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Skid Z's Choice

2010-12-18T15:04:11Z

92.11.109.144: 5-7-5! It's not hard!

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=10
|title="Skid Z's Choice"
|japanese=爆走! インディーヒート!!
|romaji=Bakusō! Indy Heat!!
|translation=Out of Control! Indy Heat!!
|image=Skid Z-RID02.jpg
|caption="Hmmm, Kirk or Picard?"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[June 7]], [[2000]] (Japanese) [[September 19]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Skid-Z likes to race things''' 
'''Racecars, people, and go-karts''' 
'''Even tortoises.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Auggie formula1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Because a big, hard man deserves a really small car.]]
The [[Autobot|Autobots]] are watching a [[Europa 400|Formula-1 race]]. The announcer is ecstatic at a certain car that just entered the race, Number 16, and comments that it looks like the car owned by the famous racer [[Auggie Cahnay (RID)|Auggie Cahnay]]. Suddenly, [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] enters the race, demanding that Number 16 pull over. The car ignores him and races on with Prowl in pursuit. [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] makes her appearance, claiming that her expensive hat was worth the trouble...until Number 16 and Prowl whiz by, blowing her hat onto the road, where it gets turned into roadkill, as Kelly puts it.

Prowl and Number 16 tie for the win, but Prowl loses his target by crashing into a wall of tires after a tight turn.

Back at base, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] suspects that the race car was an Autobot named [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]]. [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] backs him up, stating that Skid-Z just arrived from Cybertron, but no one knows what vehicle he scanned. No one knows why Skid-Z was racing in the first place, either. [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] then comments that the car that Skid-Z scanned looked like Auggie Cahnay's car and suggests that the racer spent so much time in the car that it took on his "Got to Win" personality. As a result, when Skid-Z scanned the car, he also ended up with Auggie's spirit. This spooks [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]], who claims that Skid-Z is haunted.

[[Image:Skid Z's Choice Skidzvschildren.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Move it you maggots, or you won't get to see [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]!]]
Meanwhile, Koji's theory is proven in a nearby forest. Skid-Z is pondering to himself how, ever since he scanned a race car, he's had to be in a race every time he heard one start. He's very angry with himself—after all, he came to help the Autobots, not race. But Auggie's spirit continues to get the better of him, and he wins a kiddie go-cart race, a school run, and even the race between the Tortoise and Hare! [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] then approaches Skid-Z, asking him to join the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]. Skid-Z refuses, and Sky Byte attacks, but he's surprised when the Autobot dodges his attacks. Skid-Z then hears another race start and speeds off, leaving a worn out Sky-Byte behind.

Back at the Autobot base, [[T-AI]] confirms that Skid-Z has somehow ended up with Auggie's personality. Concerned for human safety (especially after Skid-Z trampled through a hurdle race) the Autobots decide to find him and tell him what's wrong but have no idea where to start looking. Koji then explains that Auggie Cahnay won every single race except the [[International Grand Prix]], a race that anything with wheels can enter! The Autobots decide to enter the race so they can catch up with Skid-Z. T-AI initially enters all their fastest cars in the race, which upsets [[Team Bullet Train]]. Optimus then tells them all that they are ALL going to enter the race, even the trains.

[[Image:Skid Z's Choice Skybytecar.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Robots in disguise... in disguise.]]
At the starting line, the Autobots look out for Skid-Z while Prowl and [[X-Brawn]] wonder where [[Side Burn (RID)|their little brother]] is. Elsewhere in the starting line is Sky-Byte, who has entered the race (poorly) disguised as a red sports car so he can destroy the Autobots. As he daydreams of success, he fails to notice Side Burn admiring his paint job. He thanks the Autobot for the compliment (in a rather pathetic attempt at a feminine voice), but when Side Burn tries to pull the old "Haven't we met somewhere before" routine, Sky-Byte tells him to get lost. Side Burn returns to his brothers, who are shocked that he found a red sports car that wasn't his type.

The race begins, but Sky-Byte gets off to an unpromising start: Unaware that someone has tied his tail to a wooden post, he is quickly yanked back to the starting line. ''Now'' X-Brawn and Prowl realize that the red sports car is Sky-Byte and wonder how Side Burn knew. Their brother retorts that this was the first red sports car that ever spoke back to him.

The Autobots then notice a car zooming up behind them. Believing it to be Skid-Z, they call out, but are shocked when the pursuer turns out to be [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. The [[Spy Changer|Spy Changers]] stay behind to slow down Megatron so he can't stop the others, but he takes them out with his Ultra Traction Drive, which gives [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] an ultra-headache. Soon, Megatron spots another driver and, thinking it's another Autobot, attacks with his Ultra Traction Drive again...sending a surprised Sky-Byte into the air. The car's cry of protest sounds familiar, but Megatron ignores it.

[[Image:Skid Z's Choice Sideburnprowl.jpg|right|200px|thumb|TAXI!]]
Up ahead, the rest of the Autobots let X-Brawn go on ahead to make sure the upcoming mountain area is safe for driving. Meanwhile, the Predacons set up a rockslide to trap them. They are successful with Team Bullet Train, but Optimus blasts them out of the picture.

Optimus and the [[Autobot Brothers]] take a quick break to ponder how the Predacons knew they were there. X-Brawn then notices someone coming up the track. He thinks it's Megatron, but Optimus recognizes the new arrival as Skid-Z. Prowl and Side-Burn put out traffic cones and call out to their teammate, but he drives off screaming that he has to win.

Back on track, Sky-Byte is following behind Skid-Z, but once again, Megatron mistakes him for an Autobot and shoots him down. Megatron then sends a giant boulder down to crush the Autobots. The Autobots catch it but are unable to fight Megatron, so they call out to Skid-Z for help.

[[Image:Skid Z's Choice Raceend.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This isn't leaked lubricants, is it?]]
Skid-Z hears the cry and stops, but Auggie's spirit isn't making it easy for him. Still, Optimus has faith that Skid-Z will come back to help them. Sure enough, just as Megatron is about to deliver the final blow, Skid-Z returns and blows up the boulder, stating that winning his own internal battle was the greatest victory ever. After he and the rest of the Autobots get rid of Megatron, they all continue the race.

Waiting at the finish line, Koji is relieved to see Skid-Z with the other Autobots. Skid-Z wins, and the Autobots congratulate him, complete with Optimus throwing oil over him. Skid-Z believes that he won't have any problems now...until he hears Koji's watch alarm and runs off, thinking that another race is starting. Optimus still has faith that he'll come back...sooner or later.

At last report, Skid-Z is seen in Africa, still looking for a race.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] (1)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (2)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (3)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (4)
*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (5)
*[[R.E.V.]] (6)
*[[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] (7)
*[[W.A.R.S.]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[X-Brawn]] (10)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (11)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[T-AI]] (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (16)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (18)
*[[Dark Scream]] (19)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (20)

|c3=
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (13)
*[[Koji Onishi]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
[[Image:Skid Z's Choice Skidzvstortoise.jpg|right|200px|thumb|See, I told you about the tortoise. But you didn't believe me. Why didn't you believe me!]]
"I win! Sorry tortoise."
:—'''Skid-Z''' ruins the fable

'''Optimus Prime:''' Hmmm... Very well then. We're all going to be in that race, Team Bullet Train included. 
'''T-AI:''' You think they'll allow that?! No one's ever heard of a race train! 
'''Koji:''' Sure T-AI. They've got wheels, don't they?

"Hi there, cutie. Nice paintjob." 
"Huh?! Oh, thank you. How nice of you to notice!" 
"I bet you get noticed all the time. I've been thinking that you look kind of familiar. Have we met before?" 
"*''Hummina, hummina, hummina!''* Just who do you think you're talking to? Do you think I'd fall for an old line like that? Not this car - now go away!" 
"Whoa, the ''uppity'' type. Sorry, didn't mean to offend you. Just trying to have a little friendly conversation. See ya."
:—'''Sideburn''' hits on '''Sky-Byte'''.

"I'll go check it out." [''jumps up falling rocks''] 
"That's not fair! He's ignoring the laws of gravity!"
:—'''Optimus''', who is cool, and '''Slapper''', who is right.

"Megatron?! It's me! Sky-Byte! Don't shoot!" 
"I can't hear you, Autobot, but if you're begging for mercy, request denied! Hahaha!" 
"''Waaaaaiiit!''" [''buried by rocks''] "Ooof. The rocky path is sometimes unavoidable..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' discovers that '''Jet-mode Megatron''' doesn't give a slag about friendly fire

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===

===Animation or technical errors===
* Auggie Cahnay's Formula-1 car has a gold Autobot symbol on it for some reason.

===Continuity errors===
*Uh, just how did Skid-Z get entered in the Grand Prix?

===Transformers references===
* The human race driver whose spirit possesses Skid-Z in this episode was named after the ''Generation 1'' character [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]. In the original ''Car Robots'' version of this episode, however, the driver's name was '''Goldback''', an apparently inexplicable reference to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug's]] Japanese name.
* Likewise the [[Europa 400]] is named for the [[Europa 2000]], also from "[[Trans-Europe Express]]".

===Real-world references===
* During Skid-Z's racing montage, he is shown racing past [http://childhoodreading.com/Arthur_Rackham/Tortoise_and_the_Hare.html a tortoise and a hare].

===Trivia===
* Apparently, the Europa 400 from the episode's beginning takes place (at least partially) in public streets where anyone can risk getting run over, and no stands are set up for crowds to watch. Weird.
*Strangely, the official at the finish line of the International Grand Prix waves a white flag, used to signal the start of the final lap of an automobile race or, presumably in this case, the presence of a slow and/or stalled vehicle on the course, to signal that the race is complete as opposed to a checkered flag.
*Knowing Megatron, it's logical to assume he might have been ''pretending'' not to recognize Sky-Byte, just so he can punish him for screwing up on '''every single mission'''.
*From this episode on, Megatron seems to favor changing into his bat form instead of his jet form for retreating. This doesn't seem to make much sense as you'd expect the jet mode to be faster. (Of course, in the real world there are [[To sell toys|other reasons]].)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 3 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/transformers-transcripts/rid-episode-10-skidz-choice.php "Skid Z's Choice" transcript at RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise episodes]]

The Hunt for Black Pyramid

2010-12-18T14:41:45Z

92.11.109.144: Haiku syllables/ number five, seven, and five./ Don't you forget it!

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=5
|title="The Hunt for Black Pyramid"
|japanese=決死のジャンプ! マッハアラート
|romaji=Kesshi no Jump! Mach Alert
|translation=Resolute Jump! Mach Alert
|image=Hunt for Black Pyramid Pyramid.jpg
|caption=Everything's better down where it's wetter.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa|Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Marc Handler|Marc Handler]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[May 3]], [[2000]] (Japanese) [[September 14]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Marine pyramid.''' 
'''A Predacon power source?''' 
'''Swim! Autobots, swim!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Boat on viewscreen.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Who messed up the CAD to get THAT?]]
Still needing more energy to power the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]' base, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] sets his sights on a new source of power: the undersea [[Black Pyramid|Black Pyramid]]. [[Gas Skunk|Gas Skunk]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] wire the pyramid up to the ship's energy systems, but while making the installation, Slapper fears being discovered by the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Above, on a research vessel, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and the wily scientist [[Doctor Okasai|Doctor Okasai]] prepare for their trip to see the Black Pyramid, unaware the Predacons are there.

From his [[Megastar|own ship]], Megatron sees the research vessel approaching. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Dark Scream|Dark Scream]] are sent to destroy the ship before it discovers the Predacons' activity, and as the two Predacons leave, it's clear Sky-Byte and Dark Scream have a grudge with each other.

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Okasaikoji.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I've had this ice cream bar since I was a child!]]
Dr. Okasai and Koji buckle up and prepare for aquatic descent. Pieces of the ship shift their alignment as the entire vessel rotates its nose downwards until the ship is vertical. Once the ship is standing in the water, the compartment holding Koji and the Doctor lowers into the sea—where they're unintentionally dangled in front of Sky-Byte. The crew of the ship panic, while Dark Scream attacks the sections of the ship above sea level. Sky-Byte rams the compartment, knocking Doctor Okasai out cold, and Koji radios for help from his Autobot friends.

[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Prime]], about to get waxed, hears Koji's distress message and leaves the fire hall he was stored at (leaving behind one very confused attendant). He travels out to sea on the [[Global Space Bridge]] while [[T-AI]] orders the [[Autobot Brothers]] to follow Prime (although she has a bit of difficulty getting [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] to follow instructions). The four Autobots meet up together and reach the end of the Global Space Bridge's ability to extend out to sea - a large distance short of the ship.

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Sideburnchicken.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Not the drink I had in mind!]]
Side Burn, eager to show off, is the first to leap from the end of the road, but he chickens out at the last moment. [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] is the next to try jumping, making use of his jet boosters, but he only makes it far enough to baffle and confuse [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (who happens to be on a fishing trip). While Optimus prepares to make a mighty full-throttle leap, Side Burn and [[X-Brawn]] swim towards their destination. Prime makes an incredible leap, breaking a handful of the laws of physics, and reaches the ship.

Prime knocks Dark Scream off of the research vessel. Sky-Byte leaps from the sea to confront Prime, and after Sky-Byte recites some bad poetry, the two plunge into the sea as they begin their battle. T-AI asks Koji for a situation report, and he tells her that Prime is at a disadvantage underwater and losing badly. T-AI orders X-Brawn to help repair the damage done to the research vessel.

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Skybyteoptimus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hey, guys, I've found Nemo!]]
While Prime continues to battle Sky-Byte, being tossed around by the shark, X-Brawn works to repair the ship. Finally he asks Prowl to give it a push, and the ship returns to horizontal alignment, lifting Sky-Byte and Prime out of the water. No longer at such a disadvantage, Prime puts on one of the "gloves" from his super mode and punches Sky-Byte back into the depths. With Sky-Byte's defeat, Megatron destroys the Black Pyramid so the Autobots can't use it.

Although the day has been saved, the Autobots know that there's still a Predacon threat. Prime states that he and the Autobots will continue to defend the planet.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[T-AI]] (13)
*[[X-Brawn]] (14)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (15)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (16)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (2)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (3)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (6)
*[[Dark Scream]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi|Koji]] (4)
*[[Doctor Okasai]] (5)
*Ship Captain (8)
*Crewman #1 (9)
*Crewman #2 (10)
*Fireman (11)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't tell me to relax, I ''hate'' to relax!"
:—'''Slapper'''

"Whatever, you pathetic little guppy." 
"What did you just say—?" 
"Nothing! I said I wish I... had a puppy."
:—'''Dark Scream''' and '''Sky-Byte''' bicker

"It's a robot squirrel or hamster or something!"
:—Crewman, on seeing Dark Scream

"Now you got me as worried as a steer in a steakhouse." 
"Dude, where do you come ''up'' with this stuff?"
:—'''X-Brawn''' and '''Side Burn'''

"I'm going to pretend that didn't happen."
:—'''Kelly''', after seeing a police car fall out of the sky in the middle of the ocean

''The cobalt ocean roils ''
''zephyrs blow cold, ''
''and another hapless foe is crushed beneath my heel.''
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s poem

"You might do better with limericks! Your imagery is derivative. It lacks semiotic cohesion, and the 'hapless foe' is you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s critique

"My ''next'' poem will be your eulogy, as you rust away in a watery grave. ''Then'' we'll see whose imagery lacks semiotic cohesion!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s retort

"It's not happening, it's not happening, it's not happening... I'm going to sleep."
:—'''Kelly'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
* This episode is the first of the series to contain a major change to its central plot. In ''Car Robots'', the Black Pyramid is just an ordinary archaeological ruin which the Predacons are hiding in the shadow of in order to tap a nearby undersea oil pipeline. ''Robots in Disguise'', however, reimagines the pyramid as a mysterious energy-generating "Matrix Chamber" of unknown, presumably-alien, origin, the activation of which is the goal the Predacons are actively pursuing.
*As with past episodes, ''Robots in Disguise'' refrains from mentioning something ''Car Robots'' regularly has been pointing out: that the Predacons are simply trying to gather energy to get the ''Megastar'' back up to full power. Presumably, this is a little bit of a feint, as the show tries to make the audience think they're just on Earth to steal all its energy, in classic Transformers style, before their [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|true mission]] is revealed later in the series.
*Unnamed in ''Robots in Disguise'', the ship featured in this episode is named the ''[[Aquacall II]]'' in ''Car Robots''.
*''Car Robots'' explains Koji's presence on the ship by noting that Doctor Okasai had promised to take him in the past. For whatever reason, ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this with Koji wondering how the ship will be able to go underwater.
*When Gas Skunk inquires as to why Slapper is so happy, ''Car Robots'' has him explain that being a frog, he feels at ease in the water. In ''Robots in Disguise'', it's because he's sure Megatron will be happy with him, prompting Gas Skunk to fear Sky-Byte will steal the credit.
*Immediately after the above exchange, Sky-Byte swims by, kicking up the seabed. ''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a clip of Dark Scream doing the same a second later.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', the ship's crew want to bring the observation pod up upon Sky-Byte's attack, only to find it isn't responding. They're happy to let it stay down there in ''Car Robots''!
*''Robots in Disguise'' trims down and re-orders the scene of T-AI summoning the Autobot Brothers. In ''Car Robots'', she cycles past Team Bullet Train on the member select program, and a scene of Optimus Prime moving from regular roadways onto the Global Space Bridge is then shown before three short scenes of the brothers being called by T-AI are played. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene of T-AI cycling through the program is cut, going straight to Prime's driving scene, and before each of the three brothers' scenes, a shot of their name flashing on the member select program is shown. As in previous episodes, ''Robots in Disguise'' digitally replaces the brothers' Japanese toy ID numbers on the member select readout with their names.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Side Burn is moping about having just recently failed to woo a red sports car; in ''Car Robots'', he's been ''unable'' to find one to pursue.
*''Robots in Disguise'' shortens the scene of T-AI's argument with Side Burn a little, as well as changing the nature of their disagreement to T-AI being frustrated about Side Burn's reluctance to follow protocol. In ''Car Robots'', she's annoyed that he's referring to her with the informal "chan" suffix. Side Burn says that Optimus does it, and T-AI says that ''he'' is allowed to.
*In ''Car Robots'', the motocross rider who watches X-Brawn drive off is impressed by his leap; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's angry about a car being on the track.
*''Car Robots'' has Side Burn deny that he was breaking the speed limit when questioned on it by Prowl, while ''Robots in Disguise'' has him admit it, and brush it off because it was an emergency.
[[Image:Rid_ep5_pratfall.jpg|right|thumb|275px]]
*When Side Burn chickens out of the jump, ''Car Robots'' has X-Brawn and Prowl do an anime prat-fall. This fall is removed in ''Robots in Disguise'', but the scene is not made any shorter: it's just turned into a still image of the characters talking.
*The Space Bridge's angle is altered by 44.8 degrees in ''Car Robots'', but only 20 degrees in ''Robots in Disguise''. The scene of Optimus requesting the change is shortened a little for ''Robots in Disguise'', and then an extra scene of him conversing with T-AI in preparation for the jump is added after X-Brawn and Side Burn jump into the water.
* In ''Car Robots'', rather than attack Sky-Byte's poetry, Optimus just points out that it's a [[wikipedia:Senryū|senryū]], a Japanese poem form similar to [[wikipedia:haiku|haiku]] but in the more dark humor or cynical context.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV shot as Side Burn targets Sky-Byte, overlaid on top of footage of Sky-Byte swimming around from ''earlier'' in the episode, rather than laid over concurrent ''Car Robots'' animation.
*At the conclusion of this episode, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Koji bring up his father, after which the Autobots depart to foil the latest Predacon scheme. In ''Car Robots'', Koji makes no mention of his dad, instead telling the Autobots about something strange that he saw under the ocean (namely, the Megastar). The data that comes in is not of the Predacons' new activities, but of a scan of the remains of the Black Pyramid, revealing the cavity which the Megastar occupied. It would seem that in ''Car Robots'', the Autobots are unaware that the Predacons' base is mobile, and this scene is their discovery of that fact; in ''Robots in Disguise'', this is never an issue.
*Some spots of untranslatable Japanese word play from ''Car Robots'' in this episode include:
**Dark Scream saying "地獄耳" (''jigoku mimi''), literally "Hell ears" and meaning "sharp hearing", when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] heard a comment Dark Scream didn't meant for him to hear.
**X-Brawn commenting "帯に短し、襷に長し" (''obi ni mijikashi, tasuki ni nagashi'') when the Global Space Bridge proves not to have enough reach. This is a proverb meaning literally "too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie"; in essence "neither one, nor the other". A tasuki is a length of cord used to tie kimono sleeves out of the way, while an [[wikipedia:Obi_(sash)|obi]] is the sash/belt that ties the kimono closed and in place on the wearer.
*Scenes extended in ''Robots in Disguise'' by looped and repeated footage include:
**Slapper's gripe about the Autobots to Gas Skunk in the first scene.
**Dark Scream attempting to claim he didn't insult Sky-Byte ("I wish I had a puppy!").
**Doctor Okasai's explanation of the Black Pyramid as the ship tilts.
**Koji's distress call, after the fireman washing Optimus walks away.
**Prime's response to Koji's SOS, and the conversation between the two that follows, is about 50% longer.
**Prime requesting information from T-AI.
**X-Brawn talking to himself about the motocross course just before driving off.
**Prowl and X-Brawn talking about Side Burn's guts.
**The Autobots talking about who will attempt the jump next after Side Burn fails.
**Prime's reaction to Sky-Byte's appearance.
**Prime's resolve to keep Koji's safe as Sky-Byte attacks.
**Prime telling Koji the Predacons are sure to return.

===Continuity errors===
* The Black Pyramid's location is described first as being west, then ''east'' of [[Zuma Point|Zuma Point]]. ''Whups!''

===Real-World references===
* The pyramid is based on [[wikipedia:Yonaguni_Monument|actual underwater structures]] off the coast of Japan.
* The unusual phrasing of this episode's title suggests it is a reference to the book/film ''[[wikipedia:The_Hunt_for_Red_October|The Hunt for Red October]]''.

===Trivia===
* [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]'s boat has the registry number UF 26 S/C.
* One of the crewmen knows about the Predacons, confirming (along with "[[Bullet Train to the Rescue]]") that the Transformers' war is common knowledge. Yet Kelly still has no idea what's going on. She needs to watch the news once in a while.
* After Prowl jumps into the water, he's missing for the entire underwater fight, only showing up at the end to give the ship a nudge. What was he ''doing''?!

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 2 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Volume One ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Evil Intent (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Special Edition 2-Disc Set (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise / Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation / Action Man'' (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/transformers-transcripts/rid-episode-05-the-hunt-for-the-black-pyramid.php "The Hunt for Black Pyramid" transcript on RiDForever.info]
*[http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/phikent/japan/japan2.html Pyramid pictures]

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise episodes]]