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Solomon

2012-02-19T17:34:26Z

92.15.130.71: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

:''Solomon is an owl from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:Beorht01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Solomon is very proud of Beorht. After years of instruction, the wizard is finally dressing with style.]] '''Solomon''' is the pet/confidante/familiar to [[Beorht]], the wizard who encountered [[Autobot|some metal knights]] in the year 543 AD when they used Beorht's time travelling device to enter Beorht's time period. He hoots a lot, and Beorht can understand what he says.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
Solomon spotted [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] kidnapping [[Nimue]], as well as the pursuing Autobots, and immediately went to alert his master. Beorht fed the owl some rats' tails in return for the information.

Later, during the battle at Blackthorne's castle, Solomon was able to save [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] from [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] by distracting the [[Decepticon]]. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

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[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]

Beorht

2012-02-19T17:32:22Z

92.15.130.71: /* The Transformers cartoon */

:''Beorht is a [[human]] wizard from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Beorht03.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Green Wizard needs food badly.]]
The wizard '''Beorht''' resides in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]<ref name="SotOS">[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/3878beee6db7d330/d6f9dbdc3058fc05 It's time for more... Secrets of the Original Scripts!]</ref> during the 6th century AD. He is the creator of the [[Dragon Mound]], a mystical artifact capable of time travel, and may have also invented gunpowder, albeit in the form of [[Dragon's Bane]].

Beorht is capable of communicating with the owl [[Solomon]] and can invoke the sky god [[Tyrwas]] for aid. Among other things, he carries with him a supply of dismembered rat tails (ew).

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese), [[Werner Abrolat]] (German, Generation 2)

[[Image:Beorht01.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"There are some who call me...Tim?"]]
At some point before 543 AD, Beorht created a mystic artifact capable of sending someone through time. Unfortunately, a wandering [[dragon]] decided to use the cave containing it as a home, rendering the device essentially inaccessible. The beast's new lair eventually became known as the Dragon Mound.

Wandering the forests near the lands of [[Aetheling the Red|Sir Aetheling the Red]] and [[Wigend du Blackthorne|Sir Wigend du Blackthorne]], Beorht was found by Solomon the owl. Feeding the owl a rat tail, the wizard got Solomon to inform him that [[Nimue|Princess Nimue]] had been kidnapped by [[Decepticon|giant metal knights]], which interested Beorht enough to investigate.

Beorht soon discovered that the metal knight called "[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Lord Starscream]]" threatened to conquer their land and that the [[Autobot|good metal knights]] were low on something called "energy". Opting to help, Beorht called upon Tyrwas, God of the Sky, causing the heavens to darken quickly. Using his staff as a conduit, Beorht channeled lightning into the fallen Autobots, energizing them enough to battle.

[[Image:Beorht02.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It is a time when magic is more powerful than science, and only those who control the magic control destiny.]]
Following the Autobot victory, Beorht learned that [[Hoist (G1)|Sir Hoist]] and his compatriots were time-travelers. Concluding that they came through his time-travel device, he led the Autobots and Decepticons to the Dragon Mound—where, unfortunately, the dragon had returned from visiting his relatives. Thankfully, Beorht had his Dragon's Bane with him, which [[Warpath (G1)|Sir Warpath]] used to frighten off the beast.

With Sir Aetheling, Sir Wigend and Princess Nimue, Beorht wished the travelers off as they departed for 1985. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

==Notes==
* "[[Wiktionary:beorht|Beorht]]" is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "bright".
* The dialogue script for "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court" reveals a dropped subplot where the Decepticons destroy a tower belonging to Beorht.<ref name="SotOS"/>
* Beorht totally uses [[magic]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Beorhd''' (ベオード ''Beōdo'')

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]

Wigend of Blackthorn

2012-02-19T17:30:24Z

92.15.130.71: /* The Transformers cartoon */

:''Wigend du Blackthorne is a [[human]] character from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sirwigendblackthorne.jpg|right|275px|thumb|He'll get to the bottom of this!]]
Sir '''Wigend du Blackthorne''' is a hot-headed young noble in sixth-century England who allies himself to the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], and lives to regret it.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Chain]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)
Sir Wigend du Blackthorne was feuding with his neighbor, Sir [[Aetheling the Red]], when Aetheling offered an olive branch in the form of a jousting tournament. Blackthorne agreed, but fortune put him in the path of time-displaced Decepticons, with whom he formed an alliance.

[[Image:Sirwigend%26nimue.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Hey, babe. Wilst thou help me findest my codpiece?]]
The tournament did not go well for Blackthorne, even though he tried to fix the contest with ringers [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] took Aetheling's daughter [[Nimue]] hostage and took over his castle, Blackthorne visited Nimue to tell her of his change of heart, both his allegiance and his feelings for her. Nimue gladly accepted his offer of marriage. As Aetheling's forces attacked to retrieve Nimue, Blackthorne tried to enter the fight, but was tossed over the battlements by his traitorous subject, Sir [[Wulf]]. Blackthorne joined Aetheling, and the battle was won by the [[Autobot|Autobots]] [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. Blackthorne was there to bid the [[Transformer|Transformers]] goodbye as they returned to their own time. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kuro Kanmuri no Kishi Wigend''' (黒冠の騎士ワイゲンド ''Kuro Kanmuri no Kishi Wigendo'', "Wigend, Peerless Black Knight")

{{DEFAULTSORT:Du Blackthorne, Wigend}}
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[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]

A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)

2012-02-19T17:27:34Z

92.15.130.71: /* Featured characters */

{{episode
|image=G1toon starscream king of the castle.jpg
|caption="It's only a model." "Shhh."
|series=G1toon
|ep=40
|prev2=Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2
|next2=The Golden Lagoon
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=30
|series3=''[[Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=11
|prev3=The Master Builders
|next3=The Golden Lagoon
|title="A Deceptacon Raider in King Arthur's Court" "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"
|airdate=[[October 24]], 1985
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production code=#700-39
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Transformers go to the sixth century but avoid Camelot, as it is a silly place.'''

:''Japanese title:'' タイムトラベラー (''Time Traveller'', "Time Travellers")
:''German ''Generation 2'' title:'' "'''Sprung in die Vergangenheit'''" ("Jump into the Past")
:''Brazilian title:'' '''Um Cavaleiro Decepticon na Corte do Rei Arthur''' ("A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court")
:''Italian title:'' '''Un Decepticon alla corte di re Artù''' ("A Decepticon in King Arthur's court")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Ramjetinpast.gif|left|175px|thumb|You yellow bastard! Come back here, and get what's coming to you! I'll bite yer legs off!]]

[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] are battling it out with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. When the [[Decepticon]]s retreat out of exhaustion, Rumble detects energy in a nearby cave. After they wander inside they are transported to 543 A.D., where they are greeted by [[Wigend du Blackthorne|Sir Wigend du Blackthorne]] and his knights, who believe the [[Transformer]]s are knights of an enemy realm. Their arrival is also observed by an owl, who flies off to inform his master, the wizard [[Beorht]], of this strange new development.

[[Image:Raiderrumblejoust.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Look. In order to maintain airspeed velocity, a Ramjet has to spin its turbines 43 times every second, right?]]

Nearby, [[Nimue]], princess of that enemy kingdom, is spying on their conversation and runs to warn her father, [[Aetheling the Red|Sir Aetheling the Red]], but she bumps into Spike (literally). The Decepticons agree to help Blackthorne's knights win their conflict with Aetheling, but Starscream obviously wants to rule and have a land of his own. Spike enters the jousting tournament between the two kingdoms (which has been rigged by the Decepticons, of course), but quickly fails.

Ramjet and Rumble enter the tournament together (Rumble riding Ramjet in vehicle mode), but are defeated by Warpath and Sir Aetheling. An enraged Starscream is sick of chivalry, kidnaps Nimue and threatens her life unless Sir Aetheling agrees to give up his realm. The Autobots give chase but cannot keep up due to lack of energy and collapse out of exhaustion.

[[Image:Raiderstarscreamcooks.jpg|left|175px|thumb|What manner of man are you, that can summon up fire without flint or tinder?]]

Starscream holds Nimue prisoner in Blackthorne's castle, which he has commandeered, and forces its residents to construct and power a primitive electrical generator to keep the Decepticons energized. Starscream then sends Rumble to get [[wikipedia:potassium nitrate|potassium nitrate]] (in other words, LOTS of bird crap) to make gunpowder.

[[Image:Raiderrollinthehay.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Yes! Yes! You must give us ALL a good spanking!]]

Spike attempts to save Nimue from Blackthorne's keep, only to find she and Sir Blackthorne are now a happy couple. Despite feeling rejected, Spike still agrees to help fight the war against the Decepticons.

Meanwhile, the Autobots and Sir Aetheling's knights charge towards the castle to battle it out with the Decepticons. The Autobots help the knights cross the moat and scale the walls, but they can't put up much of a fight due to their dangerously low energy levels. Starscream's gunpowder projectiles make short work of the invading forces.

[[Image:Raiderdragonvsautobots.jpg|left|175px|thumb|When suddenly... the ANIMATOR suffered a fatal heart attack! And the cartoon peril was no more.]]

Beorht the wizard appears and summons lightning that fills Warpath and Hoist back up to full strength. They take back the battle with Starscream and are victorious. Beorht concludes the robots are time travelers and leads them all back to the cave in which they arrived, only to find it guarded by a [[dragon]]. Starscream refuses to go any closer, but Beorht pulls out a pouch of "[[Dragon's Bane]]", noting that a little bit of it works every time. He throws the concoction at the dragon, and it explodes, frightening away the beast.

Spike and the Transformers go back into the cave and return to the present using the [[Dragon Mound]]. When they arrive back in their own time, they are greeted by multiple cannon blasts by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Starscream tackles his leader in a burst of enthusiasm at being back safely. Megatron, on the other hand, isn't nearly as happy to see Starscream, who has just ruined his shot...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (5)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (6)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (2)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (3)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (4)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (17)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (18)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Nimue]] (7)
*[[Wigend du Blackthorne]] (8)
*[[Wulf]] (9)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (10)
*[[Aetheling the Red]] (11)
*[[Beorht]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Solomon]] the owl
* A [[dragon]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oohh! I just changed heads last week!"
:—A ground-bound '''Ramjet''' learns that even a tough jet is no match for [[Warpath (G1)|a tank]]

"Out of the way, Rumble! It could be dangerous. As your leader, I must take the risk. Anyway, I'm lower on energy than you!"
:—'''Starscream''' acting true to form.

"Huh! Inferior construction, even for an Autobot. One good whack, it breaks right in two!"
:—'''Ramjet''' examining the "wreckage" of Sir Wulf and his horse.
[[Image:Beorht01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Look! It's the old man from Scene 24!]]

"What's more important is that we have 1,451 years to go before we have to worry about the Autobots and that bungler Megatron!"
:—Even trapped in the past, '''Starscream''' looks on the bright side, unaware his math is failing.

"Whatcha waiting for, Red Knight? Don't you wanna rumble with Rumble?"
:—"Sir" '''Rumble''' prepares to joust.

[[Image:Raiderrumblepoo.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Who's that there?" "I dunno. Must be a king." "Why?"]]

"Make some idiot twenty feet tall, and he thinks he rules the Earth."
:— '''Beorht''' isn't too impressed by Starscream.

"Starscream! Lower the drawbridge! ''Ugh!'' I got your stupid potassium nitrate!"
:—'''Rumble''', carrying a pot of bird droppings while also covered in same.

"What's the matter? Aren't you glad to see us?" 
"RRRRAGGGH!!"
:—'''Starscream''' asks a rather loaded question of '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
*Warpath's chest cannon's length changes frequently during the episode.
* The first shot of Warpath has him rolling along in tank mode, drawn at about a 1/4-angle viewpoint, but the ground beneath him is scrolling parallel to the camera.
* A bizarre flash of energy envelopes Ramjet as he returns to robot mode after colliding with Warpath.
* When Starscream raises his right arm to point, the Decepticon emblem on his wing is no longer there.
* Again showing a wanton disregard for the background matte, Warpath slides sideways as he drives down the hill.
[[Image:DecepticonRaider Nimue.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Oh, wicked, bad, evil, ''naughty'' Zoot!]]

* Princess Nimue has cleavage that appears and disappears from shot to shot and sometimes frame to frame. And no, you are not a pervert if you watched the episode six times to chronicle this error.
* The script seems to have called for a trumpet fanfare to summon Spike to the jousting field (thus Hoist's "That's your call!" line.) The sound editors complied by timing a fanfare in the background music to coincide with the moment, but the resulting effect is that Warpath seems to be listening to the background music.
* A glint of light off of Sir Aetheling's sword gets a ''very'' loud sound effect. Since sunlight is so loud, y'know.
* When Ramjet rams into Warpath in the jousting duel, his canopy is smashed and nose cone crushed in, yet less than a minute later, he's back to normal when the remaining Decepticons attempt to flee with Starscream.
* As Starscream walks up to kidnap Nimue, the background scrolls behind him much faster than the speed of his walk.
* Starscream is missing his wing emblems as he drives off with Nimue.
* Warpath's tank mode is rather consistently portrayed as bigger and taller than Hoist's truck mode. While that would be accurate in the real world, Hoist is taller than Warpath in robot mode.
* Starscream's mouth doesn't move during most of his "No, Rumble, not I..." line.
* After he throws the gunpowder and puts his hands on his hips, one of Starscream's arm guns isn't quite attached to his arm.
* The tires on Hoist's feet are white instead of black as he stands up after the lightning recharge.
* Hoist tackles Starscream even though one frame later he's seen in vehicle mode.
* A bit of clumsy sound editing towards the end of this episode results in a small but noticeable error. As Hoist says, "That is, if there's a way—" his voice is very abruptly cut off. Then Beohrt announces: "Hoist said 'time'!" when Hoist has actually said nothing of the sort. The line as recorded was "That is, if there's a way back to our own time!" and it was followed by a short scene of Starscream feebly requesting a little energy and being threatened by Warpath, before Beorht makes his proclamation. The removal of the Warpath/Starscream scene appears to have inadvertently clipped the relevant few words off the end of Hoist's line.

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:Spike gets kissed.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Look, let me go back in there and face the peril." "No, it's too perilous." "...Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril?"]]
* If Warpath crushes Ramjet's nosecone in their second collision...why didn't he crush it in their ''first'' encounter?
* The historical accuracy of some aspects of this episode is somewhat lacking. (No! Really?)
** While the recipe for gunpowder expressed in this episode is roughly correct, gunpowder would not make its way to medieval Europe for another eight hundred years or so, and then only from the Far East. Of course, the whole ''point'' of its appearance is that it's a rare, mysterious, wizardly type of thing, so hey.
** Plate armour of the kind worn by the various knights in this episode was not introduced into medieval Europe until around the year 1400—almost a thousand years from the stated ''anno domini'' 543. Even so, one should be fair to the writers and cartoonists, given that major motion pictures like ''Excalibur'' also made this sort of error (or used it for dramatic effect because audiences would easily recognise a stereotypical "knight" as opposed to a historically accurate version). We can let slide the armor that Hoist creates for Spike.
**Also, everyone seems to be speaking [[Wikipedia:Early Modern English|Early Modern English]] instead of [[Wikipedia:Old English|Old English]]. Way to go!
* Starscream's math is out by a decade: 543 + 1451 = 1994, rather than the correct date of the Transformers' awakening, 1984.
* Warpath's cannon changes from shooting lasers to shells again

===Continuity notes===
[[Image:G1 DecepRaiderinKingArthurs WarpathramsRamjet.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''In war we're tough and able Quite in-de-fa-ti-gable Although at times, we're given rhymes That are quite un-sing-able!'']]

* Ramjet apparently changes his head on a regular basis. Hah!
* Fans have made much of the fact that Warpath defeats Ramjet in a collision, but really, Ramjet's specialty is hitting ''other planes''. Even a tough jet doesn't compare to a ''tank''.
* Warpath makes a strange observation, noting that he's so low on energy that he "can't even stay transformed". Apparently, remaining in vehicle mode consumes energy.
* Warpath speaks with a moving mouthplate in this episode, rather than the cheek blinkers he sometimes has.
* Even if he can't fire lasers, Warpath can still fire shells (and does so, trying to hit Ramjet in the castle).

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Exteriordragonmound.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"SO, brave knights, if you do DOUBT your courage or your strength, come no further! For ''[[Death|DEATH]]'' awaits you ALL...with nasty, big, pointy teeth!"]]

* The title of this episode is an homage to the novel ''[[wikipedia:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' written by [[Mark Twain]] and published in 1889.
* The Dragon Mound is surrounded by a [[wikipedia:Stonehenge|Stonehenge]]-like structure.
* The instrument panel on the time-travel device is written in [[wikipedia:Runic alphabet|Runic alphabet]]. [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Runes1.jpg] [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Runes2.jpg]
* Surprisingly, there is a slight bit of Arthurian legend present in the episode. Nimue (better known as the Lady of the Lake) is an Arthurian character who fell in love with Merlin. Unsurprisingly, that Nimue is nothing like this episode's Nimue.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** Luke's saber deflecting the seeker ball bolts can be faintly heard as Beorht recharges Warpath and Hoist.
** The sound of a light saber igniting is used as Beorht drops his electrically charged staff.
* Despite the title, King [[Arthur]] doesn't make an appearance in this tale, thus making him Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Film.

===Trivia===
[[Image:Deceptacon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Nu!" "No no no no, it's not that, it's 'ni'." "Nu!" "No no, 'ni'. You're not doing it properly."]]

* The original broadcast version of this episode featured the mis-spelled title, "A Decept'''a'''con Raider..." The error was corrected for the ''[[Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]]'' version of the episode. Likewise, when [[Kid Rhino]] recreated the title cards for their DVD release of the series, it was also amended. This flub seemed minor then, [[Scorpinok|but]] [[A Tale of Two Heros|years]] [[Imprisoned Inferno|later...]]

* This episode was never broadcast in Italy in the '80s and, as such, it only got dubbed in Italian with the 2008 full G1 redubbing.

* Spike actually gets a kiss from a girl. What will [[Carly]] think?

* This episode is one of four pre-movie episodes in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] does not appear.

[[Image:DecepticonRaider-NotHank.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fear not, Ranger! Or is that "Fear not-Ranger"?]]

* Among the audience members watching the joust is a dark-skinned man whose outfit greatly resembles the one worn by Hank the Ranger in the [[wikipedia:Dungeons and Dragons (TV series)|''Dungeons and Dragons'' animated series]]—not entirely surprising, as that program was produced by [[Marvel Productions]], who partnered with [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] on ''Transformers'', and both shows were animated by [[Toei]]. Next to "Hank" are a man with a shield and a woman in a cloak, but they do not otherwise strongly resemble Eric the Cavalier or Sheila the Thief, characters who were associated with magical versions of those items in the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 4 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (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 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part 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'' — Season Two, Volume One: 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)

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

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Haley

2012-02-19T17:25:18Z

92.15.130.71: /* The Transformers cartoon */

:''Haley is a [[human]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BlasterBlues Professor Haley.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Introducing Karaoke night at the observatory was a stroke of genius.]]
Professor '''Haley''' is an astronomer. Like all scientists, he wears a white lab coat. He created the [[Voltronic Galaxer]] in an attempt to contact alien life forms, having forgotten that [[Decepticon|some]] already dwelt on [[Earth]]. Presumably he also founded the [[Haley Observatory]].

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[John Stephenson]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)

While demonstrating the Voltronic Galaxer before a crowd of scientists and reporters at the Haley Observatory, Professor Haley send out a signal to try to contact alien life. The signal was swiftly answered—by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who was standing on the roof of the observatory. Haley attempted to contact the [[Autobot]]s for assistance, but the signal was inadvertently jammed by a rock concert which [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was illegally rebroadcasting.

Professor Haley tried to stop Megatron taking the Voltronic Galaxer, but was unable to prevent the Decepticon from departing with his device. By the time the Autobots turned up, the Decepticons were long gone with their prize. Haley explained that the device could be used to intercept and unscramble signals. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] promised that they would get the Voltronic Galaxer back.

The Professor's invention was later destroyed by Blaster and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] while being used to block Earth's radio transmissions. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

==Notes==
*The [[Sunbow Productions]] cast list entry for "Blaster Blues" notes Professor Haley as an "exaggerated imitation of [[wikipedia:Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Haley-hakase''' (ハリー博士 ''Harī-hakase'', "Doctor Haley")

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Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2

2012-02-19T17:06:55Z

92.15.130.71: /* Featured characters */

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|ep=38
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|next2=A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court
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|prev3=Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1
|next3=The Ultimate Doom, Part 1
|image=Desertion of the Dinobots 2 title shot.JPG
|caption=''Dessert of the Dinobots'', tonight on Food Network.
|title="Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2"
|production code=#700-37
|airdate=[[October 22]], 1985
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''With the Dinobots having deserted the dying Autobots, Spike and Carly must find them and save the Autobots.'''

:''Japanese title:'' ダイノボットの逃亡 PART II (''Dinobot no Tōbō PART II'', "Desertion of the Dinobots PART II")
:''Portuguese name:'' '''A Deserção dos Dinobots Parte 2'''
:''Italian title, dub 1:'' '''I Dinorobots disertano-Parte 2''' ("Deserting Dinobots-Part 2")
:''Italian title, dub 2:'' '''La diserzione dei Dinobots - II''' ("Desertion of the Dinobots - II")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Shockwave humans.JPG|left|200px|thumb|The sign on my house said "no humans or solicitors"!]]

The [[space bridge]] doors open, and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Carly]] find themselves facing the business end of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s gun arm! He fires a ray that vaporizes Carly's car right out from under them. Fleeing through [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]], the two humans manage to take refuge inside a small hole in a computer, a space where Shockwave won't fire after them for fear of damaging the equipment. Carly attempts to work the machine, but is hit by a surge of electricity and falls into a nearby pit, damaging the computer, but also twisting her ankle in the process. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] contacts Shockwave and orders him to send [[Cybertonium]] before the [[Decepticon]]s die, but Carly's tinkering has left the Space Bridge non-functional.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Swoop humans.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Humans collect Transformers. Me Swoop collects humans!]]

Using Wheeljack's thumb radio, Spike makes contact with [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]], who is pretty much the only person standing at Autobot Headquarters, as the Autobots are all shut down. Sparkplug uses [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to guide them out of the computer and toward [[Wheeljack's workshop|Wheeljack's old lab]]. Carly gets them through the door, but before they can start looking for Wheeljack's stash of Cybertonium, someone or something starts pounding on the roof. Spike finds a rifle and blasts the intruder, who is revealed to be... [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]!

The errant Dinobot explains that the Dinobots were captured by the Decepticons after a fight in Decepticon Headquarters, and taken to the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. The three are guided by Sparkplug to the [[Mass Transit System]]. Unfortunately, the tube carrying their car is damaged, and they can no longer communicate with Sparkplug. Deep underground, the three are nearly killed when they activate old defense systems. Swoop saves the day, but his wings are damaged.

Reaching the surface, they find an abandoned city, which has clearly seen better days. Carly discovers a records room, with a datatrack which explains the history of the [[Great War (G1)|terrible war between the Autobots and Decepticons]]. Swoop says that he never knew the war had gone on for so long, but they are soon captured by a [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel]].

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Grimlock kill drones.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Taste like chicken.]]

Taken to the Cybertonium Pit, they discover that Shockwave altered the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' [[memory circuit]]s, making them think they're loyal to the Decepticons. Carly is able to repair their memory circuits, and the Dinobots thank Carly and Spike for rescuing them (except [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], of course). Now that the Dinobots are themselves, Spike comes up with an escape plan. He and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] start arguing, so the Sentinel decides to remove the humans. When the force field surrounding them comes down, the Dinobots destroy the drones. The Dinobots take the kids to an access tube, and Grimlock carries them up.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Dinobots Cybertonium.JPG|right|200px|thumb|"Me Grimlock always have room for Jell-o!"]]

Meanwhile, Sparkplug sends a message to Cybertron, saying that he has managed to direct the space bridge to land outside the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]]. Shockwave contacts Megatron, saying that he has sufficient Cybertonium, and the Space Bridge is repaired, but that he has lost control of the destination site. Having overheard this, the Dinobots overwhelm Shockwave, and although Shockwave is able to hit Swoop, the Dinobots and humans manage to escape back to Earth with a shipment of Cybertonium.

At the Autobot base, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] awards Spike and Carly with medals, making them "[[Honorary Autobot]]s". Grimlock decides to follow the Autobot leader's orders, and the Dinobots rejoin the [[Autobot]]s... until Grimlock no longer feels like following Prime's orders.

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==Featured characters==
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|c1=
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (9)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (13)

|c2=
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (1)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (4)

|c4=
*[[Early war history records Transformers|History records Transformers]] (11)
*[[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel robots]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"That was my car, not an Autobot. Decepticreep!" 
"I don't think he cares, Carly."
:—'''Carly''' and '''Spike''' after Shockwave destroys Carly's car

"The more I see of this planet, the more I like it." 
"The more I see of it, the more tired I get."
:—'''Carly''' as she marvels at Cybertron while '''Spike''' despairs over the huge stairs

[[Image:DesertionDinobots2 Mass transit junction.jpg|thumb|right|200px| ]]
'''Spike'''/'''Carly''': WHOA! 
'''Swoop''': Why you make ''that'' noise? 
'''Spike''': Because we just left our stomachs back up there. Hoh-oh!" 
'''Swoop''': Me glad me not have stomach to leave. 
:—Spike and Carly get a tiny bit of motion sickness sympathy from Swoop.

"Metal of good old days not so good!"
:—'''Swoop''' doesn't think much of the traps in the tunnels. He's going to think even less of the [[Quintesson|guys who built them]].

"Almost forgot — me Swoop can transform!"
:—In standard Dinobot fashion, '''Swoop''' hits on a solution for getting around with a damaged ''Pterodactyl'' wing.

"Millions of years ago, Cybertron was a planet of peace...until the Decepticons, lusting for power, began a terrible war. Not designed for combat, the Autobots were overwhelmed and subjugated by their evil opponents. While many Autobots fled Cybertron, a few valiant survivors devised new tactics and launched a counter-offensive on their arch-foes. And thus began a terrible series of wars. Many times, both sides have claimed victory, but this has been short-lived, for the Autobots have overthrown Decepticon tyrants, and, likewise, Decepticon treachery has toppled many a peaceful Autobot ruler. And to this day, the war rages on."
:— A '''computer''' telling the history of the Autobot-Decepticon conflict

[[Image:Grimlock01.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock say YOU PREGNANT.]]
"No! Me hate you!" 
"Well, I'm not nuts about you, either!" 
"Me not do what you say!" 
"You lunky bag of bolts, you can't do anything!"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Spike''' fake a fight within the Cybertonium Pit.

'''Slag''': Even though Dinobots not like it... 
'''Snarl''': ...We take orders from you now... 
'''Grimlock''': ...Until ''next time'' me Grimlock no '''''feel''''' like it. 
:—A warm fuzzy moment, Dinobot style.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* An establishing shot shows us a pile of nonfunctional Autobots. Among them is Jazz, now back in his complete robot mode after being stuck as a half-car, half-robot last episode. In the same shot, Prowl's head crest is white instead of red, Jazz's tires are white, Bumblebee's groin is gray instead of yellow, and Brawn's gauntlets are yellow instead of gray.

*One of Teletraan I's displays labels Spike and Carly's location as "DECEPTKON COMPUTER BRAIN".

* Where's Spike been carrying that rather largish [[photon light]] he pulls out? It's way too big to fit in a pocket.

* Carly's "oop!" happens before she actually stumbles. She's calmly saying "Let me lean on your shoulder" while nearly pitching face-first into the ground.

*Predictably, the entrance to Wheeljack's lab looks completely different than when we saw it in "Divide and Conquer". So does the access panel for the door. Neither of those looked like the entrance seen in "The Ultimate Doom, Part 3", but that seems to have been a back door.

* As is common in the cartoon universe, the metal ceiling of Wheeljack's lab cracks and crumbles like rock.

* Swoop's wing damage is missing in the very next shot of him after it happens ("Must've triggered switch!").

* After he's shot by the Decepticon guard, Swoop falls over with a very organic-sounding thump.

* The Dinobots are all busily loading, loading, loading while they declare that they don't want to leave the Cybertonium pits. But when Carly decides to check Snarl's circuits, he's just standing there doing nothing.

* Would anybody recognize Slag if they colored his face ''right''?
** The front of Slag's checkguard is white instead of red as Carly fixes him.
** His whole face is white as the energy fence deactivates, and again as he returns to robot mode and escapes from the pit.
** The "side panels" of his head are white as Optimus Prime starts to address the Dinobots (his eyes are also colored red, and next to him, Sludge has empty white voids instead of eyes.)
** White cheekguard-fronts again as Slag speaks his final line. His chest plate is also gray instead of white.

* During the "history of Cybertron" segment, there are a [[Early war history records Transformers|pink and a grey generic]] who are among the Decepticons that round up a group of Autobots. They are seen again shortly afterwards... among a group of (if the narration is something to go by) ''Autobots'' who show off their newly-acquired transformation abilities.

* After their escape, the Dinobots stop to figure out which way to go; in this shot, Grimlock's head is light gray, and Slag's dino head is light gray instead of yellow.

*During the final scene, Swoop can be seen being repaired (presumably having his blown-up wing replaced, since he only has one), but his intact wing is the same color as the bed he's lying on, and his beak is red. And Ratchet, standing at the foot of the bed, is red and gray.

===Continuity errors===
* Victor Caroli's voiceover recap incorrectly describes the Autobots as "energy depleted"; in actuality, they're suffering mechanical breakdowns.

*At the end of Part 1, Shockwave fires (with two guns!) into the opening Space Bridge elevator door, triggering a huge explosion (which the "in our last episode" recap is kind enough to replay for us at the episode's start.) At the opening of this episode, however, he's just standing there when the elevator doors open, aiming his gun arm; his hand-held pistol is gone. After a second, he fires a ray that vaporizes Carly's car out from under its two human passengers, but doesn't cause any human-eviscerating explosions. It's not the first time that ''The Transformers'' has solved an unsolvable problem by just ignoring it, but it's one of the most flagrant.

*Incidentally, the ability to vaporize an entire automobile's worth of mass would seem to be a pretty useful power for an evil robot, but it's never seen outside of this episode's opening sequence.

*Also incidentally, Shockwave sure does stand there for an awfully long time, letting the clearly-still-alive humans run off into his headquarters.

[[Image:Dotdinos2 teletraan simulation.jpg|thumb|right|200px| ]]
* Improbable viewpoints:
** Most of the monitor imagery in this episode is simulated pictures constructed by Teletraan I to keep Sparkplug abreast of Spike and Carly's progress. All well and good, but it does seem to rule out any possibility that all those other unlikely camera views in all those other episodes were super-realistic computer simulations.
** Is Megatron collapsed against the video monitor console... or do the Decepticons have a camera on the floor?

*Spike and Carly happen upon a stack of energon cubes, and the script makes a point of having Spike wonder aloud where they came from, since Cybertron is supposed to be out of energy. Does nobody remember that whole [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2|sending energon]] [[Divide and Conquer|to Cybertron]] thing the Decepticons had going on?

* Superhuman Spike:
** Spike manages to hold back an approximately 20+ foot tall metal door weighing several tons from crushing him and Carly.
** He also lifts a metal gun that's bigger than he is!
** Both he and Carly manage to hang on to Swoop's giant metal claws through a gut-wrenching series of aerial maneuvers. They're both fine when he drops them before crashing.

*When Carly and Spike reach Wheeljack's lab, Carly opens the door without ever knowing the pass code. It's not impossible that she got the code from [[Chip Chase]], who systematically guessed the code in "[[Divide and Conquer]]", but it does seem a bit on the unlikely side. Wheeljack also has a Decepticon symbol on his doorway, presumably put there by the Decepticons who sealed the entrance... but it wasn't there either of the last two times we saw the lab.

*Carly's ankle somehow repairs itself. Or was she faking just to get Spike to carry her everywhere? Maybe she found something in Wheeljack's lab that could heal her ankle or function as a brace.

* It's a cartoon convention that a missile can't harm you unless it physically hits you, no matter how close it gets, so we can cut ''The Transformers'' a little slack in this regard. However, the absurdity of it is a bit flagrant as Swoop dodges missiles in the extremely tight confines of a hallway, where the missiles have several chances to explode basically right next to him.

* The Decepticon drones don't keep watch over the pit as Carly reprograms the (stationary) Dinobots.

*Sparkplug says he's altered the space bridge destination by tapping into the Decepticons' computers. He never mentions how he managed to build an entire space bridge receiver ring right outside Autobot Headquarters. There has also been some previous indication that the space bridge appears at random, uncontrolled locations. Perhaps the receiver ring is part of the deal?

===Continuity notes===
*When Swoop escapes the Decepticon guards, he is shown flying over [[Great Dome|Iacon]] as the Autobots left it in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** As mentioned above, Shockwave can ''vaporize'' things with a ray from his gun arm. What things? Cars, robots, machinery, just about anything, it would seem. How have the Decepticons not won the war with this guy on their side??
** Swoop can launch a couple of stubby little missiles out of his upper chest.
** The Dinobots' memory circuits can be bypassed via something or other in their chests. It sounds bizarre, but Bumblebee apparently had memory chips in his chest in "Transport to Oblivion", and Brainstorm later declares that he and his compatriots all have "auxiliary memory circuits" in their chests.
* Swoop and the humans wander into what appears to be an abandoned underground city on Cybertron. The notion of Cybertron cities being built one atop the next would be revisited in the ''Beast Machines'' cartoon, many years later.
* This episode gives us a rare glimpse into Cybertron's past via a sort of mini-documentary:
** The footage features a ''ton'' of totally made-up robot and vehicle designs.
** The ships used by fleeing Autobots in the datatracks are the [[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor|same type]] as the Ark.
** The documentary suggests that the Autobots created the art of transforming, something that "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" corroborates.
** This was the first episode where a Transformer that isn't a hologram or a clone is shown to be destroyed.
* For the most part, this is the last time the Dinobots would be shown as rebellious, intimidating warriors in the original animated continuity, as by their next appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' they are happy to work with other Autobots, and by [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Season 3]], are generally used as comedic foils.
* Since Cybertron clearly sucked up a bunch of Earth's atmosphere in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]", we can forgive Carly and Spike's ability to breathe there. (Of course, Cybertron was human-inhabitable even before that incident, as demonstrated by Chip's visit in "[[Divide and Conquer]]".) Awful handy of it to have human-compatible gravity (which it would need anyway to actually hold on to that atmosphere.)

===Real-world references===
[[Image:DisertionDinobots2 humans medals.JPG|right|200px|thumb|"I got shot through space, my car was disintegrated, I got lost and injured on an alien planet, captured by giant evil robots and made to act as slave mining labor, all to save your lives, and all I get is this lousy medal? That's it, I want a new car. And it better not be one of the Autobots acting like a car."]]

* ''Star Wars'' sound effects:
** Spike's laser shot hits Swoop with the sound of Ben Kenobi and Darth Vader cutting through some machinery on the Death Star.
** The same sound is used as part of the heat-seeking missiles' engines.
** ''Falcon'' engine rumble as Swoop starts his "fancy flying", then ''Falcon'' engine burst, then Death Star superlaser, the TIE Fighter engine as he finally crashes.

===Trivia===
*Carly doesn't appear entirely thrilled with the whole "honorary Autobots" thing. Not surprising, considering everything that happened to her in this episode.

*"Photon Light" sounds redundant.

*This episode probably has the smallest number of Decepticons in it than any other. I guess Megatron wanted more screen time.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Video Gems|A.M.T. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Channel 5]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots 3-D (Channel 5) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''The Transformers: Generation 2'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Malofilm|Behaviour]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 4 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (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 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part 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'' — Season Two, Volume One: 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)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/desertion_of_the_dinobots_part_2.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
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2012-02-19T17:06:46Z

92.15.130.71: /* Fiction */

{{disambig2|the scientist from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]|the scientist from ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]''|Doc Greene}}
:''Greene is a [[human]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:DesertionDinobots Professor Green.jpg|thumb|right|250px|When did Mr. Green take Professor Plum's job?]]
Professor '''Greene''' is a scientist who just wants to help the [[Autobot]]s defend [[Earth]] against the [[Decepticon]]s. To this end, he invented the [[Ultra Plane]], an unmanned drone aircraft which can be operated remotely.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Renaday]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama|Chikao Shiroyama]] (Japanese)
Professor Greene proudly demonstrated his ultra plane to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], who all made impressed noises. Evidently the Decepticons were impressed enough to regard the Ultra Plane as a threat. To Professor Greene's distress, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] "discretely" destroyed his invention with some sort of grenade. The Autobots soon worked out who was behind it, and rushed off to protect the Ultra Plane blueprints from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Greene-kyōju''' (グリーン教授 ''Gurīn-kyōju'', "Professor Greene")

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