its second year at the beginning of 2007, the loss of the manga made the radio drama a lot more pertinent, and the segments shifted from inconsequential ruminations to a continuous time-travel plot that was by necessity aired in the correct story order (and was ''incredibly'' fanwanky). The format of the show remained the same (one actress performing a short 1- to 3-minute-long segment), save for the 51st and final episode, which aired a day earlier than normal thanks to a sporting event and featured all three actresses performing together. Alas, none of the ''Kiss Players Position'' shows were ever collected on CD.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"

|-
!#!!Brief summary!!Original airdate

|-style="text-align: center;"
|39
|With the deactivation of Earth's anti-electron field, Marissa, Shaoshao and Atari join with [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]], [[Sundor]] and [[Glit]] to form the singing group called the "[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]" to improve Transformer-human relations. Just before they perform at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] in America, Marissa, Atari and Shaoshao are approached by three mysterious orbs calling themselves the [[Sparkbot|Sparkbots]], who instruct them to kiss them. Doing so, the girls find themselves whisked off through time, appearing at [[Sherman Dam]] in 1984, where Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] are embroiled in battle.
|2 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|40
|The Sparkbots instruct Marissa to kiss Optimus Prime in order to recover a piece of what they call the "[[Allspark]]" from him. Marissa kisses the pink Sparkbot, which transforms into a flying mechanical lion named [[Angela]] that carries Marissa (who is invisible to the residents of this time) through the air so she can plant a smooch on Prime. Angela takes possession the Allspark piece which emerges, and they head off back into the timestream, as Marissa regrets that she could do nothing to avert Prime's looming fate.
|9 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|41
|Shaoshao kisses the white Sparkbot, and it transforms into the avian [[Zangetsu]], who travels with Shaoshao to 2005 to witness Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus Prime and his defeat of Galvatron. The pair then travel forward to 2010, where Shaoshao kisses Rodimus at the [[Galactic Olympics]] on [[Athenia]] to recover another fragment of the Allspark.
|16 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|42
|With the third and final Sparkbot, [[Star Dust]], Atari journeys to 2011 to obtain another piece of the Allspark from [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. The pair appear in space just as [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] explodes and witness Maximus's brief subsequent battle with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], after which Atari kisses him.
|23 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|43
|On her next mission, Marissa witnesses a robot she believes to be Optimus Prime being violently bested in combat by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. She hastily kisses what she thinks is her longtime robotic beau, only to be informed by Angela that this is actually [[Ginrai]], a human man bonded to a body intended for Prime. Marissa is horrified that she has kissed someone other than Prime and begs Angela not to tell anyone.
|30 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|44
|Shaoshao goes on a veritable kissing marathon. Starting in 2025, she kisses [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] just before he initiates his final attack on [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. Next, she quickly jumps forward in time and recovers another from [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], then jumps forward even further to obtain another from Star Convoy. The fact that she has to kiss a version of Optimus Prime revolts her, but things don't get any better. She quickly makes three more jumps through time, kissing Optimus Prime every time: first as he emerges from his [[black hole]] quest for [[Nucleon]], next when he is in his [[Action Master]] body leading the [[Cybertron Alliance]] alongside [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and finally when he battles Megatron in the [[Mirtonian constellation]]. She is less than happy about it.
|6 February 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|45
|Atari journeys through several different time periods to kiss all the different forms of [[Optimus Primal]], although Star Dust has to convince her to do it by explaining that this Optimus is not the same Optimus ''Prime'' with whom she is familiar. As the recovered Allspark fragments emerge, however, a mysterious force seizes them and flies off into the sky.
|13 February 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|46
|Marissa and Angela reclaim another piece of the Allspark from [[Lio Convoy]] during the final battle between the Maximals and the [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]] on [[Gaea]]. It's lion-hearted love at first sight for Angela, but the pair have to move on quickly to another time period to obtain another fragment from [[Big Convoy]]. Yet again, the two fragments fly off into the sky as the enigmatic force captures them.
|20 February 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|47
|Shaoshao visits the year 2000 to acquire [[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]]'s piece of the Allspark as he battles [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] in [[New York City|New York]]. Once again, the Allspark piece that emerges is stolen away by the mystery force, but this time, the Kiss Players are able to give chase through the timestream aboard Brave Maximus. Unfortunately, the team winds up crashing into the "Wall of Time".
|27 February 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|48
|The crash scatters the Kiss Players and their companions across the [[multiverse]]. Brave Maximus lands on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] four million years ago, while Atari finds herself in the parallel world of the [[Unicron Trilogy]], where she is able to communicate with the native [[Mini-Con]], [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]]. Just as Unicron emerges from Cybertron's moon, an invisible forces surrounds Atari and whisks her away to somewhere else...
|6 March 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|49
|Marissa also lands in the Unicron Trilogy universe, ten years after Atari, during the Transformers' war for [[energon]]. She too meets Blackout, who has since become separated from his partner [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] after the larger bot's death. Marissa empathizes with the small robot, having lost her own partner, Optimus Prime, and tells him that their partners live on in their hearts. As the Transformers battle overhead, the mysterious force which stole the Allspark fragments envelops Marissa and drags her away...
|13 March 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|50
|Shaoshao has also wound up in the world of the Unicron Trilogy, on the deserted Cybertron during the time of the Transformers' quest for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. Pursued by a horde of [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]], she is rescued by [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], who tells her of [[Primus]]. [[Vector Prime]] arrives to help her return to her true world and uses his sword to open a dimension gate for her. From the gate, however, a giant golden hand emerges and seizes Shaoshao, dragging her off through space and time...
|20 March 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|51
|The enigmatic force which has been plaguing the Kiss Players is revealed to be Primus himself, and the Sparkbots are exposed not as benevolent agents seeking the reformation of the Allspark, but agents of Unicron who are attempting to reassemble his splintered lifeforce. The Kiss Players are all brought to prehistoric Earth by the Transformers' god, where he faces off against Unicron, who has been recreated by the Sparkbots. Unicron's life force is sealed within the Earth, and Primus creates Brave Maximus to serve as its guardian. Shaoshao asks Primus what the Kiss Players' future will be, but the deity does not answer and instead transforms into a [[Vector Sigma|golden sphere]]. The Kiss Players find themselves returned to 2007, mere seconds after they departed on their time-travelling adventure. Realizing that their future is not determined by Primus or any god, the three girls determine to make their own future: Marissa decides to enroll in the reformed [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]], Shaoshao makes peace with Marissa and Optimus Prime's relationship, and Atari is not sure what she will do, but realizes now the importance of truly living.
|26 March 2007
|}

===Tokyo Toy Festival live performance===

An additional Kiss Players audio adventure took the form of a live script-reading by the three actresses at the 2007 Tokyo Toy Festival on [[March 18]]. Taking place between episodes 41 and 42, the story is set somewhere between the conclusion of season three of the original Generation 1 cartoon and the beginning of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''. The reading was accompanied by thirty new pieces of color art produced by Yūki Ōshima specially for the occasion, illustrating the events of the tale.

When Brave Maximus abruptly goes out of control and crash-lands on an alien world in 2011, the Kiss Players are approached by a swarm of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. Shaoshao tries using the [[universal greeting]], which she learned from Rodimus, but it does no good, and the girls are brought before the [[Quintesson]]s for trial. The girls try to appeal to the Quintessons by kissing the Sparkbots to gain new cutesy outfits, but the aliens are unmoved and send the trio plummeting into the Sharkticon pit. At the last moment, Optimus Primus and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] arrive to save them, and they manage to escape back into space aboard Brave Maximus. The Quintessons are all sucked into the space-time portal created by Maximus and trapped outside of time.

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]|c1=
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] ([[Lyrian]])
*[[Shaoshao Li]] ([[Yui Kano]])
*[[Atari Hitotonari]] ([[Satomi Akesaka]])
*[[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] (Lyrian)
*[[Glit]] (Yui Kano)
*[[Sundor]] (Satomi Akesaka)
|h2=[[Autobot]]s|c2=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Tesshō Genda]])
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] ([[Ryōtarō Okiayu]])
*[[Autorooper|Autorooper Ne-04]] ([[Keiji Hirai]])
|c4=
*[[Hitoshizuku Amaō]] ([[Michiyo Yanagisawa]])
*[[Angela]] (Lyrian)
*[[Zangetsu]] (Yui Kano)
*[[Star Dust]] (Satomi Akesaka)
*[[Legion]] ([[Hirofumi Tanaka]])
|nonumbering=true
}}

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Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)

2012-06-27T13:58:57Z

85.31.137.11: /* Weekly Kiss Players shows */

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The '''''Transformers: Kiss Players''''' (トランスフォーマーキスぷれ ''Toransufōmā Kisu Pure'') radio drama was a segment of the Japanese radio show ''Lyrian Moe-tchao'', and began airing on [[April 3|3 April]] [[2006]] in Japan and ran for 38 episodes. Each weekly installment of the show featured a one to three-minute story narrated by one of the voice actresses who played the three main characters in the series. The radio dramas are in-continuity with the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (manga)|''Kiss Players'' manga]], and together they form the whole story of the ''Kiss Players'' line.

In the first week of October, the format of the show was revised, and the entire half-hour show became ''Transformers: Kiss Players Transformers News Center''. Now broadcasting at an earlier time, but still starring the same trio of voice actresses, the show included a brief introduction explaining Transformers to new listeners, a "Tell Me Please! Transformers News Center" section during which [[TakaraTomy]] employees or related professionals discussed ''Transformers'' news with the voice actresses, and a section in which the actresses ad-libbed dialogue based on reader-submitted scenarios.

==Weekly ''Kiss Players'' shows==
Note that the broadcast order of the radio plays is not the actual chronological story order of the plays. This order is noted below.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Brief summary!!Chronological story order!!Original airdate

|- style="text-align: center;"
|1
|[[Marissa Faireborn]] boasts about her new boyfriend, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], whom she awakened from a "deep sleep" with a big and sloppy kiss.
|8
|[[April 3]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|2
|[[Shaoshao Li]] details how she is working with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] to expose the evils of her former employer, the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]], and is starting to overcome her distrust of Transformers.
|9
|[[April 10]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|3
|New EDC recruit [[Atari Hitotonari]] worries about her carsickness, and despite her resolve, complains about having to kiss her [[Autorooper]].
|1
|[[April 17]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|4
|Marissa describes how Prime will not let her fight because he fears for her safety. She resolves to kiss him so that he can share her knife-wielding skills.
|11
|[[April 24]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|5
|Shaoshao talks with disgust about her job as an EDC [[Kiss Player]] and how she had to kiss robots. She's not much happier that she's still doing it even now, but she notes that she'll swallow her pride to save Hot Rod if she has to.
|12
|[[May 1]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|6
|Atari wails and moans repeatedly about how embarrassed she is by the kiss fusion process.
|2
|[[May 8]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|7
|Marissa talks about her surfing skills, wondering if she could share them with Optimus. He tells her that he's [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|already quite experienced]].
|13
|[[May 15]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|8
|Outraged at Hot Rod's smug self-confidence and lack of martial arts ability, Shaoshao decides to train him herself. She's not very happy when he points out she could just kiss him and share her knowledge that way.
|14
|[[May 22]] 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|9
|Atari explains that she has recently had her life saved several times by Marissa and Optimus Prime. Since her and Marissa's powers both come from kissing, she worries that this must mean her own kisses are not good enough. She vows to become better at kissing, only to realize what an embarrassing thing she has just said.
|21
|29 May 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|10
|Marissa relates how Optimus has transformed her surfboard into a knife so that he could actually use the knife-wielded skills she shares with him. She's not that pleased about it, and she threatens to "transform" his truck bed into her own private bathroom.
|15
|5 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|11
|Shaoshao continues Hot Rod's martial arts training, and the Autobot puts his tonfa weapons to use. The pair embark on a long-distance drive as a form of endurance training.
|16
|12 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|12
|Atari describes her Autorooper and its abilities. When a Legion attacks during routine daily patrol, Autorooper takes off with such speed that the screaming Atari gets carsick.
|4
|19 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|13
|Marissa and Atari meet for the first time and have a friendly conversation, and as they talk, they seem to become friends. However, when Marissa discovers that Atari is a member of the EDC, she is sad, as she realizes that it is quite likely she and Optimus Prime will have to fight Atari in the future.

|20
|26 June 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|14
|Optimus Prime is making Shaoshao is feel very stressed, even though Hot Rod is convinced that the Optimus Prime currently active is an impostor. When Shaoshao hears Marissa's voice, she starts to think the stress is making her crack.
|22
|3 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|15
|Atari expresses her admiration for the senior members of her EDC squad.
|3
|10 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|16
|Marissa dubs the sword Prime has made out of her surfboard the "[[Surfblade]]" and his gun the "Convoy Gun", declaring herself their "godmother". In response, Prime names the three skulls on her shirt "The Three Skull Brothers".
|17
|17 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|17
|Shaoshao notes that the EDC has been hunting down her and Hot Rod, but despite this, her Autobot partner still has time for a little fishing now and then. She, however, hates having to kiss Hot Rod when he comes back from a fishing trip stinking of fish.
|23
|24 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|18
|Atari wonders about the mysterious disappearance of Shaoshao from the EDC ranks. The rumors that she is currently working against the EDC with the Autobot Hot Rod worry her.
|18
|31 July 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|19
|Marissa talks about washing Optimus, particularly his stick shift and the rim of his gas tank. ''Yeeeah''.
|19
|7 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|20
|Shaoshao describes how Hot Rod has built a special new fishing rod for himself, the "Exhaust Rod", which can transform into a set of blasters.
|24
|14 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|21
|Atari's Autorooper inexplicably shrinks to palm-size after a kiss, but [[Hitoshizuku Amaō|Commander Amaō]] explains it by telling Atari that some Transformers possess that power. Atari is horrified when the shrunken Autorooper crawls inside her shirt while she is daydreaming about desserts.
|6
|21 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|22
|Marissa reflects on the events of the summer as she and Prime watch a fireworks display from a safe distance. Marissa hopes that Transformers and humans can recapture their past relationship.
|27
|28 August 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|23
|Shaoshao once again thinks of Marissa and how she befriended her when she was a child, living in New York, where her parents ran a Chinese restaurant. Resentful of Optimus Prime for "stealing" Marissa away from her, she joined the EDC, but she never expected things to be as they are now.
|28
|4 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|24
|Atari talks some more about the Autoroopers. More than merely robots or weapons, they are truly the human EDC operatives' partners, and Atari senses a kind of humanity within hers.
|5
|11 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|25
|Marissa reflects on Optimus Prime's past and his concern for his fellow Autobots, whom he is unable to contact because of the anti-electron field around Earth. Even the presence of Hot Rod on the planet fails to change this, since Hot Rod thinks Prime is an impostor because of his different physical appearance thanks to his [[ParasiTech]] fusion, despite the fact that the same thing has happened to Hot Rod himself.
|29
|18 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|26
|Shaoshao dwells on Hot Rod's past as [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots and how he gave up the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to come to Earth, blaming himself for the deterioration of human-Transformer relations. Shaoshao claims she does not care about Hot Rod's sadness, however, and that she is only using him to reunite with Marissa.
|30
|25 September 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|27
|The ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] has possessed Atari and has [[Doctor Arkeville]] create him a [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|new body]] from a jet plane the scientist has stolen. Atari kisses the plane and transfers Starscream's ghost into it, but Starscream is only able to enjoy it for a few moments before it is destroyed by Autoroopers, sending his ghost flying back into space.
|7
|3 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|28
|Like all Kiss Players, Marissa loses her clothes when she merges with Optimus Prime. Upon separating from her partner after a battle, however, she discovers that her underwear is missing!
|25
|10 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|29
|As Shaoshao was naked when she was rescued from the EDC underground complex by Hot Rod, she has only been wearing a Chinese dress since then, with no underwear. So, after a battle with Optimus Prime, Hot Rod steals Marissa's underwear for her! Shaoshao is taken aback to find the name of her old friend inside the undies.
|26
|17 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|30
|Atari remembers her first unpleasant meeting with teammate [[Ringo Chikuma]]. When Ringo's driving makes her carsick, Atari begins to feel that she is all alone.
|10
|31 October 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|31
|Marissa relates how Optimus Prime has been suffering a recurring nightmare, visions of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] that fill his mind with destructive impulses. He suspects it is somehow a result of the Autorooper cells now in his body, after his fusion with one restored him to life. Having been protected by Prime all this time, Marissa feels it is now her turn to look out for him.
|31
|7 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|32
|Shaoshao and Hot Rod witness a [[Shizuku Amaō|young girl]], bleeding and dressed all in black, riding on the shoulder of a Legion. As Rodimus lowers his visor to scan her, she disappears into the Legion, making Hot Rod wonder if she is a Legion Kiss Player of some kind. Then he notices that his thermal scan did not pick up any body heat from the girl...
|32
|14 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|33
|As Atari suffers more and more of Ringo's bizarre acts of childish cruelty, her pleas to teammate [[Kayu Michikusa]] for help are ignored, causing Atari to break off spitefully their promise to take a trip together. The next day, when Atari works up the nerve to talk to Kayu again, she discovers the girl has been transferred to a different squad...
|33
|21 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|34
|Preparing to launch a final attack on the EDC, Marissa and Optimus Prime go on a "last date". Marissa recalls her childhood, her absent father, how she looked to Prime as a surrogate parent, and how she reacted to his death. Marissa spends the night crying against Prime's chest.
|34
|28 November 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|35
|Hot Rod and Shaoshao witness masses of Legion units all converging towards one spot, with the mysterious young girl riding with them once again. Like Optimus Prime before him, Hot Rod too has become plagued by Megatron-filled nightmares and the urge to destroy, and Shaoshao exploits this, whispering in the Autobot's ear as he sleeps that he must kill the impostor Optimus Prime so she can reunite with Marissa.
|35
|5 December 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|36
|Atari discovers that Kayu suffered the same cruelty at Ringo's hands to which she is now being subjected. Just then, sirens begin blaring, alerting the squad to a new danger: Kayu's Autorooper has gone berserk. Atari thinks she hears Kayu's voice calling out from within the Autorooper, but Ringo mercilessly shoots it down despite Atari's pleas. In response, Atari blacks out, and when she awakens, Ringo is screaming...and Atari's Autorooper's hands are red with blood...
|36
|12 December 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|37
|Optimus Prime has taken control of the amassed army of Legions and is leading them in an attack upon the EDC headquarters, when they are confronted by Hot Rod and Shaoshao. As the EDC's Autoroopers face off against the Legions around them, the two Autobots are overwhelmed by their destructive urges and begin battling. Marissa and Shaoshao clash and manage to settle their differences, stopping their partners from fighting just as Atari's fusion time with her Autorooper ceases. Atari is surprised to see Marissa and Shaoshao, and Shaoshao tells her that they are not going to fight anymore. As the Legion tear their way into the EDC base with the dark-haired girl at their side, Shaoshao tells her assembled allies that they are going to discover the dark secret behind the EDC in the place where she and Rodimus first met: the [[Genital System]]...
|37
|19 December 2006

|- style="text-align: center;"
|38
|On the moon, the three [[Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassettes]] [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]], [[Glit]] and [[Sundor]] join up to become a musical group called the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Cassette Players]]. They want to heal the Earth through song, but because of the anti-electron field, they cannot.
|38
|26 December 2006
|}

===CD collections and special episodes===

The weekly installments of the ''Kiss Players'' radio drama (save for episode #38) were collected on CDs packaged with the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players toyline]].

*Episodes 1-5 were included with Convoy X Melissa.
*Episodes 6-10 were included with Atari X Autorooper.
*Episodes 11-20 were included with Hot Rodimus X Syaosyao.
*Episodes 21-30 were included with Autorooper X Atari.
*Episodes 31-37 were included with the [[Sparkbot]] set

The first four CDs also included included ten-minute-long special bonus episodes. Most notably, after the first-year story ended with a cliffhanger (and the first episode ever to feature all three voice actresses) in the third week of December 2006, the bonus episode included with the Autorooper X Atari toy set released to stores the following week brought the tale to a close. These episodes are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"

|-
!Title!!Chronological story order!!Packaged with

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"Someday, Under the Sun"
|Between #19 and #13
|Convoy X Melissa
|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Optimus Prime takes Marissa to the beach so that she may surf under the safe cover of night, but as she swims out into the sea, she finds herself subject to the advances of an octopus. Prime wades into the water to disentangle her, only to discover that it's not simply an octopus—it's a Legion! As Prime struggles with the creature, Marissa stabs it with her knife, and it hurls her away. Marissa kisses Prime and they fuse together, using the Surf Blade to dispose of the Legion. After the battle, as the sun begins to rise, Prime and Marissa spot an Autorooper and beat a hasty retreat. But someday, Prime promises, they'll be able to come to the beach under the light of the sun. 

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"Atari's Close Call?!"
|Between #24 and #21
|Atari X Autorooper

|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Atari discovers that that omelette she ate for breakfast had a Legion inside it, and the creature is now running rampant inside her body. She kisses her Autorooper, causing it to shrink down so that it can enter he body and get rid of the Legion. The fight carries the two tiny terrors throughout Atari's digestive system and into her stomach, where the Autorooper destroys the Legion with Atari's stomach acid. Unfortunately for Atari, she has to stick her finger down her throat and puke up the Autorooper in order to get him out. 

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"A Big Catch Tonight?!"
|Between #20 and #28
|Hot Rodimus X Syaosyao

|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Hot Rod and Shaoshao visit the rebuilt Tokyo Bay Bridge for a fishing date, where they discuss Marissa and Optimus Prime and what they plan to do to end their conflict with them. The date is interrupted by the attack of twenty-three Legions, but Shaoshao refuses to kiss Hot Rod until he is overwhelmed by the Legion and in serious trouble. Shaoshao relents and the pair fuse, transforming Hot Rod's fishing rod into a blaster that makes short work of the monsters. Through this latest mental fusion, Shaoshao discovers that Hot Rod was the one who hurled Galvatron through space, leading to his crash on Earth, and that Hot Rod gave up the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] so he could come to Earth and atone for his sins. Shaoshao is furious, and the fusion abruptly ends...hurling her straight into the river below! Shaoshao is okay, though, and is forced to hang her clothes on Hot Rod's fishing pole so they can dry.

|-style="text-align: center; background:#F2F2F2;"
|style="text-align: left;"|"You, I and the Spinning Earth"
|After #37
|Autorooper X Atari

|-
|style="border-bottom:3px solid #CCCCFF" colspan="4"|Venturing through the [[Spiral Vagina]] into the secret Genital System facility beneath EDC headquarters, Prime, Hot Rod and the girls discover the lifeless body of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Suddenly, a door comes slamming down, separating Atari from the others. [[Hitoshizuku_Amaō|Commander Amaō]] appears before her and reveals that Legion, Autoroopers and Kiss Players are all a production of Galvatron's cells, and that she intends to use them in her fusion experiments in the hopes of resurrecting her [[Shizuku Amaō|daughter]] (the dark-haired ghost-girl seen by Shaoshao and Hot Rod) who died when Galvatron landed on Tokyo. She had originally intended to use Shaoshao for the process, recreating her daughter in her body, but selected Atari instead when she proved to be an even more powerful Kiss Player. As Amaō begins the process, Marissa, Shaoshao, Prime and Rodimus come smashing through the door, but the two Transformers' proximity to Galvatron triggers the destructive impulses of his cells within their bodies, and they struggle to remain in control of themselves. Atari fights against the process, remembering her friendless childhood and how far she has come, and merges with her Autorooper, seizing Galvatron's body and blasting off into the air. The Autoroopers and Legions all follow her, and the underground facility collapses, killing Amaō, who sees a vision of her daughter before she perishes. Hot Rod destroys the [[anti-electron]] field generator, after which his Galvatron cells, along with those from Prime, the Autoroopers and the Legions, are sucked from his body and rejoined with Galvatron's body. Atari hurls the reconstituted Galvatron back into space and looks down upon the Earth in happiness.
|}

==Weekly ''Kiss Players Position'' shows==
When the series transitioned into its second year at the beginning of 2007, the loss of the manga made the radio drama a lot more pertinent, and the segments shifted from inconsequential ruminations to a continuous time-travel plot that was by necessity aired in the correct story order (and was ''incredibly'' fanwanky). The format of the show remained the same (one actress performing a short 1- to 3-minute-long segment), save for the 51st and final episode, which aired a day earlier than normal thanks to a sporting event and featured all three actresses performing together. Alas, none of the ''Kiss Players Position'' shows were ever collected on CD.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"

|-
!#!!Brief summary!!Original airdate

|-style="text-align: center;"
|39
|With the deactivation of Earth's anti-electron field, Marissa, Shaoshao and Atari join with [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]], [[Sundor]] and [[Glit]] to form the singing group called the "[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]" to improve Transformer-human relations. Just before they perform at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] in America, Marissa, Atari and Shaoshao are approached by three mysterious orbs calling themselves the [[Sparkbot|Sparkbots]], who instruct them to kiss them. Doing so, the girls find themselves whisked off through time, appearing at [[Sherman Dam]] in 1984, where Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] are embroiled in battle.
|2 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|40
|The Sparkbots instruct Marissa to kiss Optimus Prime in order to recover a piece of what they call the "[[Allspark]]" from him. Marissa kisses the pink Sparkbot, which transforms into a flying mechanical lion named [[Angela]] that carries Marissa (who is invisible to the residents of this time) through the air so she can plant a smooch on Prime. Angela takes possession the Allspark piece which emerges, and they head off back into the timestream, as Marissa regrets that she could do nothing to avert Prime's looming fate.
|9 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|41
|Shaoshao kisses the white Sparkbot, and it transforms into the avian [[Zangetsu]], who travels with Shaoshao to 2005 to witness Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus Prime and his defeat of Galvatron. The pair then travel forward to 2010, where Shaoshao kisses Rodimus at the [[Galactic Olympics]] on [[Athenia]] to recover another fragment of the Allspark.
|16 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|42
|With the third and final Sparkbot, [[Star Dust]], Atari journeys to 2011 to obtain another piece of the Allspark from [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. The pair appear in space just as [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] explodes and witness Maximus's brief subsequent battle with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], after which Atari kisses him.
|23 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|43
|On her next mission, Marissa witnesses a robot she believes to be Optimus Prime being violently bested in combat by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. She hastily kisses what she thinks is her longtime robotic beau, only to be informed by Angela that this is actually [[Ginrai]], a human man bonded to a body intended for Prime. Marissa is horrified that she has kissed someone other than Prime and begs Angela not to tell anyone.
|30 January 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|44
|Shaoshao goes on a veritable kissing marathon. Starting in 2025, she kisses [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] just before he initiates his final attack on [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. Next, she quickly jumps forward in time and recovers another from [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], then jumps forward even further to obtain another from Star Convoy. The fact that she has to kiss a version of Optimus Prime revolts her, but things don't get any better. She quickly makes three more jumps through time, kissing Optimus Prime every time: first as he emerges from his [[black hole]] quest for [[Nucleon]], next when he is in his [[Action Master]] body leading the [[Cybertron Alliance]] alongside [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and finally when he battles Megatron in the [[Mirtonian constellation]]. She is less than happy about it.
|6 February 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|45
|Atari journeys through several different time periods to kiss all the different forms of [[Optimus Primal]], although Star Dust has to convince her to do it by explaining that this Optimus is not the same Optimus ''Prime'' with whom she is familiar. As the recovered Allspark fragments emerge, however, a mysterious force seizes them and flies off into the sky.
|13 February 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|46
|Marissa and Angela reclaim another piece of the Allspark from [[Lio Convoy]] during the final battle between the Maximals and the [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]] on [[Gaea]]. It's lion-hearted love at first sight for Angela, but the pair have to move on quickly to another time period to obtain another fragment from [[Big Convoy]]. Yet again, the two fragments fly off into the sky as the enigmatic force captures them.
|20 February 2007

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|47
|Shaoshao visits the year 2000 to acquire [[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]]'s piece of the Allspark as he battles [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] in [[New York City|New York]]. Once again, the Allspark piece that emerges is stolen away by the mystery force, but this time, the Kiss Players are able to give chase through the timestream aboard Brave Maximus. Unfortunately, the team winds up crashing into the "Wall of Time".
|27 February 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|48
|The crash scatters the Kiss Players and their companions across the [[multiverse]]. Brave Maximus lands on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] four million years ago, while Atari finds herself in the parallel world of the [[Unicron Trilogy]], where she is able to communicate with the native [[Mini-Con]], [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]]. Just as Unicron emerges from Cybertron's moon, an invisible forces surrounds Atari and whisks her away to somewhere else...
|6 March 2007

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|49
|Marissa also lands in the Unicron Trilogy universe, ten years after Atari, during the Transformers' war for [[energon]]. She too meets Blackout, who has since become separated from his partner [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] after the larger bot's death. Marissa empathizes with the small robot, having lost her own partner, Optimus Prime, and tells him that their partners live on in their hearts. As the Transformers battle overhead, the mysterious force which stole the Allspark fragments envelops Marissa and drags her away...
|13 March 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|50
|Shaoshao has also wound up in the world of the Unicron Trilogy, on the deserted Cybertron during the time of the Transformers' quest for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. Pursued by a horde of [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]], she is rescued by [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], who tells her of [[Primus]]. [[Vector Prime]] arrives to help her return to her true world and uses his sword to open a dimension gate for her. From the gate, however, a giant golden hand emerges and seizes Shaoshao, dragging her off through space and time...
|20 March 2007

|-style="text-align: center;"
|51
|The enigmatic force which has been plaguing the Kiss Players is revealed to be Primus himself, and the Sparkbots are exposed not as benevolent agents seeking the reformation of the Allspark, but agents of Unicron who are attempting to reassemble his splintered lifeforce. The Kiss Players are all brought to prehistoric Earth by the Transformers' god, where he faces off against Unicron, who has been recreated by the Sparkbots. Unicron's life force is sealed within the Earth, and Primus creates Brave Maximus to serve as its guardian. Shaoshao asks Primus what the Kiss Players' future will be, but the deity does not answer and instead transforms into a [[Vector Sigma|golden sphere]]. The Kiss Players find themselves returned to 2007, mere seconds after they departed on their time-travelling adventure. Realizing that their future is not determined by Primus or any god, the three girls determine to make their own future: Marissa decides to enroll in the reformed [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]], Shaoshao makes peace with Marissa and Optimus Prime's relationship, and Atari is not sure what she will do, but realizes now the importance of truly living.
|26 March 2007
|}

===Tokyo Toy Festival live performance===

An additional Kiss Players audio adventure took the form of a live script-reading by the three actresses at the 2007 Tokyo Toy Festival on [[March 18]]. Taking place between episodes 41 and 42, the story is set somewhere between the conclusion of season three of the original Generation 1 cartoon and the beginning of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''. The reading was accompanied by thirty new pieces of color art produced by Yūki Ōshima specially for the occasion, illustrating the events of the tale.

When Brave Maximus abruptly goes out of control and crash-lands on an alien world in 2011, the Kiss Players are approached by a swarm of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. Shaoshao tries using the [[universal greeting]], which she learned from Rodimus, but it does no good, and the girls are brought before the [[Quintesson]]s for trial. The girls try to appeal to the Quintessons by kissing the Sparkbots to gain new cutesy outfits, but the aliens are unmoved and send the trio plummeting into the Sharkticon pit. At the last moment, Optimus Primus and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] arrive to save them, and they manage to escape back into space aboard Brave Maximus. The Quintessons are all sucked into the space-time portal created by Maximus and trapped outside of time.

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]|c1=
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] ([[Lyrian]])
*[[Shaoshao Li]] ([[Yui Kano]])
*[[Atari Hitotonari]] ([[Satomi Akesaka]])
*[[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] (Lyrian)
*[[Glit]] (Yui Kano)
*[[Sundor]] (Satomi Akesaka)
|h2=[[Autobot]]s|c2=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Tesshō Genda]])
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] ([[Ryōtarō Okiayu]])
*[[Autorooper|Autorooper Ne-04]] ([[Keiji Hirai]])
|c4=
*[[Hitoshizuku Amaō]] ([[Michiyo Yanagisawa]])
*[[Angela]] (Lyrian)
*[[Zangetsu]] (Yui Kano)
*[[Star Dust]] (Satomi Akesaka)
*[[Legion]] ([[Hirofumi Tanaka]])
|nonumbering=true
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiss Players (radio drama)}}
[[Category:Kiss Players]]
[[Category:Media]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)

2012-06-27T13:39:40Z

85.31.137.11: /* Part 5 */

{{disambig2|the story pages|the group|Battlestars}}
{{Nav-returnofconvoy}}

'''The Battlestars''' [[story page]]s were published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' from February 1991 to January 1992. They acted as the primary source of fiction for the ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'' franchise, with only a single [[manga]] special to accompany them. They followed the events of the ''[[Zone (story page)|Zone]]'' story pages, which ended with a preview for this series in its twelfth chapter.

The story was written by [[Masumi Kaneda]] and the art was provided by [[Ban Magami]].

==Issues==
===Part 1===
[[Image:GarryGalaman1.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:'''Published:''' February, 1991

:'''''I'm the Leader of the Battlestars, Sky Garry!'''''

The new [[Decepticon]] [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]], [[Dark Nova]], has unleashed his forces of [[Galaman]] soldiers upon the universe. [[Autobot]] [[Supreme Commander]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] realizes that only [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] has the power to stop this new threat. The problem is... ''he's dead''. Dai Atlas then selects [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]] and [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]] to form the [[Battlestars]], a subgroup representing the finest warriors in the Autobot ranks. He then anoints Sky Garry as temporary Supreme Commander and passes the [[Zodiac]] on to him, as it is the only power capable of bringing Optimus Prime back.

===Part 2===

:'''Published:''' March, 1991

Sky Garry and Grandus battle Dark Nova's newest evil creation, the [[Novaroid]].

===Part 3===

:'''Published:''' April, 1991

:'''''Great Six Combination Warrior Sixliner!'''''

The youthful [[Micromaster Combiner]] [[Sixliner]] joins Sky Garry as the youngest member of the Battlstars. The Galaman warriors are also introduced. They are powerful drones who have traveled to [[Earth]] ''en masse'' to plunder its energy.

===Part 4===

:'''Published:''' May, 1991

:'''''Go Forth, Grandus of Justice!'''''

Dark Nova has stolen the body of Optimus Prime. Cloning it, he creates an evil duplicate called [[False Convoy]]. False Convoy poses as the real Optimus Prime just long enough to catch the Battlestars off-guard, attacking them and using their love for Optimus Prime to his advantage. False Convoy takes Sixliner hostage, but is eventually defeated by Grandus and his Micromaster partner, [[Spinner]].

===Part 5===
[[Image:Battlestars super megatron born.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:'''Published:''' June, 1991

:'''''Resurrect the Legendary Hero, Optimus Prime!'''''

The Battlestars travel to the Decepticon planet [[Lucifer]] and battle their way past hordes of Novaroid drones. After a long fight, they rescue the lifeless body of Optimus Prime. Sky Garry then places the Zodiac in Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix compartment]] and the cosmic energies of the strange artifact bring Prime back to life. More powerful than ever before, Optimus Prime has now become the incredible Star Convoy. He then leads the Battlestars to victory.

:'''''Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Super Megatron has Appeared! Oh My Gosh!!!!'''''

To ensure victory, Dark Nova beams a blast of crazy energy down into the arctic, resurrecting the frozen corpse of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and upgrading him into [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]]. Super Megatron rises from his icy tomb, horrifying eskimos and polar bears alike. Now with a new "gunjet" mode, the revived Emperor of Destruction will ensure Decepticon supremecy of the universe.

===Part 6===
[[Image:Starconvoy magami.jpg|right|thumb]]
:'''Published:''' July, 1991

:'''''It's the Supreme Commander Star Convoy!'''''

Star Convoy is featured in all his resurrected glory, describing his new powers and transformation.

===Part 7===

:'''Published:''' August, 1991

:'''''Star Convoy's New Strategy!'''''

Dark Nova has upgraded his Novaroid forces into the more powerful [[Novaroid|Great Novaroids]]. Star Convoy and Sixliner take on the Great Novaroids, with Star Convoy's Microcarrier battle platform giving them the edge to win the fight.

[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|''The Battlestars'' manga special]] was also published in this issue.

===Part 8===

:'''Published:''' September, 1991

:'''''Triple Combination, Battlestar Attack!'''''

The Battlestars take on Super Megatron and his upgraded soldiers, the [[Galaman|Great Galaman]] warriors in an epic space battle. Star Convoy, Sky Garry and Grandus combine into the [[Triple Combination Battlestar Attack]] and blast Super Megatron away.

===Part 9===

:'''Published:''' October, 1991

The Battlestars' powerful base modes are spotlighted.

===Part 10===

:'''Published:''' November, 1991

===Part 11===

:'''Published:''' December, 1991

:'''''Arrival! Strongest Emperor of Destruction Ultra Megatron'''''

Dark Nova isn't about to accept defeat and immediately upgrades the defeated Super Megatron into the even ''more'' powerful Ultra Megatron. Dark Nova at last comes out of the shadows and joins Ultra Megatron in his attack on the Battlestars.

===Part 12===
[[Image:StarGiantDefeated01.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]
:'''Published:''' January, 1992

:'''''The Battlestars Final Battle!'''''

Sensing defeat, Dark Nova merges with Ultra Megatron, the pair combining into the massive and unstoppable [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]]. Ultra Megatron has been mostly disassembled in the process; his body stored in Star Giant's head. The Battlestars approach their towering enemy and prepare for their final battle.

:'''''You Did It, Battlestars!'''''

With the Star Giant proving to be pretty much unstoppable on the outside, the Battlestars decide to take it apart from within. Star Convoy holds the monster's mouth open and the Battlestars fly into its belly. Inside, they battle the creature's defense systems while taking it apart from the inside-out. They succeed and narrowly escape the Star Giant just as it explodes. All of the Star Giant is destroyed in the explosion, save its head, which just so happens to contain Ultra Megatron.
{{-}}

==Other story pages==

A pair of additional story pages recapping the events of the ''[[TV Magazine]]'' series were published in the toy [[Catalog|catalog]]s. Due to some slight alterations to the storyline, it is unlikely these story pages can be considered canon with the main series.

===Catalog 1===

[[Image:DarkNovaCron1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]

:'''''And Now, the Legendary Hero is Resurrected!!'''''

Faced with the menace of [[Dark Nova]], [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] sends for the [[Battlestars]] to collect [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s coffin and resurrect him with the [[Zodiac]]. Upon doing so, Prime becomes Star Convoy and faces down Dark Nova.

These pages feature a spectral version of [[Unicron]] in place of Dark Nova. Since the name "Unicron" is not mentioned once in the entire page, and any connection between the two characters is never even hinted at in the ''TV Magazine'' story pages, it is unclear whether Dark Nova is actually Unicron, a servant of Unicron or if the artists were just using Unicron as a place-holder image. Additionally, the Battlestars retrieve Optimus Prime's corpse from a glass coffin floating in space, which is not how it happened in the ''TV Magazine'' series at all.

===Catalog 2===
[[Image:DarkNovaRobot1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
:'''''Transformer Story: "Take Down Dark Nova!"'''''

Joining their firepower, Star Convoy and Grandus manage to defeat Super Megatron. However, the Battlestars still have to take on Dark Nova-himself. After a harrowing battle, Star Convoy defeats the fiend by transforming to truck mode and then driving through space fast enough to become a fireball, ripping Dark Nova in two.

Oddities featured in this page include the one and only appearance of Dark Nova's robot mode (he was never even hinted at being able to transform in the ''TV Magazine'' series). On top of that, both Super Megatron and Dark Nova are defeated in an entirely different manner, forgoing both the Ultra Megatron and Star Giant steps.

{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/battlestars1.php Battlestars story pages at TFArchive]

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[[category:Return of Convoy| Battlestars (story page), The]]
[[Category:Story pages]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)

2012-06-27T13:39:02Z

85.31.137.11: /* Part 5 */

{{disambig2|the story pages|the group|Battlestars}}
{{Nav-returnofconvoy}}

'''The Battlestars''' [[story page]]s were published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' from February 1991 to January 1992. They acted as the primary source of fiction for the ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'' franchise, with only a single [[manga]] special to accompany them. They followed the events of the ''[[Zone (story page)|Zone]]'' story pages, which ended with a preview for this series in its twelfth chapter.

The story was written by [[Masumi Kaneda]] and the art was provided by [[Ban Magami]].

==Issues==
===Part 1===
[[Image:GarryGalaman1.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:'''Published:''' February, 1991

:'''''I'm the Leader of the Battlestars, Sky Garry!'''''

The new [[Decepticon]] [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]], [[Dark Nova]], has unleashed his forces of [[Galaman]] soldiers upon the universe. [[Autobot]] [[Supreme Commander]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] realizes that only [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] has the power to stop this new threat. The problem is... ''he's dead''. Dai Atlas then selects [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]] and [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]] to form the [[Battlestars]], a subgroup representing the finest warriors in the Autobot ranks. He then anoints Sky Garry as temporary Supreme Commander and passes the [[Zodiac]] on to him, as it is the only power capable of bringing Optimus Prime back.

===Part 2===

:'''Published:''' March, 1991

Sky Garry and Grandus battle Dark Nova's newest evil creation, the [[Novaroid]].

===Part 3===

:'''Published:''' April, 1991

:'''''Great Six Combination Warrior Sixliner!'''''

The youthful [[Micromaster Combiner]] [[Sixliner]] joins Sky Garry as the youngest member of the Battlstars. The Galaman warriors are also introduced. They are powerful drones who have traveled to [[Earth]] ''en masse'' to plunder its energy.

===Part 4===

:'''Published:''' May, 1991

:'''''Go Forth, Grandus of Justice!'''''

Dark Nova has stolen the body of Optimus Prime. Cloning it, he creates an evil duplicate called [[False Convoy]]. False Convoy poses as the real Optimus Prime just long enough to catch the Battlestars off-guard, attacking them and using their love for Optimus Prime to his advantage. False Convoy takes Sixliner hostage, but is eventually defeated by Grandus and his Micromaster partner, [[Spinner]].

===Part 5===
[[Image:Battlestars super megatron born.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:'''Published:''' June, 1991

:'''''Resurrect the Legendary Hero, Optimus Prime!'''''

The Battlestars travel to the Decepticon planet [[Lucifer]] and battle their way past hordes of Novaroid drones. After a long fight, they rescue the lifeless body of Optimus Prime. Sky Garry then places the Zodiac in Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix compartment]] and the cosmic energies of the strange artifact bring Prime back to life. More powerful than ever before, Optimus Prime has now become the incredible Star Convoy. He then leads the Battlestars to victory.

:'''''Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Super Megatron has Appeared !Oh My Gosh!!!!'''''

To ensure victory, Dark Nova beams a blast of crazy energy down into the arctic, resurrecting the frozen corpse of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and upgrading him into [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]]. Super Megatron rises from his icy tomb, horrifying eskimos and polar bears alike. Now with a new "gunjet" mode, the revived Emperor of Destruction will ensure Decepticon supremecy of the universe.

===Part 6===
[[Image:Starconvoy magami.jpg|right|thumb]]
:'''Published:''' July, 1991

:'''''It's the Supreme Commander Star Convoy!'''''

Star Convoy is featured in all his resurrected glory, describing his new powers and transformation.

===Part 7===

:'''Published:''' August, 1991

:'''''Star Convoy's New Strategy!'''''

Dark Nova has upgraded his Novaroid forces into the more powerful [[Novaroid|Great Novaroids]]. Star Convoy and Sixliner take on the Great Novaroids, with Star Convoy's Microcarrier battle platform giving them the edge to win the fight.

[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|''The Battlestars'' manga special]] was also published in this issue.

===Part 8===

:'''Published:''' September, 1991

:'''''Triple Combination, Battlestar Attack!'''''

The Battlestars take on Super Megatron and his upgraded soldiers, the [[Galaman|Great Galaman]] warriors in an epic space battle. Star Convoy, Sky Garry and Grandus combine into the [[Triple Combination Battlestar Attack]] and blast Super Megatron away.

===Part 9===

:'''Published:''' October, 1991

The Battlestars' powerful base modes are spotlighted.

===Part 10===

:'''Published:''' November, 1991

===Part 11===

:'''Published:''' December, 1991

:'''''Arrival! Strongest Emperor of Destruction Ultra Megatron'''''

Dark Nova isn't about to accept defeat and immediately upgrades the defeated Super Megatron into the even ''more'' powerful Ultra Megatron. Dark Nova at last comes out of the shadows and joins Ultra Megatron in his attack on the Battlestars.

===Part 12===
[[Image:StarGiantDefeated01.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]
:'''Published:''' January, 1992

:'''''The Battlestars Final Battle!'''''

Sensing defeat, Dark Nova merges with Ultra Megatron, the pair combining into the massive and unstoppable [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]]. Ultra Megatron has been mostly disassembled in the process; his body stored in Star Giant's head. The Battlestars approach their towering enemy and prepare for their final battle.

:'''''You Did It, Battlestars!'''''

With the Star Giant proving to be pretty much unstoppable on the outside, the Battlestars decide to take it apart from within. Star Convoy holds the monster's mouth open and the Battlestars fly into its belly. Inside, they battle the creature's defense systems while taking it apart from the inside-out. They succeed and narrowly escape the Star Giant just as it explodes. All of the Star Giant is destroyed in the explosion, save its head, which just so happens to contain Ultra Megatron.
{{-}}

==Other story pages==

A pair of additional story pages recapping the events of the ''[[TV Magazine]]'' series were published in the toy [[Catalog|catalog]]s. Due to some slight alterations to the storyline, it is unlikely these story pages can be considered canon with the main series.

===Catalog 1===

[[Image:DarkNovaCron1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]

:'''''And Now, the Legendary Hero is Resurrected!!'''''

Faced with the menace of [[Dark Nova]], [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] sends for the [[Battlestars]] to collect [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s coffin and resurrect him with the [[Zodiac]]. Upon doing so, Prime becomes Star Convoy and faces down Dark Nova.

These pages feature a spectral version of [[Unicron]] in place of Dark Nova. Since the name "Unicron" is not mentioned once in the entire page, and any connection between the two characters is never even hinted at in the ''TV Magazine'' story pages, it is unclear whether Dark Nova is actually Unicron, a servant of Unicron or if the artists were just using Unicron as a place-holder image. Additionally, the Battlestars retrieve Optimus Prime's corpse from a glass coffin floating in space, which is not how it happened in the ''TV Magazine'' series at all.

===Catalog 2===
[[Image:DarkNovaRobot1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
:'''''Transformer Story: "Take Down Dark Nova!"'''''

Joining their firepower, Star Convoy and Grandus manage to defeat Super Megatron. However, the Battlestars still have to take on Dark Nova-himself. After a harrowing battle, Star Convoy defeats the fiend by transforming to truck mode and then driving through space fast enough to become a fireball, ripping Dark Nova in two.

Oddities featured in this page include the one and only appearance of Dark Nova's robot mode (he was never even hinted at being able to transform in the ''TV Magazine'' series). On top of that, both Super Megatron and Dark Nova are defeated in an entirely different manner, forgoing both the Ultra Megatron and Star Giant steps.

{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/battlestars1.php Battlestars story pages at TFArchive]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Battlestars (story page), The}}
[[category:Return of Convoy| Battlestars (story page), The]]
[[Category:Story pages]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)

2012-06-27T13:38:44Z

85.31.137.11: /* Part 5 */

{{disambig2|the story pages|the group|Battlestars}}
{{Nav-returnofconvoy}}

'''The Battlestars''' [[story page]]s were published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' from February 1991 to January 1992. They acted as the primary source of fiction for the ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'' franchise, with only a single [[manga]] special to accompany them. They followed the events of the ''[[Zone (story page)|Zone]]'' story pages, which ended with a preview for this series in its twelfth chapter.

The story was written by [[Masumi Kaneda]] and the art was provided by [[Ban Magami]].

==Issues==
===Part 1===
[[Image:GarryGalaman1.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:'''Published:''' February, 1991

:'''''I'm the Leader of the Battlestars, Sky Garry!'''''

The new [[Decepticon]] [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]], [[Dark Nova]], has unleashed his forces of [[Galaman]] soldiers upon the universe. [[Autobot]] [[Supreme Commander]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] realizes that only [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] has the power to stop this new threat. The problem is... ''he's dead''. Dai Atlas then selects [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]] and [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]] to form the [[Battlestars]], a subgroup representing the finest warriors in the Autobot ranks. He then anoints Sky Garry as temporary Supreme Commander and passes the [[Zodiac]] on to him, as it is the only power capable of bringing Optimus Prime back.

===Part 2===

:'''Published:''' March, 1991

Sky Garry and Grandus battle Dark Nova's newest evil creation, the [[Novaroid]].

===Part 3===

:'''Published:''' April, 1991

:'''''Great Six Combination Warrior Sixliner!'''''

The youthful [[Micromaster Combiner]] [[Sixliner]] joins Sky Garry as the youngest member of the Battlstars. The Galaman warriors are also introduced. They are powerful drones who have traveled to [[Earth]] ''en masse'' to plunder its energy.

===Part 4===

:'''Published:''' May, 1991

:'''''Go Forth, Grandus of Justice!'''''

Dark Nova has stolen the body of Optimus Prime. Cloning it, he creates an evil duplicate called [[False Convoy]]. False Convoy poses as the real Optimus Prime just long enough to catch the Battlestars off-guard, attacking them and using their love for Optimus Prime to his advantage. False Convoy takes Sixliner hostage, but is eventually defeated by Grandus and his Micromaster partner, [[Spinner]].

===Part 5===
[[Image:Battlestars super megatron born.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:'''Published:''' June, 1991

:'''''Resurrect the Legendary Hero, Optimus Prime!'''''

The Battlestars travel to the Decepticon planet [[Lucifer]] and battle their way past hordes of Novaroid drones. After a long fight, they rescue the lifeless body of Optimus Prime. Sky Garry then places the Zodiac in Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix compartment]] and the cosmic energies of the strange artifact bring Prime back to life. More powerful than ever before, Optimus Prime has now become the incredible Star Convoy. He then leads the Battlestars to victory.

:'''''Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Super Megatron has Appeared!Oh My Gosh!!!!'''''

To ensure victory, Dark Nova beams a blast of crazy energy down into the arctic, resurrecting the frozen corpse of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and upgrading him into [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]]. Super Megatron rises from his icy tomb, horrifying eskimos and polar bears alike. Now with a new "gunjet" mode, the revived Emperor of Destruction will ensure Decepticon supremecy of the universe.

===Part 6===
[[Image:Starconvoy magami.jpg|right|thumb]]
:'''Published:''' July, 1991

:'''''It's the Supreme Commander Star Convoy!'''''

Star Convoy is featured in all his resurrected glory, describing his new powers and transformation.

===Part 7===

:'''Published:''' August, 1991

:'''''Star Convoy's New Strategy!'''''

Dark Nova has upgraded his Novaroid forces into the more powerful [[Novaroid|Great Novaroids]]. Star Convoy and Sixliner take on the Great Novaroids, with Star Convoy's Microcarrier battle platform giving them the edge to win the fight.

[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|''The Battlestars'' manga special]] was also published in this issue.

===Part 8===

:'''Published:''' September, 1991

:'''''Triple Combination, Battlestar Attack!'''''

The Battlestars take on Super Megatron and his upgraded soldiers, the [[Galaman|Great Galaman]] warriors in an epic space battle. Star Convoy, Sky Garry and Grandus combine into the [[Triple Combination Battlestar Attack]] and blast Super Megatron away.

===Part 9===

:'''Published:''' October, 1991

The Battlestars' powerful base modes are spotlighted.

===Part 10===

:'''Published:''' November, 1991

===Part 11===

:'''Published:''' December, 1991

:'''''Arrival! Strongest Emperor of Destruction Ultra Megatron'''''

Dark Nova isn't about to accept defeat and immediately upgrades the defeated Super Megatron into the even ''more'' powerful Ultra Megatron. Dark Nova at last comes out of the shadows and joins Ultra Megatron in his attack on the Battlestars.

===Part 12===
[[Image:StarGiantDefeated01.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]
:'''Published:''' January, 1992

:'''''The Battlestars Final Battle!'''''

Sensing defeat, Dark Nova merges with Ultra Megatron, the pair combining into the massive and unstoppable [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]]. Ultra Megatron has been mostly disassembled in the process; his body stored in Star Giant's head. The Battlestars approach their towering enemy and prepare for their final battle.

:'''''You Did It, Battlestars!'''''

With the Star Giant proving to be pretty much unstoppable on the outside, the Battlestars decide to take it apart from within. Star Convoy holds the monster's mouth open and the Battlestars fly into its belly. Inside, they battle the creature's defense systems while taking it apart from the inside-out. They succeed and narrowly escape the Star Giant just as it explodes. All of the Star Giant is destroyed in the explosion, save its head, which just so happens to contain Ultra Megatron.
{{-}}

==Other story pages==

A pair of additional story pages recapping the events of the ''[[TV Magazine]]'' series were published in the toy [[Catalog|catalog]]s. Due to some slight alterations to the storyline, it is unlikely these story pages can be considered canon with the main series.

===Catalog 1===

[[Image:DarkNovaCron1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]

:'''''And Now, the Legendary Hero is Resurrected!!'''''

Faced with the menace of [[Dark Nova]], [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] sends for the [[Battlestars]] to collect [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s coffin and resurrect him with the [[Zodiac]]. Upon doing so, Prime becomes Star Convoy and faces down Dark Nova.

These pages feature a spectral version of [[Unicron]] in place of Dark Nova. Since the name "Unicron" is not mentioned once in the entire page, and any connection between the two characters is never even hinted at in the ''TV Magazine'' story pages, it is unclear whether Dark Nova is actually Unicron, a servant of Unicron or if the artists were just using Unicron as a place-holder image. Additionally, the Battlestars retrieve Optimus Prime's corpse from a glass coffin floating in space, which is not how it happened in the ''TV Magazine'' series at all.

===Catalog 2===
[[Image:DarkNovaRobot1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
:'''''Transformer Story: "Take Down Dark Nova!"'''''

Joining their firepower, Star Convoy and Grandus manage to defeat Super Megatron. However, the Battlestars still have to take on Dark Nova-himself. After a harrowing battle, Star Convoy defeats the fiend by transforming to truck mode and then driving through space fast enough to become a fireball, ripping Dark Nova in two.

Oddities featured in this page include the one and only appearance of Dark Nova's robot mode (he was never even hinted at being able to transform in the ''TV Magazine'' series). On top of that, both Super Megatron and Dark Nova are defeated in an entirely different manner, forgoing both the Ultra Megatron and Star Giant steps.

{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/battlestars1.php Battlestars story pages at TFArchive]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Battlestars (story page), The}}
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[[Category:Story pages]]

The Space Pirate Seacons!

2012-06-27T13:31:28Z

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{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=19
|image=BWII 19 Seacons.jpg
|caption=
|title="The Space Pirate Seacons!"
|japanese=宇宙海賊シーコンズ!
|romaji=Uchū Kaizoku Seacons!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[August 5|5 August]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Shigeto Makino]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The space pirates, the Seacons, come to Gaea.'''

==Synopsis==

{{epstub}}
The episode I have not yet seen
but Galvatron is a big green bean!
Lio Convoy leads his pack
but please cut the slack.

Do you think the Seacon team are nice bots?
I think that's a lot of nots!

Lio Convoy can kick your butts.
But he might just hit your nutts!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[NAVI-chan]] (3)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (9)
*[[Apache]] (10)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (11)
*[[Bighorn]] (12)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (13)
*[[Scuba]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Sea Phantom]] (4)
*[[Terrormander]] (5)
*[[Halfshell]] (6)
*[[Coelagon]] (7)
*[[Scylla]] (8)
*[[God Neptune]] (15)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (16)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (1)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (2)

}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 7 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Space Pirate Seacons!}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

The Space Pirate Seacons!

2012-06-27T13:31:01Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=19
|image=BWII 19 Seacons.jpg
|caption=
|title="The Space Pirate Seacons!"
|japanese=宇宙海賊シーコンズ!
|romaji=Uchū Kaizoku Seacons!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[August 5|5 August]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Shigeto Makino]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The space pirates, the Seacons, come to Gaea.'''

==Synopsis==

{{epstub}}
The episode I have not yet seen
but Galvatron is a big green bean!
Lio Convoy leads his pack
but please cut the slack.

Do you think the Seacon team are nice bots?
I think that's a lot of nots!

Lio Convoy can kick your butts
But he might just hit your nutts!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[NAVI-chan]] (3)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (9)
*[[Apache]] (10)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (11)
*[[Bighorn]] (12)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (13)
*[[Scuba]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Sea Phantom]] (4)
*[[Terrormander]] (5)
*[[Halfshell]] (6)
*[[Coelagon]] (7)
*[[Scylla]] (8)
*[[God Neptune]] (15)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (16)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (1)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (2)

}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 7 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Space Pirate Seacons!}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Fire on the Mountain (episode)

2012-06-27T10:45:29Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=9
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=63
|prev2=Fire in the Sky
|next2=A Plague of Insecticons
|series3=''[[Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=49
|prev3=Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
|next3=Countdown to Extinction (episode)
|image=Fire on the mountain.jpg
|caption="I don't understand it, baby. This has never happened to me before, honest."
|title="Fire on the Mountain"
|production code=#700-06
|airdate=[[December 22]], 1984
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Decepticons uncover the Crystal of Power in Peru, and the Autobots resurrect Skyfire to stop them.'''

:''Japanese title:'' インカの秘宝 (''Inka no Hihō'', "Incaic Jewel")
:''Brazilian title:'' '''Fogo na Montanha''' (Fire on the Mountain)
:''Russian title:'' '''Схватка на вершине''' (''Skhvatka na vershine'', "The Engagement at the Very Top")
:''Serbian title:'' '''Ватрена планета''' (''Vatrena planeta'', "Fiery planet")
:''Italian title, dub 1:'' '''Il segreto degli Incas''' ("Secret of the Incas")
:''Italian title, dub 2:'' '''Fuoco sulla montagna''' ("Fire on the mountain")
==Synopsis==
While patrolling a refinery, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] spot [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] stealing steel. The [[Decepticon]]s get away with the loot by collapsing the refinery behind them. The Autobots report back to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who is puzzled about the Decepticons' motives. The [[Autobot]]s launch a [[Sky Spy]] to home in on any Decepticon activity, and the satellite picks up strange energy readings in the [[Peru]]vian [[Andes Mountains|Andes]].

[[Image:Crystalofpower.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]

There, the Decepticons have followed an [[Inca]]n legend to an ancient temple that rests on a shaft leading deep into the [[Earth's core]], capped by the [[Crystal of Power]]. With the metal acquired by Starscream, the Decepticons have fashioned a weapon frame to accommodate the crystal. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] spots the Sky Spy, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] tests the weapon by blowing the satellite out of the sky. The metal, however, proves inadequate and melts with exposure to the raw energy unleashed from the Earth’s core. Starscream tries to shift blame to Thundercracker for the faulty metal, but Megatron blames them both and has them stay behind at the temple while he soars to a nearby mining town to find replacement metal.

The nearby Peruvian mining town is abuzz with the sudden show of power from the ancient temple. A reactionary elder proclaims that long-forgotten gods have come back to punish them, but her more level-headed granddaughter, [[Luisa]], realizes that someone must have uncovered the fabled Crystal of Power.

[[Image:G1 FireontheMountain Sideswipe piledriving.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Freud would have had a field day with this.]]

In the [[Arctic]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] are jackhammering through the ice to resurrect the fallen warrior [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]. The massive jet emerges from the ice and transforms into robot mode. Wheeljack immediately assigns him to fly back to Autobot headquarters to pick up Brawn and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] before heading down to the Andes Mountains.

In short order, Skyfire is in the Andes, closing in on the Decepticons. Windcharger and Brawn skydive from the jet, tangling with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] while Skyfire goes to investigate the strange energy readings from the Incan temple. While the smaller Autobots are able to hold their own against Megatron’s lieutenants, the Decepticon leader proves too powerful for them and they scatter. Windcharger desperately calls for Skyfire to return while Brawn bites off more than he can chew in the form of an angered Megatron.

[[Image:FireontheMountain SoundwaveMegsgun.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Freud would have had...oh wait, I just said that.]]

Skyfire zooms in to the rescue and gracefully airlifts Brawn and Windcharger from the thick of Decepticon danger. Skyfire quickly returns to the Ark to pick up some reinforcements and streaks back to Peru. He deposits the Autobots near the mining town to take care of Megatron while he goes to investigate the Incan temple.

The Autobots stop Megatron, Reflector and Soundwave mid-raid, with Brawn having the ball-bearings enough to swipe Megatron's [[Fusion cannon|arm cannon]] and blast the Decepticon leader with his own weapon! Laserbeak steals back the weapon and Megatron swears vengeance. He has gathered a metal strong enough for the Crystal, and requests that [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] come to retrieve it, adding further insult to Thundercracker and Starscream who are left guarding the temple.

[[Image:Brawnfusioncannon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Good grief, it's a running gag.]]

A stray blast during the battle nearly drops an electrical tower on top of Luisa, but she is saved by Spike and Bumblebee. Luisa quickly explains that these "evil creatures" have stolen the Crystal of Power. She leads Bumblebee and Spike to a secret entrance in the temple. Soundwave detects their presence, and dispatches Ravage to follow them.

Meanwhile, Thundercracker spots Skyfire skulking about the temple. The Decepticon warrior is torn; if he blasts Skyfire, Starscream is likely to take all the credit. Conversely, if he lets Skyfire destroy the Crystal-based weapon, perhaps Starscream can take the blame. Starscream overhears Thundercracker plotting, and blasts Skyfire. He then blackmails Thundercracker to do his bidding, lest Starscream reveal to their leader just how uncertain Thundercracker's loyalties can be.

The Decepticons load up their stolen steel with Skywarp's help and depart. To cover their exit, Megatron blasts a nearby mountain, creating a deadly rockfall that threatens the mining town.

The Autobots use their firepower to reduce the falling boulders to pebbles, saving the village. Meanwhile, Megatron returns to the temple, where he successfully tests a new weapon frame that can handle the power of the crystal. Bumblebee, Spike and Luisa surreptitiously arrive in the temple, spotting the inert form of Skyfire. Spike starts repairing the fallen warrior, just as Ravage pounces. Bumblebee tries holding off the Decepticon jaguar while Spike works as fast as he can.

[[Image:G1 FireontheMountain Spike Luisa BB.jpg|left|200px|thumb|There are [[Bumblebee (Movie)|some]] out there who understand what Bumblebee's about to go through.]]

The rest of the Autobots arrive at the temple, but Megatron pins them down with devastating firepower from his weapon frame cannon. The Autobots are able to outflank Megatron, and the tide of battle is turned by Skyfire, freshly repaired by Spike. Skyfire strafes the weapons frame, destroying it and unleashing the power of the mountain. The Decepticons retreat, and Thundercracker takes fleeting pleasure in seeing Megatron and Starscream fail.

That night, Wheeljack caps the fire stream with a new invention that can contain the power that the crystal formerly held in check. The Autobots celebrate their victory while Bumblebee and Spike drive Luisa back to the mining town, where she promises to introduce Bumblebee to her brother’s convertible, Juanita.
{{-}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (3)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (4)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (12)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (15)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (16)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] (17)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (18)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (19)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (20)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (21)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (22)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (24)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (25)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (27)

|c2=
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (1)
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (8)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (9)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (10)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (11)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (13)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (23)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (26)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (6)
*[[Luisa]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Looks more like stealing to me… and I'm talking steel!"
:—'''Brawn''' confronts the Decepticons with fists and horrible puns.

"Awww, hexagonal nuts!"
:—'''Trailbreaker''', after he and Brawn totally fail to stop the Decepticons.

"It's cold enough to freeze the ailerons off a [[titanium moosebot]]!"
:—'''Sideswipe'''

'''Soundwave:''' "The Autobot jet is afraid to fight!" 
'''Brawn:''' "Wrong again, you dipstick tapedeck!" 
'''Windcharger:''' "We just didn't want him to spoil ''our'' fun!"

"Have fun playing crystal nurse, Screamer! Byyyye!"
:—'''Skywarp''', being a big and complete jerk.

"Fate, schmate. It isn’t over yet, Megabum!"
:—'''Trailbreaker''', after Megatron prematurely gloats of imminent victory.

"Optimus ol' buddy, this is what separates the Autobots from the robot chickens!" 
"Ain’t no one calling me a robot chicken!"
:—'''Ironhide''' and '''Brawn''' don't know what Adult Swim has planned for their kind in 20 years.

"What’s the matter, fearless leader? You and Starscream look real geeky!"
:—'''Thundercracker''', being a jerk.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
* Only one of Starscream's "boobs" is colored its proper gray as he reminds Thundercracker of who is in charge.
* The back of Brawn's backpack is yellow after he transforms to robot mode.
* As Brawn confronts Starscream and Thundercracker, the Decepticons switch places between shots.
* The blue color of Trailbreaker's eyeband kind of drips down onto his face while the steel plant is collapsing around him.
* Brawn's helmet is light gray as he watches Teletraan's screen.
* Soundwave has a white leg as he follows Megatron down the pyramid's staircase.
* Starscream's eyes are blue as he drags the weapon frame over to Megatron.
* Starscream has extra yellow bits above and below his canopy as Megatron helps him to his feet.
* As Wheeljack encourages Sideswipe, the glow of his right ear isn't quite aligned with the ear itself.
* As he first bursts to the surface encased in ice, Skyfire's (vaguely drawn) profile looks a lot more like his toy than his animation model, with separate booster jets and a rounded cockpit.
* When Sideswipe says "It's Skyfire", He speaks in a raspy voice that is vaguely similar to Scrapper's voice, even though Scrapper won't appear for another seven episodes.
* The parts of Skyfire's tail end that light up as he activates his jets don't actually correspond to his jet thrusters.

[[Image:FireOnTheMountain Windcharger vehiclemode.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The legs on the animator's Windcharger toy would never stay folded up. Your wiki editors can sympathize.]]
* Someone must have been drawing Windcharger's car mode straight off his toy. As he flees from Laserbeak, his rear section, which is his folded-up feet, is not aligned with the rest of his car body... a problem very commonly found on his toy.
* Soundwave fires on Brawn with his own gun, but with Megatron's cannon sound effect.
* The lower "cheeks" of Megatron's Decepticon symbol aren't colored in just before he transforms to fire on Brawn.
* Megatron's gun mode is entirely white as Soundwave grasps him two-handed, right before the first commercial break.
* Skyfire's engines don't glow throughout the whole sequence of him rescuing Brawn and Windcharger.
* After Skyfire flies the Autobots to Peru, Optimus Prime pats him on the nosecone affectionately. It seems he doesn't recall that section is Skyfire's robot mode crotch.
* Ironhide is colored gray in the aerial shot of the Autobots approaching the steel mill.
* Ironhide and Ratchet have crazy huge side windows as they drive alongside Prime. The same error (and animation?) pops up again in "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]".
* When Optimus Prime rams Megatron through the wall, the inside of the wall momentarily becomes bright white for some reason, while the view through the newly created hole shows apparent nighttime outside.
* Flying Autobots:
** Bluestreak and Windcharger get an engine-burst noise as they leap out from beneath the collapsing transmission tower.
** Brawn gets a flight sound as he leaps the final distance between him and Starscream.
** Ironhide gets the same treatment as he leaps to attack Megatron.
** And then Prime also gets the same sound effect as he tackles Megatron.
* Bluestreak's mouth isn't moving as he delivers his "watch the birdie" line.
* Soundwave's eject button is on the wrong side (his right shoulder) as he ejects Ravage.
* Thundercracker's weapon barrel has almost no interior as he threatens Skyfire.
* As Starscream rebukes Thundercracker, his air intake is the same dark gray as his helmet, instead of red.
* Rumble's eyeband isn't colored in as the Decepticons fly out of the <s>steel mill</s> mining town.
* When Megatron follows Starscream and Thundercracker out of the pyramid, his Decepticon emblem disappears for a moment.
* As Trailbreaker says his "isn't over yet" line, his leg is red instead of black. Then Wheeljack pops out of the rubble from the spot where Sunstreaker was buried a moment ago.
* One gun, many lasers:
** No fewer than five laser beams are shown flying at Windcharger when Laserbeak isn't on-screen. Even if you count his eye beams, Laserbeak only has four guns.
** As the battle gets fully underway, four laser beams are shown coming from Megatron's crystal weapon.
** Starscream only has two guns to fire at Brawn, but three lasers are shown streaking past him as he runs up the stairs.
* Bumblebee's nose is yellow as he tells Spike he can't hold Ravage off much longer.
* After Skyfire revives, he doesn't have the exterior damage to his chest. Spike was barely able to get Skyfire's interior damage fixed before Ravage batted Bumblebee away and tried to attack the humans. As he transforms to jet mode, Skyfire also has an odd blue panel on his undercarriage which is not normally present.
* When Starscream lands on the temple and starts firing at Brawn and Windcharger, his lasers are Autobot orange instead of Decepticon pink. The next shot shows the usual pink lasers hitting Windcharger.
* In the shot where Megatron's cannon shots are going wild, Starscream's leg is colored Brawn-green.
* As Reflector and Soundwave fire from the cover of the ruins, Reflector is using a tiny gun-mode Shockwave as his weapon!
* In the wide shot a second later, ''all'' the lasers are colored Decepticon pink, even though some are supposed to be Autobot shots.
*When Skyfire swoops over Soundwave and Reflector and destroys their stone bunkers, both the lasers hitting their targets and the explosions are missing, so it appears the walls just fall apart.
* In the wide shot of the temple top, Ironhide's head is gray instead of red; the colorists might have gotten him mixed up with Windcharger.
* The crystal cannon's barrel isn't hollow as Megatrom aims it at Prime and Ironhide.
* Megatron's fusion cannon is light gray instead of black as Prime hoists and throws him.
* The Autobots get a ridiculously loud sound effect for the act of turning on their headlights.
* Bumblebee has no interior when he opens his door to offer Spike and Luisa a lift.

===Continuity errors===
* The Incans apparently built temples with steps large enough for Transformers to use, staircases that lead to blank walls, passages long enough to drive down, and stone doors that automatically open when someone approaches.
* Megatron can pick off the Sky Spy (in low Earth orbit) but can't shoot Optimus Prime when he's 30 feet in front of him. The scope of the Sky Spy's explosion indicates a level of power that the crystal weapon never shows again.
* Skyfire's resurrection is one of the cartoon's most infamously problematic bits of continutity:
** Skyfire was left for dead and mourned as such in his previous, debut appearance in "[[Fire in the Sky]]". Now, suddenly, it just takes Sideswipe's pistons to dig him up out of the ice, and Wheeljack isn't the slightest bit surprised to find him alive and well. Why didn't they just dig him up right after he crashed? They only dug him up when they needed a ride?
** As no mention is made of how they get to the North Pole, on the face of it, the episode makes it appear that Wheeljack and Sideswipe have ''driven'' there, calling into question why, if they can make such a large journey this way, why the Autobots can't simply drive to South America instead of requiring Skyfire to fly them. Notably, however, per their [[bio]]s, both Wheeljack and Sideswipe are two of the very small number of Autobots capable of independent flight (Sideswipe via his rocket pack, Wheeljack via jets in his arms), so it seems logical that the scriptwriter selected them for this scene as they could have flown themselves to the Arctic. Of course, nothing explicitly indicates this in the episode itself.
** Presumably as a result of some kind of miscommunication in production, Sideswipe is seen using an actual hand-held jackhammer to unearth Skyfire, rather than his customary built-in arm-mounted jackhammers.
** How does Skyfire know Wheeljack's name? Wheeljack wasn't part of the Autobot group that went to the Arctic Circle in "[[Fire in the Sky]]". It's possible they knew each other on Cybertron millions of years ago, but this, of course, isn't indicated.
* The Decepticons leave the temple to attack the mining town. En route, they're attacked by Brawn and Windcharger and drive them off. Skyfire then flies all the way back to Autobot Headquarters, picks up the rest of the Autobots, flies all the way back to Peru... and the Decepticons have apparently just reached the mining town like five minutes earlier.
* Soundwave was last seen at the <s>steel mill</s> mining town battle, but suddenly pops up outside the temple to send Ravage after Bumblebee and the humans.
* "It's not that we had any doubts, Wheeljack, but..." "You don't suppose we could..." "Get a fast ride back into town?" If no lines were cut from between the first and second sentence, then it's just some bizarrely awkward dialog.
* Bumblebee gets a bizarre but clearly intentional bit of humanizing in the episode's final shot, with his whole body frame bending like rubber to show embarrassment.


===Rhino DVD release===
[[Image:Fitm dvd broadcast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You call this restoration?]]
The Rhino DVD version of this episode uses a number of erroneous takes as the basis of its remastered animation. As a result, the DVD introduces several coloring errors that were not present in the broadcast version:
* Trailbreaker, Brawn, and Starscream are colored red, brown and purple (respectively) in their introductory shots.
* When Skywarp mocks Starscream for having to guard the Crystal, he is colored like Thundercracker.
* When Starscream and Thundercracker carry Skyfire's inert form, Skyfire has Skywarp’s colors.
* "Skyfire is an excellent catch!" In the first shot, Megatron steps up to stand next to Thundercracker (who has a white-instead-of-blue wingtip); in the second shot, Thundercracker has been replaced by Starscream. This is one of a handful of Rhino errors not corrected by the later [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release.
* When Skyfire is about to destroy the cannon, it already appears to be melted to slag.
* When Skyfire strafes the crystal-powered weapon, he momentarily has Skywarp's colors.

The chapter stops for this episode on the Rhino DVD include: Opening / Stolen Steel / It's Skyfire / To The Mining Town / Visiting Decepticon / Invention Works

===Continuity notes===
[[Image:G1 FireontheMountain SS chestmissiles.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Starscream's dreaded boob bombs.]]
* This episode references "[[Fire in the Sky]]", the previous (and first) episode that Skyfire appeared in.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Starscream has a dozen rockets in hidden chest compartments. This ability will appear again in "[[Full Throttle Scramble Power!]]". The feature was later immortalized in toy form for Starscream's ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'' incarnation through clip-on accessories, and again as part of his ''[[Masterpiece]]'' figure, this time actually incorporated into the figure.
** Soundwave conceals a tricorder-like scanning device in his left wrist.
** The latest device to come out of Laserbeak's head is the microphone-like thing. It's not clear what purpose it serves, as Laserbeak then broadcasts his findings to Megatron via pulsewaves that come out of his ''eyes'', of all things.
** Brawn has a retractable claw that can extend in his car mode.

[[Image:Megatron&crystalofpower.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seriously, in the cartoon world, crystals are the [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|most]] [[The God Gambit|powerful]] [[A Prime Problem|things]] [[Fire in the Sky|ever]].]]
* While the concept makes no sense in real-world terms, this is the second time in almost as many episodes that a greenish crystal has been linked to the Earth's core.

* Skywarp refers to Starscream by the nickname "Screamer" in this episode, a nickname used again by Streetwise in the late Season 2 episode "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".

* Fans have long cited this episode when discussing the improbability of Brawn's death in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', observing that Brawn had previously survived direct hits from Megatron's gun mode in this episode... but it simply ain't so. Brawn ''dodges'' every shot that comes from Megatron. It's actually ''Soundwave'', using his own standard weapon, who shoots Brawn in the head to no effect. Not that we're questioning the indestructibility of the all-powerful Brawn, of course.

* This is the only episode to play on Thundercracker's uncertain loyalties, a trait called out in his original [[bio]]. However, the official [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] synopsis for the episode indicates that it was originally going to take the idea even further:

::"The Autobots arrive to stop [the Decepticons], and Jetfire tries to convince a beleaguered Thundercracker to switch loyalties and join the Autobots. He is caught and wounded by Starscream. Spike, with the help of a local native girl, goes to his rescue, and Jetfire--with a little assist from Thundercracker--turns away the Decepticons and destroys the "Crystal of Power."<ref>http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/#069</ref>

[[Image:Fireonthemountain soundwave vs brawn round1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Better get use to this, Soundwave.]]

*This is also one of the few episodes in which Thundercracker displays his sonic powers, and even then, only when Starscream whines about the "awful thunder noise" he's making as they fly away. His sonic powers are also mentioned in "[[Heavy Metal War]]", where Megatron uses them after gathering all the Decepticons' powers.

* This episode begins a mini-tradition of Bluestreak [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2|shooting]] [[Brainstorm!|down]] Laserbeak.

* '''Brawn vs. Soundwave''', Round 1: Brawn 1, Soundwave 0 [[Autobot Spike|>>]]

===Real-world references===
* The title of this episode may be a reference to the Grateful Dead song of the same name.
* The Transformers visit Peru, an ancient Incan temple, and a <s>steel manufacturing</s> mining village where everyone speaks heavily accented English.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** Laserbeak pursues Windcharger with a TIE fighter engine roar, and fires on him with the sound of the Death Star super laser firing. After the commercial break, he gets more TIE sounds along with some ''Millennium Falcon'' engines, during several different shots.
** Megatron launches to attack Brawn with another ''Falcon'' engine burst. The roar continues into the next shot as the sound of Skyfire's jets.
** ''Falcon'' engine whine as Laserbeak dives to retrieve Megatron's fusion cannon from Brawn, and again as Bluestreak and Windcharger jump out of the way, and again as Laserbeak starts chasing Bumblebee.
** More TIE engine as Laserbeak continues harassing Bumblebee, along with Death Star superlaser/Alderaan exploding.
** ''Falcon'' engine burst as Skywarp leaves the temple, and ''Falcon'' engine whine as he arrives at the battle site.
** ''Falcon'' whine as Laserbeak perches on Megatron's shoulder.

===Japanese version===
*The Japanese ordering of this episode places it toward the end of the series. This was done as it featured Skyfire prominently and with his toy being of [[Bandai]] design (and not sold in Japan as a Transformer), that caused some legal concerns amongst Takara (many of Skyfire's smaller scenes in other episodes were cut entirely). Though the episodes featuring him as a main characters were eventually shown, the scripts were not reworked to adjust to the new chronological placement, simply being more or less direct translations of the original English versions.

*'''Cut:''' After Brawn declares, "It's fightin' time", the following overhead shot of Starscream and Skywarp fleeing the room is cut. The sequence resumes at the close-up of Starscream saying "Correction, Autobot...".

*'''Cut:''' After Starscream and Thundercracker take-off with the materials, the following scene of Brawn and Trailbreaker crawling out of the rubble, lamenting that they lost the steel and rolling out for headquarters have been cut.

*Additional narration describing the Sky Spy hovering over Peru as been added.

*'''Cut:''' The close-up of Spike's head and his line, "Uh oh, it's picking up a weird energy reading from those ruins", and the monitor shot displaying the ruins, have been cut. The sequence picks up at Laserbeak flying through the air.

*'''Cut:''' When Megatron and the Decepticons take off for the mining town in Peru, the following scene of them flying through the air and Megatron's line, "Any who stand in our way will be demolished", have been cut.

*Additional narration has been added to the scene of all the Autobots loading into Skyfire, informing the audience that the scene is taking place at Autobot Base.

*'''Cut:''' After Skyfire tells everyone to buckle-up and blasts off for Peru, the following scene of him flying over the Peruvian mountains has been cut.

*'''Cut:''' The scene panning over the mountain road leading to the metal forging facility has been cut.

*Additional narration has been added to the overhead pan of the metal forging facility, informing the audience that Megatron is inside (immediately before the animation shows us that Megatron is inside).

*'''Cut:''' During the attack on the Decepticons at the metal forging facility, the scene of Megatron slowly marching forward as laser beams bounce off him has been cut. The sequence resumes at his lines, "Skywarp, I have created a steel alloy...".

*'''Cut:''' The scene of Starscream and Thundercracker carrying Skyfire's unconscious body has been cut. The sequence resumes at the close-up of Skyfire's head as he's being dropped.

===Trivia===
* Luisa's name is never spoken in the episode.
* A hissing sound effect (like the sound of air escaping from a canister) is heavily used in this episode, especially when a character is jumping or taking off into the air. It's never used in such a manner again. {{fact}}
*This was one of the six episodes featured on the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' console game.
*When the Hub re-aired season 1 and 2 this was left out the first time

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1985 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 8: "Fire on the Mountain" ([[Family Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1997 — ''The Transformers'' — War of the Dinobots ([[Malofilm]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Original Series: Volume One ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition (Sony Wonder) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — First Season Collector's Edition ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume Two (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Classic Transformers'' — Series One: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 02: Stagione Uno Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season One (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/fire_on_the_mountain.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Endgame

2012-06-27T10:43:17Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{disambig3|Endgame}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Autocracy]]'' #12
|prev=Broadcast
|next=
|caption=
|image=Autocracy 12.jpg
|title="Endgame"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 20]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=
|story by=[[Chris Metzen]] & [[Flint Dille]]
|art by=[[Livio Ramondelli]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[John Barber]] & [[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Before the war]]
}}
'''Megatron and his rule of Cybertron fall in the face of Optimus Prime's uprising.'''

==Synopsis==
As the battle of the [[Citadel]] rages on, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] orders [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s armored division to keep the Autobots pinned down in preparation of a surprise he has in store. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his followers are saved from the tank barrage by the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] and other Autobots, only for Megatron to reveal the "vamparc annihilator"--a giant [[vamparc ribbon]] which he fires on his enemies from the top of the Citadel. Having anticipated a secret weapon, Prime calls in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] who decimates the [[Decepticon]]s' positions. The vamparc annihilator has no effect on the ancient giant, who effortlessly rips the entire Citadel in half, destroying the weapon and sending Megatron falling to the streets where Prime is waiting.

They two leaders fight it out and Megatron loses, but he spots a discarded gun in the rubble and tries to distract Optimus Prime with pleas of mercy. His trick nearly works as Prime still has hope that they can work together to unite [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] sees him reaching for the gun and intervenes. He is grabbed and held hostage by Megatron, but gets out of his grasp by suddenly transforming and driving off, allowing Prime to shoot and injure the Decepticon leader. Megatron is taken to safety by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but not before warning Optimus Prime that he hasn't won, he's only a started a war of unparalleled proportions.

After the Decepticons have retreated, Metroplex becomes [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s new capitol by placing himself in city mode over the ruins of the Citadel. The survivors of [[Nyon]] tell [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] that they have chosen to become chroniclers, cataloguing the past. In the [[Undergrid]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] shows Optimus Prime a newly discovered storehouse of illegal weapons
stockpiled by [[Zeta Prime]] and the [[Senate]] and suggests they use them against the Decepticons. Not wanting to make the same mistakes as Zeta, Prime instead orders him to destroy them before visiting Hot Rod to thank him for saving his life. Hot Rod doesn't believe he deserves any gratitude due to his part in destroying Nyon, but Prime tells him he stood up for what he believed in like a hero and should hold his head up high... after all, someday ''he'' might be the one holding the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. BOOYAH!

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (9)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (10)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (11)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (12)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (13)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (14)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (15)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (16)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (17)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (18)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (19)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (24)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (25)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (26)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (27)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (28)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (2)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (3)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (4)
*[[Skullgrin]] (5)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (20)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (21)
*[[Hailstorm (G1)|Hailstorm]] (22)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (23)
}}

==Notes==
*The entire sequence with Megatron asking Optimus Prime for mercy and holding Hot Rod at gunpoint is, of course, referencing ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Didn't Optimus first battle Megatron on Sherma Bridge?
*Hot Rod ''might'' someday hold the Matrix. In Chaos Theory he mencioned that being bonded with the Matrix felt wonderful and, during Chaos, seemed to be more in tune with the Matrix than Optimus. All this hints make it somewhat obvious that a ''proper'' IDW interpretation of Rodimus Prime will be in the character's future.
[[Category:Autocracy issues]]

Walk on the Wild Side

2012-06-27T10:30:02Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 6
|prev=The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock
|next=Cody on Patrol
|image=WalkOnTheWildSide Boulder entices lion.jpg
|title="Walk on the Wild Side"
|airdate=[[April 21]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''Boulder decides that the team needs an animal mascot but maybe a zoo isn't the best place to find one.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide Rescue Bots clean station.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
The Burns family watch [[television]] as [[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] unveils the [[Mayor Luskey Library]], a building made of wholly recycled materials. They're interrupted by a call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] alerting them to a dire emergency. The [[Rescue Bot]]s roll out with all haste and haul up to her house, only to find the emergency is that [[Mister Pettypaws]] is up a tree again and so is she. As she complains about their tardiness, the branch she's on gives way, and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] has to make a quick and unappreciated save. [[Boulder]] retrieves her cat from the tree.

Back at the fire station, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] announces that they're celebrating [[Earth Day]] by cleaning up the building. Heatwave grouses about the waste of time their last rescue was, and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] explains about pets. He calls up pictures of [[:Category:Dogs|dogs]] acting as assistants to emergency personnel, and Boulder's interest is piqued. Moments later, [[Doc Greene]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] arrive to take Cody to the Earth Day exhibit at the [[Griffin Rock Zoo|zoo]].

Cody and Frankie arrive at the zoo, and Cody starts taking pictures to send to Boulder, though Frankie is impatient to see the lemurs. The lemurs are all trained to sort recyclable material into bins, and thus are part of the Earth Day exhibit.

[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide a lion up a tree.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
That night, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] catches Boulder sneaking out. Boulder intends to adopt an animal from the zoo. Using his access to get in, Boulder decides on the zoo's cross-eyed lion, whom he dubs "[[Whiskers]]". While Blades turns the main power off, Boulder attempts to extract the lion from its cage, only for it to depart the zoo. As the two Rescue Bots give chase, the lemurs stage a breakout.

Blades and Boulder spot Whiskers going into an alley, but their attempt to corner the lion is interrupted by a garbage man. While they're distracted, the lion makes off, and they are forced to continue their search.

The next morning, the fire station gets another call from Mrs. Neederlander. This time, Chief Burns and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] turn up to find a lion in the tree. With Blades and Boulder mysteriously missing, the other Burnses cram into Heatwave so they can go help. Shortly after they arrive, so do the missing Rescue Bots, and Boulder fills them in on why Whiskers is loose. Whiskers again gives them the slip.

[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide Frankie vs lion.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Cody soon runs into Whiskers while on his morning cycle to school. While he attempts to evade the lion, his phone is triggered and the nearby Frankie comes to his aid. The lion is unable to touch her, thanks to her [[force field|forcefield bracelet]], and runs off.

The lemurs, busy sorting [[Griffin Rock]]'s trash, sport the new library, but are scattered by the lion. The Rescue Bots also spot the lion, and make an attempt to capture him, but he again manages to evade them.

[[Image:WalkOnTheWildSide lemurs attack library.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Chief Burns is dropping Cody and Frankie off at school when he gets a call from Mayor Luskey alerting him to the fact that the lemurs are destroying the library in their drive to recycle. Their zeal extends to the books inside and the Mayor's toupee. As the front of the building starts to collapse, Chase arrives and knocks it before it can land on Luskey. Cody quickly works out that if they give the lemurs a treat, like they got at the zoo, they'll stop trying to recycle the building. Boulder fetches a scoopful of lemur treats, and once [[Graham Burns|Graham]] attracts their attention with a bell, the lemurs go after the food. Boulder starts reversing through town, with Heatwave and Chase clearing the way. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] soon spots the lion chasing after the lemurs, and Blades swoops in to catch him in a cage. The lemurs are soon returned to their enclosure, and the lion is in a new "Mayor Luskey Enclosure".

Back at the fire station, Cody presents Boulder with a potted plant as a pet.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (8)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)
*[[Boulder]] (10)

|c3=
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (1)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (2)
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Kade Burns]] (4)
*[[Dani Burns]] (5)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hurry! We have to find him before someone else adopts him!"
:—'''Boulder'''

"Stop, citizens!" 
"Um, animals have the right of way."
:—'''Chase''' and '''Heatwave'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===
===Real-world references===
*Griffin Rock celebrates Earth Day, marking this story out as taking place on [[April 22]] and [[April 23]].

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===
*This episode was first broadcast on [[The Hub]] out of order, after "[[Four Bots and a Baby]]", presumably so it would fall on the same weekend as Earth Day.

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Christmas in July

2012-06-27T10:28:22Z

85.31.137.11: /* Real-world references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 9
|prev=Four Bots and a Baby
|next=Deep Trouble
|image=ChristmasInJuly fun in the snow.jpg
|title="Christmas in July"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''Cody, his family and the Rescue Bots have to stop a snow storm in July when a weather machine goes haywire.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ChristmasInJuly the Mayor is on fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Huxley Prescott]] reports on the heatwave currently gripping [[Griffin Rock]], which [[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] demonstrates by breaking an egg on the sidewalk so it can fry. Nearby [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] sell lemonade. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] disapproves of their illegal commercial venture, but [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] is more concerned at Chase's lack of air conditioning. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] provide water for the kids to cool off. Surprisingly, it turns out to be not only hot enough to fry eggs, but to set them on fire, and soon the Mayor's chef hat has caught alight too. Luckily Heatwave and Kade put him out.

Cody arrives back at the fire station in search of more ice and finds [[Boulder]] looking up information on seasons. Boulder's confused by the concept and wants Winter now so he can see some snow. Cody has trouble explaining the concept to him, but it gives him an idea. He visits [[Doc Greene]], who knows of an old [[weather machine]], predating Greene's arrival on Griffin Rock. They venture into the "Best Left Forgotten" room and find the weather machine in perfect condition, though Frankie doesn't think much of Cody's idea of using it to create a snowfall.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Blade snowbot.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
They start setting the weather machine up in the town square, while Frankie, preferring the summer, heads down to the river. Cody is annoyed when the Mayor takes the credit for his idea, but Doc Greene lets him start up the machine. The square is soon blanketed in snow and the [[human]]s start playing. Boulder is disappointed that the [[Rescue Bot]]s don't get to enjoy the snow as well, since they have to keep up the pretense of being ordinary robots, but their human partners lead them to a back alley where Cody had Doc Greene test the machine earlier. While [[Graham Burns|Graham]] keeps watch, the Rescue Bots get to have their play in the snow, though Boulder turns out to be a terrible aim with a snowball which amuses Heatwave greatly. One of Boulder's snowballs strikes a tree in the square, knocking down a branch that breaks the weather machine, sending it out of control.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Heatwave helps a driver.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
With Winter temperatures all over Griffin Rock, Doc Greene quickly discovers that the machine's control panel is broken and has to take it back to his lab. With the roads snowed in, the residents take shelter in city hall and Cody joins them to coordinate the rescue effort. The team splits up and starts lending help where necessary. Cody checks with Frankie, who's enjoying the frozen-over river. As Blades and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] help free cars from a frozen bridge, Heatwave prevents an out-of-control car from ploughing into them. Meanwhile Boulder and Graham help Doc Greene reach his lab and clear the snowdrift in front of it so he can get in.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Frankie in danger.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Back at city hall, a new problem rears its head—the roof is in danger of caving in under the weight of all the snow. The Mayor attempts to get out, only to find that the door is blocked with a snowdrift, and Cody calls an emergency. Boulder arrives first and clears the door, letting everyone out. They next use Cody's idea to save the building—Boulder props up the roof while Dani flies Blades upside-down to clear the snow. With the building safe for now, Cody checks with Doc Greene, who completes repairs on the weather machine and uses it to reverse the weather. Summer returns to Griffin Rock.

Cody contacts Frankie, only to find that the ice on the lake has broken up, and Frankie is now trapped on a piece which is heading downriver towards a waterfall. Blades is still too frozen to fly, but the rest of the team head to the river. Boulder uses a snowball to knock a tree branch down, which Frankie grabs onto. With everything safe again, Cody looks around for Chase, but the Rescue Bot is some distance away, laughing and making snow angels.

Back in the fire station, Boulder finally understands seasons, and Cody reveals some snowballs he kept in the freezer, which he and Boulder use to pelt Heatwave.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (8)
*[[Boulder]] (9)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (10)
|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (2)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (3)
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (4)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Kade Burns]] (7)
*[[Doc Greene]] (11)
*[[Graham Burns]] (12)
*[[Dani Burns]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't look at me; nothing on this planet makes sense. Hot dog, but it's not a pet!"
:—'''Blades''' talking about food.

"And somewhere over here is the [[invisible telephone]]. *gasp!* It's missing! Hahaha, just kidding! I think."
:—'''Doc Greene'''

"Nice try, green bean! You couldn't hit the back side of [[Unicron]] with a [[lobbing]] ball!"
:—'''Heatwave''' commenting on Boulder's really bad snowball skills.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Although some specially modified real-life helicopters can perform barrel rolls and loops, sustained inverted flight of the type Blades performs in this episode is aerodynamically impossible.

===Continuity errors===
===Transformers references===
*Heatwave refers to both Unicron and lobbing, the latter sport first appearing in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Con Job]]".
===Real-world references===
*[[Wikipedia:Christmas in July|Christmas in July]] is a real thing, plus the name of a [[Wikipedia:Christmas in July (film)|1940 movie]]. Gasp!

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Christmas in July

2012-06-27T10:27:27Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 9
|prev=Four Bots and a Baby
|next=Deep Trouble
|image=ChristmasInJuly fun in the snow.jpg
|title="Christmas in July"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''Cody, his family and the Rescue Bots have to stop a snow storm in July when a weather machine goes haywire.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ChristmasInJuly the Mayor is on fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Huxley Prescott]] reports on the heatwave currently gripping [[Griffin Rock]], which [[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] demonstrates by breaking an egg on the sidewalk so it can fry. Nearby [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] sell lemonade. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] disapproves of their illegal commercial venture, but [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] is more concerned at Chase's lack of air conditioning. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] provide water for the kids to cool off. Surprisingly, it turns out to be not only hot enough to fry eggs, but to set them on fire, and soon the Mayor's chef hat has caught alight too. Luckily Heatwave and Kade put him out.

Cody arrives back at the fire station in search of more ice and finds [[Boulder]] looking up information on seasons. Boulder's confused by the concept and wants Winter now so he can see some snow. Cody has trouble explaining the concept to him, but it gives him an idea. He visits [[Doc Greene]], who knows of an old [[weather machine]], predating Greene's arrival on Griffin Rock. They venture into the "Best Left Forgotten" room and find the weather machine in perfect condition, though Frankie doesn't think much of Cody's idea of using it to create a snowfall.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Blade snowbot.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
They start setting the weather machine up in the town square, while Frankie, preferring the summer, heads down to the river. Cody is annoyed when the Mayor takes the credit for his idea, but Doc Greene lets him start up the machine. The square is soon blanketed in snow and the [[human]]s start playing. Boulder is disappointed that the [[Rescue Bot]]s don't get to enjoy the snow as well, since they have to keep up the pretense of being ordinary robots, but their human partners lead them to a back alley where Cody had Doc Greene test the machine earlier. While [[Graham Burns|Graham]] keeps watch, the Rescue Bots get to have their play in the snow, though Boulder turns out to be a terrible aim with a snowball which amuses Heatwave greatly. One of Boulder's snowballs strikes a tree in the square, knocking down a branch that breaks the weather machine, sending it out of control.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Heatwave helps a driver.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
With Winter temperatures all over Griffin Rock, Doc Greene quickly discovers that the machine's control panel is broken and has to take it back to his lab. With the roads snowed in, the residents take shelter in city hall and Cody joins them to coordinate the rescue effort. The team splits up and starts lending help where necessary. Cody checks with Frankie, who's enjoying the frozen-over river. As Blades and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] help free cars from a frozen bridge, Heatwave prevents an out-of-control car from ploughing into them. Meanwhile Boulder and Graham help Doc Greene reach his lab and clear the snowdrift in front of it so he can get in.

[[Image:ChristmasInJuly Frankie in danger.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Back at city hall, a new problem rears its head—the roof is in danger of caving in under the weight of all the snow. The Mayor attempts to get out, only to find that the door is blocked with a snowdrift, and Cody calls an emergency. Boulder arrives first and clears the door, letting everyone out. They next use Cody's idea to save the building—Boulder props up the roof while Dani flies Blades upside-down to clear the snow. With the building safe for now, Cody checks with Doc Greene, who completes repairs on the weather machine and uses it to reverse the weather. Summer returns to Griffin Rock.

Cody contacts Frankie, only to find that the ice on the lake has broken up, and Frankie is now trapped on a piece which is heading downriver towards a waterfall. Blades is still too frozen to fly, but the rest of the team head to the river. Boulder uses a snowball to knock a tree branch down, which Frankie grabs onto. With everything safe again, Cody looks around for Chase, but the Rescue Bot is some distance away, laughing and making snow angels.

Back in the fire station, Boulder finally understands seasons, and Cody reveals some snowballs he kept in the freezer, which he and Boulder use to pelt Heatwave.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (8)
*[[Boulder]] (9)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (10)
|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (2)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (3)
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (4)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Kade Burns]] (7)
*[[Doc Greene]] (11)
*[[Graham Burns]] (12)
*[[Dani Burns]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't look at me; nothing on this planet makes sense. Hot dog, but it's not a pet!"
:—'''Blades''' talking about food.

"And somewhere over here is the [[invisible telephone]]. *gasp!* It's missing! Hahaha, just kidding! I think."
:—'''Doc Greene'''

"Nice try, green bean! You couldn't hit the back side of [[Unicron]] with a [[lobbing]] ball!"
:—'''Heatwave''' commenting on Boulder's really bad snowball skills.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Although some specially modified real-life helicopters can perform barrel rolls and loops, sustained inverted flight of the type Blades performs in this episode is aerodynamically impossible.

===Continuity errors===
===Transformers references===
*Heatwave refers to both Unicron and lobbing, the latter sport first appearing in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Con Job]]".
===Real-world references===
*[[Wikipedia:Christmas in July|Christmas in July]] is a real thing, plus the name of a [[Wikipedia:Christmas in July (film)|1940 movie]].
===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Hotshots

2012-06-27T10:23:53Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 3
|prev=Under Pressure
|next=Flobsters on Parade
|image=Hotshots Boulder and Heatwave laugh at Blades.jpg
|title="Hotshots"
|airdate=[[February 25]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Greg Johnson]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''Dani gives Blades a new scoop claw to help on the front lines, but their sudden popularity threatens the team.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Hotshots Chase stops car.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Doc Greene]] races through the streets of [[Griffin Rock]] in his out-of-control experimental [[solar car]], pursued by [[Charlie Burns]] and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]]. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his ladder as a ramp so the Doc doesn't crash into some parked cars, and [[Boulder]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] attempt to stop the car with an improvised spike strip. Unfortunately the car has a tire replacement system so the spike strip is ineffective, and the car starts heading up [[Old Canyon Road]] towards a busted bridge. Chase finally manages to catch up and, [[transformation|transforming]], grabs the rear of the car and brings it to a halt. Doc Greene announces that apart from the control problems, the experiment was a success.

In the aftermath of the rescue, [[Kade Burns|Kade]], Graham and Dani are interviewed by reporter [[Huxley Prescott]], but Dani is annoyed that she didn't get to contribute during the operation. Elsewhere the [[Rescue Bot]]s are cleaning themselves, and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] feels equally underutilized. Heatwave grouses that all of them are under-appreciated for their work and the humans get all the credit.

[[Image:Hotshots Dani attaches claw.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Dani pays a visit to Doc Greene, who is working on a new newspaper dispenser to replace the one he accidently ran over (the replacement is slightly out of control). She asks about a scoop claw for Blades, and the Doc turns out to have an old one, once used for logging, in storage. Dani is soon installing it on a less-than-enthusiastic Blades. The other Rescue Bots are unable to hide their amusement at the affect the claw has on his robot mode, but the discussion is cut short by the report of a rock slide. The Rescue Bots roll out and start smashing boulders, but when [[Cody Burns|Cody]] spots a huge boulder, the three ground-based bots prepare for the impact—only for Blades to grab it in his scoop claw.

[[Image:Hotshots Blades catches car.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Blades is noticeably preening when they return to base. During the next few rescues, Blades and Dani use the scoop claw to solve each problem, leaving the other Rescue Bots with nothing to do. Kade and Graham complain to Dani, and when Cody tries to intercede, he's told the problem doesn't concern him. He goes down to the bunker instead, where Heatwave is preparing to remove the scoop claw from Blades, and is told much the same thing by the Rescue Bots. Dani arrives to take Blades out on patrol, and Cody, though annoyed by the others' dismissal of him, opts to go along to see what he can do to mitigate the problem.

[[Image:Hotshots Blades Dani Cody in trouble.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Cody and Blades talk to Dani, and she realizes she's been too hard on them. As a lightning storm moves in, Dani opts to go back to base, but too late, as Blades is hit by lightning. Dani sends a distress call as Blades makes an emergency landing at the bottom of a cliff. The trio prepare to wait for help, but more lightning starts a forest fire which threatens to broil the two humans sheltering in Blades. They use Blades's scoop claw to scale the cliff, though the chain gives out just as they reach the top and it turns out they're still trapped with the fire swiftly moving in. Blades attempt to fly them out is cut short by his damaged tail. Luckily the other three Rescue Bots arrive and Heatwave douses a way through the fire to Blades so they can carry the injured [[Autobot]] back down the hill.

In a subsequent interview, Dani gives some credit to Cody and the Rescue Bots. Blades, having spent some time in the [[stasis pod]], returns to announce they salvaged the scoop claw, but will use it less liberally from now on. Cody heads out to play basketball with his siblings.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3)
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (8)
* [[Boulder]] (10)

|c3=
* [[Doc Greene]] (1)
* [[Charlie Burns]] (2)
* [[Dani Burns]] (5)
* [[Cody Burns]] (6)
* [[Kade Burns]] (7)
* [[Graham Burns]] (9)
* [[Huxley Prescott]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Hey, how about we drop down on his roof to slow him down?" 
"Helping out is good; dropping's OK; bouncing, I'd like to discuss a little further."
:—'''Dani''' and '''Blades'''

"What? Does it make me look fat?" 
"Oh, not at all, Captain Leadbelly."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Heatwave'''

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*During the rock slide, there are houses at the bottom of the mountain when the Rescue Bots arrive, but in subsequent shots looking back down the mountain, there's open countryside behind them.

===Real-world references===
* Doc Greene's solar car bears a suspicious resemblance to the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine from the ''Back to the Future'' movie trilogy.
* Blades worries that the humans will cook like snickerdoodles in the forest fire.

===Transformers references===
* During one of his missions, Heatwave still walks like a zombie to hide his alien identity, as he previous learned how to do back in "[[Family of Heroes]]".

[[Category: Rescue Bots episodes]]

Return of the Dino Bot

2012-06-27T10:20:29Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 11
|prev=Deep Trouble
|next=The Other Doctor
|image=ReturnDinoBot Trex.jpg
|title="Return of the Dinobot"
|airdate=[[May 12]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Luke McMullen]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''An intruder uses a robot ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' to plant a virus in Griffin Rock's central computer, causing havoc.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ReturnDinoBot Frankie sits on Trex.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]
One exceedingly foggy day, the [[Rescue Bot]]s marvel at this new weather, and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is particularly happy because it means he'll be grounded and can [[Most Dangerous Chefs|watch TV]]. [[Bufkin|Mr Bufkin]] calls the emergency line to report a [[dinosaur]] near the lab, and when [[Cody Burns|Cody]] checks out the location on the [[ComTab]], he spots [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] being menaced by the robotic ''tyrannosaurus rex'' from the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]]. The Rescue Bots transform, and Cody rides with [[Dani Burns|Dani]] in Blades. They quickly reach the lab and surround the dinobot, only to find its off switch is missing. Frankie and [[Doc Greene]] put their fears at rest though—the dinosaur has been reprogrammed to be controlled by Doc Greene's gauntlet, and can now do the [[Macarena]], Hmm. A dino dancing and bring coffee? This is not my day.

Redubbed [[Trex]], the dinosaur has been pressed into service fetching coffee and guarding the lab. Doc Greene explains that the lab has been broken into recently and left behind items such as the [[nanite]]s, Geneartor Rex reference maybe? Cody recognizes the logo on the nanites from the [[shark submarine]] wreckage. Greene believes the intruder is trying to hack into the town's central computer. The Burns family leaves to investigate a report from the mayor.

[[Image:ReturnDinoBot shadowy figure and Trex.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
While Trex stomps around in the fog, a [[Morocco|shadowy figure]] uses Greene's stolen gauntlet to access his systems. When Frankie calls Trex in, she find the discarded gauntlet and when Greene plugs Trex into the computer, it detects an incursion through the firewall.

Cody and the bots get lost in the fog, but are soon reunited with the rest of the family. Their troubles aren't over as technology begins to malfunction. The hologram stoplight leaves its post, the park sprinklers go off, and a garbage truck begins dumping garbage on city hall. [[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]], now trapped inside, is drenched by the sprinkler system. As Cody is taking a call from Frankie who tells him the island's mainframe has been hacked, he's menaced by a [[robo-landscaper]]. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]] make short work of the device, and the team splits up to take care of the many emergency calls they're getting.

[[Image:ReturnDinoBot antivirusing the computer.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]
At the lab, Greene starts running an anti-virus program from his PDA, only for them to realize that Trex is responsible for the virus. The dinosaur starts chasing them, and Greene's gauntlet is useless to control it.

While [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] work at rescuing the mayor for town hall, Chase helps prevent a TXTing driver from running into a truck. With Boulder's help, Heatwave extracts the mayor, who is furious to learn that Doc Greene is partly responsible. Dani and Cody spot a swarm of robo-landscapers moving through town.

Trex, stalking around the lab, knocks the PDA loose from the computer. Frankie temporarily leaves her hiding place to plug it back in, but manages to avoid being chomped by the dinosaur. As the virus removal resumes, Trex runs out of the lab.

[[Image:ReturnDinoBot Rescue Bots dogpile Trex.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
The Rescue Bots fight with the landscapers. They're outnumbered, but luckily the antivirus works in time to shut down the landscapers. With that threat gone, they face another one—Trex has arrived. Doc Greene and Frankie haul up. After Trex knocks over their truck, the Rescue Bots pile on and manage to subdue the robotic beast. Cody has an idea to control Trex via verbal commands, and Greene commands Trex to bring his coffee. It works, and Greene gets a lift back to his lab in Blades so he can remove the virus from Trex. The rest of the team arrives to be told by Greene that it's too late! While they're gasping in horror, he clarifies that it's too late for them to watch the devirus process, and Trex is fine.

The next day, the team is contemplating the mess the town is in, when Doc Greene delivers devastating news—the mayor has relieved him of his post as lead scientist of [[Griffin Rock]]. Nearby, a shadowy figure scurries away, dropping a card with a familiar logo on it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (2)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (5)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (6)
*[[Dani Burns]] (8)
*[[Graham Burns]] (9)
*[[Doc Greene]] (10)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (11)
*[[Kade Burns]] (12)
*[[Morocco|A shadowy figure]] (13)
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (14)
*[[Edgar Prewett]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Trex]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"A robotic dinosaur butler! Now all of my questions are answered. Except, maybe, ''why?''"
:—'''Dani'''

'''Cody:''' Noble! Dad? 
'''Charlie:''' You're not getting one. 
'''Graham:''' What about— 
'''Charlie:''' You either.

'''Blades:''' Um, I've changed my mind. I don't like this weather. 
'''Chase:''' I concur. Fog conceals potholes, ditches, and regrettably the row of mailboxes formerly standing on Willow Street. 
'''Heatwave:''' Hey, at least you didn't take out a street sweeper. 
'''Boulder:''' I told you, I thought it was an [[elephant]].

"Remember citizen, if your eye is not on the road, the rest of you soon will be."
:—'''Chase'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity notes===
*Cody's adventure with the nanites took place in "[[Cody on Patrol]]", while the shark sub appeared in "[[Deep Trouble]]".

===Real-world references===
*The Macarena was a popular song. Twice.
*The ripple in the puddle when the group encounters Trex in the fog is most likely a nod to a famous sequence from the original ''Jurassic Park''.

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Return of the Dino Bot

2012-06-27T10:19:13Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 11
|prev=Deep Trouble
|next=The Other Doctor
|image=ReturnDinoBot Trex.jpg
|title="Return of the Dinobot"
|airdate=[[May 12]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Luke McMullen]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''An intruder uses a robot ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' to plant a virus in Griffin Rock's central computer, causing havoc.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ReturnDinoBot Frankie sits on Trex.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]
One exceedingly foggy day, the [[Rescue Bot]]s marvel at this new weather, and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is particularly happy because it means he'll be grounded and can [[Most Dangerous Chefs|watch TV]]. [[Bufkin|Mr Bufkin]] calls the emergency line to report a [[dinosaur]] near the lab, and when [[Cody Burns|Cody]] checks out the location on the [[ComTab]], he spots [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] being menaced by the robotic ''tyrannosaurus rex'' from the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]]. The Rescue Bots transform, and Cody rides with [[Dani Burns|Dani]] in Blades. They quickly reach the lab and surround the dinobot, only to find its off switch is missing. Frankie and [[Doc Greene]] put their fears at rest though—the dinosaur has been reprogrammed to be controlled by Doc Greene's gauntlet, and can now do the [[Macarena]], Hmm. A dino dancing and bring coffee? This is not my day.

Redubbed [[Trex]], the dinosaur has been pressed into service fetching coffee and guarding the lab. Doc Greene explains that the lab has been broken into recently and left behind items such as the [[nanite]]s. Cody recognizes the logo on the nanites from the [[shark submarine]] wreckage. Greene believes the intruder is trying to hack into the town's central computer. The Burns family leaves to investigate a report from the mayor.

[[Image:ReturnDinoBot shadowy figure and Trex.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
While Trex stomps around in the fog, a [[Morocco|shadowy figure]] uses Greene's stolen gauntlet to access his systems. When Frankie calls Trex in, she find the discarded gauntlet and when Greene plugs Trex into the computer, it detects an incursion through the firewall.

Cody and the bots get lost in the fog, but are soon reunited with the rest of the family. Their troubles aren't over as technology begins to malfunction. The hologram stoplight leaves its post, the park sprinklers go off, and a garbage truck begins dumping garbage on city hall. [[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]], now trapped inside, is drenched by the sprinkler system. As Cody is taking a call from Frankie who tells him the island's mainframe has been hacked, he's menaced by a [[robo-landscaper]]. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]] make short work of the device, and the team splits up to take care of the many emergency calls they're getting.

[[Image:ReturnDinoBot antivirusing the computer.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]
At the lab, Greene starts running an anti-virus program from his PDA, only for them to realize that Trex is responsible for the virus. The dinosaur starts chasing them, and Greene's gauntlet is useless to control it.

While [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] work at rescuing the mayor for town hall, Chase helps prevent a TXTing driver from running into a truck. With Boulder's help, Heatwave extracts the mayor, who is furious to learn that Doc Greene is partly responsible. Dani and Cody spot a swarm of robo-landscapers moving through town.

Trex, stalking around the lab, knocks the PDA loose from the computer. Frankie temporarily leaves her hiding place to plug it back in, but manages to avoid being chomped by the dinosaur. As the virus removal resumes, Trex runs out of the lab.

[[Image:ReturnDinoBot Rescue Bots dogpile Trex.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
The Rescue Bots fight with the landscapers. They're outnumbered, but luckily the antivirus works in time to shut down the landscapers. With that threat gone, they face another one—Trex has arrived. Doc Greene and Frankie haul up. After Trex knocks over their truck, the Rescue Bots pile on and manage to subdue the robotic beast. Cody has an idea to control Trex via verbal commands, and Greene commands Trex to bring his coffee. It works, and Greene gets a lift back to his lab in Blades so he can remove the virus from Trex. The rest of the team arrives to be told by Greene that it's too late! While they're gasping in horror, he clarifies that it's too late for them to watch the devirus process, and Trex is fine.

The next day, the team is contemplating the mess the town is in, when Doc Greene delivers devastating news—the mayor has relieved him of his post as lead scientist of [[Griffin Rock]]. Nearby, a shadowy figure scurries away, dropping a card with a familiar logo on it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (2)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (5)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (6)
*[[Dani Burns]] (8)
*[[Graham Burns]] (9)
*[[Doc Greene]] (10)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (11)
*[[Kade Burns]] (12)
*[[Morocco|A shadowy figure]] (13)
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (14)
*[[Edgar Prewett]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Trex]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"A robotic dinosaur butler! Now all of my questions are answered. Except, maybe, ''why?''"
:—'''Dani'''

'''Cody:''' Noble! Dad? 
'''Charlie:''' You're not getting one. 
'''Graham:''' What about— 
'''Charlie:''' You either.

'''Blades:''' Um, I've changed my mind. I don't like this weather. 
'''Chase:''' I concur. Fog conceals potholes, ditches, and regrettably the row of mailboxes formerly standing on Willow Street. 
'''Heatwave:''' Hey, at least you didn't take out a street sweeper. 
'''Boulder:''' I told you, I thought it was an [[elephant]].

"Remember citizen, if your eye is not on the road, the rest of you soon will be."
:—'''Chase'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity notes===
*Cody's adventure with the nanites took place in "[[Cody on Patrol]]", while the shark sub appeared in "[[Deep Trouble]]".

===Real-world references===
*The Macarena was a popular song. Twice.
*The ripple in the puddle when the group encounters Trex in the fog is most likely a nod to a famous sequence from the original ''Jurassic Park''.

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Four Bots and a Baby

2012-06-27T10:03:14Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 8
|prev=Cody on Patrol
|next=Christmas in July
|image=FourBotsBaby Kade holding Robo-Baby.jpg
|caption=Coming soon from Hasbro!
|title="Four Bots and a Baby"
|airdate=[[April 14]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Dean Stefan]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots are enlisted to watch after Doc Greene's Robo-Baby.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FourBotsBaby Robo-Baby introduction.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The [[Rescue Bot]]s are in the middle of repairing a bridge outside town, when an impatient motorist attempts to jump his motorcycle across the gap. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempt to rescue him, but Kade falls loose from Heatwave's ladder. The two [[human]]s head for a nearby waterfall, and all seems lost until Heatwave throws his fire hose, and Kade grabs it, saving them both.

Sometime later, [[Doc Greene]] shows video of the incident to [[Cody Burns]] in way of explanation for the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] he's built. Cody offers to be a test driver, but the doc already has someone for that. Cody believes himself to be more responsible than Kade, but Greene reminds him of the incident with the fusion-powered water gun. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] has an idea, and believes Cody can prove he's mature by taking care of one of the doctor's other inventions—the [[Robo-Baby]], designed to record how babies see the world. Cody is unsure, and even less so when it turns out the Robo-Baby is even capable of soiling itself.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Boulder heats milk.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Cody takes the Robo-Baby back to the fire station, where he ropes the Rescue Bots into helping him look after the tyke. Heatwave regards it as a [[spark]]less machine, while the other Bots are enamored by it. [[Boulder]] attempts to warm some milk for the baby with a blowtorch, which results in a mess. While they clean the mess up, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] finds a baby bottle which quiets the Robo-Baby down, though it spews on [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. After it starts crying, Chase finds a [[Rubber Ducky]]. The baby doesn't like the toy, and throws it into the air. The Rubber Ducky lands in a nearby sink and is sucked down a drain, eventually entering the sewer system where it clogs a pipe. The sewer soon bursts.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby soiled duck.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Still trying to calm the Robo-Baby, Chase attempts to sing a lullaby, but his loud, flat singing doesn't help. Cody refuses to consult his siblings, but then they discover that Blades's rotors work like a mobile and the baby is soon snoozing. Unfortunately there's an emergency alarm-the broken sewer has caused a sinkhole to appear in front of the bank. While the Rescue Bots roll out, Cody takes the baby to the control room so he can monitor the rescue and the baby at the same time. Once at the bank, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades rescue a stranded bank customer, Heatwave and Chase set about propping the building up, and Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] venture into the hole to check out the burst pipe. As they need to shut down the water, Cody switches the power from the hydro-electric plant to the wind farm. The sight of the wind farm turbines wakes the Robo-Baby, but the bank is saved, and Graham fishes the Rubber Ducky from the pipe. Cody looks around, and discovers that the Robo-Baby is gone.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Blades tries to rescue Robo-Baby.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The Rescue Bots return to the fire station to find Cody searching for the baby. Frankie gives Cody a call from the ferry to check how he's doing, and tells him that the Rob-Baby's worth three million dollars. The now-desperate search comes up blank, but Cody spots the wind farm rotors on the monitor, and they head there under the assumption that's where the Robo-Baby is. Heatwave uses his olfactory [[sensors]] to detect the baby, and they find it heading up one of the windmills on a platform. With Blades unable to move close enough to pick the baby up, Chase uses his singing to keep it away from the edge while Boulder scales the windmill. Unfortunately the baby falls before Boulder reaches it, and Heatwave has to grab it out of mid-air.

Doc Greene is fascinated by the readings the Robo-Baby has recorded. Impressed, Greene announces Cody can test the Turbo Cycle. Kade gets to look after the Robo-Baby for the next week.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (2)
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
* [[Boulder]] (5)
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)

|c3=
* [[Charlie Burns]] (1)
* [[Graham Burns]] (4)
* [[Kade Burns]] (6)
* [[Doc Greene]] (8)
* [[Cody Burns]] (9)
* [[Frankie Greene]] (10)
* [[Dani Burns]] (12)
* [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (13)

|c4=
* [[Robo-Baby]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Blades, watch the baby!" 
"Watch it do what?!"
:—'''Cody''' and '''Blades'''

"Ah, leakage that's not baby related."
:—'''Heatwave'''

"ROCK A BYE BABY ON TOP OF THE ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE. WHEN BOULDER CLIMBS UP, THE ROBO-BABY MAY LOSE ELEVATION PRECIPITOUSLY AND I CAN'T WATCH IT FALL AND BREAK IT'S TWO LITTLE ARMS."
:—'''Chase''' singing a song which will not end happily.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*840 wind turbines would not only far surpass the highest number of turbines for any single real-world wind farm, it would also require an area far larger than Griffin Rock itself!

===Continuity errors===

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title refers to the 1987 comedy film, [[Wikipedia:3 Men and a Baby|''3 Men and a Baby'']] (which just happened to be directed by [[Leonard Nimoy]]).

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Four Bots and a Baby

2012-06-27T10:02:18Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 8
|prev=Cody on Patrol
|next=Christmas in July
|image=FourBotsBaby Kade holding Robo-Baby.jpg
|caption=Coming soon from Hasbro!
|title="Four Bots and a Baby"
|airdate=[[April 14]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Dean Stefan]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots are enlisted to watch after Doc Greene's Robo-Baby.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FourBotsBaby Robo-Baby introduction.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The [[Rescue Bot]]s are in the middle of repairing a bridge outside town, when an impatient motorist attempts to jump his motorcycle across the gap. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempt to rescue him, but Kade falls loose from Heatwave's ladder. The two [[human]]s head for a nearby waterfall, and all seems lost until Heatwave throws his fire hose, and Kade grabs it, saving them both.

Sometime later, [[Doc Greene]] shows video of the incident to [[Cody Burns]] in way of explanation for the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] he's built. Cody offers to be a test driver, but the doc already has someone for that. Cody believes himself to be more responsible than Kade, but Greene reminds him of the incident with the fusion-powered water gun. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] has an idea, and believes Cody can prove he's mature by taking care of one of the doctor's other inventions—the [[Robo-Baby]], designed to record how babies see the world. Cody is unsure, and even less so when it turns out the Robo-Baby is even capable of soiling itself.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Boulder heats milk.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Cody takes the Robo-Baby back to the fire station, where he ropes the Rescue Bots into helping him look after the tyke. Heatwave regards it as a [[spark]]less machine, while the other Bots are enamored by it. [[Boulder]] attempts to warm some milk for the baby with a blowtorch, which results in a mess. While they clean the mess up, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] finds a baby bottle which quiets the Robo-Baby down, though it spews on [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. After it starts crying, Chase finds a [[Rubber Ducky]]. The baby doesn't like the toy, and throws it into the air. The Rubber Ducky lands in a nearby sink and is sucked down a drain, eventually entering the sewer system where it clogs a pipe. The sewer soon bursts.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby soiled duck.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Still trying to calm the Robo-Baby, Chase attempts to sing a lullaby, but his loud, flat singing doesn't help. Cody refuses to consult his siblings, but then they discover that Blades's rotors work like a mobile and the baby is soon snoozing. Unfortunately there's an emergency alarm-the broken sewer has caused a sinkhole to appear in front of the bank. While the Rescue Bots roll out, Cody takes the baby to the control room so he can monitor the rescue and the baby at the same time. Once at the bank, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades rescue a stranded bank customer, Heatwave and Chase set about propping the building up, and Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] venture into the hole to check out the burst pipe. As they need to shut down the water, Cody switches the power from the hydro-electric plant to the wind farm. The sight of the wind farm turbines wakes the Robo-Baby, but the bank is saved, and Graham fishes the Rubber Ducky from the pipe. Cody looks around, and discovers that the Robo-Baby is gone.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Blades tries to rescue Robo-Baby.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The Rescue Bots return to the fire station to find Cody searching for the baby. Frankie gives Cody a call from the ferry to check how he's doing, and tells him that the Rob-Baby's worth three million dollars. The now-desperate search comes up blank, but Cody spots the wind farm rotors on the monitor, and they head there under the assumption that's where the Robo-Baby is. Heatwave uses his olfactory [[sensors]] to detect the baby, and they find it heading up one of the windmills on a platform. With Blades unable to move close enough to pick the baby up, Chase uses his singing to keep it away from the edge while Boulder scales the windmill. Unfortunately the baby falls before Boulder reaches it, and Heatwave has to grab it out of mid-air.

Doc Greene is fascinated by the readings the Robo-Baby has recorded. Impressed, Greene announces Cody can test the Turbo Cycle. Kade gets to look after the Robo-Baby for the next week.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (2)
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
* [[Boulder]] (5)
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)

|c3=
* [[Charlie Burns]] (1)
* [[Graham Burns]] (4)
* [[Kade Burns]] (6)
* [[Doc Greene]] (8)
* [[Cody Burns]] (9)
* [[Frankie Greene]] (10)
* [[Dani Burns]] (12)
* [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (13)

|c4=
* [[Robo-Baby]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Blades, watch the baby!" 
"Watch it do what?!"
:—'''Cody''' and '''Blades'''

"Ah, leakage that's not baby related."
"Yes, it is."
:—'''Heatwave''' and '''Blades'''

"ROCK A BYE BABY ON TOP OF THE ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE. WHEN BOULDER CLIMBS UP, THE ROBO-BABY MAY LOSE ELEVATION PRECIPITOUSLY AND I CAN'T WATCH IT FALL AND BREAK IT'S TWO LITTLE ARMS."
:—'''Chase''' singing.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*840 wind turbines would not only far surpass the highest number of turbines for any single real-world wind farm, it would also require an area far larger than Griffin Rock itself!

===Continuity errors===

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title refers to the 1987 comedy film, [[Wikipedia:3 Men and a Baby|''3 Men and a Baby'']] (which just happened to be directed by [[Leonard Nimoy]]).

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Four Bots and a Baby

2012-06-27T10:01:14Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 8
|prev=Cody on Patrol
|next=Christmas in July
|image=FourBotsBaby Kade holding Robo-Baby.jpg
|caption=Coming soon from Hasbro!
|title="Four Bots and a Baby"
|airdate=[[April 14]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Dean Stefan]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots are enlisted to watch after Doc Greene's Robo-Baby.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FourBotsBaby Robo-Baby introduction.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The [[Rescue Bot]]s are in the middle of repairing a bridge outside town, when an impatient motorist attempts to jump his motorcycle across the gap. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempt to rescue him, but Kade falls loose from Heatwave's ladder. The two [[human]]s head for a nearby waterfall, and all seems lost until Heatwave throws his fire hose, and Kade grabs it, saving them both.

Sometime later, [[Doc Greene]] shows video of the incident to [[Cody Burns]] in way of explanation for the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] he's built. Cody offers to be a test driver, but the doc already has someone for that. Cody believes himself to be more responsible than Kade, but Greene reminds him of the incident with the fusion-powered water gun. [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] has an idea, and believes Cody can prove he's mature by taking care of one of the doctor's other inventions—the [[Robo-Baby]], designed to record how babies see the world. Cody is unsure, and even less so when it turns out the Robo-Baby is even capable of soiling itself.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Boulder heats milk.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Cody takes the Robo-Baby back to the fire station, where he ropes the Rescue Bots into helping him look after the tyke. Heatwave regards it as a [[spark]]less machine, while the other Bots are enamored by it. [[Boulder]] attempts to warm some milk for the baby with a blowtorch, which results in a mess. While they clean the mess up, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] finds a baby bottle which quiets the Robo-Baby down, though it spews on [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. After it starts crying, Chase finds a [[Rubber Ducky]]. The baby doesn't like the toy, and throws it into the air. The Rubber Ducky lands in a nearby sink and is sucked down a drain, eventually entering the sewer system where it clogs a pipe. The sewer soon bursts.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby soiled duck.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Still trying to calm the Robo-Baby, Chase attempts to sing a lullaby, but his loud, flat singing doesn't help. Cody refuses to consult his siblings, but then they discover that Blades's rotors work like a mobile and the baby is soon snoozing. Unfortunately there's an emergency alarm-the broken sewer has caused a sinkhole to appear in front of the bank. While the Rescue Bots roll out, Cody takes the baby to the control room so he can monitor the rescue and the baby at the same time. Once at the bank, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades rescue a stranded bank customer, Heatwave and Chase set about propping the building up, and Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] venture into the hole to check out the burst pipe. As they need to shut down the water, Cody switches the power from the hydro-electric plant to the wind farm. The sight of the wind farm turbines wakes the Robo-Baby, but the bank is saved, and Graham fishes the Rubber Ducky from the pipe. Cody looks around, and discovers that the Robo-Baby is gone.

[[Image:FourBotsBaby Blades tries to rescue Robo-Baby.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The Rescue Bots return to the fire station to find Cody searching for the baby. Frankie gives Cody a call from the ferry to check how he's doing, and tells him that the Rob-Baby's worth three million dollars. The now-desperate search comes up blank, but Cody spots the wind farm rotors on the monitor, and they head there under the assumption that's where the Robo-Baby is. Heatwave uses his olfactory [[sensors]] to detect the baby, and they find it heading up one of the windmills on a platform. With Blades unable to move close enough to pick the baby up, Chase uses his singing to keep it away from the edge while Boulder scales the windmill. Unfortunately the baby falls before Boulder reaches it, and Heatwave has to grab it out of mid-air.

Doc Greene is fascinated by the readings the Robo-Baby has recorded. Impressed, Greene announces Cody can test the Turbo Cycle. Kade gets to look after the Robo-Baby for the next week.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (2)
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
* [[Boulder]] (5)
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)

|c3=
* [[Charlie Burns]] (1)
* [[Graham Burns]] (4)
* [[Kade Burns]] (6)
* [[Doc Greene]] (8)
* [[Cody Burns]] (9)
* [[Frankie Greene]] (10)
* [[Dani Burns]] (12)
* [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (13)

|c4=
* [[Robo-Baby]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Blades, watch the baby!" 
"Watch it do what?!"
:—'''Cody''' and '''Blades'''

"Ah, leakage that's not baby related."
:—'''Heatwave'''

"ROCK A BYE BABY ON TOP OF THE ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE. WHEN BOULDER CLIMBS UP, THE ROBO-BABY MAY LOSE ELEVATION PRECIPITOUSLY AND I CAN'T WATCH IT FALL AND BREAK IT'S TWO LITTLE ARMS."
:—'''Chase''' singing.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*840 wind turbines would not only far surpass the highest number of turbines for any single real-world wind farm, it would also require an area far larger than Griffin Rock itself!

===Continuity errors===

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title refers to the 1987 comedy film, [[Wikipedia:3 Men and a Baby|''3 Men and a Baby'']] (which just happened to be directed by [[Leonard Nimoy]]).

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Invasion (issue)

2012-06-27T08:36:01Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Transformers Timelines]]'' #7
|prev=The Stunti-Con Job
|next=
|seriesissue2=''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|Shattered Glass]]''
|prev2=Invasion Prologue
|seriesissue3=''[[Transformers: Classics#Fiction|Transformers: Classics]]''
|prev3=Invasion Prologue
|title="Invasion"
|image=Timelines07-BotConcover.jpg|caption=Prepare for mood whiplash.
|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
|date=[[BotCon 2012]], [[April 26]], [[2012]] ? (retail edition)
|writer=[[Benson Yee]] and [[Pete Sinclair]]
|pencils=[[Dan Khanna]]
|inks=[[Jake Isenberg]]
|colors=[[Josh Perez]], [[Jesse Wittenrich]], and [[Thomas Deer]]
|letters=Jesse Wittenrich
|editor=[[Pete Sinclair]]
|price=
|continuity=[[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|Shattered Glass continuity]]
}}
'''An evil Ultra Magnus and his army invade an unwitting alternate universe, threatening all existence.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Invasion-Magnusportal.jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''More''' Bad guys!]]

In the [[Shattered Glass]] universe, Ultra Magnus has just succeeded in removing himself from his prison cell on [[Paradron]], in addition to Wreck-Gar and his Junkions, thanks to the efforts of Wheeljack and Tracks. He's raised his brother Optimus on the monitors so he can gloat and tease his ultimate plan, which will involve destruction on a cosmic scale. As Optimus seethes in fury, Ultra Magnus kills the last remaining guard, Ironhide, who was Optimus's most trusted soldier. Wheeljack has opened a portal with his new hand-held [[Stellar Spanner]], and through it the escapees and traitors step. Magnus reminds his brother that he was always [[Alpha Trion (SG)|father's]] favorite, and soon Optimus would realize why.

After they disappear through the portal, Optimus Prime remotely activates Paradron's distress beacon, knowing that a certain someone would follow Magnus's trail anywhere.

Meanwhile, in the [[Classicverse]], Autobots in Oregon are cleaning up their Ironworks headquarters following a Decepticon attack lead by Gigatron. The attack had been repelled successfully, leaving the [[Rarified Energon]] Ironworks guarded intact. Inside Ironworks, Commander Rad and visiting Pretender Commander Metalhawk telecommunicate with Autobots in other areas of the world, informing them of Gigatron's recent attack. But the report is interrupted by an alert from outside. Kick-Off tells Rad that a portal in the sky was opening, possibly foretelling another invasion. Metalhawk offers his assistance outside, but Rad insists he and his troops have this covered.

[[Image:Invasion-cannotwillnot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Good guys.]]

But Rad has greatly underestimated the forces at work, and by the time he arrives outside, Sandstorm, Slapdash, and Broadside have been corrupted and reformatted into evil Junkions. Once converted, these Junkions quickly turn on their former comrades Mainframe, Outback, and Roll-Out. Above, the evil Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, Tracks, and the original Junkions burst through the portal and join the battle below. As more Autobots are reformatted into evil Junkions, Rad and Kick-Off have no choice but try to make it back inside Ironworks. Rad is tackled by a Junkion at the last moment, and he activates the door after Kick-Off runs through it, sacrificing himself so that Kick-Off may live.

The closed door doesn't stop Ultra Magnus for long, and his [[Terminus Blade]] slices through it easily. He's met by Metalhawk and other Autobot reinforcements. However, Magnus strikes down Warpath, Wheeljack, Tracks, and Jazz, leaving only Scoop and Metalhawk alive. Before they share the fate of the fallen, another portal opens up, through which heroic Decepticons arrive: Treadshot, Soundwave, Octopunch, and Straxus. With a blinding flash from the Terminus Blade, Magnus and his evil Autobots disappear.

Sir Soundwave explains his universe to the heroic Autobots, but Kick-Off isn't interested in the details. He just wants justice. Octopunch and Scoop are sent after Wheeljack, Treadshot puts himself in charge of finding Ultra Magnus, and the rest are responsible for the Junkion hive.

[[Image:Invasion-whatamess.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Good guys?]]

Meanwhile, outside of Ironworks, Gigatron and his Decepticons have been keeping watch since their defeat. Spinister reports that the Autobots have teamed up with strange visitors. Gigatron concludes that this distraction is perfect for another attempt on the Rarified Energon.

Underneath Ironworks, Wheeljack sets up machinery that will send the Rarified Energon up into Ironworks, plus a force field that will prevent the machinery's destruction. After Wheeljack leaves, evil Octopunch and Skullgrin converge on the protected machinery at the same time as heroic Octopunch and Scoop. Both factions battle, and Skullgrin is quickly defeated.

Aboveground, inside Ironworks, Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus are working the computers when Treadshot approaches. Quickly, Magnus inserts the Terminus Blade into a computer port, and a rift of space time opens in the sky. Cataclysms occur worldwide as Autobots in Japan, Canada, and South America help evacuate civilians from problem areas.

After heroic and evil Octopunches realize they are counterparts, heroic Octopunch finally defeats his opposite number, just as Scoop realizes there's nothing the two can do to reverse Wheeljack's handiwork. They return to the surface.

[[Image:Invasion-destroythem.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bad guys.]]

Aboveground, Treadshot and Kick-Off tackle Ultra Magnus while Soundwave decides he should try to reconfigure Wheeljack's machinery himself. On his way, he encounters and is overcome by the Junkion Hive, and is spared only by the timely arrival of Gigatron's evil Decepticons. Gigatron doesn't like these evil Autobots who threaten to destroy everything before he can conquer it himself, and so he joins the fray and lets Soundwave go. Gigatron and Metalhawk team up against Ultra Magnus, causing him severe damage. Soundwave returns from his work below and announces that Ultra Magnus's plan is foiled! Soundwave totally jacked up the forcefield below to cover the entire planet! Earth is saved!

Ultra Magnus laughs, noting that he wasn't trying to blow up Earth. Sure, it would probably be destroyed, but only as a side effect of his larger aim, which was moving this Earth to his own universe, into the orbit of his own Cybertron. Ultra Magnus and his evil Autobots flee, victorious.

After Earth arrives safely in the Shattered Glass universe, protected by the forcefield, their old universe self-destructs behind them, destroyed forever. Heroic Autobot, evil Decepticon, and heroic Decepticon all stare up into the sky in horror and wonder, into this new universe, mourning the countless dead. Straxus stands before them, glowing, and bids them to not despair. He recites for them words from one of their great progenitors, and suggests that not all is lost and there is still much left to do. Like going shopping and watching TV.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=SG Decepticons
|c1=
* [[Sir Soundwave]] (37)
* [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] (38)
* [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] (39)
* [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] (40)
* [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]] (41) (flashback)

|h2=SG Autobots
|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]] (3)
* [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
* [[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]] (5)
* [[Junkheap]] (6)
* [[Scrap Iron (SG)|Scrap Iron]] (7)
* [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] (8)
* [[Sunstreaker (SG)|Sunstreaker]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]] (42) (flashback)
* [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] (43) (flashback)
{{!}}}
|h3=[[Classicsverse]] Autobots
|c3=
* [[Ironworks]] (10)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (11)
* [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] (12)
* [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (13)
* [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (14)
* [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (15)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (16)
* [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (17)
* [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (18)
* [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (19)
* [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] (20)
* [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] (21)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (22)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (23)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (26)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (27)
* [[Rad]] (28)
* [[Metalhawk]] (30)
* [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] (31)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (32)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (33)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (34)
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (35)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (36)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (44) (flashback)
* [[Rescue Roy]] (59)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (60)

|h4=Classicsverse Decepticons
|c4=
* [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (45)
* [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (46)
* [[Skullgrin]] (47)
* [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] (48)
* [[Weirdwolf]] (61)
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (62)
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (63)
* [[Snarler]] (64)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (65)
* [[Horri-Bull]] (66)
* [[Stranglehold]] (67)
|h5=Humans
|c5=
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (24)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (29)
* [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] (49)
* [[Tracer (Nebulan)|Tracer]] (50)
* [[Robot-Master]] (51)
* [[Simon Furman]] (52)
* [[Spider-Man]] (53)
* Power Man (54)
* Invisible Woman (55)
* [[Sari Sumdac (G1)|Sari Sumdac]] (56)
* [[Isaac Sumdac (G1)|Isaac Sumdac]] (57)
* Elektra (58)
}}

==Quotes==
"Every one of them will pay for how they laughed at our plans! Or how they would have laughed had they known. Either way... '''BOOM!'''"
:— '''SG Wheeljack'''

"Oh, dear '''Treadshot''', you delightful Decepticon scum! I can't '''tell''' you how much I '''missed''' you trying to kill me."
:— '''Ultra Magnus''' has a special relationship with Treadshot

"'''Magnus! You coward!''' Like a small, herbivorous shrew, you are '''nothing!''' I will hunt you to the ends of time! I will '''burn your empire''' to the ground I... I... '''I fraggin' hate that guy.'''"
:— '''Treadshot''' has a special relationship with Ultra Magnus

==Notes==
* At the end of this story, it seems that anyone in the Classicsverse who wasn't on Earth was destroyed. As [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had left Earth in "[[At Fight's End]]" with a ship full of Decepticons, that likely suggests their demise, as well as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s group which left Earth at the end of "[[Games of Deception]]." And let's not forget [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]'s detective agency on [[Azure]]. Comments made at [[BotCon 2012]] imply that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was also off-planet at the time. However, other statements suggest that anyone not on Earth is not necessarily dead, hinting at the club magazine storyline for 2013. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86669&st=0&p=2061951&#entry2061951 Comments from Pete Sinclair]</ref>
*The convention edition cover came about because [[User:Monzo|someone]] linked the organizers to a ComicsAlliance article about Dave Perillo's work via Twitter. <ref>https://twitter.com/Monzo12782/status/146764169339863040</ref>
===Errors===
* Lotsa missing commas and some comma splices. Example: "I am one of Gigatron's personal guards, you have no hope of defeating Octopunch!"
* On page 13, SG Octopunch has purple Decepticon symbols.
* Fortress Maximus is said to be stationed in [[South America]], but the civilians he rescue speak in Yucatec Maya, which is a language spoken on the Yucatan Peninsula and in Belize, which are in North America.

===Continuity errors===
* Depending on the canonicity of 2007's Classicverse Lithograph, Perceptor should probably be in his [[Perceptor_%28G1%29#Classics|''Classics'' Legends Class body]], not his original body.

===Real-world references===
* As storms threaten Earth's existence, modern-day South Americans worry their ancestors were right about [[2012]].

===Transformers references===
* Ultra Magnus kills Ironhide in a way similar to Ironhide's death in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]].'' "Such pitiful nonsense!"
* Ultra Magnus and the Terminus Blade were mentioned briefly in earlier stories, and both are only now being given center stage. The Stellar Spanner was also introduced earlier, but had a much larger role.
* Ratchet is still in the new body he acquired in "[[At Fight's End]]," but now it's colored like the North American release versus the Japanese release.
* The "Canada" panel on page 16 is full of tiny Marvel Superhero cameos. And Simon Furman. Also ... Robot-Master? ...and Rescue Roy???
* Octopunch mentions that he survived the Unicron War.
* There are three inverted [[Furmanism]]s. First is Wheeljack's "Sow the edy!", second is Magnus's "My time is about to start! Begin!" and the third is Treadshot's "Like a small, herbivorous shrew, you are nothing!"
* ''Shattered'' Straxus's speech at the end mirrors [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s reassurance at the end of "[[All Fall Down]]."
* Many visual details throughout the story cement the main setting as a Marvel-style universe, such as Blaster, Wheeljack, and Octopunch's colors and Broadside's character model. Slapdash's head is based on the round, helmeted face seen in his ''Transformers: Universe'' profile, not the square-ish helmet seen in the comics themselves.

===Covers===
* '''BotCon Edition:'''

==References==
<references />

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[[Category:Classics issues]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass issues]]
[[Category:Timelines issues]]
[[Category:Script reading]]

Optimus Prime (SG)

2012-06-25T12:55:13Z

85.31.137.11: /* Shattered Glass */

{{factions|sgAutobot|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot leader|his heroic counterpart|Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is the [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the evil [[Autobot]]s from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Optimusshatteredsipher.jpg|right|300px|thumb|EVIL LINCOLN'S '''''BAAAAAACK!!!''''']]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the sadistic, tyrannical leader of the evil [[Autobot]]s, a cruel and ambitious villain whose plans fall nothing short of universal conquest. First stop: [[Earth]]! The only thing standing in Prime's path to domination is [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], a young and noble [[Decepticon]] willing to lead a small band of rebels in a fight for freedom.

Long ago, he was a librarian named '''Optronix''' who cheated his way up through Cybertronian society. He formed the war-loving Autobots and initiated a war against the complacent, but it wasn't until a crucial, yet undocumented moment that he truly turned insane. He suspends the corpses of his enemies and would-be usurpers on the walls, talking to them as if they still lived. He is completely unhinged, prone to deadly outbursts against even his most loyal followers.

{{quote|Strike, my Autobots! Strike with all the power at your disposal! Let those who see our wisdom join us, and those who choose to stagnate be cut out like the rotting cancer they are!|Optimus Prime says it's on|"[[Shattered Glass]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
[[Image:Optronixshattered.jpg|left|250px|thumb|The Dewey Decimal System is a cruel mistress.]]
Dangerously obsessive, Optronix worked as a librarian in the Great Cybertronian Archives. Backstabbing his way up the ranks, he soon amassed a following of like-minded Cybertronians who believed in his code of advancement through conflict. Suddenly, his armies attacked, sweeping through cities and killing those who refused to join them. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}} When the scientist [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] turned down Optronix's offer, he ordered Starscream's [[Crystal City]] home to be destroyed in front of him. {{storylink|Starscream (SG)|Starscream's toy bio card}} With their spoils, his "Autobots" began arming themselves with more complicated weaponry, but Optronix, now named Optimus Prime, saved the most advanced upgrades for himself. His hunger for power and knowledge ended one day without warning; he discovered something terrible that destroyed his mind, and in place of his cold calculations was now an unhinged mind bent on random, indiscriminate violence. He strung up his countless victims along the walls of [[Great Dome|his headquarters]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and began talking to them, asking them mockingly for advice.

But [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], a young champion from [[Polyhex]], gathered an army to oppose him. Megatron's forces also had a way to counter Optimus Prime's military superiority: the ability to configure their bodies into alternate forms. It did not take long for Optimus Prime to steal this "Decepticon" technology for himself. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

[[Image:Invasion-MagnusFlashback.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Only an evil Optimus Prime would rip off someone's face! I hate you, you hate me. Let's punch this scrapheap up a tree!]]

At some point Optimus Prime's brother [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] staged a coup. It ended unsuccessfully, with Ultra Magnus losing his face and being imprisoned on [[Paradron]]. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

When the Decepticons destroyed all but one of the rogue mercenary group named the [[Wrecker]]s in the battle of [[Praxus-Delta]], Optimus Prime welcomed their leader, [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]], into his ranks. {{storylink|Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus's toy bio}} Increasingly paranoid, Optimus Prime began suspecting his subordinates of treachery. He killed the leader of his elite [[Seeker (SG)|Seeker]] unit, [[Drench (SG)|Drench]], and when he learned of Seeker [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]]'s dissatisfaction with his leader's assassination, Prime staged an ambush to kill him. However, not only did Sideswipe narrowly escape and join the Decepticons, {{storylink|Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe's toy bio}} one of Optimus's few friends and savior at the [[Torus Heights]] battles, [[Cliffjumper (SG)|another Autobot]], happened to be at the [[Rad Zone|location of the ambush]] and did get killed. Optimus never learned of this though, and assumed Cliffjumper had died in the battle at [[Darkmount]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}} Optimus chose Rodimus in place of Sideswipe and [[Goldbug (SG)|Bumblebee]] to take Drench's place as the Seeker unit's new leader, having him rebuilt into the fearsome Goldbug. {{storylink|Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug's toy bio}}

Optimus began looking elsewhere. He targeted the distant planet Earth for conquest, had several of his Autobots reconfigure their bodies to transform into the machinery native to the planet, and began construction of an [[Ark (SG)|''Ark'']]. However, he requested so much weaponry to be built onto the starship that the integrity of the launching platform was in question. He dismissed these concerns.

[[Image:Optimusshatteredhallway.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Optimus got a [[Skyquake (SG)|Skyquake]] in his collection?? Wow! Yeah, the plastic [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|does that]].]]

Close to the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s completion, [[Cliffjumper (SG)|Cliffjumper]] appeared to return from the dead. At first, he was readily welcomed back into their ranks, but they quickly learned that he was not their Cliffjumper at all, but a [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper doppelganger]]. Prime shot him and ordered his body dumped in the [[Rad Zone]]. This backfired, as Cliffjumper was recruited by the Decepticons, and during a subsequent full-scale Decepticon attack, his [[glass gas]] weaponry was used in an attack on the ''Ark'' launching platform. Prime's plans to conquer Earth were stopped for the moment. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

After a later Autobot ambush at the recently rediscovered [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump, the Cliffjumper doppelganger angrily rushed Optimus Prime, followed by the combined forces of the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]. Despite it all, Optimus Prime kept on his feet, though his rage was growing with every blow. No one, however, was expecting the sudden arrival of an army of [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobot]]s led by the exiled mad scientist, [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]. Optimus Prime ordered the rampaging Dinobots to destroy the Decepticons, but instead the beasts attacked each other. During the chaos, both sides withdrew.

Optimus Prime was furious at the Autobots' failure. At [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]]'s clever suggestion, Prime ordered Wheeljack be put in charge of rebuilding the ''Ark'', a task that the mad scientist felt was beneath him. Also, he demanded that the Dinobots be hunted down and gathered for the Autobots' purposes.

Blurr and Rodimus returned triumphantly with eight Dinobots, though Rodimus had lost his hand in the process. Optimus Prime stood over Rodimus as he awoke from [[Ratchet (SG)|Ratchet]]'s table: the traitorous Seeker now had a buzzsaw in place of where his hand used to be. A suitable punishment! Prime told Rodimus he should be grateful he let him live at all. Perhaps he should use the saw to remove that [[facial hair|ridiculous thing]] from his face? Though Blurr and Rodimus thought Grimlock had died during their search for the Dinobots, sure enough, Grimlock appeared, alive and strangely very intelligent, within their base. Optimus Prime was about to punish Grimlock as well, but Grimlock pointed out a fuel system error in the blueprints of the ''Ark''. The evil Autobot leader let the Dinobot leader go, but demanded someone be brought to him he could destroy. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

When Optimus Prime ordered the ''Ark'' fixed, he knew that the Decepticons would try to follow the Autobots into space. [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]] mentioned that [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] had taken care of the Decepticons. Optimus's eyes filled with rage as he learned that Ricochet had captured Megatron. Prime immediately left to reprimand Ricochet for stealing the honor of destroying Megatron. Upon his arrival at the [[Temple of Knowledge]], Optimus and Ricochet were attacked by a group of Decepticon [[Micromaster]]s, allowing Megatron to escape. After a few turnabouts, Megatron won the day. The ''Ark'' launched without Optimus Prime (due to Rodimus' treachery), so Prime ordered a retreat. Once back at the launch site, he learned from Blurr that Rodimus had thrown the Autobots loyal to Prime off the ship. Optimus Prime ordered Ricochet to the [[Agonizing Rehabilitation Chamber]]s for his impudent plan of capturing Megatron. He also promised that Blurr had failed him for the last time. {{storylink|Do Over}}

In one of [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]]' explanatory flashbacks to [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], Optimus Prime asked [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]] how progress was coming on [[Omega Doom]]. He was pleased to hear that it was going well, and gloated that once the behemoth was finished, the galaxy would be his for the taking.
[[Image:TakingOutRemotePatrol6_Reunification5.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I said, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] [[FIRRIB|is blue!]]]]
In the present day, Rodimus promised that his assassins would take down Optimus Prime at the same time [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]]'s agents took down Megatron, thus paving the way for their own conquering. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}

Or not.

After the assassination of Megatron, [[Hound (SG)|Hound]] and [[Remote Patrol Six]] made their move, surrounding Optimus Prime and Ricochet as they discussed Megatron's death, intending to kill Optimus and install Rodimus in his place as Prime. Hound's rally cries failed to impress Optimus, and the Autobot leader proceeded to use Ricochet as a living shield against a blast from [[Warpath (SG)|Warpath's]] chest-mounted cannon, before crushing [[Kup (SG)|Kup's]] head with his bare hands, destroying Warpath's chest cannon, taking out Hound by flinging Warpath into him, and cannon-blasting [[Camshaft (SG)|Camshaft]] in the head.

However, the battle was not over yet, as [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] and [[Nightscream (TransTech)|Nightscream]] had arrived to kill Optimus themselves. However, Prime introduced the trio to a completed [[Omega Doom]], who reduced Alpha Trion to a distant smear on the ground, before going off to destroy the Decepticons while Optimus dealt with Sky Lynx and Nightscream. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}}

At some unspecified point in time, a team of Autobots somehow under the command of both [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] and Optimus Prime fought [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] and [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] in the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth, "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (SG)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]." According to Ravage, anyway. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #3|Recordicons #3}}

Optimus Prime was destroyed and left to die during an important battle in [[Mirtonian constellation|Sector 17 of the Mirtonian Quadrant]]. After Prime was abandoned by his troops, he dragged himself into a nearby [[CR Chamber]], and with the help of a local tech, he was upgraded into a new body with a sword made out of a mysterious "[[G-Metal]]." Optimus Prime returned to Polyhex and murdered many of those who had abandoned him.

Some time after Prime returned, his brother Ultra Magnus and the [[Junkion (SG)|Junkion]]s were sprung from the prison planet of Paradron by Wheeljack and [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]]. Optimus Prime watched over a viewscreen as Magnus killed several of his most loyal warriors. After Magnus and his new army escaped via the [[Stellar Spanner]] into an alternate universe, Optimus Prime activated a distress beacon, knowing that Magnus's rival [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] would do his dirty work for him. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Optimusprimesgtoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Pimpimus Prime: all he needs is a tiger-print hat.]]
*'''Shattered Glass''' (BotCon box set, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Aero-fairing "ion blaster", smokestack rifle

:''Shattered Glass'' Optimus Prime is a purple, gray, and black [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], transforming into a semi cab of undetermined, probably made-up model. In robot mode, his aero fairing transforms into a large ion blaster, and his smokestacks transform into a smaller blaster. Additionally, both can combine together to form a back-mounted shoulder weapon.

: Optimus Prime is only available as part of a set of six toys, along with [[Jazz (SG)|Autobot Jazz]], [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw]] and [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]].

: His mold was also used for ''Classics'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/BCOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|InvasionSGPrime}}
[[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012OptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In the mirrorverse, Transformers get smaller and less impressive with each update.]]
*'''Invasion''' (BotCon souvenir set, 2012)
**''Accessories'': "G-Metal" sword

:''Shattered Glass'' Optimus Prime is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Optimus Prime]], in the same colors as the 2008 figure. A large Autobot [[insignia]] adorns the hood; along one side of the hood is inscribed "I shall stand...", with the other side reading "... the rest shall fall". He comes with a sword he can wield with both hands, and is folded up and stored between his legs in truck mode, forming the fifth wheel.

: Optimus Prime was packaged with ''Classics'' [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Over]], available for purchase by [[BotCon 2012]] attendees.

: This mold was also used to make [[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Scourge]], and was also retooled into ''Shattered Glass'' [[Ultra Magnus (SG)#Timelines|Ultra Magnus]].

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==Notes==
* Evil Optimus Prime's bio art was featured on the back of one of two t-shirts made available at BotCon 2008, and later on the [[Fun Publications]] Official [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] web-store.
* ''Shattered Glass'' fiction writers [[Trent Troop]] and [[Greg Sepelak]] have said that evil Optimus sounds like Venger, the [[wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|''Dungeons & Dragons'' cartoon]] villain voiced by [[Peter Cullen]].
*He may or may not have a [[Combat Deck (SG)|trailer]].

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Bulkhead (SG Animated)

2012-06-25T12:52:14Z

85.31.137.11: /* The AllSpark Almanac Addendum */

{{factions|sgAutobot}}
{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot|his heroic Autobot counterpart|Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead}}
:''Bulkhead is an evil [[Autobot]] from the "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Bulkhead''' possesses a large amount of sheer power.

==Fiction==
===''The AllSpark Almanac Addendum''===
Bulkhead and the other four Autobots were captured by [[Heroic Youths Battling Robots Infesting Detroit|HYBRID]] and stuck in [[Soundwave (SG Animated)|Soundwave]]'s VR world where they were subjected to videos of a certain purple [[technorganic]] dinosaur in an attempt to turn them into goody-goods. Maybe it was Barney the dinosaur from this sick mirror world. [[Sari Sumdac (SG Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] freed them with the help of some local [[hobobot]]s, and they smashed Soundwave. {{storylink|The AllSpark Almanac Addendum}}

[[Category:Almanac-only characters]]
[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Autobots]]

Big Convoy (BW)

2012-06-25T12:25:55Z

85.31.137.11: /* Beast Wars Neo cartoon */

{{factions|maximal}}
:''Big Convoy is a [[Maximal]] leader from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:BigConvoy sourcebook 2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Was the [[Dark of the Moon (film)|dark of the moon]] on the sixth of June, in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQJNnkXSzws Kenworth haulin' logs]...]]
'''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ ''Biggu Konboi'') is a high-ranking yet severely asocial general in the [[Maximal]] army. He is often called by his nickname, "the One-Man Army", due to his isolationist behavior and immense skill in battle. He can transform into a woolly [[mammoth]], and his weapon of choice is the descriptively named [[Big Cannon]]. At one point, he was a freelancer, working with [[Rockbuster]], until he joined the Maximal army officially. He has a heated but respectful rivalry with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Magmatron]]. The [[Convoy Council]] recognize Big Convoy's skill and dedication, yet do not approve of his introverted attitude. He carries an [[Energon Matrix]] connected to the [[Vector Sigma]] supercomputer.

{{quote|I never trust anyone—except for my Big Cannon.|Big Convoy|"[[A Battle Fought Alone]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Junichi Inoue]] (Japanese)

{{cleanup|April 2009|Needs storylinks to all the episodes he appears in and general expansion}}

[[Image:BigConvoyAnime1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|We've got a great big codpiece. Now Eat!]]
Hoping to curb Big Convoy's psychotically antisocial behavior, the [[Convoy Council]] ordered him to train a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy loathed the assignment at first, but being a loyal soldier, accepted the task. His first mission was to explore [[Gaea]] and investigate the disappearance of [[Lio Convoy]]. Little did he know, [[Magmatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Lio Convoy, Big Convoy learned of the [[Angolmois]] capsules ejected after the destruction of [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way.

Big Convoy is not one for compassion or sentimental gobbledygook. Because of this bitter attitude, [[Vector Sigma]] took it upon itself to dispense words of wisdom and encouragement to the recruits directly ''through'' Big Convoy, via his [[Energon Matrix]]. Big Convoy hated it at first, but over the course of the adventure, the sense of compassion began to rub off on him, and he started giving words of advice all on his own.

Eventually, after the Maximals and Predacons collected all the capsules, they were attacked by the [[Blendtron|Blendtrons]], a fearsome trio of nearly invincible Transformers. The Blendtrons beat the mortal hell out of him, the Maximals and the Predacons, and took the Angolmois capsules. As it turned out, the Angolmois energy was really the essence of [[Unicron]], and the Blendtrons were his creations.

The Blendtrons released the Angolomois energy into the corpse of [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], resurrecting Unicron. Big Convoy and the Maximals raced him back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] but were sidetracked by being sucked into a wormhole. It turned out to be the same wormhole that had sucked in Lio Convoy and his crew after their battle against Nemesis. Lio Convoy told Big Convoy the history of Unicron and helped him escape the wormhole.

The Maximals arrived too late; Unicron had already destroyed the Maximal armada (and [[Great Convoy]] with it) and possessed Vector Sigma, turning Cybertron into his new body. Big Convoy, the Maximal recruits and Magmatron stood side-by-side to fight the menace. Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to swat his opponents. Using their newfound teamwork, the Maximals managed to hold off Unicron while Big Convoy powered up his trademarked "Big Cannon" with his own [[Energon Matrix]]. This upgraded his Big Cannon into the "Matrix Buster". Big Convoy unleashed a blast from his Matrix Buster directly into Unicron, seemingly destroying him.

With Unicron evicted from Vector Sigma, Big Convoy and Magmatron chose to put aside their differences. Together, all missing Maximals and Predacons set adrift (especially those from [[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Lio Convoy's time]]) returned to Cybertron to help rebuild the planet. In the end, Big Convoy, Magmatron and Lio Convoy were seen standing side-by-side beneath Vector Sigma.

===''Beast Wars'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' comic====
[[Image:bwn-nanatunoko-manga-01-1.jpg|thumb|right|180px|]]

Long before [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]]'s conflict took place, Big Convoy was originally a [[mammoth]] named '''Big''' on a cold, primitive world on a distant planet located in the [[7th Cosmos]]. He and Magmatron's minions were evolved by the power of [[Angolmois]] energy from the mysterious "Divine Stone", which was in fact an Angolmois capsule that fell on his home planet. Some of his friends were killed by Magmatron's gang during his absence.

Later, Big saved Lio Convoy, who had been sent back in time and to Big's planet, from the dinosaur gang's attack. Big then took Lio Convoy to a hot spring to heal his wounds. After a conversation, Big took Lio Convoy to the place where the capsule had fallen. When Lio Convoy was investigating the capsule, Big was attacked by the [[Magmatron|Giganotosaurus]] from behind. Despite badly wounded, Big told Lio Convoy to leave and managed to push the dinosaur gang into the valley where the capsule was. The capsule exploded on impact, and the Angolmois energy evolved those dinosaurs into Transformers. Their leader, now proclaiming himself [[Magmatron]], thanked Big's effort for having they gain more power. Lio Convoy transformed into robot mode to fight and defeated most of them, except for Magmatron, who defeated Lio Convoy with ease.

Some time later, Lio Convoy crawls out of the thick snow where he was hiding. Regretting the mammoth's involvement, Lio Convoy used his [[Energon Matrix]] to cure Big. The power of Energon Matrix not only healed the mammoth, but it also turned him into a [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy-class]] [[Transformer]]. However, he lost all of his memories before awakening in a snowstorm. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' comic====
Big Convoy later became the notorious One-Man's-Army in the Maximals. During a conflict, he disregarded [[Crow Convoy]]'s orders, rushed into a Predacon space fortress, and blew it up. The shock wave of the blast caused damage to the [[Maximal Army 7th Fleet]]. For disregarding orders, Big Convoy was sent by the Convoy Council to the planet Gaea as an instructor for five rookie Maximals.

After the [[Unicron|Black Ball]] was retrived from the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'' on Gaea, the mysterious object was brought aboard the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', where it activated the warp engine. {{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} During the warp, the Black Ball told the story of Lio Convoy and Galvatron to the crew. Big Convoy felt the name "Lio Convoy" sounded familiar, but he couldn't recall where he would have heard the name. After arriving the planet [[Luxor]], the ''Gung Ho'' was attacked by the Predacon flagship ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''. Big's ship crash landed on an asteroid before the rookies managed to enter the atmosphere of Luxor. When fixing the ship, Big asked NAVI for information on Lio Convoy, only to learn Lio Convoy was a rookie and they never met each other according to the official record. {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}}

Big Convoy confronted Magmatron in a battle, but had no memory of his old rival. Big Convoy defeated Magmatron by blasting him several times with the [[Big Cannon]], the only thing he trusted. {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}}

In order to save [[Break]] from being sucked out into outer space, he lost the Big Cannon in a battle with the Predacons on the planet [[Jörmungandr]]. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

[[Image:MangaBigConvoyVsBlentrons.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Who wants some?!]]

On an [[Wikipedia:amphitheatre|amphitheatre]] near the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], it was revealed that both he and Magmatron were the last Angolmois energy capsule, and thus the Black Ball, revealed to be Unicron, wanted to consume them to recover his energies. When Unicron spoke with him, Big Convoy regained all his lost memories, feeling sorrow and despairing.

He teamed up with Magmatron and rode on him, fighting against Unicron and the [[Blendtron]]s, but to no avail. Big Convoy was saved by [[Heinrad]], the agent of the [[Ruler of Time and Space]]. Heinrad told Big Convoy about the truth of Unicron, the Ruler, and the Universe, asking him to save the Universe. Big Convoy initially refused, stating he didn't care what would the world become because he was always alone. Heirad told Big that he wasn't alone anymore. After Heinrad was forced to leave, Big Convoy found Magmatron was chewed up by Unicron. A dying Magmatron, now reduced to only a head, left his [[Magma Blade]] to Big Convoy as a "parting gift" and asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword. Big Convoy killed him with the Magma Blade. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

Now with the Magma Blade in his possession, Big Convoy headed to the planet Cybertron with his crew to battle Unicron, who had latched onto the planet like a parasite and turned it into his new body. Big Convoy tricked Unicron to the clustered planetary system "[[Georgian]]", which is like a minefield to Unicron. After Unicron lost all of his limbs, Big Convoy successfully destroyed Unicron's physical form by stabbing his right [[optic|eye]] with Magma Blade. However, Unicron's tarry essence emerged from its eye and plastered itself on Big Convoy's body, trying to possess him. Big Convoy took the [[Energon Matrix|Matrix]] out from his chest and unleashed its power, sacrificing himself and successfully destroying Unicron once and for all. In his last moments before dying, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to take him to a place where his soul could rest in peace.

Big Convoy's spark was later recycled by Heinrad's crew, and he was ultimately resurrected as a normal mammoth on a distant snowy planet similar to his birthplace, with no memory of his time as a Transformer. He returned to how he was before being affected by Angolmois energy. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
At one point, [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] discovered a node with several space bridges displaying images from several other Transformer universes. One of those showed Big Convoy, who seemed to be looking right back at Jetfire. Jetfire, thinking he'd seen the Optimus Prime he knew, tried to say so, but only stuttered, possibly in shock. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:BigConvoyIDW1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Where everybody knows your name...]]
Before the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Big Convoy was known as the "one robot army" and was assigned by the [[Maximal Elder]]s to the ''Gung Ho'' and its crew of Maximal rookies. Together, they defeated Magmatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 1}}

Big Convoy was part of Cybertron's [[Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs]] alongside [[Heinrad]] and [[Magmatron]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}} Because of his distinguished service, he was a high-ranking member of the joint committee. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 1}}

On Cybertron, Big Convoy, along with [[Tasmania Kid]], had been investigating recent disturbances and riots occurring with increasing frequency. He found that the riots had been set off by the use of Angolmois delivery capsules—something which he thought he had seen the last of. Though the [[Maximal Imperium]] sent their aide, [[Ikard]], to bring Big Convoy to them, he refused to come, citing the importance of getting some control in the field. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

[[Image:CybertronianBigConvoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He doesn't attend to politicians when there's asses to kick.]]

Following the trail of the Angolmois incidents, he and his unit were able to locate a monolithic structure jutting from the Cybertronian skyline. [[Cohrada]] speculated that the new building was in fact quite ancient, a part of an older era of Cybertron that was thrust up through the substructure. [[Shokaract]] emerged from the structure, eager to demonstrate his newfound power. Big Convoy retaliated, transforming into a heavily-armed spider-tank alt mode. Magmatron witnessed that unless the timestream was altered, the Maximal leader would also be killed by Shokaract. Thus, the chronally displaced Predacon chose that moment in time for the transwarp coordinates to give to [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Therefore, the battle was interrupted by the appearance of [[Lio Convoy]]'s transwarp cruiser, sparing Big Convoy. However, this hope was in vain, as it was soon shot down by Shokaract. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Big Convoy later met [[Bump]], a "specialist" sent by Lio Convoy. Soon afterwards, Big Convoy and his soldiers encountered the Pack, along with immigrants from Earth, including [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He participated in the plan and battled with Shokaract's forces. After their enemies were defeated, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hoped that no threat came up while they were focused on rebuilding Cybertron, which had fallen into a sorry state after Shokaract's distribution of Angolmois. Unfortunately, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] popped up just in time to dash that hope. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
*'''Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-35'''
**''Accessories:'' Big Cannon, Mammoth Haken *2, Energon Matrix

: Big Convoy transforms into a mammoth and is somewhat infamous for being an extremely difficult-to-transform [[shellformer]], as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. As such, he has no leg articulation in this mode, though he has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head. In addition, the movement of his tusks can be controlled by pulling either of his ears. Big Convoy technically has a beast "attack mode", in which his Big Cannon is folded out.

[[Image:BigConvoyMatrix1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Pimp My Ribcage.]]
:In robot mode, Big Convoy stands slightly shorter than the original ''Beast Wars'' Ultra class [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Lio Convoy]] toys, but makes up for it by being absolutely chock-full of weapons and gimmicks. First and foremost, the spring-loaded Big Cannon, formed out the beast head, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands and can be stored on his back, though doing this may cause some stability problems owing to its weight. Secondly, he has flip-out [[wikipedia:tonfa|tonfa]] melee weapons in his forearms. Thirdly, the two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles (similar to the original ''Beast Wars'' Ultra class [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] toy). Last, but certainly not least, his chest panel flips down, revealing the first-ever removable Matrix toy accessory, vacuum-metalized gold with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.

: This mold was also used to make [[Black Big Convoy]], ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]'' [[Ultra Mammoth]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/BigConvoy/bigconvoy.htm More information on Big Convoy at TFU.info]''

{{-}}
*'''Duel of the Universe: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (Vs pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-35'''

: As with most Japanese Transformers of the time, Big Convoy was also available in a Versus pack with his chief adversary, Magmatron. Both toys were unchanged from the regular releases.

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Bigconvoy shell.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm NOT a [[Pretender]].]]
* Big Convoy's toy is a [[shellformer]] to such a significant degree that the [[Kibble|shell part]]s can be detached from the main figure to form the majority of his beast mode on its own.

* [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline]] says that ''Beast Wars Neo'' took place thousands of years after ''Beast Wars''. In IDW's continuity, events similar to ''Beast Wars Neo'' happened in the ''past'', and Big Convoy is still alive at the same time as [[Optimus Primal]].

* According to a conversation between Big Convoy and [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] in the "[[There Are 7 Capsules]]", Big Convoy is actually older than Lio Convoy due to Lio Convoy's time travelling to the past in the ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Neo'' comic continuity. Big Convoy refers Lio Convoy as "a rookie Convoy" after reading his profile, but without any belittling.

*Big Convoy can directly enter the atmosphere without getting burnt out. Big Convoy claims it is because his thick fur can protect him.{{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}}

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[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars II Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Maximal leaders]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

Big Convoy (BW)

2012-06-25T12:25:15Z

85.31.137.11: /* Beast Wars Neo cartoon */

{{factions|maximal}}
:''Big Convoy is a [[Maximal]] leader from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:BigConvoy sourcebook 2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Was the [[Dark of the Moon (film)|dark of the moon]] on the sixth of June, in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQJNnkXSzws Kenworth haulin' logs]...]]
'''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ ''Biggu Konboi'') is a high-ranking yet severely asocial general in the [[Maximal]] army. He is often called by his nickname, "the One-Man Army", due to his isolationist behavior and immense skill in battle. He can transform into a woolly [[mammoth]], and his weapon of choice is the descriptively named [[Big Cannon]]. At one point, he was a freelancer, working with [[Rockbuster]], until he joined the Maximal army officially. He has a heated but respectful rivalry with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Magmatron]]. The [[Convoy Council]] recognize Big Convoy's skill and dedication, yet do not approve of his introverted attitude. He carries an [[Energon Matrix]] connected to the [[Vector Sigma]] supercomputer.

{{quote|I never trust anyone—except for my Big Cannon.|Big Convoy|"[[A Battle Fought Alone]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Junichi Inoue]] (Japanese)

{{cleanup|April 2009|Needs storylinks to all the episodes he appears in and general expansion}}

[[Image:BigConvoyAnime1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|We've got a great big codpiece.Now Eat!]]
Hoping to curb Big Convoy's psychotically antisocial behavior, the [[Convoy Council]] ordered him to train a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy loathed the assignment at first, but being a loyal soldier, accepted the task. His first mission was to explore [[Gaea]] and investigate the disappearance of [[Lio Convoy]]. Little did he know, [[Magmatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Lio Convoy, Big Convoy learned of the [[Angolmois]] capsules ejected after the destruction of [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way.

Big Convoy is not one for compassion or sentimental gobbledygook. Because of this bitter attitude, [[Vector Sigma]] took it upon itself to dispense words of wisdom and encouragement to the recruits directly ''through'' Big Convoy, via his [[Energon Matrix]]. Big Convoy hated it at first, but over the course of the adventure, the sense of compassion began to rub off on him, and he started giving words of advice all on his own.

Eventually, after the Maximals and Predacons collected all the capsules, they were attacked by the [[Blendtron|Blendtrons]], a fearsome trio of nearly invincible Transformers. The Blendtrons beat the mortal hell out of him, the Maximals and the Predacons, and took the Angolmois capsules. As it turned out, the Angolmois energy was really the essence of [[Unicron]], and the Blendtrons were his creations.

The Blendtrons released the Angolomois energy into the corpse of [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], resurrecting Unicron. Big Convoy and the Maximals raced him back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] but were sidetracked by being sucked into a wormhole. It turned out to be the same wormhole that had sucked in Lio Convoy and his crew after their battle against Nemesis. Lio Convoy told Big Convoy the history of Unicron and helped him escape the wormhole.

The Maximals arrived too late; Unicron had already destroyed the Maximal armada (and [[Great Convoy]] with it) and possessed Vector Sigma, turning Cybertron into his new body. Big Convoy, the Maximal recruits and Magmatron stood side-by-side to fight the menace. Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to swat his opponents. Using their newfound teamwork, the Maximals managed to hold off Unicron while Big Convoy powered up his trademarked "Big Cannon" with his own [[Energon Matrix]]. This upgraded his Big Cannon into the "Matrix Buster". Big Convoy unleashed a blast from his Matrix Buster directly into Unicron, seemingly destroying him.

With Unicron evicted from Vector Sigma, Big Convoy and Magmatron chose to put aside their differences. Together, all missing Maximals and Predacons set adrift (especially those from [[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Lio Convoy's time]]) returned to Cybertron to help rebuild the planet. In the end, Big Convoy, Magmatron and Lio Convoy were seen standing side-by-side beneath Vector Sigma.

===''Beast Wars'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' comic====
[[Image:bwn-nanatunoko-manga-01-1.jpg|thumb|right|180px|]]

Long before [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]]'s conflict took place, Big Convoy was originally a [[mammoth]] named '''Big''' on a cold, primitive world on a distant planet located in the [[7th Cosmos]]. He and Magmatron's minions were evolved by the power of [[Angolmois]] energy from the mysterious "Divine Stone", which was in fact an Angolmois capsule that fell on his home planet. Some of his friends were killed by Magmatron's gang during his absence.

Later, Big saved Lio Convoy, who had been sent back in time and to Big's planet, from the dinosaur gang's attack. Big then took Lio Convoy to a hot spring to heal his wounds. After a conversation, Big took Lio Convoy to the place where the capsule had fallen. When Lio Convoy was investigating the capsule, Big was attacked by the [[Magmatron|Giganotosaurus]] from behind. Despite badly wounded, Big told Lio Convoy to leave and managed to push the dinosaur gang into the valley where the capsule was. The capsule exploded on impact, and the Angolmois energy evolved those dinosaurs into Transformers. Their leader, now proclaiming himself [[Magmatron]], thanked Big's effort for having they gain more power. Lio Convoy transformed into robot mode to fight and defeated most of them, except for Magmatron, who defeated Lio Convoy with ease.

Some time later, Lio Convoy crawls out of the thick snow where he was hiding. Regretting the mammoth's involvement, Lio Convoy used his [[Energon Matrix]] to cure Big. The power of Energon Matrix not only healed the mammoth, but it also turned him into a [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy-class]] [[Transformer]]. However, he lost all of his memories before awakening in a snowstorm. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' comic====
Big Convoy later became the notorious One-Man's-Army in the Maximals. During a conflict, he disregarded [[Crow Convoy]]'s orders, rushed into a Predacon space fortress, and blew it up. The shock wave of the blast caused damage to the [[Maximal Army 7th Fleet]]. For disregarding orders, Big Convoy was sent by the Convoy Council to the planet Gaea as an instructor for five rookie Maximals.

After the [[Unicron|Black Ball]] was retrived from the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'' on Gaea, the mysterious object was brought aboard the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', where it activated the warp engine. {{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} During the warp, the Black Ball told the story of Lio Convoy and Galvatron to the crew. Big Convoy felt the name "Lio Convoy" sounded familiar, but he couldn't recall where he would have heard the name. After arriving the planet [[Luxor]], the ''Gung Ho'' was attacked by the Predacon flagship ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''. Big's ship crash landed on an asteroid before the rookies managed to enter the atmosphere of Luxor. When fixing the ship, Big asked NAVI for information on Lio Convoy, only to learn Lio Convoy was a rookie and they never met each other according to the official record. {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}}

Big Convoy confronted Magmatron in a battle, but had no memory of his old rival. Big Convoy defeated Magmatron by blasting him several times with the [[Big Cannon]], the only thing he trusted. {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}}

In order to save [[Break]] from being sucked out into outer space, he lost the Big Cannon in a battle with the Predacons on the planet [[Jörmungandr]]. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

[[Image:MangaBigConvoyVsBlentrons.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Who wants some?!]]

On an [[Wikipedia:amphitheatre|amphitheatre]] near the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], it was revealed that both he and Magmatron were the last Angolmois energy capsule, and thus the Black Ball, revealed to be Unicron, wanted to consume them to recover his energies. When Unicron spoke with him, Big Convoy regained all his lost memories, feeling sorrow and despairing.

He teamed up with Magmatron and rode on him, fighting against Unicron and the [[Blendtron]]s, but to no avail. Big Convoy was saved by [[Heinrad]], the agent of the [[Ruler of Time and Space]]. Heinrad told Big Convoy about the truth of Unicron, the Ruler, and the Universe, asking him to save the Universe. Big Convoy initially refused, stating he didn't care what would the world become because he was always alone. Heirad told Big that he wasn't alone anymore. After Heinrad was forced to leave, Big Convoy found Magmatron was chewed up by Unicron. A dying Magmatron, now reduced to only a head, left his [[Magma Blade]] to Big Convoy as a "parting gift" and asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword. Big Convoy killed him with the Magma Blade. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

Now with the Magma Blade in his possession, Big Convoy headed to the planet Cybertron with his crew to battle Unicron, who had latched onto the planet like a parasite and turned it into his new body. Big Convoy tricked Unicron to the clustered planetary system "[[Georgian]]", which is like a minefield to Unicron. After Unicron lost all of his limbs, Big Convoy successfully destroyed Unicron's physical form by stabbing his right [[optic|eye]] with Magma Blade. However, Unicron's tarry essence emerged from its eye and plastered itself on Big Convoy's body, trying to possess him. Big Convoy took the [[Energon Matrix|Matrix]] out from his chest and unleashed its power, sacrificing himself and successfully destroying Unicron once and for all. In his last moments before dying, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to take him to a place where his soul could rest in peace.

Big Convoy's spark was later recycled by Heinrad's crew, and he was ultimately resurrected as a normal mammoth on a distant snowy planet similar to his birthplace, with no memory of his time as a Transformer. He returned to how he was before being affected by Angolmois energy. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

{{-}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
At one point, [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] discovered a node with several space bridges displaying images from several other Transformer universes. One of those showed Big Convoy, who seemed to be looking right back at Jetfire. Jetfire, thinking he'd seen the Optimus Prime he knew, tried to say so, but only stuttered, possibly in shock. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:BigConvoyIDW1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Where everybody knows your name...]]
Before the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Big Convoy was known as the "one robot army" and was assigned by the [[Maximal Elder]]s to the ''Gung Ho'' and its crew of Maximal rookies. Together, they defeated Magmatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 1}}

Big Convoy was part of Cybertron's [[Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs]] alongside [[Heinrad]] and [[Magmatron]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}} Because of his distinguished service, he was a high-ranking member of the joint committee. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 1}}

On Cybertron, Big Convoy, along with [[Tasmania Kid]], had been investigating recent disturbances and riots occurring with increasing frequency. He found that the riots had been set off by the use of Angolmois delivery capsules—something which he thought he had seen the last of. Though the [[Maximal Imperium]] sent their aide, [[Ikard]], to bring Big Convoy to them, he refused to come, citing the importance of getting some control in the field. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

[[Image:CybertronianBigConvoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He doesn't attend to politicians when there's asses to kick.]]

Following the trail of the Angolmois incidents, he and his unit were able to locate a monolithic structure jutting from the Cybertronian skyline. [[Cohrada]] speculated that the new building was in fact quite ancient, a part of an older era of Cybertron that was thrust up through the substructure. [[Shokaract]] emerged from the structure, eager to demonstrate his newfound power. Big Convoy retaliated, transforming into a heavily-armed spider-tank alt mode. Magmatron witnessed that unless the timestream was altered, the Maximal leader would also be killed by Shokaract. Thus, the chronally displaced Predacon chose that moment in time for the transwarp coordinates to give to [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Therefore, the battle was interrupted by the appearance of [[Lio Convoy]]'s transwarp cruiser, sparing Big Convoy. However, this hope was in vain, as it was soon shot down by Shokaract. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Big Convoy later met [[Bump]], a "specialist" sent by Lio Convoy. Soon afterwards, Big Convoy and his soldiers encountered the Pack, along with immigrants from Earth, including [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He participated in the plan and battled with Shokaract's forces. After their enemies were defeated, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hoped that no threat came up while they were focused on rebuilding Cybertron, which had fallen into a sorry state after Shokaract's distribution of Angolmois. Unfortunately, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] popped up just in time to dash that hope. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
*'''Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-35'''
**''Accessories:'' Big Cannon, Mammoth Haken *2, Energon Matrix

: Big Convoy transforms into a mammoth and is somewhat infamous for being an extremely difficult-to-transform [[shellformer]], as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. As such, he has no leg articulation in this mode, though he has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head. In addition, the movement of his tusks can be controlled by pulling either of his ears. Big Convoy technically has a beast "attack mode", in which his Big Cannon is folded out.

[[Image:BigConvoyMatrix1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Pimp My Ribcage.]]
:In robot mode, Big Convoy stands slightly shorter than the original ''Beast Wars'' Ultra class [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Lio Convoy]] toys, but makes up for it by being absolutely chock-full of weapons and gimmicks. First and foremost, the spring-loaded Big Cannon, formed out the beast head, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands and can be stored on his back, though doing this may cause some stability problems owing to its weight. Secondly, he has flip-out [[wikipedia:tonfa|tonfa]] melee weapons in his forearms. Thirdly, the two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles (similar to the original ''Beast Wars'' Ultra class [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] toy). Last, but certainly not least, his chest panel flips down, revealing the first-ever removable Matrix toy accessory, vacuum-metalized gold with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.

: This mold was also used to make [[Black Big Convoy]], ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]'' [[Ultra Mammoth]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/BigConvoy/bigconvoy.htm More information on Big Convoy at TFU.info]''

{{-}}
*'''Duel of the Universe: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (Vs pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-35'''

: As with most Japanese Transformers of the time, Big Convoy was also available in a Versus pack with his chief adversary, Magmatron. Both toys were unchanged from the regular releases.

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Bigconvoy shell.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm NOT a [[Pretender]].]]
* Big Convoy's toy is a [[shellformer]] to such a significant degree that the [[Kibble|shell part]]s can be detached from the main figure to form the majority of his beast mode on its own.

* [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline]] says that ''Beast Wars Neo'' took place thousands of years after ''Beast Wars''. In IDW's continuity, events similar to ''Beast Wars Neo'' happened in the ''past'', and Big Convoy is still alive at the same time as [[Optimus Primal]].

* According to a conversation between Big Convoy and [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] in the "[[There Are 7 Capsules]]", Big Convoy is actually older than Lio Convoy due to Lio Convoy's time travelling to the past in the ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Neo'' comic continuity. Big Convoy refers Lio Convoy as "a rookie Convoy" after reading his profile, but without any belittling.

*Big Convoy can directly enter the atmosphere without getting burnt out. Big Convoy claims it is because his thick fur can protect him.{{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}}

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[[Category:Beast Wars II Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
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[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Maximal leaders]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

The Reign of Morocco

2012-06-25T12:22:07Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 13
|prev=The Other Doctor
|next=Small Blessings
|image=ReignOfMorocco Morocco explains his history.jpg
|title="The Reign of Morocco"
|airdate=[[May 19]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Greg Johnson]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''Cody looks for proof that the new scientist's invention is really a villainous plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Huxley Prescott]] reports on the recent events, including the retirement of the [[Rescue Bot]]s and the appointing of [[Morocco|Dr Morocco]] as head scientist. His report is interrupted by [[Harrison (RB)|Harrison]]'s out-of-control helipack ride. The [[MorBot]] turns up and begins a pursuit, crashing through a building and causing two car accidents. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] saves two passerbys from being hit by rubble from the building. Though the rest of the team wants to be called in, Burns says they can't, and the MorBot uses a fire hydrant to destroy Harrison's helipack before returning to the lab. Within the lab, Morocco is busy trying to sell off Doc Greene's inventions.

At the station, the Rescue Bots are making use of their spare time. An optimistic [[Boulder]] is painting a rose, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is exploring alternate career options, and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is studying humans by watching [[television]]. Meanwhile [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] is fruitlessly trying to contact [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] for reassignment and is considering getting their ship back into service.

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Burns complains to Morocco.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Burns takes the [[nanite]] module to the [[Luskey|mayor]], but as there's nothing linking the logo to Morocco, he doesn't get anywhere. [[Doc Greene]] is packing to move to the mainland in a couple of days as he needs a job. [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] are determined that this won't happen, and decide to look for evidence in the lab. Cody persuades [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades to take him up and Cody spies on the doctor through binoculars until the MorBot interrupts them. It chases them through the wind farm back to the fire station, where the other Rescue Bots stand ready. Conflict is averted when Morocco calls the MorBot back to the lab.

Morocco and Mayor Luskey are returning to port in the ''[[Floating Xanadu]]'' when they're met at the dock by Burns and Cody, the former of whom complains about the MorBot attacking Blades. Despite the threat of angry voters, the mayor is placated by Morocco announcing he'll reprogram the MorBot. Burns isn't convinced, and even Prescott is beginning to sour on the machine, showing footage of the MorBot wrecking a driver's car and tearing up a tree to retrieve [[Mister Pettypaws]].

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Chase makes soup.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Without a sense of taste, you are free of distractions, and thus you can reach the essence of pure flavor!"]]
Heatwave does circuits outside the fire station, while inside Chase prepares pea soup, as he's decided to become a gourmet chef. The results aren't appetizing, and ends up being used as paint by a Boulder, who's now painting a less rosy picture.

Cody and Frankie sneak into the lab via a holographic doggie door. They find Morocco making sales over the phone, and discover that Frankie has been locked out of the computer. They're found by the man himself, who sends the MorBot after them. They hide behind boxes and make their way to an elevator, but when they reach the roof, they realize they're trapped. A grenade knocked loose by the MorBot causes an explosion.

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Rescue Bots vs MorBot.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
With a mounting number of emergency calls and no sign of the MorBot in town, the mayor is forced to call in the Rescue Bots. While the team is on their way to the lab, Cody and Frankie evade the MorBot temporarily by heading into Morocco's airship and closing a door. They find Morocco's computer is active and displaying incriminating evidence. Cody radios Dani, who starts instructing him on flying the blimp while the other Rescue Bots extinguish the lab fire. With the MorBot breaking down the door, Cody brings the blimp down and the two kids disembark, followed by the MorBot, which is promptly surrounded by the Rescue Bots, who tear it to pieces. Frankie presents Burns with the evidence she's downloaded from the computer.

The council reinstates Burns's team and Doc Greene, who go back to the station for a celebratory barbecue while Prescott reports on the good news. Doctor Morocco in the meantime has left the island, having stolen the mayor's ship.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (11)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (12)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (13)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Doc Greene]] (2)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (3)
*[[Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] (4)
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (5)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Cody Burns]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Kade Burns]] (9)
*[[Dani Burns]] (10)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (11)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (12)
*[[Alper|Mr. Alper]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's more human than game shows and cartoons?"
:—'''Blades'''

"Shame." 
"I was quite ready to rumble."
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Chase''' are disappointed the giant robot fight didn't happen.

"MorBot decommissioned." 
"And the less MorBot the better."
:—'''Chase''' and '''Boulder''' get their fight.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When the Rescue Bots move in to punch the [[MorBot]], the lineup from the MorBot's perspective (from left to right) is [[Boulder]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], with [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] absent. But when the punches land and the camera pulls away, the lineup is Boulder, Heatwave, and Blades, while Chase is absent.

===Continuity errors===
*And how, exactly, did Prescott get the footage in his opening report?
===Continuity notes===
*Inventions which appear on the monitor as Morocco makes his phone call include the electro-magnetic sensors from "[[Deep Trouble]]", the newspaper dispenser from "[[Hotshots]]", [[floatium]] from "[[Flobsters on Parade]]", the [[Robo-Baby]] from "[[Four Bots and a Baby]]", a cleaning bot, the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] from "Four Bots and a Baby", and the [[Helper Bot]] which appeared in "Deep Trouble".
*One of Morocco's clients is seeking highly advanced weapon technology and is building an army. Given that ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' shares continuity with ''Rescue Bots'', it seems almost certain that the good doctor is selling to [[MECH]].
*In a similar vein, no definitive reason is given as to why Optimus Prime doesn't respond to Heatwave's messages. While it's hard to know whether it's by coincidence or design, this episode of ''Rescue Bots'' aired in the middle of a four-part ''Prime'' storyline that ''did'' have Optimus away from base on a solo mission.
*The monitors on Morocco's airship display images of the shark submarine from "Deep Trouble", the nanite canister from "[[Cody on Patrol]]", the road roller and Doc Greene's [[solar car]] from the previous episode, and [[Trex]] from "[[Return of the Dinobot]]".
===Transformers references===
* The big green guy of the group [[Bulkhead (Animated)|likes to paint]].
===Real-world references===
===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

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[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

The Reign of Morocco

2012-06-25T12:21:06Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 13
|prev=The Other Doctor
|next=Small Blessings
|image=ReignOfMorocco Morocco explains his history.jpg
|title="The Reign of Morocco"
|airdate=[[May 19]], [[2012]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Greg Johnson]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''Cody looks for proof that the new scientist's invention is really a villainous plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ReignOfMorocco MorBot rescues Harrison. Are you Optimus Prime?]]
[[Huxley Prescott]] reports on the recent events, including the retirement of the [[Rescue Bot]]s and the appointing of [[Morocco|Dr Morocco]] as head scientist. His report is interrupted by [[Harrison (RB)|Harrison]]'s out-of-control helipack ride. The [[MorBot]] turns up and begins a pursuit, crashing through a building and causing two car accidents. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] saves two passerbys from being hit by rubble from the building. Though the rest of the team wants to be called in, Burns says they can't, and the MorBot uses a fire hydrant to destroy Harrison's helipack before returning to the lab. Within the lab, Morocco is busy trying to sell off Doc Greene's inventions.

At the station, the Rescue Bots are making use of their spare time. An optimistic [[Boulder]] is painting a rose, [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is exploring alternate career options, and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is studying humans by watching [[television]]. Meanwhile [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] is fruitlessly trying to contact [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] for reassignment and is considering getting their ship back into service.

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Burns complains to Morocco.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Burns takes the [[nanite]] module to the [[Luskey|mayor]], but as there's nothing linking the logo to Morocco, he doesn't get anywhere. [[Doc Greene]] is packing to move to the mainland in a couple of days as he needs a job. [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] are determined that this won't happen, and decide to look for evidence in the lab. Cody persuades [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades to take him up and Cody spies on the doctor through binoculars until the MorBot interrupts them. It chases them through the wind farm back to the fire station, where the other Rescue Bots stand ready. Conflict is averted when Morocco calls the MorBot back to the lab.

Morocco and Mayor Luskey are returning to port in the ''[[Floating Xanadu]]'' when they're met at the dock by Burns and Cody, the former of whom complains about the MorBot attacking Blades. Despite the threat of angry voters, the mayor is placated by Morocco announcing he'll reprogram the MorBot. Burns isn't convinced, and even Prescott is beginning to sour on the machine, showing footage of the MorBot wrecking a driver's car and tearing up a tree to retrieve [[Mister Pettypaws]].

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Chase makes soup.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Without a sense of taste, you are free of distractions, and thus you can reach the essence of pure flavor!"]]
Heatwave does circuits outside the fire station, while inside Chase prepares pea soup, as he's decided to become a gourmet chef. The results aren't appetizing, and ends up being used as paint by a Boulder, who's now painting a less rosy picture.

Cody and Frankie sneak into the lab via a holographic doggie door. They find Morocco making sales over the phone, and discover that Frankie has been locked out of the computer. They're found by the man himself, who sends the MorBot after them. They hide behind boxes and make their way to an elevator, but when they reach the roof, they realize they're trapped. A grenade knocked loose by the MorBot causes an explosion.

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Rescue Bots vs MorBot.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
With a mounting number of emergency calls and no sign of the MorBot in town, the mayor is forced to call in the Rescue Bots. While the team is on their way to the lab, Cody and Frankie evade the MorBot temporarily by heading into Morocco's airship and closing a door. They find Morocco's computer is active and displaying incriminating evidence. Cody radios Dani, who starts instructing him on flying the blimp while the other Rescue Bots extinguish the lab fire. With the MorBot breaking down the door, Cody brings the blimp down and the two kids disembark, followed by the MorBot, which is promptly surrounded by the Rescue Bots, who tear it to pieces. Frankie presents Burns with the evidence she's downloaded from the computer.

The council reinstates Burns's team and Doc Greene, who go back to the station for a celebratory barbecue while Prescott reports on the good news. Doctor Morocco in the meantime has left the island, having stolen the mayor's ship.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (11)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (12)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (13)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Doc Greene]] (2)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (3)
*[[Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] (4)
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (5)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Cody Burns]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Kade Burns]] (9)
*[[Dani Burns]] (10)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (11)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (12)
*[[Alper|Mr. Alper]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's more human than game shows and cartoons?"
:—'''Blades'''

"Shame." 
"I was quite ready to rumble."
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Chase''' are disappointed the giant robot fight didn't happen.

"MorBot decommissioned." 
"And the less MorBot the better."
:—'''Chase''' and '''Boulder''' get their fight.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When the Rescue Bots move in to punch the [[MorBot]], the lineup from the MorBot's perspective (from left to right) is [[Boulder]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], with [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] absent. But when the punches land and the camera pulls away, the lineup is Boulder, Heatwave, and Blades, while Chase is absent.

===Continuity errors===
*And how, exactly, did Prescott get the footage in his opening report?
===Continuity notes===
*Inventions which appear on the monitor as Morocco makes his phone call include the electro-magnetic sensors from "[[Deep Trouble]]", the newspaper dispenser from "[[Hotshots]]", [[floatium]] from "[[Flobsters on Parade]]", the [[Robo-Baby]] from "[[Four Bots and a Baby]]", a cleaning bot, the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] from "Four Bots and a Baby", and the [[Helper Bot]] which appeared in "Deep Trouble".
*One of Morocco's clients is seeking highly advanced weapon technology and is building an army. Given that ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' shares continuity with ''Rescue Bots'', it seems almost certain that the good doctor is selling to [[MECH]].
*In a similar vein, no definitive reason is given as to why Optimus Prime doesn't respond to Heatwave's messages. While it's hard to know whether it's by coincidence or design, this episode of ''Rescue Bots'' aired in the middle of a four-part ''Prime'' storyline that ''did'' have Optimus away from base on a solo mission.
*The monitors on Morocco's airship display images of the shark submarine from "Deep Trouble", the nanite canister from "[[Cody on Patrol]]", the road roller and Doc Greene's [[solar car]] from the previous episode, and [[Trex]] from "[[Return of the Dinobot]]".
===Transformers references===
* The big green guy of the group [[Bulkhead (Animated)|likes to paint]].
===Real-world references===
===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===

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[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Meet Megatron

2012-06-25T10:34:29Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|seriess=[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]
|ep=
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Meet Prowl
|next=Meet Starscream
|title="Meet Megatron"
|animation studio= [[Studio 4°C]]
}}

'''Optimus introduces us to Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] speaks to us about [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and how, up until recently, he was but a urban legend amongst [[Autobot]]s. Optimus mentions that he is one of the very few who've faced his dual [[sword]]s and [[Fusion cannon]], and lived to tell us by breaking the fourth wall. He mentions how, upon arriving on [[Earth]], he has taken on the [[Alternate mode]] of an assault helicopter and that he's developed a [[A Bridge Too Close, Part I|signal dampener]] which means his Decepticon signature is undetectable while in vehicle mode. Megatron seems to maintain leadership through a mix of cruelty, treachery and ruthlessness, bitch slaps and claims to be a freedon fighter for the Decepticons. But Optimus knows well, that his rule has no ''freedom'' about it.

==Featured characters==

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (3)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (4)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"His name is Megatron. He's the leader of the Decepticons and, up until recently, meerly an ancient legend among most Autobots."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' making no jokes about just how scary Megatron is.

==Notes==

* This short uses clips from episodes of [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|the cartoon]] as well as [[stock footage]],

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Animated shorts]]

Meet Megatron

2012-06-25T10:33:52Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|seriess=[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]
|ep=
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Meet Prowl
|next=Meet Starscream
|title="Meet Megatron"
|animation studio= [[Studio 4°C]]
}}

'''Optimus introduces us to Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] speaks to us about [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and how, up until recently, he was but a urban legend amongst [[Autobot]]s. Optimus mentions that he is one of the very few who've faced his dual [[sword]]s and [[Fusion cannon]], and lived to tell us by breaking the fourth wall. He mentions how, upon arriving on [[Earth]], he has taken on the [[Alternate mode]] of an assault helicopter and that he's developed a [[A Bridge Too Close, Part I|signal dampener]] which means his Decepticon signature is undetectable while in vehicle mode. Megatron seems to maintain leadership through a mix of cruelty, treachery and ruthlessness and claims to be a freedon fighter for the Decepticons. But Optimus knows well, that his rule has no ''freedom'' about it.

==Featured characters==

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (3)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (4)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"His name is Megatron. He's the leader of the Decepticons and, up until recently, meerly an ancient legend among most Autobots."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' making no jokes about just how scary Megatron is.

==Notes==

* This short uses clips from episodes of [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|the cartoon]] as well as [[stock footage]],

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Animated shorts]]

Meet Optimus Prime

2012-06-25T10:30:56Z

85.31.137.11: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|seriess=[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]
|ep=4
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Meet Bumblebee
|next=Meet Prowl
|title="Meet Optimus Prime"
|animation studio= [[Studio 4°C]]
}}

'''Ratchet introduces us to Optimus Prime.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] angrily tells the viewers to listen up and informs us that the Autobot we're focusing on right now is [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], their unit's commanding officer. He mentions his academy training and believes he is a [[protoform]]ed leader if ever there was one. He makes mention of all his special features like grapples, extinguishers, and a turbo-laser [[Axe (weapon)|axe]]. Ratchet now informs us that, while stationed here on [[Earth]], Prime has taken on the [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]] of a fire engine for disguise. His [[trailer]] is detachable and can be re-attached whenever needed. After quick mention of his personality in combat, Ratchet notes that his greatest asset to their unit, is that he's a loyal friend.

Oh and one more thing, he's awesome.

==Featured characters==

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)

|c2=
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (7)

|c3=
* [[Angry Archer]] (2)
* [[Nanosec]] (3)
}}

==Quotes==
"Prime is cool in a crisis, a strategic fighter with a never-go-offline attitude. But perhaps his greatest asset to our unit, is that of a loyal friend."
:—'''Ratchet'''

==Notes==

* This short uses clips from episodes of [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|the cartoon]] as well as [[stock footage]].

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Animated shorts]]

Cybershark

2011-12-16T14:06:01Z

85.31.137.11: /* IDW Beast Wars comics */

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:''Cybershark is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:BWCybersharkJapan.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just when you thought it was safe to go back into... the clouds?]]

'''Cybershark''' is a skilled tracker and expert in undersea combat. More, he's renowned throughout the galaxy as a swashbuckling hero. Brave, adventurous, kind, and good-humored, he has fought for freedom across a hundred alien seas and left behind stories and legends wherever he passed. Though not particularly bright in a general sense he can be quite calculating when it comes to tracking down his prey, and is a fearless fighter in the cause of good. He honed his skills as a bounty hunter spending centuries tracking down a rogue group of [[Seacon (BWII)|Cybertronian Space Pirates]]. Though dedicated to the Maximals, and quite adept at rallying others to join the fight for a good cause, Cybershark is more of a lone adventurer than a team player. Ironically this often puts him at odds with his commander, the likewise independent [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]].

He later takes the name '''Hammerstrike'''.

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[Image:Bboomomegapoint.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We're gonna need a bigger apocalypse...]]
During the final battle with [[Shokaract]], several realities converged into a single, apocalyptic timestorm. Beast Warriors from alternate realities emerged, including Cybershark, [[B'Boom]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Transquito]], [[Air Hammer]], [[Polar Claw]] and unidentified others, though all of them were summarily defeated. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:IDW Cybershark.jpg|left|250px|thumb|You yell "Cyberbarracuda", everybody says, "Huh? What?"]]

Cybershark hunted the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]] for centuries. Along the way, his underwater activities have spread legends of his heroism to the alien populations on the planets he visited. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 1}}

Cybershark was one of the [[protoform]] [[stasis pod]]s jettisoned from the Maximal survey vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' when it was forced to crash-land on prehistoric [[Earth]]. The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] general [[Magmatron]] led a small group (that included the Maximal agent [[Razorbeast]]) back in time to place these protoforms into [[chronal phase]] and reprogram them into Predacons, and lead this army against the Maximals in the present. However, Razorbeast placed a viral code in Magmatron's Predacon [[shell program]], allowing a number of the protoforms to retain their Maximal identity. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

[[Image:BWTheGathering2_ClawJaw_Cybershark.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I'm a shaaaaaaaark, I'm a shaaaaaaaaaaaark, suck my [[Anatomic euphemism|diode]], I'm a shaaaaaaaaaaaaaark!]]

Accompanied by [[Claw Jaw]], Cybershark sped towards Razorbeast and the small group of new Maximals accompanying him. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}} He and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached them, just in time to fight off an army of Predacons. In the subsequent battle, Cybershark tangled with [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]] before the united Maximals drove off the Predacons. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

A [[deca-cycle]] after the marooned Maximals sent their distress call help still hadn't shown up. Cybershark was one of those on hand when their makeshift base was attacked by the entire Predacon militia. He was on the front line of the defense and was the first to notice that it was, indeed, an all-out assault. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} Later, Cybershark and the other wounded Beast Warriors remained behind on ancient Earth after [[Lio Convoy]] took the rest of their forces into the future to battle [[Shokaract]]. He rallied the Maximals and Predacons to stop the threat of the [[Blendtron]]s, but the final fate of these lost warriors is unknown. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

He was be badly damaged in battle and, in an emergency procedure, his [[spark]] was transferred to a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. This blank had been exposed to the [[Transmetal driver]] and so he emerged as a [[Transmetal 2]] great white shark and found himself gifted with more powerful weapons and the limited ability to fly at low altitude. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 1}}
{{-}}

===''Beast Machines'' toy bio===
Hammerstrike's not known for his smarts, but he is known for his insatiable desire for combat! He's [[Wolverine (superhero)|the best there is at what he does]], which is destroy [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] in devastating "frenzy" assaults. He knows no fear and feels no pain. {{storylink|Cybershark#Beast Machines|Hammerstrike bio}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Cybershark''' (Deluxe, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-11'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade, hammerhead-missile, 2 missiles

: Cybershark transforms into a silver-blue and green hammerhead shark and incorporates two spring-loaded gimmicks; the "hammer" portion of the shark head fires like a missile, and the tail includes a spring-loaded switchblade weapon. Both weapons are usable in robot mode; the tail-blade becomes a hand-held weapon, while the missile launcher flips up from his chest. His shark-head missile can be held as a melee weapon. Two "normal" missiles for his launcher are stored in his back behind his head. These projectiles have molded, but unpainted, shark face decoration on their warheads, and can be hand-held like the shark-head missile.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] and ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Overbite (Universe)|Overbite]], and retooled separately to make [[Sharp Edge (BWN)|Sharp Edge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Cybershark/cybershark.htm More information on Deluxe Cybershark at TFU.info]''

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*'''Cybershark vs Inferno: Hell Showdown''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-11'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade, hammerhead-missile, 2 missiles

: In Japan, Cybershark was available both separately and in a "Hell Showdown" vs. pack with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Both toys are identical to their individual Japanese releases.

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[[Image:Transmetal2Cybershark.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"And ''everywhere'' I go, I hear kids asking me why I'm ripping off Sky-Byte, rasserfrassing..."]]
*'''Cybershark''' (Transmetal 2 Mega, 1999)
**''Accessories'': Twin launcher, 2 missiles

: [[Transmetal 2]] Cybershark transforms into a silver, chrome blue, and sea-green great white shark. Two panels flip out to reveal a "flight mode", and his tail has a gear system that spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned. This system becomes his right arm, forming a spinning claw weapon. He also has a double spring-loaded missile launcher concealed in his shark mouth that doubles as a hand weapon.

: This toy's packaging featured a character quote in the [[bio]] profile — the first time this popular feature had returned to the packaging since the end of the [[Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]] four years earlier.

: This mold was also used to make [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Cybershark/cybershark.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Cybershark at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Had a bit part in Yellow Submarine.]]
*'''Hammerstrike''' (Basic, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Hammerhead/melee weapon

: Part of the first wave of the ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' "Battle for the Spark" rebranding, Hammerstrike transforms into a beige, blue, and orange [[technorganic]] hammerhead shark with a very odd, alien, spindly looking robot mode. The head of the shark becomes a claw-held weapon that slams forward when triggered by the [[spark]] crystal.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/Hammerstrike/hammerstrike.htm More information on Hammerstrike at TFU.info]''

{{--}}
==Notes==
[[Image:Hammerstrikewreckerscomparison.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Another redeco opportunity lost.]]

* While Cybershark/Hammerstrike himself does not appear in [[3H Productions|3H]]'s [[Universe (2003 comic)|''Universe'' comics]], [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] based on Hammerstrike's design appear alongside the traditional [[Quintesson]] Sharkticon designs from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] on [[New Quintessa]]. However, these drones were miscolored ''as'' Hammerstrike in the initial printing of "[[Betrayal]]"; the "director's cut" reprint fixes this, giving them a black and purple color scheme.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybershark''' (サイバーシャーク ''Saibāshāku'')
*''French:'' '''Cybersquale''' (Canada, "Cybershark")
*''Italian:'' '''Squalo Tigre'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Ciberón'''

[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Trackers]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]
[[Category:Undersea specialists]]

Deep Metal

2011-06-27T11:06:26Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=41
|series2=Metals
|ep2=15
|prev2=Where Is the Banana?
|image=Deep Metal title shot.JPG
|caption=Looks trustworthy enough.
|title="Deep Metal"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], 1998
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Owen Hurley]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Depth Charge arrives on Earth, continuing his obsessive quest to hunt down Protoform X.'''

:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Les Profondeurs''' ("The Deep")
:''Japanese title:'' えーいっ! (''Eii!'', "Rrray!")<ref>"Ei!" can be a grunt of effort or growl of frustration, but ''ei'' (海鷂魚, 鱏, or 鱝) also means "(sting)ray".</ref>
:''Spanish title:'' '''Metal Profundo'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Metal de Profundidad'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Dal profondo degli abissi''' ("From the depths of the abysses")
:''Brazilian name:'' '''Metal das Profundezas''' ("Metal from the depths")

==Synopsis==
On Earth, in their new base in the newly fortified [[Mount St. Hilary]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] has trouble working with the hardware salvaged from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. [[Optimus Primal]] considers this as another reason they need help from the [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Elders]] to arrive soon as possible, but Rhinox doubts the help is coming. Yet as they speak, help from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is indeed coming—just not exactly the kind they were hoping for. In a sector declared off limits by the High Council, a mysterious Cybertronian hunts for Protoform X. However, his ship is soon pulled into a transwarp portal that suddenly appears.

[[Image:Deep Metal Inferno Rampage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I'm going to shoot first, and you're not.]]
Outside the mountain, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] leads [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] in a planned invasion of the Maximals' current base. But the stranger entering Earth's atmosphere distracts Rampage away from the exercise, leaving Inferno to attack the Maximals on his own. The fire ant is easily defeated by a rock. It was a pretty big rock.

[[Image:Deep Metal Depthcharge Cheetor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I am Batmanta!]]
[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] also notices the [[Starhopper|spacecraft]] descending into [[Grid Alpha Seven]] and flies to check it out. Receiving a radio contact from Cheetor, Primal heads out to join him. Cheetor watches the spacecraft landing in a body of water, but in the middle of a radio update to Optimus, Rampage fires a rocket to blast the Maximal out of the air, saying this is between him and the visitor. Underwater, the newly arrived Maximal, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], scans a manta for his beast mode and leaves his transport, eager to hunt Protoform X. Surveying the area, Depth Charge finds Cheetor sinking to the bottom of the water. Depth Charge rescues his fellow Maximal, but only gives his name and not much of anything else when he strands the cat-bot on an island.

Megatron, wondering where Rampage went after abandoning Inferno, sends [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to hunt the giant crab.

Underwater again, Depth Charge homes in on his quarry's signal. However, what he finds are nothing but rocks. Rampage then jumps from the ground and latches onto Depth Charge, greeting the Maximal as his "old playmate". The two battle, and Depth Charge lifts their combat into the air. Rampage blasts the manta and forces the fight onto the beach, but finds himself impaled on a stalagmite. While the two giant Transmetals are disabled, Primal arrives and meets with Cheetor, who fills in the Maximal commander on what's happened and tells him of Depth Charge...a name that Primal recognizes.

[[Image:Deep Metal Rampage Depthcharge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Come on, get up and fight like a fish!]]
Rampage heals and approaches Depth Charge, but Depth Charge awakens and fights back. The two show off their abilities, but Depth Charge wins the fight by throwing his tail-spike into Rampage's weaponry, causing explosive feedback. Quickstrike shows up and fires at Depth Charge with a disabling poison blast, but Primal easily takes out Quickstrike. But thanks to Quickstrike's interruption, Rampage has had the time to sneak away. Primal and Cheetor bring Depth Charge back to their base.

[[Image:Deep Metal Depthcharge Optimus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You are too big!]]
As Depth Charge heals, Primal and Rhinox explain that Depth Charge was in charge of security for [[Colony Omicron]] before Protoform X devoured all the other inhabitants of it. Seeking vengeance, Depth Charge spent four stellar cycles hunting X before he captured the maniac and petitioned the [[Maximal High Council|High Council]] to find some way of executing him. Instead, Protoform X was placed on the ''Axalon'' to be dumped. Depth Charge thus followed the ''Axalon'' through [[transwarp]] by tracking X's energy signature, intending to finish the job he started.

Depth Charge awakens repaired and exits the CR Chamber. He blows off the Maximals, showing obvious contempt for Optimus Primal. He makes it out of the room before stopping short at the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', and the Maximals explain the gravity of the situation. He leaves to go hunt Protoform X, with no interest in the rest of the Beast Wars and saving history. Cheetor wonders if he'll be back, and Optimus says that before Rampage, he would never have left.

Meanwhile, Rampage destroys the vehicle Depth Charge used to come to the planet.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (3)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (7)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (9)
* [[Rattrap]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (4)
* [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (6)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (10)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (11)

}}
==Quotes==
"Someone's… coming. Someone… I remember."
:—'''Rampage''' senses Depth Charge's impending arrival

"Inferno blow up, Waspinator must salvage. Waspinator blow up, ''nobody'' salvage! Why universe hate Waspinator?"
:—'''Waspinator''' bemoans his fate at the hands of cruel <strike>writers</strike> destiny.

"I hate water."
:—'''Cheetor''', after finding both his commlink and jets are busted.

"Greetings, old playmate. So glad you could come!" 
"X!" 
"I'm called Rampage now! A bit obvious, but to the point. Don't you think?" 
:—'''Rampage''' and '''Depth Charge''' reintroduce themselves.

"Ignore the pain: it's only going to get worse!" 
:—Words to die by from '''Rampage'''.

"What's with [[Depth Charge (BW)|him]]?" 
"Eh, probably rust."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Rattrap'''

"It's not revenge I'm looking for, it's justice."
:—Words to live by from '''Depth Charge'''.

"X is not alone. He's a Predacon now under Megatron's control. There are six of them." 
"I've gotta hand it to ya, Primal, when you screw up, you do it big time. But thanks for the tip."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' attempts to warn '''Depth Charge''', for all the good it does.

"So, you think he'll come back?" 
"There was a time he would never have left. Rampage changed that."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Optimus Primal''', after Depth Charge departs

"It was really so very nice of you to come. So glad you could stay. Oh, we'll have such fun. Ho-ho, yeah! [crazed laughter]"
:—'''Rampage''' offers a hearty welcome to his arch-nemesis.

==Notes==
[[Image:Starhopper deepmetal.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Just tell 'em it was custom-made for ya.]]
* The temporal anomaly that transports Depth Charge to prehistoric Earth is never fully explained. It causes him to transmetalize, which would presumably make it related (or at least similar) to the [[quantum surge]] produced when the [[Planet Buster]] was destroyed. But the surge was long gone from Earth space by that point. In physical form, the anomaly more closely resembles the warp portals used by the [[Vok]] and their constructs, so it could perhaps be related to the destruction of the [[Metal Hunter]]. And given its time-traveling properties, it could even be related to the time storm from "[[Optimal Situation]]". The show provided no further explanation.

*Depth Charge's space craft totally looks like his vehicular alt mode.
*Waspinator appears in this episode and does not get scrapped in any way. Run for the bomb shelters, it's the end of the world!
*Rampage somehow senses the approach of Depth Charge before Depth Charge has even crossed through the temporal anomaly. One of the many unexplained mysteries about the full extent of Protoform X's powers.
*This was the first episode to have underwater scenes.

===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Depth Charge first scans his beast form, he yells "Maximize" to transform to beast mode instead of saying "Beast mode." He does this many more times over the course of the season. It could be that Depth Charge has his activation code keyed for activating his alt-mode (now his beast mode), while most others prefer to use it for going to robot mode.
* As his computer warns him to activate a repair sequence after defeating Rampage, Depth Charge's hands suddenly have four fingers instead of three.

===Continuity errors===
*How ''is'' Rampage eluding [[Megatron (BW)|my]] scanners? Various episodes hinted that it might be related to Rampage hiding out underwater, but it's never made clear.

===Transformers references===
*The ground outside of the Ark's cave is rutted and charred, the result of the Maximals dragging in tons of salvaged ''Axalon'' bits behind the scenes in the previous episode.
*When Depth Charge first enters Earth's solar system, he is informed by his ship's navi-computer that the area was declared off-limits by order of the High Council. This particular bit of backstory never got explicitly mentioned on the show, but was spelled out by the story editors' posts on the Internet. Earth is off-limits because of some undecided-upon catastrophe, as well as to protect it from time-altering thieves such as Megatron.
*Notably, the episode refers to a "High Council" rather than the usual "Council of Elders" (and ''also'' refers to the Elders). This could just be an error, though if we take it literally then Cybertron has more than one branch of government; the Elders, however, are the ones who Rhinox says would send a rescue ship, so they'd be the primary Council.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Rrray! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Deep Metal

2011-06-27T11:05:40Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=41
|series2=Metals
|ep2=15
|prev2=Where Is the Banana?
|image=Deep Metal title shot.JPG
|caption=Looks trustworthy enough.
|title="Deep Metal"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], 1998
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Owen Hurley]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Depth Charge arrives on Earth, continuing his obsessive quest to hunt down Protoform X.'''

:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Les Profondeurs''' ("The Deep")
:''Japanese title:'' えーいっ! (''Eii!'', "Rrray!")<ref>"Ei!" can be a grunt of effort or growl of frustration, but ''ei'' (海鷂魚, 鱏, or 鱝) also means "(sting)ray".</ref>
:''Spanish title:'' '''Metal Profundo'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Metal de Profundidad'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Dal profondo degli abissi''' ("From the depths of the abysses")
:''Brazilian name:'' '''Metal das Profundezas''' ("Metal from the depths")

==Synopsis==
On Earth, in their new base in the newly fortified [[Mount St. Hilary]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] has trouble working with the hardware salvaged from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. [[Optimus Primal]] considers this as another reason they need help from the [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Elders]] to arrive soon as possible, but Rhinox doubts the help is coming. Yet as they speak, help from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is indeed coming—just not exactly the kind they were hoping for. In a sector declared off limits by the High Council, a mysterious Cybertronian hunts for Protoform X. However, his ship is soon pulled into a transwarp portal that suddenly appears.

[[Image:Deep Metal Inferno Rampage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I'm going to shoot first, and you're not.]]
Outside the mountain, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] leads [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] in a planned invasion of the Maximals' current base. But the stranger entering Earth's atmosphere distracts Rampage away from the exercise, leaving Inferno to attack the Maximals on his own. The fire ant is easily defeated by a rock. It was a pretty big rock.

[[Image:Deep Metal Depthcharge Cheetor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I am Batmanta!]]
[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] also notices the [[Starhopper|spacecraft]] descending into [[Grid Alpha Seven]] and flies to check it out. Receiving a radio contact from Cheetor, Primal heads out to join him. Cheetor watches the spacecraft landing in a body of water, but in the middle of a radio update to Optimus, Rampage fires a rocket to blast the Maximal out of the air, saying this is between him and the visitor. Underwater, the newly arrived Maximal, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], scans a manta for his beast mode and leaves his transport, eager to hunt Protoform X. Surveying the area, Depth Charge finds Cheetor sinking to the bottom of the water. Depth Charge rescues his fellow Maximal, but only gives his name and not much of anything else when he strands the cat-bot on an island.

Megatron, wondering where Rampage went after abandoning Inferno, sends [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to hunt the giant crab.

Underwater again, Depth Charge homes in on his quarry's signal. However, what he finds are nothing but rocks. Rampage then jumps from the ground and latches onto Depth Charge, greeting the Maximal as his "old playmate". The two battle, and Depth Charge lifts their combat into the air. Rampage blasts the manta and forces the fight onto the beach, but finds himself impaled on a stalagmite. While the two giant Transmetals are disabled, Primal arrives and meets with Cheetor, who fills in the Maximal commander on what's happened and tells him of Depth Charge...a name that Primal recognizes.

[[Image:Deep Metal Rampage Depthcharge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Come on, get up and fight like a fish!]]
Rampage heals and approaches Depth Charge, but Depth Charge awakens and fights back. The two show off their abilities, but Depth Charge wins the fight by throwing his tail-spike into Rampage's weaponry, causing explosive feedback. Quickstrike shows up and fires at Depth Charge with a disabling poison blast, but Primal easily takes out Quickstrike. But thanks to Quickstrike's interruption, Rampage has had the time to sneak away. Primal and Cheetor bring Depth Charge back to their base.

[[Image:Deep Metal Depthcharge Optimus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You are too big!]]
As Depth Charge heals, Primal and Rhinox explain that Depth Charge was in charge of security for [[Colony Omicron]] before Protoform X devoured all the other inhabitants of it. Seeking vengeance, Depth Charge spent four stellar cycles hunting X before he captured the maniac and petitioned the [[Maximal High Council|High Council]] to find some way of executing him. Instead, Protoform X was placed on the ''Axalon'' to be dumped. Depth Charge thus followed the ''Axalon'' through [[transwarp]] by tracking X's energy signature, intending to finish the job he started.

Depth Charge awakens repaired and exits the CR Chamber. He blows off the Maximals, showing obvious contempt for Optimus Primal. He makes it out of the room before stopping short at the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', and the Maximals explain the gravity of the situation. He leaves to go hunt Protoform X, with no interest in the rest of the Beast Wars and saving history. Cheetor wonders if he'll be back, and Optimus says that before Rampage, he would never have left.

Meanwhile, Rampage destroys the vehicle Depth Charge used to come to the planet.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (3)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (7)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (9)
* [[Rattrap]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (4)
* [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (6)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (10)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (11)

}}
==Quotes==
"Someone's… coming. Someone… I remember."
:—'''Rampage''' senses Depth Charge's impending arrival

"Inferno blow up, Waspinator must salvage. Waspinator blow up, ''nobody'' salvage! Why universe hate Waspinator?"
:—'''Waspinator''' bemoans his fate at the hands of cruel <strike>writers</strike> destiny.

"Who the spotted heck are you?"
:-Cheetor meets Depth Charge.

"I hate water."
:—'''Cheetor''', after finding both his commlink and jets are busted.

"Greetings, old playmate. So glad you could come!" 
"X!" 
"I'm called Rampage now! A bit obvious, but to the point. Don't you think?" 
:—'''Rampage''' and '''Depth Charge''' reintroduce themselves.

"Ignore the pain: it's only going to get worse!" 
:—Words to die by from '''Rampage'''.

"What's with [[Depth Charge (BW)|him]]?" 
"Eh, probably rust."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Rattrap'''

"It's not revenge I'm looking for, it's justice."
:—Words to live by from '''Depth Charge'''.

"X is not alone. He's a Predacon now under Megatron's control. There are six of them." 
"I've gotta hand it to ya, Primal, when you screw up, you do it big time. But thanks for the tip."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' attempts to warn '''Depth Charge''', for all the good it does.

"So, you think he'll come back?" 
"There was a time he would never have left. Rampage changed that."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Optimus Primal''', after Depth Charge departs

"It was really so very nice of you to come. So glad you could stay. Oh, we'll have such fun. Ho-ho, yeah! [crazed laughter]"
:—'''Rampage''' offers a hearty welcome to his arch-nemesis.

==Notes==
[[Image:Starhopper deepmetal.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Just tell 'em it was custom-made for ya.]]
* The temporal anomaly that transports Depth Charge to prehistoric Earth is never fully explained. It causes him to transmetalize, which would presumably make it related (or at least similar) to the [[quantum surge]] produced when the [[Planet Buster]] was destroyed. But the surge was long gone from Earth space by that point. In physical form, the anomaly more closely resembles the warp portals used by the [[Vok]] and their constructs, so it could perhaps be related to the destruction of the [[Metal Hunter]]. And given its time-traveling properties, it could even be related to the time storm from "[[Optimal Situation]]". The show provided no further explanation.

*Depth Charge's space craft totally looks like his vehicular alt mode.
*Waspinator appears in this episode and does not get scrapped in any way. Run for the bomb shelters, it's the end of the world!
*Rampage somehow senses the approach of Depth Charge before Depth Charge has even crossed through the temporal anomaly. One of the many unexplained mysteries about the full extent of Protoform X's powers.
*This was the first episode to have underwater scenes.

===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Depth Charge first scans his beast form, he yells "Maximize" to transform to beast mode instead of saying "Beast mode." He does this many more times over the course of the season. It could be that Depth Charge has his activation code keyed for activating his alt-mode (now his beast mode), while most others prefer to use it for going to robot mode.
* As his computer warns him to activate a repair sequence after defeating Rampage, Depth Charge's hands suddenly have four fingers instead of three.

===Continuity errors===
*How ''is'' Rampage eluding [[Megatron (BW)|my]] scanners? Various episodes hinted that it might be related to Rampage hiding out underwater, but it's never made clear.

===Transformers references===
*The ground outside of the Ark's cave is rutted and charred, the result of the Maximals dragging in tons of salvaged ''Axalon'' bits behind the scenes in the previous episode.
*When Depth Charge first enters Earth's solar system, he is informed by his ship's navi-computer that the area was declared off-limits by order of the High Council. This particular bit of backstory never got explicitly mentioned on the show, but was spelled out by the story editors' posts on the Internet. Earth is off-limits because of some undecided-upon catastrophe, as well as to protect it from time-altering thieves such as Megatron.
*Notably, the episode refers to a "High Council" rather than the usual "Council of Elders" (and ''also'' refers to the Elders). This could just be an error, though if we take it literally then Cybertron has more than one branch of government; the Elders, however, are the ones who Rhinox says would send a rescue ship, so they'd be the primary Council.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Rrray! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Optimal Situation

2011-06-27T11:02:09Z

85.31.137.11: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=40
|series2=Metals
|ep2=13
|next2=Where Is the Banana?
|title="Optimal Situation"
|image=Optimal Optimus.JPG
|caption=[[Trukk not munky|Trukk ''and'' munky]].
|production code=
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|writer=[[Bob Forward]]
|director=[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 24]], 1998
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''With Optimus Prime in critical condition after Megatron's attack, Optimus Primal takes on his spark to save the timestream.'''

:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Situation Optimal''' ("Optimal Situation")
:''Japanese title:'' 大きくな～れ (''Ōkiku Na~re'', "Gro~w Bigger")
:''Spanish title:'' '''Situación Óptima'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Situación Optima'''
:''Italian title:'' '''L'alba di una nuova era''' ("Dawn of a new age")
:''Brazilian name:'' '''Situação Optimal''' ("Optimal Situation")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Smelt Prime.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Smelts in your mouth, not in your hand.]]
As a time storm ravages reality, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] gloats to the fading [[Maximal|Maximals]], since his attack on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ensures that the [[Autobot|Autobots]] lose to the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], resulting in the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] having control of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], having been a Maximal protoform, is also affected by the time storm. She uses the information from the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] to activate [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]]'s security system, forcing Megatron out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]].

[[Image:OptimusPrimal OpSit Matrixspark.jpg|right|150px|thumb|It's not the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. We swear.]]
Blackarachnia and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] activate the Ark's repair systems to help stabilize Optimus Prime's condition, but the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] is still dying, and "reality is still in flux". The other Maximals arrive, and upon seeing Prime, realize that they must save him. However, his spark is fading. Believing there is no other choice, Optimus Primal merges his spark with Prime's to save it. He succeeds, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] summons an [[Autobot repair device]] to begin restoring Prime's body. Holding Prime's spark causes Primal to expand into a new, larger body.

Megatron and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] arrive and attack, though Primal manages to save the Maximals and convince the Predacons to leave, while Blackarachnia uses the commotion to escape. Outside, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] provides cover fire by shooting the rocks above the Ark. The Predacons destroy the cave entrance and flee, but Megatron notices a trapped Blackarachnia. Enraged by her betrayal, Megatron shoots her as the Maximals break free. Knowing that they are heading for the unprotected ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Primal and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] race off.

[[Image:BWSilverbolt Blackarachnia OptimalSituation.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Ug, gag unto me with a spoon.]]
As Silverbolt cradles the damaged Blackarachnia, he begs her to fight on and praises her defiance of Megatron. She maintains that what she did was self-preservation, but Silverbolt points out that she also saved him and the universe. He openly admits to Blackarachnia that he loves her, shocking her. While there's still time, Silverbolt asks her one last time to join the Maximals. Although she maintains that she's still a Predacon, Blackarachnia joins the Maximals for him, then goes off-line. However, Rhinox reveals that she's merely in [[Stasis lock|stasis lock]].

Primal and Cheetor manage to down Megatron, Inferno, and Waspinator, but Primal discovers that [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and the [[Arachnoid]]s are literally trying to drag the base away. Optimus manages to sever the lines and dispatch Rampage, but not before Rampage fires a missile which deflects off Primal and hits the ''Axalon''. The ''Axalon'' plummets off the cliff and crashes into the river. Knowing that he must return Prime's spark, Optimus withdraws with Cheetor to rejoin the Maximals.

[[Image:Optimusx2.JPG|right|150px|thumb|And in four million years, he'll tell [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] he had the strangest [[Humanization#Sleep|dream]].]]
Back in the Ark, the repairs are finished. Returning the spark causes Optimus Prime to reactivate briefly, but he almost immediately returns to stasis lock. [[Rattrap]] is less than happy, as they now have the difficult task of protecting the Ark from the Predacons. With the time stream safe—for the moment—Optimus orders the Maximals, including Blackarachnia (who still maintains she's a Predacon), to begin rounding up every piece of salvage and make fortifications.

They're moving into [[Mount St. Hilary]].
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Rattrap]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]](6)
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)| Waspinator]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)| Inferno]] (10)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (11)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (12)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (13)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (Head) (14)
|h3=[[Autobots]]|c3=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Optimus''': Silverbolt, what— 
[''Lets out a horrified gasp upon seeing Optimus Prime's injured face''] 
'''Optimus''': Well. That's just prime. 
'''Rattrap''': Or, what's left of 'im, anyway. 
[''Rhinox smacks Rattrap'']
:—Rhinox doesn't appreciate Rattrap's graveyard humor.

'''Rhinox''': "Hurry!" 
'''Blackarachnia''': "This technology is four million years old. It takes time." 
'''Rattrap''': "Time ya don't have, she-spider." ''[readies his gun]'' 
'''Silverbolt''': "You'll have to shoot through me, rodent." 
'''Rattrap''': "Don't tempt me!" 
'''Rhinox''': "Knock it off! We've got bigger problems."
:—Tensions flare during the repairs on Optimus Prime.

"Guys? Check out Big Bot..." 
[''Optimus stands up... and up... and up.''] 
"Big bot? How do you feel?" 
"In a word: Prime."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Optimus''' after the latter's Optimal transformation.

"You wouldn't dare fire in here! It might upset history." 
"We'd have four million years to clean you off the walls, Megatron. I ''might'' risk it."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal''' are badasses.

'''Megatron:''' This is not the end of it, Optimal Optimus. Nooo. The universe cowered once at the name of Megatron, and it shall do so again! 
'''Optimus:''' Freedom is the right of all sentient beings, Megatron. 
'''Megatron:''' Then they'd better stay out of my way! 
'''Rattrap:''' Oh, fer bootin' up cold! Will you just shoot him? 
'''Optimus:''' I'm trying not to resort to that.
:—The 'bots talk smack.

"You!" 
"Well, what did you expect, you metal megalomaniac?! What, that I would die for your insane ambition?!" 
"Then or now, Blackarachnia, there will be no more betrayals!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Jumping gyros, Optimus sure learns a new body fast!" 
"Well wha'd ya expect? He ''changes'' 'em often enough!"
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Rattrap''', who gets a rim shot.

"Blackarachnia, dark poison of my heart, abide with me yet a while." 
"You got a way with words there, Rover. You almost make me wish I was a better girl."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Blackarachnia''' have a touching moment. Rattrap is probably on the verge of puking or shooting them.

"Talk about your crispy, ice-cold slag..."
:—'''Cheetor''''s reaction to the Axalon's destruction

==Notes==
*Optimus runs through all four of his new body's modes within a few minutes of its debut. (His beast mode is easy to miss, but he uses it when he shields the other Maximals from the Predacons' weapons fire.)
* Primal's voice becomes noticeably deeper when he takes on his new form, as well as gaining an additional flanging effect. One might think the change is related to having old John Wayne-voice Optimus Prime within him, but both changes remain after Prime's spark is restored, so apparently it's just from being bigger and more metally. The deeper voice would vanish in future episodes, however.
*Blackarachnia opposes Megatron's plan to wipe the Autobots from history because she was a Maximal protoform. Technically, Quickstrike, Inferno, and (arguably) Rampage all count as Maximal protoforms too, but they don't oppose Megatron's plan because Quickstrike's ignorant, Inferno's crazy, and Rampage doesn't have a say in the matter (and is also crazy).

===Animation/technical errors===
*When the camera pans around Prime to show the repairs starting to be made, the Autobot insignia inside his chest is upside-down.
*When Primal first transforms into his jet mode, the cockpit is empty, but should house Prime's spark.
*After the Predacons leave the ''Ark'', Inferno, who looked like a zombie in the scene before (and after being apparently vaporized two episodes prior), is now in mint condition.
*As the ''Axalon'' is being dragged off of the cliff, the bottom of it can be seen. However it is completely flat at the rear; the engines are not there at all.
*In the Brazilian dub, Rampage is called "Destruição", but his name is "Violência". "Destruição" is Ravage's name.

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:Sparkholderprimevaldawn.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Geekery.]]
*The "spark container" which held Optimus Prime's spark was hauntingly similar to the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. According to [[Ben Yee]]'s [http://www.bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/os/ site], the Mainframe animators used Optimus Prime's death sequence from "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]" as a visual reference and used the Matrix's design as a spark container because they didn't know its significance. This, of course, leads us to ask the question: How do you get involved with ''Transformers'' and not know the most important McGuffin in the entire continuity?
** "[[Primeval Dawn]]" later explained the Matrix-shaped spark container as being a [[Decoy|decoy]] Matrix constructed to sit in front of the real Matrix.
** Or Rhinox's "his spark has the Matrix with it" line could suggest that while he held the Matrix, the Matrix seen in ''Beast Wars'' was the Matrix and not a decoy. Consider that in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Prime didn't give the Matrix to Ultra Magnus until after he had died. Look, just watch the episode, okay?
*Optimus was briefly knocked out after deflecting the missile and falling to the ground. However he is awake to watch the ''Axalon'' teeter back and forth and eventually fall off the cliff. One wonders why he couldn't have stopped it. After all, in his original form, he was able to slow the ship's descent to keep it from crashing in the episode "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]". One would think that his much larger and more powerful form would be enough actually to lift the ship up. On the other hand, he may not have wanted to leave himself (or more importantly, Prime's spark) exposed to Rampage. Considering the fact that the ''Axalon'' fell in the first place because Primal was trying to protect his ancestor's spark, it seems like the most logical in-universe explanation.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:OptimalSituation Tarantulas insignia.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
* The [[Arachnoid]]s seen in this episode sport a special Tarantulas [[insignia]], which they possess in all of their appearances from now on.
*After Optimus Prime's spark is returned to him, he reactivates, but almost immediately returns to [[stasis lock]]. The [[Binaltech#Binaltech_2|''Binaltech'' story]] chapter supplied with BT-22 Convoy establishes that Optimus Prime was at least partly aware of both the spark transfer and Optimus Primal.
*When confronting Megatron on the ''Ark'''s bridge, Optimus Primal tells Megatron, "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings," the motto of Optimus Prime. When informed by [[Ben Yee]] about this fact during the [[Madman Entertainment]] ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 DVD commentary for this episode, writer Bob Forward confessed that up to this point he had no idea, and the phrase was simply something he'd picked up from the alt.toys.transformers newsgroup.
* Later, Optimus Primal tells the Maximals to "transform and [[Roll out|roll out]]."
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s falling head represents that he is, in fact, totally dead. [[The Gathering|Until]] [[Universe (2003 comic)|he]] [[Binaltech|isn't]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Groooww Bigger ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Free Video ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Jetstorm (BM)

2011-06-27T10:21:01Z

85.31.137.11: /* Beast Machines cartoon */

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{{disambig3|Jetstorm}}
:''Jetstorm is a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:JetstormBMfull.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Air superiority complex.]]
Arrogant and cocky with the skills to back up all his big talk, '''Jetstorm''' leads [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[Sonic Attack Jet|aero-drones]] in his bid to remove the last vestiges of resistance on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He is distinguished from the other drones as having a more purple colour scheme and yellow markings on his body. The only thing Jetstorm likes more than cracking wise is cracking heads. He takes great pleasure in tormenting the [[Maximal|Maximals]] and lets them know at every opportunity how much better than them he is. He has a nasty temper that is barely hidden behind a thin veneer of cool indifference, and it really doesn't take much to set him off. Like that [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] chick, what's she staring at?

Despite his smarm, bravado and temper, Jetstorm knows when to cut his losses and run for it. He may have a whole load of personality flaws (and a load of aero-drones to back him up), but he's not stupid. Despite early rivalries, he has also developed a camaraderie with [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], even though the idea of being friends with anyone initially came as something of a shock.

Jetstorm is in actuality a programmed shell personality given life by the [[spark]] of the Maximal [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]].

His [[Command Code]] is "afterburn".

{{quote|Get it through your CPU! That program has been deleted. I'm Jetstorm now. ''PERIOD!''|Jetstorm getting sick of Blackarachnia's attempts to appeal to Silverbolt|"[[Savage Noble]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Brian Drummond]], [[Scott McNeil]] (as [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]) (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese), [[Marcus Jardym]] (Brazil), [[Riccardo Rossi]] (Italian), [[Eberhard Prüter]] (German)

[[Image:Vehicons Fires of The Past.JPG|left|thumb|300px|"We're like the Mitchell Brothers, only not bald, ugly, and shit."]]

Jetstorm came online alongside fellow generals [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], when [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] realized that controlling his vast armies of Vehicon drones directly was beyond even his mental capacities. In order to more efficiently guide his forces, he created the [[Vehicon general]]s to serve as field commanders answering directly to him. Showing a twisted sense of humor, Megatron summoned the familiar sparks of two captured Maximals and one Predacon from the Beast Wars to be his puppets, installing personality shell programs to make them unrecognizable by their former comrades and foes alike. For the bombastic and cruel Jetstorm, he used the spark of the noble and chivalrous [[Fuzor]] called Silverbolt. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

Silverbolt would later admit that he was aware of Jetstorm's sociopathy... and ''revelled'' in it, and being free from his code of chivalry. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

[[Image:Jetstorm Fires Of The Past.JPG|right|180px|thumb|Wonder who would call their child "Problem"?]]

Jetstorm made his entrance alongside Thrust and Tankor, with [[Rattrap]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] as his audience. When the spider lady noted that three mindless drones shouldn't be a problem, Jetstorm stunned the Maximals by replying that one, they weren't drones; two, they weren't mindless; and three, "Problem" was his middle name. Jetstorm teamed up with Thrust against Blackarachnia, strafing her from the air and obliging her with a ride through the skies after she webbed herself to him. When they initially lost the Maximals' signatures, Jetstorm was the first to detect them inside the spaceport terminal building, and the chase resumed, ending with a firefight between the generals and Optimus Primal and Cheetor that caused the destruction of the Autobot shuttle Omega-Delta. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

[[Image:Mercenary Pursuits Jetstorm jet.jpg|left|200px|thumb|So BAE Systems said "if everyone loves the UK's bendy ''buses'', how about...".]]

Berated by Megatron after his team's failures, Jetstorm protested that he'd almost captured the Maximals, only for the "lugnuts" to screw him up. Unsurprisingly, Megatron didn't buy it. After a couple of painful jolts and a promise of either reward or suffering, the three generals hit the road to find the Maximals. When Thrust stopped and began to brood, Jetstorm confronted him and demanded to know what the problem was, instigating a fight with the Cycle Commander. While they were dueling, the two picked up the Maximals' signatures and took off, only to find Tankor had beaten them to the prize. Teaming up with Thrust, Jetstorm attacked Tankor, landing a solid hit on him but ultimately getting himself knocked out when Tankor's counterattack blew up a fuel tank which walloped everyone but him. Later, Jetstorm angrily told Thrust he never wanted to see "that slagging turret-head" again—right before they were blasted back and then crushed by a falling Tankor. {{storylink|Mercenary Pursuits}}

A sub-surface scan picked up [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s Maximal signature, and Jetstorm brought some Aerodrones to play. He went right for the new guy, hoping to teach [[Nightscream (BM)|Bat Boy]] some new lessons in pain. [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] shook him off, though, and the beasties made a run for it. Jetstorm pursued with a homing bomb, setting it to lock onto the Maximals before zooming in to detonate at close range. Nightscream scrambled its locking mechanism with some hypersonics, however, and the bomb went after the Aerodrones instead! One big plume of flame later, Nightscream pressed his advantage by sonic-scrambling the drones up close, getting them to fire on each other ''and'' their general. Jetstorm was fuming, and swore to return with a full battalion to fry the animals. He tried out a new activation code as he took off, too..."Jetstorm: Adios!"

Jetstorm and his Vehicons tracked the Maximals to an underground orchard soon afterwards. Jetstorm gunned down the mouthy punk bat as revenge for earlier, but then Optimus Primal [[Reformatting|reformatted]] Nightscream into a techno-organic. The blasted kid now had sonic blasts, and he shot down Jetstorm's wingmen, then Jetstorm himself. Weakened from the fight, Jetstorm initiated an evacuation sequence in his remaining drones, to live to blight another day. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}

The generals met up with the Maximals again at a Vehicon manufacturing plant. Cheetor and Nightscream were in the process of leading Jetstorm and Tankor into a trap when Rattrap bungled into the picture. Of course, his bungling still knocked the two generals for a loop. After a power surge knocked out at least three quarters of Megatron's power, the backwash also took Jetstorm and the others off-line for the remainder of the solar cycle. {{storylink|The Weak Component}}

[[Image:Jetstorm with extractor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]

In another chase, Jetstorm and the Vehicon generals attacked the Maximals near the spark extraction facility where Cybertron's populace was broken down for parts. Jetstorm's greatest nemesis during this battle was not the Maximals, but the randomly backfiring coolant vents that littered the area. He just had no luck with those things at all. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}} Next, Jetstorm and Thrust responded to Nightscream and Blackarachnia blatently causing a distraction in the midst of [[Cybertropolis]]. Jetstorm toyed with the fruity bat boy for awhile before the brat fanged him. He soon confronted Thrust about how he was clearly ''not'' shooting at Blackarachnia. Thrust finally took the shot, but Jetstorm used the power of peer pressure to push him into finishing the job. Nightscream intervened, only to take himself and Thrust temporarily out of action. Jetstorm stepped in with style and used the portable [[spark extractor]] to steal the spider-babe's spark for himself. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent}} Once he had her spark, Jetstorm took off to bring his prize to Megatron, and maybe earn a prize of his own. Nightscream was right behind him, though, and he swiped back the spark extractor. Jetstorm was so furious about losing the spark that his jovial mask slipped briefly, and he tore after the Maximal in an absolute rage. Pursuing Nightscream into a building, Jetstorm thought he cornered the punk in an elevator shaft until Nightscream dropped the car down on top of him. It hurt, but nowhere near as much as the pun. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse}}

When Megatron's [[Diagnostic Drone]] suggested Nightscream might hold the key to eliminating his eminence's beast mode, Megatron sent Jetstorm and the Vehicons to accompany the drone on a Maximal hunt. Jetstorm faced off against Blackarachnia, taking a few shots at the little lady before being caught up in her cyber-webs, giving her time to confront Thrust. The two of them stared longingly into each others' optics until Jetstorm blasted her from behind...he just couldn't ''stand'' the suspence. They caught Nightscream only to lose him again, and Jetstorm and Thrust chased him down to Cybertron's organic dirt layers. The other maximals caught up with them, and Blackarachnia looked to even the score with Jetstorm. He teased her for a kiss; she dropped a boulder the size of a car on him. All's fair in love and war. {{storylink|Survivor}}

[[Image:Silverboltjetstorm.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]

Jetstorm and Thrust briefly appeared offering to hunt down the Maximals after they stole a [[Vehicon Mole|Mole drone]], but Megatron informed them he already had plans for the "mole" among the heroes. {{storylink|The Key}} After Tankor went off-line, Megatron held a funeral of sorts to learn what happened to his General. Jetstorm poetically sang the praises of his fallen comrade-in-arms, but managed to put aside his grief long enough to ask for power over the [[Tank Drone]]s. Jetstorm and Thrust were then sent out with the Diagnostic Drone to locate a Maximal test subject to apply the [[Vector Sigma|Key to Vector Sigma]] on. They soon chanced upon Blackarachnia, despite the Drone's curiously poor directions. Jetstorm got knocked for a loop when the spider-bot's "tickle torture" proved to have more of a charge than he bargained for. He managed to track down her and Thrust, but lost consciousness for awhile after a cannister bounced off his head. When he woke up, the Maximal ''femme'' was looking at him all dopey-like. Then she started calling him [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], which was just downright unnerving. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

As both sides geared up for the endgame, Jetstorm and Thrust prepared for the fiesta at hand. The struggle escalated, and Jetstorm found himself face-to-face with Blackarachnia. He made it clear to her in no uncertain terms that Silverbolt "had left the building" when he summoned some Tank Drones to techno-ize her with the power of their Keys. The final blow was put off, however, when Megatron and Optimus Primal unleashed their respective doomsday weapons, threatening to tear the entire planet asunder. {{storylink|End of the Line}}

In the aftermath of the energy backlash created by the Key and the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], Cybertron was off-line and Tankor, Megatron and Primal were believed dead. Jetstorm and Thrust attempted to continue the fight with the remaining Maximals because, well, they had nothing better to do. And besides, the spider-babe was ''really'' getting on Jetstorm's nerves by pining away for Silverbolt, and not recognizing the glorious perfection of his Vehicon form. Although they called off the fight, Jetstorm couldn't stand the idea of following the spotted furball, and took off with Thrust to make their own way on the lifeless world. {{storylink|Fallout}}

They didn't get far. Mere hours later, the Vehicons were under fire from a horrendous dragon creature they nicknamed "[[Savage Noble|Savage]]". Believing the beast to be another Maximal, they attacked Cheetor and crew when they next crossed paths. Already on a short fuse, Jetstorm practically exploded when Blackarachnia called him Silverbolt ''again''. Once they realized the Maximals weren't behind Savage, Jetstorm and Thrust tried working with them, but that kitty cat was just too big for his britches. When Cheetor demanded they keep the creature alive for questioning, Jetstorm volunteered to bring back several large pieces for Cheetor to chat with as much as he liked. Bravado aside, Jetstorm was quickly crispy-fried and knocked into the distance by Savage's fireballs. {{storylink|Savage Noble}}

[[Image:DarknestKnight_Jetstormsideon.jpg|right|250px|thumb|This is a side of him I've not seen before!]]

After Megatron came back on-line and reassumed control over Cybertron, Jetstorm and Thrust got their old jobs back as hired muscle. They caught Nightscream alone in the ruins and were toying with their prey when the other Maxies showed up. As always, Blackarachnia paired off against Jetstorm, but this time she had a trik up her eight sleeves: a spark extractor rigged to a DNA scanner. She slapped it on the unwitting Jetstorm's back and goaded him into chasing her. Eager to deal with her "crush" once and for all, Jetstorm pursued the spider at full speed underground, bobbing and weaving through the catacombs until she caught him in a net of cyber-webbing. This sent Jetstorm crashing into a pool of organic ooze from Cybertron's core, and a miraculous transformation began to take place. The spark extractor pulled his essence free from his Vehicon shell, as the DNA scanner began acquiring a beast mode based on the fossilized remains around them. The ooze then reformatted his body so that his new beast shell was automatically modified into a techno-organic hybrid. The radical reconstruction of his physical frame deleted the personality shell program that created Jetstorm as well. Therefore, mere moments after the Vehicon general named Jetstorm crashed into the organic ooze, a techno-organic Maximal once again called Silverbolt arose from where he had fallen. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

Thrust would refer to Silverbolt as "Jetstorm" from this point on, bitter and viewing the Maximal as Jetstorm having turned traitor.

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==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
*'''Jetstorm''' (Deluxe, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

[[Image:BM deluxe Jetstorm toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Er, right... I'm who now?]]
: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Machines'' Deluxes, Jetstorm transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet. His jet-mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at the neck to "search" for targets. Both jet and robot modes feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" and reveals jet thrusters.

:Note that, in the photo to the right, Jetstorm is slightly mis-transformed. In robot mode, the chest panels have holes in the back designed to pop over the yellow nubs on the collar plate, thus locking together the collar and the two halves of the torso. Further, in vehicle mode, his wings should be swept forward (like the Ultra-class toy below).

: This mold has been [[Redeco|redecoed]] to make the [[Sonic Attack Jet]], ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]] and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], and ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm (deluxe) at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BM ultra Jetstorm toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Dancing on air!]]
*'''Jetstorm''' (Ultra, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles, 2 drones

: Part of the first wave of Ultra-class ''Beast Machines'' toys, Jetstorm is also the first Ultra-class toy since the beginning of the "[[Beast Era]]" to feature electronics. He was also the ''largest'' Ultra-class toy yet. Like the Deluxe version, he transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, but in this incarnation the jet mode looks far more like the [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] CGI model, even if the robot mode bears only a slightly stronger resemblance. His jet mode cockpit/neck is geared up with the pop-up gun turret on his back so that both turn in the same direction when moved. This turret has a light-up feature plus two spring-loaded missiles. Like the small toy, he has both a "normal" bipedal robot mode and a "flight robot mode" with pop-out thruster engines.

: This mold was redecoed into the [[BotCon 2002]] exclusive [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/UltraJetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm (Ultra) at TFU.info]''

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*'''Jetstorm''' (Happy Meal, 2000)

: The McDonald's Happy Meal toy's robot mode was very close to the CGI model — ''from the waist up''. Below the waist, the jet nose splits into two halves. Legs? Feet? Who knows? The toy's front torso is made of translucent plastic to simulate his slender TV show model, despite being quite fat. He also features a light piping gimmick which causes the spark crystal on his chest to light up when he's held up to the light. In jet mode his cockpit also has limited light piping.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/McJetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm (Mcdonald's) at TFU.info]''

*'''Jetstorm''' (Little Red Rooster Meal, 2000)

: The McDonald's Happy Meal Jetstorm was also released in Australia through the Red Rooster restaurant chain. Like the other three toys, it came in four colors: the original colors (with opaques replacing the transparents), red, green, and very light blue. It was retooled from the original version, losing the light piping. To make up for this it has (sloppily) painted on 'eyes' for its jet mode.

:Due to the lack of translucent plastic the toy's profile is different to the McDonalds version, looking somewhat fatter. This version of the toy isn't as well ballanced as the McDonalds version, either. They fall down a lot.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/McJetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm (Little Red Rooster) at TFU.info (scroll down)]''

===Beast Wars Returns===
*'''Vehicon Jetstorm''' (Ultra, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles, 2 drones

:A redeco of the U.S. market Ultra figure, released as part of the Toys R Us exclusive ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' line in Japan. It is one of the less drastic redecos of the line, and is fairly similar to the U.S. release, substituting most grey parts for a secondary shade of greyish blue, and replacing some of the yellow and all the gold highlights with both a silvery grey and more blue, most notably on his cheek plates. It gives the figure a darker, more sombre and overall ''blue'' appearance, in order to have greater [[show-accuracy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/UltraJetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Beast Wars Return Jetstorm at TFU.info (scroll down)]''

==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
====Beast Machines series====
[[Image:Robot_heroes_primal_jetstorm.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Primal vs. Jetstorm''' (2009)
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==Notes==
[[Image:BMJetstorm-Concept.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Jetstorm's summer wear.]]
* Jetstorm's pre-release name was '''Skybolt''', but that was deemed too close to "Silverbolt", so the name was changed to further obscure the identity of Jetstorm's spark.
* Early concept artwork showed Jetstorm as being red instead of blue.
* Jetstorm was prone to making pop culture references, including "[[Pokeformers|Gotta Catch 'em All]]!" (the slogan for the Pokémon franchise) and "swing batty-batty!" (a baseball pun intended to nark off [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]).
* In the [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|show]], Jetstorm has no feet and never walks. He only touches the ground when he is prone/disabled.
* In jet form, as shown above, Jetstorm can ''bend'' his fuselage like a bird's neck, with no discernible effect on his flight performance. Also, his flaming jet contrails cast shadows.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jetstorm''' (ジェットストーム ''Jettosutōmu'')
*''French:'' '''L'Orageux''' (Canada, "The Shadow")
*''Spanish:'' '''Aluvion''' (toy)

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