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Cybertron City (episode)

2024-05-31T01:36:50Z

GrahminRadarin: /* Continuity errors */ Corrected spelling of "conversation"

{{disambig3|Cybertron City}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=1
|prev=Mortal Combat
|next=Energon Stars
|title="Cybertron City"
|japanese=浮上! オーシャンシティ
|romaji=Fujō! Ocean City
|translation=Arise! Ocean City
|image=E1_titlecard.jpg
|caption=You're going to wish Hot Shot had a trigger finger.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Yutaka Satoh]], [[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 9|9 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[January 31]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy continuity|Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, a new threat arises...'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Energon Ocean City rises.jpg|thumb|left|200px|We built this city on rock and roll!]]

Deep within the shattered remains of [[Unicron]], [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—one of Unicron's many victims—is resurrected, to gather [[energon]] to revive Unicron. Alpha Q releases a horde of energon-eating [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, which will scavenge [[Earth]]'s abundant supplies of the power source.

As [[Ocean City]] and its bridge rise and unfold from one of Earth's oceans, [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] narrates: it has been ten years since [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and Unicron disappeared in the depths of space. He and the other surviving [[Decepticon]]s have had to suffer through working with the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]s in search of energon, and he's ''not'' happy about it.

The city has surfaced so that the human known as [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] can go out on [[High Wire (Armada)|his motorbike]] and get some fresh air, much to Demolishor's consternation. [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] shows up too, and berates Demolishor for neglecting his work before running off in pursuit of the wayward Kicker. Kicker's tired of being cooped up in the submerged city and taking orders from 'bots. Suddenly, his hair flashes golden.

[[File:Cybertron City Optimus and Ironhide train.jpg|thumb|200px|Primedouken!]]

Below the waves, the [[Omnicon]]s are hard at work mining; they suddenly hit a golden glowing seam.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Rad White|Rad]] pays a visit to Earth's [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center]], where he communicates briefly with [[Sally Jones|Sally]]. Rad tells Kicker's father, [[Brian Jones|Dr. Jones]], that the Omnicons have hit a big vein of energon right where Dr. Jones predicted. Energon is a clean energy source, needed to get Earth through an energy crisis, as well as the [[Transformer]]s' requirements for the repair of Cybertron.

On an asteroid colony, two 'bots give the stoic [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] a hard time about his terminal silence. Suddenly, a barrage of lights from the depths of space pound the colony, as the mysterious Terrorcon drones attack.

In a training arena, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] spars with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], and is ready to go again despite getting put down. Optimus comments that the young 'bot reminds him a lot of Hot Shot, which Ironhide regards as about the best compliment ever.

Rad and Dr. Jones report the attack to Optimus, telling him that their [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] depot is under attack, as reported by [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]. Prime speaks with [[Primus]] about the strange development. Prime rounds up [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] to check out the situation, and Ironhide insists on coming too. Rad activates a [[space bridge]] gate, and the four Autobots roll out.

[[File:E01 shinjiface.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is my "Shinji" face.]]

Arriving on Mars, the four find the smoking ruins of [[Mars City]]. The team detects no life, even though there were many Transformers working there. They quickly head to Earth.

At Ocean City, Sally and [[Miranda Jones|her mother]] observe the Omnicons' energon research, and squabble with Kicker. Kicker recalls arriving on planet Cybertron as a very young boy with his father, and meeting the gargantuan and rather terrifying Autobots. Present-day Kicker grumbles that he doesn't need any [[Transformer]]s to protect him.

Carlos reports that the Mars base was destroyed by asteroids. Kicker urgently tells Hot Shot that they're under attack, and he must submerge the city. He and Hot Shot race outside.

[[File:E01 glowing kicker.jpg|200px|thumb|'''Finding God:''' Yer doing it wrong!]]

In a flashback sequence...

:''Optimus Prime searches for a young Kicker, who, driven by his fear of the Autobots, has run away and hidden in a restricted zone. Falling into a void, Kicker is snared by a glowing light. The voice of Primus speaks, wondering what energy source powers humans. Primus then bestows Kicker with a sixth-sense granting him the ability to detect danger and energon.''

Present day, Hot Shot and Kicker observe as a huge swarm of Terrorcons appear in the sky, opening fire. Hot Shot returns fire. Demolishor soon finds himself against a pile of the creatures. The timely arrival of Optimus's crew saves Kicker from another group. Prime unleashes his [[Prime Force]] drones, then gives Hot Shot a [[Spark of Combination]], allowing him to [[Powerlinx]] with Inferno. [[Super Mode|Prime merges with his drones]], and blows away a ton of the Terrorcons.

Kicker leaps aboard Ironhide and makes good use of his cannon, but ultimately has to be saved by Prime, who launches a suit from his Spark of Combination to protect him from a fall. The surprised Kicker is told that the suit was made for him by his father. Kicker is furious—this is his planet and nobody can tell him what to do!

Alpha Q observes that the first attack was a failure, but there are many hands yet to be played.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] (8)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]]s (9)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]]s (10)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (17)
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (18)
*[[Prime Force]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s corpse (4)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (5)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones]] (6)
*[[Rad White]] (11)
*[[Sally Jones]] (12)
*[[Brian Jones]] (13)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (19)
*[[Miranda Jones]] (21)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (22, flashback)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (1)
*[[Battle Ravage]]s (2)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]]s (3)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (7)
*[[Primus]] (20)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"You're not the boss of me, Autobot!"
:—'''Demolishor''' apparently liked taking orders from [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|his last boss]] more.

"Tidal Wave like Asteroid Belt."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' enjoying the view on the moon.

"She said our Earth station has detected molecular activity at the precise coordinates where you suspected energon to be."
:—'''Rad''' begins the grand ''Energon'' tradition of things making no sense at all.

"Man! This is great!" 
"Just... Zip it."
:—'''Ironhide''' loves the Space Bridge! '''Jetfire''' doesn't love that Ironhide loves the Space Bridge.

"Is that energon?" 
"Yes. It's the energy source that all Transformers need to survive, Sally." 
"I'm not sure I get it, Mom."
:—'''Sally''' and '''Mrs. Jones''', who doesn't know much about biology.

"Kicker! Don't be an idiot!"
:—'''Hot Shot''' is a real optimist.
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Super Link''===
*There are two distinct English-language dubs of this episode—a version broadcast on television, which is a straight dub of the Japanese edition of the episode, and the substantially-altered version released on the Paramount DVD. In addition to a ''heavily'' re-written script, the DVD version re-orders several scenes, chief among them the opening sequence with Alpha Q and Kicker's flashbacks, and inserts a new opening monologue from Optimus Prime, along with clips from ''Armada''. The original televised version of the episode was restored for the Shout! Factory release, and appears on streaming platforms such as [[Tubi]].
*The prolonged sequence of Ocean City rising up from beneath the waves differs across the various editions of this episode. The ''Super Link'' version features only music and sound effects. The TV-broadcast version of ''Energon'' features a monologue from Demolishor touching upon the events of the last ten years, to cement the series as a continuation of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. The Paramount DVD version replaces this monologue with an argument between Kicker and [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] about raising the city. Misha does not actually appear in the episode, though, and shouldn't actually ''be'' in Ocean City anyway.
*In the opening sequence of this episode, Alpha Q states that Unicron has brought him back online, in order to stop Unicron from going offline—a claim that is totally at odds with what we will learn of the character and his history as the series progresses. As an error, it's entirely confined to ''Energon'', but unlike the multitude of errors that would come to populate ''Energon'', this was most likely a very deliberately inserted line. This "minion of Unicron" role was Hasbro's intention for the character, and is how he is portrayed in the [[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Dreamwave comic]], but the Japanese production staff wound up creating an entirely different story for the character that contradicted it. To get things back in order, the line was deleted from the Paramount DVD release of the ''Energon'' episode.
*Curiously, the Paramount DVD version of this episode removed the cameos of young Alexis, Carlos, and Rad departing the Autobot starship [[Axalon (Armada)|''Axalon'']] from Kicker's flashback sequence, instead jumping straight to Dr. Jones and Kicker leaving the vessel.

===Pain count===
The "Uh?"s start very early:
*"Uh?": 9
*"It's time to": 1
*"Gimme a break!": 1

===Animation and technical errors===
*This episode's English title fails to localize the faction name "Cybertron" to "Autobot".
*In the version broadcast on television, there is an audio synch mistake when Rad and Dr. Jones watch Prime's Autobots depart for Mars; their dialogue begins too soon, cringingly causing their lip movements to lag behind it. Surprisingly, this was fixed for the DVD release.
*During the attack on Ocean City, Sally wonders where her brother is, and her mother adds "Where's Kicker?" in Sally's voice. Oops. This was not fixed for the DVD release.
*Kicker references the military clock position system. He yells "9 o'clock!" before kicking Ironhide's head to the left to shoot the Divebomb drones. Although it's true that "9 o'clock" means "left", the way Ironhide is facing is closer to 10 or 11 o'clock.
**In the Paramount DVD release, Kicker instead yells at Ironhide to "pay attention!", removing the slight error.
*At the very end of the episode, Alpha Q says there are "plenty of Cybertron Earth cities". Again, "Cybertron" is the Japanese name for "Autobot" that wasn't translated.

===Continuity notes===
*Just like ''Armada'', it is never explicitly stated what year the events of ''Energon'' take place. All [[canon]] sources establish each show in the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] taking place ten years apart from one another, starting with the then-future year of [[2010]], meaning ''Energon'' takes place in [[2020]].
**However, the Paramount DVD release suggests it's been 20 years since the [[Unicron Battles]], making it [[2030]], which is the year the events of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' take place.
**In the ''Armada'' episode "[[Chase (episode)|Chase]]", [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]'s laptop has [[2002]] listed as the year, obviously due to the year the episode was animated/released, long before 2010 became the established year.
*The Paramount DVD release with Optimus Prime recapping the story so far shows footage of the Unicron Battles from ''Armada.''
*The corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] is briefly shown in the opening scene, when the camera is moving through Unicron's body.
*While the returning Autobots and [[Mini-Con]]s from ''Armada'' have been upgraded into entirely new bodies, fit with new weapons systems and alternate forms, the extent of the returning Decepticons' upgrades are merely reduced to new color schemes. This, topped off with the fact that the Decepticons only serve as guards of energon mining facilities, suggests there is no equality between the Autobots and Decepticons. Who are the ''real'' villains again?
*The poor [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Mini-Cons]] have had their roles reduced to washing cars and being used as Kicker's transportation.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Kicker can sense Energon and danger, a power bestowed upon him by Primus.
**Terrorcons have the ability to eat raw Energon and convert it into [[Energon star]]s.
**Copter-2 can slice through enemies with its rotor blades.
**Digger-3 can create whirlwinds with its drill.
**Submarine-4 fires torpedoes.
**Optimus carries the [[Spark of Combination]] in his chest where his [[Matrix of Leadership]] used to be. He also carried Kicker's armor inside the Spark of Combination too.
**Ironhide can deploy his head in vehicle mode like a [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]].
**Powerlinx Hot Shot wields both his and Inferno's weapons.
**Optimus fire his "Energon Blast" attack in [[Super Mode]].
*[[Powerlinx]] forms:
**Perceptor (first use)
**Powerlinx Hot Shot with Inferno (first use)
**Optimus Prime Super Mode (first use)

===Continuity errors===
*In Optimus Prime's opening monologue in the Paramount DVD version of the episode, he refers to the series as taking place 20 years after the Unicron Battles of ''Armada'', rather than 10.
**In the same opening monologue, he incorrectly names Galvatron "Megatron", likely due to Energon having everyone going back to calling him Megatron.
*Optimus Prime is somehow able to identify the Terrorcons by name, before he has any way to know what they are. Again, this line was not in ''Super Link'', and was removed for the Paramount DVD release of ''Energon''.
*As stated [[#Differences with Super Link|above]] the Paramount DVD version of the episode has Misha placed in Ocean City, when subsequent episodes reveal she had been in [[Desert City]] the entire time, hence the conversation featured in the [[Energon Stars|next episode]], post-evacuation, has Misha and Kicker talking from screens rather than in person.

===Transformers references===
[[File:EnergonCybertronCityTakaraBike.jpg|200px|thumb]]
*A close-up of High Wire's motorbike mode reveals TAKARA branding, an obvious reference to [[TakaraTomy]] (who at the time was still just called "Takara" before the brand merge with Tomy in [[2006]]).
*The aforementioned inequality between Autobots and Decepticons is very similar to the state of Cybertron during the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].

===Real-world references===
*According to the ''[[Transformers: Energon Official Guidebook]]'', the sparring match was Optimus Prime training the others in the martial arts discipline {{w|Kumite}}.
*As stated above, Kicker references the {{w|Clock position}} while he's on top of Ironhide.
*Before the Terrorcons attack, High Wire is seen washing a car that clearly resembles the Toyota Trueno AE86 from the racing manga and anime series ''{{w|Initial D}}''.

===Trivia===
*Compared to later episodes, this one is ''astonishingly'' well-animated and acted.
*Kicker is apparently able to raise and lower the city without anyone stopping him or even asking why.
*The space shuttles the humans use are partarially designed to reflect Jetfire's shuttle mode. The most significant difference between the two is the absence of the red booster rocket portion that forms Jetfire's legs and torso in robot mode. This would also mean in-universe that Jetfire has since reformatted into the newest Earth model of space shuttle.
*Due to use of an earlier unfinished CGI model, Jetfire's rifle is incorrectly colored gray. The colors won't be corrected until "[[Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary]]."
{{--}}

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:* ''Title:'' "'''Cybertron City'''"
::*Once, Jetfire uses the word "Transformer" (without an S at the end) as a plural.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume One (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts

2024-05-28T03:03:40Z

GrahminRadarin: /* Animation and technical errors */ Added error about Ginrai's lower torso colors

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=29
|image=Underwatervolcano.jpg
|caption=''Dianetics''! By L. Ron Hubbard!
|title="Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts"
|japanese=脱出!!海底火山大爆発
|romaji=Dasshutsu!! Kaitei Kazan Daibakuhatsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[November 15|15 November]] 1988
|writer=[[Toyohiro Andō]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''When Lightfoot investigates the eruption of an underwater volcano, he discovers the site of a new Decepticon base.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Masterforce ep29 Seacon Army.jpg|left|200px|thumb|There'll be no accusations/Just friendly crustaceans/Under the seeeeea!]]

When the [[Decepticon]]s begin construction of [[Decepticon advance base|an advance base]] on the ocean floor off the coast of [[Australia]], their repeated blasting causes a dormant underwater volcano to become active, in turn triggering a major earthquake that devastates [[Sydney]]. [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] investigates and pinpoints the earthquake's epicenter, diving beneath the waves to examine the volcano. He reports back to [[Autobot Base|Autobot headquarters]] his suspicions that a full-scale eruption may occur in the next 24 hours, but as he continues to gather data, he is attacked by a battalion of [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], exposing the presence of the Decepticons' base there. He alerts [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] and the [[Headmaster Junior]]s to the situation, but is then surrounded by the Seacons, who tear a fissure into the seabed with their blasts and send Lightfoot tumbling into it. With his communicator damaged in the fall, Lightfoot cannot be contacted by Ginrai and the Juniors, and they and [[Godbomber]] immediately head out to help him. Deducing that they will soon arrive, [[Mega]] instructs [[Turtler]] to ambush Ginrai when he arrives and destroy him and Lightfoot together.

[[Image:Masterforce ep29 Ginrai Lightfoot rocks.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Huh? why do I hear sustained evil laughter?"]]

Ginrai and the Juniors soon arrive on the Australian coastline, and Ginrai directs the Juniors to perform rescue operations in Sydney while he investigates underwater. Ginrai heads into the ocean, and after a while, he arrives on the scene, silently observed by the hidden Turtler and [[Gilmer]]. As Ginrai dives the crevasse to rescue Lightfoot, Turtler combines with the Seacons into [[King Poseidon]] and begins heaving rocks in after them, hoping to bury them alive and leave them to the tender mercies of the volcano. It looks like he has succeeded, too, but after a few minutes, a laser blast scatters the rocks, and Ginrai and Lightfoot emerge little the worse for wear. Suddenly, however, the volcanic activity escalates, and the trench begins caving in on the two Autobots again.

[[Image:Masterforce ep29 GodBomber Impasse.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Gaze upon me, for I am your God...bomber."]]

In Sydney, the Juniors do the best they can to help, with [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] saving a [[Maria (Masterforce)|young girl]] from some collapsing rubble. With their work done, they head back to the shoreline to see if Ginrai has returned. Informed by Godbomber that he has not, they transform to robot mode and prepare to follow him beneath the waves, but Godbomber restrains them and goes in their place. Very soon, he arrives at the collapsed trench and engages King Poseidon in battle, but as they fight, the volcano finally erupts! King Poseidon is laid low by the flying rocks and magma, and the Decepticons' advance base is likewise destroyed in the conflagration.

Beneath the seabed, Ginrai and Lightfoot are trying to blast their way free, to no avail, when the eruption occurs. Desperate to save his commander before they are consumed by the lava, Lightfoot decides to self-destruct, destroying the rock wall that blocks their escape. Ginrai refuses to allow it, but Lightfoot insists that it is his duty, forcing Ginrai to strike him in order to stop him from killing himself.

[[Image:Masterforce ep29 King Poseidon Faceoff.jpg|right|200px|thumb|King vs. God? This King Poseidon is committing blasphemy!]]

Thankfully for both of them, Godbomber smashes his way through the wall, rescuing them both. King Poseidon, however, proves that he is not out yet when he emerges for one last attack, forcing Ginrai and Godbomber to combine into God Ginrai to battle him. The two grapple on the very rim of the volcano, but Ginrai is saved when Lightfoot blasts his way through the Seacon drones and performs a "Chōkon Spin Drill," creating a powerful water spout that nearly pulls King Poseidon in. With his opponent thus distracted, Ginrai is able to turn the tables and flip King Poseidon over his shoulder, blasting him into the caldera with his God Cannon. Then, finally, the eruption reaches its crescendo, and a small island begins to rise up from beneath the sea as lava cools. As the Headmaster Juniors watch this incredible sight, God Ginrai and Lightfoot crest the waves, and swim to shore.

With the Autobots victorious and on their way back to base, Giga rages at the Decepticons' loss, and realizes that they underestimated the power of Godbomber. He, then, must become their next target...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Godbomber]] (14)

'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] (4)
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (5)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (6)
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] (7)
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Turtler]] (3)
*[[Lobclaw]] (9)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (10)
*[[Gulf]] (11)
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (12)
*[[Kraken]] (13)
*[[Gilmer]] (15)
*[[King Poseidon]] (16)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Giga]] (1)
*[[Mega]] (2)

|c3=
*[[Maria (Masterforce)|Maria]] (17)

}}
==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Quite a few shots of animation are recycled in this episode, from Lightfoot battling the swarms of Seacons to lava bursting from the volcano.
*While videochatting with Lightfoot, Ginrai's entire lower torso armor is colored teal. Only the front should be that color, the sides should be white.
*After Ginrai dives into the crevasse, Turtler and Gilmer immediately run up to the edge. It seems difficult to believe that Ginrai wouldn't have noticed them running towards it.
*A quick scene change is all it takes for Gilmer to go from hanging out near the Volcano with Turtler to lurking around the Decepticon base with Giga and Mega.
*Godbomber's usually gray waist is red just prior to combining with Ginrai.

===Trivia===
*At the conclusion of the episode, Giga is suddenly holding a wine glass for absolutely no reason other than to crush it in anger. Because he's ''evil'', see.
*It never enters anybody's mind to call Diver, the guy who turns into a submarine, to this underwater adventure. In fact, this is the middle of three consecutive episodes in which everybody (including the writers) seems to forget that the Autobot Pretenders even exist.
*While [[Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai|previous]] [[Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter|episodes]] have seen King Poseidon be defeated rather easily by Super Ginrai, he makes a much better showing this time around, with God Ginrai needing help from Lightfoot to turn the tables on him. This may have something to with the fact that the fight in this episode takes place underwater, whereas previous bouts between King Poseidon and Ginrai were always on land... or it could just be random power level fluctuation, which is hardly unheard of in the Transformers franchise.
*Why does Ginrai only bring the most junior and least powerful of all the Autobots to help with the potential catastrophic disaster? While the Pretenders have faded into the background by this point, he has two powerful Godmasters in [[Ranger]] and [[Road King]] (remember those guys?) going underutilized.

===Foreign dubbing===
:*''Title:'' "'''Underwater Volcanic Explosion'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 6]], [[1991]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 02 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce'' (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

User talk:GrahminRadarin

2024-05-25T03:48:08Z

GrahminRadarin:

{{welcome}}
{{notareference}}
Yeah I deserve that

Vince

2024-05-25T03:33:41Z

GrahminRadarin: /* Notes */ Added a note saying Vince's car looks like Big Daddy.

{{disambig3|Vince}}

:''Vince is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Vince.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Diedrich Bader|Guy Gardner]]: The High School Years.]]
'''Vince''' is a teenage boy who attends the [[Memorial High School|school]] in [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]]. He's a jerk and a bully, and also takes part in street racing.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brad Raider]] (English), [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (Japanese)|[[Moisés Ivan Mora]] (Latin America Spanish), [[Robson Kumode]] (Portuguese)}}
Vince was leaning on his car outside the school when [[Jack Darby]] started to head off, and he disparaged Jack's [[Arcee (WFC)|motorcycle]] as a moped. He caught up with Jack at a traffic light and challenged the boy to a race. Jack was reluctant to accept until Vince dissed his motorcycle again. They drove to a road outside Jasper, where they held a race. Vince took off first, but found that Jack was a much better motorcycle rider than Vince had expected. News of the race's result spread around school, and the next day, Vince challenged Jack to participate in a street race. Later that night, Jack turned up at the race in a [[Bumblebee (WFC)|yellow sports car]], claiming his motorcycle was in the shop. Jack and Vince jockeyed for lead position after the race started, but then Jack and a [[Knock Out (Prime)|red car]] started doing bizarre stunts. Vince followed them to a bridge, where he furiously challenged Jack to finish the race. While he was shouting, he was suddenly grabbed from behind and bundled into the red car, before being knocked out.

Vince had been taken prisoner by the [[Decepticon]] Knock Out, who'd mistaken him for one of the [[Autobot]]s' allies. The Decepticon attempted to use Vince as bait to draw in Bumblebee, but he and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] got more than they bargained for when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] turned up as well. On the run, Knock Out was stopped by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who retrieved Vince. Jack and Bumblebee were returning Vince to his car when he came around, and Jack claimed that Vince had been grabbed by some guys in some sort of gang initiation. After Jack told Vince that maybe street racing wasn't such a good idea, Vince insulted Bumblebee's vehicle mode, and the Autobot left him coughing in a cloud of dust. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:LegacyVinceCarBurgered.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Yes. Yes, you can haz cheezburger... RIGHT IN YOUR TWISTED SPAAAAAAARK.]]
The race was so well known that word of it got back to [[June Darby|Jack's mother]]. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Vince was talking to a girl outside the school when [[Raf Esquivel]] was picked up by [[Ratchet (WFC)|an ambulance]] belonging to a friend of Jack's mom. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Vince pulled up beside a [[Smokescreen (Prime)|high-powered sports car]] at the lights and was amused to discover Jack Darby was behind the wheel. After throwing a burger at the driver's window, he sped off. Some time later he discovered that his car had been mysteriously covered in burgers. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Vince's [[license plate]] is "281 DIL".
*Vince's car bears a resemblance to the movie version of [[Big Daddy (Movie)|Big Daddy]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vince''' (ヴィンス ''Vinsu'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

Vince

2024-05-25T03:30:11Z

GrahminRadarin: Undo revision 1765762 by GrahminRadarin (talk)

{{disambig3|Vince}}

:''Vince is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Vince.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Diedrich Bader|Guy Gardner]]: The High School Years.]]
'''Vince''' is a teenage boy who attends the [[Memorial High School|school]] in [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]]. He's a jerk and a bully, and also takes part in street racing.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brad Raider]] (English), [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (Japanese)|[[Moisés Ivan Mora]] (Latin America Spanish), [[Robson Kumode]] (Portuguese)}}
Vince was leaning on his car outside the school when [[Jack Darby]] started to head off, and he disparaged Jack's [[Arcee (WFC)|motorcycle]] as a moped. He caught up with Jack at a traffic light and challenged the boy to a race. Jack was reluctant to accept until Vince dissed his motorcycle again. They drove to a road outside Jasper, where they held a race. Vince took off first, but found that Jack was a much better motorcycle rider than Vince had expected. News of the race's result spread around school, and the next day, Vince challenged Jack to participate in a street race. Later that night, Jack turned up at the race in a [[Bumblebee (WFC)|yellow sports car]], claiming his motorcycle was in the shop. Jack and Vince jockeyed for lead position after the race started, but then Jack and a [[Knock Out (Prime)|red car]] started doing bizarre stunts. Vince followed them to a bridge, where he furiously challenged Jack to finish the race. While he was shouting, he was suddenly grabbed from behind and bundled into the red car, before being knocked out.

Vince had been taken prisoner by the [[Decepticon]] Knock Out, who'd mistaken him for one of the [[Autobot]]s' allies. The Decepticon attempted to use Vince as bait to draw in Bumblebee, but he and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] got more than they bargained for when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] turned up as well. On the run, Knock Out was stopped by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who retrieved Vince. Jack and Bumblebee were returning Vince to his car when he came around, and Jack claimed that Vince had been grabbed by some guys in some sort of gang initiation. After Jack told Vince that maybe street racing wasn't such a good idea, Vince insulted Bumblebee's vehicle mode, and the Autobot left him coughing in a cloud of dust. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:LegacyVinceCarBurgered.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Yes. Yes, you can haz cheezburger... RIGHT IN YOUR TWISTED SPAAAAAAARK.]]
The race was so well known that word of it got back to [[June Darby|Jack's mother]]. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Vince was talking to a girl outside the school when [[Raf Esquivel]] was picked up by [[Ratchet (WFC)|an ambulance]] belonging to a friend of Jack's mom. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Vince pulled up beside a [[Smokescreen (Prime)|high-powered sports car]] at the lights and was amused to discover Jack Darby was behind the wheel. After throwing a burger at the driver's window, he sped off. Some time later he discovered that his car had been mysteriously covered in burgers. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Vince's [[license plate]] is "281 DIL".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vince''' (ヴィンス ''Vinsu'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

Vince

2024-05-25T03:29:44Z

GrahminRadarin: /* Notes */

{{disambig3|Vince}}

:''Vince is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Vince.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Diedrich Bader|Guy Gardner]]: The High School Years.]]
'''Vince''' is a teenage boy who attends the [[Memorial High School|school]] in [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]]. He's a jerk and a bully, and also takes part in street racing.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brad Raider]] (English), [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (Japanese)|[[Moisés Ivan Mora]] (Latin America Spanish), [[Robson Kumode]] (Portuguese)}}
Vince was leaning on his car outside the school when [[Jack Darby]] started to head off, and he disparaged Jack's [[Arcee (WFC)|motorcycle]] as a moped. He caught up with Jack at a traffic light and challenged the boy to a race. Jack was reluctant to accept until Vince dissed his motorcycle again. They drove to a road outside Jasper, where they held a race. Vince took off first, but found that Jack was a much better motorcycle rider than Vince had expected. News of the race's result spread around school, and the next day, Vince challenged Jack to participate in a street race. Later that night, Jack turned up at the race in a [[Bumblebee (WFC)|yellow sports car]], claiming his motorcycle was in the shop. Jack and Vince jockeyed for lead position after the race started, but then Jack and a [[Knock Out (Prime)|red car]] started doing bizarre stunts. Vince followed them to a bridge, where he furiously challenged Jack to finish the race. While he was shouting, he was suddenly grabbed from behind and bundled into the red car, before being knocked out.

Vince had been taken prisoner by the [[Decepticon]] Knock Out, who'd mistaken him for one of the [[Autobot]]s' allies. The Decepticon attempted to use Vince as bait to draw in Bumblebee, but he and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] got more than they bargained for when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] turned up as well. On the run, Knock Out was stopped by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who retrieved Vince. Jack and Bumblebee were returning Vince to his car when he came around, and Jack claimed that Vince had been grabbed by some guys in some sort of gang initiation. After Jack told Vince that maybe street racing wasn't such a good idea, Vince insulted Bumblebee's vehicle mode, and the Autobot left him coughing in a cloud of dust. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:LegacyVinceCarBurgered.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Yes. Yes, you can haz cheezburger... RIGHT IN YOUR TWISTED SPAAAAAAARK.]]
The race was so well known that word of it got back to [[June Darby|Jack's mother]]. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Vince was talking to a girl outside the school when [[Raf Esquivel]] was picked up by [[Ratchet (WFC)|an ambulance]] belonging to a friend of Jack's mom. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Vince pulled up beside a [[Smokescreen (Prime)|high-powered sports car]] at the lights and was amused to discover Jack Darby was behind the wheel. After throwing a burger at the driver's window, he sped off. Some time later he discovered that his car had been mysteriously covered in burgers. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Vince's [[license plate]] is "281 DIL".
*Vince's car bears a striking resemblance to [[Big Daddy (Movie)]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vince''' (ヴィンス ''Vinsu'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

Secret Legacy, Part 2

2024-05-24T00:31:10Z

GrahminRadarin: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 2
|image=EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-KnockKnock.jpg
|caption="DIE AUTO-er, sorry. Force of habit."
|prev=Secret Legacy, Part 1
|next=Moo-ving In
|title="Secret Legacy, Part 2"
|season=1
|season ep=2
|airdate=[[November 11]], [[2022]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Nicole Dubuc]] & [[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|directors=[[Alex Kwan]] [[Jordan Rosato]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/WLm2gauizzFBtag7qQgnjCMlDJZ667rc/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''As Twitch and Thrash learn how to use their abilities, they find themselves targeted by a new threat to all Transformer-kind.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-TwitchNewDroneMode.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] reaches down and picks up [[Dot Malto]], staring at her imposingly...then laughs, happy to see his Platoon Cyber Strike teammate again. Dot is equally happy to be reunited with her old friend. As the two catch up, [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] releases a set of drones to investigate the surrounding area for clues as to what attacked the [[G.H.O.S.T.]] prison transport.

In the forest, [[Twitch]] and [[Robby Malto|Robby]] decide to play a game of target practice. Robby tosses a small stone at a larger rock, hitting it dead-on, but Twitch is unable to get her laser blaster to appear. As she fiddles with her arm, Robby decides to try throwing a rock at Twitch instead. His gambit works and Twitch's blaster activates, allowing her to blast the oncoming projectile into the target rock. Not far away, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] practices his juggling skills using [[Mo Malto|Mo]] and two large rocks. Thrash is pleased that Mo no longer seems to be upset, noting that their [[cyber-sleeve]] connection had been causing him to feel her lingering sadness. Mo explains that she's been worried for her family after their big move, and that she just wants them to be happy. As Robby sets up another target, Twitch spots one of Optimus's drones and follows it, climbing up a tree to get a better look. Thinking it to be some kind of mechanical bird, she squints to observe it, inadvertently triggering her [[scanning|scanner]]. Caught off guard, she slips and falls, but before she can hit the ground, she transforms into a drone herself and takes off into the sky. Robby celebrates Twitch's success, but backs away as Optimus's drone approaches him until Twitch shoots it down. Seeing Twitch transform, Thrash begins looking for something that he can use as an [[alternate mode]]. Mo suggests the two go into town to expand his options, while Twitch and Robby stay behind to see if they can convert the damaged drone into a sky racer.

[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-SinisterMandroid.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
The remaining drones return to Optimus, with [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] chalking the missing one up to another malfunction by [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]. Dot still remains skeptical of helping Optimus and G.H.O.S.T., but Megatron encourages her, noting that despite their differences, he knows Optimus always does what he genuinely believes is right for everyone. With the drones having turned up nothing, Optimus declares they will take up the search instead, and the group head for [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]]. Elsewhere, [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] remains in the captivity of [[Mandroid|Dr. Meridian]] and his [[Arachnamech]] drones, with one now fastening Hardtop's arm to Meridian. As he ponders using Hardtop's [[Swindle (ES)|brother]] for parts as well, one of the Arachnamechs reveals its destroyed counterpart was last heard from in Witwicky. Seeing a more tantalizing prize, Meridian orders the Arachnamechs to pursue the Cybertronian that appeared in the destroyed unit's footage.

[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-ReunitedFamily.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
In downtown Witwicky, Thrash and Mo stand on a rooftop looking for potential alternate modes, careful to avoid being seen, but none are to Thrash's liking. Mo sympathizes, recalling how much her bike Rocinante meant to her, and declares Thrash will know the right mode when he finds it. Before they can depart, the two are attacked by an Arachnamech, which knocks Thrash into a nearby alley. The two do their best to fight back, but the Arachnamech comes at them relentlessly. Fortunately, Robby and Twitch arrive and blast the attacker with the repaired drone, having sensed Mo and Thrash's fear and come looking for them. Their relief is short-lived, however, when they find themselves surrounded by even more Arachnamechs. Help arrives in the form of Elita and Optimus, who catch the Arachnamechs by surprise and swiftly take them out. The kids are awestruck, but that awe turns to worry when they see their mother with the bots, looking none too happy. Though Dot is relieved her kids are safe, Optimus suggests the two new Transformers be taken to G.H.O.S.T. for their safety, despite their protests. As a G.H.O.S.T. transport pulls up, Robby and Mo attempt to appeal to their mother, but Dot sides with Optimus, promising that the kids can visit their new friends once things have been sorted out. The children say their goodbyes as the transport drives off, unaware that the driver is actually a disguised Dr. Meridian.

[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-MandroidWithTerrans.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
As the kids finish explaining everything, Dot, now joined by [[Alex Malto|Alex]], reprimands them for not coming to them sooner, but Robby and Mo believe they wouldn't have listened and point out that Dot too has been keeping secrets with regard to working with the Transformers again. Their conversation is interrupted by Optimus, who has confirmed there is no record of the G.H.O.S.T. transport or its driver. Realizing the bots have been abducted, the Maltos insist on joining in search and rescue efforts, and use the kids' emotional link with the bots to track them. In his laboratory, Meridian plays friendly host to Twitch and Thrash, claiming their previous Arachnamech encounters were the result of a misunderstanding. As he scans their bodies, he finds them to be hybrids of the organic and technological, unlike normal Cybertronians, and dubs their species "''[[Terran|Cybertronus terrans]]''", leading them to in turn rechristen him "Mandroid", much to his displeasure. As they sense Robby and Mo approaching, the Terrans attempt to leave, but are restrained by Mandroid, who intends to scrap them for parts. Fortunately, Optimus, Megatron and Dot burst through the wall and demand the Terrans' release. Mandroid sends his Arachnamechs to attack them, but Elita crashes through the roof to fill out their numbers. Mandroid remains unfazed, however, and activates his own secret weapons as he makes his getaway: [[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]], and [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]], all under his control. With Megatron's help, Dot makes it past the attackers and frees Twitch and Thrash, while Elita overpowers Hardtop and knocks him out of the building. As Robby, Mo and Alex watch this unfold from the minivan, they find themselves in the sights of the last of Mandroid's Decepticons: the enormous [[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]], who begins attacking the van before being fended off by Twitch and Thrash. As he attempts to defend the van, Thrash is blasted into one of Mandroid's warehouses. Inspired by Mo's story of Rocinante, he scans a motorcycle inside and rushes out at high speed, knocking Skullcruncher to the ground. The kids leave the car and join the Terrans in their fight, while Alex finds himself face to face with Bombshell. Before the Decepticon can smash the van, help arrives in the form of an unexpected newcomer: [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]], who takes down Bombshell with ease.

With the battle over, the Decepticons are rounded up, no longer under Mandroid's control, and Dot embraces her children. Though disappointed that Mandroid escaped, Optimus reveals the true reason he asked Bumblebee to come out of hiding: to become a teacher and mentor for the Terrans. However, Dot refuses to allow them to stay at G.H.O.S.T., stating she will not let anyone take away part of her family, which now includes Twitch and Thrash...which is exactly what Optimus was hoping she'd say, as he believes the Terrans should learn about both of their worlds, and he trusts the Maltos to keep them safe. The Maltos return to the farmhouse as everyone settles into their new circumstances, including a somewhat reluctant Bumblebee. Atop the barn, Robby and Mo reflect that they're going to like it in Witwicky, as they stare up at the stars with their new Terran siblings.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (9)
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (15)
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]] (16)
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]'' (17)

|c3=
*[[Dot Malto]] (1)
*[[Robby Malto]] (4)
*[[Mo Malto]] (6)
*[[Mandroid]] (10)
*[[Alex Malto]] (12)
*[[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] citizens (13)
*[[G.H.O.S.T.]] agent (14)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (7)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Arachnamech]]s (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Bet I can name more birds than you!" 
"That's...more mom's thing." 
"Ready, GO! 'Leslie', 'Mike', 'Kerri' with an I, 'Kerry' with a Y, 'Spizwig'..." 
"Pretty sure Spizwig isn't a name." 
"Ssh! You'll hurt his feelings!"
:—'''Twitch''' soundly beats '''Robby''' at bird-naming.

"Autobots, roll out!" 
"I can never tell if he means me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' take to the streets.

'''Optimus Prime:''' [😊😊👍🌹🤖] 
'''Dot:''' Someone's got to stop his emoji abuse. 
'''Megatron:''' ''(calls in)'' The robot gets me every time, ha ha.

"By all means, resist! It's my ''favorite'' part."
:—'''Megatron''' is ready to throw down.

"Your heart's not in this, is it? ...brain either."
:—'''Elita-1''' knows mind-control when she sees it.

"Oh, babies grow up so fast. Seems like just yesterday, I was teaching them how to say...Decepticon?"
:—'''Alex's''' proud parent moment is interrupted by Bombshell.

'''Optimus Prime:''' These young bots... 
'''Twitch:''' Terrans. That's the name Mandroid gave us. 
'''Thrash:''' The ''only'' thing we like about him, by the way.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*

===Transformers references===
* Megatron's status as a reformed villain calls back to his [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|counterpart]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity]]. Here, however, he retains his Decepticon insignia rather than fully switching his allegiance to the Autobots.
* The G.H.O.S.T. trailer containing the drones splits in half down the middle and contains blue robotic armatures, reminiscent of Optimus' [[Combat Deck (G1)|original toy]].
* Alex identifies one of Elita's moves as "Ariel's Gambit", a nod to the original name of her [[Elita One (G1)|G1 counterpart]].

===Real-world references===
*Mo's bike, Rocinante, is named for {{w|Rocinante|the horse of Don Quixote}}. The reference is invoked again when a horse insignia is briefly seen on the motorbike Thrash scans for his alt mode.

===Animation and technical errors===
*The longitude on Dot's coordinates is missing a decimal point; it should read "-75.620294".
*The coordinates Dot gives put the family somewhere near Scranton. However, the interstate signs indicate they are near a point where I-276 and I-95 intersect, which would be about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia near the Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge, about 140 miles to the southeast of the given coordinates.
*When Optimus is explaining Bumblebee's mission of training the Terrans, Hardtop's visor is colored white, as if still under Mandroid's control. He was correctly shown with an orange visor while speaking to Megatron a few shots ago.

===Trivia===
* Most online distribution platforms do not list this episode separately from [[Secret Legacy, Part 1|Part 1]], instead choosing to combine both parts into a single 44-minute video.
* This episode, combined with its first part, was adapted into a "sleep story" for the ''[[Calm]]'' meditation app in April 2023, with Robby narrating it for a recording Mo insists he make as a "historical record".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Legado Secreto Parte 2'''" ("Secret Legacy Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12]], 2022

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'héritage secret : Partie 2'''" ("Secret Legacy : Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], 2022

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das geheime Vermächtnis, Teil 2'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], 2022

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Titkos örökség, 2. rész'''" ("Secret Legacy, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], 2022
:** In an odd bit of dubbing inconsistency, whereas most of the translated Transformer names were lifted from the Hungarian release of the [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)|G1 Marvel Comics series]], [[Wheeljack_(ES)|Wheeljack]] is referred to by his ''[[Transformers:_Armada_(cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon dub name ("Volán Jack") rather than either of the names used interchangeably in the comics ("Kerék" and "Kormányos Jack"). Likely because of lip sync necessities.
:** Elita's fight maneuver "Ariel's Gambit" is mistranslated as "aerial slam".

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Eredità segreta parte 2'''" ("Secret heritage part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 11]], 2022

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2023 — ''Transformers: EarthSpark'' - Season 1: Episodes 1-10 ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Secret Legacy, Part 2

2024-05-22T02:26:36Z

GrahminRadarin: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 2
|image=EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-KnockKnock.jpg
|caption="DIE AUTO-er, sorry. Force of habit."
|prev=Secret Legacy, Part 1
|next=Moo-ving In
|title="Secret Legacy, Part 2"
|season=1
|season ep=2
|airdate=[[November 11]], [[2022]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Nicole Dubuc]] & [[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|directors=[[Alex Kwan]] [[Jordan Rosato]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/WLm2gauizzFBtag7qQgnjCMlDJZ667rc/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''As Twitch and Thrash learn how to use their abilities, they find themselves targeted by a new threat to all Transformer-kind.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-TwitchNewDroneMode.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] reaches down and picks up [[Dot Malto]], staring at her imposingly...then laughs, happy to see his Platoon Cyber Strike teammate again. Dot is equally happy to be reunited with her old friend. As the two catch up, [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] releases a set of drones to investigate the surrounding area for clues as to what attacked the [[G.H.O.S.T.]] prison transport.

In the forest, [[Twitch]] and [[Robby Malto|Robby]] decide to play a game of target practice. Robby tosses a small stone at a larger rock, hitting it dead-on, but Twitch is unable to get her laser blaster to appear. As she fiddles with her arm, Robby decides to try throwing a rock at Twitch instead. His gambit works and Twitch's blaster activates, allowing her to blast the oncoming projectile into the target rock. Not far away, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] practices his juggling skills using [[Mo Malto|Mo]] and two large rocks. Thrash is pleased that Mo no longer seems to be upset, noting that their [[cyber-sleeve]] connection had been causing him to feel her lingering sadness. Mo explains that she's been worried for her family after their big move, and that she just wants them to be happy. As Robby sets up another target, Twitch spots one of Optimus's drones and follows it, climbing up a tree to get a better look. Thinking it to be some kind of mechanical bird, she squints to observe it, inadvertently triggering her [[scanning|scanner]]. Caught off guard, she slips and falls, but before she can hit the ground, she transforms into a drone herself and takes off into the sky. Robby celebrates Twitch's success, but backs away as Optimus's drone approaches him until Twitch shoots it down. Seeing Twitch transform, Thrash begins looking for something that he can use as an [[alternate mode]]. Mo suggests the two go into town to expand his options, while Twitch and Robby stay behind to see if they can convert the damaged drone into a sky racer.

[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-SinisterMandroid.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
The remaining drones return to Optimus, with [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] chalking the missing one up to another malfunction by [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]. Dot still remains skeptical of helping Optimus and G.H.O.S.T., but Megatron encourages her, noting that despite their differences, he knows Optimus always does what he genuinely believes is right for everyone. With the drones having turned up nothing, Optimus declares they will take up the search instead, and the group head for [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]]. Elsewhere, [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] remains in the captivity of [[Mandroid|Dr. Meridian]] and his [[Arachnamech]] drones, with one now fastening Hardtop's arm to Meridian. As he ponders using Hardtop's [[Swindle (ES)|brother]] for parts as well, one of the Arachnamechs reveals its destroyed counterpart was last heard from in Witwicky. Seeing a more tantalizing prize, Meridian orders the Arachnamechs to pursue the Cybertronian that appeared in the destroyed unit's footage.

[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-ReunitedFamily.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
In downtown Witwicky, Thrash and Mo stand on a rooftop looking for potential alternate modes, careful to avoid being seen, but none are to Thrash's liking. Mo sympathizes, recalling how much her bike Rocinante meant to her, and declares Thrash will know the right mode when he finds it. Before they can depart, the two are attacked by an Arachnamech, which knocks Thrash into a nearby alley. The two do their best to fight back, but the Arachnamech comes at them relentlessly. Fortunately, Robby and Twitch arrive and blast the attacker with the repaired drone, having sensed Mo and Thrash's fear and come looking for them. Their relief is short-lived, however, when they find themselves surrounded by even more Arachnamechs. Help arrives in the form of Elita and Optimus, who catch the Arachnamechs by surprise and swiftly take them out. The kids are awestruck, but that awe turns to worry when they see their mother with the bots, looking none too happy. Though Dot is relieved her kids are safe, Optimus suggests the two new Transformers be taken to G.H.O.S.T. for their safety, despite their protests. As a G.H.O.S.T. transport pulls up, Robby and Mo attempt to appeal to their mother, but Dot sides with Optimus, promising that the kids can visit their new friends once things have been sorted out. The children say their goodbyes as the transport drives off, unaware that the driver is actually a disguised Dr. Meridian.

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As the kids finish explaining everything, Dot, now joined by [[Alex Malto|Alex]], reprimands them for not coming to them sooner, but Robby and Mo believe they wouldn't have listened and point out that Dot too has been keeping secrets with regard to working with the Transformers again. Their conversation is interrupted by Optimus, who has confirmed there is no record of the G.H.O.S.T. transport or its driver. Realizing the bots have been abducted, the Maltos insist on joining in search and rescue efforts, and use the kids' emotional link with the bots to track them. In his laboratory, Meridian plays friendly host to Twitch and Thrash, claiming their previous Arachnamech encounters were the result of a misunderstanding. As he scans their bodies, he finds them to be hybrids of the organic and technological, unlike normal Cybertronians, and dubs their species "''[[Terran|Cybertronus terrans]]''", leading them to in turn rechristen him "Mandroid", much to his displeasure. As they sense Robby and Mo approaching, the Terrans attempt to leave, but are restrained by Mandroid, who intends to scrap them for parts. Fortunately, Optimus, Megatron and Dot burst through the wall and demand the Terrans' release. Mandroid sends his Arachnamechs to attack them, but Elita crashes through the roof to fill out their numbers. Mandroid remains unfazed, however, and activates his own secret weapons as he makes his getaway: [[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]], and [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]], all under his control. With Megatron's help, Dot makes it past the attackers and frees Twitch and Thrash, while Elita overpowers Hardtop and knocks him out of the building. As Robby, Mo and Alex watch this unfold from the minivan, they find themselves in the sights of the last of Mandroid's Decepticons: the enormous [[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]], who begins attacking the van before being fended off by Twitch and Thrash. As he attempts to defend the van, Thrash is blasted into one of Mandroid's warehouses. Inspired by Mo's story of Rocinante, he scans a motorcycle inside and rushes out at high speed, knocking Skullcruncher to the ground. The kids leave the car and join the Terrans in their fight, while Alex finds himself face to face with Bombshell. Before the Decepticon can smash the van, help arrives in the form of an unexpected newcomer: [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]], who takes down Bombshell with ease.

With the battle over, the Decepticons are rounded up, no longer under Mandroid's control, and Dot embraces her children. Though disappointed that Mandroid escaped, Optimus reveals the true reason he asked Bumblebee to come out of hiding: to become a teacher and mentor for the Terrans. However, Dot refuses to allow them to stay at G.H.O.S.T., stating she will not let anyone take away part of her family, which now includes Twitch and Thrash...which is exactly what Optimus was hoping she'd say, as he believes the Terrans should learn about both of their worlds, and he trusts the Maltos to keep them safe. The Maltos return to the farmhouse as everyone settles into their new circumstances, including a somewhat reluctant Bumblebee. Atop the barn, Robby and Mo reflect that they're going to like it in Witwicky, as they stare up at the stars with their new Terran siblings.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (9)
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (15)
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]] (16)
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]'' (17)

|c3=
*[[Dot Malto]] (1)
*[[Robby Malto]] (4)
*[[Mo Malto]] (6)
*[[Mandroid]] (10)
*[[Alex Malto]] (12)
*[[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] citizens (13)
*[[G.H.O.S.T.]] agent (14)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (7)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Arachnamech]]s (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Bet I can name more birds than you!" 
"That's...more mom's thing." 
"Ready, GO! 'Leslie', 'Mike', 'Kerri' with an I, 'Kerry' with a Y, 'Spizwig'..." 
"Pretty sure Spizwig isn't a name." 
"Ssh! You'll hurt his feelings!"
:—'''Twitch''' soundly beats '''Robby''' at bird-naming.

"Autobots, roll out!" 
"I can never tell if he means me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' take to the streets.

'''Optimus Prime:''' [😊😊👍🌹🤖] 
'''Dot:''' Someone's got to stop his emoji abuse. 
'''Megatron:''' ''(calls in)'' The robot gets me every time, ha ha.

"By all means, resist! It's my ''favorite'' part."
:—'''Megatron''' is ready to throw down.

"Your heart's not in this, is it? ...brain either."
:—'''Elita-1''' knows mind-control when she sees it.

"Oh, babies grow up so fast. Seems like just yesterday, I was teaching them how to say...Decepticon?"
:—'''Alex's''' proud parent moment is interrupted by Bombshell.

'''Optimus Prime:''' These young bots... 
'''Twitch:''' Terrans. That's the name Mandroid gave us. 
'''Thrash:''' The ''only'' thing we like about him, by the way.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
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===Transformers references===
* Megatron's status as a reformed villain calls back to his [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|counterpart]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity]]. Here, however, he retains his Decepticon insignia rather than fully switching his allegiance to the Autobots.
* The G.H.O.S.T. trailer containing the drones splits in half down the middle and contains blue robotic armatures, reminiscent of Optimus' [[Combat Deck (G1)|original toy]].
* Alex identifies one of Elita's moves as "Ariel's Gambit", a nod to the original name of her [[Elita One (G1)|G1 counterpart]].

===Real-world references===
*Mo's bike, Rocinante, is named for {{w|Rocinante|the horse of Don Quixote}}. The reference is invoked again when a horse insignia is briefly seen on the motorbike Thrash scans for his alt mode.

===Animation and technical errors===
*The longitude on Dot's coordinates is missing a decimal point; it should read "-75.620294".
*The coordinates Dot gives put the family somewhere near Scranton. However, the interstate signs indicate they are near a point where I-276 and I-95 intersect, which would be about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia near the Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge, about 140 miles to the southeast of the given coordinates.
*When Optimus is explaining Bumblebee's mission of training the Terrans, Hardtop's visor is colored white, as if still under Mandroid's control. He was correctly shown speaking to Megatron less than a minute earlier with his regular orange visor.

===Trivia===
* Most online distribution platforms do not list this episode separately from [[Secret Legacy, Part 1|Part 1]], instead choosing to combine both parts into a single 44-minute video.
* This episode, combined with its first part, was adapted into a "sleep story" for the ''[[Calm]]'' meditation app in April 2023, with Robby narrating it for a recording Mo insists he make as a "historical record".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Legado Secreto Parte 2'''" ("Secret Legacy Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12]], 2022

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'héritage secret : Partie 2'''" ("Secret Legacy : Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], 2022

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das geheime Vermächtnis, Teil 2'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], 2022

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Titkos örökség, 2. rész'''" ("Secret Legacy, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], 2022
:** In an odd bit of dubbing inconsistency, whereas most of the translated Transformer names were lifted from the Hungarian release of the [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)|G1 Marvel Comics series]], [[Wheeljack_(ES)|Wheeljack]] is referred to by his ''[[Transformers:_Armada_(cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon dub name ("Volán Jack") rather than either of the names used interchangeably in the comics ("Kerék" and "Kormányos Jack"). Likely because of lip sync necessities.
:** Elita's fight maneuver "Ariel's Gambit" is mistranslated as "aerial slam".

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Eredità segreta parte 2'''" ("Secret heritage part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 11]], 2022

==Home video releases==
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[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2023 — ''Transformers: EarthSpark'' - Season 1: Episodes 1-10 ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 

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