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A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer

2012-12-09T23:45:17Z

Chigun: /* Foreign dubbing */

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=18
|title="A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer"
|japanese=強敵!!さすらいのシックスナイト
|romaji=Kyōteki!! Sasurai no Sixknight
|translation=
|image=Powerfulfoe.jpg
|caption="I can't abide those Jawas! Disgusting creatures!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 23|23 August]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''A new threat to the Autobots arrives from space in the form of Sixknight, a Six Changer who targets Ginrai in order to prove his worth to the Decepticons. But Sixknight is in for a shock when he discovers the true nature of his opponent...'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:PowerfulFoeSixknight Sixknight Giga Mega.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"I wish someone had told me it was fancy dress."]]

In the cloudy skies above the ocean, [[Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilot|a squadron of military jets]] suddenly find themselves ambushed by a bizarre, alien-looking jet craft. As they open fire on the invader, before their eyes it transforms into a giant laser pistol and blasts them out of the sky. The pistol dives into the waters below, and emerges in the form of a hovercraft, before blasting the nearby navy battleship to pieces.

In [[Japan]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] has come to visit, and is being treated to [[Cab]]'s famous cooking at [[Cab's treehouse|his treehouse]] along with the other [[Headmaster Junior]]s. Cab's [[parrot and armadillo]] entertain the group with a dinner show, but the revelry is interrupted when [[Metalhawk]] summons them all back to the [[Autobot Base|base]] and informs them of the mysterious attack out at sea. It is obvious to Hawk that it is the work of a Transformer—could it be that the fourth Godmaster has revealed himself?

[[Image:PowerfulFoeSixknight Sixknight smashing things.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

At the [[Decepticon]] base, [[Bullhorn]] and [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] spar, but the watching [[Pretender]]s are not impressed, and prepare to show them how it's really done. A sinister, echoing laugh suddenly comes drifting through the base, and Cancer spots a shadowed figure standing on a ledge high above the Decepticons' heads. The mysterious Transformer who attacked the military has come to the Decepticon base—and quickly floors all three Pretenders when they attempt to attack him for his arrogance! Cancer races to inform [[Mega]], and she and [[Giga]] attempt some diplomacy with the new Transformer, who introduces himself as [[Sixknight]]. When Mega asks what he is doing on Earth, he explains that he wishes to offer the Decepticons his power in their quest to conquer the Earth. Mega claims that power alone will not be enough to rule the Earth, but Sixknight does not possess any ordinary power—he is a master of [[Chōkon Power|Tenchōkon]]! Mega and Giga are quietly amused at the fact that Sixknight is so proud of the fact he controls merely ''one'' Chōkon Power, and inform him of the existence of Godmasters, who control all three. They turn down his offer, and dismiss him from the base. While escorting the enraged Sixknight out, [[Blood]] and [[Gilmer]] decide to exploit the situation by suggesting that he defeat [[Ginrai]] in order to prove himself.

[[Image:PowerfulFoeSixknight Ginrai wrestling hold.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Sixknight wastes no time in causing devastation in the middle of a city to bring Ginrai out, and is soon met with resistance from the Japanese Self-Defense Force, Metalhawk, Diver and the [[Autobot]] Juniors. Blood and Gilmer keep Diver occupied while Sixknight dispatches Metalhawk, but when [[Shūta Gō]] transforms to robot mode, Sixknight mistakes him for Ginrai and quickly flattens him. At that moment, the real Ginrai arrives, and he and Sixknight square off. After explaining to Ginrai that he has travelled from world to world looking for a worthy opponent, and has thus far been undefeated, Sixknight unleashes his "[[Rokuhenka|Six-Change Attack]]", rapidly switching between all six of his modes. An attack from each mode results in failure, and his switch back to robot mode is greeted with a foot to the face by Ginrai, leaving him pinned and unable to break the Godmasters' hold.

[[Image:Sixknight ginrai.jpg|thumb|right|200px|D:]]
Blood tries to tip the scales by capturing [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and holding her hostage, forcing Ginrai to release Sixknight, who counterattacks mercilessly. Unaware of the Pretenders' actions, Sixknight is angered by Ginrai's refusal to fight back, but realizes the cause of his opponent's reluctance when Minerva calls out to him to forget about her and fight on. Although he is amazed that Ginrai cares anything for "human scum" like her, Sixknight will not brook any interference in their duel, and forces the Pretenders at gunpoint to release Minerva. As the sky clouds over and the two combatants stand poised to resume their fight, Ginrai becomes Super Ginrai as Sixknight threatens to unleash his "Six-Change of Death". As he hurls himself at Super Ginrai, the Godmaster summons all three Chōkon Powers and channels them into his cannon, blasting the [[Six Changer]] out of the sky with one almighty shot. As the broken and beaten Sixknight lies at Ginrai's feet, the Godmaster disconnects from his Transtector and returns to human form, stunning Sixknight with the revelation that he was beaten by "human scum." Unable to conceive of how a human being could possess more power than a Transformer, Sixknight is left with a lot to think about...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (6)
* [[Metalhawk]] (9)
'''Human Autobots'''
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
* [[Cab]] (5)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (7)
* [[Ginrai]] (18)
|c2=
* [[Blood]] (13)
* [[Gilmer]] (14)
* [[Dauros]] (15)
'''Human Decepticons'''
* [[Bullhorn]] (10)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (11)
* [[Wilder]] (12)
* [[Mega]] (16)
* [[Giga]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilot|Pilot]] (1)

|c4=
*[[Sixknight]] (2)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (3)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"I have fought on many planets across the universe, searching for a worthy opponent, and I have not been defeated once!"
:—'''Sixknight''' shortly before being defeated.

"The strongest life form on Earth, Super Ginrai, is a human!?"
:—'''Sixknight''' has a WTF moment.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As one of the jets drops the tank it's carrying, the pod blinks out of existence for a couple of frames.
*The interior of Metalhawk's mouth is white the first time he talks to Sixknight.
*Scenes of Cab dousing fires and Minerva bandaging the head wound of an injured bystander are re-used from "[[A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble]]".

===Continuity notes===
*For the first time, an entity other than a human being is shown to possess a Chōkon Power. Astute viewers will recall from earlier episodes that the power that infuses Sixknight, Tenchōkon, is the "Power of the Heavens," an energy derived from outer space.
*Sixknight is briefly mistaken for the fourth Godmaster, whom the Autobots have been searching for since "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sixshot the Vagabond'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Seis Tiros el Vagabundo'''" ("Seis Tiros the Vagabond")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Trivia===
*The pods which the jets are carrying and which they discard before engaging Sixknight are [[Wikipedia:Drop tank|drop tanks]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger

2012-12-09T23:09:23Z

Chigun: /* Foreign dubbing */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=17
|image=Thirdgodmaster.jpg
|caption=You'll never guess what Ranger does for a living.
|title="An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger"
|japanese=敵? 第三のゴッドマスターレインジャー
|romaji=Teki? Daisan no Godmaster Ranger
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 16|16 August]] 1988
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Attempting to track down new leads on the location of the remaining Godmasters, the Autobots venture into the Rocky Mountains, where they cross paths with a forest patrolman named Ranger, but Minerva suspects that he is working with the Decepticons!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ThirdGodmasterRanger we're going where.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"We're going to Canada?!"]]

At [[Decepticon Base]], [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] are incensed that another [[Godmaster]] has joined with the [[Autobot]]s. As they chew out [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and the [[Pretender]]s, [[Devil Z]] silences them all by issuing one of his rare vocal orders, instructing them to scan the memories of Hydra and Buster's [[transtector]]s to try and find some lead to the location of the remaining ones. Performing this task, they are rewarded with a map of North America, and plan a widespread search of the continent.

Meanwhile, the Autobot Pretenders and [[Headmaster Junior]]s have all gathered at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], where [[Ginrai]] introduces them to [[Lightfoot]]. Lightfoot has suggested that they search the [[Rocky Mountains]] for leads on the remaining Godmaster transtectors, since the raw materials that his father used to build his Transtector were mined there. [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] are unable to accompany them, but [[Lander]] offers to put his geological skills to use in the search, and the Juniors are just happy to get a vacation.

Time passes, and the Autobots make their way to Canada. Setting up camp at the base of the Rockies, [[Cab]] decides to go fishing for their dinner while Ginrai, Lightfoot, Lander and [[Metalhawk]] head off to investigate the mines. At the entrance of the mine that contained the ore used in the construction of Lightfoot's transtector, the group is warned not to enter by a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|Mountie]], who cautions them that there have been a lot of cave-ins lately. He is somewhat bemused that they completely ignore his warning and head on into the mine.

[[Image:ThirdGodmasterRanger Ranger has a fish.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"That's a funny looking dog, mister!"]]

As the Autobots' bad luck would have it, Canada is also where the [[Decepticon]]s have begun their search, with their Headmaster Juniors searching the woods around the Rockies. While picking mushrooms, [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] spots [[Bullhorn]] talking with the forest patrolman and immediately suspects him of being a Decepticon. She returns to camp to alert Cab and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] (who have turned up nothing but a log in their attempts to catch dinner), but the patrolman soon appears on the shore alongside them, out to catch his own meal. When he succeeds in seconds, he offers the boys some of his special home-made bait, and Cab soon catches a huge king salmon. The Mountie introduces himself as [[Ranger]], and tells the boys that if their party needs anything, to drop in on his log cabin.

[[Image:ThirdGodmasterRanger Juniors with cocoa.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"That man gave us hot cocoa! He must be a Decepticon!"]]

That evening, after dinner has been eaten, Cab is somewhat on the miffed side that Minerva's cooking skills are being more highly praised than his fishing. The Autobots' venture in the mine, meanwhile, has turned up nothing but ordinary iron ore. Soon, a ferocious storm kicks up, and the Autobots are unable to stay in their tent, so Cab suggests that they go to Ranger's cabin; Minerva is unable to voice her concerns before he has already told everyone his idea. They quickly make their way there, and Minerva is able to tell Cab and Shūta what she saw while Ranger tells the other Autobots his life story. Lander notices a large number of paintings that Ranger has made of one particular mountain, and with a bit of prodding to explain his fascination with it, Ranger tells them of how he found a strange, glowing black rock on it one day. After revealing that he brought the rock back to his cabin and stored it in his barn, the Autobots all ask Ranger to show it to them. Entering the barn, Ginrai and Lightfoot's [[Master-Brace|Master-Braces]] begin to glow, as does the rock, confirming their suspicion that it is a transtector. Wasting no time, they slap a pair of bracelets on Ranger, who finds that he cannot remove them. There's no doubt about it—Ranger is the newest Godmaster! But Ranger is a man who thinks that "Transformers" are a circus group, and finds the Autobots' tales of people becoming robots very hard to believe.

[[Image:ThirdGodmasterRanger Ginrai and Ranger.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

They talk all through the night, but their discussion is interrupted by the arrival of the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, who have been spying on them, and who steal the transtector-rock. Stunning Ranger as they transform to robot mode, Ginrai, Lightfoot, Metalhawk and Lander pursue the punks, while the Autobot Juniors see to the damage to Ranger's cabin and injuries inflicted on his horse. In the midst of the ensuing struggle, Ginrai and [[Wilder]] tumble into a river, but Hydra and Buster soon arrive on the scene and depth-charge them out, confronting the injured Ginrai on the river bank. Just then, a fighting-mad Ranger appears atop the hill overlooking this scene, shotgun in hand, and opens fire on Hydra. Buster simply shoots the hill out from under him, but as Ranger falls, Ginrai tells him the necessary command phrases that allow him to combine with his transtector. Following the instructions, Ranger dons his armor, and the black rock glows and transforms into a dune buggy, with which he combines, assuming his robot mode for the first time. Ginrai becomes Super Ginrai, but even that is not enough to dissuade Hydra and Buster from attacking... until the other Autobots all arrive as well. Across the river, Bullhorn and [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] meet up with Wilder as he hauls himself out of the river—furious that the Godmaster brothers had indiscriminately dropped depth-charges on both him and Ginrai, he has the Juniors retreat, leaving Buster and Hydra to their fate. Badly outnumbered, the two Godmasters pull out and return to base, where an enraged Devil Z tortures them for their failure.

As the sun sets over the Rockies, Minerva explains to Ranger that she had thought he was a Decepticon. Ranger laughs, asking if he actually looks that evil—Cab and Shūta remark that they could have believed it if it was Ginrai, and he chases the two boys around as Ranger accepts Hawk's offer to join the Autobots.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (11)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (12)
* [[Lander]] (13)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (16)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Lightfoot]] (1)
* [[Ginrai]] (10)
* [[Cab]] (14)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (15)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (17)
* [[Ranger]] (23)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (4)
* [[Devil Z]] (9)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (5)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (6)
* [[Giga]] (7)
* [[Mega]] (8)
* [[Bullhorn]] (20)
* [[Wilder]] (21)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (22)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (18)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"There's been a lot of cave-ins around here! Only those who don't value their lives are free to go in!" 
"Well, I guess we're free to go in, then! Let's go!"
:—'''Ranger''' warns '''Ginrai''' about entering the mine.

[[Image:ThirdGodmasterRanger facefault.jpg|thumb|right|200px|One shall herp, one shall derp.]]
'''Lightfoot:''' You're one of us! 
'''Ranger:''' One of you? 
'''Ginrai:''' That's right! We're Transformers! 
'''Ranger:''' Is that a circus group?

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*What exactly occurs when a human becomes a Godmaster is woefully inconsistent. When Ginrai first donned his bracelets (in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]"), they had to touch accidentally before his powers activated, and he didn't have to say "Masterforce!" Conversely, when Lightfoot first put on his bracelets (in "[[Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter]]"), they were automatically pulled together (though he still didn't have to say the command phrase). Now, when Ranger puts on his bracelets, he has to manually cross them and say "Masterforce" before his armor appears.
*On top of that, why do Ginrai and Lightfoot's Master-Braces glow in response to Ranger's Transtector when Ginrai's didn't react to Lightfoot's?

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai found the new Master-Braces indicating the existence of other Godmasters in his glove compartment in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]". Although he has only one set left after this episode, it is reaffirmed that there are, in fact, TWO more Godmasters out there.
*Ranger's Transtector appearing in the form of a rock calls to mind the similar state of Ginrai's trailer before he found it in "[[Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!]]" This would appear to be the "default" form of the Transtectors when they arrived on Earth, although in most cases, when found by their human partners, they have already adopted vehicular form through unexplained means.
*Tying in with this, the [[Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter|previous episode]] did not explain how a car built by his father could be Lightfoot's Transtector—based on this episode, we can safely presume that a rock-form Transtector was mined and used as ore in the construction of the car, thereby making it a Transtector itself.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Birth of the Third Powermaster'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}}
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai

2012-12-09T23:03:49Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=15
|image=Superginraiborn.jpg
|caption=I've done it! Optimus Prime li—oh, wait, never mind.
|title="Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai"
|japanese=壮絶!!スーパージンライ誕生
|romaji=Sōzetsu!! Super Ginrai Tanjō
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 2|2 August]] 1988
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''To rescue a group of kidnapped children and defeat the menace of King Poseidon, Ginrai must discover a new transformation!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai surfing Decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
On an island off the coast of [[United States of America|America]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s draw a crowd of local children when they perform some impressive surfing stunts. A young boy named [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] is particularly impressed, and gets especially excited when the Juniors offer to show them all something "even cooler"—their Masterforce powers! Unfortunately for Tony and his friends, the Decepticons [[Pretender]]s have been watching, and view this as an opportunity to draw out and destroy [[Ginrai]] by kidnapping the children to use as bait. While the Juniors hold the children in a cave along the coastline, the Pretenders announce to the people of the island that they have captured their children.

Ginrai, meanwhile, is in his truck on the side of the road, deep in thought, ruminating on his friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]'s beliefs about his [[Godmaster]] powers being the will of [[God]]. [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] soon contacts him to let him know of the Decepticons' activities, and Ginrai quickly meets with him and [[Lander]] at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]]. Lander is especially peeved at the Decepticons' timing, since he had a date planned, and winds up tossing his concert tickets to the dolphins swimming in the institute's waters. Diver decides to scout ahead for the Autobots, approaching the island from underwater to observe the situation.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai captured Diver.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back on the island, the Decepticon Pretenders take up their positions in preparation for the Autobots' arrival. [[Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn]] are both rather surprised to spot the little-seen [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] leader [[Turtler]] patrolling the waters around the island—although not quite as much as [[Gilmer]] is to see Diver approaching the island underwater. He allows Diver to reach the island and assume his human form, at which point he bursts out of the ocean and seizes him. [[Dauros]] fits him with a brace that prevents him from crossing his arms and reassuming his robot mode, and has him tossed in with the captive human children. Luckily for Diver, Wilder and Bullhorn are a little too busy playing cards to notice when he has Tony remove his watch and place it in the water at the cave's edge, sending out a powerful sonic signal that is detected by his dolphins back at the Ocean Research Institute. All the other Autobots have since gathered at the Institute to await Diver's report, and Lander realises that Diver must be sending out ultrasonic waves when the dolphins begin to react to them.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai rescues.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The dolphins are let out into the ocean so that the Autobots can follow them back to the source of the signal aboard some of the Institute's vessels. Dauros spots the ships approaching, and recognizes Ginrai's [[transtector]] sitting on the deck – but unbeknownst to him, Ginrai is not on the boat, but is in fact approaching the island by swimming with the dolphins. It is not long before the ships are attacked by [[Blood]] and some [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakils]], but [[Metalhawk]] and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] fend them off while the ships draw ever closer to the island. Gilmer emerges as the next line of defence, but Lander takes him on as the Decepticon Juniors open fire on the ships from the coast. A blast from [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] ruptures the hull of the vessel carrying the transtectors, and sends the ship sinking into the ocean, so the Autobot Juniors transform to robot mode and leap the rest of the way. Ginrai's transtector also starts to slip off the deck and into the sea, but just before it disappears into the water, Ginrai—who has since reached the island—summons it and transforms to robot mode. Ginrai quickly takes out Wilder and frees Diver and the children, but the battle continues to rage between the other Pretenders and Juniors. Minerva appeals to Cancer, trying to convince him to leave the Decepticons and join the side of good, but Bullhorn steps in to strike her down before her words can have any impact.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai sunset.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Discovering that Ginrai has freed the hostages, Dauros calls in the Decepticons' secret weapon and commands Turtler to emerge from beneath the waves. Ginrai is stunned when the Seacon actually speaks, uttering a command to the other Seacon drones that burst out of the water behind him to "assemble". The five drones link up to Turtler, merging to form the gigantic [[King Poseidon]], who immediately tears into Ginrai while the Decepticon Pretenders pull back. Left abandoned, the Decepticon Juniors are surrounded by the Autobots, and Minerva again tries to reach Cancer, but the three teens quickly flee. Meanwhile, Ginrai struggles against King Poseidon, who attempts to stomp both him and the children. Ginrai seizes the giant villain's foot as it bears down on him and strains to hold it back as Tony cheers for him. Surging with determination, Ginrai begins to glow with an iridescent light...and, out in the shallow waters around the island, that glow is mirrored by Ginrai's transtector trailer, which flies out of the ocean and collides with King Poseidon, knocking him away. Then, the incredible happens—Ginrai links up with his trailer and transforms into a new super-robot mode! With the power of his new form, Ginrai thrashes King Poseidon and slams him into the ground, causing the Seacon drones to explode, leaving only Turtler, who escapes into the ocean. The Autobot onlookers are amazed by (and perhaps just a little jealous of) Ginrai's sudden new power up, and they dub him with a fitting new name: Super Ginrai!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (10)
* [[Lander]] (11)
* [[Metalhawk]] (13)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (14)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (9)
* [[Cab]] (15)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (16)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (17)

|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (6)
* [[Blood]] (7)
* [[Dauros]] (8)
* [[Turtler]] (12)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (18)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (19)
* [[Lobclaw]] (20)
* [[Kraken]] (21)
* [[Gulf]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Wilder]] (1)
* [[Bullhorn]] (2)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (3)

|c3=
* [[Hostage child|Child]] (4)
* [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] (5)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Giantcab.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Giant Enemy Cab!]]
*When the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors change into their armor for the kids, Bullhorn's colors are all over the place. His horns are blue instead of bone-colored, his pelvis is the same pale blue as his shoulders, and his legs are the same color as his upper arms.
*Ginrai's truck is parked next to a billboard which appears to be advertising [[E Cola]] and, in a magnificent piece of [[Engrish]], describes its product as "srarkring". An advertisement for the same beverage also appeared in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]'' episode, "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]"
*The insignia on Ginrai's braces flashes to indicate an incoming call. Unfortunately, it's a ''Decepticon'' insignia.
*As Diver casts off his human form, the helmet to his armor is completely white.
*When Cab and Minerva leap the island, their cels are arranged incorrectly—Cab should be in the foreground, with Minerva in the background, but they are reversed, thus making it seem like Cab is HUGE (or Minerva is tiny).

===Continuity errors===
*Superhuman Ginrai: Ginrai is able to speak while underwater and wearing a scuba mask (see also "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]").

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai's friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] made [[God|his overly religious observation]] on the nature of Godmasters in the [[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai|previous episode]].
*Minerva's attempts to appeal to Cancer come as a result of the connection they made in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai got his trailer back in "[[Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!]]" But if you saw the previous episode, then the fact that he was going to combine with it was no surprise, since the commercial bumpers gave it away.

===Foreign localization===
:*''Title:'' "'''The Heroic Birth of Super Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*Apparently for this episode someone forgot to swap profanities for their less offensive terms "[[pit]]" and "[[scrap]]". It's interesting to note "damn" appears more in this one episode than all previous episodes ([[The Headmasters]] series included) combined.

===Trivia===
*When taking up positions in preparation for Ginrai's arrival, the Decepticon Pretenders highlight the "land, sea and air" theme that they embody in this episode, as discussed on the Wiki back in the article for "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]".
*There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter

2012-12-09T23:02:38Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=16
|image=Dramaticencounter.jpg
|caption=As the big freighters go, she was bigger than most...
|title="Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter"
|japanese=ライトフット劇的なる出逢い
|romaji=Lightfoot: Gekitekinaru Deai
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 9|9 August]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The search for the next Godmaster leads Ginrai to Canada, and a young man named Lightfoot!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Shuta Cab peeping toms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inappropriate doesn't begin to cover it.]]

It's summer, and at the [[International School]], gym class has become swim class. [[Cab]], [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and the rest of the boys class complete their lengths and head for the locker room, but Cab decides to head back to the pool, to peep at the girls' class through the fence in hopes of getting a look at [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] in a swimsuit. Shūta is trying to dissuade him when both boys are caught by the coach, much to the disgust of all the girls. Minerva berates Cab and Shūta all the way back to the base after school, but when they apologize, discussion turns to the upcoming summer break, and they decide to ask [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] about taking a vacation. When they arrive at the [[Autobot Base|base]], Hawk is reviewing [[Ginrai]]'s televised appeal, and permits their vacation request if they promise to keep in touch.

In America, Ginrai is visiting the [[CNM TV|television studio]] that runs the programme he made his appeal on, where he receives a large handful of mail from people responding to his appearance. One in particular catches his attention immediately—a letter from a young man named [[Lightfoot]] in [[Canada]], which includes a drawing of a robot!

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai drawing.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Meanwhile, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], still smarting over Ginrai's upgrade into Super Ginrai, have also come to the TV studio in an attempt to pick up any leads to his whereabouts. They menace [[Sam (producer)|a producer]] to try and find out where he has gone, to no avail. Subsequently, they meet with the [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]]s in a junkyard to arrange a search. The search bears fruit a little later, as [[Blood]] spots Ginrai—already well on his way to Canada—getting directions at [[Stand boy|a gas station]]. The other Pretenders converge on his location and chase after Ginrai through the cover of the roadside forest, intent on defeating him themselves to improve their standing in the eyes of [[Giga]] and [[Mega]].

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai Lightfoot talking.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Ginrai eventually arrives at Lightfoot's home—as it turns out, he is heir to the vast [[British Motors]] automotive engineering company. Ginrai is quite smitten with the [[Leftfoot's assistant|maid]] who serves him [[Napoleon|a drink]] as he waits, but Lightfoot himself soon arrives and Ginrai gets straight to business, presenting him with the drawing of the robot. Lightfoot explains that he has been dreaming of the robot for the last three months, and was encouraged to write to Ginrai by a friend who saw him on television. Showing Ginrai around his home, he tells him the story of how his father moved from a run-down repair shop in England to Canada, where he started making cars. The first car he made led to the success of the British Motors company—the family even still has the original model, which [[Leftfoot|Lightfoot's father]] just recently gave to him for his birthday... right before his dreams began. Ginrai gives the car a look-over, and requests that he be allowed to drive it; Lightfoot allows him, but is a bit distressed by the fast speeds and rough terrain that Ginrai subjects the car to. His suspicions growing ever more likely, Ginrai hands Lightfoot one of the pairs of [[Master-Brace]]s that he found. When Lightfoot dons them, the bracelets are pulled together, and the car fills with light as the young man is surrounded by a suit of armor! At Ginrai's instruction, he utters the command—"Transform! God On!" and becomes one with his car, transforming into the robot from his own dreams! Lightfoot is the second Autobot [[Godmaster]]!

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Lightfoot drawing comparison.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Ginrai explains the whole situation to Lightfoot, who is a bit more interested in figuring out how to turn back into a [[human]]. Before he can, though, the three Decepticon Pretenders suddenly attack; with no combat experience, Lightfoot is helpless, and Ginrai instructs him to change back so they can escape. Fleeing in vehicle mode (nailing [[Gilmer]] right in the ball bearings along the way), Lightfoot takes Ginrai back to British Motors, where he reunites with his own Transtector and transforms to robot mode. The Pretenders attempt to target his trailer in order to prevent him from become Super Ginrai, but their scheme fails when the trailer knocks [[Dauros]] aside and merges with Ginrai. As Super Ginrai, he grapples with Gilmer and Dauros while Blood attempts to take Lightfoot hostage; the newly-born Godmaster transforms to robot mode again and struggles to hold off the Pretender, while Ginrai pursues the other two, who summon the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to the battlefield. The water-monsters fuse into [[King Poseidon]], who is once again quickly overcome by Super Ginrai's [[Chōkon Power]] and even winds up impaling his leg on his own sword. With the Seacon combiner beaten, the Pretenders flee, and Lightfoot requests that Ginrai continue to teach him. The hunt is now well and truly on to find the remaining Godmasters!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (5)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (1)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (2)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Lightfoot]] (15)

|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (11)
* [[Blood]] (12)
* [[Dauros]] (13)
* [[Gulf]] (17)
* [[Turtler]] (18)
* [[Lobclaw]] (19)
* [[Kraken]] (20)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (21)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (8)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (9)

|c3=
* [[International School coach|Coach]] (3)
* [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] (7)
* [[Stand boy]] (10)
* [[Leftfoot's assistant]] (14)
* [[Leftfoot]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"So he saw a robot in his dreams... not a very romantic dream."
:—'''Ginrai'''

"Do you think I overdid it?" 
"You should just put some disinfectant on the hood..."
:—'''Lightfoot''' and '''Ginrai''' after ramming Gilmer in the unmentionables.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Improbable viewpoints:
**The footage Metalhawk reviews of Ginrai's television appearance includes footage of the cameraman who is filming the events.
*The map of the United States is hilarious in its inaccuracy.
*The very front of Ginrai's groin when he's in super mode varies between white and red depending on the shot. For example, it's red when he first combines with his trailer, and then it's white when he confronts the three Pretenders.
*The footage of the Decepticon Pretenders transforming and retreating is once again reused from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]", with new backgrounds to reflect the change of scenery.

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai appeared on television in "[[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai]]".
*Ginrai found the new Master-Braces indicating the existence of other Godmasters in his glove compartment in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Super Ginrai and King Poseidon made their debuts in the [[Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai|previous episode]].
*It's not explained in this episode how the car built by Lightfoot's father could be his [[Transtector]], given what we know of Godmaster origins. It's clarified somewhat in the [[An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger|next episode]].

===Real-world references===
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*As the bundle of envelopes is passed over the table to Ginrai, the top letter is addressed to "[[Toei|TOEI ANIME]]".
*As Ginrai then shuffles them, the top envelope is from "[[Bart Runcastar]]", an [[Engrish]] take on [[Wikipedia:Burt Lancaster|Burt Lancaster]].
*A poster in the CNM TV lobby advertises ''[[Jem]]''!

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''

:*''Title:'' "'''The Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Getaway: a Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*Name change: Lightfoot is [[Getaway]].

===Trivia===
*When Cab happily sings a song about the impending summer vacation, he tries to perform a Japanese schoolchildren's song, except that it's normally about New Year, not the summer, hence his confusion and everyone else's laughter.
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dramatic Encounter! Gilmer's Groin]]
*Lightfoot's father makes his debut in this episode; although not identified by name here, he will be named "Leftfoot" later in the series. This is part of one of those L/R puns you get in the Japanese language—in Japanese, there's no distinction between these two sounds, so it's possible to read "Lightfoot" as "Rightfoot". Hence, the pun of his father being named "Leftfoot". It hurts us too.
*When Lightfoot rams Gilmer, he nails him right in the crotch, and Gilmer makes one of those untranslatable Japanese-language puns when he painfully groans "Ta... ma... ge... ta"—from "tamageta" ("a shock") and "tama wo ketta" ("kicked in the balls").
*The rather pronounced piece of music that begins playing when Lightfoot transforms for the first time is an instrumental version of "[[Kiseki no Transformer]]", which will be heard in full as an insert song later in the series.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter

2012-12-09T23:00:55Z

Chigun: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=16
|image=Dramaticencounter.jpg
|caption=As the big freighters go, she was bigger than most...
|title="Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter"
|japanese=ライトフット劇的なる出逢い
|romaji=Lightfoot: Gekitekinaru Deai
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 9|9 August]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The search for the next Godmaster leads Ginrai to Canada, and a young man named Lightfoot!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Shuta Cab peeping toms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inappropriate doesn't begin to cover it.]]

It's summer, and at the [[International School]], gym class has become swim class. [[Cab]], [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and the rest of the boys class complete their lengths and head for the locker room, but Cab decides to head back to the pool, to peep at the girls' class through the fence in hopes of getting a look at [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] in a swimsuit. Shūta is trying to dissuade him when both boys are caught by the coach, much to the disgust of all the girls. Minerva berates Cab and Shūta all the way back to the base after school, but when they apologize, discussion turns to the upcoming summer break, and they decide to ask [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] about taking a vacation. When they arrive at the [[Autobot Base|base]], Hawk is reviewing [[Ginrai]]'s televised appeal, and permits their vacation request if they promise to keep in touch.

In America, Ginrai is visiting the [[CNM TV|television studio]] that runs the programme he made his appeal on, where he receives a large handful of mail from people responding to his appearance. One in particular catches his attention immediately—a letter from a young man named [[Lightfoot]] in [[Canada]], which includes a drawing of a robot!

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai drawing.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Meanwhile, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], still smarting over Ginrai's upgrade into Super Ginrai, have also come to the TV studio in an attempt to pick up any leads to his whereabouts. They menace [[Sam (producer)|a producer]] to try and find out where he has gone, to no avail. Subsequently, they meet with the [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]]s in a junkyard to arrange a search. The search bears fruit a little later, as [[Blood]] spots Ginrai—already well on his way to Canada—getting directions at [[Stand boy|a gas station]]. The other Pretenders converge on his location and chase after Ginrai through the cover of the roadside forest, intent on defeating him themselves to improve their standing in the eyes of [[Giga]] and [[Mega]].

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai Lightfoot talking.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Ginrai eventually arrives at Lightfoot's home—as it turns out, he is heir to the vast [[British Motors]] automotive engineering company. Ginrai is quite smitten with the [[Leftfoot's assistant|maid]] who serves him [[Napoleon|a drink]] as he waits, but Lightfoot himself soon arrives and Ginrai gets straight to business, presenting him with the drawing of the robot. Lightfoot explains that he has been dreaming of the robot for the last three months, and was encouraged to write to Ginrai by a friend who saw him on television. Showing Ginrai around his home, he tells him the story of how his father moved from a run-down repair shop in England to Canada, where he started making cars. The first car he made led to the success of the British Motors company—the family even still has the original model, which [[Leftfoot|Lightfoot's father]] just recently gave to him for his birthday... right before his dreams began. Ginrai gives the car a look-over, and requests that he be allowed to drive it; Lightfoot allows him, but is a bit distressed by the fast speeds and rough terrain that Ginrai subjects the car to. His suspicions growing ever more likely, Ginrai hands Lightfoot one of the pairs of [[Master-Brace]]s that he found. When Lightfoot dons them, the bracelets are pulled together, and the car fills with light as the young man is surrounded by a suit of armor! At Ginrai's instruction, he utters the command—"Transform! God On!" and becomes one with his car, transforming into the robot from his own dreams! Lightfoot is the second Autobot [[Godmaster]]!

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Lightfoot drawing comparison.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Ginrai explains the whole situation to Lightfoot, who is a bit more interested in figuring out how to turn back into a [[human]]. Before he can, though, the three Decepticon Pretenders suddenly attack; with no combat experience, Lightfoot is helpless, and Ginrai instructs him to change back so they can escape. Fleeing in vehicle mode (nailing [[Gilmer]] right in the ball bearings along the way), Lightfoot takes Ginrai back to British Motors, where he reunites with his own Transtector and transforms to robot mode. The Pretenders attempt to target his trailer in order to prevent him from become Super Ginrai, but their scheme fails when the trailer knocks [[Dauros]] aside and merges with Ginrai. As Super Ginrai, he grapples with Gilmer and Dauros while Blood attempts to take Lightfoot hostage; the newly-born Godmaster transforms to robot mode again and struggles to hold off the Pretender, while Ginrai pursues the other two, who summon the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to the battlefield. The water-monsters fuse into [[King Poseidon]], who is once again quickly overcome by Super Ginrai's [[Chōkon Power]] and even winds up impaling his leg on his own sword. With the Seacon combiner beaten, the Pretenders flee, and Lightfoot requests that Ginrai continue to teach him. The hunt is now well and truly on to find the remaining Godmasters!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (5)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (1)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (2)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Lightfoot]] (15)

|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (11)
* [[Blood]] (12)
* [[Dauros]] (13)
* [[Gulf]] (17)
* [[Turtler]] (18)
* [[Lobclaw]] (19)
* [[Kraken]] (20)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (21)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (8)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (9)

|c3=
* [[International School coach|Coach]] (3)
* [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] (7)
* [[Stand boy]] (10)
* [[Leftfoot's assistant]] (14)
* [[Leftfoot]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"So he saw a robot in his dreams... not a very romantic dream."
:—'''Ginrai'''

"Do you think I overdid it?" 
"You should just put some disinfectant on the hood..."
:—'''Lightfoot''' and '''Ginrai''' after ramming Gilmer in the unmentionables.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Improbable viewpoints:
**The footage Metalhawk reviews of Ginrai's television appearance includes footage of the cameraman who is filming the events.
*The very front of Ginrai's groin when he's in super mode varies between white and red depending on the shot. For example, it's red when he first combines with his trailer, and then it's white when he confronts the three Pretenders.
*The footage of the Decepticon Pretenders transforming and retreating is once again reused from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]", with new backgrounds to reflect the change of scenery.
*The map of the United States is hilarious in its inaccuracy.

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai appeared on television in "[[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai]]".
*Ginrai found the new Master-Braces indicating the existence of other Godmasters in his glove compartment in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Super Ginrai and King Poseidon made their debuts in the [[Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai|previous episode]].
*It's not explained in this episode how the car built by Lightfoot's father could be his [[Transtector]], given what we know of Godmaster origins. It's clarified somewhat in the [[An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger|next episode]].

===Real-world references===
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*As the bundle of envelopes is passed over the table to Ginrai, the top letter is addressed to "[[Toei|TOEI ANIME]]".
*As Ginrai then shuffles them, the top envelope is from "[[Bart Runcastar]]", an [[Engrish]] take on [[Wikipedia:Burt Lancaster|Burt Lancaster]].
*A poster in the CNM TV lobby advertises ''[[Jem]]''!

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''

:*''Title:'' "'''The Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Getaway: a Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*Name change: Lightfoot is [[Getaway]].

===Trivia===
*When Cab happily sings a song about the impending summer vacation, he tries to perform a Japanese schoolchildren's song, except that it's normally about New Year, not the summer, hence his confusion and everyone else's laughter.
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dramatic Encounter! Gilmer's Groin]]
*Lightfoot's father makes his debut in this episode; although not identified by name here, he will be named "Leftfoot" later in the series. This is part of one of those L/R puns you get in the Japanese language—in Japanese, there's no distinction between these two sounds, so it's possible to read "Lightfoot" as "Rightfoot". Hence, the pun of his father being named "Leftfoot". It hurts us too.
*When Lightfoot rams Gilmer, he nails him right in the crotch, and Gilmer makes one of those untranslatable Japanese-language puns when he painfully groans "Ta... ma... ge... ta"—from "tamageta" ("a shock") and "tama wo ketta" ("kicked in the balls").
*The rather pronounced piece of music that begins playing when Lightfoot transforms for the first time is an instrumental version of "[[Kiseki no Transformer]]", which will be heard in full as an insert song later in the series.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter

2012-12-09T22:30:12Z

Chigun: /* Foreign dubbing */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=16
|image=Dramaticencounter.jpg
|caption=As the big freighters go, she was bigger than most...
|title="Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter"
|japanese=ライトフット劇的なる出逢い
|romaji=Lightfoot: Gekitekinaru Deai
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 9|9 August]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The search for the next Godmaster leads Ginrai to Canada, and a young man named Lightfoot!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Shuta Cab peeping toms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inappropriate doesn't begin to cover it.]]

It's summer, and at the [[International School]], gym class has become swim class. [[Cab]], [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and the rest of the boys class complete their lengths and head for the locker room, but Cab decides to head back to the pool, to peep at the girls' class through the fence in hopes of getting a look at [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] in a swimsuit. Shūta is trying to dissuade him when both boys are caught by the coach, much to the disgust of all the girls. Minerva berates Cab and Shūta all the way back to the base after school, but when they apologize, discussion turns to the upcoming summer break, and they decide to ask [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] about taking a vacation. When they arrive at the [[Autobot Base|base]], Hawk is reviewing [[Ginrai]]'s televised appeal, and permits their vacation request if they promise to keep in touch.

In America, Ginrai is visiting the [[CNM TV|television studio]] that runs the programme he made his appeal on, where he receives a large handful of mail from people responding to his appearance. One in particular catches his attention immediately—a letter from a young man named [[Lightfoot]] in [[Canada]], which includes a drawing of a robot!

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai drawing.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Meanwhile, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], still smarting over Ginrai's upgrade into Super Ginrai, have also come to the TV studio in an attempt to pick up any leads to his whereabouts. They menace [[Sam (producer)|a producer]] to try and find out where he has gone, to no avail. Subsequently, they meet with the [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]]s in a junkyard to arrange a search. The search bears fruit a little later, as [[Blood]] spots Ginrai—already well on his way to Canada—getting directions at [[Stand boy|a gas station]]. The other Pretenders converge on his location and chase after Ginrai through the cover of the roadside forest, intent on defeating him themselves to improve their standing in the eyes of [[Giga]] and [[Mega]].

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai Lightfoot talking.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Ginrai eventually arrives at Lightfoot's home—as it turns out, he is heir to the vast [[British Motors]] automotive engineering company. Ginrai is quite smitten with the [[Leftfoot's assistant|maid]] who serves him [[Napoleon|a drink]] as he waits, but Lightfoot himself soon arrives and Ginrai gets straight to business, presenting him with the drawing of the robot. Lightfoot explains that he has been dreaming of the robot for the last three months, and was encouraged to write to Ginrai by a friend who saw him on television. Showing Ginrai around his home, he tells him the story of how his father moved from a run-down repair shop in England to Canada, where he started making cars. The first car he made led to the success of the British Motors company—the family even still has the original model, which [[Leftfoot|Lightfoot's father]] just recently gave to him for his birthday... right before his dreams began. Ginrai gives the car a look-over, and requests that he be allowed to drive it; Lightfoot allows him, but is a bit distressed by the fast speeds and rough terrain that Ginrai subjects the car to. His suspicions growing ever more likely, Ginrai hands Lightfoot one of the pairs of [[Master-Brace]]s that he found. When Lightfoot dons them, the bracelets are pulled together, and the car fills with light as the young man is surrounded by a suit of armor! At Ginrai's instruction, he utters the command—"Transform! God On!" and becomes one with his car, transforming into the robot from his own dreams! Lightfoot is the second Autobot [[Godmaster]]!

[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Lightfoot drawing comparison.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Ginrai explains the whole situation to Lightfoot, who is a bit more interested in figuring out how to turn back into a [[human]]. Before he can, though, the three Decepticon Pretenders suddenly attack; with no combat experience, Lightfoot is helpless, and Ginrai instructs him to change back so they can escape. Fleeing in vehicle mode (nailing [[Gilmer]] right in the ball bearings along the way), Lightfoot takes Ginrai back to British Motors, where he reunites with his own Transtector and transforms to robot mode. The Pretenders attempt to target his trailer in order to prevent him from become Super Ginrai, but their scheme fails when the trailer knocks [[Dauros]] aside and merges with Ginrai. As Super Ginrai, he grapples with Gilmer and Dauros while Blood attempts to take Lightfoot hostage; the newly-born Godmaster transforms to robot mode again and struggles to hold off the Pretender, while Ginrai pursues the other two, who summon the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to the battlefield. The water-monsters fuse into [[King Poseidon]], who is once again quickly overcome by Super Ginrai's [[Chōkon Power]] and even winds up impaling his leg on his own sword. With the Seacon combiner beaten, the Pretenders flee, and Lightfoot requests that Ginrai continue to teach him. The hunt is now well and truly on to find the remaining Godmasters!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (5)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (1)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (2)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Lightfoot]] (15)

|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (11)
* [[Blood]] (12)
* [[Dauros]] (13)
* [[Gulf]] (17)
* [[Turtler]] (18)
* [[Lobclaw]] (19)
* [[Kraken]] (20)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (21)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (8)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (9)

|c3=
* [[International School coach|Coach]] (3)
* [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] (7)
* [[Stand boy]] (10)
* [[Leftfoot's assistant]] (14)
* [[Leftfoot]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"So he saw a robot in his dreams... not a very romantic dream."
:—'''Ginrai'''

"Do you think I overdid it?" 
"You should just put some disinfectant on the hood..."
:—'''Lightfoot''' and '''Ginrai''' after ramming Gilmer in the unmentionables.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Improbable viewpoints:
**The footage Metalhawk reviews of Ginrai's television appearance includes footage of the cameraman who is filming the events.
*The very front of Ginrai's groin when he's in super mode varies between white and red depending on the shot. For example, it's red when he first combines with his trailer, and then it's white when he confronts the three Pretenders.
*The footage of the Decepticon Pretenders transforming and retreating is once again reused from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]", with new backgrounds to reflect the change of scenery.

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai appeared on television in "[[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai]]".
*Ginrai found the new Master-Braces indicating the existence of other Godmasters in his glove compartment in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Super Ginrai and King Poseidon made their debuts in the [[Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai|previous episode]].
*It's not explained in this episode how the car built by Lightfoot's father could be his [[Transtector]], given what we know of Godmaster origins. It's clarified somewhat in the [[An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger|next episode]].

===Real-world references===
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*As the bundle of envelopes is passed over the table to Ginrai, the top letter is addressed to "[[Toei|TOEI ANIME]]".
*As Ginrai then shuffles them, the top envelope is from "[[Bart Runcastar]]", an [[Engrish]] take on [[Wikipedia:Burt Lancaster|Burt Lancaster]].
*A poster in the CNM TV lobby advertises ''[[Jem]]''!

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''

:*''Title:'' "'''The Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Getaway: a Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*When Cab happily sings a song about the impending summer vacation, he tries to perform a Japanese schoolchildren's song, except that it's normally about New Year, not the summer, hence his confusion and everyone else's laughter.
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dramatic Encounter! Gilmer's Groin]]
*Lightfoot's father makes his debut in this episode; although not identified by name here, he will be named "Leftfoot" later in the series. This is part of one of those L/R puns you get in the Japanese language—in Japanese, there's no distinction between these two sounds, so it's possible to read "Lightfoot" as "Rightfoot". Hence, the pun of his father being named "Leftfoot". It hurts us too.
*When Lightfoot rams Gilmer, he nails him right in the crotch, and Gilmer makes one of those untranslatable Japanese-language puns when he painfully groans "Ta... ma... ge... ta"—from "tamageta" ("a shock") and "tama wo ketta" ("kicked in the balls").
*The rather pronounced piece of music that begins playing when Lightfoot transforms for the first time is an instrumental version of "[[Kiseki no Transformer]]", which will be heard in full as an insert song later in the series.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai

2012-12-09T22:18:56Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=15
|image=Superginraiborn.jpg
|caption=I've done it! Optimus Prime li—oh, wait, never mind.
|title="Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai"
|japanese=壮絶!!スーパージンライ誕生
|romaji=Sōzetsu!! Super Ginrai Tanjō
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 2|2 August]] 1988
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''To rescue a group of kidnapped children and defeat the menace of King Poseidon, Ginrai must discover a new transformation!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai surfing Decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
On an island off the coast of [[United States of America|America]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s draw a crowd of local children when they perform some impressive surfing stunts. A young boy named [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] is particularly impressed, and gets especially excited when the Juniors offer to show them all something "even cooler"—their Masterforce powers! Unfortunately for Tony and his friends, the Decepticons [[Pretender]]s have been watching, and view this as an opportunity to draw out and destroy [[Ginrai]] by kidnapping the children to use as bait. While the Juniors hold the children in a cave along the coastline, the Pretenders announce to the people of the island that they have captured their children.

Ginrai, meanwhile, is in his truck on the side of the road, deep in thought, ruminating on his friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]'s beliefs about his [[Godmaster]] powers being the will of [[God]]. [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] soon contacts him to let him know of the Decepticons' activities, and Ginrai quickly meets with him and [[Lander]] at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]]. Lander is especially peeved at the Decepticons' timing, since he had a date planned, and winds up tossing his concert tickets to the dolphins swimming in the institute's waters. Diver decides to scout ahead for the Autobots, approaching the island from underwater to observe the situation.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai captured Diver.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back on the island, the Decepticon Pretenders take up their positions in preparation for the Autobots' arrival. [[Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn]] are both rather surprised to spot the little-seen [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] leader [[Turtler]] patrolling the waters around the island—although not quite as much as [[Gilmer]] is to see Diver approaching the island underwater. He allows Diver to reach the island and assume his human form, at which point he bursts out of the ocean and seizes him. [[Dauros]] fits him with a brace that prevents him from crossing his arms and reassuming his robot mode, and has him tossed in with the captive human children. Luckily for Diver, Wilder and Bullhorn are a little too busy playing cards to notice when he has Tony remove his watch and place it in the water at the cave's edge, sending out a powerful sonic signal that is detected by his dolphins back at the Ocean Research Institute. All the other Autobots have since gathered at the Institute to await Diver's report, and Lander realises that Diver must be sending out ultrasonic waves when the dolphins begin to react to them.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai rescues.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The dolphins are let out into the ocean so that the Autobots can follow them back to the source of the signal aboard some of the Institute's vessels. Dauros spots the ships approaching, and recognizes Ginrai's [[transtector]] sitting on the deck – but unbeknownst to him, Ginrai is not on the boat, but is in fact approaching the island by swimming with the dolphins. It is not long before the ships are attacked by [[Blood]] and some [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakils]], but [[Metalhawk]] and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] fend them off while the ships draw ever closer to the island. Gilmer emerges as the next line of defence, but Lander takes him on as the Decepticon Juniors open fire on the ships from the coast. A blast from [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] ruptures the hull of the vessel carrying the transtectors, and sends the ship sinking into the ocean, so the Autobot Juniors transform to robot mode and leap the rest of the way. Ginrai's transtector also starts to slip off the deck and into the sea, but just before it disappears into the water, Ginrai—who has since reached the island—summons it and transforms to robot mode. Ginrai quickly takes out Wilder and frees Diver and the children, but the battle continues to rage between the other Pretenders and Juniors. Minerva appeals to Cancer, trying to convince him to leave the Decepticons and join the side of good, but Bullhorn steps in to strike her down before her words can have any impact.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai sunset.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Discovering that Ginrai has freed the hostages, Dauros calls in the Decepticons' secret weapon and commands Turtler to emerge from beneath the waves. Ginrai is stunned when the Seacon actually speaks, uttering a command to the other Seacon drones that burst out of the water behind him to "assemble". The five drones link up to Turtler, merging to form the gigantic [[King Poseidon]], who immediately tears into Ginrai while the Decepticon Pretenders pull back. Left abandoned, the Decepticon Juniors are surrounded by the Autobots, and Minerva again tries to reach Cancer, but the three teens quickly flee. Meanwhile, Ginrai struggles against King Poseidon, who attempts to stomp both him and the children. Ginrai seizes the giant villain's foot as it bears down on him and strains to hold it back as Tony cheers for him. Surging with determination, Ginrai begins to glow with an iridescent light...and, out in the shallow waters around the island, that glow is mirrored by Ginrai's transtector trailer, which flies out of the ocean and collides with King Poseidon, knocking him away. Then, the incredible happens—Ginrai links up with his trailer and transforms into a new super-robot mode! With the power of his new form, Ginrai thrashes King Poseidon and slams him into the ground, causing the Seacon drones to explode, leaving only Turtler, who escapes into the ocean. The Autobot onlookers are amazed by (and perhaps just a little jealous of) Ginrai's sudden new power up, and they dub him with a fitting new name: Super Ginrai!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (10)
* [[Lander]] (11)
* [[Metalhawk]] (13)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (14)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (9)
* [[Cab]] (15)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (16)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (17)

|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (6)
* [[Blood]] (7)
* [[Dauros]] (8)
* [[Turtler]] (12)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (18)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (19)
* [[Lobclaw]] (20)
* [[Kraken]] (21)
* [[Gulf]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Wilder]] (1)
* [[Bullhorn]] (2)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (3)

|c3=
* [[Hostage child|Child]] (4)
* [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] (5)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Giantcab.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Giant Enemy Cab!]]
*When the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors change into their armor for the kids, Bullhorn's colors are all over the place. His horns are blue instead of bone-colored, his pelvis is the same pale blue as his shoulders, and his legs are the same color as his upper arms.
*Ginrai's truck is parked next to a billboard which appears to be advertising [[E Cola]] and, in a magnificent piece of [[Engrish]], describes its product as "srarkring". An advertisement for the same beverage also appeared in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]'' episode, "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]"
*The insignia on Ginrai's braces flashes to indicate an incoming call. Unfortunately, it's a ''Decepticon'' insignia.
*As Diver casts off his human form, the helmet to his armor is completely white.
*When Cab and Minerva leap the island, their cels are arranged incorrectly—Cab should be in the foreground, with Minerva in the background, but they are reversed, thus making it seem like Cab is HUGE (or Minerva is tiny).

===Continuity errors===
*Superhuman Ginrai: Ginrai is able to speak while underwater and wearing a scuba mask (see also "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]").

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai's friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] made [[God|his overly religious observation]] on the nature of Godmasters in the [[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai|previous episode]].
*Minerva's attempts to appeal to Cancer come as a result of the connection they made in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai got his trailer back in "[[Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!]]" But if you saw the previous episode, then the fact that he was going to combine with it was no surprise, since the commercial bumpers gave it away.

===Foreign localization===
:*''Title:'' "'''The Heroic Birth of Super Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* Apparently for this episode someone forgot to swap profanities for their less offensive terms "[[pit]]" and "[[scrap]]". It's interesting to note "damn" appears more in this one episode than all previous episodes ([[The Headmasters]] series included) combined.

===Trivia===
*When taking up positions in preparation for Ginrai's arrival, the Decepticon Pretenders highlight the "land, sea and air" theme that they embody in this episode, as discussed on the Wiki back in the article for "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]".
*There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai

2012-12-09T22:18:35Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=15
|image=Superginraiborn.jpg
|caption=I've done it! Optimus Prime li—oh, wait, never mind.
|title="Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai"
|japanese=壮絶!!スーパージンライ誕生
|romaji=Sōzetsu!! Super Ginrai Tanjō
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 2|2 August]] 1988
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''To rescue a group of kidnapped children and defeat the menace of King Poseidon, Ginrai must discover a new transformation!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai surfing Decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
On an island off the coast of [[United States of America|America]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s draw a crowd of local children when they perform some impressive surfing stunts. A young boy named [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] is particularly impressed, and gets especially excited when the Juniors offer to show them all something "even cooler"—their Masterforce powers! Unfortunately for Tony and his friends, the Decepticons [[Pretender]]s have been watching, and view this as an opportunity to draw out and destroy [[Ginrai]] by kidnapping the children to use as bait. While the Juniors hold the children in a cave along the coastline, the Pretenders announce to the people of the island that they have captured their children.

Ginrai, meanwhile, is in his truck on the side of the road, deep in thought, ruminating on his friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]'s beliefs about his [[Godmaster]] powers being the will of [[God]]. [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] soon contacts him to let him know of the Decepticons' activities, and Ginrai quickly meets with him and [[Lander]] at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]]. Lander is especially peeved at the Decepticons' timing, since he had a date planned, and winds up tossing his concert tickets to the dolphins swimming in the institute's waters. Diver decides to scout ahead for the Autobots, approaching the island from underwater to observe the situation.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai captured Diver.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back on the island, the Decepticon Pretenders take up their positions in preparation for the Autobots' arrival. [[Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn]] are both rather surprised to spot the little-seen [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] leader [[Turtler]] patrolling the waters around the island—although not quite as much as [[Gilmer]] is to see Diver approaching the island underwater. He allows Diver to reach the island and assume his human form, at which point he bursts out of the ocean and seizes him. [[Dauros]] fits him with a brace that prevents him from crossing his arms and reassuming his robot mode, and has him tossed in with the captive human children. Luckily for Diver, Wilder and Bullhorn are a little too busy playing cards to notice when he has Tony remove his watch and place it in the water at the cave's edge, sending out a powerful sonic signal that is detected by his dolphins back at the Ocean Research Institute. All the other Autobots have since gathered at the Institute to await Diver's report, and Lander realises that Diver must be sending out ultrasonic waves when the dolphins begin to react to them.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai rescues.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The dolphins are let out into the ocean so that the Autobots can follow them back to the source of the signal aboard some of the Institute's vessels. Dauros spots the ships approaching, and recognizes Ginrai's [[transtector]] sitting on the deck – but unbeknownst to him, Ginrai is not on the boat, but is in fact approaching the island by swimming with the dolphins. It is not long before the ships are attacked by [[Blood]] and some [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakils]], but [[Metalhawk]] and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] fend them off while the ships draw ever closer to the island. Gilmer emerges as the next line of defence, but Lander takes him on as the Decepticon Juniors open fire on the ships from the coast. A blast from [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] ruptures the hull of the vessel carrying the transtectors, and sends the ship sinking into the ocean, so the Autobot Juniors transform to robot mode and leap the rest of the way. Ginrai's transtector also starts to slip off the deck and into the sea, but just before it disappears into the water, Ginrai—who has since reached the island—summons it and transforms to robot mode. Ginrai quickly takes out Wilder and frees Diver and the children, but the battle continues to rage between the other Pretenders and Juniors. Minerva appeals to Cancer, trying to convince him to leave the Decepticons and join the side of good, but Bullhorn steps in to strike her down before her words can have any impact.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai sunset.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Discovering that Ginrai has freed the hostages, Dauros calls in the Decepticons' secret weapon and commands Turtler to emerge from beneath the waves. Ginrai is stunned when the Seacon actually speaks, uttering a command to the other Seacon drones that burst out of the water behind him to "assemble". The five drones link up to Turtler, merging to form the gigantic [[King Poseidon]], who immediately tears into Ginrai while the Decepticon Pretenders pull back. Left abandoned, the Decepticon Juniors are surrounded by the Autobots, and Minerva again tries to reach Cancer, but the three teens quickly flee. Meanwhile, Ginrai struggles against King Poseidon, who attempts to stomp both him and the children. Ginrai seizes the giant villain's foot as it bears down on him and strains to hold it back as Tony cheers for him. Surging with determination, Ginrai begins to glow with an iridescent light...and, out in the shallow waters around the island, that glow is mirrored by Ginrai's transtector trailer, which flies out of the ocean and collides with King Poseidon, knocking him away. Then, the incredible happens—Ginrai links up with his trailer and transforms into a new super-robot mode! With the power of his new form, Ginrai thrashes King Poseidon and slams him into the ground, causing the Seacon drones to explode, leaving only Turtler, who escapes into the ocean. The Autobot onlookers are amazed by (and perhaps just a little jealous of) Ginrai's sudden new power up, and they dub him with a fitting new name: Super Ginrai!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (10)
* [[Lander]] (11)
* [[Metalhawk]] (13)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (14)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (9)
* [[Cab]] (15)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (16)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (17)

|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (6)
* [[Blood]] (7)
* [[Dauros]] (8)
* [[Turtler]] (12)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (18)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (19)
* [[Lobclaw]] (20)
* [[Kraken]] (21)
* [[Gulf]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Wilder]] (1)
* [[Bullhorn]] (2)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (3)

|c3=
* [[Hostage child|Child]] (4)
* [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] (5)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Giantcab.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Giant Enemy Cab!]]
*When the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors change into their armor for the kids, Bullhorn's colors are all over the place. His horns are blue instead of bone-colored, his pelvis is the same pale blue as his shoulders, and his legs are the same color as his upper arms.
*Ginrai's truck is parked next to a billboard which appears to be advertising [[E Cola]] and, in a magnificent piece of [[Engrish]], describes its product as "srarkring". An advertisement for the same beverage also appeared in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]'' episode, "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]"
*The insignia on Ginrai's braces flashes to indicate an incoming call. Unfortunately, it's a ''Decepticon'' insignia.
*As Diver casts off his human form, the helmet to his armor is completely white.
*When Cab and Minerva leap the island, their cels are arranged incorrectly—Cab should be in the foreground, with Minerva in the background, but they are reversed, thus making it seem like Cab is HUGE (or Minerva is tiny).

===Continuity errors===
*Superhuman Ginrai: Ginrai is able to speak while underwater and wearing a scuba mask (see also "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]").

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai's friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] made [[God|his overly religious observation]] on the nature of Godmasters in the [[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai|previous episode]].
*Minerva's attempts to appeal to Cancer come as a result of the connection they made in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai got his trailer back in "[[Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!]]" But if you saw the previous episode, then the fact that he was going to combine with it was no surprise, since the commercial bumpers gave it away.

===Foreign localization===
:*''Title:'' "'''The Heroic Birth of Super Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* Apparently for this episode someone forgot to swap profanities for their respective less offensive terms "[[pit]]" and "[[scrap]]". It's interesting to note "damn" appears more in this one episode than all previous episodes ([[The Headmasters]] series included) combined.

===Trivia===
*When taking up positions in preparation for Ginrai's arrival, the Decepticon Pretenders highlight the "land, sea and air" theme that they embody in this episode, as discussed on the Wiki back in the article for "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]".
*There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai

2012-12-09T21:45:44Z

Chigun: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=15
|image=Superginraiborn.jpg
|caption=I've done it! Optimus Prime li—oh, wait, never mind.
|title="Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai"
|japanese=壮絶!!スーパージンライ誕生
|romaji=Sōzetsu!! Super Ginrai Tanjō
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 2|2 August]] 1988
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''To rescue a group of kidnapped children and defeat the menace of King Poseidon, Ginrai must discover a new transformation!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai surfing Decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
On an island off the coast of [[United States of America|America]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s draw a crowd of local children when they perform some impressive surfing stunts. A young boy named [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] is particularly impressed, and gets especially excited when the Juniors offer to show them all something "even cooler"—their Masterforce powers! Unfortunately for Tony and his friends, the Decepticons [[Pretender]]s have been watching, and view this as an opportunity to draw out and destroy [[Ginrai]] by kidnapping the children to use as bait. While the Juniors hold the children in a cave along the coastline, the Pretenders announce to the people of the island that they have captured their children.

Ginrai, meanwhile, is in his truck on the side of the road, deep in thought, ruminating on his friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]'s beliefs about his [[Godmaster]] powers being the will of [[God]]. [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] soon contacts him to let him know of the Decepticons' activities, and Ginrai quickly meets with him and [[Lander]] at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]]. Lander is especially peeved at the Decepticons' timing, since he had a date planned, and winds up tossing his concert tickets to the dolphins swimming in the institute's waters. Diver decides to scout ahead for the Autobots, approaching the island from underwater to observe the situation.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai captured Diver.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back on the island, the Decepticon Pretenders take up their positions in preparation for the Autobots' arrival. [[Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn]] are both rather surprised to spot the little-seen [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] leader [[Turtler]] patrolling the waters around the island—although not quite as much as [[Gilmer]] is to see Diver approaching the island underwater. He allows Diver to reach the island and assume his human form, at which point he bursts out of the ocean and seizes him. [[Dauros]] fits him with a brace that prevents him from crossing his arms and reassuming his robot mode, and has him tossed in with the captive human children. Luckily for Diver, Wilder and Bullhorn are a little too busy playing cards to notice when he has Tony remove his watch and place it in the water at the cave's edge, sending out a powerful sonic signal that is detected by his dolphins back at the Ocean Research Institute. All the other Autobots have since gathered at the Institute to await Diver's report, and Lander realises that Diver must be sending out ultrasonic waves when the dolphins begin to react to them.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai rescues.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The dolphins are let out into the ocean so that the Autobots can follow them back to the source of the signal aboard some of the Institute's vessels. Dauros spots the ships approaching, and recognizes Ginrai's [[transtector]] sitting on the deck – but unbeknownst to him, Ginrai is not on the boat, but is in fact approaching the island by swimming with the dolphins. It is not long before the ships are attacked by [[Blood]] and some [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakils]], but [[Metalhawk]] and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] fend them off while the ships draw ever closer to the island. Gilmer emerges as the next line of defence, but Lander takes him on as the Decepticon Juniors open fire on the ships from the coast. A blast from [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] ruptures the hull of the vessel carrying the transtectors, and sends the ship sinking into the ocean, so the Autobot Juniors transform to robot mode and leap the rest of the way. Ginrai's transtector also starts to slip off the deck and into the sea, but just before it disappears into the water, Ginrai—who has since reached the island—summons it and transforms to robot mode. Ginrai quickly takes out Wilder and frees Diver and the children, but the battle continues to rage between the other Pretenders and Juniors. Minerva appeals to Cancer, trying to convince him to leave the Decepticons and join the side of good, but Bullhorn steps in to strike her down before her words can have any impact.

[[Image:BirthofSuperGinrai Ginrai sunset.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Discovering that Ginrai has freed the hostages, Dauros calls in the Decepticons' secret weapon and commands Turtler to emerge from beneath the waves. Ginrai is stunned when the Seacon actually speaks, uttering a command to the other Seacon drones that burst out of the water behind him to "assemble". The five drones link up to Turtler, merging to form the gigantic [[King Poseidon]], who immediately tears into Ginrai while the Decepticon Pretenders pull back. Left abandoned, the Decepticon Juniors are surrounded by the Autobots, and Minerva again tries to reach Cancer, but the three teens quickly flee. Meanwhile, Ginrai struggles against King Poseidon, who attempts to stomp both him and the children. Ginrai seizes the giant villain's foot as it bears down on him and strains to hold it back as Tony cheers for him. Surging with determination, Ginrai begins to glow with an iridescent light...and, out in the shallow waters around the island, that glow is mirrored by Ginrai's transtector trailer, which flies out of the ocean and collides with King Poseidon, knocking him away. Then, the incredible happens—Ginrai links up with his trailer and transforms into a new super-robot mode! With the power of his new form, Ginrai thrashes King Poseidon and slams him into the ground, causing the Seacon drones to explode, leaving only Turtler, who escapes into the ocean. The Autobot onlookers are amazed by (and perhaps just a little jealous of) Ginrai's sudden new power up, and they dub him with a fitting new name: Super Ginrai!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (10)
* [[Lander]] (11)
* [[Metalhawk]] (13)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (14)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (9)
* [[Cab]] (15)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (16)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (17)

|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (6)
* [[Blood]] (7)
* [[Dauros]] (8)
* [[Turtler]] (12)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (18)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (19)
* [[Lobclaw]] (20)
* [[Kraken]] (21)
* [[Gulf]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Wilder]] (1)
* [[Bullhorn]] (2)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (3)

|c3=
* [[Hostage child|Child]] (4)
* [[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]] (5)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Giantcab.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Giant Enemy Cab!]]
*When the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors change into their armor for the kids, Bullhorn's colors are all over the place. His horns are blue instead of bone-colored, his pelvis is the same pale blue as his shoulders, and his legs are the same color as his upper arms.
*Ginrai's truck is parked next to a billboard which appears to be advertising [[E Cola]] and, in a magnificent piece of [[Engrish]], describes its product as "srarkring". An advertisement for the same beverage also appeared in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]'' episode, "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]"
*The insignia on Ginrai's braces flashes to indicate an incoming call. Unfortunately, it's a ''Decepticon'' insignia.
*As Diver casts off his human form, the helmet to his armor is completely white.
*When Cab and Minerva leap the island, their cels are arranged incorrectly—Cab should be in the foreground, with Minerva in the background, but they are reversed, thus making it seem like Cab is HUGE (or Minerva is tiny).

===Continuity errors===
*Superhuman Ginrai: Ginrai is able to speak while underwater and wearing a scuba mask (see also "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]").

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai's friend [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] made [[God|his overly religious observation]] on the nature of Godmasters in the [[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai|previous episode]].
*Minerva's attempts to appeal to Cancer come as a result of the connection they made in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai got his trailer back in "[[Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!]]" But if you saw the previous episode, then the fact that he was going to combine with it was no surprise, since the commercial bumpers gave it away.

===Foreign localization===
:*''Title:'' "'''The Heroic Birth of Super Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*When taking up positions in preparation for Ginrai's arrival, the Decepticon Pretenders highlight the "land, sea and air" theme that they embody in this episode, as discussed on the Wiki back in the article for "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]".
*There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai

2012-12-09T21:40:31Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=14
|image=Eliminateginrai.jpg
|caption=Winner of the [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] lookalike contest.
|title="Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai"
|japanese=ゴッドマスタージンライを抹殺せよ
|romaji=Godmaster Ginrai o Massatsuseyo
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 19|19 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:EliminateGinrai Devil Z speaks.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]]s are still smarting over the fact that an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] has been created in [[Ginrai]], but [[Giga]] is given pause to wonder—if, as he has been led to believe, all Godmasters originated with a Decepticon soul, how is it that one bonded to a human who sympathizes with the Autobots? Before the question can sink into the minds of those around him, however, a voice cuts through the air that insists there is no time to question the matter. This voice emanates from the pulsating globe of light that has for so long lain silent, perched on an altar in the middle of the Decepticon base—it is the voice of [[Devil Z]], the mysterious emperor of the Decepticons! Giga and [[Mega]] fall to their knees when their lord speaks, and hear his command that no further Godmasters must become Autobots. Spurred on by these words, Giga turns to [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and issues his newest command—Ginrai must die!

Having acquired a trailer for his [[Transtector]], Ginrai has returned to America to show it to [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Lander]]. Steadily becoming more and more convinced that destiny has something in store for him, Ginrai decides to get proactive, and has had an idea that will help him to find the three fated owners of the [[Master-Brace]]s, but decides to keep it as a surprise for the two worried Pretenders.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai on TV.jpg|thumb|right|200px|...now we Transformers don't have organic internal organs, and can't get cancer. But ''you'' do, and ''you'' can.]]
Elsewhere in America, the Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]] are drowning their sorrows at a bar after failing to defeat Ginrai in their last encounter. [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] flips on the television to an [[Wideshow|entertainment show]] that is just beginning its audience participation segment, where a viewer named "Mr. X" is about to show the viewers an "interesting vehicle". Cancer just about manages to stay upright when "Mr. X" turns out to be Ginrai, who transforms to robot mode right there on live television and introduces himself, before making a plea—if anyone feels like they're being manipulated by fate, or have had strange and unusual things happen to them, contact him through the show. [[Bullhorn]] is all fired up to go on the offensive, but the others tell him to leave it to Buster and Hydra. Lander has also seen the broadcast, and tells Diver about it, but they both take it in stride.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai throw rocks at Ginrai.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The next day, Ginrai tunes his radio into the show to hear the responses that have come in, but unfortunately, they're all from crazies, including one guy who claims that both he and Ginrai are aliens from the [[Magellanic Nebulae]]. As he travels along, [[Gilmer]] pinpoints his location and radios it to Hydra and Buster, who quickly track him down—but the brothers opt instead to wait until Ginrai has entered the nearby city, planning to blame him for the devastation their fight will cause to increase anti-Autobot sentiment among humans. They shadow Ginrai as he arrives at his delivery point, and then begin their attack, injuring Ginrai's client, [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]. Ginrai transforms to robot mode and battles the two Godmaster brothers, but the fight has the desired effect—as their workplace is steadily destroyed, Ginrai's fellow truckers all begin hurling junk at him to get him to leave. With the plan working, Hydra and Buster lead him further into the city, deliberately rounding up humans as spectators to watch as they fight; Buster even tells them that Ginrai began the duel. The brothers beat Ginrai down and summon some [[Lobclaw]]s to finish him off, but just then, Lander and Diver arrive and take care of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] while Ginrai pursues the fleeing Decepticon Godmasters. Enraged by what they have done to him and his reputation, he unleashes a major burst of [[Chōkon Power]], knocking the villains from their feet; Lander and Diver soon arrive, having disposed of the Seacons, and the Godmasters flee.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai forgiven.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
A little later, Ginrai visits the injured Sam in the hospital with his fellow truckers. He apologizes for the fight, but Sam brushes it off. Sam has thought long and hard about Ginrai's incredible powers, and has come to one conclusion—they are the work of [[God]], who is telling Ginrai to protect others with them. Sam has brought all the other truckers around, and they all apologize to Ginrai for their earlier actions. A little later, Ginrai meets with Diver, who tells him that Lander is running damage control and informing the people that saw the fight that he had nothing to do with it. Diver does point out, however, that if Ginrai is already that self-conscious about his reputation and that of the Autobots, it makes him a good candidate for leader for someday...

Meanwhile, back at the Decepticon base, yet another failure has forced Mega and Giga's hand—it is time for them to play their trump card, in the form of the mighty Seacon combiner, [[King Poseidon]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Lander]] (7)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (8)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (5)
* [[Gilmer]] (13)
* [[Lobclaw]] (15)
* [[Turtler]] (16)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (17)
* [[Kraken]] (18)
* [[Gulf]] (19)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (20)
* [[King Poseidon]] (21)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (1)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (3)
* [[Giga]] (4)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (9)
* [[Wilder]] (10)
* [[Bullhorn]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Douglas (Masterforce)|Douglas]] (12)
* [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Everything Ginrai does makes me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!"
:—'''Lander'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The announcer from the TV show can be heard to start speaking, offscreen, before Cancer actually changes the channel.
*Bullhorn's scar switches to the right-hand side of his face when he throws his drink at Cancer.
*Also, after Bullhorn throws his drink the arcade machines disappear from beside the poster.
*As Hydra and Buster gloat to Ginrai that they've turned the humans against him, there's a shot of a completely empty street. The following shot suggests that it should have been full of horrified humans.

===Continuity notes===
*At long last, it speaks—the glowing sphere that the audience has frequently seen within the Decepticon base since "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" is finally revealed in this episode to be the Decepticon emperor, Devil Z. However, do not expect to learn anything ''more'' about him—it is never explained in the series as broadcast exactly what he is or where he comes from. It was not until "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he was explained to be an energy being from the far reaches of the galaxy (and even that's not especially satisfactory).
*Ginrai found the three sets of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai asks Diver to "say hi to the dolphin" for him, referring to the dolphin he delivered into his care back in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Youcandance.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Cancer attempts to will Madonna's clothes off]]
*Pinned up on the wall of the bar the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors visit is a poster for "You Can Dance" (based on the cover of the cassette release), an album by singer [[Madonna]]. Of course, that album was contemporary for the time the show was being aired (released as it was in November 1987)—but given that ''Super-God Masterforce'' is supposed to take place several years after 2011, that bar might want to think about redecorating...
*[[Gordon's Gin]] still comes in bottles almost identical to the one Sam produces at the end of the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Hunt has Begun'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* Name changes: Turtler subtitled as [[Snaptrap]] and King Poseidon as [[Piranacon]].

===Trivia===
*Beginning with this episode, two new eye-catches (commercials bumpers) are introduced. The familiar Metalhawk, King Poseidon and Goshooter bumpers remain, while the Blood and Ginrai bumpers are phased out and replaced with one of Hydra and Buster merging into Darkwings, and one of Ginrai combining with his trailer to form Super Ginrai. Of course, he doesn't do this in the show itself until ''next'' episode—rather amazingly, the "next episode" preview ''didn't'' spoil this, revealing simply the name and a silhouetted image of Super Ginrai, instead of just showing the character, so obviously, it was up to the bumper to pick up the slack and deprive the audience of any kind of surprise.
*Hydra displays some shockingly bad combat tactics in this episode. At one point, he is wielding both his blasters, and is within arm's reach of an unarmed Ginrai... and instead of ''shooting him'', he flips his blasters around, grabs them by the barrels and uses them as clubs! Then, when Buster is holding Ginrai in a headlock, Hydra approaches, blaster in hand... only to shunt it away, punch him a bit and then call up a Lobclaw! Dude, JUST SHOOT HIM.
*Lander appears to have been on another date when he calls Diver...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai

2012-12-09T21:36:40Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=14
|image=Eliminateginrai.jpg
|caption=Winner of the [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] lookalike contest.
|title="Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai"
|japanese=ゴッドマスタージンライを抹殺せよ
|romaji=Godmaster Ginrai o Massatsuseyo
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 19|19 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:EliminateGinrai Devil Z speaks.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]]s are still smarting over the fact that an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] has been created in [[Ginrai]], but [[Giga]] is given pause to wonder—if, as he has been led to believe, all Godmasters originated with a Decepticon soul, how is it that one bonded to a human who sympathizes with the Autobots? Before the question can sink into the minds of those around him, however, a voice cuts through the air that insists there is no time to question the matter. This voice emanates from the pulsating globe of light that has for so long lain silent, perched on an altar in the middle of the Decepticon base—it is the voice of [[Devil Z]], the mysterious emperor of the Decepticons! Giga and [[Mega]] fall to their knees when their lord speaks, and hear his command that no further Godmasters must become Autobots. Spurred on by these words, Giga turns to [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and issues his newest command—Ginrai must die!

Having acquired a trailer for his [[Transtector]], Ginrai has returned to America to show it to [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Lander]]. Steadily becoming more and more convinced that destiny has something in store for him, Ginrai decides to get proactive, and has had an idea that will help him to find the three fated owners of the [[Master-Brace]]s, but decides to keep it as a surprise for the two worried Pretenders.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai on TV.jpg|thumb|right|200px|...now we Transformers don't have organic internal organs, and can't get cancer. But ''you'' do, and ''you'' can.]]
Elsewhere in America, the Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]] are drowning their sorrows at a bar after failing to defeat Ginrai in their last encounter. [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] flips on the television to an [[Wideshow|entertainment show]] that is just beginning its audience participation segment, where a viewer named "Mr. X" is about to show the viewers an "interesting vehicle". Cancer just about manages to stay upright when "Mr. X" turns out to be Ginrai, who transforms to robot mode right there on live television and introduces himself, before making a plea—if anyone feels like they're being manipulated by fate, or have had strange and unusual things happen to them, contact him through the show. [[Bullhorn]] is all fired up to go on the offensive, but the others tell him to leave it to Buster and Hydra. Lander has also seen the broadcast, and tells Diver about it, but they both take it in stride.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai throw rocks at Ginrai.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The next day, Ginrai tunes his radio into the show to hear the responses that have come in, but unfortunately, they're all from crazies, including one guy who claims that both he and Ginrai are aliens from the [[Magellanic Nebulae]]. As he travels along, [[Gilmer]] pinpoints his location and radios it to Hydra and Buster, who quickly track him down—but the brothers opt instead to wait until Ginrai has entered the nearby city, planning to blame him for the devastation their fight will cause to increase anti-Autobot sentiment among humans. They shadow Ginrai as he arrives at his delivery point, and then begin their attack, injuring Ginrai's client, [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]. Ginrai transforms to robot mode and battles the two Godmaster brothers, but the fight has the desired effect—as their workplace is steadily destroyed, Ginrai's fellow truckers all begin hurling junk at him to get him to leave. With the plan working, Hydra and Buster lead him further into the city, deliberately rounding up humans as spectators to watch as they fight; Buster even tells them that Ginrai began the duel. The brothers beat Ginrai down and summon some [[Lobclaw]]s to finish him off, but just then, Lander and Diver arrive and take care of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] while Ginrai pursues the fleeing Decepticon Godmasters. Enraged by what they have done to him and his reputation, he unleashes a major burst of [[Chōkon Power]], knocking the villains from their feet; Lander and Diver soon arrive, having disposed of the Seacons, and the Godmasters flee.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai forgiven.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
A little later, Ginrai visits the injured Sam in the hospital with his fellow truckers. He apologizes for the fight, but Sam brushes it off. Sam has thought long and hard about Ginrai's incredible powers, and has come to one conclusion—they are the work of [[God]], who is telling Ginrai to protect others with them. Sam has brought all the other truckers around, and they all apologize to Ginrai for their earlier actions. A little later, Ginrai meets with Diver, who tells him that Lander is running damage control and informing the people that saw the fight that he had nothing to do with it. Diver does point out, however, that if Ginrai is already that self-conscious about his reputation and that of the Autobots, it makes him a good candidate for leader for someday...

Meanwhile, back at the Decepticon base, yet another failure has forced Mega and Giga's hand—it is time for them to play their trump card, in the form of the mighty Seacon combiner, [[King Poseidon]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Lander]] (7)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (8)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (5)
* [[Gilmer]] (13)
* [[Lobclaw]] (15)
* [[Turtler]] (16)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (17)
* [[Kraken]] (18)
* [[Gulf]] (19)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (20)
* [[King Poseidon]] (21)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (1)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (3)
* [[Giga]] (4)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (9)
* [[Wilder]] (10)
* [[Bullhorn]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Douglas (Masterforce)|Douglas]] (12)
* [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Everything Ginrai does makes me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!"
:—'''Lander'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The announcer from the TV show can be heard to start speaking, offscreen, before Cancer actually changes the channel.
*Bullhorn's scar switches to the right-hand side of his face when he throws his drink at Cancer.
*Also, after Bullhorn throws his drink the arcade machines disappear from beside the poster.
*As Hydra and Buster gloat to Ginrai that they've turned the humans against him, there's a shot of a completely empty street. The following shot suggests that it should have been full of horrified humans.

===Continuity notes===
*At long last, it speaks—the glowing sphere that the audience has frequently seen within the Decepticon base since "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" is finally revealed in this episode to be the Decepticon emperor, Devil Z. However, do not expect to learn anything ''more'' about him—it is never explained in the series as broadcast exactly what he is or where he comes from. It was not until "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he was explained to be an energy being from the far reaches of the galaxy (and even that's not especially satisfactory).
*Ginrai found the three sets of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai asks Diver to "say hi to the dolphin" for him, referring to the dolphin he delivered into his care back in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Youcandance.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Cancer attempts to will Madonna's clothes off]]
*Pinned up on the wall of the bar the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors visit is a poster for "You Can Dance" (based on the cover of the cassette release), an album by singer [[Madonna]]. Of course, that album was contemporary for the time the show was being aired (released as it was in November 1987)—but given that ''Super-God Masterforce'' is supposed to take place several years after 2011, that bar might want to think about redecorating...
*[[Gordon's Gin]] still comes in bottles almost identical to the one Sam produces at the end of the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Hunt has Begun'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* Name change: Turtler subtitled as [[Snaptrap]].

===Trivia===
*Beginning with this episode, two new eye-catches (commercials bumpers) are introduced. The familiar Metalhawk, King Poseidon and Goshooter bumpers remain, while the Blood and Ginrai bumpers are phased out and replaced with one of Hydra and Buster merging into Darkwings, and one of Ginrai combining with his trailer to form Super Ginrai. Of course, he doesn't do this in the show itself until ''next'' episode—rather amazingly, the "next episode" preview ''didn't'' spoil this, revealing simply the name and a silhouetted image of Super Ginrai, instead of just showing the character, so obviously, it was up to the bumper to pick up the slack and deprive the audience of any kind of surprise.
*Hydra displays some shockingly bad combat tactics in this episode. At one point, he is wielding both his blasters, and is within arm's reach of an unarmed Ginrai... and instead of ''shooting him'', he flips his blasters around, grabs them by the barrels and uses them as clubs! Then, when Buster is holding Ginrai in a headlock, Hydra approaches, blaster in hand... only to shunt it away, punch him a bit and then call up a Lobclaw! Dude, JUST SHOOT HIM.
*Lander appears to have been on another date when he calls Diver...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai

2012-12-09T21:16:54Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=14
|image=Eliminateginrai.jpg
|caption=Winner of the [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] lookalike contest.
|title="Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai"
|japanese=ゴッドマスタージンライを抹殺せよ
|romaji=Godmaster Ginrai o Massatsuseyo
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 19|19 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:EliminateGinrai Devil Z speaks.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]]s are still smarting over the fact that an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] has been created in [[Ginrai]], but [[Giga]] is given pause to wonder—if, as he has been led to believe, all Godmasters originated with a Decepticon soul, how is it that one bonded to a human who sympathizes with the Autobots? Before the question can sink into the minds of those around him, however, a voice cuts through the air that insists there is no time to question the matter. This voice emanates from the pulsating globe of light that has for so long lain silent, perched on an altar in the middle of the Decepticon base—it is the voice of [[Devil Z]], the mysterious emperor of the Decepticons! Giga and [[Mega]] fall to their knees when their lord speaks, and hear his command that no further Godmasters must become Autobots. Spurred on by these words, Giga turns to [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and issues his newest command—Ginrai must die!

Having acquired a trailer for his [[Transtector]], Ginrai has returned to America to show it to [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Lander]]. Steadily becoming more and more convinced that destiny has something in store for him, Ginrai decides to get proactive, and has had an idea that will help him to find the three fated owners of the [[Master-Brace]]s, but decides to keep it as a surprise for the two worried Pretenders.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai on TV.jpg|thumb|right|200px|...now we Transformers don't have organic internal organs, and can't get cancer. But ''you'' do, and ''you'' can.]]
Elsewhere in America, the Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]] are drowning their sorrows at a bar after failing to defeat Ginrai in their last encounter. [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] flips on the television to an [[Wideshow|entertainment show]] that is just beginning its audience participation segment, where a viewer named "Mr. X" is about to show the viewers an "interesting vehicle". Cancer just about manages to stay upright when "Mr. X" turns out to be Ginrai, who transforms to robot mode right there on live television and introduces himself, before making a plea—if anyone feels like they're being manipulated by fate, or have had strange and unusual things happen to them, contact him through the show. [[Bullhorn]] is all fired up to go on the offensive, but the others tell him to leave it to Buster and Hydra. Lander has also seen the broadcast, and tells Diver about it, but they both take it in stride.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai throw rocks at Ginrai.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The next day, Ginrai tunes his radio into the show to hear the responses that have come in, but unfortunately, they're all from crazies, including one guy who claims that both he and Ginrai are aliens from the [[Magellanic Nebulae]]. As he travels along, [[Gilmer]] pinpoints his location and radios it to Hydra and Buster, who quickly track him down—but the brothers opt instead to wait until Ginrai has entered the nearby city, planning to blame him for the devastation their fight will cause to increase anti-Autobot sentiment among humans. They shadow Ginrai as he arrives at his delivery point, and then begin their attack, injuring Ginrai's client, [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]. Ginrai transforms to robot mode and battles the two Godmaster brothers, but the fight has the desired effect—as their workplace is steadily destroyed, Ginrai's fellow truckers all begin hurling junk at him to get him to leave. With the plan working, Hydra and Buster lead him further into the city, deliberately rounding up humans as spectators to watch as they fight; Buster even tells them that Ginrai began the duel. The brothers beat Ginrai down and summon some [[Lobclaw]]s to finish him off, but just then, Lander and Diver arrive and take care of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] while Ginrai pursues the fleeing Decepticon Godmasters. Enraged by what they have done to him and his reputation, he unleashes a major burst of [[Chōkon Power]], knocking the villains from their feet; Lander and Diver soon arrive, having disposed of the Seacons, and the Godmasters flee.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai forgiven.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
A little later, Ginrai visits the injured Sam in the hospital with his fellow truckers. He apologizes for the fight, but Sam brushes it off. Sam has thought long and hard about Ginrai's incredible powers, and has come to one conclusion—they are the work of [[God]], who is telling Ginrai to protect others with them. Sam has brought all the other truckers around, and they all apologize to Ginrai for their earlier actions. A little later, Ginrai meets with Diver, who tells him that Lander is running damage control and informing the people that saw the fight that he had nothing to do with it. Diver does point out, however, that if Ginrai is already that self-conscious about his reputation and that of the Autobots, it makes him a good candidate for leader for someday...

Meanwhile, back at the Decepticon base, yet another failure has forced Mega and Giga's hand—it is time for them to play their trump card, in the form of the mighty Seacon combiner, [[King Poseidon]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Lander]] (7)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (8)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (5)
* [[Gilmer]] (13)
* [[Lobclaw]] (15)
* [[Turtler]] (16)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (17)
* [[Kraken]] (18)
* [[Gulf]] (19)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (20)
* [[King Poseidon]] (21)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (1)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (3)
* [[Giga]] (4)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (9)
* [[Wilder]] (10)
* [[Bullhorn]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Douglas (Masterforce)|Douglas]] (12)
* [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Everything Ginrai does makes me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!"
:—'''Lander'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The announcer from the TV show can be heard to start speaking, offscreen, before Cancer actually changes the channel.
*Bullhorn's scar switches to the right-hand side of his face when he throws his drink at Cancer.
*Also, after Bullhorn throws his drink the arcade machines disappear from beside the poster.
*As Hydra and Buster gloat to Ginrai that they've turned the humans against him, there's a shot of a completely empty street. The following shot suggests that it should have been full of horrified humans.

===Continuity notes===
*At long last, it speaks—the glowing sphere that the audience has frequently seen within the Decepticon base since "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" is finally revealed in this episode to be the Decepticon emperor, Devil Z. However, do not expect to learn anything ''more'' about him—it is never explained in the series as broadcast exactly what he is or where he comes from. It was not until "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he was explained to be an energy being from the far reaches of the galaxy (and even that's not especially satisfactory).
*Ginrai found the three sets of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai asks Diver to "say hi to the dolphin" for him, referring to the dolphin he delivered into his care back in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Youcandance.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Cancer attempts to will Madonna's clothes off]]
*Pinned up on the wall of the bar the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors visit is a poster for "You Can Dance" (based on the cover of the cassette release), an album by singer [[Madonna]]. Of course, that album was contemporary for the time the show was being aired (released as it was in November 1987)—but given that ''Super-God Masterforce'' is supposed to take place several years after 2011, that bar might want to think about redecorating...
*[[Gordon's Gin]] still comes in bottles almost identical to the one Sam produces at the end of the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Hunt has Begun'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*Beginning with this episode, two new eye-catches (commercials bumpers) are introduced. The familiar Metalhawk, King Poseidon and Goshooter bumpers remain, while the Blood and Ginrai bumpers are phased out and replaced with one of Hydra and Buster merging into Darkwings, and one of Ginrai combining with his trailer to form Super Ginrai. Of course, he doesn't do this in the show itself until ''next'' episode—rather amazingly, the "next episode" preview ''didn't'' spoil this, revealing simply the name and a silhouetted image of Super Ginrai, instead of just showing the character, so obviously, it was up to the bumper to pick up the slack and deprive the audience of any kind of surprise.
*Hydra displays some shockingly bad combat tactics in this episode. At one point, he is wielding both his blasters, and is within arm's reach of an unarmed Ginrai... and instead of ''shooting him'', he flips his blasters around, grabs them by the barrels and uses them as clubs! Then, when Buster is holding Ginrai in a headlock, Hydra approaches, blaster in hand... only to shunt it away, punch him a bit and then call up a Lobclaw! Dude, JUST SHOOT HIM.
*Lander appears to have been on another date when he calls Diver...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai

2012-12-09T21:14:17Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=14
|image=Eliminateginrai.jpg
|caption=Winner of the [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] lookalike contest.
|title="Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai"
|japanese=ゴッドマスタージンライを抹殺せよ
|romaji=Godmaster Ginrai o Massatsuseyo
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 19|19 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:EliminateGinrai Devil Z speaks.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]]s are still smarting over the fact that an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] has been created in [[Ginrai]], but [[Giga]] is given pause to wonder—if, as he has been led to believe, all Godmasters originated with a Decepticon soul, how is it that one bonded to a human who sympathizes with the Autobots? Before the question can sink into the minds of those around him, however, a voice cuts through the air that insists there is no time to question the matter. This voice emanates from the pulsating globe of light that has for so long lain silent, perched on an altar in the middle of the Decepticon base—it is the voice of [[Devil Z]], the mysterious emperor of the Decepticons! Giga and [[Mega]] fall to their knees when their lord speaks, and hear his command that no further Godmasters must become Autobots. Spurred on by these words, Giga turns to [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and issues his newest command—Ginrai must die!

Having acquired a trailer for his [[Transtector]], Ginrai has returned to America to show it to [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Lander]]. Steadily becoming more and more convinced that destiny has something in store for him, Ginrai decides to get proactive, and has had an idea that will help him to find the three fated owners of the [[Master-Brace]]s, but decides to keep it as a surprise for the two worried Pretenders.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai on TV.jpg|thumb|right|200px|...now we Transformers don't have organic internal organs, and can't get cancer. But ''you'' do, and ''you'' can.]]
Elsewhere in America, the Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]] are drowning their sorrows at a bar after failing to defeat Ginrai in their last encounter. [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] flips on the television to an [[Wideshow|entertainment show]] that is just beginning its audience participation segment, where a viewer named "Mr. X" is about to show the viewers an "interesting vehicle". Cancer just about manages to stay upright when "Mr. X" turns out to be Ginrai, who transforms to robot mode right there on live television and introduces himself, before making a plea—if anyone feels like they're being manipulated by fate, or have had strange and unusual things happen to them, contact him through the show. [[Bullhorn]] is all fired up to go on the offensive, but the others tell him to leave it to Buster and Hydra. Lander has also seen the broadcast, and tells Diver about it, but they both take it in stride.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai throw rocks at Ginrai.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The next day, Ginrai tunes his radio into the show to hear the responses that have come in, but unfortunately, they're all from crazies, including one guy who claims that both he and Ginrai are aliens from the [[Magellanic Nebulae]]. As he travels along, [[Gilmer]] pinpoints his location and radios it to Hydra and Buster, who quickly track him down—but the brothers opt instead to wait until Ginrai has entered the nearby city, planning to blame him for the devastation their fight will cause to increase anti-Autobot sentiment among humans. They shadow Ginrai as he arrives at his delivery point, and then begin their attack, injuring Ginrai's client, [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]. Ginrai transforms to robot mode and battles the two Godmaster brothers, but the fight has the desired effect—as their workplace is steadily destroyed, Ginrai's fellow truckers all begin hurling junk at him to get him to leave. With the plan working, Hydra and Buster lead him further into the city, deliberately rounding up humans as spectators to watch as they fight; Buster even tells them that Ginrai began the duel. The brothers beat Ginrai down and summon some [[Lobclaw]]s to finish him off, but just then, Lander and Diver arrive and take care of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] while Ginrai pursues the fleeing Decepticon Godmasters. Enraged by what they have done to him and his reputation, he unleashes a major burst of [[Chōkon Power]], knocking the villains from their feet; Lander and Diver soon arrive, having disposed of the Seacons, and the Godmasters flee.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai forgiven.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
A little later, Ginrai visits the injured Sam in the hospital with his fellow truckers. He apologizes for the fight, but Sam brushes it off. Sam has thought long and hard about Ginrai's incredible powers, and has come to one conclusion—they are the work of [[God]], who is telling Ginrai to protect others with them. Sam has brought all the other truckers around, and they all apologize to Ginrai for their earlier actions. A little later, Ginrai meets with Diver, who tells him that Lander is running damage control and informing the people that saw the fight that he had nothing to do with it. Diver does point out, however, that if Ginrai is already that self-conscious about his reputation and that of the Autobots, it makes him a good candidate for leader for someday...

Meanwhile, back at the Decepticon base, yet another failure has forced Mega and Giga's hand—it is time for them to play their trump card, in the form of the mighty Seacon combiner, [[King Poseidon]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Lander]] (7)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (8)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (5)
* [[Gilmer]] (13)
* [[Lobclaw]] (15)
* [[Turtler]] (16)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (17)
* [[Kraken]] (18)
* [[Gulf]] (19)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (20)
* [[King Poseidon]] (21)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (1)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (3)
* [[Giga]] (4)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (9)
* [[Wilder]] (10)
* [[Bullhorn]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Douglas (Masterforce)|Douglas]] (12)
* [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Everything Ginrai does makes me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!"
:—'''Lander'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The announcer from the TV show can be heard to start speaking, offscreen, before Cancer actually changes the channel.
*Bullhorn's scar switches to the right-hand side of his face when he throws his drink at Cancer.
*We first see Cancer playing on a purple arcade machine closest to the poster. In another shot a red arcade machine has appeared closer to the poster. After Bullhorn throws the drink, both arcade machines are no more.
*As Hydra and Buster gloat to Ginrai that they've turned the humans against him, there's a shot of a completely empty street. The following shot suggests that it should have been full of horrified humans.

===Continuity notes===
*At long last, it speaks—the glowing sphere that the audience has frequently seen within the Decepticon base since "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" is finally revealed in this episode to be the Decepticon emperor, Devil Z. However, do not expect to learn anything ''more'' about him—it is never explained in the series as broadcast exactly what he is or where he comes from. It was not until "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he was explained to be an energy being from the far reaches of the galaxy (and even that's not especially satisfactory).
*Ginrai found the three sets of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai asks Diver to "say hi to the dolphin" for him, referring to the dolphin he delivered into his care back in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Youcandance.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Cancer attempts to will Madonna's clothes off]]
*Pinned up on the wall of the bar the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors visit is a poster for "You Can Dance" (based on the cover of the cassette release), an album by singer [[Madonna]]. Of course, that album was contemporary for the time the show was being aired (released as it was in November 1987)—but given that ''Super-God Masterforce'' is supposed to take place several years after 2011, that bar might want to think about redecorating...
*[[Gordon's Gin]] still comes in bottles almost identical to the one Sam produces at the end of the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Hunt has Begun'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*Beginning with this episode, two new eye-catches (commercials bumpers) are introduced. The familiar Metalhawk, King Poseidon and Goshooter bumpers remain, while the Blood and Ginrai bumpers are phased out and replaced with one of Hydra and Buster merging into Darkwings, and one of Ginrai combining with his trailer to form Super Ginrai. Of course, he doesn't do this in the show itself until ''next'' episode—rather amazingly, the "next episode" preview ''didn't'' spoil this, revealing simply the name and a silhouetted image of Super Ginrai, instead of just showing the character, so obviously, it was up to the bumper to pick up the slack and deprive the audience of any kind of surprise.
*Hydra displays some shockingly bad combat tactics in this episode. At one point, he is wielding both his blasters, and is within arm's reach of an unarmed Ginrai... and instead of ''shooting him'', he flips his blasters around, grabs them by the barrels and uses them as clubs! Then, when Buster is holding Ginrai in a headlock, Hydra approaches, blaster in hand... only to shunt it away, punch him a bit and then call up a Lobclaw! Dude, JUST SHOOT HIM.
*Lander appears to have been on another date when he calls Diver...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai

2012-12-09T21:12:22Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=14
|image=Eliminateginrai.jpg
|caption=Winner of the [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] lookalike contest.
|title="Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai"
|japanese=ゴッドマスタージンライを抹殺せよ
|romaji=Godmaster Ginrai o Massatsuseyo
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 19|19 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:EliminateGinrai Devil Z speaks.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]]s are still smarting over the fact that an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] has been created in [[Ginrai]], but [[Giga]] is given pause to wonder—if, as he has been led to believe, all Godmasters originated with a Decepticon soul, how is it that one bonded to a human who sympathizes with the Autobots? Before the question can sink into the minds of those around him, however, a voice cuts through the air that insists there is no time to question the matter. This voice emanates from the pulsating globe of light that has for so long lain silent, perched on an altar in the middle of the Decepticon base—it is the voice of [[Devil Z]], the mysterious emperor of the Decepticons! Giga and [[Mega]] fall to their knees when their lord speaks, and hear his command that no further Godmasters must become Autobots. Spurred on by these words, Giga turns to [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and issues his newest command—Ginrai must die!

Having acquired a trailer for his [[Transtector]], Ginrai has returned to America to show it to [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Lander]]. Steadily becoming more and more convinced that destiny has something in store for him, Ginrai decides to get proactive, and has had an idea that will help him to find the three fated owners of the [[Master-Brace]]s, but decides to keep it as a surprise for the two worried Pretenders.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai on TV.jpg|thumb|right|200px|...now we Transformers don't have organic internal organs, and can't get cancer. But ''you'' do, and ''you'' can.]]
Elsewhere in America, the Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]] are drowning their sorrows at a bar after failing to defeat Ginrai in their last encounter. [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] flips on the television to an [[Wideshow|entertainment show]] that is just beginning its audience participation segment, where a viewer named "Mr. X" is about to show the viewers an "interesting vehicle". Cancer just about manages to stay upright when "Mr. X" turns out to be Ginrai, who transforms to robot mode right there on live television and introduces himself, before making a plea—if anyone feels like they're being manipulated by fate, or have had strange and unusual things happen to them, contact him through the show. [[Bullhorn]] is all fired up to go on the offensive, but the others tell him to leave it to Buster and Hydra. Lander has also seen the broadcast, and tells Diver about it, but they both take it in stride.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai throw rocks at Ginrai.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The next day, Ginrai tunes his radio into the show to hear the responses that have come in, but unfortunately, they're all from crazies, including one guy who claims that both he and Ginrai are aliens from the [[Magellanic Nebulae]]. As he travels along, [[Gilmer]] pinpoints his location and radios it to Hydra and Buster, who quickly track him down—but the brothers opt instead to wait until Ginrai has entered the nearby city, planning to blame him for the devastation their fight will cause to increase anti-Autobot sentiment among humans. They shadow Ginrai as he arrives at his delivery point, and then begin their attack, injuring Ginrai's client, [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]. Ginrai transforms to robot mode and battles the two Godmaster brothers, but the fight has the desired effect—as their workplace is steadily destroyed, Ginrai's fellow truckers all begin hurling junk at him to get him to leave. With the plan working, Hydra and Buster lead him further into the city, deliberately rounding up humans as spectators to watch as they fight; Buster even tells them that Ginrai began the duel. The brothers beat Ginrai down and summon some [[Lobclaw]]s to finish him off, but just then, Lander and Diver arrive and take care of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] while Ginrai pursues the fleeing Decepticon Godmasters. Enraged by what they have done to him and his reputation, he unleashes a major burst of [[Chōkon Power]], knocking the villains from their feet; Lander and Diver soon arrive, having disposed of the Seacons, and the Godmasters flee.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai forgiven.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
A little later, Ginrai visits the injured Sam in the hospital with his fellow truckers. He apologizes for the fight, but Sam brushes it off. Sam has thought long and hard about Ginrai's incredible powers, and has come to one conclusion—they are the work of [[God]], who is telling Ginrai to protect others with them. Sam has brought all the other truckers around, and they all apologize to Ginrai for their earlier actions. A little later, Ginrai meets with Diver, who tells him that Lander is running damage control and informing the people that saw the fight that he had nothing to do with it. Diver does point out, however, that if Ginrai is already that self-conscious about his reputation and that of the Autobots, it makes him a good candidate for leader for someday...

Meanwhile, back at the Decepticon base, yet another failure has forced Mega and Giga's hand—it is time for them to play their trump card, in the form of the mighty Seacon combiner, [[King Poseidon]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Lander]] (7)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (8)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (5)
* [[Gilmer]] (13)
* [[Lobclaw]] (15)
* [[Turtler]] (16)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (17)
* [[Kraken]] (18)
* [[Gulf]] (19)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (20)
* [[King Poseidon]] (21)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (1)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (3)
* [[Giga]] (4)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (9)
* [[Wilder]] (10)
* [[Bullhorn]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Douglas (Masterforce)|Douglas]] (12)
* [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Everything Ginrai does makes me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!"
:—'''Lander'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The announcer from the TV show can be heard to start speaking, offscreen, before Cancer actually changes the channel.
*Bullhorn's scar switches to the right-hand side of his face when he throws his drink at Cancer.
*As Hydra and Buster gloat to Ginrai that they've turned the humans against him, there's a shot of a completely empty street. The following shot suggests that it should have been full of horrified humans.

===Continuity notes===
*At long last, it speaks—the glowing sphere that the audience has frequently seen within the Decepticon base since "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" is finally revealed in this episode to be the Decepticon emperor, Devil Z. However, do not expect to learn anything ''more'' about him—it is never explained in the series as broadcast exactly what he is or where he comes from. It was not until "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he was explained to be an energy being from the far reaches of the galaxy (and even that's not especially satisfactory).
*Ginrai found the three sets of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai asks Diver to "say hi to the dolphin" for him, referring to the dolphin he delivered into his care back in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Youcandance.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Cancer attempts to will Madonna's clothes off]]
*Pinned up on the wall of the bar the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors visit is a poster for "You Can Dance" (based on the cover of the cassette release), an album by singer [[Madonna]]. Of course, that album was contemporary for the time the show was being aired (released as it was in November 1987)—but given that ''Super-God Masterforce'' is supposed to take place several years after 2011, that bar might want to think about redecorating...
*[[Gordon's Gin]] still comes in bottles almost identical to the one Sam produces at the end of the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Hunt has Begun'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*Beginning with this episode, two new eye-catches (commercials bumpers) are introduced. The familiar Metalhawk, King Poseidon and Goshooter bumpers remain, while the Blood and Ginrai bumpers are phased out and replaced with one of Hydra and Buster merging into Darkwings, and one of Ginrai combining with his trailer to form Super Ginrai. Of course, he doesn't do this in the show itself until ''next'' episode—rather amazingly, the "next episode" preview ''didn't'' spoil this, revealing simply the name and a silhouetted image of Super Ginrai, instead of just showing the character, so obviously, it was up to the bumper to pick up the slack and deprive the audience of any kind of surprise.
*Hydra displays some shockingly bad combat tactics in this episode. At one point, he is wielding both his blasters, and is within arm's reach of an unarmed Ginrai... and instead of ''shooting him'', he flips his blasters around, grabs them by the barrels and uses them as clubs! Then, when Buster is holding Ginrai in a headlock, Hydra approaches, blaster in hand... only to shunt it away, punch him a bit and then call up a Lobclaw! Dude, JUST SHOOT HIM.
*Lander appears to have been on another date when he calls Diver...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai

2012-12-09T21:11:55Z

Chigun: /* Foreign dubbing */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=14
|image=Eliminateginrai.jpg
|caption=Winner of the [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] lookalike contest.
|title="Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai"
|japanese=ゴッドマスタージンライを抹殺せよ
|romaji=Godmaster Ginrai o Massatsuseyo
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 19|19 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:EliminateGinrai Devil Z speaks.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]]s are still smarting over the fact that an [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]] has been created in [[Ginrai]], but [[Giga]] is given pause to wonder—if, as he has been led to believe, all Godmasters originated with a Decepticon soul, how is it that one bonded to a human who sympathizes with the Autobots? Before the question can sink into the minds of those around him, however, a voice cuts through the air that insists there is no time to question the matter. This voice emanates from the pulsating globe of light that has for so long lain silent, perched on an altar in the middle of the Decepticon base—it is the voice of [[Devil Z]], the mysterious emperor of the Decepticons! Giga and [[Mega]] fall to their knees when their lord speaks, and hear his command that no further Godmasters must become Autobots. Spurred on by these words, Giga turns to [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and issues his newest command—Ginrai must die!

Having acquired a trailer for his [[Transtector]], Ginrai has returned to America to show it to [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and [[Lander]]. Steadily becoming more and more convinced that destiny has something in store for him, Ginrai decides to get proactive, and has had an idea that will help him to find the three fated owners of the [[Master-Brace]]s, but decides to keep it as a surprise for the two worried Pretenders.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai on TV.jpg|thumb|right|200px|...now we Transformers don't have organic internal organs, and can't get cancer. But ''you'' do, and ''you'' can.]]
Elsewhere in America, the Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]] are drowning their sorrows at a bar after failing to defeat Ginrai in their last encounter. [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] flips on the television to an [[Wideshow|entertainment show]] that is just beginning its audience participation segment, where a viewer named "Mr. X" is about to show the viewers an "interesting vehicle". Cancer just about manages to stay upright when "Mr. X" turns out to be Ginrai, who transforms to robot mode right there on live television and introduces himself, before making a plea—if anyone feels like they're being manipulated by fate, or have had strange and unusual things happen to them, contact him through the show. [[Bullhorn]] is all fired up to go on the offensive, but the others tell him to leave it to Buster and Hydra. Lander has also seen the broadcast, and tells Diver about it, but they both take it in stride.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai throw rocks at Ginrai.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The next day, Ginrai tunes his radio into the show to hear the responses that have come in, but unfortunately, they're all from crazies, including one guy who claims that both he and Ginrai are aliens from the [[Magellanic Nebulae]]. As he travels along, [[Gilmer]] pinpoints his location and radios it to Hydra and Buster, who quickly track him down—but the brothers opt instead to wait until Ginrai has entered the nearby city, planning to blame him for the devastation their fight will cause to increase anti-Autobot sentiment among humans. They shadow Ginrai as he arrives at his delivery point, and then begin their attack, injuring Ginrai's client, [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]]. Ginrai transforms to robot mode and battles the two Godmaster brothers, but the fight has the desired effect—as their workplace is steadily destroyed, Ginrai's fellow truckers all begin hurling junk at him to get him to leave. With the plan working, Hydra and Buster lead him further into the city, deliberately rounding up humans as spectators to watch as they fight; Buster even tells them that Ginrai began the duel. The brothers beat Ginrai down and summon some [[Lobclaw]]s to finish him off, but just then, Lander and Diver arrive and take care of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] while Ginrai pursues the fleeing Decepticon Godmasters. Enraged by what they have done to him and his reputation, he unleashes a major burst of [[Chōkon Power]], knocking the villains from their feet; Lander and Diver soon arrive, having disposed of the Seacons, and the Godmasters flee.

[[Image:EliminateGinrai Ginrai forgiven.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
A little later, Ginrai visits the injured Sam in the hospital with his fellow truckers. He apologizes for the fight, but Sam brushes it off. Sam has thought long and hard about Ginrai's incredible powers, and has come to one conclusion—they are the work of [[God]], who is telling Ginrai to protect others with them. Sam has brought all the other truckers around, and they all apologize to Ginrai for their earlier actions. A little later, Ginrai meets with Diver, who tells him that Lander is running damage control and informing the people that saw the fight that he had nothing to do with it. Diver does point out, however, that if Ginrai is already that self-conscious about his reputation and that of the Autobots, it makes him a good candidate for leader for someday...

Meanwhile, back at the Decepticon base, yet another failure has forced Mega and Giga's hand—it is time for them to play their trump card, in the form of the mighty Seacon combiner, [[King Poseidon]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Lander]] (7)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (8)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (5)
* [[Gilmer]] (13)
* [[Lobclaw]] (15)
* [[Turtler]] (16)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (17)
* [[Kraken]] (18)
* [[Gulf]] (19)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (20)
* [[King Poseidon]] (21)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (1)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (3)
* [[Giga]] (4)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (9)
* [[Wilder]] (10)
* [[Bullhorn]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Douglas (Masterforce)|Douglas]] (12)
* [[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Everything Ginrai does makes me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!"
:—'''Lander'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The announcer from the TV show can be heard to start speaking, offscreen, before Cancer actually changes the channel.
*Bullhorn's scar switches to the right-hand side of his face when he throws his drink at Cancer.
*As Hydra and Buster gloat to Ginrai that they've turned the humans against him, there's a shot of a completely empty street. The following shot suggests that it should have been full of horrified humans.

===Continuity notes===
*At long last, it speaks—the glowing sphere that the audience has frequently seen within the Decepticon base since "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" is finally revealed in this episode to be the Decepticon emperor, Devil Z. However, do not expect to learn anything ''more'' about him—it is never explained in the series as broadcast exactly what he is or where he comes from. It was not until "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he was explained to be an energy being from the far reaches of the galaxy (and even that's not especially satisfactory).
*Ginrai found the three sets of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]".
*Ginrai asks Diver to "say hi to the dolphin" for him, referring to the dolphin he delivered into his care back in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Youcandance.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Cancer attempts to will Madonna's clothes off]]
*Pinned up on the wall of the bar the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors visit is a poster for "You Can Dance" (based on the cover of the cassette release), an album by singer [[Madonna]]. Of course, that album was contemporary for the time the show was being aired (released as it was in November 1987)—but given that ''Super-God Masterforce'' is supposed to take place several years after 2011, that bar might want to think about redecorating...
*[[Gordon's Gin]] still comes in bottles almost identical to the one Sam produces at the end of the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Hunt has Begun'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*Beginning with this episode, two new eye-catches (commercials bumpers) are introduced. The familiar Metalhawk, King Poseidon and Goshooter bumpers remain, while the Blood and Ginrai bumpers are phased out and replaced with one of Hydra and Buster merging into Darkwings, and one of Ginrai combining with his trailer to form Super Ginrai. Of course, he doesn't do this in the show itself until ''next'' episode—rather amazingly, the "next episode" preview ''didn't'' spoil this, revealing simply the name and a silhouetted image of Super Ginrai, instead of just showing the character, so obviously, it was up to the bumper to pick up the slack and deprive the audience of any kind of surprise.
*Hydra displays some shockingly bad combat tactics in this episode. At one point, he is wielding both his blasters, and is within arm's reach of an unarmed Ginrai... and instead of ''shooting him'', he flips his blasters around, grabs them by the barrels and uses them as clubs! Then, when Buster is holding Ginrai in a headlock, Hydra approaches, blaster in hand... only to shunt it away, punch him a bit and then call up a Lobclaw! Dude, JUST SHOOT HIM.
*Lander appears to have been on another date when he calls Diver...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!

2012-11-25T01:03:44Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=13
|image=Friendorfoe.jpg
|caption=Paramount Pictures presents...
|title="Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!"
|japanese=敵か味方か!?モンスターの正体!!
|romaji=Teki ka Mikata ka!? Monster no Shōtai!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 12|12 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The chase is on when Ginrai's Transtector activates on its own, and leads the Autobots and Decepticons to a mystery buried at a construction site.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FriendorFoe DHeadmasters Bullhorn has failed.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s decide to hunt down [[Ginrai]] themselves to prove their worth, but in the middle of the mission, they discover a group of girls playing tennis, and [[Bullhorn]] tries propositioning a few of them with "some fun", only to have them flee in terror. Bullhorn blames the ugliness of their [[transtector]]s, but Wilder cites the ugliness of Bullhorn's ''face'' as the main reason. Bullhorn claims that his mother says he was the cutest kid in the world, and, suitably stupefied by that revelation, the boys decide to get back to work.

Meanwhile, the object of the Juniors' search, Ginrai, is being given a tour of [[Autobot Base]] by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who shows him their combat simulator. Although he is impressed, Ginrai is still not sold on the idea of joining the Autobot army and losing his free-roaming lifestyle to its command structure. He idly remarks that he can even understand the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' viewpoint—after all, who wouldn't want to cut loose if they were suddenly given that level of power? Shūta is appalled that Ginrai can even say this, so Ginrai quickly changes subjects by remembering that [[Cab]] has invited them to a [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] fire-pit barbecue. [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has been invited as well, but after her recent clash with Ginrai over his treatment of [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] when he was a prisoner, she is feeling guilty and thinks he will hate her for it. [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] convinces her to go, and she arrives just in time to overhear the three boys talking about her. Ginrai speaks highly of her honesty and makes it clear he's not angry with her, so she plucks up the courage to join them, and she and Ginrai apologize to each other.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai pratfall.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On the coast of Japan, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] are also searching for Ginrai, and split up to cover more ground. At the same time, the Headmaster Juniors are perched on a roadway bridge somewhere in the middle of a city, watching the trucks that go by to see if any of them are Ginrai's. The roasting sun begins to take its toll on Bullhorn, however, and the group takes a break beside a lake to cool off. While looking at the landscape, Cancer thinks he recognises the mountain in the distance from when he was taken to the Autobot base, but as he was blindfolded, he can't be certain, and the trio don't follow up the lead.

[[Image:FriendorFoe workers find monolith.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Aieeeee! Lensflare of doom!"]]
Back at the Autobot base, Ginrai and the Headmaster Juniors decide to have a race in their transtectors, but when they arrive in the motor pool, Ginrai discover that his truck's engine is idling. Quite sure that he had turned it off, he climbs into the cab to investigate, only for the door to shut with him inside and for the truck to pull out of the base entirely under its own power! Shūta and Cab pursue him as the truck takes him back to his homeland of [[Nagano Prefecture]]—to the base of [[Yatsugatake]], to be precise, where a construction team has found its efforts to blast a tunnel through the base of the mountain stymied by a mysterious black obelisk that lies in their path. Here, the truck stops, and Ginrai, Shūta and Cab join the crowd that surrounds the site as a news team reports on the strange occurrence—a report that is seen by the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors as they relax in a ramen shop, prompting them to head for Nagano.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai's new trailer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Just what I always wanted! A box with wheels.]]
When the black obelisk begins to flare with destructive energy, the prefecture's hazardous materials team is called in, but Ginrai, struck by a sensation of destiny, pushes past the construction workers to enter the tunnel and take a look for himself. Once he is inside, the obelisk flares again, but this time, it begins to ''move'', working its way forward until it bursts out of the tunnel mouth, sending the crowd scattering. The Decepticon Juniors choose this as their moment to attack, and Ginrai attempts to reason with them, to absolutely no avail. Hydra, Buster and Metalhawk all soon arrive to join the fight, but when Ginrai comes under fire from Buster's [[Chōkon Power]], the mysterious obelisk reacts and once again erupts with energy. Its black surface layer is stripped away as it explodes with light from within, and Buster and Hydra are blasted by its energy and sent into a hasty retreat. The shocked Decepticon Juniors likewise make themselves scarce, leaving the Autobots to discover what the obelisk has become—a trailer for Ginrai's transtector!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (6)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (4)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (5)
* [[Cab]] (8)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (10)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Bullhorn]] (1)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (2)
* [[Wilder]] (3)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (11)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Mine overseer|Overseer]] (13)
*[[Mine laborer|Laborer]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (7)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"My mom says I was the cutest kid in the world!"
:—'''Bullhorn'''

"What're they doing here?! They have way too much free time!"
:—'''Cab''' on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Some of the tunnel workers appear spontaneously after the smoke clears.
*In the ramen restaurant the red bowls of the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors vanish around the time the trio stand up.
*Also in the noodle place the television is off (or silent with static) until the ''exact'' moment the report revealing Ginrai and company begins. No one is seen behind the counter who might have used a remote control.

===Continuity errors===
*Minerva professes to have said "mean things" to Ginrai yet all she said was "Mr. Ginrai!" and "But he's… he's…" And that's it.
*As in "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the news reporter in this episode knows what Autobots and Decepticons are, and the fight between them in this episode is broadcast on live television—yet in later episodes, much of the world will be utterly clueless about Transformers even existing!

===Continuity notes===
*Cancer's capture, Ginrai's trip to Japan and his fight with Minerva all occurred in the [[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva|previous episode]].

===Real-world references===
*When musing about his Godmaster powers and what a person could do with them, he compares Godmasters to comic-book superhero [[Superman]].

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The True Face of the Mysterious Rock'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Friend of Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
===Trivia===
* There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.
* At the start of the episode, the girls playing tennis were nonplussed but otherwise unbothered by the sudden appearance of three [[Transtector|giant robot monster looking things]]. It wasn't until Bullhorn popped out to try his luck with them that they ran screaming. Clearly he's the [[Sam Witwicky|ladies' man]] of the group.
* For most of the scene with the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors eating noodles, Wilder has his hair tucked up under his headband, finally revealing that he does, in fact, have two eyes after all.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T12:42:47Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.
*The blue car with the young couple make an impossible sideways squeeze between Ginrai and Hydra driving their trucks side by side. Ginrai's truck even hops in the air a little to make room. In the shot immediately after this, Hydra's truck is no longer next to Ginrai's and appears to have vanished. This makes Ginrai inching to the edge a bit puzzling, unless an ''invisible'' Hydra is there shoving him off.

===Continuity errors===
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.
*Ginrai is 19 according to the title sequence. He is able to purchase beer at a bar without issue.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
*Ginrai's bloody near death experience last episode coupled with the sheer number of human casualties this episodes makes for an arguably darker tone than viewers may be used to from a G1 transformer cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T12:42:10Z

Chigun: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.
*The blue car with the young couple make an impossible sideways squeeze between Ginrai and Hydra driving their trucks side by side. Ginrai's truck even hops in the air a little to make room. In the shot immediately after this, Hydra's truck is no longer next to Ginrai's and appears to have vanished. This makes Ginrai inching to the edge a bit puzzling, unless an ''invisible'' Hydra is there shoving him off the road.

===Continuity errors===
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.
*Ginrai is 19 according to the title sequence. He is able to purchase beer at a bar without issue.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
*Ginrai's bloody near death experience last episode coupled with the sheer number of human casualties this episodes makes for an arguably darker tone than viewers may be used to from a G1 transformer cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!

2012-11-24T12:32:16Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=13
|image=Friendorfoe.jpg
|caption=Paramount Pictures presents...
|title="Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!"
|japanese=敵か味方か!?モンスターの正体!!
|romaji=Teki ka Mikata ka!? Monster no Shōtai!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 12|12 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The chase is on when Ginrai's Transtector activates on its own, and leads the Autobots and Decepticons to a mystery buried at a construction site.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FriendorFoe DHeadmasters Bullhorn has failed.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s decide to hunt down [[Ginrai]] themselves to prove their worth, but in the middle of the mission, they discover a group of girls playing tennis, and [[Bullhorn]] tries propositioning a few of them with "some fun", only to have them flee in terror. Bullhorn blames the ugliness of their [[transtector]]s, but Wilder cites the ugliness of Bullhorn's ''face'' as the main reason. Bullhorn claims that his mother says he was the cutest kid in the world, and, suitably stupefied by that revelation, the boys decide to get back to work.

Meanwhile, the object of the Juniors' search, Ginrai, is being given a tour of [[Autobot Base]] by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who shows him their combat simulator. Although he is impressed, Ginrai is still not sold on the idea of joining the Autobot army and losing his free-roaming lifestyle to its command structure. He idly remarks that he can even understand the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' viewpoint—after all, who wouldn't want to cut loose if they were suddenly given that level of power? Shūta is appalled that Ginrai can even say this, so Ginrai quickly changes subjects by remembering that [[Cab]] has invited them to a [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] fire-pit barbecue. [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has been invited as well, but after her recent clash with Ginrai over his treatment of [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] when he was a prisoner, she is feeling guilty and thinks he will hate her for it. [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] convinces her to go, and she arrives just in time to overhear the three boys talking about her. Ginrai speaks highly of her honesty and makes it clear he's not angry with her, so she plucks up the courage to join them, and she and Ginrai apologize to each other.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai pratfall.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On the coast of Japan, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] are also searching for Ginrai, and split up to cover more ground. At the same time, the Headmaster Juniors are perched on a roadway bridge somewhere in the middle of a city, watching the trucks that go by to see if any of them are Ginrai's. The roasting sun begins to take its toll on Bullhorn, however, and the group takes a break beside a lake to cool off. While looking at the landscape, Cancer thinks he recognises the mountain in the distance from when he was taken to the Autobot base, but as he was blindfolded, he can't be certain, and the trio don't follow up the lead.

[[Image:FriendorFoe workers find monolith.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Aieeeee! Lensflare of doom!"]]
Back at the Autobot base, Ginrai and the Headmaster Juniors decide to have a race in their transtectors, but when they arrive in the motor pool, Ginrai discover that his truck's engine is idling. Quite sure that he had turned it off, he climbs into the cab to investigate, only for the door to shut with him inside and for the truck to pull out of the base entirely under its own power! Shūta and Cab pursue him as the truck takes him back to his homeland of [[Nagano Prefecture]]—to the base of [[Yatsugatake]], to be precise, where a construction team has found its efforts to blast a tunnel through the base of the mountain stymied by a mysterious black obelisk that lies in their path. Here, the truck stops, and Ginrai, Shūta and Cab join the crowd that surrounds the site as a news team reports on the strange occurrence—a report that is seen by the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors as they relax in a ramen shop, prompting them to head for Nagano.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai's new trailer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Just what I always wanted! A box with wheels.]]
When the black obelisk begins to flare with destructive energy, the prefecture's hazardous materials team is called in, but Ginrai, struck by a sensation of destiny, pushes past the construction workers to enter the tunnel and take a look for himself. Once he is inside, the obelisk flares again, but this time, it begins to ''move'', working its way forward until it bursts out of the tunnel mouth, sending the crowd scattering. The Decepticon Juniors choose this as their moment to attack, and Ginrai attempts to reason with them, to absolutely no avail. Hydra, Buster and Metalhawk all soon arrive to join the fight, but when Ginrai comes under fire from Buster's [[Chōkon Power]], the mysterious obelisk reacts and once again erupts with energy. Its black surface layer is stripped away as it explodes with light from within, and Buster and Hydra are blasted by its energy and sent into a hasty retreat. The shocked Decepticon Juniors likewise make themselves scarce, leaving the Autobots to discover what the obelisk has become—a trailer for Ginrai's transtector!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (6)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (4)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (5)
* [[Cab]] (8)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (10)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Bullhorn]] (1)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (2)
* [[Wilder]] (3)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (11)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Mine overseer|Overseer]] (13)
*[[Mine laborer|Laborer]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (7)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"My mom says I was the cutest kid in the world!"
:—'''Bullhorn'''

"What're they doing here?! They have way too much free time!"
:—'''Cab''' on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Some of the tunnel workers appear spontaneously after the smoke clears.
*In the ramen restaurant the red bowls of the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors vanish around the time the trio stand up. Steam is still seen rising.
*Also in the noodle place the television is off (or silent with static) until the ''exact'' moment the report revealing Ginrai and company begins. No one is seen behind the counter who might have used a remote control.

===Continuity errors===
*Minerva professes to have said "mean things" to Ginrai yet all she said was "Mr. Ginrai!" and "But he's… he's…" And that's it.
*As in "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the news reporter in this episode knows what Autobots and Decepticons are, and the fight between them in this episode is broadcast on live television—yet in later episodes, much of the world will be utterly clueless about Transformers even existing!

===Continuity notes===
*Cancer's capture, Ginrai's trip to Japan and his fight with Minerva all occurred in the [[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva|previous episode]].

===Real-world references===
*When musing about his Godmaster powers and what a person could do with them, he compares Godmasters to comic-book superhero [[Superman]].

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The True Face of the Mysterious Rock'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Friend of Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
===Trivia===
* There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.
* At the start of the episode, the girls playing tennis were nonplussed but otherwise unbothered by the sudden appearance of three [[Transtector|giant robot monster looking things]]. It wasn't until Bullhorn popped out to try his luck with them that they ran screaming. Clearly he's the [[Sam Witwicky|ladies' man]] of the group.
* For most of the scene with the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors eating noodles, Wilder has his hair tucked up under his headband, finally revealing that he does, in fact, have two eyes after all.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!

2012-11-24T12:31:43Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=13
|image=Friendorfoe.jpg
|caption=Paramount Pictures presents...
|title="Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!"
|japanese=敵か味方か!?モンスターの正体!!
|romaji=Teki ka Mikata ka!? Monster no Shōtai!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 12|12 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The chase is on when Ginrai's Transtector activates on its own, and leads the Autobots and Decepticons to a mystery buried at a construction site.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FriendorFoe DHeadmasters Bullhorn has failed.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s decide to hunt down [[Ginrai]] themselves to prove their worth, but in the middle of the mission, they discover a group of girls playing tennis, and [[Bullhorn]] tries propositioning a few of them with "some fun", only to have them flee in terror. Bullhorn blames the ugliness of their [[transtector]]s, but Wilder cites the ugliness of Bullhorn's ''face'' as the main reason. Bullhorn claims that his mother says he was the cutest kid in the world, and, suitably stupefied by that revelation, the boys decide to get back to work.

Meanwhile, the object of the Juniors' search, Ginrai, is being given a tour of [[Autobot Base]] by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who shows him their combat simulator. Although he is impressed, Ginrai is still not sold on the idea of joining the Autobot army and losing his free-roaming lifestyle to its command structure. He idly remarks that he can even understand the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' viewpoint—after all, who wouldn't want to cut loose if they were suddenly given that level of power? Shūta is appalled that Ginrai can even say this, so Ginrai quickly changes subjects by remembering that [[Cab]] has invited them to a [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] fire-pit barbecue. [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has been invited as well, but after her recent clash with Ginrai over his treatment of [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] when he was a prisoner, she is feeling guilty and thinks he will hate her for it. [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] convinces her to go, and she arrives just in time to overhear the three boys talking about her. Ginrai speaks highly of her honesty and makes it clear he's not angry with her, so she plucks up the courage to join them, and she and Ginrai apologize to each other.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai pratfall.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On the coast of Japan, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] are also searching for Ginrai, and split up to cover more ground. At the same time, the Headmaster Juniors are perched on a roadway bridge somewhere in the middle of a city, watching the trucks that go by to see if any of them are Ginrai's. The roasting sun begins to take its toll on Bullhorn, however, and the group takes a break beside a lake to cool off. While looking at the landscape, Cancer thinks he recognises the mountain in the distance from when he was taken to the Autobot base, but as he was blindfolded, he can't be certain, and the trio don't follow up the lead.

[[Image:FriendorFoe workers find monolith.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Aieeeee! Lensflare of doom!"]]
Back at the Autobot base, Ginrai and the Headmaster Juniors decide to have a race in their transtectors, but when they arrive in the motor pool, Ginrai discover that his truck's engine is idling. Quite sure that he had turned it off, he climbs into the cab to investigate, only for the door to shut with him inside and for the truck to pull out of the base entirely under its own power! Shūta and Cab pursue him as the truck takes him back to his homeland of [[Nagano Prefecture]]—to the base of [[Yatsugatake]], to be precise, where a construction team has found its efforts to blast a tunnel through the base of the mountain stymied by a mysterious black obelisk that lies in their path. Here, the truck stops, and Ginrai, Shūta and Cab join the crowd that surrounds the site as a news team reports on the strange occurrence—a report that is seen by the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors as they relax in a ramen shop, prompting them to head for Nagano.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai's new trailer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Just what I always wanted! A box with wheels.]]
When the black obelisk begins to flare with destructive energy, the prefecture's hazardous materials team is called in, but Ginrai, struck by a sensation of destiny, pushes past the construction workers to enter the tunnel and take a look for himself. Once he is inside, the obelisk flares again, but this time, it begins to ''move'', working its way forward until it bursts out of the tunnel mouth, sending the crowd scattering. The Decepticon Juniors choose this as their moment to attack, and Ginrai attempts to reason with them, to absolutely no avail. Hydra, Buster and Metalhawk all soon arrive to join the fight, but when Ginrai comes under fire from Buster's [[Chōkon Power]], the mysterious obelisk reacts and once again erupts with energy. Its black surface layer is stripped away as it explodes with light from within, and Buster and Hydra are blasted by its energy and sent into a hasty retreat. The shocked Decepticon Juniors likewise make themselves scarce, leaving the Autobots to discover what the obelisk has become—a trailer for Ginrai's transtector!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (6)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (4)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (5)
* [[Cab]] (8)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (10)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Bullhorn]] (1)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (2)
* [[Wilder]] (3)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (11)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Mine overseer|Overseer]] (13)
*[[Mine laborer|Laborer]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (7)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"My mom says I was the cutest kid in the world!"
:—'''Bullhorn'''

"What're they doing here?! They have way too much free time!"
:—'''Cab''' on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Some of the tunnel workers appear spontaneously after the smoke clears.
*In the ramen restaurant the red bowls of the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors vanish around the time the trio stand up. Steam is still seen rising, however.
*Also in the noodle place the television is off (or silent with static) until the ''exact'' moment the report revealing Ginrai and company begins. No one is seen behind the counter who might have used a remote control.

===Continuity errors===
*Minerva professes to have said "mean things" to Ginrai yet all she said was "Mr. Ginrai!" and "But he's… he's…" And that's it.
*As in "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the news reporter in this episode knows what Autobots and Decepticons are, and the fight between them in this episode is broadcast on live television—yet in later episodes, much of the world will be utterly clueless about Transformers even existing!

===Continuity notes===
*Cancer's capture, Ginrai's trip to Japan and his fight with Minerva all occurred in the [[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva|previous episode]].

===Real-world references===
*When musing about his Godmaster powers and what a person could do with them, he compares Godmasters to comic-book superhero [[Superman]].

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The True Face of the Mysterious Rock'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Friend of Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
===Trivia===
* There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.
* At the start of the episode, the girls playing tennis were nonplussed but otherwise unbothered by the sudden appearance of three [[Transtector|giant robot monster looking things]]. It wasn't until Bullhorn popped out to try his luck with them that they ran screaming. Clearly he's the [[Sam Witwicky|ladies' man]] of the group.
* For most of the scene with the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors eating noodles, Wilder has his hair tucked up under his headband, finally revealing that he does, in fact, have two eyes after all.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!

2012-11-24T12:26:52Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=13
|image=Friendorfoe.jpg
|caption=Paramount Pictures presents...
|title="Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!"
|japanese=敵か味方か!?モンスターの正体!!
|romaji=Teki ka Mikata ka!? Monster no Shōtai!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 12|12 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The chase is on when Ginrai's Transtector activates on its own, and leads the Autobots and Decepticons to a mystery buried at a construction site.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FriendorFoe DHeadmasters Bullhorn has failed.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s decide to hunt down [[Ginrai]] themselves to prove their worth, but in the middle of the mission, they discover a group of girls playing tennis, and [[Bullhorn]] tries propositioning a few of them with "some fun", only to have them flee in terror. Bullhorn blames the ugliness of their [[transtector]]s, but Wilder cites the ugliness of Bullhorn's ''face'' as the main reason. Bullhorn claims that his mother says he was the cutest kid in the world, and, suitably stupefied by that revelation, the boys decide to get back to work.

Meanwhile, the object of the Juniors' search, Ginrai, is being given a tour of [[Autobot Base]] by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who shows him their combat simulator. Although he is impressed, Ginrai is still not sold on the idea of joining the Autobot army and losing his free-roaming lifestyle to its command structure. He idly remarks that he can even understand the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' viewpoint—after all, who wouldn't want to cut loose if they were suddenly given that level of power? Shūta is appalled that Ginrai can even say this, so Ginrai quickly changes subjects by remembering that [[Cab]] has invited them to a [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] fire-pit barbecue. [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has been invited as well, but after her recent clash with Ginrai over his treatment of [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] when he was a prisoner, she is feeling guilty and thinks he will hate her for it. [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] convinces her to go, and she arrives just in time to overhear the three boys talking about her. Ginrai speaks highly of her honesty and makes it clear he's not angry with her, so she plucks up the courage to join them, and she and Ginrai apologize to each other.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai pratfall.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On the coast of Japan, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] are also searching for Ginrai, and split up to cover more ground. At the same time, the Headmaster Juniors are perched on a roadway bridge somewhere in the middle of a city, watching the trucks that go by to see if any of them are Ginrai's. The roasting sun begins to take its toll on Bullhorn, however, and the group takes a break beside a lake to cool off. While looking at the landscape, Cancer thinks he recognises the mountain in the distance from when he was taken to the Autobot base, but as he was blindfolded, he can't be certain, and the trio don't follow up the lead.

[[Image:FriendorFoe workers find monolith.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Aieeeee! Lensflare of doom!"]]
Back at the Autobot base, Ginrai and the Headmaster Juniors decide to have a race in their transtectors, but when they arrive in the motor pool, Ginrai discover that his truck's engine is idling. Quite sure that he had turned it off, he climbs into the cab to investigate, only for the door to shut with him inside and for the truck to pull out of the base entirely under its own power! Shūta and Cab pursue him as the truck takes him back to his homeland of [[Nagano Prefecture]]—to the base of [[Yatsugatake]], to be precise, where a construction team has found its efforts to blast a tunnel through the base of the mountain stymied by a mysterious black obelisk that lies in their path. Here, the truck stops, and Ginrai, Shūta and Cab join the crowd that surrounds the site as a news team reports on the strange occurrence—a report that is seen by the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors as they relax in a ramen shop, prompting them to head for Nagano.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai's new trailer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Just what I always wanted! A box with wheels.]]
When the black obelisk begins to flare with destructive energy, the prefecture's hazardous materials team is called in, but Ginrai, struck by a sensation of destiny, pushes past the construction workers to enter the tunnel and take a look for himself. Once he is inside, the obelisk flares again, but this time, it begins to ''move'', working its way forward until it bursts out of the tunnel mouth, sending the crowd scattering. The Decepticon Juniors choose this as their moment to attack, and Ginrai attempts to reason with them, to absolutely no avail. Hydra, Buster and Metalhawk all soon arrive to join the fight, but when Ginrai comes under fire from Buster's [[Chōkon Power]], the mysterious obelisk reacts and once again erupts with energy. Its black surface layer is stripped away as it explodes with light from within, and Buster and Hydra are blasted by its energy and sent into a hasty retreat. The shocked Decepticon Juniors likewise make themselves scarce, leaving the Autobots to discover what the obelisk has become—a trailer for Ginrai's transtector!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (6)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (4)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (5)
* [[Cab]] (8)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (10)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Bullhorn]] (1)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (2)
* [[Wilder]] (3)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (11)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Mine overseer|Overseer]] (13)
*[[Mine laborer|Laborer]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (7)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"My mom says I was the cutest kid in the world!"
:—'''Bullhorn'''

"What're they doing here?! They have way too much free time!"
:—'''Cab''' on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Some of the tunnel workers appear spontaneously after the smoke clears.
*In the ramen restaurant each red bowls of the decepticon juniors vanish around the time they stand up. Steam is still seen rising, however.
*Also in the noodle place the television is off (or silent with static) until the ''exact'' moment the report revealing Ginrai and company begins. No one is seen behind the counter who might have used a remote control.

===Continuity errors===
*Minerva professes to have said "mean things" to Ginrai yet all she said was "Mr. Ginrai!" and "But he's… he's…" And that's it.
*As in "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the news reporter in this episode knows what Autobots and Decepticons are, and the fight between them in this episode is broadcast on live television—yet in later episodes, much of the world will be utterly clueless about Transformers even existing!

===Continuity notes===
*Cancer's capture, Ginrai's trip to Japan and his fight with Minerva all occurred in the [[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva|previous episode]].

===Real-world references===
*When musing about his Godmaster powers and what a person could do with them, he compares Godmasters to comic-book superhero [[Superman]].

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The True Face of the Mysterious Rock'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Friend of Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
===Trivia===
* There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.
* At the start of the episode, the girls playing tennis were nonplussed but otherwise unbothered by the sudden appearance of three [[Transtector|giant robot monster looking things]]. It wasn't until Bullhorn popped out to try his luck with them that they ran screaming. Clearly he's the [[Sam Witwicky|ladies' man]] of the group.
* For most of the scene with the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors eating noodles, Wilder has his hair tucked up under his headband, finally revealing that he does, in fact, have two eyes after all.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!

2012-11-24T12:24:19Z

Chigun: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=13
|image=Friendorfoe.jpg
|caption=Paramount Pictures presents...
|title="Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!"
|japanese=敵か味方か!?モンスターの正体!!
|romaji=Teki ka Mikata ka!? Monster no Shōtai!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 12|12 July]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The chase is on when Ginrai's Transtector activates on its own, and leads the Autobots and Decepticons to a mystery buried at a construction site.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FriendorFoe DHeadmasters Bullhorn has failed.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s decide to hunt down [[Ginrai]] themselves to prove their worth, but in the middle of the mission, they discover a group of girls playing tennis, and [[Bullhorn]] tries propositioning a few of them with "some fun", only to have them flee in terror. Bullhorn blames the ugliness of their [[transtector]]s, but Wilder cites the ugliness of Bullhorn's ''face'' as the main reason. Bullhorn claims that his mother says he was the cutest kid in the world, and, suitably stupefied by that revelation, the boys decide to get back to work.

Meanwhile, the object of the Juniors' search, Ginrai, is being given a tour of [[Autobot Base]] by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who shows him their combat simulator. Although he is impressed, Ginrai is still not sold on the idea of joining the Autobot army and losing his free-roaming lifestyle to its command structure. He idly remarks that he can even understand the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' viewpoint—after all, who wouldn't want to cut loose if they were suddenly given that level of power? Shūta is appalled that Ginrai can even say this, so Ginrai quickly changes subjects by remembering that [[Cab]] has invited them to a [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] fire-pit barbecue. [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has been invited as well, but after her recent clash with Ginrai over his treatment of [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] when he was a prisoner, she is feeling guilty and thinks he will hate her for it. [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] convinces her to go, and she arrives just in time to overhear the three boys talking about her. Ginrai speaks highly of her honesty and makes it clear he's not angry with her, so she plucks up the courage to join them, and she and Ginrai apologize to each other.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai pratfall.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On the coast of Japan, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] are also searching for Ginrai, and split up to cover more ground. At the same time, the Headmaster Juniors are perched on a roadway bridge somewhere in the middle of a city, watching the trucks that go by to see if any of them are Ginrai's. The roasting sun begins to take its toll on Bullhorn, however, and the group takes a break beside a lake to cool off. While looking at the landscape, Cancer thinks he recognises the mountain in the distance from when he was taken to the Autobot base, but as he was blindfolded, he can't be certain, and the trio don't follow up the lead.

[[Image:FriendorFoe workers find monolith.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Aieeeee! Lensflare of doom!"]]
Back at the Autobot base, Ginrai and the Headmaster Juniors decide to have a race in their transtectors, but when they arrive in the motor pool, Ginrai discover that his truck's engine is idling. Quite sure that he had turned it off, he climbs into the cab to investigate, only for the door to shut with him inside and for the truck to pull out of the base entirely under its own power! Shūta and Cab pursue him as the truck takes him back to his homeland of [[Nagano Prefecture]]—to the base of [[Yatsugatake]], to be precise, where a construction team has found its efforts to blast a tunnel through the base of the mountain stymied by a mysterious black obelisk that lies in their path. Here, the truck stops, and Ginrai, Shūta and Cab join the crowd that surrounds the site as a news team reports on the strange occurrence—a report that is seen by the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors as they relax in a ramen shop, prompting them to head for Nagano.

[[Image:FriendorFoe Ginrai's new trailer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Just what I always wanted! A box with wheels.]]
When the black obelisk begins to flare with destructive energy, the prefecture's hazardous materials team is called in, but Ginrai, struck by a sensation of destiny, pushes past the construction workers to enter the tunnel and take a look for himself. Once he is inside, the obelisk flares again, but this time, it begins to ''move'', working its way forward until it bursts out of the tunnel mouth, sending the crowd scattering. The Decepticon Juniors choose this as their moment to attack, and Ginrai attempts to reason with them, to absolutely no avail. Hydra, Buster and Metalhawk all soon arrive to join the fight, but when Ginrai comes under fire from Buster's [[Chōkon Power]], the mysterious obelisk reacts and once again erupts with energy. Its black surface layer is stripped away as it explodes with light from within, and Buster and Hydra are blasted by its energy and sent into a hasty retreat. The shocked Decepticon Juniors likewise make themselves scarce, leaving the Autobots to discover what the obelisk has become—a trailer for Ginrai's transtector!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (6)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (4)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (5)
* [[Cab]] (8)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (10)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Bullhorn]] (1)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (2)
* [[Wilder]] (3)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (11)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Mine overseer|Overseer]] (13)
*[[Mine laborer|Laborer]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (7)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"My mom says I was the cutest kid in the world!"
:—'''Bullhorn'''

"What're they doing here?! They have way too much free time!"
:—'''Cab''' on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Some of the tunnel workers appear spontaneously after the smoke clears.
*While the deception juniors enjoy steaming ramen one shot of Wilder has his red bowl vanish. This leaves steam rising from nowhere. Later, when the trio stand up, each of their bowls have disappeared!
*Also in the noodle place the television is off (or silent with static) until the ''exact'' moment the report revealing Ginrai and company begins. No one is seen behind the counter who might have used a remote control.

===Continuity errors===
*Minerva professes to have said "mean things" to Ginrai yet all she said was "Mr. Ginrai!" and "But he's… he's…" And that's it.
*As in "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the news reporter in this episode knows what Autobots and Decepticons are, and the fight between them in this episode is broadcast on live television—yet in later episodes, much of the world will be utterly clueless about Transformers even existing!

===Continuity notes===
*Cancer's capture, Ginrai's trip to Japan and his fight with Minerva all occurred in the [[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva|previous episode]].

===Real-world references===
*When musing about his Godmaster powers and what a person could do with them, he compares Godmasters to comic-book superhero [[Superman]].

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The True Face of the Mysterious Rock'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Friend of Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
===Trivia===
* There was a two-week break between the previous episode and this one when they originally aired on Japanese television.
* At the start of the episode, the girls playing tennis were nonplussed but otherwise unbothered by the sudden appearance of three [[Transtector|giant robot monster looking things]]. It wasn't until Bullhorn popped out to try his luck with them that they ran screaming. Clearly he's the [[Sam Witwicky|ladies' man]] of the group.
* For most of the scene with the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors eating noodles, Wilder has his hair tucked up under his headband, finally revealing that he does, in fact, have two eyes after all.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva

2012-11-24T11:26:18Z

Chigun: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=12
|title="A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva"
|japanese=奇妙な友情キャンサーとミネルバ
|romaji=Kimyō na Yūjō: Cancer to Minerva
|translation=
|image=Strangefriendship.jpg
|caption=They're being forced to sit through ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]''.
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|written by=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|directed by=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 28|28th June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''In an attempt to learn the secrets of the Godmasters, the Autobots capture Cancer, who develops the world's worst case of Stockholm Syndrome.'''

==Synopsis==
Driving down a deserted highway in his [[transtector]] in the dead of night, [[Ginrai]] is suddenly swept up by a tornado and tossed to the side of the road. Thrown from his truck, he lies unconscious for some time before awakening to see a strange, shimmering ball floating in the air above him. Bolts of energy lance from the sphere, and Ginrai attempts to flee, but he is caught by one and trapped in it, unable to cross his [[Master-Brace]]s. Just then, three small figure-eight shapes descend from the sky and fire their own energy at the sphere, causing it to vanish. The figure-eights glow brightly and surround Ginrai...

[[Image:StrangeFriendship Truck punch.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

...who awakes with a start in his bed. The dream has left the [[Godmaster]] vaguely unsettled, and the feeling is only worsened when he gets in his transtector and discovers that three new sets of Master-Braces have appeared in its glove box! He immediately meets with [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]], who contacts [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], and they arrange for Ginrai to bring the bracelets to the [[Autobot]] base in [[Japan]] for study. The [[Headmaster Junior]]s meet him at the harbour as his ship comes in... but watching from the rooftops nearby are the [[Decepticon]] Juniors, having been dispatched to keep an eye on the situation. As the four Autobots return to their base, the young Decepticons shadow them by moving through the forest at the side of the road, but [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] spots them, and a battle ensues. Ginrai makes quick work of the three punks, and when [[Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn]] come around, they discover that the Autobots have captured [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]]!

[[Image:StrangeFriendship Ginrai Cancer struggle.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back at [[Autobot Base]], Cancer fights and wriggles for all he's worth as Ginrai handcuffs him to a cot, much to [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]]'s disgust. She treats a cut on Cancer's cheek with minimal protestation from the boy, but when she tries offering him a glass of orange drink, he kicks it from her hand, shattering it and cutting her. Shūta and Cab are furious, but still Minerva prevents them from taking out their anger on Cancer. Meanwhile, Ginrai and Hawk attempt a scan of the bracelets Ginrai found, only for the equipment to explode when they attempt to gauge the level of power they contain. There is no doubt that these are the Master-Braces of three future Godmasters, but Ginrai is less than enthused, as his free-floating life is becoming increasingly tied down by what feel like the manipulations of destiny. In a moment of anger, determined to understand properly what is happening to his life, he bursts into Cancer's cell and seizes the boy, demanding that Cancer tell him everything he knows about what Godmasters are. Minerva intervenes, getting Ginrai to back down, and offers Cancer the drink again. He relents and thirstily accepts. The Juniors are ordered from the room, and Ginrai repeats his question. This time, Cancer starts to give him answers...

[[Image:StrangeFriendship Minerva monitors.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
Cancer relates the story of Godmasters as he has been told it by Giga and Mega. Godmasters, Giga claims, are godly beings from the depths of space, who serve as messengers for the Decepticons. The Godmasters currently on Earth came to the planet in the ancient past, although originally, they were not multiple beings, but one giant entity which split seven "offspring" off from itself when it entered Earth's atmosphere. The seven offspring fell on land, while the main body was buried deep in an ocean trench until the present day, when they awoke, took the form of transtectors, and awaited human life with which to bond. Giga and Mega, it is revealed, are bonded to the [[Overlord (Masterforce)|main body]].

[[Image:StrangeFriendship Minerva thanks Cancer.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Now aware that, although they have only three sets of Master-Braces, there are four more Godmasters hidden somewhere on Earth, the Autobots make a show of releasing Cancer. Ginrai, however, slips a homing beacon onto the back of his shirt as he is taken back to the forest where Wilder and Bullhorn are still searching for him. As Cancer is being transported, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] rendezvous with the two remaining Decepticon Juniors, arriving on the scene just as Cancer is being set free (with a wayward glance back in Minerva's direction). Hydra instantly spots the homing beacon and crushes it. The signal cutting out allows Ginrai and Hawk to realize that something is wrong, and Ginrai speeds to the Juniors' aid in battle against the Godmasters. Buster, however, has his blaster to Minerva's head... only for Cancer to snatch her away, begging the Godmaster brothers not to kill anyone! Surprised and distracted by this turn of events, Hydra is flattened by Ginrai and orders a retreat. Cancer blushes furiously as Minerva thanks him, claiming that it was merely payback for the drink and rushing off after his comrades.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Metalhawk]] (2)
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (3)
'''Human Autobots'''
*[[Ginrai]] (1)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (12)
*[[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (13)
*[[Cab]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Devil Z]] (2)
*[[Blood]] (11)
'''Human Decepticons'''
*[[Giga]] (4)
*[[Mega]] (5)
*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (6)
*[[Bullhorn]] (7)
*[[Wilder]] (8)
*[[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (9)
*[[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"Man, nothing but the inconceivable happens to me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

"So my tractor-trailer is from outer space..."
:—'''Ginrai''' sums up what they've learnt.

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*While their sudden appearance is basically just intended to be creepy and prophetic, the fact is, it's never actually explained where in the hell the other Master-Braces came from (they couldn't simply have been lying in the truck, or Ginrai would have found them when he found his own), nor why they weren't with their own transtectors, the way [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]'s were, or how [[Clouder]]'s will be shown to be later in the series.
*When Shūta transforms shortly before Minerva is taken hostage, he's driving along in his transtector for no apparent reason.

===Transformers references===
*The sphere of light seen by Ginrai in his prophetic dream is the same mysterious orb that viewers have been occasionally seeing in [[Decepticon Base]]. As we've explained before, it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but that has not yet been revealed in the show, and the mystery surrounding it only increases with this episode.
*This episode returns to the enigmatic claim made by Mega and Giga that Godmasters are their children, as seen back in "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]". We are now able to understand that claim—they are bonded to the "main body" (the identity of which will not be revealed until "[[Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?]]", a dozen episodes away) from which the other seven Godmaster transtectors split off. Hence, they consider those seven Godmasters their children. HOWEVER, this story does not fit in the slightest with what "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" reveals about Godmasters and their origins, or, indeed some other things seen in the show itself—least of all why, if they were all originally Decepticons, Ginrai's Master-Braces had Autobot symbols on them from the outset. Go read the [[Godmaster]] article for the proper origin of these guys. All indications would be that the story related in this episode is a skewed version of the truth, full of lies and half-truths passed on to Giga and Mega by Devil Z. So it's not particularly helpful that it's the ''only'' origin story told in the entire broadcast series.
*The silhouetted figures that Ginrai imagines when thinking of the Godmasters for the first time are, indeed, the animation models for [[Lightfoot]] and [[Road King]] at least; the third one doesn't look bulky enough to be [[Ranger]]. However, the second time they are shown, at the end of the episode, none of them really seem to match up.

===Real-world references===
*As well as mysterious bracelets, the glove compartment of Ginrai's truck contains a packet of [[Wikipedia:Lucky Strike|Lucky Strike]] cigarettes.
*One of the ships visible in the harbour scene bears a resemblance to the ocean liner [[Wikipedia:SS Canberra|''Canberra'']].
*Cancer seems to have developed [[Wikipedia:Stockholm syndrome|Stockholm syndrome]] in this episode.

===Foreign dubbing===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Friendship is Born'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''A Strange Friendship: Squeezeplay and Minerva'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
===Trivia===
*It is not explicitly stated in the anime how Mega and Giga discovered the transtector with which they became bonded. The ''Super-God Masterforce'' comic, however, reveals that they were a couple who drowned at sea. Drifting to the bottom of the chasm where the transtector lay, they were restored to life by Devil Z and bonded with it.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}}
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T10:49:20Z

Chigun: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.
*The blue car with the young couple make an impossible sideways squeeze between Ginrai and Hydra driving their trucks side by side. Ginrai's truck even hops in the air a little to make room. In the shot immediately after this, Hydra's truck is no longer next to Ginrai's and appears to have vanished. This makes Ginrai inching to the edge a bit puzzling, unless an ''invisible'' Hydra is there shoving him off the road.

===Continuity errors===
*Ginrai is 19 according to the title sequence. He is able to purchase beer at a bar without issue.
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
*Ginrai's bloody near death experience last episode coupled with the sheer number of human casualties this episodes makes for an arguably darker tone than viewers may be used to from a G1 transformer cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T10:42:36Z

Chigun: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.
*The blue car with the young couple make an impossible sideways squeeze between Ginrai and Hydra driving their trucks side by side. Ginrai's truck even hops in the air a little to make room. In the shot immediately after this, Hydra's truck is no longer next to Ginrai's and appears to have vanished. This makes Ginrai inching to the edge a bit puzzling, unless an ''invisible'' Hydra is there shoving him off the road.

===Continuity errors===
*Ginrai is 19 according to the title sequence. He is able to purchase beer at a bar without issue.
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
*Such isn't unprecedented, but Diver riding inside Lander is cause for a good head scratching. Curse you, [[Scale]]!
*Ginrai's bloody near death experience last episode coupled with the sheer number of human casualties this episodes makes for an arguably darker tone than viewers may be used to from a G1 transformer cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T10:41:25Z

Chigun: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.
*The blue car with the young couple make an impossible sideways squeeze between Ginrai and Hydra driving their trucks side by side. Ginrai's truck even hops in the air a little to make room. In the shot immediately after this, Hydra's truck is no longer next to Ginrai's and appears to have vanished. This makes Ginrai inching to the edge a bit puzzling, unless an ''invisible'' Hydra is there shoving him off the road.

===Continuity errors===
*Ginrai is 19 according to the title sequence. He is able to purchase beer at a bar without issue.
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
*Such isn't unprecedented, but Diver riding inside Lander cause for a good head scratching. Curse you, [[scale]]!
*Ginrai's bloody near death experience last episode coupled with the sheer number of human casualties this episodes makes for an arguably darker tone than viewers may be used to from a G1 transformer cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T10:32:42Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.
*The blue car with the young couple make an impossible sideways squeeze between Ginrai and Hydra driving their trucks side by side. Ginrai's truck even hops in the air a little to make room. In the shot immediately after this, Hydra's truck is no longer next to Ginrai's and appears to have vanished. This makes Ginrai inching to the edge a bit puzzling, unless an ''invisible'' Hydra is there shoving him off the road.

===Continuity errors===
*Ginrai is 19 according to the title sequence. He is able to purchase beer at a bar without issue.
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
*Ginrai's bloody near death experience last episode coupled with the sheer number of human casualties this episodes makes for an arguably darker tone than viewers may be used to from a G1 transformer cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T10:26:08Z

Chigun: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.
*The blue car with the young couple make an impossible sideways squeeze between Ginrai and Hydra driving their trucks side by side. Ginrai's even hops in the air a little to make room. In the shot immediately after this, Hydra's truck is no longer next to Ginrai and appears to have vanished.

===Continuity errors===
*Ginrai is 19 according to the title sequence. He is able to purchase beer at a bar without issue.
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
*Ginrai's bloody near death experience last episode coupled with the sheer number of human casualties this episodes makes for an arguably darker tone than viewers may be used to from a G1 transformer cartoon.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2012-11-24T09:46:32Z

Chigun: /* Foreign dubbing */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GodOnofRage Deathball golf.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When a military jet investigates the appearance of [[Decepticon Base|a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean]], its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

[[Image:GodOnofRage Lander brought wine.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Hydra watches truck burn.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Dan and Couga]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Bar Neluson]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai with photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the Bar Neluson that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai attempts to force it into a cliff face. Hydra returns the favor, and as they drive along the road, Ginrai has to swerve to avoid a sports car coming in the opposite direction, almost going over the side of the cliff. As Hydra attempts to push him the rest of the way off, Ginrai manages to drive past him, however Hydra sees the damage to Ginrai's cab repair itself, and knows he has finally found the Autobot Godmaster.

[[Image:GodOnofRage Ginrai takes revenge.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Furious, Ginrai attempts to ram Hydra's truck, but a Deathball from Buster sends him toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (14)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (18)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Dan and Couga]] (15–16)
* [[Billy Husky]] (17)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver C]] (18)
* [[Driver C and Driver D|Driver D]] (19)

|c4=
*[[parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (10)
*[[parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Things like taking orders and command structure isn't my thing. A trucker's first rule is 'to go where the wind blows and where his heart resides!' That's how it is for me."
:—'''Ginrai'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Cougar and dan.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's transtector is that color) Dan and Couga's rig is colored blue.

===Continuity errors===
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.
*When Ginrai attempts to get his trailer off from the ledge, his trailer's wheels spin, trying to grip the road. EARTH TRAILERS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"
*The newsreader who reports Billy Husky's death appears to be the same one who reported on the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors' rampage in "[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]".

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*Diver regards [[Wikipedia:Robert Mondavi|Robert Mondavi]]'s wine as California's best.
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.
*[[Dan and Couga]] are a reference to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Chōjū Kishin Dancouga]]''. The reference is constantly emphasised by Ginrai stating "Dan...Couga" at multiple points in the episode.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Ginrai: God-On of Rage!!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai

2012-11-24T09:18:41Z

Chigun: /* Note */

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=10
|title="A Hero Is Chosen—His Name Is Ginrai"
|japanese=選ばれたヒーロー・その名はジンライ
|romaji=Erabareta Hīrō—Sono Na wa Ginrai
|image=Aheroischosen.jpg
|caption=[[Trukk not munky|猿じゃなくて、トラックだぞ]]!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 14|14 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''On the day that he discovers a mysterious truck, a young man named Ginrai suddenly finds himself caught up in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]], [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] reveal a secret that they have hidden from [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]—they are not the only [[Godmaster]]s on Earth. The other Godmasters, however, are incomplete beings, lacking a human component, and Giga fears that they could wind up bonded to human beings that would sympathize with the [[Autobot]]s. He and Mega enigmatically refer to the other Godmasters as their "children", and refuse to permit such a fate to befall them, so Hydra and Buster are dispatched to begin searching the world for the remaining Godmasters.

[[Image:HeroisChosen Ginrai and owner inspect truck.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"I dunno, it's a bit G1. Do you have anything in a fire truck or maybe a gorilla?"]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] is on the telephone with the [[Baney Aquarium director|director]] of [[Baney Aquarium]], who has arranged for a sick dolphin to be delivered to the institute so that Diver can take care of it. The dolphin has not yet arrived, however, and Diver soon receives a call from the trucker making the delivery—a young Japanese man named [[Ginrai]]—who explains that his truck broke down along the way. He has stopped at a rental shop, where the [[Rent-a-car seller|owner]] informs him that it will take two or three days to replace his cab, but Ginrai explains that he needs it right away. Cautiously, the owner explains that he does have one cab that will do the job, but that previous owners have reported strange, vaguely supernatural phenomena while driving it. Ginrai is unfazed, and the owner offers to sell it to him; Ginrai decides to complete his delivery as a test drive to see if it's worth the purchase.

[[Image:HeroisChosen Diver spots the bracelets.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Ginrai soon arrives at the Ocean Research Institute, and busies himself washing the cab as the dolphin is unloaded. Lost in thought, he is unable to stop [[forklift laborer|a forklift]] from pranging the truck, denting its fender. Soon, he moves on to cleaning out the interior, and discovers a metal sphere in the glove box, which splits open to reveal a pair of golden bracelets. He slips the bracelets on his wrists, but, looking at his reflection in the rear view mirror, decides they don't suit him... only to discover that he is unable to remove them. As he struggles with them, Diver approaches the cab, and is shocked to see the Autobot [[insignia]] glowing on the bracelets. Diver demands to know where he got them from, and Ginrai explains; Diver requests that he take him to the rental shop. As the two talk on the drive, Ginrai reveals that he has no idea what Decepticons are, and relates the notion of trying to stand up to such powerful beings to the time that he saw an escaped buffalo raging in a city and kept his distance. When Diver explains that his bracelets will allow him to become just as powerful, however, Ginrai nearly runs over another [[driver]] in shock.

[[Image:HeroisChosen truck railing.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Meanwhile, Hydra and Buster's search has brought them to America, the continent where they were merged with their [[Transtector]]s. They meet with the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, who tell them about a strange rumor going around about a dented truck which fixed itself, and are able to identify the rental shop which loaned the truck out. The two Godmasters immediately head out on the truck's trail...

Ginrai and Diver continue their discussion about the bracelets and the strange phenomena, until suddenly, the truck begins to surge with energy, and begins veering across the road. The dent in the fender slowly begins to disappear, but the truck itself goes crashing off a cliff; Diver leaps free in mid-air and transforms into robot mode, but Ginrai is trapped inside the cab as it lands at the foot of the cliff with the trailer crashing on top of it. As Diver hauls the trailer off, Hydra and Buster appear in the sky overhead and transform to robot mode, intending to take the truck for themselves. Diver tries to fend off the two Godmasters while, inside the cab, the injured, bloodied Ginrai struggles to reach for the door handle. He collapses halfway, and his arms drop, allowing the two bracelets to touch—and in an explosion of light, Ginrai is instantly healed when a suit of armor materializes around his body.

[[Image:Chokonpower.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
The Transformers outside react in shock as the truck itself begins to heal, its crippled and buckled frame springing back into shape perfectly. But the shocks are not over yet—Ginrai bursts through the roof in a flare of energy, and with a cry of "God On", combines with the truck, which transforms into a battle-primed robot! Ginrai himself is suitably shocked by the experience, not to mention the realisation that the robot trying to help him is Diver, and when he learns that Buster and Hydra are Decepticons, his anger activates his [[Chōkon Power]], which he uses to send the two brothers fleeing.

Diver and Ginrai return to their human forms as the sun sets, and Ginrai explains that he left Japan because of the country's stifling atmosphere and came to America as a freelance trucker to enjoy the freedom of the open road, but now he is not sure who he is. Whatever questions Ginrai may have about his identity, though, Diver is sure of one thing—he is the first Autobot Godmaster!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (6)
'''Human Autobots'''
* [[Ginrai]] (9)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (3)
'''Human Decepticons'''
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (13)
* [[Bullhorn]] (14)
* [[Wilder]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Baney Aquarium director|Director]] (7)
* [[Ocean Research Institute operator|Operator]] (8)
* [[Rent-a-car seller]] (10)
* [[Forklift laborer|Laborer]] (11)
* [[Driver]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"The only thing you've been granted is power, but you haven't been given hearts. As long as you are heartless, you cannot surpass humans!"
:—'''Diver''' on the Godmaster brothers.

==Note==
===Animation and technical errors===
*This episode corrects the error from the previous two, in which the parts of Hydra's robot mode which should be red were colored grey-white.
*In a wide shot right after his first connection with his transtector, Ginrai's head is red where it should be blue.

===Continuity notes===
*The explanation behind Mega and Giga's strange reference to the Godmasters as their children is... a bit on the complicated side. The story behind this unusual claim is expanded on in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]"—see that article for more details.
*When Ginrai first put on his Master-Braces, it didn't automatically trigger his Master Suit. Instead, his Master Suit was triggered when he accidentally touched the braces together. This is different than how the Master Braces initially worked for the other three Autobot Godmasters, which are all different from each other.
*Boy, Ginrai sure does look a lot like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], doesn't he? Not once during all of ''Super-God Masterforce'''s broadcast run is this strange similarity addressed—it was eventually explained in "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he looks that way because his Transtector was originally intended for use by Prime.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Appointed Hero'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''A Hero is Chosen, and his Name is Ginrai!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Real-world references===
* The rental shop is an [[Esso]] store. However, it is an anachronism, as the "Esso" brand name in the United States was replaced by "Exxon" in 1972.

===Trivia===
*It's not immediately clear, but since the dent that the truck receives when it's under Ginrai's care doesn't heal until ''after'' the Headmaster Juniors tell Buster and Hydra about the rumor, presumably the rumor resulted from the same thing happening when it was being driven by someone else—that being one of the "mysterious phenomena" said to surround the truck.
* A segment of this episode was included on the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] release of season 1 of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the Sunbow cartoon]] as "Japanese scene clip". It featured the Omni Productions dub soundtrack and covered the truck breaking through the railing, Diver's transformation, and the truck's impact.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}}
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble

2012-11-24T08:49:28Z

Chigun: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=9
|title=A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble
|japanese=激戦!! サイバトロン危うし
|romaji=Gekisen! Cybertron Ayaushi
|image=Fiercebattle.jpg
|caption=4 8 15 16 23 42
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|written by=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|directed by=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 7|7 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The construction of the world's largest tidal power plant in the Karin Islands quickly attracts the attention of the Decepticons, and the Autobots are once again faced with the power of the Godmaster brothers.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FierceBattle Cab gets a letter.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In [[Giga and Mega's base|Giga and Mega's secret headquarters]], the [[Decepticon]]s make plans to move their operations back to [[Decepticon Base|the base]] used by the [[Pretender]]s. Giga plans to destroy the base once they have left, in order to cover their tracks, but Mega requests that it be left intact so she can use it as a secret laboratory.

At the [[International School]] in Japan, Shūta's mind is occupied by thoughts of the [[Godmaster]] brothers, but the mood is lightened by the arrival of Cab's pets, followed by the jungle boy himself. Cab has just been released from detention with his most hated teacher, Mr. [[Kaiser]], after scoring a zero on a test, and it's not long before Kaiser himself appears, with a letter from Cab's [[Karin Islands|homeland]]. The three [[Headmaster Junior]]s retire to [[Cab's treehouse]], where Cab reads the letter and discovers that the world's largest tidal power plant has been constructed on Viscas Island.

[[Image:FierceBattle Autobots watching TV.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oh man, not another clip show.]]
Soon after, the Juniors join the [[Autobot]] Pretenders in reviewing video footage of their battle with the Godmasters. Although the Autobots believed that they had not been able to inflict any damage to the brothers, a slowed-down replay of the action reveals that they had indeed injured them, but that the Godmasters' incredible powers had healed it instantaneously. This confirms Hawk's suspicions—the Godmasters are neither Transformers nor humans, but an entirely new breed of lifeform. Cab, however, is unconcerned, certain that the Autobots can beat the Godmasters, and Hawk snaps at him to take the matter seriously, as it is more than likely that the Godmasters possess even greater power that the Autobots have yet to see. Cab doesn't take the scolding well and mopes around the base until Minerva accuses him of being childish. In a rather silly effort to prove his manhood, Cab gulps down the scalding hot cup of tea that Minerva has just poured, and burns himself—much to the amusement of the other two Juniors. Cab is also able to see the funny side, and the bad atmosphere is lifted.

[[Image:FierceBattle Cancer kicks Gilmer.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cancer unerringly discovers where Gilmer's species keeps its gonads.]]
Meanwhile, the Decepticons have relocated to the Pretenders' base, where Cancer wants to show off his "Super Dragon Fist Technique" to Mega. Gilmer is elected to serve as his "sand bag", and is floored by Cancer's attack. As Wilder and Bullhorn mutter about how Cancer has become like Mega's pet, Giga, Hydra and Buster enter, and the Decepticons review their strategy for world domination.

Mega wishes to start with Asia, and recommends the elimination of all readily-available energy sources in the region – so naturally, Viscas Island's tidal power plant is the first target she chooses. Before departing to commence the attack, the Godmasters condescendingly invite the Pretenders to come and watch, to see how it should be done. Giga and Mega try to soothe the Pretenders' tempers by explaining that the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors are best suited to their operations on Earth due to their inherent human factor, but being ranked lower on the importance scale than the Juniors is the last straw for the Pretenders, and they head for Viscas Island to join in the attack.

[[Image:FierceBattle Hydra pulls out axe.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
As Hydra and Buster begin the assault on the tidal power plant, the Autobots receive news of the attack and the Pretenders head out. Soon after, however, the Decepticon Pretenders appear on the island and attack its oil refinery, forcing the Headmaster Juniors to join in the battle. Metalhawk and the Juniors perform rescue operations and battle the Pretenders, ultimately forcing them to retreat, and then rush to the aid of Lander, Diver and Phoenix, who are fighting the Godmasters. The Autobots are badly outmatched by the Godmasters' [[Chōkon Power]], but Metalhawk is able to distract Buster with his "Shining Arrow" technique, allowing Diver to lodge his Sea Axe in the younger Godmaster's arm. Buster is unable to heal the wound with the axe stuck in his arm, so Hydra tears it free, but the injured Buster is shaken, and the Godmasters pull out of the fight. The Autobots survey the battlefield, content at least that they have kept the damage to a minimum.

Back in the Decepticon base, Buster is furious over his failure, and wonders if he is, in fact, weaker than his brother. Mega and Giga assure him that he possesses the same level of Chōkon Power as Hydra, and that any weakness he possesses is not physical, but in his heart. At the same time as Buster vows to become even stronger than his brother, the strength of the Godmasters is also once again on the mind of Shūta, who wants to know why there aren't any ''Autobot'' Godmasters...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Lander]] (17)
* [[Metalhawk]] (18)
* [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (19)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (20)
'''Human Autobots'''
* [[Shūta Gō]] (11)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (12)
* [[Cab]] (15)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Gilmer]] (2)
* [[Dauros]] (3)
'''Human Decepticons'''
* [[Giga]] (4)
* [[Mega]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (7)
* [[Wilder]] (8)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (9)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (10)

|c3=
* [[Kaiser]] (16)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (13)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"I wonder if Lady Mega likes this base." 
"If she didn't like it, she'd be exploding with a megaton bomb of hysteria right about now."
:—'''Dauros''' and '''Gilmer'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As in the previous episode, the parts of Hydra's robot mode which should be red are colored grey-white. This error is corrected from next episode onward.
*Improbable viewpoints:
**Somehow the Pretenders have multi-angle footage of their fight with the Godmaster brothers from the previous episode.

===Continuity notes===
[[Image:FierceBattle Buster Chokon power.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chōkon this!]]
*Cab's letter is from [[Donq]], his grandfather-figure, last seen in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]".
*Although the previous episode established that Godmasters possess [[Chōkon Power|Ten-Chi-Jin Power]], it was up to the audience to draw the connection between the three energies—Tenchōkon, Chichōkon, Jinchōkon—mentioned back in "[[Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland]]". The connection is made explicit by Giga in this episode, and the Godmasters start using the energy offensively.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*Despite Mega's insistence that their old base be preserved, it never appears again.
*Cancer's "Super Dragon Fist" involves... ''kicking'' the enemy.
*As in the previous episode, there is once again very little reason for the Godmasters to retreat from the fight, give that Buster should have healed in seconds after the axe was dislodged from his arm. Although perhaps what makes Buster suspect he has less Chōkon Power than Hydra is the fact that he ''didn't'' heal, necessitating the retreat.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble}}
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers

2012-08-10T00:17:29Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|series=Masterforce
|ep=8
|title="Super Warriors—The Godmaster Brothers"
|japanese=超戦士・ゴッドマスター兄弟
|romaji=Chō Senshi—Godmaster Kyōdai
|image=Superwarriors.jpg
|caption=Vigo the Carpathian is at it again.
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 31|31 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''A new element enters the Masterforce War in the form of Hydra and Buster—the Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:SuperWarriors Hydra vs Blood.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
As the Sun rises over the mountains, [[Dauros]] runs through a dew-soaked field, late for a rendezvous with the other [[Decepticon]]s atop a seaside cliff. He is still keeping better time than the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, though, who are late due to [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] sleeping in and soon arrive all piled onto [[Wilder]]'s motorcycle. [[Blood]] warns them that they must hurry... for their superiors have summoned them! The group boards a [[Weapon 925|small submarine]], which brings them to a [[Giga and Mega's base|secret base]] hidden amidst mist-shrouded islands. An electronic sensor appears from behind a rock wall, clearing them to proceed, and the submarine docks within a cavern, which opens out into a lush garden decorated with ornate, palatial fixtures, and two suits of armor. Cancer is mildly insulted that no-one is there to welcome them, but Blood is sure someone is watching them—a concern that proves correct when the suits of armor spring to life and attack the six Decepticons with bladed weapons. Realising that they are being tested, Blood prevents Dauros from fighting back, and the armored figures promptly shed their suits, revealing the forms of the two seemingly-ordinary young human men within. The bespectacled man does not lessen his attack, striking Blood with a shockingly powerful kick, and when Blood decides that it's time to reciprocate, he dodges every blow with ease. Blood draws his blaster, but a commanding voice rings out, ordering him to halt—the voice of an elaborately-dressed man, who stands on the other side of the battlefield with a similarly clad woman. The two young men bow before this couple, addressing them as "Lord [[Giga]]" and "Lady [[Mega]]". Giga instructs everyone to follow him, and Mega assures the shocked Headmaster Juniors that they have nothing to fear.

Back in Japan, [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], [[Cab]] and [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] are training for a [[Mt Fuji Foothills Hang Gliding Competition Tournament|hang-gliding competition]], and have been practising all afternoon until the Sun begins to set. Concerned about the lack of Decepticon activity, [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] contacts [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]], who is relaxing in the Sun, but promises to keep vigilant.

[[Image:SuperWarriors Decepticon meeting.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"We've decided that to conquer the world, we need to have more meetings."]]
Back at the Decepticons' secret base, Giga explains that he and Mega have not revealed themselves before now because they have been secretly researching a new Master technique—a technique embodied in the two young men who attacked the Decepticons earlier, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]. Infused with [[Chōkon Power]], these two men are hyper-evolved Transformer lifeforms—[[Godmaster]]s! They too wear [[Master-Brace]]s, which allow them to connect to jet [[Transtector]]s as engines, rather than heads. Hydra insults the Pretenders failures up to this point, but Blood and [[Gilmer]] insist that they do not require the Godmasters' help in crushing the Autobots. Hydra claims that the Pretenders have not yet seen a fraction of their awesome powers, and display a new one right away by combining into the giant jet, [[Darkwings]]. Blood also transforms to jet mode, and they fly out of the base, intending to pit their strengths against each other.

[[Image:SuperWarriors ready to hang-glide.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Back in Japan, the next morning has come, and the hang-gliding contest is about to begin. Minerva is nervous, but Shūta reassures her, and Cab gives her a few last-minute pointers before the contest starts. [[Lander]] and Hawk are watching the contest from [[Autobot Base]] when they receive a report from [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] that London Airport has detected three unidentified jets heading for Japan at speeds too fast to track by radar. [[United States Air Force pilot|Military jets]] attempt to intercept the aircraft—which are, of course, the Decepticons—but Hydra and Buster use their Chōkon Power to destroy them. Blood remains unimpressed, determined to outdo the Godmaster brothers, and when Cancer tells them about the hang-gliding competition, he opts to use it as a display of the Pretenders' refined, unarmed fighting techniques. The Autobot Headmaster Juniors quickly spot them, and when Cab is knocked out of the sky, he transforms to robot mode to save himself, revealing the Autobots' presence to the Decepticons. The Decepticons Headmaster Juniors transform and move in on Cab, but Shūta drops out of the sky in robot mode to lend him a hand while Minerva deals with the injured hang-gliders.

[[Image:SuperWarriors Hydra Buster vs Metalhawk.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Hawk and Lander see the attack on television and head out to join the fight, engaging the Decepticon Pretenders in battle, but when the villains fall before them. Hydra and Buster decide it is time to enter the conflict. Transforming to robot mode, they quickly take down the two Autobot Pretenders, and are about to finish them when Phoenix and Diver soar onto the scene and blast the weapons from their hands. They combine into Darkwings to pursue the two Pretenders, but Metalhawk transforms to jet mode as well and the three aerial Autobots are able to overpower the Godmasters and they opt to withdraw for now.

As the Sun sets after the battle, the Autobots make some attempt at levity as Diver decides that he will enter the next hang-gliding competition, and Lander claims that all he does is sunbathe, but Hawk does not join in the laughter, concerned with the hidden powers of these two new Decepticons...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (14)
*[[Metalhawk]] (15)
*[[Lander]] (16)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (17)

'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Shūta Gō]] (7)
*[[Cab]] (8)
*[[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Dauros]] (1)
*[[Gilmer]] (2)
*[[Blood]] (3)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Wilder]] (4)
*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (5)
*[[Bullhorn]] (6)
*[[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (10)
*[[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (11)
*[[Giga]] (12)
*[[Mega]] (13)

|c3=
*[[United States Air Force pilot|Pilot]] (18)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GigaDroopMouth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*As Blood warns that the walls have ears, the camera pans over to Gilmer, who's mouthing (gilling?) the words as well.
*Throughout this episode, the parts of Hydra's robot mode which should be red are colored grey-white. This error continues into the next episode, but is fixed thereafter.
*Scanning the Decepticon submarine, the circular monitor appears to read "WEAPON No. 425" followed immediately by it being called "Weapon 925."
*Hawk's computer panel changes. Initially one observes it blinking wildly. Then, during the closeup of Hawk typing, it can easily be construed as being a different panel entirely (this animation is reused twice more in the episode). The panel looses most of its blinking lights in every subsequent appearance.
* Don't blink or you'll miss Giga's mouth move to the bottom of his chin during his Godmaster explanation.
* During the Decepticon retreat, as the camera pans over to Minerva tending to the injured boy, Shūta and Cab appear out of thin air.

===Transformers references===
*Chōkon Power is mentioned in this episode for the first time since the concept was introduced in "[[Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland]]." Here, it goes by the name "Ten-Chi-Jin Power"—the two terms will be used alternately throughout the series.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:MF8 Diver TMI.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sometimes images just speak for themselves.]]
*Diver is reading ''[[The Currents of Spade]]'', by "[[Izaac Esimov]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Super Twins!'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''The Super Warriors: The Godmaster Brothers'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*There is ''no damn reason'' for the Godmasters to retreat at the end of this episode. They've got the upper hand, and they're not injured at all—they could quite easily fight on, but they just suddenly decide to stop fighting because Phoenix and Diver show up! It's like the writer just realised that the episode had to end in a minute's time, and just... stopped.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers

2012-08-10T00:08:37Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|series=Masterforce
|ep=8
|title="Super Warriors—The Godmaster Brothers"
|japanese=超戦士・ゴッドマスター兄弟
|romaji=Chō Senshi—Godmaster Kyōdai
|image=Superwarriors.jpg
|caption=Vigo the Carpathian is at it again.
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 31|31 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''A new element enters the Masterforce War in the form of Hydra and Buster—the Godmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:SuperWarriors Hydra vs Blood.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
As the Sun rises over the mountains, [[Dauros]] runs through a dew-soaked field, late for a rendezvous with the other [[Decepticon]]s atop a seaside cliff. He is still keeping better time than the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, though, who are late due to [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] sleeping in and soon arrive all piled onto [[Wilder]]'s motorcycle. [[Blood]] warns them that they must hurry... for their superiors have summoned them! The group boards a [[Weapon 925|small submarine]], which brings them to a [[Giga and Mega's base|secret base]] hidden amidst mist-shrouded islands. An electronic sensor appears from behind a rock wall, clearing them to proceed, and the submarine docks within a cavern, which opens out into a lush garden decorated with ornate, palatial fixtures, and two suits of armor. Cancer is mildly insulted that no-one is there to welcome them, but Blood is sure someone is watching them—a concern that proves correct when the suits of armor spring to life and attack the six Decepticons with bladed weapons. Realising that they are being tested, Blood prevents Dauros from fighting back, and the armored figures promptly shed their suits, revealing the forms of the two seemingly-ordinary young human men within. The bespectacled man does not lessen his attack, striking Blood with a shockingly powerful kick, and when Blood decides that it's time to reciprocate, he dodges every blow with ease. Blood draws his blaster, but a commanding voice rings out, ordering him to halt—the voice of an elaborately-dressed man, who stands on the other side of the battlefield with a similarly clad woman. The two young men bow before this couple, addressing them as "Lord [[Giga]]" and "Lady [[Mega]]". Giga instructs everyone to follow him, and Mega assures the shocked Headmaster Juniors that they have nothing to fear.

Back in Japan, [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], [[Cab]] and [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] are training for a [[Mt Fuji Foothills Hang Gliding Competition Tournament|hang-gliding competition]], and have been practising all afternoon until the Sun begins to set. Concerned about the lack of Decepticon activity, [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] contacts [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]], who is relaxing in the Sun, but promises to keep vigilant.

[[Image:SuperWarriors Decepticon meeting.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"We've decided that to conquer the world, we need to have more meetings."]]
Back at the Decepticons' secret base, Giga explains that he and Mega have not revealed themselves before now because they have been secretly researching a new Master technique—a technique embodied in the two young men who attacked the Decepticons earlier, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]. Infused with [[Chōkon Power]], these two men are hyper-evolved Transformer lifeforms—[[Godmaster]]s! They too wear [[Master-Brace]]s, which allow them to connect to jet [[Transtector]]s as engines, rather than heads. Hydra insults the Pretenders failures up to this point, but Blood and [[Gilmer]] insist that they do not require the Godmasters' help in crushing the Autobots. Hydra claims that the Pretenders have not yet seen a fraction of their awesome powers, and display a new one right away by combining into the giant jet, [[Darkwings]]. Blood also transforms to jet mode, and they fly out of the base, intending to pit their strengths against each other.

[[Image:SuperWarriors ready to hang-glide.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Back in Japan, the next morning has come, and the hang-gliding contest is about to begin. Minerva is nervous, but Shūta reassures her, and Cab gives her a few last-minute pointers before the contest starts. [[Lander]] and Hawk are watching the contest from [[Autobot Base]] when they receive a report from [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] that London Airport has detected three unidentified jets heading for Japan at speeds too fast to track by radar. [[United States Air Force pilot|Military jets]] attempt to intercept the aircraft—which are, of course, the Decepticons—but Hydra and Buster use their Chōkon Power to destroy them. Blood remains unimpressed, determined to outdo the Godmaster brothers, and when Cancer tells them about the hang-gliding competition, he opts to use it as a display of the Pretenders' refined, unarmed fighting techniques. The Autobot Headmaster Juniors quickly spot them, and when Cab is knocked out of the sky, he transforms to robot mode to save himself, revealing the Autobots' presence to the Decepticons. The Decepticons Headmaster Juniors transform and move in on Cab, but Shūta drops out of the sky in robot mode to lend him a hand while Minerva deals with the injured hang-gliders.

[[Image:SuperWarriors Hydra Buster vs Metalhawk.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Hawk and Lander see the attack on television and head out to join the fight, engaging the Decepticon Pretenders in battle, but when the villains fall before them. Hydra and Buster decide it is time to enter the conflict. Transforming to robot mode, they quickly take down the two Autobot Pretenders, and are about to finish them when Phoenix and Diver soar onto the scene and blast the weapons from their hands. They combine into Darkwings to pursue the two Pretenders, but Metalhawk transforms to jet mode as well and the three aerial Autobots are able to overpower the Godmasters and they opt to withdraw for now.

As the Sun sets after the battle, the Autobots make some attempt at levity as Diver decides that he will enter the next hang-gliding competition, and Lander claims that all he does is sunbathe, but Hawk does not join in the laughter, concerned with the hidden powers of these two new Decepticons...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (14)
*[[Metalhawk]] (15)
*[[Lander]] (16)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (17)

'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Shūta Gō]] (7)
*[[Cab]] (8)
*[[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Dauros]] (1)
*[[Gilmer]] (2)
*[[Blood]] (3)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Wilder]] (4)
*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (5)
*[[Bullhorn]] (6)
*[[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (10)
*[[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (11)
*[[Giga]] (12)
*[[Mega]] (13)

|c3=
*[[United States Air Force pilot|Pilot]] (18)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GigaDroopMouth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*As Blood warns that the walls have ears, the camera pans over to Gilmer, who's mouthing (gilling?) the words as well.
*Throughout this episode, the parts of Hydra's robot mode which should be red are colored grey-white. This error continues into the next episode, but is fixed thereafter.
*Scanning the Decepticon submarine, the circular monitor appears to read "WEAPON No. 425" followed immediately by it being called "Weapon 925."
*Hawk's computer panel changes. Initially one observes of it blinking wildly. Then, during the closeup of Hawk typing, it can easily be construed as being a different panel entirely (this animation is reused twice more in the episode). The panel looses most of its blinking lights in every subsequent appearance.
* Don't blink or you'll miss Giga's mouth move to the bottom of his chin during his Godmaster explanation.
* During the Decepticon retreat, as the camera pans over to Minerva tending to the injured boy, Shūta and Cab appear out of thin air.

===Transformers references===
*Chōkon Power is mentioned in this episode for the first time since the concept was introduced in "[[Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland]]." Here, it goes by the name "Ten-Chi-Jin Power"—the two terms will be used alternately throughout the series.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:MF8 Diver TMI.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sometimes images just speak for themselves.]]
*Diver is reading ''[[The Currents of Spade]]'', by "[[Izaac Esimov]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Super Twins!'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''The Super Warriors: The Godmaster Brothers'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
*There is ''no damn reason'' for the Godmasters to retreat at the end of this episode. They've got the upper hand, and they're not injured at all—they could quite easily fight on, but they just suddenly decide to stop fighting because Phoenix and Diver show up! It's like the writer just realised that the episode had to end in a minute's time, and just... stopped.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!

2012-08-09T23:09:47Z

Chigun: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=7
|title="Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!"
|japanese=パニック!野生動物を守れ!!
|romaji=Panic! Yasei Dōbutsu o Mamore!
|translation=
|image=Wildanimals.jpg
|caption=Kenya believe it!?
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 24|24 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''It's the Autobots to the rescue when the Decepticons cause animals to stampede in Africa in a scheme to destabilize the balance of nature!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Cab tossing coconut.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cab's got a lovely bunch of coconuts.]]
In [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], a wildlife preservation ranger named [[Ricky]] is on patrol on the savanna when he discovers a stampede of wild animals, heading straight for a nearby village. Although he races ahead of the animals in his land rover and radios ahead for an evacuation, the village itself is trampled to the ground. News of the event—and several others like it—reaches Japan, and the [[Headmaster Junior]]s discuss it in [[Cab]]'s [[Cab's treehouse|treehouse]] over a meal of newly-delivered [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] coconuts. Cab is totally oblivious to the event, however, given his preference for a technology-free—and hence TV-free—home, much to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]]'s exasperation. Just then, [[Metalhawk]] summons the Juniors back to the [[Autobot Base|base]], having received information from [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] that the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] were spotted in Kenya, leading him to believe that the [[Decepticon]]s are responsible for the stampedes.

In [[Decepticon Base]], [[Blood]] communicates with [[Gilmer]] and [[Dauros]] over a viewscreen, telling them that the [[Autobot]]s are on their way to their location. He informs them that he will join them soon, and that they are to start another stampede in the meantime; Dauros still isn't taking too kindly to the fact that Blood is giving him orders, but Blood simply cuts the communication off before he can finish objecting. The Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, spoiling for a fight with their Autobot counterparts, request that they be allowed to accompany Blood, but he suggests that they put themselves to work training to defeat them, rather than simply talking big. After a tense moment, the Juniors part to allow Blood to walk by them and leave, but the three boys can't resist a parting jab at the small-scale nature of Blood's animal scheme, causing the [[Pretender]] to fly into a rage and hurl rocks and rubble at them. After backhanding all three of them, nearly knocking them into the moat of lava surrounding the altar and its glowing orb, he explains that the plan is one with far-reaching consequences—they plan to destabilize the balance of nature, allowing the Decepticons to take power. As he raises his arms at the end of his speech, the orb erupts with energy.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Examining the fawn.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"For this poor fawn [[Furmanism|it's over, FINISHED]]!"]]
In Kenya, the Autobot Headmaster Juniors unload their [[Transtector]]s from the private plane that brought them to the country, although Shūta and Cab are somewhat more occupied with the task of ogling the barely-there outfit that [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has chosen to wear for the hotter climate. As they drive across the savanna, Cab and Shūta sing a song drawing attention to her leggy ensemble, but soon, they meet up with the Pretenders and Mister Ricky. The meeting gets off to a tense start when Ricky immediately draws his rifle and appears to shoot at Minerva; Shūta kicks the gun away and seizes the man, but it turns out Ricky was dispatching a scorpion that was poised to sting the girl. Ricky takes the Juniors back to his village, where they meet an injured fawn. Ricky explains that he had to shoot the fawn's parents to prevent them from stampeding through an elementary school, and the fawn was trampled when the herd turned away. Minerva carries the fawn to her Transtector and places it in the medical equipment to heal.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Decepticons Kraken armada.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fly, my pretties, fly!]]
The Pretenders, meanwhile, are exploring the savanna, and soon discover detonators that have been used to cause explosions designed to send animals stampeding. A short time later, Lander and Phoenix come under attack by [[Kraken]]s. Phoenix quickly dispatches one, but Lander has to dodge another, announcing he hates the ones that fly. After destroying an Overbite, he contacts Phoenix, only to find the other two Pretenders have similarly come under attack. Once the Seacons have been dealt with, the Decepticon Pretenders make their entrance, backed up by a virtual armada of Krakens. While the Autobots are occupied with the Seacons, the Decepticons disappear (much to the displeasure of the battle-hungry Dauros) and Blood incites a herd of [[elephant]]s into another stampede, heading right for Mister Ricky's village.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Decepticons riding elephants.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Detecting the approaching animals, Metalhawk radios the Headmaster Juniors as he and the other Pretenders race to see what can be done—only to find that they can't even deal with the Decepticons, since they are riding the elephants, putting them in danger should the Autobots open fire. Still guilty over having taken the lives of the deer, Mister Ricky makes a virtually suicidal attempt to stop the elephants, but is saved by Shūta and Cab, who link up in a "scrum" formation to block the pachyderms' path, calming the creatures down. With their plan foiled, the badly outnumbered Decepticons beat retreat.

A little later, as the sun sets over the savanna, the now-healed fawn is released back into the wild as the Autobots and Ricky watch.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Metalhawk]] (8)
*[[Lander]] (18)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (19)
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (20)

'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (5)
*[[Cab]] (6)

|c2=
*[[Devil Z]] (9)
*[[Blood]] (10)
*[[Gilmer]] (16)
*[[Dauros]] (17)
*[[Kraken]] (21)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (22)
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (23)
*[[Gulf]] (24)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (13)
*[[Wilder]] (14)
*[[Bullhorn]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Ricky]] (1)
*[[GMN]] News announcer (2)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (3)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (7)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Quite a bit of footage from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]" is re-used this episode, although with different backgrounds slotted in to reflect the change in scenery from that episode. Reused footage includes Metalhawk deflecting laser beams with his Titanium Saber and cleaving a Tentakil with it, the four Pretenders' arrival and transformation and the Decepticon Pretenders "retreat" sequence, as they transform to vehicle mode and exit in colorful ways.
*Ricky's jeep appears to be driving at an angle despite moving straight during the stampede flashback.

===Transformers references===
*Dauros's discontent with Blood's seemingly self-appointed leadership role was previously seen in "Rise Up!! Pretenders".
*The (nonsense-word) chanting employed by Blood as he entrances the elephants is similar to the chanting he used in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" to create the [[Destroid]]s. Although not stated in dialogue, it was fairly obvious in that episode that he was channelling the energy of [[Devil Z]]; less so in this episode, as Devil Z is not present for the act, but was shown to surge with energy in response to Blood in an earlier scene, presumably giving him the energy which he goes on to use on the elephants. This has led to a not-entirely-uncommon belief that Blood is doing these things with magical energy of his own, which doesn't seem to be the correct interpretation of the action.

===Real-world references===
*For all the Colonials in the reading audience, a "scrum" is a [[wikipedia:Rugby|rugby]] formation in which players link their limbs—that's the sort of stance that the Autobots take in this episode, and it's no stranger to Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, having previously been used in several issues of the ''[[TV Magazine]]'' manga.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Preservation of the Wild Animals'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
[[Image:PUNishing.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Team Rocket would be proud.]]
*With a major plot development coming up next episode, poised to send the series in a new direction, this episode serves as an end to the "introductory" period of ''Super-God Masterforce'', and as such, features appearances by all regular characters to have appeared in the series so far, except for [[Lobclaw]].
*Gilmer makes one of those dire Japanese-language puns that doesn't translate well into English this episode. When telling Dauros that the elephants will make the Autobots tremble, he adds the emphatic ''zo'' to the end of his sentence—and "elephant" in Japanese is ''zō''. That's probably, like, ''hilarious'', if you're Nihonjin, but the closest English equivalent you could probably come up with would be if he called the plan "elephantastic". Gilmer's certainly very happy with himself, anyway, but Dauros just groans.
{{--}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

File:GigaDroopMouth.jpg

2012-08-09T07:14:45Z

Chigun: uploaded a new version of "Image:GigaDroopMouth.jpg": Giga's especially low mouth. Screen capture of Super-God Masterforce episode Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers. © 1988 Toei and Takara

Giga's especially low mouth.

Screen capture of [[Super-God Masterforce]] episode [[Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers]].

© 1988 Toei and Takara

File:GigaDroopMouth.jpg

2012-08-09T07:04:05Z

Chigun:

Giga's especially low mouth.

Screen capture of [[Super-God Masterforce]] episode [[Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers]].

© 1988 Toei and Takara

File:GigaDroopMouth.jpg

2012-08-09T07:03:16Z

Chigun:

Giga's especially low mouth.

Screen capture from the [[Super-God Masterforce]] cartoon episode "[[Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers]]".

© 1988 Toei and Takara

File:GigaDroopMouth.jpg

2012-08-09T06:57:59Z

Chigun: Giga's especially low mouth in Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers.

Giga's especially low mouth in [[Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers]].

Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!

2012-08-09T06:08:07Z

Chigun: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=7
|title="Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!"
|japanese=パニック!野生動物を守れ!!
|romaji=Panic! Yasei Dōbutsu o Mamore!
|translation=
|image=Wildanimals.jpg
|caption=Kenya believe it!?
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 24|24 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''It's the Autobots to the rescue when the Decepticons cause animals to stampede in Africa in a scheme to destabilize the balance of nature!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Cab tossing coconut.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cab's got a lovely bunch of coconuts.]]
In [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], a wildlife preservation ranger named [[Ricky]] is on patrol on the savanna when he discovers a stampede of wild animals, heading straight for a nearby village. Although he races ahead of the animals in his land rover and radios ahead for an evacuation, the village itself is trampled to the ground. News of the event—and several others like it—reaches Japan, and the [[Headmaster Junior]]s discuss it in [[Cab]]'s [[Cab's treehouse|treehouse]] over a meal of newly-delivered [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] coconuts. Cab is totally oblivious to the event, however, given his preference for a technology-free—and hence TV-free—home, much to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]]'s exasperation. Just then, [[Metalhawk]] summons the Juniors back to the [[Autobot Base|base]], having received information from [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] that the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] were spotted in Kenya, leading him to believe that the [[Decepticon]]s are responsible for the stampedes.

In [[Decepticon Base]], [[Blood]] communicates with [[Gilmer]] and [[Dauros]] over a viewscreen, telling them that the [[Autobot]]s are on their way to their location. He informs them that he will join them soon, and that they are to start another stampede in the meantime; Dauros still isn't taking too kindly to the fact that Blood is giving him orders, but Blood simply cuts the communication off before he can finish objecting. The Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, spoiling for a fight with their Autobot counterparts, request that they be allowed to accompany Blood, but he suggests that they put themselves to work training to defeat them, rather than simply talking big. After a tense moment, the Juniors part to allow Blood to walk by them and leave, but the three boys can't resist a parting jab at the small-scale nature of Blood's animal scheme, causing the [[Pretender]] to fly into a rage and hurl rocks and rubble at them. After backhanding all three of them, nearly knocking them into the moat of lava surrounding the altar and its glowing orb, he explains that the plan is one with far-reaching consequences—they plan to destabilize the balance of nature, allowing the Decepticons to take power. As he raises his arms at the end of his speech, the orb erupts with energy.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Examining the fawn.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"[[Furmanism|It's over -- FINISHED]] for the poor fawn."]]
In Kenya, the Autobot Headmaster Juniors unload their [[Transtector]]s from the private plane that brought them to the country, although Shūta and Cab are somewhat more occupied with the task of ogling the barely-there outfit that [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has chosen to wear for the hotter climate. As they drive across the savanna, Cab and Shūta sing a song drawing attention to her leggy ensemble, but soon, they meet up with the Pretenders and Mister Ricky. The meeting gets off to a tense start when Ricky immediately draws his rifle and appears to shoot at Minerva; Shūta kicks the gun away and seizes the man, but it turns out Ricky was dispatching a scorpion that was poised to sting the girl. Ricky takes the Juniors back to his village, where they meet an injured fawn. Ricky explains that he had to shoot the fawn's parents to prevent them from stampeding through an elementary school, and the fawn was trampled when the herd turned away. Minerva carries the fawn to her Transtector and places it in the medical equipment to heal.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Decepticons Kraken armada.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fly, my pretties, fly!]]
The Pretenders, meanwhile, are exploring the savanna, and soon discover detonators that have been used to cause explosions designed to send animals stampeding. A short time later, Lander and Phoenix come under attack by [[Kraken]]s. Phoenix quickly dispatches one, but Lander has to dodge another, announcing he hates the ones that fly. After destroying an Overbite, he contacts Phoenix, only to find the other two Pretenders have similarly come under attack. Once the Seacons have been dealt with, the Decepticon Pretenders make their entrance, backed up by a virtual armada of Krakens. While the Autobots are occupied with the Seacons, the Decepticons disappear (much to the displeasure of the battle-hungry Dauros) and Blood incites a herd of [[elephant]]s into another stampede, heading right for Mister Ricky's village.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Decepticons riding elephants.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Detecting the approaching animals, Metalhawk radios the Headmaster Juniors as he and the other Pretenders race to see what can be done—only to find that they can't even deal with the Decepticons, since they are riding the elephants, putting them in danger should the Autobots open fire. Still guilty over having taken the lives of the deer, Mister Ricky makes a virtually suicidal attempt to stop the elephants, but is saved by Shūta and Cab, who link up in a "scrum" formation to block the pachyderms' path, calming the creatures down. With their plan foiled, the badly outnumbered Decepticons beat retreat.

A little later, as the sun sets over the savanna, the now-healed fawn is released back into the wild as the Autobots and Ricky watch.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Metalhawk]] (8)
*[[Lander]] (18)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (19)
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (20)

'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (5)
*[[Cab]] (6)

|c2=
*[[Devil Z]] (9)
*[[Blood]] (10)
*[[Gilmer]] (16)
*[[Dauros]] (17)
*[[Kraken]] (21)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (22)
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (23)
*[[Gulf]] (24)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (13)
*[[Wilder]] (14)
*[[Bullhorn]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Ricky]] (1)
*[[GMN]] News announcer (2)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (3)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (7)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Quite a bit of footage from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]" is re-used this episode, although with different backgrounds slotted in to reflect the change in scenery from that episode. Reused footage includes Metalhawk deflecting laser beams with his Titanium Saber and cleaving a Tentakil with it, the four Pretenders' arrival and transformation and the Decepticon Pretenders "retreat" sequence, as they transform to vehicle mode and exit in colorful ways.
*Ricky's jeep appears to be driving at an angle despite moving straight during the stampede flashback.

===Transformers references===
*Dauros's discontent with Blood's seemingly self-appointed leadership role was previously seen in "Rise Up!! Pretenders".
*The (nonsense-word) chanting employed by Blood as he entrances the elephants is similar to the chanting he used in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" to create the [[Destroid]]s. Although not stated in dialogue, it was fairly obvious in that episode that he was channelling the energy of [[Devil Z]]; less so in this episode, as Devil Z is not present for the act, but was shown to surge with energy in response to Blood in an earlier scene, presumably giving him the energy which he goes on to use on the elephants. This has led to a not-entirely-uncommon belief that Blood is doing these things with magical energy of his own, which doesn't seem to be the correct interpretation of the action.

===Real-world references===
*For all the Colonials in the reading audience, a "scrum" is a [[wikipedia:Rugby|rugby]] formation in which players link their limbs—that's the sort of stance that the Autobots take in this episode, and it's no stranger to Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, having previously been used in several issues of the ''[[TV Magazine]]'' manga.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Preservation of the Wild Animals'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
[[Image:PUNishing.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Team Rocket would be proud.]]
*With a major plot development coming up next episode, poised to send the series in a new direction, this episode serves as an end to the "introductory" period of ''Super-God Masterforce'', and as such, features appearances by all regular characters to have appeared in the series so far, except for [[Lobclaw]].
*Gilmer makes one of those dire Japanese-language puns that doesn't translate well into English this episode. When telling Dauros that the elephants will make the Autobots tremble, he adds the emphatic ''zo'' to the end of his sentence—and "elephant" in Japanese is ''zō''. That's probably, like, ''hilarious'', if you're Nihonjin, but the closest English equivalent you could probably come up with would be if he called the plan "elephantastic". Gilmer's certainly very happy with himself, anyway, but Dauros just groans.
{{--}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!

2012-08-09T05:59:36Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=7
|title="Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!"
|japanese=パニック!野生動物を守れ!!
|romaji=Panic! Yasei Dōbutsu o Mamore!
|translation=
|image=Wildanimals.jpg
|caption=Kenya believe it!?
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Tetsuo Imasawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 24|24 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''It's the Autobots to the rescue when the Decepticons cause animals to stampede in Africa in a scheme to destabilize the balance of nature!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Cab tossing coconut.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cab's got a lovely bunch of coconuts.]]
In [[Kenya]], [[Africa]], a wildlife preservation ranger named [[Ricky]] is on patrol on the savanna when he discovers a stampede of wild animals, heading straight for a nearby village. Although he races ahead of the animals in his land rover and radios ahead for an evacuation, the village itself is trampled to the ground. News of the event—and several others like it—reaches Japan, and the [[Headmaster Junior]]s discuss it in [[Cab]]'s [[Cab's treehouse|treehouse]] over a meal of newly-delivered [[Karin Islands|Karin Island]] coconuts. Cab is totally oblivious to the event, however, given his preference for a technology-free—and hence TV-free—home, much to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]]'s exasperation. Just then, [[Metalhawk]] summons the Juniors back to the [[Autobot Base|base]], having received information from [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] that the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] were spotted in Kenya, leading him to believe that the [[Decepticon]]s are responsible for the stampedes.

In [[Decepticon Base]], [[Blood]] communicates with [[Gilmer]] and [[Dauros]] over a viewscreen, telling them that the [[Autobot]]s are on their way to their location. He informs them that he will join them soon, and that they are to start another stampede in the meantime; Dauros still isn't taking too kindly to the fact that Blood is giving him orders, but Blood simply cuts the communication off before he can finish objecting. The Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, spoiling for a fight with their Autobot counterparts, request that they be allowed to accompany Blood, but he suggests that they put themselves to work training to defeat them, rather than simply talking big. After a tense moment, the Juniors part to allow Blood to walk by them and leave, but the three boys can't resist a parting jab at the small-scale nature of Blood's animal scheme, causing the [[Pretender]] to fly into a rage and hurl rocks and rubble at them. After backhanding all three of them, nearly knocking them into the moat of lava surrounding the altar and its glowing orb, he explains that the plan is one with far-reaching consequences—they plan to destabilize the balance of nature, allowing the Decepticons to take power. As he raises his arms at the end of his speech, the orb erupts with energy.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Examining the fawn.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In Kenya, the Autobot Headmaster Juniors unload their [[Transtector]]s from the private plane that brought them to the country, although Shūta and Cab are somewhat more occupied with the task of ogling the barely-there outfit that [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] has chosen to wear for the hotter climate. As they drive across the savanna, Cab and Shūta sing a song drawing attention to her leggy ensemble, but soon, they meet up with the Pretenders and Mister Ricky. The meeting gets off to a tense start when Ricky immediately draws his rifle and appears to shoot at Minerva; Shūta kicks the gun away and seizes the man, but it turns out Ricky was dispatching a scorpion that was poised to sting the girl. Ricky takes the Juniors back to his village, where they meet an injured fawn. Ricky explains that he had to shoot the fawn's parents to prevent them from stampeding through an elementary school, and the fawn was trampled when the herd turned away. Minerva carries the fawn to her Transtector and places it in the medical equipment to heal.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Decepticons Kraken armada.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fly, my pretties, fly!]]
The Pretenders, meanwhile, are exploring the savanna, and soon discover detonators that have been used to cause explosions designed to send animals stampeding. A short time later, Lander and Phoenix come under attack by [[Kraken]]s. Phoenix quickly dispatches one, but Lander has to dodge another, announcing he hates the ones that fly. After destroying an Overbite, he contacts Phoenix, only to find the other two Pretenders have similarly come under attack. Once the Seacons have been dealt with, the Decepticon Pretenders make their entrance, backed up by a virtual armada of Krakens. While the Autobots are occupied with the Seacons, the Decepticons disappear (much to the displeasure of the battle-hungry Dauros) and Blood incites a herd of [[elephant]]s into another stampede, heading right for Mister Ricky's village.

[[Image:ProtecttheWildAnimals Decepticons riding elephants.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Detecting the approaching animals, Metalhawk radios the Headmaster Juniors as he and the other Pretenders race to see what can be done—only to find that they can't even deal with the Decepticons, since they are riding the elephants, putting them in danger should the Autobots open fire. Still guilty over having taken the lives of the deer, Mister Ricky makes a virtually suicidal attempt to stop the elephants, but is saved by Shūta and Cab, who link up in a "scrum" formation to block the pachyderms' path, calming the creatures down. With their plan foiled, the badly outnumbered Decepticons beat retreat.

A little later, as the sun sets over the savanna, the now-healed fawn is released back into the wild as the Autobots and Ricky watch.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Metalhawk]] (8)
*[[Lander]] (18)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (19)
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (20)

'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (5)
*[[Cab]] (6)

|c2=
*[[Devil Z]] (9)
*[[Blood]] (10)
*[[Gilmer]] (16)
*[[Dauros]] (17)
*[[Kraken]] (21)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (22)
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (23)
*[[Gulf]] (24)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (13)
*[[Wilder]] (14)
*[[Bullhorn]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Ricky]] (1)
*[[GMN]] News announcer (2)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (3)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (7)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Quite a bit of footage from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]" is re-used this episode, although with different backgrounds slotted in to reflect the change in scenery from that episode. Reused footage includes Metalhawk deflecting laser beams with his Titanium Saber and cleaving a Tentakil with it, the four Pretenders' arrival and transformation and the Decepticon Pretenders "retreat" sequence, as they transform to vehicle mode and exit in colorful ways.
*Ricky's jeep appears to be driving at an angle despite moving straight during the stampede flashback.

===Transformers references===
*Dauros's discontent with Blood's seemingly self-appointed leadership role was previously seen in "Rise Up!! Pretenders".
*The (nonsense-word) chanting employed by Blood as he entrances the elephants is similar to the chanting he used in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" to create the [[Destroid]]s. Although not stated in dialogue, it was fairly obvious in that episode that he was channelling the energy of [[Devil Z]]; less so in this episode, as Devil Z is not present for the act, but was shown to surge with energy in response to Blood in an earlier scene, presumably giving him the energy which he goes on to use on the elephants. This has led to a not-entirely-uncommon belief that Blood is doing these things with magical energy of his own, which doesn't seem to be the correct interpretation of the action.

===Real-world references===
*For all the Colonials in the reading audience, a "scrum" is a [[wikipedia:Rugby|rugby]] formation in which players link their limbs—that's the sort of stance that the Autobots take in this episode, and it's no stranger to Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, having previously been used in several issues of the ''[[TV Magazine]]'' manga.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Preservation of the Wild Animals'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

===Trivia===
[[Image:PUNishing.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Team Rocket would be proud.]]
*With a major plot development coming up next episode, poised to send the series in a new direction, this episode serves as an end to the "introductory" period of ''Super-God Masterforce'', and as such, features appearances by all regular characters to have appeared in the series so far, except for [[Lobclaw]].
*Gilmer makes one of those dire Japanese-language puns that doesn't translate well into English this episode. When telling Dauros that the elephants will make the Autobots tremble, he adds the emphatic ''zo'' to the end of his sentence—and "elephant" in Japanese is ''zō''. That's probably, like, ''hilarious'', if you're Nihonjin, but the closest English equivalent you could probably come up with would be if he called the plan "elephantastic". Gilmer's certainly very happy with himself, anyway, but Dauros just groans.
{{--}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T05:46:29Z

Chigun: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"I know you have one! Gimme your [[Salt-Man Z]] toy!"]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This heroic image doesn't show one second later when Chris is engulfed in a terrible explosion.]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Climbing down from the cave Chris appears to be stepping on thin air at times.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T05:41:20Z

Chigun: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This heroic image doesn't show one second later when Chris is engulfed in a terrible explosion.]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Climbing down from the cave Chris appears to be stepping on thin air at times.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T05:40:11Z

Chigun: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This heroic image won't show two seconds later when Chris is engulfed in a terrible explosion.]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Climbing down from the cave Chris appears to be stepping on thin air at times.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T05:38:22Z

Chigun: Undo revision 739711 by Chigun (Talk)

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Climbing down from the cave Chris appears to be stepping on thin air at times.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T05:03:36Z

Chigun: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chris recalls too late that "IDDQD" doesn't work in real life.]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Climbing down from the cave Chris appears to be stepping on thin air at times.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T05:00:54Z

Chigun: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Climbing down from the cave Chris appears to be stepping on thin air at times.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T04:41:39Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T04:40:28Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three energies consisting of the Chōkon Power are now "kinds of [[Energon]]," or Energon Power made up of Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T04:38:07Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three <s>Chōkon Powers</s> "kinds of [[Energon]]" are referred to as Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

2012-08-09T04:23:05Z

Chigun: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=6
|image=Wasteland.jpg
|caption=FIERY PHOENIX!
|title="Go, Goshooter—Showdown in the Wasteland"
|japanese=行けゴーシューター・荒野の対決
|romaji=Yuke Gō Shūtā—Kōya no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiroki Shibata]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:GoGoshooter Mary asks for help.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Blood]] lectures the [[Headmaster Junior]]s on the [[Chōkon Power]], the three primal energies of life—Chichōkon, the power of Earth, Jinchōkon, the power of Man, and Tenchōkon, the power of the Heavens. The Decepticons aspire to destabilize the balance of life on Earth by disrupting any one of the three Chōkon Powers, taking that energy for their own evil ends. [[Wilder]] decides to make a very personal start to the theft of Jinchōkon from human beings, selecting as his victim his former friend [[Chris]], previously a member of his [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang who left the group after Wilder joined the Decepticons. Chris is snatched off the streets by the gang under Wilder's orders, but his sister, [[Mary]], spots the kidnap and follows on her scooter. She soon loses their trail, and, searching for help, spots a police car—only it's not an actual officer's vehicle, but the [[Transtector]] belonging to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]], who is out shopping with [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] and [[Cab]] for a party for their last night in America. The Headmaster Juniors listen to Mary's story, and vow to help save her brother; she leads them to one of the gang's hangouts in the barren land outside the city.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Wilder's shiny transtector.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At the gang's hideout, the kidnapped Chris is brought before Wilder; although Wilder proceeds to deliver a speech about how the power they now possess means they have nothing to fear, he also seems to display a genuine friendship for Chris when he asks him to stay with the gang—making him all the more furious when Chris refuses, telling Wilder that he is a changed man, causing Wilder to hurl his former friend into a wall and punch and kick him until he bleeds. At that point, a gang member alerts Wilder to the approach of Mary and the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors. A battle ensues, with Shūta drawing the attention of the three Decepticon Juniors while Cab attempts to sneak into the hideout and get Chris to safety. [[Bullhorn]] spots him, however, and Minerva then comes to his aid while Shūta continues to battle Wilder.

[[Image:GoGoshooter Cancer Mary knifepoint.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] tips the battle when he disconnects from his Transtector and captures Mary, putting a knife to her throat and preventing the Autobots from acting. Chris recovers from his beating in time to see his sister in danger and sneaks away from the gang, who are caught up watching the fight, stealing a motorcycle and driving it straight into Cancer's head. Chris leaps free as the bike explodes, and Cancer is toppled, allowing Mary to escape while Minerva paralyzes the other Decepticons with her Shock Gun. With Mary and Chris both safe, the Autobot Juniors transform to vehicle mode and make themselves scarce.

[[Image:GoGoshooter motorcycle attack.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Back at the [[Ocean Research Institute of California|Ocean Research Institute]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] joins the Juniors, Chris and Mary in a dinner party cooked by Cab. As Chris sees the friends laughing and joking together, he is reminded of his early days with Wilder, and how much his friend changed in the name of power. Diver tells Chris that all the Autobots are his friends, and Chris decides to make a new start with his life.

Meanwhile, back in the Decepticon base, Gilmer walks through the main hall alone, passing by the pillar atop which rests the glowing orb of light as he mutters to himself that Wilder is still a weakling. No sooner have the words passed his gills, however, than a bolt of crackling energy leaps from the orb and rips through Gilmer, who screams and begs forgiveness...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (13)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Cab]] (10)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (11)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Blood]] (1)
* [[Devil Z]] (2)
* [[Gilmer]] (3)
* [[Dauros]] (7)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (4)
* [[Wilder]] (5)
* [[Bullhorn]] (6)

|c3=
* [[Mary]] (8)
* [[Chris]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, this is a police car, but I'm obviously not a policeman."
:—'''Shūta'''

"Hey, Shūta! When you said leave the barbecue to you, did you mean the eating?"
:—'''Cab'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:GoGoshooter Decepticon Cab.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*The shop the kids are shopping at is a "Super Marcket".
*While challenging Bullhorn, Cab is drawn with a red Decepticon mark in place of his Autobot symbol.
*In the park, while sitting on the bench speaking about Chris being in danger, Minerva's eyes move up and down slightly.
*Getting pummeled by Wilder, Shūta loses his autobot symbol for an instant.
*When Chris first sees Mary in the clutches of Cancer, her left hand appears slightly off with an especially thin thumb.
*Humorously, it appears as if Minerva is moving the same portion of food from one plate to another twice. In another perspective not long after, the same part of the table has an empty plate with a wine glass sitting beside it. A third perspective of the table has the plates of food return, but an empty plate and wine glass from the first scene (in the corner nearest Minerva) is missing.

===Transformers references===
*For the first time since its debut in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", we once again see the pulsating globe of light in the Decepticon base. As discussed in that article, since we have to list it in the character table above there's no point in hiding the fact that it's the Decepticon emperor, [[Devil Z]], but the significance of the orb is not yet known in the show itself. This episode really draws viewers' attentions to it, however, with a lingering shot early in the episode, and the final scene (described above) making it clear that this ain't just Dauros's nightlight.
*The Autobot Headmaster Juniors have been visiting Diver in America since [[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules|last episode]].
*Likewise, we also learned about Wilder's past with the Jack Boys in the previous episode. He appears to have rebuilt the gang in the interim.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Barren Lands'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::* The three <s>primal energies of life</s> "kinds of [[Energon]]" are referred to as Earth Energon, Spark Energon and Star Energon.

===Trivia===
*As noted in the article for "[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]", the "Goshooter" mentioned in the title is Shūta's "Transformer" name, derived from the traditional Japanese construction of one's full name. It's the name his toy was sold under, although it's never actually used in dialogue and doesn't appear in the show again in any capacity after this episode.
*This episode introduces the mysteries of Chōkon Power—although it bears very little relevance to the events of the episode itself, it will go on to be one of the most important concepts in ''Super-God Masterforce''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]