MediaWiki - User contributions [en]

Security Protocols

2024-04-27T06:40:53Z

Dcgh96: /* Real-world references */ Added company references as shown in the racetrack.

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 14
|image=BreakdownAndBeeReunited SecurityProtocols.jpg
|caption="I don't have friends...I got family"
|prev=Missed Connection
|next=Bear Necessities
|title="Security Protocols"
|season=1
|season ep=14
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]] (Paramount+) [[June 15]], [[2023]] (Nickelodeon)
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writer=[[Lorin Williams]]
|director= [[J.J. Conway]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/4ew0winBxgeK4UI25aQ9eIA9vE3vFD5E/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''Agent Schloder is hot on the trail of exposing Bumblebee, while a simmering conflict between the Terrans finally boils over.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Bee Hides From Schloder SecurityProtocols.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

[[G.H.O.S.T.]] Cadets [[Kwan]], [[Conway]] and [[Rosato]] are scanning for [[energon]] signatures at [[Witwicky Raceway]] when they spot a high-powered sports car doing laps before using a boost to leave the arena. Once Rosato successfully scans the energon traces, Kwan contacts [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]] to report they've located [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]].

[[Twitch]], ready for another day of training, finds [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]], [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] and [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] racing around the field, which [[Robby Malto|Robby]] tells her is helping Bumblebee train for the [[Witwicky 500]]. Twitch is just wondering where Bee is, when the Autobot speeds into view and boosts past the other racers to reach the finish line first. Unfortunately Robby records Bee hasn't improved on his time of 3:36. Bumblebee zooms off for another attempt, while Twitch, annoyed at not doing actual training, starts shooting at Thrash. Bumblebee arrives back in time to separate the pair, and tells them to go cool off in the [[dugout]].

The kids head down to the dugout, where Twitch and Thrash continue to argue. As Twitch is explaining that they need to train, an alarm sounds and the dugout goes into emergency lockdown mode. Nightshade explains that it's a measure they built in that triggers when a G.H.O.S.T. vehicle is detected nearby. Outside, Bumblebee spots Agent Schloder arriving and heads into the barn, only to find the dugout is sealed and he instead has to hide in the barn. Schloder heads into the barn looking for the Malto's sports car and is intercepted by [[Dot Malto]], who claims that the vehicle is in the shop. Over drinks in the kitchen, Scholder shows the trail of photos of Bumblebee winning races across the world and shares his theory that the energon traces found at each location suggest it's Bumblebee. When he shows the Maltos a photo of Bumblebee from the raceway, Alex suggests that maybe Bumblebee scanned his car, and Schloder enlists his help. In the dugout, the kids see the Agent taking Alex away and attempt to leave, only to discover that the dugout is now on lockdown for ten hours, due to a mistake on Nightshade's part, and the manual override fails. Also the escape pods haven't been installed yet.

After Schloder drives off with Alex, Dot goes to have a word with Bumblebee. Bee's been trying to lure out an old friend from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] who keeps entering races. When Dot points out that Schloder is laying a trap for him, Bumblebee points out he has [[energon suppressor]]s to mask his signature, and also that if he now doesn't show up, Schloder will realize someone is helping him. Dot has a plan.

At the raceway, Bumblebee finds [[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] hiding out in a building. The pair reflect on how the war drove them apart before Bee warns his friend about the trap G.H.O.S.T. have set. Breakdown is confident he can handle it, upsetting Bumblebee who has a family to think about, but further argument is interrupted as the pair have to hide while Cadet Conway wanders past. Breakdown makes a bet with Bumblebee, promising to retire if Bumblebee wins while Bumblebee will give him an energon suppressor if he wins.

Back in the dugout, as the countdown reaches five hours, Twitch is trying to think of ways for them to get out. Thrash is increasingly irritated by this, but as it turns out, Twitch is feeling like too much is depending on her. Thrash reassures her they're all in it together, and they go to watch the race, which [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] has tuned in to. Schloder and Alex take a seat at the raceway, and as Alex observes the audience are all G.H.O.S.T. agents, they're joined by [[Karen Croft|Agent Croft]]. The cars pull out onto the track, at which point Schloder recognizes Bumblebee and G.H.O.S.T. vehicles crash out onto the track, surrounding the racers before they can even start the race. The agents move in on Bumblebee, only for Dot to step out with the story she's been secretly borrowing Alex's car to race. Croft insists they scan for energon anyway, and Rosato's scanner picks up Breakdown. The Con transforms and does his best to evade the G.H.O.S.T. forces, however during the fight, a rogue projectile hits the pole for a scoreboard, sending it crashing towards Schloder and the agents nearby him. With no other choice, Bumblebee transforms and catches the scoreboard, saving the lives of all present but also revealing himself.

[[File:Breakdown Diversion Attempt SecurityProtocols.jpg|right|300px]]
Still watching in the dugout, Twitch decides she needs out and starts attacking the door with her swords. G.H.O.S.T. soon has Bumblebee pinned down, but when Schloder orders him taken in, Breakdown frees the Autobot only for the pair to immediately be surrounded. Dot rigs a G.H.O.S.T. truck to crash into the arena, making an opening for Bee and Breakdown to escape through. A race ensues, and as the pair head for the only exit, they're blocked by Croft, who manages to force Breakdown to transform by firing at him. Bee tries to get his friend to move, but Breakdown has a new plan involving one of them acting as a diversion. They race towards the barricade, Breakdown taking heavy fire from the G.H.O.S.T. weapons before crashing and allowing Bumblebee to escape.

Croft stops Dot and Alex from leaving, but Schloder believes Bumblebee fooled the Maltos as much as anyone. Croft acquiesces and Schloder gives the Maltos a ride home. They arrive back just as the dugout finally frees the Terrans. [[Mo Malto|Mo]] realizes Bumblebee is missing, and her parents explain that he will have to go into hiding for now, to protect them all. Twitch is especially upset at the news and throws her swords to the ground, despite Thrash's attempts to assure her Bumblebee did what was right.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (4)

|c2=
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Kwan|Cadet Kwan]] (1)
*[[Conway|Cadet Conway]] (2)
*[[Rosato|Cadet Rosato]] (3)
*[[Robby Malto]] (6)
*[[Mo Malto]] (11)
*[[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]] (12)
*[[Dot Malto]] (13)
*[[Alex Malto]] (14)
*[[Karen Croft|Executive Agent Croft]] (16)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (7)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (8)
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] (9)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (10)

}}

==Quotes==
"I'm tired of feeling scared when my family is danger! What if we're not ready? What if Dad needs us? What if I don't know what to do or...? That's why training is always so important to me. We've had so many close calls and I...I don't know what if I would do if I lost any of you on my watch."
:—'''Twitch''' vents about the fears she has for her Terran siblings.

''(chuckles)'' "...Slowpoke."
:—'''Breakdown''' enjoys one last victory over '''Bumblebee''' as he helps his friend escape.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The Maltos previously fooled Schloder into thinking that Bumblebee was Alex's car back in "[[Classified]]".
*Schloder confirms that the Transformers' war ended 15 years prior, marking the first time we've been explicitly told how much time has passed since then.

===Transformers references===
* Breakdown mentions being a [[Stunticon (disambiguation)|Stunticon]].

===Real-world references===
* Several racetrack sponsor logos appear to reference real-life companies, albeit with fictional names such as FedUp, referencing FedEx; Ride, referencing Tide; and Sunny, referencing Sunoco, to name a few.

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Protocolos de segurança'''" ("Security protocols")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 4]], 2023

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das große Rennen von Witwicky'''"
:*Alternate Title: Sicherheitsprotokolle
:*''Original airdate:'' March 4, 2023

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Protocoles de sécurité'''" ("Security protocols")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 27]], 2023

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Az előírás szentírás'''" ("Instructions are Sacred Texts")
:*''Original airdate:'' April 27, 2023
:** Though the dub for the most part makes an effort to stay true to the [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)|G1 Marvel Comics]]' Hungarian translations, Breakdown was understandably renamed from Vibrátor (Industrial Vibrator) to Membrán (Reed Valve).

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Pauline Newstone

2023-12-12T19:44:25Z

Dcgh96: /* External links */ Link for announcement of her death

'''Pauline Newstone''' (sometimes credited as '''Paula Newstone''') was a Canadian voice actress. Some of her most notable roles include Medusa on ''Class of the Titans'', Harpy on ''[[King Kong|Kong: The Animated Series]]'', Heka on ''Mummies Alive!'' and Agatha Harkness on ''[[X-Men|X-Men: Evolution]]''. She passed away on December 12, 2023.

In the world of dubbing, Newstone has played Mum Mew on ''Monster Rancher'', Mistress Centipede on ''Inuyasha'', but is perhaps best remembered as the original voice of Frieza in the Ocean dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''.

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]

==Convention appearance==
* [[BotCon 2006]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628448/ Pauline Newstone at the Internet Movie Database]
*[https://www.instagram.com/p/C0w8qMuOfwp/ Announcement of her death from BotCon's official Instagram account]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newstone, Pauline}}
[[Category:Mainframe Entertainment]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Pauline Newstone

2023-12-12T19:41:13Z

Dcgh96: She passed away today. Fix as necessary.

'''Pauline Newstone''' (sometimes credited as '''Paula Newstone''') was a Canadian voice actress. Some of her most notable roles include Medusa on ''Class of the Titans'', Harpy on ''[[King Kong|Kong: The Animated Series]]'', Heka on ''Mummies Alive!'' and Agatha Harkness on ''[[X-Men|X-Men: Evolution]]''. She passed away on December 12, 2023.

In the world of dubbing, Newstone has played Mum Mew on ''Monster Rancher'', Mistress Centipede on ''Inuyasha'', but is perhaps best remembered as the original voice of Frieza in the Ocean dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''.

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]

==Convention appearance==
* [[BotCon 2006]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628448/ Pauline Newstone at the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newstone, Pauline}}
[[Category:Mainframe Entertainment]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Master Blaster

2020-07-23T03:24:22Z

Dcgh96: /* Continuity errors */ Switched out dead YouTube link.

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=49
|image=BW MasterBlaster title.jpg
|caption=Tarantulas suddenly realizes how all those bugs eaten by geckos feel.
|title= "Master Blaster"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[March 1]], 1999
|written by= [[Eric Torin]]
|directed by= [[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The Predacons gain control over the body of Optimus Primal, and capture the Ark.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BW MasterBlaster PrimalflattenWaspy.jpg|left|thumb|A bug in the hand is worth...uh, washing up afterward.]]
[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] dutifully patrols the [[Maximal]]s' fortified entrance to [[Mount St. Hilary]], unaware that the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] are building something sinister in places unknown. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], trying another attack on the Maximals' base, sends newly promoted sub-commander [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] with a large explosive (from…somewhere) to destroy the patrolling [[Fuzor]]. Waspinator delivers the missile and destroys Silverbolt's gunning turret, and when [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] rush outside to defend their home, Waspinator commands a full attack. Alas, the plan was only a feint to draw out Primal, and without support from additional troops, Waspinator is quickly crushed by the Maximal leader.

Hiding out of Optimus Primal's sight, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] blows a dart that burrows itself into Primal's foot, crawls through the Maximal leader's interior machinery, and accesses Primal's own [[spark]]. Primal disregards the infection, tells Cheetor to "take a rest" with a suspiciously Western drawl, and punches out the young Maximal.

[[File:BW MasterBlaster Primalsparkhijack.jpg|thumb|Once these things dig in, only a special shampoo can get them out.]]
[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] returns to the Maximal base, surprised by the open doors. She finds the entire interior dark. Primal sneaks up on the arachnid, and when she reveals that [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] isn't with her, he grabs her as if she were a toy. With the widow restrained, Megatron and his cronies step out of the darkness. [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] is revealed to be controlling Optimus Primal by piloting a large, mechanical suit of similar form to Primal's body. The other Maximals are being kept deactivated in a hanging cage. Megatron instructs [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to find-and destroy-Depth Charge, assigns [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] to watch over the imprisoned Maximals, and allows Rampage to "take care" of Blackarachnia. With that done, Megatron orders Quickstrike and the puppeteered Optimus Primal to follow him; the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] awaits!

[[File:BW MasterBlaster Megs spark.jpg|left|thumb|Ye haw, ride 'em, cowboy!]]
In front of the Autobot starship, Megatron orders Quickstrike to download the access codes to him-the process fails, however, as the codes now require a Maximal spark signature to be used. This barely fazes Megatron, as he simply has Quickstrike use Optimus Primal to open the door instead. Megatron walks through the halls of the ship to find what he's looking for: his namesake, [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]]. The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] leader opens his own chest, and a tentacle reaches out of it to access the spark of his predecessor. After a bit of struggle, Megatron takes the spark into his body, and immediately collapses. While his "boss" convulses from the pain of containing two sparks, Quickstrike dumps his leader into one of the lava pits outside, giving the Ark to his real superior: Tarantulas!

[[File:BW MasterBlaster Megshand.jpg|thumb|[[Terminator|I'll be back.]]]]
In the depths of the Maximal base, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] gleefully torments Blackarachnia, but the she-spider overpowers the massive [[Transmetal]] crab by using telekinesis to knock him down with a steel girder. Thus freed, Blackarachnia sneaks through the base, then leads [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] away from the Maximals he's supposed to be protecting and locks him outside so she can free her team (and blast Inferno with the autoguns).

Quickstrike gives Tarantulas access to [[Teletraan I]]. Tarantulas then sends Quickstrike away to destroy the Maximals while he rigs the Ark to explode, which will kill all [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s within it. As Tarantulas leaves the Ark, Megatron emerges from the lava, now reconfigured into a dragon form by his plunge into the molten rock and the additional spark within him. Megatron burns the spider who betrayed him and tosses Tarantulas into a distant lava pool as punishment for failing.

Quickstrike, still piloting his armor, finds Blackarachnia and double-teams her using Optimus Primal's body, which is still under his control. But with a well-placed blast, she causes the two giants to fall over each other. The fall frees Optimus, who remembers what he did under Quickstrike's control, and he and Blackarachnia head back into the Ark to prevent the devastation.

[[File:BW MasterBlaster Megsflame.jpg|left|thumb|Oh, this is really bold! So bold, it's not fit for human consumption!]]
Megatron finds Optimus Primal, and the two enhanced transformers battle. While Blackarachnia tries to save the Ark, Megatron shows off his new abilities against his most hated enemy. Blackarachnia saves the Ark with just a single second to spare. Optimus is then saved from Megatron by the combined firepower of the other Maximals, who force Megatron to retreat. But with the spark of the original Megatron still in his possession, Megatron has gained a new advantage in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (8)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (9)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (13)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (2)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (3)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (4)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (5)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (7)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (12)

|h4=[[Decepticon]]s|c4=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ah, sometimes deception is the better part of valor."
:—'''Megatron''', observing Waspinator's unwitting decoy attack on the Maximal base

"You'll live to regret this, crab legs." 
"I regret everything, my sweet. Struggle as much as you like, I enjoy it."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' as she struggles against '''Rampage'''

"Time to open me up a can of kick-keister!"
:—'''Quickstrike''', after being told to finish the other Maximals

"By the Pit, you live!" 
"I am not so easily destroyed. And thanks to your treachery, my power is greater than ever! Let me... ''thank'' you."
:—'''Tarantulas''' and '''Megatron'''

"I can suffer your treachery, lieutenant, but not your incompetence!" 
[''throws Tarantulas into the lava''] 
"Treachery requires ''no'' mistakes." 
:—'''Megatron''' reborn deals with Tarantulas

"Megatron does not yield... he ''conquers''!"
:—'''Megatron''''s response to Optimus Primal's demand for his surrender

"Eight clicks to core implosion.... five.. four... three... two... one... core implosion aborted... all systems normal... have a nice day."
:—<s>Spaceball</s>'''Teletraan I'''

"Did you think you could stand against the fury of ''both'' Megatrons?"
:—'''Megatron''' gloating to Optimus Primal

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Megatron says he has "almost collected the whole set", his head has the wrong colors. Instead of his Transmetal head, the colors match that of his dragon form. Earlier shots in this scene have the correct color scheme.

===Continuity errors===
*It is unclear why Tarantulas and Quickstrike expected Megatron to expire in the lava, since Tarantulas suffers the same fate, only to pull himself free in a few moments. Though, it could've just been Quickstrike's spur of the moment idea.
*Tarantulas blowing up the ''Ark'' is a new development... one unfortunately at odds with Tarantulas's own words in "[[Tangled Web]]", where he refers to Megatron's future plans (i.e. altering time) as "madness". Ah well, [[fandom|what dork]] would remember or care about a minor muttered line a year before, eh?
*The return of Generation 1 Megatron's spark to his body would never be explicitly resolved within this series. ''Beast Wars'' Megatron was said to still hold it as of "[[Other Victories]]", and we never see or are told that he gave it back. There is only Primal's statement that "all is as it should be" (made after Megatron's capture in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]") to go on. The spark's replacement was written into the "Nemesis" script and even animated—it was simply cut for time from the final episode. A [https://youtu.be/frzBDC5mmN8 clip of this animation can be seen here] and was included as an extra in Kid Rhino's DVD release of ''Beast Wars'' season 3.
*The computer that Blackarachnia and Tarantulas use seems to have been designed for human-size figures, rather than the larger Autobot occupants. [[Chip Chase|But then]]...
*Why does Megatron's alternate mode change to a dragon after he is transformed? Other Transformers that went through upgrades in the series didn't get alternate [[beast mode]]s.

===Continuity notes===
*Following on from "[[Crossing the Rubicon]]", Optimus also possesses the ''Ark'' access codes, which Megatron takes advantage of.
*Blackarachnia (after saying "I can play your game too") saves the day by uploading "[[datatrax Viron]]" into Teletraan I, which is the same datatrax Tarantulas used against the [[Metal Hunter]].
*Although the toy is a [[Transmetal 2]] and has detailing consistent with the other Transmetal 2 figures, within the context of the story, Megatron's upgrade is closer to Optimus Primal's Optimal upgrade and, like such, is never called a Transmetal 2 in the series.
*Gadgets and powers:
**A techno-''blowgun?'' Well, whatever works, works, we suppose.
**Like Cheetor before her, Blackarachnia's Transmetal 2 body comes with telekinetic powers.
**Cheetor's rocket launcher/jet engine appears to function just like his old quasar cannon in robot mode.
*This episode contains the last instance of the running gag in which Inferno gets slagged while outside the doors to the Maximal Base.

===Transformers references===
*Well, there ''is'' [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]], but he's only in [[stasis lock]].

===Real-world references===
*While revealing himself in his new form, Megatron cries out "Enter the dragon!", which is also the title of a {{w|Enter the Dragon|Bruce Lee movie}}.
*The title of the episode, "Master Blaster", is also the title of an old computer game, and a song by Stevie Wonder. However, it's clear from context that it primarily refers to the dwarf/giant duo from the film ''{{w|Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome}}''.
*At the last second, Teletraan I aborts its self-destruct sequence with the line, "Core implosion aborted, all systems normal. Have a nice day." This is similar to a self-destruct sequence in the 1987 sci-fi parody ''[[Spaceballs]]''.

===Trivia===
*When Primal finally gains control of himself and tells Blackarachnia that Megatron gained control of Teletraan I, he actually says "Teletraan" instead of "Teletron". Every other time it's said in this episode, it's pronounced "Teletron".
*In an early version of the episode's plot, Megatron decided to steal and absorb the original Megatron's spark only after failing at another attempt to kill [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].<ref>''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' [ISBN 978-4766938005]</ref>
*The power-suit frame used by Quickstrike in this episode will later be used by the [[Vok]] to create [[Primal Prime]] in "[[Primeval Dawn Part 1]]".
*Megatron's tampering with Generation 1 Megatron's spark will have bizarre results several million years later in [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese continuity]] when the [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|original Megatron]] battles [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] in "[[Destron Leader Megatron Black Ver.]]"
*In the scene where Rattrap and Cheetor are lugging around crates, there is a stuffed panda bear in the background.<ref>[http://sapphire15.yoll.net/bwbloops.htm Beast Wars: Mistakes and Animation Odds]</ref>

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Maître du Feu'''" (Canada, "Master of Fire")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uniti per sempre'''" ("United Forever")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Moete Dragon'''" (もえてドラゴン, "Blaze, Dragon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 1]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mestre Destruidor'''" ("Master Destroyer")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Furia del Dragón'''" (America, "The Fury of the Dragon")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Héxīn Bàoliè '''" (核心爆裂, "Core Blast")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Sssshiny! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 3 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

A Fistful of Energon

2020-07-14T04:50:43Z

Dcgh96: /* Trivia */ Star Wars sound effect.

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|ep=23
|ep2=21
|prev2=Velocity (episode)
|next2=SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy
|image=AFistfulofEnergon-StarscreamPurpleclone.jpg
|caption=Has the Allspark Power line ended yet? Is it safe for redecos to come out now?
|title="A Fistful of Energon"
|airdate=[[May 24]], [[2008]] (Canada) [[May 31]], 2008 (USA)
|written by=[[Andrew Robinson]]
|directed by=[[Irineo Maramba]] [[Matt Youngberg]] [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TFA Fistful Energon Starscream escape.JPG|thumb|left|"Okay, Starscream farted on us and escaped during our confusion. Let's never talk about this again." "Agreed."]]

As the [[Elite Guard]]'s [[Sigma Supreme|ship]] proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull, and out flies [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], declaring vengeance against [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] once again.

On [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] EMP generator and some [[stasis cuffs]], but doubts he will need them since the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] are such gentle spirits when left alone and he has always been able to reason with them. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until Grimlock's jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock.

[[File:AFistfulofEnergon-ProwlEMPGenerator.jpg|thumb|We can use my wrist thingy to track Bender's [[Personality component|brain]].]]

Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point, he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm, Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief, and everything is all better.

Before they can head home, however, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] contacts the [[Autobot]] base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems [[Mission Accomplished|their tachyon transmitter has gone missing]]. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobots' could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped [[Decepticon]] traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big, bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]]'s sensitive scanners to locate Starscream's [[AllSpark]] fragment...on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, but as soon as Bulkhead is off the ship and his back is turned, Prowl takes off in the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|ship]]'s [[emergency shuttle]] by himself and heads for the Moon.

Prowl tracks the AllSpark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the ship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first and asks him derisively whom he's seeking here. Way to use that stealth...

[[File:TFA Fistful Energon Prowl vs Lockdown.JPG|thumb|left|[[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowls]] and their [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|sexual tension]].]]

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed [[shuriken]] disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but on a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position, and an EMP blast knocks out the Decepticon. As soon as the fugitive is stasis-cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize. Meanwhile, Starscream comes to and yells at them to stop fighting because (as he says) he is afraid of rusting well before anybody wins. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments, and both yell back at him to shut up and to lie still. He follows their orders and keeps silent for some time. But soon the fighters notice that their "prize" is silent for a bit too long. Looking down, they discover that he has already released his stasis cuffs and escaped safely. Outside, Starscream (who is strangely brown-coloured) blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks [[Death's Head (Animated)|his own ship]] and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's AllSpark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

[[File:Samprowl.jpg|thumb|Okay, let's '''ignore''' the fact that Samurai and Ninja are polar opposites, and bask in the '''total''' awesomeness that is Samurai Prowl.]]

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice that there's something wrong with him. He behaves considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an EMP blast. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and arranges a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil. When Starscream begs Lockdown not to hand over him to Megatron, Prowl tells him to calm himself and attempts to cross Lockdown. However, the tough bounty-hunter ''double''-crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola, and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follow, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, as the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports a brown and off-white color scheme and rather a sly and manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the brown Starscream. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. On the contrary, Starscream praises Prowl's "fine and effective sudden attack" and even doubts if he is really an Autobot "from top to toe". Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he has done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important for him.

[[File:TFA Fistful Energon Decepticons turbulence.JPG|thumb|left|"Augh, Primus! Even his CLONES' gas is rancid!"]]

Prowl sneaks into the warehouse where Lockdown had set up the meeting with Megatron, intending to prevent the Decepticon leader from dealing with Starscream. Megatron declares his intention to punish Starscream exemplarily. But before he has the chance, Prowl accidentally gives away his presence. Megatron orders Blitzwing and Lugnut to take "the Autobot offender" in charge, but the other Autobots burst in, bringing yet another Starscream. Before anyone can figure out which is the real one, the two Starscreams open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up, though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. Lockdown escapes safely, though rewardless.

The blast will take out half the city, so Prowl uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.

[[File:Lotta starscreams.jpg|thumb|Begun, the [[Clone Wars|Clone War]] has.]]

Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticon warship]] and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Icy Blitzwing]] (14)<ref>Yes, it's true. Blitzwing went the entire episode without switching personalities.</ref>
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] (15)
*[[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]] (16)
*[[Clone number 3370318|Clone #3370318]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
''[Ratchet and Prime are communicating with Prowl and Bulkhead over the radio]'' 
'''Ratchet''': Prowl, any sign of the Dinobots? 
'''Prowl''': Negative, Ratchet. I'm starting to think those reports of rampages were nothing but exaggeration. 
'''Optimus''': We're not taking any chance, Prowl. That's why I had Ratchet lend you his EMP generator and those stasis cuffs. 
'''Prowl''': Still, I hardly think they're necessary. The Dinobots are territorial, but if left alone, they're perfectly happy. 
''[Grimlock roars, then runs out of the forest, charging the Autobots]'' 
'''Bulkhead''': He doesn't look too happy to me!
:—The Autobots are Dinobot hunting...and things are not going well.

"Me Grimlock...''better''."
:—'''Grimlock''' after Bulkhead removes the spike, but before he passes out.

"I'm afraid Sari and Bumblebee left on an important fact-finding mission this morning. To someplace called... 'Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom'."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' gets duped.

"Prowl, exactly what line of JUNK CODE is scrambling your software?!"
:—Prowl is in hot water with '''Ratchet'''.

"Personally, I've always found Bumblebee's fake static to be a lot more convincing."
:—'''Ratchet''' doesn't get duped.

'''Starscream''': You call this a fight? I'll rust before someone wins! And I'm in a vacuum! 
'''Prowl''' and '''Lockdown''': Will you keep quiet?!
:—Prowl and Lockdown tell Starscream where to stick it.

"No! No, please! Leave me alone!" 
"Maybe it's me, but that doesn't sound like the Starscream I know..."
:—His reaction to '''Coward Starscream'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s plea for mercy leaves one wondering if '''Lockdown''' has ever met the real Screamer...

'''Sycophant Starscream''': Well, if it isn't my favorite band of plucky little Autobots. 
'''Optimus''': Autobots, prepare for battle! 
'''Sycophant Starscream''': Wait, you misunderstand. Noble Optimus Prime, wise Ratchet, stealthy Prowl and ''mighty''...eh... 
'''Bulkhead''': Bulkhead! 
'''Sycophant Starscream''': Ooh, that's too bad.
:—'''Starscream''' pulls a [[Transform and Roll Out#Quotes|Bumblebee]]

"Did you really think I would offer so little a challenge? I allowed you to capture these ''clones'' to fulfill my plan to eliminate you all! Especially you, MegaFOOL! Mwa-hah-ha-ha-ha! In moments you will be blown to bits, and I will become the Supreme Leader of ALL DECEPTICONS!"
:—Speaking through his clones, the real '''Starscream'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s speech-making tendencies are undimmed, even if he now prefers to do it from a safe distance.

'''Megatron''': Attention all Decepticons. I, Megatron, am increasing the bounty on the traitor Starscream. Only this time, make sure you find the ''real'' Starscream. 
'''Starscream''': Curse you Megatron! What does it take to destroy you? Oh well, plenty more where they came from.
:—'''Starscream''' intercepting a transmission from '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:AFistfulofEnergon-Grimlockfootshard.jpg|thumb|So painful, resting in between my toes harmlessly!]]
* The large spike stuck in Grimlock's foot is nowhere to be seen in the full-body shots previous to Prowl discovering it.
* The dialogue suggests that the spike is jammed through Grimlock's foot, but the animation shows it merely stuck between his toes.
* When Lockdown first appears, his head is missing the design across his forehead.
* Just after mud-coloured Starscream tells the Autobots of his plan in joining forces, his mouth disappears.
* Ratchet's war wound disappears when he's telling Prowl to get rid of his mods, just after his showy (and destructive) capture of the red Starscream clone.
* After Lockdown's ship lands and he and Prowl transform, Lockdown's head is seen forming the engine block. In the next shot, his engine emerges from the hood, where his head previously formed it.
* Blitzwing's "missing wings" bit from "[[Mission Accomplished]]" returns when we first see him.

===Continuity errors===
* When Starscream tells them he'll rust, in a ''vacuum'', Lockdown and Prowl tell him to shut up, an action that should be impossible, given that sound cannot carry in space. In fact, during all the time spent in space, the characters interact with each other as if they were under atmospheric conditions - of course, they could have open commlinks to each other.
* Why doesn't anyone notice that the Starscreams are different colors? Sure, the coward's paint job isn't that noticeable, but wouldn't they notice that the other guy's orange?

===Transformers references===
* The Starscream clones are, of course, a reference to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] of [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]], most notable for being [[Air Warrior|hordes of disposable Decepticons]] in "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]" (and then kinda vanishing save for [[Rainmaker|rare appearances later]]).

===Continuity notes===
*It seems that since the [[Rise of the Constructicons|events of the last episode]] Bulkhead has grown a taste for oil, as he can be seen drinking it when he and Prowl are first on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].
*Starscream's cloning process will be revealed in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]", using pieces of his Allspark fragment to power them and explaining why they show up on the Allspark scanners in this episode. Exactly where he got the raw material for the clones won't be revealed until "[[Endgame, Part I]]", in which we're told they're made from the [[protoform]]s stolen back in "[[Five Servos of Doom]]".
*It's not the first time in ''Animated'' that an Autobot [[Nanosec (episode)|sacrifices a new upgrade to launch a bomb that could destroy Detroit into upper atmosphere]].

===Real-world references===
[[File:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdowninponcho.jpg|thumb|Space banditos? Never heard of them.]]
*This episode contains numerous references to ''{{w|A Fistful of Dollars}}'', including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance, and the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.
*''A Fistful of Dollars'' is, in turn, a Western adaptation of ''{{w|Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo}}'', which also accounts for Prowl's samurai armor.
*Grimlock's foot problem recalls "The Lion and the Mouse", an Aesop's fable about a mouse who befriends a lion by pulling a thorn out of his paw. Or the tale of the Christian Saint Jerome, whose life was saved by the lion he'd helped when he later encountered it in a Roman circus. Or the story of Androcles and the Lion...it's been done a lot.
*Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom is a reference to the {{w|Six Flags}} chain of amusement parks and possibly {{w|Magic Kingdom}} as well.

===Trivia===
*This episode was first aired in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact-finding mission" (an amusement park). Therefore, we don't get to see if Sari's hair grew back since [[Rise of the Constructicons|last episode]].
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], on the other hand, appear but say nothing, as do [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. Result!
*The clones seem to embody elements of Starscream's personality, the purple Starscream representing Starscream's cowardice and the reddish-brown Starscream representing Starscream's sycophantic, flattering nature. This is confirmed to be the case in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]."
*Both altered-color clones use Starscream's original colors as a base, but the sycophantic one runs towards "hotter" colors playing up the red and white (a little devilish, perhaps?), while the cowardly one has colors more on the "cold" end, leaning into purple and stony grey.
[[File:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdownwithhelmet.jpg|thumb|I can't believe they ran out of voice-changer helmets!]]
*While you could be forgiven for assuming Prowl's armor was a Hasbro idea, it actually predates the toy. Hasbro decided to make a toy of it after watching the episode.<ref>http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html</ref>
*The other Autobots, and eventually Prowl as well, treat his upgrades as a bad thing. In the story, this makes sense because Lockdown acquires his trophies by hacking them off other Cybertronians, a practice the other characters had [[The Thrill of the Hunt|previously shown]] to find extremely distasteful (at best). Oddly, this goes against [[retool|everything Hasbro wants us to believe]].
*While Ratchet seems to be the moral compass of this episode, the day is only saved by Prowl's use of his upgrades.
*Apparently Starscream put a few extra zeros in when programming the timer on the clones. His plot might have worked if he hadn't given Megatron three minutes to run away.
*Exactly ''why'' does Lockdown wear a poncho? Apparently it's a handy dandy stealth device. That's right people, stealth poncho! No good ninja pretending to be Mexican should be without it.
*When the probe from ''Teletran-1'' deploys, there is a [[Star Trek]] communicator chirp clearly heard.
*When the Ark shuttle lifts off behind Bulkhead, there is a [[Star Wars]] hyperspace docking ring engine sound able to be heard.
*This episode was adapted in comic book format using screen captures as half of "[[Transformers Animated Volume 10]]", with "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]" making up the other half. It was also adapted in book format as "[[Starscream Flies Again]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pour une poignée d'Énergon'''" ("For a Fistful of Energon")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Spanish (Latin America)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un Puñado de Energon'''" ("A fistful Of Energon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25|25 October]] [[2008]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der doppelte Starscream'''" ("Double Starscream")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 23|23 July]] [[2008]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Potenza non è Tutto'''" ("Power is not Everything")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 28|28 February]] [[2009]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zōshoku-suru Teki'''" (増殖する敵, "Increasing Enemies")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 21|21 August]] [[2010]]
::* New stock footage of Starscream transforming and delivering the warning, with Prowl doing the intro.
::* The [[Otoboto family]] segment has all four members participating in a quiz contest, [[Hiroyuki Otoboto|Hiroyuki]] wondering where the announcer's voice is coming from in a no-fourth-wall moment. The first question asks what was the second half of the title to 2007 ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> sequel. They respond with "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge]]"—[[Megumi Otoboto|each]] [[Yūka Otoboto|family]] [[Tatsuya Otoboto|member]] writing the individual katakana "リベンジ" separately. The prize for the second question is the gold [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] Optimus figure, although it has nothing to do with Transformers—it's regarding 5-time Olympic judo medalist {{w|Ryoko Tani|Ryōko "Yawara-chan" Tani}}.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Garść Energonu'''" ("A Fistful of Energon")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season Two ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Five: Fistful of Energon (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Five: Fistful of Energon (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Fünf: Der Doppelte Starscream (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2011 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 6 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season Two ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

==References==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fistful of Energon}}
[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Mission Accomplished

2020-06-29T06:25:03Z

Dcgh96: /* Real-world references */ Added sound effect reference. Timestamp in the show is 15:43 (Tubi version).

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|image=Jagged.JPG
|caption=Starscream refused to invoke his right to remain silent, so the Autobots decided to enforce it.
|ep=19
|ep2=18
|prev2=The Return of the Headmaster
|next2=Garbage In, Garbage Out
|title="Mission Accomplished"
|airdate= [[April 26]], [[2008]] (Canada) [[May 3]], 2008 (USA)
|written by= [[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Irineo Maramba]] [[Yoshio Frank Chatani|Yoshio Chatani]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}

'''Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to Cybertron, unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.'''

==Synopsis==
The Autobot [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] sends a message to the Earth-based Autobots, revealing he is under [[Decepticon Uprisings|attack]] from Decepticons and has already lost one [[space bridge]]. He requests backup, but the transmission is cut off. Ultra Magnus explains this is but one of many reports of rising Decepticon activity. Jazz thinks it is due to the rumours of Megatron's survival, and Sentinel can't resist an opportunity to make a snide comment about the source of those rumours: Optimus Prime. Magnus therefore decides that all Earth-bound Autobots will make preparations to leave the planet. When Optimus protests due to the presence of Decepticons on Earth, Ultra Magnus brushes him off, whilst Sentinel butts in with another tirade about putting Prime up for an inquiry (or a {{w|court-martial}}, as Optimus perceives it). Ultra Magnus tries to make his position clear; that in the long run, everyone is better off believing Megatron is dead. Putting forward the idea of the Decepticon leader surviving and the [[AllSpark]] being destroyed would cause panic among the Autobots and strengthen the resolve of the Decepticons. An outraged Optimus is forced into compliance.

Back at the [[Autobot Earth Base|factory]], Sari is heartbroken by the idea of her friends being forced to leave Earth. The situation is made worse when Sentinel shows up. With his usual grace and tact, he tells Sari to belt up and officially inducts Optimus's team into the war effort. In the middle of insulting the "repair grunts", he makes a gesture of sorts to Optimus: Do as Ultra Magnus says, admit he's been lying, and Sentinel will use his connections to get Optimus's military career back on track, as thanks for [[The Return of the Headmaster|the recent Headmaster incident]]. When Optimus tells him what to do with his offer, Sentinel places him under formal arrest.

[[File:Tooyoungtodie.JPG|left|thumb|Go to your happy place, Screamer.]]

On a garbage scow moving along the river, Starscream suddenly reactivates. Disorientated, he panics when he realises that not only can he not pick up any other Decepticon energy signatures, he can't even pick up his own! After a moment of shock, he recovers and gets his bearings: he's alive and still on Earth. Furious at Megatron's attempt on his life, he transforms and blasts off into the sky.

At the Decepticon base, Blitzwing and Lugnut successfully test out Professor Sumdac's new Decepticon signal dampener. Mildly impressed, Megatron quickly moves on, demanding the creation of a subspace communicator so he can contact his forces in space to cease their aimless attacks in favor of a coordinated assault. When Sumdac comments that Earth technology is too primitive to create a tachyon transmitter, Megatron smugly informs him that they will simply steal the required tech from the Elite Guard's ship. Meanwhile, the Autobots are trying to figure out what to do with Sari, so they take her to the most together human they know, Captain Fanzone—although they do point out that most of the humans they know are criminally insane, such as [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] and [[Nanosec]].

[[File:MissionAccomplished-Fanzoneindressinggown.jpg|right|thumb|It's not what it looks like.]]

While they handle that, Optimus is on the Elite Guard's ship, with Sentinel still trying to convince him to play ball. Optimus refuses to lie, while Sentinel says that confirming there are no Decepticons on Earth would merely confirm what their sensors are saying. While they argue, Lugnut and Blitzwing tunnel under the ship's shield and steal a tachyon transmitter. As they make their escape, they fail to notice Starscream tailing them back to base.

[[File:Swordscream.JPG|left|thumb|And so begins the greatest ''Transformers'' montage of all time.]]

As Lugnut presents his prize to Megatron, Starscream makes his presence known. What follows is a quick but decisive victory for Megatron, who simply slashes Starscream before blasting him point-blank. Lugnut checks to see if Starscream is still online, and finding no spark, helps Blitzwing toss his corpse into the river. After floating downstream, Starscream suddenly reactivates again. He realises he lacks a spark and discovers he is being kept alive by a fragment of the AllSpark buried in his head, effectively making him immortal. Delighted, he declares the end of Megatron's era. As Megatron sends his message out to the Decepticons, Starscream attacks...and is promptly killed again. After a couple more fruitless attempts, he starts to wonder if he needs a new strategy. His fragment allows him to locate a second shard, and a plan begins to formulate...

[[File:Sentinel Prime shocked.jpg|right|thumb|Sentinel Prime: Totally owned. Again.]]

At the Elite Guard ship, Magnus presses Optimus Prime to cooperate, when Jazz reveals that he's discovered a sudden surge in AllSpark energy. Concluding that it's another shard, Magnus and Jazz go to retrieve it, while Sentinel is to remain and watch Optimus. As Sentinel moans, Optimus realizes that they had only found AllSpark shards before due to [[AllSpark Key|Sari's key]]. Doing a thermal scan, he discovers Starscream. Optimus tries to warn Ultra Magnus, but Sentinel threatens to put him in [[stasis cuffs]] if he tries to leave. Optimus is able to take down Sentinel and place him in the cuffs, then [[Roll out|rolls out]].

Meanwhile, Optimus' crew are watching Sari "interview" Captain Fanzone, who is not very fond of children, when Optimus contacts them and tells his team to meet him en route to the train.

As Starscream gloats about his plan to draw out Megatron and kill him in a massive explosion, Ultra Magnus and Jazz arrive, as do Megatron and Blitzwing. Megatron realizes that it's a trap set by Starscream, while Magnus and Jazz have trouble extracting the shard. An energy surge throws the Elite Guard off the train. Further ahead along the tracks, Optimus orders Prowl to sever the passenger cars from the main car, while Bumblebee takes Sari to use her key to remove the shard. They succeed, but the train still nearly crashes, only stopped because Ratchet uses his magnets from ahead while Bulkhead, anchored by Optimus Prime, grabs the rear of the train. High in the air, as Starscream fumes about the lost opportunity, Megatron appears, ready to beat him senseless.

On the ground, Ultra Magnus reprimands Optimus Prime, while Sentinel Prime arrives and accuses him of assault. Though Optimus defends his position, both Elite Guardsmen point out that there is no evidence of Decepticons—only for Starscream to crash into the ground mere meters away, causing Sentinel Prime to freak out at the sight of an actual Decepticon. Quickly coming back online, Starscream takes advantage of Magnus's momentary inattention to blast the Autobot leader into unconsciousness from point-blank range, taking the shard with him. The Autobots' attempts to take down Starscream fail, until Optimus comes up with a plan—although an intervention from Jazz is required to make Sentinel go along with it. Having Sentinel draw Starscream's attention, Optimus uses the stasis cuffs on the Decepticon, who is then taken to the Elite Guard ship—with his mouth riveted shut.

Ultra Magnus admits that Optimus Prime was right about there being Decepticons on Earth, and though Sentinel Prime brings up the assault and insubordination charges, Magnus still supports Optimus's actions. Magnus decides that Optimus Prime's crew will remain on Earth to locate the remaining AllSpark shards and capture the Decepticons, while the Elite Guard returns to Cybertron for Magnus to conduct the war effort. Sari is overjoyed that the Autobots are staying, but promises Captain Fanzone that they can still hang out.

Meanwhile, Megatron tells his minions to inform their [[Shockwave (Animated)|double agent]] on Cybertron that the Decepticons have repledged their allegiance to him and are proceeding with their leader's plan to make coordinated strikes on the edge of the galaxy so as to draw the Autobots away from Cybertron. Once the space bridge technology is fully developed, Megatron's group will return to the defenseless Cybertron and conquer the planet from within...

==Featured characters==

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (3)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (12)
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] (14)
*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"You dare strike ME, Megatron? After all my loyal stellar cycles of—wh-wu-wait, where is everybody? How did I get here? I'm not picking up any Decepticon energy signatures... not even my own. I'm too young to be offline!"
:—On coming back from the dead, '''Starscream''''s speech-making tendencies outweigh his observational skills.

'''Starscream''': Ahhh. If it isn't my old pal Megatron. And by old pal, I mean the piece of scum who tried to incinerate me into oblivion! 
'''Megatron''': Starscream... you're alive. 
'''Starscream''': What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost. Well, maybe you ''have!'' 
''[Starscream opens fire on Megatron, who simply picks up his sword and strikes Starscream with it]'' 
'''Megatron''': Is that the best you can do, Starscream? And to think you actually believed you could take over as leader of the Decepticons. You couldn't lead a parade. 
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron''' get reacquainted again.

[[File:Number one wink.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Thumbs up, soldier!]]
'''Fanzone''': Why me? 
'''Bumblebee''': You're tops on the list of all the humans we know personally. 
'''Bulkhead''': Although, it is kind of a short list. 
'''Prowl''': And it does include [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] and [[Nanosec]]. 
'''Bumblebee''': But still, you're number one! 
:—The Autobots try to get Captain Fanzone to adopt Sari. They need to work on their sales pitch.

"Fellow Decepticons, take heed. Your leader, Megatron, still lives! Though we remain dispersed throughout the far reaches of the galaxy, exiled from our true home, we are all still Decepticons, united by a common purpose. The time has come for us to put aside our differences and act as one under my undisputed leadership. Only then can we cast off the shackles of Autobot oppression. Working together, we can raise up our glorious empire once more and crush all who stand in our way!"
:—'''Megatron''' has a good speechwriter

"When are you going to get it through your thick processor? There are no Decepticons on this planet! So keep your audio unit shut or I'll do it for you." ''[brandishes stasis cuffs]'' 
''[beat]'' "I'd like to see you try, you worthless crankshaft!" 
"THAT'S IT!" ''[ten seconds later]'' "You put me in stasis lock?!"
:—'''Sentinel Prime''', owned by '''Optimus Prime''' yet again.

"This day couldn't possibly get any worse!" ''[Megatron appears in front of him]'' "I stand corrected." 
"'''''STARSCREEEEEEAM!!!!!'''''" 
"Sorry, you must have me confused with some other harrier jet."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''. We don't think he bought it, Screamer.

'''Sentinel''': Optimus Prime, you are under arrest for assaulting an Elite Guard officer. Add that to the other charges against you, and you can kiss your career goodbye. Do you have anything to say for yourself? 
'''Optimus''': ...Incoming! 
''[Starscream crashes from high altitude into the ground.]'' 
'''Sentinel''': WHAT IS THAT THING?! 
'''Optimus''': Oh, that's right, you've never seen one up close. It's called...a Decepticon.
:—Starscream crashes to Earth, freaks out Sentinel Prime, and gives Optimus Prime the proof he needs.

"Yeesh, Optimus, think you could have drawn that one out any longer?" 
"You're welcome, Sentinel." 
:—'''Sentinel Prime''' and '''Optimus Prime''', same old song and dance.

==Notes==
*This episode was first broadcast in Canada on April 26, one week before its United States premiere, and during the American premiere of the episode "[[The Return of the Headmaster]]".

===Animation or technical errors===
*When Optimus stops Bumblebee from going after Sari when she learns they're leaving Earth, his crotch is missing all detail.
* When Starscream drops into Megatron's mountain base for the first time, the "glow" effect on his jet exhaust is misaligned for several seconds until he 'catches up' to it.
* Just before Prime activates the thermal scan of the cloud bank supposedly concealing Starscream, Starscream is already plainly visible on the viewscreen. If Starscream wasn't meant to be concealed, then it's a continuity error, as Prime wouldn't need a thermal scan to detect him, just a magnified visual, unless Starscream has a different heat signature than normal Harrier Jets.
* When Megatron comments on the success of Isaac Sumdac's Decepticon signal dampener, Blitzwing's wings disppear. This error is repeated in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]".
*When the screen scrolls to the side after Isaac Sumdac starts working on Megatron's body, Megatron's head is clearly too big for the body, and it's farther away.

===Continuity errors===

* Megatron and the other Decepticons don't seem to wonder why it is that Starscream keeps coming back, despite the fact that they note that his spark compartment is empty. (Unless Megs knew of Screamer's fragment in advance and decided to keep him around as a playtoy for violence.)
* Megatron shatters Starscream's yellow cockpit the first and fourth times he "kills" him in the episode, leaving his empty spark chamber visible. When Starscream pulls a {{w|Jack Harkness|Captain Jack}}, it is still missing. After he sees his reflection in the water the first time, and simply when they cut to a different angle on the fourth time, it is suddenly present and intact once more. (It's possible that's because of the miraculous powers of the AllSpark shard; if it can keep Starscream online, it surely can regenerate any damage he has taken.)
* The AllSpark shard Starscream recovers changes size constantly, from barely fitting into Starscream's hand, to small enough to fit into Optimus's palm with his hand closed.
* How did Sentinel get the stasis cuffs off?
* Captain Fanzone's wife is mentioned in "[[Total Meltdown]]", but she's neither seen nor mentioned here. A possible divorce, perhaps?
* When Optimus Prime puts the newly acquired fragment of the AllSpark into its housing, there are four shards total, even though only two have been recovered by the Autobots on-screen by this episode. It is possible that they located the additional fragments off-screen, as Optimus notes that, in the past, [[AllSpark Key|Sari's key]] had been the primary tool used to locate fragments of the AllSpark. Since this has only been done once before, it can be assumed they used the same technique to find those fragments.
* As Lugnut and Blitzwing tunnel under the force shield to the Elite Guard's ship, they leave a gigantic hole, which no one notices. And later on, the hole has mysteriously disappeared.
* When the Autobots stop the train, Sari is somehow not hurled forward off its roof by her own momentum, even though she is not restrained in any fashion.

===Transformers references===
* Much like [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|his Generation 1 counterpart]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] is now immortal, only this time they actually explain why and leave him with a body.

===Real-world references===
* {{w|Mission Accomplished speech|The title. Nuff said.}}
* Starscream refers to his disguise as a {{w|Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier Jet}}. Pity his model won't turn up for another hundred years or so.
* When Bumblebee and Sari jump onto the train, the bionic sound effect from The Six Million Dollar Man plays while they are in mid-air.

===Trivia===
* Along with [[Transformer|machines]] and [[Survival of the Fittest|lawyers]], it seems [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] doesn't like kids.
* It's not clear from the episode itself how Starscream ended up in the garbage scow, but according to ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' the other Decepticons threw him in there.
* In the first interior shot of the Decepticons' hideout, we see the markings on the top of their computer station resemble the upper half of the Decepticon sigil, complete with glowing eyes.
* In his speech, Megatron goes on about how the Decepticons are united by a common purpose and need to put aside their differences, yet Megatron himself is beating the slag out of a fellow Decepticon for the duration of the speech. How ironic.
* Starscream is not just beaten up, but ''killed'' by Megatron five times in a ''single episode''. Definitely a new record.
* The Elite Guard does not come off very well in this episode: Ultra Magnus and Jazz fail to notice a large hole the size of [[Lugnut (Animated)|a B2 bomber]] when leaving their ship, a tachyon transmitter gets ripped off their ship without them even noticing, Sentinel Prime freaks out at the mere sight of a Decepticon, and Ultra Magnus gets defeated by Starscream after only one shot. (To be fair, it ''was'' at point-blank range, ''right in the face''.)
* Megatron mentions having a double agent on Cybertron. [[Shockwave (Animated)|Who could it be?]]
* With this episode, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|all]] [[Ironhide (Movie)|five]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|of]] [[Jazz (Movie)|the]] [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobots]] from [[Transformers (film)|the live-action movie]] have appeared in ''Transformers: Animated''.
* When Sentinel is trying to bribe Optimus, he says he could get Optimus re-instated in the Elite Guard, yet in the flashback in "[[Endgame, Part I]]", Optimus would be expelled from the Autobot Academy, and rendered permanently ineligible from joining the Elite Guard in the first place.
* Optimus Prime's crew has already proven to be smaller and less powerful than the Decepticons yet these Autobots are all that the great Autobot Supreme Commander could think of to leave behind on Earth to fight and capture the really powerful MEGATRON!? Sure, he left some stasis cuffs, but it's still a gross overestimation of their abilities. That plan is worse than movie Optimus Prime's.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mission accomplie'''" ("Mission Accomplished")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mission erfüllt'''" ("Mission Fulfilled")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 17|17 July]] [[2008]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Missione Compiuta'''" ("Mission Complete")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 31|31 January]] [[2009]]

'''Spanish (Latin America)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Misión Cumplida'''" ("Mission Accomplished")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 27|27 September]] [[2008]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bakuchin Kanryō!'''" (爆鎮完了!, "Blast-Extinguishing Complete!")<ref>This is the title of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whraac3aqhc second opening theme] for ''{{w|Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire}}'', the live-action ''{{w|tokusatsu}}'' show that previously held ''Transformers: Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s time slot. It was sung by [[JAM Project]], who also sings the [[Japanese themes|Japanese]] [[Transformers Evo.|opening theme to ''Animated'']]. In-jokes, ahoy!</ref>
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 31|31 July]] [[2010]]
::* New stock footage of Prowl transforming has him delivering the "watch TV in a bright room" message, while Jazz does the intro.
::* The scene where Sentinel tells Optimus to "Stand down" and having a temporarily feud with him and Jazz talking down both Primes are cut.
::* In this [[Otoboto family]] segment, [[Hiroyuki Otoboto|Hiroyuki]] and [[Tatsuya Otoboto|Tatsuya]] are demonstrating gameplay of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Chase]]'' and ''[[Transformers Animated: The Shooting]]''. ...all to see who gets to eat a {{w|taiyaki}}.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Misja wykonana'''" ("Mission Accomplished")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season Two ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Four: Mission Accomplished (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Four: Mission Accomplished (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Vier: Mission Erfüllt (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 5 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season Two ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

== Footnotes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Megatron Rising - Part 1

2020-06-29T04:06:47Z

Dcgh96: /* Real-world references */ Added sound effect reference. Timestamp in the show is 6:39 (Tubi version), sound effect comparison link (2nd explosion at 0:03): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpRVyBbBD5k

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Galvatron Rising}}

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|image=MegRisingHeadKey.jpg
|caption=Cyber Key power!
|ep=15
|ep2=14
|prev2=Headmaster (episode)
|next2=Megatron Rising - Part 2
|title="Megatron Rising - Part 1"
|airdate=[[March 29]], [[2008]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Irineo Maramba]] [[Ciro Nieli]] [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}

'''Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:MegRisingBodyLab.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is what happens when you don't have proper rust-proofing.]]

[[Detroit]] is in the midst of a blizzard, and as Isaac Sumdac starts to repair Megatron's body he comments that they were fortunate to have found it beforehand, while at the same time praising it for being well-constructed enough to withstand 50 years of exposure to the elements. Megatron silently gloats that Cybertronian technology is more powerful than any force on Earth. The bad weather causes a blackout and forces [[Sumdac Tower]] onto its backup generator; when Sumdac decides this will force a delay in the repairs, Megatron alternates between bluster and sweet-talk to try to get his way, but it's no use. Megatron attempts to call Lugnut again for assistance.

Lugnut and Blitzwing have just finished rebuilding themselves (after some squabbling over the last piece) in a distant forest. Starscream mocks them for in-fighting and reminds them that he is their new chosen and sworn sovereign; his two subjects retort that they serve him only under threat, not by choice. At that moment, Megatron successfully contacts Lugnut, whose newly reverential and respectful attitude both pleases and confuses (''but mostly pleases'') Starscream. When Starscream finds out Lugnut "thinks" he's hearing Megatron, the new leader is infuriated, and in his anger almost exposes that fact that it was himself, and not the Autobots, who defeated Megatron in the first place. Megatron orders Lugnut to retrieve the [[AllSpark Key]] and bring it to him; Starscream then notices that, regardless of the source, Lugnut is indeed being contacted by someone. He orders Lugnut and Blitzwing to obey the strange orders for now, while he himself will track the transmissions to their source and see who is trying to undermine his authority.

As the Decepticons move out, the [[Autobot Earth Base|Autobots' headquarters]] computer notices their increased activity. The Autobots are worried about a possible full-scale Decepticon invasion. As if Optimus Prime wasn't stressed enough, Bulkhead and Prowl then take the opportunity to finally tell him about the continued survival of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime is furious that his orders were disobeyed, but decides that given the circumstances they should try to use all resources available—but insists that he will lead the new mission to contact the Dinobots.

[[Image:Megatron Rising Sari key taken.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Try all you want kid, Captain Planet ain't coming.]]

Optimus Prime is especially worried about the AllSpark Key, both because Sari can't protect it, and because she once again is using it as a toy (this time for model-plane dogfighting). When he orders her to turn it over, Sari angrily reminds him that she was chosen for this role by the [[AllSpark#Animated|AllSpark]] itself. Prime then orders Ratchet to magnetically take the Key from her, and, reluctantly, Ratchet obeys. Sari feels heartbroken and betrayed, and flees the base. An upset Bumblebee defends Sari's role as part of the team, to which Optimus responds that since Bumblebee has been such a poor team performer who makes so many mistakes, he isn't a good character witness. Bumblebee retorts that the Autobots' desperate, seemingly hopeless situation means Optimus isn't a good leader—then he leaves in pursuit of Sari. Prime orders Ratchet to take the Key to the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobot spaceship]] beneath Lake Erie, and they all depart.

Sari walks down the street, dejected and pouting about how untrustworthy the Autobots turned out to be. But she's being watched—by Blackarachnia, who abducts the girl and mockingly praises her for seeing the light. Still hoping to cure herself of her techno-organic body, Blackarachnia attempts to bargain with Sari to hand over the AllSpark Key. They exchange "snappy banter" for a while, which leaves Blackarachnia bored. When Sari again mentions how the Autobots no longer trust her, Blackarachnia tells her more about her own sad past and how only the power of the AllSpark can give her back a normal life. Sari seems moved....

[[Image:Megatron Rising 1 Ratchet Blitzwing Key.jpg|left|200px|thumb|YOINK! AHAHAHAHAHA!]]

En route to the Autobot ship, Ratchet is ambushed by Blitzwing and Lugnut, in a battle about as one-sided as Bambi vs. Godzilla. He seems to challenge Blitzwing to a battle to the finish—but the three-faced robot simply freezes Ratchet solid and cracks off his crystallized arm, taking the AllSpark Key with it.

On Dinobot Island, the Autobots are confronted by the Dinobots who—again—are hostile to trespassers. Prime seemingly worsens the situation, as a stranger with a heavy-handed attitude. When their familiar protector Prowl reveals himself and tries to speak, the Dinobots calm down slightly (though Prime is further frustrated to learn the [[Meltdown (Animated)|extent of his troops' misadventures]] on Dinobot Island). But in the end, the Dinobots refuse to help against the Decepticons, saying they don't want to help any robots—they ''fight'' robots. Optimus points out that the Dinobots are robots themselves, prompting them to begin fighting each other. When Ratchet calls and informs Prime of the AllSpark Key's theft, the Autobots return to the mainland. Bulkhead asks what their next course of action is, and Prime admits he doesn't know, thinking that Bumblebee was right about Prime being unfit for command.

[[Image:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Bumblebee violated rule number 37 of the good guy code: never interrupt the villain during the monologue.]]

Starscream traces the source of Lugnut's messages back to Sumdac Tower. Blasting his way in, he is shocked to find Megatron alive—but regains his composure at the sight of his former leader dismantled and helpless. The two have an elaborately deceptive conversation about loyalty: Megatron knows Starscream betrayed him, but Starscream doesn't know he knows and wants to monologue a bit before delivering the final blow. Meanwhile, Bumblebee's search for Sari leads him to the tower; when he spots Starscream through the wrecked wall, he squeezes himself into an elevator and prepares for a one-on-one battle (after using the classic "cellphone interference" ploy to avoid talking to Optimus). Right when Starscream is finally about to finish Megatron off, Bumblebee charges in, stingers blasting wildly—striking Starscream at full force and causing no damage at all. Starscream effortlessly thrashes Bumblebee, more angry at having his monologue interrupted than anything else. During this diversion, Megatron activates some of the lab machinery, propelling both Starscream and Bumblebee out of the lab and onto the tower roof.

[[Image:Megatron Rising head body connect.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Well, we're boned.]]

Dr. Sumdac rushes in, hearing the disturbance. At first Megatron keeps up his usual act, warning that the Decepticons will be back soon and that he needs his new body immediately. The doctor agrees, trying to repair it as quickly as possible, while Megatron observes the rooftop action on a viewscreen and tries to electrocute Starscream through a spotlight. Lugnut and Blitzwing arrive, with Lugnut praising his leader, belatedly noticing his damaged state. Seeing Megatron, Blitzwing finally understands that Lugnut wasn't crazy. As Sumdac demands to know who they are, Lugnut forces Sumdac to genuflect to Megatron, revealing that Megatron is a Decepticon, who in turn gloats at the sight and how easily he was able to lie to his captor. Before Sumdac can contemplate the seriousness of what he has done, Lugnut drops him into Megatron's hand to witness what will happen. Blitzwing inserts the AllSpark Key into Megatron's head; its power is now his to command. Megatron quickly (''and beautifully'') repairs himself, using metal from the lab as patch-up material when necessary; in the process he steals Sumdac away to an as-yet-undisclosed location.

[[Image:Megatron Rising Megs entrance.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Sheer awesomeness.]]

Up on the roof, Starscream is about to finish off Bumblebee, and down on the street the Autobots are just arriving to try to help, but all are reduced to staring in horror and disbelief as Megatron blasts up into the sky, an armored colossus.

Is this the part where someone faints?
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (9)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (10)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (14)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (15)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (16)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (5)
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (6)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (7)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (13)

|c3=
* [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Reception Bot]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Lugnut''': And the universe will rejoice! All hail your grand and glorious return! 
'''Starscream''': Okaaay, what's ''his'' malfunction? 
'''Icy Blitzwing''': Technical glitch. It happens. 
'''Random Blitzwing''': A lot, actually! Ahahahaha! 
'''Lugnut''': It is ''not'' a glitch! It is Megatron, and he commands us to deliver him the Key! 
'''Starscream''': Megatron...?! Did you just say Megatron?! Did he just say ''MEGATRON''?! ''THERE IS NO MEGATRON!'' MEGATRON IS OFFLINE! TERMINATED! I DID IT MYSEL—''saw'' it myself.
:—Starscream is a master of subtlety, truly!

"The fate of the Earth and Cybertron hang in the balance and all I've got in my command are a bunch of undisciplined, insubordinate MALFUNCTIONS!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' has quite the bad temper when he's dissatisfied with his troops.

"What's your damage, Prime? Sari has been helping us since the day we got here. She is a part of this team!" 
"Considering your own history of mistakes, Bumblebee, I wouldn't exactly call you a great character witness." 
"Is that right?! Well let me tell ''you'' something, ''Boss-Bot'': Considering the fact that we're stuck on this planet, outnumbered, with no idea on how we're gonna beat an army of Decepticons ready to fry our circuits at any second, I wouldn't exactly call '''you''' a great leader."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange harsh words. Ouch.

'''Hothead Blitzwing''': The Key, Autobot! 
'''Ratchet''': You'll have to pry it from my cold, offline servo. 
''[Blitzwing switches to his icy face, freezes Ratchet, then switches to his random face]'' 
'''Random Blitzwing''': Well, it's not exactly offline, but— ''[Rips off Ratchet's arm]'' —it's certainly cold. Ahahahaha! 
:—Blitzwing cheats by stealing the Key from Ratchet instead of fighting for it.

"Look what the capacitor dragged in." 
"Megatron?! Alive? And looking... magnificent, as always." 
"Starscream. How good it is to be reunited with such a ''devoted'' and ''faithful'' subject in my time of need." 
"I would have come sooner, o grand and illustrious leader, but naturally we all assumed you perished at the hands of the Autobot scum. What... great... joy to discover you did not." 
"Yes. Delight is written all over your face."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' exchange, ''ahem'', warm and heartfelt pleasantries.

"'''YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!'''"
:—'''Starscream''' seriously freaks out when Bumblebee shoots him.

"We have come for our glorious leader, Megatron!" 
"I am here, Lugnut." 
"Oh, Master, I am not worthy! I am not worthy... What happened to your body?" 
"Long story."
:—'''Lugnut''' and '''Megatron''', reunited at last.

"''Decepticons?'' But, you told me you were an Autobot." 
"And I hated every moment of that humiliating charade. But no more..."
:—'''Isaac Sumdac''' finally learns the truth, and from '''Megatron''' himself.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Sari's leg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's a new fashion trend.]]
* The [[Scale|size of Megatron's head]] fluctuates greatly between scenes, often appearing gigantic even compared to large characters.
* While Prime is shouting at the other 'Bots his insignia starts where it should be, on his shoulder. But as he gestures it seems to rotate around to the underside of his arm.
* When Sari is telling Blackarachnia about the Autobots taking away the AllSpark Key, her right leg is drawn awkwardly... almost as if it's growing out of her skirt. Though this is very likely in order to prevent a [[Teletraan 15|pre-teen panty shot]].
* In the same scene, Blackarachnia's Decepticon insignia is missing the white lines, making it a featureless purple spot.
* After Ratchet reports to Prime that he lost the AllSpark Key, his EMP blaster wound briefly disappears as he lowers his arm.
* Starscream's Decepticon insignia is occasionally upside-down.
* Optimus has two lights on each shoulder, when he admits he was out of line and says about repairing friendships, he raises his fist hiding one of these lights, but when his fist goes down, the light he is hiding has vanished.

===Continuity errors===
* When Bulkhead brings up the Dinobots, Optimus says that they were destroyed, "weren't they?" However, the last time the Dinobots were mentioned was in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]", when Optimus thought the Dinobots were ''missing,'' and also suspected they were involved in the kidnapping of Sari. He has no known reason to think they were ''destroyed.'' Of course, we still don't know what story Prowl and Bulkhead told Prime after the events of "Survival of the Fittest".
* Does Blackarachnia not remember that she already tried using Sari's key to get rid of her organic half back in "[[Along Came a Spider]]" and it didn't work?
* Not so much an error as just an oddity: When Starscream stands over a dangling Bumblebee on the Sumdac Tower rooftop, Megatron sends a power surge through a roof fixture and zaps Starscream. When the scene cuts back to the roof a few minutes later, Bumblebee's back on the roof, which he likely managed while Starscream was stunned, and Starscream's confronting him again. However, with no time given for them to talk or react about the transition, the previous roof scene may as well not have happened.

===Transformers references===
* Prime finally refers to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] by that name.

===Real-world references===
* Ratchet's remark to Blitzwing about prying the AllSpark Key "from his cold, offline servo" is a reference to an {{w|From my cold, dead hands|NRA slogan}} made famous in a speech by {{w|Charlton Heston}}. Coincidentally, exactly one week after this episode aired, Heston went up to that grand old shooting range in the sky.
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**Exploding [[X-wing Fighter]] when Ratchet uses his electromagnets to shoot down Sari's RC plane.

===Trivia===
*The Decepticon symbol on Megatron's body that was so clear [[Nature Calls|last episode]] is nowhere to be seen now. Of course, neither is the chestplate it resided on.
*The R/C Plane Sari was flying resembles a MiG-15 Fighter.
*We learn that Prowl and Bulkhead not only didn't tell Prime that the Dinobots were still around, but also didn't tell him that [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] was the one behind Sari's kidnapping in "[[Survival of the Fittest]]". So, when they returned with Sari after the events of that episode, they apparently told him ''none'' of the truth. What ''did'' they tell him?
*Apparently, when Optimus is '''really''' ticked off and breathing heavy, his engine audibly revs.
*This is the first episode in which we see an extended transformation sequence for Starscream.
*When Megatron's energized body sends out cables to its detached hand, in which Prof. Sumdac is sitting, the hand grips around Sumdac, then is yanked under the flooring and over to the body, where it opens back up—with Sumdac no longer within it. (Nothing up Megatron's sleeve!)
*At one point during Starscream's transformation, he strongly resembles the Gerwalk mode of the [http://www.macross2.net/m3/macrossplus/yf-19.htm YF-19 Alpha One] from the anime ''{{w|Macross Plus}},'' one of the apparent influences for his alternate mode.
*It appears that Grimlock has gotten over his hatred of [[Car Robots]], but [[Grimlock (G1)|he still hates Optimus Prime]].
*Being in the Great War must have really toughened Ratchet up, as he expresses no pain or shock at the fact that he gets his servo ripped off by [[Blitzwing (Animated)|some mad Decepticon]]. Hardcore.
*All through Season 1, since his reactivation, Megatron has been saying the words "triumphant return" frequently. This episode is the last time he uses those two words together.
*This episode, along with part 2, was adapted in comic book format using screen captures as "[[Transformers Animated Volume 7]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazil'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Retorno de Megatron, parte 1'''" ("The Return of Megatron, part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Megatron se relève, 1ère partie'''" ("Megatron Rises Again, First Part")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Megatrons Auferstehung, Teil 1'''" ("Megatron's Resurrection, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 11|11 July]] [[2008]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Megatron Risorge (Prima Parte)'''" ("Megatron Resurrects (First Part)")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 3|3 January]] [[2009]]

'''Spanish (Latin America)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Megatron se Levanta, 1ra perte'''" ("Megatron Awakes, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 30|30 August]] [[2008]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Megatron no Fukkatsu Part 1'''" (メガトロンの復活パート1, "Megatron's Resurrection, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 3|3 July]] [[2010]]
::* '''Cut:''' The blizzard rages on in Detroit.
::* '''Cut:''' After Optimus learns that Prowl and Bulkhead help the Dinobots escape, he becomes really ticked off and his engine audibly revs.
::* '''Cut:''' Sari tries to defend herself that she's done a good job of protecting her key when Optimus tells her that she can no longer be trusted with it.
::* '''Cut:''' When Sari runs off, Bumblebee tries to chase after her when Optimus stops him. Bumblebee argues that Sari's been helping the Autobots since the day they arrived on Earth, to which Optimus says he wouldn't consider him a good character witness. Before running off to find Sari, Bumblebee replies coldly that considering the fact that the Autobots are stuck on this planet, outnumbered, and have no idea have to defend Earth against an army of Decepticons, he wouldn't consider him a great leader.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Powrót Megatrona, Część 1'''" ("The Return of Megatron, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Three: Megatron Rising (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Three: Megatron Rising (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Drei: Megatrons Auferstehung (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 4 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Flight

2019-06-13T05:16:41Z

Dcgh96: /* Transformers with jet-powered flight */ Something that’s been brought to my attention regarding G1 Topspin.

'''Flight''' is a capability many mechanoids and no few [[Transformer]]s have, whether through rocket boosters, propellers, or even flapping wings. [[Human]]s do not generally have the ability to fly, but there are exceptions. It has proven quite useful strategically in many continuities.

==Jet-powered flight==
The most common means by which Transformers fly is some variation on jet-propulsion engines, rocket engines, or similar. Transformers such as the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] have such thrusters built into their legs, while other individuals such as [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] possess removable [[jet pack|jet-pack]]s which strap to their backs.

===Transformers with jet-powered flight===
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Dinomode Grimlock]]<ref>[[Call of the Primitives]]</ref>
*[[Inferno (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Transmetal Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)]]
*[[Autobot X (G1)|Autobot X]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)]]
*[[Topspin (G1)]]<ref>[[Animals]]</ref>

==Propeller-powered flight==
Sometimes, by virtue of a Transformer's [[alternate mode]], they can fly by means more primitive than they might be accustomed to on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Using airplane propellers, helicopter rotors, or other similar technologies they can fly at speeds comparable to native aircraft on the worlds they are residing upon.

===Transformers with propeller-powered flight===
*[[Divebomb (Classics)|''Classics'' Divebomb]]
*[[Obsidian (BM)]]
*[[Blackout (Movie)]]
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Sandstorm (G1)]]
*[[Powerdive]]
*[[Ransack (G2)]]
*[[Octane|Tankor (Universe ''Classic series'')]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)]]
*[[Evac (Cybertron)]]
*[[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron (SG)]]

==Biological flight==
Many transformers have a physical pair of [[beast mode]] wings, whether natural-looking or mechanical. In these cases, the transformer's flight derives from flapping these wings or gliding much like an animal would.

===Transformers with biological flight===
*[[Airazor (BW)]] / [[Airazor (Armada)]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Transmetal 2 Megatron]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]
*[[Silverbolt (BW)]]
*[[Swoop (G1)]]
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)]]
*[[Waspinator (BW)]]
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]]
*[[Predaking (Prime)]]

==Levitation==
Some Transformers just float, often by no apparent means. It isn't always that well explained in the fiction, though certainly there exist Transformers with anti-gravity generators and other technologies which allow them to maneuver effortlessly even within a gravitational field.

===Transformers with levitation===
[[File:Soundwave fly.jpg|thumb|I'm flyin' without wings!]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)]]
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)]]
*[[Transmutate (character)|Transmutate]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)]]
*[[Soundwave (Animated)]]

{{-}}

==Robot mode flight==
[[File:G1 cartoon Autobots fly.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|A rare instance of flying.]]
[[Robot mode]] flight powers are an innovative power that allows [[Transformer]]s without a flight-based alternate mode to fly while in robot mode. The [[Decepticon]]s make good use of this power.

Sometimes the [[Autobot]]s have them... sometimes they don't. Most often they display them early in Season 1 of the US cartoon, particularly the pilot. It is uncertain if they require external equipment to fly; several times the Autobots use strap-on jet packs or rocket packs, but sometimes they don't.

Robot mode flight was prevalent in the post-movie episodes, in which the focus was shifted to space. Although some characters could not fly under the influence of a planet's gravity, ''everyone'' seemed to possess the power of flight in deep space.

==Human flight==
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]'s electronic suit allows her to fly by manipulating electricity. Same goes for [[Sephie Beller]].
*[[Dynamo]] has the innate ability to tap into the power of the [[Earth]] which gives him flight capability.
*[[Rapture]] uses a jet pack provided by [[G.B. Blackrock]] to allow her to fly.
*[[Falcon (superhero)|Falcon]] flies with the aid of high tech wings.
*[[Iron Man]] wore a special suit of armor that allowed him to fly, among other things.
*[[Ms. Marvel]] can fly, courtesy of her half-[[Kree]] genetics.
*[[Professor Princess]] flies around on her electro-mechanical unicorn, [[Powdered Sugar]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
Transformers did not demonstrate a cartoon-style robot mode levitation-type flight ability.
Any type of robot mode flight was rare. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] could fly in either mode using jet thrusters in his "boots." {{storylink|The Transformers Universe}} The [[Battlecharger]]s flight was explained by the use of [[short-range rocket jumper]]s attached to their legs. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} Some or all of the Decepticon [[Pretender]]s could fly in their shells. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}} {{storylink|King Con!}}

{{note|It may be that only the Decepticon Pretenders with wings on their Pretender shells could fly with their shells on. In "Pretender to the Throne" it appears they all are flying, but the art gives the impression Bomb-Burst and Bugly were supposed to be carrying the others. Later, in "King Con", Scorponok specifically ordered Bomb-Burst and Bugly to fly Iguanus around.}}

====Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' comic====
[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] could fly in gun mode. {{storylink|Realignments}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Megatron flew using rockets in the bottom of his tank form's feet. {{storylink|Total War!}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
Robot mode flight powers were a technological innovation that allowed the Decepticons, who had just mastered the art of [[Transformation]], to start a [[Great War (G1)|new war]] and battle the Autobots for supremacy of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Their initial attacks were not a matter of public knowledge, and some Autobots, such as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]] and [[Dion (G1)|Dion]], admired them for their innovations. This admiration was ended when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] blasted Orion, Dion, and [[Elita One (G1)|Ariel]]. It was to Megatron's detriment, however, for [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] rebuilt Orion and Ariel into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

Eventually, the Autobots also mastered [[robot mode]] flight powers, and they used them to reach an [[oil rig]] which the Decepticons were plundering. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and Bluestreak pursued the fleeing Decepticons into the air, though Skywarp had little difficulty shooting down Ironhide. Optimus required the use of [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'s [[jet pack|rocket pack]] to catch up to the space-bound [[Victory (G1)|Decepticon ship]] shortly afterwards, implying a limit on the speed or range of his flight capabilities. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} Sideswipe and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] also used robot mode flight powers in their use of [[jet judo]] against [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] attacking the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

The Decepticons' own flight capabilities have known to fail them at times too. In one instance, under a barrage of firepower, Optimus and the Autobots drove the Decepticons back until they fell down a canyon into lava, instead of simply flying out. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

The Autobots' ability to fly in robot mode effectively vanished after that. To reach Dinobot Island, Optimus Prime and a crew of Autobots used strap-on jetpacks. Even Autobots with flying alternate modes did not seem able to fly in robot mode, though [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] seemed able to maneuver in space while in robot mode.

The newly created Dinobots could fly in robot mode, an ability they consistently demonstrated throughout their history. Their creator, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], was also shown flying in robot mode apparently unassisted, an ability his on-package [[bio]] claims for him. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

In the years following the defeat of Unicron, a number of Autobots were seen to fly through space without any visible aid or means of propulsion. Notable among them was Perceptor, who had never before demonstrated such an ability. Before one such instance, Sky Lynx advised the Autobots in question to "don your rocket packs, gentlemen!" The Technobots all flew in robot mode from Earth to Saturn's moon Titan.

Despite the Autobots' rare display of this ability, some claim they do not have it at all. [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] once said outright that "Autobots cannot fly," himself flying easily over a booby trap, while his apparently earthbound Autobot companions remained helpless. Then again, Galvatron is beyond psychotic. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
Early in this series, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] had a tactical advantage due to the imbalance of flight-capable individuals in their faction. Initially, only [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] could provide air support for the [[Maximal]]s, and then only in robot mode, which was risky in the [[energon]]-rich environment. However, as more [[protoform]]s were formatted and pressed into service, particularly [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], the balance of forces became more even.

The introduction of [[Transmetal]] forms into the Maximal and Predacon ranks once again shifted the balance of flight-capable transformers. Megatron and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] gained the ability to fly via jets in their beast modes, and Optimus Primal gained the ability to fly in his beast mode via a jet-powered hover board, addition to his original robot mode flight. After upgrading to his "Optimal Optimus" form, he further acquired a true jet mode that only enhanced his flight capabilities. The arrivals of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and Tigerhawk, who were likewise equipped with flight-based altmodes, further added to the ranks of airborne Maximals.

Sufficient volumes of energon itself, of a certain level of instability, are said to have the ability to cause large objects to float {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}}.

[[Transmutate (character)|Transmutate]] had an apparently unique flight mechanism: it extended a crystalline object from within its body, and when the crystal was exposed to air, it gave off an intense energy field and then caused its user to levitate. Since Transmutate was a malformed, incomplete design, this might have been a display of widespread Transformer flight technology that otherwise would always be internal and unseen.

===2005 IDW continuity===
Back before the war, information on scientific breakthroughs in levitation/"repulsors" that could lead to robot mode flight abilities caught the greedy optics of Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who manipulated the stock to take control. Given that he offered a variety of war-tech to the fledgling Decepticons under Megatron, this may be intended as a reference to or origin for their robot-form flight abilities; however, the Decepticons have demonstrated no such abilities in the IDW continuity. This may be an artifact of this storyline's planning and even possible scripting during the latter days before the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] bankruptcy.

===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
Robot mode flight powers were tied to the ability to fly in vehicle mode, indicating that all Transformers with flight-capable alternate modes possessed internal repulsors or vertical thrusters. Faction did not come into it. A Transformer who went from [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] to [[robot mode]] while in flight would lose considerable momentum doing so, a factor often used to land in confined areas. Most flight was typically carried out in vehicle mode, as it was faster and typically more agile. Interestingly, all Transformers were capable of robot mode flight in zero gravity ([[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|and]] [[Reverb (Cybertron)|some]] were capable of it in ''car'' modes). Given the way things work in zero gravity, the robot mode flight in such conditions is actually quite natural, albeit slow.

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Autobots did not possess flight, save for limited jumps using booster jets. However, the capture of the Decepticon Starscream allowed the Autobot [[Ministry of Science]] to reverse-engineer flight protocols and implant them in a pair of energon refinery maintenance bots. The result was [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], whose origins as a split protoform granted them other new abilities as a result of the process, including becoming a [[combiner]]. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}

===''TransTech''===
[[GoBots]] all have robot mode flight systems. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===Live-action film series===
Some Transformers have robot mode flight with the aid of "jetpacks" and other flight systems.

====''Bumblebee'' film====
When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] landed on Earth, he was attacked by [[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] who slammed the scout against the rocks using his flight capabilities. B-127 managed to use his more nimble frame to climb onto Blitzwing's back and his blade to disable the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]'s engines, grounding him. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Autobots and Decepticons alike can fly under gravity in robot mode by using "propulsion." {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
[[File:OptimusPrimeleavesAOE.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
After vowing to leave Earth and confront the "[[Creator (AOE)|Creators]]", [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] deployed a set of built-in rockets which he used to break free of Earth's atmosphere. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====''The Last Knight'' film====
Optimus's [[energon]] supply ran out near [[Jupiter]] and he entered [[stasis lock]], being revived when he was pulled into the gravity well of the approaching [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After he'd been brainwashed by [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] into "Nemesis Prime", he flew back to Earth so he could retrieve the [[Staff of Merlin]] where Bumblebee coaxed him free of the mind control. After rallying the troops, Optimus flew ahead of them all and to Cybertron on his own power, using his flight capabilities to gain the height advantage on [[Infernocus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''War For Cybertron'' video game====
All Transformers are equipped with thrusters in their feet, allowing them to boost themselves while jumping (a double-jump, if you will). Jet mode Transformers, such as [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]], are flight capable in jet mode but are ground-bound in robot mode. However, several Transformers have the ability to hover in the air in robot mode (including [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]).

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Most Decepticons that had an aerial vehicle form could fly, but only in vehicle mode. When [[MECH]] stole [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s T-cog, he was unable to transform into his jet mode and thus was incapable of flight. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} Several [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]], such as [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], were flight capable thanks to their wings. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Following his resurrection with the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] got a new body with a jet-pack, allowing him to fly in robot mode. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
Several [[Decepticon]]s, such as [[Filch]], [[Nightstrike]] and [[Zizza]], were capable of biological flight due to the wings they possessed in their beast/beast-like modes. A confused [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] once thought he could fly and was surprised to find out that he couldn't. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was a female [[Autobot]] who could turn into jet and thus provided air-support for the other grounded Autobots. Other Autobots like [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] would hitch a ride on her if the mission ever required it. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}} {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}} After returning from the dead again, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] used his built-in jet pack to reach the battle site that [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] was at. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} After absorbing all seven [[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons, Starscream gained both fancy armor and the ability to fly in robot mode. That got taken away once the Mini-Cons were extracted from him. {{storylink|Worthy}}

==Notes==
*Despite all these advanced flight abilities, Cybertronians seem incapable of actually ''landing'' successfully after [[The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson|achieving]] [[Cosmos (G1)|flight]]. [[Ark (G1)|There]] [[Nemesis (G1)|are]] [[Axalon (BW)|many]], [[Darksyde (BW)|many]] [[Jetfire (G1)|instances]] [[Megatron (Movie)|of]] [[Exodus (Armada)|infamous]] [[Miranda II|crashes]] [[Ark II|within]] [[Orion|the]] [[Transition form|fictions]]. In fact, [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] makes somewhat of a reference to this in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', when he botches his own landing, commenting on it sarcastically as he does.

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Abilities]]
[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Transform and Roll Out

2019-03-26T05:21:03Z

Dcgh96: /* Real world references */ Additional Star Wars sound effect, specifically found in Part 3.

{{disambig2|the Transformers Animated multi-part episode|the command|roll out}}
{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|image=TFA_TFandRollout_AutobotHeroes.jpg
|caption=''Epic''
|next=Home Is Where the Spark Is
|next2=Sound and Fury
|ep=1, 2 and 3
|next=Home Is Where the Spark Is
|title="Transform and Roll Out"
|airdate=[[December 26]], [[2007]]
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by= [[Matt Youngberg]] [[Yutaka Kagawa]] [[Minoru Yamaoka]] [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|animation studio= [[Mook]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}
'''When a small crew of maintenance Autobots comes into possession of the powerful AllSpark, a battle with their long-forgotten enemies sends them crashing toward a strange, distant planet known as... ''Earth.'''''

==Synopsis==
===Part 1===
In deep, deep space, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] watches a history vid of the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], prompting [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] to complain about him watching that "junk" when the other members of the crew need assistance. Prime wonders if they were designed for more than repairing [[space bridge]]s. The two 'Bots transform into their vehicle modes and head out into the asteroid field.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout TheAllsparkdiscovered.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Well... at least there's no [[Size changing|mass-shifting]].]]
Outside, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], dangling from a high rock by his wrecking ball (and becoming quite queasy in the process), is freed by [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], who also ends up taking a tumble. Bumblebee complains about the sheer amount of rocks blocking the space bridge node, and one is shattered unexpectedly by [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]'s throwing star. Prime gives his troops a speech about teamwork (which Prowl moans at theatrically), but at that point the space bridge lights up, sending rocks and Autobots flying. Fancy footwork by Optimus saves each of his teammates from the debris, and a well-aimed grappling line shuts down the bridge. With his subordinates stunned at their leader's skills, Prime is forced to admit he trained at [[Autobot Academy|Cybertron's military academy]]. Bumblebee's query as to what the heck he's doing on a nowhere maintenance assignment is left unanswered as they notice something glowing in the rubble.

Prime clears away the debris to reveal a large, chest-like object. Ratchet is horrified and immediately demands they throw it back into the space bridge, but an alert from [[Teletran-1]] announces the arrival of a signature consistent with the long-lost [[Decepticon]]s. Ratchet then insists they take the object and just get out of there post-haste.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Decepticonship.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Yes, this is a scout ship. Way to go, Magnanimous.]]
On board [[Teletran-1|their ship]], Ratchet finally reveals what they've found: the [[AllSpark]], the source of all Transformer life that was lost centuries ago. Optimus, worried about the oncoming Decepticon signal, contacts the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]] for help. After taking a bit of snark from [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Optimus reveals what they found, which shuts Sentinel up fast. Sentinel then puts the crew through to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], who tells Optimus Prime to stay put while they send reinforcements... and not to worry about that Decepticon thing. Optimus, considering this to be a really stupid move, orders the crew to start booking it out of there.

[[File:Ani crew.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Scotty]], engage!]]
This proves wise, as the signal is indeed a Decepticon ship—a [[Nemesis (Animated)|command ship]], in fact. The identification markings are ones that Optimus and Ratchet recognize, meaning its commander can only be one person: [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], leader of the Decepticons. On board the Decepticon ship, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] doubts the AllSpark is aboard the Autobot ship and declares Megatron a fool. [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] denounces Starscream as a traitor, while [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] calls Lugnut an idiot for his blind loyalty and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] just acts... well, crazy. The Decepticons continue to bicker at each other until Megatron enters, shutting up all of them. The Decepticons chase the Autobot ship, and Starscream volunteers to board them. Megatron quickly shoots that idea down, saying he'll tend to this matter personally. Just before he leaves, Starscream wishes his commander "luck" with a pat on the back... affixing a bomb to Megatron in the process.

Megatron makes his way to the Autobots' ship and begins to melt his way through its hull. Optimus uses external manipulator arms to grapple with Megatron, until the bomb detonates, sending the ship careening uncontrollably into a space bridge node, which explodes after they go through the gate. Starscream begins to make a speech declaring himself the new Decepticon leader, but the other three have abandoned ship, noting that the fireball from the space bridge explosion is only getting larger. Too late, Starscream realizes the trouble he's in...

An unknown distance away, the Autobot ship reappears above a [[Earth|small blue and green planet]]. Prime checks on his troops, but Megatron has gotten aboard, having survived the explosion, but at the cost of his right arm. Prime uses his grappling line to shut off the gravity, making it more difficult for Megatron to fight. All five Autobots face off against the Decepticon, but he's too strong (though Prowl does manage to cut off Megatron's damaged arm). Prime and Megatron both end up in the storage bay where the AllSpark is... and as the ship enters the atmosphere, Prime is able to blow the hatch and kick the screaming Megatron out of the ship.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Arkatmosphere.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Oddly familiar.]]
On a small farm, a young boy hears a thud and runs to where something has landed in a not-too-distant field. He is shocked to find a robotic head staring lifelessly up at him.

Meanwhile, Prime orders his team into emergency stasis pods to prepare for a crash-landing. He manages to steer the ship away from the city below and gets to a stasis pod just before the ship plunges into [[Lake Erie]].

Fifty years later, [[Detroit]] is once again a thriving city, but instead of manufacturing automobiles, robots are the city's stock-in-trade. [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] is talking to a public school class taking a tour of his facilities, which gets interrupted by Isaac's daughter, [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]], and her robot dog, [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]]. As Sari is carted off to her lessons by a [[Tutor Bot|robot tutor]], Isaac shows the school kids a nanotech lab, just in time to witness a roach infused with microbots grow out of control and start consuming everything in sight. Isaac tries to keep things calm, but the monster bursts out of the lab...

===Part 2===
[[File:TFA TFandRollout Firefighters monster.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Yeah, watering it will surely stop the beast.]]
The monster continues to grow, absorbing just about everything it touches to increase its size and power. In the process, it destroys a lot of the factory. [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]], the S.W.A.T team, the fire department, ambulances, and robot drones arrive, but the creature absorbs several of the responding vehicles, too. Fanzone uses a bazooka-type weapon and destroys the beast, despite Sumdac's objection. This protest proves well-founded, as the remnants of the creature start flowing back together again, save for one piece that drops into the nearby lake and works its way down to the Autobots' ship, its nanites seeking the absorbable technology there. It infiltrates via a small breach in the outer hull, but thankfully, the ship's intruder alert systems are functional and awaken the Autobots before any damage is done. Examining the situation, they decide to have Teletran-1 give them Earth forms so they can blend in and help out. A probe is launched into the chaos and scans various vehicles, including an ambulance, a police motorcycle, an armored personnel carrier, a fire truck, and [[Captain Fanzone's car]]. Everyone deploys except Ratchet, who remains behind to analyze the sample of alien material.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Autobots.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Avengers]], ASSEMBLE!]]
During the fight, Bulkhead and Bumblebee spot Sari trying to wrest her security key from Sparkplug's mouth. Mistaking which is owner and which is pet, they approach her, but Bulkhead's greeting only scares her away. She quickly gets nabbed by the monster, but Bumblebee saves her, earning her trust and friendship. Prowl attempts to take on the bug-slug by himself, against Prime's orders, and gets absorbed. Prime orders Ratchet to join them in battle to save Prowl, but the old veteran insists that finding a "cure" code to neutralize the nanites' programming makes more sense than coming out and getting trashed. A somewhat chastened Prime agrees, and Ratchet soon delivers the goods. However, the new program must be uploaded by direct contact—meaning from inside the monster. This means the smallest, fastest one of them has to do it. Bumblebee reluctantly takes on the task. The beast has been using some of Prowl's absorbed intelligence and comm link tech, though, so it knows what they're planning and is now smart enough to fight back. Despite this, Bumblebee succeeds in delivering the code, and the bug dissolves into a dusty shower of deactivated nanites. Prowl is soon uncovered, but he's suffered grave wounds and must be taken back to the Autobots' ship for repairs. Sari pesters Bumblebee to be taken along, and her new friend reluctantly agrees, since there's no time to make her go away quietly.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Sari followedmehome.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Bumblebee, having a pet is a big responsibility.]]
Once on board, Sari's refusal to stay still and quiet causes 'Bee some embarrassment. He quickly and discreetly ejects her into a ventilation port and joins the others. However, the port opens onto a shaft that takes Sari right to the chamber where the AllSpark is being kept. Curious, she touches it, and it reacts to her, sending its energies into her security card key and reconfiguring it into [[AllSpark Key|a key of another sort entirely]]. Prime finds her almost immediately thereafter, but with no time left to spare away from Prowl, he has to bring her back with him to the repair table. Ratchet's prognosis is bleak, but the [[AllSpark Key]] abruptly reacts, glowing and tugging her toward Prowl. Bumblebee, seeming to grasp what's happening, helps her onto the table, and as she approaches, her Key reshapes itself to fit into a slot on Prowl's chest. She inserts it, and with a burst of energy, the Autobot ninja is whole again. The Autobots then take Sari home and, after a brief misunderstanding, are made heroes and are even invited to a ceremony.

In outer space, Starscream sits aboard the damaged but functional Decepticon ship, babbling that he will find the AllSpark, even though he's been attempting it on his own for the last fifty solar cycles. The ship's computers then detect the traces of AllSpark-like energy in action, and Starscream learns where the Autobots are...
{{-}}

===Part 3===
[[File:Sariprime.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|INSERT WHAT WHERE?!]]
The Autobots are later seen trying to fit in. Bulkhead gets firsthand experience in traffic jams, some birds mistake Prowl for the statue of the {{w|Hazen S. Pingree|bald guy}} next to him, Bumblebee learns how organics fuel up, and Ratchet can't get a stasis nap without getting a dozen or so parking tickets. Optimus Prime remarks that the Autobots are programmed to respect life, which they always understood to stem from the AllSpark, but as organics are life, they must respect and protect them too. Optimus also expresses curiosity about how little organics are made. Sari's whispered explanation leaves him rather... shocked. The Autobots make a [[Autobot Earth Base|new home base]] out of a building Sari's dad got out of a merger, an abandoned auto factory that Bumblebee describes as a real fixer-upper—a REAL fixer-upper. All of a sudden, they get alerted to a fire. The Autobots proceed to douse the blaze and save its victims, no problem, unaware they are being watched by Starscream.

The next day, during the inauguration ceremony for the Sumdac [[Fully Automated Rapid Transit System]] (F.A.R.T.S., for short), Starscream enters Earth's atmosphere and takes on a group of fighter jets. He destroys all but one, which he scans. As the civilians and Autobots watch the aerial display of the [[Crimson Angels]], Isaac Sumdac notices there is an extra jet present that he didn't hire. That one jet then leaves the formation and streaks toward the ceremony platform, where it transforms into Starscream, who fires his null-ray cannons at the Autobots.

After a short fight, which the Autobots lose, Starscream knocks out Bumblebee and takes him, Isaac, the mayor, and Capt. Fanzone hostage in the F.A.R.T.S. train, flying it to the top of a very tall tower. He demands that the Autobots deliver the AllSpark if they want him to release the train car. The Autobots don't trust him, but don't want to risk human lives, so Sari offers a plan, but they ignore her. She continues to tell a sob story until the Autobots listen. The Autobots proceed with her plan, and Prowl and Sari fly up to the transit pod to rescue the hostages while the other Autobots keep Starscream busy. Once Starscream realizes what's happening, he takes a brief beating but recovers quickly. Starscream then throws the train—thus keeping his end of the deal—with Sari, Prowl, and Bumblebee on top of/in it. Between Bumblebee's agility and Prowl's thrusters plus Ratchet's magnets, Sari is rescued and the train lands without much damage. The Autobots then challenge Starscream to a friendly game of Keep Away, during which Starscream almost gets the AllSpark, but Bulkhead gets it instead, because he said he got it. A furious Starscream unleashes a devastating, prolonged (as in nearly 12 seconds) null-ray blast on the Autobots, briefly knocking them all senseless.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Prime SS Allsparkactivates.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|In the old days, [[The Touch]] would have started playing now.]]
With the Autobots down, Starscream takes the AllSpark from Optimus and blows a couple of blocks of Detroit right off the map. Not ready to give up, Optimus climbs all the way up a building to get it back from Starscream, which Starscream doesn't see coming because he was too busy gloating. After a quick back-and-forth exchange of possessing it, both grab it at the same time. As they struggle, the AllSpark opens and emits a strange energy wave that blasts Starscream away.

The explosion has left Prime dangling precariously, and he takes a tremendous plummet to the pavement. He notes weakly that he now knows what it feels like to be a hero, then dies, but Sari uses the AllSpark Key to revive him.<ref>[[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|This is something of an Optimus Prime record]]: Dead after only three episodes, revived a mere 75 seconds later. Way to go.</ref> The Autobots later go about fixing up Detroit, earning the enduring gratitude of the citizenry. Professor Sumdac is also grateful, for the Autobots saved him and Sari, but he fears what will happen if the Autobots—not to mention the rest of the world—were to discover the source of his robotic empire.

Unseen by Sumdac, one of the [[Sensors|optics]] of his source of technology glows in a darkened room. Megatron still functions...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (7)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (12)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (13)

|c3=
*[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] (14)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|Daniel]] (17)
*[[Spike Witwicky (Animated)|Spike]] (18)
*[[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly]] (19)
*Kid (20)
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (22)
*[[Eddie Fairchild and Matt Conroy|Sumdac technicians]] (24)
*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] (25)
*Irate driver (27)
*[[Lester Black]] (29)
*[[Augustus Edsel|Mayor Edsel]] (30)

|c4=
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]] (6)
*[[Trash Bot]] (15)
*[[Hot Dog Bot]] (16)
*[[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]] (21)
*[[Tutor Bot]] (23)
*[[Copterdrone]]s (26)
*[[Burger Bot]] (28)}}

==History vid==
{{quote|Many millions of years ago, war raged between the forces of the heroic Autobots and the brutal Decepticons for control of the planet Cybertron. The Autobots battled valiantly in the name of honor—their courageous exploits bringing hope and glory to a beleaguered war-torn planet, and inspiring countless generations of robots yet to come on-line.|Narrator}}
Scene 1: Decepticon troopers attack led by their commander. Their numbers appear overwhelming. 
Scene 2: Two tetrajets pursue two Autobots over a Cybertronian highway. 
Scene 3: [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]]-like robots counter-attack the Decepticon troopers and appear to turn the tide. 
Scene 4: Transport trucks enter a storage facility. 
Scene 5: [[Dion (G1)|An inspired Transformer]] salute.

==Quotes==
"Do you ever get the feeling that you were programmed for something more than just repairing space bridges?" 
"I got a diagnostics program that can delete that feeling like a bad line of code."
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s dreams are crushed to a fine powder by '''Ratchet'''

'''Icy Blitzwing''': *freezes Blackarachnia's left arm* As usual, ''Blackarachnia'', youe demeanor is as unpleasant as that accursed, organic mode of yours. 
'''Blackarachnia''': Blow it out your actuator, three face. *snarls and breaks the ice on her hand* 
'''Hothead Blitzwing''': Ze name is '''BLITZWING''', insect! REMEMBER IT! Because it's the last thing you're going to hear before I- 
'''Random Blitzwing''': Express my feelings in song! ZE ITSY BITSY SPIDER...
:—Blitzwing cements his position as a fan favorite in less than a minute.

"Know what? You're even uglier at this angle!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' is about to realize there are some things you should never, EVER, say to a Decepticon.

"Hi, I'm Bumblebee!" 
"I'm Sari." 
"Oh, don't be, I like my name."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sari''' are off to an awkward start.

"Y'know, all things considered, fixin' space bridges wasn't such a bad gig."
:—'''Bumblebee''', just before embarking on the plan to dissolve the bug monster

"Uh...am I going to be able to ''breathe'' down there?" 
"Oh, sure! ...What's 'breathe'?"
:—'''Sari''' is in good hands with '''Bumblebee'''.

"And to think, Ultra Magnus told me not to be a hero. Is this what it was like in your day?" 
"The Decepticons didn't leave us very much to cheer about."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ratchet''' at the ceremony

"Enjoy it while you can, 'heroes.' You're about to take a fall."
:—'''Starscream''', watching a news report on the Autobots

"Give up the AllSpark or give up the Earth. How am I supposed to decide?" 
"Heroes are the ones who make the hard choices."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ratchet''' after Starscream makes his ultimatum

"Let go, Autobot!" 
"Never! The AllSpark is life!" 
"Then, let it end yours!"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Optimus Prime''', fighting over the AllSpark

"So, this...is what it feels like...to be a hero."
:—'''Optimus Prime''', just before dying

"Fixing bridges? Isn't this where we started out?"
:—'''Bumblebee''', as the Autobots clean up the city

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
*Megatron's vehicle mode was depicted flying upside-down, or backwards, or possibly both. To be fair, in space, there is no up and down (and to be even fairer, it's really hard to tell from the toys exactly what ''is'' the front of Megatron's Cybertronian spaceship mode), but that does not excuse the fact that any propulsion system used would be in the ''back'' of the mode.
*When the Autobot get into the stasis pods, Prime, Bulkhead, and Ratchet are on the left side, with Bumblebee, Prowl, and an empty pod on the right, in that order. Yet when they get out later in the episode, Prime, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead are on the left, and the empty one, Prowl, and Ratchet on the right.
*As pre-Earth Prime enters the chamber which will re-format his body into his Earth mode, he walks past Ratchet, who is drawn mostly in his pre-Earth mode, except for the fact that his Cybertronian gut is replaced with his ambulance gut. In the next scene, Ratchet is properly drawn, pre-Earth gut and all.
*When Sari says to the Autobots it is okay to put down their hands, Bulkhead's face is black.
*When Bulkhead removes the Allspark from Ratchet's vehicle mode, at one frame his black outlining on his right arm vanishes and later reappears one frame later
*When Starscream tackles Optimus Prime through a building as the Autobot tries to escape with the AllSpark, Optimus's axe is missing from Starscream's left wing. It reappears moments later for Optimus to retrieve it.
*In at least one scene, Starscream's Earth-form wing is shown with a spike, in the same manner as his Cybertronian body.
*When Optimus' chest closes up after his Spark is restored, the wide 'spark cover' section is not seen flipping back down. It disappears when his windows close back over his spark.

===Continuity errors===
*There was a pretty big continuity error evident in the show's very premise that nobody really picked up on, which was: if the AllSpark was the source of Transformer life, and it was jettisoned into space at the end of the Great War, and most of Prime's crew weren't ''alive'' during the Great War... how did they come on-line? Despite the fact that nobody was asking the question, the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II]]'' guidebook provided the answer by revealing that there is also a version of [[Vector Sigma]] in the ''Animated'' universe that could also grant life.
*The train Starscream blasts from the tower falls toward the ground very, very slowly.
*When we first meet Starscream, he states that he has been searching for the AllSpark for fifty ''solar'' cycles. In later episodes, a solar cycle is equivalent to a day and a ''stellar'' cycle is used for years. This is the only time a solar cycle has been used to reference years, so either Starscream entered some sort of temporal anomaly or someone messed up. For more <s>confusion</s> information, see [[Cycle|this page]].
*Sumdac is using Megatron's hand as a chair. However, he seems to be using the right hand, which was blown up by Starscream. (It ''could'' have fallen off the Autobots' ship, as it was still clinging to the hull when last seen, but that seems unlikely.)
*From Isaac Sumdac's monologue, it seems he ''somehow'' knows the source of this technology has some relation to the Decepticons. But, not only he has no way of knowing that, he [[Blast from the Past|later]] believes Megatron when he presents himself as an Autobot.
**Or, when he expresses his concerns, he could just have meant him dissecting one of their kind.

===Transformers references===
*The title of the episode itself is a [[Roll out|reference to past Transformers lore]].
*Footage from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] episodes "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]" and "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" is used as history tapes detailing the events of the first [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], millions of years prior, accompanied by narration from [[Corey Burton]] doing his best impression of [[Victor Caroli]]. [[Canon|This]] has been confirmed as purely an in-joke, and should not be taken as linking ''Animated'' to G1, continuity wise.
*The [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobot ship]] here bears a distinct resemblance to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], albeit with a colour scheme more reminiscent of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. (As we learn [[A Bridge Too Close, Part II|much later]], there is a very good reason for that.)
*Bumblebee says "[[Rattrap (BW)|We're all gonna die.]]"
*Sari's robotic dog [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]] is likely named after either [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from G1, the ''Armada'' Mini-Con [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], or both.
[[File:Spikecarlydanielanimated.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Twenty years later, and they're still overdressed.]]
*Characters resembling [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Carly]], and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] are seen at a hot dog stand, purchasing some sort of futuristic bunless wieners-on-a-stick. The characters went on to become recurring figures in the background cast of the show, and in "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]" it was revealed that their names were... [[Spike Witwicky (Animated)|Spike]], [[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|Daniel Witwicky]].
*When Optimus Prime dies, his body fades to grays, just as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] did in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. His spark chamber opens in much the same manner as well.
*Teletran-1 (spelled with only one "a" in this universe) dispatches a small satellite very similar to the [[Sky Spy]] satellite used on occasion by the Autobots in the ''Generation 1'' cartoon. The glowing energy "boxes" with which it scans vehicles for the Autobots to transform into are lifted wholesale out of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
*At one point, Bulkhead refers to Optimus as "Boss-bot", echoing an epithet used for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] by the [[Fuzor]] [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], and also used by Cheetor refer to Optimus Primal. Bumblebee also calls Optimus "Big-bot", again a term used by Cheetor to refer to Optimus.

===Real world references===
*In this episode, [[Tutor Bot]] tries to teach Sari about the {{w|Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act}}, a major economic blunder of the 1930s.
*In this episode, Starscream's engines use a sound effect borrowed from ''The Phantom Menace'': the sound made by Sebulba's podracer engines; and from “Attack of the Clones”: the sound made by Obi-Wan Kenobi’s starfighter exiting hyperspace.
*When Prowl gets birdpooped on, he is standing next to a statue of {{w|Hazen S. Pingree}}, four-term mayor of Detroit and one-time governor of Michigan. In real life, the statue is located in Detroit's Grand Circus Park.
*A refurbished Michigan Central Station makes an appearance as the site for the dedication of Detroit's rapid transit system. The real-life station (abandoned since the '80s) was featured in the [[Transformers (film)|2007 live-action movie]].
*When Optimus comes back to life, he asks, "Is this the [[Well of All Sparks]]?" and Sari answers, "No, it's Detroit." This is an allusion to the movie ''Field of Dreams'', in which Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) asks Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner), "Is this Heaven?" and Ray answers, "No, it's Iowa."
*In the Japanese dub, Bumblebee mentions ''Rescue Fire'', which is another [[TakaraTomy]] property that's based on Takara's Tomica toy car line. Prior to ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Japanese debut, it aired in the same timeslot and channel as ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' did.
*The Crimson Angels are a reference to the {{w|Blue Angels}}.

===Trivia===
*Bumblebee's voice is slightly different in this episode from how it sounds later, as is Lugnut's voice, which seems very metallic.
*When mocking the Autobots, Starscream actually calls Megatron "the great Megatron" without any sarcasm. Apparently, he'll only give a sincere compliment to his leader when he's insulting something else. Either that or he's just trying to make ''himself'' sound more impressive by building up the reputation of the one he's defeated.
*According to responses at a panel at BotCon 2008, the unfortunate acronym for Fully Automated Rapid Transit System was totally unintentional...which makes it that much funnier.
*Ratchet is able to use his front windshield as a video screen.
*Several elements present in this opener were changed/dropped in the main series, including expressive vehicle modes, the replacement of solar cycles with stellar cycles in terminology, the recolouring of Ratchet's magnetism from yellow to pink, and Sari's Key changing shape. However, the expressions on vehicle mode were briefly used again by [[Wasp]] in the episode "[[Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising]]".
*During [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari's]] "conversation" with the [[AllSpark]], it shows her the faces of Ultra Magnus, Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream, then the Cybertronian [[Alternate mode|vehicle modes]] for Optimus and Ratchet, the AllSpark's case and the [[Teletran-1|Autobots' ship]]. Then Sari unknowingly shows the AllSpark a man and a woman in suits, a boy, the planet [[Earth]], pyramids, purple flowers, a horse, an aircraft with a giant cloud coming from the back, a cell and a DNA strand. The woman has dark skin and red hair like Sari.
*This movie was (lovingly) lampooned at the [[MSTF]] panel for [[BotCon 2008]], along with "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]", the episode from which most of the "history vid" footage was taken.
*It's Detroit. There are guns everywhere. Why are the humans using ''water'' to take down the monster?
*Remarkably, when Optimus Prime's ship began free falling towards Detroit and crashed into Lake Erie, it did not catch one human bystander's attention, even in the dead of night. Now that's a city that sleeps.
*In addition, the giant yellow ship went unnoticed at the bottom of the lake for 50 years straight.
*This episode was adapted in comic book format using screen captures as "[[Transformers Animated Volume 1]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformar e Avançar!'''" ("Transform and Advance!")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformation'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformieren und Abfahrt'''" ("Transform and Roll Out")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 3|3 May]] [[2008]] (Part 1), [[May 10|10 May]] 2008 (Part 2), [[May 17|17 May]] 2008 (Part 3)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Viaggio verso l'ignoto'''" ("Journey towards the Unknown")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 20|20 September]] [[2008]] (Part 1), [[September 27|27 September]] 2008 (Part 2), [[October 4|4 October]] 2008 (Part 3)

'''Spanish (Latin America)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformense y avancen'''" ("Transform and go forward")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 7|7 June]] [[2008]], (The Three episodes)

'''Japanese (Part 1)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shinshō! Transformer'''" (新章! トランスフォーマー, "A New Chapter! Transformers")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 3|3 April]] [[2010]]

::*The episode begins with the entire [[Otoboto family]] gathered as Yūka and Tatsuya tell the viewers in unison to watch in a well-lit room (to prevent seizures and damage to your eyesight, you know).
::*As the [[title sequence]] begins, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] asks how everyone is doing, then introduces himself as leader of the Autobots. When he realizes nobody knows who he is, he ''assures'' them that he's leader of the Autobots. Then the [[Transformers Evo.|theme song]] starts.
::*'''Cut:''' Ratchet and Optimus's conversation as they walk down a hall, where Prime refers to feeling like being meant for "more than just repairing space bridges", and Ratchet's snarky response about deleting that feeling "like a bad line of code".
::*'''Cut:''' Bulkhead's comment on their medic being always grumpy, Ratchet responding to Bumblebee's age crack with a smack upside the head and the retort of "I may have one servo in the scrapheap, but I can still hear!".
::*The usual cries of "Transform!" and attack names are added in. ([[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]'s "stingers" are now called "Energy Stingers", for instance.) Perhaps most annoyingly, ''every single thing Optimus does'' has the prefix of "Ultra" added to it. In the span of ten seconds, he goes through his "Ultra Anchor", "Ultra Axe" and "Ultra Net" attacks.
::*'''Cut:''' After shutting down the space bridge, the following sequence where Ratchet is repairing Bumblebee, Bulkhead commenting about Optimus's moves, Optimus reluctantly admitting that he used to train at the Academy, and Bumblebee saying that he should've been with the Elite Guard.
::*'''Cut:''' Ratchet's poking back at Optimus wanting to see some action, Bumblebee pointing out they're repair bots, Optimus requesting a link with Cybertron Command Headquarters and Bulkhead impressed by it.
::*[[Teletran-1]] now speaks as though "she" is in a state of perpetual orgasm.
::*When the Autobots first happen upon the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' and all freak over [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], a new [[scene transition]] is added when transitioning into the discussion between the Decepticon forces. A guitar riff of the classic Generation 1 scene transition music is even used.
::*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]'s personae now speak with thick American accents, and spout English words like "Hey!" and "Man!"
::*New [[commercial bumper]]s have been crafted, featuring stock art of the characters with their voice actors screaming their name, followed by "Transform!"
::*'''Cut:''' [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s entire speech on the bridge ("This is a dark day...") followed by him getting caught in the explosion.
::*When Bulkhead tumbles into Optimus, following his line "A little warning would have helped!", he screams out "Mommyyyyyyy!" Yeah, Japanese Bulkhead ain't so smart.
::*'''Cut:''' After Megatron is kicked from the ship, the establishing shots of Paw Paw (the street sign, the outside of the barn and the scroll across [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]]'s lab).
::*'''Cut:''' Following Prime's line "Not until I've steered us clear of this populated sector!", the brief scenes of the Autobots being sealed in their stasis pods.
::*'''Cut:''' As soon as the ship crashes into Lake Eerie and leaves a stream of upturned water on the surface, the scenes of the ship sinking and Teletran-1 "initiating emergency stasis mode" on the pods as they turn grey. The episode resumes at the long shot of the sinking ship slowly coming toward the camera, with a new voice-over of Teletran-1 telling the Autobots "good night".
::*'''Cut:''' As Isaac Sumdac narrates the history of Detroit and automaton manufacturing, the scene of the trash-collecting automaton has been cut.
::*'''Cut:''' The scenes of [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] pulling the bubblegum off her face, eating it, the crowd reacting in disgust, Isaac Sumdac reacting in frustration, the kid asking Sari what its like to grow up around robots and [[Tutor Bot]] hauling Sari off.
::*'''Cut:''' After the cockroach absorbs the nanobot liquid, all the scenes involving Isaac Sumdac explaining the nanobots to the children and the children looking through microscopes at the nanobots. The sequence cuts to the roach growing bigger.
::*'''Cut:''' The close-up of Isaac Sumdac saying "Nothing to be concerned about, children!" and the kid remarking that "This accident doesn't look too happy". The sequence cuts to the roach crashing through the window behind him.
::*The Otoboto Family segment features [[Hiroyuki Otoboto]] telling his son, [[Tatsuya Otoboto]], about ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'', complete with clips from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", as well as a brief musical clip from the songs "Time Bomb Town" (by Lindsey Buckingham, from the ''Back To The Future'' soundtrack) and "Fairy Godmother Song" (from the ''Shrek 2'' soundtrack). Mr. Otoboto then produces a complete set of ''Animated'' Autobot toys. Tatsuya is thrilled, but wouldn't ya know it? [[Megumi Otoboto|Mrs. Otoboto]] comes in with dinner! During mealtime conversation, Mrs. Otoboto makes the mistake of using the word "transform", which inevitably causes Tatsuya to start talking about Transformers, much to the amusement of his father and the annoyance of his older sister, [[Yūka Otoboto|Yūka]]. Tatsuya then causes a "freeze frame" so that he can introduce himself and his family (messing with his father's glasses in the process for his own amusement). Oddly, despite being "frozen", everyone proceeds to blink. As time resumes its normal pace, Hiroyuki wonders what happened to his glasses. He then digs into his dinner, except, oh no! It's too hot! ''Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!''
::*During the "next episode" segment, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee proceed to have an argument. Bumblebee thinks Optimus's name is too long and hard to remember. Bumblebee suggests that "[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]" would be better, but Prime shoots the idea down immediately. Bumblebee opts to call him "Opti" (''Oputi''), since it has fewer syllables. Prime refuses to be called such a name (more fitting for a dog), so Bumblebee settles on "Pu-Pu" after "Opera" (''Opura'') is also rejected for sounding weird. Prime refuses that too, thinking it sounds cute, but that it would be hard not to laugh instinctively at it. Bumblebee then tricks Prime into answering to it, which frustrates him even ''further''. The argument proceeds ''past'' the "next episode" segment and straight into the sponsor cards.

'''Japanese (Part 2)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Eiyū, sono Na wa Autobot'''" (英雄、その名はオートボット, "The Heroes Are Called Autobots")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 10|10 April]] [[2010]]

::*Hiroyuki and Tatsuya Otoboto tell the viewers in unison to watch the episode in a well-lit room (with Hiroyuki giving a creepy wink at the end).
::*Instead of Optimus introducing at the opening, Bumblebee introduces himself and tells viewers to listen to [[JAM Project]]'s [[Transformers Evo.|cool song]].
::*'''Cut:''' The rush of emergency vehicles driving through the city, alongside the following scene of Fanzone getting into his car, preparing to enjoy lunch at Burger Bot, and receiving the emergency call before departing.
::*'''Cut:''' Fanzone arriving at Sumdac laboratories, his little dilemma with the broken megaphone, and his first directions to the police force.
::*Optimus now has "Ultra Jump" added to his "arsenal" as he distracts the nano-monster.
::*Bulkhead now says "''dosukoi''" on occasion, a word usually used by {{w|Sumo|sumo wrestlers}}.
::*'''Cut:''' The left-to-right pan of the ruined laboratory where the tour had taken place.
::*'''Cut:''' Much of the flying debris from the monster falling into the ocean.
::*During the [[trans-scan]]ning, Teletran-1 announces the type of vehicle being scanned and the Autobots as they are reformatted.
::*'''Cut:''' Fanzone noticing the four vehicles confronting the monster and attempting to call them back before noticing that they are unmanned and include his own car.
::*'''Cut:''' Immediately after the previous cut, the scene where Bulkhead and Bumblebee attempt to converse with the police drones while fighting the monster.
::*The joke on Sari's name—"I'm Bumblebee." "I'm Sari." "Oh, don't be. I like my name." "No, I mean my name is..."—is somewhat altered. Instead, Bumblebee "corrects" her that ''he's'' not named "Sari" (the pun involving "I'm Sari" sounding like "I'm sorry" not working in the Japanese language, obviously).
::*'''Cut:''' After Bumblebee takes Sari into the parking garage, Fanzone's and Dr. Sumdac's observation of Bumblebee and his unknown purposes, and the ordering the police drones to save Sari.
::*Bumblebee counts off while disabling the police drones, and he has an extra line even though his mouth doesn't move.
::*'''Cut:''' Ratchet's comment on Optimus being a "typical [[Autobot Academy|Academy Bot]]", along with a shot of the computer analysis of the monster.
::*'''Cut:''' Sari's gasp when Bumblebee is jumping at the monster.
::*When Sari reassures Ratchet that humans "don't usually blow up things" with emergency symbols, Ratchet comments about being treated kindly.
::*'''Cut:''' After Dr. Sumdac shakes hands with Optimus at the ceremony, Optimus's comment regarding not being a hero, his question to Ratchet about things being "like this in your day", and Ratchet's rather ominous response.
::*'''Cut:''' After the ceremony, the foreshadowing scene in which Starscream is seen monologuing in the crashed ''Nemesis'' on the Moon.
::*For the Otoboto family segment, Hiroyuki and Tatsuya are playing on the living room carpet with their toys (Hiroyuki and his Optimus Prime against Tatsuya and his Bumblebee). Filled with nostalgia, Hiroyuki begins describing the Autobots and the roles of each character to the audience, only to have Tatsuya beat him to the punch by ending all his sentences. Suddenly, they hear a crashing sound coming from the kitchen. Hiroyuki and Tatsuya rise to the occasion, shout "Transform!" and "change" into Optimus Prime and Megatron t-shirts (accompanied by their own dramatic "transformation" sequences). But before they can battle the forces of Evil stirring up trouble in the kitchen, they first have to sit back down on the living room floor and transform their toys into vehicle mode. (So, what if there was a burglar beating your wife, dude?) As Hiroyuki completes the transformation of his Optimus toy, we are assured that the "adventure" of the Otoboto family will be continued next episode.
::*In the "next episode" segment, Bulkhead asks Ratchet about the name "Transformers Animated", and Bulkhead then mistakenly tells viewers to watch "Transformers Anime". Ratchet later jokes about shortening the title to "Tra-Ani" because the original title is a bit long.

'''Japanese (Part 3)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''AllSpark no Himitsu'''" (オールスパークの秘密, "Secret of the AllSpark")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 17|17 April]] [[2010]]

::*This time, it's mother and daughter, Megumi and Yūka Otoboto, who tell viewers to watch the episode in a well-lit room.
::*Starscream does the intro in a rather...perky manner.
::*'''Cut:''' The ''whole'' sequence of the Autobots integrating themselves into Detroit: Bulkhead walking through rush hour traffic, Prowl's encounter with the birds' "present", Bumblebee ordering at Burger Bot, Ratchet getting ticketed for napping in a no-parking zone, Sari traumatizing Optimus on human reproduction, and the Autobots checking out their new "home".
::*During the sequence in which the Autobots are responding to the building fire, there are some additional lines and a tweak: The entire team sound off their names while heading on scene; Bumblebee jokes about calling in [[Rescue Fire]], to which Bulkhead responds by breaking the fourth wall, "That's a different show"; and the news reporter's coverage/praise of the Autobots doesn't mention "Detroit" by name and lasts until the scene changes to Starscream watching from the ''Nemesis''.
::*Sumdac says "480" on introducing the F.A.R.T.S.'s speed, which makes sense, as Japan uses the metric system and 300 miles equals to 482.803 kilometers.
::*'''Cut:''' Optimus commenting to Ratchet on being constantly called "heroes" and not feeling any different than repairing space bridges before, and Ratchet's response on the grim ends of the "heroes" he's known and his reluctance to share their fates.
::*During Starscream's attack on the jet fighters, one of the pilots shouts additional "Mayday!"s, to which Starscream retorts that "It's not 'Mayday', it's Starscream! Remember it!"
::*'''Cut:''' Panning shot from the top of Michigan Central Station down to the gathered Transformers.
::*When Starscream claims he's the "new boss" (literally) of the Decepticons, Bulkhead corrects him instead of saying that he thought Megatron was in charge.
::*Extra lines: both Ratchet and Prowl after the station crumbles; Starscream has one before Prowl tricks him with a hologram and another while dragging Optimus about after Prime uses his grappling hook.
::*'''Cut:''' Optimus declaring his name after Starscream demands the AllSpark. Cuts right to Starscream tossing Bumblebee into the transit pod.
::*Starscream's gloating while circling Sumdac Tower before Optimus baits him with the AllSpark.
::*When Sumdac asks how Sari got up the tower, Prowl's line is changed from "Same way you're getting down," to "By me, father." Fanzone's "This is why I hate machines!" catchphrase during the trip down is also tweaked.
::*Fanzone seems to be screaming for his grandfather as Prowl is dropping down to the blimp.
::*Additional line for Starscream when Ratchet tries to stop him with his magnetic manipulators.
::*Add "Ultra Spray" to Optimus's list of "Ultra" attacks when he sprays Starscream with fire retardant foam twice. Oy...
::*Bumblebee has an extra line while trying to attack Starscream when the latter realizes the jig's up.
::*Prowl calls out to Bumblebee when the train is knocked over the edge, and Starscream shouts "Dual Sonic Blaster" on sending all three into free fall.
::*Joining Bumblebee's ''"Ikimasu!"'' and Bulkhead's ''"Dosukoi!"'', Prowl's verbal tic is ''"De aru!"'' (Literally, "to be" in formal speech.)
::*Bulkhead's rhetorical question on catching the train on the first bounce is changed to a vow to do his best.
::*Instead of shock absorbers, Sari asks if Bumblebee has a parachute.
::*Ratchet has "Magnet Power" as his attack call when he catches the youngest pair, Sari's "some shock absorbers" line is altered, Prowl has "They're floating." as an extra line, and Bumblebee thanks Ratchet. Optimus's "think fast" line is delayed to just as he throws the AllSpark, and the medic's "Aw, crud." line is changed to objecting on being called "gramps" by Bumblebee.
::*While Sari calls the game "Keep Away" in English, here it's changed to Tag, or 鬼ごっこ (''oni-gokko'').
::*Instead of going on how fast one can stop, Bumblebee talks about hitting the goal.
::*Bulkhead's "I said, 'I ''got'' it.'" is altered after he clocks Starscream and gets the AllSpark.
::*Starscream yells that the show isn't over yet when he attacks the Autobots again just as Optimus is contemplating on getting the AllSpark to a safe place.
::*Instead of responding that it's Detroit when Optimus asks whether he's in the Well of AllSparks, Sari just welcomes him back. Another line change is that she tells Bulkhead that humans also cry when they're happy, instead of the Autobots having much to learn about humans.
::*'''Cut:''' The news reporter covering the Autobots' rescue and repair efforts, Bumblebee commenting how they started out on fixing bridges, Sumdac's lament of his robotic empire's origin, and the camera pan to Megatron's head.
::*In this Otoboto family segment, Hiroyuki whips out his cellphone and goes into full chatting mode. Tatsuya wonders what kind of work his father does and whether it's actually work, as he usually sees Hiroyuki playing with Transformers figures almost all the time. Tatsuya then flashbacks to last week, when, after transforming their figures to vehicle mode, father and son are racing Optimus and Bumblebee before encountering Yūka's feet. Yūka thinks her father is quite the man-child and hands over a card from someone whom Hiroyuki thought passed away three years earlier.
::*The Autobots discuss their favorite sports player during the "next episode" segment, Optimus citing {{w|Shuzo Matsuoka}} as his favorite, much to the others' disappointment. As Prime waxes poetic about Matsuoka's passion and energetic character, he doesn't realize that his teammates have already left.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformacja i jazda'''" ("Transform and Roll Out")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11|11 October]] [[2008]] (Parts 1 and 2), [[October 12|12 October]] [[2010]] (Part 3)

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[File:Flag of UN.png|20px|International release]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — The Battle Begins ([[Pack-in material|Hasbro]]) — Part 1 only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Transform and Roll Out ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Transform and Roll Out (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Transform and Roll Out (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Transformieren und Abfahrt (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 1 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

== Footnote ==
<references/>

[[Category:Animated episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Cerebros (G1)

2018-11-07T17:18:50Z

Dcgh96: Undo revision 1299921 by Dcgh96 (talk)

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Cerebros}}
:''Cerebros is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:G1Cerebros MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Must I always strike poses wielding weapons? Can I have no peace?! And can I have my legs transformed correctly?!]]

'''Cerebros''' is the robot that transforms into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s head, and is itself [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]].

{{note|Whether Cerebros is a sentient robot or just a mid-sized mecha suit for Spike depends on the continuity. See below for elaboration.}}

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{note|Cerebros made cameo appearances in the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries as an individual Autobot. However, that series contains many art errors, so the significance of those appearances is questionable.}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-TrialByFire.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|He probably wouldn't get along well with his cartoon counterpart...]]

After [[Galen]] chose to flee [[Nebulos]] along with the rest of the Autobots under Fortress Maximus's command, the former pacifist had resigned himself to a life of war. He decided that all resources must be put into winning that war, so during the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s journey to Earth, he ordered Fortress Maximus's body be doubled in size for greater power in combat. Now, Fortress Maximus's larger head transformed into the Autobot Cerebros, while Galen transformed into the head of Cerebros. (Cerebros was a robot entirely under the control of Galen.) {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' entry}}

Once the Autobots arrived on Earth, they encountered the Decepticons under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok's command]]. The Decepticons remarked that Fortress Maximus seemed larger than usual, but no matter—Scorponok kidnapped a young [[human]] named [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and retreated deep into the caverns of [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] that housed the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. The caverns were too small for the larger Fortress Maximus to navigate, so he sent the smaller Cerebros in his stead. When the battle moved to a narrow rock bridge, Cerebros threw his own head into battle. Unfortunately, his head, Galen, perished protecting the human. Subsequently, Spike Witwicky assumed Galen's role as Cerebros's head (and through him Fortress Maximus's), hoping to aid the Autobots in finding his younger brother, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-everyCerebrosappearanceever.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cerebros doesn't get to do much beyond the same expository panels over and over and over.]]

After Spike had been surgically altered for the Headmaster process, Spike accidentally revealed his changes to his father [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. He showed his father how he could transform into Cerebros's head and then into Fortress Maximus's head, and with the Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s at his side, he pledged to his father to find his brother Buster.

Buster had been spotted on [[Club Con|a tropical island]], but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] refused to let Spike participate for fear of his emotional attachments gumming up their rescue mission. So, Spike, binary-bonded to Cerebros, stood outside the perimeter of the battle. But when the mission failed and the island transformed into a space-faring vessel, launching into space, Spike took matters into his own hands. He and Cerebros recombined with Fortress Maximus and grabbed onto the spaceship as it entered orbit. In space, Fortress Maximus's body was dealt a serious blow from the spaceship through the chest, forcing Cerebros to disengage. This led to Decepticon leader [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] himself confronting Cerebros in combat, and the Autobot was deactivated in one blast. Spike, disconnecting from Cerebros, was eventually able to defeat Shockwave himself. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

After Fortress Maximus was repaired, their group of Autobots met the other group of Earthbound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. When their two groups met, Grimlock belittled Earth's humans, and Spike showed Grimlock how a "worthless human" led his contingent of Autobots by transforming from Fortress Maximus to Cerebros to his own binary-bonded self. Grimlock laughed and challenged Fortress Maximus to a duel for Autobot leadership supremacy, but the recent damage to Fortress Maximus and Cerebros at the hands of Shockwave worried Spike. Fortunately, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was called on to fight in place of Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-ManinMachine.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Later, though, they were a lot more efficient about it.]]

Later, Buster was found in the Arctic due to a distress signal. Cerebros was once again seen when Spike transformed from Fortress Maximus's head to Cerebros and again to Spike's binary-bonded suit to show Buster that he was his brother. {{storylink|Dark Star}} Once Buster was retrieved and home safe, Spike saw no reason to continue his campaign with the Autobots, and so he tried to return to his previous life. Unfortunately, Decepticons came looking for him, and Spike had to telepathically call on the power of Fortress Maximus's body from space. Cerebros was very (very) briefly seen as Spike transformed into Fortress Maximus's head. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}}

Cerebros was seen one last time, again merely as an intermediate transitional mode, when Spike was once again called back into action, this time against the increasingly deranged [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
{{-}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Spike transformed directly into Fortress Maximus's head, bypassing Cerebros. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}

[[File:Invasion-FortMax.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

In [[2012]], Cerebros was stationed in [[South America]] along with Spike inside Fortress Maximus. His body was present behind Spike one day when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another dimension]], a rift of space-time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Cerebros, merged with Spike, gathered civilians inside Fortress Maximus for safety. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
{{-}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jered Barclay]] (English), [[Ken Narita]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:CerebrosRebirth1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I hate guns! I hate them so much!"]]
On Cybertron in 2007, Cerebros observed a race between [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], the latter of whom was assisted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], an experiment by [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] to show the advantages of a unity between the humans and Autobots. Cerebros would express concern regarding [[human]]ity's growing involvement in the Transformers' conflict. The debate was cut short, however, when the Decepticons attacked Cybertron, with the intent of unleashing the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] on the Autobots. During the conflict, Cerebros, eleven other Autobots, Spike and Daniel took a ship to the chamber in pursuit of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], who unwittingly unleashed the power of the Chamber. As Scourge was overloaded by the chamber's power, Cerebros took back the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]] and returned to the ship. A bolt of energy hit the ship and sent them flying across the galaxy to the planet [[Nebulos]]. Cerebros and the other Autobots wandered around the planet looking for a way off, but were captured and almost destroyed by Nebulon rebels who mistook them for [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] machines. When the Decepticons attacked, the Nebulon leader [[Gort]] freed them and they counterattacked. Unfortunately, this resulted in six Autobot's being captured, and Daniel getting injured. Brainstorm's idea of merging humans, or in this case Nebulons, with Autobots came up as a solution, and five of the six remaining Autobots agreed to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Cerebros refused to undergo the process, reiterating his belief that human(oid)s shouldn't endanger themselves by fighting alongside Autobots. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} As the new Headmaster Autobots attacked the Decepticons and rescued the other Autobots, Cerebros wandered off exploring the planet, but came across a Hive city and was attacked by them. He barely escaped with his life and managed to make it back to the cave, wounded. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

[[File:Rebirth3-Cerebrosgun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|*cry*]]
When he awakened, he found out things had gotten worse. The Decepticons now had [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (controlled by [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]) as well as Headmasters of their own, with the addition of [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s. At Spike's insistence, he and Cerebros remained behind on Nebulos as the other Autobots departed to stop Scorponok. The two made their way back to the city where they were chased by Hive machines, but Spike was able to gain control of them. The two used the machines to create [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Cerebros finally underwent the Headmaster process, with Spike as his partner, and was further modified to become the head of Fortress Maximus itself.

When the city was completed, the duo left for Cybertron to repel the Decepticon invasion. Though Cerebros was less than thrilled with the idea of fighting again, Spike assured Cerebros that it would be the last time. Maximus was transformed into battle mode and engaged the Decepticons, but Scorponok quickly followed suit. Soon the two city-bots revealed their secrets and transformed into two gigantic robots, engaging in combat. Scorponok was about to deliver the final blow, but Spike managed to distract Zarak, allowing Maximus to force him back into city mode. Cerebros then detached and infiltrated Scorponok to retrieve a captured Daniel and Arcee. Soon after, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] unleashed the Chamber and took out every Autobot, including Cerebros and the Decepticons themselves. However, Spike and the Nebulon rebels were able to save Cybertron and restore it to its Golden Age. Cerebros was reawakened by Spike (who was unable to see the planet in his alt mode) and both were congratulated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Cerebros questioned the Decepticons' fates, with Prime stating that they may always be around but had a more important task. Cerebros, Optimus, the other Headmasters and Targetmasters took Maximus back to Nebulos were they all vowed to stop the Hive's machines. Optimus promised that when the machines were gone, Cerebros would live there in peace as the planet's guardian. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
{{-}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Cerebros_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.4|left|thumb|]]
Among with other Autobots, Cerebros was facing against the [[Alligaticon]] to get [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime's]] body/parts back. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:EverybodyHatesMetroplex-Cerebros.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Cerebros was infiltrated and corrupted by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], causing Fortress Maximus to deteriorate into a mindless zombie-like state until the spider was defeated. He was then ripped off of Maximus's shoulders in battle with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], only to transform in the dinosaur's mouth and hold its jaws open while his own head, Galen, detached and led several Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] hidden in Cerebros's body to infiltrate Trypticon. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Cerebros, [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], was turned into Fortress Maximus when [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] threatened Nebulos, but the destructive power of the cityformer ultimately destroyed the entire planet's capacity to support life—an event remembered infamously as the "[[Scouring of Nebulos]]". {{storylink|Head Games}} {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} The existence of Maximus and weapons like him was a major reason why post-singularity [[human]]ity confined the Transformers and their war to a small region of space. A traumatized Cerebros was fully in favor of this.
{{storylink|Head Games}}

When the Decepticons unleashed MegaZarak on the colony world of [[Master (planet)|Rebirth]], Cerebros and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] deployed Fortress Maximus against their old foe. Their destructive battle ended with Rebirth devastated and MegaZarak triumphant, forcing the Autobots into a retreat. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

At some point, presumably after Daniel's passing, Cerebros binary-bonded himself to [[Galen Witwicky]], the third and last in a line of Witwickys. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Cerebros contacted the humans when he learned of [[Eutychus Project|their plans to resurrect]] all pre-singularity humans and while they wouldn't hand that knowledge over, they did help him create the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] so his race could have a future. The [[Builder of Cybertron|self-styled "Builders"]] used them to have [[Games|brutal bloodsports]] but, to Cerebros, this was acceptable as it was a smaller and more formalized conflict than the Great War.

As energy became scarce, Fortress Maximus could no longer move and ground to a halt in robot mode in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], where his frozen, towering form was repurposed as a prison by the Builders. Cerebros himself died at some point, but his consciousness remained active within Maximus through three [[Cyberdroid]]s: [[Grand Maximus|Gran]], [[Galen|Kord]], and [[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]].

When [[Lio Convoy#Beast Wars: Uprising|Lio Convoy]]'s [[Grand Uprising|rebellion]] started, Cerebros saw it as a threat: if the [[Resistance]] won, Lio Convoy would take the Transformers back off Cybertron and potentially upset the vastly superior [[Human Confederacy]]. When rebels broke in to free prisoners, he launched psychic attacks to brainwash them into turning on each other. The ''third'' raid took [[Buzzclaw (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Buzzclaw]] as a patsy, hoping Cerebros would target him and thus, when they killed their comrade, the rebels would be able to kill Cerebros. It worked, ending the 'bot forever. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{first|[[Animals|''More than Meets the Eye'' #46]] (mentioned); [[Ten to Midnight|#56]] (on-panel)}}

[[File:Cerebros IDW.jpg|left|thumb]]

Cerebros was a mental health specialist who used to work for the [[Institute]] in some capacity. He maintained that he wasn't one of the [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeons]] responsible for the infamous [[shadowplay]] procedure. At one point, he worked for [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

In the present day, Cerebros was stationed on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] suggested to Fortress Maximus that he could have a look at the mentally damaged [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]], but this didn't come to pass. {{storylink|Animals}} [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] struck a deal with Cerebros to send bottles of [[engex]] from Luna 1 to the ''[[Lost Light]]'' via [[transwarp|subspace]]. {{storylink|Silent Light}}

After Fortress Maximus brought the [[Roboid]]s with him back to the moon, Cerebros turned his talents toward helping the mutilated Transformers, repairing their [[transformation cog]]s one by one while restoring their higher functions. It was a slow, laborious process, and months after their arrival Cerebros had only cured a fraction of the afflicted Transformers. Cerebros woke Red Alert from a nightmare, and the two of them visited the moon's [[space bridge]] chamber to bid farewell to [[Bolt]], the most recently treated Roboid. Inspired by [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s recent encounter with [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]], Cerebros voiced a controversial idea: developing a brain implant that would remotely repair the brain damage the Roboids had suffered. Neither Red Alert or Fortress Maximus were on board with the idea—Red Alert brought up Cerebros's shady past with the Institute to make a point. The debate was cut short when [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] bridged through, Cerebros calmed down Maximus long enough for Prowl to reveal the reason for his visit: [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had returned to life and was intent on bridging to Luna 1; Prowl theorized that he was planning to find a [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] to follow through with his original plan, which Cerebros dismissed as impossible.

The quartet traveled to the Titan graveyard, where they discovered that Sentinel had followed through on his plan, having hijacked a dormant Titan. Worse yet, Red Alert seemingly changed sides, shooting Prowl down. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} While Sentinel was busy explaining his evil plan to resurrect the dead Titans as zombies and use them to attack Cybertron, Cerebros used his implant on the unconscious Prowl, taking control of his body and distracting Sentinel long enough for them and Fortress to escape. Transforming their own Titan base into robot mode, they used the implant to have Fortress take direct control of it, allowing him to battle the undead Titans while Cerebros and Prowl confronted Sentinel Prime and Red Alert. After Sentinel was defeated, Cerebros's invention had proven its worth and he was allowed to use it to cure the remaining Roboids. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

Red Alert eventually traced the location of Rodimus's cry for help signal to [[Necroworld]]. Fortress Maximus, Cerebros, and Red Alert journeyed there and found the planet overrun by Decepticons from the Disappeared. They fought their way through the 'Cons and reclaimed Necroworld, but only after most of the Autobots present were dead. {{storylink|Sardines}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
The legendary Fortress Maximus, accompanied by Cerebros and Emissary, had slumbered underneath Cybertron until the battle for the [[Titan Master]]s roused him from his slumber. They awoke just in time to witness Soundwave's attack on Cybertron, frightening the Decepticon communications officer something fierce. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Cerebrostoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This little gun couldn't hurt anyone! I'm cool with it.]]
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''
**''Accessories:'' Mini-Laser Rifle

: An accessory to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]], Cerebros is a large Headmaster unit whose head is formed by the [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Generation 1|Spike]] toy. In turn, Cerebros transforms into the head of Fortress Maximus but does not actually need Spike to do so. Cerebros can also take the shape of a "communications room" when Maximus is in city mode.

: The Japanese release of the toy also included a sword accessory for Cerebros (a.k.a "Fortress").

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Super-God Masterforce|Grand]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' [[Emissary (RID)#Car Robots|Brave]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Zebres]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/FortressMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm Cerebros More information on Cerebros (with Fortress Maximus) at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=95 More information on Cerebros at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{-}}

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Cerebros.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh god, you made me look like my "The Rebirth" pacifist self while also giving me a much larger weapon! Why would you DO this?!?!]]
*'''Emissary & Cerebros & Fortress Maximus''' (Titan Class, 2016)
:Only available with his partners (both large and small), Cerebros once again forms the head of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|Fortress Maximus]] in the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]''. He retains the double Headmaster gimmick of the original by having a small robot, [[Emissary (Generations)#Generations|Emissary]], form his head. Cerebros is based entirely on his [[Cerebros (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|cartoon model]], complete with the chest details and mouthplate, and the black-and-silver coloration to match. ''Titans Return'' Cerebros has electronic lights and sounds, and stores the two AAA batteries in his chest which power the rest of Fortress Maximus's electronic features. While flipping Fort Max's face cover, Cerebros activates a transformation sound, and then while in robot mode, pressing down on Cerebros's head, first a robotic "CEREBROS" is uttered, and thereafter a sci-fi-y laser noise. A red light on his chest flashes while sounds are played.

:This mold, with the Emissary mold from the Convention Edition below, was also used to make ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Legends|Fortress]] and into ''Transformers & Downtown No Gaki No Tsukai Ya Arahende! Crossover'' [[Donarimasu]] and [[Guchirimasu]].

{{-}}{{anchor|SDCC}}
[[File:Titans-Return-SDCC-Cerebros.jpg|300px|thumb]]
*'''Fortress Maximus Convention Edition''' (Titan Class, 2016)
:Available as an exclusive for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016, the Cerebros included with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#SDCC2016FortMax|Fortress Maximus Convention Edition]] is a slight [[repaint]] of the above toy featuring additional paint details. He also has a different head, owing to this version of the Emissary being retooled to resemble the appearance of Fortress in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.
{{-}}

==Notes==
[[File:CerebrosCityMode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|So Fortress Maximus is a robot that turns into a base whose head is a robot who turns into a base. Inception Maximus.]]
*In "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", Cerebros is depicted as having an [[alternate mode]]. Curiously, it is in fact Fortress Maximus's city mode. Whether Spike based the larger Transformer's design on Cerebros, if it was a side effect of the binary bonding process, [[Animation error|or yet another mistake from the wonderful world of AKOM is unknown]].
*His [[character model]]'s head is way more made-up than the other Headmasters. The character model's head greatly resembles [[Cog (G1)|Cog]]'s, while the toy's looks like a smaller version of Fortress Maximus's head.
*As you'll probably figure from its absence on this page, Cerebros doesn't really "exist" in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' cartoon. There, as with all Headmasters, Fortress Maximus's head is not a separate character, but actually the same guy as Maximus himself, going by the diminutive name of "Fortress". To keep the characters distinct, in the way we normally do here at TFWiki, we've listed all of the exploits of "Fortress" on Fortress Maximus's page, and refer to him with that name, which was also used by [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] on their DVD releases of the series. The reason we point this out is because the subtitles for the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release, which used naming conventions established by Hasbro,<ref>According to Shout!'s Brian Ward, "Hasbro provided each of the names" used in the subtitles. http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/177838&page=46</ref> refer to the character as "Cerebros." That has made our position (which was in place for some years before Shout! Factory's DVD came out) seem a ''bit'' confusing, but it's the most straightforward way of distinguishing the characters.
*Like other cameo-Kreons before him, Cerebros is made up from existing Kre-O parts, in this case the famously-generic [[Hound (Kre-O)|Hound]] helmet.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cerebros''' (The Rebirth, セレブロス ''Sereburosu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]

Cerebros (G1)

2018-11-07T17:17:50Z

Dcgh96: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */ New Issue under character stub list.

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Cerebros}}
:''Cerebros is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:G1Cerebros MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Must I always strike poses wielding weapons? Can I have no peace?! And can I have my legs transformed correctly?!]]

'''Cerebros''' is the robot that transforms into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s head, and is itself [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]].

{{note|Whether Cerebros is a sentient robot or just a mid-sized mecha suit for Spike depends on the continuity. See below for elaboration.}}

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{note|Cerebros made cameo appearances in the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries as an individual Autobot. However, that series contains many art errors, so the significance of those appearances is questionable.}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-TrialByFire.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|He probably wouldn't get along well with his cartoon counterpart...]]

After [[Galen]] chose to flee [[Nebulos]] along with the rest of the Autobots under Fortress Maximus's command, the former pacifist had resigned himself to a life of war. He decided that all resources must be put into winning that war, so during the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s journey to Earth, he ordered Fortress Maximus's body be doubled in size for greater power in combat. Now, Fortress Maximus's larger head transformed into the Autobot Cerebros, while Galen transformed into the head of Cerebros. (Cerebros was a robot entirely under the control of Galen.) {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' entry}}

Once the Autobots arrived on Earth, they encountered the Decepticons under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok's command]]. The Decepticons remarked that Fortress Maximus seemed larger than usual, but no matter—Scorponok kidnapped a young [[human]] named [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and retreated deep into the caverns of [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] that housed the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. The caverns were too small for the larger Fortress Maximus to navigate, so he sent the smaller Cerebros in his stead. When the battle moved to a narrow rock bridge, Cerebros threw his own head into battle. Unfortunately, his head, Galen, perished protecting the human. Subsequently, Spike Witwicky assumed Galen's role as Cerebros's head (and through him Fortress Maximus's), hoping to aid the Autobots in finding his younger brother, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-everyCerebrosappearanceever.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cerebros doesn't get to do much beyond the same expository panels over and over and over.]]

After Spike had been surgically altered for the Headmaster process, Spike accidentally revealed his changes to his father [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. He showed his father how he could transform into Cerebros's head and then into Fortress Maximus's head, and with the Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s at his side, he pledged to his father to find his brother Buster.

Buster had been spotted on [[Club Con|a tropical island]], but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] refused to let Spike participate for fear of his emotional attachments gumming up their rescue mission. So, Spike, binary-bonded to Cerebros, stood outside the perimeter of the battle. But when the mission failed and the island transformed into a space-faring vessel, launching into space, Spike took matters into his own hands. He and Cerebros recombined with Fortress Maximus and grabbed onto the spaceship as it entered orbit. In space, Fortress Maximus's body was dealt a serious blow from the spaceship through the chest, forcing Cerebros to disengage. This led to Decepticon leader [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] himself confronting Cerebros in combat, and the Autobot was deactivated in one blast. Spike, disconnecting from Cerebros, was eventually able to defeat Shockwave himself. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

After Fortress Maximus was repaired, their group of Autobots met the other group of Earthbound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. When their two groups met, Grimlock belittled Earth's humans, and Spike showed Grimlock how a "worthless human" led his contingent of Autobots by transforming from Fortress Maximus to Cerebros to his own binary-bonded self. Grimlock laughed and challenged Fortress Maximus to a duel for Autobot leadership supremacy, but the recent damage to Fortress Maximus and Cerebros at the hands of Shockwave worried Spike. Fortunately, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was called on to fight in place of Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-ManinMachine.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Later, though, they were a lot more efficient about it.]]

Later, Buster was found in the Arctic due to a distress signal. Cerebros was once again seen when Spike transformed from Fortress Maximus's head to Cerebros and again to Spike's binary-bonded suit to show Buster that he was his brother. {{storylink|Dark Star}} Once Buster was retrieved and home safe, Spike saw no reason to continue his campaign with the Autobots, and so he tried to return to his previous life. Unfortunately, Decepticons came looking for him, and Spike had to telepathically call on the power of Fortress Maximus's body from space. Cerebros was very (very) briefly seen as Spike transformed into Fortress Maximus's head. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}}

Cerebros was seen one last time, again merely as an intermediate transitional mode, when Spike was once again called back into action, this time against the increasingly deranged [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
{{-}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Spike transformed directly into Fortress Maximus's head, bypassing Cerebros. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}

[[File:Invasion-FortMax.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

In [[2012]], Cerebros was stationed in [[South America]] along with Spike inside Fortress Maximus. His body was present behind Spike one day when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another dimension]], a rift of space-time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Cerebros, merged with Spike, gathered civilians inside Fortress Maximus for safety. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
{{-}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jered Barclay]] (English), [[Ken Narita]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:CerebrosRebirth1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I hate guns! I hate them so much!"]]
On Cybertron in 2007, Cerebros observed a race between [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], the latter of whom was assisted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], an experiment by [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] to show the advantages of a unity between the humans and Autobots. Cerebros would express concern regarding [[human]]ity's growing involvement in the Transformers' conflict. The debate was cut short, however, when the Decepticons attacked Cybertron, with the intent of unleashing the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] on the Autobots. During the conflict, Cerebros, eleven other Autobots, Spike and Daniel took a ship to the chamber in pursuit of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], who unwittingly unleashed the power of the Chamber. As Scourge was overloaded by the chamber's power, Cerebros took back the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]] and returned to the ship. A bolt of energy hit the ship and sent them flying across the galaxy to the planet [[Nebulos]]. Cerebros and the other Autobots wandered around the planet looking for a way off, but were captured and almost destroyed by Nebulon rebels who mistook them for [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] machines. When the Decepticons attacked, the Nebulon leader [[Gort]] freed them and they counterattacked. Unfortunately, this resulted in six Autobot's being captured, and Daniel getting injured. Brainstorm's idea of merging humans, or in this case Nebulons, with Autobots came up as a solution, and five of the six remaining Autobots agreed to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Cerebros refused to undergo the process, reiterating his belief that human(oid)s shouldn't endanger themselves by fighting alongside Autobots. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} As the new Headmaster Autobots attacked the Decepticons and rescued the other Autobots, Cerebros wandered off exploring the planet, but came across a Hive city and was attacked by them. He barely escaped with his life and managed to make it back to the cave, wounded. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

[[File:Rebirth3-Cerebrosgun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|*cry*]]
When he awakened, he found out things had gotten worse. The Decepticons now had [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (controlled by [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]) as well as Headmasters of their own, with the addition of [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s. At Spike's insistence, he and Cerebros remained behind on Nebulos as the other Autobots departed to stop Scorponok. The two made their way back to the city where they were chased by Hive machines, but Spike was able to gain control of them. The two used the machines to create [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Cerebros finally underwent the Headmaster process, with Spike as his partner, and was further modified to become the head of Fortress Maximus itself.

When the city was completed, the duo left for Cybertron to repel the Decepticon invasion. Though Cerebros was less than thrilled with the idea of fighting again, Spike assured Cerebros that it would be the last time. Maximus was transformed into battle mode and engaged the Decepticons, but Scorponok quickly followed suit. Soon the two city-bots revealed their secrets and transformed into two gigantic robots, engaging in combat. Scorponok was about to deliver the final blow, but Spike managed to distract Zarak, allowing Maximus to force him back into city mode. Cerebros then detached and infiltrated Scorponok to retrieve a captured Daniel and Arcee. Soon after, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] unleashed the Chamber and took out every Autobot, including Cerebros and the Decepticons themselves. However, Spike and the Nebulon rebels were able to save Cybertron and restore it to its Golden Age. Cerebros was reawakened by Spike (who was unable to see the planet in his alt mode) and both were congratulated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Cerebros questioned the Decepticons' fates, with Prime stating that they may always be around but had a more important task. Cerebros, Optimus, the other Headmasters and Targetmasters took Maximus back to Nebulos were they all vowed to stop the Hive's machines. Optimus promised that when the machines were gone, Cerebros would live there in peace as the planet's guardian. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
{{-}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Cerebros_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.4|left|thumb|]]
Among with other Autobots, Cerebros was facing against the [[Alligaticon]] to get [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime's]] body/parts back. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:EverybodyHatesMetroplex-Cerebros.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Cerebros was infiltrated and corrupted by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], causing Fortress Maximus to deteriorate into a mindless zombie-like state until the spider was defeated. He was then ripped off of Maximus's shoulders in battle with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], only to transform in the dinosaur's mouth and hold its jaws open while his own head, Galen, detached and led several Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] hidden in Cerebros's body to infiltrate Trypticon. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Cerebros, [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], was turned into Fortress Maximus when [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] threatened Nebulos, but the destructive power of the cityformer ultimately destroyed the entire planet's capacity to support life—an event remembered infamously as the "[[Scouring of Nebulos]]". {{storylink|Head Games}} {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} The existence of Maximus and weapons like him was a major reason why post-singularity [[human]]ity confined the Transformers and their war to a small region of space. A traumatized Cerebros was fully in favor of this.
{{storylink|Head Games}}

When the Decepticons unleashed MegaZarak on the colony world of [[Master (planet)|Rebirth]], Cerebros and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] deployed Fortress Maximus against their old foe. Their destructive battle ended with Rebirth devastated and MegaZarak triumphant, forcing the Autobots into a retreat. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

At some point, presumably after Daniel's passing, Cerebros binary-bonded himself to [[Galen Witwicky]], the third and last in a line of Witwickys. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Cerebros contacted the humans when he learned of [[Eutychus Project|their plans to resurrect]] all pre-singularity humans and while they wouldn't hand that knowledge over, they did help him create the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] so his race could have a future. The [[Builder of Cybertron|self-styled "Builders"]] used them to have [[Games|brutal bloodsports]] but, to Cerebros, this was acceptable as it was a smaller and more formalized conflict than the Great War.

As energy became scarce, Fortress Maximus could no longer move and ground to a halt in robot mode in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], where his frozen, towering form was repurposed as a prison by the Builders. Cerebros himself died at some point, but his consciousness remained active within Maximus through three [[Cyberdroid]]s: [[Grand Maximus|Gran]], [[Galen|Kord]], and [[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]].

When [[Lio Convoy#Beast Wars: Uprising|Lio Convoy]]'s [[Grand Uprising|rebellion]] started, Cerebros saw it as a threat: if the [[Resistance]] won, Lio Convoy would take the Transformers back off Cybertron and potentially upset the vastly superior [[Human Confederacy]]. When rebels broke in to free prisoners, he launched psychic attacks to brainwash them into turning on each other. The ''third'' raid took [[Buzzclaw (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Buzzclaw]] as a patsy, hoping Cerebros would target him and thus, when they killed their comrade, the rebels would be able to kill Cerebros. It worked, ending the 'bot forever. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{first|[[Animals|''More than Meets the Eye'' #46]] (mentioned); [[Ten to Midnight|#56]] (on-panel)}}

[[File:Cerebros IDW.jpg|left|thumb]]

Cerebros was a mental health specialist who used to work for the [[Institute]] in some capacity. He maintained that he wasn't one of the [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeons]] responsible for the infamous [[shadowplay]] procedure. At one point, he worked for [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

In the present day, Cerebros was stationed on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] suggested to Fortress Maximus that he could have a look at the mentally damaged [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]], but this didn't come to pass. {{storylink|Animals}} [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] struck a deal with Cerebros to send bottles of [[engex]] from Luna 1 to the ''[[Lost Light]]'' via [[transwarp|subspace]]. {{storylink|Silent Light}}

After Fortress Maximus brought the [[Roboid]]s with him back to the moon, Cerebros turned his talents toward helping the mutilated Transformers, repairing their [[transformation cog]]s one by one while restoring their higher functions. It was a slow, laborious process, and months after their arrival Cerebros had only cured a fraction of the afflicted Transformers. Cerebros woke Red Alert from a nightmare, and the two of them visited the moon's [[space bridge]] chamber to bid farewell to [[Bolt]], the most recently treated Roboid. Inspired by [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s recent encounter with [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]], Cerebros voiced a controversial idea: developing a brain implant that would remotely repair the brain damage the Roboids had suffered. Neither Red Alert or Fortress Maximus were on board with the idea—Red Alert brought up Cerebros's shady past with the Institute to make a point. The debate was cut short when [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] bridged through, Cerebros calmed down Maximus long enough for Prowl to reveal the reason for his visit: [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had returned to life and was intent on bridging to Luna 1; Prowl theorized that he was planning to find a [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] to follow through with his original plan, which Cerebros dismissed as impossible.

The quartet traveled to the Titan graveyard, where they discovered that Sentinel had followed through on his plan, having hijacked a dormant Titan. Worse yet, Red Alert seemingly changed sides, shooting Prowl down. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} While Sentinel was busy explaining his evil plan to resurrect the dead Titans as zombies and use them to attack Cybertron, Cerebros used his implant on the unconscious Prowl, taking control of his body and distracting Sentinel long enough for them and Fortress to escape. Transforming their own Titan base into robot mode, they used the implant to have Fortress take direct control of it, allowing him to battle the undead Titans while Cerebros and Prowl confronted Sentinel Prime and Red Alert. After Sentinel was defeated, Cerebros's invention had proven its worth and he was allowed to use it to cure the remaining Roboids. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

Red Alert eventually traced the location of Rodimus's cry for help signal to [[Necroworld]]. Fortress Maximus, Cerebros, and Red Alert journeyed there and found the planet overrun by Decepticons from the Disappeared. They fought their way through the 'Cons and reclaimed Necroworld, but only after most of the Autobots present were dead. {{storylink|Sardines}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}} {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
The legendary Fortress Maximus, accompanied by Cerebros and Emissary, had slumbered underneath Cybertron until the battle for the [[Titan Master]]s roused him from his slumber. They awoke just in time to witness Soundwave's attack on Cybertron, frightening the Decepticon communications officer something fierce. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Cerebrostoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This little gun couldn't hurt anyone! I'm cool with it.]]
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''
**''Accessories:'' Mini-Laser Rifle

: An accessory to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]], Cerebros is a large Headmaster unit whose head is formed by the [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Generation 1|Spike]] toy. In turn, Cerebros transforms into the head of Fortress Maximus but does not actually need Spike to do so. Cerebros can also take the shape of a "communications room" when Maximus is in city mode.

: The Japanese release of the toy also included a sword accessory for Cerebros (a.k.a "Fortress").

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Super-God Masterforce|Grand]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' [[Emissary (RID)#Car Robots|Brave]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Zebres]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/FortressMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm Cerebros More information on Cerebros (with Fortress Maximus) at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=95 More information on Cerebros at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{-}}

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Cerebros.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh god, you made me look like my "The Rebirth" pacifist self while also giving me a much larger weapon! Why would you DO this?!?!]]
*'''Emissary & Cerebros & Fortress Maximus''' (Titan Class, 2016)
:Only available with his partners (both large and small), Cerebros once again forms the head of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|Fortress Maximus]] in the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]''. He retains the double Headmaster gimmick of the original by having a small robot, [[Emissary (Generations)#Generations|Emissary]], form his head. Cerebros is based entirely on his [[Cerebros (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|cartoon model]], complete with the chest details and mouthplate, and the black-and-silver coloration to match. ''Titans Return'' Cerebros has electronic lights and sounds, and stores the two AAA batteries in his chest which power the rest of Fortress Maximus's electronic features. While flipping Fort Max's face cover, Cerebros activates a transformation sound, and then while in robot mode, pressing down on Cerebros's head, first a robotic "CEREBROS" is uttered, and thereafter a sci-fi-y laser noise. A red light on his chest flashes while sounds are played.

:This mold, with the Emissary mold from the Convention Edition below, was also used to make ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Legends|Fortress]] and into ''Transformers & Downtown No Gaki No Tsukai Ya Arahende! Crossover'' [[Donarimasu]] and [[Guchirimasu]].

{{-}}{{anchor|SDCC}}
[[File:Titans-Return-SDCC-Cerebros.jpg|300px|thumb]]
*'''Fortress Maximus Convention Edition''' (Titan Class, 2016)
:Available as an exclusive for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016, the Cerebros included with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#SDCC2016FortMax|Fortress Maximus Convention Edition]] is a slight [[repaint]] of the above toy featuring additional paint details. He also has a different head, owing to this version of the Emissary being retooled to resemble the appearance of Fortress in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.
{{-}}

==Notes==
[[File:CerebrosCityMode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|So Fortress Maximus is a robot that turns into a base whose head is a robot who turns into a base. Inception Maximus.]]
*In "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", Cerebros is depicted as having an [[alternate mode]]. Curiously, it is in fact Fortress Maximus's city mode. Whether Spike based the larger Transformer's design on Cerebros, if it was a side effect of the binary bonding process, [[Animation error|or yet another mistake from the wonderful world of AKOM is unknown]].
*His [[character model]]'s head is way more made-up than the other Headmasters. The character model's head greatly resembles [[Cog (G1)|Cog]]'s, while the toy's looks like a smaller version of Fortress Maximus's head.
*As you'll probably figure from its absence on this page, Cerebros doesn't really "exist" in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' cartoon. There, as with all Headmasters, Fortress Maximus's head is not a separate character, but actually the same guy as Maximus himself, going by the diminutive name of "Fortress". To keep the characters distinct, in the way we normally do here at TFWiki, we've listed all of the exploits of "Fortress" on Fortress Maximus's page, and refer to him with that name, which was also used by [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] on their DVD releases of the series. The reason we point this out is because the subtitles for the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release, which used naming conventions established by Hasbro,<ref>According to Shout!'s Brian Ward, "Hasbro provided each of the names" used in the subtitles. http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/177838&page=46</ref> refer to the character as "Cerebros." That has made our position (which was in place for some years before Shout! Factory's DVD came out) seem a ''bit'' confusing, but it's the most straightforward way of distinguishing the characters.
*Like other cameo-Kreons before him, Cerebros is made up from existing Kre-O parts, in this case the famously-generic [[Hound (Kre-O)|Hound]] helmet.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cerebros''' (The Rebirth, セレブロス ''Sereburosu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]

Glen Whitmann

2018-02-06T08:06:35Z

Dcgh96: /* Transformers film */ (Corrected link.)

:''Glen Whitmann is a [[human]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:GlenWhitmann freakout.JPG|upright=1.67|thumb|OH NOES! It's Freddy Krueger!]]
'''Glen Whitmann''' is an expert hacker and computer hardware technician.... who lives with his grandma. Unsurprisingly, he's a virgin.

A colossal dork, he spends his days playing ''Dance Dance Revolution'' with his [[Glen's cousin|cousin]], living under the shouty regime of his mother and [[Glen's grandmama|grandmother]], and can tell quickly the difference between an attack by [[Freddy Krueger]] and one by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. He breaks almost instantly under pressure, but when he's ''really'' scared, is still capable of working his technological magic.

His biggest piece of advice: Eat ''all'' the donuts. If you don't touch them, they think you're guilty.

How in the hell he knows a hottie like [[Maggie Madsen]] is anyone's guess.

{{quote|Okay, so what? I've download a couple of thousand songs off the internet. Who hasn't? ''Who hasn't?!''|Glen Whitmann, RIAA's public enemy number 1|''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' film===
:''Actor'': [[Anthony Anderson]] (English), [[Wataru Takagi]] (Japanese-language dub voice), [[Tian Bo]] (Mandarin-language dub voice), [[Mario C. Castañeda Partida|Mario Castañeda]] (Latin American Spanish-language dub voice)

[[File:Movie2007 Glen DanceDanceRevolution.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei.]]
It was the beginning of a bad day for Glen when his game of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' was interrupted by his improbably attractive friend [[Maggie Madsen|Maggie]]. Just her walking into his 'private area of zen and peace' without any advanced notice was enough trouble for poor Glen, but adding more pressure to it with his foul-tempered grandmother's meddling, which only made his day even worse (So much for zen and peace). At first, he was reluctant to end the game session with his cousin until Maggie told him she possessed highly classified data that would land her in jail for the rest of her life if the authorities found out. His curiosity piqued, Glen proceeded to hack into the data, discovering images and files about something called [[Megatron (Movie)|Project: Iceman]] and an organization named [[Sector Seven]]. In the code itself, he discovered [[Cybertronian language|strange symbols]]. Before they could view any more information, an [[FBI]] assault team crashed through the front door, prompting Glen's cousin to break out of the back door in a bid to escape, but was tackled into the swimming pool by an FBI agent. As he and Maggie were handcuffed, Glen cried out that ''nobody'' treads on his grandma's carpet, especially the po-lice.

[[File:Movie2007 SHEDIDIT.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|SHE DID IT! She beat the President's high score on ''Space Invaders''!]]
While in an FBI holding room, Glen ate a plate of donuts, telling Maggie that she shouldn't worry, the FBI were going to play 'Good cop/Bad cop', and the donuts were a test. He theorized that a guilty person would not touch the donuts, while an innocent man would eat them, and he'd eaten the entire plate. He concluded that all they needed to do is stick up for each other and they'd be fine. As soon as the interrogation agents arrived, making it wordlessly clear that the pair were both in a ''lot'' of trouble by placing a folder of information on the table, Glen suddenly cried out that it was all Maggie's fault, she was the one who brought him the data, and that he was just playing video games with his cousin. He further revealed that he was a virgin, and that the worst he had done was download a few thousand songs off the internet, but who hasn't? After being told to shut up by Maggie, he exclaimed that a criminal such as herself shouldn't talk to him, then quickly sat down to recover from the sugar rush while Maggie explained what she was trying to accomplish.

[[File:Movie2007 that'sWolverine!.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"So that's RID Megatron's third mode..."]]
Later, Secretary of Defense [[John Keller (Movie)|Keller]] barged into the room, announcing that Maggie was coming with him as an adviser. Glen inquired about himself, prompting the confused Keller to ask who he was. Maggie replied that Glen was ''her'' adviser. Keller allowed him to come along. Soon, they were in a helicopter with [[Sam Witwicky|two]] [[Mikaela Banes|teenagers]] who were also on board for some reason. The boy broke the awkward silence, prompting Maggie to ask what did the government get them in for. To Glen's astonishment, the boy, Sam, replied that he bought a car that turned out to be [[Bumblebee (Movie)|an alien robot]].

When pressed on the nature of the [[AllSpark|All Spark]]'s radiation, [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] and [[Tom Banachek]] took them into a sealed room. When [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] noticed claw marks and inquired if [[Freddy Krueger]] had been in the room, Glen corrected the sergeant by reminding him that Krueger only had four claws, while the three on the wall indicated that it was [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]], which he found amusing. Agent Simmons replied that his joke was very funny, without a trace of humor. Possibly as a way of apologizing, Glen offered up his Nokia cell phone as a demonstration piece, turning it into a [[Nokia-bot|vicious little death machine]]. During the big Mexican stand-off between the United States Military Special Ops Team, and the Sector Seven Guards, Glen stood by fearfully with his hands in the air, as though he was being held hostage.

When the Iceman thawed, Secretary Keller, [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]], and Maggie managed to get an old radio, unfortunately, it had no microphones. Maggie suggested that Glen wire a computer to the radio and use that as an interface, using Keller's authorization codes as confirmation. Despite an attack by [[Frenzy (Movie)|a tiny killer robot]], Glen was able to link up with the military. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Glen Whitmann’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]''; and the storybook "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]".}}

===Transformers Mix & Match book===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match book, listed here is Glen's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Glen and Maggie Madsen were inside Sector Seven when they were attacked by Frenzy. [[Swindle (Movie)|The Autobot Drone]] helped protect them until they could summon help. {{storylink|Transformers Mix & Match}}

===Top Trumps Specials: Transformers===
Glen Whitman honed his hacking skills working for the [[Rand Corporation|RAND Corporation]] think tank. He even hacked into the Government once or twice! {{storylink|Top Trumps}}

===Titan movie comics===
{{Note|The following is in Law and Disorder letters page continuity.}}

[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] had no idea who Glen was. [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] did know but couldn't remember how to spell his name. Ironhide believed Glen was still living in the same place and eating lots of doughnuts, and responded "Oh dear" at the concept. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|#15's Law and Disorder}}

==Notes==
[[File:StorybookGlen.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Soon, the Rainbow of Light will be mine! AHAHAHAHA - uh. *whinny*"]]
*Glen Whitmann's pre-production name was Glenn Ross Dygert.
*In ''[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]'', Glen is inexplicably white. Also, he has a [[My Little Pony]]. This is a leftover element from when artist [[Marcelo Matere]], working with early and sparse information, thought Glen was a ''female'' character. (This was before the G4 incarnation of the franchise and the attendant creation of the "Brony" subculture.)
*The role of Glen was initially offered to [[Patton Oswalt]], but he had already committed to another film. He hasn't said what movie it was. If it was ''Balls of Fury'', he's probably kicking himself.
*Glen's intelligence must be higher than anyone else's on Earth, given that he has a computer that can decipher the Cybertronian language, let alone hack government code. Either that or he bought it from HP.
*A part of the scene where Glen is trying to contact the military for help while Frenzy is attacking was apparently cut out of the film. Footage from this part can be seen in trailers and TV spots when Glen is shown yelling, "The killer robot is really distracting!"

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitmann, Glen}}
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Movie humans]]
[[Category:Pirates]]

Loose Cannons

2017-10-11T04:25:02Z

Dcgh96: /* Animation and technical errors */ Added something I just noticed.

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 32
|prev=Operation Bumblebee, Part 2
|next=Crossfire
|image=LooseCannons Wheeljack Dreadwing splitscreen.jpg
|caption=Do we need to disambiguate with "[[Deep Metal]]"?
|title="Loose Cannons"
|airdate=[[March 24]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Wheeljack returns to Earth to look for a new Decepticon named Dreadwing.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:LooseCannons Wheeljack fires back.jpg|thumb|left|250px|If I'm coming back, I'm coming back with a BANG!]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] calls the Autobots, furious about a Transformer fight outside [[Omaha]] with possible collateral damage. As the Autobots are all at base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] suggests the [[Decepticon]]s are to blame, however a video feed reveals the combatants as a [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]-type Decepticon and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. Fowler demands that the situation be handled pronto.

Fowler reaches the battleground in [[Fowler's V-tol|his jet]] first and demands the pair stop, only to be fired on by Wheeljack. A [[GroundBridge]] opens up, and the Autobots step out to help Wheeljack. Outgunned, the Decepticon seizes the opportunity to scan Fowler's jet and make his escape. Wheeljack fires after him, blowing up a gas station. Though Wheeljack believes that [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] was to blame for the explosion, he's informed otherwise.

[[Image:LooseCannons Wheeljack undergoes repairs.jpg|thumb|right|250px|So... do I get a lollipop?]]
Back at base, Ratchet repairs Wheeljack, who apologizes for the damage and explains his pursuit of Dreadwing. He had found his fellow [[Wrecker]] [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]], only for his friend to be blown up by Dreadwing. After several solar systems worth of pursuit, Wheeljack caught up with the Decepticon on [[Earth]]. Optimus infers that Dreadwing has come to pay allegiance to Megatron. He tries to stem Wheeljack's hotheadedness, and Fowler arrives to admonish Wheeljack for nearly blowing their cover. Wheeljack doesn't take well to being called part of the team, and walks off, followed by Bulkhead who intends to placate him. Optimus does his best to smooth things over with Fowler.

Dreadwing rendezvous with the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] welcomes his loyalty, but Dreadwing reveals he has come to Earth to avenge his [[spark]]-twin Skyquake. When Megatron confirms Skyquake's death, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] vows to make every Autobot on Earth pay, but Megatron would rather Dreadwing follow his orders.

As Wheeljack works on his [[Jackhammer (Prime)|ship]], Bulkhead attempts to change his mind about the planet. Inside the Jackhammer, a challenge comes through over the commlink from Dreadwing. Wheeljack straps in to meet the 'Con, and convinces Bulkhead to come as well.

[[Image:LooseCannons Dreadwing tricks Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|250px|He's right behind me, isn't he?]]
Dreadwing faces off against Wheeljack, both determined to finish their business. They exchange fire, and Dreadwing runs, leading Wheeljack past a series of proximity bombs that the Autobot evades. Dreadwing runs into a dead end, but it turns out to be a trap—as Bulkhead appears atop the crevice, a last bomb on the cliff face explodes, burying the two Wreckers under rubble as Dreadwing flies clear.

At base, Ratchet finds Bulkhead's transmission over a thousand miles away. At Optimus's inquiry, he says that no response has been made.

In the crevice, Optimus helps Wheeljack out of a pile of boulders and reprimands him for endangering Bulkhead. Ratchet informs Optimus over comm that Bulkhead's signal has moved.

Wheeljack and Optimus fly to Bulkhead's location, a shipping depot. They find him in an unfortunate predicament, strapped to a crate with a bomb wired into his chest. Wheeljack gets to work defusing the bomb. From the top of a crane, Dreadwing looks on. He receives a transmission from Megatron, and reveals what he's doing. Meanwhile, Bulkhead tries to stop Wheeljack from continuing his attempts to defuse the bomb and the pair notice that Optimus is gone.

Megatron allows Dreadwing to continue his plan, though he muses to Soundwave that he does not expect Dreadwing to come back. At the depot, Dreadwing notices Optimus is missing in time for the Autobot leader to appear nearby and appeal to Dreadwing's sense of honor. Dreadwing refuses the offer of defection, and fires upon Prime, who escapes into the maze of containers.

[[Image:LooseCannons Optimus pins Dreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|What was that "safe word" again?]]
Realizing that Wheeljack is unlikely to defuse the bomb, Bulkhead takes matters into his own hands, punching out Wheeljack, tearing out of his restraints, and running away from his friend. Elsewhere, Dreadwing continues to spar with Optimus, but loses him from his sights. Bulkhead heads towards the water to muffle the explosion, but is stopped by Wheeljack, who has come to the realization that Optimus has the right idea—they need Dreadwing to defuse the bomb.

Searching the dock, Dreadwing is ambushed by Optimus crashing down on top of him with a shipping crane. Pinned, Dreadwing is surrounded by the three Autobots. Though he claims he would rather destroy himself if it will avenge his brother, Optimus calls his bluff, and he defuses the bomb. However, not about to leave empty handed, Dreadwing sets off the many bombs he had placed throughout the port, and flies off. Wheeljack wonders who will clean that up.

On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron gloats about Dreadwing's defeat, but seems mildly surprised that the Seeker still lives. Dreadwing, in the wake of his defeat, pledges his total loyalty to Megatron.

At the base, Wheeljack apologizes for his misjudgment about Optimus earlier. The Autobots, sans Ratchet, convince Wheeljack to stay on Earth, though he opts to explore the planet. He's soon driving away with a new alternate mode.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (8)
*[[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]] (11) (flashback)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (7)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (10)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (12)
*[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] (flashback) (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (flashback) (14)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"I don't care if [[Abraham Lincoln]] is back! We have to contain the situation before we all wind up on the eleven o'clock news."
:—'''Agent Fowler''' demands that the Autobots stop Wheeljack and Dreadwing.

"Not this again!"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' gets his vehicle scanned by a 'Con for a third time.

'''Wheeljack''': You know Wreckers don't call for backup. 
'''Wheeljack''' and '''Bulkhead''': They call for clean-up!
:—The remaining Wreckers provide an alternative to "Wreck and Rule!"

'''Optimus:''' "If you will not take orders from me, that is one thing. But when you place one of my Autobots in danger..." 
'''Wheeljack:''' "With all due respect sir, Bulkhead knew the risks; every Wrecker does. I'm sure he's just... uh... somewhere in this rubble."
:—'''Wheeljack''' reassures Optimus about Bulkhead's condition... well, sort of.

"I will be quite surprised if we ever set eyes upon Dreadwing again."
:—'''Megatron''' putting his faith into his soldier.

"Sorry, Jackie. It's 'cause I love ya."
:—'''Bulkhead''' shows the tough love.

"Sorry, fishies!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' runs towards water with a bomb attached.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This episode features the first on-screen use of the term "[[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]]".
* Bulkhead brings up Optimus, Bee and Fowler's fight with Skyquake, and Arcee mentions his zombified resurrection at Starscream's hand which occurred in "[[Masters & Students]]" and "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
* Soundwave shows scenes of Optimus and Bumblebee's fight with Skyquake in "Masters & Students".
* It seems odd that Dreadwing could feel his twin Skyquake dying, but didn't sense his twin's resurrection at the hands of Starscream.

===Transformers references===
* Wheeljack namedrops former Wreckers [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]], [[Roadbuster (Prime)|Roadbuster]], [[Rotorstorm (Prime)|Rotorstorm]], and [[Pyro (Prime)|Pyro]]. The Generation 1 incarnations of these four characters are all Wreckers from various continuities: [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were original members of the group when it was first introduced in "[[Target: 2006]]", while [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] and [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] joined in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''. Like their ''Prime'' counterparts, all four characters have indeed been seen to die while serving as Wreckers in one continuity or another. Seaspray being a Wrecker, meanwhile, is a new addition.
* Wheeljack namedrops the [[Dromedon System]] and the planets [[Maderan]] and [[Sandokan]].
* Dreadwing is referred to as a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]].
* Dreadwing references [[Pit|The Pit]].
* Bulkhead called [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]] "ol' barnacle butt", which references the deceased Autobot's hovercraft-mode in the Generation 1 continuity.

===Real-world references===
* Fowler compares the activities of the Wreckers to "black ops", a term for covert military operations. In popular culture, black ops are generally seen as being dirty business that regular soldiers aren't able to carry out, and units that carry them out are often independent of the normal chain of command. Describes the Wreckers pretty well.
* Fowler mentions [[Abraham Lincoln]].
* Wheeljack calls Earth a marble. One of Earth's nicknames is the Blue Marble.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Wheeljack faces Dreadwing in the forest, the scar on his left shoulder (that was inflicted by Dreadwing in their first showdown on Earth) seems to have disappeared. Few moments later it's there again.
* When Ratchet finds Bulkhead’s signal, the state of Louisiana is missing on the U.S. map where the signal is located.
* When Wheeljack is chasing Dreadwing through the chasm, his grenade can be seen on his hip, despite it having been used earlier.
* When Ratchet is fixing the scar on Wheeljack's arm, Wheeljack's shoulder clips through his chest.

===Trivia===
* Fowler ''really'' needs to stop flying that jet of his around Decepticons who look like they turn into jets. He seems to be getting tired of it.
* Wheeljack finally takes an Earth-based vehicle mode, which is helpful since he becomes a recurring character after this point.
* Dreadwing's proximity bombs have plates resembling his wings.
* Optimus didn't look very comfortable in Wheeljack's ship.
* Megatron actually sounds irritated when he's warning Dreadwing against going after Optimus. Seems he's getting tired of 'cons getting themselves maimed or killed trying to go after Prime.
* This episode was available as a pack-in with packaging variants of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. The figures themselves were unaltered.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das wandelnde Pulverfass'''" ("The walking Powder-Keg")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 30|30 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kenbaku Henkei! Wheeljack to Dreadwing'''" (剣爆変形!ホイルジャックとドレッドウイング, "Explosive Sword Transformation! Wheeljack and Dreadwing")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 10|10 November]] [[2012]]
:*'''Cut:''' The opening scene of Fowler contacting the Autobots about the fight between Dreadwing and Wheeljack.

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gatilho Solto'''" ("Loose Trigger")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10|10 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cannone sciolto'''" ("Molten cannon"), "'''Mine Vaganti'''" ("Loose Mines", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 15|15 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 16 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 8: Der falsche Prime ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Volume 2: Battle for Supremacy ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Pack-in material]]
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

User:Dcgh96

2017-10-08T18:29:26Z

Dcgh96: Making user page

{{factions|autobot|wreckers}}

Greetings, I am dcgh96, and I have no idea what to do with these types of pages.

User:Dcgh96

2017-10-08T18:28:26Z

Dcgh96: Making user page

Orion Pax, Part 1

2017-10-08T01:04:40Z

Dcgh96: /* Transformers references */ Added a reference I just noticed while watching. ~~~~

{{disambig3|Orion Pax}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 27
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 3
|next=Orion Pax, Part 2
|image=Orion-Pax-Part-1-OP-Megatron.jpg
|caption="Grr." "That's not how you do a proper growl, Pax. Widen your mouth, like so: ''GRRR.''" "...Grrr?" "''GRRR!"
|title="Orion Pax, Part 1"
|airdate=[[February 18]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron manipulates the impaired Optimus into joining the Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
With the [[Autobot]]s back at base after [[Unicron]]'s defeat, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] grimly outlines the situation and speculates that [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] has reverted to Orion Pax, his pre-Prime self.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] makes a ship-wide announcement that Orion Pax is to be treated as a guest. [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] doesn't think it's wise to let an Autobot on board, but Megatron isn't concerned and has his own plans for Orion. Elsewhere on the ship, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] affixes a new [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] to Orion's shoulder.

[[William Fowler|Fowler]] wonders why they can't just track down Optimus's signal, but Ratchet says it hasn't been on their sensors since they left the [[Earth's core]]. They must find some way to track down Optimus regardless, so they can somehow restore his memory. The best bet seems to be to use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], but the problem is, [[Vector Sigma]]'s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

[[File:Orion pax part 1 optimus face.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"You're saying my whole life is a ''television show''!?"]]
Megatron begins to fill Orion Pax in on what's been happening, spinning a yarn about how Orion has been a captive of the Autobots, who are led by the Warlord Ratchet. Orion is shocked at the images Megatron shows him of a war-ravaged Cybertron.

[[June Darby|June]] announces that there's no way [[Jack Darby|Jack]] is going to Cybertron, but Ratchet says only Jack can use the key to access Vector Sigma. The point's moot anyway, as they don't have any way to get to Cybertron. As [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] points out, the [[GroundBridge]] barely made orbit, though [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] wonders why Ratchet can't just "turbo-charge" it.

With Megatron finished "informing" Orion, the latter vows to help the Decepticons overcome Ratchet and the Autobots. Megatron has [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] remove any incriminating evidence from the ship's data core so Orion can be put to work furthering the Decepticon cause without any risk of him finding anything embarrassing.

[[Sierra]] turns up at [[KO Burger]] to visit Jack as he works at the drive through, confused that she never sees him outside school. Their discussion is interrupted by [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] picking him up as his shift ends. Sierra jumps to the obvious conclusion after hearing the female voice, and seems unconvinced by Jack's claim that it's his mother. Arcee reports that they haven't detected Optimus yet.

Megatron discusses their new comrade with Knock Out, specifically his task to decrypt records stolen from the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] archives near the end of the War. Knock Out wonders if they shouldn't beef up the security, but Megatron feels that Orion will work better if he feels he is not under threat. In any case, Orion's workstation has been located close to the [[energon]] storage, which is under heavy guard.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Ratchet is "tinkering" with the GroundBridge.

Orion has managed to decode some of the data from the Iacon archives, giving coordinates on Earth of stashed Cybertronian technology, possibly weapons. He is puzzled by the absence from the ''Nemesis'' of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] who is mentioned in the documents as being Megatron's second-in-command, but Megatron claims Starscream is dead. Megatron returns to the bridge, where he tells Soundwave he's concerned that Orion will soon learn the truth.

Fowler contacts the Autobots to let them know that the Decepticons are attacking one of the military bases they hit two months before. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee respond, finding Knock Out and Breakdown in the process of stealing a power source. As the pair GroundBridge out, Arcee races through after them and begins speeding through the ''Nemesis'', bashing Vehicons and hunting for Optimus. Soundwave soon relays her presence to Megatron, and though Airachnid offers to deal with it, Megatron sends Soundwave to ensure the Autobot is escorted off the ship. Alerted by the fighting, Orion emerges from his quarters, but Soundwave manages to GroundBridge Arcee off the ship just before Orion can see her.

[[File:TFP Orion Pax Part 1-Soundwave and Arcee.jpg|Right|thumb|upright=1.4| Soundwave feels like playing chicken today.]]
Deposited somewhere Arctic, Arcee is soon back at base admitting she didn't succeed in determining the location of the ship or whether Optimus was even aboard. Fowler makes a brief call to yell at them for the human casualties at the base, and tensions among the Autobots soon spill over into arguing. Jack, however, believes they can commandeer the Decepticon [[space bridge]] once it's complete, and use it to reach Cybertron. The Autobots are doubtful, but determined to try and find the space bridge.

Meanwhile, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] sneaks back on board the ''Nemesis'' to steal a stack of [[energon cube]]s. Though he deals with the Vehicons guarding the energon storage, more are on their way, and he's forced to duck into a nearby room. His relief is momentary, as he finds himself face to face with Optimus Prime.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|"Orion Pax"]] (13)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (14)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (15)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (17)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (5)
*[[June Darby]] (6)
*[[Jack Darby]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Sierra]] (16)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (18)

}}

==Quotes==
"Welcome back to the winning team".
:—'''Knock Out''' channels Jack Welch

"—and the first to address him as Optimus Prime will have their voice box torn out."
:—'''Megatron''' makes plain the penalty for failure.

"Your mom looks good in leather, on your bike..."
:—'''Sierra''' is unconvinced that [[Arcee (WFC)|the girl on the motorcycle]] is really Jack's mom.

"One question, Megatron, why are we called 'Decepticons'?" 
"Another craven Autobot scare tactic. The name was meant to demonize us. Instead, we wear it as a badge of honor, for if speaking the truth is deception, then we are gladly guilty."
:—'''"Orion Pax"''' is (ironically) deceived by '''Megatron'''.

"Bulkhead—" 
"What? ''You needed that?!''"
:—'''Ratchet''' is eternally frustrated, and '''Bulkhead''' should invest in a punching bag.

"Who knows?! Maybe they'll ship us all to some [[Griffin Rock|island]]! Or [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|fire us into space]], wouldn't that be a welcome relief..."
:—'''Ratchet''' discussing future travel plans, after Fowler threatens to shut down the Autobot base.

"Whoa, that's a pretty good idea!" 
"Oh, well, if ''Miko'' thinks it's a good idea..."
:—'''Miko''' gets no respect from '''Arcee'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Fowler refers to the "microchip in his butt" that allows the government to track him, which was previously used for that purpose by the Autobots in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
* Starscream's absence is finally acknowledged by Megatron after his supposed capture in "[[Partners]]". He evidently realized that Starscream may have betrayed him again and ordered him to be detained if he returned.
* Megatron refers to Ratchet as the "Doctor of Doom", as the Autobot medic called himself in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
* The Decepticons previously attempted to seize the same power source in "[[One Shall Fall]]", which according to Agent Fowler, was two months before this episode.
* Starscream still has the scar on his right cheek inflicted by Arcee in "[[Partners]]".

===Transformers references===
* In summarizing his version of history for Orion, Megatron uses the rather specific terminology of "exodus" and "war for Cybertron", pretty blatantly alluding to the [[Transformers: Exodus|novel]] and [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|video game]]. In particular, the first name-drop is kinda forced, as the word isn't even used correctly: Megatron says they are "in exodus on another world", but he means [[Transformers: Exiles|"exile"]].
* Fowler calls Orion a "librarian" in disbelief that he has lost his memories: this was Megatron's favored insult for Optimus in ''Exodus''.
* Megatron refers to the storming of the Hall of Records in the final days of the war for Cybertron; ''Exodus'' climaxed with the Decepticons storming Iacon, and, in ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'', the building is occupied.
* Ratchet remarks that if the government shuts down [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], then maybe they'll "fire them into space", a fate that befell the Autobots when they fell out of favour with humanity in both the Generation 1 cartoon episode "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Megatron's Master Plan]]" and the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' film. His other suggestion, that they be shipped off to "some island", feels like a reference to ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'', the cast of which operates on an isolated island (this episode's writer, Nicole Dubuc, is also the head writer for ''Rescue Bots'', strengthening the potential allusion).
* Arcee remarks that perhaps Optimus gave Jack the Key to Vector Sigma because he thought there was "more to Jack than meets the eye".
* One of Bumblebee’s various beeps and tones has a distinct similarity to the Generation 1 [[scene transition]].

===Errors===
* Ratchet says that Optimus' signal never reappeared at the end of "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]". It did, but only for a few seconds between Unicron's death and Optimus leaving through the Decepticon ground bridge.
* Ratchet also says Optimus has lost all memories of being a Prime, which means he should remember up until he received the Matrix of Leadership. By that time, Megatron had already started the war, started the Decepticons, corrupted Cybertron, and proved his true nature to Orion. Yet, Orion displays no knowledge of Megatron's fall to evil, the Decepticons, Cybertron's shutdown, and still regards him as a friend and teacher. Arcee comes close to bringing this up, but ultimately, the issue is glaringly ignored.
* During his first appearance, the scar on Starscream's right cheek is missing. In the next scene however, it's suddenly there. It also disappears when the lights are flickering after he killed two Vehicons.
* The Vehicons fail to notice that Starscream is flying in formation behind them, and don't hear him land with them inside the ship, even though on both occasions Starscream is no more than a dozen or so meters behind them.
* When Starscream encounters Optimus and prepares to attack him, the sound of laser blasters charging up can be heard, even though he doesn't use them. In the next episode, the sound is gone.
* Throughout the episode, multiple characters refer to Orion Pax as an archivist, but each one of them mispronounces the word as "ar-KIVE-ist." The correct pronunciation is [[Wikipedia:Archivist|AR-kiv-ist]], even though the adjective ''archival'', the verb ''archive'', and the noun ''archives'' all use the long ''I'' sound. This is a common mistake among people not in the library/archives field (and a huge pet peeve among those who are). The error will be repeated in [[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1|later]] [[New Recruit|episodes]].

===Trivia===
* A 12-minute sneak preview of this episode was made available On Demand on [[February 10]], 2012.
* Polygon resolved the issue of the seemingly empty [[Jasper]] with roving cars!
* Arcee nearly blew her cover while balancing in the drive-thru without her [[Sadie|holographic driver]] touching the ground. Earth bikes can't do that, Arcee.
* One has to wonder why Megatron would have told Optimus that Starscream was dead, if he was also prepared for Starscream to return alive.
* The Decepticon GroundBridge seems to be able to open anywhere inside the ship, since Arcee enters in the middle of one hallway, only to be sent back out at the end of a completely different one.
* Despite [[Out of His Head|previously]] beating Starscream to a pulp for his attempted betrayal, Megatron still allows Airachnid to serve as his subordinate - though his brief scolding of her implies he's well aware of her treachery. This would indeed [[Crossfire|eventually]] catch up to Airachnid.
* Megatron's explanation for Decepticons' name origin is not as unlikely as it may seem. It was not unheard of soldiers adopting seemingly demonizing names as "a badge of honor", for example "Rats of Tobruk" (Allied soldiers defending Tobruk from Germans), "Night Witches" (Soviet all-female night bombers unit) or "Tunnel Rats" (American soldiers penetrating Vietcong's tunnels during Vietnam War).
* Adaptations of this episode include a screen-capture-style comic version as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: The Orion Pax Saga|The Orion Pax Saga]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Teil 1'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 19|19 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bōkyaku Henkei! Decepticon ni Natta Optimus'''" (忘却変形!ディセプティコンになったオプティマス, "Forgotten Transformation! Optimus Has Become a Decepticon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 6|6 October]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Oraion Paekseu 1(il)'''" (오라이온 팩스 1, "Orion Pax, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 31|31 August]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 1'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 3|3 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 1'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 8|8 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — One Shall Stand ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 14 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Volume 1: Orion Pax ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]