Ginrai Dies!!

2010-12-29T20:21:48Z

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{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=26
|image=Ginraidies.jpg
|caption=All the leaves are brown/And the Prime is gray...
|title="Ginrai Dies!!"
|japanese=ジンライ死す!!
|romaji=Jinrai Shisu!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[September 26|26 September]] 1989
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wounded beyond repair, God Ginrai lies at death's door, only to discover that hope exists in the form of a reconstruction process developed by Star Saber.'''

:''Omni Productions dub name:'' "'''Farewell, Optimus Prime'''"
:''Also known as:'' "'''The Death of Ginrai'''", "'''Farewell, God Ginrai'''"

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GinraiDies Breastforce solar plant.jpg|thumb|left|200px| "I give up! Don't shoot!" "He's giving up! Shoot him!"]]
With [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] and [[Blacker]] injured and [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] fatally wounded, the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] exploit the [[Autobot|Autobots]]' loss of manpower by successfully ransacking a solar power station, and attacking the New Cheyenne Airport fuel depot in North America. While the [[Multiforce]] and [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]] head to the airport, the injured Star Saber is forced to enter the battle at the solar base with [[Laster]] and [[Braver]], despite being barely able to stand. After Star Saber departs, the recuperating Blacker decides to go into action alongside the Multiforce and Rescues.

Meanwhile, in the [[Shuttle Base]]'s intensive care room, expert Autobot scientists and medics [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Minerva]] have been called in to tend to God Ginrai, who has been paralyzed from the neck down. Hallucinating, he recalls the time that Star Saber told him he had been offered the role of [[Supreme Commander]], and his vow to help his friend out, even at the cost of his life.

[[Image:GinraiDies Blacker and Pipo.jpg|thumb|right|200px| "If you were half the ambulance [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] was, you could fit me inside!]]
At the New Cheyenne Airport, [[Galaxy Shuttle]] arrives and air-drops the Autobots over the heads of the [[Dinoforce]] below. Blacker attempts to transform in mid-air, but his injuries prevent him and he crash-lands roughly. [[Pīpō]] attempts to administer first aid, but Blacker refuses, and the battle begins to rage.

At the solar power station, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and [[Leozack]] watch as copious amounts of energy are loaded into the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]''. Star Saber, Laster and Braver soon come soaring into view, but as soon as they hit the ground, Star Saber buckles and collapses, and the two [[Brainmaster|Brainmasters]] have to shield him from [[Breastforce]] fire. Determined to stop Deathsaurus, Star Saber struggles on.

[[Image:GinraiDies Wheeljack we can rebuild you.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"With my latest invention, there's only a 20% chance your head will explode!"]]
Back in the Shuttle Base, a regretful Perceptor informs God Ginrai that there is nothing they can do for him. However, the scientist explains that despite the irreparable damage to his body, his internal systems are functional and could be transplanted into a new body, but that he would no longer truly be "God Ginrai" if this process were to be performed. God Ginrai is at first complacent in his situation, and willing to die without regret, but when he asks for a further explanation, Perceptor suddenly back-pedals and tells him to forget it. Before Perceptor can stop him, Wheeljack blurts out that there is a pre-existing design that they can use to reconstruct his body. Perceptor silences him before he can say any more, but Ginrai now demands to know the full story.

As the battle continues to rage at the solar power station, Deathsaurus again unleashes his [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]] against the weakened Star Saber. In the midst of the fight, [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] contacts Star Saber to let him know that Ginrai wishes to speak with him right away. Although fearing the worst, Star Saber is unwilling to leave the battlefield until Braver tells him to go, realizing that Ginrai would not make such a request of the Supreme Commander unless he had to. Star Saber speeds back to the Shuttle Base, where he is enraged to discover that Perceptor and Wheeljack have told Ginrai about a design he created for a personal power-enhancement system. Ginrai requests that Star Saber permit his body to be reconstructed according to this design, but Star Saber is appalled, wholly unwilling to use his friend's body in such a manner. Both Star Saber and Jean try to change Ginrai's mind, knowing that the process first requires the cessation of his life functions, and that his subsequent rebirth will mean that disappearance of the being they know, but the [[Godmaster]] is resolute.

[[Image:GinraiDies Ginrai reformatting.jpg|thumb|right|200px| "Hey, Wheeljack, where'd you get all this equipment?" "Salvaged it from Unicron. Why?" "Uh-oh."]]
Back on the two battlefields, things are not going well for the Autobots. At the airport, the Dinoforce escape with energy in tow, leaving Blacker and the Multiforce badly injured. At the solar base, Laster and Braver have likewise been bested, and Deathsaurus cackles over his victory as the ''Thunder Arrow'' departs with a full load of energy. The wounded Autobots limp back to the Shuttle Base, arriving just in time to witness the beginning of God Ginrai's reconstruction. As the Godmaster's body is lowered into a recessed chamber and a transparent shield lowers into place above him, Jean bangs his fists on the shield and cries out to Ginrai. Minerva is forced to lift him to safety, and the fatal switch is thrown, as the process begins, and God Ginrai… dies...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Holi]] (14)
*[[Wingwaver]] (15)
*[[Laster]] (16)
*[[Braver]] (17)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (18)
*[[Dashtacker]] (20)
*[[Machtackle]] (21)
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (23)
*[[Blacker]] (24)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (25)
*[[Minerva]] (26)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (27)
*[[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] (28)
*[[Pīpō]] (34)
*[[Fire]] (35)
*[[Wing (Victory)|Wing]] (36)
*[[Waver]] (37)
*[[Boater]] (38)

|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (1)
*[[Killbison]] (2)
*[[Leozack]] (3)
*[[Jarugar]] (6)
*[[Drillhorn]] (8)
*[[Gaihawk]] (10)
*[[Hellbat]] (12)
*[[Gōryū]] (22)
*[[Kakuryū]] (29)
*[[Doryū]] (30)
*[[Gairyū]] (31)
*[[Yokuryū]] (32)
*[[Rairyū]] (33)

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (19)

|h4=[[Breast Animal]]s|c4=
*[[Bisonbreast]] (4)
*[[Lionbreast]] (5)
*[[Jaguarbreast]] (7)
*[[Rhinobreast]] (9)
*[[Hawkbreast]] (11)
*[[Kōmoribreast]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==

"Are they so desperate they send the wounded into battle?"
:—'''Deathsaurus''' after '''Star Saber''' transforms and collapses in pain.

"Don't take it the wrong way. You're only done for as God Ginrai." 
"What do you mean?" 
"If you were a human, your heart and internal organs would still be functional. So that leaves us with one last option. But you will no longer be the same God Ginrai." 
"You don't need to console me." 
:—'''Perceptor''' offers '''God Ginrai''' one last ray of hope.

"Don't give up. This only means a part of you will cease to exist." 
"But what does that mean?" 
"Let me give you an example. When a man dies, his vital organs still function for a while. Well, apart from his brain, that is. That means, all one needs is a new brain that will work." 
"You're just trying to console me." 
:—'''Perceptor''' is somewhat less successful in the [[Omni Productions]] dub's take on the same scene.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
Among the changes made by the [[Omni Productions]] dub:
* Talk of civilian casualties is tactfully removed.
* Ginrai's voice is strained even during his the flashback.
* Jean tries to get someone to tell Star Saber and co to return to base, rather than wanting to go there and help.
* When Perceptor tells Wheeljack and Minerva that the next few minutes are vital, they both respond with "Right!" and they both have male voices.

===Animation or technical errors===
* Wheeljack's shoulder cannon is colored red in a shot of him and Minerva, and occasionally missing altogether.

===Continuity errors===
* Wheeljack, of course, died in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', but here he is, fit and healthy. This is another one of those oddities that results from the movie not reaching Japan until after ''Victory'' aired, and the writers and animators being unaware that the character was supposed to be dead.

===Continuity notes===
* Blacker was wounded back in "[[Crisis! Ambush in the Desert]]".
* Star Saber and Ginrai suffered their injuries in "[[A Deadly Battle]]".
* Remember that this Minerva is the wholly robotic [[Transtector]] which came to life in "[[A Battle... and Then...]]".

===Trivia===
* Rather than begin with a preview of the episode itself, this instalment of ''Victory'' begins with a recap of the previous episode.
* For some reason, this episode refrains from actually ''naming'' its three medical guest-stars (with Perceptor simply called "the doctor"), although Perceptor and Wheeljack are both listed by name in the credits. Both are voiced by different actors than those that played them in ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''; Minerva does not speak.
*This episode marks the last apperance of Ginrai (duh!) and [[Godbomber]] until he is reborn into [[Victory Leo]]. Plus, the guy also dies the old fashion way of turnong gray upon death instead of retaining his color.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 02 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.

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