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Apcog: /* Super Spychanger functions */

Finally had a reason to sign up (images to upload). I may have deleted a new message by mistake when attempting to remove my initial, misplaced text from this page--which I thought I'd already deleted. The two photos I uploaded were taken by me and included with permission of the subjects, if anyone's wondering.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
:Hi, welcome to the wiki! Thanks for us helping out for the benefit of Mankind. Or for the benefit of ourselves and other nerds on the internets. Same thing. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
::"Thanks for us helping out"? Well, if you want to congratulate yourselves, that's your business. (Yes, I know what you meant.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Yes, people should thank us for helping mankind!
:::Damn my dyslexia! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

==Question==
Good lord, is that some Doug Dlin I see? Assuming it is, I have a question in relation to a G1 Springer note from the Antarctic Press Cybertronian guides. There's a quote about the final toy being the fourth (or maybe third, I can't recall offhand) design. I was just curious if this originated from Transformers Generations or some other source. Thanks in advance.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 10:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
:If you can actually see me, then I need to cover my screen or something, because I don't have a webcam setup. Anyway, it's been so long that I don't really remember. It might've come from ''Generations'', but my copy vanished a few years ago and I was never able to get a replacement, so I can't check.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:07, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
::Took a moment to check the issue. The caption says the final toy was based on the fourth prototype design, all right. It sounds like something Harold would have contributed, though it could've come from ''Generations''. Until/unless I get another copy, I won't know one way or the other.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:59, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

==Prince Guy==
According to the dialogue script on Metrodome's Region 2 DVD set, the real name of the prince from Aerial Assault is spelled Jumal. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 02:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
:Indeed? Then the entire "Aerial Assault" article was wrong. I brought the name on the character list in line with the more frequent usage in the episode summary. So much for majority rules.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

::To be fair, I can't remember how the name is pronounced in the episode itself - it's possible it was changed - but [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/HassanToJumal.jpg here's] a screenshot from the dialogue script PDF. I reckon the person who wrote up the "Aerial Assault" article was simply unaware. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

:::That's okay, I believed you anyway and have already changed the article to reflect it. I also figured the original author of the article was probably as ignorant of the spelling as I was.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

== Talk pages ==

Please don't delete other people's comments from talk pages. ([http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Talk%3ASensors&diff=119878&oldid=119874 link]) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
:...the hell? I '''didn't''' delete any comments—not knowingly, anyway. I specifically added material at the bottom of that comments page in direct response to Rosicrucian. Best I can guess, you made that shorter response while I was composing mine (which was delayed by a few interruptions), and when I submitted my edit, rather than tell me the page was out of date, it overrode your comment. Sorry that happened, but it was definitely not deliberate.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

===Coming soon template===
Coming soon templates go underneath the actual the text of the toy in question, as shown in the various Movie and ''Animated'' character articles. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
:D'oh! Shoulda checked, I suppose. Well, outside of that, any complaints?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

==Noise==
Care to explain why you reverted the edits to Noise's article? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:20, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
:Wasn't intentional. When I began editing, your changes weren't present yet. When I finished and submitted, the wiki didn't give me an "out of date version" warning, but simply processed my edits as normal. I noticed that the wiki connection was really sluggish this afternoon, too. Don't know if that had anything to do with it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
::That's... really weird. Okay. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, it happened to me once before, as you can see in my earlier Talk page discussions. Kind of annoying, as I definitely don't like being a wiki antagonist.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Graphy==
Well, stuff like "lion" and "dinosaur" aren't scientific names. ''Pteranodon'' is the scientific name for the genus, and should be capitalized (and italicized). [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 23:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
::Oh, so? I was going by common usage, which I thought was using the name uncapitalized. I certainly almost never see dinosaur names italicized unless they are specifically part of a scientific name, as opposed to designating the type of animal—e.g., a pteranodon vs. ''Pteranodon longiceps''. Well, feel free to undo that aspect of my edits.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Spelling==
Hey, after we reminded [[User:Fiction Alchemist|Fiction Alchemist]] that there are editors from the UK and the Commonwealth, and their English is just as valid as American English, I don't think it's the done thing to start taking the 'u' out of words like colour. ;) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:26, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
:Wasn't aware there'd been such a policy established. Personally, I feel that having one consistent spelling style for the wiki is a better idea. AShould I simply ignore European-style English spelling differences, then?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
::Yes, because hey, the UK significantly contributed to the Transformers fiction and several prominent editors here are either from the UK, Europe or from the Commonwealth. And as I said, our english is just as valid as American english on this wiki. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:::I don't deny either fact. As I said, my aim in Americanizing British English was simply to establish a consistent spelling style for the wiki, not to deny the validity of British English spelling ''per se'' or the contributions of Europeans to the wiki.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
::::I think we should make American English the standard here. Not that I would get all pissy about English English being used, nor would I bother making changes, but if someone were to make changes, it should be towards American English. And if someone does make those changes towards American English, it shouldn't be a problem.
::::Japan has also significantly contributed towards Transformers fiction, but I hope that doesn't mean we allow every third word of our articles to be in Japanese. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::Well, I'm certainly capable of ignoring King's English spellings when I make corrections, but it's reassuring to know that, by wiki policy, Americanizing them isn't considered specifically wrong.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

==Block Town==
I can't seem to find the snippets of info from Fumihiko about the line. I dimly remember "Carzap" being -apparently- a new guy who is not Windbreaker... any chance you can see if Fumihiko is able to provide more packaging/name info on these guys? Maybe come BC? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 06:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
:I'll see what I can do. You'll probably have to remind me closer to the date so I can remind him. Meanwhile, I don't get any results Googling "Carzap" and "Block Town", either on the net or Google Groups.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:51, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

==Template!==
Lil' thing... we do have a <nowiki>{{preview bastard}}</nowiki> template that's all cute for multiple minor changes peoples. I'm quite happy with it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 07:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

:I know, I think I've used it once or twice. I didn't feel I needed it for conversing with Aamp, though, since he'd already been reprimanded by the time I got there. (I'm assuming that's what you're referring to, since that's the only "multiple minor changes" case I've been involved with inthe last several hours.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

== Chairtwo ==

He a wikia admin, not Assaulthead. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:47, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

==Japanese!?==

Hey, since you're one of the resident Japanese experts, could you take a look at [[Talk:Great Turn-Around! Autobot Warriors!]]? It looks alright to me, but I'd like a look-over by somebody more experienced. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
:Hey, another Japanese favor to ask. Could you translate "空中山脈大爆破" (the Furigana given is "くうちゅうさんみゃくだいばくは"), the Japanese title for "[[Power Surge]]"? I composed a list of the Telemocha DVDs for [[pack-in flyer]], but couldn't figure out how to effectively translate this title. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 05:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 06:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks for the clean up ==

Thank you for the clean up, Doug! By the way, why don't you post at TFW or the Allspark? :) [[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 00:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
:Kinda figured that was you, Jeff. I don't post there for sheer lack of time. I spend more time here than I should as it is...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
::I know what you mean. I'm beginning to feel like I'm addicted to this place.[[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 02:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

==A favour to ask==
So long as you're cleaning up Movie Bumblebee's article, can you clean up my stupidly long Movie section for him? Though I'd like you to keep my specific mentions of what songs he plays when he tries to help Sam court Mikaela. Thanks. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:Given the time, I'll see what I can do.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

==A man of few vices==
vi·ce3 (vī'sē, -sə)
prep.

In place of; replacing.

...yeah, I'd never heard of it either. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

:Considering most of our readers are likely going to be in the same boat, I suggest using a more common synonym, then.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

==Preview button==
Sorry dude,i usually use the preview button,but for some reason the preview just wouldn't show up that day. --[[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 14:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh it did load,but very glitchy. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 16:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

== Commas ==

We appear to have stylistic differences about comma usage. I suggest we try to respect each other's usage. Or, we could duel to the death, like our ancestors before us... [[User:JW|JW]] 16:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
:The rule of thumb I learned, at least for commas between clauses linked by a conjunction, is that if the remainder of the sentence after the conjunction can stand alone as a full sentence (that is, if it's an independent clause), you use a comma. There are exceptions, of course.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::There are rules, and there is style. In the example from [[Survival of the Fittest]], I think

::"The episode ends before Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone return Sari to her father, and before the Autobots report back in to Prime."

::is clearer and easier to read than

::"The episode ends before Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone return Sari to her father and before the Autobots report back in to Prime."

::With the comma, the sentence is less run-on, and the separation of the two events is maintained. No comma is ''required'' there, but it isn't ''prohibited'' either. So, I ask that you respect my choices. The alternative is that we initiate a discussion on the Style Guide page, and I really think this is too picayune to warrant that. [[User:JW|JW]] 16:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

:::That's a borderline case, true, mainly because of the phrase including "and" within the dominant clause which could potentially involve confusion with the clause-linking "and", as you note. With all the comma misuse pervading the contributions here, I sometimes get carried away; normally, I'd have let that go. I think you'll find that, on the whole, I haven't really dogged your contributions that badly...have I?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::In general, not that I've noticed. Yesterday, however, [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Mayhem_Attack_Squad&diff=168852&oldid=168845 this edit] raised my eyebrow, and when something similar happened again today, the beast within me was stirred to <strike>frenzy</strike> comment. [[User:JW|JW]] 18:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::: Yeah,that edit doesn't really make any sense. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 18:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::Seems fairly straightforward to me. There was no reason to set apart the phrase "and sent them to Earth in a Decepticon ship" by commas. The carryover phrase-starter "with" negates the need for a comma after "teamed up on Earth". Using a comma between "embedded his hand" and "cannon-blasted Venom" implies that a third action by Galvatron is coming in the list, when in fact the rest of the sentence shifts away from him, so it's better to link the two actions with a conjunction as a two-item list. "Once on Earth" and "With the Time Wars over" are establishing prepositional phrases, which are generally set apart by commas. "The battle escalated" is a dominant clause preceding a subordinate clause and doesn't take a comma. If the sentence were reversed, with the subordinate "as more and more Autobots" phrase first, it would take a comma. Or so are the rules as I have learned them.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:40, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Check before you give me an <nowiki>{{unsigned}}</nowiki> ==

Please don't attribute (unsigned) comments I didn't make to me (like you did on [[Talk:Black Friday (episode)]] with one of GWolfv2's comments). - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 03:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

== Quote format ==
FYI: script style quotes, with the speakers already in bold next to their lines, don't need to have a second bold-font attribution at the bottom. They can be left in plain font; it's kinda redundant otherwise. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:Hunh...and here I thought I was just being consistent. Oh well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::Well, the attribution lines don't always even mention all the characters who speak, so it's actually kind of irregular to bold the characters who do get mentioned. Heck, with script format, the attribution line isn't even needed at all, unless there's some special reason to comment on the action; it's just somehow become standard to add such comments. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:::So, uh, where does that leave me? Or should I even worry about it?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::::''So, uh, where does that leave me? ''
::::DOOOOOOOOOOMED. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 04:17, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

== Anonymous vandals ==

The first one you linked to was actually the guy I banned last night, but thanks for bringing the other to my attention. I must've missed him. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 17:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

==REV's clear exlcusive==
Wow. Weird. Nice to know where those came from finally. Can you C&P this into the other Spy changers' pages? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

==Re: Fanon==

Oh, cheers, man. Didn't even know that existed. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 07:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry, had thought I'd removed it when I cleared the page. Cheers. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 17:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

==Reign of Starscream==

Hey Apcog. Thanks for catching those spelling errors I missed in my writeup of issue 2's synopsis. I've been having trouble lately with the edit screen cutting off parts while I'm writing, so the help is greatly appreciated. I guess this goes to show that even aspiring editors need some beta help sometimes ;) --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 01:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:Glad to be of assistance. If your edit window's cutting off stuff, you may want to look into a larger problem, such as software malfunction or incompatibility—wiki coding, browser program, or whatever.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Nemesis's's's's ==

Is there a reason for this? I'll stop fixing them if that's the consensus, but it's poor english to make a word possessive like that. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 18:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

== Help? ==

Do you know anything about General Demolishor from [[Transtech]]? I started the article in a not so probable way [[Demolishor (TransTech)|here]] The article needs help. {{unsigned|Rodimusmann22}}
:I'm afraid I don't know details about this character, and I'm not sure why you asked me in particular. As it is, the article is better off being deleted. Better not to have an article than to start one poorly.
:In the future, don't a new article for a character about which you know nothing, then ask someone at random (like me) to fill in the big blanks. A better approach would have been to leave a message on the Discussion page for the main Transtech article, something like "Does anyone have any solid information on General Demolishor? I think he deserves his own article, but I barely know about the character besides his name." Now, of course, it's a bit late.
:Oh—and don't forget to sign your posts, please, especially on talk pages.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

== Jazz (Animated) ==

Is there some special clip, or a peg that I'm missing? Because I usually end up just squishing him around until it doesn't look so crappy. [[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 07:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:Each side panel has a pair of ridges on its inside surface, in the fender area just above the root of the exhaust pipes. There's another ridge on the inside of the hood, under the sideview mirror, which fits into the slot between the two ridges on the side panel. If everything else is aligned right, there should be no problem getting them to fit together. The stock image used for Jazz's page isn't aligned right, obviously.--Apcog 14:53, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::I've tried to get those to work, but I keep having trouble. Oh well, I guess I just have to do it with more care. Thanks![[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 03:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Unfortunately, without seeing in person what you're doing or not doing when you transform it, I can't offer any better advice than that.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:18, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Signature ==

Damn. I uploaded the image to commons so it would work, but oh well. It was just something my wiki was trying, but I guess it won't work.[[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 15:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

== Questions on the move ==

Hi, please can you have a look at Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving#Questions on the move. Thanks -- [[User:sannse|sannse]]<staff /> (talk) 19:21, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== Car Robots ==

Since this didn't garner any response... would you be able to look at the "Dimensional Crossing" section of this, Doug? [[Talk:Robots in Disguise (cartoon)]]

I suspect you translated the catalog story way back when it first came out, but I was having trouble digging it up... I seem to remember it went up on Masterforce.org? Maybe? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 18:20, 16 October 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks for answering this and the T-AI question, Doug. Sorry I had neglected to do this before. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:45, 21 October 2008 (EDT)
::Sure thing. I recall both issues coming up back in the day, and I'd forgotten they'd subsided still so unresolved. In particular, I recall there being one whole image of that Ai-chan resin figure available at the time. Your larger images were a big help in settling both issues.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:50, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

== Good grief! ==

Thanks for the cleanup on [[Survival Instincts]]. I must be asleep tonight!

By the by, I notice you tend to switch out a lot of my semicolon-spliced sentences with "and" connectors. Is that just a personal preference, or some rule you're following? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:39, 27 October 2008 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome. I figure since you're doing the heavy lifting (i.e., slogging through the series to do the write-ups), the least I can do is tote in the small stuff, as it were.
:As for the semicolons, it's possible I'm being too picky, but the usage rule I learned was that they join independent clauses that are restatements of each another, or a brief summary and an expansion. Note the one I left alone in paragraph 12, in the sentence about Rodimus's group hitting a dead end. (There's also the usage within a series that would normally be set apart by commas, except some elements in the series already contain commas.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:34, 28 October 2008 (EDT)

== Boilerplate CYA ==

Thanks for the heads up, hon! I edited the two images in Humanizing as requested. {{unsigned|Knocks}}

== BWNeo Manga Title ==

Scanned the title for "Battle of the Single Batch" for you to look at. Hopefully I grabbed the right one...

[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWNeoMangaTitle.jpg Title Image].

--[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:11, 10 November 2008 (EST)
:Thank you. It's ''Hitori-botchi no Tatakai'', which translates as "A Solo Battle" or "A Battle Fought Alone" or similar. "Battle of the Single Batch", indeed...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:14, 10 November 2008 (EST)
::The "Battle of the Single Batch" translation came from [[Talk:Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|here]], if anybody cares. Scans of the other titles are there, too. —[[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 17:05, 10 November 2008 (EST)
:::Duly noted and amended there, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:30, 10 November 2008 (EST)

== Convobat and Megalligator ==

Okay, the wiki screwed up and lost the message I was trying to send you, Doug, so this may be more terse than I mean it to be.

If you have time, I was wondering if you'd be willing to help solve the mystery of Convobat and Megalligator - whether they're the same characters as Primal and BW Megs, whether they're new versions of Prime and G1 Megs, whatever their actual deal is. I've made some scans from a couple Japanese guidebooks about them, and their bios are on Dr. Sigma's site, so...

''Convobat'' [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/bc06.html Single Convobat bio] [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/s01c.html Twopack Convobat bio] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWDaihyakkaConvobat.jpg Beast Wars Daihyakka entry] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookConvobat.jpg Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook entry]

''Megalligator'' [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/bd06.html Single Megalligator bio] [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/s01d.html Twopack Megalligator bio] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWDaihyakkaMegalligator.jpg Beast Wars Daihyakka entry] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookMegalligator.jpg Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook entry]

Any light you can shed on their identities is well appreciated. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:56, 27 November 2008 (EST)
:I'm no expert (actually ran the texts through translators), but the 2-pack bios specifically mention that the characters are usually a trailer truck and a Walther P-38, respectively, but for this battle they take on the forms of a bat and an alligator. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:10, 27 November 2008 (EST)
::''Convobat''
::* Single-pack bio - No indication either way
::* Two-pack bio - Indicates he's usually a truck, but chose a bat form this time
::* Dai-hyakka entry - Indicates he rebuilt himself into a bat, which has much fewer weapons than his last form
::* Koushiki entry - Ditto

::''Megalligator''
::* Single-pack bio - Indicates the 'gator form is temporary
::* Two-pack bio - Says he evolved from a Walther gun and scanned a 'gator
::* Dai-hyakka entry - Indicates he rebuilt himself into an alligator, reducing his size by about half
::* Koushiki entry - Indicates this is another form of '''Beast Wars''' Megatron, consuming less energy over a long battle than a T. Rex body would

::It sounds to me like this was essentially the same as what happened Stateside: The early releases were written up as new forms for the G1 characters, but this was later ignored. The later write-ups indicate at least Megatron was the BW incarnation. While the later Convoy write-ups could go either way, Occam's Razor suggests that they refer to the BW version as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:48, 28 November 2008 (EST)
:::Sorry for the delayed response to this, Doug, but thank you for taking the time to look at these bios. It's nice to finally have a clear understanding of what the situation was over in Japan at the time. (It seems to me that there isn't a whole lot of English-language info on the Japanese dub of the first season of Beast Wars, in general...) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:04, 18 December 2008 (EST)
::::You're welcome, and I appreciate the response, belated or not. Eventually, we may be able to get more solid info on the Japanese dub of BW season 1, but it'll require a lot more common free time on the part of English-savvy Japanese fans and Japanese-savvy western fans...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:10, 18 December 2008 (EST)

== Anons and Minor edits ==

Asking anons to use the minor edit box is only going to confuse them, as it only shows up for registered users. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:00, 10 December 2008 (EST)
:Ah, I see. It's been so long since I've made any unregistered edits, I'd forgotten. Oh well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:07, 10 December 2008 (EST)

== Another Japanese check ==

Hey, again. Is "A Dream Is Born, Double Prime" a good translation of 夢のダブルコンボイ誕生? TX55 snuck in "The Birth of the Fantastic Double Convoy" as a more "proper translation". (It seems to me that it's "Birth of the Dream of Double Prime", but I'd prefer to run it by you first.) —[[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 18:41, 28 December 2008 (EST)
:TX55's version is actually more correct. "Dream" modifies "Double Convoy" in this sentence, so it's literally "the Double Convoy of dreams" or "the dreamed-of Double Convoy." TX55's phrasing represents a good interpretation, though it's possible to substitute "Prime" for "Convoy" depending on our standards for that sort of thing. Otherwise, I'd phrase it "Birth of the Fantastic Double Convoy", just knocking off the initial "The".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:50, 28 December 2008 (EST)
::Mind you I won't directly go against this if you feel this is better, but in the few years I've been learning Japanese I've never seen Yume used as anything but "dream"... As silly as it'd sound, wouldn't "Birth of the dreamy Double Convoy" or somesuch turn of phrase be better? Or perhaps "Birth of the dream's Double Convoy"? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:00, 28 December 2008 (EST)
:::That's more literal, but it doesn't flow in English. There's a phrase I've seen several times in anime titles and theme songs: 夢色, "yume-iro". It literally means "dream-colored", but translating it like that doesn't sound normal in English at all. It translates more like "dream-like" or "fantastic", with the proper phrasing depending far more on context than literal meaning. If we really want to include the word "dream" in the title, then "A Dream is Born: Double Prime/Convoy" would be the closest interpretation, but TX55's is still reasonable while flowing better in English.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 19:13, 28 December 2008 (EST)

Check me up? 制作現場直撃! ギャラクシーフォースはこうして作られた!! and トランスフォーマー開発秘話 at Galaxy Force Phase Ignition. I need more practice... --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:23, 16 January 2009 (EST)
:Danke! --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 03:15, 16 January 2009 (EST)

How awkward is "Administration for Special Diplomatic Agency" from "政府特別外交機関"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 15:19, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:I'd suggest "Governmental", "Federal" (or State or whatever government level is involved), or even "Official" (政府援助 means "Official Development Assistance") instead of "Administration for".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:52, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::Ah. That makes sense. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 18:02, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

I feel like such a ''baka deshi''... What's the exact difference between 演出 and 監督? ''Enshutsu'' I see in the ending credits, while ''kantoku'' I see in the opening. Enshutsu meaning director/producer over that particular episode, whereas kantoku would be director over the overall series? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 19:34, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
:No need to beat yourself up about it; I've been vague on the distinction myself. Checking Wikipedia Japan, at least in terms of theater, 演出(家) is like a stage director and (舞台)監督 like a stage manager. Once a performance actually begins, the stage manager sort of inherits/takes over the stage director's work. For the duration of the performance, s/he takes on the responsibility for maintaining the progress of the concepts and the play that the stage director provided.
:In TV animation, the 演出 can also be credited as 監督, as well as ディレクター or アニメーション・ディレクター, so that's not much help.
:An 演出's role in animation is like that of a film director, giving direction and supervision when the screenplay is converted into imagery. First, the 演出 digests the screenplay, dramatizing it if necessary, and then the storyboards are made based on the script. Even if there's a separate storyboard manager, it's normal for the 演出's intentions (and here the article switches to calling the job 監督) to come through strongly.
:Confusing the issue a bit further, there's a 作画監督 (Drawing/Art Supervisor?) who does the character designs and layout settings when there aren't specific, separate people there for the jobs, and the 美術監督 (Art Director), who does the art settings. The Drawing/Art Supervisor is responsible for the production of original art and animation, while the Art Director is responsible for the production of backgrounds. After that, as the production progresses through filming, special effects, sound recording and editing, the 演出(家) takes responsibility for the completion of those steps. In particular, (s)he takes an involved role in the editing and sound recording steps.
:For maintaining uniform quality on a TV series, you have チーフディレクター, シリーズディレクター and 総監督 (General Supervisor?), which has ''also'' come to be called just 監督 in recent years.
:So, uh...I'm not sure if that gives you what you need to know or not.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:52, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
::Urk. *goes crossed-eye* Well, that sorta clears things up a bit... Was asking because I was going over the credits for [[Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]] and [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Car Robots]] (and most likely the others, depends when/if I'm able to find the rest of [[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Legend]]), and trying to work out who did what. Manabu Ono is credited as 監督 in the opening credits for GF, while 演出 is shown alongside 脚本 and changes every episode in the ending credits — 武山篤 is 演出 in episode 50 for example. Same applies in CR with Osamu Sekita as 監督 — 筒井義明 and 加藤顕 as 演出 in episode 1 and then 関田修 as 演出 for the clip episodes. So, you could see my confusion in the first place. At least I have a better idea now. サンキュー, 先輩. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:33, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
:::In that case, it sounds like the titles are definitely reversed from the typical setup mentioned above, with one Supervising Director for the whole series and individual Directors/Producers for the episodes. Hurray for inconsistency.
:::Oh—and just to round out your collection:
:::*武山篤 - Atsushi Takeyama
:::*筒井義明 - Yoshiaki Tsutsui
:::*加藤顕 - Ken (or possibly Akira) Katō
:::*関田修 - Osamu Sekita
:::--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 10:30, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
::::Thanks! :) --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 11:40, 28 April 2009 (EDT)

== Sparkdash? ==

[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c313.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c313.html] 
[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c314.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c314.html] 
[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c315.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c315.html] 
I took a whack at Hotspark's bio... how far off would you say I was? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:10, 3 January 2009 (EST)
:You were very close. However, the Fire Skid attack hits enemies behind him, not in front.
:Here's what I have for the other two. Feel free to paraphrase and whatnot:
:'''Hardspark'''
:His super-heavy mass allows him to perform devastating body-blow attacks, but also makes it very difficult for him to change direction when in motion. His mass crushes his treads against the ground, sparking off flames for his Caterpillar Fire attack.

:'''Wildspark'''
:Capable of off-road maneuvers on a par with the Godmaster Ranger, Wildspark loves it loud! He amplifies the sound of his engine loud enough to make his enemies falter, allowing him the chance to attack. Using his Rolling Backfire attack, he circles his enemies, spitting intense flames out of his exhaust and melting them.

--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:31, 3 January 2009 (EST)
::Beauty. Thanks... nice to have these teeny dark corners of forgotten TFdom pulled into the light and cataloged. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:52, 3 January 2009 (EST)

== Thanks for the heads up ==

I'm going back and editing my less-than-stellar posts and trying to be less of a grammar schmuck in the future.-- [[User:Bearded Kid|Bearded Kid]]
:Always a pleasure to see contributors take constructive criticism properly. Keep up the good work!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:32, 6 January 2009 (EST)

== Translating the Omnibot bios ==

Monzo has put up links to the Japanese Omnibot bios, but as far as anybody knows, they've never been properly translated into English. Is there any chance we could get you to give it a shot? Thanks! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 18:54, 10 January 2009 (EST)
:I actually translated them years ago, but couldn't find them online, weirdly enough. I could've sworn they were on a.t.t. or Tony Li's web site or something. Thankfully, I had 'em on file at home:
::Doublechanger/Scout CAMSHAFT
::Function...Scout
::Transformation...Celica XX (Double-X), attack vehicle
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 180 km/h ·Top Output: 520 Hp
::::·Can transform into Celica and attack vehicle.
::Profile...Prides himself on being active on the leading edge of spy warfare with the Destrons. He is a little excitable, however, and sometimes makes mistakes in his intelligence activities. Even fellow Cybertrons acknowledge the superiority of his heavy weaponry.
::Weapon(s)...·Pulse Laser ·Hand Pulse Laser ·Rocket Launcher

::STR-6.5 | INT-9 | SPD-8 | END-8 | RNK-7 | CRG-7 | FRP-8 | SKL-6

::Doublechanger/Tracker DOWNSHIFT
::Function...Tracker
::Transformation...Savannah RX-7, armored vehicle
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 180 km/h ·Top Output...480 Hp
::::·Transforms into Savannah and armored vehicle.
::::·Uses target-pursuit systems to track Destrons.
::Profile...When performing spy activities, gets the idea that he is being spied upon in return. Though rather high-strung, will carry out orders faithfully and reliably. Has confidence in his super-hard body armor.
::Weapon(s)...·RX Missile Launcher

::STR-7 | INT-8 | SPD-8.5 | END-9 | RNK-7 | CRG-6 | FRP-5 | SKL-9

::Doublechanger/Commander OVERDRIVE
::Function...Commander
::Transformation...Ferrari BB, fighter plane
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 302 km/h (car mode), Mach 1.2 (fighter mode)
::::·Detects Destrons with sensors in his sunroof.
::::·Can transform into BB and fighter plane.
::Profile...Has presence of mind appropriate to a commander. Calm disposition makes him seem a little cool to teammates, but it conceals one of the foremost fighting spirits among the Cybertrons.
::Weapon(s)...·Twin Blaster ·BB Shot ·Pulse Laser

::STR-9 | INT-9.5 | SPD-9 | END-7 | RNK-9 | CRG-8 | FRP-7 | SKL-8
--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:51, 11 January 2009 (EST)
::Awesome, thank you. And just to clarify, "Downshift" and "Camshaft" are actually reversed from their American names, right? The vehicle descriptions seem to confirm that. - [[User: Jackpot | Jackpot ]] 16:27, 11 January 2009 (EST)

:::Correct.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:35, 11 January 2009 (EST)

== Please stop italicizing "Ark"! ==

In most continuities it is not italicized. I have been spending a good long time unitalicizing it! (The exception is IDW and Shattered Glass.) Thanks. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:26, 27 January 2009 (EST)
:I took our SOP to be that ship names, Ark included, were italicized. Since most comics lettering in the day didn't use italicized letters in a consistent fashion for ship names (that I'm aware of), I didn't place any particular weight on how the original material formatted the name. I also regard the lack of ship name italicization to be more oversight than official decision, at least based on what I encounter among my peers in the industry. But if the official word is "no", so be it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:45, 27 January 2009 (EST)

== Tenses ==

So comic/episode synopsises are in the present tense while fiction sections of characters are in past tense? Or what? You keep fixing my tenses and I would like to know the "rule" to have this no longer be an issue. [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 02:06, 14 February 2009 (EST)
:(Just because I'm here at the moment to answer...) Correct. Synopses are present tense, fiction sections past tense. You can find some other details here if it helps: [[Help:Example character article]] and [[Help:Style guide#Page-specific standards]] --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 02:43, 14 February 2009 (EST)
::Sorry, I've been busy since last night. Thanks for saying what I was going to say, Jeysie. (Oh, and for the record, Bluestreak7, the plural of "synopsis" is "synopses".)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:29, 14 February 2009 (EST)

== Devastator's line from the movie ==

I hate to argue with you on this, but I think the line was "prepare for EXtermination" Since I can't find my copy of Transformers: The Movie, I've had to use a poor replacement, a youtube clip for my argument. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtL-vssxQko) Since this is like trying to use Wikipedia on a term paper, so I'm not going to expect to be taking too seriously, and probably mocked. Anyway, sorry to bring this up, and argue about it. Cheers, [[User:SteamFan42|SteamFan42]] 11:38, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:I know the movie's lines by heart. He says "prepare for termination". Hell, even in the Youtube clip you can clearly hear him say "prepare for termination". --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:00, 19 February 2009 (EST)
::Funny, I clearly hear him say "extermination". -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 12:03, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::Yeah. Either way, it's not Devastation, since I think that's from AHM. The minor quandry is "Devastation" works better for the caption because it's a (crappy) toy of ROTF Devastator, yet we don't want to look like we don't know what we are talking about. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 12:27, 19 February 2009 (EST)
::I know the movie's lines by heart as well, and I've always heard "extermination." I stll hear it on the YouTube video while listening for "termination." I swear I hear some ess-sound from the x-t. Considering it's a small syllable difference I understand the two opposite thoughts. What does the script say? --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 12:32, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::Actually, listening to that clip, it DOES sound a bit like "extermination" now. In all the time I spent practicing MSTing the movie for BotCon performances, I was hearing "termination". I'm not sure how much my expectations are coloring the results, though, since I'm listening for "extermination" now. Well, if I have time to check my DVD at home soon that might help. On the whole, though, it's certainly one of the less important matters on the wiki.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:36, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::I was expecting so much less to be said about this, and I'm surprised it has sharked so much debate. I found a few other clips on the 'tube, and the other clips still sound like "Extermination" to me. I need to find my DVD, but I'm in a different sate from it right now, which causes a bit of a problem. [[User:SteamFan42|SteamFan42]] 18:18, 19 February 2009 (EST)

== Wikia links ==

You don't have to take them out manually, we're going to automate it. 8000 pages is ''way'' too many to go through individually. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 14:39, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks for the heads-up. Last I checked the Damage Control discussion, word was that it couldn't be automated. And since I couldn't do much for the recovery effort otherwise, I figured I'd start reducing the potential volume of Google caching of links back to Teletraan 1 ASAP. Well...NOW what do I do?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:03, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

==Omnibot Takara bio translations==
Hey, I'm restoring the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] pages right now, and I was using your translations of their bios as references. But they were posted here, and the conversations from that time are gone now. Could you re-post those bios? Thanks! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 00:34, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:Might as well restore the rest of the page while I'm at it...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:52, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::Excellent, thank you! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 03:44, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== City of Fear covers ==

Thanks. Yes, I'm afraid I don't have all the covers yet to upload so some are placeholders. I bet I forgot the <nowiki>{{picsneeded}}</nowiki> tag didn't I? ;) --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 04:41, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

==Odd Japanese BW Guidebook Find==
Doug, I found this weird tidbit in the Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook... it's a section on American toys, but Lazorbeak is called "Terrorsaur" and seems to have a bio calling him an upgraded form of Terrorsaur with new powers. Weirder still, his name is spelled out te-ra-soo, rather than te-ra-za-u-raa (the standard katakana for his Japanese name) which further makes it seem like they're talking about the US guy.

[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff.jpg On Lazorbeak]

Have you ever heard of anything like this before? Warning, the image file is nearly 1mb... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:29, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:No problem, that's what DSL is for. :-)
:The section says it's using data from the foreign (that is, U.S.) versions, so I don't know where they're getting the name and info they have for Lazorbeak. As for the name, extrapolating a little, one could actually say they're calling him "Terrorsaw", as the name ends with the same kana as "Buzzsaw" does. That would be a similar homage to "Lazorbeak", as well as an added layer of wordplay to "Terrorsaur".
:The info also says that Retrax specializes in ambushing enemies, and that even though the sand of the desert where he lives is hard to walk on, he can move along the surface quickly when he rolls into a ball. Claw Jaw's essentially the same, except it specifies that he drags his enemies deep underwater and finishes them off. There's a little bit of review-type opinion at the end of each paragraph, too.
:So yeah, it looks like someone was just making up stuff, but I couldn't say more than that for sure.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:46, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

::''As for the name, extrapolating a little, one could actually say they're calling him "Terrorsaw", as the name ends with the same kana as "Buzzsaw" does. That would be a similar homage to "Lazorbeak", as well as an added layer of wordplay to "Terrorsaur".''
::That's not a bad thought, but since Retrax and Claw Jaw's names are unchanged, it would seem more likely to me they were just trying to transliterate the English pronounciation of "Terrorsaur"... hard to say for sure, I guess.

::For reference, I scanned the rest of the American-centric pages from the book, and it looks to me like they get the rest of the names correct; not sure about the bio info, though.

::[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff02.jpg Page 2]

::[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff03.jpg Page 3]

::I think the Terrorsaur/Lazorbeak thing is definitely worth a footnote on their respective pages, but I'm not 100% clear on the details the bio is actually presenting. Would you be willing to do up a... "According to the foreign toys section of the Japanese ''Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook'', Lazorbeak is really such-and-such"-type write-up for them? Or to perhaps do a fuller translation of the text in the future so that I might do it myself? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:52, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

:::''That's not a bad thought, but since Retrax and Claw Jaw's names are unchanged, it would seem more likely to me they were just trying to transliterate the English pronounciation of "Terrorsaur"... hard to say for sure, I guess.''
:::But then why would they not simply call him "Lazorbeak" if they're otherwise leaving the U.S.-market names unchanged?
:::Anyway, looking over all the pages, there's definitely some deviation from the U.S. material here and there, though it's mostly pretty faithful. I've started [[User:Apcog/Sandbox|a sandbox page]] for the translation.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:04, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::::Wow... thank you, Doug! I was honestly not expecting you to tackle the whole thing, or tackle it so soon; that was very kind of you.
::::Looking at the translated write-ups, the majority of them seem to be taken verbatim from their Hasbro bios {{m-}} even mentioning specific weapons, like Manterror's ion discs {{m-}} with, like you said, just a few small changes here and there (eg, US-Razorbeast never disobeying Primal, J-Razorbeast being prone to do so). That makes Terrorsaur/Terrorsaurer/Lazorbeak all the more strange!
::::I wonder if perhaps Lazorbeak being an upgraded Terrorsaur was an early Hasbro idea for the toy that was dropped before US release, but still got relayed to the writers of the Koushiki guidebook? Either that, or maybe the people doing the guidebook simply didn't get access to his finalized bio in time and had to make something up... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 02:26, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::Eh, took me about half an hour or so; it wasn't exactly text-heavy.
:::::Unfortunately, there's just no way to tell what brought about such a different bio for Lazorsaur/Terrorbeak/what's-his-face, not without talking personally to whoever put that page together and said person actually remembering.
:::::By the way, why do you keep referring to the guide by the term "Koushiki" instead of the English equivalent? Or has it never been translated for you? I haven't seen the cover, but I'm guessing it's 公式, meaning "official".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:49, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

::::::''By the way, why do you keep referring to the guide by the term "Koushiki" instead of the English equivalent?''

::::::Oh. It, uh... had not occurred to me to try looking the term up. Eheh.

::::::([http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookCover.jpg Here] is the book's cover, whose title it looks you got spot on.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 07:52, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Ooh, I own that! (The Rattrap omake on the last page makes me lol.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:29, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
==Translatey-type question==
Hey doug-e-fresh, I was just wondering whether or not [http://emopanda.com/tmp/lioconvoyineminentdomain.jpg this summary] of the BW2 Movie says anything about the origins of the teleporter. I thought maybe you could squint a bit at the text near that sphere-thing and see if it looks promising. (No need for a proper translation if it's not.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:29, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
:The text by the sphere is just about the control unit that unlocks the teleport gate. The text about the gate itself says it was built into a spaceship that crashed on Gaia, but nothing more detailed about its origin than that.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:19, 2 May 2009 (EDT)

==Japanese name game==

I'm drawing blanks on 金玉零, 三泥無成, and 北爪史示 — 北爪 I do know is "Kitazume". 三泥 I'm guessing is "Sandoro"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:13, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
:金玉零 - I'm getting nothing on this one either. At an educated guess, based on standard pronunciations available at online dictionaries, I'd say Rei Kanetama, but I can't guarantee it.
:三泥無成 - I find more credits for this one, but unlike 金玉零, I can't locate even standard pronunciations for the name compounds. The last name could be "Midoro", "Sandoro", or something else if his folks gave him a nonstandard name reading. I wouldn't want to fathom a guess just yet.
:北爪史示 - 北爪 is definitely Kitazume, but I'm not getting anything for the first name.
:I'll try to dig out my name dictionary when I get home and see if it can provide what online sources can't.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:58, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
::Thanks. Was trying [http://www.ctk.ne.jp/~kai-6344/index.html this site] and [http://www.allcinema.net/ allcinema], but nada from either of them. 史示 I currently have tentatively as "Fumiji". --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 02:47, 3 May 2009 (EDT)

== Another Japanese name ==

Any help [[Talk:Cobybot|here]]?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 15:02, 10 June 2009 (EDT)

== Thank you for the tip ==

Thanks for the tip on article writing. [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 12:02, 4 September 2009 (EDT)
:Happy to help. Use it in good health!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:03, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

== A name I can't translate ==

This is Spengs. I'm having trouble deciphering a kanji in a person's name and I was hoping you might be able to help me out. It's the writer for the [[Asterisk Story|Binaltech Asterisk (online comic)]]. If you go [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta.html Here] and load any of the comics, at the bottom right corner of the last page they list the artist and writer. The artist's name I could read (Naoto Tsushima), but I can't make out the second symbol in the writer's familial name. It's "Masato Taka___". I broke out my kanji fastfinder but I couldn't find anything that looked like the symbol in there, and that thing's so small I could barely recognize it, anyway. So if you could find the time, I'd be grateful! '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
:Takahashi.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:17, 22 October 2009 (EDT)
::Thank you, sir. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''

==And another one==

I have a lot of trouble with names, admittedly. If you could be so kind as to help me with this guy's:

[[Image:Autosanrin.jpg|100px]]

Name of the kid who created [[Autosanrin (G1)|Autosanrin]], there. Thanks, man. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 15:24, 8 December 2009 (EST)

:Wow, sorry I didn't respond sooner, but I never got notice of your post here in my email.
:The name's either Toshifumi Yamashina or Toshifumi Yamaka, though from the usage I find, I believe it's the former. (There's a Yamashina Station, in Kyoto, for instance.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:43, 17 December 2009 (EST)
::Thanks, man. I had gone with Yamaka, myself, but doing a search I can see that Yamashina is more widespread. And what was really killing me was the character after "Toshi". Appreciate the assist! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 10:53, 17 December 2009 (EST)

== Unprotection ==

You know, I'd nearly forgotten you'd protected my [[User talk:Jeysie|Talk page]]. I think it's probably safe to unprotect it at this point (as I go off to find some wood to knock on). --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 16:50, 17 January 2010 (EST)
:Hey, your page, your risk if you want to take it. It can always be re-protected if need be.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:55, 18 January 2010 (EST)
::I like helping the newbies if they need it, so no point in locking them out when I don't need to. Thankee! --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 09:49, 18 January 2010 (EST)

== Heya ==

Doug, can you [[Talk:Transformers Hall of Fame|help me with this?]] Thanks. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:13, 10 May 2010 (EDT)

==Minor translation==
How would you translate "スクランブルシティ発動編", the full name of the [[Scramble City (episode)|Scramble City episode]]? It's been bugging me that the article isn't at the full title, but I don't want to stake a kinda major page move on my own halfassed translation. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:16, 14 June 2010 (EDT)
:"Scramble City Invoke Chapter"? "Scramble City Operation Chapter"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 01:31, 15 June 2010 (EDT)
::Sorry, been busy for a few weeks. I'd suggest "Scramble City: Activation" or "Scramble City: Mobilization". The "chapter" can be omitted, as the equivalent kanji essentially functions like the colon does in the translation.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:45, 24 June 2010 (EDT)

== Browning ==
Thanks for catching and correcting my editing errors on [[Browning]]! - [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] 23:55, 10 July 2010 (EDT)
:Sure thing. Some clean-up will inevitably be required for everyone, myself included. Just be careful as you edit articles, and use clean-up examples as learning opportunities if necessary.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:13, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

==EZ Thundercracker==
Doug, I have no idea what stores EZ Collection Thundercracker Clear Blue Ver is sold at. [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/event/tfa_summer.html Heeelp?] --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:04, 16 July 2010 (EDT)
:Any toy stores for Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo, Bic Camera, Midori Electrical and Yodobashi Camera. (The implication is that not all of these chains' stores sell toys.) It turns out Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo and Midori are all subsidiaries of [http://www.edion.co.jp/english/index.html Edion Corporation].

:Bonus info, just in case:
:*Clear purple Skywarp is a TRU exclusive
:*Clear orange Sunstorm is being sold through Amazon Japan and some Yamada Electronics stores
:*Clear white Ramjet is exclusive to Ito Yokado
:*Black Starscream clone is exclusive to Jusco

:Everything except the black clone is free to anyone buying ¥3000 or more (tax included) of ''Animated'' figures at the respective stores involved, from July 24 until supplies run out. The Jusco exclusive requires the purchase of TA27 Ultra Magnus, and will be available from August 6 until supplies run out.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:15, 16 July 2010 (EDT)
::Thanks a bunch, Doug! I've made the appropriate edits using this information.
::By the way, have you seen [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/lifestyle/1005/index.html these]? I made an inquiry about them [[Talk:Otoboto_family|here]]. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:03, 17 July 2010 (EDT)
:::I still have some uses. :-)
:::No, I hadn't seen those before. I'll take a look and comment on the appropriate page.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:01, 19 July 2010 (EDT)

==Thanks==
I meant to post this earlier, but thank you for going over my sandboxed page for Japanese commercials. There were more minor issues and awkward phrasing than I thought. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 01:57, 20 July 2010 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome. I figured that since you'd gone to all the trouble to prep the page in a sandbox, it was better to catch any problems before the page went "live".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:28, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

== Big general thanks ==

Hi Doug!

Just wanted to give you a big thank you for all the minor improvements, proofreading and similar stuff you're doing. Proofreaders simply don't get enough credit.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 17:12, 25 August 2010 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome, and I appreciate the sentiment. I wish I could do a greater amount of more substantial work too, but my wiki time tends to be more and more erratic recently.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:41, 26 August 2010 (EDT)

==[GAME] Why Ask Why? Why Say "Tatakai"?==
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/6b36d6c6a7d1076b/413a18dbd524c647?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Transformers+Tatakai%22+group:alt.toys.transformers#413a18dbd524c647

Doctor Sigma, a Japanese TF fan, recently(ish) sent me this same question. From my research, it seems the name "Transformers Tatakai" originated from this news posting ( http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-tatakai-video-game/699/ ), which states the title was found in the Babbages computer system. A posting on TFormers ( http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=1566&mode=flat ) said the game was mentioned in PlayStation Magazine as coming out in the US, but it doesn't say what title PlayStation Magazine actually used for the game, so we don't know whether or not it was legitimately going to be called "Transformers Tatakai".

Personally, that the original posting stated that the game was going to come out June 3rd in the US when it wasn't released in Japan until October 30th casts a pallor of suspicion over the entire thing for me. But, uh, at least Ichikawa-san will finally get his answer, more-or-less...

(To make this whole exchange less weird: I ran into your old newsgroup post while trying to come up with an answer for Doctor Sigma.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:25, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
:I remember Dr. Sigma. I sent him the Japanese tech spec text for the Omnibots years ago, as those were some of the few he was missing from his G1 specs web site at the time. Haven't spoken with him in ages.
:So, is this just an FYI of sorts, or am I overlooking any question you're asking me?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:11, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
::Oh, I didn't have a question for you, no. I just thought Ichikawa might be amused to get an answer to his "why does the American fandom call the G1 PS2 game Transformers Tatakai?" question, uh, six-ish years after having first asked it. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 18:26, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
:::Haven't been in touch with him for a while, either, or vice-versa. Well, I guess I can see if he remembers. Thanks!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:32, 1 September 2010 (EDT)

== Help with info on G-2 ==
I've been working on making a [[User:Tigerpaw28/Sandbox|page for the Japanese Generation 2 toyline]], since A.)We need it for the Wiki anyway and B)I can't readily find much info on the line so I would guess others are having the same problem. I managed to finally track down some info at Snakas' page which is in Japanese. Google Translate helped, but of course its translations aren't perfect. Would you be able to take a quick look at [http://snakas.web.fc2.com/generations/gen2/gen2.htm these] [http://snakas.web.fc2.com/generations/gen2/gobots_jp.htm pages] and see if I'm interpreting the translations correctly? I'm particularly curious about the "Division Seven" of Takara (sounds like it would be roughly equivalent to the US [[Market six]]), Dreadwing's function (Can't quite tell what the non-parentheses part is), and the cardbacks for the Go-Bots (I think it says there were two types of cardbacks?). --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:33, 18 September 2010 (EDT)
:From the first page:

::''Starting in '92, full-blown domestic development resumed for the first time in three years. Sales promo development for this series was conducted by using film animation edited together with the full-CG portions of commercials broadcast in the U.S. as its main visuals. In addition, comics starring the various characters were printed on the reverse side of the instruction sheets for the products in this series, supplementing the story aspect.

::''For the products sold in Japan, they resultantly chose only highly posable items from among the "Transformers Generation 2" product line sold overseas. As toys, these had a high level of completeness, and their prices were set extraordinarily low (for the time), but even so, domestic development of G2 ended after only half a year.

::''Further more, the "Go-Bots" listed at the bottom of the page were not included in the regular lineup, '''but were sold by Takara's affiliate company, Seven.'''

::''The official position listings in the list are written in parentheses, but these are based on the conclusion that the "aliases" given in the character data on the packages are not their normal functions. In fact, there are even products that show "function" and "alias" side by side. '''(Dreadwing's function is "Aerial Bombing Officer", while his alias is "Covert Bombing Specialist".)'''

:From the second page:

::''These are the domestic specs for the "Go-Bots", which were released overseas in 1995. '''They were sold through Takara's Seven division''' in late 1995, but apparently, they were primarily sold through routes that treated them as peg-displayed toys in supermarkets and convenience stores, rather than through the usual toy distribution routes.

::''The packaging was blister card style, as it was overseas. '''The printing on the front was left in English, exactly the same as the overseas product, with Japanese-language stickers applied on some portions. However, the card backs were entirely new, made for the Japanese market.'''

::''Overseas, each of the six vehicle types had 2-3 color variants sold as different characters, but for the domestic market, they chose three characters, and changes were made to the molds and such.

:I think that covers your initial questions, anyway.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:13, 19 September 2010 (EDT)

::Yes, it does! Thank you very much sir. It also prompts a few new ones. Does "sales promo development", refer to commercials or a cartoon? If cartoon, is this suggesting that the G2 cartoon aired in Japan? If it refers to Japanese commercials, why haven't they surfaced so far? These are just musings on the subject but if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:57, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

== Omega Supreme (Prime) ==

Oh, believe me, there're more references: [[Lens]] --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 16:39, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

== Finally got around to continue working on the "Engrish" article sandbox version ==

Any comments on [[User talk:Nevermore/Sandbox/Engrish#G1 Hook|this]]?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 10:45, 19 October 2010 (EDT)

==Wyatt==
Hey, Doug. Derrick Wyatt says that he misses you. Maybe drop a line on his blog? (I don't know if you have his email...) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:21, 28 October 2010 (EDT)
:Seriously? How flattering. Don't have his email, but I'll drop a line on his blog and see what he says, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:15, 30 October 2010 (EDT)

== This might interest you ==

[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74135] I already asked about "Gren". Anything you'd like to know?-[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 06:25, 10 November 2010 (EST)

== Just a quick thank-you ==

Hey, Apcog, thanks for fixing my typo on the Headmasters section of g1 Wheelie, and not reverting it back to the old version after all my petty, minor, insignificant changes I am so proud of. [[User:Solaris Prime|Solaris Prime]] 20:22, 25 February 2011 (EST)

==Translation help==
Hey, I'm planning to make stub pages for the e-mail ''United'' story, and I was wondering if you could correct my translations.

*大宇宙の探求者 — either "Exploration of the Universe" or "Explorers of the Universe"
**希望は塵（ごみ）山の中に — "Hope in the Junk Mountains"
**スクラップ惑星の贈り物 — "Gift of the Scrap Planet"
**悠久の戦い — "Eternal Battle"
**奪われた宝 — "Stolen Treasure"
**永劫の瞬間 — "Moment of Eternity"
**動きだす時 — dunno
**抗う者達 — "Those Who Resist"

Context, if you need it, is at the [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75565 Allspark thread]. Thank you in advance! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:31, 25 February 2011 (EST)
:大宇宙の探求者 = "Explorers of the Universe" The final kanji indicates it's referring to a person or people, as you see in the last title.
:動きだす時 = "Time Starts to Move"
:Everything else looks good.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:14, 25 February 2011 (EST)
::Again, thanks. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:47, 25 February 2011 (EST)

Another set of titles, this time the "Asterisc {{sic}} Story".
*猫と勲童 ("Cat and Meritorious Deed (involving a) Child") [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-01.html]
*?い景色教えます (I can't find the first kanji for this one.) [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-02.html]
*世界初!? 災害救助力一 ("World's First!? One-power Disaster Relief") [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-03.html]
Any suggestions for how to phrase the first title in English? You can zoom in if the Kanji isn't clear. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:39, 3 March 2011 (EST)
: Part one is 猫と勲章 ("The Cat and the Medal") Note the difference at the bottom of the third kanji.
: Part two is 良い景色教えます ("I'll Show You Some Great Scenery")
: Part three would be "The World's First Disaster Relief Car!?"--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:47, 3 March 2011 (EST)
::Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:03, 3 March 2011 (EST)

Do you, by any chance, have the kana for the original title of "[[The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!]]"? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:32, 10 April 2011 (EDT)
:I'll have to see if it's on one of my old backup CDs. I originally got the images from Jason at CosmicRust.com, but I don't know if I saved them, and the site's been defunct for a while. Internet Wayback didn't preserve images on the Micromaster story page, either. I've tried doing some searches in Japanese, but without knowing the exact words I need (besides ランドクロス and マイクロマスター), I'm not getting any useful results.
:I suspect it's something like "ランドクロスの合体陣の脅威", but I don't want to provide an inaccurate guess.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:05, 10 April 2011 (EDT)
::Ah-ha! Found it! "ランドクロス脅威の合体フォーメーション！" Can't believe I actually had the sense to hang on to that file...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:03, 11 April 2011 (EDT)
:::Again, much thanks. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:31, 11 April 2011 (EDT)

==Vandal==
Please block [[User:63.133.232.1]]. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:42, 8 March 2011 (EST)

==Fumihiko==
Hey, Doug? Do you have an email for Fumihiko that's newer than his "@tmd.ac.jp" one? I tried writing to him to see if he's okay, given the recent events in Japan, but it bounced. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:20, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:I've been in touch with him, and he's okay, thankfully. As of Monday (our time), he and his wife were stuck at his office, since the trains were down, but they were unhurt and had food, power and shelter, at least.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:59, 15 March 2011 (EDT)
::re: your message on my talk page, I, uh, don't actually remember what your email address is. Mine hasn't changed, though! --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 09:09, 9 April 2011 (EDT)
:::Er, I don't recall yours offhand either. Guess I can check your posts on Google Groups, if nothing else. At any rate, I heard from Fumihiko twice in the first week after the tsunami, but not since.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:19, 10 April 2011 (EDT)

== Merci ==

Thank you for catching my spelling error. [[User:JW|JW]] 10:47, 21 April 2011 (EDT)
:De nada.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:35, 21 April 2011 (EDT)

==G1 GoBots==
Doug, I seem to remember an ATT posting by you that discussed Ichikawa's involvement in the decos of the G1 GoBots. However, so far I have been unable to dig it up. Can you recall the specifics, or perhaps write to him about them? I'd like to either remove the speculation on [[Small_Foot#Notes|these]] [[Road_Ranger#Notes|pages]] about the Ladybird connection or get it confirmed (though as to the latter I'd be more likely expect you to confirm, I don't know, that you're really some kind of ambulatory credenza.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 07:12, 15 August 2011 (EDT)
:I recall he wrote the bios, but I don't believe he had anything to do with the decos.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:42, 27 August 2011 (EDT)

==Chatbox activation==
Mr. Admin wikis recently got Chat boxes. Maybe you can activate one on your wiki? {{unsigned|Sound Blster 3189|21:25, 20 August 2011}}
:There are plenty of forums and chats for Transformers. Go to one of them. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:29, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
::Sorry, i didnt know and i only wrote this cause i noticed most wikis have chat boxes. {{unsigned|Sound Blster 3189|16:06, 22 August 2011}}
:::Our particular wiki doesn't include any chat boxes in its design. As Interrobang indicated, we encourage those who want to chat to go to more appropriate web sites/forums. Regardless, even if we wanted to include chat boxes here, I'm not a wiki programmer, so I wouldn't be the one to ask about it.
:::Oh, and please don't forget to sign your Talk page posts, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:42, 27 August 2011 (EDT)

==Translation check==
Hey, Apcog. I was wondering if—if you have the time—you could do some checking on my ''[[Robot Masters (online manga)|Robot Masters]]'' issue summaries based on the text portions that can be found [[User:Lonegamer78/Sandbox#Robot_Masters_online_comic_text_portions|here]]. Most are pretty generic plots, but I'm concerned about #7: "[[Defend the Solitarium!]]". I think I got the gist of it, but I'm not fully confident of the fine points regarding Chaar and solitarium.

That aside, did you find out anything new about [[Dross]] and [[Trius]] from the source I gave you? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:47, 2 September 2011 (EDT)

:I went through #7's source text and revised the summary accordingly. It'll take me a bit to get to the rest.
:I'd forgotten all about the Dross and Trius business, I'm sorry to say. I'll have to check that info as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:45, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
::You are awesome, as always. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:07, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
Check on the [[Talk:Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|''Beast Wars II'' issue titles]], por favor. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:21, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
:Si, señor.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:36, 23 September 2011 (EDT)
::Gracias! Oh, while you're around, do you have any idea what the "Dekajira" (デカジラ) in [[Galvatron Dekazura Tank|Galatron Dekajira Tank]] means? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:51, 23 September 2011 (EDT)
:::I suspect it's supposed to be Dekadzura (デカヅラ), meaning "big head/face". "Tsura" is an old-fashioned, somewhat derogatory or vulgar word for "face", something akin to "mug", as in "ugly mug" or "mug shot". I don't get hits for either spelling paired with 戦車 on Google, though. Perhaps the term didn't catch a lot of attention.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 11:11, 26 September 2011 (EDT)
::::Ah, that makes sense. Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:24, 26 September 2011 (EDT)
Translation for 水の静宝? Still Water Treasure? Calm Treasure of Water? [http://homepage3.nifty.com/redalert/toybox/tf/HM/BF/BFStory02.html Context, if you need it.] [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:10, 16 October 2011 (EDT)
:The text mentions the Gems of Stillness and Motion (静宝と動宝). Well, "treasures", but it also says the Water Treasure of Stillness is one of the Water Gems (水の宝玉), so I think a little leeway can be excused. tl;dr: Water Gem/Jewel of Stillness.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:41, 16 October 2011 (EDT)
::Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:59, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

== English translations of the Japanese G1 toy bios ==

I'm looking for some place that has the toy bios for the all 1985-1992 Japanese G1 toys translated into English. I need them for some comparison work I'm doing between the Japanese G1 bios and the American G1 bios. This doesn't necessarily include reissues like from e-Hobby and such, but I mainly need to find English translations of all the 1985-1992 Japanese G1 toy bios, and any assistance would be appreciated. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 00:40, 11 February 2012 (EST)
:Man, I really need to figure out why this thing doesn't send me email notices any more when someone leaves me messages...
:Anyway, I only ever did some scattered JTF bios, maybe a dozen or so, that I can recall. You can probably find most of these by searching alt.toys.transformers on Google Groups with appropriate parameters.
:Unfortunately, if there's a central resource for straight translations of all the G1 JTF bios, I'm unaware of it. This wiki would seem likely, but by nature, it paraphrases rather than directly quotes in full. So even if all the info's here, it's probably not in a form you want.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:18, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

==Super Spychanger functions==
Doug, I was just wondering if you'd have time to translate the functions of the Super Spychangers.

http://tflab.net/japaspe/carrobo/ssc.html

The original Spychanger functions were translated as Ninja Chieftan Art Fire, Sniper Ninja Counter Arrow, Flyer Ninja Eagle Killer, Charger Ninja Ox, Destroyer Ninja Wars, and Gravity Ninja X-Car. These seem to be the same, but with exemplary modifiers. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:26, 5 May 2013 (EDT)
:Not a problem.
:Super Art Fire: Super Ninja Leader (Chieftain works, but the word can also mean "boss", "head", etc.)
:Super Eagle Killer: Great Flyer Ninja
:Super Wars: Mighty Destroyer Ninja
:Super X-Car: Heavy Gravity Ninja
:Super Ox: Extreme Charger Ninja
:Super Counter Arrow: True Sniper Ninja--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:57, 12 May 2013 (EDT)

Jackhammer (Prime)

2012-05-28T05:08:09Z

Apcog: /* Prime cartoon */

:''The ''Jackhammer'' is a spaceship from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:ConJob-Wheeljack'sShip.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
The '''''Jackhammer''''' is a starship in which the [[Wrecker]] known as [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] travels the stars alone, though there's room enough for two.

It is also known as the '''''Star Hammer'''''.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] went dark, Wheeljack began traveling the stars alone in the ''Jackhammer''.

Eventually, Wheeljack reached [[Earth]]'s [[Solar System]] and was hailed by the Autobots stationed there, including Bulkhead. As he was coming in to land at the coordinates provided by [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], the ''Jackhammer'' was attacked and shot down by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] somewhere over what would appear to be [[Egypt]].

After Wheeljack defeated his [[Makeshift (Prime)|Doppelgänger]], the ''Jackhammer'' was repaired, and though the Autobots welcomed Wheeljack to stay, he revealed that he intended to return to space. He invited Bulkhead along, but Bulkhead was too attached to his friends on Earth to leave. Bulkhead was sure he'd return someday... {{storylink|Con Job}}

While searching the galaxy, Wheeljack found [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]], only for the other Wrecker's ship to be destroyed. He chased the culprit, [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], to Earth. After a firefight, Wheeljack flew the ''Jackhammer'' to the Autobot base, where it was concealed in a cave atop the mountain. Wheeljack and Bulkhead later used it when they went to try and hunt down Dreadwing. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

During the third Iacon relic hunt, Wheeljack picked up Ratchet, and the two Autobots set out in the ''Jackhammer'' to head for the coordinates. En route there, the two encountered [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]], who proceeded to attack the ship before dispatching [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] to deal with the Autobots. The midair fight that ensued left both the ''Jackhammer'' and Laserbeak damaged. After planting a virus and a decoy bomb in Laserbeak, Ratchet returned to base while Wheeljack opted to stay with and repair his ship.{{storylink|Triage}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
[[Image:TF-Cyberverse-Vehicle-Wheeljack-Spaceship.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''''Star Hammer'' with Wheeljack''' (Cyberverse Vehicle)
**''Accessories:'' Two swords, two missiles, forward gun

:This Action set of the ''Star Hammer'' unfolds into a battle platform by sliding back the seat-shaped tab on its stern, which automatically folds out the ship's wings and elevates two large spring-loaded cannons into position. The cannons are operable in both modes, but in battle platform mode, feature flip-down handlebars that allow other ''[[Cyberverse]]'' figures to man them. The ship features an opening cockpit that can seat the included Wheeljack figure or any other ''Cyberverse'' figure of an appropriate size. The ship is decorated with numerous 3mm holes to hold ''Cyberverse'' weaponry, and even a few [[5mm post|5mm]] holes for good measure.

:In addition to its auto-transforming feature, the ''Star Hammer'' is built around its electronic "[[Energon Booster]]": an accessory attached to the body of the ship by a length of flexible wire which lights up with a green LED when the Autobot symbol on the ship's body is pressed. Equipped with several 3mm ports and posts, the booster can plug into any of the holes on the ship: in particular, it can mount behind the ship's cockpit to illuminate the translucent blue (removable) gun mounted there, or, in a feature not mentioned in the toy's instructions, it can snap into the rear of either of the two missile launchers and light them up. The booster can also plug into and illuminate any Commander-class figures and their weaponry.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Foreign names==

:'''Japanese:''' ''Star Hammer'' (スターハンマー, ''Sutaahanmaa'')

[[Category:Autobot starships]]
[[Category:Prime starships]]

Toxicity

2012-05-28T02:41:18Z

Apcog: /* Notes */

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|prev=Triage
|next=
|image=
|caption=
|title="Toxicity"
|airdate=[[May 26]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Bulkhead encounters life-threatening danger during the last relic hunt.'''

==Synopsis==
Megatron sends Hardshell and a group of Insecticons to find the fourth and final relic whose coordinates were decoded by the ship. [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], meanwhile, has arrived at a volcanic area near the equator to search for the same relic. While looking around, [[Hardshell]] runs into Bulkhead, and they start fighting after a brief exchange of words. The Wrecker flattens Hardshell, knocking a mandible off the Insecticon in the process. Bulkhead then heads downhill, realizing that an old lava flow may have taken the relic in the same direction. Hardshell comes to and heads with the other Insecticons to find their target. Though leaking energon from his fight, Bulkhead manages to find the relic, which turns out to be [[Toxic Energon]], or Tox-En for short. After reporting its fatal effects to Fowler and Raf, he decides to take most of the Tox-En with him and plant a bomb under rest within the relic container.

Hardshell and the other Insecticons find the vessel shortly after, but Bulkhead's trap leaves one of them fatally riddled with Tox-En shrapnel. Bulkhead runs uphill to the volcano to destroy the remaining Tox-En, after using his leaking energon to leave a false trail for the Insecticons to find. Fowler and the Wrecker start up a conversation about their past war-time careers and discover they've more in common than they'd previously thought. However, as Bulkhead continues his journey, he begins to feel the effects of the toxic energon and almost succumbs to its spark-sapping properties. After Agent Fowler convinces him to keep going for the sake of duty and family (namely Miko), Bulkhead trudges on.

Meanwhile, Hardshell figures out the false trail, and he and the other Insecticons fly uphill. They catch up to Bulkhead, who had just arrived at the volcano's mouth. Bulkhead throws a grenade at one Insecticon and shoves some of the Tox-En into the other. Hardshell and Bulkhead fight again, both now weakened from the contaminated energon. Bulkhead manages to punch Hardshell over to the Tox-En, and then flings the monster towards a hole in the caldera crust leading down into the molten lava. Bulkhead then throws the Tox-En to Hardshell, and the dizzied Insecticon falls into the volcano, destroying the toxic relic. As Bulkhead heads for the GroundBridge, Hardshell climbs out of the volcano and shoots the Autobot in the back, sending him flying through the GroundBridge to land within the Autobot base, his back burning. Ratchet, Raf, and Fowler see the smoke coming out of Bulkhead and run to his aid.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (8)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] (2)
*[[Hardshell]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)
|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can has cheeseburger!"
:— Yes, '''Agent Fowler''' actually said that.

"Leave it to Megatron to send a bug to do his dirty work." 
"You would know a thing or two about dirty work yourself, Wrecker."
:— '''Bulkhead''' receives a "right-back-at-you" from '''Hardshell'''.

"Now, you see, the thing about bugs your size: You make a bigger mess when I SMASH 'EM!"
:— '''Bulkhead''' being true to his wrecking nature.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Both of Bulkhead's maces silently transform during his first fight with Hardshell.
* In "[[Triangulation]]", Bulkhead is shown running through the GroundBridge for his mission. However, in this episode, he is shown just walking through the bridge.

===Continuity notes===
* This is the final episode of the four-part relic-hunting arc, all four parts of which happen concurrently. This episode focuses on Bulkhead and Fowler. Fowler's handling of [[Vogel]] in "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and the Antarctic research base in "[[Triangulation]]" are shown from his point of view. Raf is also seen programming the virus that Ratchet installs in [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] in "[[Triage]]". The ending scene is the same as in "Triage".
* Fowler makes mention of his old Army Ranger days, which he first mentioned in "[[Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime]]".
* Bulkhead flashes back to numerous episodes from the first season, first to battle scenes, then to scenes with Miko.
* Bulkhead's tactic of hiding a grenade in the Tox-En container is similar to the one proposed by Wheeljack in "Triage".

===Transformers references===
* Hardshell is the modern name for the G1 Insecticon [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]].

===Real-world references===
* While still recovering from the shock he received in "[[Flying Mind]]", Fowler blurts out "I can has cheeseburger", a popular cat-based internet meme.
* Considering its green coloration, mineral-like composition, and fatal effects from prolonged exposure, Tox-En is essentially Cybertronian Kryptonite.

===Trivia===
* In the past, the Wreckers have generally been a small, closely knit unit (despite their horrific attrition rates). However, Hardshell's comment that he's faced Wreckers numerous times suggests the team is much larger in the Aligned continuity.

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Toxicity

2012-05-28T02:34:33Z

Apcog: /* Quotes */

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|prev=Triage
|next=
|image=
|caption=
|title="Toxicity"
|airdate=[[May 26]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
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'''Bulkhead encounters life-threatening danger during the last relic hunt.'''

==Synopsis==
Megatron sends Hardshell and a group of Insecticons to find the fourth and final relic whose coordinates were decoded by the ship. [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], meanwhile, has arrived at a volcanic area near the equator to search for the same relic. While looking around, [[Hardshell]] runs into Bulkhead, and they start fighting after a brief exchange of words. The Wrecker flattens Hardshell, knocking a mandible off the Insecticon in the process. Bulkhead then heads downhill, realizing that an old lava flow may have taken the relic in the same direction. Hardshell comes to and heads with the other Insecticons to find their target. Though leaking energon from his fight, Bulkhead manages to find the relic, which turns out to be [[Toxic Energon]], or Tox-En for short. After reporting its fatal effects to Fowler and Raf, he decides to take most of the Tox-En with him and plant a bomb under rest within the relic container.

Hardshell and the other Insecticons find the vessel shortly after, but Bulkhead's trap leaves one of them fatally riddled with Tox-En shrapnel. Bulkhead runs uphill to the volcano to destroy the remaining Tox-En, after using his leaking energon to leave a false trail for the Insecticons to find. Fowler and the Wrecker start up a conversation about their past war-time careers and discover they've more in common than they'd previously thought. However, as Bulkhead continues his journey, he begins to feel the effects of the toxic energon and almost succumbs to its spark-sapping properties. After Agent Fowler convinces him to keep going for the sake of duty and family (namely Miko), Bulkhead trudges on.

Meanwhile, Hardshell figures out the false trail, and he and the other Insecticons fly uphill. They catch up to Bulkhead, who had just arrived at the volcano's mouth. Bulkhead throws a grenade at one Insecticon and shoves some of the Tox-En into the other. Hardshell and Bulkhead fight again, both now weakened from the contaminated energon. Bulkhead manages to punch Hardshell over to the Tox-En, and then flings the monster towards a hole in the caldera crust leading down into the molten lava. Bulkhead then throws the Tox-En to Hardshell, and the dizzied Insecticon falls into the volcano, destroying the toxic relic. As Bulkhead heads for the GroundBridge, Hardshell climbs out of the volcano and shoots the Autobot in the back, sending him flying through the GroundBridge to land within the Autobot base, his back burning. Ratchet, Raf, and Fowler see the smoke coming out of Bulkhead and run to his aid.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (8)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] (2)
*[[Hardshell]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)
|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can has cheeseburger!"
:— Yes, '''Agent Fowler''' actually said that.

"Leave it to Megatron to send a bug to do his dirty work." 
"You would know a thing or two about dirty work yourself, Wrecker."
:— '''Bulkhead''' receives a "right-back-at-you" from '''Hardshell'''.

"Now, you see, the thing about bugs your size: You make a bigger mess when I SMASH 'EM!"
:— '''Bulkhead''' being true to his wrecking nature.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Both of Bulkhead's maces silently transform during his first fight with Hardshell.
* In "[[Triangulation]]", Bulkhead is shown running through the GroundBridge for his mission. However, in this episode he is shown just walking through the bridge.

===Continuity notes===
* This is the final episode of the four-part relic-hunting arc, which all happen concurrently. This episode focuses on Bulkhead and Fowler. Fowler's handling of [[Vogel]] in "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and the Antarctic research base in "[[Triangulation]]" are shown from his point of view. Raf is also seen programming the virus that Ratchet installs in [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] in "[[Triage]]". The ending scene is the same as in "Triage".
* Fowler makes mention of his old Army Ranger days, which he first mentioned in "[[Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime]]".
* Bulkhead flashes back to numerous episodes from the first season, first to battle scenes, then to scenes with Miko.
* Bulkhead's tactic of hiding a grenade in the Tox-En container is identical to the one proposed by Wheeljack in "Triage".

===Transformers references===
* Hardshell is the modern name for the G1 Insecticon [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]].

===Real-world references===
* While still recovering from the shock he received in "[[Flying Mind]]", Fowler blurts out "I can has cheeseburger", a popular cat-based internet meme.
* Considering its green coloration, mineral-esque composition, and fatal effects from prolonged exposure, Tox-En is essentially Cybertronian Kryptonite.

===Trivia===
* While in the past the Wreckers have generally been a small, closely-knit unit (despite their horrific attrition rates), Hardshell noting he's faced Wreckers numerous times suggests the team is much larger in the Aligned continuity.

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

User talk:Apcog

2012-03-13T17:18:51Z

Apcog: /* English translations of the Japanese G1 toy bios */

Finally had a reason to sign up (images to upload). I may have deleted a new message by mistake when attempting to remove my initial, misplaced text from this page--which I thought I'd already deleted. The two photos I uploaded were taken by me and included with permission of the subjects, if anyone's wondering.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
:Hi, welcome to the wiki! Thanks for us helping out for the benefit of Mankind. Or for the benefit of ourselves and other nerds on the internets. Same thing. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
::"Thanks for us helping out"? Well, if you want to congratulate yourselves, that's your business. (Yes, I know what you meant.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Yes, people should thank us for helping mankind!
:::Damn my dyslexia! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

==Question==
Good lord, is that some Doug Dlin I see? Assuming it is, I have a question in relation to a G1 Springer note from the Antarctic Press Cybertronian guides. There's a quote about the final toy being the fourth (or maybe third, I can't recall offhand) design. I was just curious if this originated from Transformers Generations or some other source. Thanks in advance.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 10:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
:If you can actually see me, then I need to cover my screen or something, because I don't have a webcam setup. Anyway, it's been so long that I don't really remember. It might've come from ''Generations'', but my copy vanished a few years ago and I was never able to get a replacement, so I can't check.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:07, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
::Took a moment to check the issue. The caption says the final toy was based on the fourth prototype design, all right. It sounds like something Harold would have contributed, though it could've come from ''Generations''. Until/unless I get another copy, I won't know one way or the other.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:59, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

==Prince Guy==
According to the dialogue script on Metrodome's Region 2 DVD set, the real name of the prince from Aerial Assault is spelled Jumal. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 02:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
:Indeed? Then the entire "Aerial Assault" article was wrong. I brought the name on the character list in line with the more frequent usage in the episode summary. So much for majority rules.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

::To be fair, I can't remember how the name is pronounced in the episode itself - it's possible it was changed - but [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/HassanToJumal.jpg here's] a screenshot from the dialogue script PDF. I reckon the person who wrote up the "Aerial Assault" article was simply unaware. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

:::That's okay, I believed you anyway and have already changed the article to reflect it. I also figured the original author of the article was probably as ignorant of the spelling as I was.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

== Talk pages ==

Please don't delete other people's comments from talk pages. ([http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Talk%3ASensors&diff=119878&oldid=119874 link]) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
:...the hell? I '''didn't''' delete any comments—not knowingly, anyway. I specifically added material at the bottom of that comments page in direct response to Rosicrucian. Best I can guess, you made that shorter response while I was composing mine (which was delayed by a few interruptions), and when I submitted my edit, rather than tell me the page was out of date, it overrode your comment. Sorry that happened, but it was definitely not deliberate.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

===Coming soon template===
Coming soon templates go underneath the actual the text of the toy in question, as shown in the various Movie and ''Animated'' character articles. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
:D'oh! Shoulda checked, I suppose. Well, outside of that, any complaints?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

==Noise==
Care to explain why you reverted the edits to Noise's article? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:20, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
:Wasn't intentional. When I began editing, your changes weren't present yet. When I finished and submitted, the wiki didn't give me an "out of date version" warning, but simply processed my edits as normal. I noticed that the wiki connection was really sluggish this afternoon, too. Don't know if that had anything to do with it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
::That's... really weird. Okay. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, it happened to me once before, as you can see in my earlier Talk page discussions. Kind of annoying, as I definitely don't like being a wiki antagonist.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Graphy==
Well, stuff like "lion" and "dinosaur" aren't scientific names. ''Pteranodon'' is the scientific name for the genus, and should be capitalized (and italicized). [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 23:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
::Oh, so? I was going by common usage, which I thought was using the name uncapitalized. I certainly almost never see dinosaur names italicized unless they are specifically part of a scientific name, as opposed to designating the type of animal—e.g., a pteranodon vs. ''Pteranodon longiceps''. Well, feel free to undo that aspect of my edits.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Spelling==
Hey, after we reminded [[User:Fiction Alchemist|Fiction Alchemist]] that there are editors from the UK and the Commonwealth, and their English is just as valid as American English, I don't think it's the done thing to start taking the 'u' out of words like colour. ;) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:26, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
:Wasn't aware there'd been such a policy established. Personally, I feel that having one consistent spelling style for the wiki is a better idea. AShould I simply ignore European-style English spelling differences, then?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
::Yes, because hey, the UK significantly contributed to the Transformers fiction and several prominent editors here are either from the UK, Europe or from the Commonwealth. And as I said, our english is just as valid as American english on this wiki. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:::I don't deny either fact. As I said, my aim in Americanizing British English was simply to establish a consistent spelling style for the wiki, not to deny the validity of British English spelling ''per se'' or the contributions of Europeans to the wiki.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
::::I think we should make American English the standard here. Not that I would get all pissy about English English being used, nor would I bother making changes, but if someone were to make changes, it should be towards American English. And if someone does make those changes towards American English, it shouldn't be a problem.
::::Japan has also significantly contributed towards Transformers fiction, but I hope that doesn't mean we allow every third word of our articles to be in Japanese. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::Well, I'm certainly capable of ignoring King's English spellings when I make corrections, but it's reassuring to know that, by wiki policy, Americanizing them isn't considered specifically wrong.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

==Block Town==
I can't seem to find the snippets of info from Fumihiko about the line. I dimly remember "Carzap" being -apparently- a new guy who is not Windbreaker... any chance you can see if Fumihiko is able to provide more packaging/name info on these guys? Maybe come BC? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 06:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
:I'll see what I can do. You'll probably have to remind me closer to the date so I can remind him. Meanwhile, I don't get any results Googling "Carzap" and "Block Town", either on the net or Google Groups.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:51, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

==Template!==
Lil' thing... we do have a <nowiki>{{preview bastard}}</nowiki> template that's all cute for multiple minor changes peoples. I'm quite happy with it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 07:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

:I know, I think I've used it once or twice. I didn't feel I needed it for conversing with Aamp, though, since he'd already been reprimanded by the time I got there. (I'm assuming that's what you're referring to, since that's the only "multiple minor changes" case I've been involved with inthe last several hours.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

== Chairtwo ==

He a wikia admin, not Assaulthead. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:47, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

==Japanese!?==

Hey, since you're one of the resident Japanese experts, could you take a look at [[Talk:Great Turn-Around! Autobot Warriors!]]? It looks alright to me, but I'd like a look-over by somebody more experienced. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
:Hey, another Japanese favor to ask. Could you translate "空中山脈大爆破" (the Furigana given is "くうちゅうさんみゃくだいばくは"), the Japanese title for "[[Power Surge]]"? I composed a list of the Telemocha DVDs for [[pack-in flyer]], but couldn't figure out how to effectively translate this title. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 05:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 06:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks for the clean up ==

Thank you for the clean up, Doug! By the way, why don't you post at TFW or the Allspark? :) [[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 00:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
:Kinda figured that was you, Jeff. I don't post there for sheer lack of time. I spend more time here than I should as it is...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
::I know what you mean. I'm beginning to feel like I'm addicted to this place.[[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 02:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

==A favour to ask==
So long as you're cleaning up Movie Bumblebee's article, can you clean up my stupidly long Movie section for him? Though I'd like you to keep my specific mentions of what songs he plays when he tries to help Sam court Mikaela. Thanks. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:Given the time, I'll see what I can do.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

==A man of few vices==
vi·ce3 (vī'sē, -sə)
prep.

In place of; replacing.

...yeah, I'd never heard of it either. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

:Considering most of our readers are likely going to be in the same boat, I suggest using a more common synonym, then.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

==Preview button==
Sorry dude,i usually use the preview button,but for some reason the preview just wouldn't show up that day. --[[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 14:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh it did load,but very glitchy. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 16:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

== Commas ==

We appear to have stylistic differences about comma usage. I suggest we try to respect each other's usage. Or, we could duel to the death, like our ancestors before us... [[User:JW|JW]] 16:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
:The rule of thumb I learned, at least for commas between clauses linked by a conjunction, is that if the remainder of the sentence after the conjunction can stand alone as a full sentence (that is, if it's an independent clause), you use a comma. There are exceptions, of course.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::There are rules, and there is style. In the example from [[Survival of the Fittest]], I think

::"The episode ends before Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone return Sari to her father, and before the Autobots report back in to Prime."

::is clearer and easier to read than

::"The episode ends before Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone return Sari to her father and before the Autobots report back in to Prime."

::With the comma, the sentence is less run-on, and the separation of the two events is maintained. No comma is ''required'' there, but it isn't ''prohibited'' either. So, I ask that you respect my choices. The alternative is that we initiate a discussion on the Style Guide page, and I really think this is too picayune to warrant that. [[User:JW|JW]] 16:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

:::That's a borderline case, true, mainly because of the phrase including "and" within the dominant clause which could potentially involve confusion with the clause-linking "and", as you note. With all the comma misuse pervading the contributions here, I sometimes get carried away; normally, I'd have let that go. I think you'll find that, on the whole, I haven't really dogged your contributions that badly...have I?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::In general, not that I've noticed. Yesterday, however, [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Mayhem_Attack_Squad&diff=168852&oldid=168845 this edit] raised my eyebrow, and when something similar happened again today, the beast within me was stirred to <strike>frenzy</strike> comment. [[User:JW|JW]] 18:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::: Yeah,that edit doesn't really make any sense. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 18:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::Seems fairly straightforward to me. There was no reason to set apart the phrase "and sent them to Earth in a Decepticon ship" by commas. The carryover phrase-starter "with" negates the need for a comma after "teamed up on Earth". Using a comma between "embedded his hand" and "cannon-blasted Venom" implies that a third action by Galvatron is coming in the list, when in fact the rest of the sentence shifts away from him, so it's better to link the two actions with a conjunction as a two-item list. "Once on Earth" and "With the Time Wars over" are establishing prepositional phrases, which are generally set apart by commas. "The battle escalated" is a dominant clause preceding a subordinate clause and doesn't take a comma. If the sentence were reversed, with the subordinate "as more and more Autobots" phrase first, it would take a comma. Or so are the rules as I have learned them.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:40, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Check before you give me an <nowiki>{{unsigned}}</nowiki> ==

Please don't attribute (unsigned) comments I didn't make to me (like you did on [[Talk:Black Friday (episode)]] with one of GWolfv2's comments). - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 03:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

== Quote format ==
FYI: script style quotes, with the speakers already in bold next to their lines, don't need to have a second bold-font attribution at the bottom. They can be left in plain font; it's kinda redundant otherwise. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:Hunh...and here I thought I was just being consistent. Oh well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::Well, the attribution lines don't always even mention all the characters who speak, so it's actually kind of irregular to bold the characters who do get mentioned. Heck, with script format, the attribution line isn't even needed at all, unless there's some special reason to comment on the action; it's just somehow become standard to add such comments. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:::So, uh, where does that leave me? Or should I even worry about it?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::::''So, uh, where does that leave me? ''
::::DOOOOOOOOOOMED. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 04:17, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

== Anonymous vandals ==

The first one you linked to was actually the guy I banned last night, but thanks for bringing the other to my attention. I must've missed him. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 17:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

==REV's clear exlcusive==
Wow. Weird. Nice to know where those came from finally. Can you C&P this into the other Spy changers' pages? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

==Re: Fanon==

Oh, cheers, man. Didn't even know that existed. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 07:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry, had thought I'd removed it when I cleared the page. Cheers. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 17:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

==Reign of Starscream==

Hey Apcog. Thanks for catching those spelling errors I missed in my writeup of issue 2's synopsis. I've been having trouble lately with the edit screen cutting off parts while I'm writing, so the help is greatly appreciated. I guess this goes to show that even aspiring editors need some beta help sometimes ;) --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 01:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:Glad to be of assistance. If your edit window's cutting off stuff, you may want to look into a larger problem, such as software malfunction or incompatibility—wiki coding, browser program, or whatever.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Nemesis's's's's ==

Is there a reason for this? I'll stop fixing them if that's the consensus, but it's poor english to make a word possessive like that. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 18:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

== Help? ==

Do you know anything about General Demolishor from [[Transtech]]? I started the article in a not so probable way [[Demolishor (TransTech)|here]] The article needs help. {{unsigned|Rodimusmann22}}
:I'm afraid I don't know details about this character, and I'm not sure why you asked me in particular. As it is, the article is better off being deleted. Better not to have an article than to start one poorly.
:In the future, don't a new article for a character about which you know nothing, then ask someone at random (like me) to fill in the big blanks. A better approach would have been to leave a message on the Discussion page for the main Transtech article, something like "Does anyone have any solid information on General Demolishor? I think he deserves his own article, but I barely know about the character besides his name." Now, of course, it's a bit late.
:Oh—and don't forget to sign your posts, please, especially on talk pages.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

== Jazz (Animated) ==

Is there some special clip, or a peg that I'm missing? Because I usually end up just squishing him around until it doesn't look so crappy. [[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 07:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:Each side panel has a pair of ridges on its inside surface, in the fender area just above the root of the exhaust pipes. There's another ridge on the inside of the hood, under the sideview mirror, which fits into the slot between the two ridges on the side panel. If everything else is aligned right, there should be no problem getting them to fit together. The stock image used for Jazz's page isn't aligned right, obviously.--Apcog 14:53, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::I've tried to get those to work, but I keep having trouble. Oh well, I guess I just have to do it with more care. Thanks![[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 03:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Unfortunately, without seeing in person what you're doing or not doing when you transform it, I can't offer any better advice than that.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:18, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Signature ==

Damn. I uploaded the image to commons so it would work, but oh well. It was just something my wiki was trying, but I guess it won't work.[[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 15:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

== Questions on the move ==

Hi, please can you have a look at Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving#Questions on the move. Thanks -- [[User:sannse|sannse]]<staff /> (talk) 19:21, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== Car Robots ==

Since this didn't garner any response... would you be able to look at the "Dimensional Crossing" section of this, Doug? [[Talk:Robots in Disguise (cartoon)]]

I suspect you translated the catalog story way back when it first came out, but I was having trouble digging it up... I seem to remember it went up on Masterforce.org? Maybe? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 18:20, 16 October 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks for answering this and the T-AI question, Doug. Sorry I had neglected to do this before. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:45, 21 October 2008 (EDT)
::Sure thing. I recall both issues coming up back in the day, and I'd forgotten they'd subsided still so unresolved. In particular, I recall there being one whole image of that Ai-chan resin figure available at the time. Your larger images were a big help in settling both issues.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:50, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

== Good grief! ==

Thanks for the cleanup on [[Survival Instincts]]. I must be asleep tonight!

By the by, I notice you tend to switch out a lot of my semicolon-spliced sentences with "and" connectors. Is that just a personal preference, or some rule you're following? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:39, 27 October 2008 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome. I figure since you're doing the heavy lifting (i.e., slogging through the series to do the write-ups), the least I can do is tote in the small stuff, as it were.
:As for the semicolons, it's possible I'm being too picky, but the usage rule I learned was that they join independent clauses that are restatements of each another, or a brief summary and an expansion. Note the one I left alone in paragraph 12, in the sentence about Rodimus's group hitting a dead end. (There's also the usage within a series that would normally be set apart by commas, except some elements in the series already contain commas.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:34, 28 October 2008 (EDT)

== Boilerplate CYA ==

Thanks for the heads up, hon! I edited the two images in Humanizing as requested. {{unsigned|Knocks}}

== BWNeo Manga Title ==

Scanned the title for "Battle of the Single Batch" for you to look at. Hopefully I grabbed the right one...

[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWNeoMangaTitle.jpg Title Image].

--[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:11, 10 November 2008 (EST)
:Thank you. It's ''Hitori-botchi no Tatakai'', which translates as "A Solo Battle" or "A Battle Fought Alone" or similar. "Battle of the Single Batch", indeed...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:14, 10 November 2008 (EST)
::The "Battle of the Single Batch" translation came from [[Talk:Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|here]], if anybody cares. Scans of the other titles are there, too. —[[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 17:05, 10 November 2008 (EST)
:::Duly noted and amended there, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:30, 10 November 2008 (EST)

== Convobat and Megalligator ==

Okay, the wiki screwed up and lost the message I was trying to send you, Doug, so this may be more terse than I mean it to be.

If you have time, I was wondering if you'd be willing to help solve the mystery of Convobat and Megalligator - whether they're the same characters as Primal and BW Megs, whether they're new versions of Prime and G1 Megs, whatever their actual deal is. I've made some scans from a couple Japanese guidebooks about them, and their bios are on Dr. Sigma's site, so...

''Convobat'' [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/bc06.html Single Convobat bio] [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/s01c.html Twopack Convobat bio] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWDaihyakkaConvobat.jpg Beast Wars Daihyakka entry] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookConvobat.jpg Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook entry]

''Megalligator'' [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/bd06.html Single Megalligator bio] [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/s01d.html Twopack Megalligator bio] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWDaihyakkaMegalligator.jpg Beast Wars Daihyakka entry] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookMegalligator.jpg Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook entry]

Any light you can shed on their identities is well appreciated. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:56, 27 November 2008 (EST)
:I'm no expert (actually ran the texts through translators), but the 2-pack bios specifically mention that the characters are usually a trailer truck and a Walther P-38, respectively, but for this battle they take on the forms of a bat and an alligator. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:10, 27 November 2008 (EST)
::''Convobat''
::* Single-pack bio - No indication either way
::* Two-pack bio - Indicates he's usually a truck, but chose a bat form this time
::* Dai-hyakka entry - Indicates he rebuilt himself into a bat, which has much fewer weapons than his last form
::* Koushiki entry - Ditto

::''Megalligator''
::* Single-pack bio - Indicates the 'gator form is temporary
::* Two-pack bio - Says he evolved from a Walther gun and scanned a 'gator
::* Dai-hyakka entry - Indicates he rebuilt himself into an alligator, reducing his size by about half
::* Koushiki entry - Indicates this is another form of '''Beast Wars''' Megatron, consuming less energy over a long battle than a T. Rex body would

::It sounds to me like this was essentially the same as what happened Stateside: The early releases were written up as new forms for the G1 characters, but this was later ignored. The later write-ups indicate at least Megatron was the BW incarnation. While the later Convoy write-ups could go either way, Occam's Razor suggests that they refer to the BW version as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:48, 28 November 2008 (EST)
:::Sorry for the delayed response to this, Doug, but thank you for taking the time to look at these bios. It's nice to finally have a clear understanding of what the situation was over in Japan at the time. (It seems to me that there isn't a whole lot of English-language info on the Japanese dub of the first season of Beast Wars, in general...) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:04, 18 December 2008 (EST)
::::You're welcome, and I appreciate the response, belated or not. Eventually, we may be able to get more solid info on the Japanese dub of BW season 1, but it'll require a lot more common free time on the part of English-savvy Japanese fans and Japanese-savvy western fans...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:10, 18 December 2008 (EST)

== Anons and Minor edits ==

Asking anons to use the minor edit box is only going to confuse them, as it only shows up for registered users. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:00, 10 December 2008 (EST)
:Ah, I see. It's been so long since I've made any unregistered edits, I'd forgotten. Oh well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:07, 10 December 2008 (EST)

== Another Japanese check ==

Hey, again. Is "A Dream Is Born, Double Prime" a good translation of 夢のダブルコンボイ誕生? TX55 snuck in "The Birth of the Fantastic Double Convoy" as a more "proper translation". (It seems to me that it's "Birth of the Dream of Double Prime", but I'd prefer to run it by you first.) —[[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 18:41, 28 December 2008 (EST)
:TX55's version is actually more correct. "Dream" modifies "Double Convoy" in this sentence, so it's literally "the Double Convoy of dreams" or "the dreamed-of Double Convoy." TX55's phrasing represents a good interpretation, though it's possible to substitute "Prime" for "Convoy" depending on our standards for that sort of thing. Otherwise, I'd phrase it "Birth of the Fantastic Double Convoy", just knocking off the initial "The".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:50, 28 December 2008 (EST)
::Mind you I won't directly go against this if you feel this is better, but in the few years I've been learning Japanese I've never seen Yume used as anything but "dream"... As silly as it'd sound, wouldn't "Birth of the dreamy Double Convoy" or somesuch turn of phrase be better? Or perhaps "Birth of the dream's Double Convoy"? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:00, 28 December 2008 (EST)
:::That's more literal, but it doesn't flow in English. There's a phrase I've seen several times in anime titles and theme songs: 夢色, "yume-iro". It literally means "dream-colored", but translating it like that doesn't sound normal in English at all. It translates more like "dream-like" or "fantastic", with the proper phrasing depending far more on context than literal meaning. If we really want to include the word "dream" in the title, then "A Dream is Born: Double Prime/Convoy" would be the closest interpretation, but TX55's is still reasonable while flowing better in English.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 19:13, 28 December 2008 (EST)

Check me up? 制作現場直撃! ギャラクシーフォースはこうして作られた!! and トランスフォーマー開発秘話 at Galaxy Force Phase Ignition. I need more practice... --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:23, 16 January 2009 (EST)
:Danke! --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 03:15, 16 January 2009 (EST)

How awkward is "Administration for Special Diplomatic Agency" from "政府特別外交機関"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 15:19, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:I'd suggest "Governmental", "Federal" (or State or whatever government level is involved), or even "Official" (政府援助 means "Official Development Assistance") instead of "Administration for".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:52, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::Ah. That makes sense. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 18:02, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

I feel like such a ''baka deshi''... What's the exact difference between 演出 and 監督? ''Enshutsu'' I see in the ending credits, while ''kantoku'' I see in the opening. Enshutsu meaning director/producer over that particular episode, whereas kantoku would be director over the overall series? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 19:34, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
:No need to beat yourself up about it; I've been vague on the distinction myself. Checking Wikipedia Japan, at least in terms of theater, 演出(家) is like a stage director and (舞台)監督 like a stage manager. Once a performance actually begins, the stage manager sort of inherits/takes over the stage director's work. For the duration of the performance, s/he takes on the responsibility for maintaining the progress of the concepts and the play that the stage director provided.
:In TV animation, the 演出 can also be credited as 監督, as well as ディレクター or アニメーション・ディレクター, so that's not much help.
:An 演出's role in animation is like that of a film director, giving direction and supervision when the screenplay is converted into imagery. First, the 演出 digests the screenplay, dramatizing it if necessary, and then the storyboards are made based on the script. Even if there's a separate storyboard manager, it's normal for the 演出's intentions (and here the article switches to calling the job 監督) to come through strongly.
:Confusing the issue a bit further, there's a 作画監督 (Drawing/Art Supervisor?) who does the character designs and layout settings when there aren't specific, separate people there for the jobs, and the 美術監督 (Art Director), who does the art settings. The Drawing/Art Supervisor is responsible for the production of original art and animation, while the Art Director is responsible for the production of backgrounds. After that, as the production progresses through filming, special effects, sound recording and editing, the 演出(家) takes responsibility for the completion of those steps. In particular, (s)he takes an involved role in the editing and sound recording steps.
:For maintaining uniform quality on a TV series, you have チーフディレクター, シリーズディレクター and 総監督 (General Supervisor?), which has ''also'' come to be called just 監督 in recent years.
:So, uh...I'm not sure if that gives you what you need to know or not.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:52, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
::Urk. *goes crossed-eye* Well, that sorta clears things up a bit... Was asking because I was going over the credits for [[Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]] and [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Car Robots]] (and most likely the others, depends when/if I'm able to find the rest of [[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Legend]]), and trying to work out who did what. Manabu Ono is credited as 監督 in the opening credits for GF, while 演出 is shown alongside 脚本 and changes every episode in the ending credits — 武山篤 is 演出 in episode 50 for example. Same applies in CR with Osamu Sekita as 監督 — 筒井義明 and 加藤顕 as 演出 in episode 1 and then 関田修 as 演出 for the clip episodes. So, you could see my confusion in the first place. At least I have a better idea now. サンキュー, 先輩. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:33, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
:::In that case, it sounds like the titles are definitely reversed from the typical setup mentioned above, with one Supervising Director for the whole series and individual Directors/Producers for the episodes. Hurray for inconsistency.
:::Oh—and just to round out your collection:
:::*武山篤 - Atsushi Takeyama
:::*筒井義明 - Yoshiaki Tsutsui
:::*加藤顕 - Ken (or possibly Akira) Katō
:::*関田修 - Osamu Sekita
:::--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 10:30, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
::::Thanks! :) --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 11:40, 28 April 2009 (EDT)

== Sparkdash? ==

[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c313.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c313.html] 
[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c314.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c314.html] 
[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c315.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c315.html] 
I took a whack at Hotspark's bio... how far off would you say I was? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:10, 3 January 2009 (EST)
:You were very close. However, the Fire Skid attack hits enemies behind him, not in front.
:Here's what I have for the other two. Feel free to paraphrase and whatnot:
:'''Hardspark'''
:His super-heavy mass allows him to perform devastating body-blow attacks, but also makes it very difficult for him to change direction when in motion. His mass crushes his treads against the ground, sparking off flames for his Caterpillar Fire attack.

:'''Wildspark'''
:Capable of off-road maneuvers on a par with the Godmaster Ranger, Wildspark loves it loud! He amplifies the sound of his engine loud enough to make his enemies falter, allowing him the chance to attack. Using his Rolling Backfire attack, he circles his enemies, spitting intense flames out of his exhaust and melting them.

--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:31, 3 January 2009 (EST)
::Beauty. Thanks... nice to have these teeny dark corners of forgotten TFdom pulled into the light and cataloged. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:52, 3 January 2009 (EST)

== Thanks for the heads up ==

I'm going back and editing my less-than-stellar posts and trying to be less of a grammar schmuck in the future.-- [[User:Bearded Kid|Bearded Kid]]
:Always a pleasure to see contributors take constructive criticism properly. Keep up the good work!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:32, 6 January 2009 (EST)

== Translating the Omnibot bios ==

Monzo has put up links to the Japanese Omnibot bios, but as far as anybody knows, they've never been properly translated into English. Is there any chance we could get you to give it a shot? Thanks! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 18:54, 10 January 2009 (EST)
:I actually translated them years ago, but couldn't find them online, weirdly enough. I could've sworn they were on a.t.t. or Tony Li's web site or something. Thankfully, I had 'em on file at home:
::Doublechanger/Scout CAMSHAFT
::Function...Scout
::Transformation...Celica XX (Double-X), attack vehicle
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 180 km/h ·Top Output: 520 Hp
::::·Can transform into Celica and attack vehicle.
::Profile...Prides himself on being active on the leading edge of spy warfare with the Destrons. He is a little excitable, however, and sometimes makes mistakes in his intelligence activities. Even fellow Cybertrons acknowledge the superiority of his heavy weaponry.
::Weapon(s)...·Pulse Laser ·Hand Pulse Laser ·Rocket Launcher

::STR-6.5 | INT-9 | SPD-8 | END-8 | RNK-7 | CRG-7 | FRP-8 | SKL-6

::Doublechanger/Tracker DOWNSHIFT
::Function...Tracker
::Transformation...Savannah RX-7, armored vehicle
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 180 km/h ·Top Output...480 Hp
::::·Transforms into Savannah and armored vehicle.
::::·Uses target-pursuit systems to track Destrons.
::Profile...When performing spy activities, gets the idea that he is being spied upon in return. Though rather high-strung, will carry out orders faithfully and reliably. Has confidence in his super-hard body armor.
::Weapon(s)...·RX Missile Launcher

::STR-7 | INT-8 | SPD-8.5 | END-9 | RNK-7 | CRG-6 | FRP-5 | SKL-9

::Doublechanger/Commander OVERDRIVE
::Function...Commander
::Transformation...Ferrari BB, fighter plane
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 302 km/h (car mode), Mach 1.2 (fighter mode)
::::·Detects Destrons with sensors in his sunroof.
::::·Can transform into BB and fighter plane.
::Profile...Has presence of mind appropriate to a commander. Calm disposition makes him seem a little cool to teammates, but it conceals one of the foremost fighting spirits among the Cybertrons.
::Weapon(s)...·Twin Blaster ·BB Shot ·Pulse Laser

::STR-9 | INT-9.5 | SPD-9 | END-7 | RNK-9 | CRG-8 | FRP-7 | SKL-8
--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:51, 11 January 2009 (EST)
::Awesome, thank you. And just to clarify, "Downshift" and "Camshaft" are actually reversed from their American names, right? The vehicle descriptions seem to confirm that. - [[User: Jackpot | Jackpot ]] 16:27, 11 January 2009 (EST)

:::Correct.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:35, 11 January 2009 (EST)

== Please stop italicizing "Ark"! ==

In most continuities it is not italicized. I have been spending a good long time unitalicizing it! (The exception is IDW and Shattered Glass.) Thanks. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:26, 27 January 2009 (EST)
:I took our SOP to be that ship names, Ark included, were italicized. Since most comics lettering in the day didn't use italicized letters in a consistent fashion for ship names (that I'm aware of), I didn't place any particular weight on how the original material formatted the name. I also regard the lack of ship name italicization to be more oversight than official decision, at least based on what I encounter among my peers in the industry. But if the official word is "no", so be it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:45, 27 January 2009 (EST)

== Tenses ==

So comic/episode synopsises are in the present tense while fiction sections of characters are in past tense? Or what? You keep fixing my tenses and I would like to know the "rule" to have this no longer be an issue. [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 02:06, 14 February 2009 (EST)
:(Just because I'm here at the moment to answer...) Correct. Synopses are present tense, fiction sections past tense. You can find some other details here if it helps: [[Help:Example character article]] and [[Help:Style guide#Page-specific standards]] --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 02:43, 14 February 2009 (EST)
::Sorry, I've been busy since last night. Thanks for saying what I was going to say, Jeysie. (Oh, and for the record, Bluestreak7, the plural of "synopsis" is "synopses".)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:29, 14 February 2009 (EST)

== Devastator's line from the movie ==

I hate to argue with you on this, but I think the line was "prepare for EXtermination" Since I can't find my copy of Transformers: The Movie, I've had to use a poor replacement, a youtube clip for my argument. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtL-vssxQko) Since this is like trying to use Wikipedia on a term paper, so I'm not going to expect to be taking too seriously, and probably mocked. Anyway, sorry to bring this up, and argue about it. Cheers, [[User:SteamFan42|SteamFan42]] 11:38, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:I know the movie's lines by heart. He says "prepare for termination". Hell, even in the Youtube clip you can clearly hear him say "prepare for termination". --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:00, 19 February 2009 (EST)
::Funny, I clearly hear him say "extermination". -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 12:03, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::Yeah. Either way, it's not Devastation, since I think that's from AHM. The minor quandry is "Devastation" works better for the caption because it's a (crappy) toy of ROTF Devastator, yet we don't want to look like we don't know what we are talking about. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 12:27, 19 February 2009 (EST)
::I know the movie's lines by heart as well, and I've always heard "extermination." I stll hear it on the YouTube video while listening for "termination." I swear I hear some ess-sound from the x-t. Considering it's a small syllable difference I understand the two opposite thoughts. What does the script say? --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 12:32, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::Actually, listening to that clip, it DOES sound a bit like "extermination" now. In all the time I spent practicing MSTing the movie for BotCon performances, I was hearing "termination". I'm not sure how much my expectations are coloring the results, though, since I'm listening for "extermination" now. Well, if I have time to check my DVD at home soon that might help. On the whole, though, it's certainly one of the less important matters on the wiki.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:36, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::I was expecting so much less to be said about this, and I'm surprised it has sharked so much debate. I found a few other clips on the 'tube, and the other clips still sound like "Extermination" to me. I need to find my DVD, but I'm in a different sate from it right now, which causes a bit of a problem. [[User:SteamFan42|SteamFan42]] 18:18, 19 February 2009 (EST)

== Wikia links ==

You don't have to take them out manually, we're going to automate it. 8000 pages is ''way'' too many to go through individually. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 14:39, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks for the heads-up. Last I checked the Damage Control discussion, word was that it couldn't be automated. And since I couldn't do much for the recovery effort otherwise, I figured I'd start reducing the potential volume of Google caching of links back to Teletraan 1 ASAP. Well...NOW what do I do?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:03, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

==Omnibot Takara bio translations==
Hey, I'm restoring the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] pages right now, and I was using your translations of their bios as references. But they were posted here, and the conversations from that time are gone now. Could you re-post those bios? Thanks! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 00:34, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:Might as well restore the rest of the page while I'm at it...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:52, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::Excellent, thank you! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 03:44, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== City of Fear covers ==

Thanks. Yes, I'm afraid I don't have all the covers yet to upload so some are placeholders. I bet I forgot the <nowiki>{{picsneeded}}</nowiki> tag didn't I? ;) --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 04:41, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

==Odd Japanese BW Guidebook Find==
Doug, I found this weird tidbit in the Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook... it's a section on American toys, but Lazorbeak is called "Terrorsaur" and seems to have a bio calling him an upgraded form of Terrorsaur with new powers. Weirder still, his name is spelled out te-ra-soo, rather than te-ra-za-u-raa (the standard katakana for his Japanese name) which further makes it seem like they're talking about the US guy.

[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff.jpg On Lazorbeak]

Have you ever heard of anything like this before? Warning, the image file is nearly 1mb... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:29, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:No problem, that's what DSL is for. :-)
:The section says it's using data from the foreign (that is, U.S.) versions, so I don't know where they're getting the name and info they have for Lazorbeak. As for the name, extrapolating a little, one could actually say they're calling him "Terrorsaw", as the name ends with the same kana as "Buzzsaw" does. That would be a similar homage to "Lazorbeak", as well as an added layer of wordplay to "Terrorsaur".
:The info also says that Retrax specializes in ambushing enemies, and that even though the sand of the desert where he lives is hard to walk on, he can move along the surface quickly when he rolls into a ball. Claw Jaw's essentially the same, except it specifies that he drags his enemies deep underwater and finishes them off. There's a little bit of review-type opinion at the end of each paragraph, too.
:So yeah, it looks like someone was just making up stuff, but I couldn't say more than that for sure.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:46, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

::''As for the name, extrapolating a little, one could actually say they're calling him "Terrorsaw", as the name ends with the same kana as "Buzzsaw" does. That would be a similar homage to "Lazorbeak", as well as an added layer of wordplay to "Terrorsaur".''
::That's not a bad thought, but since Retrax and Claw Jaw's names are unchanged, it would seem more likely to me they were just trying to transliterate the English pronounciation of "Terrorsaur"... hard to say for sure, I guess.

::For reference, I scanned the rest of the American-centric pages from the book, and it looks to me like they get the rest of the names correct; not sure about the bio info, though.

::[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff02.jpg Page 2]

::[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff03.jpg Page 3]

::I think the Terrorsaur/Lazorbeak thing is definitely worth a footnote on their respective pages, but I'm not 100% clear on the details the bio is actually presenting. Would you be willing to do up a... "According to the foreign toys section of the Japanese ''Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook'', Lazorbeak is really such-and-such"-type write-up for them? Or to perhaps do a fuller translation of the text in the future so that I might do it myself? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:52, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

:::''That's not a bad thought, but since Retrax and Claw Jaw's names are unchanged, it would seem more likely to me they were just trying to transliterate the English pronounciation of "Terrorsaur"... hard to say for sure, I guess.''
:::But then why would they not simply call him "Lazorbeak" if they're otherwise leaving the U.S.-market names unchanged?
:::Anyway, looking over all the pages, there's definitely some deviation from the U.S. material here and there, though it's mostly pretty faithful. I've started [[User:Apcog/Sandbox|a sandbox page]] for the translation.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:04, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::::Wow... thank you, Doug! I was honestly not expecting you to tackle the whole thing, or tackle it so soon; that was very kind of you.
::::Looking at the translated write-ups, the majority of them seem to be taken verbatim from their Hasbro bios {{m-}} even mentioning specific weapons, like Manterror's ion discs {{m-}} with, like you said, just a few small changes here and there (eg, US-Razorbeast never disobeying Primal, J-Razorbeast being prone to do so). That makes Terrorsaur/Terrorsaurer/Lazorbeak all the more strange!
::::I wonder if perhaps Lazorbeak being an upgraded Terrorsaur was an early Hasbro idea for the toy that was dropped before US release, but still got relayed to the writers of the Koushiki guidebook? Either that, or maybe the people doing the guidebook simply didn't get access to his finalized bio in time and had to make something up... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 02:26, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::Eh, took me about half an hour or so; it wasn't exactly text-heavy.
:::::Unfortunately, there's just no way to tell what brought about such a different bio for Lazorsaur/Terrorbeak/what's-his-face, not without talking personally to whoever put that page together and said person actually remembering.
:::::By the way, why do you keep referring to the guide by the term "Koushiki" instead of the English equivalent? Or has it never been translated for you? I haven't seen the cover, but I'm guessing it's 公式, meaning "official".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:49, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

::::::''By the way, why do you keep referring to the guide by the term "Koushiki" instead of the English equivalent?''

::::::Oh. It, uh... had not occurred to me to try looking the term up. Eheh.

::::::([http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookCover.jpg Here] is the book's cover, whose title it looks you got spot on.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 07:52, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Ooh, I own that! (The Rattrap omake on the last page makes me lol.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:29, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
==Translatey-type question==
Hey doug-e-fresh, I was just wondering whether or not [http://emopanda.com/tmp/lioconvoyineminentdomain.jpg this summary] of the BW2 Movie says anything about the origins of the teleporter. I thought maybe you could squint a bit at the text near that sphere-thing and see if it looks promising. (No need for a proper translation if it's not.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:29, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
:The text by the sphere is just about the control unit that unlocks the teleport gate. The text about the gate itself says it was built into a spaceship that crashed on Gaia, but nothing more detailed about its origin than that.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:19, 2 May 2009 (EDT)

==Japanese name game==

I'm drawing blanks on 金玉零, 三泥無成, and 北爪史示 — 北爪 I do know is "Kitazume". 三泥 I'm guessing is "Sandoro"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:13, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
:金玉零 - I'm getting nothing on this one either. At an educated guess, based on standard pronunciations available at online dictionaries, I'd say Rei Kanetama, but I can't guarantee it.
:三泥無成 - I find more credits for this one, but unlike 金玉零, I can't locate even standard pronunciations for the name compounds. The last name could be "Midoro", "Sandoro", or something else if his folks gave him a nonstandard name reading. I wouldn't want to fathom a guess just yet.
:北爪史示 - 北爪 is definitely Kitazume, but I'm not getting anything for the first name.
:I'll try to dig out my name dictionary when I get home and see if it can provide what online sources can't.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:58, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
::Thanks. Was trying [http://www.ctk.ne.jp/~kai-6344/index.html this site] and [http://www.allcinema.net/ allcinema], but nada from either of them. 史示 I currently have tentatively as "Fumiji". --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 02:47, 3 May 2009 (EDT)

== Another Japanese name ==

Any help [[Talk:Cobybot|here]]?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 15:02, 10 June 2009 (EDT)

== Thank you for the tip ==

Thanks for the tip on article writing. [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 12:02, 4 September 2009 (EDT)
:Happy to help. Use it in good health!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:03, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

== A name I can't translate ==

This is Spengs. I'm having trouble deciphering a kanji in a person's name and I was hoping you might be able to help me out. It's the writer for the [[Asterisk Story|Binaltech Asterisk (online comic)]]. If you go [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta.html Here] and load any of the comics, at the bottom right corner of the last page they list the artist and writer. The artist's name I could read (Naoto Tsushima), but I can't make out the second symbol in the writer's familial name. It's "Masato Taka___". I broke out my kanji fastfinder but I couldn't find anything that looked like the symbol in there, and that thing's so small I could barely recognize it, anyway. So if you could find the time, I'd be grateful! '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
:Takahashi.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:17, 22 October 2009 (EDT)
::Thank you, sir. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''

==And another one==

I have a lot of trouble with names, admittedly. If you could be so kind as to help me with this guy's:

[[Image:Autosanrin.jpg|100px]]

Name of the kid who created [[Autosanrin (G1)|Autosanrin]], there. Thanks, man. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 15:24, 8 December 2009 (EST)

:Wow, sorry I didn't respond sooner, but I never got notice of your post here in my email.
:The name's either Toshifumi Yamashina or Toshifumi Yamaka, though from the usage I find, I believe it's the former. (There's a Yamashina Station, in Kyoto, for instance.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:43, 17 December 2009 (EST)
::Thanks, man. I had gone with Yamaka, myself, but doing a search I can see that Yamashina is more widespread. And what was really killing me was the character after "Toshi". Appreciate the assist! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 10:53, 17 December 2009 (EST)

== Unprotection ==

You know, I'd nearly forgotten you'd protected my [[User talk:Jeysie|Talk page]]. I think it's probably safe to unprotect it at this point (as I go off to find some wood to knock on). --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 16:50, 17 January 2010 (EST)
:Hey, your page, your risk if you want to take it. It can always be re-protected if need be.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:55, 18 January 2010 (EST)
::I like helping the newbies if they need it, so no point in locking them out when I don't need to. Thankee! --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 09:49, 18 January 2010 (EST)

== Heya ==

Doug, can you [[Talk:Transformers Hall of Fame|help me with this?]] Thanks. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:13, 10 May 2010 (EDT)

==Minor translation==
How would you translate "スクランブルシティ発動編", the full name of the [[Scramble City (episode)|Scramble City episode]]? It's been bugging me that the article isn't at the full title, but I don't want to stake a kinda major page move on my own halfassed translation. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:16, 14 June 2010 (EDT)
:"Scramble City Invoke Chapter"? "Scramble City Operation Chapter"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 01:31, 15 June 2010 (EDT)
::Sorry, been busy for a few weeks. I'd suggest "Scramble City: Activation" or "Scramble City: Mobilization". The "chapter" can be omitted, as the equivalent kanji essentially functions like the colon does in the translation.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:45, 24 June 2010 (EDT)

== Browning ==
Thanks for catching and correcting my editing errors on [[Browning]]! - [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] 23:55, 10 July 2010 (EDT)
:Sure thing. Some clean-up will inevitably be required for everyone, myself included. Just be careful as you edit articles, and use clean-up examples as learning opportunities if necessary.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:13, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

==EZ Thundercracker==
Doug, I have no idea what stores EZ Collection Thundercracker Clear Blue Ver is sold at. [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/event/tfa_summer.html Heeelp?] --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:04, 16 July 2010 (EDT)
:Any toy stores for Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo, Bic Camera, Midori Electrical and Yodobashi Camera. (The implication is that not all of these chains' stores sell toys.) It turns out Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo and Midori are all subsidiaries of [http://www.edion.co.jp/english/index.html Edion Corporation].

:Bonus info, just in case:
:*Clear purple Skywarp is a TRU exclusive
:*Clear orange Sunstorm is being sold through Amazon Japan and some Yamada Electronics stores
:*Clear white Ramjet is exclusive to Ito Yokado
:*Black Starscream clone is exclusive to Jusco

:Everything except the black clone is free to anyone buying ¥3000 or more (tax included) of ''Animated'' figures at the respective stores involved, from July 24 until supplies run out. The Jusco exclusive requires the purchase of TA27 Ultra Magnus, and will be available from August 6 until supplies run out.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:15, 16 July 2010 (EDT)
::Thanks a bunch, Doug! I've made the appropriate edits using this information.
::By the way, have you seen [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/lifestyle/1005/index.html these]? I made an inquiry about them [[Talk:Otoboto_family|here]]. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:03, 17 July 2010 (EDT)
:::I still have some uses. :-)
:::No, I hadn't seen those before. I'll take a look and comment on the appropriate page.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:01, 19 July 2010 (EDT)

==Thanks==
I meant to post this earlier, but thank you for going over my sandboxed page for Japanese commercials. There were more minor issues and awkward phrasing than I thought. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 01:57, 20 July 2010 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome. I figured that since you'd gone to all the trouble to prep the page in a sandbox, it was better to catch any problems before the page went "live".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:28, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

== Big general thanks ==

Hi Doug!

Just wanted to give you a big thank you for all the minor improvements, proofreading and similar stuff you're doing. Proofreaders simply don't get enough credit.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 17:12, 25 August 2010 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome, and I appreciate the sentiment. I wish I could do a greater amount of more substantial work too, but my wiki time tends to be more and more erratic recently.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:41, 26 August 2010 (EDT)

==[GAME] Why Ask Why? Why Say "Tatakai"?==
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/6b36d6c6a7d1076b/413a18dbd524c647?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Transformers+Tatakai%22+group:alt.toys.transformers#413a18dbd524c647

Doctor Sigma, a Japanese TF fan, recently(ish) sent me this same question. From my research, it seems the name "Transformers Tatakai" originated from this news posting ( http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-tatakai-video-game/699/ ), which states the title was found in the Babbages computer system. A posting on TFormers ( http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=1566&mode=flat ) said the game was mentioned in PlayStation Magazine as coming out in the US, but it doesn't say what title PlayStation Magazine actually used for the game, so we don't know whether or not it was legitimately going to be called "Transformers Tatakai".

Personally, that the original posting stated that the game was going to come out June 3rd in the US when it wasn't released in Japan until October 30th casts a pallor of suspicion over the entire thing for me. But, uh, at least Ichikawa-san will finally get his answer, more-or-less...

(To make this whole exchange less weird: I ran into your old newsgroup post while trying to come up with an answer for Doctor Sigma.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:25, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
:I remember Dr. Sigma. I sent him the Japanese tech spec text for the Omnibots years ago, as those were some of the few he was missing from his G1 specs web site at the time. Haven't spoken with him in ages.
:So, is this just an FYI of sorts, or am I overlooking any question you're asking me?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:11, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
::Oh, I didn't have a question for you, no. I just thought Ichikawa might be amused to get an answer to his "why does the American fandom call the G1 PS2 game Transformers Tatakai?" question, uh, six-ish years after having first asked it. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 18:26, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
:::Haven't been in touch with him for a while, either, or vice-versa. Well, I guess I can see if he remembers. Thanks!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:32, 1 September 2010 (EDT)

== Help with info on G-2 ==
I've been working on making a [[User:Tigerpaw28/Sandbox|page for the Japanese Generation 2 toyline]], since A.)We need it for the Wiki anyway and B)I can't readily find much info on the line so I would guess others are having the same problem. I managed to finally track down some info at Snakas' page which is in Japanese. Google Translate helped, but of course its translations aren't perfect. Would you be able to take a quick look at [http://snakas.web.infoseek.co.jp/generations/gen2/gen2.htm these] [http://snakas.web.infoseek.co.jp/generations/gen2/gobots_jp.htm pages] and see if I'm interpreting the translations correctly? I'm particularly curious about the "Division Seven" of Takara (sounds like it would be roughly equivalent to the US [[Market six]]), Dreadwing's function (Can't quite tell what the non-parentheses part is), and the cardbacks for the Go-Bots (I think it says there were two types of cardbacks?). --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:33, 18 September 2010 (EDT)
:From the first page:

::''Starting in '92, full-blown domestic development resumed for the first time in three years. Sales promo development for this series was conducted by using film animation edited together with the full-CG portions of commercials broadcast in the U.S. as its main visuals. In addition, comics starring the various characters were printed on the reverse side of the instruction sheets for the products in this series, supplementing the story aspect.

::''For the products sold in Japan, they resultantly chose only highly posable items from among the "Transformers Generation 2" product line sold overseas. As toys, these had a high level of completeness, and their prices were set extraordinarily low (for the time), but even so, domestic development of G2 ended after only half a year.

::''Further more, the "Go-Bots" listed at the bottom of the page were not included in the regular lineup, '''but were sold by Takara's affiliate company, Seven.'''

::''The official position listings in the list are written in parentheses, but these are based on the conclusion that the "aliases" given in the character data on the packages are not their normal functions. In fact, there are even products that show "function" and "alias" side by side. '''(Dreadwing's function is "Aerial Bombing Officer", while his alias is "Covert Bombing Specialist".)'''

:From the second page:

::''These are the domestic specs for the "Go-Bots", which were released overseas in 1995. '''They were sold through Takara's Seven division''' in late 1995, but apparently, they were primarily sold through routes that treated them as peg-displayed toys in supermarkets and convenience stores, rather than through the usual toy distribution routes.

::''The packaging was blister card style, as it was overseas. '''The printing on the front was left in English, exactly the same as the overseas product, with Japanese-language stickers applied on some portions. However, the card backs were entirely new, made for the Japanese market.'''

::''Overseas, each of the six vehicle types had 2-3 color variants sold as different characters, but for the domestic market, they chose three characters, and changes were made to the molds and such.

:I think that covers your initial questions, anyway.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:13, 19 September 2010 (EDT)

::Yes, it does! Thank you very much sir. It also prompts a few new ones. Does "sales promo development", refer to commercials or a cartoon? If cartoon, is this suggesting that the G2 cartoon aired in Japan? If it refers to Japanese commercials, why haven't they surfaced so far? These are just musings on the subject but if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:57, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

== Omega Supreme (Prime) ==

Oh, believe me, there're more references: [[Lens]] --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 16:39, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

== Finally got around to continue working on the "Engrish" article sandbox version ==

Any comments on [[User talk:Nevermore/Sandbox/Engrish#G1 Hook|this]]?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 10:45, 19 October 2010 (EDT)

==Wyatt==
Hey, Doug. Derrick Wyatt says that he misses you. Maybe drop a line on his blog? (I don't know if you have his email...) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:21, 28 October 2010 (EDT)
:Seriously? How flattering. Don't have his email, but I'll drop a line on his blog and see what he says, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:15, 30 October 2010 (EDT)

== This might interest you ==

[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74135] I already asked about "Gren". Anything you'd like to know?-[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 06:25, 10 November 2010 (EST)

== Just a quick thank-you ==

Hey, Apcog, thanks for fixing my typo on the Headmasters section of g1 Wheelie, and not reverting it back to the old version after all my petty, minor, insignificant changes I am so proud of. [[User:Solaris Prime|Solaris Prime]] 20:22, 25 February 2011 (EST)

==Translation help==
Hey, I'm planning to make stub pages for the e-mail ''United'' story, and I was wondering if you could correct my translations.

*大宇宙の探求者 — either "Exploration of the Universe" or "Explorers of the Universe"
**希望は塵（ごみ）山の中に — "Hope in the Junk Mountains"
**スクラップ惑星の贈り物 — "Gift of the Scrap Planet"
**悠久の戦い — "Eternal Battle"
**奪われた宝 — "Stolen Treasure"
**永劫の瞬間 — "Moment of Eternity"
**動きだす時 — dunno
**抗う者達 — "Those Who Resist"

Context, if you need it, is at the [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75565 Allspark thread]. Thank you in advance! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:31, 25 February 2011 (EST)
:大宇宙の探求者 = "Explorers of the Universe" The final kanji indicates it's referring to a person or people, as you see in the last title.
:動きだす時 = "Time Starts to Move"
:Everything else looks good.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:14, 25 February 2011 (EST)
::Again, thanks. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:47, 25 February 2011 (EST)

Another set of titles, this time the "Asterisc {{sic}} Story".
*猫と勲童 ("Cat and Meritorious Deed (involving a) Child") [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-01.html]
*?い景色教えます (I can't find the first kanji for this one.) [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-02.html]
*世界初!? 災害救助力一 ("World's First!? One-power Disaster Relief") [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-03.html]
Any suggestions for how to phrase the first title in English? You can zoom in if the Kanji isn't clear. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:39, 3 March 2011 (EST)
: Part one is 猫と勲章 ("The Cat and the Medal") Note the difference at the bottom of the third kanji.
: Part two is 良い景色教えます ("I'll Show You Some Great Scenery")
: Part three would be "The World's First Disaster Relief Car!?"--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:47, 3 March 2011 (EST)
::Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:03, 3 March 2011 (EST)

Do you, by any chance, have the kana for the original title of "[[The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!]]"? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:32, 10 April 2011 (EDT)
:I'll have to see if it's on one of my old backup CDs. I originally got the images from Jason at CosmicRust.com, but I don't know if I saved them, and the site's been defunct for a while. Internet Wayback didn't preserve images on the Micromaster story page, either. I've tried doing some searches in Japanese, but without knowing the exact words I need (besides ランドクロス and マイクロマスター), I'm not getting any useful results.
:I suspect it's something like "ランドクロスの合体陣の脅威", but I don't want to provide an inaccurate guess.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:05, 10 April 2011 (EDT)
::Ah-ha! Found it! "ランドクロス脅威の合体フォーメーション！" Can't believe I actually had the sense to hang on to that file...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:03, 11 April 2011 (EDT)
:::Again, much thanks. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:31, 11 April 2011 (EDT)

==Vandal==
Please block [[User:63.133.232.1]]. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:42, 8 March 2011 (EST)

==Fumihiko==
Hey, Doug? Do you have an email for Fumihiko that's newer than his "@tmd.ac.jp" one? I tried writing to him to see if he's okay, given the recent events in Japan, but it bounced. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:20, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:I've been in touch with him, and he's okay, thankfully. As of Monday (our time), he and his wife were stuck at his office, since the trains were down, but they were unhurt and had food, power and shelter, at least.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:59, 15 March 2011 (EDT)
::re: your message on my talk page, I, uh, don't actually remember what your email address is. Mine hasn't changed, though! --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 09:09, 9 April 2011 (EDT)
:::Er, I don't recall yours offhand either. Guess I can check your posts on Google Groups, if nothing else. At any rate, I heard from Fumihiko twice in the first week after the tsunami, but not since.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:19, 10 April 2011 (EDT)

== Merci ==

Thank you for catching my spelling error. [[User:JW|JW]] 10:47, 21 April 2011 (EDT)
:De nada.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:35, 21 April 2011 (EDT)

==G1 GoBots==
Doug, I seem to remember an ATT posting by you that discussed Ichikawa's involvement in the decos of the G1 GoBots. However, so far I have been unable to dig it up. Can you recall the specifics, or perhaps write to him about them? I'd like to either remove the speculation on [[Small_Foot#Notes|these]] [[Road_Ranger#Notes|pages]] about the Ladybird connection or get it confirmed (though as to the latter I'd be more likely expect you to confirm, I don't know, that you're really some kind of ambulatory credenza.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 07:12, 15 August 2011 (EDT)
:I recall he wrote the bios, but I don't believe he had anything to do with the decos.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:42, 27 August 2011 (EDT)

==Chatbox activation==
Mr. Admin wikis recently got Chat boxes. Maybe you can activate one on your wiki? {{unsigned|Sound Blster 3189|21:25, 20 August 2011}}
:There are plenty of forums and chats for Transformers. Go to one of them. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:29, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
::Sorry, i didnt know and i only wrote this cause i noticed most wikis have chat boxes. {{unsigned|Sound Blster 3189|16:06, 22 August 2011}}
:::Our particular wiki doesn't include any chat boxes in its design. As Interrobang indicated, we encourage those who want to chat to go to more appropriate web sites/forums. Regardless, even if we wanted to include chat boxes here, I'm not a wiki programmer, so I wouldn't be the one to ask about it.
:::Oh, and please don't forget to sign your Talk page posts, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:42, 27 August 2011 (EDT)

==Translation check==
Hey, Apcog. I was wondering if—if you have the time—you could do some checking on my ''[[Robot Masters (online manga)|Robot Masters]]'' issue summaries based on the text portions that can be found [[User:Lonegamer78/Sandbox#Robot_Masters_online_comic_text_portions|here]]. Most are pretty generic plots, but I'm concerned about #7: "[[Defend the Solitarium!]]". I think I got the gist of it, but I'm not fully confident of the fine points regarding Chaar and solitarium.

That aside, did you find out anything new about [[Dross]] and [[Trius]] from the source I gave you? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:47, 2 September 2011 (EDT)

:I went through #7's source text and revised the summary accordingly. It'll take me a bit to get to the rest.
:I'd forgotten all about the Dross and Trius business, I'm sorry to say. I'll have to check that info as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:45, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
::You are awesome, as always. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:07, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
Check on the [[Talk:Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|''Beast Wars II'' issue titles]], por favor. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:21, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
:Si, señor.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:36, 23 September 2011 (EDT)
::Gracias! Oh, while you're around, do you have any idea what the "Dekajira" (デカジラ) in [[Galvatron Dekazura Tank|Galatron Dekajira Tank]] means? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:51, 23 September 2011 (EDT)
:::I suspect it's supposed to be Dekadzura (デカヅラ), meaning "big head/face". "Tsura" is an old-fashioned, somewhat derogatory or vulgar word for "face", something akin to "mug", as in "ugly mug" or "mug shot". I don't get hits for either spelling paired with 戦車 on Google, though. Perhaps the term didn't catch a lot of attention.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 11:11, 26 September 2011 (EDT)
::::Ah, that makes sense. Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:24, 26 September 2011 (EDT)
Translation for 水の静宝? Still Water Treasure? Calm Treasure of Water? [http://homepage3.nifty.com/redalert/toybox/tf/HM/BF/BFStory02.html Context, if you need it.] [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:10, 16 October 2011 (EDT)
:The text mentions the Gems of Stillness and Motion (静宝と動宝). Well, "treasures", but it also says the Water Treasure of Stillness is one of the Water Gems (水の宝玉), so I think a little leeway can be excused. tl;dr: Water Gem/Jewel of Stillness.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:41, 16 October 2011 (EDT)
::Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:59, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

== English translations of the Japanese G1 toy bios ==

I'm looking for some place that has the toy bios for the all 1985-1992 Japanese G1 toys translated into English. I need them for some comparison work I'm doing between the Japanese G1 bios and the American G1 bios. This doesn't necessarily include reissues like from e-Hobby and such, but I mainly need to find English translations of all the 1985-1992 Japanese G1 toy bios, and any assistance would be appreciated. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 00:40, 11 February 2012 (EST)
:Man, I really need to figure out why this thing doesn't send me email notices any more when someone leaves me messages...
:Anyway, I only ever did some scattered JTF bios, maybe a dozen or so, that I can recall. You can probably find most of these by searching alt.toys.transformers on Google Groups with appropriate parameters.
:Unfortunately, if there's a central resource for straight translations of all the G1 JTF bios, I'm unaware of it. This wiki would seem likely, but by nature, it paraphrases rather than directly quotes in full. So even if all the info's here, it's probably not in a form you want.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:18, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

Aerial Assault

2012-01-03T14:58:44Z

Apcog: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|image=Giantpurplegriffon.jpg
|caption=MERV GRIFFIN!!!!!
|series=G1toon
|ep=58
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=46
|prev2=Hoist Goes Hollywood
|next2=Trans-Europe Express
|series3=''[[Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=45
|prev3=B.O.T. (episode)
|next3=Cosmic Rust (episode)
|title="Aerial Assault"
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production code=700-57
|airdate=[[December 10]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Slingshot and Skydive go undercover to discover who is responsible for the theft of planes in the Middle East.'''

:''Japanese title:'' 突撃エアーボット (''Totsugeki Airbot'', "Charge, Airbots")
:''Italian title, dub 1:'' '''Rotta di collisione''' ("Collision course")
:''Italian title, dub 2:'' '''Assalto aereo''' ("Aerial assault")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Aerialassault.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Hey, look, no arms!]]

In an unnamed Middle Eastern country,<ref>The country is retconned to be [[Iran]] in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.</ref> the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] are searching for clues to a group that is stealing planes. After flying over a bazaar (in which is a [[Swindle (G1)|hauntingly familiar jeep]] being driven by a suspicious man loading equipment), the Aerialbots receive a distress call. Heading into a nearby canyon, they are attacked by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] ends up being buried within a cave by [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] arrive and drive off the [[Decepticon]]s. After unearthing Slingshot, the [[Autobot]]s return to a nearby air base for repairs. Slingshot is fixed, but his weapons systems have been damaged, and he needs a new console from the [[Ark (G1)|base]]. [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] gets the idea to let himself serve as bait, which [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], in his infinite wisdom, believes is a good idea, and Slingshot decides to join as well. As night comes, the two Aerialbots are soon stolen by the plane-nappers, but they are disassembled and their [[radio transmitter]]s are disabled.

[[Image:AerialAssault Slightshot newchest.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Retooling gone badly wrong.]]

Transporting their ill-gotten planes in laundry trucks, the plane-nappers manage to get past security, but are followed by a young boy named [[Jumal|Hassan]]. Getting into the truck carrying the Aerialbots' nose cones, he meets up with them and identifies the man heading this operation as [[Ali (Sunbow)|Ali]]. As it turns out, Ali has deposed Prince Jumal, the young ruler of the country, and has allied with [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to create both [[plane drone]]s for conquering the oil fields of the [[Middle East]], and a...[[Giant Purple Griffin]] that will...do...stuff. As the convoy reaches the Palace, the Decepticons begin reassembling the planes, but the Aerialbots cause themselves to short-circuit, leaving their parts free to be reassembled. They manage to get everything except Slingshot's chest plate, but Hassan manages to borrow the front grill assembly from a car that Prince Jumal owned.

[[Image:AerialAssault Onslaughtheadinsand.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Onslaught's head in the sand serves subtly as a scathing rebuke of isolationism as foreign policy.]]

As the Decepticons prepare to mobilize, Skydive and Slingshot manage to contact the other Aerialbots, who come to help. Meanwhile, Hassan has slipped aboard the...fortress to steal a new weapons console for Slingshot. As the Aerialbots arrive, Blast Off, [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] take control of the drone forces. The Aerialbots are able to dispatch the drones and their commanders, so [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] decides to off them himself, only to be stopped by Slingshot. Blast Off orders the Combaticons to [[Transformation|transform]] into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Slingshot bravely tries to prevent the merge, as [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]'s absence prevents his own team from merging into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. Eventually, Bruticus forms after Slingshot is thrown into the head of the now mobile...fortress. Hassan gets a weapon console to Slingshot, frees them, then heads to attack Bruticus. Fireflight finally arrives, and the Aerialbots form Superion and damage the...fortress, causing it to crash into an oil field. Superion separates into his Aerialbot components, causing the diving Bruticus to fall into the oil field. The Aerialbots then set fire to the field, forcing the Decepticons to retreat.

At the palace, the Aerialbots are trying to figure out what to do with Ali and what he did with Prince Jumal, only to discover that Hassan ''is'' Prince Jumal. He explains that Slingshot may keep the new chest plate as a gift, as Jumal's hobby is fixing old junk cars. Slingshot feels honored...till he thinks that Jumal is calling him a piece of junk.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (6)
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (7)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (8)
* [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (9)
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (10)
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (16)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (17)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (18)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (19)
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (25)

|c2=
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (4)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (11)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (12)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (13)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (14)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (15)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (20)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (21)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (22)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (23)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (24)

|c3=
* Auto parts merchant (1)
* [[Jumal|Hassan/Prince Jumal]] (2)
* [[Ali (Sunbow)|Ali]] (3)
* Ali's henchmen (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"About time too. That high altitude was making me dizzy."
:–Thankful for a reason to land, '''Silverbolt''' reveals he's still afraid of heights.

"On my way to a turkey shoot. Isn’t that right, turkeys?"
:–'''Blast Off'''

"Megatron, you promised me world domination!” 
"You’ll be lucky if I let you live, fool!"
:–'''Ali''' pushes his luck with '''Megatron'''

"Hey. Did you just call me a... junker?" 
"Don't worry, Slingshot. No matter what you're made of, you'll always be a Rolls Royce to me!"
:—'''Slingshot''' and '''Jumal'''

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:Slingshot undercover.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Hmm let's see... Autobot symbol... nope, nothing suspicious to see here!]]
* While towing Slingshot from the canyon, Optimus' cab windows are red.
* After Ratchet repairs him, the top of Slingshot's head is orange. In the next shot, it's white. It changes from one to the other throughout the episode.
* Slingshot flips his new Rolls Royce grill chest plate over, and its backside matches his original chest design, but colored gray. After this scene, however, his chest has its normal coloration.
* When Megatron is ordering Blast Off, Ramjet, and Vortex to attack Silverbolt and Air Raid, Onslaught transforms into a very small anti-aircraft truck.
* An odd sound editing error clips the end off of Blast Off's line "So I can blast him into oblivion!" and the start of Onslaught's following line, "Combaticons unite and transform into Bruticus!"
* Rumble is shown alternatively with ''one'' missile on his back and nothing on his back throughout the episode. After the Aerialbots blow up the oil field, he suddenly has ''two'' missiles on his back for the only time.
* When Fireflight finally arrives to help the rest of the Aerialbots against Bruticus, he is colored entirely black.
* Ramjet has Dirge's color scheme in the scene just after the griffin starts firing on the Aerialbots.
* During the final scene, Slingshot's first few lines are mouthed by Air Raid (then Air Raid speaks his lines as normal).
* During the final scene, when Slingshot and Prince Jumal are discussing the Rolls Royce grille Slingshot was using as a chest plate, the grille appears and disappears into thin air several times.

===Continuity errors===
* This episode was produced and aired well out of sequence. Most visibly, the Combaticons appear, placing the episode chronologically after "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]". It also presumably occurs after "[[War Dawn]]", because the Aerialbots have no problem fighting Decepticons ''and'' aren't jerks towards humans.
* Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ratchet and Hoist disappear from the episode after Ratchet repairs Slingshot. If they're in the Middle East already and there are Decepticons in the area, why don't they stick around for a while? They could have helped during the final battle.
* Nobody in the "laundry" truck notices Hassan coming up behind them in his motorcycle.
* Skydive and Slingshot are shown to be disassembled to the point where only a small portion of their cockpit remains in the laundry bin. Yet when Hassan finds them, they transform into their full torso, even sporting their nosecones which were clearly removed.
** Later on when Blast-off inspects them, they are no longer in the bins, and are now suddenly composed of the entire front half of their jet forms, as a retroactive correction to the earlier scene.
* For a piece of equipment so vital to Slingshot that it prevents him from joining the battle, the weapon console seems to have little to no use in the griffin. Even after Hassan removes the console, the griffin shows no detrimental effects, as it can still use its weapons, as well as being able to fly without issue.
* We never learn the reason for Fireflight's protracted absence.
* No reason is given for Megatron to give his fortress the form of a griffin.
* The prince's compound sits next to an oil drilling rig, yet we never see the Decepticons make energon cubes.
* Why can't the Autobots just shoot the rocks trapping Slingshot?

===Trivia===
* Deleted scenes in this episode include Hassan reconstructing Slingshot and Skydive to disguise them as refrigerators to get them past the border guards; the trucks transporting the jet parts breaking down in the desert and some camels being stolen to tow them when Swindle refuses to do so; and Swindle discovering the Aerialbots, being knocked out and having his memory banks wiped so he forgets they were there.
* The Giant Purple Griffin has become one of the most mocked creations in Trans[[fandom]].
* In this episode, [[Ed Gilbert]] takes over the role of Superion from [[Frank Welker]], who voiced him briefly in "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]".
* For some reason, quite a few [[fandom|fans]] misremember this episode as being set in [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]], a country that didn't get identified by name until season 3.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2001 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Exclusively from Blockbuster ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Transformers Comic issue 4.4

2012-01-03T14:55:42Z

Apcog: /* Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy! */ Clean-up

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Transformers: Prime'']] #4
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 4.3
|next=Transformers Comic issue 4.5
|image=Tf mag 8 2012.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]]
|date=[[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]
|editor=[[Rona Simpson]]
|senior editor=[[Steve White]]
|designer=[[Dan Bura]]
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Tothill]]
|price=£3.99
}}
'''Video games are bad for you.'''

==Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!==
* '''Script:''' [[Robin Etherington]]
* '''Art:''' [[Dario Brizuela]]
* '''Lettering:''' [[Comicraft]]
* '''Continuity:''' ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]''

[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] hauls up outside [[Plug and Play]], [[Jasper]]'s computer store, and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] jumps out. He's there to buy ''[[Invasionauts II]]'', and as [[Dan (Prime)|Dan]] hands him a box containing the game, Raf announces his life is complete.

On the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] asks [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] if they can be sure Raf will take the bait, and Soundwave confirms with a quote from one of Raf's blog entries.

[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] is bemused that Raf and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] have managed to spend the last three hours playing the video game, but Raf asserts that video games do not turn kids into mindless zombies. Unfortunately, at that moment, his argument is undermined when the video game turns him into a mindless zombie and glowing eyes on the screen order him to open the [[GroundBridge]]. Bulkhead knows he's going to get blamed for this somehow. Indeed, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] immediately looks to him for an explanation, but Bulkhead's claim that it's not a problem comes a moment before [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] start flooding through the open GroundBridge.

While the other kids get Raf to safety, the Autobots activate the defense systems and start fighting back. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] tries to snap Raf out of his trance, but [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] finds the problem: the ''Invasionauts'' box has a prominent [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] on the side! Once Miko disconnects the gaming console violently and throws it aside, Raf recovers and sees the chaos he's wrought. As Bumblebee is about to shut the bridge off, Raf yells at him to stop, as doing so may potentially reveal the position of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Omega One]] to the Decepticons. Instead, Raf reconfigures the GroundBridge into a loopback, which creates a vacuum, sucking the Vehicons back into it. With the threat gone, the Autobots pick themselves up, and Raf swears off video games for a while.

===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (1)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (6)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (8)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (4)
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (5)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (2)
* [[Dan (Prime)|Dan]] (3)
* [[Jack Darby]] (9)
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
}}

===Quotes===
"Well, that's just how intergalactic wars always start! Just a little harmless fun!"
:—'''Ratchet'''

"Bulkhead! What have I told you about playing with machinery more complicated than a blender?!"
:—'''Ratchet'''

===Notes===
====Trivia====
* Raf's online handle is "Rafman".
* The co-ordinates the Decepticons give Raf place the other end of the GroundBridge in the middle of [[Grand Canyon]] Village.

==Contents==
===Articles and features===
*Use Raf's codebreaker to crack the Cybertronian codes in this comic!
*Mystic Megatron — horoscopes
*Optimus Prime poster
*Invasionauts board game
*Episode Guide: Volume 1: [[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]
*Starscream's Stumpers
*Competitions to win ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)| Dark of the Moon]]'' on DVD, [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Leader_Class_toys|MechTech Leader Bumblebee]], or a [[Lightsaber]].
*Bulkhead's Wordsearch
*Mega-Mouth: Megatron and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] answer your letters.

===Free Gift!===
*Cyber Blaster!

===Mystic Megatron===
"Leo: You like to be in charge, but doesn't everyone? I like you, Leo. You can be my second in command this year if [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] continues to be such a grovelling fool."

"Libra: You like fairness and equality, and Optimus Prime is your hero. You like playing with ponies and platting your hair (just like Optimus! Mwa ha ha ha!). Get out of my sight!!!"

===Mega-Mouth===
'''Reader:''' Why does Megatron wear a hoodie at the start of ''Dark of the Moon''? Is it to make him look 'gangster'? 
'''Megatron:''' The 'hoodie' of which you speak was in fact my cowl and served as a secondary disguise following Prime's dastardly attempts to quench my [[spark]]. 
'''Arcee:''' Yeah, or perhaps you just got tired of looking at that ugly mug every time you passed a mirror?

==Notes==
*"Mystic Megatron" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Mystic Meg|Mystic Meg]], astrologer in the ''The Sun'' and (now defunct) ''News of the World'' newspapers.

===Advertisements===
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* The Donut Diaries

[[Category:Prime Magazine issues]]

User talk:Transmutate

2012-01-03T14:51:14Z

Apcog:

== Dion ==

The sentence you have changed twice is not an error. "His is" is the correct grammar for that sentence. Please do not change it again. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 22:27, 2 January 2012 (EST)
:Sorry about that, I totally misread it! (twice) My brain (twice!) changed 'his' to 'he' somehow... erk. {{unsigned|Transmutate|04:16, 3 January 2012}}

Under Pressure

2011-12-19T21:45:59Z

Apcog: /* Synopsis */ Clean-up

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 2
|prev=Family of Heroes
|next=
|title="Under Pressure"
|airdate=[[December 17]], [[2011]]
|production company= [[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio= [[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''A volcano threatens Griffin Rock, sending the Rescue Bots and Burns family into action.'''

==Synopsis==
While [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] pursue an out-of-control [[robo-landscaper]] through [[Griffin Rock]], [[Cody Burns]] reports that the rest of the team might be delayed, as his siblings are having trouble coming to terms with the fact that their rescue vehicles are [[Autobot|alien robots]]. Chase loses their quarry, only for Burns to realize the robo-landscaper is coming up behind them. Chase transforms, somersaults backward over it, and throws it into a dumpster while reading it its rights. That done, the rest of the team finally arrive, with the Burns family complaining that their Autobot teammates are too difficult to work with. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] is especially unimpressed when [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] transforms with him still inside. Cody promises to talk to his siblings.

Unfortunately, Kade, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] aren't that interested in hearing about the Autobots' problems. Heatwave contacts [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]], but Optimus is confident they'll learn to work with the humans. Cody tells the four bots he has a new plan to help them bond with their human partners. He lures his brothers and sister down to the bunker, but things don't go well; [[Boulder]] breaks the pinball machine, and Dani only wants to talk about flying with [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. Their bonding session comes to an abrupt end when Burns contacts them with the news that the sewers on Main and Park are overflowing with lava. The team scrambles.

When one impatient woman drives right into the lava, Chase has to save her from her rapidly melting car. Cody's siblings continue to have trouble working with their partners. Kade even brings his own fire truck, though he inadvertently parks it over a manhole, and after a burst of lava causes it to explode, Heatwave saves him. Cody calls [[Doc Greene]], who is hanging upside-down. Greene reveals that the artificial [[Mount Magma]] is the likely source of the lava, and that the lava will cover the island in just under 5 hours. He recommends releasing the lava slowly to avoid an eruption. Once Burns briefs everyone, he asks if the Rescue Bots are willing to help, and, of course, they are.

Boulder and Graham reach the volcano's crater and work together to locate the controls. Elsewhere, Chase and Chief Burns clear nearby campers. Heatwave and Kade wait impatiently for something to happen, while Dani and Blades move into position over the volcano. After Boulder and Graham leave the crater, Blades uses his winch to operate the main switch, opening the volcano and releasing lava and ash. However, he's then caught in the ash cloud, and Dani has to cajole him into flying high enough to get out of it. As lava begins flowing, Heatwave and Kade hit it with streams of water. It looks like the crisis is over, and Cody announces he'll be waiting for everyone in the bunker. It turns out they declared mission accomplished too soon, however, as Dani spots the lava draining into one of the tunnels leading to the bunker.

Back at the bunker, Cody works on fixing the pinball machine, unaware of the incoming lava.

Boulder makes a map of the tunnels with his seismic sensors, locating a shortcut for Heatwave and Kade to take to cut off the lava. Dani spots a water tower, and Blades valiantly takes off to brave the ash and reach the tower. Heatwave and Kade are brought up short by a cave-in, but after a few moments of Kade trying to clear the rocks by hand, Heatwave simply smashes through in vehicle mode. They reach the intersection in time and start spraying the lava with water, but with little effect. As they run out of water, Dani and Blades dump the water tank, and its contents spill along the tunnel, cooling the lava. Kade and Heatwave return to the bunker, where Kade hugs his little brother.

The next day, Cody drags his siblings down to the bunker, where a huge Autobot [[insignia]] has been added to the wall.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (1)
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
* [[Boulder]] (7)
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (8)
* [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] (10)

|c3=
* [[Charlie Burns]] (2)
* [[Cody Burns]] (3)
* [[Kade Burns]] (5)
* [[Graham Burns]] (6)
* [[Dani Burns]] (9)
* [[Doc Greene]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Anybody order a drink?" 
"What? No, we're taking this to the lava—oh I get it, Earth humor!"
:—'''Dani''' and '''Blades'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* An awful lot of water comes out of the container that Blades drops on the lava. Also, dumping a single water tank onto a lava flow probably wouldn't fix the issue of built-up pressure in the Earth's core.

===Continuity errors===
===Real-world references===
===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===
* Boulder can use his windshield as a display screen.
{{epstub}}
[[Category: Rescue Bots episodes]]

Ezra Greene

2011-12-19T21:41:31Z

Apcog:

:''Doc Greene is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Doc Greene profile.jpg|300px|thumb|]]

'''Doc Greene''' is [[Griffin Rock]]'s very own eccentric scientist. His daughter is [[Frankie Greene]].

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[LeVar Burton]] (English)
<div style="float:left">{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}</div><div style="clear: left"></div>
Doc Greene attended the dedication ceremony for the town's new [[Rescue Bots|robotic rescue team]] with Francine. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

<div style="float:left">{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}</div><div style="clear: left"></div>
He was hanging upside-down in an attempt to increase his mental acuity when he received a call from his daughter's friend [[Cody Burns]], who asked about any volcanoes on the island. Doc Greene filled him in on [[Mount Magma]] and suggested that they try to deal with the lava problem by gradually releasing the pressure. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Doc}}
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots humans]]

Kade Burns

2011-12-19T21:39:16Z

Apcog:

{{disambig3|Burns}}
:''Kade Burns is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] continuity family.''
[[Image:Kade Burns profile.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'' has [[Jack Darby|Peter Parker]], ''Rescue Bots'' has Flash Thompson.]]
'''Kade Burns''' went from high school star quarterback to firefighter, and carried his ego over between vocations. He can often be a jerk to his siblings, especially [[Cody Burns|Cody]], and he has trouble working with others, especially [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]. Perhaps his partnership with the [[Rescue Bots|Rescue Bot]] will temper him somewhat.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jason Marsden]] (English)
<div style="float:left">{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}</div><div style="clear: left"></div>
Kade took part in a dedication ceremony during which [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] unveiled the town's new emergency rescue robots, though Kade was started when his fire engine transformed without prompting to take him to the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]] to attend to a fire. After Kade put the fire out, he was again surprised by his fire engine robot saving his father and brother [[Graham Burns|Graham]] from a falling dinosaur head, but was all too happy to take the credit. That night, he was annoyed when his other brother, Cody, appeared to have commandeered his fire engine to chase around a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' from the museum. He was even more taken aback when the fire engine robot assisted in taking down the dinosaur by transforming and throwing the ''T. Rex'' around. Chief Burns revealed that the four robots were actually aliens. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}
This revelation didn't help, as Kade had trouble with the idea his fire engine was an [[Autobot]] and could drive itself. After Cody attempted to get him and Heatwave to bond, Kade turned up to the next disaster with a real fire engine, only for it to be destroyed by the lava, requiring him to be rescued by Heatwave. As they later fought to stop [[Mount Magma]] from erupting, Heatwave and Kade were forced to try to stop the lava flow from reaching the bunker under the fire station. When they ran out of water, Kade opted to stay by Heatwave's side. Luckily, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] came to their rescue with the contents of a water tower. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Kade}}
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots humans]]

Charlie Burns

2011-12-19T21:34:14Z

Apcog:

{{disambig3|Burns}}
:''Charlie Burns is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Charlie Burns profile.jpg|300px|thumb|Of all the Charlie Burnses in the world, you're the Charlie Burnsiest.]]

Along with [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], Chief '''Charlie Burns''' leads the [[Rescue Bots]], a secret team of [[Autobot]]s and humans that protect [[Earth]], and especially [[Griffin Rock]] island, from fires, floods, disaster and crime. His tool of choice is the [[Rescue Cutter]], which can tear down barriers between heroes and the danger they must extinguish. He partners with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]]. He is the father of [[Kade Burns|Kade]], [[Graham Burns|Graham]], [[Dani Burns|Dani]], and [[Cody Burns|Cody]].

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' pack-in storybooks===
[[Image:ChiefCharlieBurns.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Police Chief, Fire Chief...I'm the man with the badge.]]

Early one morning at [[Fire Station Prime]], Chief Charlie directed [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] to participate in a fire training exercise on the other side of town. After Heatwave left, Chief Charlie's son Cody arrived, eager to be given his own mission. However, Chief Charlie only trusted Cody with washing [[Sparkplug (RB)|Sparkplug]], the firehouse dog. Though dejected, Cody and Sparkplug were able to alert Chief Charlie to the presence of an electrical fire within Fire Station Prime itself! Trapped on the roof of the burning station, the Burnses struggled to activate the [[Prime Signal]] to call for help, until ultimately Cody was able to activate it manually. Heatwave quickly returned, and Chief Charlie's son was surprised to learn that their fire truck was actually a fire-fighting sentient robot! After the fire was extinguished and the group spoke with Optimus Prime via teleconference, Chief Charlie nodded with approval as his son was welcomed as a full member of the team. {{storylink|Prime Alert}}
{{-}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Maurice LaMarche]] (English)
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
[[Image:FamilyofHeroes-Burnses.jpg|left|thumb|300px|One of the show's upcoming educational puzzles is determining what hair color genetics Charlie and his unseen mate possess which would have facilitated this range of hair color in their offspring.]]
As the head of a family of rescue heroes, Burns was entrusted by Optimus Prime with the secret that the new Rescue Bots were actually Autobots. He presented the quartet to the people of [[Griffin Rock]] as new hi-tech robots. When they attended a fire at the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]] and Heatwave saved Burns and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] from a falling dinosaur head, Burns covered for the Autobot. That night, the Rescue Bots contacted him, and he discovered that [[Cody Burns|Cody]] had discovered the secret. After the whole team united to stop a rogue robotic ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', he let [[Kade Burns|Kade]], [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Graham in on the truth as well. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}
Chief Burns and Chase stopped an out-of-control [[robo-landscaper]] while the rest of the team were busy failing to cooperate. He later alerted the rest of the team to the fact that lava was overflowing out of manholes across the town, and together with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], made sure the residents were cleared from the area. When the problem was traced to [[Mount Magma]] and the rest of the team went to deal with the problem, Chief Burns and Chase patrolled the area around the mountain and cleared out campers. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

==Toys==
===Rescue Bots===
[[Image:RescueBotstoy-CharlieBurnsRescueCutter.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He looks so much younger without the mustache!]]
*'''Chief Charlie Burns & Rescue Cutter''' (2011)
: Chief Charlie Burns comes with a Rescue Cutter [[Rescue Gear]] that can transform into a handheld Robot Tool for ''Rescue Bots'' Optimus Prime. When the buttons on each side are pressed, the blades scissor together.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Charlie}}

*'''Fire Station Prime''' (Walmart bonus pack, 2011)
: A Walmart-exclusive version of Fire Station Prime came packaged with a bonus Charlie and Cody Burns plus their single-pack accessories.

[[Category: Rescue Bots humans]]

Cody Burns

2011-12-19T21:30:52Z

Apcog:

{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
{{disambig3|Burns}}
:''Cody Burns is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] continuity family.''
[[Image:Cody Burns profile.jpg|thumb|right|250px|And the fandom worried.]]
'''Cody Burns''' is the youngest of the Burns siblings. Despite still being in school, he's keen to take up the family mantle of becoming a rescue worker and driving an emergency vehicle around [[Griffin Rock]]. Now that he's discovered that the rescue vehicles can drive themselves and his dad, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]], has relented and let him join the team, maybe he'll get that chance.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' pack-in storybooks===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Prime Alert}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Elán Garfias]] (English)
Cody was cycling to school when Chief Burns stopped by to remind him to attend the dedication ceremony for the new emergency vehicles that afternoon. Cody went along, meeting his friend [[Frankie Greene]] there, but his suspicions were aroused when one of the new rescue robots moved on its own. He followed his family and their new robots to a fire at the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]], and became even more suspicious when [[Heatwave (RB)|the fire engine]] saved his dad and brother [[Graham Burns|Graham]] from a falling dinosaur head. That night, he caught the four robots talking and discovered that they were, in fact, [[Autobot]]s from a distant world. He attempted to help them better act like Earth robots, taking them through one of the tunnels under the island. When they encountered a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', Cody contacted Chief Burns, only to find his father already knew the Autobots were aliens. After he helped stop the ''T. Rex'' by consulting Frankie, Cody was welcomed onto the team. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}
Cody continued to try and help the Autobots to work together with his siblings, even luring [[Kade Burns|Kade]], [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Graham down to the bunker beneath the fire station for a bonding session. During a subsequent disaster with a volcano spewing lava onto the island, Cody was able to advise his family by radio and help them cooperate with the Rescue Bots. By the time the adventure was over, they even worked together to save Cody from the lava. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

==Toys==
*'''Cody Burns & Rescue Hose''' (2011)
:Cody Burns comes packaged with the [[Rescue Hose]] [[Rescue Gear]].
{{charstubtoys}}

*'''Cody Burns & Rescue Axe''' (2011)
:Cody Burns comes packaged with the [[Rescue Axe]] [[Rescue Gear]].
{{charstubtoys}}

*'''Fire Station Prime''' (playset 2011)
:A Cody Burns figure is included with the [[Fire Station Prime]] playset. A Walmart bonus pack version of the playset comes with an additional Cody Burns and Fire Hose Rescue Gear.
{{picsneeded|toy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Cody}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots humans]]

Boulder (RB)

2011-12-19T21:26:23Z

Apcog:

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Boulder the Construction-Bot is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Boulder-charactermodel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] is remembered.]]

The Construction-Bot '''Boulder''' is a huge fan of [[Earth]], human culture, and his partner [[Graham Burns]].<ref>Boulder's profile at [http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/rescue-bots/cast-gallery/boulder hubworld.com].</ref> He also partners with [[Walker Cleveland]].

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Imari Williams]] (English)
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
Boulder was part of a team of Rescue Bots drifting through space when their spaceship received a transmission from [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] and landed on [[Earth]]. After dropping the bombshell that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was no more, Optimus assigned the team to [[Griffin Island]] to work with the Burns family. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] at a ceremony, following which Boulder and his new partner, [[Graham Burns]], drove to the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]] to attend to a fire. To Boulder's dismay, he had to ruin the aesthetics of the plaza outside the museum by moving planters. He was impressed by the humans' culture, admiring their paintings. That night, [[Cody Burns]] discovered the Rescue Bots' secret, and after they helped stop a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', Chief Burns revealed the truth to the rest of the team. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}
Boulder and Graham had trouble working together, as Graham assumed a robot from space wouldn't need help from a primitive human. After [[Mount Magma]] started spewing lava and threatening the island, Cody managed to get the pair communicating so they could locate the artificial mountain's release control. Boulder was also able to map the underground cave system when the lava started pouring into it, threatening the bunker under the fire station. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Rescue Bots===
[[Image:RBtoy-Boulder.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Boulder the Construction-Bot''' (2011)
:

{{stub}}

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Rescue Bots Autobots]]

Blades (RB)

2011-12-19T21:24:18Z

Apcog:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Blades}}
:''Blades is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RescueBotsBlades-charactermodel.jpg|thumb|300px|Function: Autobot Nebbish.]]

With the help of his partner, the eager and daring rescue tech [[Dani Burns]], '''Blades''' the Copter-Bot struggles to overcome the fear of heights his new Earth-gained flying form has revealed. Young and unsure at times, Blades would prefer to be safe and on the ground...but he doesn't let that stop him when others are in danger. Overcoming his own fears to save others is part of what makes Blades a Rescue Bot and a true hero. He also partners with [[Sawyer Storm]].

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Parvesh Cheena]] (English)
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
Blades was part of a team of Rescue Bots drifting through space when their spaceship received a transmission from [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] and landed on [[Earth]]. After dropping the bombshell that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was no more, Optimus assigned the team to [[Griffin Island]] to work with the Burns family. Blades was not keen on the helicopter [[alternate mode]] he was forced to take, as his previous form had wheels and he was afraid of heights. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] at a ceremony, following which Blades discovered that his new partner, [[Dani Burns]], could yell really loud when she wanted him to fly faster as they went to the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]] to attend to a fire. That night, [[Cody Burns]] discovered the Rescue Bots' secret, and after they helped stop a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', Chief Burns revealed the truth to the rest of the team. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}
Dani and Blades continued to have trouble working together, arriving late to an emergency. Cody tried unsuccessfully to get the pair to bond, until there was another emergency when [[Mount Magma]] began threatening the island with lava. Blades and Dani operated the switch to open the volcano's crater as a relief measure, but when they were subsequently caught in an ash cloud, Dani had to cajole a panicking Blades into flying out of it. He managed to earn her respect when he subsequently braved the ash to pick up a water tower and douse the lava with it. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

==Toys==
===Rescue Bots===
*'''Blades the Copter-Bot''' (2011)
{{charstubtoys}}

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Rescue Bots Autobots]]

Chase (RB)

2011-12-19T21:21:48Z

Apcog:

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Chase}}
:''Chase is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] continuity family.''
[[Image:RescueBots Chase and Jack Tracker.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Who's chasing whom?]]
Chief [[Charlie Burns]]'s partner '''Chase the Police-Bot''' is the Rescue Bot most at home and happy with their new positions learning and enforcing the laws and customs of Earth. He is brave, loyal, and very fast when he turns into a police car. As long as he gets to protect and serve, he is happy. He is a stickler for wanting to enforce the extreme letter of the law.<ref>Chase's profile at [http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/rescue-bots/cast-gallery/chase hubworld.com].</ref> [[Jack Tracker]] is a human friend of his. Together, they fight crime!

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' storybooks===
{{charstubfiction}}
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[D.C. Douglas]] (English)
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
Chase was part of a team of Rescue Bots drifting through space when their spaceship received a transmission from [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] and landed on [[Earth]]. After dropping the bombshell that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was no more, Optimus assigned the team to [[Griffin Island]] to work with the Burns family. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] at a ceremony, after which Burns drove Chase to the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]], where a fire had broken out, and began clearing people from the area. Out of all of the Rescue Bots, Chase seemed to settle into his new role the easiest, though when [[Cody Burns]] discovered their secret, he was still reluctant to share information. He and the other Autobots helped stop a rampaging robotic ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', which seemed to be attracted to Chase's police lights. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}
{{quote|Next time, citizen, please follow the rules of the road. It's not just a good idea, it's the law|Chase|"[[Under Pressure]]"}}

Chase and Chief Burns managed to deal with an out-of-control [[robo-landscaper]] before the rest of the team, who were having trouble working together, got there. He and the other Autobots accepted Cody's help in trying to bond with the other Burns siblings. After lava began spewing from [[Mount Magma]], Chase helped Chief Burns try to keep the citizens of Griffin Rock out of harm's way and cleared some campers from near the mountain. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Rescue Bots===
[[Image:RescueBotstoy-ChaseThePoliceBot.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
*'''Chase the Police-Bot''' (2011)
:A highly simplified, chunky toy, Chase can be transformed from police car to robot by tugging back on his police light bar.

{{-}}

[[Image:RescueBotstoy-ElectronicChase.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*'''Electronic Chase the Police-Bot Set''' (2011)
**''Accessories:'' Storybook, 2 "AAA" batteries, Jack Tracker
:This non-transforming version of Chase features electronic [[light-emitting diode|lights]] and [[soundbox|sounds]]. He comes with a storybook detailing his adventures, and a redeco of the Jack Tracker toy, now wearing a yellow safety vest.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Rescue Bots Autobots]]

Heatwave (RB)

2011-12-19T21:18:40Z

Apcog: Clean-up

{{disambig2|the Fire-Bot from ''Rescue Bots''|the ''Timelines'' combiner|Heatwave (Timelines)}}
{{faction|autobot}}
:''Heatwave the Fire-Bot is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] continuity family.''

[[Image:HeatwaveTheFireBot poster.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]

The team leader of the [[Rescue Bots]], '''Heatwave''' was given his position because of how deeply he cares for his team and their mission. However, he is a bot of action at heart and sometimes has little patience for anything he sees as getting in the way of his mission, including staying in disguise as nonsentient vehicles and working with human partners. When he goes into action, though, no blaze is too strong for his armor. With built-in water cannons, a rescue hook, and a fireman's axe, he's well prepared to take on the most stubborn fires and most intense rescue missions. He partners with the other Rescue Bots and with their newest human teammates, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Cody Burns]].

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]] (English)
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
Heatwave was part of a team of Rescue Bots drifting through space when their spaceship received a transmission from [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] and landed on [[Earth]]. After dropping the bombshell that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was no more, Optimus appointed Heatwave team leader and assigned them to [[Griffin Island]] to work with the Burns family. The four Rescue Bots were presented to the public by [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] at a ceremony, following which Heatwave and his new partner, [[Kade Burns]], drove to the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]] to attend to a fire. Heatwave was disgruntled when Kade took the credit for his saving Burns and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] from a falling dinosaur statue head. That night, [[Cody Burns]] discovered the Rescue Bots' secret, and after they helped stop a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', Chief Burns revealed the truth to the rest of the team. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{spoiler|Under Pressure|January 17, 2012}}
Heatwave and Kade continued having trouble working together, with Kade even preferring to drive a non-transforming firetruck. After [[Mount Magma]] started spewing lava and threatening the island, the pair were forced to work together, driving through a tunnel under the island to stop the lava from reaching the bunker under the fire station. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

==Toys==
===Rescue Bots===
[[Image:HeatwaveTheFireBot nonelectronic.jpg|right|thumb|200px|*Ahem* ''I said...'' "and folding down the feet".]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (2011)
:Heatwave transforms by simply pulling up the ladder and folding down the feet.

{{-}}

*'''Electronic Heatwave the Fire-Bot Set''' (2011)
**''Accessories:'' Storybook, 2 "AAA" batteries
:Heatwave features electronic [[light-emitting diode|lights]] and [[soundbox|sounds]].
{{charstubtoys}}

*'''Fire Station Prime''' (playset 2011)
:A Heatwave vehicle is included with the [[Fire Station Prime]] playset. It "transforms" much like [[Robot Powered Machines]] Mini-Vehicles. An image of Heatwave is molded on the bottom of the vehicle and it can be stood up on end.
{{picsneeded|toy}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/rescue-bots/cast-gallery/heatwave Heatwave's profile] at hubworld.com.

[[Category: Rescue Bots Autobots]]

Family of Heroes

2011-12-19T18:11:24Z

Apcog: /* Synopsis */ Clean-up

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 1
|image=ProtoformRBs.jpg
|caption=How tall are you, test subject? Four-nine? I was unaware they stacked human waste that high.
|next= Under Pressure
|title="Family of Heroes"
|airdate=[[December 17]], [[2011]]
|production company= [[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|animation studio=[[Atomic Cartoons]]
|directors=[[Patrick Archibald]] and [[Nathan Chew]]
}}
'''A team of Rescue Bots is assigned by Optimus Prime to work with the Burns family on the island of Griffin Rock'''.

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in space, a drifting Autobot spaceship receives a message from [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] directing them to [[Earth]]. The ship automatically changes course and eventually touches down in a military base. The four members of [[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] emerge and are greeted by Optimus himself, who informs them that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is no longer the [[Autobot]]s' home.

On the island of [[Griffin Rock]], [[Cody Burns]] is biking to school when his [[Charlie Burns|dad]] pulls up alongside in the old police car, which is soon to be replaced with a new car as part of the town's function as a hi-tech testing ground. Cody wants to test drive the new vehicles, but the rest of his family points out they're for grown-ups.

Optimus tells the new arrivals that he has a new mission for them: to live with a [[human]] family and learn more about Earth, but they must do so disguised as normal machines. He gives them rescue vehicles to [[scanning|scan]], though [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is unenthusiastic when he discovers the [[alternate mode]] he's ended up with flies. Optimus introduces them to Chief Charlie Burns, the only human who knows the [[Rescue Bots]]' true nature.

That afternoon, Cody arrives at the dedication, where he meets [[Frankie Greene]] and her father, [[Doc Greene]], in the audience, though Frankie's more interested in the new exhibit of robot dinosaurs at the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]]. Chief Burns introduces the gathered crowd to the Rescue Bots, describing them as new hi-tech robots which will work with him and his family as a rescue response unit. When a butterfly lands on [[Boulder]]'s face, the Autobot instinctively goes to shoo it away, but is stopped by [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]. However, Cody's suspicions are already raised. When Cody jumps up and knocks on Boulder's foot, he's told to get lost by [[Huxley Prescott|a reporter]]. The press photos are interrupted when word comes in of a fire at the Natural History Museum.

Burns and his rescue squad head to the museum, although [[Dani Burns|Dani]] discovers her helicopter doesn't seem to like flying too high. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] begins clearing the humans from the area, though is confused when a couple of Egyptian mummies fail to comply. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] is bemused when he tells Boulder to move some planters and the Autobot responds that it would ruin the aesthetics. They manage to get the fire out, and Graham locates the cause: a short in one of the robotic dinosaurs. While he's fixing it, Cody sneaks into the museum, having followed the team on his bike. He's therefore present to witness Heatwave saving Chief Burns and Graham from a falling dinosaur head. Burns explains it as Heatwave having been left in rescue mode, and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] is glad to take the credit. As they leave the museum, the eyes on a short-circuiting animatronic ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' light up ominously!

That night, back in the fire station, the Rescue Bots take a lift down to a Cold War bunker underneath the station. Upstairs, Cody excuses himself from dinner with his family and heads downstairs, where he catches the Rescue Bots complaining about their new gig. Heatwave has just decided they're going to leave when Cody speaks up. The Rescue Bots realize their cover is blown, but after introductions are made, Cody shows them that there are many tunnels leading around the island from the bunker. They check out a giant robot movie at a drive in, and Cody attempts to teach the Rescue Bots how to act like "real" robots as well as give them tips on dealing with his siblings. Lessons are brought to a halt when they spot the robotic ''T. Rex'' from the museum, now rampaging along the street. As it moves into the drive-in, Cody gets Chase to start his lights, and they establish the thing is attracted to light. They begin leading the creature to a safe area while Cody contacts his dad.

Burns takes the rest of his family in the old squad car, and they soon catch up with the Rescue Bots as the chase moves outside town. While they try to work out how to deal with the rogue dinosaur, Cody calls Frankie. Soon Boulder is extracting a jail cell from the police station, which Dani and Blades fly to the scene. Meanwhile, Chase keeps the ''T. Rex'' occupied, and Kade and Heatwave wet some ground to make mud. Kade is shocked when Heatwave transforms, attracts the dinosaur's attention, and then throws it into the mud. Dani lowers the makeshift cage over it, allowing Cody to shut the dinosaur down.

The next day, they return the dinosaur to the museum, and Burns decides to get a picture of "his heroes" outside. After Heatwave tells Kade that Cody's part of the team or the Rescue Bots leave, Chief Burns reveals that they're not just robots, they're aliens.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (1)
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (2)
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (3)
* [[Boulder]] (4)
* [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Cody Burns]] (6)
* [[Harrison (RB)|Mr Harrison]] (7)
* [[Charlie Burns]] (8)
* [[Kade Burns]] (9)
* [[Dani Burns]] (10)
* [[Graham Burns]] (11)
* [[Frankie Greene]] (12)
* [[Doc Greene]] (13)
* [[Huxley Prescott]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"We need to remove the planters to create a fire block." 
"But... I... That will destroy the harmonious nature of the plaza's design." 
"What?!"
:—'''Graham Burns''' and '''Boulder''', who fails at being a robot.

"I don't know ''where'' you learned that... but no."
:-'''Cody Burns''' draws a line between dancing "the robot" and actually acting like a robot.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
===Real-world references===
* During the sequence in which Cody is attempting to teach everyone how to act like robots, Blades is seen doing the [[Wikipedia:Robot (dance)|Robot]].

===Foreign localization===
===Trivia===
* [[Blast from the Past|Animatronic dinosaurs running amok?]]

{{epstub}}
[[Category: Rescue Bots episodes]]

Rescue Force Sigma-17

2011-12-19T18:05:41Z

Apcog:

{{disambig3|Rescue Force}}
:''Rescue Force Sigma-17 is an [[Autobot]] subgroup from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] continuity family.''

'''Rescue Force Sigma-17''' is a small team of [[Rescue Bots (team)|Rescue Bots]]. These Autobots were part of the larger Rescue Bot sub-group that left Cybertron sometime before the planet's death. Now, in the post-Cybertron era, they may very well be the last Rescue Bots in existence. Members include:
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] the Fire-Bot
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] the Police-Bot
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] the Copter-Bot
* [[Boulder]] the Construction-Bot

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
Rescue Force Sigma-17 was placed in stasis for unknown reasons and wandered aimlessly through space for an unspecified length of time until they were awakened by [[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]]'s summons to travel to [[Earth]]. After arrival, Optimus Prime repurposed the team into the [[Rescue Bots]]. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots]]

Rescue Bot

2011-12-19T18:04:51Z

Apcog: /* Rescue Bots cartoon */

:''The Rescue Bots are a subgroup from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots]] [[continuity family]].''

{{picsneeded|Rescue Bots insignia. Group shot.}}

[[Optimus Prime (RB)|Optimus Prime]] has selected a team of specialized Autobots to be stationed on Earth within [[Fire Station Prime]] and their skills to help others. With their human partners, together they're the '''[[Rescue Bots]]'''!

The Rescue Bots include:
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] the Fire-Bot
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] the Police-Bot
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] the Copter-Bot
* [[Boulder]] the Construction-Bot
* [[Bumblebee (RB)|Bumblebee]]

Their human teammates sometimes include:
* [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]], Optimus Prime's partner
* [[Cody Burns]], Heatwave's partner
* [[Axel Frazier]], Bumblebee's partner
* [[Jack Tracker|Jack Tracker/Billy Blastoff]], Chase's partner
* [[Sawyer Storm]], Blades's partner
* [[Walker Cleveland]], Boulder's partner
* [[Sparkplug (RB)|Sparkplug]], their helpful dog

Alternately, their human teammates include:
* [[Kade Burns]], Heatwave's partner
* [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]], Chase's partner
* [[Dani Burns]], Blades's partner
* [[Graham Burns]], Boulder's partner
* [[Cody Burns]], Transformer/Burns family liaison

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
[[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] was traveling as [[protoform]]s in [[stasis lock|stasis]] aboard their spacecraft when their ship's computer intercepted a general communication from Optimus Prime intended for all Autobots. [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] had fallen, but the Autobots still stood, and any scattered Autobots were given a priority prime order to rendezvous on [[Earth]]. Their ship's computer automatically responded by traveling to Earth and awakening Rescue Force Sigma-17. Optimus Prime was there to greet them and give them the news that they were the only known Rescue Force still active, that [[Cybertron Headquarters]] was no longer in operation, and Autobots lived on Earth now instead of Cybertron.

After deliberating on the matter, Optimus Prime gave the team their new orders. They were to covertly live with a [[human]] family to learn from them and keep the planet safe. Heatwave resisted the idea, so Optimus Prime appointed him team leader of the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

{{stub}}

[[Category: Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category: Rescue Bots]]

One Shall Rise, Part 3

2011-11-20T00:49:39Z

Apcog: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 26
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|next=
|image=OneShallRise3-together.jpg
|caption=Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 3"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack learns more about Optimus Prime's history on Cybertron while the Autobots continue their battle at the Earth's core.'''

==Synopsis==

As he leads the [[Autobot]]s further toward [[Earth]]'s core, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] is again seized by a vision of the planet exploding. He notes how [[Unicron]]'s strength grows ever greater and continues on. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] both voice their mistrust of the [[Decepticon]] leader, though they have no choice but to follow him. Unbeknownst to them, several strange, mechanical creatures observe the intruders into their dark domain.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and the [[human]]s watch a report that outlines how the planet's chaotic weather continues to spiral out of control. Despite [[June Darby|June]]'s efforts to lighten the mood, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] insists that something must be done—even if it means contacting his associates at the [[Pentagon]]. Fowler makes known his uneasiness about teaming up with Megatron, but Ratchet surprises the humans by explaining how such a situation has happened before. Ratchet relates how Optimus Prime and Megatron were once close friends, in the twilight hours of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]].

[[Image:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''Once, I called you "Brother".'' 
''Once, I thought the chance to make you laugh'' 
''Was all I ever wanted...'' 
''And even now,'' 
''I wish that [[Primus|God]] had chose another.'' 
''Serving as your foe on His behalf'' 
''Is the last thing that I wanted...!'']]
''The great Autobot leader was once named Orion Pax, a simple clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] Hall of Records. Learning of Cybertron's past, Orion grew concerned about the corruption affecting high places and the [[Caste system|state of inequity]] in society. He became inspired by the revolutionary words of Megatronus, a gladiator who took his name from [[The Fallen|one]] of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Primes]]. Megatronus gained a loyal following through his radical and innovative actions, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] chief among their number. Over time, Megatronus became a mentor figure to Orion Pax and chose to shorten his name as he left the gladiatorial arena for the political one. Megatron appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], voicing his ideas for shaping a new Cybertron by violent means, and demanded to be named the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Orion protested against Megatron's suggestions before the Council, moving their [[spark]]s and minds as he unknowingly revealed himself to be the one worthy of the title. Megatron severed his ties to Orion and the Council, taking his "Decepticon" followers to begin the [[Great War (Prime)|war]] that consumed Cybertron and vowing to claim the legendary [[Matrix of Leadership]] for himself. Hoping to reverse the damage that had poisoned the planet, Orion journeyed to Cybertron's [[Core]], where he found himself before the spark of [[Primus]], the creator of all [[Cybertronians]]. Primus sensed the purity of Orion's own spark and bestowed upon him the legendary Matrix, transforming him into Optimus Prime.''

In the present, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] question Optimus's plan to give the Matrix to the Earth's core, asking what could possibly stop Megatron from attempting to claim it for himself now. Ratchet darkly replies that Megatron only intends to save the Earth so that he may conquer it at a later date.

As they near Unicron's spark, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] begins to feel the draining effects of the [[Dark Energon]]. [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee help him a short way across the catwalks, but Megatron soon comes to a halt ahead with the realization that Unicron is preparing to expel them. A huge number of Unicron's drones suddenly swarm into view, surrounding Megatron and the Autobots. They engage the drones in fierce battle, blasting and slashing through their attackers. Arcee is knocked to a lower level, not long before the Dark Energon clouds Bulkhead's vision. He stumbles from the catwalk but manages to grab hold of the edge, and is seized by Bumblebee before he can tumble to his death. Optimus and Megatron fight back-to-back, managing to hold their own against the drones in a spectacular display of effective—if uneasy—teamwork. Bumblebee struggles to hold onto Bulkhead, who insists that the scout lets him go. Optimus seizes Bulkhead just as Bumblebee loses his grip, and hauls him up to safety. As the group quickly becomes overwhelmed, Arcee hitches a ride on one of the drones to catch up with the others and beat a swift retreat with them.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Maybe Megatron should stop having seconds-in-command and just skip straight to thirds-in-command.]]
Aboard the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]], [[Airachnid]] outlines the questionable nature of their leader's recent behavior. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] asks whether she is suggesting that they abandon Lord Megatron. Airachnid explains how Megatron's undetectable signal implies that he is either offline or at the mercy of Unicron—neither scenario being in the best interests of the Decepticons. She suggests an exodus from Earth, and receives no protests from the surrounding [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. However, her order to retreat to [[Regulon Four]] is denied by Soundwave, who silently challenges her authority. When he refuses her demand to step aside, she leaps to attack him. Soundwave easily blocks every one of her blows, before lifting her clean into the air. He hurls her back, deploying [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] to stun Airachnid in a sudden sneak attack. Pinned under Soundwave's foot, much to Knock Out's amusement, Airachnid relinquishes command to the intelligence officer.

Back in the Autobot base, Ratchet notes he has lost the others' communication links and life signals, most likely caused by interference from the electromagnetic anomalies. Miko asks how they are supposed to know when the others are ready for pickup if contact is impossible, but Ratchet is prevented from responding by the sound of Jack tapping the [[GroundBridge]] key against a railing. Ratchet reveals that the object is actually the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]—one of Cybertron's most precious relics. Ratchet then realizes that Optimus entrusted the key to Jack because he did not plan on returning from the planet's core.

Megatron is gripped by yet another painful vision of Unicron whilst he and the Autobots are backed into an enclosed chamber by the attacking drones. Unicron orders him to destroy Optimus. Instead, Megatron saves the Autobot leader by blasting an oncoming drone. He then indicates a closed doorway nearby, stating that Unicron's spark lies just beyond. He explains that, to pass through, they must fool Unicron into believing that they pose no danger, and moves his Dark Energon-infused chest up to the door. It opens in response, and Optimus orders the others to remain outside and provide cover fire while he and Megatron advance.

The passageway beyond leads directly into Unicron's spark chamber, where Optimus prepares to expose the Matrix within his chest. Unicron's spark reacts, striking both invaders with its energy. Unicron again orders Megatron to kill Optimus, forcing him to unsheathe his blade and approach the weakened Prime. Megatron struggles against him, declaring himself to be under the command of no-one. His resistance provokes only an onslaught of pain and a furious reaction from the Chaos Bringer.

The volcano outside erupts violently, and the ground enclosing the Autobot base begins to quake. Ratchet tells the humans to take cover, and he moves to shield them from falling debris.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-unleash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Care Bear Stare!]]
Unicron's spark adopts the appearance of a face as Megatron is seemingly freed from his control. Optimus calls upon the power of the Matrix of Leadership, but hesitates as Unicron possesses Megatron's body in a veil of purple flame and declares his own invincibility. Optimus cuts short Unicron's desire to pull the Earth into chaos, and he rises to his feet as he becomes surrounded by a brilliant blue light. Optimus fires the power of the Matrix from his chest directly into Unicron's spark, the resulting wave of energy knocking Megatron back off his feet. His energy drained, Optimus falls to his knees, and Unicron's spark emits a final wail of pain before vanishing into oblivion.

The drones outside suddenly fall from the air, lifeless. The volcano, along with all of the Earth's other natural phenomena, subside back to normality. Ratchet and the humans watch as the monitors flicker online, rejoicing as their team's life signals are all safely re-established. Aboard the Nemesis, however, Soundwave also detects the signature of the Decepticon leader.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"You smell like my mom." "I smell like ''his'' mom!"]]
Megatron rights himself in Unicron's now-empty spark chamber, inspecting Optimus's steaming body for a moment before unsheathing his blade. Optimus gazes blearily up at the approaching Decepticon, then addresses him as "Megatronus" and asks where they are. Surprised, Megatron retracts his weapon and helps the Autobot to his feet. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee soon burst through the wall to assist, but Optimus does not recognise them. A GroundBridge suddenly opens nearby; Megatron claims that the Autobots are their sworn enemies and provides cover fire as Optimus heads for the vortex. Optimus blankly meets Bumblebee's devastated gaze for a split second before disappearing through the Bridge. Megatron follows, leaving the shocked Autobots alone in the empty chamber.

[[Image:Megatroncamehome.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I'm home, honey!]]

Ratchet GroundBridges the team back to base, but is anxious to see that Optimus is not with them. They explain that Optimus is still alive, but did not even know his own name. Ratchet realizes that surrendering the Matrix of Leadership caused their leader to lose not only the wisdom of the Primes, but his own memories as well.

Knock Out and the other Decepticons, minus Airachnid, welcome Megatron back aboard the Nemesis. Megatron steps aside to allow Optimus through, and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] automatically moves to attack. Megatron halts him, insisting that this is no way to treat a "long-lost comrade", and declares that Orion Pax is one of them.

To be continued…

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Autobot High Council|High Council]] (14–16)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid]] (18)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (19)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (20)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[William Fowler]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (4)
*[[Core]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Raf:''' Megatron was an Autobot? 
'''Miko:''' Optimus was a 'Con!? 
'''Rachet:''' No, on either count.
:—The kids get confused while Ratchet gets ready to tell a tale.

"Watch out for the quiet ones…"
:—'''Knock Out''' after witnessing Soundwave "veto" Airachnid's motion to leave Earth.

"'''''Megatron! Destroy the Prime! I command you!'''''" 
"Megatron is commanded by NO ONE!"
:—'''Unicron''' and '''Megatron''' who's not wrong [[The Transformers: The Movie|this time.]]

"Where are we Megatronus?" 
"Don't you remember, old friend?"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' with an unexpected twist.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*All of the natural disasters around the world abruptly stop when Unicron is beaten. While it might make sense for the earthquakes to stop, tidal waves wouldn't just suddenly fall apart. Forward momentum doesn't just vanish. Similar problems occur with the tornadoes dissipating and the sky clearing.
*At the Earth's core, the Autobots should experience very little gravity, as the total mass of Earth would be reasonably equally distributed around them and therefore the pull of gravity would be cancelled out.
*Despite entering the tunnel to Unicron's spark chamber only a few seconds before Optimus, Megatron still manages a very hefty lead. By the time Optimus navigates the tunnel that leads into the spark chamber, Megatron is already inside, standing in front of Unicron's spark.
*After defeating Unicron, both Megatron and Optimus are knocked unconscious: Megatron on his back and Optimus on the ground facing away from the other. However, when we see them wake up later, Megatron is on his stomach and Optimus is facing him now.
*When Soundwave is shown with the revolutionary Megatron he has a Cybertronian body, but for some reason when Megatron starts the war he is shown in his Earth body.

===Continuity errors===
*Ratchet's statement that Megatron started the war after not being made Prime contradicts the history given in [[Darkness Rising, Part 1]], where Megatron is said to have split from Optimus ''during'' the war. It ''is'' more faithful to ''Exodus'', though.
*Bulkhead is the only Autobot visibly affected by the Dark Energon.

===Continuity notes===
*The entire backstory given by Ratchet is an adaptation of the first half of ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''. Plot elements were changed, such as Orion Pax becoming Optimus when he found the Matrix of Leadership, as opposed to when he was assigned the position by the Cybertron High Council.
*Optimus's blade is still broken after the episode "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his namesake]] in the episode "[[War Dawn]]",
*The [[Key to Vector Sigma]] first appeared in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]" and later featured prominently in the first season of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Optimus calls upon the Matrix to "[[Darkest hour|light our darkest hour]]".
*For once, Optimus is the one who gets to say he "still functions", rather than Megatron.

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 4]], 2011, again preceding its American showing.
*Jack is clearly taking very good care of that Key Optimus gave him...by idly tapping it against a railing.
*This is the first time we've seen Soundwave "get his hands dirty". With how easily he trounces Airachnid, that's probably a good thing for the Autobots.
*According to the flashbacks, Megatron's optics are blue, his fingers, eyebrows, and shoulders less pointy, and his feet are also rather flat, until he is rejected by the Council and storms out angrily, obtaining the sharp teeth and red eyes.
*Fowler hugs June. Make of that what you will.
*Once more, the Thirteen Original Primes make an appearance, this time as statue busts in the walls of the High Council's chamber.
*Unlike all other Autobots thus far in the cartoon, Optimus has a distinct Cybertronian robot form, with different kibble, in the flashbacks (along with Soundwave to an extent).

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 3

2011-11-20T00:47:16Z

Apcog: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
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|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|next=
|image=OneShallRise3-together.jpg
|caption=Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 3"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack learns more about Optimus Prime's history on Cybertron while the Autobots continue their battle at the Earth's core.'''

==Synopsis==

As he leads the [[Autobot]]s further toward [[Earth]]'s core, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] is again seized by a vision of the planet exploding. He notes how [[Unicron]]'s strength grows ever greater and continues on. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] both voice their mistrust of the [[Decepticon]] leader, though they have no choice but to follow him. Unbeknownst to them, several strange, mechanical creatures observe the intruders into their dark domain.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and the [[human]]s watch a report that outlines how the planet's chaotic weather continues to spiral out of control. Despite [[June Darby|June]]'s efforts to lighten the mood, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] insists that something must be done—even if it means contacting his associates at the [[Pentagon]]. Fowler makes known his uneasiness about teaming up with Megatron, but Ratchet surprises the humans by explaining how such a situation has happened before. Ratchet relates how Optimus Prime and Megatron were once close friends, in the twilight hours of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]].

[[Image:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''Once, I called you "Brother".'' 
''Once, I thought the chance to make you laugh'' 
''Was all I ever wanted...'' 
''And even now,'' 
''I wish that [[Primus|God]] had chose another.'' 
''Serving as your foe on His behalf'' 
''Is the last thing that I wanted...!'']]
''The great Autobot leader was once named Orion Pax, a simple clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] Hall of Records. Learning of Cybertron's past, Orion grew concerned about the corruption affecting high places and the [[Caste system|state of inequity]] in society. He became inspired by the revolutionary words of Megatronus, a gladiator who took his name from [[The Fallen|one]] of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Primes]]. Megatronus gained a loyal following through his radical and innovative actions, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] chief among their number. Over time, Megatronus became a mentor figure to Orion Pax and chose to shorten his name as he left the gladiatorial arena for the political one. Megatron appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], voicing his ideas for shaping a new Cybertron by violent means, and demanded to be named the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Orion protested against Megatron's suggestions before the Council, moving their [[spark]]s and minds as he unknowingly revealed himself to be the one worthy of the title. Megatron severed his ties to Orion and the Council, taking his "Decepticon" followers to begin the [[Great War (Prime)|war]] that consumed Cybertron and vowing to claim the legendary [[Matrix of Leadership]] for himself. Hoping to reverse the damage that had poisoned the planet, Orion journeyed to Cybertron's [[Core]], where he found himself before the spark of [[Primus]], the creator of all [[Cybertronians]]. Primus sensed the purity of Orion's own spark and bestowed upon him the legendary Matrix, transforming him into Optimus Prime.''

In the present, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] question Optimus's plan to give the Matrix to the Earth's core, asking what could possibly stop Megatron from attempting to claim it for himself now. Ratchet darkly replies that Megatron only intends to save the Earth so that he may conquer it at a later date.

As they near Unicron's spark, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] begins to feel the draining effects of the [[Dark Energon]]. [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee help him a short way across the catwalks, but Megatron soon comes to a halt ahead with the realization that Unicron is preparing to expel them. A huge number of Unicron's drones suddenly swarm into view, surrounding Megatron and the Autobots. They engage the drones in fierce battle, blasting and slashing through their attackers. Arcee is knocked to a lower level, not long before the Dark Energon clouds Bulkhead's vision. He stumbles from the catwalk but manages to grab hold of the edge, and is seized by Bumblebee before he can tumble to his death. Optimus and Megatron fight back-to-back, managing to hold their own against the drones in a spectacular display of effective—if uneasy—teamwork. Bumblebee struggles to hold onto Bulkhead, who insists that the scout lets him go. Optimus seizes Bulkhead just as Bumblebee loses his grip, and hauls him up to safety. As the group quickly becomes overwhelmed, Arcee hitches a ride on one of the drones to catch up with the others and beat a swift retreat with them.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Maybe Megatron should stop having seconds-in-command and just skip straight to thirds-in-command.]]
Aboard the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]], [[Airachnid]] outlines the questionable nature of their leader's recent behavior. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] asks whether she is suggesting that they abandon Lord Megatron. Airachnid explains how Megatron's undetectable signal implies that he is either offline or at the mercy of Unicron—neither scenario being in the best interests of the Decepticons. She suggests an exodus from Earth, and receives no protests from the surrounding [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. However, her order to retreat to [[Regulon Four]] is denied by Soundwave, who silently challenges her authority. When he refuses her demand to step aside, she leaps to attack him. Soundwave easily blocks every one of her blows, before lifting her clean into the air. He hurls her back, deploying [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] to stun Airachnid in a sudden sneak attack. Pinned under Soundwave's foot, much to Knock Out's amusement, Airachnid relinquishes command to the intelligence officer.

Back in the Autobot base, Ratchet notes he has lost the others' communication links and life signals, most likely caused by interference from the electromagnetic anomalies. Miko asks how they are supposed to know when the others are ready for pickup if contact is impossible, but Ratchet is prevented from responding by the sound of Jack tapping the [[GroundBridge]] key against a railing. Ratchet reveals that the object is actually the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]—one of Cybertron's most precious relics. Ratchet then realizes that Optimus entrusted the key to Jack because he did not plan on returning from the planet's core.

Megatron is gripped by yet another painful vision of Unicron whilst he and the Autobots are backed into an enclosed chamber by the attacking drones. Unicron orders him to destroy Optimus. Instead, Megatron saves the Autobot leader by blasting an oncoming drone. He then indicates a closed doorway nearby, stating that Unicron's spark lies just beyond. He explains that, to pass through, they must fool Unicron into believing that they pose no danger, and moves his Dark Energon-infused chest up to the door. It opens in response, and Optimus orders the others to remain outside and provide cover fire while he and Megatron advance.

The passageway beyond leads directly into Unicron's spark chamber, where Optimus prepares to expose the Matrix within his chest. Unicron's spark reacts, striking both invaders with its energy. Unicron again orders Megatron to kill Optimus, forcing him to unsheathe his blade and approach the weakened Prime. Megatron struggles against him, declaring himself to be under the command of no-one. His resistance provokes only an onslaught of pain and a furious reaction from the Chaos Bringer.

The volcano outside erupts violently, and the ground enclosing the Autobot base begins to quake. Ratchet tells the humans to take cover, and he moves to shield them from falling debris.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-unleash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Care Bear Stare!]]
Unicron's spark adopts the appearance of a face as Megatron is seemingly freed from his control. Optimus calls upon the power of the Matrix of Leadership, but hesitates as Unicron possesses Megatron's body in a veil of purple flame and declares his own invincibility. Optimus cuts short Unicron's desire to pull the Earth into chaos, and he rises to his feet as he becomes surrounded by a brilliant blue light. Optimus fires the power of the Matrix from his chest directly into Unicron's spark, the resulting wave of energy knocking Megatron back off his feet. His energy drained, Optimus falls to his knees, and Unicron's spark emits a final wail of pain before vanishing into oblivion.

The drones outside suddenly fall from the air, lifeless. The volcano, along with all of the Earth's other natural phenomena, subside back to normality. Ratchet and the humans watch as the monitors flicker online, rejoicing as their team's life signals are all safely re-established. Aboard the Nemesis, however, Soundwave also detects the signature of the Decepticon leader.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"You smell like my mom." "I smell like ''his'' mom!"]]
Megatron rights himself in Unicron's now-empty spark chamber, inspecting Optimus's steaming body for a moment before unsheathing his blade. Optimus gazes blearily up at the approaching Decepticon, then addresses him as "Megatronus" and asks where they are. Surprised, Megatron retracts his weapon and helps the Autobot to his feet. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee soon burst through the wall to assist, but Optimus does not recognise them. A GroundBridge suddenly opens nearby; Megatron claims that the Autobots are their sworn enemies and provides cover fire as Optimus heads for the vortex. Optimus blankly meets Bumblebee's devastated gaze for a split second before disappearing through the Bridge. Megatron follows, leaving the shocked Autobots alone in the empty chamber.

[[Image:Megatroncamehome.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I'm home, honey!]]

Ratchet GroundBridges the team back to base, but is anxious to see that Optimus is not with them. They explain that Optimus is still alive, but did not even know his own name. Ratchet realizes that surrendering the Matrix of Leadership caused their leader to lose not only the wisdom of the Primes, but his own memories as well.

Knock Out and the other Decepticons, minus Airachnid, welcome Megatron back aboard the Nemesis. Megatron steps aside to allow Optimus through, and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] automatically moves to attack. Megatron halts him, insisting that this is no way to treat a "long-lost comrade", and declares that Orion Pax is one of them.

To be continued…

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Autobot High Council|High Council]] (14–16)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid]] (18)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (19)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (20)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[William Fowler]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (4)
*[[Core]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Raf:''' Megatron was an Autobot? 
'''Miko:''' Optimus was a 'Con!? 
'''Rachet:''' No, on either count.
:—The kids get confused while Ratchet gets ready to tell a tale.

"Watch out for the quiet ones…"
:—'''Knock Out''' after witnessing Soundwave "veto" Airachnid's motion to leave Earth.

"'''''Megatron! Destroy the Prime! I command you!'''''" 
"Megatron is commanded by NO ONE!"
:—'''Unicron''' and '''Megatron''' who's not wrong [[The Transformers: The Movie|this time.]]

"Where are we Megatronus?" 
"Don't you remember, old friend?"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' with an unexpected twist.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*All of the natural disasters around the world abruptly stop when Unicron is beaten. While it might make sense for the earthquakes to stop, tidal waves wouldn't just suddenly fall apart. Forward momentum doesn't just vanish. Similar problems occur with the tornadoes dissipating and the sky clearing.
*At the Earth's core, the Autobots should experience very little gravity, as the total mass of Earth would be reasonably equally distributed around them and therefore the pull of gravity would be cancelled out.
*Despite entering the tunnel to Unicron's spark chamber only a few seconds before Optimus, Megatron still manages a very hefty lead. By the time Optimus navigates the tunnel that leads into the spark chamber, Megatron is already inside, standing in front of Unicron's spark.
*After defeating Unicron, both Megatron and Optimus are knocked unconscious: Megatron on his back and Optimus on the ground facing away from the other. However, when we see them wake up later, Megatron is on his stomach and Optimus is facing him now.
*When Soundwave is shown with the revolutionary Megatron he has a Cybertronian body, but for some reason when Megatron starts the war he is shown in his Earth body.

===Continuity errors===
*Ratchet's statement that Megatron started the war after not being made Prime contradicts the history given in [[Darkness Rising, Part 1]], where Megatron is said to have split from Optimus ''during'' the war. It ''is'' more faithful to ''Exodus'', though.
*Bulkhead is the only Autobot visibly affected by the Dark Energon.

===Continuity notes===
*The entire backstory given by Ratchet is an adaptation of the first half of ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''. Plot elements were changed, such as Orion Pax becoming Optimus when he found the Matrix of Leadership, as opposed to when he was assigned the position by the Cybertron High Council.
*Optimus's blade is still broken after the episode "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his namesake]] in the episode "[[War Dawn]]",
*The [[Key to Vector Sigma]] first appeared in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]" and later featured prominently in the first season of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Optimus calls upon the Matrix to "[[Darkest hour|light our darkest hour]]".
*For once, Optimus is the one who gets to say he "still functions", rather than Megatron.

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 4]], 2011, again preceding its American showing.
*Jack is clearly taking very good care of that Key Optimus gave him...by idly tapping it against a railing.
*This is the first time we've seen Soundwave "get his hands dirty". With how easily he trounces Airachnid, that's probably a good thing for the Autobots.
*According to the flashbacks, Megatron's optics are blue, fingers, eyebrows, and shoulders less pointy, his feet also being rather flat, until he was rejected by the Council and storms out angrily, obtaining the sharp teeth and red eyes.
*Fowler hugs June. Make of that what you will.
*Once more, the Thirteen Original Primes make an appearance, this time as statue busts in the walls of the High Council's chamber.
*Unlike all other Autobots thus far in the cartoon, Optimus has a distinct Cybertronian robot form, with different kibble, in the flashbacks (along with Soundwave to an extent).

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Barack Obama

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[[Image:Obama_interview.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Mr. President, with an alien invasion upon us, the American people want to know: ''Where is [[Wikipedia:Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]?"'']]

'''Barack "Barry"<ref name="joke">[http://www.therealeffingdeal.com/blog/obamania-but-will-he-elect-to-take-the-search-seriously/#more-109 "OBAMAMANIA!" blog post] by Sharkatron3000 on TheRealEffingDeal.com</ref> Obama''' was elected [[President of the United States]] in a time of national and global peril. While [[George W. Bush|his predecessor]] was incumbent, a crisis had exploded with [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E. 01]]'s, the loss of the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]], and a swarm of [[Transformer|alien combatants]] waging a clandestine, highly unconventional war in hotspots across the [[Earth|world]].

When he was running for election, Obama had blown off a question about alien visitors with a joke.<ref name="joke" /> But as President, his fear that the [[Autobot]]s' presence attracted the [[Decepticon]]s led him to appoint a [[Theodore Galloway|National Security Advisor]] that was a constant thorn in the side of the [[NEST|joint human/Autobot military force]], which found itself increasingly hamstrung in direct proportion to the gravity of the Decepticon threat.

{{quote|...we aren’t sure Barry is so ready to tackle the real issues of EXTRATERRESTRIAL life, especially when it involves an INVASION FORCE!|[[Sharsky|Sharkatron3000]]|[[The Real Effing Deal|The Real Effing Deal.com]]}}

==Fiction==
===''The Real Effing Deal''===
[[Sharsky|Sharkatron3000]] posted a clip on [[The Real Effing Deal]] from an interview of Obama when he was still running for president.
{{quote|If you are elected and you learned that the government knew aliens had visited Earth, and the public didn't know...would you be sure the public found out?|Channel 2 reporter}}
{{quote|It depends on what these aliens were like, and whether they were Democrats or Republicans.|Barack Obama}}

Sharkatron3000 took the interview as evidence that the President is completely unprepared for the prospect of alien visitors, because he treated the question as a joke.

Later, Leo Spitz cited the President's actions as a justification for his own video-blogging.{{storylink|The Real Effing Deal}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===

After coming to power, Obama [[Tales of the Fallen issue 2|retained]] <strike>Admiral</strike> General [[Morshower]] as the [[:wikipedia:Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]].

Even though [[NEST]] had successfully destroyed the Decepticon infiltrators in [[Shanghai]], [[China]], the new President of the United States was horrified by the destruction caused during the operation. President Obama sent Director [[Theodore Galloway]] to [[Diego Garcia]] to outline the White House's criticisms of NEST's operations and their alliance with the alien Autobots, in particular [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s open invitation for Autobot refugees to come to [[Earth]]. They feared that reason the Decepticons being on Earth was to seek vengeance upon the Autobots and their allies, and when General Morshower attempted to defend [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]] and his men's judgement by stating they were above reproach, Galloway stated that as far as the President was concerned, ''nobody'' was above reproach. He directly asked Optimus Prime that if the President felt that the United States' national security was better served by having the Autobots leave Earth, would they do so peacefully? Optimus Prime agreed, but bluntly told Galloway to pass along a message to the President: What if the Autobots leave, and the humans are ''wrong?''

Soon afterwards, Optimus Prime was killed in battle defending [[Sam Witwicky]], and [[The Fallen]] began his invasion of Earth. Among the casualties were [[Paris]], [[France]], and the aircraft carrier [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)|U.S.S. ''Theodore Roosevelt'']]; Obama was flown to a secure bunker. Appalled with the loss of over seven thousand lives (including American sailors), the President ordered the deactivation of NEST and the immediate transportation of the Autobots back to Diego Garcia, deciding instead to focus on a coordinated US military strategy against the Decepticon threat. Galloway also revealed that while battle plans were being drawn up, Obama was exploring "every diplomatic solution" as well and handing over Sam Witwicky was being considered as well.

Lennox would end up taking his NEST team on an unauthorised mission into [[Egypt|foreign territory without permission]] and also tricking Galloway into getting stranded in said country, but he's the hero and it worked out okay so as far as we know Obama let it slide. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

He reactivated NEST after this.

===IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[Image:TalesoftheFallen5_BarackObama.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Look, hurry up, I've got three more comics to cameo in before lunch. (Oh god, Youngblood's next isn't it?)"]]

When military forces failed to restrain a resurrected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]], [[NEST]] recommended an [[United States Air Force|air strike]] on Ravage's bolthole. Barack Obama was asked to authorize the air strike, and did. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5}}
{{--}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
Following [[Sam Witwicky]]'s involvement in two events which saved the world from Decepticon actions, he was given a medal from President Barack Obama at the [[White House]]. Sam hoped the medal would have offered him more leverage into employment, but it did not, and at one specific job prospect he was turned away because the interviewer was not impressed, as the employees there were "mostly [[Republican]]". {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Notes==
* While on the campaign trail, the [[Wikipedia:Barack Obama|real-life Barack Obama]] met [[Michael Bay]] by chance in an airport, and the two had a mutually-complimentary conversation. Inspired by this encounter, Bay made a late-stage decision to add Obama's name and image to a brief scene in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a160272/michael-bay-obama-likes-my-movies.html Michael Bay: 'Obama likes my movies'] at Digital Spy, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfT7ZF_AUk8 Bay telling the story at a press conference.]</ref> It is unknown whether it occurred to Bay, or whether it was planned or not, that the movie's otherwise-unnamed President is essentially a villain (or perhaps a well-meaning bureaucrat) whose concerns almost doom Earth. Several critics winced over ''that'' one, assuming it was deliberate <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1906689,00.html Time's review of "Revenge of the Fallen"]</ref> <ref>[http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/screen/reviews/Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen-49559047.html Philadelphia Weekly's review of ''Revenge of the Fallen'']</ref>, while some conservative movie critics and bloggers <ref>[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/06/24/turnabout-transformers-2-takes-a-shot-at-president-obama/ Big Hollywood: Turnabout]</ref><ref>[http://www.residualforces.com/2009/06/29/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-obamas-first-dig/ Residual Forces blog review]</ref><ref>[http://hubpages.com/hub/Transformers-2-Revenge-of-the-Fallen--A-Political-Message A blogger's specific focus on the politics]</ref> rejoiced over it. As the film's writers are Democrat supporters, this was probably meant to be a stock genre plot - [[Autobot High Council|the bureaucratic government]] [[Council of Autobot Elders|stopping Our Boys from]] [[Maximal High Council|saving the day from the Enemy]] - rather than a deliberate dig.

* So how ''does'' the President of one country shut down a multinational organization on his own?

* In an [[Transformers_(Titan_Magazine)#Alternate_universe|alternate timeline]] presented in the UK Titan comics, in which the Decepticons were victorious in the battle of [[Mission City]], Obama did not become the next President of the United States. Instead, when the previous President was killed, fictional Vice President [[Theodore Allen]] succeeded him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14}}

* The real-life Obama was the inspiration for much of [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[bio]].

* Obama took a notably more dismissive view of the Autobots than his ally [[United Kingdom#Notes|Gordon Brown]].

* Obama [[Cheetor (BW)|likes pie]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100424/ap_en_tv/us_leno_axelrod]

* [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] voiced Obama in a animated version on the ''[[Batman]]: The Brave and the Bold'' episode "Cry Freedom Fighters!". Oddly, [[Tom Kenny|Plastic Man]] did not recognize him.

==Footnotes==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT: Obama, Barack}}
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Elite Guard

2011-11-05T01:40:33Z

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:''The Cybertron Elite Guard is a distinguished team of Autobots from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]], [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]], and [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]]. It is also known as the Autobot Elite Guard, and in one timeline has also been a Decepticon organization.''

[[Image:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|right|300px]]

The [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] '''Elite Guard''' is the pinnacle of the [[Autobot]] military force, reserved for only the most distinguished graduates of the [[Autobot Academy]]. Its members are specialists, masters in their fields, and the unit is only called upon in the most dire of situations. It reports directly to the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots. It also engages in some pretty shady business from time to time, from experimenting on [[Jetfire (Animated)|other]] [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Autobots]], to creating [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|weapons of mass destruction]], all the way to hiring [[Lockdown (Animated)|unscrupulous bounty hunters]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Mighty Thor, Black Panther, and the Tick pretending to be Captain America.]]

The Elite Guard served under the direct command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], the [[Magnus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobot military. During the Great War, [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] was the general of the Elite Guard on Magnus' behalf.

====Members====
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
* [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (Combined form of Jetstorm and Jetfire)
* [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]

=====Former Members=====
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (also a member of [[Cybertron Intelligence]]) - Compacted and incinerated. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Later found alive. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}
* Dai Atlas - Retired to rebuild [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]<ref>[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s on-package [[bio]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed the wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of the group in the cartoon. This is borne out by the fact that Longarm lacks the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol.</ref>
* [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] - Retired. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] - Promoted to acting Magnus {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}
* [[Powered Convoy]] - Former Magnus and predecessor to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

=====Impersonators=====
*[[Afterburn]]<ref>[[Afterburn]] successfully led everyone to believe he was a member of the Elite Guard's "Special Ops" team when he arrived on Earth, but it was soon revealed that he was a big, fat liar.</ref>

=====Wannabes=====
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]] - Bumblebee wants to be a member of the Elite Guard, so he gave himself an Elite Guard paint job in what he hopes is a first step in becoming one. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee's toy bio}}

=====????=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] fits in here... somehow... <ref>Two toys of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] were produced as "Optimus Prime Elite Guard Version" but he was never depicted in this fashion in any story material. Perhaps hinting at Prime's future? Who knows!</ref>
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] does as well, though how exactly boggles the mind... <ref>Prowl also received two toys branded as "Elite Guard Version" but his fictional appearances leave little to no room for this to actually come to pass... [[Time travel|Alternate timeline]]? [[Death|Resurrection]]? [[Cloning|Clone]]? [[To sell toys]]?</ref>

====Fiction====
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Bumblebee and Bulkhead also registered to join the Guard. After Bumblebee and Bulkhead accidentally destroyed part of a simulated battle zone and injured their drill sergeant, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], they were both given the boot and reassigned to space bridge repair duty. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

After seeing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] save them from an incident on the asteroid where they were working, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] commented that with moves like that, Optimus should have gone into the Cybertron Elite Guard. Gee, way to rub salt in the wound, there, Bumblebee... {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

Shortly after the battle with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the Elite Guard arrived to retrieve the [[AllSpark]]. (Great timing, guys.) Upon learning that the AllSpark had been dispersed, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] confined Optimus Prime's crew to the Elite Guard's ship while he, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Optimus went to investigate [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Optimus's vessel]], where the battle had taken place. When trouble at a [[Sumdac Systems]] manufacturing plant was detected, the Autobots and Elite Guard managed to hold off the malfunctioning police drones being made there long enough to allow Optimus, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to get [[Sari Sumdac]] to the assembly line and shut it down. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After an extended period with no evidence of a Decepticon presence on Earth, Magnus was prepared to gather up the Autobots and ship out back to Cybertron. He urged Optimus to testify as to his experiences on Earth to calm the general fears of Megatron still being alive. When Optimus protested that Megatron ''was'' still alive and that such testimony would be falsifying evidence, Sentinel angrily stated that nobody was asking him to lie, just to agree with Sentinel's scans (quite excellent ones, in his humble opinion) showing there were no Decepticons on Earth. Besides, Sentinel cajoled, if he smoothed things over with Cybertron Command, Optimus might just be able to be reinstated into the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] was left on Earth to try and find the Decepticon base and keep an eye on Optimus's crew. However, [[Master Disaster]], with the help of an AllSpark-powered remote control, forced Blurr to do his bidding until Sari stole the remote from him. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} {{storylink|Velocity}}

''The Elite Guard oversaw the extraction of flight technology from Starscream to create [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], who managed to join the ranks of the Elite Guard in record time. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}''

====Notes====
* Many members of the Elite Guard bear what appears to be rank insignia, in the form of downward-pointing chevrons on their arms or abdomens. Magnus has four stripes; Sentinel, Jazz, and Kup have three; Warpath has two.

=====Foreign names=====
*''Japanese:'' '''Elite Guard''' (エリートガード ''Erīto Gādo'')

===''Wings Universe''===
The Elite Guard was founded by and is under the direct orders of [[Magnum]], a member of the [[Autobot High Command]], as a special strike force within the [[Autobot Guard]].

====Members====
*'''Officers'''
**[[Big Bang]]
**[[Sentinel Major]]
*'''Alpha Team'''
**[[Thunder Clash]] (leader)
**[[Flak (G1)|Flak]]
**[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
**[[Landshark]]
*'''Strike Team''' (201st)
**[[Metalhawk]] (leader)
**[[Dion]]
**[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
**[[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]]
*'''Special Ops Team''' ([[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]])
**[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (leader)
**[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
**[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
**[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
**[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*'''Stealth Team''' (45th)
**[[Powerflash]] (leader)
**[[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]]
**[[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]]
**[[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]]
*'''Artillery Team''' (116th)
**[[Halonix Maximus|Halonix "Halo" Maximus, callsign Gigantron]]
**[[Windsail]]
**[[Clear Out]]
**[[Padlock (Timelines)|Padlock]]<ref>Halo was the only member named at BotCon 2010. The other three were shown on Alex Milne's lithograph and named on the OTFCC forums, in a post giving a quick rundown of the Elite Guard teams.</ref>
*'''Fast Attack Team'''
**[[Ranger]]
**[[Blacker]]
**[[Braver]]
**[[Laster]]
*'''Recon Team''' (349th)
**[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]
**[[Delta Seeker]]
**[[Rest-Q]]
**[[Road Fire|Roadfire]]

====Fiction====
After Thunder Clash and his squad proved their skill and valor by keeping a [[Matrix of Leadership|vitally important piece of cargo]] safe from the Decepticons, they were appointed as the first members of the newly-created Elite Guard. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}} Other Autobots were eventually inducted into the Guard after completing rigorous testing, forming their own squads within the organization.
{{stub}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
{{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

The Elite Guard once ''almost'' went twenty missions in a row without a single casualty. {{storylink|Around Cybertron#Around Cybertron #11|Around Cybertron #11}}

{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}
{{storylink|A Team Effort}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

At some unknown future point in time, the Guard eventually dispersed, with little left of its presence except the occasional disused cargo box bearing its symbol. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

===Shattered Glass===
====Autobot Members====
[[Image:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|right|150px|thumb|Now with one less bar!]]
*[[Hyperdrive (SG)|Hyperdrive]] (deceased)
*[[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] (leader)
*[[Kup (SG)|Kup]] (deceased)
{{--}}

====Decepticon Members====
[[Image:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|right|150px|thumb|Wait, whose side are we on again?]]
*[[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]]
{{--}}

====Fiction====
Thunderwing was a Decepticon member of the Cybertron Elite Guard, which in pre-war times was a law enforcement group. He operated as a duly appointed agent for millennia, often spending extended periods of time away from Cybertron. In fact, his missions kept him away from Cybertron ''so'' much that he had little to no knowledge or interest in the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

In modern times, the Elite Guard was an Autobot organization serving at the whim of <strike>a madman</strike> [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. Previously led by Hyperdrive, the Guard was taken over by Thunderclash after he deemed his commander unfit for leadership and eliminated him. {{storylink|Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash's toy bio}}

====Notes====
*Thunderwing is mentioned as being part of the Elite Guard since before the war started, and has been out of touch with events before then. As such, it's not really clear so far whether the Elite Guard eventually evolved into Thunderclash's group while Thunderwing was gone, or if there's two separate organizations with that name in the "Shattered Glass" universe.

===Live-action movie universe===
====Fiction====
Prospective allies of the Autobots must complete training in speed, strength, skill and fireblast before they will be allowed to join the hunt for the Decepticons' leader Megatron. Completion of extended training above and beyond the norm qualifies the trainee as a member of the Elite Guard. It is unknown which Autobots, if any, are currently members of the group. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' online game}}

===Exodus===
[[Image:WFCcomicEliteGuard.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
The Elite Guard were the thirty-six bodyguards of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel]] was a member before he became a High Counciler and [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. When [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] assassinated [[Halogen]] in the [[High Council Chamber]], [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] ordered them to stand down and spare him in an effort to maintain peace. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}''
{{-}}

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Animated subgroups]]
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Elite Guard| ]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

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Guyhawk

2011-11-01T15:50:02Z

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:''Guyhawk is a [[Decepticon]] [[Breastforce]] warrior from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Guyhawk.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]

'''Guyhawk''' (ガイホーク ''Gaihōku'') is one of the founding members of [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Breastforce]]. Cold and somber, Guyhawk hates those who claim to have "character" and perfect principles, and as such, he really loathes Autobots of all shapes and sizes. In particular, [[Greatshot]] really ruffles his feathers; Guyhawk used to work with him on the mercenary circuit, and for him to see his old partner in crime turn to the side of the angels is nothing short of sickening. Guyhawk doesn't practise what he preaches, though; despite his hatred of the pretence of perfection in others, he always tries to make ''himself'' come off as perfect. He boasts about his skills, he's always the first into battle and the last to leave, he hates it when he is defeated, and he will always pass the buck if he gets blamed for something.

In jet mode, Guyhawk's speed exceeds even that of his commanding officer, [[Leozack]]. He is capable of unleashing a hellish storm of laser fire from above, rendering even the toughest of enemies to piles of smoldering ash. In robot mode he wields the power of the "Ice Needle", an attack which allows him to fire an onslaught of daggers forged from super-cooled plasma from his hands, capable of tearing through even the toughest of metals. His chest plate, [[Hawkbreast]], can detach and transform into a hawk-like attack partner or the handheld "Hawk Cannon" blaster. Like his fellow Breastforcers, Guyhawk is also armed with an [[Electromagnetic Nunchaku]].

Guyhawk can combine with his Breastforce teammates to form [[Liokaiser]], forming the right arm of the super robot.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Gaihawk_in_prison.jpg|left|210px|thumb|"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"]]

Some time before [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] assumed command of the [[Autobot]] forces, the Autobot hero apprehended Guyhawk and had him sentenced to imprisonment on the [[Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary]]. Separated from his Hawkbreast, Guyhawk was put to work with other prisoners, gathering energy from the moon's rivers of magma. Guyhawk made no friends or alliances within the ranks of prisoners, caring nothing for any of them; once, when one hapless convict fell into a lava river and was able to grab onto Guyhawk's leg as he was swept past him, Guyhawk ignored his pleas to be pulled to safety, and kicked him off, sending him spiraling off to his molten doom.

[[Image:Gaihawk_vs_greatshot.jpg|right|thumb|225px|DULL DRAMATIC SHOOTING.]]

In 2025, Guyhawk's old Breastforce comrades came to planet [[Micro]] with the intention of liberating him, so that they could once again merge into the giant robot, Liokaiser, and defeat Star Saber. When the Breastforce attacked the penitentiary, the [[Satellite Penitentiary personnel|prison staff]], realizing their objective, attempted to transfer Guyhawk to a safer location. Unfortunately for the guards transferring him, the sneaky Decepticon had concealed a blade, and slashed his way through their ranks to freedom. Making his way through the prison corridors, he soon came upon fellow Breastforcer [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], who was in the process of searching for him. Hellbat cheerfully greeted him, but Guyhawk threw him aside and demanded he take him to the prison's energy room. Using the stockpiled energy, Guyhawk recharged himself to full power and freed his Hawkbreast from the cage in which it had been kept. Seconds later, Guyhawk was confronted by Greatshot, who had been ordered into the prison by Star Saber, but Guyhawk was unaware that his old friend had joined the Autobots, and reacted with disgust when Hellbat informed him of this fact. Old friend or not, Guyhawk had no compunctions about engaged in a firefight with Greatshot, which culminated in a face-off on the walkway above the prison's magma vat. Impaling Greatshot with his Ice Needle attack. Guyhawk sent his foe tumbling towards the lava, but could not stick around to see the job finished as the prison began exploding around them. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}}

[[Image:Gaihawk_huggles.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Wanna make out?]]

Leozack soon called a meeting to formally welcome Guyhawk back into the ranks of the Breastforce, during which Guyhawk was warmly received by all the assembled members. When a surprised Guyhawk asked why Hellbat was absent, Leozack explained that he was completely untrustworthy, and that he had already arranged to replace Hellbat with another old comrade, [[Deathcobra (Victory)|Deathcobra]]. Soon, however, Hellbat arrived with the news that the Autobots had killed Deathcobra. In actuality, Hellbat had accidentally killed Deathcobra himself when he had attempted to persuade him to leave so that he could keep his place on the team, but he blamed the death on the Autobot [[Holi]], and led the other unaware Breastforcers in a "retaliatory" attack. During the fight, Guyhawk got the chance to deliver the killing shot to Holi, but his Hawkbreast was suddenly blasted from his hand by the dramatic arrival of Star Saber. Relishing the chance for revenge against the Autobot who had imprisoned him, Guyhawk combined with the rest of the Breastforce combined into Liokaiser for the first time in years, and together, they were actually able to defeat Star Saber in combat. {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser}} The team then returned to [[Earth]], where Deathsaurus heaped praise upon Guyhawk, frustrating Leozack to no end. {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}}

[[Image:Gaihawk_iceneedle.jpg|right|thumb|Must resist urge... to... take... out of... context.]]

Guyhawk joined the Breastforce in numerous subsequently missions, raiding energy from America's [[Schaeffer Energy]] plant {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} and [[Antarctica]]'s subterranean oil wells, {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} and ambushing the Autobot [[Brainmaster]]s in the desert. During the latter mission, Guyhawk distinguished himself by using the power of his Ice Needle to damage the combiner [[Road Caesar]] so badly that he was forced to disengage, but he lost his composure when Greatshot appeared on the scene, and he immediately took to the air in pursuit of revenge against his traitorous old friend. The arrival of Star Saber forced the villains to retreat, much to Guyhawk's chagrin. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}}

Eager to hunt Greatshot down, Guyhawk assembled the Breastforce to aid him in the search, and clashed with Leozack, who was furious that his subordinate has superseded his authority for so trivial a goal. Fortunately, before the two could come to blows, Deathsaurus gave the Breastforce a new mission: join him in ambushing Star Saber in Asia. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} While Star Saber survived the ambush, [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] was fatally wounded, and the Decepticons capitalized upon the Autobots' reduced manpower by increasing the frequency of their attacks. Guyhawk joined the Breastforce in pillaging energy from a solar power station {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} then later helped attack the [[Mount Asama]] geothermal power plant, only to be shot out of the sky by [[Victory Leo]], the reborn form of God Ginrai. {{storylink|Awaken! Victory Leo}}

[[Image:Gaihawk_jetmode.jpg|left|thumb|210px|Finally some sky he's camouflaged against!]]

When Deathsaurus used the threat of orbital missile bombardment to keep the Autobots at bay, Guyhawk, [[Jallguar]] and [[Killbison]] were able to freely steal energy, pausing only in their evil deeds to mock the helpless Autobots who were watching. Deathsaurus's plan was foiled when Star Saber fused for the first time with Victory Leo into Victory Saber and bested him in combat. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}} Guyhawk and the Breastforce later went up against Victory Saber as Liokaiser, but were likewise defeated. {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}}

Soon after, Guyhawk helped unleash the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects upon the Autobots, {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}} then went on to participate in the Decepticons' theft of energy from the ancient continent of [[Atlantis]]. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} With this Atlantean energy in their clutches, the Breastforce and Deathsaurus headed into space about the ''Thunder Arrow'', planning to use the stolen energy to recharge Deathsaurus's [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. The Autobots pursued the villains, but were unable to stop them from bringing the fortress back online. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} To keep the Autobots busy while the fortress's main cannon charged, Deathsaurus dispatched the Breastforce—combined as Liokaiser—to battle them. In the course of the clash, Victory Leo was able to blast Liokaiser into the fortress's cannon barrel, which drained his energy dry. With his consciousness fading and his body unable to move, Liokaiser could only utter a fading scream for help as he drifted off into the depths of space. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}

====''Zone'' catalog====

As part of Liokaiser, Guyhawk was revived from death by some means. Lead by the reborn [[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], Liokaiser joined several other powerful Decepticons in an assault on planet [[Zone (planet)|Zone]]. Attempting to steal their [[Energon Z]], the Decepticons proved no match for the [[Micromaster]]s and were driven away. {{storylink|Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:Gaihawk_manga.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

Guyhawk debuted at the feet of Deathsaurus, as he knelt to inform his emperor that Leozack had gone off on a solo mission, foolishly believing that he could conquer Earth on his own. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} After Leozack was defeated by Star Saber, Guyhawk and the rest of the Breastforce took the Autobot leader on, only to be taken out by a single slash of his Saber Blade. {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}}

Later, Guyhawk and the other Breastforcers combined into Liokaiser to battle Star Saber on [[Energy Planet X]]. When the combiner warrior managed to seize Star Saber, his individual components began arguing over who would get right to destroy the Autobot leader; "the Great Guyhawk" believed he had earned the right to do the deed. Star Saber exploited the opening to turn the battle around, and Liokaiser was defeated and escaped. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}} In their next battle with Star Saber, the Breastforce almost had him defeated thanks to the aid of Deathsaurus and Dinoking, but the tables were turned when Star Saber merged with new arrival Victory Leo, to form Victory Saber. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}}

In their next battle, Liokaiser and Deathsaurus were defeated by the Autobots' "Five Stars of Victory" attack technique, and Liokaiser split back into Guyhawk and the rest of the Breastforce to flee back to Deathsaurus's "Space Stronghold". {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}} From the stronghold, the Decepticons began a final attack on Earth, bombarding the planet with meteors, but the Autobots succeeded in thwarting their scheme, despite a bit of attempted treachery courtesy of Leozack. At the battle's end, Deathsaurus revealed that the fortress was home to the Decepticon civilians, and that they had been fighting to keep them safe. Struck by this revelation, Star Saber decided that it was time for the Autobots and Decepticons to lay down their arms, and live in peace—the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[Image:WOH Guyhawk.jpg|thumb|Guyhawk is stunned by Hellbat's inexplicable Edward G. Robinson impersonation.]]
Millions of years ago, Guyhawk, using a newly-developed "[[Skyraider]]" style body, was part of [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]'s crew sent to recover a mysterious item from the crashed Autobot ship ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' on [[Beta-Nine]]. He and [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] were able to corner [[Kup (G1)|one of the Autobots]] also looking for the cargo... up until Hellbat got turned into a snack by a local lake monster, that is. Their captive was able to escape, and Guyhawk and [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] chased after him.

They eventually caught up with him, only to get tossed aside when their [[Thunder Clash|captive's commander]] came barreling through. Guyhawk then managed to recover from ''that''... only to get blown out of commission when Banzai-Tron was tricked into accepting a rigged container from the Autobots. Guyhawk and the others then surrendered and were taken prisoner. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:Victory-toy Gaihawk.jpg|right|300px|thumb|When most people "flip the bird", it doesn't turn into a gun.]]
*'''Guyhawk''' (Breastforce, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-330'''
**''Accessories:'' "Hawkbreast" Breast Animal

: Released only in Japan, Guyhawk transforms into a magenta and white MiG-29 fighter jet. He came packaged with his Breast Animal partner, the Hawkbreast, which transforms from a hawk-like robot to either breastplate armor for Guyhawk, or the hand-held "Hawk Cannon" blaster. Guyhawk combines with his fellow Breastforce warriors (sold separately) to form Liokaiser; he forms the right arm of the super robot.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Gaihawk/gaihawk.htm More information on Guyhawk at TFU.info]''

{{anchor|LioKaiser}}
*'''Liocaesar''' {{sic}} (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-335'''

: Guyhawk was also available in a complete six-piece box set of the entire Breastforce team. Each toy in the set is identical to their individual releases. This release does not have [[bio]]/[[Tech Spec]] cards for the individuals, only the combined form.

==Notes==
*Various sources alternately spell Guyhawk's name as "Gaihawk".

===Foreign names===
*''Russian:'' '''Jastreb''' (Ястреб, "Hawk")

[[Category:Breastforce]]
[[Category:Seekers]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Primal Fear!

2011-11-01T15:47:38Z

Apcog: /* "Primal Fear!" */ Clean-up

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Transformers: Generation 2]]'' #3
|prev=All or Nothing!
|next=Devices and Desires! (Marvel)
|title="Primal Fear!"
|image=MarvelUSG2-03.jpg
|caption=Frenzy wouldn't die for another nine issues.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=November 1993
|coverdate=January 1994
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|artist=[[Derek Yaniger]] ("Old Evils")
|penciler=[[Manny Galan]] ("Primal Fear")
|inkers=[[Jim Amash]] and [[Marie Severin]] ("Primal Fear")
|colorist=[[Sarra Mossoff]]
|letterers=[[Richard Starkings]] with [[Gaushell]]
|editor=[[Rob Tokar]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Prime and the Autobots fight Jhiaxus and his Cybertronians on a planet where an entity draws out their most primal rage. Also, Bludgeon and his Decepticons return.'''

==Synopsis==
==="Primal Fear!"===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] fight on an unnamed planet in the [[K'tord Nebula]]. Jhiaxus is glorying in the release of combat. Despite the gruesome injuries he is receiving and inflicting, so is Prime.

Overhead, in the [[Autobot]] shuttlecraft ''[[Darkstar]],'' [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] is the only [[Transformer]] still intact; the corpses of Jhiaxus's troops surround him. Hound is desperately trying to reach anyone on the communicator. He begins taking out his frustration on the equipment, but then struggles to regain his calm. He begins recording a message about how Optimus Prime's Autobots, fleeing Jhiaxus, tried to hide in the K'tord Nebula, from which many ships never emerge. However, once within the nebula, tempers began to fray among the Autobots, and the [[Decepticon]]s stopped simply tracking the shuttle and instead attacked. Hound ends the message by saying it's not an SOS, but a warning that something about this planet causes uncontrolled fear and rage, so anyone listening should stay away.

Below, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and other Autobots are fighting Jhiaxus's troops with vicious intensity. Optimus Prime manages to slip away from Jhiaxus for a moment and begins struggling to find his pacifist core. Jhiaxus, deprived of the distraction of combat, begins suffering flashbacks to the tyrannical sadist he was a long time ago. He realizes that he's losing the icy control he's cultivated for so long. Prime returns and tells him that only by confronting and facing down the violent savage within can they truly evolve and become more than just pre-programmed responses. Jhiaxus silently agrees, and as they reject the unreasoning violence, tendrils of [[Shadow parasite|black psychic energy]] flee their bodies. Prime examines the energy and realizes it is a non-physical living thing that feeds on rage.

Refusing to be manipulated by the shadow-stuff, Optimus Prime and Jhiaxus order their troops to stop fighting (having to physically restrain them in some cases). They declare a temporary truce, and Jhiaxus allows the Autobots to leave. On the bridge of his ship, Jhiaxus muses over what the experience on the planet has taught him, while ordering that the infestation be bombed from orbit, so the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] can colonize the planet safely.

==="Old Evils"===
Jhiaxus returns to his flagship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]''. He angrily muses about how the recent incident reminds him of when the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] were a darker and far more violent group. He thanks the Maker that there are no such Transformers around now.

Meanwhile, in another galaxy, just such a group of Decepticons are attacking an alien craft. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], in his titanic ''[[Warworld]]'' battle cruiser, presses the attack against the frog-like space pirates. They fight back, briefly, before the weapons of the ''Warworld'' breach their hull, killing the crew, while leaving the ship intact enough to pillage.

After their victory, Bludgeon muses about his next step. He has built an [[Bludgeon's new army|army]] of [[Transformer]] shells, but the only way to grant them life is with Optimus Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Bludgeon decides the only way to draw Prime away from the safety of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the [[Autobase]] is to threaten that little planet Prime has protected in the past... [[Earth]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (5)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (6)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (7)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Stranglehold]] (12)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (13)
*[[Fangry]] (14)
*[[Quake (G1)|Quake]] (15)

|h4=[[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]|c4=
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (2)
*[[Rook (G2)|Rook]] (9)

|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Scrul]] (10)
*[[Khyogi]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Jhiaxus:''' All pretense of bravado is ''swept away'' by one last wheezing appeal for ''mercy!'' I tell them... ''I have none!'' 
'''Optimus Prime:''' ''Jhiaxus''... you're ''boring'' me!

"Let us ''see,'' Jhiaxus... Let us see which ''one'' of us begs for mercy!"
:—'''Optimus Prime,''' scary-ass individual

'''Grimlock:''' Me calm, but me ''still'' want to fight! 
'''Blades:''' Yeah, well... even the most advanced races have their evolutionary ''throwbacks.''

"How many times have I told you ''not'' to rouse me before I'm fully bloated!"
:—'''Captain Khyogi''', who needs his own [[Rubber Ducky]]

'''Stranglehold:''' They're fighting. 
'''Bludgeon:''' ''Good.'' I ''like'' it when they struggle.

==Notes==
* While the black psychic gunk bears a cursory resemblance to the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] (which features heavily in subsequent issues), it doesn't appear to be related to it.
*A likely source for the story is one of Furman's own. The UK story "[[Distant Thunder!]]" contains nearly all the same themes and the same basic plot of this story.
* Fangry apparently survived having Grimlock's fist through his midsection in "[[End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!]]".
* Don't get too attached to the way [[Bludgeon's new army]] looks.

===Covers (1)===
* Optimus Prime vs Jhiaxus by [[Derek Yaniger]]

===Advertisements===
* None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*2002 — ''[[Transformers: Dark Designs]]''

[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 issues]]

User talk:Abates

2011-11-01T15:44:19Z

Apcog: /* Combaticons Text */ new section

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{{chapters
|title=User talk archives
|content=*[[/Archive 1|Archive 1]]
}}</div>
==To-Do List==
===Operation: Screen Captures===
Screen cap (re)tagging:
*<s>[[:Category:Generation 1 screen captures|G1]]</s>
*[[:Category:The Headmasters screen captures|Headmasters]]/[[:Category:Super-God Masterforce screen captures|Masterforce]]/<s>[[:Category:Victory screen captures|Victory]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Zone screen captures|Zone]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Beast Wars screen captures|Beast Wars]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Beast Machines screen captures|Beast Machines]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Robots in Disguise screen captures|Robots in Disguise]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Armada screen captures|Armada]]</s>/[[:Category:Energon screen captures|Energon]]/<s>[[:Category:Cybertron screen captures|Cybertron]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Animated screen captures|Animated]]</s>
====Pictures of unidentified origin====
I don't know which episodes these are from - feel free to tag them with {{tl|MFcap}} or {{tl|Energoncap}} if you know!
=====Masterforce=====
<gallery>
Image:Diver suiton.jpg
</gallery>

=====Energon=====
<gallery>
Image:EnergonGeneric.jpg
</gallery>

==Image request==
Thanks for the (fast) image upload for Leftfoot's assistant. If it's not too much to ask, could you perhaps also provide a screencap of "[[Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter]]" - Gilmer reaching for his crotch in pain. I'd like to see it added to the episode page and the [[Humanization]] article. And if you'd have The Headmasters DVDs, the [[Harinezumi|purple rat monster]] article has been without image for half a year. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 03:28, 17 October 2010 (EDT)
:Sure! Unfortunately my DVDs of The Headmasters are out on loan to a friend at the moment, so I haven't even been able to get around to adding screenshots to the HM episode articles. I will see what I can do though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:44, 17 October 2010 (EDT)
::What's a few more days or weeks to six months? ;) Thanks a lot for your uploads so far. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 04:07, 17 October 2010 (EDT)
::Thank you!! [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 02:26, 27 October 2010 (EDT)
:::No problem! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:37, 27 October 2010 (EDT)

===Image request revisited===
Do you think you could do another imagery list? I am looking for a better version of Image:Starscream clone G1.jpg, a screenshot of [[Trashbin]] (as the page itself notes, the best image moment would be shortly before the line "you check in, but you don't check out" by Wreck-Gar during the chase scene on Junk), and [[Dread slaves]] needs some images. I think a screenshot of when Kup finally frees everybody, aka that time organic prisoners show up, would be good for the Notes section. Possibly when three of the robot prisoners (the ones who get caught by Predaking) try to flee would be good as main image. Think you could get these? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 04:21, 13 December 2010 (EST)
:I'll take a look. I did look through my screenshots for "Chaos" a while ago for suitable shots of the Dread slaves, but couldn't find any, so I may have to go back to the episode. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:53, 13 December 2010 (EST)
:Er, regarding [[Trashbin]], I don't see him in that shot. The dude in the middle back is closest, but has a different head and legs to the character model. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 05:48, 13 December 2010 (EST)
::Thanks for the uploads so far. With Trashbin, it "is" the dude in the middle. The fact he has a slightly different head and legs in that shot doesn't change what model he is supposed to be anymore than [[HAZMAT]]'s face/no face difference. Alternatively, the closest possible shot of him attacking Arcee will also do (can't use the moment after she knocks him over, because then the model gets switched for Junkyard's). Does this help? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 07:11, 13 December 2010 (EST)
:::Ahhh, OK! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:22, 13 December 2010 (EST)

==="Plaise, suh, may I 'aff s'more?"===
Many thanks for Trashbin's and the early war dudes' images. Though, could I request some more images for the latter's page? For the gallery, I'd like images of the yellow/blue and green dude when they walk next to each other, the red and the blue chars behind them standing in front of each other, the [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]-like dude fleeing, the red and blue guys fleeing for Decepticon fire and maybe another image for the grey/red guy fleeing behind them. I'd also like a shot from "The Key to Vector Sigma" featuring at least the green dude for the Notes section. Think you could get these too? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 18:54, 26 December 2010 (EST)
:Done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:19, 27 December 2010 (EST)

===Bothering you once again. Sorry===
If you can find the time, could you get a few articles some more images? I'm looking for an image of Megatron getting a pair of binoculars from his chest for the continuity ntoes section of "[[The Master Builders]]" and the images as described for the [[Satellite Penitentiary inmates]] and [[Satellite Penitentiary personnel|personnel]]. For the inmates, I like to see the current image replaced by a full panshot one, and I'd prefer Gaihawk to be visible in the drowned inmate-is-still alive shot so it can be added to the episode page's animation error section. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 05:48, 6 March 2011 (EST)
:I've stuck an image up for the Master Builders! I'll have a look at the Satellite Penitentiary articles this evening, though a pan might be tricky - the NSTC to PAL conversion Madman used means 90% of the frames end up overlapping, but if Shout Factory release Victory in NTSC, that will help. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:59, 6 March 2011 (EST)
::I had missed that you added the remaining images. Thank you for that. Though at the risk of sounding ungrateful, might I ask why you opted for an 'escape from explosions'-shot rather than another prison-panshot? Did the frames overlap?
::On a not-image related note, the "Teacher" category. It has no description, so I'd like to know how exactly it is bordered. It currently only has "classroom" teachers listed, but aren't characters like Ani Yoketron, Cyb Brakedown and En Landmine teachers too? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 05:54, 17 April 2011 (EDT)
:::It seemed like a good idea at the time? I couldn't find much to choose from with what's usable in the episode, and the erupting lava shot seemed to have some interesting body forms in. As for the teachers category, I basically added everyone I could think of at the time who was a teacher, so I'm not surprised I missed some people (well, not so much the UT guys, because I haven't seen Energon or Cybertron since they were broadcast) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:17, 17 April 2011 (EDT)

==Put!==
Put, c'mon!
--[[User:Barricade123|Barricade123]] 15:30, 7 November 2010 (EST)

==Hey==

I'm just trying to add interesting stuff to this place. I came from the wikia of this, and I'm eager to make this site even better than it.

I just don't see the rhyme or reason at which you delete stuff. I thought the focus here was on comedy, so the reasons you gave for removing some things made no sense. I always tried to think up meaningful content to add when I came across something. I don't just add for the sake of adding, and everything I've added was there before on the wikia site. --[[User:Tommy-Vercetti|Tommy-Vercetti]] 16:54, 8 November 2010 (EST)
:The focus here isn't just comedy and there's a limit to it. Sometimes, too much details or comedy can get in the way of the article so we have to trim back. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 17:04, 8 November 2010 (EST)

:We split from the Wikia site two years ago, so it has evolved different rules to us. Some of the things that you added, like the last appearance of Inferno's beast mode, aren't particularly notable in themselves - if we added notes every time a character was seen for the first or last time, the wiki would be covered in them. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:12, 8 November 2010 (EST)

== Re:The Pri¢e of Life! UK cover ==

You probably don't remember, but I'm trying to work out what the source is on the credit for Frances Farmer on the UK cover of "The Pri¢e of Life!". According to the history, you added it in March '08. Do you recall where you go the info from? --abates 20:34, 3 November 2010 (EDT)

:Hi! Sorry, I haven't been on in a few days. No I don't remember exactly where I got the info for the cover, but I suspect it was from [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/marvel/?s=uk_301_310#309 here]. Now, where THEY got it, I have no idea. Maybe they actually have the comic. Hope this helps.--[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 09:19, 15 November 2010 (EST)
::Aha, thanks! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:16, 15 November 2010 (EST)

== "Micron Legend" <> "Micron Densetsu" ==

Why "Densetsu" instead of "Legend"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 03:48, 25 November 2010 (EST)
:That was Interrobang who changed that. I guess because we're using Micron in the name rather than Mini-Con? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:05, 25 November 2010 (EST)
::Whoops. And it doesn't make sense. Well, to me. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 04:07, 25 November 2010 (EST)

== Please do not block IPs infinitely ==
Please do not block IPs infinitely. They might change, even if they are static. {{unsigned|86.147.177.207}}
:That IP I banned is owned by a web host, and should be hosting a web site, not making edits here. If that ever changes, the person using that IP can always appeal the block. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:41, 19 December 2010 (EST)

== Miniseries pages ==

In reference to your comment when adding the Darkness Rising page, I think that home video release information for a mini-series should go on the main page instead of being repeated on each individual episode page as these are rarely if ever released separately. Just my two cents. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:59, 11 January 2011 (EST)
:We could have it both places? Taking it off the individual pages might make it harder to find, particularly since, at the moment anyway, we're not linking to the main pages from the episode pages. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:05, 11 January 2011 (EST)

== SG Ravage trolling ==

Looking at the history of the page, this guy's been rotating IPs, the rest might need to be preemptively blocked. - [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 00:26, 3 February 2011 (EST)
:Yeah, that might be a good idea. Man, some people take this stuff far too seriously. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:34, 3 February 2011 (EST)

== Regarding the edits Eagc7 made ==

Apparently you haven't read the [[Megatron (Movie)]] article in awhile, because Eagc7 was just trying to help out. [http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Megatron_%28Movie%29&diff=484337&oldid=481886 Xaaron made this edit] almost a year ago, most likely because nobody bothered to fill out that section since 2007. Nobody objected. Eagc7 evidently noticed this and was trying to make the other articles consistent. I know you were only following Detour's lead, but I think you should have investigated why Eagc7 didn't seem to edit Megatron's article, or questioned him. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:37, 12 April 2011 (EDT)
:I kinda disagree with Xaaron's original edit because I think listing the voice actor for an adaptation in the section for the comic is a bit awkward. Do we do that anywhere else? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:11, 12 April 2011 (EDT)
::Not that I know of, but the point was he made that edit, nobody objected at the time, and then somebody else tried to do the same and got insta-reverted. Now, if Xaaron's edit shouldn't have been made in the first place we can change Megatron's article or something, but there will still be big charstubfictions there. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:22, 12 April 2011 (EDT)
:::I don't remember seeing Xaaron's edit at the time, so I may not have seen it. Eagc7's edits, however, were removing information. For instance his edit to the [http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Judy_Witwicky&diff=575068&oldid=570080 Judy Witwicky] article removed that her lines were cut from "Beginnings" and instead added "Voice actor: Unknown", which implies something completely different. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:27, 12 April 2011 (EDT)
::::We´re her lines cut from Begginings? If so sorry but thats becuase i haevnt seen that in years {{unsigned|Eagc7}}
:::::You're one step ahead of me - no Walmarts in New Zealand. I'm sorry I didn't provide better description when doing those reversions. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 17:26, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

== Nemesis Prime ==

As far as I am aware, that snippet of Toxitron's bio is the only mention of Nemesis Prime in the Animated universe. Can you give me some pointers on what else should/could be added?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 18:49, 10 June 2011 (EDT)
:Hmm, looking at the article that was deleted, it seems to be only missing the continuity identifier and a disambig template. I presume that was why it was marked for deletion. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:31, 10 June 2011 (EDT)
::I will add those, if you recreate the article for me.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 21:46, 10 June 2011 (EDT)
:::Oh okay, you already did it. Grazie![[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 21:53, 10 June 2011 (EDT)
::::No problem! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:54, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

== For Around Cybertron stuff... ==

http://transcomics.deviantart.com/favourites/38977170 All of the strips (bar the most recent one) online for your updating pleasure. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 07:16, 15 June 2011 (EDT)
:Oh, awesome! Thanks! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:22, 15 June 2011 (EDT)
::NP. I'm just glad to see somebody updating those articles. :) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 07:58, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

==Knockout==
Good work. Just wanted to thank you (and the others who helped deal with that numbskull). [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 23:46, 15 June 2011 (EDT)
:NP. You'd think people would have something better to do. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:54, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

== DOTM movie article ==

Don't bother with minor fixes to the "Other development details" section. That one contains old, unsorted stuff I still have to implement into other sections. Since I don't want to do it all in one rush (and risk editing conflicts), I have to do it in smaller chunks.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 19:00, 5 July 2011 (EDT)
:I realised that after I did it, but oh well! Thanks for doing the work of reformatting that into sections! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:24, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

== any way for delete those pages ==
Is there any way for remove those pages Rodrigo Carralero and Abel Rocha, i was checking Doblaje wiki again and they confirmed that Mirage and Wheeljack we´re vocied by soembody else so can you delete those pages?, oh yeah if its possible cna you remove Rebeca Gómez so i can add Erica Edwards as arcee vocei actress cause doblaje wiki claims she is arcee adn elita-1 vocie actress (as the notes sectino of gomez claism aswell) {{unsigned|Eagc7|23:11, 15 July 2011 (EDT)}}
:Sure. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:17, 15 July 2011 (EDT)

==External links==
Where can one see whether a page has an external link to it or not? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 06:06, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
:I generally use both [https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/ Yahoo site explorer] and google Google and either using their "Link:" keyword or just searching for the URL. None of these methods is foolproof, unfortunately. Site Explorer doesn't like URLs with brackets or punctuation, for instance. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 06:16, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
::Oh, so it's not a tfwiki-based search? I'll keep in mind to do a link search in the future before putting up a delete request. Is time of relevance when looking at external links? Like, if it's three years since a link was made, is it still an argument not to delete a redirect? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 11:07, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
:::I don't think we have any hard and fast rules. I'm in favour of erring on the side of caution myself. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:26, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

==Bumble Spud==
I can't believe I added my fuckin NAME! Thank you for getting rid of that and keeping me from looking like a complete dumbass. Goes to show that I've been using the talk pages too damn much. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 21:20, 30 July 2011 (EDT)
:Heh, yeah, I figured it was a reflex action. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:43, 30 July 2011 (EDT)

==Frank Burns==
I basically can't imagine someone existing without having seen at least one episode of M*A*S*H*. I declare you an alien. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 23:42, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
:I never really got around to catching it. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:01, 21 August 2011 (EDT)
:Hey now, I've never seen an episode of it either. I saw the movie and that's it. (as an aside, if you're ever curious, I strongly recommend the film, abates) --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 03:20, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

== User:Megatron150 ==

[[User:Megatron150]] is vandalising many different pages. Act immediately! -- [[User:Anythingspossibleforapossible|Anythingspossibleforapossible]] 17:10, 26 August 2011 (EDT)
:I would have done, but I was in bed, asleep. I do have to do that some times :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:55, 26 August 2011 (EDT)
::Yes, naturally :) -- [[User:Anythingspossibleforapossible|Anythingspossibleforapossible]] 19:30, 26 August 2011 (EDT)

== For Wiki Pimping Purposes... ==

Since I know you update us on Wikiindex and such, I thought you might find this of future use as well: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_wikis since we're not ''that'' far away from earning a spot. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 18:12, 10 September 2011 (EDT)
:Oh yeah, thanks! That's a bit of a moving target, because they keep increasing the minimum number of articles needed, but I think we'll catch up eventually. I'll keep an eye on it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:26, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

== pickup decepticon ==

Yeah, right after i made that page i saw [[User:Carrion|Carrion]] post a link to that other page :P - [[User:SoundwaveAndMegatron|SoundwaveAndMegatron]] 21:44, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

== Combaticons Text ==

There appears to be a chunk or two of sentence missing from your summary of the "Wings of Honor" story, resulting in this:
*"However as they tried to merge into Bruticus, they were blasted by, {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} it turned out, even more survivors of the massacre."
If I knew the story enough to figure out what you'd meant to write, I'd fix it myself.[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 11:44, 1 November 2011 (EDT)

Crossing the Rubicon

2011-10-29T22:06:42Z

Apcog: /* Notes */ Clean-up

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=48
|image=Crossing the Rubicon title shot.JPG
|caption=Man, female characters just can't catch a break.
|title="Crossing the Rubicon"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 22]], 1999
|written by= [[D. C. Fontana]]
|directed by= [[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''After she experiments with the Transmetal Driver, Blackarachnia's core consciousness begins to crash.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Crossing the Rubicon Blackarachnia driver.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Seriously, they never do get a break.]]
Some distance from [[Mount St. Hilary]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] is setting up some equipment that will convert her into a [[Transmetal 2]]. However, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] detects Blackarachnia's [[energy signature]], and, not understanding, pulls her from the machine. As Blackarachnia berates Silverbolt, she short circuits. Heading to the [[Maximal]] base, Rhinox concludes that the [[shell program]] is starting to degrade, and will erase her [[core consciousness]] if not treated soon. He can remove the shell, but it's never been done before.

Wandering off to think, Blackarachnia is followed by Silverbolt. She maintains that she's still a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], and that becoming a Maximal scares her. Silverbolt points out that she's only a Predacon due to [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], and deep down, she is one of the good guys. The touching moment is ruined when Blackarachnia short circuits again.

[[Image:Shell program.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Nice-looking arcade game.]]
In the lab, Blackarachnia has decided to go through with the procedure. Before she does, there is one last thing to do: transfer the access codes to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to [[Optimus Primal]], thinking that he'd have the best chance to keep them from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. They begin the shell removal, but it has safe guards that will destroy Blackarachnia's core consciousness. Rhinox is able to destroy the first one. At his [[Tarantulas's lair|lair]], Tarantulas discovers the removal process. He contacts Megatron, informing him of the situation. Megatron notes that such an act risks destroying [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletron 1]]'s access codes, and conclude that she gave them to Primal. Tarantulas informs Megatron of his safeguards, but the Predacon leader decides to cause a little more trouble.

[[Image:Crossing the Rubicon Blackarachnia dead.jpg|left|200px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, you shall be avenged!]]
[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] are sent under Tarantulas to attack the Maximals. Optimus leads [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap]] in the defense of the base. Rhinox is almost finished, but two more power surges head for her core consciousness. Rhinox blasts one, but Tarantulas fires a rocket which causes Rhinox to miss the other surge, which hits Blackarachnia's core consciousness and extinguishes her [[spark]]. Rhinox leaves to inform Optimus and allow Silverbolt to be alone. Upon leaving, Silverbolt snarls out "Tarantulas…".

[[Image:Crossing the Rubicon Blackarachnia TM beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|She's back and she's... uh, she's back!]]
Detecting that his creation is dead, Tarantulas orders the Predacons to break off, as Rhinox tells the others. Gathering around Blackarachnia, they express their regrets over not giving her their full trust, if only for Silverbolt's sake. As Rattrap notices that the Fuzor is absent, Primal realizes what he's planning to do, and the Maximals head to stop him. Unseen, the Transmetal Driver begins to glow. Tracking down Tarantulas, Silverbolt easily defeats him and, with the villain unconscious, prepares to execute him. However, Rampage has been watching this and defeats Silverbolt. Preparing to strike the killing blow, Rampage is stopped—by Blackarachnia, now a Transmetal 2. Blackarachnia quickly defeats Rampage, and takes Silverbolt back to base.

In the control room, Blackarachnia explains to the Maximals that she saw only [[Dark Awakening|darkness, then a light]], and thought Silverbolt was in danger. Primal points out that her actions weren't very Maximal, but Silverbolt express their gratitude at her return. Blackarachnia warns Silverbolt to stop rushing after her, but to show no hard feelings, [[kiss]]es him, sending a power surge through him and disorienting him.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (6)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (7)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (9)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (10)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh, yeah. Sure. Like you were gonna help the Pred get more power." 
"Maximal or Predacon, you're one of us! You should know that by now."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

'''Rhinox''': How do you feel? 
'''Blackarachnia''': Like someone's been playing 'squash the spider' with an energon bomb.
:—'''Blackarachnia''' gives a cheery view of her symptoms.

"See you soon, boys...if you're lucky."
:—'''Blackarachina''' says what she thinks may be her final words.

"Ahh, the avenging hero!"
:—'''Tarantulas''' on Silverbolt's attack

"Ah, such pain. I must help ''deepen'' it."
:—'''Rampage''', spying on Silverbolt

"Not a very Maximal approach." 
"Even when I'm good, I'm still bad."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

==Notes==
*The Predacons' plan involved the whole Predacon army in a coordinated effort with the sole purpose to kill an incapacitated Blackarachnia so she stays dead. When you think about it, that's one of the more openly diabolical schemes in a cartoon that usually involves battles where the losers limp home to [[CR chamber]]s.
*Blackarachnia's spark produces a sound that's very similar to an electronic heartbeat. It even quickens and slows down at different points.
*Silverbolt isn't just trying to kill Tarantulas, he's trying to kill Tarantulas after the guy is already unconscious and utterly helpless. This is a rather dark take on the character, though one that inadvertently sets up [[Jetstorm (BM)|a plot arc in ''Beast Machines'']].
*Megatron refers to Tarantulas as "lieutenant", a reference to his rank in the Predacon secret police.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Just as in "[[Proving Grounds]]", when Blackarachnia sits up in the scanning machine, the spider legs on her arms are missing.
*When the Predacons are attacking the Maximal base, Primal first has his blast shields on his shoulders while talking to Rattrap. Then, when the camera goes back to Optimus, his blast shields are on his forearms, where they are in his for every mode ''except'' robot.

===Continuity errors===
*Throughout season 3 (not just in this episode), pre-Transmetal Blackarachnia appears to have battle damage (grey areas) which disappear when she's in the base. The damage extent also seems inconsistent, but in the same areas. Did she get into a fight between getting checked into the base and talking with Silverbolt outside? Or does the bright light of the base conceal her damaged body?
*Optimus Primal says "Maximize" despite already being in battle mode. Instead, he changes to flight mode. Previously, he has said "Optimus Primal—Flight Mode" to do this.
*Optimus Primal says that going off on your own isn't a very Maximal thing to do. Clearly, he hasn't been paying attention, since [[The Web|Cheetor, Rattrap]], [[The Agenda (Part 2)|Silverbolt]], [[Deep Metal|Depth Charge]], and [[Fallen Comrades|Tigatron]] have all done so at one point or another.

===Transformers references===
*Megatron's "bath time [[Rubber Ducky|rubber duckie]]" is seen again in this episode, but it has undergone a slight makeover. It now has metallic rings around it and an antenna on its head, probably a reference to the Transformers' Transmetal changes.
*After Tarantulas deduces that Blackarachnia transmitted the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s access codes to Optimus, Megatron notes that "fits in nicely with our little plan for him." That foreshadows [[Master Blaster|the next episode]].

===Real-world references===
*The Rubicon is a river in Italy. During the Roman Republic era, it was illegal for a Roman general to have his army cross it, thus protecting Rome from a military threat. Julius Caesar crossed it and started a civil war which would eventually lead to Rome switching from a republic to an empire. During this, he uttered, "Alea iacta est", Latin for "the die is cast". Today, "crossing the Rubicon" is an idiom meaning to go past the point of no return.
*When Blackarachnia goes offline, a flatline, as one from hospital monitoring equipment, can be heard in the background.
*The Maximals seem to treat Blackarachnia's shell program as a cancerous brain tumor, as evidenced by Rhinox's description of it and the risky surgery to remove it.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Passage'''" (Canada, "The Passage")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Addio Arachnia''' ("Goodbye Arachnia")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pikapikā Sha!'''" (ぴかぴかーしゃ!, "Sssshiny!")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Atravessando o Rubicon'''" ("Crossing the Rubicon")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cambiando de Bando'''" (America, "Switching Sides")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Sssshiny! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 3 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Boomstick

2011-10-24T05:34:48Z

Apcog:

{{picsneeded}}
:''The boomstick is a device from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''boomstick''' is one of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]'s devices for kicking ass. It's a hand-held explosive device with a 30-second timer set to deliver the hurt.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
At an impromptu regrouping of the Autobots and humans in the midst of war-torn [[Chicago]], Wheeljack gave the men in [[William Lennox|Capt. Lennox]]'s team two devices he was working on, one of which was the boomstick.

Whilst already dangling from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s eyeball with his [[grapple glove]], [[Sam Witwicky]] primed his boomstick, embedding it in the Decepticon's other eye. This caused the already panicked Starscream to increase his wild flailing as the explosive device's timer ticked down to zero, at which point it destroyed his head and most of his chest, killing him. Sam attempted to use another boomstick in aid of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], who had been captured by the Decepticons and was about to be executed, but the device failed to properly arm and was not able to be used. [[NEST]] members in another part of the city used their boomsticks to take down several Decepticons, attaching the devices to their legs and finishing them off after the explosions left them crippled. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

[[Category:Dark of the Moon]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)

2011-10-24T05:29:21Z

Apcog: Reverted edits by 68.11.172.99 (Talk); changed back to last version by 24.92.209.225

{{Template:Nav-foc}}

'''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''' is a direct sequel to the 2010 game ''War For Cybertron'', due for release in fall 2012. Published by [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]] and developed by [[High Moon Studios]], [[Next Level Games]] and [[Vicarious Visions]], the game is a continuation of the events of ''War For Cybertron'', It explores the [[Autobots]]'s attempts to escape from a rapidly deteriorating [[Cybertron]] aboard the ''Ark'', as well as the gradual downfall and collapse of the remnants of Cybertronian society. A side story also focuses on the creation of the [[Dinobot (WFC)| Dinobots]].

==Featured characters==
{{stub}}
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus_Prime_(Prime)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] ([[Johnny Yong Bosch]])
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Josh Keaton]])
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Slag]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] (Steven Blum)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]]
*[[Metroplex (FOC) |Metroplex]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] ([[Steven Blum]])
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]]
*[[Vortex (WFC)|Vortex]]
*[[Swindle (WFC)|Swindle]]
*[[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] (Fred Tatasciore)
*[[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]]
|nonumbering=true
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/10/06/november-cover-revealed-transformers-fall-of-cybertron.aspx November cover revealed: Fall of Cybertron] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/07/transformers-high-moon-studios-tour.aspx Transformers: High Moon Studio tour] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/10/fall-of-cybertron-the-new-optimus-prime.aspx Fall of Cybertron: The New Optimus Prime] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/12/behind-the-crosshairs-the-weapons-of-transformers.aspx Behind the Crosshairs: The Weapons of Transformers] @ GameInformer
*[http://youtu.be/Tn4ECyCExeg Fall of Cybertron Teaser 01] @ YouTube
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/13/the-illustrated-tour-of-cybertron.aspx The Illustrated Tour of Cybertron] @ GameInformer

[[Category:Video games]]

User talk:Tom Servo the Great

2011-10-24T05:23:55Z

Apcog: /* TF Prime Main Page */ new section

Where are you getting these direct quotes from? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:49, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

I just saw the movie (again!) a few days ago and wrote down a lot of relevant quotes while I was in there. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 10:39, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
: Ah, okey doke. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:25, 6 September 2011 (EDT)

Please don't upload fan art. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 11:41, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

But... it was by Josh Burcham. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 11:45, 14 September 2011 (EDT)
:Not everything Josh Burcham does is official art. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 11:50, 14 September 2011 (EDT)
:How can I tell for future reference? [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 11:51, 14 September 2011 (EDT)
::A start would be to look up the work's categories on Burcham's DA account. The one you uploaded is in his "Fanart" folder. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 12:01, 14 September 2011 (EDT)
:: OK. I'm really sorry about this. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 12:01, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

Can you please upload that picture of the Driller as a jpg? That PNG is half a megabyte in side. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:26, 19 September 2011 (EDT)
:: Will do. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 22:27, 19 September 2011 (EDT)
:::Thanks! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:44, 19 September 2011 (EDT)

We've been having a problem with this recently, but make sure anything you upload is from a commercial or other officially-released feature, and not from an early-leaked DVD/Blu-Ray. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:16, 27 September 2011 (EDT)
: OK.[[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 07:19, 28 September 2011 (EDT)

Please please please please please crop the black bars off the top and bottom of your images. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:18, 1 October 2011 (EDT)
:OK. [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 20:18, 1 October 2011 (EDT)

=Fall Of Cybertron=

Can I make a page for this, or is it too soon? [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 22:43, 11 October 2011 (EDT)
: A page needs to be made for it. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:51, 11 October 2011 (EDT)

== TF Prime Main Page ==

Salute, sir. Salute.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:23, 24 October 2011 (EDT)

User talk:69.210.33.186

2011-10-20T05:30:16Z

Apcog: New page: {{welcome}} == However... == {{captionbastard}}

{{welcome}}

== However... ==
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User talk:Carrion

2011-10-19T17:22:07Z

Apcog: /* Recognis/zing the Colo(u)r of Our Style */ new section

==Lead/Led==
Carrion, I noticed lead/led confusion in your contribution to the [[Autobot Academy]] page. "Lead" is present tense ("Today, I lead the Autobots!"). "Led" is past tense ("Yesterday, I led my local bowling team."). The only time "lead" is pronounced "lehd" is when you're talking about the heavy metal. [[User:JW|JW]] 17:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

== Animated Blitzwing ==

Whoops! Thanks for reverting the way I meant to do it...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
:no prob.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 04:13, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

== Our special friends ==

Man, they just come out of the woodwork on a Friday night, don't they? What possesses people to do this I'll never know.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

== Ninjor ==

I take it from your embarrassment that you weren't a kid during the early seasons of Power Rangers? (Also, according to Derik, there was a retool of Ninjor released in the Ninja Storm line, but didn't appear in the show.)

== Hearts of Steel 4 ==

Regarding Sideswipe in Hearts of Steel, in the trade paperback, the character who shoots down Scourge ''explicitly'' names himself as Sideswipe. Does your copy say something different? [[User:JW|JW]] 19:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
:Mine explicitly calls himself Ironhide, and is the same type of train as Ratchet, but with a gun on the side. http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9726/heartsofsteelironhidete4.jpg --[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 19:43, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::Well, huh. Is your scan from an individual comic issue, or from a trade paperback? Does it say what printing it is? [[User:JW|JW]] 19:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Individual issue, first printing--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 20:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Can't imagine why they changed him from Ironhide to Sideswipe, but they did. I'm also pretty sure they made him red instead of gray. I'll check on the color when I get home, and make the necessary changes to the wiki then. [[User:JW|JW]] 20:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

==Bulkhead==

Scene. Energon mine. Bulkhead's hands go from guns to large wrecking ball/orb shaped things as he punches an Eradicon into the ground.
:A wrecking ball has a cable. That was just giant robot knuckledusters.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 16:06, 27 November 2010 (EST)

== Kitbashing advice ==

Just to clear things up, why, if we don't do kitbashing advice, does [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Voyager class toys|Starscream's page mention the Camshaft/Swindle arm thing]]? (But thanks for the note about my mistransformation of Dead End; he stands up quite nicely now!)
 - [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] 7:32 PM, 26 February 2011 A.D.

== Recognis/zing the Colo(u)r of Our Style ==

Just FYI, we have a lot of British/European/Australian/etc. contributors here who utilize the British-English spelling conventions. If the primary contributor to an article uses British English, we allow those spellings to remain as-is, so long as they're used consistently throughout the article--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:22, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

Talk:Natasha Pyraniac

2011-10-18T03:46:48Z

Apcog:

== Main Image ==
I take it the Go-icon image was the only one available, and it wasn't of sufficient quality for the article's main image?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:06, 17 October 2011 (EDT)
:The go-icon image is the Rani from Doctor Who. The book doesn't have any pictures of the character. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:53, 17 October 2011 (EDT)
::Ah, (semi)-false advertising! Clever.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:46, 17 October 2011 (EDT)

Talk:Natasha Pyraniac

2011-10-17T07:06:32Z

Apcog: New page: == Main Image == I take it the Go-icon image was the only one available, and it wasn't of sufficient quality for the article's main image?--~~~~

== Main Image ==
I take it the Go-icon image was the only one available, and it wasn't of sufficient quality for the article's main image?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:06, 17 October 2011 (EDT)

Natasha Pyraniac

2011-10-17T07:05:31Z

Apcog: Clean-up

:''Natasha Pyraniac is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]''
{{faceless}}
Though '''Natasha Pyraniac''' appears to be an ordinary, dark-haired woman, in reality, she is 403 years old. Bored with the sterile technological society of the distant future, she built a time machine and used it to travel back to the twenty-second century to cause mischief.

==Fiction==
===Time-Quake===
Arriving in [[Detroit]], she teamed up with the [[Decepticon]] [[Blast-X]], providing him with information on the [[Autobot]]s' abilities and weaknesses. What plan the two of them concocted is unclear, but it involved using Pyraniac's time machine to cause temporal distortions across the city. The Autobots eventually traced the distortions to the top floor of the [[Lions Tower]], and Pyraniac was confronted by [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. Setting Blast-X on them as a diversion, Pyraniac stepped into her time machine and departed. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

==Notes==
*Natasha owes much of her back story and character to ''[[Wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'', in a large part to the character of [[Wikipedia:Rani (Doctor Who)|the Rani]]. Py''rani''ac, get it?
*See also the [[Doctor]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyraniac, Natasha}}
[[Category:Animated humans]]
[[Category:Prose-only characters]]
[[Category:Scientists]]

Guyhawk

2011-10-17T07:03:34Z

Apcog: Captions

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Guyhawk is a [[Decepticon]] [[Breastforce]] Warrior from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Guyhawk.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]

'''Guyhawk''' (ガイホーク ''Gaihōku'') is one of the founding members of [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Breastforce]]. Cold and somber, Guyhawk hates those who claim to have "character" and perfect principles, and as such, he really loathes Autobots of all shapes and sizes. In particular, [[Greatshot]] really ruffles his feathers; Guyhawk used to work with him on the mercenary circuit, and for him to see his old partner in crime turn to the side of the angels is nothing short of sickening. Guyhawk doesn't practise what he preaches, though; despite his hatred of the pretence of perfection in others, he always tries to make ''himself'' come off as perfect. He boasts about his skills, he's always the first into battle and the last to leave, he hates it when he is defeated, and he will always pass the buck if he gets blamed for something.

In jet mode, Guyhawk's speed exceeds even that of his commanding officer, [[Leozack]]. He is capable of unleashing a hellish storm of laser fire from above, rendering even the toughest of enemies to piles of smoldering ash. In robot mode he wields the power of the "Ice Needle", an attack which allows him to fire an onslaught of daggers forged from super-cooled plasma from his hands, capable of tearing through even the toughest of metals. His chest plate, [[Hawkbreast]], can detach and transform into a hawk-like attack partner or the handheld "Hawk Cannon" blaster. Like his fellow Breastforcers, Guyhawk is also armed with an [[Electromagnetic Nunchaku]].

Guyhawk can combine with his Breastforce teammates to form [[Liokaiser]], forming the right arm of the super robot.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Gaihawk_in_prison.jpg|left|210px|thumb|"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"]]

Some time before [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] assumed command of the [[Autobot]] forces, the Autobot hero apprehended Guyhawk and had him sentenced to imprisonment on the [[Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary]]. Separated from his Hawkbreast, Guyhawk was put to work with other prisoners, gathering energy from the moon's rivers of magma. Guyhawk made no friends or alliances within the ranks of prisoners, caring nothing for any of them; once, when one hapless convict fell into a lava river and was able to grab onto Guyhawk's leg as he was swept past him, Guyhawk ignored his pleas to be pulled to safety, and kicked him off, sending him spiraling off to his molten doom.

[[Image:Gaihawk_vs_greatshot.jpg|right|thumb|225px|DULL DRAMATIC SHOOTING.]]

In 2025, Guyhawk's old Breastforce comrades came to planet [[Micro]] with the intention of liberating him, so that they could once again merge into the giant robot, Liokaiser, and defeat Star Saber. When the Breastforce attacked the penitentiary, the [[Satellite Penitentiary personnel|prison staff]], realizing their objective, attempted to transfer Guyhawk to a safer location. Unfortunately for the guards transferring him, the sneaky Decepticon had concealed a blade, and slashed his way through their ranks to freedom. Making his way through the prison corridors, he soon came upon fellow Breastforcer [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], who was in the process of searching for him. Hellbat cheerfully greeted him, but Guyhawk threw him aside and demanded he take him to the prison's energy room. Using the stockpiled energy, Guyhawk recharged himself to full power and freed his Hawkbreast from the cage in which it had been kept. Seconds later, Guyhawk was confronted by Greatshot, who had been ordered into the prison by Star Saber, but Guyhawk was unaware that his old friend had joined the Autobots, and reacted with disgust when Hellbat informed him of this fact. Old friend or not, Guyhawk had no compunctions about engaged in a firefight with Greatshot, which culminated in a face-off on the walkway above the prison's magma vat. Impaling Greatshot with his Ice Needle attack. Guyhawk sent his foe tumbling towards the lava, but could not stick around to see the job finished as the prison began exploding around them. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}}

[[Image:Gaihawk_huggles.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Wanna make out?]]

Leozack soon called a meeting to formally welcome Guyhawk back into the ranks of the Breastforce, during which Guyhawk was warmly received by all the assembled members. When a surprised Guyhawk asked why Hellbat was absent, Leozack explained that he was completely untrustworthy, and that he had already arranged to replace Hellbat with another old comrade, [[Deathcobra (Victory)|Deathcobra]]. Soon, however, Hellbat arrived with the news that the Autobots had killed Deathcobra. In actuality, Hellbat had accidentally killed Deathcobra himself when he had attempted to persuade him to leave so that he could keep his place on the team, but he blamed the death on the Autobot [[Holi]], and led the other unaware Breastforcers in a "retaliatory" attack. During the fight, Guyhawk got the chance to deliver the killing shot to Holi, but his Hawkbreast was suddenly blasted from his hand by the dramatic arrival of Star Saber. Relishing the chance for revenge against the Autobot who had imprisoned him, Guyhawk combined with the rest of the Breastforce combined into Liokaiser for the first time in years, and together, they were actually able to defeat Star Saber in combat. {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser}} The team then returned to [[Earth]], where Deathsaurus heaped praise upon Guyhawk, frustrating Leozack to no end. {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}}

[[Image:Gaihawk_iceneedle.jpg|right|thumb|Must resist urge... to... take... out of... context.]]

Guyhawk joined the Breastforce in numerous subsequently missions, raiding energy from America's [[Schaeffer Energy]] plant {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} and [[Antarctica]]'s subterranean oil wells, {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} and ambushing the Autobot [[Brainmaster]]s in the desert. During the latter mission, Guyhawk distinguished himself by using the power of his Ice Needle to damage the combiner [[Road Caesar]] so badly that he was forced to disengage, but he lost his composure when Greatshot appeared on the scene, and he immediately took to the air in pursuit of revenge against his traitorous old friend. The arrival of Star Saber forced the villains to retreat, much to Guyhawk's chagrin. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}}

Eager to hunt Greatshot down, Guyhawk assembled the Breastforce to aid him in the search, and clashed with Leozack, who was furious that his subordinate has superseded his authority for so trivial a goal. Fortunately, before the two could come to blows, Deathsaurus gave the Breastforce a new mission: join him in ambushing Star Saber in Asia. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} While Star Saber survived the ambush, [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] was fatally wounded, and the Decepticons capitalized upon the Autobots' reduced manpower by increasing the frequency of their attacks. Guyhawk joined the Breastforce in pillaging energy from a solar power station {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} then later helped attack the [[Mount Asama]] geothermal power plant, only to be shot out of the sky by [[Victory Leo]], the reborn form of God Ginrai. {{storylink|Awaken! Victory Leo}}

[[Image:Gaihawk_jetmode.jpg|left|thumb|210px|Finally some sky he's camouflaged against!]]

When Deathsaurus used the threat of orbital missile bombardment to keep the Autobots at bay, Guyhawk, [[Jallguar]] and [[Killbison]] were able to freely steal energy, pausing only in their evil deeds to mock the helpless Autobots who were watching. Deathsaurus's plan was foiled when Star Saber fused for the first time with Victory Leo into Victory Saber and bested him in combat. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}} Guyhawk and the Breastforce later went up against Victory Saber as Liokaiser, but were likewise defeated. {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}}

Soon after, Guyhawk helped unleash the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects upon the Autobots, {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}} then went on to participate in the Decepticons' theft of energy from the ancient continent of [[Atlantis]]. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} With this Atlantean energy in their clutches, the Breastforce and Deathsaurus headed into space about the ''Thunder Arrow'', planning to use the stolen energy to recharge Deathsaurus's [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. The Autobots pursued the villains, but were unable to stop them from bringing the fortress back online. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} To keep the Autobots busy while the fortress's main cannon charged, Deathsaurus dispatched the Breastforce—combined as Liokaiser—to battle them. In the course of the clash, Victory Leo was able to blast Liokaiser into the fortress's cannon barrel, which drained his energy dry. With his consciousness fading and his body unable to move, Liokaiser could only utter a fading scream for help as he drifted off into the depths of space. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}

====''Zone'' catalog====

As part of Liokaiser, Guyhawk was revived from death by some means. Lead by the reborn [[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], Liokaiser joined several other powerful Decepticons in an assault on planet [[Zone (planet)|Zone]]. Attempting to steal their [[Energon Z]], the Decepticons proved no match for the [[Micromaster]]s and were driven away. {{storylink|Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:Gaihawk_manga.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

Guyhawk debuted at the feet of Deathsaurus, as he knelt to inform his emperor that Leozack had gone off on a solo mission, foolishly believing that he could conquer Earth on his own. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} After Leozack was defeated by Star Saber, Guyhawk and the rest of the Breastforce took the Autobot leader on, only to be taken out by a single slash of his Saber Blade. {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}}

Later, Guyhawk and the other Breastforcers combined into Liokaiser to battle Star Saber on [[Energy Planet X]]. When the combiner warrior managed to seize Star Saber, his individual components began arguing over who would get right to destroy the Autobot leader; "the Great Guyhawk" believed he had earned the right to do the deed. Star Saber exploited the opening to turn the battle around, and Liokaiser was defeated and escaped. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}} In their next battle with Star Saber, the Breastforce almost had him defeated thanks to the aid of Deathsaurus and Dinoking, but the tables were turned when Star Saber merged with new arrival Victory Leo, to form Victory Saber. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}}

In their next battle, Liokaiser and Deathsaurus were defeated by the Autobots' "Five Stars of Victory" attack technique, and Liokaiser split back into Guyhawk and the rest of the Breastforce to flee back to Deathsaurus's "Space Stronghold". {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}} From the stronghold, the Decepticons began a final attack on Earth, bombarding the planet with meteors, but the Autobots succeeded in thwarting their scheme, despite a bit of attempted treachery courtesy of Leozack. At the battle's end, Deathsaurus revealed that the fortress was home to the Decepticon civilians, and that they had been fighting to keep them safe. Struck by this revelation, Star Saber decided that it was time for the Autobots and Decepticons to lay down their arms, and live in peace—the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

===Wings of Honor===
[[Image:WOH Guyhawk.jpg|thumb|Guyhawk is stunned by Hellbat's inexplicable Edward G. Robinson impersonation.]]
Millions of years ago, Guyhawk, using a newly-developed "[[Skyraider]]" style body, was part of [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]'s crew sent to recover a mysterious item from the crashed Autobot ship ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' on [[Beta-Nine]]. He and [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] were able to corner [[Kup (G1)|one of the Autobots]] also looking for the cargo... up until Hellbat got turned into a snack by a local lake monster, that is. Their captive was able to escape, and Guyhawk and [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] chased after him.

They eventually caught up with him, only to get tossed aside when their [[Thunder Clash|captive's commander]] came barreling through. Guyhawk then managed to recover from ''that''... only to get blown out of commission when Banzai-Tron was tricked into accepting a rigged container from the Autobots. Guyhawk and the others then surrendered and were taken prisoner. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:Victory-toy Gaihawk.jpg|right|300px|thumb|When most people "flip the bird" it doesn't turn into a gun.]]
*'''Guyhawk''' (Breastforce, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-330'''
**''Accessories:'' "Hawkbreast" Breast Animal

: Released only in Japan, Guyhawk transforms into a magenta and white MiG-29 fighter jet. He came packaged with his Breast Animal partner, the Hawkbreast, which transforms from a hawk-like robot to either breastplate armor for Guyhawk, or the hand-held "Hawk Cannon" blaster. Guyhawk combines with his fellow Breastforce warriors (sold separately) to form Liokaiser; he forms the right arm of the super robot.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Gaihawk/gaihawk.htm More information on Guyhawk at TFU.info]''

{{anchor|LioKaiser}}
*'''Liocaesar''' {{sic}} (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-335'''

: Guyhawk was also available in a complete six-piece box set of the entire Breastforce team. Each toy in the set is identical to their individual releases. This release does not have [[bio]]/[[Tech Spec]] cards for the individuals, only the combined form.

==Notes==
*Various sources alternately spell Guyhawk's name as "Gaihawk".

===Foreign names===
*''Russian:'' '''Jastreb''' (Ястреб, "Hawk")

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[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Seekers]]

June Darby

2011-10-17T06:36:11Z

Apcog: /* Notes */

:''June Darby is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:MetalAttraction-JuneDarby.jpg|thumb|150px|She wants to know how you got the beans above the franks.]]

Ever since her husband left her, '''June Darby''' has been raising her [[Jack Darby|sixteen-year-old son]] alone. When she's not spending time as a nurse at the [[Jasper Hospital|local hospital]], June's spending time being overprotective towards her son, who hangs out with warring robots from outer space. Who can blame her?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers: Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Markie Post]] (English), [[Carolina Tak]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Katrin Zimmermann]] (German)
June called her son, [[Jack Darby|Jack]], after his shift at work finished. She asked if he was going to the dance, but he said no. She told him to be careful, but Jack had to go, as he had [[Arcee (Prime)|something on his mind]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

June returned home from work late in the evening to find Jack standing with a [[Arcee (Prime)|motorcycle]] in their garage. She wondered how he had paid for the motorcycle and expressed her concern for his safety, but Jack was able to convince her that he was old enough and responsible enough to operate the vehicle. She made it very clear that he always had to wear his helmet.

Early the next morning, the motorcycle told Jack to leave a note for his mom when he left the house, to keep her from worrying. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:JunemeetstheAutobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Metal Attraction|Love at first sight?]]]]
Hearing rumors that Jack had been racing his motorcycle and complaints that he'd been neglecting his work and school, June confronted him after curfew and grounded him from using the motorcycle. The next day, she took a break from the [[Jasper Hospital|hospital]] to go home and make Jack some dinner, but found the garage empty. She blew up at Jack, even though the motorcycle had somehow reappeared in the garage, and he spun some wild story about robots from space. Refusing to believe him, June returned to the hospital. Later that night, as she was leaving work, she was grabbed and bundled into a vehicle by some [[MECH|masked goons]]. She recovered consciousness to find herself in a cocoon dangling from a building, while Jack tried to rescue her from a [[Airachnid|menacing robot]]. Then Jack's motorcycle turned up in robot form and fought the other robot. After [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] came to their rescue, he tried to explain that Jack was interning for him, but June didn't buy it. Jack introduced her to Arcee, and they all went to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] to meet the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

June began regularly dropping by the Autobot base to check up on the kids, much to their regret. When Jack and Arcee were preparing for a routine maintenance check, June's overprotective questioning drove Arcee batty, and the Autobot instead opted to go out on a mission with Bulkhead. June stayed at the base, and when Arcee told an errant Miko to return there, Miko's loud comment that Arcee was as bad as Jack's mom could be clearly heard over the comm link. Taken aback, June asked if she was really that bad, and Jack declined to comment. On Arcee's return, June felt compelled to apologize for her earlier behavior. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

After Raf was injured in a Decepticon attack, Jack called in his mom to try and help. June did her best to stabilize the boy, but said that they'd need to get him to the hospital. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] pointed out that the doctors there wouldn't know how to treat Dark Energon contamination, but he quickly came up with a treatment of his own. After Ratchet infused Raf with energon, June checked his pulse and confirmed that it was stabilizing. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Following the rescue of Optimus, June informed him that she was taking Raf to the hospital, and also taking Jack and Miko with her, as the Autobots' war was no place for children. To her disappointment, both Jack and Miko refused to leave with her, so she departed in her car with Raf. They hadn't gone far when the car was almost struck by lightning and then almost pulled into a tornado, but [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] managed a last-minute save and took them back to base. June was glad to see Jack again, but told him he was grounded. She stuck around while the Autobots realized that the chaos god [[Unicron]] was at the center of the Earth, but realized that no one had any idea what Unicron would do next. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat the Chaos Bringer himself. June was horrified that Optimus was even considering letting Megatron near the children, but Prime assured her they would keep everyone as safe as possible from him. The humans hid as Megatron arrived, but after Raf ran out to try to confront the Decepticon leader, June had to lead him back to safety. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

{{spoilers|One Shall Rise, Part 3|November 15, 2011}}
[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
After the TV went dead, June tried to distract the kids from the impending end of the world by suggesting they play a game. She took cover underneath Ratchet as the ground shook, and when it turned out that Prime's team were all OK, she found herself being hugged by Fowler. She and Fowler stood by with the kids as the Autobots returned through the GroundBridge with the news that Optimus had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* She was to appear in a brief scene in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", but the scene was cut. It was later included in the script reading at [[BotCon 2011]].
* June Darby's [[license plate]] is "'''RPI-437'''".
* It seems that her idea of a good, wholesome meal includes organic tofu.
* Whilst it did not seem likely, up until "[[Metal Attraction]]" it was not particularly clear whether there was a Mr. Darby around. This is made somewhat confusing by Silas referring to June as "Miss Darby", but with Agent Fowler calling her "Mrs. Darby" in "[[Crisscross]]". The former-mentioned episode confirms that June's husband/Jack's father had left them.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darby, June}}
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

June Darby

2011-10-17T06:35:20Z

Apcog: /* Transformers: Prime cartoon */ Clean-up

:''June Darby is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:MetalAttraction-JuneDarby.jpg|thumb|150px|She wants to know how you got the beans above the franks.]]

Ever since her husband left her, '''June Darby''' has been raising her [[Jack Darby|sixteen-year-old son]] alone. When she's not spending time as a nurse at the [[Jasper Hospital|local hospital]], June's spending time being overprotective towards her son, who hangs out with warring robots from outer space. Who can blame her?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers: Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Markie Post]] (English), [[Carolina Tak]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Katrin Zimmermann]] (German)
June called her son, [[Jack Darby|Jack]], after his shift at work finished. She asked if he was going to the dance, but he said no. She told him to be careful, but Jack had to go, as he had [[Arcee (Prime)|something on his mind]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

June returned home from work late in the evening to find Jack standing with a [[Arcee (Prime)|motorcycle]] in their garage. She wondered how he had paid for the motorcycle and expressed her concern for his safety, but Jack was able to convince her that he was old enough and responsible enough to operate the vehicle. She made it very clear that he always had to wear his helmet.

Early the next morning, the motorcycle told Jack to leave a note for his mom when he left the house, to keep her from worrying. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:JunemeetstheAutobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Metal Attraction|Love at first sight?]]]]
Hearing rumors that Jack had been racing his motorcycle and complaints that he'd been neglecting his work and school, June confronted him after curfew and grounded him from using the motorcycle. The next day, she took a break from the [[Jasper Hospital|hospital]] to go home and make Jack some dinner, but found the garage empty. She blew up at Jack, even though the motorcycle had somehow reappeared in the garage, and he spun some wild story about robots from space. Refusing to believe him, June returned to the hospital. Later that night, as she was leaving work, she was grabbed and bundled into a vehicle by some [[MECH|masked goons]]. She recovered consciousness to find herself in a cocoon dangling from a building, while Jack tried to rescue her from a [[Airachnid|menacing robot]]. Then Jack's motorcycle turned up in robot form and fought the other robot. After [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] came to their rescue, he tried to explain that Jack was interning for him, but June didn't buy it. Jack introduced her to Arcee, and they all went to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] to meet the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

June began regularly dropping by the Autobot base to check up on the kids, much to their regret. When Jack and Arcee were preparing for a routine maintenance check, June's overprotective questioning drove Arcee batty, and the Autobot instead opted to go out on a mission with Bulkhead. June stayed at the base, and when Arcee told an errant Miko to return there, Miko's loud comment that Arcee was as bad as Jack's mom could be clearly heard over the comm link. Taken aback, June asked if she was really that bad, and Jack declined to comment. On Arcee's return, June felt compelled to apologize for her earlier behavior. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

After Raf was injured in a Decepticon attack, Jack called in his mom to try and help. June did her best to stabilize the boy, but said that they'd need to get him to the hospital. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] pointed out that the doctors there wouldn't know how to treat Dark Energon contamination, but he quickly came up with a treatment of his own. After Ratchet infused Raf with energon, June checked his pulse and confirmed that it was stabilizing. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Following the rescue of Optimus, June informed him that she was taking Raf to the hospital, and also taking Jack and Miko with her, as the Autobots' war was no place for children. To her disappointment, both Jack and Miko refused to leave with her, so she departed in her car with Raf. They hadn't gone far when the car was almost struck by lightning and then almost pulled into a tornado, but [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] managed a last-minute save and took them back to base. June was glad to see Jack again, but told him he was grounded. She stuck around while the Autobots realized that the chaos god [[Unicron]] was at the center of the Earth, but realized that no one had any idea what Unicron would do next. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat the Chaos Bringer himself. June was horrified that Optimus was even considering letting Megatron near the children, but Prime assured her they would keep everyone as safe as possible from him. The humans hid as Megatron arrived, but after Raf ran out to try to confront the Decepticon leader, June had to lead him back to safety. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

{{spoilers|One Shall Rise, Part 3|November 15, 2011}}
[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
After the TV went dead, June tried to distract the kids from the impending end of the world by suggesting they play a game. She took cover underneath Ratchet as the ground shook, and when it turned out that Prime's team were all OK, she found herself being hugged by Fowler. She and Fowler stood by with the kids as the Autobots returned through the GroundBridge with the news that Optimus had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* She was to appear in a brief scene in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", but the scene was cut. It was later included in the script reading at [[BotCon 2011]].
* June Darby's [[license plate]] is "'''RPI-437'''".
* It seems that her idea of a good, wholesome meal includes organic tofu.
* Whilst it did not seem likely, up until "[[Metal Attraction]]" it was not particularly clear whether there was a Mr. Darby around. Made somewhat confusing by Silas referring to June as "Miss Darby", but with Agent Fowler calling her "Mrs. Darby" in "[[Crisscross]]". The former-mentioned episode confirms that June's husband/Jack's father had left them.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darby, June}}
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

June Darby

2011-10-17T06:30:12Z

Apcog: /* Transformers: Prime cartoon */

:''June Darby is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:MetalAttraction-JuneDarby.jpg|thumb|150px|She wants to know how you got the beans above the franks.]]

Ever since her husband left her, '''June Darby''' has been raising her [[Jack Darby|sixteen-year-old son]] alone. When she's not spending time as a nurse at the [[Jasper Hospital|local hospital]], June's spending time being overprotective towards her son, who hangs out with warring robots from outer space. Who can blame her?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers: Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Markie Post]] (English), [[Carolina Tak]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Katrin Zimmermann]] (German)
June called Jack after his shift at work finished. She asked if Jack was going to the dance, he said no. She told him to be careful but Jack had to go as he had [[Arcee (Prime)|something on his mind]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

June returned home from work late in the evening to find her son, [[Jack Darby|Jack]], standing with a [[Arcee (Prime)|motorcycle]] in their garage. She wondered how Jack had paid for the motorcycle, plus expressed her concern for his safety, but Jack was able to convince his mother that he was old enough and responsible enough to operate the vehicle. She made it very clear that he always had to wear his helmet.

Early the next morning, the motorcycle told Jack to leave a note for his mom when he left the house, to keep her from worrying. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:JunemeetstheAutobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Metal Attraction|Love at first sight?]]]]
Hearing rumors that Jack had been racing his motorcycle, and complaints that he'd been neglecting his work and school, June confronted him after curfew and grounded him from using the motorcycle. The next day, she took a break from the [[Jasper Hospital|hospital]] to go home and make Jack some dinner, but found the garage empty. She blew up at Jack, even though the motorcycle had somehow reappeared in the garage, and he spun some wild story about robots from space. Refusing to believe him, June returned to the hospital. Later that night, as she was leaving work, she was grabbed and bundled into a vehicle by some [[MECH|masked goons]]. She recovered consciousness to find herself in a cocoon dangling from a building, while Jack tried to rescue her from a [[Airachnid|menacing robot]]. Then Jack's motorcycle turned up in robot form and fought the other robot. After [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] came to their rescue, he tried to explain that Jack was interning for him, but June didn't buy it. Jack introduced her to Arcee, and they all went to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] to meet the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

June began regularly dropping by the Autobot base to check up on the kids, much to their regret. When Jack and Arcee were preparing for a routine maintenance check, June's overprotective questioning drove Arcee batty, and the Autobot instead opted to go out on a mission with Bulkhead. June stayed at the base, and when Arcee told an errant Miko to return there, Miko's loud comment that Arcee was as bad as Jack's mom could be clearly heard over the comm link. Taken aback, June asked if she was really that bad, and Jack declined to comment. On Arcee's return, June felt compelled to apologize for her earlier behavior. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

After Raf was injured in a Decepticon attack, Jack called in his mom to try and help. June did her best to stabilize the boy, but said that they'd need to get him to the hospital. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] pointed out that the doctors there wouldn't know how to treat Dark Energon contamination, but he quickly came up with a treatment of his own. After Ratchet infused Raf with energon, June checked his pulse and confirmed that it was stabilizing. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Following the rescue of Optimus, June informed him that she was taking Raf to the hospital, and also taking Jack and Miko with her, as the Autobots' war was no place for children. To her disappointment, both Jack and Miko refused to leave with her, so she departed in her car with Raf. They hadn't gone far when the car was almost struck by lightning and then they were almost pulled into a tornado, but [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] pulled a last-minute save and took them back to base. June was glad to see Jack again, but told him he was grounded. She stuck around while the Autobots realized that the Chaos God [[Unicron]] was at the center of the Earth, but realized that no one had any idea what Unicron would do next. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. June was horrified that Optimus was even considering letting Megatron near the children, but Prime assured her they would keep everyone as safe as possible from him. The humans hid as Megatron arrived, but after Raf ran out to try to confront the Decepticon leader, June had to lead him back to safety. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

{{spoilers|One Shall Rise, Part 3|November 15, 2011}}
[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
After the TV went dead, June tried to distract the kids from the impending end of the world by suggesting they play a game. She took cover underneath Ratchet as the ground shook, and when it turned out that Prime's team were all OK, she found herself being hugged by Fowler. She and Fowler stood by with the kids as the Autobots returned through the GroundBridge with the news that Optimus had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* She was to appear in a brief scene in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", but the scene was cut. It was later included in the script reading at [[BotCon 2011]].
* June Darby's [[license plate]] is "'''RPI-437'''".
* It seems that her idea of a good, wholesome meal includes organic tofu.
* Whilst it did not seem likely, up until "[[Metal Attraction]]" it was not particularly clear whether there was a Mr. Darby around. Made somewhat confusing by Silas referring to June as "Miss Darby", but with Agent Fowler calling her "Mrs. Darby" in "[[Crisscross]]". The former-mentioned episode confirms that June's husband/Jack's father had left them.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darby, June}}
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

One Shall Rise, Part 3

2011-10-17T02:17:03Z

Apcog: /* Notes */ Clean-up

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 26
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|next=
|image=OneShallRise3-together.jpg
|caption=Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 3"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack learns more about Optimus Prime's history on Cybertron while the Autobots continue their battle at the Earth's core.'''

==Synopsis==

As he leads the [[Autobot]]s further toward [[Earth]]'s core, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] is again seized by a vision of the planet exploding. He notes how [[Unicron]]'s strength grows ever greater and continues on. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] both voice their mistrust of the [[Decepticon]] leader, though they have no choice but to follow him. Unbeknownst to them, several strange, mechanical creatures observe the intruders into their dark domain.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and the [[human]]s watch a report that outlines how the planet's chaotic weather continues to spiral out of control. Despite [[June Darby|June]]'s efforts to lighten the mood, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] insists that something must be done—even if it means contacting his associates at the [[Pentagon]]. Fowler makes known his uneasiness about teaming up with Megatron, but Ratchet surprises the humans by explaining how such a situation has happened before. Ratchet relates how Optimus Prime and Megatron were once close friends, in the twilight hours of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]]. The great Autobot leader was once named Orion Pax, a simple clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] Hall of Records. [[Image:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''Once, I called you "Brother".'' 
''Once, I thought the chance to make you laugh'' 
''Was all I ever wanted...'' 
''And even now,'' 
''I wish that [[Primus|God]] had chose another.'' 
''Serving as your foe on His behalf'' 
''Is the last thing that I wanted...!'']] Learning of Cybertron's past, Orion grew concerned about the corruption affecting high places and the [[Caste system|state of inequity]] in society. He became inspired by the revolutionary words of Megatronus, a gladiator who took his name from [[The Fallen|one]] of the [[Thirteen original Transformers|thirteen original Primes]]. Megatronus gained a loyal following through his radical and innovative actions, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] chief among their number. Over time, Megatronus became a mentor figure to Orion Pax and chose to shorten his name as he left the gladiatorial arena for the political one. Megatron appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], voicing his ideas for shaping a new Cybertron by violent means, and demanded to be named the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Orion protested against Megatron's suggestions before the Council, moving their [[spark]]s and minds as he unknowingly revealed himself to be the one worthy of the title. Megatron severed his ties to Orion and the Council, taking his "Decepticon" followers to begin the [[Great War (Prime)|war]] that consumed Cybertron and vowing to claim the legendary [[Matrix of Leadership]] for himself. Hoping to reverse the damage that had poisoned the planet, Orion journeyed to Cybertron's [[Core]], where he found himself before the spark of [[Primus]], the creator of all [[Cybertronians]]. Primus sensed the purity of Orion's own spark and bestowed upon him the legendary Matrix, transforming him into Optimus Prime. In the present, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] question Optimus's plan to give the Matrix to the Earth's core, asking what could possibly stop Megatron from attempting to claim it for himself now. Ratchet darkly replies that Megatron only intends to save the Earth so that he may conquer it at a later date.

As they near Unicron's spark, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] begins to feel the draining effects of the [[Dark Energon]]. [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee help him a short way across the catwalks, but Megatron soon comes to a halt ahead with the realisation that Unicron is preparing to expel them. A huge number of Unicron's drones suddenly swarm into view, surrounding Megatron and the Autobots. They engage the drones in fierce battle, blasting and slashing through their attackers. Arcee is knocked to a lower level, not long before the Dark Energon clouds Bulkhead's vision. He stumbles from the catwalk but manages to grab hold of the edge, and is seized by Bumblebee before he can tumble to his death. Optimus and Megatron fight back-to-back, managing to hold their own against the drones in a spectacular display of effective—if uneasy—teamwork. Bumblebee struggles to hold onto Bulkhead, who insists that the scout lets him go. Optimus seizes Bulkhead just as Bumblebee loses his grip, and hauls him up to safety. As the group quickly becomes overwhelmed, Arcee hitches a ride on one of the drones to catch up with the others and beat a swift retreat with them.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Maybe Megatron should stop having second-in-commands and just skip straight to third-in-commands.]]
Aboard the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]], [[Airachnid]] outlines the questionable nature of their leader's recent behaviour. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] asks whether she is suggesting that they abandon Lord Megatron. Airachnid explains how Megatron's undetectable signal implies that he is either offline or at the mercy of Unicron—neither scenario being in the best interests of the Decepticons. She suggests an exodus from Earth, and receives no protests from the surrounding [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. However, her order to retreat to [[Regulon Four]] is denied by Soundwave, who silently challenges her authority. When he refuses her demand to step aside, she leaps to attack him. Soundwave easily blocks every one of her blows, before lifting her clean into the air. He hurls her back, deploying [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] to stun Airachnid in a sudden sneak attack. Pinned under Soundwave's foot, much to Knock Out's amusement, Airachnid relinquishes command to the intelligence officer.

Back in the Autobot base, Ratchet notes he has lost the others' communication links and life signals, most likely caused by interference from the electromagnetic anomalies. Miko asks how they are supposed to know when the others are ready for pickup if contact is impossible, but Ratchet is prevented from responding by the sound of Jack tapping the [[GroundBridge]] key against a railing. Ratchet reveals that the object is actually the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]—one of Cybertron's most precious relics. Ratchet then realises that Optimus entrusted the key to Jack because he did not plan on returning from the planet's core.

Megatron is gripped by yet another painful vision of Unicron whilst he and the Autobots are backed into an enclosed chamber by the attacking drones. Unicron orders him to destroy Optimus. Instead, Megatron saves the Autobot leader by blasting an oncoming drone. He then indicates a closed doorway nearby, stating that Unicron's spark lies just beyond. He explains that, to pass through, they must fool Unicron into believing that they pose no danger, and moves his Dark Energon-infused chest up to the door. It opens in response, and Optimus orders the others to remain outside and provide cover fire while he and Megatron advance.

The passageway beyond leads directly into Unicron's spark chamber, where Optimus prepares to expose the Matrix within his chest. Unicron's spark reacts, striking both invaders with its energy. Unicron again orders Megatron to kill Optimus, forcing him to unsheathe his blade and approach the weakened Prime. Megatron struggles against him, declaring himself to be under the command of no-one. His resistance provokes only an onslaught of pain and a furious reaction from the Chaos Bringer.

The volcano outside erupts violently, and the ground enclosing the Autobot base begins to quake. Ratchet tells the humans to take cover, and he moves to shield them from falling debris.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-unleash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Care Bear Stare!]]
Unicron's spark adopts the appearance of a face as Megatron is seemingly freed from his control. Optimus calls upon the power of the Matrix of Leadership, but hesitates as Unicron possesses Megatron's body in a veil of purple flame and declares his own invincibility. Optimus cuts short Unicron's desire to pull the Earth into chaos, and he rises to his feet as he becomes surrounded by a brilliant blue light. Optimus fires the power of the Matrix from his chest directly into Unicron's spark, the resulting wave of energy knocking Megatron back off his feet. His energy drained, Optimus falls to his knees, and Unicron's spark emits a final wail of pain before vanishing into oblivion.

The drones outside suddenly fall from the air, lifeless. The volcano, along with all of the Earth's other natural phenomena, subside back to normality. Ratchet and the humans watch as the monitors flicker online, rejoicing as their team's life signals are all safely re-established. Aboard the Nemesis, however, Soundwave also detects the signature of the Decepticon leader.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"You smell like my mom." "I smell like ''his'' mom!"]]
Megatron rights himself in Unicron's now-empty spark chamber, inspecting Optimus's steaming body for a moment before unsheathing his blade. Optimus gazes blearily up at the approaching Decepticon, then addresses him as "Megatronus" and asks where they are. Surprised, Megatron retracts his weapon and helps the Autobot to his feet. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee soon burst through the wall to assist, but Optimus does not recognise them. A GroundBridge suddenly opens nearby; Megatron claims that the Autobots are their sworn enemies and provides cover fire as Optimus heads for the vortex. Optimus blankly meets Bumblebee's devastated gaze for a split second before disappearing through the Bridge. Megatron follows, leaving the shocked Autobots alone in the empty chamber.

Ratchet GroundBridges the team back to base, but is anxious to see that Optimus is not with them. They explain that Optimus is still alive, but did not even know his own name. Ratchet realises that surrendering the Matrix of Leadership caused their leader to lose not only the wisdom of the Primes, but his own memories as well.

Knock Out and the other Decepticons, minus Airachnid, welcome Megatron back aboard the Nemesis. Megatron steps aside to allow Optimus through, and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] automatically moves to attack. Megatron halts him, insisting that this is no way to treat a "long-lost comrade", and declares that Orion Pax is one of them.

To be continued…

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Autobot High Council|High Council]] (14–16)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid]] (18)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (19)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (20)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[William Fowler]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (4)
*[[Core]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Watch out for the quiet ones…"
:—'''Knock Out''' after witnessing Soundwave "veto" Airachnid's motion to leave Earth.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*All of the natural disasters around the world abruptly stop when Unicron is beaten. While it might make sense for the earthquakes to stop, tidal waves wouldn't just suddenly fall apart. Forward momentum doesn't just vanish. Similar problems occur with the tornadoes dissipating and the sky clearing.
*At the Earth's core, the Autobots should experience very little gravity, as the total mass of Earth would be reasonably equally distributed around them and therefore the pull of gravity would be cancelled out.
*Despite entering the tunnel to Unicron's spark chamber only a few seconds before Optimus, Megatron still manages a very hefty lead. By the time Optimus navigates the tunnel that leads into the spark chamber, Megatron is already inside, standing in front of Unicron's spark.

===Continuity errors===
*Why is Bulkhead the only one affected by the Dark Energon?

===Continuity notes===
*The entire backstory given by Ratchet is an adaptation of the first half of ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* Optimus's blade is still broken after the episode "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his namesake]] in the episode "[[War Dawn]]."
*The [[Key to Vector Sigma]] first appeared in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]" and later featured prominently in the first season of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Optimus calls upon the Matrix to "[[Darkest hour|light our darkest hour]]."
*This is not [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|the first incidence]] in a ''Transformers'' cartoon of a tidal wave stopping all of a sudden.
*For once, Optimus is the one who gets to say he "still functions", rather than Megatron.

===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 4]], 2011, again preceding its American showing.
*Jack is clearly taking very good care of that Key Optimus gave him...by idly tapping it against a railing.
*This is the first time we've seen Soundwave "get his hands dirty". With how easily he trounces Airachnid, that's probably a good thing for the Autobots.
*According to the flashbacks, Megatron's optics are blue until he is rejected by the Council and storms out angrily.
*Fowler hugs June. Make of that what you will.
*Once more, the Thirteen Original Primes make an appearance, this time as statue busts in the walls of the High Council's chamber.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 3

2011-10-17T02:12:06Z

Apcog: /* Synopsis */ Clean-up

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 26
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|next=
|image=OneShallRise3-together.jpg
|caption=Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 3"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack learns more about Optimus Prime's history on Cybertron while the Autobots continue their battle at the Earth's core.'''

==Synopsis==

As he leads the [[Autobot]]s further toward [[Earth]]'s core, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] is again seized by a vision of the planet exploding. He notes how [[Unicron]]'s strength grows ever greater and continues on. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] both voice their mistrust of the [[Decepticon]] leader, though they have no choice but to follow him. Unbeknownst to them, several strange, mechanical creatures observe the intruders into their dark domain.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and the [[human]]s watch a report that outlines how the planet's chaotic weather continues to spiral out of control. Despite [[June Darby|June]]'s efforts to lighten the mood, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] insists that something must be done—even if it means contacting his associates at the [[Pentagon]]. Fowler makes known his uneasiness about teaming up with Megatron, but Ratchet surprises the humans by explaining how such a situation has happened before. Ratchet relates how Optimus Prime and Megatron were once close friends, in the twilight hours of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]]. The great Autobot leader was once named Orion Pax, a simple clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] Hall of Records. [[Image:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''Once, I called you "Brother".'' 
''Once, I thought the chance to make you laugh'' 
''Was all I ever wanted...'' 
''And even now,'' 
''I wish that [[Primus|God]] had chose another.'' 
''Serving as your foe on His behalf'' 
''Is the last thing that I wanted...!'']] Learning of Cybertron's past, Orion grew concerned about the corruption affecting high places and the [[Caste system|state of inequity]] in society. He became inspired by the revolutionary words of Megatronus, a gladiator who took his name from [[The Fallen|one]] of the [[Thirteen original Transformers|thirteen original Primes]]. Megatronus gained a loyal following through his radical and innovative actions, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] chief among their number. Over time, Megatronus became a mentor figure to Orion Pax and chose to shorten his name as he left the gladiatorial arena for the political one. Megatron appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], voicing his ideas for shaping a new Cybertron by violent means, and demanded to be named the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Orion protested against Megatron's suggestions before the Council, moving their [[spark]]s and minds as he unknowingly revealed himself to be the one worthy of the title. Megatron severed his ties to Orion and the Council, taking his "Decepticon" followers to begin the [[Great War (Prime)|war]] that consumed Cybertron and vowing to claim the legendary [[Matrix of Leadership]] for himself. Hoping to reverse the damage that had poisoned the planet, Orion journeyed to Cybertron's [[Core]], where he found himself before the spark of [[Primus]], the creator of all [[Cybertronians]]. Primus sensed the purity of Orion's own spark and bestowed upon him the legendary Matrix, transforming him into Optimus Prime. In the present, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] question Optimus's plan to give the Matrix to the Earth's core, asking what could possibly stop Megatron from attempting to claim it for himself now. Ratchet darkly replies that Megatron only intends to save the Earth so that he may conquer it at a later date.

As they near Unicron's spark, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] begins to feel the draining effects of the [[Dark Energon]]. [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee help him a short way across the catwalks, but Megatron soon comes to a halt ahead with the realisation that Unicron is preparing to expel them. A huge number of Unicron's drones suddenly swarm into view, surrounding Megatron and the Autobots. They engage the drones in fierce battle, blasting and slashing through their attackers. Arcee is knocked to a lower level, not long before the Dark Energon clouds Bulkhead's vision. He stumbles from the catwalk but manages to grab hold of the edge, and is seized by Bumblebee before he can tumble to his death. Optimus and Megatron fight back-to-back, managing to hold their own against the drones in a spectacular display of effective—if uneasy—teamwork. Bumblebee struggles to hold onto Bulkhead, who insists that the scout lets him go. Optimus seizes Bulkhead just as Bumblebee loses his grip, and hauls him up to safety. As the group quickly becomes overwhelmed, Arcee hitches a ride on one of the drones to catch up with the others and beat a swift retreat with them.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Maybe Megatron should stop having second-in-commands and just skip straight to third-in-commands.]]
Aboard the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]], [[Airachnid]] outlines the questionable nature of their leader's recent behaviour. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] asks whether she is suggesting that they abandon Lord Megatron. Airachnid explains how Megatron's undetectable signal implies that he is either offline or at the mercy of Unicron—neither scenario being in the best interests of the Decepticons. She suggests an exodus from Earth, and receives no protests from the surrounding [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. However, her order to retreat to [[Regulon Four]] is denied by Soundwave, who silently challenges her authority. When he refuses her demand to step aside, she leaps to attack him. Soundwave easily blocks every one of her blows, before lifting her clean into the air. He hurls her back, deploying [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] to stun Airachnid in a sudden sneak attack. Pinned under Soundwave's foot, much to Knock Out's amusement, Airachnid relinquishes command to the intelligence officer.

Back in the Autobot base, Ratchet notes he has lost the others' communication links and life signals, most likely caused by interference from the electromagnetic anomalies. Miko asks how they are supposed to know when the others are ready for pickup if contact is impossible, but Ratchet is prevented from responding by the sound of Jack tapping the [[GroundBridge]] key against a railing. Ratchet reveals that the object is actually the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]—one of Cybertron's most precious relics. Ratchet then realises that Optimus entrusted the key to Jack because he did not plan on returning from the planet's core.

Megatron is gripped by yet another painful vision of Unicron whilst he and the Autobots are backed into an enclosed chamber by the attacking drones. Unicron orders him to destroy Optimus. Instead, Megatron saves the Autobot leader by blasting an oncoming drone. He then indicates a closed doorway nearby, stating that Unicron's spark lies just beyond. He explains that, to pass through, they must fool Unicron into believing that they pose no danger, and moves his Dark Energon-infused chest up to the door. It opens in response, and Optimus orders the others to remain outside and provide cover fire while he and Megatron advance.

The passageway beyond leads directly into Unicron's spark chamber, where Optimus prepares to expose the Matrix within his chest. Unicron's spark reacts, striking both invaders with its energy. Unicron again orders Megatron to kill Optimus, forcing him to unsheathe his blade and approach the weakened Prime. Megatron struggles against him, declaring himself to be under the command of no-one. His resistance provokes only an onslaught of pain and a furious reaction from the Chaos Bringer.

The volcano outside erupts violently, and the ground enclosing the Autobot base begins to quake. Ratchet tells the humans to take cover, and he moves to shield them from falling debris.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-unleash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Care Bear Stare!]]
Unicron's spark adopts the appearance of a face as Megatron is seemingly freed from his control. Optimus calls upon the power of the Matrix of Leadership, but hesitates as Unicron possesses Megatron's body in a veil of purple flame and declares his own invincibility. Optimus cuts short Unicron's desire to pull the Earth into chaos, and he rises to his feet as he becomes surrounded by a brilliant blue light. Optimus fires the power of the Matrix from his chest directly into Unicron's spark, the resulting wave of energy knocking Megatron back off his feet. His energy drained, Optimus falls to his knees, and Unicron's spark emits a final wail of pain before vanishing into oblivion.

The drones outside suddenly fall from the air, lifeless. The volcano, along with all of the Earth's other natural phenomena, subside back to normality. Ratchet and the humans watch as the monitors flicker online, rejoicing as their team's life signals are all safely re-established. Aboard the Nemesis, however, Soundwave also detects the signature of the Decepticon leader.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"You smell like my mom." "I smell like ''his'' mom!"]]
Megatron rights himself in Unicron's now-empty spark chamber, inspecting Optimus's steaming body for a moment before unsheathing his blade. Optimus gazes blearily up at the approaching Decepticon, then addresses him as "Megatronus" and asks where they are. Surprised, Megatron retracts his weapon and helps the Autobot to his feet. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee soon burst through the wall to assist, but Optimus does not recognise them. A GroundBridge suddenly opens nearby; Megatron claims that the Autobots are their sworn enemies and provides cover fire as Optimus heads for the vortex. Optimus blankly meets Bumblebee's devastated gaze for a split second before disappearing through the Bridge. Megatron follows, leaving the shocked Autobots alone in the empty chamber.

Ratchet GroundBridges the team back to base, but is anxious to see that Optimus is not with them. They explain that Optimus is still alive, but did not even know his own name. Ratchet realises that surrendering the Matrix of Leadership caused their leader to lose not only the wisdom of the Primes, but his own memories as well.

Knock Out and the other Decepticons, minus Airachnid, welcome Megatron back aboard the Nemesis. Megatron steps aside to allow Optimus through, and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] automatically moves to attack. Megatron halts him, insisting that this is no way to treat a "long-lost comrade", and declares that Orion Pax is one of them.

To be continued…

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Autobot High Council|High Council]] (14–16)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid]] (18)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (19)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (20)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[William Fowler]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (4)
*[[Core]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Watch out for the quiet ones…"
:—'''Knock Out''' after witnessing Soundwave "veto" Airachnid's motion to leave Earth.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*All of the natural disasters around the world abruptly stop when Unicron is beaten. While it might make sense for the earthquakes to stop, tidal waves wouldn't just suddenly fall apart. Forward momentum doesn't just vanish. Similar problems occur with the tornadoes dissipating and the sky clearing.
*At the Earth's core, the Autobots should experience very little gravity, as the total mass of Earth would be reasonably equally distributed around them and therefore the pull of gravity would be cancelled out.
*Despite entering the tunnel to Unicron's spark chamber only a few seconds before Optimus, Megatron still manages a very hefty lead. By the time Optimus navigates the tunnel that leads into the spark chamber, Megatron is already inside, standing in front of Unicron's spark.

===Continuity errors===
*Why is Bulkhead the only one affected by the Dark Energon?

===Continuity notes===
*The entire backstory given by Ratchet is an adaptation of the first half of ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* Optimus' blade is still broken after the episode "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his namesake]] in the episode "[[War Dawn]]."
*The [[Key to Vector Sigma]] first appeared in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]," and later featured prominently in the first season of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Optimus calls upon the Matrix to "[[Darkest hour|light our darkest hour]]."
*A [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|tidal wave stopping all of a sudden?]]
*For once, Optimus is the one who gets to say he "still functions," rather than Megatron.

===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 4]], 2011, again preceding its American showing.
*Jack is clearly taking very good care of that Key Optimus gave him... by idly tapping it against a railing.
*This is the first time we've seen Soundwave "get his hands dirty." With how easily he trounces Airachnid, that's probably a good thing for the Autobots.
*According to the flashbacks, Megatron's optics are blue until he is rejected by the Council and storms out angrily.
*Fowler hugs June. Make of that what you will.
*Once more the Thirteen Original Primes make an appearance, as statue busts in the walls of the High Council this time.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

User talk:Apcog

2011-10-16T19:41:17Z

Apcog: /* Translation check */

Finally had a reason to sign up (images to upload). I may have deleted a new message by mistake when attempting to remove my initial, misplaced text from this page--which I thought I'd already deleted. The two photos I uploaded were taken by me and included with permission of the subjects, if anyone's wondering.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
:Hi, welcome to the wiki! Thanks for us helping out for the benefit of Mankind. Or for the benefit of ourselves and other nerds on the internets. Same thing. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
::"Thanks for us helping out"? Well, if you want to congratulate yourselves, that's your business. (Yes, I know what you meant.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Yes, people should thank us for helping mankind!
:::Damn my dyslexia! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

==Question==
Good lord, is that some Doug Dlin I see? Assuming it is, I have a question in relation to a G1 Springer note from the Antarctic Press Cybertronian guides. There's a quote about the final toy being the fourth (or maybe third, I can't recall offhand) design. I was just curious if this originated from Transformers Generations or some other source. Thanks in advance.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 10:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
:If you can actually see me, then I need to cover my screen or something, because I don't have a webcam setup. Anyway, it's been so long that I don't really remember. It might've come from ''Generations'', but my copy vanished a few years ago and I was never able to get a replacement, so I can't check.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:07, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
::Took a moment to check the issue. The caption says the final toy was based on the fourth prototype design, all right. It sounds like something Harold would have contributed, though it could've come from ''Generations''. Until/unless I get another copy, I won't know one way or the other.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:59, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

==Prince Guy==
According to the dialogue script on Metrodome's Region 2 DVD set, the real name of the prince from Aerial Assault is spelled Jumal. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 02:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
:Indeed? Then the entire "Aerial Assault" article was wrong. I brought the name on the character list in line with the more frequent usage in the episode summary. So much for majority rules.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

::To be fair, I can't remember how the name is pronounced in the episode itself - it's possible it was changed - but [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/HassanToJumal.jpg here's] a screenshot from the dialogue script PDF. I reckon the person who wrote up the "Aerial Assault" article was simply unaware. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

:::That's okay, I believed you anyway and have already changed the article to reflect it. I also figured the original author of the article was probably as ignorant of the spelling as I was.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

== Talk pages ==

Please don't delete other people's comments from talk pages. ([http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Talk%3ASensors&diff=119878&oldid=119874 link]) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
:...the hell? I '''didn't''' delete any comments—not knowingly, anyway. I specifically added material at the bottom of that comments page in direct response to Rosicrucian. Best I can guess, you made that shorter response while I was composing mine (which was delayed by a few interruptions), and when I submitted my edit, rather than tell me the page was out of date, it overrode your comment. Sorry that happened, but it was definitely not deliberate.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

===Coming soon template===
Coming soon templates go underneath the actual the text of the toy in question, as shown in the various Movie and ''Animated'' character articles. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
:D'oh! Shoulda checked, I suppose. Well, outside of that, any complaints?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

==Noise==
Care to explain why you reverted the edits to Noise's article? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:20, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
:Wasn't intentional. When I began editing, your changes weren't present yet. When I finished and submitted, the wiki didn't give me an "out of date version" warning, but simply processed my edits as normal. I noticed that the wiki connection was really sluggish this afternoon, too. Don't know if that had anything to do with it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
::That's... really weird. Okay. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, it happened to me once before, as you can see in my earlier Talk page discussions. Kind of annoying, as I definitely don't like being a wiki antagonist.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Graphy==
Well, stuff like "lion" and "dinosaur" aren't scientific names. ''Pteranodon'' is the scientific name for the genus, and should be capitalized (and italicized). [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 23:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
::Oh, so? I was going by common usage, which I thought was using the name uncapitalized. I certainly almost never see dinosaur names italicized unless they are specifically part of a scientific name, as opposed to designating the type of animal—e.g., a pteranodon vs. ''Pteranodon longiceps''. Well, feel free to undo that aspect of my edits.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Spelling==
Hey, after we reminded [[User:Fiction Alchemist|Fiction Alchemist]] that there are editors from the UK and the Commonwealth, and their English is just as valid as American English, I don't think it's the done thing to start taking the 'u' out of words like colour. ;) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:26, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
:Wasn't aware there'd been such a policy established. Personally, I feel that having one consistent spelling style for the wiki is a better idea. AShould I simply ignore European-style English spelling differences, then?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
::Yes, because hey, the UK significantly contributed to the Transformers fiction and several prominent editors here are either from the UK, Europe or from the Commonwealth. And as I said, our english is just as valid as American english on this wiki. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:::I don't deny either fact. As I said, my aim in Americanizing British English was simply to establish a consistent spelling style for the wiki, not to deny the validity of British English spelling ''per se'' or the contributions of Europeans to the wiki.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
::::I think we should make American English the standard here. Not that I would get all pissy about English English being used, nor would I bother making changes, but if someone were to make changes, it should be towards American English. And if someone does make those changes towards American English, it shouldn't be a problem.
::::Japan has also significantly contributed towards Transformers fiction, but I hope that doesn't mean we allow every third word of our articles to be in Japanese. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::Well, I'm certainly capable of ignoring King's English spellings when I make corrections, but it's reassuring to know that, by wiki policy, Americanizing them isn't considered specifically wrong.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

==Block Town==
I can't seem to find the snippets of info from Fumihiko about the line. I dimly remember "Carzap" being -apparently- a new guy who is not Windbreaker... any chance you can see if Fumihiko is able to provide more packaging/name info on these guys? Maybe come BC? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 06:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
:I'll see what I can do. You'll probably have to remind me closer to the date so I can remind him. Meanwhile, I don't get any results Googling "Carzap" and "Block Town", either on the net or Google Groups.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:51, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

==Template!==
Lil' thing... we do have a <nowiki>{{preview bastard}}</nowiki> template that's all cute for multiple minor changes peoples. I'm quite happy with it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 07:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

:I know, I think I've used it once or twice. I didn't feel I needed it for conversing with Aamp, though, since he'd already been reprimanded by the time I got there. (I'm assuming that's what you're referring to, since that's the only "multiple minor changes" case I've been involved with inthe last several hours.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

== Chairtwo ==

He a wikia admin, not Assaulthead. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:47, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

==Japanese!?==

Hey, since you're one of the resident Japanese experts, could you take a look at [[Talk:Great Turn-Around! Autobot Warriors!]]? It looks alright to me, but I'd like a look-over by somebody more experienced. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
:Hey, another Japanese favor to ask. Could you translate "空中山脈大爆破" (the Furigana given is "くうちゅうさんみゃくだいばくは"), the Japanese title for "[[Power Surge]]"? I composed a list of the Telemocha DVDs for [[pack-in flyer]], but couldn't figure out how to effectively translate this title. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 05:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 06:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks for the clean up ==

Thank you for the clean up, Doug! By the way, why don't you post at TFW or the Allspark? :) [[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 00:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
:Kinda figured that was you, Jeff. I don't post there for sheer lack of time. I spend more time here than I should as it is...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:33, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
::I know what you mean. I'm beginning to feel like I'm addicted to this place.[[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 02:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

==A favour to ask==
So long as you're cleaning up Movie Bumblebee's article, can you clean up my stupidly long Movie section for him? Though I'd like you to keep my specific mentions of what songs he plays when he tries to help Sam court Mikaela. Thanks. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:Given the time, I'll see what I can do.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

==A man of few vices==
vi·ce3 (vī'sē, -sə)
prep.

In place of; replacing.

...yeah, I'd never heard of it either. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

:Considering most of our readers are likely going to be in the same boat, I suggest using a more common synonym, then.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

==Preview button==
Sorry dude,i usually use the preview button,but for some reason the preview just wouldn't show up that day. --[[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 14:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh it did load,but very glitchy. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 16:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

== Commas ==

We appear to have stylistic differences about comma usage. I suggest we try to respect each other's usage. Or, we could duel to the death, like our ancestors before us... [[User:JW|JW]] 16:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
:The rule of thumb I learned, at least for commas between clauses linked by a conjunction, is that if the remainder of the sentence after the conjunction can stand alone as a full sentence (that is, if it's an independent clause), you use a comma. There are exceptions, of course.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::There are rules, and there is style. In the example from [[Survival of the Fittest]], I think

::"The episode ends before Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone return Sari to her father, and before the Autobots report back in to Prime."

::is clearer and easier to read than

::"The episode ends before Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone return Sari to her father and before the Autobots report back in to Prime."

::With the comma, the sentence is less run-on, and the separation of the two events is maintained. No comma is ''required'' there, but it isn't ''prohibited'' either. So, I ask that you respect my choices. The alternative is that we initiate a discussion on the Style Guide page, and I really think this is too picayune to warrant that. [[User:JW|JW]] 16:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

:::That's a borderline case, true, mainly because of the phrase including "and" within the dominant clause which could potentially involve confusion with the clause-linking "and", as you note. With all the comma misuse pervading the contributions here, I sometimes get carried away; normally, I'd have let that go. I think you'll find that, on the whole, I haven't really dogged your contributions that badly...have I?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::In general, not that I've noticed. Yesterday, however, [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Mayhem_Attack_Squad&diff=168852&oldid=168845 this edit] raised my eyebrow, and when something similar happened again today, the beast within me was stirred to <strike>frenzy</strike> comment. [[User:JW|JW]] 18:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::: Yeah,that edit doesn't really make any sense. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 18:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::Seems fairly straightforward to me. There was no reason to set apart the phrase "and sent them to Earth in a Decepticon ship" by commas. The carryover phrase-starter "with" negates the need for a comma after "teamed up on Earth". Using a comma between "embedded his hand" and "cannon-blasted Venom" implies that a third action by Galvatron is coming in the list, when in fact the rest of the sentence shifts away from him, so it's better to link the two actions with a conjunction as a two-item list. "Once on Earth" and "With the Time Wars over" are establishing prepositional phrases, which are generally set apart by commas. "The battle escalated" is a dominant clause preceding a subordinate clause and doesn't take a comma. If the sentence were reversed, with the subordinate "as more and more Autobots" phrase first, it would take a comma. Or so are the rules as I have learned them.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:40, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Check before you give me an <nowiki>{{unsigned}}</nowiki> ==

Please don't attribute (unsigned) comments I didn't make to me (like you did on [[Talk:Black Friday (episode)]] with one of GWolfv2's comments). - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 03:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

== Quote format ==
FYI: script style quotes, with the speakers already in bold next to their lines, don't need to have a second bold-font attribution at the bottom. They can be left in plain font; it's kinda redundant otherwise. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 16:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:Hunh...and here I thought I was just being consistent. Oh well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::Well, the attribution lines don't always even mention all the characters who speak, so it's actually kind of irregular to bold the characters who do get mentioned. Heck, with script format, the attribution line isn't even needed at all, unless there's some special reason to comment on the action; it's just somehow become standard to add such comments. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:::So, uh, where does that leave me? Or should I even worry about it?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::::''So, uh, where does that leave me? ''
::::DOOOOOOOOOOMED. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 04:17, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

== Anonymous vandals ==

The first one you linked to was actually the guy I banned last night, but thanks for bringing the other to my attention. I must've missed him. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 17:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

==REV's clear exlcusive==
Wow. Weird. Nice to know where those came from finally. Can you C&P this into the other Spy changers' pages? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

==Re: Fanon==

Oh, cheers, man. Didn't even know that existed. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 07:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, sorry, had thought I'd removed it when I cleared the page. Cheers. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 17:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

==Reign of Starscream==

Hey Apcog. Thanks for catching those spelling errors I missed in my writeup of issue 2's synopsis. I've been having trouble lately with the edit screen cutting off parts while I'm writing, so the help is greatly appreciated. I guess this goes to show that even aspiring editors need some beta help sometimes ;) --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 01:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:Glad to be of assistance. If your edit window's cutting off stuff, you may want to look into a larger problem, such as software malfunction or incompatibility—wiki coding, browser program, or whatever.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Nemesis's's's's ==

Is there a reason for this? I'll stop fixing them if that's the consensus, but it's poor english to make a word possessive like that. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 18:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

== Help? ==

Do you know anything about General Demolishor from [[Transtech]]? I started the article in a not so probable way [[Demolishor (TransTech)|here]] The article needs help. {{unsigned|Rodimusmann22}}
:I'm afraid I don't know details about this character, and I'm not sure why you asked me in particular. As it is, the article is better off being deleted. Better not to have an article than to start one poorly.
:In the future, don't a new article for a character about which you know nothing, then ask someone at random (like me) to fill in the big blanks. A better approach would have been to leave a message on the Discussion page for the main Transtech article, something like "Does anyone have any solid information on General Demolishor? I think he deserves his own article, but I barely know about the character besides his name." Now, of course, it's a bit late.
:Oh—and don't forget to sign your posts, please, especially on talk pages.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

== Jazz (Animated) ==

Is there some special clip, or a peg that I'm missing? Because I usually end up just squishing him around until it doesn't look so crappy. [[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 07:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:Each side panel has a pair of ridges on its inside surface, in the fender area just above the root of the exhaust pipes. There's another ridge on the inside of the hood, under the sideview mirror, which fits into the slot between the two ridges on the side panel. If everything else is aligned right, there should be no problem getting them to fit together. The stock image used for Jazz's page isn't aligned right, obviously.--Apcog 14:53, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
::I've tried to get those to work, but I keep having trouble. Oh well, I guess I just have to do it with more care. Thanks![[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 03:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Unfortunately, without seeing in person what you're doing or not doing when you transform it, I can't offer any better advice than that.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:18, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

== Signature ==

Damn. I uploaded the image to commons so it would work, but oh well. It was just something my wiki was trying, but I guess it won't work.[[User:KrytenKoro|Not even Mr. Lister's]] [[User talk:KrytenKoro|Koromon survived intact.]] 15:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

== Questions on the move ==

Hi, please can you have a look at Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving#Questions on the move. Thanks -- [[User:sannse|sannse]]<staff /> (talk) 19:21, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== Car Robots ==

Since this didn't garner any response... would you be able to look at the "Dimensional Crossing" section of this, Doug? [[Talk:Robots in Disguise (cartoon)]]

I suspect you translated the catalog story way back when it first came out, but I was having trouble digging it up... I seem to remember it went up on Masterforce.org? Maybe? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 18:20, 16 October 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks for answering this and the T-AI question, Doug. Sorry I had neglected to do this before. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:45, 21 October 2008 (EDT)
::Sure thing. I recall both issues coming up back in the day, and I'd forgotten they'd subsided still so unresolved. In particular, I recall there being one whole image of that Ai-chan resin figure available at the time. Your larger images were a big help in settling both issues.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:50, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

== Good grief! ==

Thanks for the cleanup on [[Survival Instincts]]. I must be asleep tonight!

By the by, I notice you tend to switch out a lot of my semicolon-spliced sentences with "and" connectors. Is that just a personal preference, or some rule you're following? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:39, 27 October 2008 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome. I figure since you're doing the heavy lifting (i.e., slogging through the series to do the write-ups), the least I can do is tote in the small stuff, as it were.
:As for the semicolons, it's possible I'm being too picky, but the usage rule I learned was that they join independent clauses that are restatements of each another, or a brief summary and an expansion. Note the one I left alone in paragraph 12, in the sentence about Rodimus's group hitting a dead end. (There's also the usage within a series that would normally be set apart by commas, except some elements in the series already contain commas.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:34, 28 October 2008 (EDT)

== Boilerplate CYA ==

Thanks for the heads up, hon! I edited the two images in Humanizing as requested. {{unsigned|Knocks}}

== BWNeo Manga Title ==

Scanned the title for "Battle of the Single Batch" for you to look at. Hopefully I grabbed the right one...

[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWNeoMangaTitle.jpg Title Image].

--[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:11, 10 November 2008 (EST)
:Thank you. It's ''Hitori-botchi no Tatakai'', which translates as "A Solo Battle" or "A Battle Fought Alone" or similar. "Battle of the Single Batch", indeed...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:14, 10 November 2008 (EST)
::The "Battle of the Single Batch" translation came from [[Talk:Beast Wars Neo: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|here]], if anybody cares. Scans of the other titles are there, too. —[[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 17:05, 10 November 2008 (EST)
:::Duly noted and amended there, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:30, 10 November 2008 (EST)

== Convobat and Megalligator ==

Okay, the wiki screwed up and lost the message I was trying to send you, Doug, so this may be more terse than I mean it to be.

If you have time, I was wondering if you'd be willing to help solve the mystery of Convobat and Megalligator - whether they're the same characters as Primal and BW Megs, whether they're new versions of Prime and G1 Megs, whatever their actual deal is. I've made some scans from a couple Japanese guidebooks about them, and their bios are on Dr. Sigma's site, so...

''Convobat'' [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/bc06.html Single Convobat bio] [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/s01c.html Twopack Convobat bio] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWDaihyakkaConvobat.jpg Beast Wars Daihyakka entry] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookConvobat.jpg Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook entry]

''Megalligator'' [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/bd06.html Single Megalligator bio] [http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/bw/s01d.html Twopack Megalligator bio] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWDaihyakkaMegalligator.jpg Beast Wars Daihyakka entry] [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookMegalligator.jpg Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook entry]

Any light you can shed on their identities is well appreciated. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:56, 27 November 2008 (EST)
:I'm no expert (actually ran the texts through translators), but the 2-pack bios specifically mention that the characters are usually a trailer truck and a Walther P-38, respectively, but for this battle they take on the forms of a bat and an alligator. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:10, 27 November 2008 (EST)
::''Convobat''
::* Single-pack bio - No indication either way
::* Two-pack bio - Indicates he's usually a truck, but chose a bat form this time
::* Dai-hyakka entry - Indicates he rebuilt himself into a bat, which has much fewer weapons than his last form
::* Koushiki entry - Ditto

::''Megalligator''
::* Single-pack bio - Indicates the 'gator form is temporary
::* Two-pack bio - Says he evolved from a Walther gun and scanned a 'gator
::* Dai-hyakka entry - Indicates he rebuilt himself into an alligator, reducing his size by about half
::* Koushiki entry - Indicates this is another form of '''Beast Wars''' Megatron, consuming less energy over a long battle than a T. Rex body would

::It sounds to me like this was essentially the same as what happened Stateside: The early releases were written up as new forms for the G1 characters, but this was later ignored. The later write-ups indicate at least Megatron was the BW incarnation. While the later Convoy write-ups could go either way, Occam's Razor suggests that they refer to the BW version as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:48, 28 November 2008 (EST)
:::Sorry for the delayed response to this, Doug, but thank you for taking the time to look at these bios. It's nice to finally have a clear understanding of what the situation was over in Japan at the time. (It seems to me that there isn't a whole lot of English-language info on the Japanese dub of the first season of Beast Wars, in general...) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:04, 18 December 2008 (EST)
::::You're welcome, and I appreciate the response, belated or not. Eventually, we may be able to get more solid info on the Japanese dub of BW season 1, but it'll require a lot more common free time on the part of English-savvy Japanese fans and Japanese-savvy western fans...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 22:10, 18 December 2008 (EST)

== Anons and Minor edits ==

Asking anons to use the minor edit box is only going to confuse them, as it only shows up for registered users. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:00, 10 December 2008 (EST)
:Ah, I see. It's been so long since I've made any unregistered edits, I'd forgotten. Oh well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:07, 10 December 2008 (EST)

== Another Japanese check ==

Hey, again. Is "A Dream Is Born, Double Prime" a good translation of 夢のダブルコンボイ誕生? TX55 snuck in "The Birth of the Fantastic Double Convoy" as a more "proper translation". (It seems to me that it's "Birth of the Dream of Double Prime", but I'd prefer to run it by you first.) —[[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 18:41, 28 December 2008 (EST)
:TX55's version is actually more correct. "Dream" modifies "Double Convoy" in this sentence, so it's literally "the Double Convoy of dreams" or "the dreamed-of Double Convoy." TX55's phrasing represents a good interpretation, though it's possible to substitute "Prime" for "Convoy" depending on our standards for that sort of thing. Otherwise, I'd phrase it "Birth of the Fantastic Double Convoy", just knocking off the initial "The".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:50, 28 December 2008 (EST)
::Mind you I won't directly go against this if you feel this is better, but in the few years I've been learning Japanese I've never seen Yume used as anything but "dream"... As silly as it'd sound, wouldn't "Birth of the dreamy Double Convoy" or somesuch turn of phrase be better? Or perhaps "Birth of the dream's Double Convoy"? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:00, 28 December 2008 (EST)
:::That's more literal, but it doesn't flow in English. There's a phrase I've seen several times in anime titles and theme songs: 夢色, "yume-iro". It literally means "dream-colored", but translating it like that doesn't sound normal in English at all. It translates more like "dream-like" or "fantastic", with the proper phrasing depending far more on context than literal meaning. If we really want to include the word "dream" in the title, then "A Dream is Born: Double Prime/Convoy" would be the closest interpretation, but TX55's is still reasonable while flowing better in English.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 19:13, 28 December 2008 (EST)

Check me up? 制作現場直撃! ギャラクシーフォースはこうして作られた!! and トランスフォーマー開発秘話 at Galaxy Force Phase Ignition. I need more practice... --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:23, 16 January 2009 (EST)
:Danke! --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 03:15, 16 January 2009 (EST)

How awkward is "Administration for Special Diplomatic Agency" from "政府特別外交機関"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 15:19, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:I'd suggest "Governmental", "Federal" (or State or whatever government level is involved), or even "Official" (政府援助 means "Official Development Assistance") instead of "Administration for".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:52, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::Ah. That makes sense. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 18:02, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

I feel like such a ''baka deshi''... What's the exact difference between 演出 and 監督? ''Enshutsu'' I see in the ending credits, while ''kantoku'' I see in the opening. Enshutsu meaning director/producer over that particular episode, whereas kantoku would be director over the overall series? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 19:34, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
:No need to beat yourself up about it; I've been vague on the distinction myself. Checking Wikipedia Japan, at least in terms of theater, 演出(家) is like a stage director and (舞台)監督 like a stage manager. Once a performance actually begins, the stage manager sort of inherits/takes over the stage director's work. For the duration of the performance, s/he takes on the responsibility for maintaining the progress of the concepts and the play that the stage director provided.
:In TV animation, the 演出 can also be credited as 監督, as well as ディレクター or アニメーション・ディレクター, so that's not much help.
:An 演出's role in animation is like that of a film director, giving direction and supervision when the screenplay is converted into imagery. First, the 演出 digests the screenplay, dramatizing it if necessary, and then the storyboards are made based on the script. Even if there's a separate storyboard manager, it's normal for the 演出's intentions (and here the article switches to calling the job 監督) to come through strongly.
:Confusing the issue a bit further, there's a 作画監督 (Drawing/Art Supervisor?) who does the character designs and layout settings when there aren't specific, separate people there for the jobs, and the 美術監督 (Art Director), who does the art settings. The Drawing/Art Supervisor is responsible for the production of original art and animation, while the Art Director is responsible for the production of backgrounds. After that, as the production progresses through filming, special effects, sound recording and editing, the 演出(家) takes responsibility for the completion of those steps. In particular, (s)he takes an involved role in the editing and sound recording steps.
:For maintaining uniform quality on a TV series, you have チーフディレクター, シリーズディレクター and 総監督 (General Supervisor?), which has ''also'' come to be called just 監督 in recent years.
:So, uh...I'm not sure if that gives you what you need to know or not.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:52, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
::Urk. *goes crossed-eye* Well, that sorta clears things up a bit... Was asking because I was going over the credits for [[Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]] and [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Car Robots]] (and most likely the others, depends when/if I'm able to find the rest of [[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Legend]]), and trying to work out who did what. Manabu Ono is credited as 監督 in the opening credits for GF, while 演出 is shown alongside 脚本 and changes every episode in the ending credits — 武山篤 is 演出 in episode 50 for example. Same applies in CR with Osamu Sekita as 監督 — 筒井義明 and 加藤顕 as 演出 in episode 1 and then 関田修 as 演出 for the clip episodes. So, you could see my confusion in the first place. At least I have a better idea now. サンキュー, 先輩. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:33, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
:::In that case, it sounds like the titles are definitely reversed from the typical setup mentioned above, with one Supervising Director for the whole series and individual Directors/Producers for the episodes. Hurray for inconsistency.
:::Oh—and just to round out your collection:
:::*武山篤 - Atsushi Takeyama
:::*筒井義明 - Yoshiaki Tsutsui
:::*加藤顕 - Ken (or possibly Akira) Katō
:::*関田修 - Osamu Sekita
:::--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 10:30, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
::::Thanks! :) --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 11:40, 28 April 2009 (EDT)

== Sparkdash? ==

[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c313.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c313.html] 
[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c314.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c314.html] 
[http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c315.html http://megazarak.hp.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c315.html] 
I took a whack at Hotspark's bio... how far off would you say I was? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:10, 3 January 2009 (EST)
:You were very close. However, the Fire Skid attack hits enemies behind him, not in front.
:Here's what I have for the other two. Feel free to paraphrase and whatnot:
:'''Hardspark'''
:His super-heavy mass allows him to perform devastating body-blow attacks, but also makes it very difficult for him to change direction when in motion. His mass crushes his treads against the ground, sparking off flames for his Caterpillar Fire attack.

:'''Wildspark'''
:Capable of off-road maneuvers on a par with the Godmaster Ranger, Wildspark loves it loud! He amplifies the sound of his engine loud enough to make his enemies falter, allowing him the chance to attack. Using his Rolling Backfire attack, he circles his enemies, spitting intense flames out of his exhaust and melting them.

--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:31, 3 January 2009 (EST)
::Beauty. Thanks... nice to have these teeny dark corners of forgotten TFdom pulled into the light and cataloged. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 04:52, 3 January 2009 (EST)

== Thanks for the heads up ==

I'm going back and editing my less-than-stellar posts and trying to be less of a grammar schmuck in the future.-- [[User:Bearded Kid|Bearded Kid]]
:Always a pleasure to see contributors take constructive criticism properly. Keep up the good work!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:32, 6 January 2009 (EST)

== Translating the Omnibot bios ==

Monzo has put up links to the Japanese Omnibot bios, but as far as anybody knows, they've never been properly translated into English. Is there any chance we could get you to give it a shot? Thanks! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 18:54, 10 January 2009 (EST)
:I actually translated them years ago, but couldn't find them online, weirdly enough. I could've sworn they were on a.t.t. or Tony Li's web site or something. Thankfully, I had 'em on file at home:
::Doublechanger/Scout CAMSHAFT
::Function...Scout
::Transformation...Celica XX (Double-X), attack vehicle
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 180 km/h ·Top Output: 520 Hp
::::·Can transform into Celica and attack vehicle.
::Profile...Prides himself on being active on the leading edge of spy warfare with the Destrons. He is a little excitable, however, and sometimes makes mistakes in his intelligence activities. Even fellow Cybertrons acknowledge the superiority of his heavy weaponry.
::Weapon(s)...·Pulse Laser ·Hand Pulse Laser ·Rocket Launcher

::STR-6.5 | INT-9 | SPD-8 | END-8 | RNK-7 | CRG-7 | FRP-8 | SKL-6

::Doublechanger/Tracker DOWNSHIFT
::Function...Tracker
::Transformation...Savannah RX-7, armored vehicle
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 180 km/h ·Top Output...480 Hp
::::·Transforms into Savannah and armored vehicle.
::::·Uses target-pursuit systems to track Destrons.
::Profile...When performing spy activities, gets the idea that he is being spied upon in return. Though rather high-strung, will carry out orders faithfully and reliably. Has confidence in his super-hard body armor.
::Weapon(s)...·RX Missile Launcher

::STR-7 | INT-8 | SPD-8.5 | END-9 | RNK-7 | CRG-6 | FRP-5 | SKL-9

::Doublechanger/Commander OVERDRIVE
::Function...Commander
::Transformation...Ferrari BB, fighter plane
::Abilities...·Top Speed: 302 km/h (car mode), Mach 1.2 (fighter mode)
::::·Detects Destrons with sensors in his sunroof.
::::·Can transform into BB and fighter plane.
::Profile...Has presence of mind appropriate to a commander. Calm disposition makes him seem a little cool to teammates, but it conceals one of the foremost fighting spirits among the Cybertrons.
::Weapon(s)...·Twin Blaster ·BB Shot ·Pulse Laser

::STR-9 | INT-9.5 | SPD-9 | END-7 | RNK-9 | CRG-8 | FRP-7 | SKL-8
--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:51, 11 January 2009 (EST)
::Awesome, thank you. And just to clarify, "Downshift" and "Camshaft" are actually reversed from their American names, right? The vehicle descriptions seem to confirm that. - [[User: Jackpot | Jackpot ]] 16:27, 11 January 2009 (EST)

:::Correct.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:35, 11 January 2009 (EST)

== Please stop italicizing "Ark"! ==

In most continuities it is not italicized. I have been spending a good long time unitalicizing it! (The exception is IDW and Shattered Glass.) Thanks. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:26, 27 January 2009 (EST)
:I took our SOP to be that ship names, Ark included, were italicized. Since most comics lettering in the day didn't use italicized letters in a consistent fashion for ship names (that I'm aware of), I didn't place any particular weight on how the original material formatted the name. I also regard the lack of ship name italicization to be more oversight than official decision, at least based on what I encounter among my peers in the industry. But if the official word is "no", so be it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:45, 27 January 2009 (EST)

== Tenses ==

So comic/episode synopsises are in the present tense while fiction sections of characters are in past tense? Or what? You keep fixing my tenses and I would like to know the "rule" to have this no longer be an issue. [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 02:06, 14 February 2009 (EST)
:(Just because I'm here at the moment to answer...) Correct. Synopses are present tense, fiction sections past tense. You can find some other details here if it helps: [[Help:Example character article]] and [[Help:Style guide#Page-specific standards]] --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 02:43, 14 February 2009 (EST)
::Sorry, I've been busy since last night. Thanks for saying what I was going to say, Jeysie. (Oh, and for the record, Bluestreak7, the plural of "synopsis" is "synopses".)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:29, 14 February 2009 (EST)

== Devastator's line from the movie ==

I hate to argue with you on this, but I think the line was "prepare for EXtermination" Since I can't find my copy of Transformers: The Movie, I've had to use a poor replacement, a youtube clip for my argument. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtL-vssxQko) Since this is like trying to use Wikipedia on a term paper, so I'm not going to expect to be taking too seriously, and probably mocked. Anyway, sorry to bring this up, and argue about it. Cheers, [[User:SteamFan42|SteamFan42]] 11:38, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:I know the movie's lines by heart. He says "prepare for termination". Hell, even in the Youtube clip you can clearly hear him say "prepare for termination". --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:00, 19 February 2009 (EST)
::Funny, I clearly hear him say "extermination". -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 12:03, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::Yeah. Either way, it's not Devastation, since I think that's from AHM. The minor quandry is "Devastation" works better for the caption because it's a (crappy) toy of ROTF Devastator, yet we don't want to look like we don't know what we are talking about. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 12:27, 19 February 2009 (EST)
::I know the movie's lines by heart as well, and I've always heard "extermination." I stll hear it on the YouTube video while listening for "termination." I swear I hear some ess-sound from the x-t. Considering it's a small syllable difference I understand the two opposite thoughts. What does the script say? --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 12:32, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::Actually, listening to that clip, it DOES sound a bit like "extermination" now. In all the time I spent practicing MSTing the movie for BotCon performances, I was hearing "termination". I'm not sure how much my expectations are coloring the results, though, since I'm listening for "extermination" now. Well, if I have time to check my DVD at home soon that might help. On the whole, though, it's certainly one of the less important matters on the wiki.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:36, 19 February 2009 (EST)
:::I was expecting so much less to be said about this, and I'm surprised it has sharked so much debate. I found a few other clips on the 'tube, and the other clips still sound like "Extermination" to me. I need to find my DVD, but I'm in a different sate from it right now, which causes a bit of a problem. [[User:SteamFan42|SteamFan42]] 18:18, 19 February 2009 (EST)

== Wikia links ==

You don't have to take them out manually, we're going to automate it. 8000 pages is ''way'' too many to go through individually. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 14:39, 18 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks for the heads-up. Last I checked the Damage Control discussion, word was that it couldn't be automated. And since I couldn't do much for the recovery effort otherwise, I figured I'd start reducing the potential volume of Google caching of links back to Teletraan 1 ASAP. Well...NOW what do I do?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:03, 18 March 2009 (EDT)

==Omnibot Takara bio translations==
Hey, I'm restoring the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] pages right now, and I was using your translations of their bios as references. But they were posted here, and the conversations from that time are gone now. Could you re-post those bios? Thanks! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 00:34, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:Might as well restore the rest of the page while I'm at it...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:52, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::Excellent, thank you! - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 03:44, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== City of Fear covers ==

Thanks. Yes, I'm afraid I don't have all the covers yet to upload so some are placeholders. I bet I forgot the <nowiki>{{picsneeded}}</nowiki> tag didn't I? ;) --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 04:41, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

==Odd Japanese BW Guidebook Find==
Doug, I found this weird tidbit in the Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook... it's a section on American toys, but Lazorbeak is called "Terrorsaur" and seems to have a bio calling him an upgraded form of Terrorsaur with new powers. Weirder still, his name is spelled out te-ra-soo, rather than te-ra-za-u-raa (the standard katakana for his Japanese name) which further makes it seem like they're talking about the US guy.

[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff.jpg On Lazorbeak]

Have you ever heard of anything like this before? Warning, the image file is nearly 1mb... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:29, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:No problem, that's what DSL is for. :-)
:The section says it's using data from the foreign (that is, U.S.) versions, so I don't know where they're getting the name and info they have for Lazorbeak. As for the name, extrapolating a little, one could actually say they're calling him "Terrorsaw", as the name ends with the same kana as "Buzzsaw" does. That would be a similar homage to "Lazorbeak", as well as an added layer of wordplay to "Terrorsaur".
:The info also says that Retrax specializes in ambushing enemies, and that even though the sand of the desert where he lives is hard to walk on, he can move along the surface quickly when he rolls into a ball. Claw Jaw's essentially the same, except it specifies that he drags his enemies deep underwater and finishes them off. There's a little bit of review-type opinion at the end of each paragraph, too.
:So yeah, it looks like someone was just making up stuff, but I couldn't say more than that for sure.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:46, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

::''As for the name, extrapolating a little, one could actually say they're calling him "Terrorsaw", as the name ends with the same kana as "Buzzsaw" does. That would be a similar homage to "Lazorbeak", as well as an added layer of wordplay to "Terrorsaur".''
::That's not a bad thought, but since Retrax and Claw Jaw's names are unchanged, it would seem more likely to me they were just trying to transliterate the English pronounciation of "Terrorsaur"... hard to say for sure, I guess.

::For reference, I scanned the rest of the American-centric pages from the book, and it looks to me like they get the rest of the names correct; not sure about the bio info, though.

::[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff02.jpg Page 2]

::[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/JBW-AmericanStuff03.jpg Page 3]

::I think the Terrorsaur/Lazorbeak thing is definitely worth a footnote on their respective pages, but I'm not 100% clear on the details the bio is actually presenting. Would you be willing to do up a... "According to the foreign toys section of the Japanese ''Beast Wars Koushiki Guidebook'', Lazorbeak is really such-and-such"-type write-up for them? Or to perhaps do a fuller translation of the text in the future so that I might do it myself? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:52, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

:::''That's not a bad thought, but since Retrax and Claw Jaw's names are unchanged, it would seem more likely to me they were just trying to transliterate the English pronounciation of "Terrorsaur"... hard to say for sure, I guess.''
:::But then why would they not simply call him "Lazorbeak" if they're otherwise leaving the U.S.-market names unchanged?
:::Anyway, looking over all the pages, there's definitely some deviation from the U.S. material here and there, though it's mostly pretty faithful. I've started [[User:Apcog/Sandbox|a sandbox page]] for the translation.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:04, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::::Wow... thank you, Doug! I was honestly not expecting you to tackle the whole thing, or tackle it so soon; that was very kind of you.
::::Looking at the translated write-ups, the majority of them seem to be taken verbatim from their Hasbro bios {{m-}} even mentioning specific weapons, like Manterror's ion discs {{m-}} with, like you said, just a few small changes here and there (eg, US-Razorbeast never disobeying Primal, J-Razorbeast being prone to do so). That makes Terrorsaur/Terrorsaurer/Lazorbeak all the more strange!
::::I wonder if perhaps Lazorbeak being an upgraded Terrorsaur was an early Hasbro idea for the toy that was dropped before US release, but still got relayed to the writers of the Koushiki guidebook? Either that, or maybe the people doing the guidebook simply didn't get access to his finalized bio in time and had to make something up... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 02:26, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::Eh, took me about half an hour or so; it wasn't exactly text-heavy.
:::::Unfortunately, there's just no way to tell what brought about such a different bio for Lazorsaur/Terrorbeak/what's-his-face, not without talking personally to whoever put that page together and said person actually remembering.
:::::By the way, why do you keep referring to the guide by the term "Koushiki" instead of the English equivalent? Or has it never been translated for you? I haven't seen the cover, but I'm guessing it's 公式, meaning "official".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:49, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

::::::''By the way, why do you keep referring to the guide by the term "Koushiki" instead of the English equivalent?''

::::::Oh. It, uh... had not occurred to me to try looking the term up. Eheh.

::::::([http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/BWKoushikiGuidebookCover.jpg Here] is the book's cover, whose title it looks you got spot on.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 07:52, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Ooh, I own that! (The Rattrap omake on the last page makes me lol.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:29, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
==Translatey-type question==
Hey doug-e-fresh, I was just wondering whether or not [http://emopanda.com/tmp/lioconvoyineminentdomain.jpg this summary] of the BW2 Movie says anything about the origins of the teleporter. I thought maybe you could squint a bit at the text near that sphere-thing and see if it looks promising. (No need for a proper translation if it's not.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:29, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
:The text by the sphere is just about the control unit that unlocks the teleport gate. The text about the gate itself says it was built into a spaceship that crashed on Gaia, but nothing more detailed about its origin than that.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:19, 2 May 2009 (EDT)

==Japanese name game==

I'm drawing blanks on 金玉零, 三泥無成, and 北爪史示 — 北爪 I do know is "Kitazume". 三泥 I'm guessing is "Sandoro"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:13, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
:金玉零 - I'm getting nothing on this one either. At an educated guess, based on standard pronunciations available at online dictionaries, I'd say Rei Kanetama, but I can't guarantee it.
:三泥無成 - I find more credits for this one, but unlike 金玉零, I can't locate even standard pronunciations for the name compounds. The last name could be "Midoro", "Sandoro", or something else if his folks gave him a nonstandard name reading. I wouldn't want to fathom a guess just yet.
:北爪史示 - 北爪 is definitely Kitazume, but I'm not getting anything for the first name.
:I'll try to dig out my name dictionary when I get home and see if it can provide what online sources can't.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:58, 3 May 2009 (EDT)
::Thanks. Was trying [http://www.ctk.ne.jp/~kai-6344/index.html this site] and [http://www.allcinema.net/ allcinema], but nada from either of them. 史示 I currently have tentatively as "Fumiji". --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 02:47, 3 May 2009 (EDT)

== Another Japanese name ==

Any help [[Talk:Cobybot|here]]?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 15:02, 10 June 2009 (EDT)

== Thank you for the tip ==

Thanks for the tip on article writing. [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 12:02, 4 September 2009 (EDT)
:Happy to help. Use it in good health!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:03, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

== A name I can't translate ==

This is Spengs. I'm having trouble deciphering a kanji in a person's name and I was hoping you might be able to help me out. It's the writer for the [[Asterisk Story|Binaltech Asterisk (online comic)]]. If you go [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta.html Here] and load any of the comics, at the bottom right corner of the last page they list the artist and writer. The artist's name I could read (Naoto Tsushima), but I can't make out the second symbol in the writer's familial name. It's "Masato Taka___". I broke out my kanji fastfinder but I couldn't find anything that looked like the symbol in there, and that thing's so small I could barely recognize it, anyway. So if you could find the time, I'd be grateful! '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
:Takahashi.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:17, 22 October 2009 (EDT)
::Thank you, sir. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''

==And another one==

I have a lot of trouble with names, admittedly. If you could be so kind as to help me with this guy's:

[[Image:Autosanrin.jpg|100px]]

Name of the kid who created [[Autosanrin (G1)|Autosanrin]], there. Thanks, man. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 15:24, 8 December 2009 (EST)

:Wow, sorry I didn't respond sooner, but I never got notice of your post here in my email.
:The name's either Toshifumi Yamashina or Toshifumi Yamaka, though from the usage I find, I believe it's the former. (There's a Yamashina Station, in Kyoto, for instance.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:43, 17 December 2009 (EST)
::Thanks, man. I had gone with Yamaka, myself, but doing a search I can see that Yamashina is more widespread. And what was really killing me was the character after "Toshi". Appreciate the assist! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 10:53, 17 December 2009 (EST)

== Unprotection ==

You know, I'd nearly forgotten you'd protected my [[User talk:Jeysie|Talk page]]. I think it's probably safe to unprotect it at this point (as I go off to find some wood to knock on). --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 16:50, 17 January 2010 (EST)
:Hey, your page, your risk if you want to take it. It can always be re-protected if need be.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 07:55, 18 January 2010 (EST)
::I like helping the newbies if they need it, so no point in locking them out when I don't need to. Thankee! --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 09:49, 18 January 2010 (EST)

== Heya ==

Doug, can you [[Talk:Transformers Hall of Fame|help me with this?]] Thanks. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:13, 10 May 2010 (EDT)

==Minor translation==
How would you translate "スクランブルシティ発動編", the full name of the [[Scramble City (episode)|Scramble City episode]]? It's been bugging me that the article isn't at the full title, but I don't want to stake a kinda major page move on my own halfassed translation. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:16, 14 June 2010 (EDT)
:"Scramble City Invoke Chapter"? "Scramble City Operation Chapter"? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 01:31, 15 June 2010 (EDT)
::Sorry, been busy for a few weeks. I'd suggest "Scramble City: Activation" or "Scramble City: Mobilization". The "chapter" can be omitted, as the equivalent kanji essentially functions like the colon does in the translation.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:45, 24 June 2010 (EDT)

== Browning ==
Thanks for catching and correcting my editing errors on [[Browning]]! - [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] 23:55, 10 July 2010 (EDT)
:Sure thing. Some clean-up will inevitably be required for everyone, myself included. Just be careful as you edit articles, and use clean-up examples as learning opportunities if necessary.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:13, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

==EZ Thundercracker==
Doug, I have no idea what stores EZ Collection Thundercracker Clear Blue Ver is sold at. [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/event/tfa_summer.html Heeelp?] --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:04, 16 July 2010 (EDT)
:Any toy stores for Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo, Bic Camera, Midori Electrical and Yodobashi Camera. (The implication is that not all of these chains' stores sell toys.) It turns out Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo and Midori are all subsidiaries of [http://www.edion.co.jp/english/index.html Edion Corporation].

:Bonus info, just in case:
:*Clear purple Skywarp is a TRU exclusive
:*Clear orange Sunstorm is being sold through Amazon Japan and some Yamada Electronics stores
:*Clear white Ramjet is exclusive to Ito Yokado
:*Black Starscream clone is exclusive to Jusco

:Everything except the black clone is free to anyone buying ¥3000 or more (tax included) of ''Animated'' figures at the respective stores involved, from July 24 until supplies run out. The Jusco exclusive requires the purchase of TA27 Ultra Magnus, and will be available from August 6 until supplies run out.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:15, 16 July 2010 (EDT)
::Thanks a bunch, Doug! I've made the appropriate edits using this information.
::By the way, have you seen [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/lifestyle/1005/index.html these]? I made an inquiry about them [[Talk:Otoboto_family|here]]. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:03, 17 July 2010 (EDT)
:::I still have some uses. :-)
:::No, I hadn't seen those before. I'll take a look and comment on the appropriate page.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:01, 19 July 2010 (EDT)

==Thanks==
I meant to post this earlier, but thank you for going over my sandboxed page for Japanese commercials. There were more minor issues and awkward phrasing than I thought. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 01:57, 20 July 2010 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome. I figured that since you'd gone to all the trouble to prep the page in a sandbox, it was better to catch any problems before the page went "live".--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:28, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

== Big general thanks ==

Hi Doug!

Just wanted to give you a big thank you for all the minor improvements, proofreading and similar stuff you're doing. Proofreaders simply don't get enough credit.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 17:12, 25 August 2010 (EDT)
:You're quite welcome, and I appreciate the sentiment. I wish I could do a greater amount of more substantial work too, but my wiki time tends to be more and more erratic recently.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 13:41, 26 August 2010 (EDT)

==[GAME] Why Ask Why? Why Say "Tatakai"?==
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/6b36d6c6a7d1076b/413a18dbd524c647?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Transformers+Tatakai%22+group:alt.toys.transformers#413a18dbd524c647

Doctor Sigma, a Japanese TF fan, recently(ish) sent me this same question. From my research, it seems the name "Transformers Tatakai" originated from this news posting ( http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-tatakai-video-game/699/ ), which states the title was found in the Babbages computer system. A posting on TFormers ( http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=1566&mode=flat ) said the game was mentioned in PlayStation Magazine as coming out in the US, but it doesn't say what title PlayStation Magazine actually used for the game, so we don't know whether or not it was legitimately going to be called "Transformers Tatakai".

Personally, that the original posting stated that the game was going to come out June 3rd in the US when it wasn't released in Japan until October 30th casts a pallor of suspicion over the entire thing for me. But, uh, at least Ichikawa-san will finally get his answer, more-or-less...

(To make this whole exchange less weird: I ran into your old newsgroup post while trying to come up with an answer for Doctor Sigma.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:25, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
:I remember Dr. Sigma. I sent him the Japanese tech spec text for the Omnibots years ago, as those were some of the few he was missing from his G1 specs web site at the time. Haven't spoken with him in ages.
:So, is this just an FYI of sorts, or am I overlooking any question you're asking me?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:11, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
::Oh, I didn't have a question for you, no. I just thought Ichikawa might be amused to get an answer to his "why does the American fandom call the G1 PS2 game Transformers Tatakai?" question, uh, six-ish years after having first asked it. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 18:26, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
:::Haven't been in touch with him for a while, either, or vice-versa. Well, I guess I can see if he remembers. Thanks!--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:32, 1 September 2010 (EDT)

== Help with info on G-2 ==
I've been working on making a [[User:Tigerpaw28/Sandbox|page for the Japanese Generation 2 toyline]], since A.)We need it for the Wiki anyway and B)I can't readily find much info on the line so I would guess others are having the same problem. I managed to finally track down some info at Snakas' page which is in Japanese. Google Translate helped, but of course its translations aren't perfect. Would you be able to take a quick look at [http://snakas.web.infoseek.co.jp/generations/gen2/gen2.htm these] [http://snakas.web.infoseek.co.jp/generations/gen2/gobots_jp.htm pages] and see if I'm interpreting the translations correctly? I'm particularly curious about the "Division Seven" of Takara (sounds like it would be roughly equivalent to the US [[Market six]]), Dreadwing's function (Can't quite tell what the non-parentheses part is), and the cardbacks for the Go-Bots (I think it says there were two types of cardbacks?). --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:33, 18 September 2010 (EDT)
:From the first page:

::''Starting in '92, full-blown domestic development resumed for the first time in three years. Sales promo development for this series was conducted by using film animation edited together with the full-CG portions of commercials broadcast in the U.S. as its main visuals. In addition, comics starring the various characters were printed on the reverse side of the instruction sheets for the products in this series, supplementing the story aspect.

::''For the products sold in Japan, they resultantly chose only highly posable items from among the "Transformers Generation 2" product line sold overseas. As toys, these had a high level of completeness, and their prices were set extraordinarily low (for the time), but even so, domestic development of G2 ended after only half a year.

::''Further more, the "Go-Bots" listed at the bottom of the page were not included in the regular lineup, '''but were sold by Takara's affiliate company, Seven.'''

::''The official position listings in the list are written in parentheses, but these are based on the conclusion that the "aliases" given in the character data on the packages are not their normal functions. In fact, there are even products that show "function" and "alias" side by side. '''(Dreadwing's function is "Aerial Bombing Officer", while his alias is "Covert Bombing Specialist".)'''

:From the second page:

::''These are the domestic specs for the "Go-Bots", which were released overseas in 1995. '''They were sold through Takara's Seven division''' in late 1995, but apparently, they were primarily sold through routes that treated them as peg-displayed toys in supermarkets and convenience stores, rather than through the usual toy distribution routes.

::''The packaging was blister card style, as it was overseas. '''The printing on the front was left in English, exactly the same as the overseas product, with Japanese-language stickers applied on some portions. However, the card backs were entirely new, made for the Japanese market.'''

::''Overseas, each of the six vehicle types had 2-3 color variants sold as different characters, but for the domestic market, they chose three characters, and changes were made to the molds and such.

:I think that covers your initial questions, anyway.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:13, 19 September 2010 (EDT)

::Yes, it does! Thank you very much sir. It also prompts a few new ones. Does "sales promo development", refer to commercials or a cartoon? If cartoon, is this suggesting that the G2 cartoon aired in Japan? If it refers to Japanese commercials, why haven't they surfaced so far? These are just musings on the subject but if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:57, 22 September 2010 (EDT)

== Omega Supreme (Prime) ==

Oh, believe me, there're more references: [[Lens]] --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 16:39, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

== Finally got around to continue working on the "Engrish" article sandbox version ==

Any comments on [[User talk:Nevermore/Sandbox/Engrish#G1 Hook|this]]?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 10:45, 19 October 2010 (EDT)

==Wyatt==
Hey, Doug. Derrick Wyatt says that he misses you. Maybe drop a line on his blog? (I don't know if you have his email...) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:21, 28 October 2010 (EDT)
:Seriously? How flattering. Don't have his email, but I'll drop a line on his blog and see what he says, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:15, 30 October 2010 (EDT)

== This might interest you ==

[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74135] I already asked about "Gren". Anything you'd like to know?-[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 06:25, 10 November 2010 (EST)

== Just a quick thank-you ==

Hey, Apcog, thanks for fixing my typo on the Headmasters section of g1 Wheelie, and not reverting it back to the old version after all my petty, minor, insignificant changes I am so proud of. [[User:Solaris Prime|Solaris Prime]] 20:22, 25 February 2011 (EST)

==Translation help==
Hey, I'm planning to make stub pages for the e-mail ''United'' story, and I was wondering if you could correct my translations.

*大宇宙の探求者 — either "Exploration of the Universe" or "Explorers of the Universe"
**希望は塵（ごみ）山の中に — "Hope in the Junk Mountains"
**スクラップ惑星の贈り物 — "Gift of the Scrap Planet"
**悠久の戦い — "Eternal Battle"
**奪われた宝 — "Stolen Treasure"
**永劫の瞬間 — "Moment of Eternity"
**動きだす時 — dunno
**抗う者達 — "Those Who Resist"

Context, if you need it, is at the [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75565 Allspark thread]. Thank you in advance! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:31, 25 February 2011 (EST)
:大宇宙の探求者 = "Explorers of the Universe" The final kanji indicates it's referring to a person or people, as you see in the last title.
:動きだす時 = "Time Starts to Move"
:Everything else looks good.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:14, 25 February 2011 (EST)
::Again, thanks. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:47, 25 February 2011 (EST)

Another set of titles, this time the "Asterisc {{sic}} Story".
*猫と勲童 ("Cat and Meritorious Deed (involving a) Child") [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-01.html]
*?い景色教えます (I can't find the first kanji for this one.) [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-02.html]
*世界初!? 災害救助力一 ("World's First!? One-power Disaster Relief") [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bt/bta-03.html]
Any suggestions for how to phrase the first title in English? You can zoom in if the Kanji isn't clear. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:39, 3 March 2011 (EST)
: Part one is 猫と勲章 ("The Cat and the Medal") Note the difference at the bottom of the third kanji.
: Part two is 良い景色教えます ("I'll Show You Some Great Scenery")
: Part three would be "The World's First Disaster Relief Car!?"--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:47, 3 March 2011 (EST)
::Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:03, 3 March 2011 (EST)

Do you, by any chance, have the kana for the original title of "[[The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!]]"? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:32, 10 April 2011 (EDT)
:I'll have to see if it's on one of my old backup CDs. I originally got the images from Jason at CosmicRust.com, but I don't know if I saved them, and the site's been defunct for a while. Internet Wayback didn't preserve images on the Micromaster story page, either. I've tried doing some searches in Japanese, but without knowing the exact words I need (besides ランドクロス and マイクロマスター), I'm not getting any useful results.
:I suspect it's something like "ランドクロスの合体陣の脅威", but I don't want to provide an inaccurate guess.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:05, 10 April 2011 (EDT)
::Ah-ha! Found it! "ランドクロス脅威の合体フォーメーション！" Can't believe I actually had the sense to hang on to that file...--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:03, 11 April 2011 (EDT)
:::Again, much thanks. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:31, 11 April 2011 (EDT)

==Vandal==
Please block [[User:63.133.232.1]]. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:42, 8 March 2011 (EST)

==Fumihiko==
Hey, Doug? Do you have an email for Fumihiko that's newer than his "@tmd.ac.jp" one? I tried writing to him to see if he's okay, given the recent events in Japan, but it bounced. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:20, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:I've been in touch with him, and he's okay, thankfully. As of Monday (our time), he and his wife were stuck at his office, since the trains were down, but they were unhurt and had food, power and shelter, at least.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:59, 15 March 2011 (EDT)
::re: your message on my talk page, I, uh, don't actually remember what your email address is. Mine hasn't changed, though! --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 09:09, 9 April 2011 (EDT)
:::Er, I don't recall yours offhand either. Guess I can check your posts on Google Groups, if nothing else. At any rate, I heard from Fumihiko twice in the first week after the tsunami, but not since.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:19, 10 April 2011 (EDT)

== Merci ==

Thank you for catching my spelling error. [[User:JW|JW]] 10:47, 21 April 2011 (EDT)
:De nada.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 12:35, 21 April 2011 (EDT)

==G1 GoBots==
Doug, I seem to remember an ATT posting by you that discussed Ichikawa's involvement in the decos of the G1 GoBots. However, so far I have been unable to dig it up. Can you recall the specifics, or perhaps write to him about them? I'd like to either remove the speculation on [[Small_Foot#Notes|these]] [[Road_Ranger#Notes|pages]] about the Ladybird connection or get it confirmed (though as to the latter I'd be more likely expect you to confirm, I don't know, that you're really some kind of ambulatory credenza.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 07:12, 15 August 2011 (EDT)
:I recall he wrote the bios, but I don't believe he had anything to do with the decos.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:42, 27 August 2011 (EDT)

==Chatbox activation==
Mr. Admin wikis recently got Chat boxes. Maybe you can activate one on your wiki? {{unsigned|Sound Blster 3189|21:25, 20 August 2011}}
:There are plenty of forums and chats for Transformers. Go to one of them. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:29, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
::Sorry, i didnt know and i only wrote this cause i noticed most wikis have chat boxes. {{unsigned|Sound Blster 3189|16:06, 22 August 2011}}
:::Our particular wiki doesn't include any chat boxes in its design. As Interrobang indicated, we encourage those who want to chat to go to more appropriate web sites/forums. Regardless, even if we wanted to include chat boxes here, I'm not a wiki programmer, so I wouldn't be the one to ask about it.
:::Oh, and please don't forget to sign your Talk page posts, thanks.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:42, 27 August 2011 (EDT)

==Translation check==
Hey, Apcog. I was wondering if—if you have the time—you could do some checking on my ''[[Robot Masters (online manga)|Robot Masters]]'' issue summaries based on the text portions that can be found [[User:Lonegamer78/Sandbox#Robot_Masters_online_comic_text_portions|here]]. Most are pretty generic plots, but I'm concerned about #7: "[[Defend the Solitarium!]]". I think I got the gist of it, but I'm not fully confident of the fine points regarding Chaar and solitarium.

That aside, did you find out anything new about [[Dross]] and [[Trius]] from the source I gave you? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:47, 2 September 2011 (EDT)

:I went through #7's source text and revised the summary accordingly. It'll take me a bit to get to the rest.
:I'd forgotten all about the Dross and Trius business, I'm sorry to say. I'll have to check that info as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:45, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
::You are awesome, as always. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:07, 6 September 2011 (EDT)
Check on the [[Talk:Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|''Beast Wars II'' issue titles]], por favor. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:21, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
:Si, señor.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 20:36, 23 September 2011 (EDT)
::Gracias! Oh, while you're around, do you have any idea what the "Dekajira" (デカジラ) in [[Galvatron Dekazura Tank|Galatron Dekajira Tank]] means? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:51, 23 September 2011 (EDT)
:::I suspect it's supposed to be Dekadzura (デカヅラ), meaning "big head/face". "Tsura" is an old-fashioned, somewhat derogatory or vulgar word for "face", something akin to "mug", as in "ugly mug" or "mug shot". I don't get hits for either spelling paired with 戦車 on Google, though. Perhaps the term didn't catch a lot of attention.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 11:11, 26 September 2011 (EDT)
::::Ah, that makes sense. Thank you! [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:24, 26 September 2011 (EDT)
Translation for 水の静宝? Still Water Treasure? Calm Treasure of Water? [http://homepage3.nifty.com/redalert/toybox/tf/HM/BF/BFStory02.html Context, if you need it.] [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:10, 16 October 2011 (EDT)
:The text mentions the Gems of Stillness and Motion (静宝と動宝). Well, "treasures", but it also says the Water Treasure of Stillness is one of the Water Gems (水の宝玉), so I think a little leeway can be excused. tl;dr: Water Gem/Jewel of Stillness.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:41, 16 October 2011 (EDT)

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2011-10-10T05:05:15Z

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One Shall Rise, Part 2

2011-10-10T04:53:42Z

Apcog: /* Notes */ Clean-up

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 25
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 3
|image=OneShallRise2-shake.jpg
|caption=One shall stand, one shall...also stand.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 2"
|airdate=[[October 8]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots team up with a surprising ally to save the Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OneShallRise2-bigdude.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Sure, he doesn't look quite planet-size here, but he's really [[:Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|not all that much smaller]] than he was in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].]]
[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] is battling a small army of [[Unicron|Unicrons]] made from mountain rocks. Team Prime wishes to back him up, but Optimus belays the order, for as Prime, he is the one Unicron is after. Team Prime, against his orders, decide to reinforce him anyway, and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrive to the area by [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is angry that they disobeyed him, but Arcee reminds him that since he is Unicron's target, he should retreat back to base. Optimus tells them that Unicron can find him anywhere, so even if he hid at the base, it would only be a matter of time before the Chaos Bringer located him. Arcee then asks him to let them take the lead, which he allows. They fight the stone simulacra until a giant Unicron rises from the ground and comes close to killing Optimus, only to be felled when several blasts knock its head off. [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] reveals himself to have fired those shots.

After Optimus and Megatron engage in their usual archnemesis banter, Megatron reveals the reason he's there: He wants to team up with the Autobots to destroy Unicron. The Autobots question this truce, but Megatron assures them that he is the only one who can lead them to Unicron and that Optimus, the last Prime, is the only one who can defeat him. Optimus deduces that since Unicron is at the center of the planet, they will have to GroundBridge to the Earth's core, much to Ratchet's dismay. This also means that they will need to GroundBridge Megatron to the base.

Back on the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Airachnid]] tells [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] that it Megatron's protracted absence indicates he has abandoned them, and that they should begin looking at a future without him.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-Ratchethumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is as close to the action as any of them are going to get.]]

Listening back at base, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders if they can't just transport Unicron out of the core, but [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] tell him that he '''is''' the Earth's core, so any such act could bring the destruction they're trying to avoid. Optimus agrees and believes that the only way to destroy Unicron is for him to unleash the full power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] onto Unicron's spark. Ratchet explains to Fowler and Jack that the Matrix is the combined power of all the Primes and that it exists within Optimus Prime himself.

Before they can discuss any further, another giant Unicron rise from the ground. Optimus calls for a GroundBridge, and Megatron stays behind to distract Unicron while the Autobots go back to their headquarters. They argue about the details of Megatron coming to base and finally decide to bridge him there. Jack wonders what will happen to Optimus when he unleashes the power of the Matrix; Optimus does not give him a direct answer, but tells them that he is willing to do what is needed and that the rest of the Autobots will carry on. Optimus then calls in Megatron, and the Decepticon finishes off Unicron's rock giant and transports to the Autobot base. After Megatron banters with the Autobots and the humans, everything is set for them to leave. But before they go, Optimus meets privately with Jack to express how impressed he is with how much Jack has grown since they first met. Optimus entrusts him with the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] that he claims controls the GroundBridge operations until he returns.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-inside.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Unicron]]'s Inside Story.]]Team Prime and Megatron leave for the core, arriving in a cavernous interior with crisscrossing constructs. Arcee wonders how long it will be before Unicron discovers them. Megatron tells her that he already knows. Unbeknownst to them, a giant optic watches overhead.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 3|To Be Concluded...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Airachnid]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus! Have you uncovered any further sign of Unicron's emergence?" 
'''"Unicron is power incarnate, and you, the last of the Primes, shall perish!"''' 
"I take that as a yes."
:—'''Ratchet''' finds out that '''Unicron''' has awakened

"The last time we met, you were desperately seeking to extinguish my spark." 
"That option remains very much in play."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' talk about the good times.

''(GroundBridge opens up next to Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee)'' 
"Wait. We're opening up a direct path into our base with Megatron standing right there?!" 
"And seriously, he's gonna risk his own spark to save us?" 
"(Laughter) Hardly my nature!"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Bulkhead''' doubt '''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s motives, which he finds amusing.

"It appears our leader has abandoned us while this world erupts in chaos. I believe we must consider the possibility of a future without Megatron."
:—'''Airachnid''' fills the quota for scheming in Starscream's absence.

"So this is where the magic happens. Quaint."
:—'''Megatron''' enters the Autobot base.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Raf runs out to confront Megatron in the Autobot base, Arcee puts herself between the humans and the Decepticon leader to keep the humans from harm. However, when Jack and the rest are walking back a few screen cuts later, we see Megatron behind Jack, but no Arcee standing between them.
*Optimus is the last one to enter GroundBridge to go into Unicron, yet is the first Autobot to appear behind Megatron when they exit the portal.
*When Unicron's head is suddenly destroyed, Ratchet asks what happened. Megatron then answers "I happened," as if he could hear Ratchet through Arcee's comm link frequency, even though it's an isolated signal that only she (or the Autobots in general) should be able to hear.

===Continuity notes===
*Ratchet comments that making a GroundBridge happen in space and a moving train is hard enough, recalling "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
*Megatron still remembers Jack's face from "[[Rock Bottom]]", tThough he has yet to "share the details of [their] little conversation" with Optimus, as he claimed he would.
*Raf hasn't forgotten what Megatron did to him in "[[One Shall Fall]]".
*Miko comments on how she is the only one out of the three kids to have not seen Megatron before this episode. And once again, she displays her complete and utter lack of fear and rational thought by threatening Megatron to his face.
*Optimus being impressed with Jack's growth is similar to what Ratchet said about Jack back in "One Shall Fall".

===Transformers references===
*The [[Matrix of Leadership]] can harm Unicron, echoing ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. (This time around, however, they actually bother to explain the "how" and "why" of the issue.)
*Arcee mentions how Megatron's actions in the war destroyed Cybertron. Whilst this may be true across other continuities to varying degrees, in the [[Aligned continuity family]], Megatron ''is'' specifically the one who corrupted the [[Core]] with Dark Energon, causing the planet to shut down and become uninhabitable.

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 3]], 2011, ahead of its American showing.
*As in previous episodes, Megatron makes no effort to ascertain [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s fate despite believing that the Autobots captured him back in "[[Partners]]". Considering he is in the Autobot base in this episode, one would think he'd at least be curious where they're keeping him...unless he's changed his mind off-screen.
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 2

2011-10-10T04:49:48Z

Apcog: /* Quotes */ Tightening up descriptions

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 25
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 3
|image=OneShallRise2-shake.jpg
|caption=One shall stand, one shall...also stand.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 2"
|airdate=[[October 8]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots team up with a surprising ally to save the Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OneShallRise2-bigdude.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Sure, he doesn't look quite planet-size here, but he's really [[:Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|not all that much smaller]] than he was in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].]]
[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] is battling a small army of [[Unicron|Unicrons]] made from mountain rocks. Team Prime wishes to back him up, but Optimus belays the order, for as Prime, he is the one Unicron is after. Team Prime, against his orders, decide to reinforce him anyway, and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrive to the area by [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is angry that they disobeyed him, but Arcee reminds him that since he is Unicron's target, he should retreat back to base. Optimus tells them that Unicron can find him anywhere, so even if he hid at the base, it would only be a matter of time before the Chaos Bringer located him. Arcee then asks him to let them take the lead, which he allows. They fight the stone simulacra until a giant Unicron rises from the ground and comes close to killing Optimus, only to be felled when several blasts knock its head off. [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] reveals himself to have fired those shots.

After Optimus and Megatron engage in their usual archnemesis banter, Megatron reveals the reason he's there: He wants to team up with the Autobots to destroy Unicron. The Autobots question this truce, but Megatron assures them that he is the only one who can lead them to Unicron and that Optimus, the last Prime, is the only one who can defeat him. Optimus deduces that since Unicron is at the center of the planet, they will have to GroundBridge to the Earth's core, much to Ratchet's dismay. This also means that they will need to GroundBridge Megatron to the base.

Back on the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Airachnid]] tells [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] that it Megatron's protracted absence indicates he has abandoned them, and that they should begin looking at a future without him.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-Ratchethumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is as close to the action as any of them are going to get.]]

Listening back at base, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders if they can't just transport Unicron out of the core, but [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] tell him that he '''is''' the Earth's core, so any such act could bring the destruction they're trying to avoid. Optimus agrees and believes that the only way to destroy Unicron is for him to unleash the full power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] onto Unicron's spark. Ratchet explains to Fowler and Jack that the Matrix is the combined power of all the Primes and that it exists within Optimus Prime himself.

Before they can discuss any further, another giant Unicron rise from the ground. Optimus calls for a GroundBridge, and Megatron stays behind to distract Unicron while the Autobots go back to their headquarters. They argue about the details of Megatron coming to base and finally decide to bridge him there. Jack wonders what will happen to Optimus when he unleashes the power of the Matrix; Optimus does not give him a direct answer, but tells them that he is willing to do what is needed and that the rest of the Autobots will carry on. Optimus then calls in Megatron, and the Decepticon finishes off Unicron's rock giant and transports to the Autobot base. After Megatron banters with the Autobots and the humans, everything is set for them to leave. But before they go, Optimus meets privately with Jack to express how impressed he is with how much Jack has grown since they first met. Optimus entrusts him with the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] that he claims controls the GroundBridge operations until he returns.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-inside.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Unicron]]'s Inside Story.]]Team Prime and Megatron leave for the core, arriving in a cavernous interior with crisscrossing constructs. Arcee wonders how long it will be before Unicron discovers them. Megatron tells her that he already knows. Unbeknownst to them, a giant optic watches overhead.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 3|To Be Concluded...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Airachnid]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus! Have you uncovered any further sign of Unicron's emergence?" 
'''"Unicron is power incarnate, and you, the last of the Primes, shall perish!"''' 
"I take that as a yes."
:—'''Ratchet''' finds out that '''Unicron''' has awakened

"The last time we met, you were desperately seeking to extinguish my spark." 
"That option remains very much in play."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' talk about the good times.

''(GroundBridge opens up next to Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee)'' 
"Wait. We're opening up a direct path into our base with Megatron standing right there?!" 
"And seriously, he's gonna risk his own spark to save us?" 
"(Laughter) Hardly my nature!"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Bulkhead''' doubt '''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s motives, which he finds amusing.

"It appears our leader has abandoned us while this world erupts in chaos. I believe we must consider the possibility of a future without Megatron."
:—'''Airachnid''' fills the quota for scheming in Starscream's absence.

"So this is where the magic happens. Quaint."
:—'''Megatron''' enters the Autobot base.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Raf runs out to confront Megatron in the Autobot base, Arcee puts herself between the humans and the Decepticon leader to keep the latter from possibly harming the former. However, a few screen cuts later when Jack and the rest are walking back, we see Megatron behind Jack, but no Arcee standing between them.
*When using the Ground Bridge to go into Unicron, Optimus is the last one to enter the Ground Bridge, yet is the first Autobot to appear behind Megatron when they get out of the Ground Bridge.
*When Unicron's head is suddenly destroyed, Ratchet asks what happened. Megatron then answers "I happened," as if he could hear Ratchet through Arcee's COM link frequency, even though it's an isolated signal that only she (or the Autobots in general) should be able to hear.

===Continuity notes===
*Ratchet comments that making a GroundBridge happen in space and a moving train is hard enough, recalling "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
*Megatron still remembers Jack's face from "[[Rock Bottom]]". Though he still has yet to "share the details of their little conversation" with Optimus as he claimed he would.
*Raf hasn't forgotten what Megatron did to him in "[[One Shall Fall]]".
*Miko comments on how she is the only one out of the three kids to have not seen Megatron before this episode. And once again displays her complete and utter lack of fear and rational thought by threatening Megatron to his face.
*Optimus being impressed with Jack's growth is similar to what Ratchet said about Jack back in "One Shall Fall".

===Transformers references===
*The [[Matrix of Leadership]] can harm Unicron, echoing ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (although, this time around, they actually bother to explain the "how" and "why" of the issue).
*Arcee mentions how Megatron's actions in the war destroyed Cybertron. Whilst this may be true across other continuities to varying degrees, in the [[Aligned continuity family]], Megatron ''is'' specifically the one who corrupted the [[Core]] with Dark Energon, causing the planet to shut down and become uninhabitable.

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 3]], 2011, ahead of its American showing.
*As in previous episodes, Megatron makes no effort to ascertain [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s fate despite believing that the Autobots captured him back in "[[Partners]]". Considering he is in the Autobot base in this episode, one would think he'd at least be curious where they're keeping him... unless he's changed his mind off screen.
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 2

2011-10-10T04:47:45Z

Apcog: /* Synopsis */ Clean-up

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 25
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 3
|image=OneShallRise2-shake.jpg
|caption=One shall stand, one shall...also stand.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 2"
|airdate=[[October 8]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots team up with a surprising ally to save the Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OneShallRise2-bigdude.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Sure, he doesn't look quite planet-size here, but he's really [[:Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|not all that much smaller]] than he was in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].]]
[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] is battling a small army of [[Unicron|Unicrons]] made from mountain rocks. Team Prime wishes to back him up, but Optimus belays the order, for as Prime, he is the one Unicron is after. Team Prime, against his orders, decide to reinforce him anyway, and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrive to the area by [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is angry that they disobeyed him, but Arcee reminds him that since he is Unicron's target, he should retreat back to base. Optimus tells them that Unicron can find him anywhere, so even if he hid at the base, it would only be a matter of time before the Chaos Bringer located him. Arcee then asks him to let them take the lead, which he allows. They fight the stone simulacra until a giant Unicron rises from the ground and comes close to killing Optimus, only to be felled when several blasts knock its head off. [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] reveals himself to have fired those shots.

After Optimus and Megatron engage in their usual archnemesis banter, Megatron reveals the reason he's there: He wants to team up with the Autobots to destroy Unicron. The Autobots question this truce, but Megatron assures them that he is the only one who can lead them to Unicron and that Optimus, the last Prime, is the only one who can defeat him. Optimus deduces that since Unicron is at the center of the planet, they will have to GroundBridge to the Earth's core, much to Ratchet's dismay. This also means that they will need to GroundBridge Megatron to the base.

Back on the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Airachnid]] tells [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] that it Megatron's protracted absence indicates he has abandoned them, and that they should begin looking at a future without him.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-Ratchethumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is as close to the action as any of them are going to get.]]

Listening back at base, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders if they can't just transport Unicron out of the core, but [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] tell him that he '''is''' the Earth's core, so any such act could bring the destruction they're trying to avoid. Optimus agrees and believes that the only way to destroy Unicron is for him to unleash the full power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] onto Unicron's spark. Ratchet explains to Fowler and Jack that the Matrix is the combined power of all the Primes and that it exists within Optimus Prime himself.

Before they can discuss any further, another giant Unicron rise from the ground. Optimus calls for a GroundBridge, and Megatron stays behind to distract Unicron while the Autobots go back to their headquarters. They argue about the details of Megatron coming to base and finally decide to bridge him there. Jack wonders what will happen to Optimus when he unleashes the power of the Matrix; Optimus does not give him a direct answer, but tells them that he is willing to do what is needed and that the rest of the Autobots will carry on. Optimus then calls in Megatron, and the Decepticon finishes off Unicron's rock giant and transports to the Autobot base. After Megatron banters with the Autobots and the humans, everything is set for them to leave. But before they go, Optimus meets privately with Jack to express how impressed he is with how much Jack has grown since they first met. Optimus entrusts him with the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] that he claims controls the GroundBridge operations until he returns.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-inside.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Unicron]]'s Inside Story.]]Team Prime and Megatron leave for the core, arriving in a cavernous interior with crisscrossing constructs. Arcee wonders how long it will be before Unicron discovers them. Megatron tells her that he already knows. Unbeknownst to them, a giant optic watches overhead.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 3|To Be Concluded...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Airachnid]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus! Have you uncovered any further sign of Unicron's emergence?" 
'''"Unicron is power incarnate, and you, the last of the Primes, shall perish!"''' 
"I take that as a yes."
:—'''Ratchet''' finds out that '''Unicron''' has awakened

"The last time we met, you were desperately seeking to extinguish my spark." 
"That option remains very much in play."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' talking about the good times they had trying to kill each other.

(GroundBridge opens up next to Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee) 
"Wait. We're opening up a direct path into our base with Megatron standing right there?!" 
"And seriously, he's gonna risk his own spark to save us?" 
"(Laughter) Hardly my nature!"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Bulkhead''' question Megatron's trustworthiness; '''Megatron''' finds it funny that they would think such things of him.

"It appears our leader has abandoned us while this world erupts in chaos. I believe we must consider the possibility of a future without Megatron."
:—'''Airachnid''' fills the quota for scheming in Starscream's absence.

"So this is where the magic happens. Quaint."
:—'''Megatron''' enters the Autobot base.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Raf runs out to confront Megatron in the Autobot base, Arcee puts herself between the humans and the Decepticon leader to keep the latter from possibly harming the former. However, a few screen cuts later when Jack and the rest are walking back, we see Megatron behind Jack, but no Arcee standing between them.
*When using the Ground Bridge to go into Unicron, Optimus is the last one to enter the Ground Bridge, yet is the first Autobot to appear behind Megatron when they get out of the Ground Bridge.
*When Unicron's head is suddenly destroyed, Ratchet asks what happened. Megatron then answers "I happened," as if he could hear Ratchet through Arcee's COM link frequency, even though it's an isolated signal that only she (or the Autobots in general) should be able to hear.

===Continuity notes===
*Ratchet comments that making a GroundBridge happen in space and a moving train is hard enough, recalling "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
*Megatron still remembers Jack's face from "[[Rock Bottom]]". Though he still has yet to "share the details of their little conversation" with Optimus as he claimed he would.
*Raf hasn't forgotten what Megatron did to him in "[[One Shall Fall]]".
*Miko comments on how she is the only one out of the three kids to have not seen Megatron before this episode. And once again displays her complete and utter lack of fear and rational thought by threatening Megatron to his face.
*Optimus being impressed with Jack's growth is similar to what Ratchet said about Jack back in "One Shall Fall".

===Transformers references===
*The [[Matrix of Leadership]] can harm Unicron, echoing ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (although, this time around, they actually bother to explain the "how" and "why" of the issue).
*Arcee mentions how Megatron's actions in the war destroyed Cybertron. Whilst this may be true across other continuities to varying degrees, in the [[Aligned continuity family]], Megatron ''is'' specifically the one who corrupted the [[Core]] with Dark Energon, causing the planet to shut down and become uninhabitable.

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 3]], 2011, ahead of its American showing.
*As in previous episodes, Megatron makes no effort to ascertain [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s fate despite believing that the Autobots captured him back in "[[Partners]]". Considering he is in the Autobot base in this episode, one would think he'd at least be curious where they're keeping him... unless he's changed his mind off screen.
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 1

2011-10-02T22:52:41Z

Apcog: Undo revision 643248 by 129.210.115.11 (Talk)

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 24
|prev=One Shall Fall
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|image=OneShallRise1-UnicronstalksCybertron.jpg
|caption=
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 1"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots discover that Dark Energon is responsible for an epidemic of natural disasters.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Dark Energon]] rains from the sky and [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] prepares to deliver a killing blow to [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], a [[GroundBridge]] opens and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tackles Megatron. While the big guy keeps Megatron busy, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] pull Optimus through the GroundBridge. Arcee calls out to Bulkhead, who races back through the GroundBridge just before it closes. Megatron, left alone, realizes he now has all of the Dark Energon he needs.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Optimus is glad to see that [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is OK, but [[June Darby|June]] reminds him that Raf's lucky to be alive. The [[Autobot]]s discuss why so much Dark Energon is on [[Earth]], though Ratchet is skeptical that it's literally the blood of [[Unicron]]. Sick of the kids being endangered, June decides to take Raf to a real hospital, and announces she's taking the other kids as well, since they don't belong in the Autobots' war. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] refuses to go, and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] decides to stay too. June takes off in her car with Raf. No sooner has she left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the Autobots to report that earthquakes have occurred simultaneously worldwide, and other disasters are springing up as well.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Bumblebeestorm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bumblebee keeps an eye out for flying cows.]]

As June drives away the base, lightning begins striking the ground near her car. She swerves to avoid it, and crashes into a power pole, though neither she nor Raf are hurt. The danger is not over, however, as a tornado begins bearing down on them. June tries to escape from it, but it begins to lift the car off the ground. Help arrives in the form of [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], who grabs the car's front end and prevents it from flying off into the storm, while Raf climbs onto him over the hood. There's a moment of alarm as the car is ripped away, but June manages to survive clinging to the hood which Bumblebee is still clutching. Bumblebee drives the relieved pair back to base.

Back at the volcano, the [[Decepticon]]s are busy gathering up Dark Energon and loading it aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]''. On the ship's bridge, Megatron is suddenly seized by a vision of the Earth exploding.

Bumblebee arrives back at base, and everyone's relieved to see Raf and June safe, though she grounds Jack. At roughly the same time, Fowler arrives to find out if the Autobots have made any progress in finding answers. Ratchet has traced the source of the earthquakes to the Earth's core, and when he plays the tiny tremors as sound, everyone present hears a heartbeat. Meanwhile, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] plays the same sound to Megatron, who feels it resonating through his head.

Deep within the volcano, [[Unicron]] awakens.

Realizing that Unicron is at the Earth's core, Optimus explains to the humans present about the age-old war between [[Primus]] and Unicron, the creation of the [[Thirteen original Transformers|Thirteen]], the [[Well of All Sparks]], and the defeat of Unicron. Fowler thinks they should find the hole Unicron crawled into the Earth through and fill it with explosives, but Optimus believes that the Earth formed around Unicron as he slept. Everyone wonders what will happen next.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Unicronaudience.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Nobody summons Unicron!" "Then it pleases me to be the fir- [[The Transformers: The Movie|Oh, wait."]]]]

[[Airachnid]] reports that the ''Nemesis'' hold is full of Dark Energon. Megatron places her in command while he goes to talk to Unicron. As the ship moves away, Megatron flies down to the lip of the volcano and beseeches Unicron to speak to him. Unicron is unimpressed with Megatron and senses the taint of Primus. Unicron is shocked that the last of the Primes still lives and tells Megatron he'll deal with it himself.

Optimus scouts one of the locations where a quake has struck and confirms that, like the others, it's rich in metals. Ratchet warns him of an increase in spark activity, and a few moments later, Unicron himself appears to Optimus as a huge, stone being. Optimus asks Unicron to consider the many [[human]]s inhabiting Earth who rely on Unicron, but Unicron considers them parasites and opts to strike Optimus with lightning instead. Optimus retaliates, blasting Unicron until the stone golem falls and crumbles into the ground. Optimus has not won, however, as more Unicrons burst out of the ground all around him.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (6)
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*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (12)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid]] (14)
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*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[William Fowler]] (11)
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*[[Unicron]] (15)
*[[Thirteen original Transformers|Thirteen]] (16-28, flashback)
}}

==Quotes==
"The ‘Cons killed a unicorn?" ''(Awkward silence)'' "White horse with a horn on its head... prances around all sparkly?"
:—'''Miko''' makes the first canon Unicron/unicorn joke in twenty-five years.

"It deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I will do everything in my power to ensure that no harm comes to our human friends or any human ever again." 
"Optimus…they’re children. They do not belong in your world. They should be worrying about grades, prom dates, pimples—not their own survival!"
:—A spark-to-heart in which '''Optimus''' and '''June''' don't quite see eye-to-optic.

'''Miko''': (To June) You're not my mother. 
'''Bulkhead''': Miko... 
'''Miko''': Neither are you!
:—Miko asserts her independence—again.

"Before the beginning...there was Primus. And there was Unicron. One, the incarnation of creation—the other...of destruction. For eons, Primus and Unicron battled, the balance of power shifting between them more times than could be counted. Only by creating the Thirteen—the original Primes who preceded me—was Primus finally able to defeat Unicron and cast him out. Primus became one with the very core of our planet, creating life through the Well of All Sparks, while Unicron was never to be heard from again...until now."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tells the tale.

'''Unicron''': SILENCE, WORM. I HAVE NO NEED OF YOUR LOWLY ASSISTANCE. 
'''Megatron''': Please, my lord. I exist only to serve you. 
'''Unicron''': WHAT IS THIS I SENSE? THE TAINT OF PRIMUS? HERE?! 
'''Megatron''': That is Optimus, the last of the Primes, our sworn enemy. 
'''Unicron''': YOU PROFESS LOYALTY TO ME, YET ALLOW A DISCIPLE OF PRIMUS TO LIVE?! 
'''Megatron''': I will destroy him for you! His screams shall be heard— 
'''Unicron''': I GROW WEARY OF YOUR PRATTLE. SURELY IF YOU HAD THE POWER TO DESTROY THIS PRIME, YOU WOULD HAVE DONE SO ALREADY. ''I'' WILL DEAL WITH HIM MYSELF.
:—Confronting Unicron himself, Megatron starts to feel a little like Starscream.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* A tornado with enough wind force to pull a car and the Autobot holding it should have sucked June and Raf in the second they exited the vehicle.

===Continuity notes===
* The blade that forms from Optimus's right arm remains broken in this episode, having been damaged by Megatron in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
[[Image:OneShallRise1-TheThirteen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*[[Primus]] and his conflict with Unicron originated in [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers comic]] way back in the 1980s.
*The Thirteen first came into Transformers lore in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]].
*The [[Well of All Sparks]], meanwhile, originated in Dreamwave's 2003 ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' miniseries.
*This episode gives direct confirmation that the [[Core]] of Cybertron ''is'' Primus. Furthermore, the appearance of the Core shown in the episode is almost identical to its appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''.
* If you look hard enough, you can see [[Solus Prime|one]] of The Thirteen wielding [[Magnus Hammer|a familiar hammer]], [[Prima|one wielding]] [[Star Saber (Prima)|a huge sword]], and one wearing [[Liege Maximo|a helmet with large horns]].

===Real-world references===
===Trivia===
* This episode was initially intended to air on TeleToon on [[August 28]], 2011, but its broadcast was replaced at the last minute by a rerun of "[[Predatory]]". It was then aired exclusively in Singapore on [[September 29]], 2011.
* This episode's intro sequence is shorter than previous ones, skipping the shots of the kids with their respective partners.
* The piece of music that plays during the scene with Jack's potential separation from Arcee is the one that can be heard back during the similar situations in [[Darkness Rising, Part 4]] and [[Darkness Rising, Part 5]].
* As the Autobots watch a news report of various catastrophes around the globe, the corner of the ticker running across the bottom of the screen displays mostly positive financial growth. Man, corporations ''are'' evil!
* As of this episode, June dubs Jack grounded until the age of twenty-five. Let's see how long that lasts.
*In his confrontation with Unicron, Optimus does not reveal his mask once. Perhaps he doesn't consider this a real battle for his life.
*This is the first time in any Transformers franchise where we catch a glimpse of all thirteen of the Original Transformers. Finally.

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