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<p>98.111.230.7: /* Animated cartoon */</p> <hr /> <div>:''Protoforms are part of a Transformer's [[life cycle]] in many Transformers continuities.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Protoforms2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|TeH Nekkid [[Airrazor|AiRrazzer]]!1! L@@K]]<br /> <br /> '''Protoforms''' consist of an unspecified, free-flowing, metallic matter layered over basic robotic systems. In many universes, a protoform is the first stage in a [[Transformer]]'s [[life cycle]]. These protoforms only await a life-giving [[spark]] and the alt-form information necessary to transform them into fully functional, living Transformer beings. Often, protoform modes are used to transport Transformers on intergalactic journeys. <br /> <br /> Protoforms are transported or stored in [[stasis lock]], in which state they look like smooth, robotic humanoids. When not in stasis lock, protoforms are a roiling mass of liquid metal around their internal frame.&lt;ref&gt;Protoform states seen in &quot;[[The Spark]]&quot;.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In some universes, existing Transformers can place their sparks in a newly created protoform in order to assume a new form, or to recreate their old one. This is one way of rapidly repairing even the most extreme damage, by virtue of totally replacing the body.<br /> <br /> :''Japanese name:'' '''Prototype''' (''Beast Wars''), '''Cyberdrone''' (''Car Robots'')<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> {{cleanup|March 2009|Needs storylinks for all the stuff mentioned here}}<br /> ===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===<br /> Protoforms are often contained within [[stasis pod]]s and dropped into unexplored worlds. The ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' carried many such stasis pods for exploration reasons. When a protoform lands, it scans for compatible life-forms. When a suitable lifeform is found, the protoform is reformatted by hitherto unknown means.<br /> <br /> ===''Beast Wars II'' cartoon===<br /> [[Image:Protoforms1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Pretty spry for globs of pudding]]<br /> [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] protoforms were shown moving about the Predacon warship using their own power, though they were not shown to speak or have any kind of personality. After the Predacons had gathered enough information about the machines of [[Gaea]]'s past, they then fed the information into the protoforms via energy waves. The protoforms were then altered into the [[Autoroller|Autorollers]]. <br /> <br /> The atmosphere of the Planet Gaea could have caused the protoforms to rust.<br /> <br /> {{Note|Given that the Autorollers were apparently extant veterans, this would be a case similar to that of [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Tigatron]] in &quot;[[Dawn of Future's Past]]&quot;, in which an already living Cybertronian had been downloaded into a new protoform body.}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> Autobots (and possibly Predacons) can change into a protoform state during long journeys, presumably to conserve energy. Attributes of an Autobot's original form remain in whatever new form the being takes. For instance, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] retained the ability to detect [[O-Part]]s. <br /> <br /> A downside to the protoform process is that it leaves the Autobots vulnerable to tampering. [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was able to use his [[spark]]'s energy to turn Autobot protoforms into [[Decepticon|malevolent entities]]. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics===<br /> Protoforms are the first step in most (if not all) Transformer life. Convicted criminals are sometimes reduced to Protoform state, such as the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. {{Storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}<br /> <br /> ===''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers''===<br /> A traditional Cybertronian song features the lines &quot;Protoform/ Protoform/ What will you be?&quot; {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}<br /> <br /> ===''Cybertron'' cartoon===<br /> Protoforms are the first stage of Transformer life, which is usually followed by [[primary programming]].<br /> <br /> ===Live-action films===<br /> [[Image:Movie OptimusPrime protoform.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Optimus Prime's protoform]]<br /> <br /> Protoforms grow and survive by feeding inside [[energon (fuel)|energon]] wombs. ''{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}'' Protoforms are more than just the first stage of a Transformer's life, they are the &quot;base&quot; form that exists inside each robot. Protoforms are made of an ultra-dense, liquid metal material and are extremely hard to damage.<br /> <br /> In the rare case they are not actively practicing their natural proclivity for chameleon-like disguise (usually only when engaged in interstellar travel), Transformers shed their exo-structure and return to their protoform state. This protoform is capable of transforming into its [[transition form]]: an armored, cometary shape capable of interstellar travel. Upon landing on a new world and transforming back into a protoform, the Transformer immediately begins [[trans-scan]]ning for new alternate forms to adopt. When one is chosen, the protoform draws on its own ultra-dense substance and any extraneous matter nearby to generate a new exostructure disguise. ''{{Storylink|Transformers: The Movie Guide}}''<br /> <br /> [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s attempts to breed a new army were met with failure because of low energon supplies, and the &quot;[[hatchling]]s&quot;, as they were affectionately termed, were dying. When many Decepticons arrived on Earth with [[The Fallen]] to claim the [[Sun]], they did not bother assuming alternate modes, and remained in their protoforms. ''{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}''<br /> <br /> {{Note|&quot;Protoform&quot; is used as a term for the movie continuity Transformers' Cybertronian forms, although this is also a chosen appearance for the [[self-regenerating molecular armor]] formed by the protoform.}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> [[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|right|My Meebas live inside this tube, we grow and change with help from you!]]<br /> New Transformers are created by putting protoforms into &quot;protoform moulds&quot; - pre-built robot shells, which they &quot;fill&quot; out, and they are then granted sparks. (Although AllSpark fragments serve the same purpose) {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} The same basic moulds could be used for multiple protoforms, leading to [[Retool|similarities]] in [[body-type]] and transformation schemes. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}. If they are granted sparks without involving a protoform mould, they apparently &quot;collapse&quot; into a small, baby-like form until they can scan something to base a body on. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> &quot;Protoform&quot; seems to be a derogatory nickname amongst Cybertronians, translating roughly to &quot;baby&quot; or &quot;kid&quot;. The word &quot;protoform''ed''&quot; has been used, presumably in reference to a protoform's coming into existence.<br /> <br /> A large number of protoforms were in the care of [[Yoketron]], either to be Cybertron's next generation or a last resort if [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Project Omega]] failed. [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] went on to attack and steal most of them {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} for the Decepticons, who would place them inside the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}<br /> <br /> A protoform which had been granted a spark without involving a protoform mould somehow appeared in [[Isaac Sumdac]]'s lab. After Isaac touched it, the protoform became [[Sari Sumdac]], a technorganic Transformer. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> According to [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] eats protoforms for breakfast. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}<br /> <br /> The protoforms stored on the ''Nemesis'' were used by [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] to create a barrage of clones of himself. The spark of life was provided by slivers of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment embedded in Starscream. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}} More clones were constructed later: [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]], and the [[Ramjet (Animated)|Liar Starscream]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}<br /> <br /> Megatron used a few of the stolen protoforms and an AllSpark fragment to create the [[Lugnut Supreme]]s. Starscream used one to create himself a new body. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}<br /> <br /> After the misuse of so many protoforms by Megatron and Starscream, the Autobots ultimately recovered only three of the stolen protoforms. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}<br /> <br /> If one were to add up all of Starscream's clones, the three Lugnut Supremes, Starscream's final body, and the three recovered aboard Omega Supreme, the protoforms stolen from Yoketron's secret chamber total a mere 26.<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> Toys representing transitional protoform modes have been made for several characters from the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action Movie]] universe:<br /> ===Transformers (2007)===<br /> [[Image:Movie ProtoformOptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Munkytruck feet!]]<br /> *'''Protoform [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2007), later [[Redeco|redecorated]] as Protoform Optimus Prime Fusion Cluster Edition. This form is usually Optimus Prime's pre-Earth body in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Transformers'' movie prequel comics.<br /> <br /> *'''Protoform [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]''' (Deluxe, 2007), later redecorated as Protoform Starscream Fusion Cluster Edition. This form is usually Starscream's pre-Earth body in IDW's ''Transformers'' movie prequel comics.<br /> <br /> * '''Trans Scanning [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]''' (2008)<br /> * '''Trans Scanning Optimus Prime''' (2008)<br /> <br /> :Both Trans-Scanning Bumblebee and Optimus Prime feature a highly articulated protoform robot mode that can transform into its comet-like transition mode. Snap-on armour based on their Earth robot and vehicle modes represent the characters after they have trans-scanned vehicles.<br /> <br /> ===Robot Heroes===<br /> *[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] [[Jazz (Movie)|Protoform Autobot Jazz]] vs. [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s Cybertronian form depicted in ''Transformers'' [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] comics and toys greatly resembles a protoform, presumably because it was Hasbro's only reference for an alien Autobot appearance.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated]]<br /> [[Category:Beast Wars]]<br /> [[Category:Beast Wars II]]<br /> [[Category:Biology]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1]]<br /> [[Category:Movie]]<br /> [[Category:Robots in Disguise]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Jazz_(Animated)&diff=376151 2009-10-11T21:01:46Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Animated */</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup|May 2009|Fiction text needs further cleanup}}<br /> <br /> {{disambig3|Jazz}}<br /> {{factions|autobot|eliteguard}}<br /> :''Jazz is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Jazz promoimage.JPG|right|228px|thumb|&quot;When push comes to shove, you've gotta do what you love, even if it's not a good idea!&quot;]]<br /> Though a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]], '''Jazz''' is a bit of an independent thinker. He's reluctant to disobey orders, but he has more of an appreciation for the finer things than his compatriots. This is evidenced in his better choice of vehicle mode disguise, a &quot;sweet ride&quot; drawn from Earth culture. He is a [[Cyber-Ninja Corps|Cyber-Ninja]], like [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]. However, his training is more progressed, and instead of ninja stars he wields a pair of nunchaku. He seems to be the only one of the Elite Guard willing to learn, and fits in with the Earth team pretty well.<br /> <br /> He is ''incredibly'' cool.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Any species that can come up with a sweet ride like this can't be all bad!|Jazz digs his new [[Alternate mode|altmode]] and the humans that created it|[[The Elite Guard]]}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> <br /> :''Voice actor'': [[Phil LaMarr]] (English), [[Jens-Uwe Bogadtke]] (German)<br /> <br /> {{note|Events from IDW Publishing are in italics}}<br /> [[Image:Freaked jazz-1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Booga booga!]]<br /> Jazz accompanied [[Supreme Commander]] [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] to [[Earth]] to retrieve [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew and the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]]. When Magnus ordered Jazz to activate a [[force field]] around [[Steelhaven (Animated)|their ship]] to prevent [[Human|organic]] contamination, Jazz expressed interest in getting a closer look at them. This caused Sentinel Prime to warn Jazz that the organics would eventually spit acidic goo that would melt through his body armor and destroy vital [[Circuits|circuitry]]. Jazz was...less willing to meet the organics after that. <br /> <br /> [[Image:Jazzanimatedaltmode.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Suddenly, Bumblebee's less popular.]]<br /> When [[Sari Sumdac]] managed to sneak aboard their ship, he tried to send her out without provoking her. When she realized that Jazz was afraid of her, she tried to scare him. After [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] explained that Humans were harmless (and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] explained that Sentinel Prime was a jerk), Jazz accompanied the Autobots to a Sumdac manufacturing plant that was going haywire. Jazz and Prowl managed to keep the AllSpark-powered [[police drone]]s away from Sari and Optimus long enough for Sari to shut down the assembly line. He and Prowl traded several martial arts-centered quips throughout the battle, talking about [[Metallikato]] moves like the &quot;[[Five Servos of Doom]]&quot; attack. {{storylink|The Elite Guard|The Elite Guard}}<br /> <br /> When Ultra Magnus started to receive reports of [[Decepticon]] uprisings at the rim of the galaxy, Jazz commented that it was probably because they'd &quot;got wind&quot; that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] was still online.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Sentinel vs Optimus%2C with Jazz in the middle.jpg|left|180px|thumb|&quot;Right now, we need to stop fighting each other and start fighting the bad guy. Dig?&quot;]]<br /> Later, Jazz noticed a spike in AllSpark energy, and Ultra Magnus took him to investigate, leaving Sentinel Prime to watch Optimus Prime. Their combined attempt to remove the &quot;SmallSpark&quot;, which [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] had booby-trapped, failed, and they were blown off the train in which it was embedded. Optimus and his crew, with the help of Sari and the [[AllSpark Key]], successfully and safely removed the AllSpark fragment, but Jazz could only watch as they received a dressing-down from Ultra Magnus for becoming involved. Then Starscream himself crashed to Earth, courtesy of Megatron's cannon, and knocked out Magnus. Jazz turned to Sentinel for orders, but the panicking Guardsbot was unable to think of anything. Optimus took over, directing his crew and Sari to various tasks; and himself, Jazz and Sentinel to take down Starscream—although Jazz needed to talk down the posturing pair of [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] before they could get to fighting the bad guy.<br /> <br /> His nunchaku proved ineffective, however, and he was swiftly knocked out, leaving Optimus to save the day again. Jazz later escorted Optimus's crew in taking the [[Stasis lock|stasis locked]] and gagged Starscream to be imprisoned in the Elite Guard's ship, before the three Guardsbots and their ship departed, leaving Optimus and his crew to deal with the remaining Decepticons on Earth. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished|Mission Accomplished}}<br /> <br /> Jazz was present as Starscream escaped the Elite Guard ship. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon|A Fistful of Energon}}<br /> <br /> ''When the Elite Guard decided to begin [[Safeguard (Animated)|Project Safeguard]], Jazz and Sentinel voiced dissent, stating that Autobots don't fly. Jazz's discomfort only worsened when he saw [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. He was soon assigned to train them. While taking them on in battle to guage their abilities, Jazz seemingly won quite quickly, but as soon as he turned his back the twins defeated him with ease. Later, he was observing the twins in simulated training when [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] tried putting Starscream's coding into the program. The Starscream code took over, trapping the twins and preventing Jazz and Sentinel from disconnecting them. They were powerless to help, and the twins had to save themselves by discovering the ability to merge into Safeguard. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}''<br /> <br /> Jazz was later onboard the Elite Guard ship, along with Ultra Magnus and Sentinel, during the galactic battles with the Decepticon rebels when the received a transmission from [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]] requesting back-up. Jazz had told him to hold on a little longer. But by the time the Elite Guard had arrived, [[Team Chaar]] had already left, albiet [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] orders. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]] had later sent Jazz, accompanied by Sentinel, Jetfire, and Jetstorm, to go after the supposed traitor [[Wasp]]. However, Wasp had retreated to Earth, much to Longarm's dismay, as he had ordered all contact with that planet be filtered through him. Despite this, Jazz and the others still went after the traitor. When they found Optimus Prime's crew, they revealed that Longarm was really Shockwave, a Decepticon double-agent, and that Wasp had been innocent the whole time. Despite this, Sentinel Prime still wanted Wasp brought in, but the crazed Autobot got away. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}<br /> <br /> Sentinel had later succeeded in capturing [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], and [[Lugnut]], leaving [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to suspect he was getting help. Jazz had this suspicion, too, and followed him to find that he was bargaining with [[Lockdown (Animated)|a double-dealing bounty scum]]. Jazz and the others defeated Lockdown, along with [[Ramjet (Animated)|another Decepticon fugitive]]. While they had captured the clone, Lockdown had escaped. Jazz later became impressed by Prowl's new armor, especially [[Yoketron]]'s helmet. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}<br /> <br /> When Sentinel realised he was needed on Cybertron, the Elite Guard packed up and headed for home. Jazz was disappointed, as he had enjoyed being on Earth. {{storylink|Predacons Rising}}<br /> <br /> On the return trip, Jazz and Sentinel were contacted by the Autobot council, who wished to discuss Sentinel's temporary promotion. Sentinel let this go to his head, and told Jazz to refer to him as &quot;Commander&quot;. He also directed Jazz to take them through an unstable ion storm, despite Jazz's protests. As Jazz piloted them in, energy from the storm somehow restored Swindle, who had been stuck in [[Alternate mode|altmode]]. Swindle instigated a prisoner break, releasing the other Decepticons, and lead them in an attack on the Elite Guard. Jazz requested that Sentinel contact Cybertron for help, but fearing repercussions for allowing the escape to happen on his watch, he sent a coded message to Optimus instead. Appearing unexpectedly through a Transwarp link within Swindle's chest, Optimus Prime was able to free the Elite Guard. He then made sure the Decepticons could hear him order Jazz to modify the ship's decontamination chamber to freeze its occupants. However, he simultaneously gave Jazz a secret coded order to set up the chamber to freeze those ''outside'' of it. Thus, when the Decepticons eventually recaptured the Autobots and placed them in the chamber, it backfired, allowing the Autobots to escape and recapture all the prisoners but Swindle and [[Lugnut]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}<br /> <br /> Having returned to Cybertron, Jazz began chafing under Sentinel Magnus' militant approach. When [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Captain Fanzone]] accidentily transwarped to Cybertron, Jazz followed orders and helped capture them. However, once they had escaped he tailed them, and eventually helped them by granting them access to the Elite Guard infirmary so they could search for [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]. After battling [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], Ratchet was able to recapture the [[Magnus Hammer]], but refused to give it to Sentinel. Instead, he escaped took it with him back to Earth, intent on keeping it from Sentinel and protecting it for Ultra Magnus. Sentinel started to follow him, but Jazz volunteered to go instead. Upon his arrival on Earth, he informed Ratchet that he'd had enough of Sentinel and promptly volunteered his services to the Earthbound Autobots. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}<br /> {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}<br /> <br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Animated jazz both mode1.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Enter the Dragon Wagon]]<br /> *'''Autobot Jazz''' (Deluxe, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 side-pipe &quot;energy chucks&quot;<br /> <br /> : Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' deluxes, Jazz transforms into a car that looks like a cross between [[Jazz (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]] and a 1950s Corvette. The toy features translucent blue [[light-piping]] for its visor, as well as translucent blue headlights. Curiously, all the toy's vehicle mode windows are ''also'' cast from this plastic, but tinted black by [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. The toy's exhaust pipes can be removed from its forearms, and are connected by a short length of string to serve as nunchaku-style &quot;energy chucks&quot; weapons. They can also be assembled into claw-like weapons.<br /> <br /> : Also, in vehicle mode, if you flip the trunk open and leave it that way, Jazz will appear to have spoilers, similar to his [[Jazz (G1)|G1 counterpart]]'s vehicle mode.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:Animated-toy_FreewayJazz.jpg|right|300px|thumb|One piece, or two?]]<br /> *'''Freeway Jazz''' (Deluxe, 2010?)<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 side-pipe &quot;energy chucks&quot;<br /> <br /> : Freeway Jazz is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Autobot Jazz in [[Jazz (Movie)|movie]]-inspired colors.<br /> <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:BumperBattlers Jazz toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Comes with the world's shortest jump rope.]]<br /> *'''Jazz''' (Bumper Battler, 2008) <br /> <br /> :Jazz is part of the second wave of [[Bumper Battlers]]. Pressing on the vehicle mode's front bumper activates electronic noises and pops up the roof, revealing a relief of Jazz's robot form. Pressing on the Autobot faction symbol on the hood activates a random string of sound effects and voice samples from the samples available on the toy's sound chip.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> *'''Stealth Ninja Jazz''' (Bumper Battler, 2010?)<br /> <br /> : A silver redeco of Bumper Battlers Jazz.<br /> <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> * Jazz's [[Character model|model sheet]] identifies his weapons as &quot;Laser Nunchako.&quot; {{fact}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm Jazz at TFU.info]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Elite Guard]]<br /> [[Category:Ninjas]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Arcee_(Animated)&diff=376148 2009-10-11T20:54:24Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig3|Arcee}}<br /> :''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Animatedarcee.jpg|right|250px|thumb|In Japan, I'm a secretary!]]<br /> Before the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], '''Teaching Unit R-C-687-040'''—'''Arcee''' for short—was a teacher, giving young Autobots the knowledge to make their own decisions and spurring them to think for themselves. Once the conflict erupted, she became an intelligence officer for the Autobot war effort, serving under [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in such risky endeavors as [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Project Omega]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Susan Blu]] (English), [[Silvia Mißbach]] (German)<br /> <br /> [[Image:Ratchetanimatedthrill.jpg|left|200px|thumb|&quot;Hi, good-looking, get sick here often?&quot;]]<br /> Arcee was a teacher on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and an Autobot intelligence officer during the War. Originally intended to be the commander of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], she carried crucial access codes for his activation. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> At one point, Arcee was damaged in the line of duty. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] repaired her and tried to take her to safety, but the two were attacked by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who had been hired by the [[Decepticon]]s to bring her in.<br /> <br /> Held prisoner within Lockdown's ship, Arcee insisted that Ratchet use his [[electromagnetic pulse]] tool to wipe the codes from her head. Lockdown overheard this and tried to stop the pair, but in the struggle the device overloaded and sent out a powerful burst. In the confusion, Ratchet and Arcee were somehow able to escape... but Arcee no longer knew who or where she was. The EMP blast had wiped her memory clean. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedArcee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Well, this [[Spotlight: Arcee|looks familiar]].]]<br /> Arcee was later taken to Cybertron, where [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] made Ratchet perform open-processor surgery on her vivisected head in an attempt to obtain the access codes for Omega Supreme's activation. This triggered a failsafe which copied the codes to Ratchet's memory. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Arcee Earth.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Dames—always waking up at the worst possible moment!]]<br /> Arcee never awoke from the open-processor surgery, and was stored for the subsequent four-million-plus years in the [[Cybertron Central Infirmary]] in a comatose state. When the Decepticons needed to acquire the command codes to &quot;restart&quot; Omega Supreme into a dreadnought loyal to them, both [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] and Ratchet reasoned that their best chance for this would be from Arcee herself. The two of them battled over Arcee and, thanks to the blundering interference of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Shockwave won—abducting Arcee and escaping with her onto Omega Supreme, which Megatron then commanded to transwarp back to [[solar system|Earth's solar system]]. [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] was certain that the damage to Arcee's circuitry was totally irreversible, and there was thus no way for the Decepticons to get the codes from her... but apparently he forgot to tell Arcee herself, who soon woke up on the Decepticon-controlled Omega Supreme, calling for Ratchet. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}<br /> <br /> On Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Shockwave proceeded to rifle through Arcee's memories, initially putting her into a fugue state where she relived her days as &quot;Teaching Unit R-C-687-040&quot; with little awareness of what was going on around her. When [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] transwarped onto the moon, he found her like this and—fearful of what would happen if he disconnected her from the cables plugged into her segmented head—merely opened her comm link before returning to Earth.<br /> <br /> Eventually, Shockwave managed to access the data tracks from her time as an intel bot, making her aware and—transforming into Longarm Prime mode—asked her to confirm she had the activation codes from Project Omega. When she did so, he unplugged her from the cables, knocking her into stasis mode. Outside, with three purple Omega Supreme clones standing by, as well as the original, he took her fully online again, and ordered her to give them the codes. Given that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself was standing right in front of her, she refused, and instead Shockwave &quot;had to extract it manually&quot;. The code transferred to [[Lugnut]] was &quot;missing a security upgrade patch&quot;, however, meaning Lugnut had to be wired directly into Omega Supreme to get them online; while Shockwave worked further on Arcee to try and get the patch. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}<br /> <br /> As Shockwave rooted through her processor, most of the restoration work he had previously undertaken was undone, which left her once again as a fugue-state Teaching Unit, even as Shockwave still failed to get the codes. Instead, he used her as bait when Ratchet—accompanied by Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Sari Sumdac]]—transwarped to the Moon with the aim of retrieving her and Omega Supreme. While Bumblebee and Bulkhead fought off Shockwave, Ratchet and Sari took Arcee and fled to a lab inside Omega Supreme. There, as Ratchet bemoaned the damage the &quot;Deceptiscum&quot; had done to her, Sari was able to use her nascent technopathy to instruct Ratchet in how to restore Arcee, using the very EMP generator which had caused the original damage to her so long before. She came back online, recognising Ratchet but remembering nothing since their capture by Lockdown. Ratchet promised to fill her in on the stellar cycles she'd missed, but said that first they would need to regain control of Omega Supreme.<br /> <br /> Ratchet and Arcee traveled to Omega's head, and the field-tech lowered her using his magnetics to allow her to reactivate Omega Supreme. With this done, Omega ejected Lugnut, and Arcee joined the Earth residents in flying to Detroit aboard the shipbot so that Omega could confront his [[Lugnut Supreme|Decepticon clones]]. Soon afterward, with Megatron's crew all captured or dead, she presumably flew back to Cybertron with them aboard Omega, although she wasn't seen to join them in their triumphant disembarking. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Animated arcee toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|And it only took them 24 years...]]<br /> *'''Arcee''' (Deluxe, 2010?)<br /> :Arcee transforms into a Cybertronian car and includes two energy sword accessories.<br /> <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> * According to [[Derrick Wyatt]], Arcee's swords and vehicle mode were designed by [[Eric Siebenaler]] rather than the ''Animated'' television staff.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1432265686]<br /> * Arcee's real name/production model is RC-687-040.<br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Female Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Spies]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Blackarachnia_(Animated)&diff=376146 2009-10-11T20:49:54Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Animated cartoon */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Blackarachnia}}<br /> {{disambig3|Elita One}}<br /> {{factions|autobot|decepticon}}<br /> :''Blackarachnia is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. She was previously an [[Autobot]] known as '''Elita-1'''.<br /> <br /> :[[Image:FinalAniBlackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Welcome to [[wikipedia:Goth Talk|Goth Talk]]!]]<br /> <br /> In another life, she was '''Elita-1''', an energetic, spunky Autobot Academy cadet. That was until a fateful trip to [[Archa Seven]], where [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|her]] [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|teammates]] abandoned her to a horde of alien spiders. Now calling herself '''Blackarachnia''', she hates her new body with a passion. Her loathing of her organic parts is slowly driving her insane, and she will do ''anything'' to get rid of them, no matter whom she has to crush in her path. Her mutation fueled a newfound hatred of the [[Autobot]] cause and a quest for revenge that led her to join [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in his war against them. However, she does not appear overly loyal to her leader.<br /> <br /> In her mutant [[technorganic]] form, she makes use of her newfound '[[cyber venom]]' to paralyze her enemies, and combines this with her natural ability to download and mimic other [[Transformer]]s' traits and weaponry for a limited amount of time with a simple touch. Hope nobody told [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]].<br /> <br /> {{quote|It'll be a long time before I ever trust another Autobot. Especially you, Optimus.|Blackarachnia|&quot;[[Along Came a Spider]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> {{note|Events from [[IDW Publishing]] comic books are in italics.}}<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Cree Summer]] (English), [[Christin Marquitan]] (German), [[Marcella Silvestri]] (Italian)<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Elita-1.JPG|left|175px|thumb|Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know it's serious.]]<br /> <br /> Blackarachnia was previously known as Elita-1. A thousand [[Units of time|stellar cycles]] ago Elita and her teammates were exploring [[Archa Seven]], looking for a Decepticon [[Twilight (Animated)|ship]] filled with [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. They accidentally fell into a series of caves. They were ambushed by giant spiders and, when escaping the massive energon explosion caused by the battle, Elita ended up being left behind. When she tried using her ability to borrow powers from other beings, she was injected by the spiders' venom, turning her into the hideous freak she is now. Because of her new, semi-organic nature, her signal did not appear on Optimus's radar, leading him and Sentinel to believe that she had perished in the explosion. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}<br /> <br /> When the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] was found by a group of Autobots, Blackarachnia was aboard the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with the other Decepticons, annoyed at [[Lugnut]]'s emphatic, vocal loyalty to Megatron. She even suggested that Lugnut's speech of praise was hardwired into his mind. She also had conflict with [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who touched a sore point by insulting her organic mode. Her retort to &quot;blow it out your actuator, three-face&quot; angered Blitzwing to the point that he... began to express his feelings in song. Later, at Megatron's orders, she scanned the Autobots' ship to determine the nature of their high-energy cargo. She confirmed the Autobots were carrying the AllSpark, or at least something just as powerful. When the Autobots escaped and it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blackarachnia fled in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}<br /> <br /> ''Fifty stellar cycles later, while searching space for any trace of the AllSpark in the hope that she could use its power to purge herself of her organic mode, Blackarachnia stumbled across [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], still operating out of the battered shell of the ''Nemesis''. Realizing that Starscream was searching for the AllSpark as well, Blackarachnia proposed an alliance, but Starscream proved uninterested in sharing power and promptly booted her out into space. Before being ejected, however, Blackarachnia was able to plant a homing device on Starscream, {{storylink|Dispatches}} and eventually tracked the beacon to [[Earth]]. At first setting down on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to investigate the crashed hulk of the ''Nemesis'', Blackarachnia ran afoul of the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who had been hired by Blitzwing to hunt down Optimus Prime. Not willing to risk the bounty hunter finding the AllSpark before her, Blackarachnia attempted to dissuade him from investigating Earth, but Lockdown didn't take kindly to her interference, and the pair wound up battling. During the fight, Blackarachnia used her download ability on Lockdown, knocking him out, but she was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of powers and modifications she wound up taking from him, and passed out herself. Blackarachnia was first to awake, however, and hid herself aboard Lockdown's [[Death's Head (Animated)|ship]], so that when the bounty hunter finally came to and headed for Earth, she was able to hitch a free ride to the planet. {{storylink|A Few Loose Strands}}'' At some unknown point in the future, Blackarachnia was interviewed by the trans-dimensional magazine ''[[Venus (magazine)|Venus]]'' and recounted this adventure for the publication's readers. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Blackarach anim beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Itchy Bitchy Spider crawled up the water spout...]]<br /> <br /> After arriving on Earth, Blackarachnia stalked [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] on [[Halloween]] night. Once she took out the boys, she attempted to sweet-talk Sari into handing over her [[AllSpark Key]], but Optimus Prime arrived to intervene. Using Bulkhead and Bumblebee's stolen powers to overcome Optimus, Blackarachnia captured Sari and web-swung her way to the top of a skyscraper, with Prime in hot pursuit. In the ensuing fight, Prime finally realized who Blackarachnia truly was. Exploiting the opening, Blackarachnia bound Prime in her web and seized Sari's key, activating its power in hopes of become fully mechanical. However, the energies unleashed caused any organic life in range, including Sari (and presumably any other [[Human|fleshy]]), to shrivel and sicken. It almost killed Blackarachnia, but Optimus Prime pulled the Key out, restoring the organics. Prime tried to reason with &quot;Elita&quot;, asking her to come with them in the hopes of curing her, but Blackarachnia stabbed him, saying that it would be a long time before she trusted him again. After she knocked out Prime, she cried her four eyes out. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}<br /> <br /> Later, she again kidnapped Sari, who was running away after having the AllSpark Key taken away from her. When she heard about the Key and how Sari felt totally mistrusted by the Autobots, Blackarachnia played on the girl's sympathies by saying she knew how Sari felt. Blackarachnia noted how she was not a Decepticon until after the Autobots turned their backs on her, and how the AllSpark's power was the only thing that could cure her current form. Despite being kidnapped again and nearly being killed by Blackarachnia's previous use of the Key, Sari appeared to start seeing eye to eye with her captor. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megatron Rising Blackarachnia farewell.JPG|left|175px|thumb|Here's hoping her organic half can withstand impact.]]<br /> <br /> At least, that was what she wanted Blackarachnia to believe. Leading her around in circles over the frozen [[Lake Erie]], Sari was finally forced to admit that the [[Teletran-1|Autobots' ship]], which contained the AllSpark, was underwater. Blackarachnia's organic half couldn't survive the icy water; incensed, she prepared to kill Sari. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] brought the ship up through the ice, and Sari bit Blackarachnia's hand, showing that her organic half couldn't withstand teeth, causing her to drop Sari and allow Ratchet to grab her and get in the ship. As Blackarachnia tried to force the door open, the vessel accelerated, and Blackarachnia was thrown off the ship. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Me Grimlock be kisser for you!]]<br /> <br /> Washing ashore on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], Blackarachnia was taken in by the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], who gave her [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s former base as a home. Using her charms, Blackarachnia was able to manipulate the Dinobots into doing anything she wanted. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] was particularly attached to her, and reminded the other Dinobots of this through violence. Going over Meltdown's notes, she realized that he would be able to remove the organic half from her body. She sent the Dinobots to release him from prison, causing the Autobots to come investigating. Blackarachnia then poisoned Bumblebee and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] with her venom, and used the &quot;promise&quot; of an anti-venom to blackmail Optimus into helping Grimlock find the [[genetic modifier]] Meltdown needed for the experiment. Unfortunately, Meltdown turned the tables on them when the modifier was his, planning on removing Blackarachnia's technological half and leaving him with an organic transformer. Optimus was able to stop Meltdown before he succeeded, but the modifier was damaged and Meltdown presumed killed. Needing to escape, Blackarachnia urged Optimus to hold her, causing Grimlock to attack in jealousy, and Blackarachnia fled. However, it appears that Blackarachnia left the anti-venom needed to save Bumblebee and Prowl beside them. This gave Optimus hope that beneath all of Blackarachnia's anger and manipulation, there was still something left of Elita-1 in there. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA-PredaconsRising-SentinelBlackArachnia.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dark Designs (episode)|Better dead than Pred!]]]]<br /> Still taking refuge in Meltdown's abandoned laboratory, Blackarachnia began experimenting with [[transwarp]] energy to create new techno-organic beings to experiment on in an attempt to purge her organic elements, the idea being if she could turn another techno-organic purely robotic, she could do the same to herself. Most of her early attempts proved fruitless, until [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was able to capture the perfect test subject: the renegade Autobot [[Wasp]]. Tempting him with both her feminine wiles and promises of power great enough to achieve revenge on the bots who betrayed him, she coaxed him into being experimented on, fittingly merging him with the DNA of a wasp.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Blackarachina sans Helmet.jpg|thumb|Hmm...yeah, I'd still hit it.]]<br /> <br /> While Wasp was being turned techno-organic, her old friend Sentinel Prime stumbled upon the lab and was disgusted to find a robot with an organic mode. He was even more shocked when she revealed that they had a past: she was his old friend Elita-1. Disgusted by her mutation, Sentinel was willing to &quot;put her out of her misery&quot;, and during a scuffle knocked Blackarachnia's helmet off, allowing him to see her true, partially organic face. After Wasp's transformation into Waspinator was complete, Blackarachnia revealed her plans to Sentinel and Optimus.<br /> <br /> [[Image:PredaconsRising-WaspinatorBlackarachnia.jpg|thumb|left]]<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, Waspinator was within earshot when she revealed what little regard she had for his life. Hurt by this betrayal, the now physically unstable Waspinator issued Blackarachnia an ultimatum: either fix him or be destroyed. She tried to escape, but once it was revealed that the transwarp energies responsible for his creation were going critical and about to cause a huge explosion, Blackarachnia surrounded herself and Waspinator in her webbing, shielding the Autobots from the explosion and seemingly leading to her final demise.<br /> <br /> However, when she awoke, she was in a strange jungle, in front of a [[Maximal|group of organic creatures]] that looked rather surprised to see their new guests. {{storylink|Predacons Rising}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan Magazines===<br /> <br /> Realising that the Autobots also win due to the power of teamwork, Blackarachnia decided to isolate one of them from the rest of the team. She stuck a tracer on Bumblebee so she could listen in on the crew and find out the best opportunity, while she roped Blitzwing and Lugnut into helping her. By the next day, when Bumblebee and Prowl were having a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]], the Decepticons had set up a trap and were able to capture Prowl. To Blackarachnia's annoyance though, Bumblebee turned up and somehow her comrades failed to pursue him even ''with'' the tracer.<br /> <br /> She commanded Lugnut to fire on the Autobots as they sped across the cave roof, realising too late this would cause a cave-in. To add insult to injury, she found the tracer couldn't track Bumblebee any more because it was stuck on Lugnut's butt... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Blackarachniaanimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hideously mutated into this sexy, sexy figure.]]<br /> *'''Blackarachnia''' (Deluxe, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook<br /> <br /> :Blackarachnia transforms into a mechanical spider with some organic aesthetic. Many of her pointier parts are [[For safety reasons|molded in softer plastic]] to keep unfortunate children from putting their eyes out. She comes with a &lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grapnel grapnel]&lt;/span&gt; hook accessory. This is spring-loaded, with a jointed claw at the end of it. Pressing a button causes it to retract along the string. It may be mounted under her abdomen in spider mode or on her back in robot mode, via two different sets of pegs. There is also a peg hole in each wrist, for [[Spider-Man|web-slinging]] action.<br /> <br /> :The spider's head is mis-transformed in the package, making the first step of her instructions initially confusing. Furthermore, the pedipalps will easily come off if manipulated too much, and her transformation requires that they be turned around completely. Because of this, they will often fall off over, and over, and ''over''...<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{anchor|Prime2pack}}<br /> *'''The Revenge of Blackarachnia''' (2-pack, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook<br /> <br /> : The Blackarachnia toy was released again in a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] two-pack with the &quot;Battle Damaged&quot; [[Optimus Prime (Animated)#DVDpack|Optimus Prime from the a DVD 2-pack with Megatron]]. Both toys are identical to their original releases.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:AniBlackarachniaPromoModel.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Black belly is, like, so last season.]]<br /> * A non-final [[character model]] for Blackarachnia was included in the initial ''Transformers Animated'' press kit from [[Cartoon Network]], was used briefly (in silhouette) for her first appearance in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, and appears on the Deluxe figure's packaging. Though the toy shares the non-final model's spider-leg placement in robot mode, black belly, dark purple skin, and yellow Decepticon symbol, the rest of the toy adheres much more closely to the finished model. <br /> *The initial ''Transformers Animated'' press kit from Cartoon Network also said that Blackarachnia's techno-organic state was caused by &quot;an encounter with the [[AllSpark (Animated)|ALLSPARK]]&quot; in the past. Given her actual in-show origin, either this was an early idea for the character, or the press release writer was misinformed.<br /> * As Blackarachnia, what seemed to be her new head is actually a helmet that was lying around in the wrecked Decepticon warship where she had her accident. After seeing her without it in &quot;[[Predacons Rising]]&quot;, you can see why she wore it.<br /> * So far, Blackarachnia's the only major ''Transformers'' character not to have [[stock footage|a detailed on-screen transformation]].<br /> * Blackarachnia can swing off of tall, unseen buildings, with webbing that shoots out of her hands. Wow, we've never seen that befo—[[Spider-Man|wait a minute...]]<br /> * As Elita-1, her head seems to be based on the pony-tailed Ariel, the younger form of [[Elita One]], while her body's ornamentation homages Elita One herself.<br /> * According to [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], Elita-1's [[alternate mode]] is a &quot;Cybertronian car&quot;. [https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&amp;postID=2344351953813555694&amp;isPopup=true]<br /> * Apparently, Blackarachnia was quite the scientist even before she was introduced to Prometheus Black's genetics experiments. According to the [[AllSpark Almanac]], Blackarachnia introduced the concept of [[Triple Changer|Triple-Changing]] to the Decepticon ranks, when she rebuilt [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] after the Great War.<br /> * Blackarachnia has a [[faceplate]], which is only ever seen in [[The Arrival]] issues [[Dispatches|1]] and [[The Arrival issue 4|4]] but never in the show itself.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Female Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Turncoats]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Headmaster_(Animated)&diff=369385 2009-09-24T17:56:14Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Headmaster}}<br /> :''The Headmaster is a &lt;s&gt;L33T H4x0r&lt;/s&gt; [[human]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].'' <br /> <br /> [[Image:Henrymastersonandhead.jpg|right|350px|thumb|All ur face r belong 2 us.]]<br /> <br /> The '''Headmaster''' is the alternate identity of '''Henry Masterson''', a disgruntled [[Sumdac Systems]] employee who can take control of robots by replacing their heads with his [[Headmaster unit]]. He's a gigantic dork who plays too many video games and seems to have crossed the line between reality and fiction. His vocabulary is littered with slang from teh internets, with terms like &quot;n00bs&quot; and &quot;Total ownage!&quot;<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|TOTAL OWNAGE!|The Headmaster...all the time|&quot;[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor'': [[Alexander Polinsky]] (English), [[Alexander Doering]] (German)<br /> <br /> Henry Masterson grew up tinkering with Sumdac Systems robots and got a job as an engineer for them at a relatively young age. His genius caught the attention of his superiors, and he eventually had the honor of presenting his &quot;Headmaster&quot; project, a human-piloted [[Headmaster unit|transforming battle suit]] that could remove and replace the heads of automatons, to [[Isaac Sumdac]] himself. The demonstration went awry when the Headmaster unit proved to be too heavy for his robotic test subject, making it collapse and sending its weaponry towards [[Detroit]]. Sumdac, incensed by Masterson's plans to put his invention to military use, fired him in a fit of Donald Trump-esque rage. <br /> <br /> [[Image:Headmastertotalownage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|im in ur body shootn ur doods]]<br /> Masterson apparently absconded with his Headmaster prototype and went off to sulk and play with his Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots. He decided that having his own company would be &quot;wicked sweet&quot;, as would exacting his revenge on Sumdac. Needing a robot sturdy enough to support his control unit, he chanced upon a news report on [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. The emo jerk ambushed and decapitated Bulkhead and subsequently went on a rampage in the Autobot's body. <br /> <br /> He demolished several Sumdac [[Police drone|police drones]] en route to a solar power plant. Dubbing himself &quot;the Headmaster&quot;, he hijacked local television broadcasts to deliver his ultimatum: Unless he was paid $700 billion, personally delivered by Isaac Sumdac, he would set the [[solar fusion reactor]] to overload, which would result in the obliteration of the entire state of [[Michigan]] (including Masterson himself). Sumdac arrived in a [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|tractor trailer]], accompanied by [[Sari Sumdac|his daughter]], [[Captain Fanzone]], and a [[Bumblebee (Animated)|small]] [[Prowl (Animated)|convoy]] of [[Ratchet (Animated)|vehicles]]. Sumdac offered Henry the money, but the Headmaster grabbed him and announced his intention to take the ransom money and destroy the city of Detroit anyway, then use the threat of future robot attacks to sell his Headmaster units to the military. <br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Headmaster Bulkhead body rampage.JPG|right|200px|thumb|I d00 it for teh lulz!]]<br /> When he checked the trailer for the money, he found only the enraged head of Bulkhead. The convoy of vehicles revealed themselves as the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and engaged the Headmaster in combat. After taking a pounding from them, the Headmaster unleashed the weaponry of his control unit. He managed to corner Optimus Prime and began to slice the Autobot leader's head off. Prevented from doing so thanks to an ambush by Bulkhead's severed head, the Headmaster was soon felled by Prowl. Masterson decided to flee, but his flying Headmaster unit was knocked out of the sky by the still-disembodied Bulkhead. With the Autobots distracted by the overloading reactor, the Headmaster transformed his head unit into robot mode and fled. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Returnofheadmaster sarisroom.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I'm in ur rom, 0wn!ng ur doods.]]<br /> Once [[Porter C. Powell]] took control of Sumdac Systems, he was quick to rehire Masterson in the interest of reaping that lucrative arms market for which Isaac lacked the taste. Powell gave Masterson Sari's bedroom as his office while in the process of kicking her out of it. Masterson was quick to make himself comfortable and started planning renovations to hook the place up for some major gameage. Powell wasn't about to let his employee just slack around, though, and put him to work on a new Headmaster Unit project, even giving him [[Tutor Bot]] and [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]] to outfit with smaller Units and laser-shooting upgrades. <br /> <br /> The Headmaster wanted more than just little bots to tinker with, however, and stole [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]'s body, upgrading it as well. He would have gotten away with it, but Optimus managed to track him down, defeat Sentinel's possessed body, and take the Headmaster to justice. At least, he was ''almost'' brought to justice, until Powell showed up and wriggled his employee out of a legal loophole. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster|The Return of the Headmaster}}<br /> <br /> Furious that his Headmaster unit had been absconded with, Masterson was unintimated when Sari returned to [[Sumdac Tower]] with Isaac in tow, informing the Sumdacs that the Autobots would return his Headmaster unit to him and or &quot;heads would roll&quot;. At which point Optimus Prime picked him up from behind and asked for clarification on whose heads would be rolling. Furious at their actions while running the company, Isaac Sumdac immediately fired both Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA TransWarped Masterson captured.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Say it with us, folks: &quot;T0t4l 0wn4g3!&quot;]]<br /> Enraged that he had been fired again, Masterson tracked his Headmaster unit to the mine, where he discovered [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s body, ready to be taken over. After a brief fight with Bulkhead the next day, Masterson returned to Detroit, then listened in on Isaac Sumdac's phone calls. Learning that Sumdac was heading to meet Sari at [[Burger Bot]], Masterson ambushed the &quot;happy family&quot;, only to be interuppted by Optimus Prime again. A struggle followed, destroying the Burger Bot in the process. Finally, Prime taunted Masterson into transforming, saying that a &quot;n00b&quot; like him might have trouble with it. Screaming that nobody called him a &quot;n00b&quot;, Masterson initiated a transformation, only for his Headmaster unit to be crushed and popped off Starscream's body when it began. As Starscream's body flew into the river, Masterson was captured by Optimus Prime and turned over to the police. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Animated''===<br /> {{main|Headmaster unit}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * The Headmaster is the first ''Animated'' supervillain to escape capture by the end of his first episode. Guess he isn't a ''total'' loser.<br /> <br /> * Headmaster seems to be the Transformers equivalent of [[wikipedia:Control Freak (villain)|Control Freak]] from the [[wikipedia:Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans cartoon]], even having the same voice actor, [[Derrick Wyatt|creator]], and similar manner of speaking. Although Headmaster's peculiarities are centered around computers, Control Freak's were centered around television.<br /> <br /> * He's the only human villian to return in the third season of ''Animated'' (as long as you don't actually consider Powell a villain, as he was doing legal, legitimate business). <br /> <br /> * Masterson is every phony Internet tough guy you've ever met.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Engineers]]<br /> [[Category:Headmasters]]<br /> [[Category:Humans]]<br /> [[Category:Supervillains]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Blackarachnia_(Animated)&diff=367180 2009-09-18T21:56:28Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Blackarachnia}}<br /> {{disambig3|Elita One}}<br /> {{factions|autobot|decepticon}}<br /> :''Blackarachnia is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. She was previously an [[Autobot]] known as '''Elita-1'''.<br /> <br /> :[[Image:FinalAniBlackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Welcome to [[wikipedia:Goth Talk|Goth Talk]]!]]<br /> <br /> In another life, she was '''Elita-1''', an energetic, spunky Autobot Academy cadet. That was until a fateful trip to [[Archa Seven]], where [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|her]] [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|teammates]] abandoned her to a horde of alien spiders. Now calling herself '''Blackarachnia''', she hates her new body with a passion. Her loathing of her organic parts is slowly driving her insane, and she will do ''anything'' to get rid of them, no matter whom she has to crush in her path. Her mutation fueled a newfound hatred of the [[Autobot]] cause and a quest for revenge that led her to join [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in his war against them. However, she does not appear overly loyal to her leader.<br /> <br /> In her mutant [[technorganic]] form, she makes use of her newfound '[[cyber venom]]' to paralyze her enemies, and combines this with her natural ability to download and mimic other [[Transformer]]s' traits and weaponry for a limited amount of time with a simple touch. Hope nobody told [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]].<br /> <br /> {{quote|It'll be a long time before I ever trust another Autobot. Especially you, Optimus.|Blackarachnia|&quot;[[Along Came a Spider]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> {{note|Events from [[IDW Publishing]] comic books are in italics.}}<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Cree Summer]] (English), [[Christin Marquitan]] (German)<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Elita-1.JPG|left|175px|thumb|Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know it's serious.]]<br /> <br /> Blackarachnia was previously known as Elita-1. A thousand [[Units of time|stellar cycles]] ago Elita and her teammates were exploring [[Archa Seven]], looking for a Decepticon ship filled with [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. They accidentally fell into a series of caves. They were ambushed by giant spiders and, when escaping the massive energon explosion caused by the battle, Elita ended up being left behind. When she tried using her ability to borrow powers from other beings, she was injected by the spiders' venom, turning her into the hideous freak she is now. Because of her new, semi-organic nature, her signal did not appear on Optimus's radar, leading him and Sentinel to believe that she had perished in the explosion. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}<br /> <br /> When the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] was found by a group of Autobots, Blackarachnia was aboard the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with the other Decepticons, annoyed at [[Lugnut]]'s emphatic, vocal loyalty to Megatron. She even suggested that Lugnut's speech of praise was hardwired into his mind. She also had conflict with [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who touched a sore point by insulting her organic mode. Her retort to &quot;blow it out your actuator, three-face&quot; angered Blitzwing to the point that he... began to express his feelings in song. Later, at Megatron's orders, she scanned the Autobots' ship to determine the nature of their high-energy cargo. She confirmed the Autobots were carrying the AllSpark, or at least something just as powerful. When the Autobots escaped and it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blackarachnia fled in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}<br /> <br /> ''Fifty stellar cycles later, while searching space for any trace of the AllSpark in the hope that she could use its power to purge herself of her organic mode, Blackarachnia stumbled across [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], still operating out of the battered shell of the ''Nemesis''. Realizing that Starscream was searching for the AllSpark as well, Blackarachnia proposed an alliance, but Starscream proved uninterested in sharing power and promptly booted her out into space. Before being ejected, however, Blackarachnia was able to plant a homing device on Starscream, {{storylink|Dispatches}} and eventually tracked the beacon to [[Earth]]. At first setting down on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to investigate the crashed hulk of the ''Nemesis'', Blackarachnia ran afoul of the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who had been hired by Blitzwing to hunt down Optimus Prime. Not willing to risk the bounty hunter finding the AllSpark before her, Blackarachnia attempted to dissuade him from investigating Earth, but Lockdown didn't take kindly to her interference, and the pair wound up battling. During the fight, Blackarachnia used her download ability on Lockdown, knocking him out, but she was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of powers and modifications she wound up taking from him, and passed out herself. Blackarachnia was first to awake, however, and hid herself aboard Lockdown's [[Death's Head (Animated)|ship]], so that when the bounty hunter finally came to and headed for Earth, she was able to hitch a free ride to the planet. {{storylink|A Few Loose Strands}}'' At some unknown point in the future, Blackarachnia was interviewed by the trans-dimensional magazine ''[[Venus (magazine)|Venus]]'' and recounted this adventure for the publication's readers. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Blackarach anim beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Itchy Bitchy Spider crawled up the water spout...]]<br /> <br /> After arriving on Earth, Blackarachnia stalked [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] on [[Halloween]] night. Once she took out the boys, she attempted to sweet-talk Sari into handing over her [[AllSpark Key]], but Optimus Prime arrived to intervene. Using Bulkhead and Bumblebee's stolen powers to overcome Optimus, Blackarachnia captured Sari and web-swung her way to the top of a skyscraper, with Prime in hot pursuit. In the ensuing fight, Prime finally realized who Blackarachnia truly was. Exploiting the opening, Blackarachnia bound Prime in her web and seized Sari's key, activating its power in hopes of become fully mechanical. However, the energies unleashed caused any organic life in range, including Sari (and presumably any other [[Human|fleshy]]), to shrivel and sicken. It almost killed Blackarachnia, but Optimus Prime pulled the Key out, restoring the organics. Prime tried to reason with &quot;Elita&quot;, asking her to come with them in the hopes of curing her, but Blackarachnia stabbed him, saying that it would be a long time before she trusted him again. After she knocked out Prime, she cried her four eyes out. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}<br /> <br /> Later, she again kidnapped Sari, who was running away after having the AllSpark Key taken away from her. When she heard about the Key and how Sari felt totally mistrusted by the Autobots, Blackarachnia played on the girl's sympathies by saying she knew how Sari felt. Blackarachnia noted how she was not a Decepticon until after the Autobots turned their backs on her, and how the AllSpark's power was the only thing that could cure her current form. Despite being kidnapped again and nearly being killed by Blackarachnia's previous use of the Key, Sari appeared to start seeing eye to eye with her captor. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megatron Rising Blackarachnia farewell.JPG|left|175px|thumb|Here's hoping her organic half can withstand impact.]]<br /> <br /> At least, that was what she wanted Blackarachnia to believe. Leading her around in circles over the frozen [[Lake Erie]], Sari was finally forced to admit that the [[Teletran-1|Autobots' ship]], which contained the AllSpark, was underwater. Blackarachnia's organic half couldn't survive the icy water; incensed, she prepared to kill Sari. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] brought the ship up through the ice, and Sari bit Blackarachnia's hand, showing that her organic half couldn't withstand teeth, causing her to drop Sari and allow Ratchet to grab her and get in the ship. As Blackarachnia tried to force the door open, the vessel accelerated, and Blackarachnia was thrown off the ship. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Me Grimlock be kisser for you!]]<br /> <br /> Washing ashore on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], Blackarachnia was taken in by the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], who gave her [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s former base as a home. Using her charms, Blackarachnia was able to manipulate the Dinobots into doing anything she wanted. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] was particularly attached to her, and reminded the other Dinobots of this through violence. Going over Meltdown's notes, she realized that he would be able to remove the organic half from her body. She sent the Dinobots to release him from prison, causing the Autobots to come investigating. Blackarachnia then poisoned Bumblebee and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] with her venom, and used the &quot;promise&quot; of an anti-venom to blackmail Optimus into helping Grimlock find the [[genetic modifier]] Meltdown needed for the experiment. Unfortunately, Meltdown turned the tables on them when the modifier was his, planning on removing Blackarachnia's technological half and leaving him with an organic transformer. Optimus was able to stop Meltdown before he succeeded, but the modifier was damaged and Meltdown presumed killed. Needing to escape, Blackarachnia urged Optimus to hold her, causing Grimlock to attack in jealousy, and Blackarachnia fled. However, it appears that Blackarachnia left the anti-venom needed to save Bumblebee and Prowl beside them. This gave Optimus hope that beneath all of Blackarachnia's anger and manipulation, there was still something left of Elita-1 in there. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA-PredaconsRising-SentinelBlackArachnia.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dark Designs (episode)|Better dead than Pred!]]]]<br /> Still taking refuge in Meltdown's abandoned laboratory, Blackarachnia began experimenting with [[transwarp]] energy to create new techno-organic beings to experiment on in an attempt to purge her organic elements, the idea being if she could turn another techno-organic purely robotic, she could do the same to herself. Most of her early attempts proved fruitless, until [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was able to capture the perfect test subject: the renegade Autobot [[Wasp]]. Tempting him with both her feminine wiles and promises of power great enough to achieve revenge on the bots who betrayed him, she coaxed him into being experimented on, fittingly merging him with the DNA of a wasp.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Blackarachina sans Helmet.jpg|thumb|I'd hit it.]]<br /> <br /> While Wasp was being turned techno-organic, her old friend Sentinel Prime stumbled upon the lab and was disgusted to find a robot with an organic mode. He was even more shocked when she revealed that they had a past: she was his old friend Elita-1. Disgusted by her mutation, Sentinel was willing to &quot;put her out of her misery&quot;, and during a scuffle knocked Blackarachnia's helmet off, allowing him to see her true, partially organic face. After Wasp's transformation into Waspinator was complete, Blackarachnia revealed her plans to Sentinel and Optimus.<br /> <br /> [[Image:PredaconsRising-WaspinatorBlackarachnia.jpg|thumb|left]]<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, Waspinator was within earshot when she revealed what little regard she had for his life. Hurt by this betrayal, the now physically unstable Waspinator issued Blackarachnia an ultimatum: either fix him or be destroyed. She tried to escape, but once it was revealed that the transwarp energies responsible for his creation were going critical and about to cause a huge explosion, Blackarachnia surrounded herself and Waspinator in her webbing, shielding the Autobots from the explosion and seemingly leading to her final demise.<br /> <br /> However, when she awoke, she was in a strange jungle, in front of a [[Maximal|group of organic creatures]] that looked rather surprised to see their new guests. {{storylink|Predacons Rising}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan Magazines===<br /> <br /> Realising that the Autobots also win due to the power of teamwork, Blackarachnia decided to isolate one of them from the rest of the team. She stuck a tracer on Bumblebee so she could listen in on the crew and find out the best opportunity, while she roped Blitzwing and Lugnut into helping her. By the next day, when Bumblebee and Prowl were having a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]], the Decepticons had set up a trap and were able to capture Prowl. To Blackarachnia's annoyance though, Bumblebee turned up and somehow her comrades failed to pursue him even ''with'' the tracer.<br /> <br /> She commanded Lugnut to fire on the Autobots as they sped across the cave roof, realising too late this would cause a cave-in. To add insult to injury, she found the tracer couldn't track Bumblebee any more because it was stuck on Lugnut's butt... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Blackarachniaanimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hideously mutated into this sexy, sexy figure.]]<br /> *'''Blackarachnia''' (Deluxe, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook<br /> <br /> :Blackarachnia transforms into a mechanical spider with some organic aesthetic. Many of her pointier parts are [[For safety reasons|molded in softer plastic]] to keep unfortunate children from putting their eyes out. She comes with a &lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grapnel grapnel]&lt;/span&gt; hook accessory. This is spring-loaded, with a jointed claw at the end of it. Pressing a button causes it to retract along the string. It may be mounted under her abdomen in spider mode or on her back in robot mode, via two different sets of pegs. There is also a peg hole in each wrist, for [[Spider-Man|web-slinging]] action.<br /> <br /> :The spider's head is mis-transformed in the package, making the first step of her instructions initially confusing. Furthermore, the pedipalps will easily come off if manipulated too much, and her transformation requires that they be turned around completely. Because of this, they will often fall off over, and over, and ''over''...<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{anchor|Prime2pack}}<br /> *'''The Revenge of Blackarachnia''' (2-pack, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook<br /> <br /> : The Blackarachnia toy was released again in a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] two-pack with the &quot;Battle Damaged&quot; [[Optimus Prime (Animated)#DVDpack|Optimus Prime from the a DVD 2-pack with Megatron]]. Both toys are identical to their original releases.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:AniBlackarachniaPromoModel.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Black belly is, like, so last season.]]<br /> * A non-final [[character model]] for Blackarachnia was included in the initial ''Transformers Animated'' press kit from [[Cartoon Network]], was used briefly (in silhouette) for her first appearance in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, and appears on the Deluxe figure's packaging. Though the toy shares the non-final model's spider-leg placement in robot mode, black belly, dark purple skin, and yellow Decepticon symbol, the rest of the toy adheres much more closely to the finished model. <br /> *The initial ''Transformers Animated'' press kit from Cartoon Network also said that Blackarachnia's techno-organic state was caused by &quot;an encounter with the [[AllSpark (Animated)|ALLSPARK]]&quot; in the past. Given her actual in-show origin, either this was an early idea for the character, or the press release writer was misinformed.<br /> * As Blackarachnia, what seemed to be her new head is actually a helmet that was lying around in the wrecked Decepticon warship where she had her accident. After seeing her without it in &quot;[[Predacons Rising]]&quot;, you can see why she wore it.<br /> * So far, Blackarachnia's the only major ''Transformers'' character not to have [[stock footage|a detailed on-screen transformation]].<br /> * Blackarachnia can swing off of tall, unseen buildings, with webbing that shoots out of her hands. Wow, we've never seen that befo—[[Spider-Man|wait a minute...]]<br /> * As Elita-1, her head seems to be based on the pony-tailed Ariel, the younger form of [[Elita One]], while her body's ornamentation homages Elita One herself.<br /> * According to [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], Elita-1's [[alternate mode]] is a &quot;Cybertronian car&quot;. [https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&amp;postID=2344351953813555694&amp;isPopup=true]<br /> * Apparently, Blackarachnia was quite the scientist even before she was introduced to Prometheus Black's genetics experiments. According to the [[AllSpark Almanac]], Blackarachnia introduced the concept of [[Triple Changer|Triple-Changing]] to the Decepticon ranks, when she rebuilt [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] after the Great War.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Female Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Turncoats]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Punch_of_Kill_Everything&diff=367179 2009-09-18T21:54:50Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>:''Punch of Kill Everything is a weapon from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Lugnutfist.JPG|right|250px|thumb|This is how you start it.]]<br /> The '''Punch of Kill Everything''', or '''The POKE''', is [[Lugnut]]'s trump card. By retracting his &quot;hand&quot; and replacing it with a pressure-sensitive pad, Lugnut can devastate any opponent near him by slamming it into the ground. As long as the move is completed, the shock wave doesn't affect Lugnut or [[Blitzwing (Animated)|those]] near him, although it can rattle their circuits a bit. Unfortunately, if the trigger is activated prematurely, the move has a tendency to backfire, the force hitting Lugnut instead. Ouch. <br /> <br /> {{quote|I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: GIVE ME SOME WARNING BEFORE YOU USE THE PUNCH!|[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Hothead Blitzwing]], sick of being buried alive|&quot;[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===<br /> {{note|Events from [[IDW Publishing]] occurring in italics.}}<br /> [[Image:TFA Punch 2.JPG|left|200px|thumb|This is how you do it.]]<br /> ''[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] asked the [[upgrade]]-collecting bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] to hunt down the Transformer that destroyed [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Lockdown's price for the job was Lugnut's Punch of Kill Everything. Blitzwing was ''outraged'', ''insulted'', ''scandalized'' that Lockdown would even ''imply'' he could betray his fellow Decepticon—steal from him—like that! He then agreed to the price, ''provided'' that the job was successful. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4#A Few Loose Strands|A Few Loose Strands}}''<br /> <br /> During his first encounter with the Autobots, the suggestion that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] had been killed infuriated Lugnut, and he used the Punch of Kill Everything to level the Autobots, shaking Blitzwing up in the process. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}. <br /> <br /> The Punch of Kill Everything was again seen during a brief battle with [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], in which it was used to knock Ratchet through a wall after he refused to hand over [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]]'s [[AllSpark Key]]. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}. Later, during an open assault on the [[Teletran-1|Autobots' ship]], Lugnut engaged in one-on-one combat with [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. He prepared to use his Punch to finish off the weaker Autobot, but he was so busy talking, Bulkhead triggered it early, and the force of it sent Lugnut flying. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Punch 3.JPG|right|200px|thumb|This is what you get.]]<br /> While attempting to recover a fragment of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], Lugnut ended up &quot;converting&quot; [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] to the Decepticons. When Ratchet and Bumblebee tracked Wreck-Gar down, Lugnut prepared to use the Punch...which Wreck-Gar took to be [[Universal greeting|a high-five]], so he set the Punch off. Lugnut actually came out of this one without being blown away. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}} <br /> <br /> After duping a couple of [[Mixmaster (Animated)|eager]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|rather dense bots]] into doing some heavy lifting for him and Blitzwing, Lugnut attempted to take out the poor saps with his mighty Punch. Unfortunately, Megatron interrupted it, surprising Lugnut and causing him to stumble into a mine shaft, where his punch backfired upon him. Again. Ever the trooper, he made sure everyone knew he was OK. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}<br /> <br /> Lugnut later showcased the ability to fire his fists in a manner akin to missiles, using the Punch from long range. It didn't do him much good, as [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] demolished him with ease. Along with the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}<br /> <br /> Although the Autobots removed the Punch of Kill Everything when Lugnut was captured,{{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] was happy to supply a replacement—which Lugnut used to blow a hole in the side of the Elite Guard's ship. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> *In his Cybertronian body, Lugnut's elbow transformed, revealing a rocket nozzle to slam the arm into the ground. This hasn't been seen since he took his Earth body, although since then, he's rarely succeeded in using the thing ''at all''.<br /> <br /> *At Botcon 2008, Marty Isenberg took a liking to the term [[Punch of Kill Everything]] used in the fandom to refer to Lugnut's attack, and said he would find a way to work it in. Sure enough, in the comic [[The Arrival issue 4|''The Arrival'' #4]] penned by Isenberg, Lugnut's attack was [[Canonizing|canonized]] and named as such.<br /> <br /> * The [[Character model| model]] sheet name for The Punch is &quot;Explosive Punch&quot;. <br /> <br /> * In spite of its evocative name, we have not yet in fact witnessed the &quot;Punch of Kill Everything&quot; actually kill ''any''thing.<br /> <br /> * The Punch of Kill Everything is useful for [[Explosive Punch|making a swimming pool]].<br /> <br /> * Ironically, when shortened to an acronym (PoKE), this attack's name sounds practically harmless.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated]]<br /> [[Category:Weapons]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Punch_of_Kill_Everything&diff=367178 2009-09-18T21:54:17Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>:''Punch of Kill Everything is a weapon from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Lugnutfist.JPG|right|250px|thumb|This is how you start it.]]<br /> The '''Punch of Kill Everything''', or '''The POKE''', is [[Lugnut]]'s trump card. By retracting his &quot;hand&quot; and replacing it with a pressure-sensitive pad, Lugnut can devastate any opponent near him by slamming it into the ground. As long as the move is completed, the shock wave doesn't affect Lugnut or [[Blitzwing (Animated)|those]] near him, although it can rattle their circuits a bit. Unfortunately, if the trigger is activated prematurely, the move has a tendency to backfire, the force hitting Lugnut instead. Ouch. <br /> <br /> {{quote|I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: GIVE ME SOME WARNING BEFORE YOU USE THE PUNCH!|[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Hothead Blitzwing]], sick of being buried alive|&quot;[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===<br /> {{note|Events from [[IDW Publishing]] occurring in italics.}}<br /> [[Image:TFA Punch 2.JPG|left|200px|thumb|This is how you do it.]]<br /> ''[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] asked the [[upgrade]]-collecting bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] to hunt down the Transformer that destroyed [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Lockdown's price for the job was Lugnut's Punch of Kill Everything. Blitzwing was ''outraged'', ''insulted'', ''scandalized'' that Lockdown would even ''imply'' he could betray his fellow Decepticon—steal from him—like that! He then agreed to the price, ''provided'' that the job was successful. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4#A Few Loose Strands|A Few Loose Strands}}''<br /> <br /> During his first encounter with the Autobots, the suggestion that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] had been killed infuriated Lugnut, and he used the Punch of Kill Everything to level the Autobots, shaking Blitzwing up in the process. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}. <br /> <br /> The Punch of Kill Everything was again seen during a brief battle with [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], in which it was used to knock Ratchet through a wall after he refused to hand over [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]]'s [[AllSpark Key]]. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}. Later, during an open assault on the [[Teletran-1|Autobots' ship]], Lugnut engaged in one-on-one combat with [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. He prepared to use his Punch to finish off the weaker Autobot, but he was so busy talking, Bulkhead triggered it early, and the force of it sent Lugnut flying. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Punch 3.JPG|right|200px|thumb|This is what you get.]]<br /> While attempting to recover a fragment of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], Lugnut ended up &quot;converting&quot; [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] to the Decepticons. When Ratchet and Bumblebee tracked Wreck-Gar down, Lugnut prepared to use the Punch...which Wreck-Gar took to be [[Universal greeting|a high-five]], so he set the Punch off. Lugnut actually came out of this one without being blown away. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}} <br /> <br /> After duping a couple of [[Mixmaster (Animated)|eager]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|rather dense bots]] into doing some heavy lifting for him and Blitzwing, Lugnut attempted to take out the poor saps with his mighty Punch. Unfortunately, Megatron interrupted it, surprising Lugnut and causing him to stumble into a mine shaft, where his punch backfired upon him. Again. Ever the trooper, he made sure everyone knew he was OK. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}<br /> <br /> Lugnut later showcased the ability to fire his fists in a manner akin to missiles, using the Punch from long range. It didn't do him much good, as [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] demolished him with ease. Along with the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}<br /> <br /> Although the Autobots removed the Punch of Kill Everything when Lugnut was captured,{{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] was happy to supply a replacement—which Lugnut used to blow a hole in the side of the Elite Guard's ship. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> *In his Cybertronian body, Lugnut's elbow transformed, revealing a rocket nozzle to slam the arm into the ground. This hasn't been seen since he took his Earth body, although since then, he's rarely succeeded in using the thing ''at all''.<br /> <br /> *At Botcon 2008, Marty Isenberg took a liking to the term [[Punch of Kill Everything]] used in the fandom to refer to Lugnut's attack, and said he would find a way to work it in. Sure enough, in the comic [[The Arrival issue 4|''The Arrival'' #4]] penned by Isenberg, Lugnut's attack was [[Canonizing|canonized]] and named as such.<br /> <br /> * The [[Character model| model]] sheet name for The Punch is &quot;Explosive Punch&quot;. <br /> <br /> * In spite of its evocative name, we have not yet in fact witnessed the &quot;Punch of Kill Everything&quot; actually kill ''any''thing.<br /> <br /> * The Punch of Kill Everything is useful for [[Explosive Punch|making a swimming pool]].<br /> <br /> * Ironically, when shortened to an acronym, this attack's name sounds practically harmless, being PoKE.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated]]<br /> [[Category:Weapons]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Springer_(Animated)&diff=367176 2009-09-18T21:51:31Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig3|Springer}}<br /> :''Springer is an [[Autobot]] from the ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:TFA_Springer_bust.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Smug-mode engaged.]]<br /> <br /> '''Springer''' was a top student of [[Yoketron|Sensei Yoketron]] during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. His expertise lies in swordfighting.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> Alongside many other of Yoketron's star pupils, Springer had a holographic bust on display in Yoketron's chambers. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Although Springer's head design and weapon of choice are [[homage]]s to his [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Springer (G1)|counterpart]], according to early comments by character designer [[Derrick Wyatt]], he may not be a [[Triple Changer]] due to triple changing apparently driving you [[Blitzwing (Animated)|crazy]] in ''Animated''.[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-desk-is-mess.html#c5110113958119556634] Besides, he can't be a helicopter anyway, [[Swoop (Animated)|since]] [[Jetfire (Animated)|Autobots]] [[Jetstorm (Animated)|don't]] [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|fly.]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Scrapper_(Animated)&diff=367175 2009-09-18T21:48:33Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig3|Scrapper}}<br /> :''Scrapper is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAScrapper.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;I can give you an estimate by Monday...&quot;]]<br /> '''Scrapper''' is one of the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]. Once, he and his pal [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mix]] were just a pair of construction vehicles, but a pair of [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragments changed all that. Though not the sharpest tool in the box, he does know construction like nobody's business. Like his compadre, he has an innate knack for grasping construction projects, and upon seeing a set of blueprints can get right to work. He doesn't want much out of life, just some oil to fill him up after a hard day's work and maybe a nice car to catcall.<br /> <br /> :''Portuguese name:'' '''Tulho''' (corruption of ''Entulho'', &quot;Scrap&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jörg Hengstler]] (German)<br /> <br /> [[Image:RiseoftheConstructicons-Gen2HomageVehicleModes.jpg|left|180px|thumb|&quot;'Ey, see the exhaust pipes on that li'l red convertible?&quot;]]<br /> Scrapper and his good buddy Mix were spontaneously brought to life by [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] shards embedded in them. Though not quick on the uptake, the two Constructobots were able to name themselves and quickly hit the ground running...after attractive sports cars. When Scrapper noticed a construction accident about to harm [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], he pulled over with his friend and intervened. Tidying up the construction site with a fair amount of skill, he befriended the large Autobot and pressured him into going off for an oil break...from a nearby oil tanker. After expressing his misgivings about stealing oil, Bulkhead took the two Constructobots to the old auto factory to meet the other Autobots. Scrapper and Mixmaster proved too rough around the edges even for [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] tastes, and their cavorting woke up [[Sari Sumdac]]. He and Mixmaster shared a laugh over the Autobots' &quot;pet&quot; while [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] asked Bulkhead why he was bringing &quot;strangers&quot; to their base (thus proving to be none too observant in the search for AllSpark fragments himself). Scrapper then went back to drinking oil and so flubbed a catch in a game of oil-barrel-lid frisbee. The disc severed Sari's pigtails, so Scrap found himself and Mixmaster kicked out the factory by Prime.<br /> <br /> Dejected, Mixmaster and Scrapper happened upon [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]] stealing construction supplies...very ineffectively. Once again, they intervened just before someone could get hurt, saving Blitzwing from getting creamed by the load he was carrying. Scrapper then heard approaching police sirens, which Blitzwing told them was a quitting bell, meaning they could go home. Scrap and Mixmaster indicated they didn't have a home, so their two new buddies offered to let the Constructobots come home with them, saying the pair would be welcome to stay as long as they hauled the heavy trailers of supplies. As Scrapper obligingly pushed the supply containers uphill and out of earshot, he didn't hear Blitzwing ease Lugnut's concerns about [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] disapproval by assuring him that he'd take the two new bots offline once the heavy lifting was done. After the load was hauled, Scrapper was all set for an oily reward, unaware Lugnut was about to use [[The Punch|his signature punch]] upon him and Mixmaster, when Megatron intervened. Scrapper followed Megatron into the Decepticons' inner sanctum, where he noted that the Decepticons had a [[Isaac Sumdac|pet]] as well. Then Megatron had the &quot;pet&quot; show Scrapper the [[space bridge]] schematics. He and Mixmaster immediately knew exactly what supplies would be needed to complete the bridge, as well as where they could be obtained.<br /> <br /> The next day, Scrapper and Mixmaster &quot;acquired&quot; (stole) a load of construction materials and were fleeing pursuit by [[Sumdac Systems]] police robots when they ran into Bulkhead again. Stopping the chase, Bulkhead asked them what they were doing, and the Constructobots, being trusting souls, ''told'' him. Scrapper couldn't figure out why Bulky was so upset they were working for the Decepticons until Bulkhead said Megatron was trying to put one over on them. Mix and Scrapper weren't about to stand still for ''that'', and they sped off to settle the score. Their initial complaints didn't go over well, as the Decepticon leader proved far less gentle and jovial, slamming them up against the mountainside near the mine. When he and Mixmaster said ''why'' they were angry, though, Megatron turned on the sweet talk again, spinning a tale of Autobot oppression. This proved a bit high-concept for Scrapper, but then Megatron offered to explain it over a few barrels of oil. This proved far more Scrap and Mixmaster's speed, and soon they were guzzling away while Megatron once again pitched the space bridge project.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Constructobots smoking.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your circuits down]]<br /> Showing up at the auto factory, Scrapper joined Mixmaster in revealing that they were indeed working for Megatron, since Megatron had better oil. Showing there were no hard feelings, they said they weren't about to hurt the Autobots, just come pick up the AllSpark fragments and be on their way. Optimus Prime objected, but Mixmaster called him a dipstick and knocked over the 98-ton-weakling. A fight broke out, and Scrapper tackled Prowl—without much success. Scrapper picked himself up while Mixmaster ransomed [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] for the fragments. However, once Bulkhead handed over the fragments, Scrapper had no trouble accepting Bulky's offer to have &quot;one for the road.&quot; Of course, he didn't know Bulkhead had secretly slipped him and Mixmaster some tainted oil, contaminated by the expired fixative that Bulkhead had saved. As Scrapper and Mixmaster ran off, Mix began feeling a little queasy. Scrapper teased him about not being able to hold his oil, until he started feeling the effects too. The bad oil reacted explosively, knocking out him and Mixmaster so the Autobots could reclaim the fragments. The blast also scrambled their memories, so when Scrapper came to, he didn't know who the big, angry guy was or why he was ranting about someone named Megatron and flinging his wrecking ball at them. Confused and frightened, Scrapper decided to vamoose. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:'sHome Constructicons Slip.jpg|left|180px|thumb|&amp;quot;There is too much Coke inside this room&amp;quot;]]<br /> Continuing to function, Scrapper and &quot;Mix&quot; resumed their obnoxious lifestyle, including oil consumption, attacking Marrmaba Brothers, Detroit's downtown auto supply store. Taking 100 barrels of motor oil with them, they quickly became the highlight of the local news, and the Autobots' attention. <br /> <br /> Evading the police, Scrap and Mix found the trail of Bumblebee's leaking lubricant and followed it to find the source, no doubt with oil. Arriving at the undefended Autobot base, Scrapper quickly wondered how to bypass the door, but Mixmaster simply unleashed a torrent of acidic liquid, creating &quot;a door&quot; for them to enter. As they entered the base (quickly finding it so familiar), they ran into Sari, left behind by the Autobots. Scrap was subsequently attacked by a barrage of sound from Sari screaming after Mix asked her about where to find some local oil. Sari made her escape and trapped Scrap under a large gate, and was rescued by Mixmaster. Scrapper wanted to make an escape, but Mixmaster told him obviously Sari was hiding some primo oil, and he should grow a backhoe and follow the Autobot sidekick.<br /> <br /> Continuing their search, they went into Sari's room and destroyed her handheld communicator, cutting her off from the Autobots. Not finding Sari, who was hiding in her bed, they continued to the Autobots' recreational area, as Scrapper admired the Autobots' large flat screen. Sari came bursting in to attack them with a hockey stick, but her plan sadly did not have a Plan B, and escaped. Mix replied she should come out, they wouldn't hurt her....much. They continued their search and found a stockpile of oil, guarded by Sari. Scrapper knew it was a trap, but was goaded by Mixmaster into getting the oil, and tripping on some oil. Scrap continued to not anger the human, but obviously Mix did not listen, and got pounded by the factory assembly line. After the beating, Mixmaster finally said NO oil could be worth this, much to Scrapper's chagrin, who had declared this all along. On the run from the Autobots once more, Scrap and Mix were intercepted by Blitzwing, who was sent by Megatron to bring them back. After giving them a barrel of the Decepticon premium oil, Blitzwing said there was plenty more where that came from. Remembering this from their prior visit with the Decepts, they then left, with Blitzwing.... {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}<br /> <br /> With Megatron supervising, Scrapper and his buddy Mix later helped the Decepticons finish their space bridge. Their reward was a painful [[branding]] as part of officially becoming Decepticons themselves. When Bulkhead was captured and brought to Megatron, he begged the Constructicons for help, but thanks to the tainted oil having blanked their memories, neither Scrapper nor Mixmaster recognized him. Scrapper later suffered having to haul around some heavy spage bridge parts with Mixmaster while Bulkhead and Professor Sumdac argued over where the parts should go. He soon got sick of it and joined his buddy in an oil break. Before he could relish the moment, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Starscream clone|a bunch of off-colored lookalikes]] broke into the base from above. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}<br /> <br /> Megatron ordered Scrapper to provide him backup against Starscream's clones, apparently surprising him enough that he loosened his grip and lost his prisoners. Though Mixmaster had been ordered to find Blitzwing and Lugnut, he got busy plastering Starscreams and Autobots with his cement, so Scrapper found and freed the two Decepticons instead. He later cheered on Megatron's victory (despite having no idea what this &quot;Cybertron&quot; thing was anyway). The Autobot ship itself then arrived to attack, and Scrapper was ordered to help Mixmaster clear rubble from around the space bridge. Things really started to fall apart when the Space Bridge malfunctioned. Scrapper was last seen with Mix, heroically trying to save the oil from a cave-in. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}<br /> <br /> With Megatron disappearing in the space bridge incident, Scrapper and Mixmaster spent their free time drinking oil and watching sexy cars take their parts off until Bulkhead approached them with an offer to build another bridge. The Constructicons weren't too keen on working with Autobots, but eventually accepted when Bulkhead told them that no other Decepticons would ever learn about it. While cleaning up in [[Sumdac Tower]], however, Scrapper dug up [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]]—a new forklift Constructicon, recently given life by some AllSpark fragments just like Scrapper and Mixmaster. Dirt Boss immediately exerted his dominion over the other Constructicons, but Scrapper was none too impressed by the diminutive robot... until it took control of his motor functions and forced him to beat himself up until he admitted that Dirt Boss was the boss.<br /> <br /> However, Dirt Boss had no interest in building space bridges, as he had a grand plan to take over Detroit by hijacking energy resources—a plan Scrapper and Mixmaster agreed on when they realized that oil was a prime energy resource. After the Constructicons spent the night stealing huge amounts of oil, Dirt Boss revealed the next step of his plan: destroying the [[Fossil Fuel]] oil refinery plant, forcing the city to come to ''him'' for their oil needs. While Bulkhead alone failed to stop them, they were soon confronted by the other Autobots. After a one-on-one with Bumblebee, Scrapper accidentally got his drill arm stuck in Mixmaster's mixing drum, causing a few sparks that set fire to the facility. Unable to stop the flames from reaching a giant oil tank that the Constructicons had climbed up on, the Autobots attached a [[plasmadynamic thruster]] to the whole thing, causing it to [[transwarp]] out into [[Lake Erie]] and explode, with Scrapper, Mixmaster and Dirt Boss still on it. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni Human Error Part2 Beachbum Scrapper.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Robinscrap Crusoe.]]<br /> Scrapper washed ashore on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] following the oil rig explosion, but was separated from his fellow Constructicons. He wasn't alone though. One of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s had found him and Scrapper took to treating him like a pet. Naming the giant triceratops &quot;[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]&quot; (guess he didn't like Slag), Scrap had taken to a more relaxing lifestyle, when Sari found him while trying to enlist in the other Dinobots help to defeat [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] and save her friends. After promises of some high-grade oil and a few threats, the trio sailed back to [[Detroit]] on a makeshift raft. On the way, some [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|nutso pile of junk]] jumped out of the water and teamed up with them. <br /> <br /> After coming ashore, the &quot;[[Substitute Autobot|Substitute Autobots]]&quot; went to confront Soundwave, feeling confident because they not only outnumbered that overgrown music box, but they also had the element of surprise. Of course, when Soundwave burst out of the ground and sent the reprogrammed Autobots out to fight them, they were feeling a lot less confident. At first, the &quot;real&quot; Autobots kicked their substitutes' cans, until some smart thinking from the team's leader left Soundwave's control over the Autobots a bit lacking. Of course, when he was left with no one but Optimus, he regained the upper hand, picking up Snarl by the horns and slamming into the street. Scrap called out the Autobot for cruelty to Dinobots, but was quickly taken out of the fight when the two got crushed by a billboard.<br /> <br /> After the Autobots were freed and Soundwave got his skidplate handed to him by Optimus Prime, Scrapper decided heroics was too much work for him (and no overtime), so he decided to take a long vacation. He tried to ride Snarl back to Dinobot Island, but the big lug kicked him off and forced him to drive back. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:Scrapper branded.jpg|right|180px|thumb|D-did it leave a mark?]]<br /> *Scrapper got his name from the first thing he saw, a sign that said &quot;SCRAP&quot;. His buddy Mix thought it was too short, so they both just settled on Scrapper instead.<br /> <br /> *Scrapper's alternate mode hearkens back to [[Scavenger (G1)|another Constructicon]], while his transformation scheme (caterpillar treads into legs, loader into chest) is based on [[Bonecrusher (G1)|yet another]].<br /> *Scrapper starts out in a more standard construction vehicle color scheme of yellow and gray, and only switches to the classic Constructicon green and purple after [[Branding|becoming]] a Decepticon.<br /> *Like his good pal Mix, Scrapper's following the construction tradition of showing his buttcrack.<br /> *An early head design sketch depicts Scrapper as having a vehicle grill-styled moustache, mirrored cab window &quot;glasses&quot; and no helmet.&lt;ref&gt;Hasbro Design Sketchbook Volume 1 - 2008, p 51&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * In robot mode, the neck of his power shovel comes out of his crotch. This is highly disturbing.<br /> * In robot mode, he can transform his hand into a drill. This is likely a reference to the accessories of his [[Scavenger (G1)|alt mode basis]], where the forearm of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] could be attached with a drill instead of a fist for a sort of battle mode.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Constructicons]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Arcee_(Animated)&diff=367168 2009-09-18T21:30:31Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig3|Arcee}}<br /> :''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Animatedarcee.jpg|right|250px|thumb|In Japan, I'm a secretary!]]<br /> Before the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], '''Teaching Unit R-C-687-040'''—'''Arcee''' for short—was a teacher, giving young Autobots the knowledge to make their own decisions and spurring them to think for themselves. Once the conflict erupted, she became an intelligence officer for the Autobot war effort, serving under [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in such risky endeavors as [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Project Omega]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Susan Blu]] (English), [[Silvia Mißbach]] (German)<br /> <br /> [[Image:Ratchetanimatedthrill.jpg|left|200px|thumb|&quot;Hi, good-looking, get sick here often?&quot;]]<br /> Arcee was a teacher on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and an Autobot intelligence officer during the War. Originally intended to be the commander of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], she carried crucial access codes for his activation. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> At one point, Arcee was damaged in the line of duty. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] repaired her and tried to take her to safety, but the two were attacked by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who had been hired by the [[Decepticon]]s to bring her in.<br /> <br /> Held prisoner within Lockdown's ship, Arcee insisted that Ratchet use his [[electromagnetic pulse]] tool to wipe the codes from her head. Lockdown overheard this and tried to stop the pair, but in the struggle the device overloaded and sent out a powerful burst. In the confusion, Ratchet and Arcee were somehow able to escape... but Arcee no longer knew who or where she was. The EMP blast had wiped her memory clean. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedArcee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Well, this [[Spotlight: Arcee|looks familiar]].]]<br /> Arcee was later taken to Cybertron, where [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] made Ratchet perform open-processor surgery on her vivisected head in an attempt to obtain the access codes for Omega Supreme's activation. This triggered a failsafe which copied the codes to Ratchet's memory. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Arcee Earth.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Dames—always waking up at the worst possible moment!]]<br /> Arcee never awoke from the open-processor surgery, and was stored for the subsequent four-million-plus years in the [[Cybertron Central Infirmary]] in a comatose state. When the Decepticons needed to acquire the command codes to &quot;restart&quot; Omega Supreme into a dreadnought loyal to them, both [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] and Ratchet reasoned that their best chance for this would be from Arcee herself. The two of them battled over Arcee and, thanks to the blundering interference of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Shockwave won—abducting Arcee and escaping with her onto Omega Supreme, which Megatron then commanded to transwarp back to [[solar system|Earth's solar system]]. [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] was certain that the damage to Arcee's circuitry was totally irreversible, and there was thus no way for the Decepticons to get the codes from her... but apparently he forgot to tell Arcee herself, who soon woke up on the Decepticon-controlled Omega Supreme, calling for Ratchet. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}<br /> <br /> On Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Shockwave proceeded to rifle through Arcee's memories, initially putting her into a fugue state where she relived her days as &quot;Teaching Unit R-C-687-040&quot; with little awareness of what was going on around her. When [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] transwarped onto the moon, he found her like this and—fearful of what would happen if he disconnected her from the cables plugged into her segmented head—merely opened her comm link before returning to Earth.<br /> <br /> Eventually, Shockwave managed to access the data tracks from her time as an intel bot, making her aware and—transforming into Longarm Prime mode—asked her to confirm she had the activation codes from Project Omega. When she did so, he unplugged her from the cables, knocking her into stasis mode. Outside, with three purple Omega Supreme clones standing by, as well as the original, he took her fully online again, and ordered her to give them the codes. Given that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself was standing right in front of her, she refused, and instead Shockwave &quot;had to extract it manually&quot;. The code transferred to [[Lugnut]] was &quot;missing a security upgrade patch&quot;, however, meaning Lugnut had to be wired directly into Omega Supreme to get them online; while Shockwave worked further on Arcee to try and get the patch. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}<br /> <br /> As Shockwave rooted through her processor, most of the restoration work he had previously undertaken was undone, which left her once again as a fugue-state Teaching Unit, even as Shockwave still failed to get the codes. Instead, he used her as bait when Ratchet—accompanied by Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Sari Sumdac]]—transwarped to the Moon with the aim of retrieving her and Omega Supreme. While Bumblebee and Bulkhead fought off Shockwave, Ratchet and Sari took Arcee and fled to a lab inside Omega Supreme. There, as Ratchet bemoaned the damage the &quot;Deceptiscum&quot; had done to her, Sari was able to use her nascent technopathy to instruct Ratchet in how to restore Arcee, using the very EMP generator which had caused the original damage to her so long before. She came back online, recognising Ratchet but remembering nothing since their capture by Lockdown. Ratchet promised to fill her in on the stellar cycles she'd missed, but said that first they would need to regain control of Omega Supreme.<br /> <br /> Ratchet and Arcee traveled to Omega's head, and the field-tech lowered her using his magnetics to allow her to reactivate Omega Supreme. With this done, Omega ejected Lugnut, and Arcee joined the Earth residents in flying to Detroit aboard the shipbot so that Omega could confront his [[Lugnut Supreme|Decepticon clones]]. Soon afterward, with Megatron's crew all captured or dead, she presumably flew back to Cybertron with them aboard Omega, although she wasn't seen to join them in their triumphant disembarking. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Animated arcee toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|And it only took them 24 years...]]<br /> *'''Arcee''' (Deluxe, 2010?)<br /> :Arcee transforms into a Cybertronian car and includes two energy sword accessories.<br /> <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> * According to [[Derrick Wyatt]], Arcee's swords and vehicle mode were designed by [[Eric Siebenaler]] rather than the ''Animated'' television staff.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1432265686]<br /> * Arcee's real name/Cybertronian production model is RC-687-040.<br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Female Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Spies]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Omega_Supreme_(Animated)&diff=365303 2009-09-13T21:43:45Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig3|Omega Supreme}}<br /> :''Omega Supreme is an Autobot in the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[Continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:ABridgeTooCloseII-OmegaSupremeRobotMode.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Deus ex machina? I wouldn't want to be presumptuous]]<br /> <br /> The last line of defense for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Omega Supreme''' was literally built for heroic sacrifice. Grimly aware of the heavy combat toll his friends must have suffered for him to even be activated in the first place, Omega does not hesitate to unleash his colossal firepower and risk his own life and safety on their behalf.<br /> <br /> In fact, he ''did'' perish during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], after which the Autobots used [[Teletran-1|his dead body as a spaceship]] to ferry a maintenance crew around. But he got better.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|I am programmed to protect, and sacrifice if necessary.|Omega Supreme|&quot;[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actors:'' [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (season two, English), [[Phil LaMarr]] (season three, English), [[Gerald Paradies]] (German)<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedOmegaBirth.jpg|thumb|200px|left|I am...[[Iron Man|IRONMAN]]!]]<br /> <br /> Omega Supreme was the end product of &quot;Project Omega&quot;, an Autobot attempt to create a weapon of mass destruction that would serve as their last, best hope of defeating the Decepticons and ending the Great War. Built with a simple processor so that he would be able to perform his duties as a death-bringer without ethical or emotional qualms, Omega was to be partnered with a mentor that would guide him in his actions. This mentor was intended to Autobot intelligence officer [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], who was carrying in her processor the codes to bring Omega online, but when an encounter with [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] wiped her memory core, a failsafe program transferred the codes to Ratchet, and the medic was left with no choice but to become Omega's teacher. Omega was brought online and introduced himself to Ratchet as his to command; his pupil, dependant and servant. Ratchet merely introduced himself as Omega's friend.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedDefeatedOmega.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Help, I've fallen, and I can't get up!]]<br /> <br /> Omega Supreme successfully carried out his mission, bringing an end to the Decepticon threat in a mighty battle that left him fatally wounded. At Ratchet's instruction, Omega transformed into spaceship mode, and Ratchet placed his friend into a modified form of stasis until he could eventually be repaired. {{storylink|TransWarped}} For reasons unknown (possibly the simple lack of need the Autobots had for his power, now that the war was won), Omega was never brought back online, and his body became a simple ship in the Autobot [[space bridge]] repair fleet known as [[Teletran-1]]. Ratchet stayed by his friend's side, serving as a member of the crew that came to populate Omega's inactivate body. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Teletran-1Animated.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Why wear a Che Guevara t-shirt when you can ride around in his taxidermized corpse?]]<br /> <br /> The ship's crew, operating in a remote sector of Autobot-controlled space, stumbled upon the lost, legendary [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] and was almost immediately attacked by the Decepticon [[Nemesis (Animated)| flagship]]. Massively outgunned, the Autobots survived only by escaping through a space bridge portal, whereupon their ship crashed on [[Earth]]. Decades after the crash, the Autobots were reactivated, and their battle with the Decepticons revived with them. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Ark_in_mountain.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Not a proper burial, per se.]]<br /> <br /> {{Note|For detailed information about the ship and its activities on Earth, see [[Teletran-1]]}}<br /> <br /> When [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] alerted [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew to the fact that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] was on the verge of constructing a working space bridge to Cybertron, Optimus ordered Ratchet and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] to attempt to revive Omega Supreme. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}<br /> <br /> Through &quot;open-[[spark]] surgery&quot;, using four AllSpark fragments and making heavy use of the [[AllSpark Key]], Ratchet finally managed to revive his old friend. Omega was initially delirious and confused, thinking he was still fighting his dying battle on Cybertron and telling Ratchet that he was surrounded by Decepticons and didn't think he would make it. He soon got his bearings, but he was still slow and unsure after being offline for two million stellar cycles, and he needed heavy prompting from Ratchet to move. When he finally did get himself airborne, he was shocked and happy at his return to life, but he was at a loss as to how he got on a world other than Cybertron.<br /> <br /> His reverie was quickly interrupted by an attack from several Decepticons. Following further hefty prompting from Ratchet and power boosts from his magnetics and the AllSpark Key, he was able to transform and strike back. Declaring his name to the Decepticons, he made short work of the villains, and proceeded to enter Megatron's base. There, he found the space bridge in overdrive, threatening to pull the entire [[Michigan|state]] and transport it to some random co-ordinates. Ejecting Sari and Ratchet over Ratchet's vocal protests, he absorbed the [[transwarp|TransWarp]] energy and was sucked into the malfunctioning portal, which then fully self-destructed. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}<br /> <br /> Not long after, Omega's inactive body was discovered by Megatron and [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], who had both also been pulled through the space bridge portal before it was destroyed. Seeing an opportunity, Megatron forced his way into the slumbering giant's body, but in doing so, caused Omega to reactivate. Omega's internal systems seized and disarmed Megatron, but the charismatic Decepticon exploited Omega's simple mind and convinced him that it was his duty to take him back to Cybertron &quot;face justice&quot;. Omega transformed back into ship mode and revealed a heretofore unseen ability to TransWarp under his own power, without a space bridge, but one short jump drained him of all his power, and he returned to sleep mode before reaching the planet. Unable to escape Omega's heavily armoured body, Megatron instead used a pair of [[stasis cuffs]] to &quot;hotwire&quot; Omega's body, opening up his control cockpit and taking manual control of the giant Autobot. Before Megatron could do anything, however, Omega was beset by [[rock creature|some strange, space-borne alien rock monsters]], and the Autobot TransWarped away to safety, once again draining all his power.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TransWarpedOmegaMegatron.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Omega(TRON) Supreme.]]<br /> <br /> Megatron fixed that problem by inserting Starscream's head—and the AllSpark fragment it contained—into Omega's systems, charging him up. Megatron TransWarped Omega to Earth, where he transformed the titan to robot mode and took control of his body to attack Optimus Prime's Autobots. Prime and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] were able to infiltrate Omega's body, and Prowl accessed Omega's internal processor in order to help Omega's suppressed consciousness fight back against Megatron's control. Omega succeeded in rejecting Megatron, but Starscream then promptly seized control and turned Omega's power on both the Autobots and Megatron. Even as Omega fought against Starscream and begged the other Autobots to take him offline again, Megatron talked Starscream into an alliance. The pair were about to TransWarp Omega to Cybertron when the Autobots planted a [[plasmadynamic thruster]] on their friend's body, which sent him and his two Decepticon passengers randomly warping across space. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> Eventually, the transwarping ship would come across Lugnut, reuniting him with Megatron as he had wanted.<br /> {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}<br /> <br /> Sometime after that, Megatron disabled the plasmadynamic thruster and gained control of Omega's transwarping and transformation capacity--though couldn't get the weapons online. The giant Autobot then came to rest in robot mode over Cybertron. While the inhabitants panicked, Megatron directed [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] to continue searching out Omega's activation codes. All that constant transwarping had built up such a surplus of transwarp energy in Omega Supreme's body that--when combined with the effects of a random energy storm in space--it simulated the effect of a [[space bridge]] and teleported Ratchet and [[Captain Fanzone]] to Cybertron. Sentinel Magnus wanted to destroy Omega Supreme and the Decepticons inside him, but the [[Autobot High Council]] was swayed towards patience by Ratchet's pleas (and the eensy little fact that shooting Omega, in his transwarp-infused state, might take out all of Cybertron with him). Shockwave succeeded in capturing Arcee and her activation codes and bringing her onto Omega Supreme; when Sentinel heard this, he ordered [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] to destroy Omega Supreme, but it was too late: Omega transwarped into Earth orbit. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}<br /> <br /> After Omega Supreme landed on the moon near the ''Nemesis'', Bumblebee transwarped onto Omega in a failed attempt to rescue Arcee, but had to retreat. As it happened, Omega's activation codes were quite well-protected within Arcee: despite Shockwave trying everything from tricking her with his &quot;Longarm&quot; persona, to using machines to scan her thought patterns, to electrically seizing control of her body and forcing her to bring the giant under Decepticon control, he was unable to get the necessary security patches and so Omega's weapons remained unavailable to Megatron. Which led to plan B: construct a trio of [[Lugnut Supreme|Omega clones under the control of Lugnut]]. Shockwave hooked Lugnut into the real Omega's computer relays, from which he would then direct the actions of the clones.{{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}<br /> <br /> Shockwave kept trying and failing to extract Omega's activation codes. While the dark clones assaulted Earth, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Sari transwarped to the moon and rescued Arcee. Once she was fully awakened, Arcee brought Omega Supreme back on-line. Omega ejected Lugnut from his body, then hurried to Earth. By that time one of the Lugnut Supremes had already been deactivated, and Omega valiantly battled against the remaining two. He showed surprising speed and dexterity in combat, quickly transforming to spaceship mode in order to cushion his fall after being knocked backwards by his enemies. Omega managed to destroy one of the clones, but was struck from behind and disabled by the last one (which also spun him around like a pinwheel, leveling much of Detroit in the process). Eventually, the Autobots triumphed, and Omega Supreme carried them and the captured Decepticons back home to Cybertron. The cheering onlookers in the parade thought they were happy upon seeing the return of their victorious heroes--but when Omega Supreme transformed to robot mode at ground level, right in front of them, they were momentarily astonished into silence. Then, even more cheering! {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *As with most of the characters in the show, Omega Supreme shares many similar details with his [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], specifically his clear orange face mask, the cannon at the back of his head, his three-fingered right hand and his massive left-hand blaster. Ratchet also describes him as the Autobot's &quot;last line of defense&quot;, a role which was also given to the original.<br /> <br /> *It is unclear whether Omega's ability to transwarp is an ability he always had or a side-effect of absorbing a space-bridge's transwarp energy. <br /> <br /> *He has yet to have a toy produced. This is far from awesome.<br /> **There is one such production, created from scratch. It sold on eBay for over $3100, and photos can be seen [[here|http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/224916-transformers-animated-omega-supreme.html]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category: Autobots]]<br /> [[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]<br /> [[Category: Starships]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Porter_C._Powell&diff=365213 2009-09-13T19:26:11Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>:''Porter C. Powell is a [[human]] from the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:PorterCPowellModel.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Like an evil, mulleted [[wikipedia:Harland_Sanders|Colonel Sanders]]. But I repeat myself.]]<br /> '''Porter C. Powell''' is Chairman of the Board of [[Sumdac Systems]], CEO of [[Powell Motorworks]]... and also a major financier of [[Biotech Unbound]], one of Sumdac's chief rivals. This should not be a great shock: as an arch-capitalist of the sleazy, profit-at-any-price type, Powell is not above working with the villainous or demented to make big bucks. <br /> <br /> Basically, he's a rich jerk. His mullet, however, is ''truly inspirational''.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|There's no room for sentiment in business.|Porter C. Powell, &quot;[[The Elite Guard]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> <br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Klaus Lochthove]] (German)<br /> {{note|Events from [[IDW Publishing]] comics are in italics.}}<br /> After the highly public failure of Biotech Unbound's test subject [[Colossus Rhodes]], Porter C. Powell spoke to BU chief [[Prometheus Black]] via the video link in his lab. When Black tried to sell Powell on his latest innovation (a super-corrosive derived from [[Autobot]] [[mech fluid]] and Black's own steroids) and the necessity of a new human test subject, Powell informed him that Black's investors were unwilling to sink any more money into his mad science—and furthermore, that even the prison system wouldn't provide Black with a new guinea pig. Regretfully, Powell ended both the call and his business relationship with Black. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Portercpowell.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Dull surprise|DULL SURPRISE]].]]<br /> Powell was among the crowd who watched [[Isaac Sumdac]] unveil his new improved [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] at [[Dino Drive]]. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}<br /> <br /> After Isaac Sumdac was abducted by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] took over leadership of the company. Powell disapproved of having a mere child responsible for the business, especially since she was diverting corporate funds to the search for her father. Powell wouldn't have to deal with her for very long, however: He was unable to discover any legal documents referring to a &quot;Sari Sumdac&quot;—no will, birth certificate, adoption papers, Social Security Number, anything. Not only was there no proof she was Sumdac's daughter, from a bureaucratic standpoint, there was no proof she existed. Powell was installed as new CEO of Sumdac Systems, and one of his early decisions was to lock Sari out of Isaac's lab and offices. He then rather smugly informed Sari of her &quot;lack of existence&quot;. What a nice guy. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:No_Sari_Sumdac.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Porter C. Powell, class act. If there's karma in ''Animated'', [[Lugnut]] will step on him.]]<br /> Totally unsympathetic to Sari's circumstances, Powell evicted her from Sumdac Tower, confiscated [[Tutor Bot]] and [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], and gave her bedroom to [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]]. Powell had invested considerable effort in clearing up that whole [[Headmaster (episode)|attempted nuclear terrorism thing]] and wanted to use Masterson's skills to gain access to lucrative [[United States Military|military]] contracts that had previously been ruled out by Isaac Sumdac's silly, unprofitable conscience. As part of his new research and development, Masterson body-jacked [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Powell helped him out, preventing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] from searching the tower for evidence and trying to conceal Masterson from detection. But when Powell phoned Masterson to warn him the Autobots were looking for him, an eavesdropping Optimus traced the call and was able to apprehend the nerdy ne'er-do-well. But Powell wasn't about to let a corporate asset go to jail; even as [[Captain Fanzone]] was slapping the cuffs on Masterson, Powell drove up in his limo to announce that no real crimes had been committed (the damaged property belonged to Sumdac Systems, and the alien robots had no legal rights), and further that the alleged crime had occurred in international waters and thus outside Fanzone's jurisdiction. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}<br /> <br /> ''Powell decided to cash in on the Autobots' popularity. He took the [[Powell Motorworks]] assault vehicle that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] had chosen for his [[alternate mode]] and re-marketed it as a family-friendly SUV named &quot;The [[Bulkhead (vehicle)|Bulkhead]].&quot; When the real Bulkhead complained about this inappropriate use of his name and likeness, Powell retorted that Bulkhead himself had &quot;borrowed&quot; the likeness of the pre-existing PMW vehicle and threatened to sue him. Bulkhead then implored audiences not to buy the impractically huge armored cars, but Powell easily re-edited his requests into a glowing endorsement. Soon Detroit was jammed with &quot;Bulkheads,&quot; with even [[Angry Archer|some of]] the [[Professor Princess|super-villain population]] having their own customized models. As a publicity stunt, Powell then announced a televised &quot;[[Pimp My Bulkhead]]&quot; contest in which citizens could show off their most creative modifications to the giant vehicles, with Powell himself judging the winner of course. As Powell was judging a particularly garish [[redeco|repainted specimen]] (which happened to have Powel's face plastered on its side), it suddenly drove off with him inside it, careening wildly. Powell pleaded with the silent driver to release him or at least to slow down, sputtering that the vans were terrible road hazards—prone to tipping over and catching fire and generally &quot;unsafe at any speed.&quot; Which, of course, was just what the ''real'' driver had been waiting to hear; the van was Bulkhead himself, with the driver's seat being occupied by an [[automaton]]. Powell's confession was then broadcast throughout Detroit and presumably his manufactured fad ended shortly thereafter.{{storylink|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}'' <br /> <br /> [[Image:Powellandsari.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Screw PR backlash, I'm kickin' this girl out of her home.]]<br /> Powell continued his ruthless streak by holding out on having the company service the city's malfunctioning trashbots until the [[Augustus Edsel|mayor]] would agree to a renegotiated and more lucrative contract. During these delays, his research team showed him that they'd retooled the nanomachines that used to produce rampaging giant insects, {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}} and that now they were more useful for eating garbage. As a bonus, they cost a fraction of what the materials for the trashbots went for. Powell realized that this, combined with charging the city more, meant he was soon to be even more fabulously wealthy.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Powell.JPG|thumb|right|200px|&quot;Compadres, it is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season. And remember; a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me [[Megatron (Animated)|the head of Colonel Montoya]].&quot;]]<br /> Unfortunately this was all derailed when the armored car containing the sample was cracked open by the ever-affable [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]. Powell hurried to tell Edsel that the demonstration had to be called off, only to be cut off by the sighting of a garbage scow with a rapidly decreasing load. Smugly claiming credit, he was about to nail that new contract when it was further revealed that the garbage scow ''itself'' was rapidly decreasing as the nanobots devoured it. After [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] managed to avert disaster, the mayor steadfastly refused to renew the contract—until the curmudgeonly Autobot picked up both parties and gave them a good shake and a yell, accompanied with the threat of tossing them in the water. Negotiations proceeded in good faith from there on. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}<br /> Powell went so far as to rename Sumdac Tower into Powell Tower. Offended, Sari reprogrammed the Reception Bot into saying the original name again, as well as informing visitors that Powell was a booger-head. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}<br /> <br /> As it turns out, one of Powell's main concerns in &quot;Powell Tower&quot; was keeping tabs on his former business partner, Prometheus &quot;Meltdown&quot; Black, in prison. Thus, he was rather unnerved when, in response to Sari and Bumblebee asking him to provide information on anything that would incriminate Powell, Meltdown said that it would be useless, but if they freed him, he'd make all their problems &quot;melt away&quot;. (Read: liquid Powell.) Although Sari and Bumblebee clearly thought that was taking things too far, Powell still considered this bad news, so much so that when the [[Dinobots (Animated)|Dinobots]] broke Meltdown out, he showed the tape to Fanzone, trying to implicate Bumblebee. Between the fact that Powell had illegally hacked into the prison's security cameras and his earlier arrogance while freeing Headmaster, Fanzone wasn't inclined to take Powell seriously.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Animated_Black_Friday_Grimlock_Prime_Powell.jpg|thumb|left|175px|He's not Lugnut, but he'll do for now.]]<br /> <br /> Powell's frustrations rose even further when Optimus and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] charged into Powell Tower to learn the whereabouts of Meltdown's [[genetic modifier]]. When Powell refused to divulge the whereabouts of his private property, he found himself swallowed by Grimlock. (Step one in his karmic debt payment, ''many'' more to go.) Terrified, he agreed to lead the Autobots there and was duly spit back out, covered in the Dinobot equivalent of saliva...nasty, purple saliva. (Step two performed, ''still'' many more to go.) After Optimus took away the modifier (and an accident named Grimlock happened to several of Meltdown's leftover experiments), Powell contacted Fanzone about the &quot;robbery&quot;. However, Optimus returned the modifier in the end...ruined by contact with Meltdown. Enraged, Powell demanded that Fanzone arrest Optimus for destroying private property. Fanzone retaliated by saying he was more inclined to arrest ''Powell'' for being a public nuisance. Fanzone and the Autobots then left Powell to stew in his own pompous indignation. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}<br /> <br /> Pompous indignation turned to terror when Sari Sumdac returned to Powell Tower with the only person who could threaten Powell's authority: Isaac Sumdac himself. Realizing his position was threatened, Powell tried to smooth things over by saying how happy he was that Isaac was alive. Masterson, however, had just been robbed of his Headmaster unit by the Decepticons, and made several threats to the Autobots, while Powell stated that there was little difference between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Powell was quickly reminded of those differences when Optimus Prime picked up Masterson and asked for clarification on his threats. Furious over his actions while running the company, Isaac immediately terminated Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson's employment at Sumdac Systems. Masterson made a cocky comment about refusing to do what &quot;some old man and his little daughter&quot; told them, and Powell expressed further doubts about Sari's parentage. At which point a furious Sari somehow blasted the two into an elevator, and out of Sumdac Tower. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni_Human_Error_Part_1_Powell_Soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[To sell toys]]]]<br /> Down but not out, Powell had acquired the designs for the [[Sound Wave]] toy [[Sound and Fury|that Isaac had made for Sari]] and patented them. Powell released the Sound Wave toys for the [[Christmas]] season, despite Isaac Sumdac's protests, at the low, ''low'' price of only $19.99. The fact that the Sound Wave toys were under the control of [[Soundwave (Animated)|the original]] would in no way blow up in his face. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> And then it totally, unexpectedly blew up in his face when Soundwave instructed his toy replicas to hypnotize the humans of Detroit, so that they would not interfere with Soundwave's plans to reprogram the Autobots. Fortunately for Detroit's humans, Optimus Prime managed to defeat Soundwave and end his mind control signals. Unfortunately for Powell, consumers began returning the Sound Waves en masse over the hypnosis incident. Powell lamented that the resulting refunds would leave him financially ruined. Karma finally hit him where it hurts: his wallet. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:GarbagePowellLimo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|C'mooooon ''Animated'' Renegades!]]<br /> * According to the DVD audio commentary for &quot;[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]&quot;, Powell was originally meant to be a one-shot incidental character. However, the strength of his design prompted the other ''Animated'' staff members to bug [[Marty Isenberg]] into using him again, delving further into his identity and place in the ''Animated'' universe. <br /> * The audio commentary, furthermore, describes Powell as being &quot;very '70s game show-esque&quot;. [[Derrick Wyatt]] is in fact a big fan of the [[Wikipedia:Game Show Network|Game Show Network]], particularly vintage episodes of ''[[wikipedia:Match Game|Match Game]]''.<br /> * At [[BotCon 2008]], it was revealed by one of the [[Cartoon Network]] guests that Powell's limo was based on the Renegade [[GoBot (Tonka)|GoBot]] [http://tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/Tux/tux.htm Tux] because another member of the production staff still owned one from childhood. This was more-or-less confirmed by the audio commentary of &quot;Garbage In, Garbage Out&quot;, where it was noted that Powell's limo was designed by [[Byron Penaranda]], and [[Eric Siebenaler]] brought up that &quot;there was a character from another transformingrobot show that was based on that vehicle&quot;, with Derrick Wyatt pointing out that it &quot;had a little top hat&quot;. As it stands, the limo is not an ''exact'' match for Tux, being more futuristic... of course, the show ''does'' take place in the future.<br /> * It remains unclear exactly what it is Powell does. He's been seen as [[The Arrival issue 4|the CEO of a car company]], [[Total Meltdown|breaking deals with gene-splicers]], [[Mission Accomplished|usurping a robotics company from an 8-year-old girl]], and [[Human Error, Part I|selling knockoffs of the original Soundwave toy]]. His main area of expertise remains a mystery.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Porter C}}<br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Humans]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Bumblebee_(Animated)&diff=362963 2009-09-10T01:21:02Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Deluxe */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|Cartoon screencaps}}<br /> {{disambig3|Bumblebee}}<br /> :''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bumblebeeanimated.jpg|thumb|300px|Little. Yellow. Different.]]<br /> '''Bumblebee''' is the youngest, yellowest, and most energetic of the Autobots...[[Bumblebee (G1)|as]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|usual]]. A hyperactive wisecracker, Bumblebee is quite convinced he's the fastest—and coolest—thing on four wheels. He has a tendency to bite off more than he can chew, so it's a good thing he pals around with the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. He does ''not'' take well to being called short, and his over-eager ways can get on [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] nerves all too easily. Still, Bumblebee is good people, as evidenced by his fast friendship with [[Sari Sumdac]]. <br /> <br /> {{bigquote|I may be small, but I'm scrappy! And I can ride circles around your big, old, rusty chassis!|Bumblebee to Bulkhead|&quot;[[Total Meltdown]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> :''Arabic dub name'': '''Bumbly''' (بامبلي ''Bāmblī'')<br /> :''Arabic commercial name'': '''Bumble Bee''' (بامبل بي ''Bāmbil Bī'')<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Santiago Ziesmer]] (German), [[Krzysztof Korzeniowski]] (Polish)<br /> <br /> [[Image:Autobot_Cadets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|There's a [[Wasp|green me]] and a [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|red me]]!]]<br /> Early in his career, Bumblebee dreamed of becoming a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]. He joined the [[Autobot boot camp]], but things didn't exactly go as planned—his [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|drill sergeant]] was a jerk, [[Wasp|most]] of his [[Ironhide (Animated)|classmates]] bullied him and the only bot willing to befriend him was a complete [[Bulkhead (Animated)|mudflap]]. His luck seemed to change, however, when he accidentally overheard someone communicating with a Decepticon. He then saw fellow classmate [[Wasp]] walk out, which aroused his suspicions. After taking the advice of [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]], Bumblebee attempted to weed out the spy, but Sentinel Minor got in the way twice. Needless to say, this resulted in many transform-ups for his squadron. After Wasp and Ironhide tore off his legs and put him in a closet, he was saved by Longarm, who encouraged him not to give up. Later that day, the group was put through their first training exercise—combat in a simulated battlezone. When somebody switched the turret settings to fire actual lasers, it was Bulkhead who saved him. However, they accidentally knocked over a building in the process, flattening Sentinel. <br /> <br /> When Sentinel was conducting a surprise locker inspection, Sentinel discovered a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's trunk, ousting him as a traitor. Sentinel was prepared to put Bumblebee on an Elite Guard fast track program. Sadly, his new friendship with Bulkhead forced him to throw it all away in order to prevent his new buddy being kicked out, and they both wound up working on [[space bridge]]s. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bumblebeeanimatedpreearth.jpg|thumb|250px|Wait... who are [[Hot Shot (Animated)|you]]?]]<br /> <br /> The two friends were assigned to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s space bridge repair [[Teletran-1|vessel]]. During one mission, Bumblebee and Bulkhead stumbled across [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], a ninja-bot meditating near an isolated space bridge. Due to an [[energon cube]] accident on [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s part, Prowl's spaceship was destroyed, and he was forced to join their crew. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} After this, Bumblebee's work continued as usual until the crew discovered the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] itself on another asteroid, which unfortunately attracted the attention of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Even though he expressed significant fear of the [[Decepticon]] leader, he still managed to crack wise at his appearance once they were face-to-face. The humor vanished when Megs pulled out his sword. After Megatron was thrown off the ship, Bumblebee entered stasis with the rest of the crew just before the crew's ship crash-landed on [[Earth]].<br /> <br /> Fifty years later, Teletran-1 awoke the crew to alert them to the intrusion of a nanite-powered bug-slug. Sending out a probe to find local disguises, the probe scanned [[Captain Fanzone]]'s [[Captain Fanzone's car|car]] amongst other things. Bumblebee was given the car for his new bodyform. Lucky him.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_Sari_followedmehome.jpg|thumb|left|250px|&quot;Can we keep it?&quot;]]<br /> Upon noticing [[Sari Sumdac|&quot;a little creature&quot;]] struggling with her [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|&quot;owner&quot;]], 'Bee and Mr. Bulk showed their unfamiliarity with organic life by assuming the owner/pet relationship was reversed. Their speculation was interrupted by the attacks of the giant, nanite-fueled bug monster, and Bumblebee intervened to get Sari out of the way. Later in the battle, Bumblebee was called on to deliver the override command to the beast's nanites, as he was the fastest and most nimble of the crew. <br /> <br /> His defeat of the monster seriously impressed Sari, who decided to befriend him. Sari's definition of befriending included cajoling him into sneaking her aboard the Autobots' ship. Of course, Sari wouldn't stay still as Bumblebee asked, compelling him to jettison her into a ventilation shaft. After introducing her to the group, Sari and 'Bee became fast friends. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attacked [[Detroit]], Bumblebee took a shot intended for Sari, allowing Screamer to capture Bumblebee, [[Isaac Sumdac]], [[Captain Fanzone]], and the Mayor. Sari, with [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]'s help, managed to rescue them. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}<br /> <br /> The Autobots quickly became famous for their heroic deeds in Detroit, much to Bumblebee's delight. Prowl, on the other hand, was less enthusiastic about all the attention, however, and he and Bumblebee quickly had a clash of opinions on the values of peace and quiet versus the values of fun. When the Autobots' factory base was turned against them, however, Bumblebee was forced to listen to Prowl's &quot;stillness and strike&quot; attitude to get past the motion sensors preventing him from shutting the factory down. In the aftermath, he had a newfound respect for Prowl as the two played a relaxed game of Twister™. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}<br /> <br /> At one point, Bumblebee took part in a match against [[Colossus Rhodes|Cyrus &quot;Colossus&quot; Rhodes]], hosted by [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] to show off the effectiveness of biotechnology. Unfortunately, Cyrus [[wikipedia:Hulk_(comics)|hulked up]], then proceeded to beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of Bumblebee. The other Autobots were forced to rescue him, using it as a chance to riff on his small stature. However, only Bumblebee was able to get into [[Sumdac Tower]] when [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] went to kill Isaac Sumdac. Bumblebee managed to get him to the ground floor, but Meltdown arrived. Bulkhead tried to stop him, but Meltdown threw a glob of acid at Bulkhead, which Bumblebee took instead (basically, 'Bee is a &lt;s&gt;human&lt;/s&gt; robot shield). Bulkhead offered his apologies over his comments, saying he was only having a little fun—which sent Bumblebee into declaring his good moves and speed. He's going to be pretty impossible to live with for a while. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}<br /> <br /> The troubles in Detroit were far from over, as the Autobots soon found themselves facing three rampaging [[Dinobot (Animated)|robotic dinosaurs]]. During the battle, Bumblebee combined his stingers' electrical with Ratchet's magnets to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would hopefully shut the prehistoric menaces down. Sari decided to pitch in by boosting Bumblebee's stingers with her [[AllSpark Key]], which proved enough to defeat the &quot;Dinobots&quot;... but also provided them with [[Spark|sparks]]. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}} He later bought a neat car horn and tried to chase down a mysterious muscle car with little success. The car turned out to be the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who kidnapped Optimus Prime and made short work of Bumblebee as well, threatening to take his stingers. In the end, Lockdown was defeated by Ratchet and Prime was saved. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA_Nanosec_Bumblebee_turbo_boosters.JPG|thumb|250px|BB got back!]]<br /> After Bumblebee showed a lack of ability (or inclination) to be subtle on Earth, Prime had Prowl try to teach Bumblebee how to blend in. This ruined some plans with Sari, as she wanted to attach some turbo-boosters to him to make him go even faster. During the exercise, they encountered [[Nanosec]], a crook that had gained Professor Sumdac's new speed suit via [[Megatron (Animated)|unknown patrons]]. Unable to keep up with Nanosec, Bumblebee was convinced by Sari attach the turbo-boosters against Prime's orders. Unfortunately, he couldn't control them in vehicle mode, allowing Nanosec to escape from the Autobots twice. Worse, he was carrying enough [[Destronium]] to destroy all of Detroit. Overhearing Bulkhead and Prowl's comments on his change of appearance, Bumblebee realized that the suit was causing him to age the more he used it, so he purposefully ran him into old age (cold, Bee). With the Destronium about to go critical, Bumblebee, with help from Prowl and Bulkhead, managed to use his turbo-boosters to head into the outer atmosphere and get the Destronium away from the city before detonating. The whole experience seems have given Bumblebee a bit more respect for subtlety. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}<br /> <br /> October soon came around, and Sari decided to teach the Autobots about [[Halloween]]. Bumblebee dressed up as &quot;Count Dracubot&quot;, but his trick-and-treating session went sour when he and Bulkhead were attacked by the spider-bot [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and knocked unconscious. They recovered in time to save Sari from falling off a skyscraper, although Bumblebee blew out his tires in the process. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}} After participating in Sari's eighth birthday party, Bumblebee decided that he also wanted one of those cool [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] toys. He was less enthusiastic after Soundwave took control of all [[automaton]]s in Detroit and faked Bumblebee's voice in order to confuse the Autobots. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}} While Soundwave was eventually defeated, the Decepticon attacks were far from over—[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]] soon arrived on Earth in their search for Megatron. Bumblebee and the others were knocked unconscious by Lugnut's [[Punch of Kill Everything|mighty punch]] in their first battle, but the odds were in the Autobots' favour when they later fought in the muddy waters of [[Lake Erie]]. Bumblebee got to electrocute Blitzwing a bit before both Decepticons were blasted to pieces by Teletran-1's main cannon. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}<br /> <br /> When Sari was later kidnapped by a [[Swoop (Animated)|pterosaur]], Bumblebee participated in the police investigation. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}} Bulkhead later got into the fine arts, so Bumblebee helped out by modeling for him until his friend got his body hijacked by the human villain known as the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]. As the other Autobots investigated, Bumblebee kept Bulkhead's head company and helped him create art pieces for his upcoming gallery (all while relentlessly cracking jokes about the situation, naturally). The Headmaster soon threatened to destroy Detroit using Bulkhead's body, so the Autobots approached him by pretending to be rescue vehicles, with Bumblebee being driven by Captain Fanzone. During the battle against the Headmaster, he got to play both bowling and football with Bulkhead's head before it was returned to its body. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}<br /> <br /> Some time during that winter, Bumblebee and Sari were playing video games and listening to music while ignoring Prowl's lectures on how spending so much time on &quot;electronic devices&quot; was unnecessary. All three of them were then sent out to investigate a Cybertronic energy signal in the woods; a prospect which filled Bumblebee with dread as nature was just so ''incredibly'' boring compared to his TV, games and music back home. He came along on what Sari described as a &quot;camping trip&quot; anyway, although he brought plenty of electronic devices with him. Prowl was not impressed, and even less so when Bumblebee decided to use his holographic projector as a TV screen. The lack of electricity proved to be the least of Bumblebee's problems, however, as the group was attacked by a [[Space barnacles|space barnacle monster]] shortly after nightfall. After a drawn-out fight with the creature, Bumblebee eventually knocked it off a cliff with his stingers, only to find that Prowl had been infected by the barnacles himself. While Sari had the bright idea of trapping the crazed Prowl in a mine, Bumblebee ended up trapping both of ''them'' in it as well, and got himself infected. Ultimately, Sari saved the day by using hot water to remove the barnacles, and in the aftermath Bumblebee voiced his opinion that nature should just be paved over as soon as possible. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megatron_rising_1_Starscream_freakout.jpg|thumb|left|250px|&quot;YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!&quot;]]<br /> When Decepticon activity was detected in high levels, Bulkhead spilled the beans on what he and Prowl had done with the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], and Optimus Prime pretty much lost it. Ranting that all he had was a group of insubordinate malfunctions, he told Ratchet to take Sari's [[AllSpark Key]] from her, saying it wasn't safe in her hands. As she ran off crying, Bumblebee defended her, and Prime pointed out that Bumblebee wasn't a good character witness. Bumblebee mouthed off that their situation meant that Prime wasn't fit to command, and then went looking for Sari. Heading to [[Sumdac Tower]], Bumblebee spotted Starscream, and disobeyed Prime's order to hold off. Heading up the elevator (which could not only fit him, but also carry his weight), Bumblebee charged, firing his stingers at Starscream. All it really did was interrupt his speech, which made Starscream ''seriously'' freak out. However, a crane pulled Starscream, who was holding Bumblebee, up to the roof, where the two fought it out...right until Megatron burst through the roof of the tower. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}<br /> <br /> After Megatron's restoration, Starscream absentmindedly beat on Bumblebee for a while, then threw him aside when Megatron called the Decepticons to him. Once he'd been repaired with remaining AllSpark Key energy in Professor Sumdac's lab, Bumblebee called Prime on his previous statements, and Optimus apologized, saying he'd been out of line. When Ratchet brought the Autobots' ship to them, the Autobots and Sumdacs boarded the vessel in an attempt to lead Megatron and the Decepticons off-planet, but were shot down and crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. As the Autobots rallied to defend the AllSpark, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Prowl took on [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]. Ratchet and Bumblebee teamed up again to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]], causing him to crash. After shelling them in tank mode, Blitzwing again took to the air for some strafing runs. Prowl noticed a connection between Blitzwing's alternate modes and personalities, so they had Bumblebee use his greatest strength, his obnoxious personality, to cause Angry Blitzwing to emerge. Taunting the triple changer, Bumblebee got him to transform accidentally into tank mode and crash into the lake. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Super_secretary.jpg|thumb|250px|&quot;[[Aaron Archer]]'s office. Please hold.&quot;]] Following the defeat of Megatron and the disappearance of Professor Sumdac, Bumblebee helped Sari run [[Sumdac Systems]] until the arrival of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]]. Among their numbers was [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee and Bulkhead's old sergeant from boot camp, but thankfully he didn't seem to remember them. 'Bee and the rest of the crew were subsequently contained within the [[Steelhaven (Animated)|Elite Guard flagship]] while the Sentinel and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] went with Optimus Prime to investigate the supposed defeat of Megatron and dispersion of the AllSpark, but soon had to leave to deal with an out-of-control [[police drone]] factory. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}} Shortly afterwards, Bumblebee greeted Sari when she was thrown out of Sumdac Tower by [[Porter C. Powell]] and forced to live with the Autobots. He and Bulkhead tried to cheer her up by saying that living together would be like a non-stop party, making her food and teaching her about &quot;stuff and how it works&quot;, but were met with limited success. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}<br /> <br /> Bumblebee and Sari later helped stop a runaway train powered by an AllSpark fragment. When Starscream stopped by again, 'Bee and Ratchet again combined their powers to attack him with an electromagnetic pulse, but the AllSpark-powered Decepticon shrugged it off like it was nothing. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} After noticing truly how bad Ratchet's people skills were, Optimus Prime assigned Bumblebee and Sari to help him improve on them, something neither party was very enthusiastic about. During their training, the three encountered the newly created Transformer [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]], who proceeded to throw beef and motorcycles at Bumblebee. The Autobots chased Wreck-Gar across the city to retrieve the experimental nanobots he had in his backpack, but Bumblebee was not present during Ratchet's final confrontation with the confused 'bot. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA_Velocity_Bumblebee_Blurr_meet.JPG|thumb|left|250px|&quot;If you're [[Auggie Cahnay]], your ass is grass!&quot;]]<br /> Bumblebee became involved in the illegal street races organised by the criminal [[Master Disaster]]. Believing himself to be the fastest things on wheels, Bumblebee was unsurprisingly shocked after getting thrashed in a race by a [[Blurr (Animated)| Mysterious Blue Race Car]]. Following this, AllSpark traces, and the appearance of Blitzwing at the race track, Bumblebee became determined to get to the bottom of the mystery (although deep down he just wanted another chance to beat the Unknown Racer.) He made a deal with Master Disaster to appear in his races. Enlisting the help of Sari, Bumblebee returned to the track, and, to cut a long story short, ending up being pursued by the maniacal Blitzwing. After nearly being frozen one minute and melted to slag the next, Bumblebee was eventually rescued by the Mysterious Racer driving into Blitzwing. The excitement wasn't over for Bumblebee yet, as when returning to Master Disaster's trailer for answers, he and his pal Bulkhead (who had angrily followed Bumblebee there for defying him) had to face off against Blitzwing (he was desperate for that AllSpark fragment...), and had to be rescued once again... although this time it was Sari using Master Disaster's controlling device. {{storylink|Velocity}} <br /> <br /> Later, he went on a trip to the Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom theme park with Sari. Optimus, fool that he is, believed him when he called it &quot;an important fact-finding mission&quot;. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Watching_SUVs.jpg|thumb|250px|If they start to do it, let me see, ok?]]<br /> On another occasion, Bumblebee was attempting to clear up the streets of Detroit by catching some of their [[Nanosec|small]] [[Angry Archer|time]] [[Professor Princess|criminals]]. However, in each case, whenever Bumblebee came close to the capture, he froze up completely, and allowed the baddies to escape. It later became apparent that this was due to the AllSpark-infused timepiece belonging to [[Slo-Mo]]. After revealing himself and snatching the timepiece, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] froze all of the Autobots and looked set for victory. However, after being lifted to Sumdac Tower by Sari and the members of the [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|SUV]] and repaired, Bumblebee took on Swindle (even managing to floor him at one point with his stingers.) After getting the timepiece back from Swindle, Bumblebee was double-crossed by the SUV, but fortunately for the Autobot, the rest of his pals were back online by now, and managed to get the criminals arrested. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}<br /> <br /> After learning of Wasp's escape, Bumblebee felt a stirring of his old dreams, and dragged Bulkhead off to trace a signal leaked to them, containing a conversation between Megatron and his spy. As they tracked it down, Bumblebee fell into old habits, and started putting Bulkhead down, just like in the old days. It took a nasty fall to remind him that Bulkhead was the best friend he'd ever have, and he didn't need to spend his time chasing big dreams. Together, the two headed home, never realizing they were just outside of the carbon mines where the Decepticons were hiding.<br /> <br /> Later, Bumblebee relayed the information they'd gathered to his old friend, Longarm, now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertron Intel. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA_Black_Friday_Meltdown_Bee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|IDK, my BFF Jill?]]<br /> Due to his inability to stay quiet, Prowl placed a bet on Bumblebee—that he couldn't go 10 [[Cycle|cycles]] without talking. Should he keep to this, a sweet can of axle grease would be his! However, the poor bot just couldn't do it. Prime took 'Bee and Prowl with him to Dinobot Island to investigate Meltdown's prison break, and the plucky yellow bot vowed he would win the axle grease. However, the bet was put on hold after both he and Prowl were off-lined by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia's]] cyber-venom. After the day was saved, Prime used the antidote on the bots, and 'Bee pointed out he'd been quiet for ages! Prowl dryly noted it took 'Bee being comatose to achieve this, but the yellow bot didn't care—he just wanted his grease! {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)| Black Friday}}<br /> <br /> After insulting Bulkhead's latest painting of Sari, Bumblebee realized that he was wrong and actually apologized for his comments. It didn't go over very well, and that was before Megatron showed up with Professor Sumdac. Though Bumblebee suspected that Sumdac was a willing accomplice, Sari refused to hear it. At that moment, the mysterious blue racer appeared. Thinking he was a Decepticon, Bumblebee rolled after the racer, running him off the road. It was only at this point that the racer revealed that he was [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], a member of the Elite Guard sent to keep tabs on Decepticons and Prime's crew. Worse, Bumblebee's actions allowed Bulkhead to be kidnapped by Megatron. Once Optimus Prime was informed that the Decepticons were building a [[space bridge]] to attack Cybertron, 'Bee went with the Autobots to rescue Bulkhead and destroy the bridge. During a brief skirmish with Lugnut and Blitzwing, Bumblebee admitted that he'd lost his title as &quot;fastest thing on wheels&quot; to Blurr. Unfortunately, when they confronted Megatron himself, the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] managed to incapacitate the pair...just in time for Starscream and his [[Starscream clone|clones]] to attack. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}<br /> <br /> Managing to escape the Decepticons, the Autobots went for the clones, apparently deciding that they were the greater evil. The battle went poorly for them, as Blurr was lost in the space bridge and Bumblebee was cemented to a wall. When Isaac Sumdac decapitated Starscream and took his body with the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster unit]], Bumblebee was convinced that he was working for the Decepticons, though Sumdac revealed that it was to destroy Megatron. That didn't work out too well. After Megatron explained his plan to the captive Autobots, the Decepticon [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] revealed that he was Longarm Prime and that Bumblebee had sent an innocent Wasp to the stockade. Fortunately, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] arrived, reactivated thanks to Sari and Ratchet, and sacrificed himself to save the Autobots and Sumdacs. With the threat passed, Sumdac revealed that he had been forced to help the Decepticons, and Bumblebee's mistrust of the professor presumably faded away—only to return when Sari saw that the skin of her right arm had torn...revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}<br /> <br /> Despite the revelation that one of his best friends was a robot, Bumblebee actually remained focused on the larger picture: namely, Shockwave's presence on Cybertron. Optimus reasoned that since Bulkhead was a genius with regards to space bridges (something Bumblebee said he'd never get used to, revealing his high opinion of his other best friend), so the two headed out to the mine. Bumblebee managed to find a recall beacon generator, which was needed to locate the position in space, and the plasmadynamic thruster, which generated the transwarp field. Unfortunately, the thruster activated before Bumblebee could give it to Bulkhead, sending him across the galaxy. After catching another transwarp wave, he was again transported to another part of the galaxy&amp;mdash;where he was swallowed by a [[rock creature|rock alien]].<br /> <br /> Fortunately, Bulkhead was able to capture Bumblebee's signal, and reel him in. Sadly, it also brought the alien to Detroit. As the Autobots struggled to figure out how to defeat the monster and save Bumblebee, Sari used the AllSpark Key on herself to upgrade with new weapons and a teenage appearance. Sari quickly trounced the monster, freeing Bumblebee. Unfortunately, Sari didn't remove the Key after the upgrade, causing her to overload and lose control of her abilities. Bumblebee made a mad dash to try to remove the Key, but Sari's defenses systems registered him as a threat, and Sari horrifically watched as she stabbed Bumblebee through the chest and blasted him across the street. Ratchet immediately went to work, saying that he could repair Bumblebee without the Key. However, the damage was severe, and Bumblebee's spark was fading fast. Even when they got the Key, Ratchet was still hard pressed, as the Key had been burned out upgrading Sari. Fortunately, Ratchet managed to stabilize Bumblebee with his magnets, but Ratchet was forced to deactivate Sari with his EMP generator. <br /> <br /> After Ratchet made what repairs he could, the Autobots allowed Professor Sumdac some time alone with Sari. Lamenting on how troubled their day had been, Bumblebee tempted fate by asking how much worse it could get. On cue, the plasmadynamic thruster began to power up, but Bulkhead manged to shut it down. Unfortunately, Omega Supreme soon arrived, under the control of Megatron. Bumblebee was given an illegal stinger upgrade to help against Omega Supreme, but it still did little good. Optimus and Prowl managed to sneak inside and remove Megatron's control while Bumblebee and Bulkhead served as &lt;s&gt;bait&lt;/s&gt; a distraction. However, Starscream managed to gain control, and soon moved to conquer Cybertron. Bumblebee came up with the idea to throw the plasmadynamic thruster inside Omega to send the three randomly warping across the galaxy, managing to reach the altitude with his turbo boosters (why Optimus let him keep those is unknown). Later, Sari was awakened, and all was well with the Autobots...except for being out of contact with Cybertron, but still, it's the thought that counts. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> While Bulkhead and Professor Sumdac began constructing a space bridge, Bumblebee and the other Autobots focused on hunting down the remaining Decepticons on Earth. The first one they found was Lugnut, who was defeated and [[stasis cuffs|stasis cuffed]] after a drawn-out battle. Unfortunately, this left the Autobot force trying to pull the massive Decepticon out of the deep crater he had caused during the fight—a daunting task that they spent the rest of the night working on. Before any real progress could be made, Bumblebee and the others were called away to help Bulkhead, who had been dragged into an oil-stealing scheme by the Constructicons. Upon arriving at the [[Fossil Fuel]] oil refinery, Bumblebee fought against Scrapper, but was warned to watch his stingers so he wouldn't set fire to a nearby oil spill. Unfortunately, a collision between Scrapper and Mixmaster led to a spark setting fire to it anyway, so the Autobots were forced to transwarp an entire oil tank (with the Constructicons on it) out to Lake Erie, where it exploded. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, Bumblebee's old friend Wasp arrived on Earth, with a few screws loose and a vendetta against the 'bot who put him away. That night, Bumblebee was on monitor duty as the other Autobots were searching for Wasp, but spent his time playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead (after all, a TV is a monitor too!), which led to Wasp easily getting the drop on him. Bumblebee tried explaining how Longarm had set the whole thing up back in the day, but the deranged Wasp wouldn't listen, instead knocking Bumblebee out and saying it was ''his'' turn to lose everything he'd ever had. When Bumblebee woke up, he found himself equipped with Wasp's helmet, paintjob and voice synthesizer and all his friends staring down at him... including Wasp dressed up as himself. Unable to prove his own identity, Bumblebee was forced to escape from his own friends, only to be chased down by Elite Guard members [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. Luckily for the small 'bot, Jetstorm's wind blasts were too powerful for him, and he was blown away from danger. A desperate Bumblebee tried painting himself yellow with mustard from a hot dog stand, only to be confronted by Bulkhead and Prowl. Thinking of ideas to prove his innocence, Bumblebee reminded Bulkhead of their misadventures in boot camp—misadventures Wasp could never have known about. While his friends were finally convinced, the newly arrived Jetstorm and Jetfire were not, and a fight broke out until Optimus and Sentinel arrived and sorted it out. Returning to the Autobot base, they confronted Wasp, who had unfortunately spent the meantime researching Bumblebee's past and could easily list many of 'Bee's past adventures like he was there in person. With no way to prove who was the real deal, Bulkhead suggested that they simply play ''Ninja Gladiator'' for the title of Bumblebee... after all, the real one would ''never'' lose at ''Ninja Gladiator''. The plan worked, as Wasp cracked under the pressure before the match could even begin, grabbing Bumblebee and holding him at stinger-point. With the Autobots unable to attack, Wasp cancelled his and Bumblebee's [[electronic paint job]]s and made a getaway, leaving Bumblebee to be pummelled by a confused Bulkhead. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}<br /> <br /> Chasing Wasp across Detroit, the Autobots eventually cornered him, and Bumblebee again tried explaining the &quot;funny story&quot; on how Longarm was the true Decepticon spy who caused Wasp's misfortune. However, Wasp didn't see the funny part of it, and Bumblebee nearly got himself blasted in the face for trying. Before the group could capture Wasp, he was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], so Optimus Prime and Bumblebee had to follow him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Upon arrival, Prime suggested that Bumblebee stopped making excuses like blaming Longarm and tried ''apologizing'' to Wasp instead. Making their way into the tunnels of the island, the two soon found Wasp... mutated into a large, monstrous [[technorganic]] form by Blackarachnia. Face to face with the monster, Bumblebee followed Prime's advice and apologized for everything he did and didn't do to Wasp. His old nemesis responded that Wasp forgave him... but he was Wasp''inator'' now, and Waspinator would ''never'' forgive Bumblebee! However, before Waspinator could destroy Bumblebee once and for all, his new body started going out of control, and he went back to Blackarachnia. After being run down by both the spider and the wasp as the latter chased the former, Bumblebee helped carry the damaged Sentinel Prime out of the tunnels. {{storylink|Predacons Rising}}<br /> <br /> Christmas eventually came around, and between shaking his presents and decorating the tree, Bumblebee didn't notice a [[Sound Wave]] toy poisoning the Autobots' [[oilnog]]. After having a taste, the 'bots all felt strangely tired and decided to take a stasis nap... only to wake up in human bodies. Bumblebee took it with a pinch of humour as he made fun of Bulkhead for being small, before the &quot;Automen&quot; headed out to see if Professor Sumdac could find out what was going on. However, during a brief break for food at [[Burger Bot]], the city came under attack from a large force of Decepticons. The Autobots chose to fight back despite their small fleshy bodies, but Bumblebee grabbing onto Starscream's leg had no real effect on the marauding Decepticon, and the heroes were quickly forced to run. Eventually arriving at Sumdac Tower, Bumblebee was shocked when Cybertron itself appeared in the sky and blasted part of the tower to smithereens, followed by the arrival of Megatron himself. However, by this stage, Optimus Prime and Prowl had figured out that none of this was actually happening—they were trapped in some kind of simulated reality. Realizing that they could break through the illusion with their imagination, the Autobots fought back and defeated the simulated Decepticons, with the tiny human Bumblebee easily punching out Blitzwing before transforming back into a robot. But before the Autobots could figure out how to escape from the virtual reality, they were subdued by a giant Soundwave—the one who had trapped them to begin with in order to brainwash them into becoming his mind slaves. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> As Soundwave increased his control over the simulation, Bumblebee and the others were transformed back into humans. Deciding that they had to find Soundwave's interface to the world, they grabbed some vehicles matching their alternate modes, leading to Bumblebee pushing a virtual Captain Fanzone out of his own car. The Autobots took to chasing after a black Soundwave van, only to fall into a trap that let Soundwave brainwash them completely. As Sari and her &quot;[[Substitute Autobot]]s&quot; came to save the day, Soundwave used the Autobots' bodies to fight back, with Bumblebee and Prowl teaming up against Wreck-Gar. However, controlling five people at once proved too much for Soundwave, and as he lost focus, Bumblebee's mindless body found itself bound up in Christmas lights and defeated. Shortly afterward, Bumblebee's mind was returned to normal when Optimus Prime shattered Soundwave's body. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}<br /> <br /> When the Autobots discovered Decepticon signals on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Bumblebee found himself an volunteering (read: ordered) to transwarp there and plant a transmitter. However, the transmitter was inadvertedly broken by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] shortly after arrival, so Bumblebee changed his strategy into infiltrating Omega Supreme. Inside, he found [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] babbling on and on about school. Deeming it impossible to take her back to Earth, 'Bee chose to activate Arcee's transmitter before leaving, using her to spy on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} When Megatron used the information inside Arcee to attack Detroit with a trio of &quot;[[Lugnut Supreme]]s&quot;, Bumblebee went back to the moon alongside Bulkhead, Ratchet and Sari to attempt a retrieval of Omega Supreme. They quickly located Arcee again, only to be attacked by Shockwave. While Bumblebee's stingers had no effect on his old platoonmate, he was eventually defeated by Bulkhead's brawns. Shockwave transformed back to his Longarm mode in an attempt to trick his &quot;old pals&quot;, but failed and was captured. Bumblebee was aboard Omega Supreme when he battled against the oversized Lugnuts-turned-oversized Starscreams, and following their victory, was told that Prowl had died during the battle. When the Autobots returned to Cybertron, he helped carry his friend's coffin. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}<br /> <br /> ===Toy bios===<br /> At some point, Bumblebee began taking stealth lessons from Prowl, presenting him with a new battle tactic: sneaking up from behind instead of racing fender-first into danger. To further that end, Bumblebee apparently painted himself as a police patrol car. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#ActivPatrol|Patrol Bumblebee}}<br /> <br /> After &quot;getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard&quot;, Bumblebee decided more than ever that he wanted to join their ranks. He had Sari borrow some of her dad's auto-painting robots so that he could truly look the part of an Elite Guard team member. He also began doing combat training with Prowl, and may have gotten his energy stingers enhanced. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee}}<br /> <br /> {{note|Presumably Bumblebee's &quot;getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard&quot; refers to the events of the episodes [[The Elite Guard]], [[The Return of the Headmaster]] and [[Mission Accomplished]]. However, at the time of those episodes, Isaac Sumdac was missing and Sari no longer had access to Sumdac Systems technology, so, uh... just go with it. OR, possibly, by &quot;borrow&quot; they mean &quot;steal the robots out from under Powell's greasy nose&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan Magazines===<br /> In battle with new villain [[Quake-Maker]], Bumblebee got to not only mock the villain but fight alongside the super-cool new Autobot [[Afterburn]]. {{storylink|Burnout}} <br /> <br /> The two later went on a mission to Dinobot Island to stop a Rage virus infection, a mission that had Bumblebee nervous. During the mission, Bumblebee screwed up a landing that Afterburn aced, got thrown into a mud puddle by Swoop, was left with an incredibly dirty finish, and generally looked worse than Afterburn and on ''four separate occasions'' got put down by him. This made him sad. {{storylink|Ratchet &amp; Grimlock Are DEAD?}}<br /> <br /> When [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was in a huff, it was Bumblebee who convinced him to help them against the [[Wraith-X]] by appealing to that greatest of emotions, the ego! He didn't have time to gloat though, as he then found Afterburn reporting back to ''Megatron'', who then stormed the base, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} killed Afterburn, and started a massive battle. Bumblebee was shocked to find Afterburn had only been a sparkless drone infiltrator, but still viewed him as a real Autobot, ''taking on Megatron himself'' out of anger for what had happened.<br /> <br /> Optimus later consoled Bumblebee that he'd been a hero and that Afterburn hadn't been real anyway. But he'd been real to Bumblebee...{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bumblebeepizza_Titan25.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Why said cheese pizza has several toppings on it is a mystery.]]<br /> <br /> But then he got over that and started breaking traffic laws for fun to get pizzas to Sari quickly! This led to Prowl dissing him and claiming Bumblebee wouldn't be so fast if he had to obey some rules, which led to a race between the two at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] (plus Bulkhead joined in, which gave Bumblebee a good laugh). Autobots doing ''anything'', of course, leads to Decepticon plots, and Bumblebee (who had a Decepticon tracer stuck on his butt) found they'd ambushed Prowl halfway through the race. Locating the tracer, he stuck it on ''Lugnut's'' butt and helped Prowl escape to win. <br /> <br /> All that excitement had allowed Bulkhead to win the race unopposed though, making him the official fastest thing in Detroit. Bumblebee accepted it amiably enough. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> ====Activators====<br /> *'''Bumblebee''' (Activator, 2008)<br /> [[Image:Activators_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|250px|He's a Bumblevator - or is it Actibee?]]<br /> : Part of the first wave of [[Activators]], this small version of Bumblebee [[autotransformation|automatically transforms]] from vehicle to robot mode via spring-loaded releases when you press his top-mounted police light. Interestingly enough, this toy is probably the closest to &quot;proper&quot; scale in robot mode when compared to the Deluxe Prowl and Ratchet, the Voyager Optimus, and Leader Bulkhead. Like the Deluxe class toy, Bumblebee was intended to be molded with a benign sideways smile on his face, but at this small of scale the effect does not come off as intended, leaving Bumblebee looking rather more like he's grimacing. Furthermore, his insignia is ''also'' grimacing; for some reason this toy was given the [[Insignia#2007_movie|movie Autobot &quot;angry eyes&quot; insignia]], rather than the standard &quot;neutral expression&quot; insignia found on most other ''Animated'' Autobots. Add him to the list of Transformers who just need a hug.<br /> <br /> :This mold was later [[Retool|retooled]] to make [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/ActBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumblebee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> {{anchor|ActivPatrol}}<br /> [[Image:Activators_PatrolBumblebee_toy.JPG|thumb|200px|Bumblecade]]<br /> *'''Patrol Bumblebee''' (Activator, 2008)<br /> <br /> : A police-themed redeco of Activators Bumblebee, instead of his current &quot;undercover&quot; markings, he gets full-on black-and-white deco with &quot;POLICE&quot; lettering across his doors.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/PatrolBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Patrol Bumblebee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ====Deluxe====<br /> [[Image:Bumblebee_anim_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Awwww, it's so adorable...]]<br /> *'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Left &amp; right rocket boosters<br /> <br /> : Bumblebee transforms from a small yellow hatchback (similar to the 2007 two-door Toyota Yaris) with a single red flasher to a scrappy robot with a smile on his face. He has a fake car roof on his chest (but to be fair, so does his cartoon counterpart.) in robot mode, and the two halves of his stinger weapon, stored in his forearms, can be flipped out and pegged together. In both robot and car mode, his two booster rockets can be attached on his back. <br /> <br /> : Due to support struts added inside his forearms to ensure durability, his stingers do not recede all the way back into his arms. The latest releases of the toy fix this problem. There have also been some complaints that the socket in his left arm tends to crack easily, which makes the arm impossible to pose.<br /> <br /> : Amusingly, flipping his bumper up in his alt-mode works like a tiny trunk.<br /> <br /> : This mold was also used to make [[#EliteGuard|&quot;Elite Guard&quot; Bumblebee]] and will be used to make [[Wasp|Fugitive Waspinator]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Deluxe Bumblebee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> {{anchor|EliteGuard}}<br /> [[Image:Ani-toy BumblebeeEG.jpg|thumb|300px|Back from his internship with Donald Trump. Sentinel Prime, YOU'RE FIRED!]]<br /> *'''Elite Guard Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Left &amp; right rocket boosters<br /> <br /> : A [[redeco]] of [[#Deluxe|Deluxe Bumblebee]], this figure represents Bumblebee after getting Sari to help paint him up in [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] deco as part of his anticipated ascension into their ranks. Dare to dream! He retains all the play-gimmicks of the original, though his arms have been slightly [[retool]]ed to allow the stingers to recede fully. The color scheme of the toy bears a little resemblance to [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Stealth Bumblebee]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] franchise.<br /> <br /> : The [[Hasbro]] stock photography and [[package art]] for this toy [[:Image:Deluxeeliteguardbumblebee.jpg|depict &quot;Elite Guard&quot; Bumblebee with his normal yellow helmet]]. However, the actual toy has a black helmet due to the plastic color layouts.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/EGBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Elite Guard Bumblebee at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ====Voyager====<br /> [[Image:Ani-toy_HydrodiveBumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|Oh slag. Where did my police light go?]]<br /> *'''Hydrodrive Bumblebee''' (Voyager, 2009)<br /> :A new sculpted and downscaled figure of Bumblebee in much the same style as [[Prowl (Animated)#Toys|Samurai Prowl]]. He comes with a jet/submarine that can be configured into some sort of battle armour/jet-pack. He can be placed in it in both robot and alt mode. Rather atypically for an ''Animated'' Autobot, he appears to come with a pair of guns (in lieu of his usual [[stinger]]s). These pistols can be hand-held or mounted on his armour.<br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> ====Other====<br /> *'''Bumper Battlers Bumblebee''' (Bumper Battlers, 2008)<br /> [[Image:BumperBattlers_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|200px|Does this make him [[Bumper (G1)|Animated Bumper]]?]]<br /> : Part of the first wave of [[Bumper Battlers]], this very simple version of Bumblebee is meant for the much younger set. About the same size as the Deluxe Bumblebee in car mode, pressing the Autobot [[insignia|faction symbol]] on his hood activates the toy's sound feature, using a seemingly randomized assortment of sound effects and original voice samples from [[Bumper Robinson]]. Pressing the car mode's front bumper in activates the simple spring-loaded one-step transformation to robot mode... &quot;properly&quot; activated by using the toy's [[pull-back motor]] [[gimmick]] to propel it forward into an obstacle.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> {{anchor|McD}}<br /> *'''Bumblebee''' (McDonalds Happy Meal toy, 2008)<br /> [[Image:Bumblebrick.png|thumb|180px|Bumblebrick.]]<br /> : A simple version of Bumblebee with a very simple transformation sequence, one of six toys available as part of the McDonald's ''Transformers Animated'' promotion (held concurrently with the ''Littlest Pet Shop'' promo). You transform him by pulling out the arms from the sides, pulling down the legs and rotating them around and flipping up the head. The arms hold the legs in place, and need to be pulled out before his legs. His vehicle mode is accurate to the show, and his robot mode is reasonably accurate, although rather on the &quot;bulky&quot; side.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/McBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumblebee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> {{anchor|StingRacer}}<br /> *'''Sting Racer Bumblebee''' (Bumper Battlers, 2008)<br /> [[Image:Ani-toy_BumperBattlers_StingBumblebee.JPG|thumb|200px|]]<br /> : This Bumper Battlers Bumblebee has a blue stripe in place of the black one, and blue electrical marks on his sides.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:Ani-toy_LegendsBumblebee.jpg|thumb|200px|]]<br /> *'''Stealth Lockdown''' (Animated 3-pack, 2008)<br /> <br /> : A ''Universe'' [[Legends Class|Legends-class]] Bumblebee came packaged with this Target-[[exclusive]] clear version of [[Lockdown (Animated)#Stealth|Lockdown]], as well as a Legends [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]. This Bumblebee is ''almost'' identical to the individual ''Universe'' release, except this version has a silver [[insignia|faction symbol]] rather than the ''Universe'' release's red.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> {{anchor|PowerBots}}<br /> *'''Cyber Speed Bumblebee''' ([[Power Bots]], 2008)<br /> [[Image:CyberSpeedBumblebee_toy.JPG|thumb|120px|]]<br /> : A large, non-transforming figure of Bumblebee in bulky, child-friendly form. He comes with lights and sounds, including a stinger sound on the right arm, which has the stinger deployed, and a &quot;punching&quot; sound and extending fist on the left. He also speaks a slew of phrases, including &quot;Bring it on, Decepticons!&quot; and &quot;Hi, I'm Bumblebee!&quot;, again using Bumper Robinson voice clips. He is, of course, utterly adorable.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Street Patrol Bumblebee''' (Power Bots, 2009)<br /> [[Image:Ani-toy_StreetPatrolBumblebee.JPG|thumb|120px|Anyone seen my transformation cog?]]<br /> : This Bumblebee has red stripes on his stinger arm and his stripe is dark blue.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Shockwave VS Bumblebee''' (multipack, 2009)<br /> [[Image:Shockwavepurplebumblebeetoys.jpg|thumb|200px|Hey, they said I was supposed to meet Longarm here. Who are you?]]<br /> : Activators Bumblebee packaged with a purple redeco of Voyager [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] in a Target-exclusive multipack.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers (2007 movie line)===<br /> *'''Legacy of Bumblebee''' (Deluxe class multi-pack, 2008)<br /> <br /> : A Walmart [[exclusive]] three pack, the ''Legacy of Bumblebee'' collector's set comes with [[Bumblebee (G1)|''Classics'']], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Movie]] Deluxe Class Concept Camaro ([[Premium Series]]) and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' Bumblebee figures. While the movie and ''Animated'' Bumblebees are identical to their original, single carded releases, the ''Classics'' Bumblebee has been redecoed to more closely resemble his movie and ''Animated'' counterparts, changing his white stripes to black, and his grey/silver plastic to yellow, similarly to ''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bumble.<br /> <br /> ===Universe (2008)===<br /> *'''Bumblebee''' (Legends, 2008)<br /> [[Image:Legends_bb_sized.jpg|thumb|125px|Is that size-accurate enough?]]<br /> : A smaller, simplified [[Legends Class|Legends]]-scale Bumblebee toy, released under the ''Universe'' toyline.<br /> <br /> : A slightly different version of this toy can also be found as part of the ''Animated'' [[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]] three-pack with Legends [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], and as part of a ''Universe'' three-pack with Legends Optimus Prime and Legends [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/AniLegendsBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumblebee at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:Bumblebeeanimatedkibble.jpg|thumb|150px|My real windshield is on my heels!]]<br /> * Bumblebee's arm-mounted shock stingers are very likely inspired by an early weapon concept from the 2007 movie [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].<br /> <br /> * The character who would become Bumblebee was originally conceived as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], but changed to Bumblebee at the insistence of incoming supervising director [[Matt Youngberg]] and art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&amp;postID=1516366009698858110&amp;isPopup=true]&lt;/ref&gt;. This explains why his character is more like Hot Shot and less like... well, Bumblebee. He also arguably shares personality traits with other, similarly brash &quot;ADHD&quot; characters such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Cut from the same cloth, at any rate.<br /> <br /> * Bumblebee appears to have a fake car roof on his chest in both his toy and on his [[character model]]. Not only does Bumblebee transform like his toy in his drawn-out animated transformation sequences, with his legs forming the top of the vehicle and the rest forming the underside, but his &quot;real&quot; windshield is drawn on the back of his legs, just like the toy. Plus the headlights on Bumblebee's feet are upside-down, just like the toy's. However, Bumblebee's vehicle mode stripe doesn't change sides like on the toy. Cheatsy!<br /> <br /> * In addition to the above, in &quot;[[The Thrill of the Hunt]],&quot; Bumblebee reaches under his '''fake''' car roof kibble to get out his air freshener and fuzzy dice. This would mean that he had kept them in his back seat or trunk. Interestingly enough, on the Deluxe toy, you can actually store small items in his chest thanks to his opening 'trunk'.<br /> <br /> * He likes to swear a lot. [[Slag (slang)|Slag yeah!]]<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA_Bumblebee_Elite_Guard_promoimage.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was so horrified his scream blew out [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]'s audio sensors...and Jazz was in another building at the time.]]<br /> * He apparently got his name for being a bumbler in [[Autobot boot camp]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}<br /> <br /> * On the Transformers Animated Season One DVD set, the &quot;Season Two Sneak Peek&quot; special feature shows Bumblebee's character model colored in the Elite Guard Bumblebee toy's deco. Bumblebee did not actually ''use'' that color scheme in Season 2, so its inclusion in a Season Two gallery is puzzling at best...<br /> <br /> * With the airing of the episodes &quot;Human Error&quot; Parts 1 and 2, an interesting and probably unintentional question has been brought up. Bumblebee's human form is obviously much younger than the others, even Prowl and Bulkhead, putting him somewhere around pre-teen to early teen years. Everything else about the humans reflect their bot conterparts spot on, down to a scar on Ratchet's face to represent his broken chevron. So, seeing as human Bee is obviously so young, does that make him a child soldier?<br /> <br /> * Bumblebee's original [[body-type]] is apparently quite common on Cybertron—he shares it with [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]], [[Wasp]], [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]], [[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]], [[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]], [[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]], [[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]], [[Carerra (Animated)|Carerra]], [[Furao]], [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] and [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]<br /> * [http://www.hasbro.com/common/images/news/transformers//Transformers_Draw_Bumblebee.pdf Hasbro.com - How to Draw: Animated Bumblebee]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Where_Is_Thy_Sting%3F&diff=356660 2009-08-25T23:55:53Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=WhereIsThySting-reflectingface.jpg<br /> |caption=Get out of my head!<br /> |ep=34<br /> |title=&quot;Where Is Thy Sting?&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[March 28]], 2009<br /> |written by=[[Todd Casey]]<br /> |directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]]&lt;br&gt; [[Shigeharu Takahashi]]<br /> |animation studio=[[Mook]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''A crazed Wasp finds his way to Earth to exact his revenge on Bumblebee... but he doesn't count on the Elite Guard following him.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Drawing closer to [[Earth]] in their pursuit of the presumed traitor [[Wasp]], [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] are at their stations on the bridge of the [[Elite Guard]]'s ship when [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]] contacts them and demands to know what they are doing in Earth Sector. [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] joins the conference call to apologize for not letting Longarm know of the situation, pointing out that they couldn't risk tipping off Wasp when he stands poised to lead them to his Decepticon contact on the planet. Except, as Jazz points out, Wasp isn't headed for the [[Decepticon]]s... he's making a &lt;s&gt;bee&lt;/s&gt;waspline for the [[Autobot]]s' base!<br /> <br /> In the Autobots' headquarters, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] is immersed in a game of ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' when [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] shuts the television off and reprimands Bumblebee for neglecting his monitor duty. In mid-argument, the base computers detect a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] signal nearby, but no other information can be obtained due to interference caused by recent torrential rain. Prime and the other Autobots thus have to depart to investigate firsthand. Bumblebee, of course, returns to playing his video game.<br /> <br /> The Elite Guard ship touches down in Detroit, and Sentinel and Jazz disembark. Sentinel is immediately disgusted by the notion of liquid falling from the sky, and he finds himself all but incapable of driving on the slick roads, but Jazz just rolls with it.<br /> <br /> [[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|left|thumb|200px|We enjoyed that together.]]<br /> Back at the base, Bumblebee continues playing games until the base is suddenly plunged into darkness. As the red emergency lights come on, Bumblebee finds himself staring into the all-too-familiar face of Wasp, now sporting an Earth-mode body styled after Bumblebee's own. Bumblebee tries to explain that they had both been set up by Longarm, but the insane Wasp doesn't care. He downs Bumblebee with a blast of his stingers and takes off his own helmet, revealing a wound on the top of his head. Just before passing out, Bumblebee sees Wasp standing over him, holding a strange gun fitted with a glowing green canister and vowing to make Bumblebee lose everything, just like he did...<br /> <br /> A little later, Bumblebee awakens to find the other Autobots all staring down at him, including...himself? Looking down at himself, Bumblebee is horrified to discover that Wasp has repainted his armor, swapped their helmets, and exchanged their vocal synthesizers, making each a dead ringer for the other. As Wasp stands there, with Bumblebee's [[battle mask]] &quot;stuck&quot; up, Bumblebee attempts to convince the other Autobots that he is himself, but they aren't sold. When [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] attempts to [[stasis cuffs|stasis cuff]] him, Bumblebee is forced to shoot out the lights and make a break for it. He zooms out of the plant, right past Sentinel Prime and Jazz, who intercept Prime and the other Autobots when they try to pursue him. Sentinel demands to know why Optimus's Autobots haven't checked in in so long, but when Optimus tries to explain, Sentinel refuses to listen, informing them he is here to bring in Wasp...who, Optimus points out, just drove right past him. Sentinel ignores Optimus when he tries to tell him that Longarm is the real traitor, and departs immediately to hunt down &quot;Wasp&quot;. Optimus instructs his Autobots to locate Wasp first, and they head out to search, while the true Wasp tells them he will stay behind in case Bumblebee comes back.<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, Shockwave desperately makes another attempt to contact the missing [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. He transmits a message to him alerting him to the direness of the situation, adding that Shockwave is about to take matters into his own hands...<br /> <br /> [[Image:WhereIsThySting-obligatorymisunderstanding.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I has logos-Autobot on my shoulders, da?]]<br /> Back on Earth, Optimus and Ratchet are discussing how odd &quot;Bumblebee&quot; has been behaving when two jets suddenly come roaring by overhead. Knowing that no organic could pilot a plane the way these two crafts fly, the two Autobots assume they are dealing with Decepticons and zoom after them in hot pursuit. The two jets soon track down &quot;Wasp&quot;, who is desperately attempting to rub his green paint off with a discarded couch cushion, and transform to robot mode to attack him with blasts of flame and roaring hurricane winds. Ratchet and Optimus arrive to hold off these apparent Decepticons, who reveal a remarkable power to combine into [[Safeguard (Animated)|one mighty robot]], but before the fighting can get too intense, Sentinel and Jazz arrive to reveal that these two are, in fact, Autobots! Sentinel introduces [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Elite Guard warriors created using specs from [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], and orders the duo to resume their mission.<br /> <br /> In the Autobots' base, Wasp is playing (and losing) ''Ninja Gladiator'', and he decides that he could get used to being Bumblebee. In order to complete the illusion, Wasp scans the Autobots' computer files, so that he can learn everything about Bumblebee and better pass himself off as his old rival.<br /> <br /> [[Image:WhereIsThySting-hotdogbot.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Bumblebee needs a lesson in [[kitbashing]].]]<br /> Racing through the city streets, Bumblebee discovers a hot dog cart and desperate tries slathering his armor in mustard to make him look more like himself. He is caught in the act by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], but he is finally able to convince Bulkhead of his true identity when he tells him something only he could know: namely, that he took the blame for Bulkhead knocking a tower over on Sentinel Prime at [[Autobot boot camp|boot camp]]. Jetfire and Jetstorm arrive just in time to witness this happy scene, but get the wrong end of the stick and assume that Bulkhead and Prowl are traitors as well! The twins report this to Sentinel, and he, Optimus, Jazz and Ratchet head for their position, with Sentinel obstinately refusing to listen to Optimus's attempts to explain the numerous misunderstandings that have happened. When everyone reunites, Bulkhead explains that Bumblebee is definitely Bumblebee, and Optimus orders everyone back to the plant to straighten everything out.<br /> <br /> [[Image:WhereIsThySting-UltraMagnusDamaged.jpg|thumb|right|200px|If anyone inserts a &quot;He's been dealt with&quot; caption here, so help us...]]<br /> A little later, back at the plant, Wasp cheerily denies Bumblebee's accusations, using the information he has gleaned from the Autobots' files to &quot;prove&quot; he is who he claims. When interrogation yields no results, Bulkhead comes up with the best way to figure out who's who: a versus match on ''Ninja Gladiator''! Before the game even starts, Wasp chokes and grabs Bumblebee, holding his stinger to 'Bee's neck. Wasp insists that he was always a good bot, but Bulkhead says that isn't true; he might not be a traitor, but he was always mean to Bulkhead and Bumblebee and was hardly good. Wasp blasts out the lights to cover his escape, and when the emergency lights kick in, both Wasp and Bumblebee are gone. The Autobots head outside, where they spot what looks like Bumblebee lying on the ground. Bulkhead assumes it is Wasp and leaps upon the prone figure, pummeling him and ripping off his helmet...only to find out that it really is Bumblebee underneath. Prowl examines Bumblebee's helmet and discovers that their colors were switched so quickly because Wasp had hit him with an [[electronic paint job]] that he could turn off with the press of a button. As things begin to calm down, the truth of the whole matter hits Jazz—if Wasp really was innocent, that means that Longarm Prime really is a Decepticon spy!<br /> <br /> Sometime later, on Cybertron, [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] is searching for Longarm in order to apprehend him. Entering the council chamber, Ironhide is horrified to discover the mangled, barely-alive body of Ultra Magnus. He asks the Supreme Commander where [[Magnus Hammer|his hammer]] is and who was responsible. Before collapsing, Ultra Magnus manages to choke out, &quot;Shock...wave...&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> <br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (1)<br /> *[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (2)<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (4)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (6)<br /> *[[Wasp]] (7)<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (8)<br /> *[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (9)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (10)<br /> *[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (11)<br /> *[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (12)<br /> *[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (13)<br /> *[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (14)<br /> <br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave/Longarm Prime]] (3)<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Besides, if I'm playing ''Ninja Gladiator'', I'm at least getting valuable combat training.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Bumblebee''' gives justification for slacking off.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Liquid falling from the sky? What is ''wrong'' with this planet?!&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &quot;Crazy! It's like a planet ''and'' a car wash! You diggin' this or what?&quot;<br /> :—'''Sentinel Prime''' and '''Jazz''' share their thoughts on the rain.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Wasp—I mean, Bumblebot—I mean, ''I'' will stay here in case Bumblebot—I mean, Wasp comes back.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Wasp''' blows his cover several times, but the Autobots still don't pick it up.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Ratchet''': Come on! You're doing it wrong! Turn ''into'' the skid!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Sentinel''': Into the skid? That's stupid!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Jazz''': Just gotta go with the flow, S.P.!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': How do you put up with him?&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Jazz''': I just tune out half of everything he spits out.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': Only half?<br /> :—The Autobots attempt to put up with the jerk, with no such luck.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;You're not arresting ''anyone'', Sentinel.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &quot;So you ''are'' in on it, Optimus.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &quot;No, Sentinel. I just have something you never will: respect for my teammates.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' defines exactly ''how'' '''Sentinel Prime''' is a jerk.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;So hit me with that one more time. A robot in disguise swaps metal with a double agent, who is really on the level?&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &quot;Makes even less sense when you say it.&quot;<br /> :—'''Jazz''' and '''Bulkhead''' try their best to fathom what's been going on.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor...but you were ''never'' a good bot.&quot;<br /> :-'''Bulkhead''' has a go at the traumatised victim of a frame-job—who's holding his best friend hostage.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> ===Animation or technical errors===<br /> *When Bulkhead knocks Jetfire back, Jazz (who isn't even ''there'' yet), instead of Jetstorm, is standing next to Bumblebee.<br /> *When Wasp is playing Bumblebee's video game (and liking it), the characters on screen switch sides as he loses.<br /> *It seems that the animators can't decide which parts of the city are raining.<br /> *Oddly, for a cartoon that tries to stay close to the transformation of the actual toys, Safeguard's transformation is nothing like the toy.<br /> *When Wasp is on his own playing ''Ninja Gladiator'' and later, when he breaks character near the end, he has his original voice. How come Bumblebee couldn't do that?<br /> *For that matter, after Wasp leaves Bumblebee behind, he has his original voice back too. Bumblebee is also still sporting a yellow version of Wasp's helmet. <br /> *At certain points in the episode, Wasp (as Bumblebee) and Bumblebee (as Wasp) wear the design of their false identity's thighs.<br /> *During the close up of Bumblebee (as Wasp), Jetfire and Jetstorm switch places. They're in the correct order in the next scene.<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors===<br /> *This isn't an ''error'' as such, but just when did Wasp get an identical Earth form to Bumblebee's? And perhaps more to the point, ''how'' did he change form - both Optimus' crew and the Elite Guard reformatted on their well-equipped ships. Wasp was last seen beside a space bridge with no ship of any kind. Though it's possible that Wasp has the same ability as [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]] to scan and adapt [[altmodes]] on his own. <br /> *Given how close Ratchet is to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] you'd think he'd know better than to say &quot;no Autobot flies.&quot;<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> [[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeesvideogame.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Referenciality!]]<br /> *We last saw Wasp in &quot;[[Autoboot Camp]]&quot;, to which this episode is essentially a sequel. A brief flashback from the episode is shown after Bumblebee says he &quot;took the rap&quot; for Bulkhead for what happened to Sentinel Prime. In an attempt to maintain his ruse, Wasp also mentions all the things that Bumblebee had done then which accidentally embarrassed Sentinel Prime.He also mentions the events in &quot;[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]&quot;.<br /> * Optimus' Autobots discovered that Wasp wasn't guilty in &quot;[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]&quot;.<br /> * The background of the ''Ninja Gladiator'' video game prominently features [[TORQ III]].<br /> * In the scene before he switches places with &quot;Bumble-Bot&quot;, Wasp is wearing a [[rubsign]] in place of a conventional Autobot insignia. This is identical to [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] - at this time he does not belong to either faction.<br /> * Sentinel Prime discusses the modifications made to Jetfire and Jetstorm, which took place in the &quot;[[First (and Second) in Flight]]&quot; comic book.<br /> * Sentinel Prime still doesn't remember his time with Bumblebee and Bulkhead, as he did (didn't?) in &quot;[[The Elite Guard]]&quot;. <br /> * [[Tigatron]] Stadium, which will be seen in the next episode, can be seen in the background.<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> * The episode's title is a reference a Bible verse: namely, &lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015:55&amp;version=31 1 Corinthians 15:55]&lt;/span&gt;: &quot;O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?&quot;<br /> * Sentinel Prime's cry of &quot;Arrest 'em all and let Ultra Magnus sort 'em out!&quot; is a reference to a popular English translation of a saying by Abbot [[:wikipedia:Arnaud Amalric|Arnold Amaury]], before the massacre of Béziers during the Albigensian Crusade: &quot;Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out.&quot;<br /> ** According to [[David Kaye]], [[Jeff Bennett]] once used this line in a recording session during the first season, causing the cast to burst into laughter and forcing them to take five.{{fact}}<br /> * The four-armed insect from ''Ninja Gladiator'' is [http://www.micro-outpost.com/pictures/aliens/antron/antron.html Antron] from the ''[[Micronauts]]''. According to Derrick Wyatt, the black figure the insect fights is [[Snake-Eyes]].[http://twitter.com/SentinelPrime/status/1418651506][http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1418656175]<br /> * The Jet bros. combination sequence, like much else about them, is based on the stock footage sequences of the various Symmetrical Docking robots from ''King Of [[Brave]]s GaoGaiGar''.<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> *This episode received an impromptu online debut on [[March 25]], [[2009]], when a copy loaded onto the [[Cartoon Network]] website's server, intended to go live after the episode aired a few days later, was pilfered and leaked by some ne'er-do-wells. The next episode, &quot;[[Five Servos of Doom]]&quot;, was leaked a few days later.<br /> <br /> *Wasp has purple eyes, which were visible even with Bumblebee's battle mask up, and retained the striped design on his thighs. Bumblebee still had his blue eyes and other retained properties. The Autobots didn't notice this because...?<br /> <br /> *You could ask the same question regarding the Jet twins. Although their Elite Guard insignias are on their hips, Optimus and Ratchet should have seen the insignia on their shoulders when they merged into Safeguard.<br /> <br /> *Not to mention that Optimus and Ratchet have very obvious Autobot symbols. Why didn't the twins try to introduce themselves before diving into battle with them? Course, if Sentinel trained them, they might be bigger jerks then we realize and just assumed them traitors.<br /> <br /> * When Bulkhead runs into the green Bumblebee in the street, Bumblebee puts his hands in the air to surrender and starts wailing that he's Bumblebee. Bulkhead ''knows'' Wasp was framed, locked up in the stockade for years, may well be traumatised, and has not as yet actually hurt anybody, but he still starts swinging his wrecking ball with intent to pummel. Later on when Wasp is revealed and takes Bumblebee hostage, Bulkhead starts telling the frightened and angry mech he's not a good bot. And when Wasp runs off, and Bulkhead sees a yellow mech lying outside face down and motionless, he instantly attacks what he thinks is Wasp. This episode doesn't do anything for Bulkhead's rep as an Autobot ''at all.''<br /> ** On top of all that, Bulkhead had [[A Bridge Too Close, Part I|previously]] shown regret at having Wasp put away, once he found out who [[Shockwave (Animated)|the real spy]] was.<br /> <br /> *Apparently it doesn't rain on Cybertron, because Sentinel Prime was irritated that liquid falls from the sky on Earth.<br /> <br /> *Strangely, the Autobots don't try and work out who's Wasp and who's Bumblebee by [[A Prime Problem|having a race]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

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<p>98.111.230.7: /* Continuity errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |ep=25<br /> |image=Autobot Cadets.jpg<br /> |caption=Class of 2008. The ENTIRE Class of 2008.<br /> |title=&quot;Autoboot Camp&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[June 3]], 2008<br /> |written by=[[Michael Ryan]]<br /> |directed by=[[Ben Jones]]&lt;br&gt; [[Christopher Berkeley]]&lt;br&gt; [[Shunji Ōga|Shunji Oga]]<br /> |animation studio=[[The Answer Studio]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.'''<br /> :''German title:'' &quot;'''Dr Spion-Bot'''&quot; (&quot;The Spy-Bot&quot;)<br /> :''Polish title:'' &quot;'''Maszeruj Autobocie&quot;''' (&quot;Run Autobot&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> [[Image:TFA Autoboot Camp Wasp Salute.jpg|thumb|left|&quot;Sayonara, suckerzzz.&quot;]]<br /> Somewhere in space, an Autobot shuttle streaks through the solar night and crash-lands on an asteroid, where its lone occupant races off across the barren ground in vehicle mode. Hot on his trail is [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], who chases him to a [[space bridge]] node on the asteroid. The green-armoured escapee triggers the space bridge with a blast from a familiar pair of stingers, and Sentinel loses his quarry as the portal explodes with light.<br /> <br /> On Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] reports the news of the escapee to the [[Autobot]]s. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] immediately recognizes the criminal in question as [[Wasp]], a 'bot sharing his bodyform whom he met when during his [[Elite Guard]] training days.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Autoboot Camp Bee Sentinel.jpg|thumb|right|Living rooms of America, do you catch my drift? Do... you... dig?]]<br /> In the [[Decepticon]]s' underground lair, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] contacts his double-agent on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and congratulates him on orchestrating Wasp's breakout. The double-agent is concerned that they are speaking so freely on the subject, but Megatron assures him that nobody will be able to listen in on the broadcast. [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] has other plans, though, as he secretly taps into the communication frequency and bounces it to the Autobots' base. Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on monitor duty at the time, and the message comes through exceedingly scrambled, but they are at least able to comprehend the existence of a double-agent. Naturally, Bumblebee immediately assumes it to be Wasp, and he decides to settle his old score, with Bulkhead tagging along. Bumblebee remembers how it all went down...<br /> <br /> ''Stellar cycles ago, on Cybertron, Bumblebee meets Bulkhead for the first time when they both attend boot camp to train under Sentinel Minor, alongside Wasp, super-durable [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and telescopic-limbed [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. The two B's immediately earn Sentinel's ire{{m-}}Bumblebee for his impetuous bungling, and Bulkhead for his desire to be nothing more than a space bridge technician{{m-}}and the pair gets saddled with oil cleanup. Of course, Bumblebee begins goofing off, which results in a stack of oil drums collapsing on Sentinel, which results in Bumblebee being made to stand in the middle of the courtyard in the dead of night, holding up oil drums and repeatedly declaring himself a “worthless oil stain.”''<br /> <br /> [[Image:AutobootCamp-Sentinelgetsowned(Secondtime).jpg|thumb|left|150px|Hardly a relaxing oil bath.]]<br /> ''After a while, though, Bumblebee calls it quits, but as he is walking by a warehouse, he spots a shadowy figure speaking into a communicator, with the voice of Megatron responding! After a moment's hesitation, Bumblebee pops his stingers and commands the spy-bot to show himself...but the figure has vanished. When Bumblebee turns to leave, however, he spots Wasp walking out of the warehouse.''<br /> <br /> ''Unsure of how to proceed, Bumblebee confides in Longarm, who encourages him to gather some evidence and present it to Sentinel. Bumblebee tries setting up a trap, planting a box with the Elite Guard symbol on it in the open, hoping Wasp will grab it...except Sentinel is the first to come upon it, and it explodes, covering him in paint. Next, Bumblebee tries a listening device, but accidentally winds up broadcasting Sentinel over the camp's loudspeakers as he jokes about Ultra Magnus being too old to hack the commander role. In traditional boot camp manner, Sentinel makes the whole team suffer for Bumblebee's mistakes, and Wasp and Ironhide take it out on the little 'bot by disconnecting his legs and stuffing him in a locker. Longarm comes to Bumblebee's rescue, and urges Bumblebee not to give in.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Autoboot Camp Oh Slag.jpg|thumb|Optimus must be kicking himself for having missed this.]]<br /> ''But the bullying doesn't stop, as Wasp hits Bumblebee with a burst of “friendly fire” in a simulated combat training exercise. Of course, it's just a paint grenade, but when Bulkhead offers to help Bumblebee up, Bumblebee snaps and insults Bulkhead's lack of ambition before storming off. Turning a corner, Bumblebee yelps as he finds several auto-cannons pointed in his face, but then laughs as he remembers that they're only loaded with paint rounds for the simulated combat. Or rather, they ''were'', as the shadowy figure from the warehouse slinks by the cannons and switches them to active ammunition. As the cannons open fire on Bumblebee, Bulkhead speeds to his rescue and takes out the cannons by dropping a building on them with his wrecking ball...only for Sentinel to get squashed under it as well. Bumblebee encourages Bulkhead to scarper, rather than risk his career by owning up.''<br /> <br /> Tracking the message Sumdac broadcast to them, Bumblebee and Bulkhead wander through the wilderness, reminiscing about the old days. When Bumblebee stumbles into a patch of quicksand, Bulkhead plucks him out, but the conflict between the pair from their boot camp days starts bubbling back to the surface, and Bulkhead leaves Bumblebee to the mission himself. Angrily stomping up a mountain, Bumblebee loses his footing and falls off a cliff, becoming buried in an avalanche.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Autoboot Camp Wasp Captured.jpg|thumb|left|Will go on to star in [[Wikipedia:The Count of Monte Cristo|''The Count of Monte Cristo'']].]]<br /> <br /> ''Longarm informs Bumblebee that Sentinel is about to conduct a surprise locker examination, meaning that it's his last chance to find evidence on Wasp before Sentinel can take credit for it himself. Using his extensible limbs to trip up Wasp, Longarm allows Bumblebee to &quot;help him up&quot; and finger his locker key in the process. As Bumblebee quickly opens Wasp's locker, Sentinel appears behind him, demanding to know what he's doing, only to be quickly silenced when Bumblebee presents him with a Decepticon communicator. Impressed with Bumblebee's work, Sentinel plans to recommend him for an Elite Guard position. After Wasp is carted off, screaming his innocence all the way, Sentinel brings up the matter of the building being dropped on him. Since nobody has owned up, he decides to kick out whoever he feels like—and he feels like Bulkhead. Before he can give Bulkster the boot, however, Bumblebee steps forward and claims responsibility, sheepishly asking if it will affect his Elite Guard position.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA_Shockwave_DoubleAgent.jpg|thumb|Sometimes, when you stare into the abyss, it stares right back.]]<br /> ''Some time later, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are on an asteroid, working on a space bridge node, as Bulkhead cheerfully announces &quot;I have arrived!&quot;''<br /> <br /> Buried under the rockslide, Bumblebee reflects on his friendship with Bulkhead out loud, and about how he saved Bulkhead's career, even ''if'' his friend never dreamed big. But Bulkhead ''did'' dream big; as the bulky bot appears above Bumblebee and hauls him out from beneath the boulders, he announces that he dreamed of being Bumblebee's friend. Bumblebee thanks his big buddy, and the pair drive off...having only been mere feet from the secret entrance to the Decepticon base.<br /> <br /> Out in space, it turns out that Wasp didn't escape to Earth at all, and that he is still on the asteroid, huddled up in a ball. His mind clearly broken, the insectoid 'bot buzzes and twitters to himself about how he will find Bumblebee and make him pay for ruining his life.<br /> <br /> Back at the Autobot base, our heroes contact Cybertron to alert the Autobots there about Megatron's double-agent. As it turns out, Bumblebee's old boot camp buddy Longarm is now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertronian Intelligence, and he promises to root out the traitor no matter what.<br /> <br /> In the Decepticon base, Megatron communicates once again with his double-agent... Longarm Prime! But the deception is a dual-layered one, for Longarm is, in fact, the shape-shifting [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]!<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Wasp]] (1)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (2)<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (5)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (6)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)<br /> *[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)<br /> *[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (11) (Flashback)<br /> *[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (14) (Flashback)<br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (9)<br /> *[[Lugnut]] (13, voice only)<br /> *[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime/Shockwave]] (12)<br /> |c3 = <br /> *[[Isaac Sumdac]] (10)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Hey there, little buddy. You mind scanning me next to these tall buildings? They'll never believe me back home.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &quot;Mhm. First time off the energon farm?&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &quot;How'd you know?&quot;<br /> :—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Bumblebee''', together for the first time. <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Sentinel Minor''': Wipe that smile off your face, dullspark!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': Uh, I'm not smiling, sir! My jaw is just tempered that way, sir!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bumblebee''': Forget Mudflap's jaw, check out the asteroid-sized chin on Sarge!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Sentinel Minor''': YOU GOT A COMMENT, FUNNY-BOT?!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bumblebee''': No, sir!<br /> :—The future Sentinel Prime is a little sensitive about his chin. Maybe it's why he's such a jerk. <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Sentinel Minor''': Now here's a bot who knows his place. You should try to be more like your friend here.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Bumblebee''': He's not my friend, sir!&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Sentinel Minor''': WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE!<br /> :—Mr. Personality does it again.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;You are nothing but a BUMBLER! From now on, your name is...BUMBLEBEE!&quot;<br /> :—And lo, a legend was born, thanks to '''Sentinel Minor'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ''[stands in the middle of an empty yard, holding up oil drums, reciting...]'' &lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain...why am I even doing this?&quot;<br /> :—Sentinel Minor's punishment of '''Bumblebee''' could be considered &quot;cruel and unusual&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;You would not '''believe''' the glitches the Commander's saddled me with this time. I'm starting to think that Ultra Magnus is a few circuits shy of a full processor, know what I mean? Oh, sure, he was The Bot back in the day, but now? Ultra Magnus is just a rusted-out, obsolete model sorely in need of an upgrade.&quot;<br /> :—'''Sentinel Minor''' is a suck-up only to the boss's face. ''Quelle surprise''.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;But I'm innocent, I tell you! You're making a big mistake, all of you!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Mute it, traitor!&quot; &lt;br /&gt;<br /> ''[Sentinel strips Wasp of his Autobot insignia]''&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;I'll get you, Bumblebee, '''if it's the last thing I do'''!<br /> :—'''Wasp''' proclaims his innocence as he's wheeled away in restraints, while '''Sentinel Minor''' acts much as ever.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I couldn't leave you all alone out here like that. I should've, but I didn't.&quot;<br /> :—'''Bulkhead''' is loyal, but not stupid.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Bumblebot not hide from Wasp. Wasp swears he find Bumblebot. Wasp make Bumblebot pay for RUINING WASP'S LIFE!&quot;<br /> :—There lies a broken '''Wasp'''...<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Our long stellar cycles of planning will now come to fruition. I knew your size-altering power would allow you to blend in perfectly with the Autobots. Well done, my loyal servant...[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]].&quot;<br /> :—'''Megatron''' really knows how to introduce a major &lt;s&gt;plot point&lt;/s&gt; Decepticon.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Animation and technical errors===<br /> * In the scene after Sentinel Prime rips off Wasp's insignia you can see him still wearing it.<br /> <br /> ===Continuity errors=== <br /> * Bumblebee's stingers are shown to be powerful enough to knock down a building; yet in prior episodes they were only useful for zapping debris and bouncing uselessly off Decepticon armor. The discrepancy is somewhat explained in &quot;[[TransWarped]]&quot; when Ratchet gives Bumblebee battle-grade stingers to boost his power. Maybe when he was demoted to space bridge duty, his stingers were downgraded. <br /> * If Professor Sumdac can reroute a Decepticon message between Earth and Cybertron to the Autobots on Earth, why can't he call for help too?<br /> * If Cybertronians live on a planet with no organic life-forms, how does Sentinel know that wasps and bumblebees exist?<br /> * While not quite an error, this episode is notable as being the first to at least feature Professor Sumdac, with absolutely no sign of Sari.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> * Sentinel's speech about his troops being &quot;cogs in a machine&quot; is very similar to Optimus's comment at the beginning of &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot; (although Optimus gets the message across without the attitude); it may be a standard message from the Autobot Academy.<br /> * Clearly, when Bumblebee and Bulkhead noted that Sentinel Prime didn't remember them back in &quot;[[The Elite Guard]]&quot;, they were referring to their boot camp days.<br /> * It was explained back in &quot;The Elite Guard&quot; that &quot;Prime&quot; was a rank, and this episode reveals that before attaining the rank, Sentinel was known as &quot;Sentinel Minor&quot;. [[Optimus Minor|Sounds a little familiar]].<br /> [[Image:A25 cliffjumper.jpg|thumb|right|&quot;Traitors? Fancy that.&quot;]]<br /> * In the final moments of the episode, the addled Wasp (who has spoken perfectly normally throughout the flashbacks) begins speaking in the buzzing, third-person style of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> * Marty Isenberg has revealed that the other boot-campers being [[repaint]] characters was an idea of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]'s, that the inclusion of Shockwave was a late decision, and that originally ''Cliffjumper'' was going to be the falsely accused. [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-transformers-animated-story-editor-marty-isenberg-165509/]<br /> <br /> * Sentinel Prime has switched back to his Cybertronian alt-form, presumably since arriving back on Cybertron (since he still had his Earth form in &quot;[[A Fistful of Energon]]&quot;). Considering what he thought of Earth, it's not really a surprise that he'd want to change back as soon as possible. <br /> <br /> * This episode certainly explains a lot about Bumblebee's independent streak. His very first &quot;team&quot; effort was basically people being colossal jerks to him for no reason (well, except for Sentinel, really...drill sergeants are ''supposed'' to be like that) except for the big goofy country-bot...and standing up for said bot basically led to his dreams being crushed.<br /> <br /> * On the other hand, if names get assigned by drill sergeants, you have to wonder exactly to what levels Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] stooped in order to get those names...<br /> <br /> * Lugnut is not shown, but is briefly heard saying &quot;Megatron will speak to you now,&quot; when Megatron is contacted by Shockwave in the flashback, ten minutes into the episode.<br /> <br /> * In this episode, when Sentinel gives Bumblebee his name, Bumblebee reacts as if he doesn't like it. However, in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&quot;, when Bumblebee tells Sari his name and she responds, &quot;I'm Sari,&quot; Bumblebee then says, &quot;Oh, don't be. I like my name.&quot; Maybe he got over it?<br /> <br /> *Bulkhead used to have a &quot;hick&quot; accent while in boot camp that he lost sometime after starting work on space bridges with Bumblebee and the others.<br /> <br /> *What, exactly, was the point of Sentinel Prime keeping one arm in a bandage and sling? And for that matter, why do robots have slings?<br /> **Most likely, for comedic effect, if nothing else.<br /> <br /> *When commenting on Sentinel's chin, Bumblebee looks directly at the &quot;camera&quot;, so to speak, making this one of the few occasions where animated ''Transformers'' media break the fourth wall.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/dlink/index.html?episodeID=8a25c3921fc6a295011fc9a121850188 &quot;Autoboot Camp&quot; streaming video at Cartoon Network] (link functional until 3/03/10)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Along_Came_a_Spider&diff=352712 2009-08-18T03:31:34Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Continuity */</p> <hr /> <div>{{episode|<br /> |series=Anitoon<br /> |image=TFA Along Spider Blackarachnia introduction.JPG<br /> |caption=[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee, you seem to have lubricated yourself]].<br /> |ep=9<br /> |title=&quot;Along Came a Spider&quot;<br /> |airdate=[[February 16]], 2008<br /> |written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]<br /> |directed by=[[Matt Youngberg]]&lt;br&gt; [[Irineo Maramba]]&lt;br&gt; [[Yutaka Kagawa]]<br /> |animation studio=[[Mook]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Bumblebee and Bulkhead's first Halloween turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon Blackarachnia.'''<br /> <br /> :''German Title:'' &quot;'''Im Netz der Spinne'''&quot; (&quot;In the Spider's Web&quot;)<br /> :''Polish title:'' &quot;'''W Sieci Pająka'''&quot; (&quot;In the Spider's Web&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] introduces [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] to the concept of [[Halloween]], starting with selecting pumpkins. As she explains the idea of choosing just the right costume, Optimus's attention is distracted by a large black widow spider decoration. He remembers back to his academy days….<br /> <br /> [[Image:Alongcameaspiderthreefriends.jpg|left|210px|thumb|&quot;So once again, we find that evil of the past seeps into the present like salad dressing through cheap wax paper, mixing memory and desire.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> ''On [[Spider planet|an organic world]], Optimus and his friend Elita-1 admire the strange webbing stretching across the high rocks, not knowing what it is, until [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] calls to them to hurry up. Optimus cautions that such worlds are normally considered off-limits to Autobots, but there's supposedly a real Decepticon ship somewhere in the area. Elita's there for the historical value, but Sentinel just wants to get his hands on the [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] cache that must be in it. Optimus is still wary of potential punishment should they get caught, but figures he has to keep the other two from getting in over their heads. Sentinel insists that never happens—right before the ground crumbles under their feet, sending all three plunging into a deep cavern. Strange, skittering noises echo from its dark reaches. Optimus activates his shoulder-light to see….''<br /> <br /> Bulkhead snaps Optimus's attention back to the present by donning a bedsheet (which just covers his head) and going &quot;Boo,&quot; startling his leader. Optimus claims a ghost from his past just has him jumpy, then stalks off.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Along Spider Costume bots.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Bumblebee's decision to dress up as Count Blackula didn't go down well.]]<br /> <br /> Back at the Autobot base, Sari critiques Bumblebee and Bulkhead's costumes, but says her own costume is only one surprise planned for the night. Noticing Optimus lost in thought, she uses the [[Key]] to activate one of the car plant's cranes, swinging another spider decoration in his face. The unexpected sight of it gives Optimus a bad flashback, and he quickly hacks the fake spider to bits. He admonishes Sari for making frivolous use of the Key, and she counters about him needlessly using his axe. Optimus stares down at the remains of the decoration, and his thoughts travel back again….<br /> <br /> ''As Optimus, Elita, and Sentinel walk through the cavern, Sentinel enthuses about the rich hoard of energon he's sure they'll find soon. Optimus shushes him as he hears something, and soon all three are casting their lights about, trying to pinpoint the skittering. The source reveals itself as an enormous, alien spider, which quickly traps Elita with some webbing. As Optimus fights it off, Sentinel frees her with his charged shield, but the spider abruptly takes him down. Elita starts using her special power-download ability, but Optimus, holding back the spider, tells her it won't work on organics. She instead borrows the unconscious Sentinel's shield power and shield itself, using them to defend herself, then to bring down a huge stalactite to impale the spider. As Sentinel wakes up and Elita returns his shield, Optimus says that it's not worth staying around, be it for history or energon. Sentinel still insists on one good reason to leave, and he gets three when another trio of giant spiders drop down to confront them. Sentinel quickly puts up his shield's energy barrier, covering Optimus and Elita's retreat. Optimus rolls out, and Elita follows, calling his name….''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Saricostume.jpg|left|130px|thumb|Arise, Sarimus Prime.]]<br /> <br /> Optimus suddenly becomes aware of Sari calling his name to show off her costume—a costume of him. He doesn't appreciate her vocal impersonation of him, and declines to join the trio on their trick-or-treat outing.<br /> <br /> As Sari and the two Autobots progress though a local neighborhood, Bumblebee is a bit spooked by the atmosphere. Sari reminds him it's all pretend—unaware they're being tracked by an enormous spider traveling over the rooftops. As she coaches them through their first actual &quot;trick or treat,&quot; Bumblebee spots the spider watching them and freaks out, but it's gone before anyone else sees it. Sari teases him for being more timid than Optimus, but 'Bee protests he knows the difference between a fake decoration and a real giant spider. Listening in from headquarters, Optimus has Bumblebee clarify what he saw, then heads out to meet them, advising them to stay put. As Optimus [[rolls out]], his thoughts roll back….<br /> <br /> ''Racing through the caverns, Optimus reaches the wreckage of a [[Decepticon]] warship. Separated from the other two, he heads inside, hoping to find them there. Instead, he finds an impressive stash of energon cubes, just as Sentinel predicted. He also finds an impressive stash of giant spider eggs. As the spiderlings hatch and start attacking, Optimus gets stuck on some webbing, but Elita shows up in time to help. As they fight to escape from more full-grown spiders, Optimus has Elita borrow his grappler ability. They bring down a huge stalactite through the ship's ruined overhead, grappling their way out as the energon detonates below them. However, Elita's download ability times out just then, and she goes plunging back too fast for Optimus to catch her. Sentinel arrives on top of the ship as she plummets into the hold, but knowing the energon is going to blow any second, Optimus grapples himself and Sentinel to safety rather than risk going after Elita just then. Once they break the surface, Optimus scans for Elita's energy signature, but doesn't find it. A furious Sentinel blames everything on Optimus.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Blackarach anim beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|All those eyes, and she still can't see why those kids like Cinnamon Toast Crunch.]]<br /> <br /> In the present, still en route to Sari and company's location, Optimus swears he won't let it happen again. Meanwhile, Bumblebee stresses that they have to stay vigilant until Optimus arrives—even as Sari is yanked out from under them by the giant spider. Bumblebee quickly cuts Sari free, but as he and Bulkhead surround the spider, it transforms into a female robot who calls herself [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. Sari's not too surprised or impressed by her femininity, but it makes a much bigger impression on Bulkhead—right up to the point Blackarachnia stabs him with two of her spider legs, knocking him out. She quickly gives Bumblebee the same treatment, then tells Sari they should go, now that Sari's safe. Sari protests the two Autobots are her friends, and Blackarachnia apologizes, pretending she can't tell which robots are good or bad on Earth. As Sari futilely tries to revive Bulkhead with her Key, Blackarachnia notes that the organic nature of her venom precludes that solution, since the All Spark doesn't affect organics. She offers to try helping the Autobots if Sari will just hand her the Key, but her ruse is interrupted when Optimus lassos her legs out from under her. Blackarachnia appears shocked to see him, but quickly frees herself and starts fighting back—using Bumblebee's stingers and Bulkhead's strength. Instead of borrowing any of Optimus's powers, though, she judo-throws him across the street, then kidnaps Sari.<br /> <br /> Optimus desperately pursues the pair across the rooftops. He catches up, stuns Blackarachnia with a faceful of foam, then grapples Sari free. Despite this respite and Sari's warning, Blackarachnia still catches Optimus half-unaware. He fights back, but she dodges him constantly, claiming to know all his textbook Autobot Academy moves. Optimus wonders if he knows her, and she berates him for forgetting his friends—even if he remembered Sentinel. Optimus is horrified to realize he's facing Elita-1. She finally relates what really happened that day:<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA Elite-1 mutation.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Even Female Transformers have to worry about bloating.]]<br /> <br /> ''Trapped in the ship and surrounded by the spiders, Elita tries desperately to download their abilities. Instead, she is infected with their venom, and it mutates her into a freak, a half-organic, half-robotic being.''<br /> <br /> Optimus realizes that her half-organic nature is what masked her energy signature from his scans. Blackarachnia sneers that if he'd known and saved her, she'd just have been dismantled and examined on some lab table on Cybertron. Optimus reproves her for joining the Decepticons, but she counters that at least she knows where she stands with them. She webs up Optimus and snatches the Key, certain that if anything can purge her organic half, it can. She plugs it into herself, but the unleashed energies begin causing all organic life in range, including Sari, to wither and sicken. Optimus breaks free, but before he can stop Blackarachnia, she grabs up Sari and throws her off the roof. Sari snags a flagpole long enough for Bumblebee and Bulkhead to save her, leaving Optimus free to deal with Blackarachnia. <br /> <br /> [[Image:TFA ep9 Optimus and Blackarachnia rooftop.jpg|right|205px|thumb|Never liked the [[Silverbolt (BW)|Bird-dog]] anyway.]]<br /> <br /> However, Blackarachnia collapses on her own, though. Optimus surmises her spark can't survive without her organic half, but she's too weak to pull out the Key and stop the reaction. Optimus forces through the energy barrier around her and removes it for her, restoring the organic life in the area to normal. As he helps her up, Blackarachnia asks him to go, not wanting to be seen like that. Still calling her Elita, Optimus asks her to come with them, promising his group will find a cure, and allow him to earn back her trust. She seems to respond positively, but it's another sham. Blackarachnia stabs him unconscious and leaves, vowing it will be a long time before she trusts another Autobot, especially him.<br /> <br /> Later, Optimus returns Sari the Key. She thanks him and admits he was right—maybe it's time she gave the Key a rest. Bumblebee trundles in painfully, still damaged from his fall after catching Sari, and asks if she could use it once more. Bulkhead asks who the bug-bot lady was, and Optimus responds it was someone he should never have left behind. Elsewhere, Blackarachnia stands on a rooftop, gazing at the moon and sobbing over her fate.<br /> {{--}}<br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead ]] (2)<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (4)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] (6) (Flashback)<br /> <br /> |c2=<br /> *[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1/Blackarachnia]] (5)<br /> <br /> |c3=<br /> *[[Sari Sumdac]] (1)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> '''Bumblebee''': ''[Bad Slavic accent]'' Velcome. I am Count Dracubot. I vant to drink your motor oil.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': Hey, guys! I finally found something big enough for my ghost costume.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> ''[Fumes surround his feet, causing Sari to cough]''&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Sari''': Bulkhead, where did you get that sheet?&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': It was just draped over some house. Weird place for a bed sheet, huh?&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Sari''': Oh, that's not a bedsheet. That's a fumigation tent.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': Really…? What's a fumigation tent?&lt;br /&gt;<br /> ''[As well as the fumes, Bulkhead's feet are now covered in dead cockroaches.]''<br /> :—Sari sees the Autobots' costumes.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I've got a good feeling about this. Any cycle now, we're gonna be overflowing with rich, All Spark-infused, energon-y goodness!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Did you really just say 'energon-y goodness'?&quot;<br /> :—'''Sentinel''''s speech &lt;strike&gt;tick&lt;/strike&gt;—er, tic bemuses '''Elita-1'''.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Sari''': Optimus! Check out my costume!&lt;br /&gt;<br /> ''[Camera reveals that Sari is Optimus Prime]''&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Sari''': ''[Imitating Optimus]'' Oh, look at me. I'm Optimus Prime. I'm scared of spiders.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> ''[Bumblebee and Bulkhead chuckle]''&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': That's ''not'' what I sound like—is it?&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Bumblebee''': Last chance to join us, Boss Bot.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Optimus''': Thanks, but I'll pass. Just be careful out there, all right?&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Sari''': Don't worry. I'll keep these two out of trouble. ''[Imitating Optimus]'' Transform and roll out!&lt;br /&gt;<br /> ''[Optimus gives Sari a look]''&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Sari''': Couldn't resist.<br /> :—Sari and the Autobots roast Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Bumblebee''': Who are you?&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Bulkhead''': What are you?&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Sari''': Duh. She's a girl.<br /> :—The gang meets Blackarachnia.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;So, who ''was'' that bug-bot lady?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Someone I never should have left behind.&quot;<br /> :—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Optimus Prime''' talk some heavy stuff.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Animation or technical glitches===<br /> [[Image:TFA Along Spider Bulkhead jaw drop.JPG|right|200px|thumb|I've heard of jaw droppers before but this is ridiculous.]]<br /> * Shortly after Sentinel says that he and Optimus should go back for Elita when the Decepticon ship explodes, his nose and forehead are painted silver, like Optimus.<br /> * As Blackarachnia is stroking Bulkhead, his jaw falls off, then is seen re-attached to him the next cut--an obviously intentional, throw-away [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JawDrop animation joke.]<br /> * Sentinel's light blue markings can be seen several times during flashbacks.<br /> <br /> ===Continuity===<br /> * Though not quite an error, the events of Optimus' flashbacks in this episode are [[Endgame, Part I|later]] revealed to be the reason for his being expelled from the Autobot Academy.<br /> <br /> ===Transformers references===<br /> * In the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], [[Elita One]] was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime's]] paramour. The ''Animated'' incarnation of the character refrains from attempting to visually homage the original pink-and-white Elita, instead creating a blue-and-yellow pony-tailed character who bears a resemblance to Elita's earlier (pony-tailed) form, [[Ariel]]. Her relationship with Optimus is less distinct (it almost appears as if she's ''Sentinel's'' girlfriend at one point), with this episode's flashbacks not suggesting any romantic connection between the two, but the present-day scenes suggesting ''some'' kind of personal tension (though that could be guilt on Optimus's part and anger on Elita's).<br /> * Sentinel is depicted here as Optimus's friend and peer, whereas in all other series he's either been Optimus's mentor, a superior officer, or a predecessor. In this way it seems the roles of Sentinel and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] have been reversed from past continuities.<br /> * With this episode, [[Energon cube|energon cubes]] make their first appearance in Transformers cartoons since ''Beast Wars''. They look ''exactly'' like they did in the Generation 1 cartoon, which even ''Beast Wars'' didn't pull off.<br /> * Speaking of which, Sari's Optimus costume resembles the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from ''Generation One'' more than it does the [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|one in the timeline she's in]].<br /> <br /> ===Real-world references===<br /> * Bulkhead's &quot;ghost&quot; costume, with its constant cloud of pesticides at the bottom, coincidentally resembles &quot;Pig-Pen's&quot; costume from ''[[wikipedia:It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown&quot;|It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''.<br /> * Judging how Blackarachnia [[Spider-Man|can swing from a thread]], the Autobots had best take a look overhead.<br /> * &quot;Little help for the vertically challenged?&quot;. Bulkhead throwing Bumblebee is bettter known to X-Men fans as the Fastball Special, usually performed by [[wikipedia:Colossus (comics)|Colossus]] and [[Wolverine]].<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> * In a flashback, prior to Blackarachnia's transformation, a helmet can be seen sitting in a corner of the Decepticon ship. In the season 3 episode &quot;[[Predacons Rising]]&quot;, it is confirmed that she starts wearing the helmet to conceal the extent of her transformation.<br /> * This episode makes a point of how Sari has been overusing the Key previously, and that it can't be used to cure every Transformer injury. The writers evidently anticipated that reaction from the audience.<br /> * Referring to himself as &quot;vertically challenged,&quot; Bumblebee seems to be over his height complex, which was such a major point in &quot;[[Total Meltdown]]&quot;.<br /> * This is the first time Sentinel has been fully on screen. When he appeared in &quot;[[Transform and Roll Out!]]&quot;, all that was seen of him was his big jerk head.<br /> * In the flashbacks, neither Sentinel nor Optimus is addressed as &quot;[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]&quot;. It's likely they hadn't attained that rank yet. (Sentinel is actually credited as just &quot;Sentinel&quot;, not Sentinel Prime or Sentinel Minor, like he is in &quot;[[Autoboot Camp]]&quot;, making it much more likely that the non-mention of their ranks was intentional.) Actually Ultra Magnus only mentioned Optimus as &quot;Prime&quot; when he gave him a job in Endgame so it seems likely that he hadn't gotten the rank until after he was kicked out of Autobot accademy though it's not certain if he or Sentinel got the rank of [[Minor (rank)|Minor]] yet. Also Sentinel had the rank of minor when he first met Bumblebee and Bulkhead, whereas Optimus was a prime just before he met them so it seems Sentinel was a minor not a prime when Optimus became a prime so at one point Optimus was a higher rank than Sentinel.<br /> * On a related note, in the flashbacks, Sentinel's Autobot insignia (unsurprisingly) does not have the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] &quot;[[:Image:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|wings]]&quot; we see when he's introduced [[The Elite Guard|in the present]].<br /> * Blackarachnia claims that she's been waiting to be cured for &quot;a thousand [[Units of time|stellar cycles]]&quot;, which gives us a rough time frame for when the flashbacks in this episode took place. Whether they occur before or after &quot;[[Autoboot Camp]]&quot; is unclear, but it's probably before if we assume that our favorite jerk was only going by &quot;Sentinel&quot;, and not &quot;Sentinel Minor&quot; at that point.<br /> * This episode gives us at least one reason why Sentinel hates Optimus. The incident is also later established as the cause of Optimus' expulsion from the Autobot Academy in &quot;[[Endgame, Part I]]&quot;.<br /> * The hand motions Bulkhead makes at the end of the episode when he says &quot;So who was that Bug-Bot-Lady?&quot; are... interesting, to say the least.<br /> * While dressed up as Count Dracubot, Bumblebee states that he &quot;wants to drink your motor oil.&quot; As we learn [[Rise of the Constructicons|later]], this is roughly the equivalent of a vampire saying he wants to bum a few beers off you. Bumblebee ''really'' needs to work on this whole Halloween thing.<br /> * When we see Sari, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee together in the city, one of the kids in the bottom left of the screen is wearing a Bumblebee costume.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Porter_C._Powell&diff=351557 2009-08-15T00:21:30Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>:''Porter C. Powell is a [[human]] from the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:PorterCPowellModel.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Like an evil, mulleted [[wikipedia:Harland_Sanders|Colonel Sanders]]. But I repeat myself.]]<br /> '''Porter C. Powell''' is Chairman of the Board of [[Sumdac Systems]], CEO of [[Powell Motorworks]]... and, peculiarly, a major financier of the experiments and business ventures of one of Sumdac's chief rivals, [[Prometheus Black]]. A capitalist of the sleazy, profit-at-any-price type, Powell is not above working with the villainous or demented to make big bucks. <br /> <br /> Basically, he's a rich jerk. His mullet, however, is ''truly inspirational''.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|There's no room for sentiment in business.|Porter C. Powell, &quot;[[The Elite Guard]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> <br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Klaus Lochthove]] (German)<br /> {{note|Events from [[IDW Publishing]] comics are in italics.}}<br /> After the highly public failure of Black's test subject, [[Colossus Rhodes]], Porter C. Powell spoke to Black via the video link in his lab. When Black tried to sell Powell on his latest innovation (a super-corrosive derived from [[Autobot]] [[mech fluid]] and Black's own steroids) and the necessity of a new human test subject, Powell informed him that Black's investors were unwilling to sink any more money into his mad science—and furthermore, that even the prison system wouldn't provide Black with a new guinea pig. Regretfully, Powell ended both the call and his business relationship with Black. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Portercpowell.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Dull surprise|DULL SURPRISE]].]]<br /> Powell was among the crowd who watched [[Isaac Sumdac]] unveil his new improved [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] at [[Dino Drive]]. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}<br /> <br /> After Isaac Sumdac was abducted by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] took over leadership of the company. Powell disapproved of having a mere child responsible for the business, especially since she was diverting corporate funds to the search for her father. Powell wouldn't have to deal with her for very long, however: He was unable to discover any legal documents referring to a &quot;Sari Sumdac&quot;—no will, birth certificate, adoption papers, Social Security Number, anything. Not only was there no proof she was Sumdac's daughter, from a bureaucratic standpoint, there was no proof she existed. Powell was installed as new CEO of Sumdac Systems, and one of his early decisions was to lock Sari out of Isaac's lab and offices. He then rather smugly informed Sari of her &quot;lack of existence&quot;. What a nice guy. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:No_Sari_Sumdac.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Porter C. Powell, class act. If there's karma in ''Animated'', [[Lugnut]] will step on him.]]<br /> Totally unsympathetic to Sari's circumstances, Powell evicted her from Sumdac Tower, confiscated [[Tutor Bot]] and [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], and gave her bedroom to [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]]. Powell had invested considerable effort in clearing up that whole [[Headmaster (episode)|attempted nuclear terrorism thing]] and wanted to use Masterson's skills to gain access to lucrative [[United States Military|military]] contracts that had previously been ruled out by Isaac Sumdac's silly, unprofitable conscience. As part of his new research and development, Masterson body-jacked [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Powell helped him out, preventing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] from searching the tower for evidence and trying to conceal Masterson from detection. But when Powell phoned Masterson to warn him the Autobots were looking for him, an eavesdropping Optimus traced the call and was able to apprehend the nerdy ne'er-do-well. But Powell wasn't about to let a corporate asset go to jail; even as [[Captain Fanzone]] was slapping the cuffs on Masterson, Powell drove up in his limo to announce that no real crimes had been committed (the damaged property belonged to Sumdac Systems, and the alien robots had no legal rights), and further that the alleged crime had occurred in international waters and thus outside Fanzone's jurisdiction. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}<br /> <br /> ''Powell decided to cash in on the Autobots' popularity. He took the [[Powell Motorworks]] assault vehicle that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] had chosen for his [[alternate mode]] and re-marketed it as a family-friendly SUV named &quot;The [[Bulkhead (vehicle)|Bulkhead]].&quot; When the real Bulkhead complained about this inappropriate use of his name and likeness, Powell retorted that Bulkhead himself had &quot;borrowed&quot; the likeness of the pre-existing PMW vehicle and threatened to sue him. Bulkhead then implored audiences not to buy the impractically huge armored cars, but Powell easily re-edited his requests into a glowing endorsement. Soon Detroit was jammed with &quot;Bulkheads,&quot; with even [[Angry Archer|some of]] the [[Professor Princess|super-villain population]] having their own customized models. As a publicity stunt, Powell then announced a televised &quot;[[Pimp My Bulkhead]]&quot; contest in which citizens could show off their most creative modifications to the giant vehicles, with Powell himself judging the winner of course. As Powell was judging a particularly garish [[redeco|repainted specimen]] (which happened to have Powel's face plastered on its side), it suddenly drove off with him inside it, careening wildly. Powell pleaded with the silent driver to release him or at least to slow down, sputtering that the vans were terrible road hazards—prone to tipping over and catching fire and generally &quot;unsafe at any speed.&quot; Which, of course, was just what the ''real'' driver had been waiting to hear; the van was Bulkhead himself, with the driver's seat being occupied by an [[automaton]]. Powell's confession was then broadcast throughout Detroit and presumably his manufactured fad ended shortly thereafter.{{storylink|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}'' <br /> <br /> [[Image:Powellandsari.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Screw PR backlash, I'm kickin' this girl out of her home.]]<br /> Powell continued his ruthless streak by holding out on having the company service the city's malfunctioning trashbots until the [[Mayor Augustus Edsel|mayor]] would agree to a renegotiated and more lucrative contract. During these delays, his research team showed him that they'd retooled the nanomachines that used to produce rampaging giant insects, {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}} and that now they were more useful for eating garbage. As a bonus, they cost a fraction of what the materials for the trashbots went for. Powell realized that this, combined with charging the city more, meant he was soon to be even more fabulously wealthy.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Powell.JPG|thumb|right|200px|&quot;Compadres, it is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season. And remember; a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me [[Megatron (Animated)|the head of Colonel Montoya]].&quot;]]<br /> Unfortunately this was all derailed when the armored car containing the sample was cracked open by the ever-affable [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]. Powell hurried to tell Edsel that the demonstration had to be called off, only to be cut off by the sighting of a garbage scow with a rapidly decreasing load. Smugly claiming credit, he was about to nail that new contract when it was further revealed that the garbage scow ''itself'' was rapidly decreasing as the nanobots devoured it. After [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] managed to avert disaster, the mayor steadfastly refused to renew the contract—until the curmudgeonly Autobot picked up both parties and gave them a good shake and a yell, accompanied with the threat of tossing them in the water. Negotiations proceeded in good faith from there on. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}<br /> Powell went so far as to rename Sumdac Tower into Powell Tower. Offended, Sari reprogrammed the Reception Bot into saying the original name again, as well as informing visitors that Powell was a booger-head. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}<br /> <br /> As it turns out, one of Powell's main concerns in &quot;Powell Tower&quot; was keeping tabs on his former business partner, Prometheus &quot;Meltdown&quot; Black, in prison. Thus, he was rather unnerved when, in response to Sari and Bumblebee asking him to provide information on anything that would incriminate Powell, Meltdown said that it would be useless, but if they freed him, he'd make all their problems &quot;melt away&quot;. (Read: liquid Powell.) Although Sari and Bumblebee clearly thought that was taking things too far, Powell still considered this bad news, so much so that when the [[Dinobots (Animated)|Dinobots]] broke Meltdown out, he showed the tape to Fanzone, trying to implicate Bumblebee. Between the fact that Powell had illegally hacked into the prison's security cameras and his earlier arrogance while freeing Headmaster, Fanzone wasn't inclined to take Powell seriously.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Animated_Black_Friday_Grimlock_Prime_Powell.jpg|thumb|left|175px|He's not Lugnut, but he'll do for now.]]<br /> <br /> Powell's frustrations rose even further when Optimus and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] charged into Powell Tower to learn the whereabouts of Meltdown's [[genetic modifier]]. When Powell refused to divulge the whereabouts of his private property, he found himself swallowed by Grimlock. (Step one in his karmic debt payment, ''many'' more to go.) Terrified, he agreed to lead the Autobots there and was duly spit back out, covered in the Dinobot equivalent of saliva...nasty, purple saliva. (Step two performed, ''still'' many more to go.) After Optimus took away the modifier (and an accident named Grimlock happened to several of Meltdown's leftover experiments), Powell contacted Fanzone about the &quot;robbery&quot;. However, Optimus returned the modifier in the end...ruined by contact with Meltdown. Enraged, Powell demanded that Fanzone arrest Optimus for destroying private property. Fanzone retaliated by saying he was more inclined to arrest ''Powell'' for being a public nuisance. Fanzone and the Autobots then left Powell to stew in his own pompous indignation. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}<br /> <br /> Pompous indignation turned to terror when Sari Sumdac returned to Powell Tower with the only person who could threaten Powell's authority: Isaac Sumdac himself. Realizing his position was threatened, Powell tried to smooth things over by saying how happy he was that Isaac was alive. Masterson, however, had just been robbed of his Headmaster unit by the Decepticons, and made several threats to the Autobots, while Powell stated that there was little difference between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Powell was quickly reminded of those differences when Optimus Prime picked up Masterson and asked for clarification on his threats. Furious over his actions while running the company, Isaac immediately terminated Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson's employment at Sumdac Systems. Masterson made a cocky comment about refusing to do what &quot;some old man and his little daughter&quot; told them, and Powell expressed further doubts about Sari's parentage. At which point a furious Sari somehow blasted the two into an elevator, and out of Sumdac Tower. {{storylink|TransWarped}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni_Human_Error_Part_1_Powell_Soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[To sell toys]]]]<br /> Down but not out, Powell had acquired the designs for the [[Sound Wave]] toy [[Sound and Fury|that Isaac had made for Sari]] and patented them. Powell released the Sound Wave toys for the [[Christmas]] season, despite Isaac Sumdac's protests, at the low, ''low'' price of only $19.99. The fact that the Sound Wave toys were under the control of [[Soundwave (Animated)|the original]] would in no way blow up in his face. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> And then it totally, unexpectedly blew up in his face when Soundwave instructed his toy replicas to hypnotize the humans of Detroit, so that they would not interfere with Soundwave's plans to reprogram the Autobots. Fortunately for Detroit's humans, Optimus Prime managed to defeat Soundwave and end his mind control signals. Unfortunately for Powell, consumers began returning the Sound Waves en masse over the hypnosis incident. Powell lamented that the resulting refunds would leave him financially ruined. Karma finally hit him where it hurts: his wallet. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:GarbagePowellLimo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|C'mooooon ''Animated'' Renegades!]]<br /> * According to the DVD audio commentary for &quot;[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]&quot;, Powell was originally meant to be a one-shot incidental character. However, the strength of his design prompted the other ''Animated'' staff members to bug [[Marty Isenberg]] into using him again, delving further into his identity and place in the ''Animated'' universe. <br /> * The audio commentary, furthermore, describes Powell as being &quot;very '70s game show-esque&quot;. [[Derrick Wyatt]] is in fact a big fan of the [[Wikipedia:Game Show Network|Game Show Network]], particularly vintage episodes of ''[[wikipedia:Match Game|Match Game]]''.<br /> * At [[BotCon 2008]], it was revealed by one of the [[Cartoon Network]] guests that Powell's limo was based on the Renegade [[GoBot (Tonka)|GoBot]] [http://tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/Tux/tux.htm Tux] because another member of the production staff still owned one from childhood. This was more-or-less confirmed by the audio commentary of &quot;Garbage In, Garbage Out&quot;, where it was noted that Powell's limo was designed by [[Byron Penaranda]], and [[Eric Siebenaler]] brought up that &quot;there was a character from another transformingrobot show that was based on that vehicle&quot;, with Derrick Wyatt pointing out that it &quot;had a little top hat&quot;. As it stands, the limo is not an ''exact'' match for Tux, being more futuristic... of course, the show ''does'' take place in the future.<br /> * It remains unclear exactly what it is Powell does. He's been seen as [[The Arrival issue 4|the CEO of a car company]], [[Total Meltdown|making deals with gene-splicers]], [[Mission Accomplished|usurping a robotics company from an 8-year-old girl]], and [[Human Error, Part I|selling knockoffs of the original Sounwave toy]]. His main area of expertise remains a mystery.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Porter C}}<br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Humans]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Wasp&diff=349141 2009-08-09T22:26:21Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig2|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Animated''|the ill-destined wasp robot from ''Beast Wars''|Waspinator (BW)}}<br /> <br /> :''Wasp was an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]. After a freak mutation, he donned a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] and took the name '''Waspinator'''.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]]<br /> '''Wasp''' is a lot like [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]... physically, at least. Built from the same chassis and sharing many of the same specifications and subroutines, the two Autobots attended boot camp together. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to toe the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material.<br /> <br /> ''Might'' have.<br /> <br /> These days, though, Wasp is a broken bot, mentally unstable and on the run from the Autobots who have branded him a traitor. And, thanks to [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia's]] experimentation, he's been reformatted into a high-powered, techno-organic monstrosity. What little remains of his mind is focused on just one goal... destroying Bumblebee, the bot who ruined his life!<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|You were always mean to me and Bumblebee. You may not be a traitor... but you were ''never'' a good bot.|[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] tells Wasp off|&quot;[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German)<br /> Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took a dislike to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a &quot;[[Mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]&quot;, much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to &quot;Wasp&quot;, as he dubbed him due to being impressed with his accuracy with his stingers - it was Bumblebee &quot;bumbling&quot; in trying to compete with this that led to his own name being assigned. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.<br /> <br /> After Bumblebee &quot;bumbled&quot; several more times, leading to many [[transform-up]]s for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.<br /> <br /> Unbeknown to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. (Plus, let's face it, he was a complete jerk. And Decepticons are jerks, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|right?]]) At Longarm's prompting, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.<br /> <br /> [[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Wasp was once a 'Bot...]]<br /> <br /> Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on &quot;Bumblebot&quot;. In reality, however, the innocent bot—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—had been set up with evidence planted by &quot;Longarm&quot;, who had also arranged Wasp's &quot;escape&quot; to divert suspicion from himself. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}<br /> <br /> Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee by his old &quot;friend&quot;, Longarm Prime (aka the Decepticon Shockwave), he took it pretty hard. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:WhereIsThySting-Bumblebeecreepilydefeated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bee-st Wars!]]<br /> <br /> Wasp headed straight for the Autobots' base on Earth, with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] in pursuit. Waiting until Bumblebee was left alone on monitor duty (and actually playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead), he struck during a power outage, knocking Bumblebee cold and switching color schemes, helmets and even speech synthesizers with his rival. When Bumblebee came to, the others had returned and had him prisoner, with the disguised Wasp at their side. Despite Bumblebee's muffled cries, the Autobots fell for Wasp's ruse, forcing Bumblebee to flee into the night. Wasp stayed behind as the others tracked Bumblebee down, allowing him to try beating Bumblebee's video game and to search through Bumblebee's personal files.<br /> <br /> When the others returned, joined by Sentinel, Jazz, [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], Wasp was able to recount several of Bumblebee's adventures which were logged in his files to keep the Autobots confused as to which bot was which. Unfortunately for Wasp, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] proposed the two battle against each other in in ''Ninja Gladiator'', so that Bumblebee's video game skills would be readily apparent and the traitor revealed. Before their video game could begin, Wasp panicked and attacked Bumblebee, holding him hostage so he could make his escape. Wasp left Bumblebee with one final indignity, turning off the [[electronic paint job]] he'd installed in Bee and stealing his helmet back... tricking Bulkhead into pummeling the real Bumblebee while Wasp fled. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}<br /> <br /> The Autobots continued to pursue an erratic Wasp, though for different reasons: Sentinel Prime was still commanding the Elite Guard to bring him in on suspicion of treason, while Optimus and Bumblebee just wanted to help him (or at least keep him from damaging himself and bystanders during his crazed flight). In the midst of a pursuit through the streets of Detroit, Bumblebee tried once again to convince Wasp that he was now known to be innocent and was set up by Longarm, but Wasp refused to listen. During the chase, Wasp was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who carried him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. <br /> <br /> [[Image:PredaconsRising_Waspinator.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Waspinator's back...and he's tired of being comic relief.]]<br /> <br /> Wasp soon found himself in [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s old underground lab going ga-ga over [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. The spiderbot used her feminine wiles and familiar-sounding sob stories of Autobot betrayal to win Wasp's trust, and she convinced him to undergo an organic power augmentation procedure by impressing him with the ferocity of her own beast mode (while shielding him from seeing the disfigured mutant corpses left behind from her prior experiments). Wasp entered one [[transwarp]] chamber, a real organic wasp was put into another, and out came... Waspinator, three times larger than before, with more powerful energy &quot;stings&quot; and a deeper, heavily processed, voice. <br /> <br /> When he was finally tracked down by Bumblebee, who apologized to him, he decided that while &quot;Wasp&quot; forgave his former accuser, &quot;Waspinator&quot; preferred violent revenge. But before Waspinator could deliver the final blow, he overheard Blackarachnia admitting to the Autobots that she only viewed her new &quot;friend&quot; as another experimental attempt to cure her own organic infection. Irate at yet another betrayal, Waspinator started attacking everybody—and if that wasn't scary enough, his transwarp energy became unstable. Just as Waspinator reached critical mass, Blackarachnia sealed them both within a cocoon of her energy webbing, containing the explosion of transwarp energy.<br /> [[Image:TFAni Predacons Rising Waspinator Hazz Planzzz.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Some assembly required.]]<br /> While only a crater was left on Dinobot Island, Waspinator and Blackarachnia were teleported by the transwarp energy to an unknown jungle. Although reduced to pieces by the explosion, Waspinator was still functional, and slowly began putting himself back together. After all, he couldn't go offline yet... because &quot;Wazzzpinator hazz planzzz!&quot; {{storylink|Predacons Rising}} <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Finally Blackarachnia has a pal... and by &quot;pal&quot;, we mean &quot;guinea pig&quot;.]]<br /> *'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe class, 2009)<br /> <br /> :Despite his cartoon origins, Waspinator is ''not'' a [[redeco]] or [[Retool|retooling]] of Bumblebee. Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe-class toys, Waspinator transforms from a techno-organic wasp into a techno-organic, four-armed, winged robot that resembles his ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' namesake, only far freakier-looking. In both modes, a lever on the thorax flaps his wings back and forth. <br /> <br /> :His antennae are made of softer rubber, to allow them to be wedged within his insect head, as well as [[for safety reasons]].<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Fugitive Waspinator''' (Deluxe, 2010?)<br /> **''Accessories'': Detachable twin boosters<br /> <br /> : 'Fugitive Waspinator', apparently named such because of [[Trademark|trademark issues]], represents Wasp before he became a freak mutant. He is a simple [[redeco]] of Deluxe class Bumblebee. At BotCon, Hasbro explained 'Either [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] got a new head, or Wasp did.' They went with the former.<br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? [[Waspinator (BW)|How]] [[Buzz Saw|preposterous]]!<br /> <br /> *The small, vestigial arms present on the Deluxe Waspinator toy's robot mode torso have their origin in an early design concept for [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]; the bounty hunter robot's character model was subsequently altered to make his appearance less monstrous, but [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] loved the concept of the vestigial arms enough to incorporate them instead into Waspinator's design.&lt;ref&gt;[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/05/evolution-of-lockdown.html The Evolution of Lockdown ] and [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html TFA S3: CHIN ON!]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *The signature quote given to Waspinator on his toy packaging is &quot;Waspinator rules!&quot;, one of several iconic catchphrases associated with the original ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' incarnation of Waspinator. He uttered it in &quot;[[A Better Mousetrap]]&quot; and &quot;[[Maximal, No More]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> * Derrick Wyatt states on his blog that this incarnation of Waspinator is inspired by his ''Beast Wars'' counterpart, but made more monstrous and buglike. Wyatt examined photographs of actual wasps, nature shows like &quot;Life in the Undergrowth&quot; and monster movies for inspiration. The FX studio, Audio Circus, added insectoid clicks and other background sounds for the character.&lt;ref&gt;[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/04/oh-canada-here-i-come.html Oh Canada, here I come!]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> * In technorganic mode, Wasp is capable of firing energy blasts from his vestigial arms. This is assumed to be the mutated version of his original stinger-attack, similar to Elita-1/Blackarachnia retaining her downloading power.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category: Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category: Autobots]]<br /> [[Category: Decepticons]]</div>

98.111.230.7 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Wreck-Gar_(Animated)&diff=334034 2009-07-19T00:03:31Z

<p>98.111.230.7: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig2|the garbage truck from ''Transformers Animated''|the Junkion from Generation 1|Wreck-Gar (G1)}}<br /> :''Wreck-Gar is a very confused individual from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Wreck-garanimatedpoint.jpg|right|360px|thumb|Put down that chainsaw and listen to me!]]<br /> Recently brought to life by the power of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], '''Wreck-Gar''' is simple-minded and highly suggestible. As he attempts to learn more about his identity, he never loses his sense of humor. His trash bin is an impressive bag of tricks, able to stash and deploy many useful (and even more useless) items at a moment's notice, or make them seemingly disappear forever. This ability is a bit of a mixed blessing, as Wreck-Gar will frequently confuse your request with something that sounds vaguely similar.<br /> <br /> Wreck-Gar's primary goal in life is to acquire an identity. Additionally, he is eager to help people and be liked. He will automatically take on whatever role is suggested to him. This makes him rather unpredictable and prone to making the wrong move at the wrong time. However, if he can learn to think for himself instead of relying on others, there's potential in this friendly mix-and-match bot.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|I am Wreck-Gar! I am only good for one thing... '''GARBAGE!'''|Wreck-Gar cheerily takes [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] at his word, &quot;[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[&quot;Weird Al&quot; Yankovic|&quot;Weird Al&quot; Yankovic]] (English), [[Joachim Kaps]] (German)<br /> <br /> [[Image:Wreck-garisgoodforonlyonething.jpg|left|180px|thumb|OKAY I CAN HEAR YOU NOW!]]<br /> <br /> Wreck-Gar emerged from a garbage scow, activated by a shard of [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] energy that was close to [[Sari Sumdac]]'s [[Key]], self-aware but with no sense of history or identity. He tried to figure out what he was by studying objects in his environment and was briefly tricked by a food label into thinking he was high-fructose corn syrup. Spying a blimp proclaiming the [[Detroit]] Metro Police Department was &quot;here to help&quot;, Wreck-Gar went off in search of the police for help. Once ashore, Wreck-Gar's clumsy curiosity prevented police officers from apprehending the [[Angry Archer]], and the villain quickly conscripted Wreck-Gar as a sidekick, even giving the confused mechanoid his new, shorter name (as &quot;worthless-''wreck''-walking-pile-of-''gar''bage&quot; was a bit overlong). Wreck-Gar helped the Archer disable an armored car, allowing him to steal a canister of unknown content right in front of the [[Autobot]]s [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]].<br /> <br /> Upon seeing the Autobots and overhearing that they protected life and caught bad guys, Wreck-Gar decided he wanted to do that, slapped an [[Insignia|Autobrand]] on his chest, and chased the escaping Archer. Throwing the Archer high into the air in order to &quot;catch&quot; him, Wreck-Gar only got the canister, as the Archer used a grappling arrow to escape. After being harshly told by Ratchet he was only good for one thing, ''GARBAGE!'', Wreck-Gar proudly declared he was good for only one thing—''GARBAGE!''—and set about trying to deliver the stinky stuff to the entire citizenry of Detroit. (Detroit just happened to be in the middle of a garbage strike as well. Hooray!) The Autobots gave chase, having discovered the canister Wreck-Gar held contained experimental [[Sumdac Systems]] garbage-eating microbots, which Ratchet worried would be dangerously mutated by Wreck-Gar's AllSpark energy.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Wreck-garanimatedvehicle.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet!]]<br /> <br /> This mission became much more dangerous when he was approached by [[Lugnut]], who was out to retrieve the AllSpark shard from Wreck-Gar's body. Thanks to Wreck-Gar's habit of repeating everything said to him (specifically, Ratchet's proclamation that &quot;you're not an Autobot, and you never ''will be'' an Autobot!&quot;), Lugnut believed the newcomer was just as much a loyal [[Decepticon]] as himself. When Ratchet accosted Wreck-Gar, Lugnut prepared his [[Punch of Kill Everything]], which Wreck-Gar took to mean the [[universal greeting]], so he gave Lugnut a high-five that left a colossal impact crater. As the Autobots ran for it, Wreck-Gar hopped on the pursuing Lugnut, pulling out the now-cracked microbot canister he'd gotten. A small amount spilled on Lugnut and began eating through his tail section. Wreck-Gar helpfully disassembled the tail, sending Lugnut plummeting somewhere in Detroit, with himself and the tail landing in a full garbage scow, which the nanobots quickly began to consume. From the shore, a group of bystanders began cheering as they saw the scow's load diminish. Now supplied with a fresh load of garbage and mistaking the cheers as intended for his delivery of said garbage, Wreck-Gar pushed the scow full steam ahead.<br /> <br /> Wreck-Gar's attempt to deliver it was impeded by Ratchet, who first screamed at the junk-bot that the nanobots would destroy the entire city should they reach shore, but Wreck-Gar was adamant. Ratchet then did the hardest thing he'd ever had to do: ''apologize'' for his insults and bad attitude. Ratchet told the now-even-more-confused robot that he could be whatever he wanted and to not let others decide for him who he was. Wreck-Gar decided he truly wanted to be a hero, and slapping the Autobot symbol on his chest once again, began vacuuming up the nanobots. The nanobots began to overload within his backpack, however, and as Wreck-Gar tumbled off of what was left of the scow, he cried out his thank-you to Ratchet. An explosion of AllSpark energy burst from the water, and all Ratchet's magnetic power could retrieve was random junk...<br /> <br /> And, at the bottom of the lake, Wreck-Gar smiled to himself, a hero. Despite being buried up to his shoulders, he assured the fish passing by he was there to help...but first...could somebody give him a hand or a fin? {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Wreck Gar Polka Party.jpg|thumb|180px|left|You better squeeze all the Charmin you can, when Mr. Whipple's not around!]]<br /> <br /> Eventually roused from his lakebed slumber by the crude raft of Sari Sumdac's [[Scrapper (Animated)|ragtag]] [[Snarl (Animated)|crew]], he joined the [[Substitute Autobot]]s to help liberate Detroit from the grip of [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]. A bit less befuddled than in previous encounters, he proved (mostly) effective in aiding Sari in battle, only being defeated once Soundwave was able to focus his attentions solely on controlling [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]. Afterward, he enthusiastically pitched in on the cleanup efforts, collecting the scraps of hundreds of [[Porter C. Powell]]'s damaged Soundwave toys.<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFAni_Human_Error_Part2_Wreck-Gar_Merry_Trashmas.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The sleigh bells are ringing and the carolers are singing while the air raid sirens blare!]]<br /> <br /> He even got into the [[Christmas|holiday]] spirit a bit, playing Santa and handing out garbage to all the good little girls and boys. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Wreckgaranimatedvoyager.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ya gotta buy one if you wanna get one free!]]<br /> *'''Wreck-Gar''' (Voyager, 2008)<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 scissor-blade weapons<br /> <br /> : Wreck-Gar transforms into a garbage truck with articulated lifting-forks. Pushing a small spring-loaded lever on the back of either of the lifting forks will extend the fork forward. The sliding lever on the top of the truck exposes both of his weapons from slots in the rear. These blade- or scissor-like weapons can attach to his forearms, or combine into a single bladed weapon which can also attach to either of his forearms. (Don't run with them!) His [[Shellformer|transformation]] involves pulling nearly his entire robot mode out from under the truck mode, meaning he wears his vehicle mode like a backpack. However, you don't care because Wreck-Gar is awesome (and it's show-accurate).<br /> <br /> :According to the back of his box, he collects things others throw out, watches more TV than even Bumblebee, and believes everything he reads on the internet. How he manages to watch TV and browse the internet ''at the bottom of a river'' is unknown, but this is still awesome.<br /> <br /> :Rather annoyingly, a number of Wreck-Gars have a problem with their right shoulders that causes the pin to move out of its position when the shoulder is moved during transformation. It is currently unknown if this would eventually cause the pin to pop out completely.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Wreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm More information on Wreck-Gar at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Originally, the creators wanted [[Eric Idle]] to play Wreck-Gar, as he was the original voice for his [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]]. As Idle was busy with the production of ''Spamalot'', Weird Al was selected instead.<br /> <br /> * Wreck-Gar's head is an old-fashioned portable TV set, complete with channel selection dials, aerial and a handle for transport. As art director/character designer [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has admitted to being heavily influenced by [[wikipedia:Gainax|Gainax]] shows, this may well be a visual cue to [[wikipedia:FLCL|FLCL]], along with the resemblance to the original Wreck-Gar's head and his &quot;TV talk&quot; persona.<br /> <br /> * Wreck-Gar's line &quot;I ''dare'' to be stupid!&quot; is something of a double-callout, as the Weird Al song &quot;[[Dare to Be Stupid]]&quot; was featured in the original [[The Transformers: The Movie|''Transformers'' movie]] during the battle against the [[Junkion]]s, and Wreck-Gar himself is voiced by Al. <br /> <br /> * Then, of course, there's the accordion in one of the above images. Al himself has been an accordion player since the age of 7.<br /> <br /> * ''Transformers Animated'' story editor [[Marty Isenberg]] stated in an interview that the idea of a garbage bin that Wreck-Gar can pull anything out of was inspired by Harpo Marx.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cvcomics.com/artandstory/?p=242 CVComics.com's Art &amp; Story 68 audio interview with Marty Isenberg.]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> * Among the things that Wreck-Gar throws at Ratchet and Bumblebee when they meet is a motorcycle resembling the alt mode of the original Wreck-Gar.<br /> <br /> * Weird Al stated in a Q&amp;A at BotCon09 that WreckGar ended up working with Detroit's sanitation commitee. Sounds like he's living the American Dream!<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated characters]]<br /> [[Category:Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticons]]</div>

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