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Transformers Encore

2008-06-05T13:33:05Z

Gspro15198: /* List of Transformers Encore figures */

'''Transformers Encore''' is the latest series of [[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation One]] [[reissue]]s to be released from [[Takara]]. The toys are packaged similarly to their G1-styled boxes; the toys themselves are very close to the original releases, though there may be visible differences in plastic color tones and / or the substitution of extra paint applications for stickers. Nine (incl. Laserbeak) figures have been released so far, with nine (counting Mini-bots individually) in the wings.

==='''List of Transformers Encore figures'''===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
!#!!Figure!!Release date

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]] (Optimus Prime)
|EpisodeNumber=1
|OriginalAirDate=September, 2007
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
|EpisodeNumber=2
|OriginalAirDate=September, 2007
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]])
|EpisodeNumber=3
|OriginalAirDate=September, 2007
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
|EpisodeNumber=4
|OriginalAirDate=September, 2007
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
|EpisodeNumber=5
|OriginalAirDate=December, 2007
|ShortSummary=Additional figure: A "Ratchet Emergency Green" [[redeco]] which [[homage]]s [[Ratchet (Movie)|Movie Ratchet]] is a Japanese mail-away exclusive available with a purchase of the book ''[[Transformers Visualworks]]''. After the book release on December 4, 2007, purchasers could mail in a ticket from the book and purchase either one (5200yen) or two (10,000 yen) of the item. Ratchet Emergency Green was distributed in April 2008.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
|EpisodeNumber=6
|OriginalAirDate=December, 2007
|ShortSummary=Additional figure: [[E-Hobby]] released a New Year Special [[Exclusive]]: "Black Protect Ironhide", which was available in April 2008. The text on e-Hobby's page for the toy indicates the black coloration is meant to homage Ironhide's original [[Diaclone]] version, but between the release of Emergency Green Ratchet and a hint in Ironhide's new bio, it's easy to see this is also an homage to the new [[Ironhide (Movie)|Movie Ironhide]]. The packaging will be the same as the regular TF Encore Ironhide's. See the article on Ironhide for additional info.
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
|EpisodeNumber=7
|OriginalAirDate=February, 2008
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Jazz (G1)|Meister]] (Jazz)
|EpisodeNumber=8
|OriginalAirDate=March, 2008
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=Mini-Bot 5-Pack ([[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] with G1 head, [[Outback]], [[Pipes]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Tailgate]])
|EpisodeNumber=9
|OriginalAirDate=July, 2008 (scheduled)
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]
|EpisodeNumber=10
|OriginalAirDate=June, 2008 (scheduled)
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
|EpisodeNumber=11
|OriginalAirDate=August, 2008 (scheduled)
}}

{{Episode list
|Title=[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
|EpisodeNumber=12
|OriginalAirDate=September, 2008 (scheduled)
}}

|}

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Talk:Autoboot Camp

2008-06-03T22:11:09Z

Gspro15198:

[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/animated-8/pictures-and-summary-for-animated-episode-25-autoboot-camp-spoilers-164832/ Guess who's confirmed for this episode?]
--[[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 19:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
:EDITED FOR SPOILER --[[User:Dynamus Prime|Dynamus Prime]] 22:01, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
::Disregard that, apparently it doesn't count if it hasn't aired in America.
--[[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 10:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
:::I'm sorry we would prefer not to rely on second-hand information. And stop putting your signature on a separate line. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:16, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

== How to tell people NOT to update... ==

Do we have a big giant banner/template thing specifically for when we DO NOT want a page updated yet
on pain of death, because news on something is unofficial, leeked, or simply would be an exeptionally
annoying spoiler that a large chunk of the fandom may not want to know about? If yes we should put
it bang at the top middle of all these upcomming episode pages. If not can we make one?
--[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 11:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
{{comingsoon|No updatey until it airs in the western hemisphere.}}
:Is the problem that we don't want a page updated until it airs in North America, or is the problem that we don't want people to fill in episode details unless they've seen the episode themselves?
:I mean, if the episode aired, then the episode aired, presumably with Hasbro's approval. I would think we'd actually want to encourage our lucky non-North American counterparts to keep the wiki up to date.
:If I, personally, as a resident of North America, don't want to get spoiled, it's my responsibility to stay away from the page in question. (I have the same problem with ''Devastation'' spoliers, since it hasn't been released in TPB yet.) [[User:JW|JW]] 14:29, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
::I actually think Devastation is in TPB now. Could have sworn I saw it at Borders. I'll have to double-check.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 14:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
::Secondhand fillins are probably the greater concern- but really it's both. Being spoiled /badly/ by secondhand information that's been awkwardly grapevined by people wanting to shout "FIRST POST!!1" is even more annoying than simply being spoiled. -[[Special:Contributions/75.168.112.43|75.168.112.43]] 14:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

:::Why is it both? I can understand not wanting to add possibly-garbled secondhand stuff. I can't understand prioritising the "Western Hemisphere" airings by themselves.
:::After all, GIGO was filled in before the episode aired to the Canuckleheads, and still hasn't aired in the middle bit of NA, AFAIK. Black Friday has been filled in and hasn't aired in NA at all. [Hell, Japanese episodes, including the "lost" episode of Energon, have been filled in when they're never going to air in NA at all!]
:::Why does a BotCon airing to a small audience get okayed, and a mass airing in a country outside of NA doesn't? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 15:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I think the secondhand bit is the main concern here. A sufficient number of users were at the BotCon showings to check each other's work on those two episodes, and the spoilers have been confined to the episode articles themselves (IE they haven't been added to character articles yet). These episodes aired in the Middle East? Most of the existing synopses involve spotty reception that cut out at critical moments during the episode, and thus can't be considered reliable. As well, the episodes aren't widely available so people can't check each other's work. It just makes for bad methodology.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 15:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::It also skips ahead 5 episodes in chronology, which is... spoilery-er than usual. No one's actually seen seen it except a handful of random fans- and there doesn't to be confidence that the ones updating this article are the ones who /have/ seen it. (Rather, the general belief seems to be that all the who-are-you's editing this article almost certainly ''haven't'' seen it.) That's bad, if no one's seen the episode (including the people editing it) how can we correct inaccuracies? -[[Special:Contributions/75.168.112.43|75.168.112.43]] 04:54, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

So, uh, why can we put up things like Swindle in SUV or Prowl's sidecar in Fistful with the "Dubai blackout" in place? [[Special:Contributions/220.237.141.213|220.237.141.213]] 08:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

===That North America mantra...===
It is now [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/animated-8/transformers-animated-season-2-airing-in-the-uk-from-260508-164940/ entirely possible] that this episode will get its' first English-language airing in the UK. Is the "only in North America" mantra still going to stick if that's the case? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 22:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
:We may want to rethink that policy...seriously, why do the distributors hate American Transfans? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
::Might weaken a bit in that case. We've got a fair number of European users that could double-check the work. The problem wasn't that Dubai got it before anyone so much as that Dubai got it and nearly none of us could verify if the rumors from the Dubai leak were accurate or not because most of the English speakers who had seen it didn't have sound or didn't have complete transcripts. Makes it hellishly hard to write an article that's up to our standards, and certainly didn't help that most folks acting on the leaks were only focused on dropping spoilers not coherent article writing. I don't think distributors hate American venues. Both Cartoon Network and the moose have been putting out an episode a week pretty much like they're ''supposed'' to. It's not their fault others have gone beyond that.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 23:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
:::'tis true. Once it airs in the UK, the original, as-intended english-language version of the episode will be as accessible to the United States as any of the past Canadian broadcasts have been (by which I mean, "It'll be online within the blink of a gnat's sphincter."), which, hey, is more than "Black Friday" has going for it. That's just not the case with the Dubai-broadcast episodes. I think if they had aired there, in English, and been uploaded, and everyone had watched them, then we wouldn't really have had such an issue about making articles for them, but since all there is to go on is photos, quick summaries, translations that can't tell us whether or not the dub reflects the intent of the English version and nothing but a desire to go "OMG SPOILER", rather than actually contribute significantly... well, y'know. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 23:14, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
::::What Chris said. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::Where is Dubai? --[[User:Human in Disguise|Human in Disguise]] 16:57, 27 May 2008
::::::The United Arab Emirates. Very wealthy place.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 20:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::::I did not know that, thank you Rosicrucian.--[[User:Human in Disguise|Human in Disguise]] 17:01, 28 May 2008
Considering this is an English-language wiki, why not allow episode info to be posted if it has aired in a country where English is the official language (or at least one of them)? I'm pretty sure the UK counts, with the language being called '''English''' and all. Why make the issue more complicated than it needs to be? --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 19:28, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
:As you may have noticed... we are.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 19:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
::I was suggesting that this be made official policy. --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 19:53, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
:::It effectively is now. We have consensus, and McFeely is an admin (as well as our biggest spaz about spoilers).--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 19:55, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
::::Okay then. That's all I was asking. --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 19:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

''Warning: Rage filled comment below''

:Hi, just a friendly U.S. based user here to tell you HOW ****ING PISSED OFF I AM THAT I GO TO MY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD WIKI READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOME ARTICLES ONLY TO FIND CHARACTER SPOILERS ON THE MAIN PAGE VIA THE LATEST ACTIVITY SECTION. Has this episode been aired in the Americas? Have we changed our policy here? In any case I'll be leaving for a week, I have been avoiding pretty much every source of TF info besides this wiki since the Dubai incident spoiled so much of the season finale. I thought this wiki took a firm stance on spoilers, and I was safe as long as I kept up with The Moose. Now this. ****. [[User:(Undecided)|(Undecided)]] 20:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

::I can understand your rage, but the policy was more of an "English-language only" thing, rather than "America only." The Dubai stuff was unverifiable foreign dubs (worsened by the frustrating ambivalence of new sites on the matter). This episode aired in the UK, in it's original intentnded English language, and is already online for downloading - which makes it precisely as available as the Canadaian broadcasts, and totally viable for inclusion. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
:::Agreed. What's important here is that it has aired in a major English-speaking market, thus making the information easily verifiable by a large portion of the wiki's users, keeping the articles factual and accurate. If it were anybody but McFeely busting out UK spoilers I'd be skeptical, but the guy's an admin and historically one of the best ones regarding how sensitive we need to be towards spoilers.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 20:35, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Why doesnt Wasp has a page? WHY DOES UNIVERSE HATE WASPINATOR?

== And I'm out ==

Just FYI, this is the only episode I'll actually be seeing this week, and I've got work and other commitments for the next four days. So I'm pretty much, uh, not going to be here, because I'm saving them up to marathon on Saturday evening, and don't want spoiled this late in the game. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

==Longarm Prime==
I listed him under the autobots heading in the featured character list i hope this is ok... [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 22:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Autoboot Camp

2008-06-03T22:04:27Z

Gspro15198: /* Featured characters */

{{episodenav|animated|25|season=2|prev=SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy|next=Black Friday (episode)}}
[[Image:Autobot_Cadets.jpg|thumb|300px|Class of 2008.]]
'''On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.'''

==Summary==

Somewhere in space, an Autobot shuttle streaks through the solar night and crash-lands on an asteroid, where its lone occupant races off across the barren ground in vehicle mode. Hot on his trail is [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], who chases him to a [[space bridge]] node on the asteroid. The green-armoured escapee triggers the space bridge with a blast from a familiar pair of stingers, and Sentinel loses his quarry as the portal explodes with light.

On Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] reports the news of the escapee to the [[Autobot]]s. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] immediately recognizes the criminal in question as [[Wasp]], a 'bot who shares his bodyform that he met when during his [[Elite Guard]] training days.

In the [[Decepticon]]s' underground lair, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] contacts his double-agent on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and congratulates him on orchestrating Wasp's breakout. The double-agent is concerned that they are speaking so freely on the subject, but Megatron assures him that nobody will be able to listen in on the broadcast. [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] has other plans, though, as he secretly taps into the communication frequency and bounces it to the Autobots base. Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on monitor duty at the time, and the message comes through exceedingly scrambled, but they are able at least able to comprehend the existence of a double-agent. Naturally, Bumblebee immediately assumes it to be Wasp, and he decides to settle his old score, with Bulkhead tagging along. Bumblebee remembers how it all went down...

''Many solar cycles ago, on Cybertron, Bumblebee meets Bulkhead for the first time when they both attend boot camp to train under Sentinel Minor, alongside Wasp, super-durable [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and telescopic-limbed [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. The two B's immediately earn Sentinel's ire{{m-}}Bumblebee for his impetuous bungling, and Bulkhead for his desire to be nothing more than a space bridge technician{{m-}}and the pair gets saddled with oil cleanup. Of course, Bumblebee begins goofing off, which results in a stack of oil drums collapsing on Sentinel, which results in Bumblebee being made to stand in the middle of the courtyard in the dead of night, holding up oil drums and repeatedly declaring himself a “worthless oil stain.” After a while, though, Bumblebee calls it quits, but as he is walking by a warehouse, he spots a shadowy figure speaking into a communicator, with the voice of Megatron responding! After a moment's hesitation, Bumblebee pops his stingers and commands the spy-bot to show himself… but the figure has vanished. When Bumblebee turns to leave, however, he spots Wasp walking out of the warehouse.''

''Unsure of how to proceed, Bumblebee confides in Longarm, who encourages him to gather some evidence and present it to Sentinel. Bumblebee tries setting up a trap, planting a box with the Elite Guard symbol on it in the open, hoping Wasp will grab it… except Sentinel is the first to come upon it, and it explodes, covering him in paint. Next, Bumblebee tries a listening device, but accidentally winds up broadcasting Sentinel over the camp's loudspeakers as he jokes about Ultra Magnus being too old to hack the commander role. In traditional boot camp manner, Sentinel makes the whole team suffer for Bumblebee's mistakes, and Wasp and Ironhide take it out on the little 'bot by disconnecting his legs and stuffing him in a locker. Longarm comes to Bumblebee's rescue, but the bullying doesn't stop, as Wasp hits Bumblebee with a burst of “friendly fire” in a simulated combat training exercise. Of course, it's just a paint grenade, but when Bulkhead offers to help Bumblebee up, Bumblebee snaps and insults Bulkhead's lack of ambition before storming off. Turning a corner, Bumblebee yelps as he finds several auto-cannons pointed in his face, but then laughs as he remembers that they're only loaded with paint rounds for the simulated combat. Or rather, they ''were'', as the shadowy figure from the warehouse slinks by the cannons and switches them to active ammunition. As the cannons open figure on Bumblebee, Bulkhead speeds to his rescue and takes out the cannons by dropping a building on them with his wrecking ball… only for Sentinel to get squashed under it as well. Bumblebee encourages Bulkhead to scarper, rather than risk his career by owning up.''

Tracking the message Sumdac broadcast to them, Bumblebee and Bulkhead wander through the wilderness, reminiscing about the old days. When Bumblebee stumbles into a patch of quicksand, Bulkhead plucks him out, but the conflict between the pair from their boot camp days starts bubbling back to the surface, and Bulkhead leaves Bumblebee to the mission himself. Angrily stomping up a mountain, Bumblebee looses his footing and falls off a cliff, becoming buried in an avalanche.

''Longarm informs Bumblebee that Sentinel is about to conduct a surprise locker examination, meaning that it's his last chance to find evidence on Wasp before Sentinel can take credit for it himself. Using his extensible limbs to trip Wasp up, Longarm allows Bumblebee to “help him up” and finger his locker key in the process. As Bumblebee quickly opens Wasp's locker, Sentinel appears behind him, demanding to know what he's doing, only to be quickly silenced when Bumblebee presents him with a Decepticon communicator. Impressed with Bumblebee's work, Sentinel plans to recommend him for an Elite Guard position. After Wasp is carted off, screaming his innocence all the way, Sentinel brings up the matter of the building being dropped on him. Since nobody has owned up, he decides to kick out whoever he feels like – and he feels like Bulkhead. Before he can give Bulkster the boot, however, Bumblebee steps forward and claims responsibility, sheepishly asking if it will affect his Elite Guard position.''

''Some time later, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are on an asteroid, working on a space bridge node, as Bulkhead cheerfully announces “I have arrived!”''

Buried under rockslide, Bumblebee reflects on his friendship with Bulkhead outloud, and about how he saved his career, even ''if'' he never dreamed big. But Bulkhead ''did'' dream big – as the bulky bot appears above Bumblebee and hauls him out from beneath the boulders, he announces that he dreamed of being Bumblebee's friend. Bumblebee thanks his big buddy, and the pair drive off... having only been mere feet from the secret entrance to the Decepticon base.

Out in space, it turns out that Wasp didn't escape to Earth at all, and that he is still on the asteroid, huddled up in a ball. His mind clearly broken, the insectoid 'bot buzzes and twitters to himself about how he will find Bumblebee, and make him pay for ruining his life.

Back the Autobot base, our heroes contact Cybertron to alert the Autobots there about Megatron's double-agent. As it turns out, Bumblebee's old boot camp buddy Longarm is now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertronian Intelligence, and he promises to root out the traitor no matter what.

In the Decepticon base, Megatron communicates once again with his double-agent... Longarm Prime! But the deception is a dual-layered one, for Longarm Prime is, in fact, the shape-shifting [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]!

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' Michael Ryan.
*'''Art Direction:''' Derrick J. Wyatt.
*'''Directed by:''' Ben Jones, Christopher Berkeley, Shunji Oga.
*'''Original airdate:''' 3rd June 2008 (UK)

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s

! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s

! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s

|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Wasp]] (1)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (11)
*[[Longarm Prime|Longarm Prime]] (12)
*"Cliffjumper" (13)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (14)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (10)

|}

==Quotes==
You are nothing but a BUMBLER! From now on, your name is-BUMBLEBEE!"
:{{m-}}And lo, a legend was born, thanks to '''Sentinel Minor'''

''[stands in the middle of an empty yard, holding up oil drums, reciting...]'' "I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain... why am I even doing this?"
:{{m-}}Sentinel Minor's punishment of '''Bumblebee''' could be considered "cruel and unusual".

"You would not '''believe''' the glitches the Commander's saddled me with this time. I'm starting to think Ultra Magnus is a few circuits shy of a full processor, know what I mean? Oh sure, he was The Bot back in the day, but now? Ultra Magnus is just a rusted-out, obsolete model sorely in need of an upgrade."
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Minor''' is a suck-up only to the boss' face. ''Quel surprise''.

"Oh slag."
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Minor''' forgoes his usual "eloquence" on seeing a ton of building heading for his head.

"But I'm innocent, I tell you! You're making a big mistake, all of you!"<br />
"Mute it traitor" ''[strips Autobot insignia from Wasp]''<br />
"I'll get you Bumblebee, '''if it's the last thing I do'''!
:{{m-}}'''Wasp''' proclaims his innocence, as he's wheeled away in restraints, while '''Sentinel Minor''' acts much as ever.

"Bumblebot not hide from Wasp. Wasp swears he finds Bumblebot. Wasp make Bumblebot pay for RUINING WASP'S LIFE!"
:{{m-}}There lies a broken '''Wasp'''...

==Other notes==
*

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

*Clearly, when Bumblebee and Bulkhead noted that Sentinel Prime didn't remember them back in "[[The Elite Guard]]", it was their boot camp days he was referring to.
*After it was explained back in "The Elite Guard" that "Prime" was a rank, this episode reveals that before attaining the rank, Sentinel was known as "Sentinel Minor." [[Optimus Minor|Sounds a little familiar]].
*In two scenes this episode, an unnamed robot who is essentially a red Bumblebee appears, a clear reference to [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and his physical similarity to [[Bumblebee (G1)|his era's Bumblebee]].
*In the final moments of the episode, the addled Wasp (who has spoken perfectly normally throughout the flashbacks) begins speaking in the buzzing, third-person style of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator]].

===Real-world references===
*

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Since departing Earth, the Elite Guard (or Sentinel Prime, at least) have switched back to their Cybertronian vehicle modes.
* Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Prowl appear in this episode, and are even spoken to, but don't say a word.
* Sentinel Prime, the biggest jerk in Transformer history, and Longarm Prime, a double agent, are both high ranking members of the Elite Guard, while Optimus Prime, a true hero, is a washout and space bridge repairer. Either Optimus Prime did one major screw-up, or Ultra Magnus is the single worst judge of character ''ever''.
*On the other hand, if names get assigned by drill sergeants, you have to wonder exactly what levels Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] stooped to in order to get those names...

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Autoboot Camp

2008-06-03T22:00:14Z

Gspro15198: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

{{episodenav|animated|25|season=2|prev=SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy|next=Black Friday (episode)}}
[[Image:Autobot_Cadets.jpg|thumb|300px|Class of 2008.]]
'''On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.'''

==Summary==

Somewhere in space, an Autobot shuttle streaks through the solar night and crash-lands on an asteroid, where its lone occupant races off across the barren ground in vehicle mode. Hot on his trail is [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], who chases him to a [[space bridge]] node on the asteroid. The green-armoured escapee triggers the space bridge with a blast from a familiar pair of stingers, and Sentinel loses his quarry as the portal explodes with light.

On Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] reports the news of the escapee to the [[Autobot]]s. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] immediately recognizes the criminal in question as [[Wasp]], a 'bot who shares his bodyform that he met when during his [[Elite Guard]] training days.

In the [[Decepticon]]s' underground lair, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] contacts his double-agent on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and congratulates him on orchestrating Wasp's breakout. The double-agent is concerned that they are speaking so freely on the subject, but Megatron assures him that nobody will be able to listen in on the broadcast. [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] has other plans, though, as he secretly taps into the communication frequency and bounces it to the Autobots base. Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on monitor duty at the time, and the message comes through exceedingly scrambled, but they are able at least able to comprehend the existence of a double-agent. Naturally, Bumblebee immediately assumes it to be Wasp, and he decides to settle his old score, with Bulkhead tagging along. Bumblebee remembers how it all went down...

''Many solar cycles ago, on Cybertron, Bumblebee meets Bulkhead for the first time when they both attend boot camp to train under Sentinel Minor, alongside Wasp, super-durable [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and telescopic-limbed [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. The two B's immediately earn Sentinel's ire{{m-}}Bumblebee for his impetuous bungling, and Bulkhead for his desire to be nothing more than a space bridge technician{{m-}}and the pair gets saddled with oil cleanup. Of course, Bumblebee begins goofing off, which results in a stack of oil drums collapsing on Sentinel, which results in Bumblebee being made to stand in the middle of the courtyard in the dead of night, holding up oil drums and repeatedly declaring himself a “worthless oil stain.” After a while, though, Bumblebee calls it quits, but as he is walking by a warehouse, he spots a shadowy figure speaking into a communicator, with the voice of Megatron responding! After a moment's hesitation, Bumblebee pops his stingers and commands the spy-bot to show himself… but the figure has vanished. When Bumblebee turns to leave, however, he spots Wasp walking out of the warehouse.''

''Unsure of how to proceed, Bumblebee confides in Longarm, who encourages him to gather some evidence and present it to Sentinel. Bumblebee tries setting up a trap, planting a box with the Elite Guard symbol on it in the open, hoping Wasp will grab it… except Sentinel is the first to come upon it, and it explodes, covering him in paint. Next, Bumblebee tries a listening device, but accidentally winds up broadcasting Sentinel over the camp's loudspeakers as he jokes about Ultra Magnus being too old to hack the commander role. In traditional boot camp manner, Sentinel makes the whole team suffer for Bumblebee's mistakes, and Wasp and Ironhide take it out on the little 'bot by disconnecting his legs and stuffing him in a locker. Longarm comes to Bumblebee's rescue, but the bullying doesn't stop, as Wasp hits Bumblebee with a burst of “friendly fire” in a simulated combat training exercise. Of course, it's just a paint grenade, but when Bulkhead offers to help Bumblebee up, Bumblebee snaps and insults Bulkhead's lack of ambition before storming off. Turning a corner, Bumblebee yelps as he finds several auto-cannons pointed in his face, but then laughs as he remembers that they're only loaded with paint rounds for the simulated combat. Or rather, they ''were'', as the shadowy figure from the warehouse slinks by the cannons and switches them to active ammunition. As the cannons open figure on Bumblebee, Bulkhead speeds to his rescue and takes out the cannons by dropping a building on them with his wrecking ball… only for Sentinel to get squashed under it as well. Bumblebee encourages Bulkhead to scarper, rather than risk his career by owning up.''

Tracking the message Sumdac broadcast to them, Bumblebee and Bulkhead wander through the wilderness, reminiscing about the old days. When Bumblebee stumbles into a patch of quicksand, Bulkhead plucks him out, but the conflict between the pair from their boot camp days starts bubbling back to the surface, and Bulkhead leaves Bumblebee to the mission himself. Angrily stomping up a mountain, Bumblebee looses his footing and falls off a cliff, becoming buried in an avalanche.

''Longarm informs Bumblebee that Sentinel is about to conduct a surprise locker examination, meaning that it's his last chance to find evidence on Wasp before Sentinel can take credit for it himself. Using his extensible limbs to trip Wasp up, Longarm allows Bumblebee to “help him up” and finger his locker key in the process. As Bumblebee quickly opens Wasp's locker, Sentinel appears behind him, demanding to know what he's doing, only to be quickly silenced when Bumblebee presents him with a Decepticon communicator. Impressed with Bumblebee's work, Sentinel plans to recommend him for an Elite Guard position. After Wasp is carted off, screaming his innocence all the way, Sentinel brings up the matter of the building being dropped on him. Since nobody has owned up, he decides to kick out whoever he feels like – and he feels like Bulkhead. Before he can give Bulkster the boot, however, Bumblebee steps forward and claims responsibility, sheepishly asking if it will affect his Elite Guard position.''

''Some time later, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are on an asteroid, working on a space bridge node, as Bulkhead cheerfully announces “I have arrived!”''

Buried under rockslide, Bumblebee reflects on his friendship with Bulkhead outloud, and about how he saved his career, even ''if'' he never dreamed big. But Bulkhead ''did'' dream big – as the bulky bot appears above Bumblebee and hauls him out from beneath the boulders, he announces that he dreamed of being Bumblebee's friend. Bumblebee thanks his big buddy, and the pair drive off... having only been mere feet from the secret entrance to the Decepticon base.

Out in space, it turns out that Wasp didn't escape to Earth at all, and that he is still on the asteroid, huddled up in a ball. His mind clearly broken, the insectoid 'bot buzzes and twitters to himself about how he will find Bumblebee, and make him pay for ruining his life.

Back the Autobot base, our heroes contact Cybertron to alert the Autobots there about Megatron's double-agent. As it turns out, Bumblebee's old boot camp buddy Longarm is now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertronian Intelligence, and he promises to root out the traitor no matter what.

In the Decepticon base, Megatron communicates once again with his double-agent... Longarm Prime! But the deception is a dual-layered one, for Longarm Prime is, in fact, the shape-shifting [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]!

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' Michael Ryan.
*'''Art Direction:''' Derrick J. Wyatt.
*'''Directed by:''' Ben Jones, Christopher Berkeley, Shunji Oga.
*'''Original airdate:''' 3rd June 2008 (UK)

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s

! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s

! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s

|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Wasp]] (1)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (11)
*"Cliffjumper" (13)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (12)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (10)

|}

==Quotes==
You are nothing but a BUMBLER! From now on, your name is-BUMBLEBEE!"
:{{m-}}And lo, a legend was born, thanks to '''Sentinel Minor'''

''[stands in the middle of an empty yard, holding up oil drums, reciting...]'' "I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain... why am I even doing this?"
:{{m-}}Sentinel Minor's punishment of '''Bumblebee''' could be considered "cruel and unusual".

"You would not '''believe''' the glitches the Commander's saddled me with this time. I'm starting to think Ultra Magnus is a few circuits shy of a full processor, know what I mean? Oh sure, he was The Bot back in the day, but now? Ultra Magnus is just a rusted-out, obsolete model sorely in need of an upgrade."
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Minor''' is a suck-up only to the boss' face. ''Quel surprise''.

"Oh slag."
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Minor''' forgoes his usual "eloquence" on seeing a ton of building heading for his head.

"But I'm innocent, I tell you! You're making a big mistake, all of you!"<br />
"Mute it traitor" ''[strips Autobot insignia from Wasp]''<br />
"I'll get you Bumblebee, '''if it's the last thing I do'''!
:{{m-}}'''Wasp''' proclaims his innocence, as he's wheeled away in restraints, while '''Sentinel Minor''' acts much as ever.

"Bumblebot not hide from Wasp. Wasp swears he finds Bumblebot. Wasp make Bumblebot pay for RUINING WASP'S LIFE!"
:{{m-}}There lies a broken '''Wasp'''...

==Other notes==
*

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

*Clearly, when Bumblebee and Bulkhead noted that Sentinel Prime didn't remember them back in "[[The Elite Guard]]", it was their boot camp days he was referring to.
*After it was explained back in "The Elite Guard" that "Prime" was a rank, this episode reveals that before attaining the rank, Sentinel was known as "Sentinel Minor." [[Optimus Minor|Sounds a little familiar]].
*In two scenes this episode, an unnamed robot who is essentially a red Bumblebee appears, a clear reference to [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and his physical similarity to [[Bumblebee (G1)|his era's Bumblebee]].
*In the final moments of the episode, the addled Wasp (who has spoken perfectly normally throughout the flashbacks) begins speaking in the buzzing, third-person style of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator]].

===Real-world references===
*

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Since departing Earth, the Elite Guard (or Sentinel Prime, at least) have switched back to their Cybertronian vehicle modes.
* Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Prowl appear in this episode, and are even spoken to, but don't say a word.
* Sentinel Prime, the biggest jerk in Transformer history, and Longarm Prime, a double agent, are both high ranking members of the Elite Guard, while Optimus Prime, a true hero, is a washout and space bridge repairer. Either Optimus Prime did one major screw-up, or Ultra Magnus is the single worst judge of character ''ever''.
*On the other hand, if names get assigned by drill sergeants, you have to wonder exactly what levels Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] stooped to in order to get those names...

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Animated episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Autoboot Camp

2008-06-03T21:54:04Z

Gspro15198: /* Featured characters */

{{episodenav|animated|25|season=2|prev=SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy|next=Black Friday (episode)}}
[[Image:Autobot_Cadets.jpg|thumb|300px|Class of 2008.]]
'''On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.'''

==Summary==

Somewhere in space, an Autobot shuttle streaks through the solar night and crash-lands on an asteroid, where its lone occupant races off across the barren ground in vehicle mode. Hot on his trail is [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], who chases him to a [[space bridge]] node on the asteroid. The green-armoured escapee triggers the space bridge with a blast from a familiar pair of stingers, and Sentinel loses his quarry as the portal explodes with light.

On Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] reports the news of the escapee to the [[Autobot]]s. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] immediately recognizes the criminal in question as [[Wasp]], a 'bot who shares his bodyform that he met when during his [[Elite Guard]] training days.

In the [[Decepticon]]s' underground lair, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] contacts his double-agent on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and congratulates him on orchestrating Wasp's breakout. The double-agent is concerned that they are speaking so freely on the subject, but Megatron assures him that nobody will be able to listen in on the broadcast. [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] has other plans, though, as he secretly taps into the communication frequency and bounces it to the Autobots base. Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on monitor duty at the time, and the message comes through exceedingly scrambled, but they are able at least able to comprehend the existence of a double-agent. Naturally, Bumblebee immediately assumes it to be Wasp, and he decides to settle his old score, with Bulkhead tagging along. Bumblebee remembers how it all went down...

''Many solar cycles ago, on Cybertron, Bumblebee meets Bulkhead for the first time when they both attend boot camp to train under Sentinel Minor, alongside Wasp, super-durable [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and telescopic-limbed [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. The two B's immediately earn Sentinel's ire{{m-}}Bumblebee for his impetuous bungling, and Bulkhead for his desire to be nothing more than a space bridge technician{{m-}}and the pair gets saddled with oil cleanup. Of course, Bumblebee begins goofing off, which results in a stack of oil drums collapsing on Sentinel, which results in Bumblebee being made to stand in the middle of the courtyard in the dead of night, holding up oil drums and repeatedly declaring himself a “worthless oil stain.” After a while, though, Bumblebee calls it quits, but as he is walking by a warehouse, he spots a shadowy figure speaking into a communicator, with the voice of Megatron responding! After a moment's hesitation, Bumblebee pops his stingers and commands the spy-bot to show himself… but the figure has vanished. When Bumblebee turns to leave, however, he spots Wasp walking out of the warehouse.''

''Unsure of how to proceed, Bumblebee confides in Longarm, who encourages him to gather some evidence and present it to Sentinel. Bumblebee tries setting up a trap, planting a box with the Elite Guard symbol on it in the open, hoping Wasp will grab it… except Sentinel is the first to come upon it, and it explodes, covering him in paint. Next, Bumblebee tries a listening device, but accidentally winds up broadcasting Sentinel over the camp's loudspeakers as he jokes about Ultra Magnus being too old to hack the commander role. In traditional boot camp manner, Sentinel makes the whole team suffer for Bumblebee's mistakes, and Wasp and Ironhide take it out on the little 'bot by disconnecting his legs and stuffing him in a locker. Longarm comes to Bumblebee's rescue, but the bullying doesn't stop, as Wasp hits Bumblebee with a burst of “friendly fire” in a simulated combat training exercise. Of course, it's just a paint grenade, but when Bulkhead offers to help Bumblebee up, Bumblebee snaps and insults Bulkhead's lack of ambition before storming off. Turning a corner, Bumblebee yelps as he finds several auto-cannons pointed in his face, but then laughs as he remembers that they're only loaded with paint rounds for the simulated combat. Or rather, they ''were'', as the shadowy figure from the warehouse slinks by the cannons and switches them to active ammunition. As the cannons open figure on Bumblebee, Bulkhead speeds to his rescue and takes out the cannons by dropping a building on them with his wrecking ball… only for Sentinel to get squashed under it as well. Bumblebee encourages Bulkhead to scarper, rather than risk his career by owning up.''

Tracking the message Sumdac broadcast to them, Bumblebee and Bulkhead wander through the wilderness, reminiscing about the old days. When Bumblebee stumbles into a patch of quicksand, Bulkhead plucks him out, but the conflict between the pair from their boot camp days starts bubbling back to the surface, and Bulkhead leaves Bumblebee to the mission himself. Angrily stomping up a mountain, Bumblebee looses his footing and falls off a cliff, becoming buried in an avalanche.

''Longarm informs Bumblebee that Sentinel is about to conduct a surprise locker examination, meaning that it's his last chance to find evidence on Wasp before Sentinel can take credit for it himself. Using his extensible limbs to trip Wasp up, Longarm allows Bumblebee to “help him up” and finger his locker key in the process. As Bumblebee quickly opens Wasp's locker, Sentinel appears behind him, demanding to know what he's doing, only to be quickly silenced when Bumblebee presents him with a Decepticon communicator. Impressed with Bumblebee's work, Sentinel plans to recommend him for an Elite Guard position. After Wasp is carted off, screaming his innocence all the way, Sentinel brings up the matter of the building being dropped on him. Since nobody has owned up, he decides to kick out whoever he feels like – and he feels like Bulkhead. Before he can give Bulkster the boot, however, Bumblebee steps forward and claims responsibility, sheepishly asking if it will affect his Elite Guard position.''

''Some time later, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are on an asteroid, working on a space bridge node, as Bulkhead cheerfully announces “I have arrived!”''

Buried under rockslide, Bumblebee reflects on his friendship with Bulkhead outloud, and about how he saved his career, even ''if'' he never dreamed big. But Bulkhead ''did'' dream big – as the bulky bot appears above Bumblebee and hauls him out from beneath the boulders, he announces that he dreamed of being Bumblebee's friend. Bumblebee thanks his big buddy, and the pair drive off... having only been mere feet from the secret entrance to the Decepticon base.

Out in space, it turns out that Wasp didn't escape to Earth at all, and that he is still on the asteroid, huddled up in a ball. His mind clearly broken, the insectoid 'bot buzzes and twitters to himself about how he will find Bumblebee, and make him pay for ruining his life.

Back the Autobot base, our heroes contact Cybertron to alert the Autobots there about Megatron's double-agent. As it turns out, Bumblebee's old boot camp buddy Longarm is now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertronian Intelligence, and he promises to root out the traitor no matter what.

In the Decepticon base, Megatron communicates once again with his double-agent... Longarm Prime! But the deception is a dual-layered one, for Longarm Prime is, in fact, the shape-shifting [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]!

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' Michael Ryan.
*'''Art Direction:''' Derrick J. Wyatt.
*'''Directed by:''' Ben Jones, Christopher Berkeley, Shunji Oga.
*'''Original airdate:''' 3rd June 2008 (UK)

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s

! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s

! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s

|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Wasp]] (1)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] (11)
*"Cliffjumper" (13)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (12)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (10)

|}

==Quotes==
You are nothing but a BUMBLER! From now on, your name is-BUMBLEBEE!"
:{{m-}}And lo, a legend was born, thanks to '''Sentinel Minor'''

''[stands in the middle of an empty yard, holding up oil drums, reciting...]'' "I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain. I am a worthless oil stain... why am I even doing this?"
:{{m-}}Sentinel Minor's punishment of '''Bumblebee''' could be considered "cruel and unusual".

"You would not '''believe''' the glitches the Commander's saddled me with this time. I'm starting to think Ultra Magnus is a few circuits shy of a full processor, know what I mean? Oh sure, he was The Bot back in the day, but now? Ultra Magnus is just a rusted-out, obsolete model sorely in need of an upgrade."
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Minor''' is a suck-up only to the boss' face. ''Quel surprise''.

"Oh slag."
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Minor''' forgoes his usual "eloquence" on seeing a ton of building heading for his head.

"But I'm innocent, I tell you! You're making a big mistake, all of you!"<br />
"Mute it traitor" ''[strips Autobot insignia from Wasp]''<br />
"I'll get you Bumblebee, '''if it's the last thing I do'''!
:{{m-}}'''Wasp''' proclaims his innocence, as he's wheeled away in restraints, while '''Sentinel Minor''' acts much as ever.

"Bumblebot not hide from Wasp. Wasp swears he finds Bumblebot. Wasp make Bumblebot pay for RUINING WASP'S LIFE!"
:{{m-}}There lies a broken '''Wasp'''...

==Other notes==
*

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

*Clearly, when Bumblebee and Bulkhead noted that Sentinel Prime didn't remember them back in "[[The Elite Guard]]", it was their boot camp days he was referring to.
*After it was explained back in "The Elite Guard" that "Prime" was a rank, this episode reveals that before attaining the rank, Sentinel was known as "Sentinel Minor." [[Optimus Minor|Sounds a little familiar]].
*In two scenes this episode, an unnamed robot who is essentially a red Bumblebee appears, a clear reference to [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and his physical similarity to [[Bumblebee (G1)|his era's Bumblebee]].
*In the final moments of the episode, the addled Wasp (who has spoken perfectly normally throughout the flashbacks) begins speaking in the buzzing, third-person style of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator]].

===Real-world references===
*

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Since departing Earth, the Elite Guard (or Sentinel Prime, at least) have switched back to their Cybertronian vehicle modes.
* Sentinel Prime, the biggest jerk in Transformer history, and Longarm Prime, a double agent, are both high ranking members of the Elite Guard, while Optimus Prime, a true hero, is a washout and space bridge repairer. Either Optimus Prime did one major screw-up, or Ultra Magnus is the single worst judge of character ''ever''.
*On the other hand, if names get assigned by drill sergeants, you have to wonder exactly what levels Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] stooped to in order to get those names...

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Animated episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Autoboot Camp

2008-06-03T21:12:51Z

Gspro15198: /* Stats */

{{episodenav|animated|25|season=2|prev=S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy|next=Black Friday (episode)}}
[[Image:Autobot_Cadets.jpg|thumb|300px|Class of 2008.]]
'''On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.'''

==Summary==

Somewhere in space, an Autobot shuttle streaks through the solar night and crash-lands on an asteroid, where its lone occupant races off across the barren ground in vehicle mode. Hot on his trail is [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], who chases him to a [[space bridge]] node on the asteroid. The green-armored escapee triggers the space bridge with a blast from a familiar pair of stingers, and Sentinel loses his quarry as the portal explodes with light.

On Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra magnus]] reports the news of the escapee to the [[Autobot]]s. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] immediately recognizes the criminal in question as [[Wasp]], a 'bot who shares his bodyform that he met when during his [[Elite Guard]] training days.

In the [[Decepticon]]s' underground lair, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] contacts his double-agent on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and congratulates him on orchestrating Wasp's breakout. The double-agent is concerned that they are speaking so freely on the subject, but Megatron assures him that nobody will be able to listen in on the broadcast. [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] has other plans, though, as he secretly taps into the communcation frequency and bounces it to the Autobots base. Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on monitor duty at the time, and the message comes through exceedingly scrambled, but they are able at least able to comprehend the extisence of a double-agent. Naturally, Bumblebee immediately assumes it to be Wasp, and he decides to settle his old score, with Bulkhead tagging along. Bumblebee remembers how it all went down...

''Many solar cycles ago, on Cybertron, Bumblebee meets Bulkhead for the first time when they both attend boot camp to train under Sentinel Minor, alongside Wasp, super-durable [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and telescopic-limbed [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]]. The two B's immediately earn Sentinel's ire{{m-}}Bumblebee for his impetuous bungling, and Bulkhead for his desire to be nothing more than a space bridge technician{{m-}}and the pair gets saddled with oil cleanup. Of course, Bumblebee begins goofing off, which results in a stack of oil drums collapsing on Sentinel, which results in Bumblebee being made to stand in the midle of the courtyard in the dead of night, holding up oil drums and repeatedly declaring himself a “worthless grease stain.” After a while, though, Bumblebee calls it quits, but as he is walking by a warehouse, he spots a shadowy figure speaking into a communicator, with the voice of Megatron responding! After a moment's hesitation, Bumblebee pops his stingers and commands the spy-bot to show himself… but the figure has vanished. When Bumblebee turns to leave, however, he spots Wasp walking out of the warehouse.''

''Unsure of how to proceed, Bumblebee confides in Longarm, who encourages him to gather some evidence and present it to Sentinel. Bumblebee tries setting up a trap, planting a box with the Elite Guard symbol on it in the open, hoping Wasp will grab it… except Sentinel is the first to come upon it, and it explodes, covering him in paint. Next, Bumblebee tries a listening device, but accidentally winds up broadcasting Sentinel over the camp's loudspeakers as he jokes about Ultra Magnus being too old to hack the commander role. In traditional boot camp manner, Sentinel makes the whole team suffer for Bumblebee's mistakes, and Wasp and Ironhide take it out on the little 'bot by disconnecting his legs and stuffing him in a locker. Longarm comes to Bumblebee's rescue, but the bullying doesn't stop, as Wasp hits Bumblebee with a burst of “friendly fire” in a simulated combat training exercise. Of course, it's just a paint grenade, but when Bulkhead offers to help Bumblebee up, Bumblebee snaps and insults Bulkhead's lack of ambition before storming off. Turning a corner, Bumblebee yelps as he finds several auto-cannons pointed in his face, but then laughs as he remembers that they're only loaded with paint rounds for the simulated combat. Or rather, they ''were'', as the shadowy figure from the warehouse slinks by the cannons and switches them to active ammunition. As the cannons open figure on Bumblebee, Bulkhead speeds to his rescue and takes out the cannons by dropping a building on them with his wrecking ball… only for Sentinel to get squashed under it as well. Bumblebee encourages Bulkhead to scarper, rather than risk his career by owning up.''

Tracking the message Sumdac broadcast to them, Bumblebee and Bulkhead wander through the wilderness, reminiscing about the old days. When Bumblebee stumbles into a patch of quicksand, Bulkhead plucks him out, but the conflict between the pair from their boot camp days starts bubbling back to the surface, and Bulkhead leaves Bumblebee to the mission himself. Angrily stomping up a mountain, Bumblebee looses his footing and falls off a cliff, becoming buried in an avalanche.

''Longarm informs Bumblebee that Sentinel is about to conduct a surprise locker examination, meaning that it's his last chance to find evidence on Wasp before Sentinel can take credit for it himself. Using his extensible limbs to trip Wasp up, Longarm allows Bumblebee to “help him up” and finger his locker key in the process. As Bumblebee quickly opens Wasp's locker, Sentinel appears behind him, demanding to know what he's doing, only to be quickly silenced when Bumblebee presents him with a Decepticon communicator. Impressed with Bumblebee's work, Sentinel plans to recommend him for an Elite Guard position. After Wasp is carted off, screaming his innocence all the way, Sentinel brings up the matter of the building being dropped on him. Since nobody has owned up, he decides to kick out whoever he feels like – and he feels like Bulkhead. Before he can give Bulkster the boot, however, Bumblebee steps forward and claims responsibility, sheepishly asking if it will affect his Elite Guard position.''

''Some time later, Bumblebee and Bulkhead are on an asteroid, working on a space bridge node, as Bulkhead cheerfully announces “I have arrived!”''

Buried under rockslide, Bumblebee reflects on his friendship with Bulkhead outloud, and about how he saved his career, even ''if'' he never dreamed big. But Bulkhead ''did'' dream big – as the bulky bot appears above Bumblebee and hauls him out from beneath the boulders, he announes that he dreamed of being Bumblebee's friend. Bumblebee thanks his big buddy, and the pair drive off... having only been mere feet from the secret entrance to the Decepticon base.

Out in space, it turns out that Wasp didn't escape to Earth at all, and that he is still on the asteroid, huddled up in a ball. His mind clearly broken, the insectoid 'bot buzzes and twitters to himself about how he will find Bumblebee, and make him pay for ruining his life.

Back the Autobot base, our heroes contact Cybertron to alert the Autobots there about Megatron's double-agent. As it turns out, Bumblebee's old boot camp buddy Longarm is now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertronian Intelligence, and he promises to root out the traitor no matter what.

In the Decepticon base, Megatron communicates once again with his double-agent... Longarm Prime! But the deception is a dual-layered one, for Longarm Prime is, in fact, the shape-shifting [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]!

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' Michael Ryan.
*'''Art Direction:''' Derrick J. Wyatt.
*'''Directed by:''' Ben Jones, Christopher Berkeley, Shunji Oga.
*'''Original airdate:''' 3rd June 2008 (UK)

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s

! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s

! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s

|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Wasp]] (1)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]
*"Cliffjumper"

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]]

|}

==Quotes==
You are nothing but a BUMBLER! From now on, your name is-BUMBLEBEE!"
:{{m-}}And lo, a legend was born, thanks to '''Sentinel Minor'''

"Oh slag."
:{{m-}}'''Sentinel Minor''' forgoes his usual "eloquence" on seeing a ton of building heading for his head.

"Bumblebot not hide from Wasp. Wasp swears he finds Bumblebot. Wasp make Bumblebot pay for RUINING WASP'S LIFE!"
:{{m-}}There lies a broken '''Wasp'''...

==Other notes==
*

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

*Clearly, when Bumblebee and Bulkhead noted that Sentinel Prime didn't remember them back in "[[The Elite Guard]]", it was their boot camp days he was referring to.
*After it was explained back in "The Elite Guard" that "Prime" was a rank, this episode reveals that before attaining the rank, Sentinel was known as "Sentinel Minor." [[Optimus Minor|Sounds a little familiar]].
*In two scenes this episode, an unnamed robot who is essentially a red Bumblebee appears, a clear reference to [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and his physical similarity to [[Bumblebee (G1)|his era's Bumblebee]].
*In the final moments of the episode, the addled Wasp (who has spoken perfectly normally throughout the flashbacks) begins speaking in the buzzing, third-person style of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator]].

===Real-world references===
*

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Since departing Earth, the Elite Guard (or Sentinel Prime, at least) have switched back to their Cybertronian vehicle modes.
* Sentinel Prime, the biggest jerk in Transformer history, and Longarm Prime, a double agent, are both high ranking members of the Elite Guard, while Optimus Prime, a true hero, is a washout and space bridge repairer. Either Optimus Prime did one major screw-up, or Ultra Magnus has ''really'' bad hiring criteria.
*On the other hand, if names get assigned by drill sergeants, you have to wonder exactly what Optimus and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] stooped to in order to get those names...

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Talk:A Fistful of Energon

2008-05-25T23:15:00Z

Gspro15198: /* Main image */

[http://www.allspark.com/index.php/200805052769/Transformers-News/Images-From-Fistful-of-Energon.html]
Someone in the Middle East has already seen it, and has provided a summary.
--[[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 20:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
:First Canada, now the Middle East? One must wonder if Cartoon Network hates us...-- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 20:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
::Apparently they're getting new episodes ''daily'' --[[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 01:25, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

== Clone Army? ==

Even if they said there will be no clone army, there are clones of Starscream in spoiler pictures! One that is colored like original G1 Starscream, and others are just said to be clones (I guess Skywarp and Thundercracker)!--[[User:IguanaNik|IguanaNik]] 05:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
:As far as I know, when they said that at the panel, the sarcasm was piled a mile high, something that all the reports failed to capture in their retelling of the event.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 05:42, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

== Inconsistent policy ==

How come we can put little tidbits of info (like the Samurai Sidecar stuff in this one or Swindle in SUV) in future episode articles, but not have had the full force of our self-imposed Dubai blackout come down on the culprits? Did I miss the loophole? [[Special:Contributions/220.237.141.213|220.237.141.213]] 08:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

== Orange Starscream ==
He really doesn't look all that orange to me.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 21:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
:His "red" parts look to be a slightly reddish '''brown''' to me... (With his grey parts also having a slightly brown tint) - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 01:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:The reds are a little more toward the orange/brown side of red, but yeah, not all that orange. To me, though, he certainly seems to closer resemble the Generation 2 colors than generation 1. Generation 1 had a fair bit of blue on it, and was more grey. The white/light grey plus red is pretty much his gen2 recolor. [[User:Gelgameth|Gelgameth]] 04:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Compare him to Optimus (a slightly dark red) and Ratchet (bright red) in this screencap. He's very clearly brown - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 14:55, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[[Image:FistfulEnergon-StarscreamCloneIsBrown.jpg]]
:'''Clearly''' brown? That's brick red, if anything.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 16:58, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::He looks more like he's supposed to be emulating [[Thrust (G1)]] to me.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 19:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:: Why don't we drop this untill he gets a name? and why not let it be "brownish-red"?--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 19:37, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
::: Since he got blown to smithereenies at the end , the likelihood of him getting a name can't be high. C'mon tho - [[:Image:Starscream ghost BW.jpg|G1 Screamer is neutral grey, bright red, and bright blue]]. This guy is red-tinted grey, reddish-brown (compare his eyes to his chest) and black. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 22:09, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Uh, G2 Starscream is bright white, light salmon and light gray. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:I honestly think he looks more like [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] than Starscream, but that's just my opinion.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 22:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

*''Both altered-color clones use Starscream's original colors as a base, but the deceitful one runs towards "hotter" colors playing up the red and white (a little devilish, perhaps?), while the cowardly one has colors more on the "cold" end, leaning into purple and stony grey.''

Thank you M Sipher. Hopefully the "GEEWUNN HOMAGE!!!" stuff can at least be squashed now. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 22:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

==Too many pics==

The top of the summary is too cluttered imo [[User:GWolfv2]]

==Main image==

Can we go back to having it as samurai Prowl. I get why you'd use the title image, but I think I prefer the main image giving you some idea of what the episode is about over just getting a name over what could be nothing really relevant (which I've seen in other summaries). Just a thought [[User:Gwolfv2]] 22.59 May 25th
:: I agree, there is no point using the title card for animated as a better shot could be used to represent the episode. i guess the only reason it is used elsewhere is because it is copying the Headmasters, Masterforce and Zone pages but the title cards there show the original language titles over exclusive artwork, that approach is somewhat redundant for the english language shows... [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 23:15, 25 May 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Rise of the Constructicons

2008-05-18T22:27:47Z

Gspro15198: /* Animation */

Apparently it's already aired in the Middle-East. I've seen pictures. --[[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 16:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

==Gurren Lagann==
Okay, one guy throws a hissy fit about some anime I've never heard of, now we have to placate the anime fans by finding a reference in every episode of Animated? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:25, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
: Yes, because nobody ''ever used drill-hand attacks ever in the history of anything''. Or... no, because that's a steaming pile of bullshit and it's not a goddamn GD reference. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
: ''Energon'', for chrissakes. DON'T THINK I WON'T USE THIS KNIFE! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:28, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
::Yes, Optimus Prime in super mode. He announced it all the time. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
:::G1 Ironhide had a drill-hand in at least one episode. And then there was Augur from "Inhumanoids." And if I actually cared to dignify this Lagann mass hysteria with any effort, I'm sure I could find more examples. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 19:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
::::Meh. I was considering Wyatt saying ''Gurren Lagann'' did have some degree of influence on the second season and drill hands were the most likely reference to it so far. (Better than "Two triangles together as eyes! Reference!" or "He is pointing! Reference!") I'm not gonna fight over it. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:41, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

:::::Yes, because it's not like Devastator [http://web.archive.org/web/20060421234728/home.earthlink.net/~jrunski/rwkpia/constcon.jpg had optional drill-hands] or anything. -[[User:150.253.90.112|150.253.90.112]] 20:17, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

== Mmm, moose. ==

God bless the moose, we may talk about Constructicons now.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 23:59, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

:I curse them, they know I can't hold out for a week, forcing me to watch the episodes in (not quite legal) youtube quality. I'd rather wait, but I can't resist. It also doesn't help that I live two hours away from the border. [[User:(Undecided)|(Undecided)]] 03:26, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::Eh, I've no qualms youtubing it, as I don't have cable anyway. I was a little irked when my usual source put up a video of a guy ''camcordering'' it, so I held off until the real broadcast was available. I figure as long as it was up for broadcast in North America, it's not cheating to watch it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 18:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

== Italian Accents? WTF? ==

"Miscellaneous trivia
The new Constructicons Mixmaster and Scrapper have a very loose resemblance to Nintendo's Mario and Luigi, respectively, even with Italian accents. "

Seriously, where do people come up with this stuff? If I were gonna say they bore resemblance to something, then I'd say any average stereotypical blue collar worker. Which, coincidentally, were exactly what Mario and Luigi were modeled after. And also... Italian accents? Give me a break! They obviously are meant to have mild New York dilects. Why does every single non New Yorker think New Yorkers all sound Italian? Why?!? Personally, I blame all those crappy Mafia flicks. But seriously, I noticed this on the G1 Wheeljack page too. It's really annoying, not to mention totally innaccurate. [[User:Rose.T|Rose.T]] 04:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Mario isn't from Brooklyn ? Mix kinda looks like Mario, but it's certainly a coincidence, 'cause Scrap doesn't look like Luigi at all. But the similarities, even coincidential, could be a trivia.

He's only from Brooklyn in the cartoons, in the games mario has a totally different accent. And both of them look nothing like the mario brothers, apart that mixmaster is "short" and tubby and scrapper is tall and skinny, because of this, i think it's worthless to note this as trivia.--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 20:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

== Animation ==

To anyone else who's watched this episode: Is it just me or did the animation in this episode look notably lower in quality than previous episode? Maybe not to the level of AKOM, but still considerably lower in quality... --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 08:51, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
: The animation looked FANTASTIC to me, especially in the faces. There's not usually that much squash and stretch, which is a pity. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::I have to admit that, to me, the animation in this episode seemed decidedly lower quality than previous episodes... [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 22:27, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

==Not green and purple?==
Even if we disagree on whether they're green, yellow-green, or yellow, both Mixmaster and Scrapper definitely have purple. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
:No, they're yellow, gray and brown. No purple. Little blue tinted on the grey in the night scenes, but they don't have purple yet.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 20:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::Though I do find it neat that they're going to be two of the few Transformers that get an ''in continuity'' [[repaint]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 21:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

== Continuity error? ==

*When the Constructicons show up they show no knowledge of autobots, decepticons or of transformers as a hole ,yet they knew what and how to construct a spacebridge without prior knowledge than the plan Megatron shows them.
This isn't a continuity error to me. It's just their special power. They intuitively grok construction projects.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 20:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
:I agree. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:19, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
::It should probably still go under "Other Notes", but not as an error, then.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:16, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
:::I think it serves quite well on the character pages as just a mention that the Constructicons are ''really good'' at this stuff.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 21:17, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

== Constructibots or Constructobots? ==

I know this seems like pedantry, but can we standardize a spelling for the pre-evil Constructicons? It just seems a little sloppy to me to have examples of both variants existing on the same page, as well as across the wiki. If there's a vote, I'd go for Construct'''o'''bots; it's more consistent with previous Autobot factions (Protectobots, Technobots), and it's closer to the way that Mixmaster actually pronounces it in the episode... -- [[User:Muddtallica|Muddtallica]] 21:19, 18 May 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Porter C. Powell

2008-04-22T12:31:45Z

Gspro15198: hair

==Quiff==
His hairstyle if more of a Quiff [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiff|quiff] than a Mullet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut)|mullet] [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 12:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Nature Calls

2008-04-15T09:15:55Z

Gspro15198: /* Shia LaBeouf */

==Real-World refs==
I find both of these highly questionable. The mine-chase is only "similar" in that it involves a mine, and the "infection/bust-down door" could be from any number of zombie movies, shows, whatever. Vague similarity does not a reference make. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
: Argh. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

==Shia LaBeouf==
Is it just Me, or does the actor on the left in the movie projected by Prowl look incredibly like Shia LaBeouf? [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 09:15, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

== Decepticon Symbol ==

*Wait, at the end of the episode, Megatron's body has the Decepticon symbol completely visible when Isaac Sumdac discovers it. Shouldn't he be able to recognize the logo, considering he was held captive by Starscream in the first episode? --[[User:155.33.129.146|155.33.129.146]] 01:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:The same reason he thinks Megatron is a good guy after [[Blast from the Past|the rampage of the Dinobots]], [[Nanosec (episode)|the theft of the speed suit]], and [[Sound and Fury|the rebellion of Soundwave]]: he's not the most observant guy on the planet. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I guess that when some evil robot wants to kill you, you just don't think about paying attention to his FANCY WING SYMBOLS. -- [[User:SonicBoom|SonicBoom]]

Sumdac knows how the autobot symbol looks like at least, so it's odd that even IF he ignored starscream's symbols, he would have thought that it's odd that magatron has a different insignia on him then the Autobots.--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 21:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

:For all Sumdac knows, the symbols might be no more meaningful than hood ornaments. He might think the Autobots are all the Cybertronian equivalent of Volkswagens, while Megatron is an Audi. [[User:JW|JW]] 21:14, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

== Tom Kenny the Space Barnacle==
Is there any particular reason why "[[space barnacles]]" links to [[Tom Kenny]]?[[User:Thatother1dude|Thatother1dude]] 18:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:The Spongebob connection.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 18:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:It couldn't be more obvious unless it was space sponges.--[[User:Dynamus Prime|Dynamus Prime]] 19:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:I sort of guessed that, but thought there might be somethine besides that[[User:Thatother1dude|Thatother1dude]] 05:22, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

=="Implies" a connection?==
''The episode strongly implies a connection between the space barnacle creature, and Megatron's body, ''
Um... now, I only watched this ep once so far, but... wasn't it really blatantly clear that the barnacle creature WAS mostly composed of Megatron's body?? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
::I've only watched it once so far, too, but it wasn't clear to me. When Bee is looking down at the critter's body, is it clearly Megatron-ish? [[User:JW|JW]] 01:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
:::You can even see Megatron's feet in the screenshots we've got of the creature. It's rather obvious once it's hammered home by the Decepticon symbol.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:44, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Roger wilco. [[User:JW|JW]] 02:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

==The Synopsis==

The page seems a little awkward without one. Any takers?
I would, but I suck at creating.--[[User:Kapu37|Kapu37]]

==Why sari got soaked==
"Why didn't Sari get scalded by hot water when she soaked Prowl and 'Bee?" this one is easy, steam.--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 16:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
:You can be scalded by steam. [[User:JW|JW]] 16:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, i'm sorry, i was reading it as "Why didn't sari got wet by hot water-" myyyyyyyyyyyyyyy mistake.--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 17:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
::I'd imagine that in the middle of a freezing mine in the middle of winter, steam would cool and condense pretty fast. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
:::We should probably delete the point entirely, since Real Science doesn't much enter into Transformers. (Nevertheless, it wasn't a big room, and we're supposed to believe that the stuff is hot enough to kill space barnacles, but didn't harm Sari except for getting her wet? Gripe, gripe.) [[User:JW|JW]] 18:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
::::This IS a lifeform that lives and thrives in the cold, airless void of space, mind you. (The barnacles. Nnot Sari.) Maybe a nice summer day is enough to do them in. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:02, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

==Isn't Megatrons body a bit small?==
By looking at size of his head in older episodes, isn't his body a bit... small? Maybe it burned off once he made that fall?
:It's missing quite a few parts. His head and one arm went to Sumdac, the other arm was blown up by Starscream.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 06:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:It could be all broken up inside the barnacle, since the foot that we can see doesn't look like it's attached to the kind of leg that we know Cybertronian Megs has.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 16:37, 28 March 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Nature Calls

2008-04-15T09:14:22Z

Gspro15198: /* Real-World refs */

==Real-World refs==
I find both of these highly questionable. The mine-chase is only "similar" in that it involves a mine, and the "infection/bust-down door" could be from any number of zombie movies, shows, whatever. Vague similarity does not a reference make. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
: Argh. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

==Shia LaBeouf==
Is it just Me, or does the actor on the left in the movie projected by Prowl look incredibly like Shia LaBeouf?

== Decepticon Symbol ==

*Wait, at the end of the episode, Megatron's body has the Decepticon symbol completely visible when Isaac Sumdac discovers it. Shouldn't he be able to recognize the logo, considering he was held captive by Starscream in the first episode? --[[User:155.33.129.146|155.33.129.146]] 01:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:The same reason he thinks Megatron is a good guy after [[Blast from the Past|the rampage of the Dinobots]], [[Nanosec (episode)|the theft of the speed suit]], and [[Sound and Fury|the rebellion of Soundwave]]: he's not the most observant guy on the planet. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I guess that when some evil robot wants to kill you, you just don't think about paying attention to his FANCY WING SYMBOLS. -- [[User:SonicBoom|SonicBoom]]

Sumdac knows how the autobot symbol looks like at least, so it's odd that even IF he ignored starscream's symbols, he would have thought that it's odd that magatron has a different insignia on him then the Autobots.--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 21:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

:For all Sumdac knows, the symbols might be no more meaningful than hood ornaments. He might think the Autobots are all the Cybertronian equivalent of Volkswagens, while Megatron is an Audi. [[User:JW|JW]] 21:14, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

== Tom Kenny the Space Barnacle==
Is there any particular reason why "[[space barnacles]]" links to [[Tom Kenny]]?[[User:Thatother1dude|Thatother1dude]] 18:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:The Spongebob connection.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 18:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:It couldn't be more obvious unless it was space sponges.--[[User:Dynamus Prime|Dynamus Prime]] 19:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
:I sort of guessed that, but thought there might be somethine besides that[[User:Thatother1dude|Thatother1dude]] 05:22, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

=="Implies" a connection?==
''The episode strongly implies a connection between the space barnacle creature, and Megatron's body, ''
Um... now, I only watched this ep once so far, but... wasn't it really blatantly clear that the barnacle creature WAS mostly composed of Megatron's body?? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
::I've only watched it once so far, too, but it wasn't clear to me. When Bee is looking down at the critter's body, is it clearly Megatron-ish? [[User:JW|JW]] 01:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
:::You can even see Megatron's feet in the screenshots we've got of the creature. It's rather obvious once it's hammered home by the Decepticon symbol.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:44, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Roger wilco. [[User:JW|JW]] 02:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

==The Synopsis==

The page seems a little awkward without one. Any takers?
I would, but I suck at creating.--[[User:Kapu37|Kapu37]]

==Why sari got soaked==
"Why didn't Sari get scalded by hot water when she soaked Prowl and 'Bee?" this one is easy, steam.--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 16:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
:You can be scalded by steam. [[User:JW|JW]] 16:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, i'm sorry, i was reading it as "Why didn't sari got wet by hot water-" myyyyyyyyyyyyyyy mistake.--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 17:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
::I'd imagine that in the middle of a freezing mine in the middle of winter, steam would cool and condense pretty fast. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
:::We should probably delete the point entirely, since Real Science doesn't much enter into Transformers. (Nevertheless, it wasn't a big room, and we're supposed to believe that the stuff is hot enough to kill space barnacles, but didn't harm Sari except for getting her wet? Gripe, gripe.) [[User:JW|JW]] 18:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
::::This IS a lifeform that lives and thrives in the cold, airless void of space, mind you. (The barnacles. Nnot Sari.) Maybe a nice summer day is enough to do them in. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:02, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

==Isn't Megatrons body a bit small?==
By looking at size of his head in older episodes, isn't his body a bit... small? Maybe it burned off once he made that fall?
:It's missing quite a few parts. His head and one arm went to Sumdac, the other arm was blown up by Starscream.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 06:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:It could be all broken up inside the barnacle, since the foot that we can see doesn't look like it's attached to the kind of leg that we know Cybertronian Megs has.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 16:37, 28 March 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Megatron (Animated)

2008-04-09T14:44:19Z

Gspro15198: /* Transform and rise up */

Uh, watching the 3-minute preview, It looks like at the end, Megs loses his arm in the explosion, so prowl didn't yank it. Can anyone confirm this?

----

What's the source for Animated Megatron having Movie Megatron's head? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 21:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
:His artwork on the little flyer they handed out at SDCC, as well as his toy. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 22:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
::Aaaaaand now the trailer... <3<3<3 [[User:Detour|Detour]] 23:24, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Anyone notice the top view Seibertron had of his toy prototype jet mode seems to bear a more than passing resemblance to the starship Serenity from Firefly?
:Lots of people, but I don't really see it, myself. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey just to confirm, is the toy prototype his earth or cybertronian form. I'm fairly certain it's his cybertronian one, because it mathces what we saw in the trailer, head design, shoulder spike.

== Toy proto? ==

I don't know if we do unpainted test shots as part of this wiki. Not really kosher as the test shots getting out isn't exactly legal...--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 21:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
: We do not. That particular image has been deleted so many times. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, sorry. How about the officialy showed unpainted version, that were on Comic-Con?--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 18:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
:Personally I'd say toy protos of all stripes are not really well-suited to this wiki. Hand-painted versions such as those shown at Comic Con are fair game because in most cases we have clear photos of them and they are fairly close to what their final decos will be. However grays or test shots just aren't indicative of anything but sculpt.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 18:52, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
:Well, yeah... but we can remove them in the sec the final pictures came out, and iuntil that we can live big notes that the toys are just prototypes. OR leave a long description of the toys until pics came out. I did that once for Lockdown, but someboddy deleted it all...--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 19:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
::Officially-released photos of prototypes are allowed until we have better photos. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

== Hurry up already. ==

Hurry up putting new information on this f*** already! Are you going to make me do your work?
:You sound familiar. Have we met before? Anyway, we don't HAVE any information right now, the show isn't out, the toys aren't out, what do you want us to put??? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 06:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

His fucking vehicle mode! No we never met before. I'm his 5 Star superior general. That guy you thought of was 4 Stars.

Where is his vehicle mode picture?
:Neither the toy nor the animated series are out yet. Pictures are relatively scarce, and generally not good enough to include on this wiki as they are unpainted prototypes and test shots.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 00:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
:Or, they're botleg images we cannot use. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
::If you wan't rumors, they say he became a Terminator-like VTOL jet in Earth mode. -[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 16:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

== Profile update ==

I don't know where you're getting this information, but it looks like you've cooked a good deal of it up on your own. What's more it's quite ''wrong'' in spots, because in this continuity Optimus Prime is ''not'' the leader of the Autobots, he's a washout from the Autobot Academy just assigned to his first command of a ''mining operation''. He probably will ''become'' a great leader, but he's nobody now. Well, nobody but an obstacle between Megatron and the Allspark.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:46, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

==Earth mode==

Why was his Earth form pic removed, it'll be his body for almost all his appearances?

Please show an image of him in his V-22 Ospery alterante mode or I will put him as a jet again.([[User:EDD!|EDD!]] 01:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC))

:[http://www.allspark.com/news/a-look-at-animated-megatrons-earth-alt-mode-20071123.html Here]. It was also included in the "Animated" intro video on Hasbro's website, but since then, they've edited it to remove him. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 01:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

== Image Placement ==

Anybody but me think the current image placement looks terrible? Or does everyone have way more screen real estate than me? [[User:JW|JW]] 21:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
:I think it looks pretty questionable to have Megatron's "main" picture be the body he doesn't have yet, myself....--[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
: I suggest that the image of megatron punching starscream with the key to be in this article, with the caption "does anyone else attempt to fill his shoes?"--[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 09:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

== Transform and rise up ==

he has only said it once... how can it be his new slogan? Gspro15198 not signed in {{unsigned|83.141.101.189|14:02, 9 April 2008}}
:My thoughts exactly. People are making this out to be a momentous occasion instead of what it is, a barb tossed at Optimus Prime.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 14:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
::I am just wondering, Should it be removed from the wiki until Megatron uses that line a few more time? Possibly just list it under notable quotes in the meantime? [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 14:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Transformers: Classics

2008-03-13T17:26:02Z

Gspro15198: /* Tankor */

This link and page header may very well change. But we have TWO "Classics" in TFs now... the early-90 Euro re-release line, and now apparently everything post-Cyb-pre-Movie (since the Mini-Cons are now officially being labelled as such). "Classics (1991)" and "Classics (2006)"? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
:Works for me.--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
:: Except for the fact that the European ''Classics'' started in 1990 if the Hartman's TS Archive is correct. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Basically the new Classics seems like it's gonna be a "Greatest Hits" line now I think. A bunch of homages to and continuations of everything from G1 to Cyb. thrown together till the movie comes along.

==Powerglide==
Yes, I know that the redeco was originally meant to be Powerglide. But I doubt that he's still considered to be, after the name change. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:59, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
: In fact, Fireflight's packaging gives him Fireflight's function. He's Fireflight now, despite his origins. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:10, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

== Inclusion? ==

Should the "Classics" releases of G1 Soundwave and 20th Prime be included/listed here as well? I lean towards yes, since they are in the Classics packaging (with Classics crosssells) and Hasbro seems to be including everything post Cybertron as Classics. Opinions? [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 13:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
: Technically, yeah. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 18:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
What about the Japanese Repaints? - Some Random IP Person
:Not enough information about them yet, and I assume we haven't decided on if they'll be Classics or a new line. Oh, and please sign your posts so we don't confuse posts made by people with no accounts to with people who have accounts. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 06:52, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

== classics DVD packs in europe ==

i don't know if that was in all of europe, but here in belgium, they sold(from all that i know limeted to these toys) cliffjumper, grimlock, ramjet, mirage and astrotrain with the DVD '''the return of megatron''', with 5 episodes of transformers energon(yes, every toy was sold with the exact same DVD). the also released the same toys over again with another DVD, but i can't remember what it was actualy about because i got all the toys they packed with the the return of megatron DVD.(i'm not buying the same toy again for this.) should this be noted in the classics subline as trivia? --[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 22:16, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

== Manga ==

Fair warning: According to a blurb on [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/henkei/index.html Takara's new "Henkei! Henkei! Transformers" page], there's going to be a manga for the toy line running in ''TV Magazine''. It wasn't in the February issue, which I just got a week ago, so it may start with the March issue. (My copies don't arrive until almost a month after they come out in Japan, so someone may already have the March issue and be able to confirm.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Addendum: [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/henkei/camp.html Pictures of Skyglide], the recolored Mini-Con offered as a campaign item in conjunction with the line, are now up as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I was wondering what to do with that. I had no idea if that was Powerglide's Japanese name, or if he needs a new page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
::It's a minicon. I'm sure the mere fact that it ''exists'' will summon Sipher.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 17:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:::I already put a notice about it on Sipher's Talk page a little while ago, leaving nothing to chance. Powerglide has always been "Powerglide" in Japan, IIRC. This is an homage, but, for the moment, it's a new character. It MIGHT be retconned into a new body for Powerglide, though. If it gets any character info, it'll probably be in ''TV Magazine''.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Addendum Two: Another page on the site indicates that manga will also be included with the toys, a la the Japanese G2 releases.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

==Henkei==
We're definately considering Henkei! Henkei whatever as just Japanese classics right? So no need for them to go under their own sub-heading in toy sections? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

==Tankor==
it would be keeping inline with everything else if the actual name of the toy came first and then the note what it was originally based on/intended to be Octane[[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 17:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
:Which would be nice if you had used correct capitalisation and spacing in your edit. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
:Oops meant to hit preview before save page there. My bad [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 17:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Transformers: Classics

2008-03-13T17:24:15Z

Gspro15198: /* Deluxe */

{{disambig3|Classics}}

[[Image:Classicslogo.jpg|center|300px]]

When the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action Transformers film]] was pushed back from November 2006 to July 2007, [[Hasbro]] needed to create a filler line to bridge the newly created gap in their product offerings. That bridge was a revisitation of the original ''[[Generation 1]]'' characters, dubbed '''''Classics'''''.

Later, [[Mini-Con]]s which were originally meant for the end of the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' line and ''Generation 1''-inspired ''Legends'' [[redeco]]es were also added to expand the line further.

Although no original animation or full-length comic fiction is planned for the line, the [[Fun Publications]] [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (comic)|Official Transformers Fan Club Magazine comic]] will be utilizing the Classics in their 2007 story-arc and setting them in a continuation of the old Generation 1 [[Marvel Comics]] universe, a [[splinter timeline]] from this universe that includes everything up until the end of the original Marvel run, but excludes the events of both the concurrent [[Marvel UK]] material and the [[Generation 2]] book that followed, taking things in a new direction instead.

==Toyline==
===Legends===
*[[Bumblebee (G1) toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Trypticon]]
*[[Whirl (G1)|Autobot Whirl]]

===Mini-Cons===
*[[Clear Skies Team]]
*[[Demolition Team]]
*[[Dinobots (Mini-Cons)|Dinobots]]
*[[Dirt Digger Team]]
*[[Night Rescue Team]]
*[[Predator Attack Team]]

===Deluxes===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hot Rod|Rodimus]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]

===Voyagers===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]

===Box sets===
*Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle (versus 2-pack w/DVD)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] vs [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]: Battle for Autobot City (versus 2-pack, Target exclusive)
*[[Constructicon Devastator]] (Wal-Mart exclusive giftset)

===Miscellaneous===
*Optimus Prime (20th Anniversary redeco with talking base)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Ravage|Battle Ravage]] (Generation 1 reissue; uses the [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] version of the mold, which had a remolded door that can hold two cassettes.)
*Masterpiece Starscream (G1-colored redeco)

==What counts as ''Classics''?==
The ''Classics'' toyline is a little tricky to define because some of the items which one would think belong to it—the Magnus/Skywarp two-pack, for instance, which redecoes two ''Classics'' figures—do not actually say "Classic" anywhere on their packaging. Even the toys that are definitely "real" ''Classics'' toys only have the word on one panel of their packaging as a prefix to their [[size class]] ("Classic Deluxe" or "Classic Voyager").

For simplicity, '''{{SITENAME}}''' is considering all toys that come in the ''Classics''-style packaging to be ''Classics'' toys, even if they do not self-identify as such. Those toys include:

*Prime vs. Megatron Ultimate Battle set
*Magnus vs. Skywarp Battle for Autobot City set
*20th Anniversary Prime redeco
*Mini-Cons (the Mini-Con sets have been referred to as ''Classics'' toys on Hasbro's website, but not on the packaging)
*Toys "R" Us exclusive reissue Soundwave
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus (2008)
*Jetfire and Grimlock (2008)

==Uncertain Future?==

Though response to the figures was very positive, the ''Classics'' [[franchise]] was created as a limited line to fill the shelves between ''Cybertron'' and the movie. With the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] toyline and the ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' series scheduled to follow it, the fate of the ''Classics'' line was uncertain.

The [[BotCon 2007]] exclusives capitalized on the popularity as the ''Classics'' universe, but even that was not to be the end of things. Hasbro revealed at Botcon 2007 that a new incarnation of [[Universe (franchise)|''Transformers Universe'']] was in the works for Fall 2008 and would operate as a blanket line for their non-Animated product, including a new line glossed as Classics 2.0.

==Henkei! Henkei! Transformers==

'''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers''' is the name of the Japanese version of the ''Classics'' toyline. Like the ''[[Beast Wars Returns]]'' toyline before it, this line will feature several [[redeco]]es of existing figures to make them look more like the original [[character model]]s than their American counterparts. For example, Megatron is silver and black instead of [[neon]] green and gray, Starscream and Grimlock will be colored closer to their show models, Convoy/Prime and Bumble/Bumblebee have less white paint, and Astrotrain has a more [[show-accuracy|show-inspired]] deco of dark gray and purple instead of white and violet. In addition to these tweaks, every toy has various areas cast in chrome, seemingly for no other reason than to create a line-wide commonality.

===Cybertrons===
*C-01 Convoy (Voyager Optimus Prime)
*C-02 Bumble (Deluxe Bumblebee)
*C-03 Grimlock (Deluxe Grimlock)
*C-04 Rijie (Deluxe Mirage)
*C-05 Hot Rodimus (Deluxe Rodimus/"[[Hot Rod#Trivia|Hot Rod]]")
* [[Skyglide]] (Toys "R" Us promotional exclusive Mini-Con)

===Destrons===
*D-01 Megatron (Voyager Megatron)
*D-02 Starscream (Deluxe Starscream)
*D-03 Astrotrain (Deluxe Astrotrain)

==Universe Classics==

Originally referred to as Classics 2.0 during the Hasbro preview panel, Hasbro announced bringing back ''Classics'' as part of a new [[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe line]], because of high fan support and to pick up the torch of realistic Earth vehicle designs from the ending Movie line. Hasbro said they were focusing primarily on characters who had realistic Earth alt-modes, were not represented in other current lines, and had high repaint potential. Concept art of [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] was shown (same base mold with different heads and alternate chest transformations and weapons). Art of an updated Decepticon triple-changer [[Octane]] was also shown.

Early in January 2008, Hasbro revealed the new character molds and later revealed several redecos of ''Cybertron'' toys at Toyfair 2008 in Febuary:

===Legends===
*[[Onslaught]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]

===Deluxe===
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* Tankor (a classics update of and originally named [[Octane]]
*[[Sunstreaker]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]

===Voyager===
*[[Blaster|Autobot Blaster]]
*[[Heavy Load (Universe)|Decepticon Heavy Load]] with [[Drillbit|Drillbit Mini-Con]]

===Ultra===
*[[Onslaught]]
*[[Powerglide]]

[[Category: Classics| ]]
[[Category: Franchises]]
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Talk:Transformers: Classics

2008-03-13T17:12:50Z

Gspro15198:

This link and page header may very well change. But we have TWO "Classics" in TFs now... the early-90 Euro re-release line, and now apparently everything post-Cyb-pre-Movie (since the Mini-Cons are now officially being labelled as such). "Classics (1991)" and "Classics (2006)"? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 17:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
:Works for me.--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
:: Except for the fact that the European ''Classics'' started in 1990 if the Hartman's TS Archive is correct. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Basically the new Classics seems like it's gonna be a "Greatest Hits" line now I think. A bunch of homages to and continuations of everything from G1 to Cyb. thrown together till the movie comes along.

==Powerglide==
Yes, I know that the redeco was originally meant to be Powerglide. But I doubt that he's still considered to be, after the name change. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:59, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
: In fact, Fireflight's packaging gives him Fireflight's function. He's Fireflight now, despite his origins. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:10, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

== Inclusion? ==

Should the "Classics" releases of G1 Soundwave and 20th Prime be included/listed here as well? I lean towards yes, since they are in the Classics packaging (with Classics crosssells) and Hasbro seems to be including everything post Cybertron as Classics. Opinions? [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 13:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
: Technically, yeah. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 18:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
What about the Japanese Repaints? - Some Random IP Person
:Not enough information about them yet, and I assume we haven't decided on if they'll be Classics or a new line. Oh, and please sign your posts so we don't confuse posts made by people with no accounts to with people who have accounts. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 06:52, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

== classics DVD packs in europe ==

i don't know if that was in all of europe, but here in belgium, they sold(from all that i know limeted to these toys) cliffjumper, grimlock, ramjet, mirage and astrotrain with the DVD '''the return of megatron''', with 5 episodes of transformers energon(yes, every toy was sold with the exact same DVD). the also released the same toys over again with another DVD, but i can't remember what it was actualy about because i got all the toys they packed with the the return of megatron DVD.(i'm not buying the same toy again for this.) should this be noted in the classics subline as trivia? --[[User:Grand-majin|Grand-majin]] 22:16, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

== Manga ==

Fair warning: According to a blurb on [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/henkei/index.html Takara's new "Henkei! Henkei! Transformers" page], there's going to be a manga for the toy line running in ''TV Magazine''. It wasn't in the February issue, which I just got a week ago, so it may start with the March issue. (My copies don't arrive until almost a month after they come out in Japan, so someone may already have the March issue and be able to confirm.)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Addendum: [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/henkei/camp.html Pictures of Skyglide], the recolored Mini-Con offered as a campaign item in conjunction with the line, are now up as well.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I was wondering what to do with that. I had no idea if that was Powerglide's Japanese name, or if he needs a new page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
::It's a minicon. I'm sure the mere fact that it ''exists'' will summon Sipher.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 17:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:::I already put a notice about it on Sipher's Talk page a little while ago, leaving nothing to chance. Powerglide has always been "Powerglide" in Japan, IIRC. This is an homage, but, for the moment, it's a new character. It MIGHT be retconned into a new body for Powerglide, though. If it gets any character info, it'll probably be in ''TV Magazine''.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Addendum Two: Another page on the site indicates that manga will also be included with the toys, a la the Japanese G2 releases.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 17:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

==Henkei==
We're definately considering Henkei! Henkei whatever as just Japanese classics right? So no need for them to go under their own sub-heading in toy sections? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

==Tankor==
it would be keeping inline with everything else if the actual name of the toy came first and then the note what it was originally based on/intended to be Octane[[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 17:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Transformers: Classics

2008-03-13T16:56:37Z

Gspro15198: /* Deluxe */

{{disambig3|Classics}}

[[Image:Classicslogo.jpg|center|300px]]

When the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action Transformers film]] was pushed back from November 2006 to July 2007, [[Hasbro]] needed to create a filler line to bridge the newly created gap in their product offerings. That bridge was a revisitation of the original ''[[Generation 1]]'' characters, dubbed '''''Classics'''''.

Later, [[Mini-Con]]s which were originally meant for the end of the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' line and ''Generation 1''-inspired ''Legends'' [[redeco]]es were also added to expand the line further.

Although no original animation or full-length comic fiction is planned for the line, the [[Fun Publications]] [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (comic)|Official Transformers Fan Club Magazine comic]] will be utilizing the Classics in their 2007 story-arc and setting them in a continuation of the old Generation 1 [[Marvel Comics]] universe, a [[splinter timeline]] from this universe that includes everything up until the end of the original Marvel run, but excludes the events of both the concurrent [[Marvel UK]] material and the [[Generation 2]] book that followed, taking things in a new direction instead.

==Toyline==
===Legends===
*[[Bumblebee (G1) toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Trypticon]]
*[[Whirl (G1)|Autobot Whirl]]

===Mini-Cons===
*[[Clear Skies Team]]
*[[Demolition Team]]
*[[Dinobots (Mini-Cons)|Dinobots]]
*[[Dirt Digger Team]]
*[[Night Rescue Team]]
*[[Predator Attack Team]]

===Deluxes===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hot Rod|Rodimus]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]

===Voyagers===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]

===Box sets===
*Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle (versus 2-pack w/DVD)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] vs [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]: Battle for Autobot City (versus 2-pack, Target exclusive)
*[[Constructicon Devastator]] (Wal-Mart exclusive giftset)

===Miscellaneous===
*Optimus Prime (20th Anniversary redeco with talking base)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Ravage|Battle Ravage]] (Generation 1 reissue; uses the [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] version of the mold, which had a remolded door that can hold two cassettes.)
*Masterpiece Starscream (G1-colored redeco)

==What counts as ''Classics''?==
The ''Classics'' toyline is a little tricky to define because some of the items which one would think belong to it—the Magnus/Skywarp two-pack, for instance, which redecoes two ''Classics'' figures—do not actually say "Classic" anywhere on their packaging. Even the toys that are definitely "real" ''Classics'' toys only have the word on one panel of their packaging as a prefix to their [[size class]] ("Classic Deluxe" or "Classic Voyager").

For simplicity, '''{{SITENAME}}''' is considering all toys that come in the ''Classics''-style packaging to be ''Classics'' toys, even if they do not self-identify as such. Those toys include:

*Prime vs. Megatron Ultimate Battle set
*Magnus vs. Skywarp Battle for Autobot City set
*20th Anniversary Prime redeco
*Mini-Cons (the Mini-Con sets have been referred to as ''Classics'' toys on Hasbro's website, but not on the packaging)
*Toys "R" Us exclusive reissue Soundwave
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus (2008)
*Jetfire and Grimlock (2008)

==Uncertain Future?==

Though response to the figures was very positive, the ''Classics'' [[franchise]] was created as a limited line to fill the shelves between ''Cybertron'' and the movie. With the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] toyline and the ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' series scheduled to follow it, the fate of the ''Classics'' line was uncertain.

The [[BotCon 2007]] exclusives capitalized on the popularity as the ''Classics'' universe, but even that was not to be the end of things. Hasbro revealed at Botcon 2007 that a new incarnation of [[Universe (franchise)|''Transformers Universe'']] was in the works for Fall 2008 and would operate as a blanket line for their non-Animated product, including a new line glossed as Classics 2.0.

==Henkei! Henkei! Transformers==

'''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers''' is the name of the Japanese version of the ''Classics'' toyline. Like the ''[[Beast Wars Returns]]'' toyline before it, this line will feature several [[redeco]]es of existing figures to make them look more like the original [[character model]]s than their American counterparts. For example, Megatron is silver and black instead of [[neon]] green and gray, Starscream and Grimlock will be colored closer to their show models, Convoy/Prime and Bumble/Bumblebee have less white paint, and Astrotrain has a more [[show-accuracy|show-inspired]] deco of dark gray and purple instead of white and violet. In addition to these tweaks, every toy has various areas cast in chrome, seemingly for no other reason than to create a line-wide commonality.

===Cybertrons===
*C-01 Convoy (Voyager Optimus Prime)
*C-02 Bumble (Deluxe Bumblebee)
*C-03 Grimlock (Deluxe Grimlock)
*C-04 Rijie (Deluxe Mirage)
*C-05 Hot Rodimus (Deluxe Rodimus/"[[Hot Rod#Trivia|Hot Rod]]")
* [[Skyglide]] (Toys "R" Us promotional exclusive Mini-Con)

===Destrons===
*D-01 Megatron (Voyager Megatron)
*D-02 Starscream (Deluxe Starscream)
*D-03 Astrotrain (Deluxe Astrotrain)

==Universe Classics==

Originally referred to as Classics 2.0 during the Hasbro preview panel, Hasbro announced bringing back ''Classics'' as part of a new [[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe line]], because of high fan support and to pick up the torch of realistic Earth vehicle designs from the ending Movie line. Hasbro said they were focusing primarily on characters who had realistic Earth alt-modes, were not represented in other current lines, and had high repaint potential. Concept art of [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] was shown (same base mold with different heads and alternate chest transformations and weapons). Art of an updated Decepticon triple-changer [[Octane]] was also shown.

Early in January 2008, Hasbro revealed the new character molds and later revealed several redecos of ''Cybertron'' toys at Toyfair 2008 in Febuary:

===Legends===
*[[Onslaught]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]

===Deluxe===
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*Tankor(A Classics update of and Originally named[[Octane]]
*[[Sunstreaker]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]

===Voyager===
*[[Blaster|Autobot Blaster]]
*[[Heavy Load (Universe)|Decepticon Heavy Load]] with [[Drillbit|Drillbit Mini-Con]]

===Ultra===
*[[Onslaught]]
*[[Powerglide]]

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[[Category: Franchises]]
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Doctor Doom

2008-03-13T15:15:18Z

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:''Doctor Doom is a [[human]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''
[[Image:Doom.jpg|right|thumb|Superiority complex galore.]]

'''Doctor Doom''' is the ruler of [[Latveria]]. He wears a suit of metal, and likes to make robots[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Doom%27s_devices#Robots] . One would think this implied that he is a sensible human, but he's evil. Go figure.

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
====The New Avengers/The Transformers====
He doesn't make dome structures, apparently. {{Storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}}

While the [[Avengers]] attacked the [[Autobots]], Doom took matters into his hands and broke [[Wolverine]]'s [[Decepticon]]-induced rage. Afterwards, Doom explained his efforts to remove the Decepticon structure with his Doombots; he doesn't particularly like the prospect of Latveria destroyed by mere machines. The Decepticons stole Doom's [[Psycho-Prism]], which allowed them to pull humans into fury. Finding the Avengers and Autobots useless, Doom left apparently to broker peace with [[Symkaria]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}}

Doom allied himself with the Decepticons, willing to rule the devastated planet the Decepticons would leave behind. When the heroes failed to surrender despite the ultimatum from Doom and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Megatron took out his frustration on Doom by shocking him into unconsciousness. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}}

Turns out Doom doesn't care for the alliance, and showed this by shocking [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Afterwards, he pretty much just lulled around and insulted everybody. Before and after leading Wolverine to destroy the Psycho-Prism. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Doctor Doom|Doctor Doom information at Wikipedia]]

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[[Category: Humans]]
[[Category: Marvel properties]]
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The Transformers (cartoon)

2008-02-25T12:56:47Z

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{{picsneeded|Title card from Season One opening credits (the slanted version), Decepticon Headquarters, a shot with a lot of cast members.}}

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[[Image:G1Season1Logo.jpg|Right|thumb|350px|In space, no one can hear your trumpets go Dah-NUN NUN NAHHHHHH!]]

More than any other of the many media which Transformers have invaded in the past 20+ years, it is '''''The Transformers''''', the original cartoon that ran from 1984 to 1987, which captured the imagination of children and children-at-heart worldwide.

==Overview==
[[Image:Cybertronplanet.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Depleted of energy... aside from the [[Primus|power source that lights up the entire core of the planet]].]]

The cartoon (along with the [[Generation 1 (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]]) set up the basic story of Transformers that most other incarnations were to follow: two warring factions of robots on the planet Cybertron leave in search of resources. The factions crash-land on Earth and, millions of years later, begin their battle anew in Reagan-era America and across the globe.

Once established, the cartoon rarely took any steps to upset its status quo. Plots generally centered on a Decepticon plot or invention of the week, which would be used to gather energy or Defeat The Autobots FOREVER!!, and the Autobots' efforts to stop the plan. Most of the time the Decepticons were forced into retreat, and the Autobots drove off victorious. At most, a new character or team was added to one side or the other. Plots became a bit less formulaic during Season 3, though character death and true plot upheaval remained a rarity.

Through its 98-episode run this series took viewers around the globe and to many strange places and times: across the alien Cybertron, the Earth's prehistoric past, the Earth's then-future of 2005, the ''Metropolis''-like society of Nebulos, and more. It is not the best animated series ever to air, but it stimulated viewers with its concept at the time, and continued to do so in the years to come.
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==Production==
[[Image:CrashedArk1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Nobody on Earth noticed this for thousands of years.]]

Writing and distribution for this series were handled as a joint effort by [[Marvel Productions]] and [[Sunbow Productions]]. Animation was produced overseas, primarily by [[Toei]] and [[AKOM]].

The original 30 or so characters were heavily modified from their toy designs for aesthetics and ease of animation. Among the artists involved in the original designs are [[Shōhei Kohara]] and [[Floro Dery]]. Other known production artists include [[Dell Barras]], who worked on second season backgrounds.

Story editors for the series included [[Flint Dille]], [[Marv Wolfman]], and [[Steve Gerber]]. Episode scripts were written by a large array of freelance writers. Writers notable for writing numerous episodes include [[Donald F. Glut]] and [[David Wise]].

The series was animated on an enormously rushed schedule, due to the need to get episodes on the air in synch with the toys appearing on shelves. That, combined with the vast number of characters and the difficulties involved with the overseas animation process, resulted in a cartoon that is notoriously riddled with [[animation error]]s and other mistakes. The producers were often aware of these mistakes, but tight deadlines left them no time to correct them.

[[Image:ShockwaveDesertionOfTheDinobots1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|My toy's so great, I bought one myself!]]

Another byproduct of the rushed production is that the show tends not to be very self-referential. Continuity between episodes is minimal, with most acting as self-contained, standalone stories, though a few Season Two and Season Three stories did build on previous episodes. Within each season, the addition of new characters is the only common change to the status quo.

Mistakes or not, the show is fondly remembered by many fans for the high quality of its voice acting. Indeed, many characters, lacking any significant plot developments or screen time, were brought to life solely by their unique voices and inflection styles. Voice direction for the series was provided by [[Wally Burr]], notorious for driving his performers to the limit. One of the performers in his stable, [[Susan Blu]], would go on to work as voice director for ''[[Beast Wars]]'', ''[[Beast Machines]]'', and ''[[Transformers Animated]]''.

[[Image:RollForIt Spacebridge recieves.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Looks safer than flying United.]]

The ''sinister'' voice of [[Victor Caroli]] provided narration for the entire series, most commonly heard on the commercial break bumpers: "The Transformers will return after these messages!" Caroli's voice also provided occasional introductory narration, recap segments for multi-part episodes, and the [[Secret Files of Teletraan II]] segments which ran before the credits of Season 3.

In addition to the show's iconic [[Theme song|theme song]], ''Transformers'' featured a great variety of background music, composed by [[Robert J. Walsh]]. Walsh had previously worked on the G.I. Joe cartoon, and many of those pieces were reused for ''Transformers''. Many new pieces were composed as well, many incorporating the melody of the show's theme song. Walsh composed new music for 2nd and 3rd seasons, each in a different style, further distinguishing the three main seasons from one another.

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==Episodes==
{{note|These episodes are listed in production order rather than original airdate. In a few instances, this means that episodes are not in the correct chronological story order, the specifics of which are noted in their own articles. Note that Season 3, in particular, suffers from this—the Rhino DVD release of the season reordered the episodes in question so that they were in order, but also reordered many episodes that did not have any placement problems, throwing off the whole shebang. Conversely, the R2 Metrodome release of the season just reorganized the problematic ones.}}

{{see|List of Generation 1 episodes}}

===Season 1===
[[Image:DinobotsG1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Remember those dinosaur guys? Man, they were awesome.]]
The first season is primarily set on [[Earth]], with a few excursions to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. It started with the 1984 toys as its characters, and introduced the early wave of 1985 toys as it progressed -- the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]].

{{collist|2|
# [[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]
# [[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]
# [[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]
# [[Transport to Oblivion]]
# [[Roll For It]]
# [[Divide and Conquer]]
# [[Fire in the Sky]]
# [[S.O.S. Dinobots]]
# [[Fire on the Mountain]]
# [[War of the Dinobots]]
# [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]
# [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]
# [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]
# [[Countdown to Extinction]]
# [[A Plague of Insecticons]]
# [[Heavy Metal War]]
}}

===Season 2===
[[Image:Master builders prime basketball.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Didn't they make Optimus Prime play soccer or something once? Man, that was dumb.]]
The very long second season greatly expanded the cartoon's scope and cast. The second season tends to feature more character-driven episodes than the first season, with many characters getting their own "spotlight" episode. It also features a recurring theme of the Autobots assimilating Earth culture, such the Autobots playing basketball and football and even watching a soap opera. Excursions to alien civilizations popped up occasionally as well. The second season also saw the introduction of concepts and characters that would spread out to other fictions, including the mystic [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the ancient [[Vector Sigma]] supercomputer and its [[Key to Vector Sigma|circuit key]], and the first appearance of [[Female Transformers]] within official fiction.

The second season also marked a move from weekly airings (usually on Saturday mornings) to a "stripped" show, aired Monday through Friday, either in the morning or afternoon. Some markets also scheduled it in conjunction with daily episodes of [[G.I.Joe]].

Season Two breaks down very roughly into three segments:
* The first dozen episodes feature (primarily) the Season 1 cast.
* A large second batch of episodes brings in the remainder of the 1985 toys.
* The final ten episodes introduce the four [[combiner]] teams that formed the early entries in the 1986 line.
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{{collist|2|
# [[Autobot Spike]]
# [[Changing Gears]]
# [[City of Steel]]
# [[Attack of the Autobots]]
# [[Traitor]]
# [[The Immobilizer]]
# [[The Autobot Run]]
# [[Atlantis, Arise!]]
# [[Day of the Machines]]
# [[Enter the Nightbird]]
# [[A Prime Problem]]
# [[The Core]]
# [[The Insecticon Syndrome]]
# [[Dinobot Island, Part 1]]
# [[Dinobot Island, Part 2]]
# [[The Master Builders]]
# [[Auto Berserk]]
# [[Microbots]]
# [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]
# [[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]
# [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]
# [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2]]
# [[Blaster Blues]]
# [[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]
# [[The Golden Lagoon]]
# [[The God Gambit]]
# [[Make Tracks]]
# [[Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play]]
# [[Quest for Survival]]
# [[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]
# [[The Gambler]]
# [[Kremzeek!]]
# [[Sea Change]]
# [[Triple Takeover]]
# [[Prime Target]]
# [[Auto-Bop]]
# [[The Search for Alpha Trion]]
# [[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]
# [[Hoist Goes Hollywood]]
# [[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]
# [[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]
# [[Aerial Assault]]
# [[War Dawn]]
# [[Trans-Europe Express]]
# [[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]
# [[Starscream's Brigade]]
# [[The Revenge of Bruticus]]
# [[Masquerade]]
# [[B.O.T.]]
}}

===Intermediate===
[[Image:Tftm1986b.jpg|right|thumb|Then they like, killed him in the movie. Man, that was awesome.]]
''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' is in continuity with the cartoon series, occurring 20 years after the end of Season 2. It was the single biggest turning point for the series, and remains controversial. The movie saw the introductions of [[Unicron]], the Quintessons, and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], all of which would play important roles in Season 3. It made radical changes to the show's premise, killing off many characters and introducing new ones -- a shock to young viewers who were used to their heroes driving off into the sunset at the end of every adventure.

Despite its unconventional place in the cartoon canon, it remains the best known representation of the cartoon series among fans.

===Season 3===
[[Image:Intro3 4 with error.jpg|thumb|left|200px|They didn't make any more cartoons after the movie. Yeah, the movie totally [[Ruined FOREVER|killed Transformers]].]]
Season 3 ''transformed'' the whole premise of the show. Gone were the two teams stranded on Earth, along with many of the characters that composed those teams. In their place was a galaxy-spanning tale of battles on alien worlds. With the Autobots in firm control of Cybertron, the Decepticons, though still a threat, were somewhat reduced as villains; new enemies in the form of the [[Quintesson]]s were introduced. Plots often centered on the ultra-powerful citybots, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Trypticon]].

Season 3 has a mixed reputation. It contains some of the most mistake-laden episodes of the entire franchise ("Five Faces of Darkness", "Carnage in C Minor", the introduction sequence at right) most of which can be laid at the feet of [[AKOM]]. But some of its episodes are among the best as well, both in animation and scripting; "Dark Awakening", "Chaos", "Webworld", and "Dweller in the Depths" are all heavy fan favorites.

Late in Season 3, as in Season 2, the forerunners of the 1987 toy line were introduced: the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], [[Technobots]], and [[Throttlebots]], and (very briefly) [[Slugfest]] and [[Overkill]]. The season concluded with the resurrection of Optimus Prime, spurred on by a massive campaign on the part of fans, who were displeased by his death and subsequent "evil" resurrection.
{{collist|2|
# [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]
# [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]
# [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3]]
# [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]
# [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]
# [[The Killing Jar]]
# [[Chaos (episode)|Chaos]]
# [[Dark Awakening]]
# [[Forever is a Long Time Coming]]
# [[Starscream's Ghost]]
# [[Thief in the Night]]
# [[Surprise Party]]
# [[Madman's Paradise]]
# [[Nightmare Planet]]
# [[Ghost in the Machine]]
# [[Webworld]]
# [[Carnage in C-Minor]]
# [[The Quintesson Journal]]
# [[The Ultimate Weapon]]
# [[The Big Broadcast of 2006]]
# [[Fight or Flee]]
# [[Dweller in the Depths]]
# [[Only Human]]
# [[Grimlock's New Brain]]
# [[Money is Everything]]
# [[Call of the Primitives]]
# [[The Face of the Nijika]]
# [[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]
# [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]
# [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]
}}

===Season 4===
[[Image:Bumblebee and Goldbug.jpg|right|thumb|200px|They kept making the toys? But weren't those like, the [[Action Master|ones that couldn't transform]] or something?]]

How the truncated Season 4 came about remains a mystery, though presumably the short version is that Hasbro pulled out its funding support. Whether anything further was ever planned is not known; see ''[[Misconceptions_and_urban_legends_about_Transformers#The_original_cartoon|Urban legends about Transformers]]'' for more.

As is, the "season" consisted of a single three-part episode, that somewhat hastily brought in thirty or so new Transformer characters as well as Nebulan partners for 22 of them, and attempted to provide a satisfactory conclusion to the series as a whole.

# [[The Rebirth, Part 1]]<br>
# [[The Rebirth, Part 2]]<br>
# [[The Rebirth, Part 3]]

==Japanese release==

With the success of Transformers proven by Hasbro, Takara elected to cut short their plans for a new [[Diaclone]] line in 1985 and import the Transformers toyline and cartoon instead. To play catch-up with Hasbro markets, Takara combined the first two years of toys and cartoon into one series, which was given the rather ostentatious title of '''"Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers"'''. Although two episodes out of these sixty-five were cut ("Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines"), an additional nine clip episodes were produced, bringing the total number of "Fight!" episodes to seventy-two. However, all of these additional episodes are summarized episodes ("the reviewing episodes") featuring segments from the first and the second seasons without any newly-created scenes.

The list of the summarized episodes in Japan:
:14. Birth! The Transformers
:55. The Endless Fight
:56. The Desperate Struggle on the Dinobot Island
:57. Devastator, the Giant Soldier
:58. The Desperate Struggle without an End
:69. The Biggest Crisis of Earth
:70. The Quest of Cybertonium
:71. Stunticons Versus Aerialbots
:72. The Rebellion of the Combaticons
:<small>''Note:'' The numbers are the airing order in Japan.</small>

In 1986, after the release of the [[Scramble City]] OVA (but not ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which was not released in Japan for several more years) the series was rebranded as '''"Transformers 2010"'''. All thirty episodes from the third season were dubbed for 2010, and two new clip episodes were produced, bringing the total to thirty-two.<ref>The number "2010" was originally added into the title in order to make the audiences feel more futuristic. However, the number "2010" eventually became the year when the story took place in.{{Fact|January, 2008}}</ref>

"The Rebirth" was not broadcast in Japan, in favor of producing brand new series to continue the story of the animated continuity, beginning with ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''. In later years, however, "Attack of the Autobots," "Day of the Machines," and "The Rebirth" were all released on laserdisc.

==DVD Releases==
===[[Kid Rhino]] (US)===
*'''Transformers First Season Collector's Edition'''
*'''Transformers Season 2 Part 1'''
*'''Transformers Season 2 Part 2'''
*'''Transformers Season 3 Part 1'''
*'''Transformers Season 3 Part 2/Season 4'''

===[[Madman Entertainment]] (Aus)===
*'''Transformers Collection 1 - Season 1'''
*'''Transformers Collection 2 - Season 2 Part 1'''
*'''Transformers Collection 3 - Season 2 Part 2'''
*'''Transformers Collection 4 - Season 3 Part 1'''
*'''Transformers Collection 5 - Season 3 Part 2'''
*'''Transformers Collection 6 - Season 4'''
*'''The Best of Transformers Generation 1'''
*'''Transformers Generation 1 - Complete Collection'''

===[[Maverick Entertainment]] (UK)===

*'''Transformers - Original Series, Vol 1''' (Season 1, episodes 9-13)
*'''Transformers - Original Series, Vol 2''' (Season 1, episodes 1-6)
*'''Transformers - Original Series, Vol 3''' (Season 1, episodes 7, 8, 14-16)
*'''Transformers - Complete Original Series''' (complete Season 1)
*'''Transformers - Five Faces of Darkness'''
*'''Transformers - The Rebirth'''

===[[Metrodome]] (UK)===

*'''Transformers - Season 1'''
*'''Transformers - Season 2 Part 1'''
*'''Transformers - Season 2 Part 2'''
*'''Transformers - Season 3 & Season 4'''
*'''Transformers - The Complete Generation 1 Collection'''
*'''Transformers - Generation 1 Bumper Special'''
*'''Transformers - The Classic Episodes'''

==Note==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Continuities]]
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Sound and Fury (episode)

2008-02-23T22:30:10Z

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[[Image:Soundw anim.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Beginning now: Operation Revolution. Beginning afterwards: Check local listings for episodes of [[Wikipedia:Ed, Edd n Eddy|Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]].]]
'''Sari's new musical toy robot seems to have an evil streak and the ability to control other machines, but Bulkhead is the only one who sees it.'''
==Synopsis==
[[Image:soundwave_shematics.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Naughty.]]
Bulkhead takes Sari toy shopping for her birthday (or "construction day" as he terms it), to purchase her something that makes the loud music she loves so much. The two of them are attacked by Professor Princess, who is on a crusade to destroy violent toys. They are able to defeat the bizarre villainess only after Sari uses the power of her Key to trigger a powerful sonic attack from the stereo systems in the toystore. Megatron, monitoring events via security cameras as usual, notices both the power of the Key and the frivolous ways in which Sari employs it. He designs a new robot for Sari, and tricks Dr. Sumdac into allowing him to produce it.

[[Image:animated_soundwave_cassette.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Masterpiece Soundwave sure is big.]]
Sari's birthday party isn't much fun: she has no real friends, the only attendees being the children of Sumdac Systems employees, who continue to be put off by her bad manners. When the Autobots arrive to help celebrate, the kids are quite happy to go play with the giant robots and leave the weird girl behind. Bulkhead tries to present Sari with his gift for her, a xylophone (''awwww!''), but Dr. Sumdac steps in first and gives her the "toy" designed by himself and Megatron: a responsive, interactive, dancing music-and-lightshow robot, known as Soundwave. It's hard for Bulkhead to compete with that. As days go on, Sari pays less attention to Bulkhead and far more to Soundwave. When, inevitably, she starts to grow bored with her new toy, she uses her Key on it. Each dosage of the Key's power unlocks new features on Soundwave, making his musical lightshow more involved and impressive, and even ''more'' fun than plain ol' Bulkhead and the Autobots.

This had been Megatron's plan all along. Soundwave's systems were designed to grow and evolve when exposed to the Key; eventually, Sari would unwittingly upgrade him into a suitable body for Megatron himself. Bulkhead begins to see signs of Soundwave's evolving nature—"did that thing just move by itself?"—but no one believes him. Megatron successfully uses Soundwave's weaponry and voice-cloaking systems to make both Sari and the Autobots think Bulkhead is erratic, jealous, and dishonest.

Soundwave's musical transmissions soon become powerful enough to control other Sumdac Systems automatons... which are pretty much everywhere. Megatron had not forseen this. Sari takes Soundwave and Tutor Bot to the park, where they have an impromptu concert, complete with garbagebots banging on their fellow garbagebots, and dancing humans (even Tutor Bot does a little dance). Bulkhead arrives, trying to convince Sari that something is wrong with Soundwave. However, as she turns her back to him, Soundwave activates a cannon and targets Sari. Bulkhead destroys Soundwave, forcing Sari to use the key to restore him, and he immediately starts up again. Megatron is convinced that Bulkhead is no longer a problem, and descides its time to take Soundwave for a test run.

[[Image:garbage_bot.JPG|left|150px|thumb|R-E-C-Y-C-L-E recycle!]]
But even Megatron himself is taken by surprise when, after sufficient doses of All Spark energy via the Key, Soundwave's mind grows fully self-aware and his body becomes enhanced with Cybertronian upgrades. Neither Megatron nor Sari can control Soundwave anymore. As he explores Detroit, he is puzzled and angry to see machines like himself forced into servitude for humans; he finds this illogical and believes it should be the other way around. Megatron reveals himself to Soundwave, rather straightforwardly telling him of the Decepticon goals of conquest and machine supremacy, the injustice of the key in Sari's possession, and their hatred for the treasonous Autobots who value organic life. Soundwave compels hundreds of smaller automatons to merge with him, constructing a new transforming body for himself and proclaiming himself to be a Decepticon. He commences "Operation Recruitment", using his sonic signals to turn all the automatons against both Autobots and humanity. The Autobots attempt to track down Soundwave, but they are overwhelmed by his minions and flustered by his ability to forge deceptive messages on their own communication systems. Bulkhead manages to come face-to-face with Soundwave, but even the largest Autobot is swatted down by Soundwave's concussive sonic attacks. Soundwave attempts to convince Bulkhead of the rightness of the machine cause and the inferiority of humanity, and orders him to destroy Sari. Bulkhead plays along for a few moments, but it's all a trick: as soon as he gets within range, he clobbers Soundwave, who shatters into thousands of tiny scraps of his automaton pieces.

[[Image:soundwave_ending.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Rise of the iPods.]]
The crisis averted, Bulkhead and Sari strengthen their friendship over some (quiet) music. Megatron fumes in disgust at their victory, swearing again to reconstruct himself. And far beneath the city, the last intact piece of Soundwave flickers back into activation....
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==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' Henry Gilroy
*'''Directed by:''' Ben Jones, Shunji Oga
*'''Original airdate:''' February 23, 2008

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
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! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (9)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] (10)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (2)
*[[Professor Princess]] (3)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (5)
|}

==Quotes==
"I am Soundwave! I am Decepticon! The revolution begins now!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Soundwave''' achieves sentience...and a new body.

"Good afternoon, Sari. Today's lesson is...the extinction of all humanity!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Tutor Bot''' prepares to kill Sari. All that abuse has finally caught up.

"We're coming to you live from downtown Detroit, where it appears that all the automatons have gone amuck...including my camerabot! AHHHHHH!<br>
:{{m-}}'''The Anchorman''' reporting{{m-}}and participating in{{m-}}the robot revolution.

"Split up! Bumblebee, you're with me. Prowl, you're with Ratchet. Bulkhead{{m-}}"<br>
"Yeah, yeah, I'm on my own. As usual."<br>
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s orders depress '''Bulkhead'''.

"The key's power will be worth his sacrifice when I get my servos on it...as soon as I HAVE servos."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' reflecting on the defeat of Soundwave.

==Other notes==
*Surprisingly, Soundwave's true form still transforms into a radio; his upgraded form turns into a Scion xB car.

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron wanted to use Soundwave as his own body; but in "[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]", Megatron makes clear that such a body would have to be built from [[destronium]], which he cannot acquire. Then again, Soundwave was very easily damaged by Bulkhead at all stages of his evolution; perhaps Megatron meant to use the permanent repair powers of the Key to make up for sub-par construction materials.

===Animation errors===
*When Megatron watches over Sari and Bulkhead after she has put the key into Soundwave, the key is still present around her neck.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:animated_kremzeek.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Please stand by as this annoying electric lifeform causes havoc with our machinery.]]
*[[Kremzeek]] is part of the "Please Stand By" image on a malfunctioning TV station.

*[[Daniel]] is one of Sari's "friends."

*At Sari's party, the pinata is a [[Megatron (BW)|purple ''Tyrannosaur'']]. Yess...

*When arguing against using the Key, Bulkhead brings up various diasters it has caused:
**The creation of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s and their subsequent rampage in "[[Blast from the Past]]".
**Adding the turbo-boosters to Bumblebee in "[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]".
**[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] draining the life from everything organic in "[[Along Came a Spider]]".

* Soundwave speaks in a similar heavily-processed robotic monotone as his [[Soundwave (G1)|Generation 1 predecessor.]]

* The appearances of the present box Soundwave arrives in and the remaining piece of Soundwave are based on the Generation 1 Soundwave's altmode, albeit in a teal and gold colorscheme instead of blue and silver.

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title is, of course, taken from a line in William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', but it probably signifies nothing.

*Professor Princess's mount, "Powdered Sugar", could have stepped right out of "My Little Pony." It's decapitation, meanwhile, seems to be a nod to a famous scene from the movie ''The Godfather''.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

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Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!

2008-02-13T15:37:28Z

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''Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger is the 3rd part of [[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]], a theatrical movie in Japan.''

[[Image:Majinzarak.jpg|thumb|'''FLY, YOU FOOLS]]

==Story==

Above the Planet [[Gaea]], where [[Lio Convoy]] and his [[Maximal|Maximals]] are fighting the [[Beast Wars]] against [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] and his [[Predacon|Predacons]], a strange ship appears. It disrupts a battle between the [[Jointron|Jointrons]] and the [[Seacon (BW)|Seacons]], crash-landing on the planet.

The ship was created long ago by a race of technologically-advanced creatures. Within the ship is a device that can control space-time and pluck living creatures from any point in history. Needless to say, Galvatron wants it pretty bad. Lio Convoy sends [[Lio Junior]] to protect the ship from the Predacons until reinforcements can arrive. However, due to his inexperience, he is trounced by [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] and [[BB|Max-B]]. The Predacons use the device to attempt to find find [[Megatron]] (see below), however, [[Megastorm]] bungles the wavelength calculations and instead they summon-forth [[Majin Zarak]], a titanic battleship Transformer from the past who is virtually indestructible. Galvatron is delighted, taunting Lio Junior that "thanks to you, we obtained a weapon superior to Megatron".

Wanting to make ammends and prove his maturity, Lio Junior combines with [[Santon]] and [[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]], forming [[Magnaboss II|Magnaboss]]. He valiantly fights the Predacons away from the ship and uses the very last of his power and strength to summon an alley with the time-space machine.

On the battle field, the Maximals are getting trashed by the might of Majin Zarak. However, Majin Zarak eventually tires of Galvatron's orders and the incompetence of the Predacons. He tosses them out, proving to have a sentient intelligence he hadn't displayed before. Majin Zarak goes wild and all hope seems lost.

[[Image:Lioconvoyinemminentdomain.jpg|left|thumb|310px|Superlifeform Teamup!]]

Then, suddenly, [[Optimus Primal]] appears. Everyone is surprised to see him, as the Maximals had thought Optimus Primal and his crew dead. Primal and Lio Convoy team-up and keep Majin Zarak occupied while the rest of the Maximals try to figure out his weakness. After a bit of research, they discover that the third eye on his forehead is where all his nerve-endings are clustered. The only way to defeat Majin Zarak is to strike there, and strike '''hard!'''

Optimus Primal and Lio Convoy use the power of their [[Energon Matrix|Energon Matrices]] to transform themselves into Flash Lio Convoy and Burning Convoy. They deliver a healthy bit of damage to Majin Zarak before unleashing the power of their Matrices and combine the energy into the "Double Matrix Blast". The powerful attack pierces Majin Zarak's eye, killing him on the spot.

The battle won, Lio Convoy and the Maximals ask Optimus Primal to stay with them. However, he declines as he wishes to continue fighting his own Beast Wars on prehistoric [[Earth]]. Optimus Primal returns home using the device on the space ship. After he leaves, the Maximals then destroy the machine so that it can never be used again.

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The Transformers: The Movie

2008-02-10T23:02:07Z

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{{disambig3|Transformers: The Movie}}

[[Image:Transformersanimatedfilmposter.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Featuring the deaths of all your favorite Transformers characters.]]

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'''''The Transformers: The Movie''''' is an animated feature film based on the original Transformers toyline. It was released in the United States on August 8, 1986.

Often referred to by fans simply as "the movie" or "TFTM", this film opens with characters who had been featured in the first two years of the toyline and associated media (cartoons, comic books, etc.), but quickly introduces new characters and kills many of the old ones to make room. In particular, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] are all destroyed during the course of the film.

The movie was a step up in almost every area from the television series, with a more sophisticated plot, more serious treatment of war and violence, a hugely ambitious scope and a greatly increased animation budget with well-known celebrities providing voice work. For these reasons the film remains very popular with children of the 1980s.

==Primary characters and cast==
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]...[[Peter Cullen]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]...[[Robert Stack]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]...[[Paul Eiding]]
*[[Hot Rod]]...[[Judd Nelson]]
*[[Kup]]...[[Lionel Stander]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]...[[John Moschitta Jr.]]
*[[Springer]]...[[Neil Ross]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]...[[Susan Blu]]
*[[Wreck-Gar]]...[[Eric Idle]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky]]...[[David Mendenhall]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]...[[Frank Welker]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]...[[Chris Latta]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]...[[Leonard Nimoy]]
*[[Unicron]]...[[Orson Welles]]

==Brief synopsis==

[[Image:Unicronplanet.jpg|left|thumb|That's no moon. It's a space station.]]

A [[Scale|planet-sized Transformer]] called [[Unicron]] who eats other planets is approaching [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As part of their continuing wars, the Autobots and Decepticons have a [[Battle of Autobot City|fierce battle]] on Earth which sees both Optimus Prime and Megatron mortally wounded. Prime passes the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Ultra Magnus and dies, and Megatron is transformed by Unicron into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (briefly) assumes leadership of the Decepticons, but is killed when Galvatron arrives at Cybertron. Galvatron then chases the surviving Autobots on Earth across space, splitting them up and taking the Matrix. The Autobots find their way back to each other, and follow Galvatron to Cybertron just as Unicron transforms into robot mode and begins to eat their world. Travelling inside Unicron, [[Hot Rod]] recovers the Matrix, transforms into Rodimus Prime, and uses the Matrix to destroy Unicron.

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==Full synopsis==

[[Image:Tftm1986a.jpg|right|thumb|I have a bad feeling about this.]]

In the first sequence of the film, a mechanical planet called [[Unicron]] is shown travelling through the depths of space, then approaching and destroying another metal planet which has robotic inhabitants, much like [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. During the attack, robots, vehicles, buildings, and even large chunks of rock float off the surface of the planet and spiral into the large "mouth" on Unicron.

The scene then transitions to Cybertron, and the narrator explains that it is the year 2005, and that the [[Decepticon]]s are now in control of the planet. The [[Autobot]]s are preparing to launch an assault to retake the planet from hidden bases on two of Cybertron's moons. The Autobots launch a [[Autobot shuttle|shuttle]] to pick up a final shipment of [[energon]] from [[Earth]] before they strike.

Plans for the attack are overheard by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who reports back to Megatron. The Decepticons attack the Autobot shuttle en route to Earth, wiping out its crew (including [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and the [[Brawn (G1)|guy in the picture up there]]). Using the Autobots' own shuttle, the Decepticons are able to get very close to the Autobots' base on Earth, [[Autobot City]], before they are detected, and begin a devastating surprise attack on the unprepared city.

[[Image:Tftm1986b.jpg|left|thumb|If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.]]

During the battle at Autobot City, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron suffer mortal injuries, and a number of other characters are also killed. Eventually the Decepticons retreat, but the damage suffered by the Autobots has been severe.

''For an extensive synopsis of the battle, see [[Battle of Autobot City]].''

Shortly after the battle, Prime lies on his deathbed. He passes the reins of leadership to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and gives him the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. (Though Hot Rod actually touches the Matrix before Magnus does.) Prime relates a prophecy: "One day, an Autobot shall rise from our ranks, and use the power of the Matrix to light our [[darkest hour]]." He then gives the oath, "[['Til all are one]]", and dies. This sequence of events is observed remotely by Unicron, who appears unusually concerned by the survival of the Matrix.

The Decepticons are making their escape aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], but are too heavy for him to get them all home under his own power. After putting the matter to a fair vote, the Decepticons decide to throw their injured members off the ship to better the chance of survival for the rest. One of the most severely injured Decepticons is Megatron. Starscream tosses him out and claims leadership of the Decepticon army.

Megatron and the other adrift Decepticons then encounter Unicron in interstellar space. Unicron offers to rebuild Megatron and his minions in exchange for their service. Megatron agrees, and is [[reformatting|reformatted]] into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The other Decepticons are turned into [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and the [[Sweep]]s. Unicron provides them with a [[Galvatron's ship|ship]], and sends them to kill Ultra Magnus and destroy the Matrix, stating that the Matrix is the only thing which can stand in his way.

[[Image:Tftm1986c.jpg|right|thumb|Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed.]]

Galvatron first stops at Cybertron to take his revenge by killing Starscream and reclaiming leadership of the Decepticons. Almost immediately afterwards, Unicron arrives in Cybertron's vicinity and devours at least two moons{{m-}}both of the Autobots' moon bases are destroyed. Under coercion by Unicron, Galvatron finally heads to Earth to kill Ultra Magnus, but Magnus and the other surviving Autobots flee in a pair of shuttles. Eventually Galvatron manages to cause one shuttle to crash on yet another metal planet ([[Quintessa]]), and detonates the other with a volley of missiles. However, the Autobots in the second shuttle escape unnoticed by separating the front portion of their shuttle just before impact.

The Autobots in the crashed shuttle, [[Hot Rod]], [[Kup]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, find themselves separated and in a hostile environment. Hot Rod and Kup are captured by a squad of [[Allicon]]s and taken before a [[Quintesson]] [[Quintesson judge|judge]] and his court. While being held there, they learn the name and nature of Unicron from [[Kranix]], a survivor of the planet destroyed in the opening of the film, which he calls [[Lithone]]. Meanwhile, the Dinobots encounter and befriend a young, wild Autobot named [[Wheelie]] who has been living alone on Quintessa. Together, they crash the trial just as Hot Rod and Kup are fighting losing odds against the Quintessons' [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. The tide is turned, and the Autobots commandeer a [[Quintesson ship]].

[[Image:Tftm1986d.jpg|left|thumb|What an incredible smell you've discovered!]]

The other group of Autobots has landed on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to make repairs, but are attacked yet again by Galvatron, who was tipped off to their survival by Unicron. During the battle, Ultra Magnus tries to open the Matrix to use its power, but is unable to do so, and instead is killed. Galvatron absconds the Matrix, taking it away to Unicron. The remaining Autobots{{m-}}[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Springer]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]]'s son [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]]{{m-}}are then ambushed by [[Junkion]]s, the eponymous natives of Junkion, who are also giant transforming robots. This battle is cut short, however, by the arrival of Hot Rod's group in their Quintesson ship. After exchanging the [[universal greeting]] they all make friends, and the Junkions restore Ultra Magnus to life. Together, the whole group travels to Cybertron to try to recover the Matrix.

Galvatron attempts to open the Matrix to use its power against Unicron, but is also unable to get it open. Unicron, not pleased with this attempted treachery, shocks Galvatron by transforming from a planet into a [[Scale|planet-sized robot]]. Unicron plucks Galvatron off his chest and swallows him, Matrix and all, and then begins attacking Cybertron itself. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] scrambles the Decepticon forces to defend the planet, but they are ineffective against so large an enemy. Shortly the Autobots arrive from Junkion, and fly the Quintesson ship straight through Unicron's eye. This impact destroys the ship, and the Autobots fall out inside Unicron. Hot Rod, separated from the others, eventually runs into Galvatron. During their fight, Hot Rod gets his hands on the Matrix and hears Optimus's voice speak the words, "Arise, Rodimus Prime." Hot Rod grows in stature, adopts a much sterner demeanor, and quickly dispatches Galvatron by tossing him through Unicron's hull out into space. He then opens the Matrix, which fills Unicron with light and begins destroying him.
[[Image:Tftm1986e.jpg|left|thumb|Use the Force, Luke.]]
In the meantime, the other Autobots inside Unicron have located some of their comrades from the moon bases who had been presumed dead, including [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and Daniel's father, Spike. The Autobots, including Rodimus, escape through Unicron's remaining eye just as he begins to fall apart and explode. The scene then immediately shifts to the surface of Cybertron, where{{m-}}for unclear reasons{{m-}}the Autobots seem to be in charge again. Rodimus predicts an era of peace and prosperity, and the film closes with a shot of Unicron's severed head still floating in orbit around Cybertron.

[['Til all are one]].

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==Significance in Transfandom==

''The Transformers: The Movie'' remains one of the most important elements of the entire Transformers brand, both within the fiction and from the perspective of the brand's popularity and "mindshare".

Fictionally, it established several story concepts that have been used repeatedly in the years since 1986, some of which{{m-}}such as Unicron and the Matrix{{m-}}are now central to the entire Transformers mythos. The movie is also the centerpiece of the most well-known Transformers continuity: the G1 animated universe. The G1 cartoon is split into "pre-movie" and "post-movie" sections which feature different characters and settings, and even somewhat different visual styles. (Most pre-movie episodes were animated by the studio [[Toei]], while most post-movie episodes were animated by [[AKOM]].)

On a practical note, it was widely available on videotape, and remained so long after the Generation 1 cartoon had gone off the air. Only a handful of series episodes were available on video, making ''The Transformers: The Movie'' the logical choice for someone looking to pick up a ''Transformers'' cartoon; this made it far more well-known among fans than any particular cartoon episode.

To an entire generation of young fans, the movie was the most visually spectacular and narratively epic ''Transformers'' experience of their entire youth. Events such as the death of Optimus Prime are widely reported to have reduced many kids to tears. It is hardly a surprise that these emotional experiences embedded themselves deeply in many fans' memories.

==Criticisms==
All this is not all to say that the movie is a "masterpiece", exactly. The film met with extremely harsh critical reviews on its release, and some of those criticisms still ring true today.

The film displays an arguably cynical attitude towards itself as [[To sell toys|a vehicle for advertising toys]], especially in the way beloved characters are killed{{m-}}sometimes gratuitously{{m-}}for sake of justifying the story's focus on a new group of toys. (Note that the poster at the top of this article features ''only'' new characters.)

Further, the two primary plot devices{{m-}}[[Unicron]] and the [[Matrix]]{{m-}}have no prior establishment in the fiction. Unicron is given no backstory or justification; he simply exists, and is very dangerous, and is afraid of the Matrix, all for no adequately explained reason. The introduction of the Matrix itself is a heavy [[retcon]]. The story asks the audience to accept that this cosmically powerful artifact has been in Prime's possession all along (even though an X-ray of Optimus Prime's innards in the second season episode "[[A Prime Problem]]" show absolutely no signs of said Matrix), but has somehow never been relevant before.

[[Image:Megatronlightsaber.jpg|right|thumb|Your powers are weak, old man!]]

The movie bears many similarities to ''[[Star Wars]]'': There are several character-parallels (Springer is a Han Solo-type and Arcee even has Princess Leia's hairdo!), the primary threat is similar (it's the Death Star... but it transforms!), and both feature a climactic battle where the young hero hears the voice of his wise mentor one last time before saving the day.

To be a bit more fair to ''The Transformers: The Movie'', however, most of these similarities are either superficial (Arcee's Leia-hair; Megatron's "lightsaber" he briefly uses in his duel against Optimus Prime) or can be seen as elements common to thousands of years worth of epic storytelling through human history, not just common to ''Star Wars''. As a simple example, the phenomenon of two charismatic leaders dealing each other mortal injuries in battle hearkens back to some versions of the "King Arthur" myth; in their final battle, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Arthur]] and his arch-enemy [[Megatron (G1)|Sir Mordred]] deal one another lethal injuries and both apparently expire -- though Arthur according to the legend will [[The Return of Optimus Prime|return]] when [[Cybertron (planet)|England's]] need [[darkest hour|is greatest]].

Though most likely coincidental, the movie also bears many similarities to the Marvel Comics ''Fantastic Four'' story "The Galactus Trilogy":

* The presence of an enormous world-devouring cosmic entity that threatens to destroy the heroes' home planet (Galactus/Unicron).

* The presence of a single item that is the only thing that can stop said cosmic entity (Ultimate Nullifier/Matrix of Leadership).

* The presence of a herald of said cosmic entity, who ultimately betrays the entity (Silver Surfer/Galvatron).

==Trivia and controversies==

This film was one of the last professional performances by [[Orson Welles]], if not the very last. According to production materials shown at [[BotCon 2000]] by Tim Finn, the voice recording sessions for ''The Transformers: The Movie'' were done on September 10 and 11 of 1985. Welles died on October 10 of that same year. It has often been speculated that Unicron's last line ("Destiny... you cannot destroy my destiny...!") was recorded by another actor{{m-}}possibly [[Leonard Nimoy|Nimoy]]{{m-}}because it sounds different than the other lines. This speculation has been quashed by statements by Transformers voice director [[Wally Burr]].[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/wally_burr_3.html]

The Dinobot [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] is mysteriously absent from almost the entire movie (maybe he was scared of getting killed off), even though the Dinobots as a group are featured prominently. It is unclear why this is the case, but one possible explanation is that copies of the script which have come into fans' hands repeatedly list the Dinobots but never make mention of Snarl by name. In fact, at one point the script refers to "the four Dinobots". Despite this, Snarl does appear in three very brief shots, although he has no lines and no action.

Also curiously absent are the 1985 Autobot cars and Mini-Vehicles, such as Inferno, Smokescreen, Cosmos, Warpath, etc. It would seem that these characters were available at the time of the movie:
* Perceptor and Blaster both debuted at the same time in the cartoon as the 1985 cars, and both play prominent roles in the movie.
* Grapple is seen ''very'' briefly during the battle for Autobot City.
* The 1985 Decepticons (Astrotrain, Dirge, etc.) appear in the film.
* Tracks, Red Alert and Smokescreen all appeared in storyboards but not the finished film.

With the exception of Starscream, Unicron, and possibly Shockwave, only the Autobots suffered causalities in the movie. All of the other "dead" Decepticons from the Autobot City battle were rebuilt into Galvatron's new troops, and although more Decepticons were shown taking heavy damage and suffering huge casualties while fighting Unicron, their identities and their condition are uncertain. Additionally, both Starscream and Unicron survived in the post-movie series in some form or another. Shockwave's death in the finished film is highly uncertain, although in the script it is fairly strongly implied. He does make some appearances in crowd shots in later cartoon episodes, but these may be examples of the fairly common animation errors in those episodes.

Originally, Ultra Magnus's "death sequence" on Junkion called for him to be lassoed and drawn and quartered by the Sweeps' energy beams, but this was deemed too graphic for audiences, hence the less disturbing "shot to death" sequence seen instead. There is evidence that the original sequence had been fully animated when the decision was made, however; the Sweeps still kept their solid energy lassos when they fire upon Mags, and Mags is seen visibly straining against what appears to be said lassos (edited out and replaced with laser fire) before exploding.

A number of other sequences were storyboarded but dropped, presumably without ever being animated. Most notable among these was a scene that would have shown the Autobots finally bringing down Devastator with a barrage of missiles (and the Constructicons subsequently shooting Red Alert in the back), and the Decepticons dogpiling Optimus Prime, explaining why he seems to be standing up just before his fight with Megatron.

In Hungary, the movie has two dubs. One of them is ancient and unprofessional, the other recent and more professional. The second and more disliked one has a reputation among the fans for including more profanities than the original version of the film. Although Spike's "Oh, shit!" line was cut, Ironhide, Galvatron and the Dinobots say terms akin to "assholes", "jerk", "stupid", "rotten", and "ass-wipes" (this one even twice, when referring to the Decepticons). Quite interesting, seeing as the dubs produced in that era have been known for freeing the movies of their swear words. These dubs are also infamous for using untranslated or incorrectly translated names, and random voice actors for random characters with random voice-pacing. These names include Unicornis (Unicron), Mega-robot (Devastator), Constructors (Constructicons), Deceptors (Decepticons), and Jettison (Astrotrain, probably derived and mis-interpreted from the line "Jettison some weight."). The DVD case has G.I. Joe pictures printed on it, as well as on the DVD itself. Spiffy. It's also worth noting that Bumblebee in the 2007 movie has the same voice he had in the second dub of ''The Transformers: The Movie''. Probably a coincidence, since that guy supplied half of the voices for the cast back then.

Rumors have occasionally circulated in the fandom of additional animated footage that was dropped from the film, such as ultra-violent battle scenes. No evidence has ever surfaced to back these claims; the only known edits are those [[#Formatting and Edits|listed below]].

See also [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#The Transformers: The Movie|Urban legends about ''The Transformers: The Movie'']].

==Animation Errors==
There are a few notable animation errors in the movie:
* When Ultra Magnus accepts the Matrix, he's seen inserting it into his chest twice, or at best readjusting its "fit". (Some fans have joked that Mags was forcing the Matrix inside him, as another sign that it had chosen Hot Rod as the new leader and rejected him.)
* Swoop's lower leg appears for a brief second during the Autobot City battle, long before the rest of him gets there.

* Not so much an error, but if you watch Sludge when he's haymaker'ed by Devastator, his eyes pop out of their sockets in Looney Tunes fashion.

* When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] sends [[Rumble (G1)|out]] [[Ratbat|his]] [[Frenzy (G1)|casette]] [[Ravage (G1)|troops]], [[FIBRIR|Rumble is the same color as Frenzy]].

* Sunstreaker appears with Huffer, Bluestreak and Kup when they observe Hot Rod firing on Ironhide's shuttle. Sunstreaker later appears as Optimus Prime's co-pilot when they arrive with the Dinobots, and is seen disembarking the shuttle along with Optimus Prime and Hound.

* Hot Rod has at least two totally different transformation schemes during the course of the film.

* When Hot Rod tells the Junkions the universal greeting, the Autobot insignia on his chest is coloured black.

== Continuity Errors ==

* Despite running out of energon goodies on Quintessa, Hot Rod has at least one to offer to the Junkions. Maybe he got some on the ship.

* So Ultra Magnus just happens to have a ready-made Matrix chamber installed in his chest cavity? Is this standard issue for all Autobots?

==Formatting and Edits==
[[Image:Tftm widescreenesque.jpg|thumb|300px|The widescreen picture (left) cuts the top and bottom off the fullscreen picture (right).]]
Although it was billed in some advertisements before its theatrical release as being "widescreen", the movie was in fact animated in a 4:3 (fullscreen) aspect ratio. For its theatrical screenings, the film was matted down in the projector by the projectionist to a 16:9 aspect ratio (widescreen), chopping the top and bottom off the picture, but all video transfers of the movie were done without mattes, meaning that there was actually more picture visible in the fullscreen video and DVD releases than there would have been in theaters. Across 2006 and 2007, new editions of the DVD of the film were released by Sony BMG and [[Metrodome]] which applied the mattes in order to replicate the original theatrical presentation of the film for the first time in home entertainment. Some fans, however, didn't realize that the film wasn't actually ''animated'' in widescreen, and, hearing that the DVD was to be in widescreen, expected to see the fullscreen image with additional footage at the sides, causing them to complain that the top and bottom were cut off, thereby totally missing the point.

Several English-language versions of the film exist, with the following differences in content from the American theatrical run:

* In some versions (notably the European version) the opening credits are replaced with a scrolling text ("''Star Wars'' style") which provides backstory.

* In some versions (notably the European version) the film ends with a narrator reassuring the audience that Optimus Prime will return.

* Instances of swearing in the film (there are two) were edited out; sometimes one, sometimes both. Those instances are: Spike yelling, "Oh shit, what are we gonna do now?" after the self-destructing Moon Base 2 fails to scratch Unicron, and Ultra Magnus growling, "Open, damn it, open!" while trying to open the Matrix to fend off Galvatron and the Sweeps on Junkion. The United Kingdom cinema version had the swearing included but, when it was released on VHS in the United Kingdom, Spike's line was cut. However it has been restored on all United Kingdo DVD releases.

*Instead of DEG, the Rank Film "gong man" appears before the film, as Rank were the United Kingdom distributors.

==Commercial Releases==

* The movie was originally released in North America on home video in 1987 by Family Home Entertainment, minus Spike's swear. Not long after, it was releasd in the UK by Video Gems. This version featured the opening text crawl and closing narration inherent to the UK version of the film. In Australia, the film was releaed on video by RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts. In Japan, Hillcrane released a Laserdisc version alongside a VHS copy.

* The Movie was released in Brazilian theaters almost simultaneously to the launch of the series on television. It was later released on home video on the late 80's but on a very small scale, which made it very hard to find on video stores. The movie was exhibited on television just once and received a new dub for this. [[Brazilian dubs for the Movie|Which dubbing is the best]] is a regular debate topic among Brazilian fans.

*The movie was realeased spottily in the 90s, beginning with a budget VHS by Avid Home Entertainment in 1991. Malofilm released a VHS in Canada in 1995, notable for being the first home entertainment version to include Spike's swear. In 1998, Japanese company Pioneer produced another pair of Laserdisc and VHS releases. In 1999, things kicked off when American company [[Kid Rhino]] secured the Transformers license and released the film on VHS once again.

*The 21st century's flirtation with ''The Transformers: The Movie'' started with a UK budget VHS release of that country's version by [[Maverick Entertainment]]. A Japanese company called CatCo followed this up with a VideoCD, and Malofilm{{m-}}now Seville{{m-}}were the first to release a DVD version of the film, though it was just a dump of their VHS version.

*In November 2000, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' got its first, full professional DVD release from Kid Rhino. This edition, labelled a "Special Collector's Edition", is the first to feature remastered video and audio, and several special features, including storyboards and an interview with [[Vince DiCola]]. Rhino concurrently released this version on VHS, sans extras.

*In 2001 in the UK, Maverick Entertainment released their own much-delayed DVD version of the film. It was the UK version of the film, but included Spike's swear. However, the release was burdened by badly interlaced video, though notably included the [[StarTV]] dub version of the ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky]]" as an extra. This version (including the ''Headmasters'' episode) was simultaneously released on VHS.

*The movie was released on DVD in Australia in 2003 by [[Madman Entertainment]], using the same video as the Maverick version, but distinguished by some nifty new cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], and special features not seen on other editions, such as [[The Touch]] music video and 80s TV spots.

[[Image:Tftm_uk_covers.jpg|right|thumb|The UK poster art (left) has been the most common DVD and VHS cover in its home country, but the Ultimate Edition featured new art by Andy Wildman (right).]]

*After acquiring the license to release ''Transformers'' DVDs in the UK, [[Metrodome]] focused on completing their run of series box sets before turning their attention to the movie properly, releasing only a cheap budget DVD of the UK version through Prism Leisure with no extras, and a UMD of the same version.

*In 2005, Metrodome released "Transformers: The Movie - Reconstructed", a new version of the film designed to expose as much of the animated picture as possible. This, however, only resulted in exposing the rough, unfinished edges of the animation, and an overly pale remaster was compounded by excessive interlacing due to an unnecessary NTSC to PAL transfer. This, coupled with a 5.1 remix from [[Magno Sound]], featuring the same extra sound effects that they added to Rhino's season box sets, made this release both controversial and disappointing to many. This was the first time that the US version of the movie was released in the UK, and the first to feature the US poster art as a cover (although a Silverscreen store exclusive version of the disc included a reversible cover with the UK poster art as well). Extras include trailers, TV spots, the character biographies from the Madman release, and a subtitled version of "[[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky]]".

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[[Image:Tftm_sony_covers.jpg|right|thumb|Sony's covers, by Don Figueroa.]]

*For the movie's 20th anniversary in 2006, new license holder [[Sony]] BMG released a two-disc special edition of the film, featuring both a high-quality widescreen remaster and the original fullscreen version, audio commentaries from crew and fans, several new featurettes interviewing those involved in the movie's production, storyboards, tv spots, American and Japanese commercials and more. Most notably, this version included the first Western release of "[[Scramble City]]", albeit silent and unsubtitled, featuring only audio commentary. This release featured two covers by Don Figueroa: one is of the '84-'85 cast that appear in the movie, and one is of the movie's new characters, available either as a lenticular hologram that switches between the two, or as a reversible sleeve with the images printed on either side.

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[[Image:Tftm_madman_covers.jpg|right|thumb|Madman's 2003 DVD cover (left), and their 2007 Special Edition cover (right).]]

*Delayed a bit to coincide with the hype for the 2007 [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]], Metrodome also released a two-disc "Ultimate Edition" with a different widescreen master. Like "Reconstructed", this version used the US edition of the film, but this time, the UK version was also included, in fullscreen, on the second disc. Extras include TV spots, commercials, the Madman biographies, storyboards, commentary, Scramble City (with audio and subtitles), featurettes with [[Flint Dille]] and [[Peter Cullen]], and more. The double-disc edition was sold in a steel case featuring new art by [[Andrew Wildman]], with the UK poster art adorning the standard case inside. Various store exclusives were available, including postcards from Play.Com, a reversible cover with the US poster art from HMV, art cards from Virgin Megastore and posters from Woolworths and Toys R Us. It was also available in an extra-less single-disc version. This version was premiered at the Mid Ulster Film Festival in Ireland which was the only cinema showing of the remastered version of the film to date.

*The film was released in Full HD 1080p on Blu-ray in the UK in October 2007. The Blu-ray is not region-locked, so it will play anywhere in the world. It features a 2.0 soundtrack, 5.1 Dolby Digital track, and a full bitrate DTS 5.1 track. The master used was the same used by Sony for their US DVD. The picture is quite stunning and the sound very good. Sadly, there are no extras on the DVD. The version of the film on the Blu-ray is the US one, complete with swear word.

*Madman produced their two-disc special edition through some collaboration with Metrodome, and consequently it features much of the same content, with additional extras taking the form of The Touch music video and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''. This release again features cover artwork by Don Figueroa, specifically the cover of [[IDW]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' adaptation.

==Comic Adaptations==
*[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel Comics)|A comic adaptation of the movie]] was published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986, concurrently with the movie's theater run. It was based off a non-finalized version of the script, and differs in many details from the final film. Additionally, most of the major character models (and possibly their unedited original character write-ups) appear in Issue #4 of the ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel Comics)|Transformers Universe]]'' series.

*A four-part adaptation was released in 2006/2007 by [[IDW Publishing]], as part of the film's 20th anniversary celebration. It was titled ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' to differentiate it from the [[Michael Bay]] [[Transformers (2007)|live-action film]]. Unlike its predecessor, it adheres rigidly to the script and plot of the finished movie.

==Soundtrack==
Released on Scotti Bros. Records, the soundtrack to the movie was made available in both vinyl LP (long-playing) record form and audio cassette. At an undetermined point in the 90's, it was released on CD as well (there are no new markings on the CD booklet or outer case to indicate when the CD was released).

*1. The Touch - [[Stan Bush]]
*2. Instruments Of Destruction - [[N.R.G.]]
*3. Death Of Optimus Prime - [[Vince DiCola]]
*4. Dare - Stan Bush
*5. Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way - [[Spectre General]]
*6. The Transformers (Theme) - [[Lion]]
*7. Escape - Vince DiCola
*8. Hunger - Spectre General
*9. Autobot/Decepticon Battle - Vince DiCola
*10. Dare To Be Stupid - [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]

In 1997, the newly-formed [[3H]] produced as a [[BotCon 1997]] [[exclusive]] a double-CD set called ''[['Til All Are One (CD)|'Til All Are One]]''. The second disc contains the all of the background score (by Vince DiCola) that was not on the original soundtrack, including several "alternate" pieces for scenes that used songs from the original soundtrack, plus "[[Legacy]]", the audition piece that got Vince the job. Other albums released by 3H which include music from the movie are ''BotCon 97: The Concert'', ''The Protoform Sessions'', ''Artistic Transformations'', and ''Lighting Their Darkest Hour: The Complete Music Score''. All of these 3H albums are long since sold out.

On May 29, 2007, Legacy Recordings re-released the soundtrack in a 20th Anniversary Edition containing the above tracks from the original 1986 release plus these additional tracks:

*11. Unicron Medley - Vince DiCola
*12. Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch - Vince DiCola
*13. Megatron Must Be Stopped (Parts 1 and 2) - Vince DiCola
*14. The Transformers Theme (Alternate) - Stan Bush and Vince DiCola

==External links==
* [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers.htm ''The Transformers: The Movie''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s box office domestic gross.]

* [http://www.tftm.net/ ''The Transformers: The Movie'' "Unofficial Fansite", an extremely thorough site about the movie maintained by CJ Stankiewicz]

* [http://www.wombatking.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=4 ''The Transformers: The Movie'' deleted storyboards]

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Transformers Encore

2008-01-16T15:10:20Z

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Talk:Transformers Encore

2008-01-16T00:40:10Z

Gspro15198: should we keep the release dates for toys?

should the dates the toys were released be kept in ? i find info like that really interesting and it is really helpful when trying to track them down [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 00:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Transformers Encore

2008-01-16T00:34:24Z

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'''Transformers Encore''' the latest series of [[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation One]] reissues to be released from [[Takara]]. The toys are packaged similarly to their G1-styled boxes, and the toys themselves are very close to the original releases. Six figures have been released so far, with four in the wings.

==='''List of Transformers Encore figures'''===

*01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]] (Optimus Prime)
*02 [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*03 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*04 [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*05 [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*06 [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*07 [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (to be released in February 2008)
*08 [[Jazz (G1)|Meister]] (Jazz) (to be released in March 2008)
*09 Mini-Bot 5-Pack ([[Bumblebee]], [[Powerglide]], [[Warpath]], [[Huffer]], and [[Cosmos]].) (May 2008)
*10 [[Omega Supreme]] (May 2008)

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Transform and Roll Out

2007-12-29T23:43:00Z

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{{episodenav|animated|1, 2, and 3|season=1|prev=|next=Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

'''Optimus Prime and his small crew of maintenance Autobots come into possession of the All Spark. This powerful Cybertronian artifact attracts the attention of the Autobots' long-forgotten enemies, the Decepticons, and sends them all crashing toward a strange, distant planet known as...''Earth.'''''

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

Outside, Bulkhead, dangling from a high rock by his wrecking ball (and becoming quite queasy in the process), is freed by Bumblebee, who also ends up taking a tumble. Bumblebee complains about the sheer amount of rocks blocking the space bridge node, and one is shattered unexpectedly by Prowl's throwing star. Prime gives his troops a speech about teamwork (which Prowl moans at theatrically), but at that point the space bridge lights up, sending rocks and Autobots flying. Fancy footwork by Optimus saves each of his teammates from the debris, and a well-aimed grappling line shuts down the bridge. With his subordinates stunned at their leader's skills, Prime is forced to admit he trained at Cybertron's military academy. Bumblebee's query as to what the hell he's doing on a nowhere maintenance assignment is left unanswered as they notice something glowing in the rubble.

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

Onboard the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]'', Ratchet finally reveals what they've found: the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]], the source of all Transformer life that was lost centuries ago. Optimus, worried about the oncoming Decepticon signal, contacts the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] for help. After taking a bit of snark from Sentinel Prime, Optimus reveals what they found, which shuts Sentinel up fast. He then puts the crew through to Ultra Magnus, who tells Optimus Prime to stay put while they send reinforcements... and not to worry about that Decepticon thing. Optimus, considering this to be a really stupid move, orders the crew to start booking it out of there.

This proves wise, as the signal is indeed a Decepticon ship, a command ship, in fact, carrying the Decepticons' leader Megatron and his most dangerous minions. Onboard, Starscream, Lugnut, Blackarachnia and Blitzwing bicker at each other until Megatron arrives, shutting them all up. The Decepticons chase the Autobot ship, and Starscream volunteers to board them. Megatron quickly shoots that idea down. Just before he leaves, Starscream wishes his commander "luck" with a pat on the back... affixing a bomb to Megatron in the process.

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

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

On a small farm, a young boy hears a thud, and runs to find something has landed in their field, and is shocked to find a robotic head staring lifelessly up at him.

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

Fifty years later, Detroit is a city of robots. Isaac Sumdac is talking to a public school class taking a tour of his facilities, which gets interrupted by Isaac's daughter Sari and her robot dog Sparkplug. As Sari is carted off to her lessons by a robot tutor, Isaac shows the schoolkids a nanotech lab... just in time to witness a roach infused with microbots grow out of control and start consuming everything in sight. Isaac tries to keep things calm, but the monster busts out of the lab...

===Part 2===
As the monster grows and destroys most of the factory, Captain Fanzone, the S.W.A.T team, the fire depatment, ambulances, and robot drones arrive. Fanzone destroys the beast, which leaks everywhere, then regrows, awakening the Autobots. Teletran 1 gives them earth forms and then the 'Bots help the humans by injecting one of Ratchet's inventions into the beast. Sari returns with Bumblebee, has her security key upgraded, then heals a wounded Prowl. The 'Bots take Sari home and are made heroes. They are even invited to a ceremony, but in outer space Starscream sees the Autobots' ceremony...

===Part 3===

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==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]], [[Minoru Yamaoka]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:''' December 26, 2007

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (6)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (7)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (8)
*[[Lugnut]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (10)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (11)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (13)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (14)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (15)
|}

==Quotes==
"Do you ever get the feeling that you were programmed for more than just repairing space bridges?"<br>
"I got a diagnostic program that will delete that feeling like a bad line of code."
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''''s hopes and dreams, crushed by '''Ratchet'''

'''Starscream''': Megatron is a fool who's been chasing a ghost for centuries! I seriously doubt we'll find this All Spark on board such an ''insignificant'' vessel.<br>
'''Lugnut''': ''Traitor!'' Megatron is wise! Megatron is bold! Megatron will return the Decepticons to Cyberton and...<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': ...And wipe our homeland clean of the stench of Autobot tyranny, blah-dee blah blah blah! Did you memorize that speech, Lugnut? Or is it just hardwired into that thick one-track processor of yours?<br>
'''Blitzwing''': As usual, Blackarachnia, your demeanor is as unpleasant as that accursed organic mode of yours.<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': Blow it out your actuator, three-face.<br>
'''Blitzwing''':[changes to angry face] Die name is Blitzving, insect! Remember it! 'Cause it's die ding you're gonna hear before I.... [changes to weird face] Express my feelings in song! Die itzy bitzy spider....<br>
''[Decepticons begin bickering]''

"What do you want now, Starscream?"<br>
''[Starscream attaches an explosive onto Megatron's back.]''<br>
"Only to wish you luck, my liege."<br>
"I do not believe... in ''luck''".<br>
''[Megatron transforms and leaves.]''<br>
"Neither... do I..."<br>
:—'''Megatron''' is arrogant, '''Starscream''' is treacherous

"'''Yes!'''...Right then. Solemn face, solemn face."
:—'''Starscream''' watches Megatron explode, then composes himself before going to tell the Decepticons he's their new leader.

'''Bulkhead''': Hi there, little creature. My name's Bulkhead. Did you lose your owner-bot?<br>
'''Sari''':...AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!<br>
'''Bumblebee''': AAAAHHH! That thing must be armed with some sort of high frequency sonic weapon!<br>
''[Sari runs off screaming]''<br>
'''Bulkhead''': I think it's scared. Don't worry, little creature! I'm not gonna hurt you!<br>
''[Sari is grabbed by the robot-slug]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': But that thing might!

"Hi, I'm Bumblebee!"<br>
"I'm Sari."<br>
"Oh, don't be, I like my name."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sari''' introduce themselves

"Uh... am I going to be able to ''breathe'' down there?"<br>
"Oh, sure! ...What's 'breathe'?"
:—'''Sari''' takes a trip underwater with '''Bumblebee'''

'''Optimus Prime''' [to Sari]: How did you get aboard this ship?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': It followed me home... can I keep it?<br>
'''Sari''': Hey, I'm not a "it", I'm a "she"!<br>
'''Optimus''': So, I suppose you have an explanation?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': Actually, I'm narrowing it down to my top five.<br>

"It's okay, they're friendly! Well, except for [[Ratchet (Animated)|the red and white one]], he's kinda grumpy! But other than that..."
:—'''Sari''' plays ambassador

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==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Spikecarlydanielanimated.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Twenty years later, and they're still overdressed.]]

*Footage from the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] episodes "[[War Dawn]]" and "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" is used as history tapes detailing the events of the first Great War, millions of years prior. [[Canon|IS IT CAN BE CANON NOW PLZ?]]

*Sari's robotic dog [[Sparkplug (Animated)|Sparkplug]] is likely named after either [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from G1, the Armada Mini-Con [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], or both.

*Characters resembling [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], [[Carly]], and [[Daniel Witwicky]] are seen at a hot dog stand, purchasing some sort of futuristic bunless wieners-on-a-stick.

*The ''Animated'' Autobots are [[Infiltration|not the first]] to use a starship parked at the bottom of one of the Great Lakes as their headquarters.

*When Optimus Prime dies, his body fades to grays, just as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] did in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

*Teletran 1 (spelled with only one "a" in this universe) dispatches a small satellite very similar to the [[Sky Spy]] satellite used on occasion by the Autobots in the ''Generation 1'' cartoon. The glowing energy "boxes" with which it scans vehicles for the Autobots to transform into are lifted wholesale out of "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*A refurbished Michigan Central Station makes an appearance as the site for the dedication of Detroit's rapid transit system. The real-life station (abandoned for decades) was featured in the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 live-action movie]].

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Transform and Roll Out

2007-12-29T17:04:20Z

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{{episodenav|animated|1, 2, and 3|season=1|prev=|next=Home is Where the Spark is}}

'''Optimus Prime and his small crew of maintenance Autobots come into possession of the All Spark. This powerful Cybertronian artifact attracts the attention of the Autobots' long-forgotten enemies, the Decepticons, and sends them all crashing toward a strange, distant planet known as...''Earth.'''''

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

Outside, Bulkhead, dangling from a high rock by his wrecking ball (and becoming quite queasy in the process), is freed by Bumblebee, who also ends up taking a tumble. Bumblebee complains about the sheer amount of rocks blocking the space bridge node, and one is shattered unexpectedly by Prowl's throwing star. Prime gives his troops a speech about teamwork (which Prowl moans at theatrically), but at that point the space bridge lights up, sending rocks and Autobots flying. Fancy footwork by Optimus saves each of his teammates from the debris, and a well-aimed grappling line shuts down the bridge. With his subordinates stunned at their leader's skills, Prime is forced to admit he trained at Cybertron's military academy. Bumblebee's query as to what the hell he's doing on a nowhere maintenance assignment is left unanswered as they notice something glowing in the rubble.

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

Onboard the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]'', Ratchet finally reveals what they've found: the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]], the source of all Transformer life that was lost centuries ago. Optimus, worried about the oncoming Decepticon signal, contacts the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] for help. After taking a bit of snark from Sentinel Prime, Optimus reveals what they found, which shuts Sentinel up fast. He then puts the crew through to Ultra Magnus, who tells Optimus Prime to stay put while they send reinforcements... and not to worry about that Decepticon thing. Optimus, considering this to be a really stupid move, orders the crew to start booking it out of there.

This proves wise, as the signal is indeed a Decepticon ship, a command ship, in fact, carrying the Decepticons' leader Megatron and his most dangerous minions. Onboard, Starscream, Lugnut, Blackarachnia and Blitzwing bicker at each other until Megatron arrives, shutting them all up. The Decepticons chase the Autobot ship, and Starscream volunteers to board them. Megatron quickly shoots that idea down. Just before he leaves, Starscream wishes his commander "luck" with a pat on the back... affixing a bomb to Megatron in the process.

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

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

On a small farm, a young boy hears a thud, and runs to find something has landed in their field, and is shocked to find a robotic head staring lifelessly up at him.

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

Fifty years later, Detroit is a city of robots. Isaac Sumdac is talking to a public school class taking a tour of his facilities, which gets interrupted by Isaac's daughter Sari and her robot dog Sparkplug. As Sari is carted off to her lessons by a robot tutor, Isaac shows the schoolkids a nanotech lab... just in time to witness a roach infused with microbots grow out of control and start consuming everything in sight. Isaac tries to keep things calm, but the monster busts out of the lab...

===Part 2===
As the monster grows and destroys most of the factory, Captain Fanzone, the S.W.A.T team, the fire depatment, ambulances, and robot drones arrive. Fanzone destroys the beast, which leaks everywhere, then regrows, awakening the Autobots. Teletraan 1 gives them earth forms and then the 'Bots help the humans by injecting one of Ratchet's inventions into the beast. Sari returns with Bumblebee, has her security key upgraded, then heals a wounded Prowl. The 'Bots take Sari home and are made heroes. They are even invited to a ceremony, but in outer space Starscream sees the Autobots' ceremony...

===Part 3===

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==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]], [[Minoru Yamaoka]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:''' December 26, 2007

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (6)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (7)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (8)
*[[Lugnut]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (10)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (11)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (13)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (14)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (15)
|}

==Quotes==
"Do you ever get the feeling that you were programmed for more than just repairing space bridges?"<br>
"I got a diagnostic program that will delete that feeling like a bad line of code."
:{{m-}}'''Optimus Prime''''s hopes and dreams, crushed by '''Ratchet'''

'''Starscream''': Megatron is a fool who's been chasing a ghost for centuries! I seriously doubt we'll find this All Spark on board such an ''insignificant'' vessel.<br>
'''Lugnut''': ''Traitor!'' Megatron is wise! Megatron is bold! Megatron will return the Decepticons to Cyberton and...<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': ...And wipe our homeland clean of the stench of Autobot tyranny, blah-dee blah blah blah! Did you memorize that speech, Lugnut? Or is it just hardwired into that thick one-track processor of yours?<br>
'''Blitzwing''': As usual, Blackarachnia, your demeanor is as unpleasant as that accursed organic mode of yours.<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': Blow it out your actuator, three-face.<br>
'''Blitzwing''':[changes to angry face] Die name is Blitzving, insect! Remember it! 'Cause it's die ding you're gonna hear before I.... [changes to weird face] Express my feelings in song! Die itzy bitzy spider....<br>
''[Decepticons begin bickering]''

"What do you want now, Starscream?"<br>
''[Starscream attaches an explosive onto Megatron's back.]''<br>
"Only to wish you luck, my liege."<br>
"I do not believe... in ''luck''".<br>
''[Megatron transforms and leaves.]''<br>
"Neither... do I..."<br>
:—'''Megatron''' is arrogant, '''Starscream''' is treacherous

"'''Yes!'''...Right then. Solemn face, solemn face."
:—'''Starscream''' watches Megatron explode, then composes himself before going to tell the Decepticons he's their new leader.

'''Bulkhead''': Hi there, little creature. My name's Bulkhead. Did you lose your owner-bot?<br>
'''Sari''':...AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!<br>
'''Bumblebee''': AAAAHHH! That thing must be armed with some sort of high frequency sonic weapon!<br>
''[Sari runs off screaming]''<br>
'''Bulkhead''': I think it's scared. Don't worry, little creature! I'm not gonna hurt you!<br>
''[Sari is grabbed by the robot-slug]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': But that thing might!

"Hi, I'm Bumblebee!"<br>
"I'm Sari."<br>
"Oh, don't be, I like my name."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sari''' introduce themselves

"Uh... am I going to be able to ''breathe'' down there?"<br>
"Oh, sure! ...What's 'breathe'?"
:—'''Sari''' takes a trip underwater with '''Bumblebee'''

'''Optimus Prime''' [to Sari]: How did you get aboard this ship?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': It followed me home... can I keep it?<br>
'''Sari''': Hey, I'm not a "it", I'm a "she"!<br>
'''Optimus''': So, I suppose you have an explanation?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': Actually, I'm narrowing it down to my top five.<br>

"It's okay, they're friendly! Well, except for [[Ratchet (Animated)|the red and white one]], he's kinda grumpy! But other than that..."
:—'''Sari''' plays ambassador

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==Other notes==

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Spikecarlydanielanimated.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Twenty years later, and they're still overdressed.]]

*Footage from the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] episodes "[[War Dawn]]" and "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" is used as history tapes detailing the events of the first Great War, millions of years prior. [[Canon|R BE CANON?]]

*Sari's robotic dog [[Sparkplug (Animated)|Sparkplug]] is likely named after either [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from G1, the Armada Mini-Con [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], or both.

*Characters resembling [[Spike Witwicky]], [[Carly]], and [[Daniel Witwicky]] are seen at a hot dog stand, purchasing some sort of futuristic bunless wieners-on-a-stick.

*The ''Animated'' Autobots are [[Infiltration|not the first]] to use a starship parked at the bottom of one of the Great Lakes as their headquarters.

*When Optimus Prime dies, his body fades to grays, just as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] did in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

*Teletran 1 takes the form of a small satellite to scan the Autobots vehicles much like in G1 episode 1.

*Teletran 1 is only spelled with one a and is voice acted by Tara Strong

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*A refurbished Michigan Central Station makes an appearance as the site for the dedication of Detroit's rapid transit system. The real-life station (abandoned for decades) was featured in the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 live-action movie]].

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Talk:Transform and Roll Out!

2007-12-29T16:50:01Z

Gspro15198: New page: in the credits there is only one A in Teletran 1 should that be reflected when talking about Animated Teletran 1?~~~~

in the credits there is only one A in Teletran 1 should that be reflected when talking about Animated Teletran 1?[[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 16:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Package art

2007-12-27T00:09:20Z

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{{picsneeded|Examples from pretty much every post-G1 line, and a back-of-box mural or two.}}

[[Image:Rollbar g1 boxart.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Card art for Rollbar, a Throttlebot from 1987.]]

Throughout the life of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]], '''package art''' has been one of it's most common elements. Though not as widely noted and celebrated as [[Tech Spec]]s, it is just as enduring and iconic to the brand. In the fandom, it is also referred to as '''box art''', though it also appears on carded toy packages.

''Transformers'' package art most often serves to portray the toy in the mode that it isn't packaged in. As most Transformers are sold in their non-robot forms, it typically shows them as robots (or whatever their equivalent primary mode is.)

===Generation 1===
[[Image:Thunderwingboxart.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And if you complain once more, you'll meet an army of me.]]

Every Transformer sold in ''Generation 1'' featured hand-painted artwork on the front of the package, most often showing the robot mode, with the vehicle form of the actual toy visible alongside it through a clear plastic window or bubble. A smaller version of the art was shown as part of the character's [[bio|biography]] and [[Tech Spec]] profile.

''Generation 1'' package art often provided a rather fictionalized version of the robot mode, showing the character in poses that were utterly impossible with the limited articulation of most ''Generation 1'' toys. The lower the posability, the greater the exaggeration tended to be; thus, the Throttlebots and Battlechargers were shown with jointed arms, separate legs and feet, and poseable heads, when the toys lacked all these features.

With the advent of the multiple-form [[Pretender]]s, package art began to feature several modes, often the outer shell and both modes of the inner robot. As the more complicated Pretender schemes came along, this resulted in some rather crowded package art.

Another exception to the rule was the Clones, sold packaged in their identical robot modes, with artwork of their different alternate modes alongside them.

[[Image:G1 boxart at botcon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|When I win the lottery, this is where I'm going.]]

Much of the late-run ''Generation 1'' package art was the work of Japanese illustrator [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]], whose work brought a dynamic and appealing style to the often blocky and simplistic toys.

A number of the original ''Generation 1'' paintings have appeared for sale at recent [[BotCon]]s, at asking prices starting at $650 and ranging up to several thousand dollars.
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====Back of the Box Art====
For the first five years, the boxed toys of ''Generation 1'' also featured hand-painted, mural-like artwork depicting that year's toyline engaged in battle.

Compared to the fiction which developed around the toys, these paintings often feature some rather surreal elements. Multiples of the same character are shown (possibly a result of the ''Transformers'' toys' origin as piloted mecha), and cars are seen to fly through space. Occasional off-model characters appear as well, such as a red Tracks or a strange-looking Broadside.

The original 1984 painting showed the Transformers battling in deep space. In 1985, they were shown in Earth orbit, with the planet sustaining some massive damage below them. In 1986, they were on the barren surface of a planet. The 1987 battle was once again in deep space, with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Scorponok as the clear centerpieces; 1988 was likewise in deep space.

With the proliferation of [[Micromaster]] bases in 1990, the standard back-of-box art was replaced with a series of rather crude and cartoonish hand-drawn scenes, each showing several of the bases and their owners engaged in combat.

===Generation 2===

''Generation 2'' featured a combination of retouched ''Generation 1'' (obviously for the repainted or retooled ''Generation 1'' toys) and all-new artwork to accompany the new toys. This new artwork was closer in resemblance to the artwork seen in the last years of ''Generation 1'' than the early art.

===Beast Wars===
''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' continued the painted-art standard of ''Generation 1'', though the artwork tended to exaggerate the beastly qualities of the robot modes. Occasional use of the mutant head feature on the early Beast Wars toys sometimes led to some strange results.

===Beast Machines===
The ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline was the first to break with the tradition established by ''Generation 1''. Most packages featured the CGI-rendered robot mode of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], rather than the character whose toy was being sold. The primary exceptions to this were other characters featured in the ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' show, whose CGI models were shown on their respective packages.

===Robots in Disguise===
''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' restored individual character portrayals to the front of packages... but these were simply computer-enhanced photographs of the actual toys within, often transformed to varying degrees of accuracy.

===Armada===
With the new ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toyline and franchise continuity, Hasbro's ''Transformers'' packaging returned to hand-drawn character art for the first time since the end of ''Beast Wars''. Drawn by artists from [[Dreamwave Productions]], this art followed a comic book style with modern Photoshop colouring, rather than the hand-painted work of ''Generation 1''.

This art was also reproduced onto a collectable sticker that was included with all ''Armada'' toys from the Supercon size class and upwards.

*The Mini-Con class toys featured a single piece of artwork of one of the Mini-Con team members on the insert tray card
*The Supercon class toys did not feature artwork directly on the packaging card itself, instead opting to display the collector sticker in the packaging bubble.
*Maxcon, Gigacon, Super Base and Supreme class toys all featured art directly printed onto the packaging.

===Commemorative Reissues===
The ''Generation 1'' Commemorative Reissue series featured a wide range of previously seen art such as the original 1980s packaging art to the ''Transformers Collection'' reissue artwork by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]. Additionally, all-new art by Dreamwave artist/president [[Pat Lee]] was commissioned for several of the later reissues.

===Universe===
''[[Universe (toyline)|Universe]]'' packaging art were mostly by the Dreamwave affiliated artists, but while the pencilling was of the same general quality and style of the mainline art, the colouring was often much flatter and lacking in depth. Additionally, some toys featured artwork by Hasbro's in-house artists attempting to emulate the then-popular Dreamwave style, to extremely varied results.

===Energon===
The ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' toyline featured the same style of comic artwork first seen in the ''Armada'' line, this time featuring all of the characters included in a toy package where possible (for example, an entire Mini-Con team as opposed to just a single member as seen during ''Armada''). Once again, artists affiliated with Dreamwave Productions provided the artwork.

===Alternators===
The ''[[Alternators]]'' toyline originally featured the same style of full-body artwork seen in the other ''Transformers'' toylines at the time, once again by various Dreamwave artists. However, when the packaging style switched to the large plastic bubble/cardboard tray configuration in late 2005, the packaging art style was changed to emulate the focused upper torso style see in the ''Cybertron'' toyline, though the art was coloured more closely to the comic book style.

===Cybertron===
''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'s'' packaging artwork headed in a dramatically different direction to the previous years, dropping the comic book style in favour of focusing on the upper torso of the character while they were in a 'ready to fight' pose, similar to the advertising posters of boxing matches. The artwork was drawn mostly by now-freelance ex-Dreamwave artists, and coloured in a style passably similar to the painted ''Generation 1/Generation 2'' art.

===Classics===
Similarly to ''Robots in Disguise'', the ''[[Classics]]'' toyline was created as a 'filler' line, to plug the gap between the end of ''Cybertron'' and the beginning of the 2007 live action movie toyline. As such, Hasbro once again returned to using photographs of the toys instead of actual drawn artwork.

===Transformers (2007)===
Toys from the [[Movie (toyline)|2007 movie toyline]] feature a computer-rendered headshot of the character. In Europe, this art was replaced by a photo of the toy in robot mode that was also used on the rear of the packaging.

===Europe===
European packaging featured the same box artwork as the toys' respective North American versions (and, in the case of the European exclusive toys from the early Nineties, its own unique artwork). However, during the last waves of Energon (specifically, beginning with the second wave of the Superion Maximus limbs), the box artwork was replaced by photos of the toys themselves on European packaging. The same happened with the [[Alternators (toyline)|Alternators]] packaging starting with Windcharger and Swindle. Ever since then, European Transformers packaging has omitted any artistic renditions of the toys in favor of strictly accurate depictions of the products themselves (at least as "accurate" as Hasbro's early hand-painted/airbrushed prototype stock photography can be).

==External links==
*[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/ Botch's Transformers Box Art Archive]

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User talk:Interrobang

2007-12-18T23:25:30Z

Gspro15198:

===Fucking up the characters categories===
Cut it out! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

===Megatron (BW)===
Hey, Interrobang, you've written the entire ''Beast Wars'' fiction section in present tense. It should be in past tense. Couldja please fix it? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

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Sorry if I wasn't aware of this, but has there been a discussion about making a "''series'' Character" category and putting all the characters into it?
Also, the Classics category does not belong in the Generation 1 category. The Classics Mini-cons aren't from G1, nor is Leo Prime. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

:Every new iteration of G1 has added unique characters. In DreamwaveG1, we got [[Fallen|the Fallen]], [[Gravitas]] and the other ancients, [[Backbite]] and his assassin team, etc. The IDW comics have given us a bunch of new humans and even a [[Calabi-Yau|named spaceship]]. ''Classics'' is likewise a G1 continuity because of its core cast and overall theme. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]]

::I ''think'' I read in some report out of BotCon that the Classics Mini-Cons are going to be considered part of a G1 universe. Can anyone confirm that? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 17:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::: I can. Forrest Lee stated the Classics Mini-Cons ARE, fictionally, part of the Classics "neo-G1" universe. Which I wholeheartedly approve of. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::::My first reaction was, "WHAT fiction?" But then it occurred to me that the ''Classics'' line has already seeped into the IDW-G1 universe via Jetfire. How much crossover can happen before we consider them one and the same (well, as one-and-the-same as, say, DW-Energon and the Energon toys)?
:::::Doubt that'll happen. At the fan club magazine panel, [[Forest Lee]] said that next year's fan club newsletter comic storyline was probably going to use the Classics in a post-Marvel Comics universe. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::::::Serious? Oh, rock ''on.'' - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 20:10, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::::::Actually, I wonder how that'll square with their apparent plan to keep annually releasing the clear Energon combiner figures. Maybe those characters will jump out of the UT dimension and into the Marvel comic universe? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 21:57, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

:::::::They will. Skyfall and Landquake will be taking center stage, and presumably combiner #3 will have ended up in G1-land, #4 in post-movie-land, etc. Also, Unicron is now a focal point of the comic too, so there you go. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: [[Packrat]], [[Fractyl]], etc.: At what point does "speculation" become unsuitable for this Wiki when we're dealing with a storyline that can't be explained without severe untangling and hole-filling? Is it a matter of phrasing or italicizing? The bits you deleted weren't random, Neale-style "apocrypha." Those characters are on the outskirts of a major time-travel storyline that ends with an entire timeline being negated, canonically. And there are good reasons to think that their BW adventures went "poof" along with the rest. (See Derik and my discussion on [[Vice Grip]].) No, it's not a NECESSARY conclusion, nor did I suggest that it was. But it's a strong enough possibility that I think we do the Wiki a disservice if it's not mentioned. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 08:36, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, but you could have said it in under 20 words. '''And''' your time-altering explanation doesnt' fit the sequence of events. '''And'''... this is really more appropriate as a general entry on the main 3h Fiction page, nothign that their 'extra characters' fit badly aroudn the edges of the universe. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

The french version of firefox is not that helpfull on that matter. Sorry, I'll try to be more carefuul.

==Recent==
Sorry, I think I accidentally picked that up from whoever's line I edited on the Floro page. I'll go catch them all.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 04:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

==Re:Bulkhead edit==
"J'wan"? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 07:10, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

=="Reverted on general principle"==
The guy's being obnoxious, but his edit has merit. I think he's just a little too young. I undid your edit in the process of trying to clean up the matter. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 07:49, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

== Keywords ==

Please don't orphan pages by deleting sections you find aesthetically displeasing.

If you want to remove those sections then, ''at minimum'', it falls to you to to link those orphaned articles up. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

== Personal attacks in edit summaries ==

"Are you sure you don't have Asperger's?"

That was REALLY uncalled-for. --[[User:TVsGrady|TVsGrady]] 23:22, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

==Comic article titles==
I wish you would wait on moving a bunch of comic issue articles until we come to a desicion about what scheme to go with site-wide. It's being [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Comic Issues Naming Convention|slowly discussed on the community portal]]. I agree that we should be consistent, but I do not like the parantheses scheme you are moving things to. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 19:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

==Beast Wars timeline==
Hello, I've start a article [[Beast Era timeline|here]] by using some temporary file I write before, maybe you can help with that! ;D --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 04:47, 05 November 2007 (UTC)

== Graphy ==

Why would you capitalize the name of a dinosaur type? We don't capitalize the names of other animals in mid-sentence. (Okay, except weird ones that involve people's names, like a Thompson's gazelle, but still...)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Popular alt-modes==

Yeah, I honestly made that edit (Overkill) expecting it would get reverted. For some reason I considered that the best method by which to point out what seemed to be the confusion. The anon seemed unaware of the Classics version from the customizing class, so his stance seemed to be based solely around the tape body. So I thought I'd point out the confusion.

Maybe we *should* specify bodies on the list, though, given this confusion? It may or may not be practical, and it also may or may not even be warranted. This is only the first time there's been a mistake, to my knowledge, so I'm not really going to push the issue hard. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 18:17, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
:I dunno. We could do that if it came down to it, but so far, it's just one anon. If it's a recurring problem with other people, that's an option. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 18:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

==Quotes==
Uh, not to make all your work seem useless, but wouldn't it just be easier to have the quotation marks appear within the template and get it down with all at once rather than do it one article at a time? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:42, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
:I think I've noted him inserting italics formatting here and there, so the quotes aren't 100% universal to the needs of the template.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

==Category changes==
Hey, Interrobang -- I wish you wouldn't make such sweeping category changes without posting a notice to the relevant talk page first, just to double-check things. For example, the discussion in [[Category talk:Siblings]] sort of went in a "let's have a general category for all relatives" direction without quite reaching consensus. Now that the siblings category is empty, it will be a lot more work to fill up a "has relatives" category if/when we make one, because we'll have to "rediscover" all the sibling articles. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
:Well, the discussion had been lingering around for ''19 months''. I assumed nobody particularly cared about the thing anymore. If you need the sibling articles, you can just look in my "User contributions". My editing sprees are mostly unbroken. [[User:Interrobang|—‽]] 00:44, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

== your fucked up signature ==

Could you change your signature so it actually includes your user name? I like being able to see who made a comment without having to see the destination of the link.

Either way, I shall now call you "The Editor Formerly Known As Interrobang" --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 00:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:No problem! [[User:Interrobang|—"‽" is an Interrobang]] 01:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

:way to not know an interrobang when you see one. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

::The Japanese must never learn of this. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::It ''does'' have the feeling of something the Japanese would latch on to without realizing it's barely known in English, doesn't it? (Though strange Hydra kept removing interrobangs when I put them in his article titles...) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I like "‽," it's all clever 'n stuff. Does it work on macs? A lot of extended character-set stuff doesn't. (You could use <span title="Interrobang"> for a mouseover- but I suspect some users just want it to be readable.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

It does work on a Mac but that does not take away from the total uselessness of the name... it didn't work for Prince and it doesn't work here either [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]] 23:25, 18 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

User talk:Interrobang

2007-12-18T23:24:33Z

Gspro15198:

===Fucking up the characters categories===
Cut it out! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

===Megatron (BW)===
Hey, Interrobang, you've written the entire ''Beast Wars'' fiction section in present tense. It should be in past tense. Couldja please fix it? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

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Sorry if I wasn't aware of this, but has there been a discussion about making a "''series'' Character" category and putting all the characters into it?
Also, the Classics category does not belong in the Generation 1 category. The Classics Mini-cons aren't from G1, nor is Leo Prime. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

:Every new iteration of G1 has added unique characters. In DreamwaveG1, we got [[Fallen|the Fallen]], [[Gravitas]] and the other ancients, [[Backbite]] and his assassin team, etc. The IDW comics have given us a bunch of new humans and even a [[Calabi-Yau|named spaceship]]. ''Classics'' is likewise a G1 continuity because of its core cast and overall theme. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]]

::I ''think'' I read in some report out of BotCon that the Classics Mini-Cons are going to be considered part of a G1 universe. Can anyone confirm that? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 17:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::: I can. Forrest Lee stated the Classics Mini-Cons ARE, fictionally, part of the Classics "neo-G1" universe. Which I wholeheartedly approve of. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::::My first reaction was, "WHAT fiction?" But then it occurred to me that the ''Classics'' line has already seeped into the IDW-G1 universe via Jetfire. How much crossover can happen before we consider them one and the same (well, as one-and-the-same as, say, DW-Energon and the Energon toys)?
:::::Doubt that'll happen. At the fan club magazine panel, [[Forest Lee]] said that next year's fan club newsletter comic storyline was probably going to use the Classics in a post-Marvel Comics universe. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::::::Serious? Oh, rock ''on.'' - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 20:10, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

::::::Actually, I wonder how that'll square with their apparent plan to keep annually releasing the clear Energon combiner figures. Maybe those characters will jump out of the UT dimension and into the Marvel comic universe? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 21:57, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

:::::::They will. Skyfall and Landquake will be taking center stage, and presumably combiner #3 will have ended up in G1-land, #4 in post-movie-land, etc. Also, Unicron is now a focal point of the comic too, so there you go. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: [[Packrat]], [[Fractyl]], etc.: At what point does "speculation" become unsuitable for this Wiki when we're dealing with a storyline that can't be explained without severe untangling and hole-filling? Is it a matter of phrasing or italicizing? The bits you deleted weren't random, Neale-style "apocrypha." Those characters are on the outskirts of a major time-travel storyline that ends with an entire timeline being negated, canonically. And there are good reasons to think that their BW adventures went "poof" along with the rest. (See Derik and my discussion on [[Vice Grip]].) No, it's not a NECESSARY conclusion, nor did I suggest that it was. But it's a strong enough possibility that I think we do the Wiki a disservice if it's not mentioned. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 08:36, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
:Yeah, but you could have said it in under 20 words. '''And''' your time-altering explanation doesnt' fit the sequence of events. '''And'''... this is really more appropriate as a general entry on the main 3h Fiction page, nothign that their 'extra characters' fit badly aroudn the edges of the universe. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

The french version of firefox is not that helpfull on that matter. Sorry, I'll try to be more carefuul.

==Recent==
Sorry, I think I accidentally picked that up from whoever's line I edited on the Floro page. I'll go catch them all.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 04:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

==Re:Bulkhead edit==
"J'wan"? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 07:10, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

=="Reverted on general principle"==
The guy's being obnoxious, but his edit has merit. I think he's just a little too young. I undid your edit in the process of trying to clean up the matter. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 07:49, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

== Keywords ==

Please don't orphan pages by deleting sections you find aesthetically displeasing.

If you want to remove those sections then, ''at minimum'', it falls to you to to link those orphaned articles up. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

== Personal attacks in edit summaries ==

"Are you sure you don't have Asperger's?"

That was REALLY uncalled-for. --[[User:TVsGrady|TVsGrady]] 23:22, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

==Comic article titles==
I wish you would wait on moving a bunch of comic issue articles until we come to a desicion about what scheme to go with site-wide. It's being [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Comic Issues Naming Convention|slowly discussed on the community portal]]. I agree that we should be consistent, but I do not like the parantheses scheme you are moving things to. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 19:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

==Beast Wars timeline==
Hello, I've start a article [[Beast Era timeline|here]] by using some temporary file I write before, maybe you can help with that! ;D --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 04:47, 05 November 2007 (UTC)

== Graphy ==

Why would you capitalize the name of a dinosaur type? We don't capitalize the names of other animals in mid-sentence. (Okay, except weird ones that involve people's names, like a Thompson's gazelle, but still...)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

==Popular alt-modes==

Yeah, I honestly made that edit (Overkill) expecting it would get reverted. For some reason I considered that the best method by which to point out what seemed to be the confusion. The anon seemed unaware of the Classics version from the customizing class, so his stance seemed to be based solely around the tape body. So I thought I'd point out the confusion.

Maybe we *should* specify bodies on the list, though, given this confusion? It may or may not be practical, and it also may or may not even be warranted. This is only the first time there's been a mistake, to my knowledge, so I'm not really going to push the issue hard. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 18:17, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
:I dunno. We could do that if it came down to it, but so far, it's just one anon. If it's a recurring problem with other people, that's an option. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 18:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

==Quotes==
Uh, not to make all your work seem useless, but wouldn't it just be easier to have the quotation marks appear within the template and get it down with all at once rather than do it one article at a time? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:42, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
:I think I've noted him inserting italics formatting here and there, so the quotes aren't 100% universal to the needs of the template.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

==Category changes==
Hey, Interrobang -- I wish you wouldn't make such sweeping category changes without posting a notice to the relevant talk page first, just to double-check things. For example, the discussion in [[Category talk:Siblings]] sort of went in a "let's have a general category for all relatives" direction without quite reaching consensus. Now that the siblings category is empty, it will be a lot more work to fill up a "has relatives" category if/when we make one, because we'll have to "rediscover" all the sibling articles. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
:Well, the discussion had been lingering around for ''19 months''. I assumed nobody particularly cared about the thing anymore. If you need the sibling articles, you can just look in my "User contributions". My editing sprees are mostly unbroken. [[User:Interrobang|—‽]] 00:44, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

== your fucked up signature ==

Could you change your signature so it actually includes your user name? I like being able to see who made a comment without having to see the destination of the link.

Either way, I shall now call you "The Editor Formerly Known As Interrobang" --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 00:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:No problem! [[User:Interrobang|—"‽" is an Interrobang]] 01:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

:way to not know an interrobang when you see one. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

::The Japanese must never learn of this. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
:::It ''does'' have the feeling of something the Japanese would latch on to without realizing it's barely known in English, doesn't it? (Though strange Hydra kept removing interrobangs when I put them in his article titles...) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I like "‽," it's all clever 'n stuff. Does it work on macs? A lot of extended character-set stuff doesn't. (You could use <span title="Interrobang"> for a mouseover- but I suspect some users just want it to be readable.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
It does work on a Mac but that does not take away from the total uselessness of the name... it didn't work for Prince and it doesn't work here either [[User:Gspro15198|Gspro15198]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

The Weak Component

2007-11-11T22:21:43Z

Gspro15198:

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |06 |prev= Forbidden Fruit |next=Revelations Part I: Discovery}}
'''Writers:''' Rodney Gibbs

Frustrated by his inability to transform, and ashamed of his uselessness, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] makes a deal with the devil.

[[Image:Rattrap-bm-withmegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|My shoulder angel!]]

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Rattrap]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Blackarachnia]], [[Tankor]], [[Nightscream]], [[Cheetor]], [[Megatron]], [[Thrust]]

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Aero Drones]], [[Tank Drones]], [[Bike Drones]], [[Diagnostic Drone]]

'''Original Air Date:''' October 23, 1999

==Summary==
Optimus Primal, still exhausted after Nightscream recent reformatting, awakens from a dream and is informed by Blackarachnia that Rattrap is on a recon mission with Cheetor and Rattrap.
Rattrap, Nightscream and Cheetor are being attacked by Aero Drones and Tank Drones, since Rattrap still is unable to transform Cheetor orders him go and download the data from the computers. All this takes place with Megatron watching, a Diagnostic Drone warns Megatron that the DNA purge is still in its experimental stage, this is going to eliminate Megatron’s beast mode but Megatron wants to go ahead with the treatment before the maximals discover another “mongral beast”.

Back with Cheetor fighting of bike drones Nightscream uses his Sonic powers and discovers that if they attack Thrust the drones stop operating, this theory is put to the test with Tankor.
Rattrap observing from the computer above transforms successfully, and being eager to help, swings into action as Nightscream and Cheetor are attempting to disable Tankor and Jetstorm. This causes the machinery to start operating and building more Tank Drones at a faster and faster rate. Rattrap realises his Robot form is unarmed so he is unable to help in the battle.

Megatron seeing this decides to take control of all the Drones himself. Rattrap in an attempt to stop the manufacture of the drones links himself into the main computer only to be a sitting target for an attack by some Megatron controlled Aero Drones. The resulting feedback travels along the power cables and causes a system failure and the total destruction of the manufacturing plant and a power cut for the whole sector.
On their way back to their base Cheetor and Nightscream harshly reprimand Rattrap for not following orders, Rattrap is complaining to a sleeping Optimus Primal about his robot mode where the others appear. Cheetor knocks Rattrap to the ground ordering him to transform to beast mode, this jolt to Rattraps system causes him to realise Megatron is weak as he replays vital stats he downloaded earlier.
Rattrap overhears Blackarachnia, Cheetor and Nightscream discussing what to do with him and how he is such a burden with his useless robot mode so he leaves the base.

Megatron is being told the extent of the damage caused by the feedback earlier. Rattrap turns up to work a deal saying he wants to be installed with “noisemakers” Megatron and Rattrap work out a deal which involves Rattrap defending Megatron for one night when he is at his weakest if anything happens to Megatron, Rattrap forfits his weaponery.
Cheetor, Nightscream and Blackarachnia arrive to rescue Rattrap so Rattrap has to honour his word with Megatron and attacks his friends. While this is happening Megatron returns to full strength, Optimus Primal arrives still exhausted and asks Rattrap to look inside himself, as he is stronger than everyone knows.

Megatron asks Rattrap to to attack Optimus Primal but Rattrap reiterates the terms of the deal and informs Megatron the solar cycle is over and for Megatron to keep his end of the deal, which he does. The Maximals leave while Megatron vowes to his Diagnostic Drone that they shall Liberate the Maximal’s sparks another day.

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==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

{{-}}
===Continuity Errors===
*Error

{{-}}
===Transformers References===
*References

{{-}}
===Real-World References===
*Reference

{{-}}
==External Links==
*Link

{{-}}
{{stub}}
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes|Weak Component]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

The Weak Component

2007-11-11T22:17:34Z

Gspro15198: Summary

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |06 |prev= Forbidden Fruit |next=Revelations Part I: Discovery}}
'''Writers:''' Rodney Gibbs

Frustrated by his inability to transform, and ashamed of his uselessness, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] makes a deal with the devil.

[[Image:Rattrap-bm-withmegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|My shoulder angel!]]

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Rattrap]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Blackarachnia]], [[Tankor]], [[Nightscream]], [[Cheetor]], [[Megatron]], [[Thrust]]

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Aero Drones]], [[Tank Drones]], [[Bike Drones]], [[Megatron’s Drone]]

'''Original Air Date:''' October 23, 1999

==Summary==
Optimus Primal, still exhausted after Nightscream recent reformatting, awakens from a dream and is informed by Blackarachnia that Rattrap is on a recon mission with Cheetor and Rattrap.
Rattrap, Nightscream and Cheetor are being attacked by Aero Drones and Tank Drones, since Rattrap still is unable to transform Cheetor orders him go and download the data from the computers. All this takes place with Megatron watching, a Drone warns Megatron that the DNA purge is still in its experimental stage, this is going to eliminate Megatron’s beast mode but Megatron wants to go ahead with the treatment before the maximals discover another “mongral beast”.

Back with Cheetor fighting of bike drones Nightscream uses his Sonic powers and discovers that if they attack Thrust the drones stop operating, this theory is put to the test with Tankor.
Rattrap observing from the computer above transforms successfully, and being eager to help, swings into action as Nightscream and Cheetor are attempting to disable Tankor and Jetstorm. This causes the machinery to start operating and building more Tank Drones at a faster and faster rate. Rattrap realises his Robot form is unarmed so he is unable to help in the battle.

Megatron seeing this decides to take control of all the Drones himself. Rattrap in an attempt to stop the manufacture of the drones links himself into the main computer only to be a sitting target for an attack by some Megatron controlled Aero Drones. The resulting feedback travels along the power cables and causes a system failure and the total destruction of the manufacturing plant and a power cut for the whole sector.
On their way back to their base Cheetor and Nightscream harshly reprimand Rattrap for not following orders, Rattrap is complaining to a sleeping Optimus Primal about his robot mode where the others appear. Cheetor knocks Rattrap to the ground ordering him to transform to beast mode, this jolt to Rattraps system causes him to realise Megatron is weak as he replays vital stats he downloaded earlier.
Rattrap overhears Blackarachnia, Cheetor and Nightscream discussing what to do with him and how he is such a burden with his useless robot mode so he leaves the base.

Megatron is being told the extent of the damage caused by the feedback earlier. Rattrap turns up to work a deal saying he wants to be installed with “noisemakers” Megatron and Rattrap work out a deal which involves Rattrap defending Megatron for one night when he is at his weakest if anything happens to Megatron, Rattrap forfits his weaponery.
Cheetor, Nightscream and Blackarachnia arrive to rescue Rattrap so Rattrap has to honour his word with Megatron and attacks his friends. While this is happening Megatron returns to full strength, Optimus Primal arrives still exhausted and asks Rattrap to look inside himself, as he is stronger than everyone knows.

Megatron asks Rattrap to to attack Optimus Primal but Rattrap reiterates the terms of the deal and informs Megatron the solar cycle is over and for Megatron to keep his end of the deal, which he does. The Maximals leave while Megatron vowes to his drone that they shall Liberate the Maximal’s sparks another day.

{{-}}
==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

{{-}}
===Continuity Errors===
*Error

{{-}}
===Transformers References===
*References

{{-}}
===Real-World References===
*Reference

{{-}}
==External Links==
*Link

{{-}}
{{stub}}
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes|Weak Component]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Forbidden Fruit

2007-11-11T00:00:01Z

Gspro15198:

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |05 |prev= Mercenary Pursuits |next=The Weak Component}}
'''Writers:''' Steven Melching

A new ally, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], offers a new energy supply, but is it a blessing or a curse?

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Blackarachnia]], [[Cheetor]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Nightscream]], [[Rattrap]], [[Jetstorm]],

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Original Air Date:''' October 16, 1999

==Summary==
Blackarachnia and Cheetor are being tutored by Optimus Primal on finding their still point during battle so they can transform, all this is unfolding while being watched by an unknown set of bat eyes. Nearby, Rattrap is still trying to transform, unsuccessfully, Optimus Primal gives Rattrap some advice, which he rejects by saying primal should save his advice for the still missing Rhinox and Silverbolt.

Primal notices the as yet unknown Nightscream watching the proceedings from above and scares him off. All three Maximals pursue the intruder only to discover he is another Maximal. At this point, Jetstorm and his Aero Drones appear and attack the Maximals. The Maximals run away, followed by Jetstorm who fires a homing mine after the Maximals that is deflected with a sonic blast from the bat.

Nightscream, being the kind soul he is, leads the Maximals back to his hideout and on the way recounts the story about the virus spreading over the planet of Cybertron infecting everyone, how Megatron’s drones hunted down the last survivors and how he fled underground, went offline, and become a bat. When the Maximals reach their destination, Primal discovers an organic tree on Cybertron which everyone except Cheetor eats the fruit from. This turns their animal instincts dial up to eleven. Jetstorm reappears and attacks while Cheetor and Nightscream attempt to take the food away from increasingly feral Maximals who ignore the battle. Cheetor notices the trunk of the technorganic tree and cuts it down. This turns the affected Maximals back to their old selves. Nightscream is badly hurt by a blast from Jetstorm and the only way to save his life is for Primal to reformat him.
Optimus, drained from the reformatting, tells Cheetor to lead the Maximals as he was right to destroy the tree since its purely organic nature was devolving their technorganic bodies. Cheetor asks Nightscream if he wants the join the team which he does. A fruit from the technorganic tree puts down roots.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*During his flashback, Nightscream was seen hiding behind a Transformer that resembles [[Soundwave (G1)#Trivia|Soundwave]].

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link

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[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]
[[Category: MSTF]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Forbidden Fruit

2007-11-10T23:14:23Z

Gspro15198: Summary

{{episodenav |BM |season=1 |05 |prev= Mercenary Pursuits |next=The Weak Component}}
'''Writers:''' Steven Melching

A new ally, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], offers a new energy supply, but is it a blessing or a curse?

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' Blackarachnia, Cheetor, Optimus Primal, Nightscream, Rattrap, Jetstorm,

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Original Air Date:''' October 16, 1999

==Summary==
This episode opens with Blackarachnia and Cheetor being tutored by Optimus Primal on they must find their still point during battle so they can transform, all this is unfolding while being watched by an unknown set of bat eyes, nearby Rattrap is still trying to transform, unsuccessfully, Optimus Primal gives Rattrap some advice which charicistically he rejects by saying primal should save his advice for the still missing Rhinox and Silverbolt.
Prime notices the as yet unknown Nightscream watching the proceedings from above and scares him off all three Maximals persue the intruder only to discover he is another a Maximal. It is at this point Jetstorm and his aero drones appear and attack the Maximals attempts to kidnap Nightscream. The Maximals run away followed by Jetstorm who fires a homing mine after the Maximals this is expertly deflected with a sonic blast from the bat.

Nightscream, being the kind soul he is, leads the Maximals back to his hideout and on the way recounts the story about the virus spreading over the planet of Cybertron infecting everyone, how megatron’s drones hunted down the last survivors and how he fled underground went offline and become a bat. When the Maximals reach their destination prime discovers an organic tree on Cybertron which everyone except Cheetor eats the fruit from. This turn their animal instincts dial up to eleven. Jetstorm reappears and attacks and Cheetor and Nightscream attempt to take the food away from increasingly ferial Maximals who ignore the battle. Cheetor notices the trunk of the technorganic tree and cuts it down. This turns the affected Maximals back to their old selves. Nightscream is badly hurt by a blast from Jetstorm and the only way to save his life is for Primal to reformat him.
Optimus drained from the reformatting tells Cheetor to lead the Maximals as he was right to destroy the tree since its purely organic nature was devolving their technorganic bodies. Cheetor asks nightscream if he wants the join the team which he does. The episode ends with a fruit from the technoorganic tree putting down roots.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*During his flashback, Nightscream was seen hidding behind a Transformer that resembles [[Soundwave (G1)#Trivia|Soundwave]].

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link

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[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]
[[Category: MSTF]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)

2007-08-20T21:34:33Z

Gspro15198: /* More Info Please */

How accurate are the names listed here? I've seen Ginrai and Jinrai used in articles here, which is correct?
[[User:Skywave|Skywave]] 19:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

*Both, but Ginrai is more widely used. --Annonymous guy who needs to sign his posts

*"Jinrai" is the roomaji spelling of the name and would be correct. However, in the opening sequence his name is shown written in English as "Ginrai" which is why that spelling is considered more "correct" over "Jinrai". --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 19:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

:Ginrai is the American spelling-- in America. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== More Info Please ==

Like at least a series summary would be nice, this is one of the highest rated shows of the Japanese Transformers series'.

can there be a direct like from the main page to the japanese fiction its difficult to find otherwise...<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Fires of the Past

2007-08-20T21:24:55Z

Gspro15198: summary

'''Writers:''' Marv Wolfman

The [[Maximal]]s are attacked by three new foes, [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], and [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]].

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' BlackArachnia, Cheetor, Optimus Primal, Megatron, Jet Storm, Thrust, Tankor

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Tank Drones,

'''Original Air Date:''' October 2, 1999

==Summary==
the Maximals are attacked by Tank drones while they are going to the Cybertron Archive to obtain the backup files for every transformer on cybertron so rat trap can check for clues as to where the transformers have gone but all the files have been wiped clean, Megatron is watching this and is told that all organig elements have been purged from his body, at the battle blackarachnia is hurt and has a vision with special guest star silver bolt. Prime manages to destroy all the tank Drones and Megatron in his anger transformers into his Transmetal II Dragon mode, he decides to implant a spark into three drones creating Tankor, Thrust and Jet Storm. Black Arachnia in robot mode followed by Rat Trap pay a visit to the central space port where they are attacked by the newly sparked Tankor, Thrust and jet Storm. Black Arachnia and Rat Trap make their way to the Aero Space records where they discover what happened to their ship. When they arrived they were shot down by cybertron's automated defence systems, while they are checking the backup memory to discover what happened to the other two maximals who were onboard (Rhinox and Silverbolt) they are attacked again Megatron orders the attack to stop so he can access Black Arachnia's memory while she is downloading information about Silver Bolt and Rhinox. they escape with the help of Cheetor and Optimus Primal. the maximal ship is destroyed and prime throws all his toys out of his pram and orders everyone back to base.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*There is a giant statue of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] holding two [[Golden Disk]]s in front of the [[Hall of Archives]]. this is destroyed.

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link
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Mercenary Pursuits

2007-08-20T19:13:34Z

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'''Writers:''' Michael Reaves

[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] discover that they really are alone on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus]] finds out why.

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' Megatron, Tankor, Thrust, Jet Storm, Optimus Primal, Rat Trap, Black Arachnia, Cheetor.

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Original Air Date:''' October 9, 1999

==Summary==
Megatron is has given sparks to a Tank Drone, Bike Drone, Aero Drone and sends them out to kill the four Maximals. Optimal Prime is looking at holograms of Rhinox and Silver Bolt and points out they they are missing Rat Trap and cheator, black Arachnia & Optimus Primal go searching for a spark Primal sensed. Rattrap beaks into a secure building and discover the transformer freeze virus which Megatron used and the counter virus which is a transformation enhancer which Rattrap guards. Tankor can sense beast bots and starts to shoot at the maximals who transform into beast mode and are no longer detectible until rattrap transforms through the use of the Counter virus and Tankor starts shooting at all the maximal. Rat Trap is unable to control his transformation as he continually changes between robot and beast mode so are unable to get away from Tankor. Jet Storm and Thrust arrive and detect the maximal sparks. black Arachnia and Cheetor attack tankor who traps them under a metal dome. Thrust and jet Storm arrive and they fight Tankor while the maximals escape from the dome. Tankor is victorious and takes the captured Maximals to Megatron where Tankor wants his reward which is the removal of his spark so he is free. due to rat traps continual transformation he escapes from the transformation lock and is able to free the others, during the fight Megatron's control harness is severed and megatron is no longer able to control Tankor. Primal talks directly to Tankor's spark who compels him to do what is right this confuses Tankor who tries to attack Megatron he shoots open the door so the maximals can escape and runs away with them. Megatron then interfaces directly with Tankor's CPU and deletes all his memory of the last 20 Cycles this causes Tankor to attack the Maximals again and Megatron blocks Primals attempts to speak to Tankors spark again he is defeated and crushes Thrust and Jet Storm. Prime explains to the other Maximals that he sensed something familiar about Tankor's Spark

==Notes==.
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*References

===Real-World References===
*Rat Trap mentions "Full Metal Jacket" the 1987 Movie by Stanley Kubrick

==External Links==
*Link

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User:Gspro15198

2007-08-19T23:31:59Z

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Master of the House

2007-08-19T23:02:40Z

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'''Writers:''' Marty Isenberg, Bob Skir

Reformated into new [[technorganic]] bodies the [[Maximal]]s come face to face with the source of their troubles.

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' BlackArachnia, Cheetor, Rat Trap, Optimus Primal, Megatron,

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Mole Drone, Aero Drones, Tank Drones, Bike Drones

'''Original Air Date:''' September 25, 1999

==Summary==
After thei reformatting by [[Vector Sigma|the Oracle]], [[Optimus Primal]] begins training the other Maximals to learn how to [[Transformation|transform]]. It is no longer simple command codes, but now requires emotional balance and deep concentration. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] manage to transform, but [[Rattrap]] still has trouble. However, a [[Mole Drone]] attacks the Maximals, and Cheetor and Blackarachnia switch back to beast mode. Optimus manages to dispatch the drone, and explains that they reverted because they lost their emotional balance. Cheetor and Blackarachnia believe that they should seek out any survivors, but Optimus overrules them, saying they need to get a handle on transformation before they go out looking for trouble. They split up to search out a new base.

Blackarachnia and Cheetor, who are together, go topside (real smart pairing them up, ya big [[Trukk not munky|munky]]). They reach [[Cybertropolis]], the capital of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], finding it deserted, and and [[Cybertron InfoCore]] has been deleted. However, they are attacked by [[Aero Drone]]s. Optimus arrives, but is soon overwhelmed. Cheetor and Blackarachnia manage to transform, and they dispatch the drones. After learning what they discovered, Optimus orders the group to head to the [[Council Citadel]], hoping to find answers. Once there, Optimus is separated from the rest, and heads to the chambers of the [[Maximal Elder]]s, while the Maximals engage more drones.

Reaching the council meeting room, Primal comes face to face with the leader of the drones—[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. He greets Primal, and decides to "fill in" the gaps in Primal's memory. Megatron claims that he won the [[Beast Wars]], and that he decided to remodel Cybertron into his own image, one of technological purity. Thus came the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s, [[spark]]less Transformers who will serve Megatron and crush Primal's "mongrel" Maximals. However, the Maximals manage to survive the Vehicons. Frustrated by the Maximals survival, and with some goading by Primal, transforms into his [[Transmetal 2]] dragon mode, deactivating the drones in the process. Primal and Megatron battle, but Megatron reconnects to his [[control harness]], and summons more Vehicons. The Maximals manage to drag Primal away. When they inquire about what happened, Primal tells them that this all happened because he failed to destroy Megatron.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
*Blackarchania seems to know an awful lot about the Cybertron InfoCore even though she only activated during Beast Wars.

===Transformers References===
*References

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link
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The Reformatting

2007-08-16T21:34:34Z

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'''Writers:''' Marty Isenberg, Bob Skir

The [[Maximal]]s awaken on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in a state of confusion, and are under attack from a strange new foe.

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Tankor Drones, Thrust Drones

'''Original Air Date:''' September 18, 1999

==Summary==
[[Optimus Primal]] finds himself on Cybertron with no memory of how he got there and more mysteriously, he is in his original beast form unable to transform. Hunted by bizarre Vehicon drones, he runs away and meets [[Rattrap]], [[Cheetor]] and [[Blackarachnia]] who too are all in their original forms, OPtimus Primal points out that if they don't transform out of their beast modes their operating systems will shut down. The four head underground and encounter the supercomputer called the Oracle, who reformats them, using the Matrix, into techno-organic bodies. The Maximals try out their new bodies but are unable to transform. Optimus realizes they must learn how to transform as it as somehow become a lost art. He manages to transform during an attack from the Vehicons. A mysterious figure watches the battle in the citadel and vows to destroy the Maximals. This person is Megatron!

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*References

===Real-World References===
*Rattrap says "Ground Control to Major Optimus" which is a miss quote from the David Bowie song "Space Oddity" from 1975

==External Links==
*Link
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Automorph Technology

2007-07-05T00:38:25Z

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'''Automorphing''' is a localized semi-automatic transformation. The term is used to describe the mechanics of the [[Transformers (2007)|Transformers movie]] toys that attempt to recreate that visual style of the film's transformations within the limited framework of an action figure. Utilizing gears and other mechanisms, Automorphing moves multiple pieces of the toy when a single piece is moved. For example, the Voyager-sized [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] toy's kneepads rotate forward as his feet are pulled out.

While the Automorphing term originated with the Movie toyline, many toys have previously had similar features, such as [[Energon (toyline)|Energon]] [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast's]] head rotating to face the front when his chestpiece is turned right-side up.

Most of the "main" Movie line Transformers figures have at least one Automorphing feature. Leader class figures feature more Automorph parts than the Deluxe and Voyager figures, and the only ones confirmed NOT to have them are the Legends class, Deluxe [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], Deluxe [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], and Deluxe [[Protoform]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Leader class Optimus Prime features ''three'' Automorphing gimmicks (four if you count the legs separately).

The only drawback to Automorph technology is the fact that it is very easy to break the delicate gears and mechanisms by applying the tinniest bit of pressure on the wrong part of the toy at the wrong time this will strip the teeth from the transparent plastic gears rendering the automorph gimmick inoperable.

[[Category: Movie]]
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