Zizza

2016-03-18T02:35:01Z

Laeyein:

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[[File:RID-zizza.jpg|thumb|right|350px|"Larry, bees have never been afraid to change the world. I mean, what about Bee Columbus, Bee Ghandi, Bee Jesus?"]]
:''Zizza is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

You stand in the presence of greatness. The mighty queen '''Zizza''' has deemed you worthy of reading about her glorious self. You should feel fortunate, you filthy commoner. Bow in respect.

No? Oh, you ''will'' bow. If you won't do so willingly, then she'll simply inject you with her special mind-altering toxin, making you a thoroughly obedient slave to her will. No fear, no hesitation, only unwavering loyalty, unflinching in the face of death in service to the glorious Zizza, praise bee to her.

Praise be to her. Or else.

==Fiction==
=== 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon ===
{{voiceactor|[[Jackée Harry]] (English), [[Kikuko Inoue]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:RID-zizzabeastmode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black… Oh, black and yellow. Yeah, let’s shake it up a little."]]
On Cybertron, Zizza hypnotized numerous Cybertronians into doing her bidding. However, she failed to properly consolidate her power before the effects of her mind-control wore off, leading to her capture. She was imprisoned in a [[stasis pod]] and sent away from Cybertron aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor]]''. The ship eventually crashed on [[Earth]], setting her free.

Zizza eventually set up a new base of operations in a [[human]] airfield outside [[Crown City]], hypnotizing the airfield's staff. Her new "workers" began renovating the airfield to suit her demands, setting up heat lamps in the central hanger to accommodate her need for high temperatures. The pilots became her new "drones", flying regular patrols over the airfield and warding off any intruders.

Her signal was eventually detected by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team and the visiting [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]. After evading Zizza's human subjects, Windblade, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] broke into her new throne room. When Windblade threatened the Decepticon with arrest, Zizza retaliated by taking her two closest subjects hostage, threatening to kill the innocent humans if Windblade attacked. Strongarm tripped Windblade before she could call Zizza's bluff, and the four Autobots temporarily retreated.

The combined Autobot force eventually launched a second attack on Zizza's hive. While Grimlock distracted her drones, [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] cut power to the base, killing the heat lamps. Realizing her control was eroding, Zizza transformed into her flying insect mode and tried to flee, only to be intercepted by Strongarm. With the aid of Sideswipe and Windblade, Strongarm managed to throw the Decepticon into a truck of refrigerated [[fire-retardant foam]], incapacitating the temperature-sensitive Decepticon and allowing Strongarm to cuff her quarry. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Zizza''' (ジザ ''Jiza'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Nanosec (episode)

2016-03-18T02:23:27Z

Laeyein: /* Continuity errors */

{{disambig2|an episode of Transformers Animated|the supervillain the episode is named for|Nanosec}}
{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|image=TFA Nanosec flee.JPG
|caption=Sure was nice of Sumdac to make a prototype suit that already had a supervillain look to it.
|ep=8
|ep2=9
|prev2=Blast from the Past
|next2=Along Came a Spider
|title="Nanosec"
|airdate=[[January 26]], [[2008]]
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by=[[Matt Youngberg]] [[Shunji Ōga|Shunji Oga]]
|animation studio=[[The Answer Studio]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by Nanosec, a super-speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TFA Nanosec Bumblebee Nino Sexton.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Bumblebee, put your doll down." "It is an ACTION FIGURE, Prime!"]]
During a nighttime fireworks display, a small-time thief named Nino Sexton takes advantage of the distraction to pull a heist not far from [[Detroit|Detroit's]] boardwalks. He eludes the easily bamboozled [[police drone]]s, but makes the mistake of trying to steal the not-so-easily-bamboozled [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] for a getaway car. Bumblebee toys with the crook for a bit, showing off his speed, but [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] arrives and tells him to knock it off. As they argue, Sexton tries to leave, but Bulkhead stops him with his wrecking ball—which cracks apart the boardwalk, sending all three plunging down. The two 'bots hit the water while Sexton hangs on desperately to a shattered board. He is saved in the nick of time by [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who turns him in to the police.

Meanwhile, in [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac]]'s private lab, his attempt to construct a servo for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] fails, as Megatron knew it would. The [[Decepticon]] says that [[Destronium]] is necessary to build parts of sufficient quality, but Sumdac responds that the only available Destronium is a small amount synthesized on Earth.

[[File:TFA Nanosec Bumblebee turbo boosters.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|"Bumblebee, give me my jetpack back right now!"]]

The next day, Prime reprimands Bulkhead and Bumblebee, then says that Bumblebee will spend the day working with [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Bulkhead on using his head instead of his thrusters. This upsets [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]], who has been looking forward to sharing with 'Bee one of her dad's latest prototypes: a set of [[turbo booster]]s. Bumblebee's all too eager to get them attached, but [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] absolutely nixes the idea. Sari protests that her dad's equipment is perfectly safe.

Across town, a technician reports to Professor Sumdac that there are problems with the new turbo-blade cyber suit as the test subject hurtles helplessly around the test track. Sumdac resignedly asks for the design specs so he can work out the bugs. Once the suit is perfected, it will increase human speed and reaction time a thousandfold. Megatron insists that the Destronium take priority, but Sumdac notes that the available sample is too unstable; transporting it from across town would leave it useless—or worse, highly explosive—unless it could be delivered in under ten minutes. He notes that nothing is that fast, but Megatron eyes the display of the plans for the cyber suit.

Shortly, Nino Sexton is informed that someone has posted his bail, though the police drone has no info on who it was. Bemused, he walks outside, where a delivery drone hands him a package "from a friend." Nino opens it to find the cyber suit.

In traffic, Bumblebee refuses to slow down and blend in. He points out that a riderless motorcycle hardly blends in either, so Prowl generates a holographic driver, but Bumblebee still refuses to cooperate—until a traffic jam forces him to do so. When a group of police vehicles speed by, Bumblebee takes the excuse to put on his own police roof light and do some "blending".

[[File:TFA Nanosec Prowl awesome.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Ninjas are AWESOME!]]

The police turn out to be responding to a sudden rash of thefts by a hyper-fast Nino Sexton. Just after one theft, a teller comments in shock that the money vanished in a nanosec. Nino overhears and decides he likes the name. He then proceeds to elude the police easily, then encounters Bumblebee. This time, [[Nanosec]] gets away, and Bumblebee can only marvel at his speed. However, for all his velocity, Nanosec finds his big bags of loot rather heavy, and he pauses to catch his breath—only to be confronted by Prowl. The crook soon escapes, but Bumblebee's had time to catch up. He's still not fast enough to overtake Nanosec before the speedster zooms through a railroad crossing with a train closing in fast. Losing his nerve at the last second, Bumblebee slams on the brakes but gets stuck on the tracks. Bulkhead manages to grab the train in time to save 'Bee from getting crushed and holds it long enough that his buddy can get out of the way.

As Nanosec rejoices in his escape, he is contacted by Megatron, who is using a strobing signal that can only be detected at ultra-high speeds. Megatron offers Nanosec a substantial reward—$50 million—for delivering the Destronium. As a downpayment, he provides an ATM code that delivers a large amount of cash out of Isaac Sumdac's private bank account. All he has to do is get the Destronium from the lab to [[Sumdac Tower]] within ten minutes.

At the [[Autobot Earth Base|Autobots' base]], Bumblebee continues to try to beat his speed record, but to no avail. As he begs Ratchet to give him the turbo booster upgrade, Nanosec heists the Destronium from Sumdac Labs. Prime arrives to announce Nanosec's latest activity and location, and commands everyone to roll out to capture the villain. A dejected Bumblebee thinks it's impossible, but Sari holds up the [[AllSpark Key]] and says there might be a way.

[[File:TFA Nanosec Bumblebee no control.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't drink and drive, kids!]]

As Nanosec races into town, Prime stops him with a spread of negative-friction lubricant, but once he lassos the criminal out of the puddle, Nanosec's speed allows him to turn Prime's grappling lines against him. Prime calls for back-up, so Sari activates Bumblebee's newly installed boosters with the AllSpark Key. Prime finally manages to catch Nanosec by his legs, but Bumblebee rockets into him, out of control, allowing the villain to escape. 'Bee and Sari nearly zoom off the edge of a half-built bridge, but Prime's line catches them. Even so, it's a struggle for the Autobot leader to hold them, so 'Bee throws it in reverse. This gets him away from the drop, but otherwise doesn't help much.

[[File:Destronium.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Better hope [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] doesn't find this.]]

Down the road, Ratchet uses his magnets to catch Nanosec, then checks the container he was carrying. He quickly realizes the danger involved—if the Destronium detonates in its current state, it could wipe out half of Detroit. Then Bulkhead notices Nanosec, whose hood has come off, now has grey hair when he used to be a redhead. Just then, Bumblebee rockets by, still out of control and now in reverse, again knocking Nanosec free to resume his delivery. Ratchet suggests Bee switch to robot mode, which is a MUCH bigger help. Prime catches up and orders Ratchet to disable the boosters, but there's no time; Nanosec has to be caught and stopped NOW. Prime tells everyone to roll out—without any vehicle mode modifications, thank you. As they proceed, Bulkhead wonders if the Destronium turned Nanosec's hair white, but Prowl responds that loss of hair color in organics is a sign of aging. Realizing what's going on, Bumblebee activates his boosters (which are apparently under control now) and races after Nanosec, using his head AND his thrusters. Once he catches up to the slowing speedster, 'Bee easily zaps the Destronium out of his grasp and rolls off with it. He then taunts the criminal into pursuing him at top speed until Nanosec becomes literally too old for this stuff and collapses.

[[File:TFA Nanosec Bumblebee flight.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|And they say bees can't fly.]]

By this time, the Destronium is very near its flash point, and according to Ratchet, the only safe place to take it is the upper atmosphere. With a two-stage boost assist from Bulkhead and Prowl, Bumblebee manages to use his thrusters to take the Destronium high enough and chuck it away before it explodes. Ratchet and Prime then slow him down and cool him off during his reentry. As the media cover Nanosec's arrest and the averted disaster, Prime congratulates everyone on a job well done, and Prowl even offers to race Bumblebee back to the plant, but 'Bee says he and Sari will walk.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Nanosec]] (1)
*[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] (6)
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (8)
*[[Eddie Fairchild and Matt Conroy|Sumdac technicians]] (10)
*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] (13)

|c4=
*[[Police drone]]s (2)
*[[Automaton|Domestic Bot]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'm kinda new to this planet, but I believe you're supposed to pay for those things before you run off with them."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' holding Nanosec after he robs the warehouse

"Couldn't I just ask your Autobot friends to help?" 
"NO! I…do not wish them to see me in this weakened state."
:—'''Megatron''' tells '''Isaac Sumdac''' the absolute truth, for once. Sort of.

'''Bumblebee''': Turbo boosters! Suh-weet! 
'''Optimus Prime''': You're not actually thinking of hooking these things up to yourself, are you? 
'''Bumblebee''': Oh, of course not! I was gonna ask the doc-bot to do it for me. 
'''Ratchet''': Have you got your processor up your exhaust port? These things are untested, incompatible— 
'''Sari''': And totally wicked fast!
:—Bumblebee gets a few mixed signals.

'''Prowl''': The point of this exercise is to blend into your environment 
'''Bumblebee''': Oh, right! 'Cause nothing says 'blend' like a motorcycle driving itself." 
''[Prowl generates a hologram of a policeman driver for himself]'' 
'''Prowl''': Happy?
:—Houston, we have [[Moustache Man]] sighting.

"You know, there might be another way to get that turbo booster upgrade." 
"But, Prime's orders—" 
"Were to catch Nanosec. He didn't say HOW."
:—'''Sari''' plays the little devil on '''Bumblebee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s shoulder.

"What is this stuff? Are you nuts?" 
"Negative friction lubricant. ''[transforms]'' And technically, I'm nuts, bolts, and armored plating."
:—'''Nanosec''' gets schooled by '''Optimus Prime'''

'''Bumblebee''': You ROCK! 
'''Sari''': No, YOU rock! 
'''Bumblebee''': No, YOU rock! 
'''Sari''': No, YOU rock! 
'''Bumblebee''': I said YOU rock! 
'''Sari''': I said YOU rock! 
'''Bumblebee''': YOU rock! 
'''Sari''': YOU rock!
:—Mercifully, the exchange ends here.

"How do you suppose this Nanosec fellow got hold of my experimental turbo suit?" 
"I suspect it was an inside job."
:—Delightfully layered-meaning dialog between '''Professor Sumdac''' and '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As Bumblebee is about to go over the closed bridge, just before he goes into reverse, the AllSpark Key is stuck in his ignition—and also depicted hanging from its lanyard around Sari's neck.
*When the police drone tells Nanosec to freeze, its caterpillar treads are still moving.
*When the Autobots arrive on scene after Bumblebee makes Nanosec become older, Ratchet's hood is white instead of red.

===Continuity errors===
* Prof. Sumdac seems woefully dim about his own creation, stating that nothing could be fast enough to bring the Destronium across town in time, '''right after''' talking about the turbo suit. However, as the suit has just been shown to have problems, perhaps Sumdac is instead exercising some sensible caution by not even considering using it.
* Ironically, judging from the position of the train at the time Bumblebee stopped on the tracks, he ''would'' have made it if he'd kept going, or he could've just stepped off the tracks by transforming to robot mode.
* Comparing Megatron's directions to a map of the Detroit-Monroe area, he seems to recommend taking a primarily north-south route, which seems to be the shortest distance. However, Prime says Nanosec's taking I-94, the east-west highway, which would require a substantially longer route. Even given his super speed, why would Nanosec make it harder on himself to make the 10-minute deadline? (It's possible maps.megatron.com's route doesn't use highways, meaning more traffic lights, but the map's semi-fictionalized, so it's hard to tell. And why would Nanosec care about traffic lights anyway?)
* Apparently, news spreads as fast as Nanosec can run. No one seems to be around to hear him say he likes the name after he hears the teller use the word, yet within a few hours, Prime and Sari somehow know his name as well. Maybe he quickly put up some P.R.?
* Sumdac claims that the Destronium has to be delivered quickly, or it will become too unstable, yet Ratchet later claims that moving the substance at high speed is what makes it so volatile, so it was a lose-lose situation from the beginning. Perhaps Megatron needs to run a few more self-diagnostics before he starts his galactic conquest gig again.
* What would Megatron actually ''do'' with the destronium, even if he got it, without letting Sumdac know about it? He needs ''help'' to get his body back.
* Ratchet predicted that the destronium would explode in thirty nanokliks (seconds), but it then takes fifty-five seconds of episode time (plus however long it took the team to come up with their plan and stack themselves up) after he says this before it actually blows up.

===Continuity notes===
* Sumdac's new police drones, first seen (sort of) in "[[Total Meltdown]]", have been adopted by the Detroit police department. They still need to work out some bugs.

===Transformers references===
* Bumblebee uses the term "Big Bot", which was also [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]] affectionate name for [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
* Megatron is made up of [[Destronium]] circuits. The Decepticons are called [[Destron (disambiguation)|Destron]]s in Japan. Or maybe they got it from [[Destro|a certain Scottish arms dealer]].
* Bumblebee's battle mask bears a striking similarity to the toy-face of the original [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]] toy.

===Real-world references===
* Going by the semi-fictional map Megatron provides, Sumdac Tower appears to be near the interchange of I-96 and State Highway 39, while the lab with the Destronium is somewhere near the suburb of Berlin, just east of I-75. For comparison, the robot plant shown in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]" is on the lakeshore in Monroe, about six miles further southwest.

===Trivia===
[[File:TFA Nanosec Sumdac Megatron chill.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|"You know, this really hugs the buttocks." "I hate you. I really, really do."]]
* The script for this episode was the first ''Transformers Animated'' script to be written, and was used by series scribe [[Marty Isenberg]] both as a showcase and as a testing ground for the new show's Detroit setting and character dynamics, particularly in terms of its focus on a human rather than a Decepticon villain. Indeed, this episode was originally conceived as the show's pilot, until the decision was later made to open instead with a larger-scale "event" TV movie, leading to the development of "[[Transform and Roll Out]]".<ref>[http://www.cvcomics.com/artandstory/?p=242 Art & Story interview with Marty Isenberg]</ref>
* This is the first time Bumblebee uses his battle mask.
* This is also the first time we see Bumblebee's rocket boosters. He loses them during atmospheric reentry, but he gets them back in the second season—just in time to have some [[Velocity (episode)|fun with race cars]].
* In the previous week's episode, "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", Ratchet repaired his war wound—the exposed circuitry on the dorsal side of his left forearm—when he installed his EMP generator, regained from the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]. Only a few shots in this episode provide a view of that part of his arm, and most of them show it as whole. However, the one good view available—after the Destronium theft, when Bumblebee is begging Ratchet to install the boosters—distinctly shows the war wound still present. It's possible he's left the generator unattached so he may continue to remember the circumstances of its loss [[Arcee (Animated)|"for those who can't,"]] as he puts it.
* In this episode, Bumblebee tries to be responsible, while Sari is the one who opts for breaking the rules. Wow. That's a role reversal from [[Unicron Trilogy|previous fictions]].
* Isaac Sumdac is still using Megatron's hand as a chair, ''right in front of him''. For a fleshling, he's got brass.
* Bumblebee ran Nanosec, already slowed enough to make them equal, into old age on purpose for no apparent reason. That is '''COLD'''.
*This episode was adapted in comic book format using screen captures as half of "[[Transformers Animated Volume 2]]", with "[[Blast from the Past]]" making up the other half.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nanoseconde'''" ("Nanosecond")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Spanish (Latin America)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nanosegundo'''" ("Nanosecond")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 12|12 July]] [[2008]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Turbodüsen'''" ("The Turbojets")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 2|2 July]] [[2008]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Wana no Jikan'''" (罠の時間, "Trap Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 29|29 May]] [[2010]]
::* Bumblebee actually sings along with the first few lines to the opening song "[[Transformers Evo.|TRANSFORMERS EVO.]]" after doing the introduction.
::* '''Cut:''' Professor Sumdac and Megatron's conversation on rebuilding Megatron
::* '''Cut:''' Optimus Prime gives Bumblebee a lecture on using his head instead of his thrusters.
::* '''Cut:''' The camera closes in on a shot of the Detroit prison
::* '''Cut:''' Nanosec's brief pause after Megatron contacts him.
::* '''Cut:''' The news footage on Nanosec's capture
::* '''Cut:''' Professor Sumdac wonders out loud how Nanosec got hold of his turbo suit while Megatron assures him that it was an "inside job"
::* '''Cut:''' Bumblebee and Sari walk home together as the rest of the Autobots leave.
::* A reference to the ''[[wikipedia:Lupin III|Lupin III]]'' series, notably Nanosec's "Later, pops!" (''Abayo, tott-san''!), which the titular Lupin would say to Inspector Zenigata whenever the thief makes his escape.

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Two: Lost and Found (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Two: Lost and Found (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Zwei: Die Alten Waffen (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 3 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

==Footnotes==
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