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Carnage in C-Minor

2007-12-30T17:08:40Z

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

==Detailed synopsis==

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

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

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

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

==Stats==

'''Written by:''' [[Buzz Dixon]]

==Quotes==

'''Broadside''': (Picks up Galvatron with one hand) You! Because of you, I got blasted out of space. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THAT DID TO MY PAINT JOB?! (Sucker punches Galvatron)

"I don't wanna see your ugly face, just the button that says ERASE!"<br>
"My tapes! You've erased my tapes!"
:-- '''Blaster''' destroys '''Soundwave's''' tapes

==Other notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[Image:Hotspot_defensor.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Hey! Part of me, get back in me!]]
* When the Protectobots are combined as Defensor, Hotspot (the main body) is fighting alongside his combined self! This could be one of those infamous '[[Decoy]]' Transformers...but probably not.

[[Image:CarnageMiniBlaster.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Its his little shoulder-angel.]]
* In one scene, a layer problem caused Blaster becoming very tiny, comparing to Soundwave.
[[Image:Bigmagnus tinyconst.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Ultra Magnus can't ''deal'' with these [[Scale]] issues!]]
* On the musical-based world of Eurhythma, Ultra Magnus dispatches Hook and Scrapper{{m-}}by ''picking them each up in one hand'' bashing them together. Magnus is supposed to be big, but that is ''too'' big.

* And there are more than meets the eyes. This is what you get when you combine a season's worth of bloopers into 1 episode. Seriously, how much time do you have?

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Maybe it's not Bonecrusher, but a rare cameo by [[Load Hauler]]?]]
* In one infamous scene, [[Brawn]] and [[Huffer]] (who should also be dead) show up alive and well. And it seems Bonecrusher has switched sides, as he's helping them shoot at the giant Decepticon rocket engine he'd just helped build!

* Soundwave travels with Galvatron to find the source of the harmony. However, when the scene returns to the battle outside the city, Soundwave is with the other Decepticons at the same time.

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* The Eurythman characters' names are all music-related puns.
* Eurythma was possibly named after the popular 80s band The Eurythmics.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

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

* That said, there is plenty of inanity to be found in the story too. For instance: Despite the aliens' dialog being in perfectly understandable English (or Galactic Standard or whatever), because they say everything a sing-song rhythm, apparently none of the Transformers except Blaster and Soundwave can understand them, and the two tape decks spend a large (and annoying) amount of time translating Eurythman to "non-sing-song" for everyone else.

* Apparently, a single blast from [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[lightning cannon]] can cause [[Devastator]] to disassemble. And [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] believes that intellectuals are weak.

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

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[[Music]]

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

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Brawn (G1)

2007-12-30T17:01:06Z

90.192.31.57:

{{picsneeded}}{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot Brawn|the Robots in Disguise Autobot|X-Brawn}}

:''Brawn is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Brawng1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|DON'T GIVE HIM THE STICK! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!]]

'''Brawn''', the Autobots' demolitions expert, is amazingly strong for his size. Due to his small stature, he often attempts to overcompensate by playing up his macho personality. He can be somewhat of a bully, and looks down on noncombatant Autobots. He has a ready, though slightly sarcastic, sense of humor, and a lot of ''chutzpah''. In addition to his great strength, Brawn is also so tough as to be almost indestructible... [[personal canon|''almost'']].

:''Nickname:'' '''Muscles'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Bruto'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Cammello'''<br>
:''Japanese name:'' '''Gong''' (go-n-gu, ゴング)<br>
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Izmos''' ("Hefty")<br>
:''South American name'': '''Jipe''' (pronounced "''hee-pay''")

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{note|UK-only stories are in italics.}}

[[Image:Brawnmarvel1.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Gee, ya think? You think that maybe I should use these clamps, that I use every day, at every opportunity? You're a freakin' genius, ya idiot!]]

After the Autobots re-awoke on modern-day Earth, Brawn was one of five Autobots sent out to reconnoiter their new world. When their patrol came under attack from a squadron of Decepticons, Brawn advised the others to stay behind him, as he could absorb the incoming jets' firepower. Later, he clocked Laserbeak. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}}

''A malfunction caused Brawn to go mad, rampaging in a small town because he thought the cars were being enslaved by humans (and then "killed" the cars when they showed no gratitude). After a destructive chase, the Autobots finally managed to recapture and repair him. To regain his honour, he agreed to be Starscream's opponent in a trial by combat; Optimus Prime had [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] fake Brawn's death to end the battle.''{{storylink|The Enemy Within!}}

When the Autobots staged a diversionary attack on the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister]], Brawn's strength enabled him to storm through Rumble's localized earthquake, and punch out the little punk. Unfortunately, the little punk had a brother. Frenzy's high-frequency sonic attack knocked Brawn out. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

Brawn was among the Autobots who donated fuel to re-energize five Autobot warriors, in preparation for their last stand against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} When that gambit failed, he was among the Autobots strung up for spare parts by Shockwave. {{storylink|The New Order}} He was later reactivated by Ratchet along with the others. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

In the rush that followed to catch up with the Decepticons' gains, Brawn and [[Bluestreak]] were charged with the repair of the Ark's [[ionic fusion drive]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} When the Autobots overheard Shockwave's plans to drop the captured head of their leader, Optimus Prime, in a nearby swamp, Brawn was among the Autobots who traveled to the swamp with Prime's body. However, the head was actually a decoy head, which, when attached to the body, caused it to go on a murderous rampage. Brawn was one of those wounded before Prime's proper head was returned. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Brawn was part of a team sent to bring in a demented Snarl.''{{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

[[Image:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Zapped in the shoulder, no doubt.]]Brawn was witness to a battle between [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster]] for Autobot leadership on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. After the scene was attacked by [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons, Brawn soon lost a fight with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], who dismissed the Autobot as having a "bright future as ''spare parts!''" {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Brawn was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to New York City. As Starscream approached, [[Goldbug]] led a team of Autobots which included Brawn, and the entire team was destroyed with a "single wave of Starscream's hand"! Oops. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}
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====Generation 2====
Brawn was part of a team sent to answer the distress call sent out by their [[human]] allies [[G.I. Joe]]. Landing in [[Springfield]], they ran up against a revived and [[Cobra]]-upgraded [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Assigned by [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] to guard the Autobots' ship, Brawn got himself vaporized when Megatron revealed that he could implode neutrons. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

Ratchet must wonder why he even bothers.

====3H ''Universe'' comics====
Brawn was [[retcon|abducted]] by [[Unicron]] just before he was atomized by by the Cobra-tanked Megatron, and sent to the [[Cauldron]]. When [[Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] engineered a mass escape, Brawn, [[Wheelie]] and [[Tap-Out]] subdued the rage-afflicted [[Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] to keep them from killing each other.

Brawn then escaped Unicron tanks to a portal created by [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]]. Where he went from there is unknown... hopefully not right back to the neutron implosion.

===Generation 1 Cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (US), [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japan)

Brawn was one of the Autobots on board the ''[[Ark]]'' who awoke in 1984, reformatted by [[Teletraan I]] to have an Earth-based alt-mode of a land rover jeep. He was frequently involved in combat engagements against the Decepticons in the early years of the Earth-based war, including the battle that saw the Decepticons destroy an offshore oil rig. In the flaming chaos that followed, Brawn helped save his fellow Autobot [[Huffer]] who was trapped in the wreckage by cutting him loose with a blowtorch contained in his right arm. In other instances, Brawn also showed himself capable of wielding a large drill for tunneling, and a number of smaller grappling claws from his vehicle mode. The only thing he really lacked was a gun, but, being Brawn, he didn't seem to mind borrowing [[Megatron (G1)|someone else's]] [[fusion cannon|gun]].

Brawn performed admirably in several of the Autobots' missions, most notably during the events which brought [[Cybertron]] into Earth's orbit. During those chaotic times, it was Brawn who repeatedly spearheaded the various attempts to rescue their ally [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from the clutches of the Decepticons, even traveling to Cybertron itself along with a special rescue team. It was this team that learned of the means which [[Dr. Arkeville]] was using to control his human slaves, and then discovered a way to free them from his clutches.

Another important mission for Brawn involved a super-weapon being built in Peru, where it was he (and his ally [[Trailbreaker]]) who first discovered the Decepticons' plot and informed the other Autobots. In the end, Brawn himself who raced to the top of the ancient pyramid the Decepticons were using as a firing platform, tackled Megatron and helped bring about the weapon's destruction. {{Storylink|Fire on the Mountain}}

When the ''[[Nemesis]]'' was uncovered in an archaeological dig (and Megatron subsequently retrieved the awesome power of the [[Heart of Cybertron]]), Brawn was angered that fellow Autobot [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] did not participate in battles, not understanding that Perceptor's scientific and technical skills necessitated his exclusion from combat missions. To the irritation of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Brawn decided it was his job to bully the Autobot scientist, insinuating that Perceptor was a coward not prepared to do his duty alongside the other Autobots. Brawn later changed his tune and was a big enough 'bot to appreciate Perceptor's skills when the latter hyper-accurately shot the Heart of Cybertron out of the sky. However, it is unclear whether Brawn was big enough to apologize to Perceptor for his earlier boorish behavior. {{Storylink|Microbots}}

Brawl was shot down by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in 2005, during the hijacking of a shuttle bound for [[Autobot City]], making him one of the first serious fatalities of that famous assault. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

====Brawn lives?====
[[Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|thumb|right|210px|"Hey guys, I'm back! And I found [[Load Hauler]]!"]]

While nowhere near as prevalent as discussion of "[[Who is Cyclonus?]]", there is recurring debate among [[fandom|Transformers fans]] regarding Brawn's death in the [[shuttle attack]] mentioned above. Generally taken up in partial jest, proponents of Brawn's survival focus on Brawn's well-established toughness and the fact that he had repeatedly survived more serious shots from Megatron than the shoulder wound he received on the shuttle. For example, being shot in the ''head'', '''''twice''''', in "[[Fire on the Mountain]]" and being perfectly okay.

Additionally, Brawn appears in "[[Carnage in C-Minor]]" (an episode which takes place well after the time of his supposed death). However, due to the generally low quality of the animation in that episode, Brawn's appearance is usually dismissed as an [[animation error]]. Brawn was ''not'' mentioned as one of the interred Autobots in "[[Dark Awakening]]"... but [[Huffer]], who appeared alongside Brawn in "Carnage" ''was'' (even though Huffer's death was not portrayed in the film... in fact, he barely in the movie at all, only being seen for about a second when [[Hot Rod]] crashes though the barrier [[Kup]] was setting up.)

It is sometimes joked that after the Decepticons abandoned the shuttle on approach to Autobot City, Brawn got up and piloted the shuttle to a safe landing somewhere off-camera. Of course, to hypothesize that, you have to ignore the fact that the shuttle went up in flames after getting shot a few times.

===Dreamwave Comics===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Brawn''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1984/1985/1986)
: ''Japanese ID number'': '''15'''

: Brawn was part of the original assortment of Autobot [[Mini Vehicle]]s released in 1984. He transforms into a kinda-sorta Jeep with a non-removable spare tire on the roof.

: There are a couple different variations of the toy. Like all of the 1984 releases, some versions have a [[rubsign]] applied to it, where the original runs do not. However, there is also a mold variation: some versions have the [[faceplate]] as part of the front body mold, while others have the faceplate as a part of the back, poking through a hole in the front body like the visor does.

: There are a fair few [[redeco]]s of Brawn from south of the border. In Brazil, version in gold with sand-colored robot parts was released. Peru got a light tan Jeep with dark turquoise robot parts, a light-blue painted helmet and no chrome. Mexico got another sand-colored Jeep in 1986, but with maroon robot parts.

: The Brawn mold was later used to create the [[Malignus]] [[Jipe (Malignus)|Jipe]] and [[Outback]].

* '''Brawn''' (Keychain, 2003)

: The Brawn mold was [[retool]]ed by [[Hasbro]] licensee [[Fun4All]] and made as part of the second wave of ''Transformers'' keychains alongside [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. A small plastic ring was added to the front bumper, which the metal key chain attaches to. The keychains came on pretty close reproductions of their original cardbacks from 1984. These were originally sold in chains like Hot Topic and video game stores, but over the course of several years, found their way even to the racks of Wal-Mart.

: In Japan, the four Mini Vehicles were sold in small boxes. Each one was also available in a solid-black variation.

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==Trivia==
* The mold for Brawn's figure was originally developed for the ''[[Microman]] Microchange'' toyline as a "Jeep". That toyline was meant to depict robots who transformed into toy cars, which is why Brawn's car proportions are a bit exaggerated.

* Brawn was the first figure identified in the ''Transformers'' pack-in toy catalog included in the larger boxed toys.

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==External Links==
* [http://www.toybin.org/search.php?q=1984+Autobot+Brawn ToyBin Brawn Toy Gallery]

* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Brawn/brawn.htm Brawn at TFU.info]

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