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2023-07-17T02:30:29Z

FanFan123: /* Prime notes */

{{welcome}}

==Prime notes==
Please cool it on the notes you're constantly adding to Prime episode pages. They're being excessively nitpicky and are more your personal commentary than real notes or errors. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:54, 12 July 2023 (EDT)
* Sorry, I'll stop.

User talk:FanFan123

2023-07-17T02:30:19Z

FanFan123: /* Prime notes */

Prey (episode)

2023-07-17T02:21:29Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Prey}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 55
|prev=Scattered
|next=Rebellion (Prime)
|image=Prey-PredakingWheeljack.jpg
|caption=''How to Train Your Predacon''
|title="Prey"
|season=3
|season ep=3
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2013]] (Singapore) [[April 5]], 2013 (USA)
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPJXS-tStxI
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A new Autobot arrives just as the Decepticons unleash the ultimate hunter.'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Prey-MegatronShockwavePredaking.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Such primal magnificence, but Shockwave... is he housebroken?"]]

[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] reveals the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] he's cloned in his laboratory. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is impressed, and as the scientist gives the Predacon a whiff of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s energon, announces that the hunt has begun.

[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], Wheeljack and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] scope out an energon mine, planning to blow it up to hopefully draw the attention of nearby Autobots, while in the ''[[Harbinger]]'', [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] work on getting the ship systems up and running. On a deserted road, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] introduces [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], who has followed the Omega beam to Earth. Jack is discouraged by the fact that Ultra Magnus's sensors have only picked up five out of seven Autobots, but Arcee reminds him that the sensors wouldn't pick up shielded Autobots.

[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] heads into [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] to find the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and figures it may have been stored within the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Using the [[phase shifter]], he moves through the ship and eventually stumbles onto the vault where both [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and the Forge are being stored.

Wheeljack and Bulkhead finish planting explosives in the mine, but as they prepare to detonate, they spot the incoming Predacon. After dodging its initial blast of flame, they try to counterattack, and Wheeljack is knocked flying by the thing's tail. Bulkhead belts the creature shortly before it attacks him with a blast of flame, sending him flying. They quickly realise it's after Wheeljack, who lures it over a grenade. The beast is unscathed by the explosion, so Wheeljack instead leads it into the energon mine before speeding out and setting off the explosions. The dust barely has time to settle before the creature digs its way out. As the Wreckers prepare to fight, the ''[[Iron Will]]'' streaks into view, striking the Predacon with its cannons and picking the trio up. Though a joyous reunion ensues, the ship's still being pursued. The ''Iron Will''{{'}}s engine is damaged in the chase, and the creature manages to catch up and cling to the hull. Bringing the ''Iron Will'' into a narrow canyon, Magnus scrapes the Predacon off using a rocky outcropping.

[[William Fowler|Fowler]] gets another call he thinks is from Megatron, but this time it's Ratchet, who has hacked into the Decepticon frequencies. Ratchet doesn't have any news of Jack for [[June Darby|June]], but before he can tell them much else, Bumblebee interrupts the call. Running outside, they find the ''Iron Will'' landing, and more reunions take place.

[[Image:Prey-Autobots.jpg|right|thumb|300px|... And remember, it's "Ultra Magnus, ''sir''."]]

The Predacon returns empty-handed to Darkmount, and Starscream reflects that it's a pity the creature can't tell them what went wrong. It responds by quietly growling.

Ratchet reports that the ''Harbinger'' [[GroundBridge]] is fully operational. The group of Autobots is soon joined by Fowler and Jack's mom. They wonder where Smokescreen's gotten to, as all the Autobot traces Magnus could detect are now accounted for. Regardless, they prepare to fight back against Megatron without either of the missing Autobots—Ultra Magnus assumes command and takes the other Autobots to equip themselves with weapons.

Smokescreen drags the Forge back to the cavern where Optimus is sheltered, but Optimus insists the Forge's power is limited and must be conserved to repair the Omega Lock. Smokescreen points out that if Optimus dies, there won't be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] to work the Forge, but Optimus says it's time for a new leader, and believes Smokescreen is it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (15)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (16)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (17)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (22)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (2)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (5)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (19)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (11)
*[[Jack Darby]] (14)
*[[William Fowler]] (20)
*[[June Darby]] (21)

|c4=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==

"Yes! Snuff the Tragic Dragon!"
:—'''Miko'''

"You?" 
"Ultra Magnus? It's an honor!" 
"It's an honor, ''sir''."
:—'''Wheeljack''' and '''Bulkhead''' meet '''Ultra Magnus''', who insists even praise follow proper etiquette

"What is it ''now'', "Lord" Megatron?"
:—'''Agent Fowler'''

"Autobots, take your pick." 
"Now, you're speaking my language, '''sir.'''"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' earns '''Wheeljack's''' respect through his trigger finger

"The time for a new leader is upon us. In my spark... I believe... that leader stands before me right now."
:—'''Optimus''' drops a bombshell on Smokescreen

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Both Airachnid and the Forge were found in the remains of the Autobot base back in "[[Darkmount, NV]]".
* The [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] can be briefly seen in a containment field over Smokescreen's shoulder after he gets spooked by Airachnid. Evidently the Decepticons recovered it sometime between "Darkmount, NV" and this episode.
* This episode indirectly confirms that the [[Rescue Force Sigma-17|Rescue Bots]] have had their life signals shielded, as Ultra Magnus would have detected at least nine otherwise.

===Transformers references===
* Taking note of Bumblebee's inverted paint job, Arcee dismissively comments that doing the same in her case would render her mostly pink, the dominant color for virtually every other version of [[Arcee (disambiguation)|Arcee]] (not to mention her own ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'' body design).

===Real-world references===
* Wheeljack's line of "And the walls came tumbling down," is a lyric from the African-American spiritual "{{w|Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho}}".
* When Miko believes the explosion of the energon mine set off by Bulkhead and Wheeljack has successfully destroyed [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], she shouts "Snuff the Tragic Dragon"; a play on the words of the song "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul, and Mary.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Megatron's forearm seems to go through his shoulder armor during the scene where the Decepticons discuss Predaking's failure.
* Right before the Predacon roars for the first time, the GroundBridge he came through does not make any noise as it closes.
* Ratchet claims that Smokescreen departed the base in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]" to coordinates that only Optimus knows of. Yet, it was Ratchet who set the coordinates each time someone went through the GroundBridge, so he should know where each team member was sent.
* In "[[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]]", Optimus claimed that recreating the Omega Keys was beyond his skill. Unless repairing an existing object doesn't require such skill, it seems even less likely that he or any Autobot given Prime status would be capable of repairing the far more complex device they were intended to operate. For that matter, it seems likely the keys themselves were destroyed in the blast.

===Trivia===
* The worldwide premiere screening of the first three episodes was held at the Globe Theater in Universal Studios Hollywood on [[March 14]].
* The worldwide television premiere of "Prey" was a day later on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "[[Darkmount, NV]]" and "[[Scattered]]".
* Wheeljack does not appear to be very happy about reuniting with his unit commander from the war, given that Ultra Magnus led the Wreckers on all of their excursions. This could be attributed to Wheeljack's insubordination and Magnus's exaggerated regard for military protocol. "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]" would later clarify that Magnus took over the Wreckers at a later time in order to fold them back under proper military command, a situation which drove Wheeljack to desert due to their conflicting attitudes.
* Smokescreen manages to sneak onto the Nemesis, steal the Forge of Solus Prime and leave without being detected. Guess Soundwave took the day off because according to Megatron [[Crossfire|"nothing aboard this ship happens without my knowledge."]] Ironically this also not the first time [[Dreadwing (Prime)|someone]] stole the Forge from the Nemesis [[Regeneration|without anyone's knowledge.]]

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ultra Magnus'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Beute'''" ("Prey")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prédák'''" ("Preys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 4|4 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Caçados'''" ("Hunted")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 18|18 October]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Preda'''" ("Prey")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Presas'''" ("Preys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 9|9 October]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Dawn of the Beast ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Prey (episode)

2023-07-17T02:20:55Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Prey}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 55
|prev=Scattered
|next=Rebellion (Prime)
|image=Prey-PredakingWheeljack.jpg
|caption=''How to Train Your Predacon''
|title="Prey"
|season=3
|season ep=3
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2013]] (Singapore) [[April 5]], 2013 (USA)
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPJXS-tStxI
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A new Autobot arrives just as the Decepticons unleash the ultimate hunter.'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Prey-MegatronShockwavePredaking.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Such primal magnificence, but Shockwave... is he housebroken?"]]

[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] reveals the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] he's cloned in his laboratory. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is impressed, and as the scientist gives the Predacon a whiff of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s energon, announces that the hunt has begun.

[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], Wheeljack and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] scope out an energon mine, planning to blow it up to hopefully draw the attention of nearby Autobots, while in the ''[[Harbinger]]'', [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] work on getting the ship systems up and running. On a deserted road, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] introduces [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], who has followed the Omega beam to Earth. Jack is discouraged by the fact that Ultra Magnus's sensors have only picked up five out of seven Autobots, but Arcee reminds him that the sensors wouldn't pick up shielded Autobots.

[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] heads into [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] to find the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and figures it may have been stored within the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Using the [[phase shifter]], he moves through the ship and eventually stumbles onto the vault where both [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and the Forge are being stored.

Wheeljack and Bulkhead finish planting explosives in the mine, but as they prepare to detonate, they spot the incoming Predacon. After dodging its initial blast of flame, they try to counterattack, and Wheeljack is knocked flying by the thing's tail. Bulkhead belts the creature shortly before it attacks him with a blast of flame, sending him flying. They quickly realise it's after Wheeljack, who lures it over a grenade. The beast is unscathed by the explosion, so Wheeljack instead leads it into the energon mine before speeding out and setting off the explosions. The dust barely has time to settle before the creature digs its way out. As the Wreckers prepare to fight, the ''[[Iron Will]]'' streaks into view, striking the Predacon with its cannons and picking the trio up. Though a joyous reunion ensues, the ship's still being pursued. The ''Iron Will''{{'}}s engine is damaged in the chase, and the creature manages to catch up and cling to the hull. Bringing the ''Iron Will'' into a narrow canyon, Magnus scrapes the Predacon off using a rocky outcropping.

[[William Fowler|Fowler]] gets another call he thinks is from Megatron, but this time it's Ratchet, who has hacked into the Decepticon frequencies. Ratchet doesn't have any news of Jack for [[June Darby|June]], but before he can tell them much else, Bumblebee interrupts the call. Running outside, they find the ''Iron Will'' landing, and more reunions take place.

[[Image:Prey-Autobots.jpg|right|thumb|300px|... And remember, it's "Ultra Magnus, ''sir''."]]

The Predacon returns empty-handed to Darkmount, and Starscream reflects that it's a pity the creature can't tell them what went wrong. It responds by quietly growling.

Ratchet reports that the ''Harbinger'' [[GroundBridge]] is fully operational. The group of Autobots is soon joined by Fowler and Jack's mom. They wonder where Smokescreen's gotten to, as all the Autobot traces Magnus could detect are now accounted for. Regardless, they prepare to fight back against Megatron without either of the missing Autobots—Ultra Magnus assumes command and takes the other Autobots to equip themselves with weapons.

Smokescreen drags the Forge back to the cavern where Optimus is sheltered, but Optimus insists the Forge's power is limited and must be conserved to repair the Omega Lock. Smokescreen points out that if Optimus dies, there won't be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] to work the Forge, but Optimus says it's time for a new leader, and believes Smokescreen is it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (15)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (16)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (17)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (22)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (2)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (5)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (19)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (11)
*[[Jack Darby]] (14)
*[[William Fowler]] (20)
*[[June Darby]] (21)

|c4=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==

"Yes! Snuff the Tragic Dragon!"
:—'''Miko'''

"You?" 
"Ultra Magnus? It's an honor!" 
"It's an honor, ''sir''."
:—'''Wheeljack''' and '''Bulkhead''' meet '''Ultra Magnus''', who insists even praise follow proper etiquette

"What is it ''now'', "Lord" Megatron?"
:—'''Agent Fowler'''

"Autobots, take your pick." 
"Now, you're speaking my language, '''sir.'''"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' earns '''Wheeljack's''' respect through his trigger finger

"The time for a new leader is upon us. In my spark... I believe... that leader stands before me right now."
:—'''Optimus''' drops a bombshell on Smokescreen

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Both Airachnid and the Forge were found in the remains of the Autobot base back in "[[Darkmount, NV]]".
* The [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] can be briefly seen in a containment field over Smokescreen's shoulder after he gets spooked by Airachnid. Evidently the Decepticons recovered it sometime between "Darkmount, NV" and this episode.
* This episode indirectly confirms that the [[Rescue Force Sigma-17|Rescue Bots]] have had their life signals shielded, as Ultra Magnus would have detected at least nine otherwise.

===Transformers references===
* Taking note of Bumblebee's inverted paint job, Arcee dismissively comments that doing the same in her case would render her mostly pink, the dominant color for virtually every other version of [[Arcee (disambiguation)|Arcee]] (not to mention her own ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'' body design).

===Real-world references===
* Wheeljack's line of "And the walls came tumbling down," is a lyric from the African-American spiritual "{{w|Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho}}".
* When Miko believes the explosion of the energon mine set off by Bulkhead and Wheeljack has successfully destroyed [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], she shouts "Snuff the Tragic Dragon"; a play on the words of the song "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul, and Mary.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Megatron's forearm seems to go through his shoulder armor during the scene where the Decepticons discuss Predaking's failure.
* Right before the Predacon roars for the first time, the GroundBridge he came through does not make any noise as it closes.
* Ratchet claims that Smokescreen departed the base in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]" to coordinates that only Optimus knows of. Yet, it was Ratchet who set the coordinates each time someone went through the GroundBridge, so he should know where each team member was sent.
* In "[[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]]", Optimus claimed that recreating the Omega Keys was beyond his skill. Unless repairing an existing object doesn't require such skill, it seems even less likely that he or any Autobot given Prime status would be capable of repairing the far more complex device they were intended to operate. For that matter, it seems likely the keys themselves were destroyed in the blast.

===Trivia===
* The worldwide premiere screening of the first three episodes was held at the Globe Theater in Universal Studios Hollywood on [[March 14]].
* The worldwide television premiere of "Prey" was a day later on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "[[Darkmount, NV]]" and "[[Scattered]]".
* Wheeljack does not appear to be very happy about reuniting with his unit commander from the war, given that Ultra Magnus led the Wreckers on all of their excursions. This could be attributed to Wheeljack's insubordination and Magnus's exaggerated regard for military protocol. "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]" would later clarify that Magnus took over the Wreckers at a later time in order to fold them back under proper military command, a situation which drove Wheeljack to desert due to their conflicting attitudes.
* Smokescreen manages to sneak onto the Nemesis, steal the Forge of Solus Prime and leave without being detected. Guess Soundwave took the day off because according to Megatron [[Crossfire|"nothing aboard this ship happens without my knowledge."]] Ironically this also not the first time [[Dreadwing|someone]] stole the Forge from the Nemesis [[Regeneration|without anyone's knowledge.]]

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ultra Magnus'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Beute'''" ("Prey")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prédák'''" ("Preys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 4|4 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Caçados'''" ("Hunted")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 18|18 October]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Preda'''" ("Prey")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Presas'''" ("Preys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 9|9 October]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Dawn of the Beast ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

2023-07-12T17:46:10Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 31
|prev=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|next=Loose Cannons
|image=OperationBumblebee2-Forge.jpg
|caption=[[Thor|Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Bulkhead.]]
|title="Operation Bumblebee, Part 2"
|season=2
|season ep=5
|airdate=[[March 17]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR_DwyQRIkc
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Bumblebee discovers that MECH and Starscream are responsible for his troubles while Ratchet confronts demons from his Cybertronian past.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream MECH find Energon.jpg|thumb|left|250px|How much of this does Starscream get?]]
With [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] on a medical bed, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tells [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] off for taking the scout into battle. When Bumblebee comes around, he faces Ratchet's ire as well, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] grounds Bumblebee until his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] can be recovered. Ratchet has another idea though—he offers to donate his own T-cog in a transplant. Though Optimus is uncertain, Ratchet convinces him.

[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is pleased with the new device [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] has secured—a [[force field]] generator—although Megatron's demonstration leaves him startled.

Elsewhere, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Silas]] find an [[energon]] deposit, though Silas would appreciate it if Starscream didn't talk so much.

Ratchet selects [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to do the operation, though she's less than enthusiastic. She starts by putting Ratchet in induced [[stasis lock|stasis]], but before she can do the same for Bumblebee, an alarm signals the appearance of another relic from the [[Vaults]] of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Optimus calls a halt to the operation so he, Arcee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] can investigate. No sooner have they left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the base. He's disappointed only Bumblebee's there to take his call, but passes on the news that he's got the possible coordinates of a [[MECH]] base. Unable to understand Bumblebee, he searches for someone who speaks English, but Ratchet is barely coherent, still recovering from stasis. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] volunteers to pass the message on.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Breakdown Knockout find Forge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At this point, a "Hammertime" joke is too easy, so we won't make one.]]
Optimus and his team reach the top of a mountain to find Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] uncovering the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. With it, the Autobots could conceivably create a new T-cog for Bumblebee.

MECH infuses the newly-found energon into their creation, but as it begins to stir, Bumblebee bursts through the door. Though unarmed, Bumblebee throws an industrial-sized barrel at Starscream, knocking him flat, and proceeds to shrug off the weapons fire from the MECH goons.

As Knock Out and Breakdown free the forge, the Autobots charge them. While Bulkhead tackles Breakdown, Optimus and Arcee find they have a bit of a problem getting past Knock Out's shield generator, and he pushes them back towards the edge of the cliff.

Bumblebee knocks a bunch of MECH troopers flat, jumps on their robot and tears his T-cog from its innards. No sooner is this done than he's hit by a blast from Starscream. As MECH withdraw, Starscream grabs the T-cog and threatens to destroy it.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream threatens T-cog.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look at your T-cog, now back to me...]]
Ratchet recovers, only to find Fowler shouting at him about MECH coordinates, and the kids reveal Bumblebee has gone to deal with it.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee has had enough of Starscream's gloating and belts the ex-Decepticon, knocking him flat. As the T-cog flies up into the air, Bumblebee jumps for it, but a quick blast by Starscream spells the end of that attempt. While Starscream leaves, Bumblebee is left with his shattered T-cog. Starscream meets up with MECH outside the compound, but Silas is less than impressed with him for losing the T-cog, and Starscream is soon surrounded by MECH troops.

Optimus and Arcee are forced back to the cliff edge. While Breakdown is distracted by their predicament, Bulkhead takes the opportunity to grab the Forge of Solus Prime and smack the Decepticon with it. Breakdown lands on Knock Out and for a few moments Bulkhead stands triumphant, at least until Megatron steps out of the [[GroundBridge]] and blasts him. Collecting the Forge, the Decepticons leave. Ratchet reports the situation with MECH to Optimus.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Bumblebee damaged T-cog.jpg|thumb|right|250px|My Precious...]]
Starscream comes around to find MECH gone. When he sees Optimus's team arrive at the MECH base, he tries to transform, only to find his T-cog had been taken, and runs off panicking into the woods. Meanwhile, Bumblebee walks out to join his comrades, sadly holding his own damaged T-cog. Optimus radios Ratchet to prepare for surgery.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron attempts to use the Forge, only to discover that it requires the power of a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] to work. Despite this hitch, the warlord takes comfort in the knowledge that the Forge is safely away from the hands of the Autobots–and more specifically, Optimus Prime.

Ratchet finishes operating, restoring Bumblebee's old cog. Though Bumblebee's first few attempts to transform fail, he eventually manages it, and takes Raf for a drive. Ratchet, for his part, seems happy that it worked.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (8)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (9)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (16)
|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (3)
*[[Silas]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (12)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (13)
*[[William Fowler]] (14)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (17)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==

"You and I both know there exists a way to make him whole again." 
"A transplant, but that would require a donor." 
"You need look no further than the Autobot standing before you."
:—'''Ratchet''' tells '''Optimus Prime''' that he is willing to make a sacrifice

"I... think I just leaked a little transmission fluid."
:—'''Knock Out''' sums up how intimidating his master truly is

"Do you ever ''not'' speak?"
:—'''Silas''' says what we're all thinking to Starscream

"What! Do I hear a Fuzor in need of voice-box repair?" 
"What's a Fuzor!? What's going on over there!?" 
"I am able! Just ask Bantor! He was all mandrill before I...put a tiger in his tank..." *''crashes back against the berth''*
:—'''Ratchet''' manages to confuse Fowler while in half-stasis

"Oh! Get me someone who speaks anything ''other'' than BLEEP!"
:—'''Fowler''' at his limit

"I am not one of your foot-soldiers! I am a ''consultant!"''
:—'''Starscream''' doesn't like taking orders from humans

"Mine's bigger!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' compares hammers with Breakdown

"Time to jet—because I ''can''!"
:—'''Starscream''', who really should learn to keep his mouth shut

{{-}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Once more'', Starscream mentions being the one to "offline" [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]].

===Transformers references===
* While delirious, Ratchet refers to [[Fuzor]]s, and even names [[Bantor (Prime)|Bantor]], a reference to [[Bantor (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Bantor]]. That said, [[Jeffrey Combs]] mispronounces the word as "Foo-zor"; [[Ernie Hudson]] delivers the correct "Fuse-or."
* Optimus mentions [[Solus Prime]], one of the [[Thirteen]].
* Knock Out unfavorably compares the results of Megatron's failed forging experiment to a "[[Fortress Maximus (disambiguation)|Fortress-Maximus]] Grade [[Nucleon Shock Cannon]]".
* Megatron once again calls Optimus by his pre-Prime name "Orion Pax" from the previous episodes during his gloating.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out broadly references award shows such as the {{w|Academy Awards}}.
* "Put a tiger in your tank" was a slogan of {{w|Exxon}}.

===Errors===
* Once again, Starscream's eyes are completely red for the first half of the episode. It's only after Bumblebee hits him with a barrel that they are only red circles. Maybe hitting him with a heavy object is the key to making them normal.
* As the Autobots spy on Knockout and Breakdown unearthing the Forge, Optimus's left hand can clearly be seen disloged from his wrist.
* After the Autobots pass through the GroundBridge to MECH's headquarters in search of Bumblebee, Optimus had his battle mask drawn. When the camera pans to show Starscream behind them, his mask retracts silently, and almost invisibly.

===Trivia===
* When Agent Fowler relays the information on MECH's whereabouts to Bumblebee, he says it really slowly and condescendingly, as if he believes Bumblebee has trouble understanding English, rather than just being mute. Gee, nice.
* This is the last episode in which Bulkhead and Breakdown fight, as Bulkhead will be surprised to find his body hijacked by a [[Silas|human]] much [[The Human Factor|later]].
* During the fight in the hangar, Bumblebee punches several MECH soldiers, sending them flying through the air. Silas survived this, so it stands to reason everyone else did, too. Cartoons, everybody! (A soldier didn't crack the prototype's lens; that was his rifle.)
* It seems that the Cybertronians of this continuity are incapable of self-propelled flight outside a flight-capable alternate mode. This is in stark contrast to previous continuities. Especially ones in which even Cybertronians who ''didn't'' have flight-capable vehicle modes were regularly capable of self-propelled flight through air and the vacuum of space.
* This is only the [[One Shall Fall|second episode]] that Ratchet laughs in.
* When Bumblebee and Starscream attempt to transform without their T-cogs, the classic transformation sound can be heard.
* While it could be considered mortally wrong, none of the Autobots consider salvaging a T-Cog from one of the many defeated Vehicons they've killed overtime. Since the Vehicons are already dead, it's not like they'll need their T-Cogs, right?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Opération Bumblebee, Partie 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operation Bumblebee, Teil 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 29|29 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yūkan Henkei! Gun'i no Ketsudan'''" (勇敢変形!軍医の決断, "Brave Transformation! The Surgeon's Decision")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3|3 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operação Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 7|7 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operazione Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 12|12 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 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Ultimate Bumblebee (Shout! Factory) 
[[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 Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Operation Bumblebee (Madman Entertainment) 
[[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]]

Crossfire (Prime)

2023-07-12T17:38:51Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Crossfire (Forged to Fight)}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 33
|prev=Loose Cannons
|next=Nemesis Prime (episode)
|image=Crossfire Megatron and Insecticon close together.jpg
|caption=You'll get caught up in the...
|title="Crossfire"
|season=2
|season ep=7
|airdate=[[March 31]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECmgR8eEB7s
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Airachnid and Starscream struggle to control an Insecticon warrior.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Crossfire MECH finds Breakdown.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Finally I can get ahead in this organization."]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] muses to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] about [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s inevitable decryption of the [[Project Iacon|Iacon files,]] and requests for her tracking abilities to be enlisted in the search for the resulting coordinates. Megatron dismisses her, and Soundwave replays the audio of her suggestion to leave Megatron [[One Shall Rise, Part 2|earlier]]. He contacts [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], who replies with an oath of loyalty. The leader orders him to perform a task he normally performs [[Rock Bottom|himself]], but now leaves to his first officer. The Seeker is confused, as Airachnid holds that position, but his mission becomes clear—he is to dispose of the treacherous spider.

[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], Dreadwing, and Airachnid follow the trail of an unconfirmed [[energon]] deposit. Airachnid is amused at the heavy backup, and takes the opportunity to grill Breakdown on his lack of skill, and lack of eye. Dreadwing attempts to calm him, but another insult puts him into a frenzy. He jumps at the spider, but is webbed in the face. Dreadwing joins the fray, but is pinned to a tree by Airachnid's webbing, but not before he lets off a blast which collapses a tree on Airachnid, damaging one of her legs and forcing her to retreat. Breakdown gives chase, and finds her collapsed in a ravine, but as he raises his hammer to finish her, he is snagged by a webbing booby trap the renegade fembot has laid for him. Immobilized, Breakdown can do nothing to stop Airachnid from slicing him to pieces. She leaves his remains behind, which are presently discovered by a contingent of [[MECH]] soldiers.

[[Image:Crossfire Starscream and Airachnid plot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"This is going to be awesome! With this Insecticon we can off Megatron and take over the whole thing!" "Insecticon, eat him."]]
In a cave, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] pities his lot in life as he jumps for a meager scrap of energon. He is interrupted by a nearby rumbling that surprises him—it is an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], unearthing a large chunk of energon. He orders the brute to hand it over, but it attacks him, forcing him to hide. He witnesses the Insecticon bowing to another surprise—Airachnid. He makes himself known, and she makes her rogue status known, giving Starscream the idea to propose an alliance to overthrow Megatron with the help of her oversized herald. She proposes an alternative—she overthrows Megatron, and Starscream dies. She orders the Insecticon to kill him.

At the base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] receives another [[Orion Pax, Part 2|high frequency signal with an embedded message,]] again from Starscream, who promises valuable intel in exchange for medical aid. His intel proves none-too-relevant until he mentions the Insecticon, and provides Airachnid's location. Back at base, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] berates Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] for letting him go again, but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] is confident in sparing helpless lifeforms, regardless of personal vendettas.

[[Image:Crossfire Optimus aims at Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"One shall stand, one sha-oh, wait, too late."]]
Airachnid contacts Megatron and proposes a challenge, which he accepts, forbidding Dreadwing to follow him. Making his way to the mine, the Decepticon leader is immediately assaulted by the Insecticon, who ignores Megatron's orders to stand down and begins to beat him down. Though he does not initially fare well, it does not take long for the former gladiator to put himself on equal footing with the beast. The Autobots bridge in, and Arcee goes for Airachnid, chasing her off into the adjoining tunnels while the other Autobots watch as Megatron triumphs over the Insecticon, tearing off its limbs and head. The Autobots surround Megatron as he falls, exhausted. Prime mulls over the idea of ending his life when suddenly, Dreadwing and a large detachment of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] descend into the cavern. Prime agrees to trade the Autobots' lives for Megatron's, but once the trade is made, Megatron orders the Vehicons to attack, and departs with Dreadwing, noting his appreciation for Dreadwing's disregard of orders.

[[Image:Crossfire Airachnid strings up Arcee.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I saw you hanging around and thought I'd wrap things up."]]
Arcee, meanwhile, follows Airachnid, but finds herself suddenly stuck in a trap. As her nemesis prepares to finish her, a missile streaks through the air and pushes Airachnid off Arcee. She escapes as Starscream—intent on payback—continues to fire. Now alone with Arcee, the Seeker recalls her decision to spare him earlier, and in returning the favor, he cuts her free from Airachnid's trap and leaves her be rescued by the Autobots, declaring themselves even.

Underground, even as she swears her vengeance, Airachnid comes upon the source of her warrior—an entire nest of Insecticons.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (10)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (11)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (12)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (4)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (5)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (9)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (15)
|c3=
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (6)
*[[MECH 1]] (7)
|c4=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (1)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"I know we've never seen ''eyes-to-eye'', but that doesn't mean we can't ''patch'' things up."
:—'''Airachnid''' baits Breakdown with extra-strength puns.

"Easy prey."
:—'''Breakdown's''' last words.

"You dare turn your back on a superior life-form? I am Commander Starscream!"
:—'''Starscream''' using his former position to get others to do what he wants...[[Orion Pax, Part 1|''again.'']]

"Nonetheless, I do not condone the termination of any defenseless life form."
:—'''Optimus Prime''', who ironically will almost terminate a defenseless and injured Megatron.

"You and your beast would do well to remember—''I honed my skills in the pits of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]!''"
:—'''Megatron''' reminds all that he is not so easily beaten.

"How right you were, Airachnid. Payback. Is. ''Sweet!''"
:—'''Starscream''' making Airachnid eat her own words.

"Never trust a 'Con. Kick Buckethead's bucket!"
:—'''Bulkhead''''s opinion on Dreadwing's offer to trade Megatron's life for the Autobots'.

"You disobeyed my orders in following me here. You will make a fine first lieutenant."
:—'''Megatron''' might have finally made a good choice for second-in-command.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Arcee reminds the team yet again of how Airachnid took [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]] away from her, as well as how Starscream was responsible for [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper's]] demise.
* Starscream hasn't forgotten how Arcee let him live after their last encounter from "[[Partners (Prime)|Partners]]".
* Soundwave plays dialogue from "[[One Shall Rise, Part 2]]" to remind Megatron what Airachnid thinks of him.
* MECH comes across the dismembered remains of Breakdown, and cites it as a "[[Operation: Breakdown|familiar face]]".
* Starscream contacts Ratchet the same way he did back in "[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]", and meets him and Bulkhead in what appears to be the same place. Both he and Bulkhead even reference the events of that episode. Arcee seems to have learned about it as well.
* The events of the two-part episode "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1|Operation Bumblebee]]" are brought up while Starscream begs for treatment.
* The "task" Megatron normally performs himself —the disposal of treacherous soldiers— previously occurred in "[[Rock Bottom]]", where Starscream was the recipient.
* Megatron refers to his skills and training as a Kaon gladiator.
* Despite Optimus's speech about it being wrong to terminate a defenseless lifeform like Starscream, he was more than willing to eliminate Megatron when he was in a similar position. Clearly, he still stands by his comment of [[One Shall Rise, Part 2|the option of extinguishing Megatron's spark still being in play]].

===Real-world references===
* When Megatron contacts Dreadwing about him killing Airachnid and taking her place as Megatron's first lieutenant, Dreadwing picks up and cocks what appears to be an E-11 blaster rifle from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies.

===Errors===
* Soundwave's trace of Airachnid's signal appears to locate her around about Bolivia, while the Autobot trace of the same signal places it on the north coast of [[South America]], in Guyana or Suriname.
*Despite having been shown previously to be able to turn both hands into hammers AND having a roof-mounted blaster, Breakdown does not make use of either ability when he is caught by Airachnid's web.
* When Bulkhead jumps out of the GroundBridge with Ratchet following behind, the wrecking ball on his left arm somehow transforms silently back to his hand.
* When the Insecticon throws Megatron into the air and slashes at him with its horn, it injures his shoulder and energon is splattered from the wound. When Megatron recovers, the injury appears on his neck instead.
* When Megatron switches to his vehicle mode, the webbing on his cannon disappears.
* Megatron's energon is colored blue when [[Stronger, Faster|it's been]] [[One Shall Fall|shown previously]] [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|to be purple]]. [[Darkness Rising, Part 4|He said so himself!]]
* Starscream's missiles pop back into existence on his arms after he fires them.

===Trivia===
* Starscream's arm-mounted missiles still work even with his T-cog missing, since there's no transformation involved in firing them.
* The Decepticons really didn't do a good job in stripping that mine, considering all the Insecticon had to do was push away a couple of rocks to find a huge clump of energon in the wall.
* Bulkhead's remark that Starscream helped MECH steal Bumblebee's T-cog isn't accurate, as Starscream only approached them with an alliance after witnessing them take it. Bulkhead isn't in any position to know better, however.
* Given their history with Vehicons, the Autobots really shouldn't be afraid of being surrounded by them. Dreadwing in particular was being held at blaster point by Bulkhead and Megatron by Optimus, so the Autobots had a more advantageous position than shown. To further prove this, the Autobots defeat the entire horde of Vehicons less than a minute later.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trahisons'''" ("Treasons")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das Insecticon'''" ("The Insecticon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 1|1 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Haran Henkei! Konchū Gekisen'''" (波乱変形!昆虫激戦, "Turbulent Transformation! Insect Battle")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 17|17 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fogo Cruzado'''" ("Crossfire")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11|11 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuoco Incrociato'''" ("Crossfire")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 16|16 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. 17 ([[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:Prime episodes]]

Crossfire (Prime)

2023-07-12T17:35:04Z

FanFan123: /* Errors */

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Crossfire (Forged to Fight)}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 33
|prev=Loose Cannons
|next=Nemesis Prime (episode)
|image=Crossfire Megatron and Insecticon close together.jpg
|caption=You'll get caught up in the...
|title="Crossfire"
|season=2
|season ep=7
|airdate=[[March 31]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECmgR8eEB7s
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Airachnid and Starscream struggle to control an Insecticon warrior.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Crossfire MECH finds Breakdown.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Finally I can get ahead in this organization."]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] muses to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] about [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s inevitable decryption of the [[Project Iacon|Iacon files,]] and requests for her tracking abilities to be enlisted in the search for the resulting coordinates. Megatron dismisses her, and Soundwave replays the audio of her suggestion to leave Megatron [[One Shall Rise, Part 2|earlier]]. He contacts [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], who replies with an oath of loyalty. The leader orders him to perform a task he normally performs [[Rock Bottom|himself]], but now leaves to his first officer. The Seeker is confused, as Airachnid holds that position, but his mission becomes clear—he is to dispose of the treacherous spider.

[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], Dreadwing, and Airachnid follow the trail of an unconfirmed [[energon]] deposit. Airachnid is amused at the heavy backup, and takes the opportunity to grill Breakdown on his lack of skill, and lack of eye. Dreadwing attempts to calm him, but another insult puts him into a frenzy. He jumps at the spider, but is webbed in the face. Dreadwing joins the fray, but is pinned to a tree by Airachnid's webbing, but not before he lets off a blast which collapses a tree on Airachnid, damaging one of her legs and forcing her to retreat. Breakdown gives chase, and finds her collapsed in a ravine, but as he raises his hammer to finish her, he is snagged by a webbing booby trap the renegade fembot has laid for him. Immobilized, Breakdown can do nothing to stop Airachnid from slicing him to pieces. She leaves his remains behind, which are presently discovered by a contingent of [[MECH]] soldiers.

[[Image:Crossfire Starscream and Airachnid plot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"This is going to be awesome! With this Insecticon we can off Megatron and take over the whole thing!" "Insecticon, eat him."]]
In a cave, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] pities his lot in life as he jumps for a meager scrap of energon. He is interrupted by a nearby rumbling that surprises him—it is an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], unearthing a large chunk of energon. He orders the brute to hand it over, but it attacks him, forcing him to hide. He witnesses the Insecticon bowing to another surprise—Airachnid. He makes himself known, and she makes her rogue status known, giving Starscream the idea to propose an alliance to overthrow Megatron with the help of her oversized herald. She proposes an alternative—she overthrows Megatron, and Starscream dies. She orders the Insecticon to kill him.

At the base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] receives another [[Orion Pax, Part 2|high frequency signal with an embedded message,]] again from Starscream, who promises valuable intel in exchange for medical aid. His intel proves none-too-relevant until he mentions the Insecticon, and provides Airachnid's location. Back at base, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] berates Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] for letting him go again, but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] is confident in sparing helpless lifeforms, regardless of personal vendettas.

[[Image:Crossfire Optimus aims at Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"One shall stand, one sha-oh, wait, too late."]]
Airachnid contacts Megatron and proposes a challenge, which he accepts, forbidding Dreadwing to follow him. Making his way to the mine, the Decepticon leader is immediately assaulted by the Insecticon, who ignores Megatron's orders to stand down and begins to beat him down. Though he does not initially fare well, it does not take long for the former gladiator to put himself on equal footing with the beast. The Autobots bridge in, and Arcee goes for Airachnid, chasing her off into the adjoining tunnels while the other Autobots watch as Megatron triumphs over the Insecticon, tearing off its limbs and head. The Autobots surround Megatron as he falls, exhausted. Prime mulls over the idea of ending his life when suddenly, Dreadwing and a large detachment of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] descend into the cavern. Prime agrees to trade the Autobots' lives for Megatron's, but once the trade is made, Megatron orders the Vehicons to attack, and departs with Dreadwing, noting his appreciation for Dreadwing's disregard of orders.

[[Image:Crossfire Airachnid strings up Arcee.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I saw you hanging around and thought I'd wrap things up."]]
Arcee, meanwhile, follows Airachnid, but finds herself suddenly stuck in a trap. As her nemesis prepares to finish her, a missile streaks through the air and pushes Airachnid off Arcee. She escapes as Starscream—intent on payback—continues to fire. Now alone with Arcee, the Seeker recalls her decision to spare him earlier, and in returning the favor, he cuts her free from Airachnid's trap and leaves her be rescued by the Autobots, declaring themselves even.

Underground, even as she swears her vengeance, Airachnid comes upon the source of her warrior—an entire nest of Insecticons.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (10)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (11)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (12)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (4)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (5)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (9)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (15)
|c3=
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (6)
*[[MECH 1]] (7)
|c4=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (1)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"I know we've never seen ''eyes-to-eye'', but that doesn't mean we can't ''patch'' things up."
:—'''Airachnid''' baits Breakdown with extra-strength puns.

"Easy prey."
:—'''Breakdown's''' last words.

"You dare turn your back on a superior life-form? I am Commander Starscream!"
:—'''Starscream''' using his former position to get others to do what he wants...[[Orion Pax, Part 1|''again.'']]

"Nonetheless, I do not condone the termination of any defenseless life form."
:—'''Optimus Prime''', who ironically will almost terminate a defenseless and injured Megatron.

"You and your beast would do well to remember—''I honed my skills in the pits of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]!''"
:—'''Megatron''' reminds all that he is not so easily beaten.

"How right you were, Airachnid. Payback. Is. ''Sweet!''"
:—'''Starscream''' making Airachnid eat her own words.

"Never trust a 'Con. Kick Buckethead's bucket!"
:—'''Bulkhead''''s opinion on Dreadwing's offer to trade Megatron's life for the Autobots'.

"You disobeyed my orders in following me here. You will make a fine first lieutenant."
:—'''Megatron''' might have finally made a good choice for second-in-command.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Arcee reminds the team yet again of how Airachnid took [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]] away from her, as well as how Starscream was responsible for [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper's]] demise.
* Starscream hasn't forgotten how Arcee let him live after their last encounter from "[[Partners (Prime)|Partners]]".
* Soundwave plays dialogue from "[[One Shall Rise, Part 2]]" to remind Megatron what Airachnid thinks of him.
* MECH comes across the dismembered remains of Breakdown, and cites it as a "[[Operation: Breakdown|familiar face]]".
* Starscream contacts Ratchet the same way he did back in "[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]", and meets him and Bulkhead in what appears to be the same place. Both he and Bulkhead even reference the events of that episode. Arcee seems to have learned about it as well.
* The events of the two-part episode "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1|Operation Bumblebee]]" are brought up while Starscream begs for treatment.
* The "task" Megatron normally performs himself —the disposal of treacherous soldiers— previously occurred in "[[Rock Bottom]]", where Starscream was the recipient.
* Megatron refers to his skills and training as a Kaon gladiator.
* Despite Optimus's speech about it being wrong to terminate a defenseless lifeform like Starscream, he was more than willing to eliminate Megatron when he was in a similar position. Clearly, he still stands by his comment of [[One Shall Rise, Part 2|the option of extinguishing Megatron's spark still being in play]].

===Real-world references===
* When Megatron contacts Dreadwing about him killing Airachnid and taking her place as Megatron's first lieutenant, Dreadwing picks up and cocks what appears to be an E-11 blaster rifle from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies.

===Errors===
* Soundwave's trace of Airachnid's signal appears to locate her around about Bolivia, while the Autobot trace of the same signal places it on the north coast of [[South America]], in Guyana or Suriname.
*Despite having been shown previously to be able to turn both hands into hammers AND having a roof-mounted blaster, Breakdown does not make use of either ability when he is caught by Airachnid's web.
* When Bulkhead jumps out of the GroundBridge with Ratchet following behind, the wrecking ball on his left arm somehow transforms silently back to his hand.
* When the Insecticon throws Megatron into the air and slashes at him with its horn, it injures his shoulder and energon is splattered from the wound. When Megatron recovers, the injury appears on his neck instead.
* When Megatron switches to his vehicle mode, the webbing on his cannon disappears.
* Megatron's energon is colored blue when [[Stronger, Faster|it's been]] [[One Shall Fall|shown previously]] [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|to be purple]]. [[Darkness Rising, Part 4|He said so himself!]]
* Starscream's missiles pop back into existence on his arms after he fires them.

===Trivia===
* Starscream's arm-mounted missiles still work even with his T-cog missing, since there's no transformation involved in firing them.
* The Decepticons really didn't do a good job in stripping that mine, considering all the Insecticon had to do was push away a couple of rocks to find a huge clump of energon in the wall.
* Bulkhead's remark that Starscream helped MECH steal Bumblebee's T-cog isn't accurate, as Starscream only approached them with an alliance after witnessing them take it. Bulkhead isn't in any position to know better, however.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trahisons'''" ("Treasons")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das Insecticon'''" ("The Insecticon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 1|1 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Haran Henkei! Konchū Gekisen'''" (波乱変形!昆虫激戦, "Turbulent Transformation! Insect Battle")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 17|17 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fogo Cruzado'''" ("Crossfire")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 11|11 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuoco Incrociato'''" ("Crossfire")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 16|16 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. 17 ([[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:Prime episodes]]

Nemesis Prime (episode)

2023-07-12T04:54:24Z

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{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 34
|prev=Crossfire (Prime)
|next=Grill (episode)
|image=NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg
|caption=The first person to suggest [[A Prime Problem|a race]] gets banned.
|title="Nemesis Prime"
|season=2
|season ep=8
|airdate=[[April 7]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jzxW6lALfs
|videosite=YouTube
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'''When Optimus Prime appears to attack Agent Fowler, the Autobots discover MECH's ultimate plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:NemesisPrime truck vs car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Pardon me, coming through..."]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] drives out of a military base, listening to [[The Touch|a few tunes]], when a semi truck begins to tailgate him too close for comfort. He realizes that it's more than a case of road rage when the truck rams him. Fowler notices a familiar symbol on his attacker's grille-the [[Autobot]] [[insignia|symbol]]. He contacts the Autobot base, where [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is not present. The apparent Optimus Prime continues to attack, and as Fowler comes upon a bridge, he pushes his car through the divider, where it hangs precariously. The Autobots receive his message and bridge in, causing Prime to flee and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to give chase. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] catches Fowler's car as it falls, but the bumper detaches, and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] catches it before it hits the ground. Arcee comes upon Optimus, but is knocked out when he runs her over.

The next thing she knows, she's back at base, being checked up on. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] doubts Arcee's assertion that Optimus ran her down, and the big 'bot arrives at base. The team goes on guard, but as Optimus offers proof that he's been at an underground energon site, the team stands down.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis Prime truck in base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trust doesn't rust, but trucks do.]]
The other "Optimus" drives full speed into [[Alden Military Base]], wrecking helicopters and prompting chase until he stops. As soldiers surround him and open the door to find no driver, he transforms, and aims a weapon at them. Speaking in Prime's own voice, the double clearly announces himself as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, before laying waste to the base around him. The other Prime tears through lines of soldiers, prompting Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead to bridge to his position. The fake retreats, and arriving military helicopters fire on the Autobots. They retreat to base.

Fowler fields a call asking about the attack, and receives the news that all Transformers, regardless of allegiance, are to be shot on sight. The team realizes that [[MECH]] has finally succeeded in replicating Cybertronians, inside and out, using human-made parts after studying Transformer anatomy so carefully.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Silas at controls.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Silas shows off his incredible seat-balancing powers.]]
Meanwhile, the false Prime arrives at a MECH bunker, where it is revealed that the robot is a remotely operated drone unit, with [[Silas]] in the control seat, expressing extreme satisfaction at the test run.

In attempting to locate the MECH base, Optimus notes that, unlike them, the duplicate (dubbed "Nemesis Prime" by Miko) must rely on its vehicle mode to travel, having no access to a [[GroundBridge]]. This places its lair within driving distance of both incidents, giving a range for them to search. The 'bots fan out, and Bumblebee comes upon a large complex. Optimus and the rest plan to rendezvous at his position. He enters, while Silas watches him. He powers up Nemesis Prime, and sends it out. Bumblebee is briefly fooled by the fake, until Silas slips and reveals he cannot understand Bumblebee's speech. The scout attacks but is quickly overpowered by the more imposing robot.

The rest of the Autobots enter the compound, cautious of any lookalikes. Bulkhead and Arcee are both taken out individually, leaving Optimus for the final showdown with his doppelganger.

At base, Ratchet attempts to isolate the control frequency of Nemesis Prime to pinpoint the location of its operator. He does, and Fowler insists on bridging in, citing that he is the one best equipped to deal with the "human element".

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"One shall stand, one shall... oh, slag it."]]
Nemesis squares off against Optimus, showing equal strength and agility. Fowler bridges in, and makes for the control bunker as the two Primes continue to spar. Nemesis catches Optimus, and shoves its blade into the Autobot leader. Silas gloats, commenting that he cannot feel pain through the robot, unlike his opponent, and revealing his intentions to build an army of these soldiers, when Fowler enters. They spar as well, and Fowler falls to Silas' superior hand-to-hand combat skills, only to reveal that he was just buying time for Optimus to beat the now-directionless copy. The real Prime dominates Nemesis, and their fight collapses the ceiling of the bunker, sending Silas's creation and a ton of rubble crashing down on top of him, putting Nemesis Prime out of commission in the process.

Optimus meditates on MECH's seemingly impaired functionality, now that it lacks a leader. However, Fowler brings him troubling news — in the pile of wreckage, no body was found.

Elsewhere, a group of MECH scientists monitor Silas' condition, noting that his injuries are terminal by normal standards — yet MECH is anything but, as they have the body of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] all wired up to their leader.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown's body]] (15)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (12)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (13)
*[[MECH Commando]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light." 
"Wait, what? Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Arcee'''

"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and I bring you this message." 
''*produces cannon and opens fire*''
:—'''Nemesis Prime'''

"Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere." 
''*Bumblebee beeps a reply*'' 
"I'm sorry. What?"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' makes a boo-boo

"Look [[Ratchet (WFC)|doc]], I don't plan on dancing with any bots, but there's a human element in play here. And in case you haven't noticed, I happen to be a highly-trained, government-grade, human."
:—'''Agent Fowler'''; accept no substitutes!

"My robot chassis possesses all your strength, speed... and firepower!" 
''*Optimus lunges at Nemesis Prime, only to be thrown off with ease*'' 
"Add my extensive combat training, and MECH has clearly achieved the perfect meld of man and machine!"
:—'''Silas''' brags about his new toy

"The internal damage to his organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine. Fortunately for our leader, MECH is [[Breakdown (WFC)|anything]] but conventional."
:—A '''MECH Surgeon''' on Silas's future.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*With the construction of Nemesis Prime, MECH has finally yielded results from [[Project Chimera]].
*MECH has Breakdown's reassembled remains, which they collected after [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] killed him in "[[Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire]]".
*Ratchet recalls MECH's study of Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*Optimus claims he was away at subterranean Energon deposit and pulls out a shard to prove it. This throwaway line would actually become a continuity note ''two years later'', when the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|''Rescue Bots'' cartoon]] would have Optimus show up to mine Energon with the Rescue Bots in the two-parter "[[What Lies Below]]"/"[[What Rises Above]]". In these episodes, they got trapped deep underground, which would explain his "out of communication" statement. Despite the distance in airdates, the timing matches up pretty dang well in in-universe chronology!
** Though also does not line up in other ways as if the Rescue Bots were within Team Prime's reach, why they (or any of the other Autobots that appear in Rescue Bots) never show up to assist in fighting the Decepticons when Team Prime constantly brings up being outnumbered is beyond explanation. Yes the Rescue Bots were deemed to inexperienced to battle the Decepticons, but you'd think desperate times call for desperate measures.
*Optimus recalls the theft of Starscream's T-Cog, which they learned about in "Crossfire" after it happened in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
*Silas took a scan of Optimus at the end of "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", which is evidently how he was able to produce a nearly-identical copy of him in this episode.
*Optimus's right sword, which was broken in "[[One Shall Fall]]" and last seen still broken in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", has been repaired at some point.
*This is the [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|second time]] Bumblebee has tried and failed to save a car on screen. Only this time, someone was inside the car when he loses part of it.
*As this is Fowler's first time in the GroundBridge, he experiences nausea, similar to the effect on the children in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".

===Transformers references===
*Fowler listens to an instrumental version of "[[The Touch]]" on his car radio.
*The first transformation of the fake Prime on the military base is in a similar animation layout to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]]. The attack itself bears no small resemblance to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|base]] in the first film.
*Miko and Ratchet refer to the false Optimus Prime as "Nemesis Prime", a name first established in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' as indicating an evil version of Optimus Prime and used [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|a number of times since]].

===Real-world references===
*The opening scene with Fowler references [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 1971 film ''Duel'', starring an evil truck.
*Nemesis Prime's eyes and weapons glow yellow, similar to the yellow glowing "eye" on K.A.R.R, the evil version of K.I.T.T from the TV show, ''Knight Rider''. (K.A.R.R was also, in one episode, voiced by Peter Cullen. Peter Cullen later voiced K.A.R.R again in the 2009 remake of ''Knight Rider''. The remake's K.A.R.R could transform.)

===Errors===
*Due to model reuse, Fowler's car has the same [[license plate]] number as June Darby's.
*After calling the Autobots to ask about Optimus, Fowler is seen approaching a bridge at least a half mile away. But, when the camera shifts, it shows him already on the bridge.
*No matter what size, shape, weight, or speed a car is going, it will ''never'' be possible to break through a concrete barrier and come out with as little damage as Fowler's car had.
*Fowler's car somehow "teetered" on the edge of the bridge until it was almost vertical before dropping.
*Bulkhead is somehow able to fall faster than Fowler's car, despite dropping from the bridge later than it.
*It seems strange that the military, as some of the few people to know the nature and identity of Optimus Prime and the Autobots, couldn't actually identify Optimus Prime. While Fowler may have the excuse of the night timing of his ambush, with blaring lights and extreme close-up in the rear vision mirror, the army was unable to distinguish the darker and more beat-up imposter from the real thing in the daylight - even when the real thing showed up moments later. Considering the Autobots have saved the world for the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|past year]] [[One Shall Rise, Part 3|or so]], they sure [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|turned on him super-fast]].
*Before Optimus Prime climbs the tower, you can't hear his blaster turn back into his hand.
*Despite being ordered by Optimus to go covert, Arcee does not have her holographic driver on when in her motorcycle form.
*Nemesis Prime's mouthplate is retracted when he recoils from Optimus' attack and before climbing the silo.
*How exactly did MECH extract Silas from under several tons of robot with the US military overhead and Fowler in the room?

===Trivia===
*Silas gloats about his combat training, but Optimus has been fighting an unending war for millions of years. However, it's possible that human combat techniques are different from Transformers', and Silas' control interface appears to aid him by identifying unguarded parts of Prime's body at any given moment. It likely also is the case that Silas has no information on where Cybertronians come from or the war itself.
*Silas is a former member of the Special Tactics branch of the military, while Fowler is an ex-Army Ranger.
*Nemesis Prime's transformation uses a modified version of the regular transformation sound effect, which makes it sound as if the transformation is not as smooth as that of an actual Cybertronian.
*Nemesis Prime's body is tarnished and dirty-looking, with heavily faded colors. The overall effect makes it look [[Zombie|undead]], even though it's more of a puppet than anything.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nemesis Prime'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der falsche Prime'''" ("The Wrong Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gekitotsu Henkei! Yami no Shireikan Arawaru'''" (激突変形!闇の司令官あらわる, "Clashing Transformation! The Dark Commander Appears")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24|24 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prime do Mal'''" ("Evil Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nemesis Prime'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 17|17 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. 17 ([[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 France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (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]]

Nemesis Prime (episode)

2023-07-12T04:51:09Z

FanFan123: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 34
|prev=Crossfire (Prime)
|next=Grill (episode)
|image=NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg
|caption=The first person to suggest [[A Prime Problem|a race]] gets banned.
|title="Nemesis Prime"
|season=2
|season ep=8
|airdate=[[April 7]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jzxW6lALfs
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''When Optimus Prime appears to attack Agent Fowler, the Autobots discover MECH's ultimate plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:NemesisPrime truck vs car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Pardon me, coming through..."]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] drives out of a military base, listening to [[The Touch|a few tunes]], when a semi truck begins to tailgate him too close for comfort. He realizes that it's more than a case of road rage when the truck rams him. Fowler notices a familiar symbol on his attacker's grille-the [[Autobot]] [[insignia|symbol]]. He contacts the Autobot base, where [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is not present. The apparent Optimus Prime continues to attack, and as Fowler comes upon a bridge, he pushes his car through the divider, where it hangs precariously. The Autobots receive his message and bridge in, causing Prime to flee and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to give chase. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] catches Fowler's car as it falls, but the bumper detaches, and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] catches it before it hits the ground. Arcee comes upon Optimus, but is knocked out when he runs her over.

The next thing she knows, she's back at base, being checked up on. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] doubts Arcee's assertion that Optimus ran her down, and the big 'bot arrives at base. The team goes on guard, but as Optimus offers proof that he's been at an underground energon site, the team stands down.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis Prime truck in base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trust doesn't rust, but trucks do.]]
The other "Optimus" drives full speed into [[Alden Military Base]], wrecking helicopters and prompting chase until he stops. As soldiers surround him and open the door to find no driver, he transforms, and aims a weapon at them. Speaking in Prime's own voice, the double clearly announces himself as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, before laying waste to the base around him. The other Prime tears through lines of soldiers, prompting Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead to bridge to his position. The fake retreats, and arriving military helicopters fire on the Autobots. They retreat to base.

Fowler fields a call asking about the attack, and receives the news that all Transformers, regardless of allegiance, are to be shot on sight. The team realizes that [[MECH]] has finally succeeded in replicating Cybertronians, inside and out, using human-made parts after studying Transformer anatomy so carefully.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Silas at controls.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Silas shows off his incredible seat-balancing powers.]]
Meanwhile, the false Prime arrives at a MECH bunker, where it is revealed that the robot is a remotely operated drone unit, with [[Silas]] in the control seat, expressing extreme satisfaction at the test run.

In attempting to locate the MECH base, Optimus notes that, unlike them, the duplicate (dubbed "Nemesis Prime" by Miko) must rely on its vehicle mode to travel, having no access to a [[GroundBridge]]. This places its lair within driving distance of both incidents, giving a range for them to search. The 'bots fan out, and Bumblebee comes upon a large complex. Optimus and the rest plan to rendezvous at his position. He enters, while Silas watches him. He powers up Nemesis Prime, and sends it out. Bumblebee is briefly fooled by the fake, until Silas slips and reveals he cannot understand Bumblebee's speech. The scout attacks but is quickly overpowered by the more imposing robot.

The rest of the Autobots enter the compound, cautious of any lookalikes. Bulkhead and Arcee are both taken out individually, leaving Optimus for the final showdown with his doppelganger.

At base, Ratchet attempts to isolate the control frequency of Nemesis Prime to pinpoint the location of its operator. He does, and Fowler insists on bridging in, citing that he is the one best equipped to deal with the "human element".

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"One shall stand, one shall... oh, slag it."]]
Nemesis squares off against Optimus, showing equal strength and agility. Fowler bridges in, and makes for the control bunker as the two Primes continue to spar. Nemesis catches Optimus, and shoves its blade into the Autobot leader. Silas gloats, commenting that he cannot feel pain through the robot, unlike his opponent, and revealing his intentions to build an army of these soldiers, when Fowler enters. They spar as well, and Fowler falls to Silas' superior hand-to-hand combat skills, only to reveal that he was just buying time for Optimus to beat the now-directionless copy. The real Prime dominates Nemesis, and their fight collapses the ceiling of the bunker, sending Silas's creation and a ton of rubble crashing down on top of him, putting Nemesis Prime out of commission in the process.

Optimus meditates on MECH's seemingly impaired functionality, now that it lacks a leader. However, Fowler brings him troubling news — in the pile of wreckage, no body was found.

Elsewhere, a group of MECH scientists monitor Silas' condition, noting that his injuries are terminal by normal standards — yet MECH is anything but, as they have the body of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] all wired up to their leader.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown's body]] (15)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (12)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (13)
*[[MECH Commando]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light." 
"Wait, what? Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Arcee'''

"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and I bring you this message." 
''*produces cannon and opens fire*''
:—'''Nemesis Prime'''

"Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere." 
''*Bumblebee beeps a reply*'' 
"I'm sorry. What?"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' makes a boo-boo

"Look [[Ratchet (WFC)|doc]], I don't plan on dancing with any bots, but there's a human element in play here. And in case you haven't noticed, I happen to be a highly-trained, government-grade, human."
:—'''Agent Fowler'''; accept no substitutes!

"My robot chassis possesses all your strength, speed... and firepower!" 
''*Optimus lunges at Nemesis Prime, only to be thrown off with ease*'' 
"Add my extensive combat training, and MECH has clearly achieved the perfect meld of man and machine!"
:—'''Silas''' brags about his new toy

"The internal damage to his organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine. Fortunately for our leader, MECH is [[Breakdown (WFC)|anything]] but conventional."
:—A '''MECH Surgeon''' on Silas's future.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*With the construction of Nemesis Prime, MECH has finally yielded results from [[Project Chimera]].
*MECH has Breakdown's reassembled remains, which they collected after [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] killed him in "[[Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire]]".
*Ratchet recalls MECH's study of Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*Optimus claims he was away at subterranean Energon deposit and pulls out a shard to prove it. This throwaway line would actually become a continuity note ''two years later'', when the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|''Rescue Bots'' cartoon]] would have Optimus show up to mine Energon with the Rescue Bots in the two-parter "[[What Lies Below]]"/"[[What Rises Above]]". In these episodes, they got trapped deep underground, which would explain his "out of communication" statement. Despite the distance in airdates, the timing matches up pretty dang well in in-universe chronology!
** Though also does not line up in other ways as if the Rescue Bots were within Team Prime's reach, why they (or any of the other Autobots that appear in Rescue Bots) never show up to assist in fighting the Decepticons when Team Prime constantly brings up being outnumbered is beyond explanation. Yes the Rescue Bots were deemed to inexperienced to battle the Decepticons, but you'd think desperate times call for desperate measures.
*Optimus recalls the theft of Starscream's T-Cog, which they learned about in "Crossfire" after it happened in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
*Silas took a scan of Optimus at the end of "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", which is evidently how he was able to produce a nearly-identical copy of him in this episode.
*Optimus's right sword, which was broken in "[[One Shall Fall]]" and last seen still broken in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", has been repaired at some point.
*This is the [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|second time]] Bumblebee has tried and failed to save a car on screen. Only this time, someone was inside the car when he loses part of it.
*As this is Fowler's first time in the GroundBridge, he experiences nausea, similar to the effect on the children in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".

===Transformers references===
*Fowler listens to an instrumental version of "[[The Touch]]" on his car radio.
*The first transformation of the fake Prime on the military base is in a similar animation layout to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]]. The attack itself bears no small resemblance to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|base]] in the first film.
*Miko and Ratchet refer to the false Optimus Prime as "Nemesis Prime", a name first established in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' as indicating an evil version of Optimus Prime and used [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|a number of times since]].

===Real-world references===
*The opening scene with Fowler references [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 1971 film ''Duel'', starring an evil truck.
*Nemesis Prime's eyes and weapons glow yellow, similar to the yellow glowing "eye" on K.A.R.R, the evil version of K.I.T.T from the TV show, ''Knight Rider''. (K.A.R.R was also, in one episode, voiced by Peter Cullen. Peter Cullen later voiced K.A.R.R again in the 2009 remake of ''Knight Rider''. The remake's K.A.R.R could transform.)

===Errors===
*Due to model reuse, Fowler's car has the same [[license plate]] number as June Darby's.
*After calling the Autobots to ask about Optimus, Fowler is seen approaching a bridge at least a half mile away. But, when the camera shifts, it shows him already on the bridge.
*No matter what size, shape, weight, or speed a car is going, it will ''never'' be possible to break through a concrete barrier and come out with as little damage as Fowler's car had.
*Fowler's car somehow "teetered" on the edge of the bridge until it was almost vertical before dropping.
*Bulkhead is somehow able to fall faster than Fowler's car, despite dropping from the bridge later than it.
*It seems strange that the military, as some of the few people to know the nature and identity of Optimus Prime and the Autobots, couldn't actually identify Optimus Prime. While Fowler may have the excuse of the night timing of his ambush, with blaring lights and extreme close-up in the rear vision mirror, the army was unable to distinguish the darker and more beat-up imposter from the real thing in the daylight - even when the real thing showed up moments later. Considering the Autobots have saved the world for the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|past year]] [[One Shall Rise, Part 3|or so]], they sure [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|turned on him super-fast]].
*Before Optimus Prime climbs the tower, you can't hear his blaster turn back into his hand.
*Despite being ordered by Optimus to go covert, Arcee does not have her holographic driver on when in her motorcycle form.
*Nemesis Prime's mouthplate is retracted when he recoils from Optimus' attack and before climbing the silo.
*How exactly did MECH extract Silas from under several tons of robot with the US military overhead and Fowler in the room?

===Trivia===
*Silas gloats about his combat training, but Optimus has been fighting an unending war for millions of years. However, it's possible that human combat techniques are different from Transformers', and Silas' control interface appears to aid him by identifying unguarded parts of Prime's body at any given moment.
*Silas is a former member of the Special Tactics branch of the military, while Fowler is an ex-Army Ranger.
*Nemesis Prime's transformation uses a modified version of the regular transformation sound effect, which makes it sound as if the transformation is not as smooth as that of an actual Cybertronian.
*Nemesis Prime's body is tarnished and dirty-looking, with heavily faded colors. The overall effect makes it look [[Zombie|undead]], even though it's more of a puppet than anything.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nemesis Prime'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der falsche Prime'''" ("The Wrong Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gekitotsu Henkei! Yami no Shireikan Arawaru'''" (激突変形!闇の司令官あらわる, "Clashing Transformation! The Dark Commander Appears")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24|24 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prime do Mal'''" ("Evil Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nemesis Prime'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 17|17 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. 17 ([[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 France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (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]]

Darkmount, NV

2023-07-11T23:00:37Z

FanFan123: /* Continuity errors */

{{disambig3|Darkmount}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 53
|prev=Darkest Hour (episode)
|next=Scattered
|image=DarkmountNV-Jasper.jpg
|caption=Sigh. Tourists.
|title="Darkmount, NV"
|season=3
|season ep=1
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2013]] (Singapore) [[March 22]], 2013 (USA)
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC34_0AyLgo
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Optimus struggles to survive while the other Autobots try to find each other.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Decepticon]]s search the ruins of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Outpost Omega One]]. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] has investigated the wreckage of the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'', and returns with [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] as captive. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] orders him taken back to [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] for questioning while the troops continue to search not far from where [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] is half-buried. The Decepticons eventually dig up [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], still trapped in her stasis chamber, and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] but are unable to find any bodies. This turns out to be because [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] has spirited Optimus away using the [[phase shifter]]. The young [[Autobot]] shelters his badly-damaged leader in an underground cavern. Meanwhile, as Megatron orders [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to monitor frequencies Earth-wide for Autobot communications, Starscream spots an incoming human military force and offers to dispatch the armada to deal with them. Megatron instead turns Darkmount's [[fusion cannon]]s on them, devastating the human forces as well as [[Jasper]].

[[File:DarkmountNV-Bumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|Upright=2.6|''Black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow.'']]
Megatron contacts [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]], warning him that the Decepticons should not be interfered with, but with the news that Megatron bears the humans no ill will and simply wants to settle on Earth in peace. Starscream is impressed with Megatron's talent for deception. Fowler, meanwhile, reports to [[Bryce|his superior]] that Jasper's evacuation was completed in time and a cover story in place, but the military want to [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] the Decepticons. [[June Darby]], working as a medic on the military base, asks if there's been any word from the others, but there's no way to contact anyone without giving away their position.

A patrolling [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] scans cars moving along a road, but fails to recognize [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who has a new paint job. Bumblebee and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] stop and discuss how they're going to find the rest of the team, concluding the best bet is to continue heading towards Jasper. In the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] head towards a [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] meeting spot Bulkhead and Wheeljack had decided on.

Back in Darkmount, Starscream's interrogation of Wheeljack is not bearing fruit as Wheeljack doesn't know anything. Megatron orders [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to take a team back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for Iacon relics at their previous battle site.

[[File:DarkmountNV-SmokescreenOptimus.jpg|thumb|300px|Smokescreen, am I... turning grey yet?]]
Optimus stirs, and Smokescreen relates how he snuck back to the base during the evacuation, and used the phase shifter to get Optimus out. While Smokescreen is keen to go find Ratchet, Optimus stops him, saying cryptically that there is "no hope" of finding Ratchet, but powers back down into unconsciousness before he can explain.

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] pause in their travels and spot a helicopter. Arcee leaves Jack to go investigate, whereupon Jack decides that sending a text message to his mother might be safe. Unfortunately his message is detected by Soundwave, and the Decepticons swiftly dispatch a force. Jack only has time to put away his phone before a Vehicon starts strafing him. Arcee, having identified the helicopter as civilian, sees the explosions and heads back. Jack unsuccessfully seeks shelter under a truck, but Arcee gets back in time to save him. The pair set up a trap at a nearby gas station, destroying it to take out the two Vehicons and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]], before fleeing.

The search for relics on Cybertron turns up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], and... something else. Back on Earth, Soundwave is examining Laserbeak and failing to retrieve any of the surveillance data when Knock Out's call comes through. Knock Out returns triumphantly through the space bridge with a surprise guest: [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (11)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (13)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (17)
|c2=
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s (1)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (2)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (19)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (20)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] (9)
*[[June Darby]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (12)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (14)
*[[Jack Darby]] (16)
|c4=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"Agent Fowler, I admit that war brings out the worst in me, but the conflict with the Autobots is now over, and our quarrel has never been with your kind. Now that the one true enemy of the Decepticons is no more, my only wish is to coexist on this planet with the human race... peacefully. Together, Agent Fowler, I believe that you and I can make that dream a reality."
:—'''Megatron''' on the phone.

"Earth is our planet now, Starscream, and we shall finish what we started. Humankind has no idea what lies ahead for them."
:—'''Megatron''' off the phone.

"He's feeding me a load of horse puckey, trying to crush our spirit."
:—'''Agent Fowler''' is not buying what Megatron is selling.

"How long does it take to exterminate a lone Autobot and her human pet?!" 
"Well, in my experience-" 
"Not a riddle, Starscream."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Fowler contacts his superior, [[Bryce|General Bryce]], previously seen in "[[Grill (episode)|Grill]]".
*This episode covers the fates of the various Iacon relics and other things left unattended in the previous episode. With the exception of the phase shifter, the relics taken by Prime's team were left on Cybertron. The Forge of Solus Prime and Airachnid both survived the destruction of the Autobot base. Prime's [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] and Megatron's [[Dark Star Saber]] turn up again later, intact (while the dead Prime's arm was never seen again).
*Megatron is shocked to find the Forge in the Autobot base. [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] stole it and gave it to the Autobots back in "[[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]]". Obviously Megatron didn’t find out about that particular bit of treachery.
*Megatron also has his original arm back, last seen being removed by Knock Out in "[[Alpha/Omega]]". Evidently he kept it in storage.
*Starscream expresses surprise at Megatron's diplomatic skills, echoing an exchange in ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
*The [[Milky Way]] is shown outside Cybertron, consistent with the stellar cartography in ''Exodus''.

===Transformers references===
*The name "Darkmount" comes from the [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|fortress of the same name]] first introduced in the [[The Smelting Pool!|original Marvel comic]]; the name was later used for a toy representing [[Straxus (G1)|the commander of Darkmount]].
*Fowler references containment procedure "[[The Transformers (franchise)|G-1]]000" when describing the evacuation of Jasper.
*Bumblebee's new black-and-yellow paint job resembles an [[Bumblebee (Movie)#Robot mode and CG model(s)|unused redesign]] for him in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.
*Darkmount's cannons seem to share a few similarities with the [[Dimensional Decimator]], a weapon featured in the 2012 game ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''. Both of them suck in nearby objects and clump them together, only to explode and send whatever was grabbed (or what's left) flying.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:DarkmountNV-Louisiana.jpg|thumb|250px|So the Decepticons' master plan is to drive the Lousiana landmass into the ocean, forcing the state to re-locate inside Texas? ''Those bastards!'']]
*As previously seen in "[[The Human Factor]]", the map of the continental [[United States of America|United States]] shows [[Louisiana]] rendered within [[Texas]], with a noticeable gap along the coastline where Louisiana should be.

===Continuity errors===
*The shape of the Decepticon citadel appears to have changed since the previous episode to accommodate the four huge fusion cannons.
*The tanks spearheading the failed assault on Darkmount resemble German Leopard 2s more than M1 Abrams tanks- the latter being the more logical choice as the one operated by the United States.
*In "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]", Optimus Prime had his mouthplate retracted when he was preparing to destroy the GroundBridge controls. When he is seen lying in the rubble, he is wearing it, only for it to disappear once Smokescreen pulls him into the cavern.
*The Decepticon citadel was previously named as "New Kaon" in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]", only to be called Darkmount in this one. While a change of heart regarding the name isn't out of the question, there can't be more than a few hours' difference between this episode and the previous one.
** Though it is implied that Megatron intended to name a conquered Earth "New Kaon" and the fortress itself "Darkmount" as evident by the speech he gives before he orders his army to attack the Autobot base.
*Smokescreen's return to the base is inconsistent with the previous episode, or even the flashbacks to it in this episode. He is shown to have returned within moments of the base's destruction, but was the second-to-last to use the GroundBridge, Ratchet being the last. Since Ratchet changed the coordinates, he should have returned well before the blast, and should have been spotted by Optimus when he did.
*Since releasing gasoline from the hoses requires money, or at least using an activation code inside the station, behind the counter, there is no way Jack would have been able to activate the gas line from inside the station or use a credit card to activate it within the few seconds of the Vehicons' arrival.
*At the military base, the gas station, the truck depot and everywhere else the Autobots travel, there are no civilian humans but the named cast visible anywhere.

===Trivia===
*This episode was initially revealed in [[Hub Network|The Hub]]'s March highlights document under the name "Darkmouth, NV".
*The worldwide premiere screening of the first three episodes was held at the Globe Theater in [[Universal|Universal Studios]] Hollywood on [[March 14]].
*The worldwide television premiere of "Darkmount, NV" was a day later on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]".
*This episode was rebroadcast on [[April 19]] with "Autobits", which are popups with trivia or jokes, added in.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Règne de Megatron'''" ("The Reign of Megatron")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Darkmount, Nevada'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 30|30 September]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Darkmount'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 2|2 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Darkmount, Nevada'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4|4 October]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Darkmount, Nevada'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Darkmount, Nevada'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 7|7 October]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2013]] — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Dawn of the Beast ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2014]] — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] [[2015]] — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2016]] — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Alpha/Omega

2023-07-10T22:54:35Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 47
|prev=Legacy (episode)
|next=Hard Knocks
|image=AlphaOmega-ohmy.jpg
|caption=Simba, you have forgotten me.
|title="Alpha/Omega"
|season=2
|season ep=21
|airdate=[[September 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD5jgCMhKfY
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Megatron takes extreme measures to harness the power of the Primes, while Optimus learns the secret of the Omega Keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] volunteers to counterattack the [[Autobot]]s, but [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] points out that with the power of the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] in the hands of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Decepticon]]s will not stand a chance against him and must find a means of meeting that power. As the Seeker mentions the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], Megatron counters that it will only work for a Prime, but then comes up with an idea.

Optimus telepathically communicates with [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], or rather a recorded message from same, through the Star Saber. Alpha Trion tells Prime that through the [[Covenant of Primus]], he foresaw the battle against the Decepticons on [[Earth]] and intentionally transported the Iacon relics there for use by the [[Autobot]]s. He furthermore informs Prime of the most important of the relics: the [[Omega Key]]s which hold the power to restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After Optimus comes out of his trance, he tells the other Autobots about their new mission to retrieve the keys.

The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' reaches Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], beyond which is the Decepticon [[space bridge]], hidden there after the Autobots discovered its previous location on Earth. Megatron and Dreadwing head through it to Cybertron.

The Autobots are overjoyed at the fact they're going to be able to go back to their homeworld and truly restore it, but quickly realize they will have to leave their [[human]] friends behind. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] wonders if the keys can really restore Cybertron, and Optimus assures him that the [[Ancient]]s possessed knowledge beyond current sciences and so starts decoding the last four coordinates.

[[Image:AlphaOmegaPrimeTomb.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Insert Voldemort joke here.]]
On Cybertron, Megatron and Dreadwing break into a sealed [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] which contains the lifeless shell of a Prime. Though Dreadwing does not like the place, as it reminds him of his lost twin, Megatron has him crack open the coffin and "respectfully" takes what he needs.

[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ponder if they really want to go back to Cybertron if it means leaving their friends on Earth, with Bulkhead wondering if he can do anything other than fight. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] suggests he go back to construction as the cities will still be in ruin. Arcee reminds everyone that they still need to locate the four Omega Keys first before leaving Earth.

Having returned to the ''Nemesis'', Megatron directs [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to attach his new arm. Though the doctor suggests inducing [[stasis lock]] for the procedure, Megatron refuses and insists he witness the transplant.

Optimus finishes decoding the first Omega Key coordinates. Smokescreen immediately volunteers to go look and Arcee joins him to keep an eye on him. They arrive in [[Egypt]] and start tracking down the relic. As they search, Smokescreen attempts to apologise again for endangering [[Jack Darby|Jack]], but Arcee rebuffs him by saying that she does not want to lose a '''third''' partner.

Megatron tests his new appendage on the Forge and is elated to see it react to his touch. He starts using the Forge to pound out a new weapon from a chunk of [[Dark Energon]]. He is interrupted by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], who has decoded more Iacon coordinates.

[[Image:AlphaOmegaDarkStarSaber.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Robert Epps|Why do the Decepticons always get the good shit?]]]]
Arcee and Smokescreen follow the signal through underground ruins until they pull aside a stone and find the Omega Key they're after. They're soon back in the open air, only to find Megatron waiting for them with a shiny new sword. He sends them flying with an energy wave and when Smokescreen tries to charge at him, the Autobot is sent flying into the side of a pyramid. Megatron spares Arcee so she can tell Optimus to come get the Omega Key personally. Returning to base, Arcee reports Smokescreen's death and the other Autobots are ready to exact revenge. Optimus insists on going alone with the Star Saber. When he arrives, he's shocked to see Megatron has a new arm and a [[Dark Star Saber]]. The pair use their swords to send energy waves at each other but each manages to dodge or dispel the energy waves. They move in to close combat but it doesn't take long before Megatron's sword smashes right through the Star Saber. Megatron's about to make the killing blow when Smokescreen speaks up, having grabbed the Omega Key while Megatron was occupied. Optimus takes advantage of Megatron's distraction to renew his assault on the Decepticon leader, but after a short struggle, Megatron throws him off and flings a wave of energy. The energy wave passes right through Prime and Smokescreen, who disappear through the [[GroundBridge]].

Back at base, Smokescreen reveals that he borrowed the [[phase shifter]] again, and that's how he escaped destruction. Ratchet says Smokescreen can keep the device, but Smokescreen's joy is short-lived as they contemplate the destroyed Star Saber. Optimus, however, is right back at work decoding coordinates.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, did Alpha Trion ask about me?"
:—Ego, thy name is '''Smokescreen'''

"Yeah, I don't think I'd ever wanna leave Miko." 
"We've made friends here. Family." 
"We could always... 'text' them."
:—'''Bulkhead''', '''Arcee''', and '''Ratchet'''.

"By the AllSpark, Megatron, what have you done?!" 
"This? I find it affords me certain...''advantages'', such as the use of the Forge of Solus Prime."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' discuss Megatron's new arm.

"My first creation, fashioned from the very blood of Unicron! I call it the ''Dark'' Star Saber, Slayer of Primes, if you will."
:—'''Megatron'''

"At last we take our rightful places, Optimus, as ''gods''! Wielding the power of the cosmos." 
"I am but a soldier, Megatron, and you are a prisoner of your own twisted delusions!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"And so it ends, just as I'd envisioned! With your head beside my new trophy-"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The episode continues from the end of the [[Legacy (episode)|previous one]], showing the message from Alpha Trion.
* The Autobots learned the location of the second space bridge in "[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]", necessitating its relocation.
* Dreadwing feels uneasy being in a tomb due to [[Masters & Students|what happened]] to his twin brother [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], and Megatron uses that and recalls Dreadwing's proclamation that [[Loose Cannons|every Autobot shall pay]] to egg Dreadwing on.
* Megatron uses the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], which he acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]". The Dark Energon he uses it on was acquired in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* Smokescreen uses the [[phase shifter]] [[New Recruit|again]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] allows him to keep it as a "signature weapon".

===Transformers references===
* The idea that the Covenant of Primus could give Alpha Trion a blurry glimpse into the future as well as be a recording of the past was belabored in ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* The Omega Keys are an amalgam of the [[Omega Lock]] and [[Cyber Planet Key]]s from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'', which together had the power to reawaken [[Primus]]. A singular Omega Key also appears in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'', which grants access to Cybertron's core.
* Megatron and Dreadwing loot the tomb of an unnamed Prime. The cartoon doesn't feel like it's taking into account wider [[Aligned continuity family]] lore with this development; per those stories, Optimus is the only true divinely-appointed Prime to have existed since the original [[Thirteen]], with those to have borne the title in-between being Primes in name only, never carrying the Matrix, meaning they would therefore lack the power Megatron seeks. To reconcile things, ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]'' would reveal that the Prime in this tomb ''was'' one of the Thirteen, [[Liege Maximo]]—though that does mean that the arm's red coloration doesn't jibe with Maximo's green-armoured appearance in other stories.
* The Dark Star Saber is most likely based on the Dark Sabers from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Transformers: Armada]]'', one of which appeared in the comics as a form of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] when held by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], and the other of which was used by [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]] (which was ultimately renamed the [[Vorpal Saber]]).

===Real-world references===
* The battle takes place at the pyramids of [[Giza (region)|Giza]], which was also the site for the [[Operation: Firestorm|final battle]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The outdoor plaza in front of the tomb containing the Omega Key strongly resembles the area where [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] killed [[the Fallen]].

===Errors===
* While the green glow can be seen from Arcee's right side, there is no rupture sound when the GroundBridge portal opens while Megatron tells Arcee to send Optimus his challenge message.
* When asking Optimus about the validity of the Omega Keys, Smokescreen has his pre-earth paint job.
* Megatron's eyes become purple when he's around Dark Energon due to the fact that he has Dark Energon within him, but this is not consistently depicted in this episode.
* When Smokescreen and Arcee enter the groundbridge from the base, Smokescreen's wrists are bare. When they exit the groundbridge, Smokescreen is wearing the phase shifter.

===Trivia===
* Smokescreen has a vague understanding of Earth religion.
* In "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", Ratchet comments that even Megatron would not be ghoulish enough to steal parts from other Cybertronians. In this episode, that's exactly what he does.
* This episode features usage of the Decepticon Space Bridge, but the Autobots do not notice its activation as they do in a [[Regeneration|future episode]]. This also brings up a minor plothole, if the Decepticons have a fully functional Space Bridge out of range of the Autobots at their disposal, why don't they use it to revive the army of terracons from Cybertron as they [[Darkness Rising, Part 5|originally tried to?]]

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'Alpha et Oméga'''" ("The Alpha and Omega")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Omega-Schlüssel'''" ("The Omega-Keys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 20|20 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yogen Henkei! Toki o Koeta Message'''" (予言変形!時を超えたメッセージ, "Prophetic Transformation! A Message from Beyond Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 23|23 February]] [[2013]]
:*Like the Star Saber in the previous episode, the Dark Star Saber is renamed and said to be one of the Super Combo Weapons from the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick present in [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''Prime'' toyline. It's now called the "Dark Energon Saber", which in the toyline is an upgraded form of the [[Dark Matter Calibur]] included with [[Megatron (WFC)#Darkest|Final Battle Megatron]].

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Alfa/ Omega'''" ("Alpha/ Omega")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 15|15 July]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Alpha - Omega'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 13|13 February]] [[2013]]

==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. 24 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 11: Die Omega-Schlüssel ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[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]]

Alpha/Omega

2023-07-10T22:54:02Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 47
|prev=Legacy (episode)
|next=Hard Knocks
|image=AlphaOmega-ohmy.jpg
|caption=Simba, you have forgotten me.
|title="Alpha/Omega"
|season=2
|season ep=21
|airdate=[[September 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD5jgCMhKfY
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Megatron takes extreme measures to harness the power of the Primes, while Optimus learns the secret of the Omega Keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] volunteers to counterattack the [[Autobot]]s, but [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] points out that with the power of the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] in the hands of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Decepticon]]s will not stand a chance against him and must find a means of meeting that power. As the Seeker mentions the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], Megatron counters that it will only work for a Prime, but then comes up with an idea.

Optimus telepathically communicates with [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], or rather a recorded message from same, through the Star Saber. Alpha Trion tells Prime that through the [[Covenant of Primus]], he foresaw the battle against the Decepticons on [[Earth]] and intentionally transported the Iacon relics there for use by the [[Autobot]]s. He furthermore informs Prime of the most important of the relics: the [[Omega Key]]s which hold the power to restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After Optimus comes out of his trance, he tells the other Autobots about their new mission to retrieve the keys.

The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' reaches Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], beyond which is the Decepticon [[space bridge]], hidden there after the Autobots discovered its previous location on Earth. Megatron and Dreadwing head through it to Cybertron.

The Autobots are overjoyed at the fact they're going to be able to go back to their homeworld and truly restore it, but quickly realize they will have to leave their [[human]] friends behind. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] wonders if the keys can really restore Cybertron, and Optimus assures him that the [[Ancient]]s possessed knowledge beyond current sciences and so starts decoding the last four coordinates.

[[Image:AlphaOmegaPrimeTomb.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Insert Voldemort joke here.]]
On Cybertron, Megatron and Dreadwing break into a sealed [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] which contains the lifeless shell of a Prime. Though Dreadwing does not like the place, as it reminds him of his lost twin, Megatron has him crack open the coffin and "respectfully" takes what he needs.

[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ponder if they really want to go back to Cybertron if it means leaving their friends on Earth, with Bulkhead wondering if he can do anything other than fight. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] suggests he go back to construction as the cities will still be in ruin. Arcee reminds everyone that they still need to locate the four Omega Keys first before leaving Earth.

Having returned to the ''Nemesis'', Megatron directs [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to attach his new arm. Though the doctor suggests inducing [[stasis lock]] for the procedure, Megatron refuses and insists he witness the transplant.

Optimus finishes decoding the first Omega Key coordinates. Smokescreen immediately volunteers to go look and Arcee joins him to keep an eye on him. They arrive in [[Egypt]] and start tracking down the relic. As they search, Smokescreen attempts to apologise again for endangering [[Jack Darby|Jack]], but Arcee rebuffs him by saying that she does not want to lose a '''third''' partner.

Megatron tests his new appendage on the Forge and is elated to see it react to his touch. He starts using the Forge to pound out a new weapon from a chunk of [[Dark Energon]]. He is interrupted by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], who has decoded more Iacon coordinates.

[[Image:AlphaOmegaDarkStarSaber.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Robert Epps|Why do the Decepticons always get the good shit?]]]]
Arcee and Smokescreen follow the signal through underground ruins until they pull aside a stone and find the Omega Key they're after. They're soon back in the open air, only to find Megatron waiting for them with a shiny new sword. He sends them flying with an energy wave and when Smokescreen tries to charge at him, the Autobot is sent flying into the side of a pyramid. Megatron spares Arcee so she can tell Optimus to come get the Omega Key personally. Returning to base, Arcee reports Smokescreen's death and the other Autobots are ready to exact revenge. Optimus insists on going alone with the Star Saber. When he arrives, he's shocked to see Megatron has a new arm and a [[Dark Star Saber]]. The pair use their swords to send energy waves at each other but each manages to dodge or dispel the energy waves. They move in to close combat but it doesn't take long before Megatron's sword smashes right through the Star Saber. Megatron's about to make the killing blow when Smokescreen speaks up, having grabbed the Omega Key while Megatron was occupied. Optimus takes advantage of Megatron's distraction to renew his assault on the Decepticon leader, but after a short struggle, Megatron throws him off and flings a wave of energy. The energy wave passes right through Prime and Smokescreen, who disappear through the [[GroundBridge]].

Back at base, Smokescreen reveals that he borrowed the [[phase shifter]] again, and that's how he escaped destruction. Ratchet says Smokescreen can keep the device, but Smokescreen's joy is short-lived as they contemplate the destroyed Star Saber. Optimus, however, is right back at work decoding coordinates.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, did Alpha Trion ask about me?"
:—Ego, thy name is '''Smokescreen'''

"Yeah, I don't think I'd ever wanna leave Miko." 
"We've made friends here. Family." 
"We could always... 'text' them."
:—'''Bulkhead''', '''Arcee''', and '''Ratchet'''.

"By the AllSpark, Megatron, what have you done?!" 
"This? I find it affords me certain...''advantages'', such as the use of the Forge of Solus Prime."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' discuss Megatron's new arm.

"My first creation, fashioned from the very blood of Unicron! I call it the ''Dark'' Star Saber, Slayer of Primes, if you will."
:—'''Megatron'''

"At last we take our rightful places, Optimus, as ''gods''! Wielding the power of the cosmos." 
"I am but a soldier, Megatron, and you are a prisoner of your own twisted delusions!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"And so it ends, just as I'd envisioned! With your head beside my new trophy-"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The episode continues from the end of the [[Legacy (episode)|previous one]], showing the message from Alpha Trion.
* The Autobots learned the location of the second space bridge in "[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]", necessitating its relocation.
* Dreadwing feels uneasy being in a tomb due to [[Masters & Students|what happened]] to his twin brother [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], and Megatron uses that and recalls Dreadwing's proclamation that [[Loose Cannons|every Autobot shall pay]] to egg Dreadwing on.
* Megatron uses the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], which he acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]". The Dark Energon he uses it on was acquired in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* Smokescreen uses the [[phase shifter]] [[New Recruit|again]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] allows him to keep it as a "signature weapon".

===Transformers references===
* The idea that the Covenant of Primus could give Alpha Trion a blurry glimpse into the future as well as be a recording of the past was belabored in ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* The Omega Keys are an amalgam of the [[Omega Lock]] and [[Cyber Planet Key]]s from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'', which together had the power to reawaken [[Primus]]. A singular Omega Key also appears in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'', which grants access to Cybertron's core.
* Megatron and Dreadwing loot the tomb of an unnamed Prime. The cartoon doesn't feel like it's taking into account wider [[Aligned continuity family]] lore with this development; per those stories, Optimus is the only true divinely-appointed Prime to have existed since the original [[Thirteen]], with those to have borne the title in-between being Primes in name only, never carrying the Matrix, meaning they would therefore lack the power Megatron seeks. To reconcile things, ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]'' would reveal that the Prime in this tomb ''was'' one of the Thirteen, [[Liege Maximo]]—though that does mean that the arm's red coloration doesn't jibe with Maximo's green-armoured appearance in other stories.
* The Dark Star Saber is most likely based on the Dark Sabers from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Transformers: Armada]]'', one of which appeared in the comics as a form of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] when held by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], and the other of which was used by [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]] (which was ultimately renamed the [[Vorpal Saber]]).

===Real-world references===
* The battle takes place at the pyramids of [[Giza (region)|Giza]], which was also the site for the [[Operation: Firestorm|final battle]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The outdoor plaza in front of the tomb containing the Omega Key strongly resembles the area where [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] killed [[the Fallen]].

===Errors===
* While the green glow can be seen from Arcee's right side, there is no rupture sound when the GroundBridge portal opens while Megatron tells Arcee to send Optimus his challenge message.
* When asking Optimus about the validity of the Omega Keys, Smokescreen has his pre-earth paint job.
* Megatron's eyes become purple when he's around Dark Energon due to the fact that he has Dark Energon within him, but this is not consistently depicted in this episode.
* When Smokescreen and Arcee enter the groundbridge from the base, Smokescreen's wrists are bare. When they exit the groundbridge, Smokescreen is wearing the phase shifter.

===Trivia===
* Smokescreen has a vague understanding of Earth religion.
* In "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", Ratchet comments that even Megatron would not be ghoulish enough to steal parts from other Cybertronians. In this episode, that's exactly what he does.
* This episode features usage of the Decepticon Space Bridge, but the Autobots do not notice its activation as they do in a [[Regeneration|future episode]]. This also brings up a minor plothole, if the Decepticons have a fully functional Space Bridge out of range of the Autobots at their disposal, why don't they use it to revive the army of terracons from Cybertrons as they [[Darkness Rising, Part 5|originally tried to?]]

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'Alpha et Oméga'''" ("The Alpha and Omega")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Omega-Schlüssel'''" ("The Omega-Keys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 20|20 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yogen Henkei! Toki o Koeta Message'''" (予言変形!時を超えたメッセージ, "Prophetic Transformation! A Message from Beyond Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 23|23 February]] [[2013]]
:*Like the Star Saber in the previous episode, the Dark Star Saber is renamed and said to be one of the Super Combo Weapons from the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick present in [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''Prime'' toyline. It's now called the "Dark Energon Saber", which in the toyline is an upgraded form of the [[Dark Matter Calibur]] included with [[Megatron (WFC)#Darkest|Final Battle Megatron]].

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Alfa/ Omega'''" ("Alpha/ Omega")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 15|15 July]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Alpha - Omega'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 13|13 February]] [[2013]]

==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. 24 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 11: Die Omega-Schlüssel ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[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]]

Operation: Breakdown

2023-07-10T13:15:38Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 16
|prev=Shadowzone (episode)
|next=Crisscross (episode)
|image=OperationBreakdown-Consdontbreak.jpg
|caption=Now all he needs is [[Metal Attraction|<s>an eye patch and</s>]] a bottle of scrumpy.
|title="Operation: Breakdown"
|airdate=[[June 18]], [[2011]]
|season=1
|season ep=16
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Breakdown is captured by MECH, and the only ones who can save him are... Team Prime.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] is fighting [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] in a ghost town on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] in Eastern [[Russia]] after the two have a run-in while tracking an energon signature. Though Bulkhead fights valiantly, Breakdown lays him flat with a hammer blow. As Breakdown prepares to finish the unconscious Bulkhead off, he's zapped by a blast of energy from a helicopter, which lands and disgorges [[Silas]] and a pack of [[MECH]] troops. Silas instructs them to take Breakdown. Bulkhead comes around to find Breakdown missing and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] calling out to him on the comm. After he bridges back to base for repairs, everyone's confused about what happened to Breakdown. [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] has an idea who might be behind it.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] relays news of Breakdown's capture to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. Starscream is keen to hunt down the [[human]]s responsible and bring back Breakdown, but Megatron intends to leave Breakdown to his fate for being captured by those weaker, a decision which leaves Starscream dismayed.

[[Image:OperationBreakdown-WeAreMECH.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"No, Mister Bot, I expect you to die."]]

Breakdown recovers to find himself firmly attached to a metal slab. Silas introduces himself to the captive, who announces that Megatron will never pay a ransom, but Silas reveals they're not after money, just the technology in Breakdown's body.

Fowler fills the Autobots in — his intel has reported MECH activity in the Kamchatka Peninsula. While the other Autobots are happy for MECH to have Breakdown, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] decides to mount a rescue mission. The others are surprised, and Bulkhead wonders if Optimus believes Breakdown will switch sides if the Autobots rescue him, but Optimus says while that's unlikely, they can't let MECH get Cybertronian technology.

Meanwhile, MECH have disengaged Breakdown's pain receptors in preparation for the operation. Silas thanks their captive in advance for the service he is about to do them, and the heavy machinery moves in to take the Decepticon apart.

Miko tries to talk Bulkhead into going on the mission, but he's not keen, and Optimus agrees he would not be an asset on the mission. Optimus departs with [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. Miko looks disappointed, and Bulkhead suggests they watch a movie instead. [[Image:TFPep16DoubleCreatureFeature.jpeg|right|thumb|300px|"I know what'll make you feel better - watching a rip-off of an old Japanese movie!"]]

Prime's team arrives in the ghost town, to find it deserted. Though Bumblebee spots some vehicle tracks, Ratchet reports he's got an [[energon]] trace, and they go to look for the source.

Fowler has already fallen asleep in front of ''[[Dinolizard vs. Five-Headed Ape]]''. Miko isn't watching the movie though, as she's disappointed that Bulkhead isn't getting to face down his own arch-enemy. Bulkhead still doesn't want to rescue the 'Con, but Miko points out that if he doesn't, he won't get to have a rematch. Bulkhead takes the [[GroundBridge]] to [[Russia]].

Prime's team finds the energon reading — it's Breakdown's eye, sitting in the open.

Bulkhead follows a MECH car to a railway tunnel and, weapons primed, ventures inside.

Ratchet hooks Breakdown's eye up to his scanner so they can retrieve the last images it saw, but it turns out that Silas has turned the eye into a two-way video feed. Silas is surprised to see the Autobots, but shows off the work they're doing on Breakdown and points out the bomb the Autobots are standing virtually on top of. Prime's team just manages to get clear before the bomb explodes.

Silas passes on the news to Breakdown that his would-be rescuers are Autobots, much to the captive's confusion. At this point, Bulkhead breaks through an outer door and fights his way through the MECH goons to find Breakdown. Freeing the startled Decepticon, Bulkhead leads the way to the exit, but once outside, they're confronted by the bulk of the MECH forces. Bulkhead calls for backup, and the pair start fighting in earnest. Silas's 'copter begins firing bursts of energy, and Breakdown, in an uncharacteristic act of altruism, knocks Bulkhead out of harm's way. The fight continues, but [[MECH Navigator|Silas's copilot]] reports incoming signals, resulting in Silas ordering a general retreat. Arriving, however, is not Optimus' team, but Starscream, who has disobeyed Megatron's orders and brought a squadron of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Starscream orders Breakdown to either join the Autobots or get on with destroying Bulkhead, and though Breakdown is initially reluctant, Starscream sways him, and he attacks his Autobot rescuer. Bulkhead soundly pummels Breakdown before smashing Starscream and taking out the Vehicons with Breakdown's body. The Decepticons are forced to retreat as Optimus's team finally shows up. Optimus is impressed that Bulkhead has risen above his petty rivalries to rescue Breakdown, but the moment is spoiled by Bulkhead asking if they all saw how he bashed the Decepticons.

Breakdown pauses short of the ''Nemesis'', where Starscream informs him that he will repay his debt one day... when he must choose between Megatron's leadership and Starscream's.

Meanwhile, Silas records that the information they gained from Breakdown was enough for them to start [[Project Chimera]]...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (2)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (13)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (16)
|c3=
*[[Silas]] (3)
*[[MECH Commando]] (4)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (5)
*[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] (10)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (14)
*[[MECH Navigator]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"As much as I'll miss our little reunions...''hammer time''."
:—'''Breakdown''', before being captured by MECH

"Full disclosure: We intend to pull you apart. Break you down, if you will."
:—'''Silas''' tells Breakdown what's in store, while making a pun at the same time.

"You're making a very big mistake, little man. When I'm finished with you, they'll have to scrape you off the floor!"
:—'''Breakdown''' threatens Silas

"It's a trap!" 
"Would this be a 'roll out' kind of trap?"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' ackbars and '''Arcee''' continues to be genre savvy.

"'Marco!' You're supposed to say 'Polo!'"
:—'''Bulkhead''' plays with MECH.

"Never run when you can fight."
:—'''Breakdown'''

"One day, you will repay your debt to me, Breakdown... the day it comes time to choose sides." 
"Huh... between 'Bots and 'Cons?" 
"Between myself – and Megatron."
:—'''Starscream''' informs a confused '''Breakdown''' of his plans for the future.

"I ''suggest'' that Megatron never know of this...rescue. You ''do'' want him to think you defeated the puny humans and escaped on your own, ''don't you''?
:—'''Starscream''' makes '''Breakdown''' an offer he can't refuse.

==Notes==
===Real-world references===
* Miko plays the game "Marco Polo" with Bulkhead. Bulkhead later plays the game with MECH.
* ''Dinolizard vs Five-Headed Ape'' is a parody of ''{{w|King Kong vs. Godzilla}}''. Dinolizard even uses [[Godzilla]]'s roar.
* Breakdown says "{{w|M.C. Hammer|Hammer Time}}". Yeah.
* The {{w|Kamchatka Peninsula}} is an actual place, with heavy volcanic activity. But if the show is placed in 2011, there are no recorded evacuations in 1991 due to volcanic activity.

===Errors===
* Breakdown is seen being held down in MECH's base by metal bars welded around his hands. However, in all shots of his lower body, nothing is shown to be holding it down. Did MECH use another method to restrain his legs?
** Likewise, Breakdown has a turret-mounted blaster right next to his head that he could have used to fire at the humans or the equipment to free himself. Or he could have transformed his hand into his hammer to wedge himself free. These are not disabled because he uses them immediately after being freed.
* Silas has Breakdown's pain receptors shut off so he doesn't make a lot of noise while being operated on. If this is the first Cybertronian they've managed to capture, much less dissect, how would his scientists know how to do such a thing?
* Moments after calling Optimus Prime by name and stating that he was expecting Megatron, Silas tells Breakdown about his "would-be rescuers" without moving from the same location from which he had just been talking to them—yet Breakdown seems to have no idea that they were Autobots. How did he not hear the conversation?

===Trivia===
* The episode was screened on [[June 4]] at [[BotCon 2011]] before its first airing on television.
* Miko seems to have [[Shadowzone (episode)|learned her lesson]]: She didn't follow Bulkhead this time.
* Human death ''must'' have occurred during Bulkhead and Breakdown's outdoor battle with MECH - Breakdown would not have pulled his punches, and even threw a car at a helicopter, causing a midair explosion.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Opération Breakdown'''" ("Operation: Breakdown")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operation Breakdown'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 6|6 January]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Breakdown-küldetés'''" ("The Breakdown Mission")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 30|30 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Penyelamatan Breakdown'''" ("The Saving of Breakdown")
:*''Original airdate:'' 21 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operazione Breakdown'''" ("Operation Breakdown")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 19|19 November]] [[2011]]
:* The Italian translators clearly had a lot of issues with the term "Double Monster Feature": When Miko uses the term the first time, the line got translated as "Who wants to play some Sci-Fi tag game?", implying the term is the title of a videogame; when Bulkhead uses it later in battle, it's instead translated as "Double rations of Sci-Fi".

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Shujutsu Henkei!? Torawareta Hakai Senshi''' (手術変形!?囚われた破壊戦士, "Surgical Transformation!? Imprison the Soldier of Destruction")
:*''Airdate:'' [[July 21|21 July]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Saengche Lobot Haebu'''" (생체 로봇 해부, "Dissection of the Living Robot")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 18|18 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 26|26 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operação Breakdown'''" ("Operation Breakdown")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 20|20 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operación Breakdown'''" ("Operation Breakdown")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 2|2 June]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 4: Die vierte Dimension ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 4: Strength in Numbers (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 8 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 4: Une alliance inattendue ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 4: Improbabili alleanze ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Unlikely Alliances ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK)
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes|Operation Breakdown]]

Convoy (episode)

2023-07-10T03:09:19Z

FanFan123: /* Continuity errors */

{{disambig3|Convoy}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 9
|prev=Con Job
|next=Deus ex Machina
|image=TFP Convoy highway hijack.jpg
|caption=Ain't it a beautiful sight?
|title="Convoy"
|season=1
|season ep=9
|airdate=[[March 4]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBU_gmEY0Q8
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''The Autobots assist Fowler with transporting a nuclear device.'''

==Synopsis==
The Autobots get an angry call from [[William Fowler|Fowler]]. [[Fowler's V-tol|His plane]]'s been shot down while transporting the hi-tech [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], or the "Dingus", a volatile nuclear device, and he needs help in completing his mission. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] says that using the [[GroundBridge]] to transport it would be too dangerous, so instead they'll have to take it by road. They soon have it loaded into a [[trailer]] which Prime starts hauling, with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] as an escort. Fowler's disappointed he doesn't get to drive. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the kids monitor their journey from [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]].

Optimus is irritated by Fowler's enthusiasm with the horn. Unknown to any of them, the convoy is being observed by a helicopter. Fowler and Optimus are discussing whether there was any evil on Earth before the Decepticons came, when they spot the helicopter, which Fowler believes is a [[Decepticon]]. Five green sportscars move in on the convoy, but Optimus warns everyone to maintain their cover and stay in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. Ratchet's surprised that they're not showing up on his sensors. All is made clear when one of the cars draws level with Optimus's cab, and a masked human aims a gun at Fowler. Optimus orders the other Autobots to use non-lethal force only. Bumblebee knocks one of the cars, flipping it over, but another drives up alongside Optimus. One of the masked goons climbs onto Optimus and starts attempting to sever the trailer. After Prime knocks the car off the mountainside road, Fowler climbs out and grabs the masked goon, but loses him before he can start the interrogation.
[[File:Prime-Silas.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|I want this mission high and tight. I wanna be home for dinner.]]
The fellow in the helicopter makes contact over the walkie and introduces himself as [[Silas]], part of the [[MECH]] organization, who intend to steal the Dingus for their own use. One of the cars pulls up behind Optimus and the MECH goons blow the trailer's back door open, only for [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to jump out in motorcycle mode and flip their car, causing it to explode. While Optimus warns Fowler not to take Silas lightly (due to [[Megatron (WFC)|personal experience]]), Ratchet informs them they're nearing the rendezvous point.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] has intercepted the communications, and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] sends a bunch of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] to join the party.

The Autobots reach the rendezvous point and duck into a rail tunnel alongside a train. Bulkhead seals off the incoming end. A short time later, they and the train emerge from the other end of the tunnel, and Silas continues to follow the Autobots. As luck would have it, the Vehicons take this opportunity to appear and open fire on the convoy. The Autobots avoid getting hit, but Prime's trailer is shaken loose and explodes. The Vehicons transform and move in, forcing Optimus to inform Fowler that they're going to have to break cover to survive. Silas observes the fight and notes that the rumors he's heard of living technology are true. He lets Fowler know that he's aware the Dingus was transferred onto the train while the Autobots were in the tunnel, and the helicopter moves off to intercept the cargo. Unfortunately, while Fowler's giving Optimus the bad news, the Autobot leader takes a tree trunk to the face and falls off a nearby cliff.

The kids have a frantic discussion about a plan B. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]'s in favor of Ratchet ground-bridging the kids onto the train so they can fight the MECH goons. With [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] help, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] and Miko are soon on the train. As the MECH helicopter tries to land on top of the train, Raf flips a point switch to make the train go off along another line. In response, the helicopter's pilot hacks Raf's laptop, causing it to short out. On the second try, the helicopter lands atop the carriage the Dingus is in, and the MECH guys start cutting through the carriage roof.

Not far away, the Autobots continue their fight with the Vehicons. Optimus comes around and sees the train in trouble.
[[File:Convoy-trainstop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|More powerful than a locomotive!]]
Miko and Jack grab weapons, which they wave at the MECH guys when the ceiling's opened. Back in the chopper, Silas spots Optimus running alongside and sounds a retreat. As the helicopter heads away, he fires a missile and takes out the track ahead of the train. Due to Raf's laptop being out of commission, Ratchet no longer has the train's coordinates and can't bridge the kids out. They prepare to jump, but Optimus zooms past, grabs the front of the train and brings it to a halt in the nick of time. Hovering in the helicopter nearby, Silas promises that next time the playing field will be leveled. Optimus reports back to Ratchet that the kids and the Dingus are safe, but notes that a new player has entered the game...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (15)

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Jack Darby]] (5)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (6)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[MECH]] goons (10)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH Navigator]] (12)

}}

==Quotes==
"Ah-ah, no need, Agent Fowler. I will handle the driving." 
"It's going to be a long trip."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' lets '''Agent Fowler''' in on his no-touch policy.

"Agent Fowler. Is that really necessary?" 
"Oh, don't tell me you're one of them 'textbook drivers'."
:— '''Optimus Prime''' isn't very keen on '''Agent Fowler's''' use of the horn.

"You know, you're saving my bacon here, Prime." 
"I am proud to be of service." 
"Of course, not like I'd need your help if you and the 'cons stuck to tearing up your own corner of the galaxy." 
"Are you suggesting no evil existed on your world before we arrived?" 
"Well... it was a different evil."
:— '''Agent Fowler''' and '''Optimus Prime'''.

"How about some radio? You seem like a Nashville sound kinda guy."
:—'''Agent Fowler''' to Optimus Prime.

"That's the one! The 'Con who shot me down! Who is he? Wingnut? Dingbat? Skyguy?"
:—'''Fowler''' shares some awesome Transformer name ideas.

"Gentlemen, stop their engines."
:—'''Silas'''

"Is that so? Tell me, Sy, what's the market price for a Dingus these days?" 
"What makes you think we intend to sell it, Agent Fowler?"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' and '''Silas''' discussing the value of Fowler's Dingus.

"After a long road trip, feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs, and kick some tailpipe!"
:—'''Bulkhead''', the reigning king of one-liners.

"You want me to not only bridge you into a confined space, but one traveling at 90 miles per hour? I can't even count the number of things that can go wrong—mass displacement trauma, twisted limbs, metal burn!... Well, maybe not the last one."
:—Overly-attached '''Ratchet''' to the kids.

"First rule of combat: Never leave the enemy with the spoils."
:—'''Silas'''

"Maximum overdrive!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' coining a new catchphrase.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The plane Fowler was transporting the Dingus on is the same one he had in "[[Masters & Students]]". And he's ''still'' flying without any kind of pilot gear on. Dude is ''hard core''.
* Miko makes reference to that episode when she follows up Fowler's comment that he had been shot out of the sky with an "again?"
* This episode is the first to feature a human enemy to the Cybertronians (both Autobots and Decepticons). However, they do not meet the leader, Silas, until much later; the Autobots only hear him speak this episode.
* On board the train, Jack and Miko each pick a "weapon" of choice to face the MECH goons. Miko happens to take an axe, like she did [[Darkness Rising, Part 5|to face Soundwave's tentacle]], while Jack takes a [[fire extinguisher]], like he did [[Scrapheap (episode)|a couple of episodes ago]].

===Transformers references===
* Optimus's [[trailer]] is adorned with the same paint scheme as his [[Optimus Prime (G1)|''Generation 1'' counterpart]]'s [[Combat Deck (G1)|trailer]].
* "[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]" is the usual Japanese equivalent to the English "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]".

===Real-world references===
* This episode is the first in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' to feature a reproduction of an actual real-world vehicle: the locomotive depicted hauling the 'Phase II' train is a very accurate model of a four-axle GP series model produced in La Grange, Illinois (Later London, Ontario) by {{w|Electro-Motive Diesel}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* At the beginning of the episode, when Ratchet asks Agent Fowler why Starscream would bother with "such primitive technology" (i.e., the Dingus), a small light can be seen inside his open mouth, as if the light coming from his left optic sensor can be seen through it.
* While Silas delivers his last line, the straps that cross his chest clip into each other.

===Continuity errors===
* On the monitor inside the Autobot base, the fork is shown to be on the right side of the rails. When the scene changes to show the running train, it is shown to be on the left.
* The number of MECH cars is somewhat inconsistent, as are their positions. Three cars initially pull up behind and to the sides of Bulkhead. An additional car appears to replace the one that pulls ahead to block Bumblebee, and another appears to replace the one that pulls up to Optimus' driver side to force him to pull over. When the Autobots begin applying force, the car that was in front of Bumblebee has moved to Optimus' passenger side. After this, four of the pursuing cars are dispatched through various means, leaving only one, yet three cars are chasing the Autobots when they reach the train tunnel. The cars vanish from the story completely after this.
* When the Autobots first transform in front of the platoon of Eradicon Jets and reveal themselves to MECH in the process, there is no plateau near their right side to safely place Fowler on, but in the very next shot, it is right next to them, even though the Autobots never moved from their position.
* When Optimus is knocked down, the MECH helicopter just started pursuing the train moving at 90 miles per hour. When Optimus regains consciousness approximately three minutes later, the train would have traveled about 4.5 miles in that time. There should be no way Optimus can still see the train from where he woke up.

===Trivia===
[[File:Convoy-kablooie.jpg|thumb|upright|"I used minimum force. That was the minimum force necessary to ensure they ''never bother us again.''"]]
* The Autobots have a curious definition of "minimum force". During the short battle, they flip over three cars and blow up a fourth. The latter most likely killed the passengers. It's amazing the others came out unharmed, considering one was hanging out of the sunroof of his car at the time.
* The train set piece germinated from [[Alex Kurtzman]]'s desire to have a Train Transformer, which would have been too expensive. Had the budget been there, they would have been an Autobot.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Pb3MeUDdY Roundtable interview with ''Prime'' staff at BotCon 2011]</ref>
* The fact that the Autobots were battling humans rather than Decepticons - a not insignificant twist in the plot - was spoiled by the next-episode preview shown during the Hub's airing of "Con Job". What is this, [[Ultra Magnus Dies!!|Japan?]]
* As was previously featured in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]", this episode features an Autobot transforming while carrying a human passenger. Fowler somehow ends up sitting in Optimus's hand rather than inside him, though.
* Silas deems the Autobots' use of the train tunnel a tactical error because it only has one exit, but then makes no effort to stop them on the other side.
* In the beginning of the episode Optimus tells Fowler he will handle the driving but later on in the episode we see Fowler driving. It might be that Agent Fowler just kept his hands on the steering wheel or that Optimus was just being kind.
[[File:JackFireExtinguisherMikoAxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|So I married an axe murderer.]]
* When Jack and Miko grab the fire extinguisher and the fire axe to fight MECH, they apparently forget that there is a gun on the floor, dropped by the immobilized soldier. However, neither (presumably) has had firearms training, and it's unlikely that Optimus would appreciate trigger-happy allies.
* Silas' attempt to destroy the Dingus at the end of the episode seems a bit reckless, given its nuclear core. However, there's no indication he's aware of just how nasty that thing going up would be; when the decoy trailer goes up, the MECH pilot merely indicates there's no detectable radiation. If they knew about the five-state irradiation deal, they'd probably be just a ''wee'' bit more on edge and wondering why they weren't dead.
* This episode may contain human [[death]]. After Arcee jumps off one of MECH's vehicles, it rolls right into another vehicle and the two explode. No humans are seen exiting the vehicles during the accident, so it is likely that they perish in the explosion.
* Optimus Prime has a cup holder. Whether this is a default part of his [[alt mode]] or for Fowler's benefit is unspecified.
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version in ''[[Optimus Under Threat]]'' titled "Off the Rails", and a storybook version for younger readers as ''[[Optimus Prime and the Secret Mission]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le SGDN'''" ("The DNGS")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Konvoi'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 25|25 November]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Konvoj'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 19|19 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pengamanan Senjata Penghancuran Masal'''" ("Saving of the Weapon of Mass Destruction")
:*''Original airdate:'' 12 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Convoglio'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Bōsō Henkei! Dingus o Mamore!''' (暴走変形!ディンガスを守れ!, ''Reckless Transformation! Protect the Dingus!'')
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 2|2 June]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hosong Jakjeon'''" (호송 작전, "Operation Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 26|26 September]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Comboio'''" ("The Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 4|4 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 2|2 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Convoy'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 29|29 October]] [[2011]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 2: Meister und Schüler ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 2: Unfamiliar Enemies (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 5 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 2: Terrain miné ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 1 Vol. 2: Terre Pericolose ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Dangerous Ground ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK)
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

2023-07-09T02:18:24Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 31
|prev=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|next=Loose Cannons
|image=OperationBumblebee2-Forge.jpg
|caption=[[Thor|Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Bulkhead.]]
|title="Operation Bumblebee, Part 2"
|season=2
|season ep=5
|airdate=[[March 17]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR_DwyQRIkc
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Bumblebee discovers that MECH and Starscream are responsible for his troubles while Ratchet confronts demons from his Cybertronian past.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream MECH find Energon.jpg|thumb|left|250px|How much of this does Starscream get?]]
With [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] on a medical bed, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tells [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] off for taking the scout into battle. When Bumblebee comes around, he faces Ratchet's ire as well, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] grounds Bumblebee until his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] can be recovered. Ratchet has another idea though—he offers to donate his own T-cog in a transplant. Though Optimus is uncertain, Ratchet convinces him.

[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is pleased with the new device [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] has secured—a [[force field]] generator—although Megatron's demonstration leaves him startled.

Elsewhere, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Silas]] find an [[energon]] deposit, though Silas would appreciate it if Starscream didn't talk so much.

Ratchet selects [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to do the operation, though she's less than enthusiastic. She starts by putting Ratchet in induced [[stasis lock|stasis]], but before she can do the same for Bumblebee, an alarm signals the appearance of another relic from the [[Vaults]] of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Optimus calls a halt to the operation so he, Arcee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] can investigate. No sooner have they left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the base. He's disappointed only Bumblebee's there to take his call, but passes on the news that he's got the possible coordinates of a [[MECH]] base. Unable to understand Bumblebee, he searches for someone who speaks English, but Ratchet is barely coherent, still recovering from stasis. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] volunteers to pass the message on.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Breakdown Knockout find Forge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At this point, a "Hammertime" joke is too easy, so we won't make one.]]
Optimus and his team reach the top of a mountain to find Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] uncovering the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. With it, the Autobots could conceivably create a new T-cog for Bumblebee.

MECH infuses the newly-found energon into their creation, but as it begins to stir, Bumblebee bursts through the door. Though unarmed, Bumblebee throws an industrial-sized barrel at Starscream, knocking him flat, and proceeds to shrug off the weapons fire from the MECH goons.

As Knock Out and Breakdown free the forge, the Autobots charge them. While Bulkhead tackles Breakdown, Optimus and Arcee find they have a bit of a problem getting past Knock Out's shield generator, and he pushes them back towards the edge of the cliff.

Bumblebee knocks a bunch of MECH troopers flat, jumps on their robot and tears his T-cog from its innards. No sooner is this done than he's hit by a blast from Starscream. As MECH withdraw, Starscream grabs the T-cog and threatens to destroy it.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream threatens T-cog.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look at your T-cog, now back to me...]]
Ratchet recovers, only to find Fowler shouting at him about MECH coordinates, and the kids reveal Bumblebee has gone to deal with it.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee has had enough of Starscream's gloating and belts the ex-Decepticon, knocking him flat. As the T-cog flies up into the air, Bumblebee jumps for it, but a quick blast by Starscream spells the end of that attempt. While Starscream leaves, Bumblebee is left with his shattered T-cog. Starscream meets up with MECH outside the compound, but Silas is less than impressed with him for losing the T-cog, and Starscream is soon surrounded by MECH troops.

Optimus and Arcee are forced back to the cliff edge. While Breakdown is distracted by their predicament, Bulkhead takes the opportunity to grab the Forge of Solus Prime and smack the Decepticon with it. Breakdown lands on Knock Out and for a few moments Bulkhead stands triumphant, at least until Megatron steps out of the [[GroundBridge]] and blasts him. Collecting the Forge, the Decepticons leave. Ratchet reports the situation with MECH to Optimus.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Bumblebee damaged T-cog.jpg|thumb|right|250px|My Precious...]]
Starscream comes around to find MECH gone. When he sees Optimus's team arrive at the MECH base, he tries to transform, only to find his T-cog had been taken, and runs off panicking into the woods. Meanwhile, Bumblebee walks out to join his comrades, sadly holding his own damaged T-cog. Optimus radios Ratchet to prepare for surgery.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron attempts to use the Forge, only to discover that it requires the power of a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] to work. Despite this hitch, the warlord takes comfort in the knowledge that the Forge is safely away from the hands of the Autobots–and more specifically, Optimus Prime.

Ratchet finishes operating, restoring Bumblebee's old cog. Though Bumblebee's first few attempts to transform fail, he eventually manages it, and takes Raf for a drive. Ratchet, for his part, seems happy that it worked.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (8)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (9)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (16)
|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (3)
*[[Silas]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (12)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (13)
*[[William Fowler]] (14)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (17)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==

"You and I both know there exists a way to make him whole again." 
"A transplant, but that would require a donor." 
"You need look no further than the Autobot standing before you."
:—'''Ratchet''' tells '''Optimus Prime''' that he is willing to make a sacrifice

"I... think I just leaked a little transmission fluid."
:—'''Knock Out''' sums up how intimidating his master truly is

"Do you ever ''not'' speak?"
:—'''Silas''' says what we're all thinking to Starscream

"What! Do I hear a Fuzor in need of voice-box repair?" 
"What's a Fuzor!? What's going on over there!?" 
"I am able! Just ask Bantor! He was all mandrill before I...put a tiger in his tank..." *''crashes back against the berth''*
:—'''Ratchet''' manages to confuse Fowler while in half-stasis

"Oh! Get me someone who speaks anything ''other'' than BLEEP!"
:—'''Fowler''' at his limit

"I am not one of your foot-soldiers! I am a ''consultant!"''
:—'''Starscream''' doesn't like taking orders from humans

"Mine's bigger!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' compares hammers with Breakdown

"Time to jet—because I ''can''!"
:—'''Starscream''', who really should learn to keep his mouth shut

{{-}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Once more'', Starscream mentions being the one to "offline" [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]].

===Transformers references===
* While delirious, Ratchet refers to [[Fuzor]]s, and even names [[Bantor (Prime)|Bantor]], a reference to [[Bantor (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Bantor]]. That said, [[Jeffrey Combs]] mispronounces the word as "Foo-zor"; [[Ernie Hudson]] delivers the correct "Fuse-or."
* Optimus mentions [[Solus Prime]], one of the [[Thirteen]].
* Knock Out unfavorably compares the results of Megatron's failed forging experiment to a "[[Fortress Maximus (disambiguation)|Fortress-Maximus]] Grade [[Nucleon Shock Cannon]]".
* Megatron once again calls Optimus by his pre-Prime name "Orion Pax" from the previous episodes during his gloating.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out broadly references award shows such as the {{w|Academy Awards}}.
* "Put a tiger in your tank" was a slogan of {{w|Exxon}}.

===Errors===
* Once again, Starscream's eyes are completely red for the first half of the episode. It's only after Bumblebee hits him with a barrel that they are only red circles. Maybe hitting him with a heavy object is the key to making them normal.
* As the Autobots spy on Knockout and Breakdown unearthing the Forge, Optimus's left hand can clearly be seen disloged from his wrist.
* After the Autobots pass through the GroundBridge to MECH's headquarters in search of Bumblebee, Optimus had his battle mask drawn. When the camera pans to show Starscream behind them, his mask retracts silently, and almost invisibly.

===Trivia===
* When Agent Fowler relays the information on MECH's whereabouts to Bumblebee, he says it really slowly and condescendingly, as if he believes Bumblebee has trouble understanding English, rather than just being mute. Gee, nice.
* This is the last episode in which Bulkhead and Breakdown fight, as Bulkhead will be surprised to find his body hijacked by a [[Silas|human]] much [[The Human Factor|later]].
* During the fight in the hangar, Bumblebee punches several MECH soldiers, sending them flying through the air. Silas survived this, so it stands to reason everyone else did, too. Cartoons, everybody! (A soldier didn't crack the prototype's lens; that was his rifle.)
* MECH seems to have gotten better at taking down Cybertronians, but inconsistently. While Bumblebee was able to withstand a swarm of gunshots from dozens of soldiers, it took a few seconds to render Starscream unconscious for long enough to take his T-Cog. This is even more evident in a [[Crisscross|previous episode]], where one electric blast from a MECH soldier was able to render Arcee unconscious and even in the previous episode of this two-parter, Bumblebee was rendered offline for long enough for MECH to take his T-Cog in the first place. Guess MECH soldiers don't always carry those really effective stun guns?
* It seems that the Cybertronians of this continuity are incapable of self-propelled flight outside a flight-capable alternate mode. This is in stark contrast to previous continuities. Especially ones in which even Cybertronians who ''didn't'' have flight-capable vehicle modes were regularly capable of self-propelled flight through air and the vacuum of space.
* This is only the [[One Shall Fall|second episode]] that Ratchet laughs in.
* When Bumblebee and Starscream attempt to transform without their T-cogs, the classic transformation sound can be heard

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Opération Bumblebee, Partie 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operation Bumblebee, Teil 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 29|29 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yūkan Henkei! Gun'i no Ketsudan'''" (勇敢変形!軍医の決断, "Brave Transformation! The Surgeon's Decision")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3|3 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operação Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 7|7 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operazione Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 12|12 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 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Ultimate Bumblebee (Shout! Factory) 
[[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 Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Operation Bumblebee (Madman Entertainment) 
[[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]]

Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

2023-07-09T02:16:44Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 31
|prev=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|next=Loose Cannons
|image=OperationBumblebee2-Forge.jpg
|caption=[[Thor|Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Bulkhead.]]
|title="Operation Bumblebee, Part 2"
|season=2
|season ep=5
|airdate=[[March 17]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR_DwyQRIkc
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Bumblebee discovers that MECH and Starscream are responsible for his troubles while Ratchet confronts demons from his Cybertronian past.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream MECH find Energon.jpg|thumb|left|250px|How much of this does Starscream get?]]
With [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] on a medical bed, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tells [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] off for taking the scout into battle. When Bumblebee comes around, he faces Ratchet's ire as well, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] grounds Bumblebee until his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] can be recovered. Ratchet has another idea though—he offers to donate his own T-cog in a transplant. Though Optimus is uncertain, Ratchet convinces him.

[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is pleased with the new device [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] has secured—a [[force field]] generator—although Megatron's demonstration leaves him startled.

Elsewhere, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Silas]] find an [[energon]] deposit, though Silas would appreciate it if Starscream didn't talk so much.

Ratchet selects [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to do the operation, though she's less than enthusiastic. She starts by putting Ratchet in induced [[stasis lock|stasis]], but before she can do the same for Bumblebee, an alarm signals the appearance of another relic from the [[Vaults]] of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Optimus calls a halt to the operation so he, Arcee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] can investigate. No sooner have they left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the base. He's disappointed only Bumblebee's there to take his call, but passes on the news that he's got the possible coordinates of a [[MECH]] base. Unable to understand Bumblebee, he searches for someone who speaks English, but Ratchet is barely coherent, still recovering from stasis. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] volunteers to pass the message on.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Breakdown Knockout find Forge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At this point, a "Hammertime" joke is too easy, so we won't make one.]]
Optimus and his team reach the top of a mountain to find Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] uncovering the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. With it, the Autobots could conceivably create a new T-cog for Bumblebee.

MECH infuses the newly-found energon into their creation, but as it begins to stir, Bumblebee bursts through the door. Though unarmed, Bumblebee throws an industrial-sized barrel at Starscream, knocking him flat, and proceeds to shrug off the weapons fire from the MECH goons.

As Knock Out and Breakdown free the forge, the Autobots charge them. While Bulkhead tackles Breakdown, Optimus and Arcee find they have a bit of a problem getting past Knock Out's shield generator, and he pushes them back towards the edge of the cliff.

Bumblebee knocks a bunch of MECH troopers flat, jumps on their robot and tears his T-cog from its innards. No sooner is this done than he's hit by a blast from Starscream. As MECH withdraw, Starscream grabs the T-cog and threatens to destroy it.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream threatens T-cog.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look at your T-cog, now back to me...]]
Ratchet recovers, only to find Fowler shouting at him about MECH coordinates, and the kids reveal Bumblebee has gone to deal with it.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee has had enough of Starscream's gloating and belts the ex-Decepticon, knocking him flat. As the T-cog flies up into the air, Bumblebee jumps for it, but a quick blast by Starscream spells the end of that attempt. While Starscream leaves, Bumblebee is left with his shattered T-cog. Starscream meets up with MECH outside the compound, but Silas is less than impressed with him for losing the T-cog, and Starscream is soon surrounded by MECH troops.

Optimus and Arcee are forced back to the cliff edge. While Breakdown is distracted by their predicament, Bulkhead takes the opportunity to grab the Forge of Solus Prime and smack the Decepticon with it. Breakdown lands on Knock Out and for a few moments Bulkhead stands triumphant, at least until Megatron steps out of the [[GroundBridge]] and blasts him. Collecting the Forge, the Decepticons leave. Ratchet reports the situation with MECH to Optimus.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Bumblebee damaged T-cog.jpg|thumb|right|250px|My Precious...]]
Starscream comes around to find MECH gone. When he sees Optimus's team arrive at the MECH base, he tries to transform, only to find his T-cog had been taken, and runs off panicking into the woods. Meanwhile, Bumblebee walks out to join his comrades, sadly holding his own damaged T-cog. Optimus radios Ratchet to prepare for surgery.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron attempts to use the Forge, only to discover that it requires the power of a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] to work. Despite this hitch, the warlord takes comfort in the knowledge that the Forge is safely away from the hands of the Autobots–and more specifically, Optimus Prime.

Ratchet finishes operating, restoring Bumblebee's old cog. Though Bumblebee's first few attempts to transform fail, he eventually manages it, and takes Raf for a drive. Ratchet, for his part, seems happy that it worked.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (8)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (9)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (16)
|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (3)
*[[Silas]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (12)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (13)
*[[William Fowler]] (14)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (17)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==

"You and I both know there exists a way to make him whole again." 
"A transplant, but that would require a donor." 
"You need look no further than the Autobot standing before you."
:—'''Ratchet''' tells '''Optimus Prime''' that he is willing to make a sacrifice

"I... think I just leaked a little transmission fluid."
:—'''Knock Out''' sums up how intimidating his master truly is

"Do you ever ''not'' speak?"
:—'''Silas''' says what we're all thinking to Starscream

"What! Do I hear a Fuzor in need of voice-box repair?" 
"What's a Fuzor!? What's going on over there!?" 
"I am able! Just ask Bantor! He was all mandrill before I...put a tiger in his tank..." *''crashes back against the berth''*
:—'''Ratchet''' manages to confuse Fowler while in half-stasis

"Oh! Get me someone who speaks anything ''other'' than BLEEP!"
:—'''Fowler''' at his limit

"I am not one of your foot-soldiers! I am a ''consultant!"''
:—'''Starscream''' doesn't like taking orders from humans

"Mine's bigger!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' compares hammers with Breakdown

"Time to jet—because I ''can''!"
:—'''Starscream''', who really should learn to keep his mouth shut

{{-}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Once more'', Starscream mentions being the one to "offline" [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]].

===Transformers references===
* While delirious, Ratchet refers to [[Fuzor]]s, and even names [[Bantor (Prime)|Bantor]], a reference to [[Bantor (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Bantor]]. That said, [[Jeffrey Combs]] mispronounces the word as "Foo-zor"; [[Ernie Hudson]] delivers the correct "Fuse-or."
* Optimus mentions [[Solus Prime]], one of the [[Thirteen]].
* Knock Out unfavorably compares the results of Megatron's failed forging experiment to a "[[Fortress Maximus (disambiguation)|Fortress-Maximus]] Grade [[Nucleon Shock Cannon]]".
* Megatron once again calls Optimus by his pre-Prime name "Orion Pax" from the previous episodes during his gloating.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out broadly references award shows such as the {{w|Academy Awards}}.
* "Put a tiger in your tank" was a slogan of {{w|Exxon}}.

===Errors===
* Once again, Starscream's eyes are completely red for the first half of the episode. It's only after Bumblebee hits him with a barrel that they are only red circles. Maybe hitting him with a heavy object is the key to making them normal.
* As the Autobots spy on Knockout and Breakdown unearthing the Forge, Optimus's left hand can clearly be seen disloged from his wrist.
* After the Autobots pass through the GroundBridge to MECH's headquarters in search of Bumblebee, Optimus had his battle mask drawn. When the camera pans to show Starscream behind them, his mask retracts silently, and almost invisibly.

===Trivia===
* When Agent Fowler relays the information on MECH's whereabouts to Bumblebee, he says it really slowly and condescendingly, as if he believes Bumblebee has trouble understanding English, rather than just being mute. Gee, nice.
* This is the last episode in which Bulkhead and Breakdown fight, as Bulkhead will be surprised to find his body hijacked by a [[Silas|human]] much [[The Human Factor|later]].
* During the fight in the hangar, Bumblebee punches several MECH soldiers, sending them flying through the air. Silas survived this, so it stands to reason everyone else did, too. Cartoons, everybody! (A soldier didn't crack the prototype's lens; that was his rifle.)
* MECH seems to have gotten better at taking down Cybertronians, but inconsistently. While Bumblebee was able to withstand a swarm of gunshots from dozens of soldiers, it took a few seconds to render Starscream unconscious for long enough to take his T-Cog. This is even more evident in a [[Crisscross|previous episode]], where one electric blast from a MECH soldier was able to render Arcee unconscious.
* It seems that the Cybertronians of this continuity are incapable of self-propelled flight outside a flight-capable alternate mode. This is in stark contrast to previous continuities. Especially ones in which even Cybertronians who ''didn't'' have flight-capable vehicle modes were regularly capable of self-propelled flight through air and the vacuum of space.
* This is only the [[One Shall Fall|second episode]] that Ratchet laughs in.
* When Bumblebee and Starscream attempt to transform without their T-cogs, the classic transformation sound can be heard

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Opération Bumblebee, Partie 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operation Bumblebee, Teil 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 29|29 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yūkan Henkei! Gun'i no Ketsudan'''" (勇敢変形!軍医の決断, "Brave Transformation! The Surgeon's Decision")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3|3 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operação Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 7|7 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operazione Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 12|12 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 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Ultimate Bumblebee (Shout! Factory) 
[[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 Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Operation Bumblebee (Madman Entertainment) 
[[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]]

Project Predacon

2023-07-06T16:36:10Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 57
|prev=Rebellion (Prime)
|next=Chain of Command (Prime)
|image=ProjectPredacon-skull.jpg
|caption=Okay, who cooked the turkey too long?
|title="Project Predacon"
|season=3
|season ep=5
|airdate=[[May 17]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bkjy2pJj1g
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''The Decepticons launch a new scheme to clone an army of beasts.'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:ProjectPredacon-MASKdivision.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Back repainting strikes again|Can you name the truck with four wheel drive, smells like a steak, and seats thirty five? Canyonero! Canyonero!]]

[[William Fowler|Fowler]] arrives at the [[Autobot]]s' [[Hangar E|new base]] driving a massive military truck, described as an "experimental, all-terrain, expeditionary fighting vehicle". [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] gives his approval and begins to scan it.

The next day, [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] return from the rubble of the former Autobot base with what little they could find. Wheeljack is happy enough to find their [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|lobbing]] ball, which he immediately throws to [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] to initiate a game. Unprepared, Bulkhead is unable to catch the ball and it bounces off him, very nearly crushing [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], who is pulled to safety by [[Jack Darby|Jack]]. Ultra Magnus admonishes Wheeljack's reckless behavior, once again citing his distaste for [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] behavior. He tells Wheeljack that if he'd rather not follow orders, he's free to walk away, as he did back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Wheeljack remarks that if [[Jackhammer (Prime)|his ship]] wasn't destroyed, he'd do just that.

Meanwhile, Optimus flies with his new [[jet pack]] to investigate recent [[Decepticon]] activity. He comes upon a cave entrance in the side of a mountain and transforms into his new vehicle mode to enter.

Miko wishes all of the Autobots had jet packs, but [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] reminds everyone that the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] had been depleted of its power. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] returns from scanning new "war paint", but this fails to impress Ultra Magnus, who immediately assigns him a menial duty. Smokescreen grumbles about how he nearly became a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], yet is still treated like a rookie, but pretends to have said something else when Ratchet overhears.

In the cave, Optimus comes across a group of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s excavating some very large skeletal remains, and makes short work of most of them, but he is unable to prevent [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]] from escaping with a piece of the fossil.

Optimus returns the rest of the fossil to the base, and reveals that it's the remains of a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]. Smokescreen notes that Predacons are supposed to have been extinct since before most life began on Cybertron. The Autobots deduce that the recently returned [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] is behind [[Predaking (Prime)|the one they already fought]], and most likely plans to clone more of them.

[[File:ProjectPredacon-Predacons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Once upon a time, robot animals ruled the earth.]]

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] reacts to the presence of Predacon remains on Earth with cynicism. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] explains that the remains actually belong to an army of clones that he had commissioned during the war. They were sent to Earth to kill Autobots and gather [[energon]], and they remained there until succumbing to the ravages of time. Shockwave confirms that he can create new clones from the endomatter of the deceased batch.

Ratchet shows the children images of Predacons from Cybertronian historical texts. Jack recognizes them as robotic versions of creatures from Earth's own various mythologies. Optimus notes that the Predacons were very likely the inspiration for such tales.

Ratchet revisits his [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] formula, in hopes of replenishing the energon stores lost when their base was destroyed. Fowler suddenly reports that satellites have picked up Decepticon activity in both [[Texas]] and [[Scotland]]. Optimus assigns Ultra Magnus, now wielding the depowered Forge, to lead the Wreckers to Scotland. Meanwhile, he, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and Smokescreen [[GroundBridge]] to a field of [[oil]] derricks in Texas and split up.

Alone together, Smokescreen asks Bumblebee if he'd ever wanted to be a Prime. Bumblebee says his only aspiration is to be a warrior. When Smokescreen asks why Optimus hasn't promoted him from scout yet, Bumblebee reveals that it's his choice. When Smokescreen asks him why he wants to wait, Bumblebee responds that he would rather be promoted on Cybertron. Smokescreen notes that this would be more meaningful, and that Bumblebee was one patient guy, musing that he ought to take a cue from him. They then interrupt a squad of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, only to be interrupted by Shockwave toting the remains of a Predacon. Shockwave flees from the Autobots but runs into Optimus, who blasts him out of vehicle mode. Just then, a GroundBridge opens and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] emerges in alt-form for some altitude-combat with a flying Optimus. Shockwave makes a run for the GroundBridge, but is attacked by Bumblebee and Smokescreen.

[[File:ProjectPredacon-wishbone.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Ultimate Tug of War: Who Will Take Home the Wishbone???]]

While Optimus fends off Soundwave, [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] is deployed and gets in close, delivering an electrical shock that sends Optimus crashing to the ground. On the highway overpass above him, Bumblebee and Smokescreen are able to wrest the Predacon fossil away from Shockwave, but not without breaking it, sending a small piece falling over the edge. Optimus rushes back into the air to catch it, but Soundwave activates a second GroundBridge that catches the falling fossil in mid-air and deposits it into Megatron's waiting hand aboard the ''Nemesis''. Their mission complete, the Decepticons retreat through the GroundBridge from which Soundwave emerged.

On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron decides that Shockwave is much too valuable to Project Predacon to risk using in the field. Shockwave agrees to confine himself to his lab and leave the task of collecting bones to Starscream. Megatron notes how anxious he is to set his army of beasts on humankind.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (10)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (11)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]] (13)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (14)
*[[Decepticon Miner]] (15)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (16)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (17)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (18)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (19)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (20)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (21)

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (2)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (6)
*[[Jack Darby]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)

}}

==Quotes==
"What were you thinking, soldier?" 
"I was thinking Bulk could catch that lob."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Wheeljack''' air their grievances like mature adults who hate each other.

"I was nearly a Prime, but somehow I'm still a rookie."
:—'''Smokescreen'''

'''Raf''': They're like Earth's dinosaurs. 
'''Jack''': Which means for you guys, running into one would be like us meeting a T-Rex. 
'''Miko''': So, then what were Dinobots? 
'''Bulkhead''': [[Dinobot (FOC)|Totally different]].

"Autobots, we must become Beast Hunters."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' sees the writing on the package--Er, wall

"Pfft. Another scavenger hunt?"
:—'''Starscream'''

"How logical would it really be to locate all the dusty remains of your former pets?" 
"You are not suggesting that I would send my creations to a distant planet without first having them microchipped?" 
"Well, I-- Well, I was. But... seriously? You did?"
:—'''Starscream''' is shut down by '''Shockwave'''

"Um... what's a kilt?" 
"Agent Fowler can at times be oblique. I find it best to simply nod and mobilize."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Wheeljack finds his and Bulkhead's Lobbing ball from "[[Con Job]]" in the rubble of the former Autobot base and brings it back to the new base to continue the fun.
* Ultra Magnus confirms he led the Wreckers back on Cybertron, as in [[Alex Irvine]]'s ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' novels. However, he also notes that the assignment was given to him by Optimus Prime, and refers to them as "your Wreckers" to Wheeljack, indicating that he had no part in founding the team.
* The [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]], a subgroup of Autobots mutated by Shockwave into dinosaur forms and who serve as the main characters in the tie-in ''[[Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots|Rage of the Dinobots]]'' and [[Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters (comic)|''Beast Hunters'' comics]], have at least been mentioned in passing to Miko in the past.
* Megatron reveals that he had an army of Predacon clones commissioned during the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|war for Cybertron]]. Included in the artistic flashback appear to be [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurr]] (or [[Twinstrike (Prime)|Twinstrike]]), [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]], [[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]], [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], [[Ripclaw]], [[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]] and a previous incarnation of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. Also, the Predacon picture Ratchet shows the kids looks somewhat similar to Ripclaw, minus the Siphon Claw on her tail.
* Ratchet returns to work on the synthetic energon formula he last tried replicating in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
* Laserbeak is apparently up and running now. Soundwave must have repaired him since "[[Darkmount, NV]]".
* Megatron mentions Shockwave's apparent demise in the space bridge accident in "[[Out of the Past]]".
* This episode appears to occur concurrently with the [[Chain of Command (Prime)|following]] episode.

===Transformers references===
* Wheeljack's near-lethal game of catch is quite similar to the one in "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]" from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated.]] It even has Bulkhead involved, albeit as the failed catcher instead of the tosser.
* Smokescreen uses the "robots in disguise" tagline as justification for his new paint job.
* Bulkhead refers to the potential threat of a cloned Predacon army as a "[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]". Megatron continues the trend by saying he sent his army of Predacon clones to Earth to "unleash the beast" on Autobots stationed there.
* Ultra Magnus arms himself with [[Magnus Hammer|a very large hammer]].

===Real-world references===
[[File:ProjectPredacon-UnitE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* Micro-chipping pets is a human method of identifying lost dogs, cats and other pets through use of a sub-dermal chip implant. Mind you, in the real world, it works by scanning the animal directly to see if it even has a chip that stores the owner's information, rather than the show's GPS-like take.
* In possibly the most self-indulgent meta-reference in ''Transformers'' ever, the Autobots' new base is set up inside "[[Unit:E]]". This was the title of Hasbro's more-or-less stillborn [[Unit:E (issue)|crossover franchise]], mixing numerous properties Hasbro owned yet didn't have much going on with at the moment, including ''[[Micronauts]]'', ''[[Jem]]'', ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Stretch Armstrong'', ''Candyland'' (no, really), and more. ''Transformers'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' also had cameos as part of a colossal multiverse. Fowler's office door even uses the ''Unit:E'' logo. While "[[Grill (episode)|Grill]]" made a background reference to it, this episode is pretty blatant in its reference to it.
* As part of the gleeful shamelessness, Fowler says that the truck Optimus scans comes from the "M.A.S.K." division. ''M.A.S.K.'' was all about humans piloting (mostly) ordinary-looking vehicles that transformed into battle-modes.

===Errors===
* When Optimus scans his new vehicle mode, the beams from his eyes are blue instead of green like previously shown scans. However, [[Skyquake (Prime)|the]] [[Airachnid (Prime)|other]] [[Dreadwing (Prime)|scanners]] were all Decepticons and/or non-Primes, so that may be a factor.
* Optimus conveniently has kibble matching his new vehicle mode before he scans the truck, but that's nothing new.
* Before Shockwave says "...but there appears to be an enormous mass upon the upper hull", Starscream's left leg is slightly transparent.
* Bumblebee states to Smokescreen that it was his own choice to not yet graduate from scout to warrior, which contradicts with Prime's belief in "[[Masters & Students]]" that Bumblebee wasn't experienced enough in the field. It's possible that Prime has since changed his mind on the subject.
* When Soundwave transforms to robot mode and lands on the clifftop, he's wearing Laserbeak, even though at that point his deployer's separated from him.
* There's no logical reason for the tug of war for the Predacon jawbone. Since Smokescreen is wearing the phase shifter, he could have simply pulled it right through Shockwave's hand, as demonstrated in "[[New Recruit]]" and "[[Inside Job]]". Shockwave, meanwhile, is using his only hand to pull back, instead of shooting or punching Smokescreen and Bumblebee with his free cannon arm.

===Trivia===
* This episode premieres a new [[title sequence]] with significantly more [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] and Shockwave in it, and also features Prime's new body and Bumblebee's new paint job. There's no Wheeljack, Ultra Magnus, or Smokescreen, though.
*This is one reference-heavy episode, isn't it?
* Megatron says that the cloned Predacons fell victim to "the ravages of time" between their being stationed on Earth and the rest of the Decepticons arriving. As Cybertronians are often described as having millions-long lifespans, and the great war has been extablished to have occurred mere millennia prior to the series, the passage of time alone could not have accounted for the clones' eventual demise; it was probably more due to their lack of access to useable energon.
* This episode establishes that when a Transformer upgrades their body the alternate mode for that body is reset and they must choose another appropriate one.
* As of this episode, Optimus is the only Autobot to use a weapon in Alt mode. However he will also never use his access to missiles in his vehicle or robot mode again.
* With Optimus Prime, this episode marks the first time we've seen an Autobot scan their vehicle mode on-screen in ''Prime''. Instead, in other Aligned's series like ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'', this has [[Family of Heroes|already]] [[Quarry's Quarry|happened]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Clones de Shockwave'''" ("Shockwave's Clones")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Projekt Predacon'''" ("Project Predacon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4|4 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Predacon művelet'''" ("The Predacon Procedure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Projeto Predacon'''" ("Project Predacon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 1|1 November]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Progetto Predacon'''" ("Project Predacon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 6|6 September]] [[2013]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Proyecto Predacon'''" ("Project Predacon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 14|14 October]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 2: Race for Salvation ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season 3 Volume 1: Battle for Darkmount (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Staffel 3 Teil 1: Schlacht um Darkmount (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Hurt

2023-07-06T16:31:00Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 42
|prev=Toxicity
|next=Out of the Past
|image=Hurt-Mikosleeps.jpg
|caption=And you could have it all, my empire of dirt.
|title="Hurt"
|season=2
|season ep=16
|airdate=[[August 24]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhW1gMPBKA
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Miko and Wheeljack embark on a quest for revenge.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HurtDecepticonsRoundup.jpg|leftt|300px|thumb|This is one of the closest times you'll get to seeing the entire Decepticon cast in one shot. Don't get used to it.]]
[[New York City|Manhattan]]. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] are on their way back from their successful relic mission. While Miko is feeling victorious and listening to rock music, she announces she's ready to get back to hanging with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. As they arrive through the [[GroundBridge]], they almost run into Bulkhead's body, still laying by the entrance as [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] attempts to revive the [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] with defibrillators. [[William Fowler|Fowler]] has to restrain Miko as Ratchet explains what has happened to Bulkhead while the other [[Autobot]]s drag Bulkhead to the medical bay. Miko blames herself for not going with Bulkhead, but Fowler points out there's nothing she could have done against [[Hardshell]].

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] rages that only [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] brought back a relic. Hardshell claims that, though he failed to secure the [[Tox-En]], Bulkhead was terminated in the process, which does please Megatron. Hardshell and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] almost come to blows over the effectiveness of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s.

[[Image:Hurt-KnockOutbuffs.jpg|left|thumb|200px|It's in Knock Out's contract to periodically throw the Tumblr shippers a bone.]]

Fowler is called away to cover up the activities in [[New York City|New York]], but makes [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] promise to keep him updated. Arcee reports that [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] is coming in, which causes Miko to storm off as she believes the others are giving up on Bulkhead. As Ratchet reports that Bulkhead is stable, Wheeljack arrives and promises to go after whoever did this. Optimus, however, refuses to say who's responsible. Wheeljack rushes off anyway, but doesn't get far in the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'' before Miko reveals herself. Though Wheeljack's immediate instinct is to take her back to the base, Miko makes a deal to tell him who's responsible for Bulkhead's damage, if he takes her with him.

Hardshell boasts to his fellow Insecticons, but they overhear a couple of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s badmouthing them. Knock Out's buffing session is thus interrupted by an all-out brawl between the two groups, and he ends up being punched by an Insecticon.

Miko and Wheeljack find an [[energon]] mine that Wheeljack intends to attack to draw out Hardshell. Miko goes in first, using [[miko's phone|her phone]] to transmit footage back to Wheeljack. Mid-way through her recon, Wheeljack himself assaults the cave, leaving her to duck for cover while Vehicon parts fly everywhere. He makes swift work of the Decepticon contingent.

Knock Out takes his concerns about the Insecticons to Megatron, insisting they be confined somewhere. Hardshell is defiant, but the discussion is interrupted by a transmission from the mine—Wheeljack informs Megatron that the mine is his and he's going to attack more mines until the Decepticons give him Hardshell. To underscore the threat, he blows up the mine. Megatron is more upset at the news that Bulkhead might not be dead, and announces Hardshell owes him a [[spark]].

[[Image:Hurt-WheeljackHardshell.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hold still! There's a bug on your... oh wait...]]
As they head to the next mine, Miko and Wheeljack discuss Bulkhead's chances, but Miko's so tired she falls asleep mid-conversation. She wakes up when they arrive, but Wheeljack leaves her in the ship with instructions to use the auto-pilot to return to the Autobot base. She watches from the cockpit as Wheeljack approaches the mine and calls out Hardshell, who promptly appears on the clifftop above. Wheeljack and Hardshell clash, though the latter is wise to the former's grenade trick. The much-larger Insecticon soon gets the better of Wheeljack, tossing him about and landing solid blows, until the Autobot is left lying on the ground. With the fight's outcome clear, Miko goes to press the autopilot, but instead uses the controls to fire off a couple of missiles that strike Hardshell. As Wheeljack stands, more Insecticons appear at the clifftop, and he has to limp back to the ''Jackhammer''. The swarm follows the ship, but Wheeljack throws a box of grenades at them, and the explosions dissipate the swarm. He congratulates Miko by welcoming her to the Wreckers, but she remains despondent over Bulkhead's condition.

Some time later, the pair drag themselves back into the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]]. Ratchet sadly reports that Bulkhead will survive, but may never be fully-functional again. While Miko rushes to her friend's side, Wheeljack opts to leave, not wanting to see Bulkhead that way.

Megatron looks down in fury at the corpse of Hardshell, and is shocked when he's told that the one responsible is a human girl.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (10)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (11)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Hardshell]] (13)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s (16)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (17)
|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (2)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (4)
*[[William Fowler]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)

}}

==Quotes==
"Let me guess. You and Raf spend all your drive-time listening to chiptunes." 
"''Wraaaaaaaa''?"
:—'''Miko''' and '''Bumblebee''' on music.

"Pit-bound scavengers." 
"Scrap-eaters."
:—Two '''Vehicons''' and their take on Insecticons.

"Detailing was so much easier when Breakdown was around!"
:—'''Knock Out''' gives fangirls an inch.

"Sorry kid, but Bulkhead's ''gonna'' wake up. And he'll file off my rivets if you're not there when he comes to." 
:—'''Wheeljack''' on Bulkhead's condition.

"Talk during battle is a sign of weakness." 
"Only when you're too primitive to do two things at once."
:—'''Hardshell''' and '''Wheeljack''' exchange smack talk.

"I thought I told you to hit autopilot." 
"Bad things happen to bots when I leave their side."
:—'''Wheeljack''' shows concern for '''Miko''', who is [[Rock Bottom|not entirely]] [[Toxicity|wrong]].

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Miko, Jack, Bumblebee, and Arcee return from their mission, which occurred in "[[Tunnel Vision]]". They are followed shortly by Optimus, whose mission took place in "[[Triangulation]]". Bulkhead is suffering from [[Tox-En]] poisoning from the [[Toxicity|previous episode]]. On the Decepticon side, Hardshell is the last to return from his mission, which is also shown in the previous episode.
*Miko mentioned their success in obtaining the [[phase shifter]] from "Tunnel Vision", which happened to be sitting next to her at the time.
*Knock Out refers to [[Crossfire (Prime)|Breakdown's demise]].
*Wheeljack shows the newfound respect for Ratchet that he gained in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]".
*Knock Out comments that it has been a long time since a Decepticon extinguished an Autobot's spark. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream's]] murder of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] was the first and last successful termination of an Earth-bound Autobot by a Decepticon, which occurred all the way back in the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|series premiere]].
*Hardshell easily predicts Wheeljack's "one grenade, one shot" strategy, having watched his men fall victim to Bulkhead's own grenade booby trap in the previous episode.
*Hardshell is still missing the mandible Bulkhead punched off in "Toxicity".

===Transformers references===
*A Vehicon mentions the [[Pit (BW)|Pit]].

===Real-world references===
*Energon mine [[TVC 15]] is named after the {{w|David Bowie}} song {{w|TVC 15|of the same name}}.
*Miko asks Bumblebee if he and Raf listen to chiptunes, electronic music which intentionally sounds like an 8-bit video game console synthesizer.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Fowler comments that Hardshell sucker punched Bulkhead, although he never heard Hardshell's name in the previous episode.
*When Hardshell promises Megatron that Bulkhead was killed by his own hand, in the background, only one of Dreadwing's optics are blinking, making it look as if the Seeker's winking at the camera.
*How could Wheeljack have possibly missed the massive group of Insecticons on his approach to the mine? If they were already there when he arrived, he should have seen them when he landed. If they came in later, the synchronized buzzing of nearly a hundred Insecticons should have been audible to him.
*When Wheeljack retreats into his ship after his fight against Hardshell, he sits down without a grenade at his hip. As he's standing up to open his case of grenades, he suddenly has one in its usual spot, despite not picking up a new one in the interim. His swords, which he also lost in the battle, are back despite him not picking them up.
*As Wheeljack limps towards his ship, he has his mouthplate retracted. However, when he gets on the ship, his mouthplate is back out again. In the next scene, it's retracted again.
*Wheeljack's blades simply disappear once Hardshell knocks them from his hands.
*When Wheeljack kills the last Vehicon at the energon mine, the sound of his blade being extracted from the Vehicon's chest is slightly out of sync with the action itself.
*When Miko fires missiles at Hardshell, they simply appear in midair below the ''Jackhammer'', instead of being disengaged from some point on the ship.
*Wheeljack rather dramatically limps into the base on foot. But after he decides not to see Bulkhead, he just transforms and roars out, showing no ill effects from the fight.
*One of the Insecticons informs Megatron that "a human girl" is responsible for Hardshell's demise, even though it is highly unlikely that they saw Miko piloting the ''Jackhammer''.

===Trivia===
*Despite Wheeljack taking an entire Energon Mine on his own, he doesn't think to contact Team Prime and have them take the energon for themselves. Kind of a big deal when Energon is the reason the war is happening in the first place.
*Wheeljack's "one grenade, one shot" strategy is actually more of a "one grenade at a time, one shot" strategy, as Wheeljack says when Miko sees his case of grenades in the ''Jackhammer''.
*Wheeljack lets us know that [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s are bound by a single mind.
*Miko is the second human in the series to have killed an Insecticon, Jack having destroyed the first one on Cybertron in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]". So... Raf... no pressure, then?
*Despite Energon being generally volatile when mishandled, the cubes remained stable while being knocked around by Wheeljack inside the mine. Must take some really clumsy handling to make them explode.
*Hardshell claims that talk during battle is a sign of weakness. Interestingly, both of his battles against Bulkhead in [[Toxicity|the previous episode]] had almost no dialogue, and what was spoken was usually done during lulls in the fight.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vengeance'''" ("Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Rachefeldzug'''" ("The Vendetta")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 26|26 January]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Adauchi Henkei! Yūki aru Tsuiseki'''" (仇討変形!勇気ある追跡, "Revenge Transformation! The Brave Chase")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 19|19 January]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ferido'''" ("Hurt")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24|24 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ferito'''" ("Wounded"), "'''La Vendetta'''" (2017 airing, "The Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 6|6 February]] [[2013]]

==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. 21 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 10: Bulkheads Mission ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 4: Unclear Objectives ([[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. 3: Toxicity ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 3: La course aux reliques (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 3: Il Tox-En (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]]

Hurt

2023-07-06T16:30:21Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 42
|prev=Toxicity
|next=Out of the Past
|image=Hurt-Mikosleeps.jpg
|caption=And you could have it all, my empire of dirt.
|title="Hurt"
|season=2
|season ep=16
|airdate=[[August 24]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhW1gMPBKA
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Miko and Wheeljack embark on a quest for revenge.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HurtDecepticonsRoundup.jpg|leftt|300px|thumb|This is one of the closest times you'll get to seeing the entire Decepticon cast in one shot. Don't get used to it.]]
[[New York City|Manhattan]]. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] are on their way back from their successful relic mission. While Miko is feeling victorious and listening to rock music, she announces she's ready to get back to hanging with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. As they arrive through the [[GroundBridge]], they almost run into Bulkhead's body, still laying by the entrance as [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] attempts to revive the [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] with defibrillators. [[William Fowler|Fowler]] has to restrain Miko as Ratchet explains what has happened to Bulkhead while the other [[Autobot]]s drag Bulkhead to the medical bay. Miko blames herself for not going with Bulkhead, but Fowler points out there's nothing she could have done against [[Hardshell]].

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] rages that only [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] brought back a relic. Hardshell claims that, though he failed to secure the [[Tox-En]], Bulkhead was terminated in the process, which does please Megatron. Hardshell and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] almost come to blows over the effectiveness of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s.

[[Image:Hurt-KnockOutbuffs.jpg|left|thumb|200px|It's in Knock Out's contract to periodically throw the Tumblr shippers a bone.]]

Fowler is called away to cover up the activities in [[New York City|New York]], but makes [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] promise to keep him updated. Arcee reports that [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] is coming in, which causes Miko to storm off as she believes the others are giving up on Bulkhead. As Ratchet reports that Bulkhead is stable, Wheeljack arrives and promises to go after whoever did this. Optimus, however, refuses to say who's responsible. Wheeljack rushes off anyway, but doesn't get far in the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'' before Miko reveals herself. Though Wheeljack's immediate instinct is to take her back to the base, Miko makes a deal to tell him who's responsible for Bulkhead's damage, if he takes her with him.

Hardshell boasts to his fellow Insecticons, but they overhear a couple of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s badmouthing them. Knock Out's buffing session is thus interrupted by an all-out brawl between the two groups, and he ends up being punched by an Insecticon.

Miko and Wheeljack find an [[energon]] mine that Wheeljack intends to attack to draw out Hardshell. Miko goes in first, using [[miko's phone|her phone]] to transmit footage back to Wheeljack. Mid-way through her recon, Wheeljack himself assaults the cave, leaving her to duck for cover while Vehicon parts fly everywhere. He makes swift work of the Decepticon contingent.

Knock Out takes his concerns about the Insecticons to Megatron, insisting they be confined somewhere. Hardshell is defiant, but the discussion is interrupted by a transmission from the mine—Wheeljack informs Megatron that the mine is his and he's going to attack more mines until the Decepticons give him Hardshell. To underscore the threat, he blows up the mine. Megatron is more upset at the news that Bulkhead might not be dead, and announces Hardshell owes him a [[spark]].

[[Image:Hurt-WheeljackHardshell.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hold still! There's a bug on your... oh wait...]]
As they head to the next mine, Miko and Wheeljack discuss Bulkhead's chances, but Miko's so tired she falls asleep mid-conversation. She wakes up when they arrive, but Wheeljack leaves her in the ship with instructions to use the auto-pilot to return to the Autobot base. She watches from the cockpit as Wheeljack approaches the mine and calls out Hardshell, who promptly appears on the clifftop above. Wheeljack and Hardshell clash, though the latter is wise to the former's grenade trick. The much-larger Insecticon soon gets the better of Wheeljack, tossing him about and landing solid blows, until the Autobot is left lying on the ground. With the fight's outcome clear, Miko goes to press the autopilot, but instead uses the controls to fire off a couple of missiles that strike Hardshell. As Wheeljack stands, more Insecticons appear at the clifftop, and he has to limp back to the ''Jackhammer''. The swarm follows the ship, but Wheeljack throws a box of grenades at them, and the explosions dissipate the swarm. He congratulates Miko by welcoming her to the Wreckers, but she remains despondent over Bulkhead's condition.

Some time later, the pair drag themselves back into the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]]. Ratchet sadly reports that Bulkhead will survive, but may never be fully-functional again. While Miko rushes to her friend's side, Wheeljack opts to leave, not wanting to see Bulkhead that way.

Megatron looks down in fury at the corpse of Hardshell, and is shocked when he's told that the one responsible is a human girl.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (10)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (11)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Hardshell]] (13)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s (16)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (17)
|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (2)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (4)
*[[William Fowler]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)

}}

==Quotes==
"Let me guess. You and Raf spend all your drive-time listening to chiptunes." 
"''Wraaaaaaaa''?"
:—'''Miko''' and '''Bumblebee''' on music.

"Pit-bound scavengers." 
"Scrap-eaters."
:—Two '''Vehicons''' and their take on Insecticons.

"Detailing was so much easier when Breakdown was around!"
:—'''Knock Out''' gives fangirls an inch.

"Sorry kid, but Bulkhead's ''gonna'' wake up. And he'll file off my rivets if you're not there when he comes to." 
:—'''Wheeljack''' on Bulkhead's condition.

"Talk during battle is a sign of weakness." 
"Only when you're too primitive to do two things at once."
:—'''Hardshell''' and '''Wheeljack''' exchange smack talk.

"I thought I told you to hit autopilot." 
"Bad things happen to bots when I leave their side."
:—'''Wheeljack''' shows concern for '''Miko''', who is [[Rock Bottom|not entirely]] [[Toxicity|wrong]].

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Miko, Jack, Bumblebee, and Arcee return from their mission, which occurred in "[[Tunnel Vision]]". They are followed shortly by Optimus, whose mission took place in "[[Triangulation]]". Bulkhead is suffering from [[Tox-En]] poisoning from the [[Toxicity|previous episode]]. On the Decepticon side, Hardshell is the last to return from his mission, which is also shown in the previous episode.
*Miko mentioned their success in obtaining the [[phase shifter]] from "Tunnel Vision", which happened to be sitting next to her at the time.
*Knock Out refers to [[Crossfire (Prime)|Breakdown's demise]].
*Wheeljack shows the newfound respect for Ratchet that he gained in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]".
*Knock Out comments that it has been a long time since a Decepticon extinguished an Autobot's spark. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream's]] murder of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] was the first and last successful termination of an Earth-bound Autobot by a Decepticon, which occurred all the way back in the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|series premiere]].
*Hardshell easily predicts Wheeljack's "one grenade, one shot" strategy, having watched his men fall victim to Bulkhead's own grenade booby trap in the previous episode.
*Hardshell is still missing the mandible Bulkhead punched off in "Toxicity".

===Transformers references===
*A Vehicon mentions the [[Pit (BW)|Pit]].

===Real-world references===
*Energon mine [[TVC 15]] is named after the {{w|David Bowie}} song {{w|TVC 15|of the same name}}.
*Miko asks Bumblebee if he and Raf listen to chiptunes, electronic music which intentionally sounds like an 8-bit video game console synthesizer.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Fowler comments that Hardshell sucker punched Bulkhead, although he never heard Hardshell's name in the previous episode.
*When Hardshell promises Megatron that Bulkhead was killed by his own hand, in the background, only one of Dreadwing's optics are blinking, making it look as if the Seeker's winking at the camera.
*How could Wheeljack have possibly missed the massive group of Insecticons on his approach to the mine? If they were already there when he arrived, he should have seen them when he landed. If they came in later, the synchronized buzzing of nearly a hundred Insecticons should have been audible to him.
*When Wheeljack retreats into his ship after his fight against Hardshell, he sits down without a grenade at his hip. As he's standing up to open his case of grenades, he suddenly has one in its usual spot, despite not picking up a new one in the interim. His swords, which he also lost in the battle, are back despite him not picking them up.
*As Wheeljack limps towards his ship, he has his mouthplate retracted. However, when he gets on the ship, his mouthplate is back out again. In the next scene, it's retracted again.
*Wheeljack's blades simply disappear once Hardshell knocks them from his hands.
*When Wheeljack kills the last Vehicon at the energon mine, the sound of his blade being extracted from the Vehicon's chest is slightly out of sync with the action itself.
*When Miko fires missiles at Hardshell, they simply appear in midair below the ''Jackhammer'', instead of being disengaged from some point on the ship.
*Wheeljack rather dramatically limps into the base on foot. But after he decides not to see Bulkhead, he just transforms and roars out, showing no ill effects from the fight.
*One of the Insecticons informs Megatron that "a human girl" is responsible for Hardshell's demise, even though it is highly unlikely that they saw Miko piloting the ''Jackhammer''.

===Trivia===
*Despite Wheeljack taking an entire Energon Mine on his own, he doesn't think to contact Team Prime and have them take the energon for themselves.
*Wheeljack's "one grenade, one shot" strategy is actually more of a "one grenade at a time, one shot" strategy, as Wheeljack says when Miko sees his case of grenades in the ''Jackhammer''.
*Wheeljack lets us know that [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s are bound by a single mind.
*Miko is the second human in the series to have killed an Insecticon, Jack having destroyed the first one on Cybertron in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]". So... Raf... no pressure, then?
*Despite Energon being generally volatile when mishandled, the cubes remained stable while being knocked around by Wheeljack inside the mine. Must take some really clumsy handling to make them explode.
*Hardshell claims that talk during battle is a sign of weakness. Interestingly, both of his battles against Bulkhead in [[Toxicity|the previous episode]] had almost no dialogue, and what was spoken was usually done during lulls in the fight.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vengeance'''" ("Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Rachefeldzug'''" ("The Vendetta")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 26|26 January]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Adauchi Henkei! Yūki aru Tsuiseki'''" (仇討変形!勇気ある追跡, "Revenge Transformation! The Brave Chase")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 19|19 January]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ferido'''" ("Hurt")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24|24 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ferito'''" ("Wounded"), "'''La Vendetta'''" (2017 airing, "The Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 6|6 February]] [[2013]]

==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. 21 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 10: Bulkheads Mission ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 4: Unclear Objectives ([[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. 3: Toxicity ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 3: La course aux reliques (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 3: Il Tox-En (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]]

Metal Attraction

2023-07-06T16:20:02Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 18
|prev=Crisscross (episode)
|next=Rock Bottom
|image=MetalAttraction-stuck.jpg
|caption= Sadly, they don't fuse into [[Tigerhawk|a powerful being.]]
|title="Metal Attraction"
|season=1
|season ep=18
|airdate=[[July 9]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots try to claim a magnetic weapon called a "polarity gauntlet" before the Decepticons get to it.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:MetalAttraction-JackJuneEep.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Jack discovers his mother's startling fetish.]]
[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] reports to [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] that there's an incoming vehicle, which they initially assume to be a [[Decepticon]], but they relax when it turns out to be [[June Darby]] in her car. Jack's less than enthusiastic that his mother's come to check up on him ''again'', but the mood changes when Ratchet detects an unusual magnetic flux.

[[File:TFP ep18 BD optic patch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|YOU ARE A PIRATE.]]
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] has also picked up the magnetic signature, which [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] recognizes as a Decepticon weapon. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] volunteers to secure the invention. Megatron is skeptical of Breakdown's abilities following [[Operation: Breakdown|certain recent events]], but Breakdown insists.

[[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] arrive back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], but their high spirits drop when they realize Jack's mom is there. Arcee and Jack prepare to go conduct a routine diagnostic, but June's questioning about how safe it will be makes Arcee irritated. Ratchet asks Bulkhead to go and investigate the magnetic disturbance, and when Miko announces she's going too, Bulkhead is obliged to tell her to stay at base. Finally, June's questions become too much for Arcee, and she opts to go with Bulkhead.

In a desert area, Breakdown breaks apart some rocks to find the device he's after. No sooner has he picked it up than [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] puts in an appearance, clouts him and grabs the weapon. Breakdown recovers quickly and begins fighting Airachnid, until she burrows up from beneath the earth and drags him down, leaving him buried. She picks up the device and is ready to leave, when Breakdown pulls himself free of the ground, and the pair charge at each other.

[[File:TFP ep18 tag team.jpg‎|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"How many attraction jokes do you think we can come up with?" "A lot, Bulkhead."]]

Arcee and Bulkhead trudge through the rocks, discussing how Jack's mom is a killjoy, and Miko, who has quietly tagged along, asks if they can ban her from the base. Arcee calls for a [[GroundBridge]], but Miko talks her out of it, then requests Bulkhead play some rock music. Arcee tells him to shut it off, as it's not exactly stealthy, and they soon find Breakdown and Airachnid fighting. Leaving Miko a safe distance behind, the two Autobots leap into combat, surprising Airachnid, who has just gotten the upper hand. Bulkhead tosses Arcee into the air, and she shoots at the pair before charging at Breakdown, but Airachnid insists on facing Arcee herself. After a few minutes' fighting, Bulkhead and Arcee overcome their opponents, but Breakdown grabs the weapon and activates it. Warning him that it isn't a toy, Airachnid retreats underground, and Arcee and Bulkhead find themselves being dragged towards each other. The weapon hoists them into the air before slamming them back against some rocks. Satisfied, Breakdown transforms to return to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Miko finds [[Miko's phone|her phone]] stuck to Bulkhead's chest and Arcee stuck to Bulkhead's back.

Driving along a road, Breakdown is ambushed and entangled in a web.

Ratchet realizes that the weapon Breakdown has is a [[polarity gauntlet]] and says their best bet to get Arcee unstuck is to get the gauntlet back. Arcee insists on Miko returning to base, and Miko complains loudly that she sounds just like Jack's mom, which June naturally hears over the comm link.

[[File:TFP ep18 Airachnid gauntlet.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67|"Ooh, shiny."]]

At an old gas station, Airachnid tries on the gauntlet. Breakdown, securely webbed to the side of the building, suggests they could take it back to Megatron together, but she's not keen on rejoining the Decepticons and thinks the gauntlet will be perfect for keeping everyone else away. Bulkhead trudges up to the gas station to confront Airachnid, who tells him to put his hands up and turn around. He does so, and Arcee promptly opens fire, managing to shoot the gauntlet out of Airachnid's hand. The device activates and drags everything metal towards it, including Breakdown, who is pulled free of the webbing and shuts the gauntlet down. Bulkhead and Arcee begin awkwardly fighting Breakdown and Airachnid. Bulkhead manages to deck Breakdown and turns to face Airachnid, but then Breakdown uses the gauntlet to drop an [[oil]] derrick on the 'Bots.

Pinned under an unconscious Bulkhead, Arcee is menaced by Airachnid. Fortunately, Bulkhead comes around in time, and the pair stand up, now separated. Arcee attacks Breakdown, but Bulkhead finds himself no match for Airachnid, who grabs the gauntlet and uses it to draw Arcee to her. Bulkhead blasts Breakdown into another oil derrick, while Arcee and Airachnid fight. Arcee eventually gets possession of the gauntlet and uses it to polarize everyone so that they repel metal. Airachnid uses her webbing to snatch the gauntlet back and transforms to escape, but Bulkhead grabs onto her helicopter mode and throws her into Breakdown. With the gauntlet secured, Arcee and Bulkhead head back to base, where they give it to Ratchet, and June apologizes for being overprotective.

On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is unhappy when Breakdown returns apparently empty-handed, but Breakdown reveals he has Airachnid stuck to his back. Airachnid tells an amused Megatron that she is happy to return.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (5)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (7)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (12)

|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (3)
*[[June Darby]] (4)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (9)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)

}}

==Quotes==
'''June''': So... where's Optimus? 
'''Ratchet''': On a scouting mission with Bumblebee. Sorry to disappoint. 
'''June''': And I wore heels and everything... 
'''Jack''': MOM!
:—June makes Jack uncomfortable with a few choice words.

"Allow me to redeem myself, master. What I have lost... is a constant reminder that I must never again fail you."
:—'''Breakdown''' rather darkly references his new eyepatch.

"It was a lovely burial."
:—'''Airachnid''' says after literally putting Breakdown six feet under...

"A scout should be silent but deadly."
:—'''Arcee''' unwittingly makes Bulkhead and Miko's day.

"Still up for a truce, muscles?" 
"Only because I hate Bulkhead more than I hate you."
:—'''Airachnid''' and '''Breakdown''' decide to look at the bigger picture.

'''Megatron''': Breakdown, you dare to return empty-handed?! 
'''Breakdown''': No, Master. 
''[Turns around, revealing Airachnid magnetized to his back]'' 
'''Megatron''': Airachnid... it has been some time. 
'''Airachnid''': Lord Megatron... what can I say? It's good to be back.
:—The Decepticons get an unexpected addition... and an expected pun.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Breakdown was bested by [[MECH|humans]] and lost his right optic in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".

===Transformers references===
* Ratchet notes that [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] are on a "scouting mission", but since ''Prime'' is part of the same continuity as ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'', and around this time the Rescue Bots needed Optimus and Bumblebee, there's a pretty good chance we know [[It's a Bot Time|where they]] [[Bot to the Future|actually were]].

===Real-world references===
* The episode title appears to be a belabored nod to the film ''{{w|Fatal Attraction}}''.
* Bulkhead and Arcee appear to perform a [[Fastball Special]] in combat. [[Along Came a Spider#Real-world references|This is not the first time a Bulkhead has used this move.]]

===Errors===
* Mere moments after Bulkhead states that he is polarised and can’t touch metal, he grabs Airachnid out of the air and throws her at Breakdown. Is she not made of metal, or did the gauntlet's effects wear off that fast?
* Cellphones are primarily made of plastic, which is not attracted to magnetic objects. The gauntlet also took Miko's change, which is also not magnetic. Yet the gauntlet didn't attract Miko's belt buckle or earrings. Huh.
* A magnetic field that powerful should have wiped the electronics in Miko's phone.
* When Arcee is stuck to Bulkhead, she can still move her arms and legs. If the magnetic force were strong enough to hold her to him, her limbs would also have been stuck.
* Arcee's head jewel is miscoloured in several shots, pink in some, grey in others.

===Trivia===
* Breakdown's new optic patch was hinted at during [[BotCon 2011]] when an artist from the series was requested to sketch Breakdown by [[Chris Ho|a certain Transformers fan]]: the artist asked what [[Operation: Breakdown|episode]] had just been screened, thought for a moment, and soon provided an image of Breakdown with an optic patch.<ref>Vangelus revealed this during the [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/422249-wtf-primetime-14-operation-breakdown-june-22-2011-a.html "Operation: Breakdown"] episode of TFW2005's "WTF Primetime" podcast</ref>
* During this episode's original airing, the [[commercial bumper]]s were backwards: "we now return" was played at the start of each break and "we'll be right back" was played at the end.
* As of this episode, we finally have a mention of Jack's father having left him and June.
* Apparently, Miko [[Shadowzone (episode)|didn't learn her lesson]] as she followed Bulkhead and Arcee. Although this time, she only followed them to get away from Jack's mother, so otherwise, she probably would have stayed put.
* This episode is very inconsistent with Arcee's grudge against Arachnid as when the latter was unconscious and Bulkhead suggests finishing them off, Arcee is the one to dismiss the opportunity to kill Arachnid. This is even more befuddling as [[Partners|two episodes later]] would re-establish this very same grudge.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Atração Metálica'''" ("Metal Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 5|5 March]] [[2012]]

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Attraction métallique'''" ("Metallic Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Metallische Anziehung'''" ("Metal Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 20|20 January]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fémes vonzalom'''" ("Metal Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 1|1 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Senjata Magnet'''" ("Magnetary Weapon")
:*''Original airdate:'' 25 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Attrazione tra metalli'''" ("Attraction Between Metals"), "'''Attrazione Metallica'''" ("Metallic Attraction", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 26|26 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mitchaku Henkei!? Jiryoku Tag Match'''" (密着変形!?磁力タッグマッチ, "Adhesive Transformation!? Magnetic Tag Match")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 4|4 August]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jaseok Mugi'''" (자석 무기, "Magnetic Weapon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25|25 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 28|28 December]] [[2011]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Atracción metálica'''" ("Metallic Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 26|26 November]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 4: Strength in Numbers (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 5: Metallische Anziehung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 9 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 4: Une alliance inattendue ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 4: Improbabili alleanze ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Unlikely Alliances ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Ultimate Autobots (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK)
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

==External links==
<references />

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Metal Attraction

2023-07-06T16:17:23Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 18
|prev=Crisscross (episode)
|next=Rock Bottom
|image=MetalAttraction-stuck.jpg
|caption= Sadly, they don't fuse into [[Tigerhawk|a powerful being.]]
|title="Metal Attraction"
|season=1
|season ep=18
|airdate=[[July 9]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots try to claim a magnetic weapon called a "polarity gauntlet" before the Decepticons get to it.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:MetalAttraction-JackJuneEep.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Jack discovers his mother's startling fetish.]]
[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] reports to [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] that there's an incoming vehicle, which they initially assume to be a [[Decepticon]], but they relax when it turns out to be [[June Darby]] in her car. Jack's less than enthusiastic that his mother's come to check up on him ''again'', but the mood changes when Ratchet detects an unusual magnetic flux.

[[File:TFP ep18 BD optic patch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|YOU ARE A PIRATE.]]
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] has also picked up the magnetic signature, which [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] recognizes as a Decepticon weapon. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] volunteers to secure the invention. Megatron is skeptical of Breakdown's abilities following [[Operation: Breakdown|certain recent events]], but Breakdown insists.

[[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] arrive back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], but their high spirits drop when they realize Jack's mom is there. Arcee and Jack prepare to go conduct a routine diagnostic, but June's questioning about how safe it will be makes Arcee irritated. Ratchet asks Bulkhead to go and investigate the magnetic disturbance, and when Miko announces she's going too, Bulkhead is obliged to tell her to stay at base. Finally, June's questions become too much for Arcee, and she opts to go with Bulkhead.

In a desert area, Breakdown breaks apart some rocks to find the device he's after. No sooner has he picked it up than [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] puts in an appearance, clouts him and grabs the weapon. Breakdown recovers quickly and begins fighting Airachnid, until she burrows up from beneath the earth and drags him down, leaving him buried. She picks up the device and is ready to leave, when Breakdown pulls himself free of the ground, and the pair charge at each other.

[[File:TFP ep18 tag team.jpg‎|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"How many attraction jokes do you think we can come up with?" "A lot, Bulkhead."]]

Arcee and Bulkhead trudge through the rocks, discussing how Jack's mom is a killjoy, and Miko, who has quietly tagged along, asks if they can ban her from the base. Arcee calls for a [[GroundBridge]], but Miko talks her out of it, then requests Bulkhead play some rock music. Arcee tells him to shut it off, as it's not exactly stealthy, and they soon find Breakdown and Airachnid fighting. Leaving Miko a safe distance behind, the two Autobots leap into combat, surprising Airachnid, who has just gotten the upper hand. Bulkhead tosses Arcee into the air, and she shoots at the pair before charging at Breakdown, but Airachnid insists on facing Arcee herself. After a few minutes' fighting, Bulkhead and Arcee overcome their opponents, but Breakdown grabs the weapon and activates it. Warning him that it isn't a toy, Airachnid retreats underground, and Arcee and Bulkhead find themselves being dragged towards each other. The weapon hoists them into the air before slamming them back against some rocks. Satisfied, Breakdown transforms to return to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Miko finds [[Miko's phone|her phone]] stuck to Bulkhead's chest and Arcee stuck to Bulkhead's back.

Driving along a road, Breakdown is ambushed and entangled in a web.

Ratchet realizes that the weapon Breakdown has is a [[polarity gauntlet]] and says their best bet to get Arcee unstuck is to get the gauntlet back. Arcee insists on Miko returning to base, and Miko complains loudly that she sounds just like Jack's mom, which June naturally hears over the comm link.

[[File:TFP ep18 Airachnid gauntlet.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67|"Ooh, shiny."]]

At an old gas station, Airachnid tries on the gauntlet. Breakdown, securely webbed to the side of the building, suggests they could take it back to Megatron together, but she's not keen on rejoining the Decepticons and thinks the gauntlet will be perfect for keeping everyone else away. Bulkhead trudges up to the gas station to confront Airachnid, who tells him to put his hands up and turn around. He does so, and Arcee promptly opens fire, managing to shoot the gauntlet out of Airachnid's hand. The device activates and drags everything metal towards it, including Breakdown, who is pulled free of the webbing and shuts the gauntlet down. Bulkhead and Arcee begin awkwardly fighting Breakdown and Airachnid. Bulkhead manages to deck Breakdown and turns to face Airachnid, but then Breakdown uses the gauntlet to drop an [[oil]] derrick on the 'Bots.

Pinned under an unconscious Bulkhead, Arcee is menaced by Airachnid. Fortunately, Bulkhead comes around in time, and the pair stand up, now separated. Arcee attacks Breakdown, but Bulkhead finds himself no match for Airachnid, who grabs the gauntlet and uses it to draw Arcee to her. Bulkhead blasts Breakdown into another oil derrick, while Arcee and Airachnid fight. Arcee eventually gets possession of the gauntlet and uses it to polarize everyone so that they repel metal. Airachnid uses her webbing to snatch the gauntlet back and transforms to escape, but Bulkhead grabs onto her helicopter mode and throws her into Breakdown. With the gauntlet secured, Arcee and Bulkhead head back to base, where they give it to Ratchet, and June apologizes for being overprotective.

On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is unhappy when Breakdown returns apparently empty-handed, but Breakdown reveals he has Airachnid stuck to his back. Airachnid tells an amused Megatron that she is happy to return.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (5)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (7)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (12)

|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (3)
*[[June Darby]] (4)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (9)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)

}}

==Quotes==
'''June''': So... where's Optimus? 
'''Ratchet''': On a scouting mission with Bumblebee. Sorry to disappoint. 
'''June''': And I wore heels and everything... 
'''Jack''': MOM!
:—June makes Jack uncomfortable with a few choice words.

"Allow me to redeem myself, master. What I have lost... is a constant reminder that I must never again fail you."
:—'''Breakdown''' rather darkly references his new eyepatch.

"It was a lovely burial."
:—'''Airachnid''' says after literally putting Breakdown six feet under...

"A scout should be silent but deadly."
:—'''Arcee''' unwittingly makes Bulkhead and Miko's day.

"Still up for a truce, muscles?" 
"Only because I hate Bulkhead more than I hate you."
:—'''Airachnid''' and '''Breakdown''' decide to look at the bigger picture.

'''Megatron''': Breakdown, you dare to return empty-handed?! 
'''Breakdown''': No, Master. 
''[Turns around, revealing Airachnid magnetized to his back]'' 
'''Megatron''': Airachnid... it has been some time. 
'''Airachnid''': Lord Megatron... what can I say? It's good to be back.
:—The Decepticons get an unexpected addition... and an expected pun.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Breakdown was bested by [[MECH|humans]] and lost his right optic in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".

===Transformers references===
* Ratchet notes that [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] are on a "scouting mission", but since ''Prime'' is part of the same continuity as ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'', and around this time the Rescue Bots needed Optimus and Bumblebee, there's a pretty good chance we know [[It's a Bot Time|where they]] [[Bot to the Future|actually were]].

===Real-world references===
* The episode title appears to be a belabored nod to the film ''{{w|Fatal Attraction}}''.
* Bulkhead and Arcee appear to perform a [[Fastball Special]] in combat. [[Along Came a Spider#Real-world references|This is not the first time a Bulkhead has used this move.]]

===Errors===
* Mere moments after Bulkhead states that he is polarised and can’t touch metal, he grabs Airachnid out of the air and throws her at Breakdown. Is she not made of metal, or did the gauntlet's effects wear off that fast?
* Cellphones are primarily made of plastic, which is not attracted to magnetic objects. The gauntlet also took Miko's change, which is also not magnetic. Yet the gauntlet didn't attract Miko's belt buckle or earrings. Huh.
* A magnetic field that powerful should have wiped the electronics in Miko's phone.
* When Arcee is stuck to Bulkhead, she can still move her arms and legs. If the magnetic force were strong enough to hold her to him, her limbs would also have been stuck.
* Arcee's head jewel is miscoloured in several shots, pink in some, grey in others.

===Trivia===
* Breakdown's new optic patch was hinted at during [[BotCon 2011]] when an artist from the series was requested to sketch Breakdown by [[Chris Ho|a certain Transformers fan]]: the artist asked what [[Operation: Breakdown|episode]] had just been screened, thought for a moment, and soon provided an image of Breakdown with an optic patch.<ref>Vangelus revealed this during the [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/422249-wtf-primetime-14-operation-breakdown-june-22-2011-a.html "Operation: Breakdown"] episode of TFW2005's "WTF Primetime" podcast</ref>
* During this episode's original airing, the [[commercial bumper]]s were backwards: "we now return" was played at the start of each break and "we'll be right back" was played at the end.
* As of this episode, we finally have a mention of Jack's father having left him and June.
* Apparently, Miko [[Shadowzone (episode)|didn't learn her lesson]] as she followed Bulkhead and Arcee. Although this time, she only followed them to get away from Jack's mother, so otherwise, she probably would have stayed put.
* This episode is very inconsistent with Arcee's grudge against Arachnid as when the latter was unconscious and Bulkhead suggests finishing them off, Arcee is the one to dismiss the opportunity to kill Arachnid. This is even more befuddling as the [[Partners|next episode]] would re-establish this very same grudge.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Atração Metálica'''" ("Metal Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 5|5 March]] [[2012]]

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Attraction métallique'''" ("Metallic Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Metallische Anziehung'''" ("Metal Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 20|20 January]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fémes vonzalom'''" ("Metal Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 1|1 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Senjata Magnet'''" ("Magnetary Weapon")
:*''Original airdate:'' 25 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Attrazione tra metalli'''" ("Attraction Between Metals"), "'''Attrazione Metallica'''" ("Metallic Attraction", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 26|26 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mitchaku Henkei!? Jiryoku Tag Match'''" (密着変形!?磁力タッグマッチ, "Adhesive Transformation!? Magnetic Tag Match")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 4|4 August]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jaseok Mugi'''" (자석 무기, "Magnetic Weapon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25|25 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 28|28 December]] [[2011]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Atracción metálica'''" ("Metallic Attraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 26|26 November]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 4: Strength in Numbers (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 5: Metallische Anziehung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 9 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 4: Une alliance inattendue ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 4: Improbabili alleanze ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Unlikely Alliances ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Ultimate Autobots (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK)
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

==External links==
<references />

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

2023-07-06T16:11:40Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 31
|prev=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|next=Loose Cannons
|image=OperationBumblebee2-Forge.jpg
|caption=[[Thor|Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Bulkhead.]]
|title="Operation Bumblebee, Part 2"
|season=2
|season ep=5
|airdate=[[March 17]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR_DwyQRIkc
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Bumblebee discovers that MECH and Starscream are responsible for his troubles while Ratchet confronts demons from his Cybertronian past.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream MECH find Energon.jpg|thumb|left|250px|How much of this does Starscream get?]]
With [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] on a medical bed, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tells [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] off for taking the scout into battle. When Bumblebee comes around, he faces Ratchet's ire as well, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] grounds Bumblebee until his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] can be recovered. Ratchet has another idea though—he offers to donate his own T-cog in a transplant. Though Optimus is uncertain, Ratchet convinces him.

[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is pleased with the new device [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] has secured—a [[force field]] generator—although Megatron's demonstration leaves him startled.

Elsewhere, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Silas]] find an [[energon]] deposit, though Silas would appreciate it if Starscream didn't talk so much.

Ratchet selects [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to do the operation, though she's less than enthusiastic. She starts by putting Ratchet in induced [[stasis lock|stasis]], but before she can do the same for Bumblebee, an alarm signals the appearance of another relic from the [[Vaults]] of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Optimus calls a halt to the operation so he, Arcee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] can investigate. No sooner have they left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the base. He's disappointed only Bumblebee's there to take his call, but passes on the news that he's got the possible coordinates of a [[MECH]] base. Unable to understand Bumblebee, he searches for someone who speaks English, but Ratchet is barely coherent, still recovering from stasis. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] volunteers to pass the message on.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Breakdown Knockout find Forge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At this point, a "Hammertime" joke is too easy, so we won't make one.]]
Optimus and his team reach the top of a mountain to find Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] uncovering the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. With it, the Autobots could conceivably create a new T-cog for Bumblebee.

MECH infuses the newly-found energon into their creation, but as it begins to stir, Bumblebee bursts through the door. Though unarmed, Bumblebee throws an industrial-sized barrel at Starscream, knocking him flat, and proceeds to shrug off the weapons fire from the MECH goons.

As Knock Out and Breakdown free the forge, the Autobots charge them. While Bulkhead tackles Breakdown, Optimus and Arcee find they have a bit of a problem getting past Knock Out's shield generator, and he pushes them back towards the edge of the cliff.

Bumblebee knocks a bunch of MECH troopers flat, jumps on their robot and tears his T-cog from its innards. No sooner is this done than he's hit by a blast from Starscream. As MECH withdraw, Starscream grabs the T-cog and threatens to destroy it.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Starscream threatens T-cog.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look at your T-cog, now back to me...]]
Ratchet recovers, only to find Fowler shouting at him about MECH coordinates, and the kids reveal Bumblebee has gone to deal with it.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee has had enough of Starscream's gloating and belts the ex-Decepticon, knocking him flat. As the T-cog flies up into the air, Bumblebee jumps for it, but a quick blast by Starscream spells the end of that attempt. While Starscream leaves, Bumblebee is left with his shattered T-cog. Starscream meets up with MECH outside the compound, but Silas is less than impressed with him for losing the T-cog, and Starscream is soon surrounded by MECH troops.

Optimus and Arcee are forced back to the cliff edge. While Breakdown is distracted by their predicament, Bulkhead takes the opportunity to grab the Forge of Solus Prime and smack the Decepticon with it. Breakdown lands on Knock Out and for a few moments Bulkhead stands triumphant, at least until Megatron steps out of the [[GroundBridge]] and blasts him. Collecting the Forge, the Decepticons leave. Ratchet reports the situation with MECH to Optimus.

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 Bumblebee damaged T-cog.jpg|thumb|right|250px|My Precious...]]
Starscream comes around to find MECH gone. When he sees Optimus's team arrive at the MECH base, he tries to transform, only to find his T-cog had been taken, and runs off panicking into the woods. Meanwhile, Bumblebee walks out to join his comrades, sadly holding his own damaged T-cog. Optimus radios Ratchet to prepare for surgery.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron attempts to use the Forge, only to discover that it requires the power of a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] to work. Despite this hitch, the warlord takes comfort in the knowledge that the Forge is safely away from the hands of the Autobots–and more specifically, Optimus Prime.

Ratchet finishes operating, restoring Bumblebee's old cog. Though Bumblebee's first few attempts to transform fail, he eventually manages it, and takes Raf for a drive. Ratchet, for his part, seems happy that it worked.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (8)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (9)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (16)
|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (3)
*[[Silas]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (12)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (13)
*[[William Fowler]] (14)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (17)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==

"You and I both know there exists a way to make him whole again." 
"A transplant, but that would require a donor." 
"You need look no further than the Autobot standing before you."
:—'''Ratchet''' tells '''Optimus Prime''' that he is willing to make a sacrifice

"I... think I just leaked a little transmission fluid."
:—'''Knock Out''' sums up how intimidating his master truly is

"Do you ever ''not'' speak?"
:—'''Silas''' says what we're all thinking to Starscream

"What! Do I hear a Fuzor in need of voice-box repair?" 
"What's a Fuzor!? What's going on over there!?" 
"I am able! Just ask Bantor! He was all mandrill before I...put a tiger in his tank..." *''crashes back against the berth''*
:—'''Ratchet''' manages to confuse Fowler while in half-stasis

"Oh! Get me someone who speaks anything ''other'' than BLEEP!"
:—'''Fowler''' at his limit

"I am not one of your foot-soldiers! I am a ''consultant!"''
:—'''Starscream''' doesn't like taking orders from humans

"Mine's bigger!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' compares hammers with Breakdown

"Time to jet—because I ''can''!"
:—'''Starscream''', who really should learn to keep his mouth shut

{{-}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* ''Once more'', Starscream mentions being the one to "offline" [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]].

===Transformers references===
* While delirious, Ratchet refers to [[Fuzor]]s, and even names [[Bantor (Prime)|Bantor]], a reference to [[Bantor (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Bantor]]. That said, [[Jeffrey Combs]] mispronounces the word as "Foo-zor"; [[Ernie Hudson]] delivers the correct "Fuse-or."
* Optimus mentions [[Solus Prime]], one of the [[Thirteen]].
* Knock Out unfavorably compares the results of Megatron's failed forging experiment to a "[[Fortress Maximus (disambiguation)|Fortress-Maximus]] Grade [[Nucleon Shock Cannon]]".
* Megatron once again calls Optimus by his pre-Prime name "Orion Pax" from the previous episodes during his gloating.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out broadly references award shows such as the {{w|Academy Awards}}.
* "Put a tiger in your tank" was a slogan of {{w|Exxon}}.

===Errors===
* Once again, Starscream's eyes are completely red for the first half of the episode. It's only after Bumblebee hits him with a barrel that they are only red circles. Maybe hitting him with a heavy object is the key to making them normal.
* As the Autobots spy on Knockout and Breakdown unearthing the Forge, Optimus's left hand can clearly be seen disloged from his wrist.
* After the Autobots pass through the GroundBridge to MECH's headquarters in search of Bumblebee, Optimus had his battle mask drawn. When the camera pans to show Starscream behind them, his mask retracts silently, and almost invisibly.

===Trivia===
* When Agent Fowler relays the information on MECH's whereabouts to Bumblebee, he says it really slowly and condescendingly, as if he believes Bumblebee has trouble understanding English, rather than just being mute. Gee, nice.
* This is the last episode in which Bulkhead and Breakdown fight, as Bulkhead will be surprised to find his body hijacked by a [[Silas|human]] much [[The Human Factor|later]].
* During the fight in the hangar, Bumblebee punches several MECH soldiers, sending them flying through the air. Silas survived this, so it stands to reason everyone else did, too. Cartoons, everybody! (A soldier didn't crack the prototype's lens; that was his rifle.)
* MECH seems to have gotten better at taking down Cybertronians, but inconsistently. While Bumblebee was able to withstand a swarm of gunshots from dozens of soldiers, it took a few seconds to render Starscream unconscious for long enough to take his T-Cog.
* It seems that the Cybertronians of this continuity are incapable of self-propelled flight outside a flight-capable alternate mode. This is in stark contrast to previous continuities. Especially ones in which even Cybertronians who ''didn't'' have flight-capable vehicle modes were regularly capable of self-propelled flight through air and the vacuum of space.
* This is only the [[One Shall Fall|second episode]] that Ratchet laughs in.
* When Bumblebee and Starscream attempt to transform without their T-cogs, the classic transformation sound can be heard

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Opération Bumblebee, Partie 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operation Bumblebee, Teil 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 29|29 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yūkan Henkei! Gun'i no Ketsudan'''" (勇敢変形!軍医の決断, "Brave Transformation! The Surgeon's Decision")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3|3 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operação Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 7|7 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Operazione Bumblebee, Parte 2'''" ("Operation Bumblebee, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 12|12 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 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Ultimate Bumblebee (Shout! Factory) 
[[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 Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Operation Bumblebee (Madman Entertainment) 
[[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]]

Orion Pax, Part 3

2023-07-06T16:05:46Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Orion Pax}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 29
|prev=Orion Pax, Part 2
|next=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|image=OrionPax3 Optimus Decepticon insignia.jpg
|caption=Man, that must have been some party last night!
|title="Orion Pax, Part 3"
|season=2
|season ep=3
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr-95ohnbnU
|videosite=YouTube
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'''Jack and Arcee undertake a dangerous mission on Cybertron to access Vector Sigma, while Orion begins to rebel against Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:OrionPax3 Jack and Arcee find entrance.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Speak, friend, and enter.]]
[[Jack Darby|Jack]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] walk through [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], guided by the light of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. They come upon a circular clearing, and the key glows intensely, indicating that they must be close. Suddenly, the ground begins to shake, and cracks appear in the surface. The duo watch in awe as a passageway rises from the ground, its door illuminated the same as the Key. It opens, but just as the two are about to enter, an enormous creature rears up from atop the passage. Arcee's [[Autobot]] symbol catches its eye, and it charges her, Arcee's minute strength doing nothing to injure it. She is quickly incapacitated, and the creature notices Jack, giving temporary pursuit until distracted by Arcee. Jack radios [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and is told that the creature is an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], one of many sentries left to guard the dead [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Arcee tells Jack to go, to his surprise, but he realizes the necessity. As he enters, the door closes behind him.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] inquires as to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion]]'s progress on [[Project Iacon]]. Orion says it's tough work, but Megatron says otherwise, revealing to him that all of his unsanctioned research has been recorded. Orion takes the opportunity to ask about his reported affiliation with the Autobots, but Megatron merely tells him to get back to work. Orion decides that enough is enough, and erases his progress in the archives. Megatron laughs, and shows the clerk that he has been recorded and documented in his pursuits. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] intrudes, to show Megatron that one of their sentries came online on Cybertron. Orion asks how anything is alive on the planet, but Megatron tells him to continue his work-or be terminated.

[[File:OrionPax3 Megatron threatens Orion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Look, Orion! You can see your reflection on my sword!]]
Back on Cybertron, Arcee tangles with the enormous bug, but is no match for its brute strength. Finished with her, the Insecticon turns its attention to the fleshling, and breaks its way into the tunnel.

In the depths of the tunnel, Jack hears a [[Scraplet|familiar noise]], and uproots a metal bar for protection.

Back on the ''Nemesis'', Megatron reviews the reports with Soundwave. He learns of the [[space bridge]]'s activation, its endpoint, and the fact that it is still active. He quickly deduces the Autobots' plan.

In Cybertron's depths, Jack arrives at the chamber of [[Vector Sigma]]. He proceeds to the center of a circular platform, where he places the Key. The entire chamber begins to transform and glow with the Key's energy, and the enormous supercomputer reveals itself, and begins to transfer its energy to the Key.

On the ''Nemesis'', Orion is hassled by the guards. He appeals to their "good nature", saying that he believes Megatron will use the information he is agglomerating for nefarious purposes. Good-old fashioned police brutality ensues as the helpless clerk is kicked and punched by his guards.

[[File:OrionPax3 Jack watches download.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Don't go into the light!]]
In the chamber, Jack is antsy about the speed of his download. His problems lie beyond his dial-up however, because behind him, a horde of Scraplets has just woken up. While they have no interest in harming Jack, they quickly notice the ''very'' alive metal before him, in the form of Vector Sigma (a spinning ball of blue light) and the Key. Jack is helpless to fend them off, and they begin to snack on the delicious download port. He reports frantically on his position to ground control.

In the space bridge chamber, however, the Autobots have problems of their own as Megatron steps out of a [[GroundBridge]] to them. Ratchet tells them that they must hold the Bridge at any cost, and the battle begins. Unsurprisingly, Megatron easily floors every Autobot twice.

On Cybertron, Arcee awakes to find a Scraplet chewing on her foot. She blasts it off, and notices the opened passage — and the absent Insecticon. Transforming, she speeds into the passageway.

Jack valiantly smashes the Scraplets as they feed, but is unable to stop their progress towards the Matrix. Another problem presents itself behind him in the form of the Insecticon. It charges towards him, but stops in its tracks, staring at the Key. Jack realizes why, and the Scraplets suddenly become a blessing. He formulates an idea, pulling a Scraplet off the Key and pointing it at the aggressor. The Insecticon turns tail as it realizes what's happening, but the Scraplets give chase and latch on, quickly chewing through the giant insect as it falls to its doom, limbs disconnected. The download completes, and Jack retrieves the key. Arcee finally arrives, and the two depart.

The [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] guards continue to beat down Orion, and one of them lets slip that it's a privilege to beat the former leader of the Autobots. Orion pleads with them to stop, and in desperation, he accidentally activates his blasters. He is shocked to realise that he has been installed with ''any'' weapons, and the guards realise they are in trouble, firing upon him. He is further surprised by the ease with which he dispatches them.

[[File:OrionPax3 the Matrix reloaded.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Reverse Care Bear Stare.]]
Arcee and Jack arrive at the space bridge portal, and radio Ratchet about their position. Total silence on the comm tip them off that something is wrong, and, undetected on the other end of the portal, Megatron waits to end the lineage of the Primes. However, he is surprised by the sudden arrival of Orion Pax, who vows that, no matter what his heritage might be, his spark sympathises with the Autobots. He deploys his blades, and charges for Megatron, but is quickly defeated. Megatron says that he has much to learn, and prepares to kill him, but Arcee speeds through the bridge and collides with him, sending them both flying. In the light of the bridge, Jack presents the Key to Orion, who hesitates in his humility, but accepts his destiny.

The Key begins to upload the Matrix to its host. Megatron, preoccupied with fighting Arcee, notices this, and desperately runs at him. However, Orion Pax—now ''Optimus Prime'' once again—isn't ready to go down again, and trounces his enemy. A GroundBridge portal opens up, and the Autobots retreat.

At base, the Autobots and humans rejoice at their reunion. Noticing his Decepticon symbol, Optimus asks Ratchet what had happened. He replies that it was their darkest hour, but at every point along the way, Optimus was truly an Autobot at spark.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (15)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (16)

|c2=
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (3)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] (1)
*[[June Darby]] (4)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (5)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (6)
*[[William Fowler]] (7)

|c4=
*[[Scraplet]]s (12)
*[[Vector Sigma]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Why does history portray me siding with the Autobot aggressors? And why did Starscream call me a Prime? I must know...who ''am'' I?" 
"You are my clerk."
:—'''"Orion Pax"''' questions his identity, while '''Megatron''' responds with a firm establishment of the pecking order.

"This is taking a while..." 
"Of course it is! We are talking about the collective wisdom of the Primes!"
:—'''Jack''' is reminded by '''Ratchet''' that he's downloading a ''brain,'' not an MP3.

'''Vehicon''': "You have to admit, it's a privilege to stomp a former leader of the Autobots." 
'''"Orion Pax"''': "Arg! No! Please! Enough! I'm... I'm armed?"
:—"Orion" discovers he has blasters.

"That may be true, or yet another deception, but this much I do know: my sympathies lie with the Autobots, and you are ''not'' one of us!"
:—'''"Orion Pax"''' to Megatron, realizing the truth.

"Are you... certain I am worthy?" 
"You have no idea."
:—'''"Orion Pax"''' and '''Jack'''.

"Optimus, it has truly been our darkest hour, but know this: from every indication your spark never ceased being that of an Autobot."
:—'''Ratchet'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The scraplets seem a ''lot'' nastier in this episode, chewing so fast as to render a hulking robot limbless in a matter of seconds. This is ''not'' an error, as many factors could contribute, such as the scraplets' inability to find living metal on the barren Cybertron and the ancient state of the Insecticon.
* Optimus still has the broken sword from way back in "[[One Shall Fall]]". It would seem that the Decepticons neglected to repair it. Or rather, neglected to mention that he had weapons in the first place.
* The Insecticon is the first Cybertronian in ''Prime'' to have a [[beast mode]].

===Transformers references===
[[File:OrionPax3 Vector Sigma in scraplet-vision.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Night vision on.]]
* Ratchet references ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' by referring an event as "our darkest hour", as he did before in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]", and as Optimus did in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".
* Bulkhead calls Megatron "buckethead", a reference to [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]].
* From the Scraplets' point-of-view, the sphere of Vector Sigma is seen in its faceted orb appearance common to many continuities.

===Real-world references===
* Bulkhead's line bemoaning the Scraplets on Cybertron is a paraphrase of the oft-referenced "Why did it have to be snakes?" line from the [[Indiana Jones]] film ''{{W|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''.

===Errors===
* When Megatron is gloating after knocking Orion Pax to the floor, it appears that he has a sword embedded in his left arm, hanging by his side, but once the camera angle cuts from beside Megatron's feet to staring down his blade, we see that it is once again protruding from his right arm, just as it should be.
* As Megatron notices Jack recharging Optimus's Matrix and lets go of Arcee, his shoulder armour goes through the wall.
* Before the restored Optimus jumps trough the Groundbridge while firing at Megatron, his right shoulder can be (very briefly) seen bearing the Autobot symbol, but it should still be Decepticon.
* In the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|"Shadowzone"]], when the two Ground Bridge portals opened in close proximity to each other, the energy from both fed back on each other (as stated by Ratchet), and there was an explosion. Here, the Decepticons', and a bit later the Autobots' Ground Bridge portal opened ''right next to'' the still open Space Bridge, yet nothing happened. It’s possible that their “streams” simply didn’t “cross” this time, but it’s still odd.
* Optimus can hear what Megatron is whispering before coming through a Ground Bridge to face him.
* While Megatron is charging at him, Optimus catches the levitating Key to Vector Sigma between his fingers. In the next shot he's blocking Megatron's blade with both hands. How the key didn't get destroyed in this is anyone's guess.
* When Optimus leaps through the ground bridge, his feet are still outside of the vortex when it closes.

===Trivia===
* Look closely at the arena in Kaon: it's the same arena as seen in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]". Ironic that the entrance to Vector Sigma lay beneath Megatron's feet at that moment.
* When the Scraplets look at Vector Sigma, most of the room is boring old dead metal, but the spinning blue light comes up in their vision as living metal. The download area is clearly even more delicious.
* When Jack coaxes the Scraplets into attacking the Insecticon, he calls it "the main course", echoing what Bulkhead said while using himself as bait in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]".
* Orion uses a Ground Bridge to travel to the space bridge cave on his own. The only Decepticon ever seen operating the Ground Bridge is Soundwave, who wouldn't have agreed to send him there.
* The way Optimus catches Megatron's sword just after he regains his memory is exactly the same as when Megatron caught Optimus' sword in "[[One Shall Fall]]". It even makes the same thundering noise.
* Jack never picked up a souvenir for Raf, which Raf asked for in the previous episode. No one ever brings souvenirs for Raf. Aww...
* You'd think that despite knowing that Orion was not as good a warrior as Optimus, Megatron would have ordered that he be disarmed.
* This is the last live appearance of the Scraplets (they'd later appear in a flashback during "[[Toxicity]]").
* 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===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Partie 3'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Teil 3'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 24|24 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kidō Henkei! Vector Sigma no Kagi'''" (起動変形!ベクターシグマの鍵, "Activated Transformation! The Key to Vector Sigma")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 20|20 October]] [[2012]]
*The talking Insecticon continues to call back to the Japanese-dubbed version of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] by saying "buzz buzz" when it flies around.

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 3'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 5|5 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 3'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10|10 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. 15 ([[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]]

Regeneration (Prime)

2023-07-06T16:02:02Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the episode from ''Prime''|the episode from Armada|Regeneration (Armada)}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 51
|prev=Patch (episode)
|next= Darkest Hour (episode)
|image=RegenerationOmegaKeysHologram.jpg
|caption=This is ''totally'' not gonna be epic.
|title="Regeneration"
|season=2
|season ep=25
|airdate=[[October 26]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMbNsEbisjQ
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''The quest for the Omega Lock takes the Autobots and the Decepticons to Cybertron for a battle.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] is already making plans to move in with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while [[Jack Darby|Jack]] is feeling left out of the loop. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] points out they no longer have the [[Omega Key]]s, let alone any way to get to Cybertron. They speculate that [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] has used the keys to bargain his way back with the [[Decepticon]]s. While they're wondering why Starscream didn't just try to sell the keys to the highest bidder, they are contacted by [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], who requests a meeting. [[GroundBridge|Bridging]] out to a remote location, they find Dreadwing, who presents them with the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. Disillusioned by the fate of [[Skyquake (Prime)|his brother]], Dreadwing no longer believes in the Decepticon cause, though he's not interested in joining the Autobots either.

Back at base, the Autobots wonder what [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] will do with the Omega Keys, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] believes he will use them to restore Cybertron for political points. Optimus is aware that Megatron doesn't know of the existence of the [[Omega Lock]], which is needed to use the keys. He reveals to the others that [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] entrusted him with knowledge of the Lock and its location on Cybertron during the message stored in the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Optimus starts using the Forge to modify the GroundBridge.

[[Image:DreadAttacksScream-Regeneration.JPG|thumb|left|250px|My name is Kunta Kinte! Not Toby!]]
Dreadwing returns to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' where Megatron encounters him in a corridor and makes sure to stress that the Decepticons must be united to restore Cybertron. For his part, Dreadwing intends to personally reach out to [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. In the medical bay, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] has just finished restoring Starscream's [[Transformation cog|T-Cog]] when Dreadwing arrives and immediately attempts to kill Starscream. As Knock Out flees, Dreadwing advances on the patient with his sword, but as he raises his sword, Megatron arrived and demands he stand down. Dreadwing refuses, and Megatron is forced to blast a hole through him with Dreadwing's own cannon. Megatron then promptly warns the relieved Starscream to ''never'' make him regret killing his former second-in-command.

The Autobots wonder why Optimus has been hiding things from them. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] points out that Megatron would have learned about the Omega Lock by now if Optimus had been more open.

Knock Out and Starscream work on studying the Omega Keys in an attempt to discover how they work. Starscream resorts to hitting one against the table, and then against Knock Out, and they inadvertently discover that the keys lock together. By combining all four, they reveal a holographic map of Cybertron with a location marker on it. Pleased, Megatron orders the [[space bridge]] fired up.

Optimus finishes turning the GroundBridge into a space bridge. The base sensors detect the Decepticon space bridge firing up, and the Autobots realize that time is short. Optimus believes they still have the element of surprise. The Autobots pull the various Iacon relics they possess from storage. Meanwhile, Megatron leaves Starscream in command of the ship and takes a platoon of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] with the Omega Keys through the space bridge. As the Autobots likewise fire up their space bridge, Optimus uses the Forge to recreate the Star Saber, and they too head through. Megatron and his men soon stand at the edge of the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]].

Jack gives Ratchet a call, as school's out and he, Miko and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] haven't been picked up by the Autobots yet. Ratchet merely tells them the others are busy and hangs up.

As Megatron and his men walk through the Sea of Rust, Smokescreen rises out of the ground and attacks them from behind. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] drops scrap on them using the [[polarity gauntlet]], Bulkhead zaps them with the [[Immobilizer]], and Arcee smashes through them while wearing the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. Megatron himself faces Optimus and the Star Saber, and while the pair fight, the other Autobots take back the Omega Keys. With a swipe of his blade, Optimus sends Megatron flying so the Autobots can retreat. As Megatron orders his men to follow, Smokescreen phases out of some nearby scenery and drops the [[spark extractor]] before disappearing again. The device obliterates the Vehicons before Megatron hurls the [[Dark Star Saber]], impaling it. Megatron orders Starscream to send reinforcements, but Starscream and Soundwave have an even better idea.

[[Image:RegenerationOmegaLockActive.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pure. Epicness.]]
The Autobots reach the Omega Lock, an unassuming dimple on the landscape. The Keys glow, and the location transforms, creating a huge ring over their heads that fills with a shimmering energy field. Megatron arrives and demands they hand over the Keys. While the Autobots are wondering what motivation Megatron could give them for doing that, a space bridge opens and Starscream, Knock Out and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] step out, carrying the three kids in airtight containers. Megatron threatens to expose all three to Cybertron's toxic atmosphere unless they return the Keys to him.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (10)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (14)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (15)
|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (1)
*[[Jack Darby]] (3)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"Then I appeal to you again. Join us and help end this conflict once and for all." 
"Betraying my kind is not the same as accepting yours."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' appeals to '''Dreadwing''', to no avail.

"Rise and shine! Your T-Cog transplant was a success! Yes, I am just that good."
:—'''Knock Out'''

"There must be ''something'' I can do! Some form of reparation I can offer you to alleviate your anguish!" 
"YOUR SPARK WILL SUFFICE!"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Dreadwing'''

"Do not ever make me regret which one of you I spared." 
:—'''Megatron''' to Starscream, right after blowing a hole through Dreadwing's chest.

"Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' makes the obligatory [[The Transformers: The Movie|shoutout]].

"I will have those keys or I will have your sparks!" 
"I can help with the last part."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Smokescreen'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Dreadwing gives the Autobots the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], last seen being used to forge Megatron's Dark Star Saber in "[[Alpha/Omega]]". Optimus uses it to convert the GroundBridge into a space bridge and reforge the Star Saber, the latter of which was destroyed in that episode. Megatron himself references the event in battle with Optimus.
* Dreadwing attempts to kill Starscream for desecrating his twin's body in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", which he learned about in the previous episode.
* Every relic which has been collected by the Autobots thus far sees action. This is also the first actual ''use'' of the spark extractor.
* The research on the Autobots' human allies, first mentioned in "[[Hard Knocks]]", sees fruition in this episode.
* The spark extractor's effectiveness on the Vehicon troopers kind of puts an end to the ambiguity as to if they are living Cybertronians or drones, doesn't it?
* The fact that it took the Decepticons a full ''fifty-one'' episodes to locate the kids is kind of sad. Put aside for the moment the fact that Silas found Jack's home address in an hour or so based on a facial scan in "[[Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross]]", and Soundwave's had his picture of the kids since the opening story arc. Consider:
** The concrete ditch where Bumblebee and Arcee fought Vehicons in the opening arc was, as confirmed in "[[The Human Factor]]", within line of sight of Raf's house.
** Knock Out confronted Jack and Bumblebee street racing on the outskirts of Jasper, Nevada in "[[Speed Metal]]".
** [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] was working with Silas during the aforementioned "Crisscross" episode. Even if she didn't know Jack's address, she knew Jack and his mother lived within a short driving distance of their trap site.
** And while Agent Fowler supposedly "relocated" Raf's family after "The Human Factor", he was still going to the same school as Jack and Miko in this episode, meaning it wasn't a particularly ''thorough'' relocation.
* So congratulations, Soundwave and Starscream, for taking months to complete a task even a [[Silas|lab rat]] finished in under a day.

===Transformers references===
* The Omega Lock was previously seen in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' cartoon, where it was also used to restore life to Cybertron.
* Optimus declares "[[The Transformers: The Movie|Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost!]]"

===Errors===
* As in "[[Inside Job]]", Megatron still has his fusion cannon when he transforms into vehicle mode, despite the arm it was attached to being removed.
* The Star Saber and Dark Star Saber vanish when their owners transform, even though both weapons are nearly as tall as their owners and shouldn't fit within their vehicle modes.
* When the Polarity Gauntlet saw action on Earth for the first time in "[[Metal Attraction]]", it affected both the bots around ''and'' the metal in the environment. When Bumblebee used it to pull the Omega Keys from the Vehicons, none of the bots around were affected, not even the reinforced Arcee.

===Trivia===
* Despite the rather high stakes, no one on Team Prime thinks to contact [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. This is indirectly addressed in the following episode.
* On the other side of the fence, Megatron only brings flight-capable Vehicons with him. Unless Insecticons cannot fly in a vacuum, they would have provided a much greater tactical advantage than the Vehicons. This is later justified in a future episode where Insecticons fly on one of [[Thirst|Cybertron's moons]] without issue.
* Smokescreen's really taking to heart Arcee's advice to [[Hard Knocks|"stop trying to be a hero"]] with how he doesn't seem to have any regret tossing down a [[Spark extractor|weapon of mass destruction that instantly and cruelly extracts souls]], huh?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Retour sur Cybertron'''" ("Back to Cybertron")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Regeneration'''" ("Regeneration")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 26|26 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fukkatsu Henkei! Yomigaeru Cybertron-sei'''" (復活変形!よみがえるサイバトロン星, "Resurrection Transformation! The Reviving of Planet Cybertron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 23|23 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Restauração'''" ("The Restoration")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 19|19 August]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rigenerazione'''" ("Regeneration")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 18|18 February]] [[2013]]

==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. 26 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[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]]

Hard Knocks

2023-07-06T15:49:28Z

FanFan123: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 48
|prev=Alpha/Omega
|next=Inside Job
|image=HardKnocks-TheFourthKey.jpg
|caption="Ratchet, where are the instructions for this damn Kre-O set anyway?!?"
|title="Hard Knocks"
|season=2
|season ep=22
|airdate=[[October 5]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwLm59UmKrw
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''As the race grows more desperate, Smokescreen's boasts about his destiny turn out to be more than meets the eye.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] is still hard at work decoding coordinates, while [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] boasts about his defeat of Optimus. Soundwave soon comes up with another set of coordinates, and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] insists on going. Though Megatron is skeptical, recalling [[Tunnel Vision|the last time]] the doctor tried to obtain a relic, Knock Out insists he won't fail this time, and borrows Soundwave's [[Resonance Blaster]].

In the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is likewise decoding coordinates. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] annoys everyone by boasting it is his destiny to be a great warrior and being generally exuberant. To his disappointment, when Optimus decodes a set of coordinates, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] are the ones selected to go on the mission, and he is left at base. Arcee and Bumblebee arrive at a lakeside and spy the second [[Omega Key]] sitting out in the open, but Knock Out is already there, waiting. Using the Resonance Blaster, both Autobots are sent flying and when they try to flank the Decepticon, he shoots it at the ground, raising a cloud of dust so he can use it as cover to zap them. By the time Arcee and Bumblebee recover, Knock Out is long gone with the key.

[[Image:HardKnocksDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I know what you're going to ask me: Where do I keep all those bombs?... Don't ask.]]
[[Image:HardKnocksKnockOut.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look out, Cosmo, it's Superbike!]]
Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron inspects the relic and wonders if it is a decoy, though Knock Out protests the Autobots fought too desperately for it. Soundwave decodes more coordinates which Megatron believes will provide them with more answers, but when Knock Out declares to investigate, Megatron instead gives him the task of analyzing the key and its purpose. Meanwhile, Bumblebee undergoes repairs, and Smokescreen's swagger continues to get on Arcee's nerves so she goes to find some peace and quiet. Bulkhead reminds Smokescreen that the war has been going on a long time and he needs to have patience to work as a team player.

[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] has finished refining his [[Red Energon]], but finding it slow work and with only a small yield of a one-time use. Luckily the ''[[Harbinger]]'' computer picks up more Decepticon activity, and Starscream decides he can use the Red Energon to obtain a more valuable artifact.

The Autobots gain a new set of coordinates, and Bulkhead and Smokescreen roll out, though Arcee reminds Bulkhead to keep an eye on their eager comrade. The pair arrive on a forested mountainside where [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is waiting. The Decepticon knocks them flat before flying off, and the two Autobots realize that Dreadwing has mined the trees... '''all''' of the trees. They manage to outrun the explosions, and Bulkhead sends Smokescreen after the relic while he goads Dreadwing into a fight. As they exchange blows, Dreadwing plants a bomb on Bulkhead's back, and after Bulkhead manages to knock him flat, sets it to explode. Unfortunately for Dreadwing, Bulkhead already noticed the bomb and transferred it to his back during the fight, and though Dreadwing throws the bomb away, it goes off close enough to knock him out.

[[Image:HardKnocksBulkheadDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|FATALITY.]]
Smokescreen meanwhile uncovers the Omega Key, only to be rendered unconscious by a blow from behind. When Bulkhead wakes him, the key is already gone. Smokescreen is deflated by his failure, but as they return through the [[GroundBridge]], Bulkhead reminds him that they need all four keys to revive [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Starscream, hiding nearby with the key he grabbed, overhears them talking, and regards the key he holds with new respect and ambition.

Back at base, Smokescreen exclaims his inability of securing the key and Arcee lectures him on realistic expectations and tells him he needs to be a team player. Upset, Smokescreen leaves the base and Optimus, saying the young Autobot needs to clear his head, returns to decoding coordinates. On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is unhappy at Dreadwing's failure, and checks with Soundwave regarding the project to find where the Autobot base is located. Soundwave reports that he has [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] scouting around [[Jasper]]. As both sides complete their decoding work, the final set of coordinates resolve into an image—a picture of Smokescreen himself, to both sides' surprise. Unfortunately when Optimus tries to call in Smokescreen, the rookie does not answer due to deactivating his comlink, and has instead fallen into Laserbeak's sights. Laserbeak fires on Smokescreen, who transforms to confront the drone, only to be knocked flat by Soundwave's Resonance Blaster. When the Autobots arrive at the location, they are just in time to see Soundwave dragging their unconscious friend back to the ''Nemesis'' through the Decepticon GroundBridge.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (3)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (11)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (12)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"Last one to the Omega Key has to scrub the Energon tanks for a week." 
"Didn't know we were keeping score."
:—'''Smokescreen''' and '''Arcee'''

"Who knew that ''sound waves'' could be such a ''knock out''?"
:—See what '''Knock Out''' did there?

"Grrrrr...! Hurry up, already! How is it possible that speed-enhancing Energon takes longer to process than ''regular'' Energon?!"
:—'''Starscream'''

"Make sure you keep an eye on 'destiny's child', okay?" 
"Compared to watching Miko? Piece of cake!"
:—'''Arcee''' giving '''Bulkhead''' some advice on handling the rookie

"You love doing your dirty work from a distance, don't ya? Too bad you don't have the ball bearings to fight up close and personal!" 
"In this particular case, I would be all too happy to make an exception."
:—'''Bulkhead''' gives '''Dreadwing''' some smack talk.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Megatron brags about his accomplishments in [[Alpha/Omega|the previous episode]] to Soundwave.
* Megatron loosely refers to the events of "[[Tunnel Vision]]" while expressing surprise at Knock Out's willingness to get his hands dirty in light of what happened the last time, as well as more directly in his failure to obtain the [[phase shifter]].
* Optimus still has the improvised sword-holder Ratchet made for him in the previous episode.
* Knock Out and Soundwave both use the [[Resonance Blaster]], which Soundwave retrieved in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]".
* Starscream has refined the [[Red Energon]] he obtained in "[[New Recruit]]", though it's only enough to last for one use or two. He also remembers the loss of the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] in the same episode.
* Dreadwing reminds Bulkhead of their previous battle in "[[Loose Cannons]]".
* Megatron mentions that recent events have allowed them to narrow down the location of the Autobots' human allies, most likely referring to their discovery of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] house in "[[The Human Factor]]".

===Transformers references===
* Knock Out hopes that the new relic is an [[electro-disrupter]] cannon.
* The concept of an Autobot being the Omega Key comes from the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' game, only with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] being the Autobot instead of Smokescreen.

===Real-world references===
* "Slow and steady wins the race," is the moral in Aesop's story, "The Tortoise and the Hare".
* Arcee sarcastically refers to Smokescreen as "destiny's child," the name of a 1990's/early 2000's girl group.

===Trivia===
* Knock Out and Dreadwing both had the opportunity to take their assigned relics and leave, but stuck around to fight the Autobots. Dreadwing in particular must have spent hours placing bombs on all those trees.
* Optimus insists that Bulkhead and Smokescreen stay in the base when Arcee and Bumblebee go out to retrive the second key so they may be deployed to another key should he decode another entry before the others return, but they do end up returning before he does so. The Autobots likely would have secured the second key if they had more manpower to face Knock Out on his own. Hindsight.
* Unlike the other energon variants, no side-effects are seen with the use of refined Red Energon.
* Megatron sends three different Decepticons to do his dirty work in one episode. They must be taking shifts.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Coup bas'''" ("Low Blow")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Harte Schule'''" ("Hard School")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21|21 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bakuen Henkei! Omega Key Soudatsusen'''" (爆炎変形!オメガ・キー争奪戦, "Combustible Transformation! Struggle over the Omega Key")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Achados e Perdidos'''" ("Lost and Found")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 16|16 August]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Colpi duri'''" ("Hard knocks")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 14|14 February]] [[2013]]

==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. 24 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[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]]

Inside Job

2023-07-06T15:44:29Z

FanFan123:

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 49
|prev=Hard Knocks
|next=Patch (episode)
|image=InsideJobSmokescreenfreefall.jpg
|caption="This isn't flying! It's falling, with sty-HOLY SCRAP HEEEELLLP!!!"
|title="Inside Job"
|season=2
|season ep=23
|airdate=[[October 12]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNicZo9mYE
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''When Smokescreen is captured, he learns the location of the Omega Key and attempts to retrieve all the other stolen keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] recovers consciousness to find himself on a slab in the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon warship]] with [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] standing over him. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands the final relic, pointing out [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s work decrypting the Iacon database has revealed an image of Smokescreen, but Smokescreen is merely confused as to what it means. Knock Out scans the [[Autobot]], and finds the last relic is hidden inside.
[[Image:InsideJobKnockOutSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Not what I expected when you said you were gonna, "get inside me".]]
The other Autobots, meanwhile, realize that the Decepticons must have decoded the last coordinates and speculate that Smokescreen holds the [[Omega Key]] inside him, largely due to being installed within him while unconscious by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

Knock Out advances on the alarmed Smokescreen with a rotary saw, only to reveal he's actually going to use the [[phase shifter]] to do the operation. He reaches inside Smokescreen and soon has the Omega Key in hand. Smokescreen refuses to tell the Decepticons what the Omega Keys are, but Megatron has ways of finding out.

[[Image:InsideJobStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cue evil laugh in 3, 2, 1...]]
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ruminates on the one Omega Key he possesses, while talking to his [[Starscream clone (Prime)|dead clone]]. Imagining himself in charge of a reborn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he quickly realizes that he doesn't have the resources he would need to rule it.

Megatron listens in on Prime's briefing about the Omega Keys, thanks to a [[cortical psychic patch]] hooked up to Smokescreen. Once they've learned all they need, Knock Out unplugs the pair and Megatron orders Knock Out to use the patch to find the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so they can retrieve the other Omega Keys. After Megatron leaves to put their new key in a safe place, Knock Out moves in, only for Smokescreen to grab the phase shifter attached to his wrist and uses it to free himself. The pair grapple until Smokescreen manages to pull the device from his opponent's wrist, leaving Knock Out embedded in a bulkhead. Though Knock Out points out Smokescreen has no means of escape from the ship, Smokescreen has plans of his own. Through use of the phase shifter, he manages to catch up with Megatron near the storage area, where he snatches back the Omega Key and takes the one in storage as well. The Decepticons attempt to stop him, but their firepower passes straight through him. He eventually reaches the outer hull, only to be confronted by Megatron. With no other choice, the Autobot bails the ship.

At the Autobot base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] picks up Smokescreen's signal, but has trouble locking on due to the fact that Smokescreen is plummeting through the air. Harried by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], Smokescreen drops towards the [[GroundBridge]] Ratchet opens, only to be knocked off-course by Megatron. He uses the phase shifter to pass through the ground. Moments later, Megatron lands and demands his subordinates search the wreckage. Smokescreen bridges back to base, where the Autobots congratulate him, but wonder where the fourth key is. Their query is answered a moment later when they get a message from Starscream offering the key in return for the replacement of his [[transformation cog|T-Cog]]. Having considered it, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] decides it's too important to not take Starscream up on his offer.

Optimus, Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] bridge to a forested location and approach Starscream, only to find him apparently dead. It is, of course, just the dead clone, as the real Starscream uses his [[Red Energon]] to nip through the GroundBridge into the Autobot base. Moving too fast to be seen, he is tempted at first to finish off the slow-moving Autobots, but goes back to finding the Omega Keys first. The Autobots in the field realize they've been deceived just as Starscream blows open the vault holding the keys. Though Optimus orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to close the GroundBridge, it is too slow to prevent Starscream from escaping the base. He stops to mock Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead, only for the Red Energon to wear off right at the worst possible moment. After firing a missile at the Autobots, he frantically opens his own GroundBridge and escapes back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'', much to Optimus's despair. Though Bulkhead and Ratchet believe they can get the keys back Optimus grimly announces the fate of Cybertron is now in Starscream's hands.

[[Image:InsideJobKnockOut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Knock Out is forced to experience the new [[Transformers: Legacy|plastic-free packaging]].]]
Despite Knock Out's pleas, Megatron refuses to release him from the wall. Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] return to the bridge, where they find Starscream - who has come with a peace offering of all four Omega Keys.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (12)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
[[Image:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb||250px|Beware Starscreams bearing gifts...]]

"Tell me the function of these relics." 
"Door stop? Shavers? Bling? Beats me."
:—'''Megatron''' asks a question and '''Smokescreen''' gives a vague answer.

"Autobots, maintain positions!" 
"I'm sorry, what was that? Mblemblemble!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' is taunted by a '''Starscream''' who's hopped up on [[Red Energon]].

"We ''will'' locate the Autobot base, invade it, and retrieve the Omega Keys!" 
"Been there, done that."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thunder is stolen by '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This episode continues from [[Hard Knocks|the previous one]], starting not long after Smokescreen's capture and subsequent restraint.
* The [[cortical psychic patch]] is used to extract information from Smokescreen, having been used previously in "[[Sick Mind]]" and "[[Out of the Past]]".
* The scene which Megatron watches in Smokescreen's mind is from "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
* Starscream lists off numerous items he's acquired or stolen in previous episodes; the Omega Key from "Hard Knocks", the processed Red Energon (which he acquired in "[[New Recruit]]" and refined in "Hard Knocks"), his GroundBridge remote first seen in "[[Triangulation]]", his murdered clone from "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]", and the T-cog he scavenged from said clone in "Triangulation".
* Starscream previously referred to himself as an "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" in "[[Masters & Students]]".
* Ratchet recalls Starscream's lack of a T-cog, which he learned about in "[[Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire]]". Starscream lost his in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Once again, Starscream sends an embedded message to the Autobots, asking Ratchet to bring a medical kit. This time around, it didn't work out very well for the Autobots.
* Starscream still seems to be holding a grudge against Arcee from the events of "[[Partners (Prime)|Partners]]", given his comments about gutting the Autobots start with her.
* While Starscream is looking for the Omega Keys in the Autobots' Vault, he comes across [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] in stasis, which occurred back in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". The last time they interacted was in "Crossfire".
* Even though the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] was destroyed in "Alpha/Omega", Optimus still wears the hilt Ratchet made him.

===Transformers references===
* One of Starscream's self-proclaimed titles as the new ruler of Cybertron is "[[Emperor of Destruction]]". He also refers to himself as Cybertron's [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], which originated in the Marvel UK story "[[State Games]]" as the pre-war rulers of Cybertron.

===Real-world references===
* A brain pan is real. Scientists use it to study brains of corpses without the confines of a skull.

===Errors===
* Megatron's vehicle mode still has his fusion cannon, despite the arm it was attached to being removed. Furthermore, if one watches Megatron's transformation scene, it's blocked off by smoke, making it impossible to see what exactly happens with his fusion cannon and his different arm.
* An early external shot of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has its "eyes" and running lights illuminated in [[Dark Energon]] purple; later in the episode they are their normal red.
* The bots in Smokescreen's memory are in different places than in "Alpha/Omega". In that episode, Smokescreen and Ratchet are on Optimus's right side, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee are on his left. In this episode, Bulkhead and Ratchet are on his right, Bee is in the middle, and Arcee and Smokescreen are on his left.
* Say, how’d Starscream get aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''?

===Trivia===
* This episode explains why the phase shifter doesn't phase the user through everything, neatly tying up the issues of how it can be used with such versatility. (Well, neatly in the sense that the narrative says, "It just ''does'', okay?" Smokescreen then proceeds to phase through the very thing Knock Out just stated ''couldn't'' be phased through, so...)
* While in Smokescreen's mind, Megatron's avatar has his own arm rather than the Prime's arm that he's since attached.
* Looks like Bulkhead finally gets to see Optimus "[[One Shall Fall|lose his cool]]."
* It would seem Megatron cannot tell which of his own soldiers are fliers or ground troopers. Then again, there's not much difference in appearance at first glance.
* When Knock Out removes the Omega Key from within Smokescreen, the Autobot's chest appears to be rising and falling rapidly much like a human's would when breathing harshly.
* How exactly was Smokescreen able to transform into his vehicle mode with an Omega Key in his chest? Sure seems as though it would have either been damaged by the transforming sequence, or disrupted said sequence entirely.
* Apparently it takes a long time to put the Omega Key in a pod and launch it off planet. It's shorter to knock a bot out, put the Omega Key inside him, and modify the Iacon Database entry to point back to said bot... Yeah, that makes no sense. Perhaps Alpha Trion was desperate.
* While Starscream was in the Autobots' base, he doesn't think to retrieve any of the other Iacon relics contained inside the base such as the Apex Armor, which he should know the Autobots have.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Dernière Clé'''" ("The Last Key")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Innere Angelegenheiten'''" ("Internal Affairs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22|22 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukū Henkei! Kesshi no Skydive'''" (舞空変形!決死のスカイダイブ, "Sky Dance Transformation! The Suicidal Skydive")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 9|9 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trabalho Sujo'''" ("Dirty Work")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 17|17 August]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chiave persa, Chiave presa'''" ("Lost key, Taken key"), "'''Missione Interna'''" (2017 airing, "Inside Mission")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 15|15 February]] [[2013]]

==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. 25 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[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]]