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Shockwave (SG)

2011-07-23T05:18:59Z

96.60.212.225: /* Shattered Glass */

{{factions|sgDecepticon}}
{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon mental health professional|his evil counterpart|Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a heroic [[Decepticon]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ShockwaveSG.jpg|right|100px|thumb]]
'''Shockwave''' is a [[Decepticon]] mental health professional.

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
After mistaking [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] for [[Cliffjumper (SG)|his universe's Cliffjumper]], [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] mistakenly believed that his time in the [[Rad Zone]] had damaged his circuitry, and noted that perhaps they should have Shockwave take a look at him. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}

Later, during the events of "Transhuman", (hey, TFWiki, we need a page for that, hint, hint), Shockwave arrived on Earth through a Decepticon Stellar Spanner, as ambassador to Earth. He was very interested in talking to Cliffjumper about Primus and the theology entailed.

==Notes==
*Thus far, Shockwave has not actually appeared in any fiction, and has only been mentioned by other characters.
*Shockwave's design appears to be based on [[Shockblast#Toys|''Energon'' Shockblast]]'s toy.

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Decepticons]]

Six Shot (Energon)

2011-07-23T05:14:48Z

96.60.212.225: /* Energon */

{{picsneeded}}
{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Energon tank/satellite|the Generation 1 Six Changer|Sixshot}}

:''Six Shot is a [[Decepticon]] [[Triple Changer]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:EnSixShotCardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You may '''think''' you're smart, but your entire vendetta was based around something ''[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]]'' said.]]

'''Six Shot''' is the [[Relatives|younger brother]] of [[Shockblast]]. But where his brother is a berserker, Six Shot is more of a shifty weasel who prefers to lie, connive, and back-stab rather than confront foes directly. Despite their differences, the two brothers appear to be loyal to each other. A mechanical engineer by trade, he is mainly out for himself, and enjoys causing chaos.

In his off time, Six Shot enjoys reading comic books about [[Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B|catgirls]].

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Terry Klassen]] (English), [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese), [[Daniel Bergfalk]] (Swedish)

Six Shot was incarcerated between the [[Unicron Battles]] and arrival of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] for his continued attempts at prolonging the civil conflicts between the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] even after the two sides reached a truce. Six Shot was freed shortly after Shockblast's death, and was misled by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] into believing [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] had killed his brother. {{storylink|Ambition}}

[[Image:EnergonSixShot3.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He's the one-eyed freak with the gun arm, not the tower.]]
Six Shot designed many weapons systems on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], including the large particle cannons that he and his brother [[Shockblast]] use so effectively. Six Shot was actually able to hack into the Autobots' training program and allow some of his Decepticon allies to insert themselves into the simulation, as well as grant himself a sort of "God Mode" over the program code and create a simulation of his own brother to fight alongside him. {{storylink|Distribution}}

After many attempts to destroy Optimus Prime in defiance of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]'s orders, Six Shot rebelled and tried to race Galvatron to the [[Super Energon]] chamber. Nearly destroying Galvatron, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] intervened and fought Six Shot to a standstill just long enough for a repowered Galvatron, now several stories tall, to emerge and stomp Six Shot to bits for his treason. Before he died Six Shot told Scorponok that he was finally free but Scorponok felt that the price for his freedom was to high. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}

{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Energon===
[[Image:Energonsixshot.JPG|right|200px|thumb]]
*'''Six Shot''' (Mega, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Six Shot is a redeco of the Energon [[Shockblast]] toy, transforming into a Cybertronic laser-tank, as well as a satellite-cannon. His cannon-arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher and an electronic sound gimmick (which refuses to shut up most of the time).

: Many specimens of this toy have the same problem: In satellite mode, a peg on one of his legs will not fit into the corresponding slot to hold the mode together. Also, his torso connects to his legs via a ''very'' small hinge, which is quite susceptible to breaking.

: This mold was also used as the basis for the non-toy pre-beast version of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] as seen in "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]".

: This figure was also loosely repurposed into ''Shattered Glass'' Shockwave in "Transhuman", though the red optic, and possibly the energon panels unshown, should be blue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/SixShot/sixshot.htm More information on Six Shot at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*Even though initially announced as "Six Shot", an early version of his [[bio]] card posted at Hasbro's official Transformers website listed his name as Scattorshot" instead, previously a working name for [[Blight (Energon)|Blight]]. The name was soon changed back to "Six Shot", however, and the toy was only ever sold under that name. The name "Scattorshot" was ultimately used on a [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|character]] from the follow-up series, ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''.

*And speaking of the bio card: While it described Six Shot (or "Scattorshot") as a "cunning Decepticon warrior", the [[Tech Spec]] stats only gave him a "4" in "intelligence". This was just one of many examples with the poorly thought out ''Energon'' bios at that time. (Things got vastly better with ''Cybertron''.)

* Despite his prominent role in the Japanese-made cartoon, Six Shot was not made available as part of the Japanese ''Super Link'' toyline.

* In the Hungarian dub of ''Energon'', Six Shot is voiced by an old man (two, to be exact; one in his introduction episode, the other in the rest of the series), which kind of messes up his "younger brother" issue.

* Several times in the English dub, Six Shot is [[Energon (cartoon)#Production flaws|mistaken for his brother]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Six Shot''' (シックスショット ''Shikkusu Shotto'')
*''Arabic:'' '''Shock Shot''' (شوك شوت ''Shwk Shwt'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hatlövetű''' ("Sixshot")
*''Russian:'' '''Revolver''' (Револьвер ''Revol'ver'')

[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Six Shot (Energon)

2011-07-23T05:14:11Z

96.60.212.225: /* Energon */

{{picsneeded}}
{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Energon tank/satellite|the Generation 1 Six Changer|Sixshot}}

:''Six Shot is a [[Decepticon]] [[Triple Changer]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:EnSixShotCardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You may '''think''' you're smart, but your entire vendetta was based around something ''[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]]'' said.]]

'''Six Shot''' is the [[Relatives|younger brother]] of [[Shockblast]]. But where his brother is a berserker, Six Shot is more of a shifty weasel who prefers to lie, connive, and back-stab rather than confront foes directly. Despite their differences, the two brothers appear to be loyal to each other. A mechanical engineer by trade, he is mainly out for himself, and enjoys causing chaos.

In his off time, Six Shot enjoys reading comic books about [[Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B|catgirls]].

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Terry Klassen]] (English), [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese), [[Daniel Bergfalk]] (Swedish)

Six Shot was incarcerated between the [[Unicron Battles]] and arrival of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] for his continued attempts at prolonging the civil conflicts between the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] even after the two sides reached a truce. Six Shot was freed shortly after Shockblast's death, and was misled by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] into believing [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] had killed his brother. {{storylink|Ambition}}

[[Image:EnergonSixShot3.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He's the one-eyed freak with the gun arm, not the tower.]]
Six Shot designed many weapons systems on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], including the large particle cannons that he and his brother [[Shockblast]] use so effectively. Six Shot was actually able to hack into the Autobots' training program and allow some of his Decepticon allies to insert themselves into the simulation, as well as grant himself a sort of "God Mode" over the program code and create a simulation of his own brother to fight alongside him. {{storylink|Distribution}}

After many attempts to destroy Optimus Prime in defiance of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]'s orders, Six Shot rebelled and tried to race Galvatron to the [[Super Energon]] chamber. Nearly destroying Galvatron, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] intervened and fought Six Shot to a standstill just long enough for a repowered Galvatron, now several stories tall, to emerge and stomp Six Shot to bits for his treason. Before he died Six Shot told Scorponok that he was finally free but Scorponok felt that the price for his freedom was to high. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}

{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Energon===
[[Image:Energonsixshot.JPG|right|200px|thumb]]
*'''Six Shot''' (Mega, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Six Shot is a redeco of the Energon [[Shockblast]] toy, transforming into a Cybertronic laser-tank, as well as a satellite-cannon. His cannon-arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher and an electronic sound gimmick (which refuses to shut up most of the time).

: Many specimens of this toy have the same problem: In satellite mode, a peg on one of his legs will not fit into the corresponding slot to hold the mode together. Also, his torso connects to his legs via a ''very'' small hinge, which is quite susceptible to breaking.

: This mold was also used as the basis for the non-toy pre-beast version of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] as seen in "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]".

This figure was also loosely repurposed into ''Shattered Glass'' Shockwave in "Transhuman", though the red optic, and possibly the energon panels unshown, should be blue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/SixShot/sixshot.htm More information on Six Shot at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*Even though initially announced as "Six Shot", an early version of his [[bio]] card posted at Hasbro's official Transformers website listed his name as Scattorshot" instead, previously a working name for [[Blight (Energon)|Blight]]. The name was soon changed back to "Six Shot", however, and the toy was only ever sold under that name. The name "Scattorshot" was ultimately used on a [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|character]] from the follow-up series, ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''.

*And speaking of the bio card: While it described Six Shot (or "Scattorshot") as a "cunning Decepticon warrior", the [[Tech Spec]] stats only gave him a "4" in "intelligence". This was just one of many examples with the poorly thought out ''Energon'' bios at that time. (Things got vastly better with ''Cybertron''.)

* Despite his prominent role in the Japanese-made cartoon, Six Shot was not made available as part of the Japanese ''Super Link'' toyline.

* In the Hungarian dub of ''Energon'', Six Shot is voiced by an old man (two, to be exact; one in his introduction episode, the other in the rest of the series), which kind of messes up his "younger brother" issue.

* Several times in the English dub, Six Shot is [[Energon (cartoon)#Production flaws|mistaken for his brother]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Six Shot''' (シックスショット ''Shikkusu Shotto'')
*''Arabic:'' '''Shock Shot''' (شوك شوت ''Shwk Shwt'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hatlövetű''' ("Sixshot")
*''Russian:'' '''Revolver''' (Револьвер ''Revol'ver'')

[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Hearts of Steel issue 1

2011-01-30T10:45:04Z

96.60.212.225: /* Errors */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[Hearts of Steel|Evolutions Hearts of Steel]] #1
|prev=
|next=Hearts of Steel issue 2
|title=
|image=Hearts_of_Steel_1a.jpg
|caption=When John Henry was a little baby... Sittin' on his Bumblebee...
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 5]], 2006
|coverdate=June 2006
|written by=[[Chuck Dixon]]
|art by=[[Guido Guidi]]
|colors by=[[Jay Fotos]]
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor]] (& [[Justin Eisinger]] for the collection)
|continuity=[[Hearts of Steel]]
}}

'''A group of sentient warring robots land on Earth. When they reawake, their battle begins anew... 117 years too early!'''

==Synopsis==
The story opens on prehistoric [[Earth]], in the opening years of an ice age. The [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s fight their war here, using dinosaur and insect [[alternate mode]]s (most of them distinctively spiky). These "Ice Age Wars" draw to a close as the cold gets worse. Some of the Autobots retreat into a cave, and place themselves in [[stasis lock]], to wait for external conditions to improve.

Millions of years pass. The glaciers that forced the Transformers into stasis lock recede, and humans gradually take over the Earth's surface...

Bumblebee is woken by the sound of hammering. He investigates, and spies on a crew of humans, including John Henry, laying track. The year is around 1867; the Autobots have slept for a ''long'' time.

[[Image:Marktwain.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"I'll risk forty dollars that Kickback can outjump any frog in Calaveras county."]]
Meanwhile, aboard the paddle-wheeled steamship ''[[Enterprise]]'' in [[San Francisco]] Bay, Mark Twain and Jules Verne prepare to witness a "marvelous exhibition". The ''[[S.S. Vicuna]]'', a primitive submarine, rises from the waters, crewed by its inventor, Tobias Muldoon. He stands atop it, extolling its virtues, until it suddenly sinks under him. (Why it sinks is unclear.) It falls to the bottom of the bay, where we see Skywarp, apparently just emerging from [[stasis lock]], inside a glass-domed underwater base. (Possibly the impact of the ''Vicuna'' is what wakes Skywarp.) Muldoon is financially ruined; Verne is inspired.

That night, as Henry and his crew eat dinner, he states his dislike of job-stealing machines, and swears to go to his grave a'hammering. Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Prowl observe this. Ratchet and Prowl believe they should go back to sleep, and wait a century before making contact with humans, but Bumblebee instead approaches the camp, to inspect one of the locomotives. Henry and his crewmate Cletus investigate, and find a mysterious little yellow locomotive on a siding. It has no driver's cab, and they conclude it's some new job from back East. Henry takes an immediate dislike to it.

That same night, Muldoon is forced to report his failure to one of his investors, Stanford Merriweather. Merriweather is upset, and puts Muldoon to work in the kitchen of one of his hotels. We see that Muldoon has a (reciprocated) romantic interest in Stanford's daughter, Kitty Merriweather. Later, he wanders the docks, musing out loud about how his prospects (both romantic and financial) look bleak. A bellowing voice asks him if he would truly give up so easily. Suddenly, the ironclad ship next to him transforms, and Shockwave tells Muldoon that he will assist him in reshaping the future of the Earth.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (1)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (10)
|c2=
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (8)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (13)
|c3=
* [[John Henry]] (2)
* [[Brawley]] (3)
* [[Cletus]] (4)
* [[Mark Twain]] (5)
* [[Jules Verne]] (6)
* [[Tobias Muldoon]] (7)
* [[Stanford Merriweather]] (11)
* [[Kitty Merriweather]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"Stand ''aside,'' y'all. My hammer's fixin' to ''fall,'' and all God's Earth is my ''anvil.''"
:'''—John Henry'''

"[Machines] driven by the contained pressure of heated ''water.'' Simple but ''effective.''"
:'''—Prowl'''

"I am the end result of a science ''beyond'' your understanding. I am here to ''serve'' you in the exploration of all that is possible on your world. I am a living ''machine.'' I am an ''automated'' lifeform. I am called ''Shockwave.''"
:'''—Shockwave'''

==Errors==
* Merriweather tells Muldoon to do $40 worth of work in the kitchen. Adjusting for inflation from 1867 to 2007, this is about $530. It's unclear if Merriweather is expecting him to work off the debt for the meal he just ate, or for the investment in the submarine, but $530 is either far too much or far too little, respectively. It's also an awful lot of dishes to wash.
* An actual unmanned steam locomotive like the one Bumblebee scans (in addition to not existing) would be very, ''very'' dangerous to those working around it.
Assuming the controls were on the back similar to earlier engines, no provisions for water or boiler protectection were given. There's also not any good way for him to have stayed balanced given how far back his drivers were sometimes protryed, the pilot should have been hitting the rails.

==Items of note==
* '''Cameos:''' Green [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]](?) and unknown Decepticon, a large battle scene with many unknowns: some recognizables include Prowl, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Bumblebee and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]; more Autobots in cave, including, [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], Ratchet, [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Bluestreak]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]; Captain of the ''Enterprise'' (no, not ''that'' one).
* The initial credits didn't list, the inker, additional artists or additional colorists.
* The first few pages of this story were reprinted as part of a [[Free Comic Book Day]] issue by [[IDW Publishing]] on [[May 6]]th, [[2006]].

===Covers (3)===
— all by Guido Guidi
* '''Cover A:''' Montage of John Henry and Bumblebee
* '''Cover B:''' Bumblebee wraparound sketch
* '''Retailer Incentive:''' Shockwave wraparound sketch
<gallery>
Image:Hearts of Steel 1a.jpg
Image:Hearts of Steel 1b.jpg|Take the B-Train
Image:Hearts of Steel 1ri.jpg|Is this Shockwave or Tidal Wave?
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* Optimus Prime [[Alternators (toyline)|Alternators]] toy
* Transformers posters
* ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series
* [[Stormbringer (comics)|''Stormbringer'' #1]], including a 6-page preview (also on back cover)

[[Category:IDW issues]]

Carnage in C-Minor

2011-01-16T10:48:40Z

96.60.212.225: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=G1toon
|series2=2010
|ep=82
|ep2=14
|prev2=Surprise Party
|next2=Fight or Flee
|image=Carnage C-Minor Autobots harmonic attack.JPG
|caption=[[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime|Hey, what is that awful noise? Okay, let me straighten him out!]]
|title="Carnage in C-Minor"
|production code=700-102
|airdate=[[October 14]], 1986
|written by=[[Buzz Dixon]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Several Autobots and Decepticons battle over a planet whose civilization revolves around music and whose inhabitants can use sound as a powerful weapon.'''

:''Japanese title:'' "'''音楽惑星の挑戦'''" (''Ongaku Wakusei no Chōsen'', "Challenge of the Music Planet")
:'' German title:'' "'''Das Gemetzel in Cis-Mol'''" ("The Slaughter in Cis-Mol")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Broadsidecrushesdevastator.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Die, Atlas!]]

The [[Decepticon]]s are building engines into the side of a comet in order to alter its course and crash it on top of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As they fire up the engines, a group of [[Autobot]]s close in, led there by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. The Autobots attack, much to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s dismay. The [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] form [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], who is promptly flattened when [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] drops on him in ship mode. In the ensuing battle, the engines are destroyed, and the comet is sent hurtling towards a small planet, which Perceptor reports is inhabited.

The Autobots attempt unsuccessfully to stop the comet before Galvatron again orders his men to engage their foe. While Galvatron and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] are grappling, waves of [[Harmony|sound energy]] destroy the comet and cause both groups of Transformers to plummet to the planet's surface. In a nearby city, three aliens are having a disagreement. One of them, [[Allegra]], storms out, saying that she's going to her retreat.

The Transformers recover from their crash, wondering what hit them. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] describes it as the most perfect harmony ever, but Galvatron is more interested in its destructive power. Broadside breaks up the discussion by punching Galvatron, and the fight resumes. As the Constructicons form Devastator again, Perceptor blows the giant apart with one shot from his cannon. Galvatron and Soundwave depart in search of the source of the harmony they heard earlier, but Ultra Magnus spots them leaving and takes Broadside and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in pursuit. Perceptor reflects that unless the trio are swift, there might not be much of them left.

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Blaster Magnus Basso.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I now pronounce you bot and wife. You may kiss the bride."]]

Broadside swiftly passes the two Decepticons and overflies the city, which Blaster realises is laid out like a musical harmony. Magnus and Blaster meet with [[Basso Profundo]], leader of the planet [[Eurythma]], but Basso refuses to help them, believing that the harmony is all his people need to protect themselves. He drops a hint that Allegra might be able to help them, a fact overheard by Galvatron and Soundwave, who are spying outside. As the three Autobots go in search of Allegra, the Decepticons drop a bridge on them. To make sure, Galvatron blasts the wreckage, and the pair fly off to find Allegra.

Basso watches the two Decepticons leave, and fellow [[Eurythman]] [[Zebop Skandana]] uses a harmony to help the Autobots out of the rubble. Blaster realises that Zebop was creating part of the harmony which originally blew the Autobots out of space, and Zebop says he's sympathetic to their cause and will help them find Allegra.

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Galvatron Soundwave Allegra.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Galvatron loved going to the opera. He always showed his appreciation by blowing the theater to kingdom come afterwards.]]

The two Decepticons meet Allegra, offering to help her overthrow Basso in return for the secret of the harmony. She obliges and Soundwave records it, but to Galvatron's rage, it turns out that she is only one part of the harmony; Basso and Zebop make up the other two thirds. Still, when the Autobots arrive with Zebop, Soundwave is testing the part of the harmony he has by destroying a rock. The Autobots set up an ambush, but Zebop is so distressed by the fact that Allegra is working with the Decepticons that he gives away their position. Galvatron starts firing, and Zebop takes refuge in Ultra Magnus's cab. Soundwave begins battering the Autobots with the harmony. When Zebop counters with ''his'' part of the harmony, Soundwave promptly records it and uses the resulting two-thirds of the harmony to devastating effect.

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Allegra Zebop.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Alas, poor Zebop. We knew him we- Wait. No, we don't.]]

With the Autobots apparently gone, Galvatron terminates the alliance with Allegra. She attempts to attack them with her part of the harmony, but Soundwave retaliates, knocking her out. The Autobots climb out of their hole in time to prevent Galvatron from terminating the Eurythman, but during the resulting fight, Blaster and Soundwave struggle and accidentally fall on Zebop. Galvatron grabs his minion and departs, leaving Allegra cradling Zebop in her arms. Though the Autobots believe he's had it, Allegra uses a harmony to revive him. The Autobots leave for the city.

Back at the landing site, the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons are still fighting. Hot Spot voices his hope that Magnus, Blaster and Broadside hurry. The Eurythmans have spotted the battle, and Basso uses an amplifier to direct a destructive harmony at it. [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] is forced to disassemble, but the two factions fight on. Basso is depressed, and his aide points out he needs Allegra and Zebop to complete the harmony. Arriving, Soundwave begins playing two-thirds of the harmony, shaking the city and provoking Basso into using the third part again, which Soundwave promptly records. He is subsequently able to use the complete harmonic weapon to attack the city. Pleased, Galvatron announces their next targets are Metroplex and then [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Soundwave harmony.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Soundwave finds himself too big to fly through the rings in the Training Stage.]]

Ultra Magnus's party arrives back at the city to find it devastated and their fellow Autobots badly damaged. The Eurythmans are able to repair Perceptor and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] with a harmony, and the Autobots set off for Earth.

Galvatron and Soundwave attack Metroplex with the harmony, but the Autobots soon arrive with the three Eurythmans, who nullify Soundwave's weapon with anti-sound. Blaster grabs Soundwave and uses his buttons to erase the harmony from Soundwave's tapes. Despite Galvatron raging that he hasn't ordered a retreat, the Decepticons flee anyway. The Autobots return the Eurythmans to their world, where Ultra Magnus tells them they need to learn to live in harmony.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (9)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (10)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (11)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (13)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (15)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (16)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (21)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (22)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (23)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (24)
*[[Scamper]] (25)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (26)

|c2=
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (1)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (2)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (3)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (4)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (5)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (6)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (7)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Basso Profundo]] (17)
*[[Allegra]] (18)
*[[Zebop Skandana]] (19)
*[[Basso's consort]] (20)
}}

==Quotes==
"What was that?!" 
"That was heaven. The purest, most vibrant, most perfect harmony I've ever heard."
:—'''Galvatron''' and '''Soundwave''' wonder what hit them, to the latter's monotoned enjoyment.

"You! Because of you, I got blasted out of space. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THAT DID TO MY PAINT JOB?!"
:—'''Broadside''', right before he sucker-punches Galvatron

"Broadside! Blaster! Galvatron and Soundwave went to find the weapon that knocked us out of space!" 
"Weapon? That was no weapon. That was harmonic bliss! A musical kiss!" 
"Whatever."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''', who doesn't have any soul, and '''Blaster''', who does.

"Blaster, you picking up anything?" 
"Yeah, yeah! Beauty like you wouldn't believe, Broadside. Sweet soul music. It's their art, their commerce, their philosophy, their whole—uh-oh, bummer. Galvatron and Soundwave are here."
:—'''Broadside''' and '''Blaster''' get their vibes harshed.

"I don't wanna see your ugly face, just the button that says 'ERASE'!" 
"My tapes! You've erased my tapes!"
:—'''Blaster''' destroys '''Soundwave'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s tapes, to the Decepticon's monotoned horror.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
"Carnage in C-Minor" is infamous among the [[fandom]] for the sheer number of, and particularly ''glaring'' nature of, animation errors in this episode. Among the more prominent are the following:

* Throughout the entire episode, Broadside is drawn with a previously [[:Image:BroadsideCarnage.jpg|discarded]] [[character model]].

* Devastator is the exact same size as Soundwave during the start of the first battle.

* Devastator also appears before he forms later in the battle.

* While the Autobots are shooting at the meteor, they are so badly drawn that they appear to have only one leg each, left arms starting from the elbows, and enormous heads...and Superion is tiny.

*When Bonecrusher orders the formation of Devastator, he's wearing an Autobot insignia. See also the continuity error below.

* When the Constructicons form Devastator for the second time, the first shot shows four Constructicons forming the legs and the torso. The second shot shows three robots forming the arms and upper torso. This means that [[Devastator (ROTF)|''seven'' Constructicons formed Devastator.]]

* After watching Galvatron and Soundwave leave, Ultra Magnus dispatches Hook and Scrapper—by picking them up in his hands and bashing them together. Magnus is supposed to be big, but not ''that'' big. (It's ''possible'' that the animators used the [[toy]]s for reference, unaware that the cartoon [[scale]] traditionally doesn't match the toys' scale in this case.)

* Broadside's eyes are yellow when he gets up from under the rubble on the bridge.

* Blaster, Ultra Magnus and Zebop are shown hanging onto Broadside while he flies around. Sometimes, the shots make them appear tiny or not to be hanging onto Broadside at all. (One wonders why Zebop doesn't just ride in Broadside's cockpit, as he does for the trip to Earth.)

* Soundwave points out that Zebop is standing in the distance, while Galvatron says that "he ''probably'' is with the Autobots." Yet, Ultra Magnus is standing right next to him.

* Soundwave has a [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|purple Autobot]] [[insignia]]...''[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|again]]''. So does Broadside...

* Blaster is drawn delivering Broadside's line about "scorch-marks on top of everything else".

* During part of the battle at Allegra's retreat, Hot Spot is with the Autobots instead of Broadside.

* When Blaster explains that the Eurythmans use the harmony even for healing, Ultra Magnus is the one mouthing the words.

* When the Protectobots are combined as Defensor, Hot Spot (the main body) is fighting alongside his combined self!

* In one scene, a cel-layering error causes Blaster to appear very tiny compared to Soundwave.

* And there's even more. Seriously, how much time do you have?

<center><gallery>
Image:Carnage C-minor Magnus Broadside.JPG|[[Wikipedia:Monty Python's Life of Brian|"Hail Caesar!" "Hail Thaethar."]]
Image:Bigmagnus tinyconst.jpg|We'll take revenge by merging into Devastator.
Image:Hotspot defensor.jpg|Hey! Part of me, get back in me!
Image:CarnageMiniBlaster.jpg|It's his little shoulder-angel.
</gallery></center>

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Maybe it's not Bonecrusher, but a rare cameo by Roadhauler?]]
* In one infamous scene, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (who should also be dead) show up alive and well. And it seems [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] has switched sides, as he's helping them shoot at the giant Decepticon rocket engine he just helped build! (Huffer has the wrong paint job, too.)

* To add insult to injury, Devastator is shooting at the Autobots ''before'' the Constructicons form Devastator.

* 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.

===Real-world references===
* The Eurythman characters' names are all music-related puns. Allegra is named after either the Italian operetta and opera composer [[Wikipedia:Salvatore Allegra|Salvatore Allegra]] or [[Wikipedia:Tempo#Italian tempo markings|Italian tempo marking "allegro"]], while Basso Profundo is derived from the singing style [[Wikipedia:Bass (voice type)|basso prof'''o'''ndo]]. While these are all related to classical music, Zebop Skandana is named after popular music guitarist [[Wikipedia:Carlos Santana|Carlos Santana]] and his 1981 album [[Wikipedia:Zebop!|Zebop!]]... And the difference shows.

* Eurythma was possibly named after the popular '80s band [[wikipedia:Eurythmics|The Eurythmics]].

===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, as well as 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. (episode)|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 in 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.

* While not strictly an animation ''error'' per se, the number of Autobots appearing in this episode seems a little inconsistent, with several characters appearing, disappearing or seemingly replacing others with no clear indication of how many there are fighting in what place at any given time.

* Galvatron and Soundwave are briefly seen holding hands whilst flying.

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

* In hindsight, it wasn't the best idea for Soundwave to have his erase button open so it could be pushed by a enemy. Or to have an erase button in the first place. For their sake, we hope [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and the other [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] had their copy-protection tabs removed.

*Wouldn't erasing Soundwave's tapes give Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, and the rest of them complete amnesia?

* Anyone else bothered that this "sonic weapon" was used to destroy a comet IN SPACE?

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

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1989 — ''Transformers'' — Carnage in C Minor / The Ultimate Weapon ([[Tempo Video]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 2 & Season 4 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2 ([[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 UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/carnage_in_c-minor.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808817/ IMDb's page for this episode]

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

Decepticon Army

2010-09-09T07:56:47Z

96.60.212.225: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]] episode|the Decepticon army|Decepticon army}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|series2=Superlink
|ep=45
|prev=The Omega Train
|next=Ironhide Team
|title="Deception Army" "Decepticon Army"
|japanese=バラバラ、デストロン軍団
|romaji=Barabara, Destron Gundan
|translation=Scattered, the Destron Army
|image=E45 titlecard.jpg
|caption=Hey, guess what this episode ''isn't'' about? At all? In any way?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[November 12|12 November]] 2004 (Japanese) [[February 11]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Kicker searches for his family below Cybertron, while Galvatron and a damaged Optimus square off on the planet's surface.'''

==Synopsis==
A [[space bridge]] disgorges [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], carrying the injured [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. Rodimus has Landmine take Jetfire to sick bay at [[Ocean City]], while he heads back through the space bridge.

The gas-covered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] continues moving through space. On its surface, [[Six Shot]] is still trying to take out [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] with the [[energon grid]]. After sending [[Superion Maximus]] ahead to reach [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], Optimus finds himself under attack from [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. Galvatron goes to [[Super Mode|Hyper Mode]] to attack, but Six Shot finally nails Optimus with a blast from the energon grid, sending Optimus crashing to the surface in flames. Galvatron is predictably furious at the interference; he sends [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and [[Constructicon Maximus]] to search for the fallen Autobot leader.

The Omega Train roars through a station full of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], its passengers blasting them as they go. Kicker calls for a halt at the next station, figuring the Decepticons are waiting for them. He has [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] contact Optimus, knowing full well that this will give away their position.

[[Image:Energon-Train-Attack.jpg‎ |230px|thumb|left|HoShot and Arcee decide it's well and truly time they made a stand and deliver a short, sharp lesson to the awaiting Terrorcons.]] Optimus lies damaged and separated from [[Wing Saber]]. He tells Hot Shot and the rest to carry on with their mission. [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega]] decides to go to him, but when Kicker points out that Optimus mentioned a leg wound, he has Omega hold up.

The [[Construction Team|five nameless construction vehicles]] that make up Constructicon Maximus are digging through the rubble, searching for Optimus, as Galvatron watches.

Kicker sends Omega ahead to an industrial complex, there to take something to Optimus. He figures it's about time they did some looking after their leader, instead of the usual vice versa.

[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] leads [[Team Ironhide|his troops]] through Cybertron's tunnel, arriving at a firefight at the medical complex. The four troops move in. Ironhide wins the day with his "turbo blast attack", which involves spinning his head around at dizzying speed while firing randomly.

[[Image:Energon-Terrorcons-Attack-Omnicons.jpg|230px|thumb|right|War of the most minor characters in the series.]] While watching the monitors, Six Shot gets another rebuke from Galvatron, and promises not to do ''anything''. Period. He shuts off his monitors, and says that he quits.

In the medical center, Bulkhead seems fully recovered, enough to scare the other patients and prompt a reproach from a [[Autobot nurse|nurse-bot]]. Bulkhead replies by pulling out a paper fan. [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] and [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] ask Ironhide for updates from the surface, prompting Ironhide to tell them to ''shut up and listen'' while pumping his fist in triumph, which in turn causes his fanboys to come kneel at his feet.

Yeah. Don't ask me, I have no idea.

Omega Supreme arrives somewhere, and says he can sense Kicker's presence.

Galvatron finally digs out Optimus. Optimus nearly has to take a blast meant for Wing Saber, but Superion Maximus arrives in time to save him, and challenges Galvatron. His firepower is ineffective, but before Galvatron can counter, Prime's [[Prime Force|drone squad]] arrives and attacks, followed by Omega Supreme. Prime links up with his drones and bashes Galvatron around.

[[Image:Energon-Bulkheads-Fan.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Don't ask. ''Don't. Slagging. Ask.'']] Kicker and Hot Shot are almost to their destination.

Omega lends some firepower to Superion Maximus. Galvatron manages to exploit Optimus's injuries, and summons a fleet of Terrorcons.

Kicker finally finds his family's chamber... and it's empty. Spilled food and scattered possessions indicate a hasty exit. Kicker suspects they're hiding in The Core.

Galvatron tells Optimus that it's all over, but Ironhide arrives and challenges him. [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] arrvies to lend a hand, followed by Mirage and Downshift. Lots of people shoot. Nobody gets hurts much. The Omnicons restore Optimus and Wing Saber, who promptly combine.

Optimus and Galvatron make a big explosion, and Galvatron comes out the loser. He's still laughing, though, and orders Six Shot to deploy the energon gas. He gets only silence in response. [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snowcat]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], still climbing down the shaft toward the [[Super Energon Temple|Super Energon chamber]] with [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]], are equally unresponsive. Galvatron and Starscream fly off to deal with Six Shot, leaving Scorponok in charge of the battle.

[[Image:Energon-Super-Optimus-Burning-Justice.jpg|230px|thumb|right|[[Burning Justice]]. That's our story and we're sticking to it.]] Kicker finally finds [[Sally Jones|Sally]] and [[Miranda Jones|his mom]], and a reunion ensues. It only takes him a second to realize that Dr. Jones and [[Rad White|Rad]] are both absent.

Dr. Jones' captors make a rough landing at the bottom of the Super Energon shaft, leaving Dr. Jones with some nasty back pain. Snowcat and Demolishor run off to rejoin Galvatron and get powered up, leaving Dr. Jones with a golden opportunity to get away.

Galvatron gives Six Shot a thrashing for ignoring him. But Starscream reports that they're locked out of the energon grid; Six Shot laughs and laughs, as Galvatron needs him to control the planet.

Demolishor and Snowcat prepare to take a dip in the Super Energon pool, but a giant looming shadow bursts out of it. Amid their screams, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] wonders what they saw, and wonders what the Autobots will do as Cybertron prepares to exit the space bridge.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (1)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Wing Saber]] (6)
*[[Superion Maximus]] (7)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (12)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (13)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (21)
*[[Rhyming Omnicon fanboys]] (22–24)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (25)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (26)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (28)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (29)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (30)
*[[Autobot nurse]] (31)
*[[Digger-3]] (34)
*[[Copter-2]] (36)
*[[Submarine-4]] (37)
*[[Fire-1]] (38)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)#Omega|Omega]] (39)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (46)
|c2=
*[[Six Shot]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (8)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]] drones (10)
*[[Cruellock]] drones (11)
*[[Construction Team]] (16–20)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] drones (27)
*[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] (32)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (33)
*[[Constructicon Maximus]] (35)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (40)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (41)
|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones]] (14)
*[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (42)
*[[Miranda Jones]] (43)
*[[Sally Jones]] (44)
|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (45) (voice only)
}}

==Quotes==
"May I have your attention? As the train approaches the station, please remain behind the white line at all times, and GET READY TO EAT LEAD, FREAKS!"
:—'''Arcee speaks from the [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Train]] over the loudspeaker to the Terrorcons'''

"You and me! Got that, Galvatron?" 
"Why not? I'm an equal-opportunity destroyer of Autobots."
:-'''Superion Maximus''' and '''Galvatron'''.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Rodimus prepares to re-enter the space bridge, the dub has him say that he hopes Optimus "can punch a hole to get us out", which... makes no sense at all. Punch a hole in ''what''? Get out of ''what''? The original line is Rodimus saying that he's sure they gave Optimus the opening he needed.
* The dub strangely parses Kicker's request for Omega Supreme to stop as "shut it down". Although an uncommon phrase from real railroading, more likely this is anothor of ''Energon'''s famous errors.
* When Hot Shot says that contacting Optimus will give away their position, dub Kicker cockily says "exactly!", as if he's planning a trap or something. In ''Super Link'', he just replies that the enemy already knows where they are.
* In the middle of Kicker's comments about Optimus's stubborn selflessness, the dub omits a key line about how Kicker once hated him. Without it, the rest of the speech kinda falls apart.
* The scene in the medical center is botched by the dub. In ''Super Link'', during the brief cut to the outside of the building, one of the nurses cries out in shock—ha ha, Bulkhead groped her! The dub paves it over, having the nurse say that Bulkhead is scaring the other patients....with his strangely animated bobbing, apparently.
* Ironhide's "Shut up and listen" should be "shut up and follow me", hence the pumped-up fist of triumph and the fanboys rallying to him.
* Omega Supreme doesn't "sense Kicker's presence" in the industrial complex; he just says that Kicker's wish has been carried out.
* Primus isn't in this episode, but the dub still replaces a mention of his name with "the core".
* Dub Starscream advises Galvatron "give back complete control to Six Shot". He's supposed to advise him to ''take'' control back ''from'' Six Shot.
* Demolishor and Snowcat aren't "going back to Galvatron" to get powered up; it's a dub insertion.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 12
* Stock footage: 6
* Let's do it: 2
* You're mine: I

===Animation or technical errors===
* [[Steamhammer (Energon)|The nameless construction vehicle that serves as Constructicon Maximus's torso]] rolls without actually moving its treads.

===Real-world references===
* As the Omega Train rolls through, Arcee makes station announcements over a PA system, warning passengers to stay behind the white line (and to prepare to eat lead), and wishing the commuters a pleasant day—''not!''

===Trivia===
* The episode's nonsensical title is semi-derived from the ''Super Link'' title, "Scattered, the Destron Army", referring to Galvatron's inability to summon his troops to help him out... which was kind of a stretch to begin with. Evidently, they intended to just call it "Decepticon Army", and typo'd it. [[Scorpinok|For]] [[A Tale of Two Heros|the]] [[Imprisoned Inferno|fourth time]]. Like "Improsoned Inferno", however, it was corrected for the DVD release.
* The dub keeps the original ''Super Link'' theme song-based background music as Optimus and Wing Saber combine, rather than replacing it with the normal music (based on ''Energon'''s theme song.)
*The photo of the Omega Train used above shows the cab of his crane unit. The toy of Omega's train mode, which is what Hasbro is trying ot sell anyway, involves this cab shoved into the back end of Omega's battleship, effectively hiding the cab, and giving him a lot more ''big guns''. The toy describes the crane/backhoe as a seperate vehicle, though the argument could be made that it is a railbased crane.
* Prime and Galvatron's faces both get the cel upgrade in the following fight scene.
* Optimus introduces his "Meteor Attack Mode", which involves his drones spinning around him and Wing Saber amid lots of flying energy. Man, didn't we leave this sort of nonsense behind in [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|the eighties]]?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 012 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Decepticon Army

2010-09-09T07:49:03Z

96.60.212.225: /* Lost in translation */

{{disambig2|the [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]] episode|the Decepticon army|Decepticon army}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|series2=Superlink
|ep=45
|prev=The Omega Train
|next=Ironhide Team
|title="Deception Army" "Decepticon Army"
|japanese=バラバラ、デストロン軍団
|romaji=Barabara, Destron Gundan
|translation=Scattered, the Destron Army
|image=E45 titlecard.jpg
|caption=Hey, guess what this episode ''isn't'' about? At all? In any way?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[November 12|12 November]] 2004 (Japanese) [[February 11]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Kicker searches for his family below Cybertron, while Galvatron and a damaged Optimus square off on the planet's surface.'''

==Synopsis==
A [[space bridge]] disgorges [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], carrying the injured [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. Rodimus has Landmine take Jetfire to sick bay at [[Ocean City]], while he heads back through the space bridge.

The gas-covered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] continues moving through space. On its surface, [[Six Shot]] is still trying to take out [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] with the [[energon grid]]. After sending [[Superion Maximus]] ahead to reach [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], Optimus finds himself under attack from [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. Galvatron goes to [[Super Mode|Hyper Mode]] to attack, but Six Shot finally nails Optimus with a blast from the energon grid, sending Optimus crashing to the surface in flames. Galvatron is predictably furious at the interference; he sends [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and [[Constructicon Maximus]] to search for the fallen Autobot leader.

The Omega Train roars through a station full of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], its passengers blasting them as they go. Kicker calls for a halt at the next station, figuring the Decepticons are waiting for them. He has [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] contact Optimus, knowing full well that this will give away their position.

[[Image:Energon-Train-Attack.jpg‎ |230px|thumb|left|HoShot and Arcee decide it's well and truly time they made a stand and deliver a short, sharp lesson to the awaiting Terrorcons.]] Optimus lies damaged and separated from [[Wing Saber]]. He tells Hot Shot and the rest to carry on with their mission. [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega]] decides to go to him, but when Kicker points out that Optimus mentioned a leg wound, he has Omega hold up.

The [[Construction Team|five nameless construction vehicles]] that make up Constructicon Maximus are digging through the rubble, searching for Optimus, as Galvatron watches.

Kicker sends Omega ahead to an industrial complex, there to take something to Optimus. He figures it's about time they did some looking after their leader, instead of the usual vice versa.

[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] leads [[Team Ironhide|his troops]] through Cybertron's tunnel, arriving at a firefight at the medical complex. The four troops move in. Ironhide wins the day with his "turbo blast attack", which involves spinning his head around at dizzying speed while firing randomly.

[[Image:Energon-Terrorcons-Attack-Omnicons.jpg|230px|thumb|right|War of the most minor characters in the series.]] While watching the monitors, Six Shot gets another rebuke from Galvatron, and promises not to do ''anything''. Period. He shuts off his monitors, and says that he quits.

In the medical center, Bulkhead seems fully recovered, enough to scare the other patients and prompt a reproach from a [[Autobot nurse|nurse-bot]]. Bulkhead replies by pulling out a paper fan. [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] and [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] ask Ironhide for updates from the surface, prompting Ironhide to tell them to ''shut up and listen'' while pumping his fist in triumph, which in turn causes his fanboys to come kneel at his feet.

Yeah. Don't ask me, I have no idea.

Omega Supreme arrives somewhere, and says he can sense Kicker's presence.

Galvatron finally digs out Optimus. Optimus nearly has to take a blast meant for Wing Saber, but Superion Maximus arrives in time to save him, and challenges Galvatron. His firepower is ineffective, but before Galvatron can counter, Prime's [[Prime Force|drone squad]] arrives and attacks, followed by Omega Supreme. Prime links up with his drones and bashes Galvatron around.

[[Image:Energon-Bulkheads-Fan.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Don't ask. ''Don't. Slagging. Ask.'']] Kicker and Hot Shot are almost to their destination.

Omega lends some firepower to Superion Maximus. Galvatron manages to exploit Optimus's injuries, and summons a fleet of Terrorcons.

Kicker finally finds his family's chamber... and it's empty. Spilled food and scattered possessions indicate a hasty exit. Kicker suspects they're hiding in The Core.

Galvatron tells Optimus that it's all over, but Ironhide arrives and challenges him. [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] arrvies to lend a hand, followed by Mirage and Downshift. Lots of people shoot. Nobody gets hurts much. The Omnicons restore Optimus and Wing Saber, who promptly combine.

Optimus and Galvatron make a big explosion, and Galvatron comes out the loser. He's still laughing, though, and orders Six Shot to deploy the energon gas. He gets only silence in response. [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snowcat]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], still climbing down the shaft toward the [[Super Energon Temple|Super Energon chamber]] with [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]], are equally unresponsive. Galvatron and Starscream fly off to deal with Six Shot, leaving Scorponok in charge of the battle.

[[Image:Energon-Super-Optimus-Burning-Justice.jpg|230px|thumb|right|[[Burning Justice]]. That's our story and we're sticking to it.]] Kicker finally finds [[Sally Jones|Sally]] and [[Miranda Jones|his mom]], and a reunion ensues. It only takes him a second to realize that Dr. Jones and [[Rad White|Rad]] are both absent.

Dr. Jones' captors make a rough landing at the bottom of the Super Energon shaft, leaving Dr. Jones with some nasty back pain. Snowcat and Demolishor run off to rejoin Galvatron and get powered up, leaving Dr. Jones with a golden opportunity to get away.

Galvatron gives Six Shot a thrashing for ignoring him. But Starscream reports that they're locked out of the energon grid; Six Shot laughs and laughs, as Galvatron needs him to control the planet.

Demolishor and Snowcat prepare to take a dip in the Super Energon pool, but a giant looming shadow bursts out of it. Amid their screams, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] wonders what they saw, and wonders what the Autobots will do as Cybertron prepares to exit the space bridge.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (1)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Wing Saber]] (6)
*[[Superion Maximus]] (7)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (12)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (13)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (21)
*[[Rhyming Omnicon fanboys]] (22–24)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (25)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (26)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (28)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (29)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (30)
*[[Autobot nurse]] (31)
*[[Digger-3]] (34)
*[[Copter-2]] (36)
*[[Submarine-4]] (37)
*[[Fire-1]] (38)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)#Omega|Omega]] (39)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (46)
|c2=
*[[Six Shot]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (8)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]] drones (10)
*[[Cruellock]] drones (11)
*[[Construction Team]] (16–20)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] drones (27)
*[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] (32)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (33)
*[[Constructicon Maximus]] (35)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (40)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (41)
|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones]] (14)
*[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (42)
*[[Miranda Jones]] (43)
*[[Sally Jones]] (44)
|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (45) (voice only)
}}

==Quotes==
"May I have your attention? As the train approaches the station, please remain behind the white line at all times, and GET READY TO EAT LEAD, FREAKS!"
:—'''Arcee speaks from the [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Train]] over the loudspeaker to the Terrorcons'''

"You and me! Got that, Galvatron?" 
"Why not? I'm an equal-opportunity destroyer of Autobots."
:-'''Superion Maximus''' and '''Galvatron'''.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Rodimus prepares to re-enter the space bridge, the dub has him say that he hopes Optimus "can punch a hole to get us out", which... makes no sense at all. Punch a hole in ''what''? Get out of ''what''? The original line is Rodimus saying that he's sure they gave Optimus the opening he needed.
* The dub strangely parses Kicker's request for Omega Supreme to stop as "shut it down". Although an uncommon phrase from real railroading, more likely this is anothor of ''Energon'''s famous errors.
* When Hot Shot says that contacting Optimus will give away their position, dub Kicker cockily says "exactly!", as if he's planning a trap or something. In ''Super Link'', he just replies that the enemy already knows where they are.
* In the middle of Kicker's comments about Optimus's stubborn selflessness, the dub omits a key line about how Kicker once hated him. Without it, the rest of the speech kinda falls apart.
* The scene in the medical center is botched by the dub. In ''Super Link'', during the brief cut to the outside of the building, one of the nurses cries out in shock—ha ha, Bulkhead groped her! The dub paves it over, having the nurse say that Bulkhead is scaring the other patients....with his strangely animated bobbing, apparently.
* Ironhide's "Shut up and listen" should be "shut up and follow me", hence the pumped-up fist of triumph and the fanboys rallying to him.
* Omega Supreme doesn't "sense Kicker's presence" in the industrial complex; he just says that Kicker's wish has been carried out.
* Primus isn't in this episode, but the dub still replaces a mention of his name with "the core".
* Dub Starscream advises Galvatron "give back complete control to Six Shot". He's supposed to advise him to ''take'' control back ''from'' Six Shot.
* Demolishor and Snowcat aren't "going back to Galvatron" to get powered up; it's a dub insertion.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 12
* Stock footage: 6
* Let's do it: 2
* You're mine: I

===Animation or technical errors===
* [[Steamhammer (Energon)|The nameless construction vehicle that serves as Constructicon Maximus's torso]] rolls without actually moving its treads.

===Real-world references===
* As the Omega Train rolls through, Arcee makes station announcements over a PA system, warning passengers to stay behind the white line (and to prepare to eat lead), and wishing the commuters a pleasant day—''not!''

===Trivia===
* The episode's nonsensical title is semi-derived from the ''Super Link'' title, "Scattered, the Destron Army", referring to Galvatron's inability to summon his troops to help him out... which was kind of a stretch to begin with. Evidently, they intended to just call it "Decepticon Army", and typo'd it. [[Scorpinok|For]] [[A Tale of Two Heros|the]] [[Imprisoned Inferno|fourth time]]. Like "Improsoned Inferno", however, it was corrected for the DVD release.
* The dub keeps the original ''Super Link'' theme song-based background music as Optimus and Wing Saber combine, rather than replacing it with the normal music (based on ''Energon'''s theme song.)
* Prime and Galvatron's faces both get the cel upgrade in the following fight scene.
* Optimus introduces his "Meteor Attack Mode", which involves his drones spinning around him and Wing Saber amid lots of flying energy. Man, didn't we leave this sort of nonsense behind in [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|the eighties]]?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 012 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Decepticon Army

2010-09-09T07:47:49Z

96.60.212.225: /* Lost in translation */

{{disambig2|the [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]] episode|the Decepticon army|Decepticon army}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|series2=Superlink
|ep=45
|prev=The Omega Train
|next=Ironhide Team
|title="Deception Army" "Decepticon Army"
|japanese=バラバラ、デストロン軍団
|romaji=Barabara, Destron Gundan
|translation=Scattered, the Destron Army
|image=E45 titlecard.jpg
|caption=Hey, guess what this episode ''isn't'' about? At all? In any way?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[November 12|12 November]] 2004 (Japanese) [[February 11]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Kicker searches for his family below Cybertron, while Galvatron and a damaged Optimus square off on the planet's surface.'''

==Synopsis==
A [[space bridge]] disgorges [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], carrying the injured [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. Rodimus has Landmine take Jetfire to sick bay at [[Ocean City]], while he heads back through the space bridge.

The gas-covered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] continues moving through space. On its surface, [[Six Shot]] is still trying to take out [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] with the [[energon grid]]. After sending [[Superion Maximus]] ahead to reach [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], Optimus finds himself under attack from [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. Galvatron goes to [[Super Mode|Hyper Mode]] to attack, but Six Shot finally nails Optimus with a blast from the energon grid, sending Optimus crashing to the surface in flames. Galvatron is predictably furious at the interference; he sends [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and [[Constructicon Maximus]] to search for the fallen Autobot leader.

The Omega Train roars through a station full of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], its passengers blasting them as they go. Kicker calls for a halt at the next station, figuring the Decepticons are waiting for them. He has [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] contact Optimus, knowing full well that this will give away their position.

[[Image:Energon-Train-Attack.jpg‎ |230px|thumb|left|HoShot and Arcee decide it's well and truly time they made a stand and deliver a short, sharp lesson to the awaiting Terrorcons.]] Optimus lies damaged and separated from [[Wing Saber]]. He tells Hot Shot and the rest to carry on with their mission. [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega]] decides to go to him, but when Kicker points out that Optimus mentioned a leg wound, he has Omega hold up.

The [[Construction Team|five nameless construction vehicles]] that make up Constructicon Maximus are digging through the rubble, searching for Optimus, as Galvatron watches.

Kicker sends Omega ahead to an industrial complex, there to take something to Optimus. He figures it's about time they did some looking after their leader, instead of the usual vice versa.

[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] leads [[Team Ironhide|his troops]] through Cybertron's tunnel, arriving at a firefight at the medical complex. The four troops move in. Ironhide wins the day with his "turbo blast attack", which involves spinning his head around at dizzying speed while firing randomly.

[[Image:Energon-Terrorcons-Attack-Omnicons.jpg|230px|thumb|right|War of the most minor characters in the series.]] While watching the monitors, Six Shot gets another rebuke from Galvatron, and promises not to do ''anything''. Period. He shuts off his monitors, and says that he quits.

In the medical center, Bulkhead seems fully recovered, enough to scare the other patients and prompt a reproach from a [[Autobot nurse|nurse-bot]]. Bulkhead replies by pulling out a paper fan. [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] and [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] ask Ironhide for updates from the surface, prompting Ironhide to tell them to ''shut up and listen'' while pumping his fist in triumph, which in turn causes his fanboys to come kneel at his feet.

Yeah. Don't ask me, I have no idea.

Omega Supreme arrives somewhere, and says he can sense Kicker's presence.

Galvatron finally digs out Optimus. Optimus nearly has to take a blast meant for Wing Saber, but Superion Maximus arrives in time to save him, and challenges Galvatron. His firepower is ineffective, but before Galvatron can counter, Prime's [[Prime Force|drone squad]] arrives and attacks, followed by Omega Supreme. Prime links up with his drones and bashes Galvatron around.

[[Image:Energon-Bulkheads-Fan.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Don't ask. ''Don't. Slagging. Ask.'']] Kicker and Hot Shot are almost to their destination.

Omega lends some firepower to Superion Maximus. Galvatron manages to exploit Optimus's injuries, and summons a fleet of Terrorcons.

Kicker finally finds his family's chamber... and it's empty. Spilled food and scattered possessions indicate a hasty exit. Kicker suspects they're hiding in The Core.

Galvatron tells Optimus that it's all over, but Ironhide arrives and challenges him. [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] arrvies to lend a hand, followed by Mirage and Downshift. Lots of people shoot. Nobody gets hurts much. The Omnicons restore Optimus and Wing Saber, who promptly combine.

Optimus and Galvatron make a big explosion, and Galvatron comes out the loser. He's still laughing, though, and orders Six Shot to deploy the energon gas. He gets only silence in response. [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snowcat]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], still climbing down the shaft toward the [[Super Energon Temple|Super Energon chamber]] with [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]], are equally unresponsive. Galvatron and Starscream fly off to deal with Six Shot, leaving Scorponok in charge of the battle.

[[Image:Energon-Super-Optimus-Burning-Justice.jpg|230px|thumb|right|[[Burning Justice]]. That's our story and we're sticking to it.]] Kicker finally finds [[Sally Jones|Sally]] and [[Miranda Jones|his mom]], and a reunion ensues. It only takes him a second to realize that Dr. Jones and [[Rad White|Rad]] are both absent.

Dr. Jones' captors make a rough landing at the bottom of the Super Energon shaft, leaving Dr. Jones with some nasty back pain. Snowcat and Demolishor run off to rejoin Galvatron and get powered up, leaving Dr. Jones with a golden opportunity to get away.

Galvatron gives Six Shot a thrashing for ignoring him. But Starscream reports that they're locked out of the energon grid; Six Shot laughs and laughs, as Galvatron needs him to control the planet.

Demolishor and Snowcat prepare to take a dip in the Super Energon pool, but a giant looming shadow bursts out of it. Amid their screams, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] wonders what they saw, and wonders what the Autobots will do as Cybertron prepares to exit the space bridge.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (1)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Wing Saber]] (6)
*[[Superion Maximus]] (7)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (12)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (13)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (21)
*[[Rhyming Omnicon fanboys]] (22–24)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (25)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (26)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (28)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (29)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (30)
*[[Autobot nurse]] (31)
*[[Digger-3]] (34)
*[[Copter-2]] (36)
*[[Submarine-4]] (37)
*[[Fire-1]] (38)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)#Omega|Omega]] (39)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (46)
|c2=
*[[Six Shot]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (8)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]] drones (10)
*[[Cruellock]] drones (11)
*[[Construction Team]] (16–20)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] drones (27)
*[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] (32)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (33)
*[[Constructicon Maximus]] (35)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (40)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (41)
|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones]] (14)
*[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (42)
*[[Miranda Jones]] (43)
*[[Sally Jones]] (44)
|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (45) (voice only)
}}

==Quotes==
"May I have your attention? As the train approaches the station, please remain behind the white line at all times, and GET READY TO EAT LEAD, FREAKS!"
:—'''Arcee speaks from the [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Train]] over the loudspeaker to the Terrorcons'''

"You and me! Got that, Galvatron?" 
"Why not? I'm an equal-opportunity destroyer of Autobots."
:-'''Superion Maximus''' and '''Galvatron'''.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Rodimus prepares to re-enter the space bridge, the dub has him say that he hopes Optimus "can punch a hole to get us out", which... makes no sense at all. Punch a hole in ''what''? Get out of ''what''? The original line is Rodimus saying that he's sure they gave Optimus the opening he needed.
* The dub strangely parses Kicker's request for Omega Supreme to stop as "shut it down". Although an uncommon phrase from real railroading. More likely thoughh, this is anothor of Energon's famous errors.
* When Hot Shot says that contacting Optimus will give away their position, dub Kicker cockily says "exactly!", as if he's planning a trap or something. In ''Super Link'', he just replies that the enemy already knows where they are.
* In the middle of Kicker's comments about Optimus's stubborn selflessness, the dub omits a key line about how Kicker once hated him. Without it, the rest of the speech kinda falls apart.
* The scene in the medical center is botched by the dub. In ''Super Link'', during the brief cut to the outside of the building, one of the nurses cries out in shock—ha ha, Bulkhead groped her! The dub paves it over, having the nurse say that Bulkhead is scaring the other patients....with his strangely animated bobbing, apparently.
* Ironhide's "Shut up and listen" should be "shut up and follow me", hence the pumped-up fist of triumph and the fanboys rallying to him.
* Omega Supreme doesn't "sense Kicker's presence" in the industrial complex; he just says that Kicker's wish has been carried out.
* Primus isn't in this episode, but the dub still replaces a mention of his name with "the core".
* Dub Starscream advises Galvatron "give back complete control to Six Shot". He's supposed to advise him to ''take'' control back ''from'' Six Shot.
* Demolishor and Snowcat aren't "going back to Galvatron" to get powered up; it's a dub insertion.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 12
* Stock footage: 6
* Let's do it: 2
* You're mine: I

===Animation or technical errors===
* [[Steamhammer (Energon)|The nameless construction vehicle that serves as Constructicon Maximus's torso]] rolls without actually moving its treads.

===Real-world references===
* As the Omega Train rolls through, Arcee makes station announcements over a PA system, warning passengers to stay behind the white line (and to prepare to eat lead), and wishing the commuters a pleasant day—''not!''

===Trivia===
* The episode's nonsensical title is semi-derived from the ''Super Link'' title, "Scattered, the Destron Army", referring to Galvatron's inability to summon his troops to help him out... which was kind of a stretch to begin with. Evidently, they intended to just call it "Decepticon Army", and typo'd it. [[Scorpinok|For]] [[A Tale of Two Heros|the]] [[Imprisoned Inferno|fourth time]]. Like "Improsoned Inferno", however, it was corrected for the DVD release.
* The dub keeps the original ''Super Link'' theme song-based background music as Optimus and Wing Saber combine, rather than replacing it with the normal music (based on ''Energon'''s theme song.)
* Prime and Galvatron's faces both get the cel upgrade in the following fight scene.
* Optimus introduces his "Meteor Attack Mode", which involves his drones spinning around him and Wing Saber amid lots of flying energy. Man, didn't we leave this sort of nonsense behind in [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|the eighties]]?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 012 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Lil Formers

2010-09-07T17:49:02Z

96.60.212.225:

[[Image:LilFormers_logo.png|right|250px|LilFormers logo.png]]
'''''Lil Formers''''' is a series of single-panel comic strips by the flesh creature [[Matt Moylan]] using [[super deformed]] artwork. Like [http://www.shortpacked.com other comics] of similar Transfan ilk, its content often reflects the biases of its creator.

It is primarily published online and appears in the ''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]]'' magazine, produced by [[Fun Publications]]. Although the strip began as a fan project, the strips which appear as part of the official content of the fan club magazine are considered to be [[Micro-continuity|some sort]] of [[canon]], at least for the purposes of this wiki.

As of strip #100, Lil Formers has expanded to cover a larger variety of pop culture properties, though Transformers strips still appear occasionally. When covering Transformers topics, it will decorate captions with either the [[Autobot]] or [[Decepticon]] logos depending on context. For non-Transformers comics, the captions are left plain.

As of strip #200, Moylan announced that he will no longer be publishing regular strips in lieu of other comic projects, but will maintain a semi-regular blog post with art, some of which may be Lilformers comics as they come to him.

==Publication history==
''Lil Formers'' strips were published in:

*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 11]] - Two strips
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 12]] - Two strips
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13]]
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14]] - Casetticons
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15]] - Movie Auditions, Redecos, Metroplex
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 17]] - Know your Seekers
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18]] - Various Megatrons
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 20]] - ''Animated'' characters meet their Generation 1 counterparts.
*[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 21]] - ''Shattered Glass'' characters meet their Generation 1 counterparts.
*[[Spotlight: Wheelie]] - Two strips

==External links==
*[http://www.lilformers.com/home.php ''Lil Formers'' website]

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Fun Publications]]