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Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification

2026-03-21T12:01:20Z

LiamK: Dead Transformers turning grey

{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=37
|image=Fortressvsunification.jpg
|title="Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification"
|japanese=激突! 要塞VSビクトリー合体
|romaji=Gekitotsu! Yōsai VS Victory Gattai
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=12 December 1989
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Hiromichi Matano]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Star Saber and Deathsaurus engage in their greatest battle yet, and everything rests on Jan's shoulders as Earth hovers on the brink of destruction!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Victory37 goryudefects.jpg|left|thumb|"Do not grieve.... Soon... I shall be one... with the -" "Shut up, Goryu."]]
With [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]] active and raining meteors down upon the [[Earth]] and [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] missing in action, the [[Multiforce]] and [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]] are left to protect the planet on their own. The Multiforce merge into [[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] to stop a meteor from crashing on top of the [[Rocket Base|Shuttle Base]], but are caught in the explosion and badly injured themselves. As the Rescue Team hurry to and fro tending to the wounded, the injured [[Goryu (G1)|Goryu]] comes to in the medical bay and requests an audience with any [[Autobot]]. [[Jan Minakaze|Jan]] comes to his side, and Goryu gives him the plans to the power source of Deathsaurus's fortress as a means of paying back the Decepticon leader for abandoning them. With all the other Autobots occupied, Jan realizes that he is the only one who can perform this task, but as he boards the [[Galaxy Shuttle]] with the ''[[Illumina II]]'', [[Holi]] spots him and follows him aboard. Jan explains his plan to Holi, and the pair resolve to see it through to the end.

[[File:Victory37 destroyermode.jpg|thumb|Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines!]]
Out in space, Deathsaurus's fortress looms ever nearer to the Earth, and at the villain's instruction, [[Liokaiser]] initiates its transformation into its even-more-powerful Destroyer Mode. As the fortress shifts and changes, the inert form of Victory Saber, lying atop its hull where he crash-landed, is jarred back into the waking world. Realization dawns upon the horrified Victory Saber that Deathsaurus plans to eliminate the Earth with one shot of the fortress's main cannon, and he flies into action once more, attempting to destroy the cannon. Although his blasts have no effect, Deathsaurus dispatches Liokaiser to occupy Victory Saber as the minutes tick by until the cannon fully charges. Jan and Holi arrive just as the two combatants clash, and Star Saber disconnects from [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]], leaving him to fight Liokaiser while Star Saber covers his son's entrance into the fortress. Victory Leo and Liokaiser's battle is a brutal one, but in the end, the Autobot succeeds in blasting the combiner into the fortress's cannon barrel, which, still charging, drains his energy dry. With his consciousness fading and his body unable to move, Liokaiser can only utter a fading scream for help as he drifts off into the depths of space.

[[File:Victory37 finalblow.jpg|left|thumb|Leakin' Lubricant!]]
Meanwhile, Jan successfully pilots the ''Illumina II'' into the heart of the fortress, where he wires his vessel to explode and take out the power core. Ejecting from the mech, Jan beats a retreat in his spacesuit, and the ''Illumina II'' goes up in flames just seconds before Deathsaurus fires his cannon. As the power core is torn to pieces, the fortress's weapons deactivate, and Star Saber swoops into the fortress to find Jan. Before he can locate his son, however, he is confronted by the enraged Deathsaurus himself, and the two leaders engage in a ferocious final battle that stretches across the fortress. Every weapon in the two warriors' arsenals is unleashed until Star Saber blasts out one of Deathsaurus's eyes with his head-cannons, then takes advantage of the villain's hampered sight to stab him through the chest and break his sword off in the wound. Deathsaurus rips out the blade but collapses, gushing [[oil]].

[[File:Victory37 deadsaurus.jpg|thumb|He's like The [[Joker]] when he died from that Titan overdose.]]
Victory Leo and Holi venture inside the fortress to search for Jan and come across the boy just as he wakes up from a nightmare vision of [[Illumina]] dying in the fortress's attack on Earth. Holi takes Jan to safety outside as Victory Leo heads off to look for Star Saber, but just as the young pair exit the fortress, a huge door slams shut behind them. The same occurs all throughout the fortress, trapping Star Saber in the control room, where Deathsaurus communicates with him through a holographic projection. Refusing to lose, Deathsaurus has set the fortress on a collision course with Earth, intending to destroy the
planet and Star Saber with it! Deathsaurus, however, will not accept defeat, and blows himself out of an airlock...but as his shattered body floats off through space, the light dims from his eyes, and no signs of life remain in the body of the once-great [[Emperor of Destruction]].

[[File:Victory37 saberfireguts.jpg|left|thumb|Kaiō-ken!]]
In the control room, Star Saber desperately opens fire on the door, but cannot break through. Victory Leo and Jan contact him over his communicator, and Victory Leo is able to home in on his position and break into the room through the glass viewscreen. Now knowing that Jan is safely out of the fortress, Star Saber resolves to destroy it even at the cost of his own life, and Victory Leo agrees. The pair merge into jet-mode Victory Saber, and with their enhanced power, smash through the walls of the fortress, unleashing an unbelievable stream of missiles, bombs, cannons, lasers, machine guns and more, tearing the deadly craft apart from within. Bursting through the hull and out into space, the duo disconnect and recombine as robot-mode Victory Saber, concentrating all their energy for one final charge at the fortress's main cannon. Blazing with flaming energy, Victory Saber crashes into the fortress's cannon and releases all his power, vanishing in a burst of light as he finally destroys the fortress in a silent cosmic firestorm.

[[File:Victory37 happyend.jpg|thumb|Awww, bunnies!]]
Down on the surface of the Earth, the flare of light from the fortress's destruction catches the attention of Illumina, who stands amongst a group of injured refugees. As they all watch the sky, Galaxy Shuttle descends, and a short time later, Illumina and Jan have a happy reunion. As she praises him for his heroic deed, Jan tells her that he did it to save her. Holi chimes in that really, it was to save the Earth, but as the Shuttle Base comes rolling over the horizon, the disembodied voice of Star Saber wistfully declares that striving to save the ones you love is the emotion that will truly save the world.

Time passes...

[[File:Victory37 starsaberlives.jpg|left|thumb]]
With the Earth saved, Jan reports on the fates of all their allies. The [[Brainmaster]]s are appointed commanders of the Sector One defense force. The Multiforce are assigned to the [[Vega Sector]] and collectively promoted to governor. The Rescue Team have returned to planet [[Micro]]. [[Sixshot (G1)|Greatshot]] returned to being a mercenary and has not been seen since the [[Silvart War]], but Jan is sure he's okay. Goryu has become a construction foreman on Earth, with most of the [[Dinoforce]] working with him—except for [[Kakuryu (G1)|Kakuryu]], who has started working at an amusement park and is very popular with the children there. Jan himself is in the next grade at school and is still in the same class as Illumina.

But what of Star Saber...?

Why, he's more active than ever as Supreme Commander of the Autobots!

'''''LET'S SAY GO!'''''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (1)
*[[Machtackle]] (2)
*[[Dashtacker]] (3)
*[[Fire]] (4)
*[[Wingwaver]] (5)
*[[Tacker]] (12)
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (13)
*[[Tackle]] (14)
*[[Mach (G1)|Mach]] (15)
*[[Waver]] (16)
*[[Wing (G1)|Wing]] (17)
*[[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] (18)
*[[Pīpō]] (20)
*[[Blacker]] (21)
*[[Braver]] (22)
*[[Laster]] (23)
*[[Holi]] (24)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (27)
*[[Victory Leo]] (28)
*[[Boater]] (37)
*[[Clipper (G1)|Clipper]] (38)
|c2=
*[[Goryu (G1)|Goryu]] (6)
*[[Gairyu]] (7)
*[[Kakuryu (G1)|Kakuryu]] (8)
*[[Rairyu]] (9)
*[[Yokuryu]] (10)
*[[Doryu (G1)|Doryu]] (11)
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] (25)
*[[Liokaiser]] (26)
|c3=
*[[Jan Minakaze]] (19)
*[[Illumina]] (31)
*[[Joyce]] (32)
*[[Jan's other classmate]] (33)
*[[Clump]] (34)
*[[Mayville]] (35)
*[[Rami]] (36)
|h4=[[Breast Animal]]s|c4=
*[[Tigerbreast]] (29)
*[[Eaglebreast]] (30)
}}

==Quotes==
"Your attempt to wipe out the Earth was defeated by just one boy!"
:—'''Star Saber'''

"Your ambitions end here!" 
"My "ambition" is to ''possess your head!''"
:—'''Star Saber''' and '''Deathsaurus''' get about as worked up as anyone ever does in ''Victory''.

{{Note|The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub.}}

"Maybe we should try it and see if it works or not."
:—'''Holi''' on the disk Goryu gave Jan.

"Nobody can beat me! Nobody in the Universe, for I am Deathsanraaaaaargh" ''(falls over)''
:—'''Deathsaurus'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*A switch Jan flicks lights up a display reading "Autocluse".
*As Deathsaurus is drifting into space, his Decepticon symbol is misdrawn.

[[File:Star saber shield.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Really more of an oversized codpiece.]]
===Continuity notes===
*Powers and gadgets:
**Star Saber pulls out the V-Shield for the first and only time in the series.

===Continuity errors===
*Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast appeared to be disabled by Star Saber's "Psycho Missiles", but a brief moment later, Deathsaurus was wearing them again as a breastplate.
*Deathsaurus appeared to be dead at the end and yet he didn't turn grey. [[Ultra Magnus Dies!!|Much like another time]]. This is especially noticable as Liokaiser also dies in this episode and he ''does'' [[Media:Liokaiser_death.jpg|turn grey]].

===Transformers references===
*Deathsaurus's fortress was reactivated and the Brainmasters and Victory Saber were injured in the [[The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!|previous episode]].

*The Dinoforce were abandoned on Earth by Deathsaurus in "[[The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves]]".

===Real world references===
*When Deathsaurus engages Star Saber within the fortress, he accuses Star Saber of "entering my castle with your shoes on," referring, of course, to the Japanese custom of taking one's shoes off upon entering someone's home.

===Trivia===
*Although this episode is the final installment of the ongoing ''Victory'' storyline, it is not the final episode of the series. [[Autobots Forever|One further clip show]] was aired the following week as the final broadcast episode of the series, and a further six were released directly to video.
*It seems like Liokaiser should have known to avoid contact with the space fortress's cannon barrel, but no, he makes no attempt to avoid it.
*Deathsaurus is noticeably leaking dark fluids from his eye and body towards his final astro-minutes, suggesting bleeding out.
*For the first time since the [[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber|first installment]] of the series, this episode does not feature a preview of its content before the title card, instead including the first half-minute of the story.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Seek and Destroy the Space City'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 2]], [[1992]]
:**Machtackle suggests destroying the incoming meteor instead of moving Shuttle Base.
:**According to Jan's voiceover at the end, Landcross is now in charge of training new recruits, and Greatshot has returned to his duties on planet Micro—the image of devastation is left unexplained. The Dinoforce are in charge of garbage collection instead of construction.

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Unichtozheniye kosmicheskoy kreposti'''" (Уничтожение космической крепости, "The Destruction of the Space Fortress")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 6]], [[1994]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 02 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) — Optional commentary by [[Chris McFeely]]. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) — Optional commentary by Chris McFeely. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Victory'' (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Victory episodes]]

People Power!

2019-08-12T13:33:49Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #42
|prev=Totaled!
|next=The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)
|title="People Power!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #176–177
|prev2=Totaled!
|next2=The Cosmic Carnival
|image=MarvelUS-42.jpg
|caption=Get... in... me... belly!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=March [[1988]]
|coverdate=July 1988
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|breakdowns=[[José Delbo]]
|finishes=[[Dave Hunt]] & [[Don Hudson]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Bill Oakley]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''A small band of Autobots take Optimus Prime's consciousness to Nebulos to have a new body built for him, but encounter some potentially deadly challenges.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Dreadwing g1.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|Just rude, really.]]
On the planet [[Nebulos]], an alien jet attacks the [[Gardens of Eternal Peace and Harmony Macrobiotic Restaurant]]. The jet splits into the bickering Decepticons [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], who each discharge a transformable humanoid passenger. The two bio-engineered Nebulans, [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] and [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]], confront the maitre d' and demand a dozen of the restaurant's best entrées.

Meanwhile, the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' arrives in orbit over Nebulos. Its crew, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], and [[Getaway]], journey to the surface and meet with the Nebulan scientist, [[Hi-Q]], at [[Hi-Q Industrial Research Complex|his research facility]]. Hi-Q is reluctant to help them in their mission to construct a new body for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], though not because he's unwilling.

Hi-Q explains that after the departure of the Transformers from their world, {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} he and his former partner Hi-Test were charged with preventing the [[Transformer]]s from ever returning. Under his direction, a bomb was detonated, tainting all fuel sources on the planet so as to be poisonous to any Transformer. Hi-Q's success drove the jealous Hi-Test to quit, however.

When Darkwing and Dreadwind arrived looking for [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s crew, they soon found themselves victim of this poisoning, and lay dormant for a time. Hi-Test recruited the thief Throttle to steal Hi-Q's research into what he called the [[Powermaster]] process, allowing a bio-engineered Nebulan to serve as a replacement power source for a poisoned Transformer. Hi-Test and Throttle undergo the necessary alterations, and partner with the two Decepticons, reviving them. A major side-effect is that, in order to generate the energy, the Nebulans must consume huge quantities of food, and many of Darkwing and Dreadwind's attacks are to secure supplies. Hi-Q has thus far been unable to devise a way to stop them.

Goldbug says ''they'' can stop the rampaging Decepticons, but Hi-Q reminds them that they, too, will be poisoned if they partake of local fuel resources. Goldbug is adamant that they at least stay and complete their mission, despite the danger to themselves. Hi-Q says that he, his staff, and his facilities are at their disposal... but that he will not be saddened when the Autobots inevitably fall.

Darkwing and Dreadwind, meanwhile, attack the [[Council of Peers]] at [[Koraja]], determined this time to find out what happened to Scorponok's crew. The Autobots hear of the attack and come to the rescue, only to get soundly trounced by the Powermaster-enhanced Decepticons.

Returning to the lab, the steadily-weakening Autobots complete Optimus Prime's new body with Hi-Q's help. Even though he will only live a short while in his poisoned body, Goldbug is adamant that it is "far better for Optimus Prime to ''die'' a whole Autobot" than carry on in his current condition. Thus Prime's mind is transferred into the new body. He can now combine with a new trailer component, granting him greater power than ever before—an upgrade he can't wait to use in [[Pretender to the Throne!|the next game!]] Goldbug despairs; even restoring him to life hasn't convinced Optimus that he's not just a computer simulation.

But, suddenly, Optimus Prime is struck by pain as the poisoned fuel kicks in. He realizes that since he can feel pain and potentially die, he must be alive... and thanks Goldbug for freeing him from the living death of the disk for a few precious moments of life. Hi-Q is struck by the realization that the Autobots are both alive and as noble as any Nebulan he's met. He volunteers to save Optimus by undergoing the Powermaster process himself. Three of his staff eagerly agree to help out Joyride, Getaway and Slapdash. Only the pacifist [[Kari]] refuses to participate, but luckily, Goldbug is quite fuel efficient and has plenty of fuel reserves left.

Some time later, Darkwing and Dreadwind have coerced the location of the Autobots from the Nebulans, and move to attack Hi-Q's lab. They are met by the rejuvenated Powermaster Autobots, however, who can now match them shot for shot. The entry of Optimus Prime into the battle causes it to end very quickly; the Decepticons crash and burn. Hi-Q confronts Hi-Test, pointing out what his petty jealousy has caused: the return of war to Nebulos. The Council has already sentenced Hi-Test and Throttle to exile from Nebulos; they rejoin their partners and rocket off to parts unknown.

Goldbug prepares to depart alone in the ''Steelhaven''; the Powermaster process has inextricably tied the Autobots and the Nebulans together, and the robots are now bound to the world of their partners. But Kari points out that Nebulos may not be a suitable home for the binary-bonded Nebulans anymore. Hi-Q realizes she's right—their presence endangers the planet. The Autobots and their new partners all say a sad farewell to Nebulos.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Getaway]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] (7)
*[[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] (8)
*[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] (1)
*[[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] (2)
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (3)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s|c4=
*[[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] (4)
*[[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] (5)
*[[Lube]] (10)
*[[Hotwire (G1)|Hotwire]] (11)
*[[Kari]] (12)
*[[Hi-Q]] (13)
*[[Rev]] (14)
*[[Sorgen]] (15)
*[[Soriza]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Time to separate, '''Darkwing! Get off my back!'''" 
"Only a '''rust infection''' could be worse than staying there, '''Dreadwind!'''"
:—the Powermasters introduce themselves to the reader, fully in character.

"You'll pay for that insult, Nebulan - with your '''life!'''" 
"And without him what would become of '''you''', Darkwing --? ...You would grind to a halt, your body corroding, festering, sinking into an irreversible, inoperative '''oblivion''', with no hope for --" 
"Stuff the rosy forecast, Dreadwind. I get the point."
:—'''Darkwing''' and '''Dreadwind''', ladies and gentlemen

"Your fuel is poisoned. You're... dying." 
"Of course. Dying... such a '''fascinating''' sensation. But... in order to die... I would have to be more than just a pattern of magnetized bits on a disc. Much more. I must be '''alive.'''" 
"And '''I''' have '''doomed''' you. I... am sorry, Optimus." 
"Don't apologize, old friend. Existing on that disc... was a living death. Escaping it... for these few moments of precious life... is well worth it. I... thank you."
:—'''Goldbug''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Better the black abyss of permanent shutdown than any more of this barrage!" 
"You take the abyss route, Dreadwind -- I'm taking '''off!'''"
:—'''Dreadwind''' and '''Hi-Test'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:DelboPMPrimeSwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|One of Delbo's most blatant swipes.]]
*On the cover, Joyride is colored green/dark blue/white and Getaway is colored orange and silver-blue.
*The Nebulan capital city of [[Koraja]] appears radically different than it did in the ''Headmasters'' miniseries; the new version of Koraja is both much larger and more overtly high-tech than the miniseries' version.
*The [[Gardens of Eternal Peace and Harmony Macrobiotic Restaurant]] that Dreadwind and Darkwing attack at the start of the story has "RESTAURANT" written across the entrance in English instead of [[Nebulanese]]; a flying cab has TAXI written on it.
*Page 6, panel 9: Hi-Test is shown in his Powermaster armor before he's actually become a Powermaster.
*For his first appearance in his [[Optimus Prime Super Modes|super-robot mode]], [[José Delbo]] swiped Optimus Prime's pose directly from his [[character model]] as depicted in his ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile.

===Continuity errors===
*Goldbug describes Hi-Q as "precisely the human we came to see". Whether describing Nebulans as "human" is an error or not depends on how pedantic you want to be; the Nebulans are for all intents and purposes identical to the humans of Earth. Furthermore, the "error" could just be chalked up to a mistake on Goldbug's part - he's never been to Nebulos before. On the other hand, H-Q himself refers to the inhabitants of the planet as "humans" when talking about the radiation bomb that was detonated. (This highlights an interesting split in the Marvel comics. The US issues repeatedly use the term "human" when referring to the inhabitants of Nebulos, while the UK comics more often call them "Nebulans".)
*Goldbug says Optimus Prime looks identical to how he remembered, but there are a few minor changes made to his character model to make it look more like the toy, including hip wheels, no gas cans on his legs, and smokestacks that protrude from inside of his shoulders instead of attached on the outside. He's also miscoloured from his character model as his forearms should be blue, a mistake eventually fixed in [[King Con!]]
*Is it really plausible that a humanoid could power a full-size Transformer via the contents of their stomach, particularly one with high fuel demands required by flight capability? Admittedly, this all could be a self-aware parody of the already-typical 'Decepticons raid resources for fuel' storyline.
*The three Powermasters-to-be are supposed to be lying helpless in the repair bay while Optimus Prime is reactivated, but they're shown up and about instead.
*Nebulos apparently eliminated all their weapons to make sure that they would never be able to fight again. Despite this Hi-Q and company decided, apparently of their own volition, to build a heavily armoured trailer that Prime could combine with to form a super robot equipped with at least 4 different guns. Mixed messages, guys.

===Continuity notes===
*Slapdash, Joyride, and Getaway all made their first appearances in [[Totaled!|the previous issue]], in which they were charged with guarding the Optimus Prime disk on board ''Steelhaven''.
*Hi-Q explains the steps that the [[Council of Peers]] took to keep invading robots off Nebulos after [[Brothers in Armor!!|the final issue]] of the ''Headmasters'' miniseries. Flashbacks recall the first battle at Koraja and the final panels of the ''Headmaster'' series as the Nebulans rebuild.
*The Autobots literally start ''falling apart'' from lack of fuel, a conceit not seen before or after this issue.


===UK printing===
'''Issue #176'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' - "Pit-Fall" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (updated)
*In ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams]]'', [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] declines to answer a puzzle involving guessing the identity of a [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] who transforms into a T-Rex, hates [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and answers the letter page.

'''Issue #177'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Action Force'' - "Pit-Fall" and ''Combat Colin''
*In ''Grim Grams'', Grimlock states he doesn't believe that an appearance by an issue of Transformers on long running UK soap ''Coronation Street'' could be considered an honor.

===Other trivia===
*The letters page of the US printing confirmed a second 4-issue ''Transformers Universe'' to be released in the summer of 1988, which was seemingly canceled at the last minute due to declining sales. As a result, starting with issue [[Club Con!|#47]] Universe profiles were occasionally included in issues of the ongoing series, allowing [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] to maintain the per issue page quota while also reducing production costs.

===Bot Roster===
*Ark Autobots: 47 active as Optimus Prime is returned to life; 5 bodyless Throttlebots. (52 total)
*''Steelhaven'' Autobots: 28 active.
*Ratbat's Decepticons: 32 active; 8 presumably rescued from the Ark; 4 offline/missing. (44 total)
*Scorponok's Decepticons: 25 active.

===Covers (3)===
*'''US issue #42 cover:''' battle royal, by [[José Delbo]] and [[Dave Hunt]].
*'''UK issue #176 cover:''' Darkwing and Dreadwind by [[Kev Hopgood]]; the image of Dreadwind from this cover was reused as part of the first "Dread Tidings" masthead during the character's stint on Marvel UK letters page.
*'''UK issue #177 cover:''' Optimus Prime cover by [[Jeff Anderson]] proclaiming the character's return. This image would later be cropped and used as the character portrait in the info block on future UK covers.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-42.jpg|'''US issue #42''' - Mummy, is that how babies are born?
File:MarvelUK-176.jpg|'''UK issue #176''' - Oh no, not [[:Image:Bonk.jpg|again!]]
File:MarvelUK-177.jpg|'''UK issue #177''' - Yep, he's back, and here to stay. Until he [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|gets killed]] [[Still Life!|again.]] And then is [[End of the Road! (US)|back to stay again.]] And then gets killed [[A Rage in Heaven!|again.]] Because [[Hasbro|the Fates]] have decreed [[To sell toys|that this is the path of the Hero.]]
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Maximum Force]]'' TPB:''' [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] gun, the ''Steelhaven'' and half of [[Skullgrin]]'s head, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''Maximum Force'' HC:''' Skullgrin, by [[Peter Snejbjerg]].
*'''''[[Transformers: Magazine]]'' #1:''' Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fight by [[Robby Musso]].
*'''[[Classic Transformers Volume 3|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 3]]:''' Panels from this issue and US issues [[Child's Play (issue)|#35]] and [[Spacehikers!|#36]]. Art and pencils by José Delbo, pencils by [[Don Perlin]], finishes by Dave Hunt & Don Hudson, inks by [[Ian Akin]] & [[Brian Garvey]], colours by Nel Yomtov.
*'''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 4|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 4]]:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 12: Cosmic Carnival:''''' [[Skullgrin]] and the [[Cosmic Carnival]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Frank Springer]] and [[Danny Bulanadi]]
<gallery>
File:Titan-MaximumForceSC.jpg|'''''Maximum Force'' TPB''' (Titan Books, 2004)
File:Titan-MaximumForceHC.jpg|'''''Maximum Force'' HC''' (Titan Books, 2004)
File:Idw-tfmag1.GIF|'''''Transformers: Magazine'' #1''' (IDW Publishing, 2007)
File:Classic Transformers Vol3.jpg|'''''Classic Transformers'' Volume 3''' (IDW Publishing, 2009)
File:TFClassicsVol4.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 4''' (IDW Publishing, 2012)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v12.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 12: Cosmic Carnival''''' (Hachette Partworks, 2018)
</gallery>

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[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

King Con!

2019-08-12T13:18:03Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #54
|prev=Recipe for Disaster!
|next=The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!
|title="King Con!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #232–235
|prev2=The Big Shutdown!
|next2=A Small War!
|image=MarvelUS-54.jpg
|caption=A big ape is rolling in his grave...
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=March [[1989]]
|coverdate=July 1989
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|pencil breakdowns=[[José Delbo]]
|ink finishes=[[Danny Bulanadi]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Jim Massara]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''It's the latest craze—young, crass heroes with no time for the adults' rules!'''

==Synopsis==
Three men head into the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] swamps in the dead of night, in order to deal with alleged "creature sightings" that have been plaguing their community. They thought it would be a bear—they were wrong. The [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] known as [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] steps out of the marsh, and blows the would-be hunters away with his hurricane air blaster. They take off on foot as fast as their puny human legs can carry them.

A few days later, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hi-Q]] pull into an abandoned gas station. Because of the recent losses they suffered at the hands of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], the [[Autobot]]s of [[Earth]] have requested reinforcements be sent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Trans-time dimensional portal|Trans-Dimensional Warp]]. Those reinforcements arrive in the form of eight [[Micromaster]] [[Transformer]]s—the [[Off Road Patrol]] and [[Race Car Patrol]], commanded by [[Powertrain]] and [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] respectively. After the Micromasters and Hi-Q toss several clichés back and forth about size, discipline, and the overconfidence of youth, Optimus proceeds with the mission briefing the Micromasters have been selected for.

Two seemingly unrelated stories have caught Optimus Prime's attention. One, the creature sightings now being substantiated by interviews with the erstwhile hunters, and second, a bizarre weather phenomena causing massive storm fronts to gather and hold steady over [[Manhattan]], [[New York City|New York]], and the surrounding [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] swamplands where the three men supposedly saw their "creature". Fearing Decepticon activity, Prime sends the Micromasters to investigate the situation.

At the same time, [[Cecilia Santiago]]—the reporter who interviewed the hunters—has entered the swamp in the hopes of finding the creature for herself.

In the new [[New Jersey base|Decepticon underground base]] in New Jersey, [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] is outlining their latest energy-gathering plan for the [[Pretender]]s. They have constructed a massive energy conversion device within their base, and the [[Stormmaker Station]] in the nearby swamps has been responsible for the growing weather problems. Scorponok plans to gather the full electrical power of the storm he has created. While [[Skullgrin]] guards the Stormmaker Station, [[Finback]] and [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]] lay an extended cable underwater from the base to Manhattan, in order to absorb and conduct the electricity back to the base. Iguanus is to place their [[electrostator]] device at the proper place as a high-tech lightning rod, gathering the total electrical potential of the storm and channeling it down through the ground and the conductor cables. [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] and [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] are charged with retrieving Iguanus before the electrical surge strikes the electrostator and overwhelms him. As the Pretenders disperse to carry out their duties, Iguanus has a little fun at Skullgrin's expense, taunting him as a "fleshling lover" thanks to his [[Monstercon from Mars!|recent movie career]].

Back in the swamp, Cecilia has wandered into sight of the Stormmaker Station. After overhearing the Decepticons' plans, she tries to escape but makes too much noise and is captured by Iguanus. The reptilian Pretender is prepared to exterminate her right there, but Skullgrin tries to convince him to give the woman over to him. As they grapple with one another, [[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]] arrives on the scene. As he and the rest of the Off Road Patrol jump into battle with the two Pretenders, Cecilia runs off to safety. Powertrain radios the Race Car Patrol to intercept the human as she emerges from the swamp, in case she has any information.

Roadhandler succeeds in picking her up on the side of the road, but Cecilia quickly sees through his "mannequin driver" disguise. After a brief conversation to convince her of his good intentions, Cecilia tells Roadhandler what she overheard about the threat to New York City. Roadhandler tries to get rid of her after that, but she proves tough to shake.

Iguanus has moved on from the swamp, and approaches his destination at the [[Empire State Building]]. He plans to place the electrostator at the very top of the antenna, channeling the electrical energy down through the building and out through the conduit cables which Finback and Submarauder have placed by the river. This will feed the Decepticons massive amounts of power, but destroy half the city in the process.

Back at the swamps, the Off Road Patrol manages to delay Skullgrin long enough for Mudslinger to destroy the Stormmaker, but it is too late—the storm has grown too strong on its own, and can no longer be dissipated so easily.

As the Race Car Patrol and Cecilia make their way to the top of the building, King 'Con Iguanus grabs the woman with his tail and dangles her high above the streets below. Iguanus drops her into Roadhandler's waiting arms, and triggers the electrostator on top of the building. Roadhandler uses his projectile fist to knock the device loose, however, forcing Iguanus to leap out into space in a vain attempt to retrieve it. Instead, the lightning strikes down on the device, channeling the full electrical force through Iguanus alone. The electricity disperses, the Decepticons receive no energy, and Iguanus is crispy-fried in the process. As the Pretender crashes to earth, the Micromasters decide to set up residence in the Big Apple...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Powertrain]] (8)
*[[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]] (9)
*[[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]] (10)
*[[Tote]] (11)
*[[Tailspin]] (12)
*[[Free Wheeler]] (13)
*[[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] (14)
*[[Swindler]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] (5)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (19)
*[[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] (20)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (21)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (21)
*[[Finback]] (22)
*[[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]] (23)
*[[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] (24)
*[[Skullgrin]] (25)
*[[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] (26)
|c3=
*[[Gus (hunter)|Gus]] (1)
*[[Morrie]] (2)
*[[Juan (hunter)|Juan]] (3)
*[[Cecilia Santiago]] (16)
*[[Harvey]] (17)
*[[Sid (G1)|Sid]] (18)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s|c4=
*[[Hi-Q]] (7)
|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Lady]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"They wield their independence like a '''club.''' "
:— '''Hi-Q''' on the Micromasters

"We don't need your help!" 
"'''Everyone''' needs some help some time -- even you. Would you rather still be driving in circles around that swamp?" 
"..." 
"No, I didn't think so."
:— '''Roadhandler''' gets a little comeuppance from '''Cecelia'''

"Those humans were very agreeable... especially after we suspended them from the lamp pole."
:— '''Swindler''' seems to be fitting in just fine on Earth.

"Can you operate it, Tailspin?" 
"I think it's a binary code..." 
"Try '''talking''' to it."
:— '''Freewheeler''' and '''Tailspin''' face their greatest foe yet: an elevator.

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus Prime transforms into [[robot mode]] without his Powermaster engine installed. While not necessarily an error in this continuity, it goes against the [[toy]] [[gimmick]]. Prime's fellow Powermaster, [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] explicitly cannot transform without his engine according to his toy [[bio]], his ''[[The Transformers Universe|Universe]]'' profile, and the UK story "[[Prime Bomb!]]".

===Continuity notes===
*This issue is the first appearance of the Race Car Patrol, Off Road Patrol, and of the Micromaster concept in general.
*The Decepticon base underneath the New Jersey garbage dump makes its first appearance here. A new base was necessary after Starscream destroyed both [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s island ship and Scorponok's starcruiser in US issue [[Dark Star|#50]]. Also, this was foreshadowed by Scorponok's scouting mission for Skullgrin in issue [[Monstercon from Mars!|#45]].
*This is the third of the four times that Powermaster Optimus Prime is seen in his smaller robot form, and the first time that his forearms are correctly coloured as all blue.
*Optimus Prime mentions the Autobots' recent staggering losses, from US #50, and their failed attempt to repair those warriors from issues [[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#52]]–[[Recipe for Disaster!|#53]].
*Iguanus and Skullgrin argue over how Skullgrin's time as a movie star in issue #45 may have made him too friendly towards humans.
* Iguanus seems to be destroyed at the end of the issue - hit by the city-destroying mega-lighting bolt and then plunging from the top of the Empire State Building - but he's back with the Decepticons just three issues later.

===Real-life references===
*This story is the second appearance of an overt ''[[King Kong]]'' homage of [[King Kong]] climbing the empire state building in the official Generation 1 fiction, the first being the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] episode "[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]".
*The action is set in the north New Jersey swamps, and in Manhattan just over the river. There ''are'' a couple of landfills in New Jersey within direct sight of the Midtown Manhattan skyline, along the New Jersey Turnpike.

===Bot Roster===
*Autobots: 21 active; 8 rogue Micromasters; 1 in storage, 31 offline, 27 presumed offline. (88 total)
*Decepticons: 20 active (even after Igunus's misadventure); 26 offline, 25 presumed offline, 4 offline/missing. (79 total)

===UK Printing===
====Issue #232====
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[A Small War!]]"
*'''Reprint ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Resurrection!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''Free gift:''' magnifying glass
====Issue #233====
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "A Small War!"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' - "Airshow" and ''Combat Colin''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
*'''Free gift:''' temporary tattoo
====Issue #234====
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Prime's Rib!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Action Force'' - "Airshow" and ''Combat Colin''
*'''Classic Covers Calendar:''' September [[Worlds Apart!|#130]]
*'''Free gift:''' temporary tattoo (Autobot and Decepticon [[Insignia|symbols]])
====Issue #235====
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Action Force'' - "Airshow" and ''Combat Colin''

===Covers (5)===
*'''US issue #54 cover:''' Iguanus, Micromasters and Cecilia, by [[José Delbo]].
*'''UK issue #232 cover:''' [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and Micromasters, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #233 cover:''' Bomb-Burst, Iguanus and a friendly chap, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
*'''UK issue #234 cover:''' [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] vs [[Horri-Bull]], by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''UK issue #235 cover:''' [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]] and a defeated Prime, by Geoff Senior.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-54.jpg|'''US issue #54''' - They're great! Buy them! Now!
File:MarvelUK-232.jpg|'''UK issue #232''' - Luckily the issue came with a free magnifying glass! (It was rubbish)
File:MarvelUK-233.jpg|'''UK issue #233''' - ''The'' best free gift ever!
File:MarvelUK-234.jpg|'''UK issue #234''' - Not so gentle, really.
File:MarvelUK-235.jpg|'''UK issue #235''' - If only the actual [[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer story]] was [[Less Than Zero|this great]]...
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Last Stand]]'' TPB cover:''' [[Swindler]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], [[Snarler]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and half a Mecannibal, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''Transformers: Last Stand'' Hardback cover:''' A damaged [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] battling Snarler and [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], by [[Frank Quitely]].
*'''[[Classic Transformers Volume 4|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 4]] cover:''' Panels from US issues [[Skin Deep|#59]] and [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]], pencils by José Delbo, inks by Dave Hunt and colours by Nel Yomtov.
*'''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 5|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 5]] cover:''' [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|''Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection:Volume 15: Time Wars'']]''': [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] profile pic over [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] blasting the [[Wrecker]]s from issue #204; art by [[Lee Sullivan]] (pencils #204), [[Stephen Baskerville]] (inks, #204) and [[Don Figueroa]]? (Highbrow).

<gallery>
File:Titan-LastStandSC.jpg|'''''Transformers: Last Stand'' TPB''' (Titan Books, 2005)
File:Titan-LastStandHC.jpg|'''''Transformers: Last Stand'' HC''' (Titan Books, 2005)
File:Classic Transformers Vol4.jpg|'''''Classic Transformers'' Volume 4''' (IDW Publishing, 2009)
File:TFClassicsVol5.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 5''' (IDW Publishing, 2012)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v15.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 15: Time Wars''''' (Hachette Partworks, 2019)
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

People Power!

2019-08-12T13:17:27Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #42
|prev=Totaled!
|next=The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)
|title="People Power!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #176–177
|prev2=Totaled!
|next2=The Cosmic Carnival
|image=MarvelUS-42.jpg
|caption=Get... in... me... belly!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=March [[1988]]
|coverdate=July 1988
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|breakdowns=[[José Delbo]]
|finishes=[[Dave Hunt]] & [[Don Hudson]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Bill Oakley]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''A small band of Autobots take Optimus Prime's consciousness to Nebulos to have a new body built for him, but encounter some potentially deadly challenges.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Dreadwing g1.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|Just rude, really.]]
On the planet [[Nebulos]], an alien jet attacks the [[Gardens of Eternal Peace and Harmony Macrobiotic Restaurant]]. The jet splits into the bickering Decepticons [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], who each discharge a transformable humanoid passenger. The two bio-engineered Nebulans, [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] and [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]], confront the maitre d' and demand a dozen of the restaurant's best entrées.

Meanwhile, the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' arrives in orbit over Nebulos. Its crew, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], and [[Getaway]], journey to the surface and meet with the Nebulan scientist, [[Hi-Q]], at [[Hi-Q Industrial Research Complex|his research facility]]. Hi-Q is reluctant to help them in their mission to construct a new body for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], though not because he's unwilling.

Hi-Q explains that after the departure of the Transformers from their world, {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} he and his former partner Hi-Test were charged with preventing the [[Transformer]]s from ever returning. Under his direction, a bomb was detonated, tainting all fuel sources on the planet so as to be poisonous to any Transformer. Hi-Q's success drove the jealous Hi-Test to quit, however.

When Darkwing and Dreadwind arrived looking for [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s crew, they soon found themselves victim of this poisoning, and lay dormant for a time. Hi-Test recruited the thief Throttle to steal Hi-Q's research into what he called the [[Powermaster]] process, allowing a bio-engineered Nebulan to serve as a replacement power source for a poisoned Transformer. Hi-Test and Throttle undergo the necessary alterations, and partner with the two Decepticons, reviving them. A major side-effect is that, in order to generate the energy, the Nebulans must consume huge quantities of food, and many of Darkwing and Dreadwind's attacks are to secure supplies. Hi-Q has thus far been unable to devise a way to stop them.

Goldbug says ''they'' can stop the rampaging Decepticons, but Hi-Q reminds them that they, too, will be poisoned if they partake of local fuel resources. Goldbug is adamant that they at least stay and complete their mission, despite the danger to themselves. Hi-Q says that he, his staff, and his facilities are at their disposal... but that he will not be saddened when the Autobots inevitably fall.

Darkwing and Dreadwind, meanwhile, attack the [[Council of Peers]] at [[Koraja]], determined this time to find out what happened to Scorponok's crew. The Autobots hear of the attack and come to the rescue, only to get soundly trounced by the Powermaster-enhanced Decepticons.

Returning to the lab, the steadily-weakening Autobots complete Optimus Prime's new body with Hi-Q's help. Even though he will only live a short while in his poisoned body, Goldbug is adamant that it is "far better for Optimus Prime to ''die'' a whole Autobot" than carry on in his current condition. Thus Prime's mind is transferred into the new body. He can now combine with a new trailer component, granting him greater power than ever before—an upgrade he can't wait to use in [[Pretender to the Throne!|the next game!]] Goldbug despairs; even restoring him to life hasn't convinced Optimus that he's not just a computer simulation.

But, suddenly, Optimus Prime is struck by pain as the poisoned fuel kicks in. He realizes that since he can feel pain and potentially die, he must be alive... and thanks Goldbug for freeing him from the living death of the disk for a few precious moments of life. Hi-Q is struck by the realization that the Autobots are both alive and as noble as any Nebulan he's met. He volunteers to save Optimus by undergoing the Powermaster process himself. Three of his staff eagerly agree to help out Joyride, Getaway and Slapdash. Only the pacifist [[Kari]] refuses to participate, but luckily, Goldbug is quite fuel efficient and has plenty of fuel reserves left.

Some time later, Darkwing and Dreadwind have coerced the location of the Autobots from the Nebulans, and move to attack Hi-Q's lab. They are met by the rejuvenated Powermaster Autobots, however, who can now match them shot for shot. The entry of Optimus Prime into the battle causes it to end very quickly; the Decepticons crash and burn. Hi-Q confronts Hi-Test, pointing out what his petty jealousy has caused: the return of war to Nebulos. The Council has already sentenced Hi-Test and Throttle to exile from Nebulos; they rejoin their partners and rocket off to parts unknown.

Goldbug prepares to depart alone in the ''Steelhaven''; the Powermaster process has inextricably tied the Autobots and the Nebulans together, and the robots are now bound to the world of their partners. But Kari points out that Nebulos may not be a suitable home for the binary-bonded Nebulans anymore. Hi-Q realizes she's right—their presence endangers the planet. The Autobots and their new partners all say a sad farewell to Nebulos.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Getaway]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] (7)
*[[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] (8)
*[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] (1)
*[[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] (2)
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (3)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s|c4=
*[[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] (4)
*[[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] (5)
*[[Lube]] (10)
*[[Hotwire (G1)|Hotwire]] (11)
*[[Kari]] (12)
*[[Hi-Q]] (13)
*[[Rev]] (14)
*[[Sorgen]] (15)
*[[Soriza]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Time to separate, '''Darkwing! Get off my back!'''" 
"Only a '''rust infection''' could be worse than staying there, '''Dreadwind!'''"
:—the Powermasters introduce themselves to the reader, fully in character.

"You'll pay for that insult, Nebulan - with your '''life!'''" 
"And without him what would become of '''you''', Darkwing --? ...You would grind to a halt, your body corroding, festering, sinking into an irreversible, inoperative '''oblivion''', with no hope for --" 
"Stuff the rosy forecast, Dreadwind. I get the point."
:—'''Darkwing''' and '''Dreadwind''', ladies and gentlemen

"Your fuel is poisoned. You're... dying." 
"Of course. Dying... such a '''fascinating''' sensation. But... in order to die... I would have to be more than just a pattern of magnetized bits on a disc. Much more. I must be '''alive.'''" 
"And '''I''' have '''doomed''' you. I... am sorry, Optimus." 
"Don't apologize, old friend. Existing on that disc... was a living death. Escaping it... for these few moments of precious life... is well worth it. I... thank you."
:—'''Goldbug''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Better the black abyss of permanent shutdown than any more of this barrage!" 
"You take the abyss route, Dreadwind -- I'm taking '''off!'''"
:—'''Dreadwind''' and '''Hi-Test'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:DelboPMPrimeSwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|One of Delbo's most blatant swipes.]]
*On the cover, Joyride is colored green/dark blue/white and Getaway is colored orange and silver-blue.
*The Nebulan capital city of [[Koraja]] appears radically different than it did in the ''Headmasters'' miniseries; the new version of Koraja is both much larger and more overtly high-tech than the miniseries' version.
*The [[Gardens of Eternal Peace and Harmony Macrobiotic Restaurant]] that Dreadwind and Darkwing attack at the start of the story has "RESTAURANT" written across the entrance in English instead of [[Nebulanese]]; a flying cab has TAXI written on it.
*Page 6, panel 9: Hi-Test is shown in his Powermaster armor before he's actually become a Powermaster.
*For his first appearance in his [[Optimus Prime Super Modes|super-robot mode]], [[José Delbo]] swiped Optimus Prime's pose directly from his [[character model]] as depicted in his ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile.

===Continuity errors===
*Goldbug describes Hi-Q as "precisely the human we came to see". Whether describing Nebulans as "human" is an error or not depends on how pedantic you want to be; the Nebulans are for all intents and purposes identical to the humans of Earth. Furthermore, the "error" could just be chalked up to a mistake on Goldbug's part - he's never been to Nebulos before. On the other hand, H-Q himself refers to the inhabitants of the planet as "humans" when talking about the radiation bomb that was detonated. (This highlights an interesting split in the Marvel comics. The US issues repeatedly use the term "human" when referring to the inhabitants of Nebulos, while the UK comics more often call them "Nebulans".)
*Goldbug says Optimus Prime looks identical to how he remembered, but there are a few minor changes made to his character model to make it look more like the toy, including hip wheels, no gas cans on his legs, and smokestacks that protrude from inside of his shoulders instead of attached on the outside. He's also miscoloured from his character model as his forearms should be blue, a mistake eventually fixed in [[King Con!]]
*Is it really plausible that a humanoid could power a full-size Transformer via the contents of their stomach, particularly one with high fuel demands required by flight capability? Admittedly, this all could be a self-aware parody of the already-typical 'Decepticons raid resources for fuel' storyline.
*The three Powermasters-to-be are supposed to be lying helpless in the repair bay while Optimus Prime is reactivated, but they're shown up and about instead.

===Continuity notes===
*Slapdash, Joyride, and Getaway all made their first appearances in [[Totaled!|the previous issue]], in which they were charged with guarding the Optimus Prime disk on board ''Steelhaven''.
*Hi-Q explains the steps that the [[Council of Peers]] took to keep invading robots off Nebulos after [[Brothers in Armor!!|the final issue]] of the ''Headmasters'' miniseries. Flashbacks recall the first battle at Koraja and the final panels of the ''Headmaster'' series as the Nebulans rebuild.
*The Autobots literally start ''falling apart'' from lack of fuel, a conceit not seen before or after this issue.


===UK printing===
'''Issue #176'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' - "Pit-Fall" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (updated)
*In ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams]]'', [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] declines to answer a puzzle involving guessing the identity of a [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] who transforms into a T-Rex, hates [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and answers the letter page.

'''Issue #177'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Action Force'' - "Pit-Fall" and ''Combat Colin''
*In ''Grim Grams'', Grimlock states he doesn't believe that an appearance by an issue of Transformers on long running UK soap ''Coronation Street'' could be considered an honor.

===Other trivia===
*The letters page of the US printing confirmed a second 4-issue ''Transformers Universe'' to be released in the summer of 1988, which was seemingly canceled at the last minute due to declining sales. As a result, starting with issue [[Club Con!|#47]] Universe profiles were occasionally included in issues of the ongoing series, allowing [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] to maintain the per issue page quota while also reducing production costs.

===Bot Roster===
*Ark Autobots: 47 active as Optimus Prime is returned to life; 5 bodyless Throttlebots. (52 total)
*''Steelhaven'' Autobots: 28 active.
*Ratbat's Decepticons: 32 active; 8 presumably rescued from the Ark; 4 offline/missing. (44 total)
*Scorponok's Decepticons: 25 active.

===Covers (3)===
*'''US issue #42 cover:''' battle royal, by [[José Delbo]] and [[Dave Hunt]].
*'''UK issue #176 cover:''' Darkwing and Dreadwind by [[Kev Hopgood]]; the image of Dreadwind from this cover was reused as part of the first "Dread Tidings" masthead during the character's stint on Marvel UK letters page.
*'''UK issue #177 cover:''' Optimus Prime cover by [[Jeff Anderson]] proclaiming the character's return. This image would later be cropped and used as the character portrait in the info block on future UK covers.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-42.jpg|'''US issue #42''' - Mummy, is that how babies are born?
File:MarvelUK-176.jpg|'''UK issue #176''' - Oh no, not [[:Image:Bonk.jpg|again!]]
File:MarvelUK-177.jpg|'''UK issue #177''' - Yep, he's back, and here to stay. Until he [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|gets killed]] [[Still Life!|again.]] And then is [[End of the Road! (US)|back to stay again.]] And then gets killed [[A Rage in Heaven!|again.]] Because [[Hasbro|the Fates]] have decreed [[To sell toys|that this is the path of the Hero.]]
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Maximum Force]]'' TPB:''' [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] gun, the ''Steelhaven'' and half of [[Skullgrin]]'s head, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''Maximum Force'' HC:''' Skullgrin, by [[Peter Snejbjerg]].
*'''''[[Transformers: Magazine]]'' #1:''' Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fight by [[Robby Musso]].
*'''[[Classic Transformers Volume 3|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 3]]:''' Panels from this issue and US issues [[Child's Play (issue)|#35]] and [[Spacehikers!|#36]]. Art and pencils by José Delbo, pencils by [[Don Perlin]], finishes by Dave Hunt & Don Hudson, inks by [[Ian Akin]] & [[Brian Garvey]], colours by Nel Yomtov.
*'''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 4|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 4]]:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 12: Cosmic Carnival:''''' [[Skullgrin]] and the [[Cosmic Carnival]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Frank Springer]] and [[Danny Bulanadi]]
<gallery>
File:Titan-MaximumForceSC.jpg|'''''Maximum Force'' TPB''' (Titan Books, 2004)
File:Titan-MaximumForceHC.jpg|'''''Maximum Force'' HC''' (Titan Books, 2004)
File:Idw-tfmag1.GIF|'''''Transformers: Magazine'' #1''' (IDW Publishing, 2007)
File:Classic Transformers Vol3.jpg|'''''Classic Transformers'' Volume 3''' (IDW Publishing, 2009)
File:TFClassicsVol4.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 4''' (IDW Publishing, 2012)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v12.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 12: Cosmic Carnival''''' (Hachette Partworks, 2018)
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Nemesis Part 2

2018-02-01T21:35:25Z

LiamK: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next=The Reformatting
|next2=Remix: I Lost the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]], [[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[Protohuman]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[File:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its tractor beam, and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[File:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side, dragging Megatron along. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he simply bids farewell to Primal and remains as the bridge explodes around him. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the other Maximals.

[[File:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Some time later, the Maximals, having repaired the shuttle and rigged a [[transwarp]] cell to it, leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

[['Til all are one|'Til all are -]] [[The Reformatting|waaaaait a cycle...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (Flashback) (15)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (Flashback)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (16)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (Flashback)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*Protohumans (10)
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'" 
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?" 
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark I always say." 
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel." 
"You can't stop that thing alone." 
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say." 
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!" 
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!" 
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle." 
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech." 
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'". 
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!" 
"...Negative." 
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!" 
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*In the same scene, Tigerhawk is shown being stripped apart to a skeletal structure by the beam, but is shown fully intact before the beam finally destroys him.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*The conduit Blackarachnia splices with Rattrap's tail can be seen in an earlier scene with the tail already installed.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his [[robot mode]] "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders. He tends to have them when he's in vehicle mode, but not consistently.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
*In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)
*Bringing us full circle with how the planet tended to look in season one, the shots of Earth from space look nothing like the planet should. (See picture above.)

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]]. It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
** Almost two decades later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] would confirm that the deleted scene was indeed canon for the episode.

===Continuity notes===
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II, or was something else going on? After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect. The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him. "[[Dark Glass]]" provides a more direct explanation but it was ultimately not produced.
*There are echoes of the musical cues from "[[Code of Hero]]" playing as Dinobot starts to recall the life of the original Dinobot.
*As they leave Earth, Optimus Primal asks the survivors to reflect on the Maximals who [[Tigatron|lost]] [[Airazor (BW)|their]] [[Depth Charge (BW)|lives]] [[Dinobot (BW)|in]] the conflict. (To be fair, the Maximals faired far better than the Predacons who with the exception of Megatron were all either killed, switched sides, or - in Waspinator's case - quit.)

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself, carrying over from the previous episode. Among its arsenal is a tractor beam, which it used to snag the ''Ark'' in Generation 1 media.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".

===Real-world references===
*Megatron targetting grid 3H was a shout-out to [[3H Enterprises]], then-organizers of [[BotCon]].
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]] of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of [[Wikipedia:Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17]] in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|Pulp Fiction]]'' than it does to the original Bible quote.
*The protohuman celebration, with the jubilant primitives happily using the parts of their defeated enemies as musical instruments, is remniscient of the Ewok celebration in ''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]''.

===Trivia===
[[File:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm] Despite the rewrite to turn this into a series finale, Forward and Larry DiTillo learnt "too late" that they were being replaced after Season 3 "to tie up all the threads".<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/beast-wars-creative-team-to-change-after-season-3/18271/ Beast Wars Creative Team to change after Season 3]</ref>
*[[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino's]] Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is visible in the (finished) episode in Primal's hand as he escapes the exploding ''Nemesis'', and is later seen installed on the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the ''Ark'' itself, instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would have reactivated, ramming into the ''Nemesis'' instead of the Autobot shuttle. This would have possibly explained where the three [[Conehead]]s came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.
*It should be noted that ''had'' Megatron heeded Dinobot and not turned the fusion cannon on the proto-human colony, he would have most likely won the Beast Wars, by the simple fact that it would have been fully charged by the time the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] reached the ''Ark'' (as pointed out by Dinobot, the fusion cannon's reactor was depleted to 65% power when they had arrived) without the Maximals having a chance to prepare in time. In retrospect, this could be why he makes such a big deal about displaying honor [[The Weak Component|later on...]]
* By the end of the series, of the original ten Maximals and Predacons, only Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Megatron, and Waspinator survive the Beast Wars. ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would wipe out several of the Beast Wars survivors leaving Cheetor, Rattrap, and Waspinator as the only ones who managed to survive both series from beginning to end.
*Had the Maximals just bound Megatron ''inside'' the shuttle, rather than atop the roof, they could've saved themselves [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|so much trouble.]]
*There is a rather raunchy bit of adult humor towards the episode’s climax. When looking for a power conduit for the engines, Blackarachnia steals Rattrap’s tail sword, to which he calls her an “emasculating fem-bot”. Immediately thereafter, she slices the end of the sword off in a sort of symbolic gesture, much to the shock (and somewhat disgust) of Silverbolt.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 22]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:''Title:'' "'''Zhèngyì de Jiéjú'''" (正义的结局, "End of Justice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Nemesis Part 2

2018-02-01T21:32:39Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next=The Reformatting
|next2=Remix: I Lost the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]], [[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[Protohuman]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[File:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its tractor beam, and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[File:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side, dragging Megatron along. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he simply bids farewell to Primal and remains as the bridge explodes around him. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the other Maximals.

[[File:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Some time later, the Maximals, having repaired the shuttle and rigged a [[transwarp]] cell to it, leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

[['Til all are one|'Til all are -]] [[The Reformatting|waaaaait a cycle...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (Flashback) (15)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (Flashback)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (16)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (Flashback)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*Protohumans (10)
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'" 
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?" 
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark I always say." 
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel." 
"You can't stop that thing alone." 
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say." 
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!" 
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!" 
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle." 
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech." 
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'". 
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!" 
"...Negative." 
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!" 
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*In the same scene, Tigerhawk is shown being stripped apart to a skeletal structure by the beam, but is shown fully intact before the beam finally destroys him.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*The conduit Blackarachnia splices with Rattrap's tail can be seen in an earlier scene with the tail already installed.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his [[robot mode]] "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
*In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]]. It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
** Almost two decades later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] would confirm that the deleted scene was indeed canon for the episode.

===Continuity notes===
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II, or was something else going on? After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect. The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him. "[[Dark Glass]]" provides a more direct explanation but it was ultimately not produced.
*There are echoes of the musical cues from "[[Code of Hero]]" playing as Dinobot starts to recall the life of the original Dinobot.
*As they leave Earth, Optimus Primal asks the survivors to reflect on the Maximals who [[Tigatron|lost]] [[Airazor (BW)|their]] [[Depth Charge (BW)|lives]] [[Dinobot (BW)|in]] the conflict. (To be fair, the Maximals faired far better than the Predacons who with the exception of Megatron were all either killed, switched sides, or - in Waspinator's case - quit.)

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself, carrying over from the previous episode. Among its arsenal is a tractor beam, which it used to snag the ''Ark'' in Generation 1 media.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".

===Real-world references===
*Megatron targetting grid 3H was a shout-out to [[3H Enterprises]], then-organizers of [[BotCon]].
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]] of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of [[Wikipedia:Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17]] in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|Pulp Fiction]]'' than it does to the original Bible quote.
*The protohuman celebration, with the jubilant primitives happily using the parts of their defeated enemies as musical instruments, is remniscient of the Ewok celebration in ''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]''.

===Trivia===
[[File:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm] Despite the rewrite to turn this into a series finale, Forward and Larry DiTillo learnt "too late" that they were being replaced after Season 3 "to tie up all the threads".<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/beast-wars-creative-team-to-change-after-season-3/18271/ Beast Wars Creative Team to change after Season 3]</ref>
*[[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino's]] Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is visible in the (finished) episode in Primal's hand as he escapes the exploding ''Nemesis'', and is later seen installed on the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the ''Ark'' itself, instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would have reactivated, ramming into the ''Nemesis'' instead of the Autobot shuttle. This would have possibly explained where the three [[Conehead]]s came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.
*It should be noted that ''had'' Megatron heeded Dinobot and not turned the fusion cannon on the proto-human colony, he would have most likely won the Beast Wars, by the simple fact that it would have been fully charged by the time the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] reached the ''Ark'' (as pointed out by Dinobot, the fusion cannon's reactor was depleted to 65% power when they had arrived) without the Maximals having a chance to prepare in time. In retrospect, this could be why he makes such a big deal about displaying honor [[The Weak Component|later on...]]
* By the end of the series, of the original ten Maximals and Predacons, only Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Megatron, and Waspinator survive the Beast Wars. ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would wipe out several of the Beast Wars survivors leaving Cheetor, Rattrap, and Waspinator as the only ones who managed to survive both series from beginning to end.
*Had the Maximals just bound Megatron ''inside'' the shuttle, rather than atop the roof, they could've saved themselves [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|so much trouble.]]
*There is a rather raunchy bit of adult humor towards the episode’s climax. When looking for a power conduit for the engines, Blackarachnia steals Rattrap’s tail sword, to which he calls her an “emasculating fem-bot”. Immediately thereafter, she slices the end of the sword off in a sort of symbolic gesture, much to the shock (and somewhat disgust) of Silverbolt.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 22]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:''Title:'' "'''Zhèngyì de Jiéjú'''" (正义的结局, "End of Justice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Nemesis Part 2

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LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next=The Reformatting
|next2=Remix: I Lost the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]], [[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[Protohuman]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[File:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its tractor beam, and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[File:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side, dragging Megatron along. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he simply bids farewell to Primal and remains as the bridge explodes around him. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the other Maximals.

[[File:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Some time later, the Maximals, having repaired the shuttle and rigged a [[transwarp]] cell to it, leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

[['Til all are one|'Til all are -]] [[The Reformatting|waaaaait a cycle...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (Flashback) (15)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (Flashback)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (16)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (Flashback)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*Protohumans (10)
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'" 
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?" 
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark I always say." 
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel." 
"You can't stop that thing alone." 
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say." 
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!" 
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!" 
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle." 
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech." 
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'". 
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!" 
"...Negative." 
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!" 
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*In the same scene, Tigerhawk is shown being stripped apart to a skeletal structure by the beam, but is shown fully intact before the beam finally destroys him.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*The conduit Blackarachnia splices with Rattrap's tail can be seen in an earlier scene with the tail already installed.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his [[robot mode]] "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
*In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]]. It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
** Almost two decades later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] would confirm that the deleted scene was indeed canon for the episode.

===Continuity notes===
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II, or was something else going on? After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect. The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him. "[[Dark Glass]]" provides a more direct explanation but it was ultimately not produced.
*As they leave Earth, Optimus Primal asks the survivors to reflect on the Maximals who [[Tigatron|lost]] [[Airazor (BW)|their]] [[Depth Charge (BW)|lives]] [[Dinobot (BW)|in]] the conflict. (To be fair, the Maximals faired far better than the Predacons who with the exception of Megatron were all either killed, switched sides, or - in Waspinator's case - quit.)

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself, carrying over from the previous episode. Among its arsenal is a tractor beam, which it used to snag the ''Ark'' in Generation 1 media.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".

===Real-world references===
*Megatron targetting grid 3H was a shout-out to [[3H Enterprises]], then-organizers of [[BotCon]].
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]] of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of [[Wikipedia:Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17]] in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|Pulp Fiction]]'' than it does to the original Bible quote.
*The protohuman celebration, with the jubilant primitives happily using the parts of their defeated enemies as musical instruments, is remniscient of the Ewok celebration in ''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]''.

===Trivia===
[[File:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm] Despite the rewrite to turn this into a series finale, Forward and Larry DiTillo learnt "too late" that they were being replaced after Season 3 "to tie up all the threads".<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/beast-wars-creative-team-to-change-after-season-3/18271/ Beast Wars Creative Team to change after Season 3]</ref>
*[[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino's]] Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is visible in the (finished) episode in Primal's hand as he escapes the exploding ''Nemesis'', and is later seen installed on the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the ''Ark'' itself, instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would have reactivated, ramming into the ''Nemesis'' instead of the Autobot shuttle. This would have possibly explained where the three [[Conehead]]s came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.
*It should be noted that ''had'' Megatron heeded Dinobot and not turned the fusion cannon on the proto-human colony, he would have most likely won the Beast Wars, by the simple fact that it would have been fully charged by the time the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] reached the ''Ark'' (as pointed out by Dinobot, the fusion cannon's reactor was depleted to 65% power when they had arrived) without the Maximals having a chance to prepare in time. In retrospect, this could be why he makes such a big deal about displaying honor [[The Weak Component|later on...]]
* By the end of the series, of the original ten Maximals and Predacons, only Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Megatron, and Waspinator survive the Beast Wars. ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would wipe out several of the Beast Wars survivors leaving Cheetor, Rattrap, and Waspinator as the only ones who managed to survive both series from beginning to end.
*Had the Maximals just bound Megatron ''inside'' the shuttle, rather than atop the roof, they could've saved themselves [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|so much trouble.]]
*There is a rather raunchy bit of adult humor towards the episode’s climax. When looking for a power conduit for the engines, Blackarachnia steals Rattrap’s tail sword, to which he calls her an “emasculating fem-bot”. Immediately thereafter, she slices the end of the sword off in a sort of symbolic gesture, much to the shock (and somewhat disgust) of Silverbolt.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 22]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:''Title:'' "'''Zhèngyì de Jiéjú'''" (正义的结局, "End of Justice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Nemesis Part 1

2018-02-01T21:15:54Z

LiamK: /* Transformers references */ Changed "Optimus" to "Prime" so that it's clear which one we are talking about

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=51
|image=BWNemesisPt1 rises.jpg
|caption="The most powerful warship ever built! ...and I just had it washed."
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 1"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[May 6]], 1999
|written by= [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by= [[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Down but not out, Megatron discovers Tarantulas's secret tunnel network that leads to the Decepticon warship, the ''Nemesis''.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Optimus book.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"And the Bay said 'Let there be light', and there was a sunset."]]
The [[Maximal]]s, secure for the first time since they moved into [[Mount St. Hilary]], begin searching for the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], who have been vulnerable since [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]]. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] quotes a verse from the [[Covenant of Primus]], believing Tigerhawk's arrival to be divine prophecy.

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Dinobot hatch.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Dinobot discovers why no one can get down Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole.]]
Meanwhile, the Predacons are growing disaffected with [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. (Even [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is mouthing off.) [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], ever loyal to his "queen", declares that a new "colony" will resecure them. Megatron orders him to take Waspinator and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], while he, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], and [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] search the remains of [[Tarantulas's lair]]. Dinobot finds a hatch which leads to an underwater tunnel and a computer. Accessing the computer, Megatron becomes quite excited by what he discovers, and takes the rail car with Dinobot, while Rampage follows in tank mode.

[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] spot Inferno, Waspinator, and Quickstrike leaving. Optimus orders them to fall back, but Depth Charge heads in. Optimus leaves with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and Tigerhawk to support them. As Primal arrives, Depth Charge finds the hatch—and a bomb. The explosion fails to kill any of the Maximals, but Silverbolt is damaged, and Blackarachnia and Cheetor escort his parts back to base.

At the protohumans' cave dwellings, Inferno declares that the caves will be their new "colony". He orders Quickstrike and Waspinator to engage, but Waspinator angrily refuses. Something has finally snapped in Waspy's central processor, and he declares that he is out of the Beast Wars. After a tirade against Megatron, the Predacons, life in general, and always being blown up, Waspinator tells them that they can kiss his stinger. Inferno and Quickstrike blast him, and proceed to attack the protohumans (who have become much tougher, having learned from the example of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and the Maximals).

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Megatron nemesis.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Where is all the furniture?]]
In the tunnels, Primal, Tigerhawk, and Depth Charge continue searching. After locating a data terminal, Primal accesses it and discovers what Tarantulas found and Megatron desires—the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the flagship of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and the vessel which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] used to shoot down the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Realizing the threat the Decepticon warship holds, Depth Charge heads out to locate it. Optimus sends out an emergency warning to the Maximals, and he and Tigerhawk head out to the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s location through the air.

Meanwhile, Megatron and Dinobot are able to board the ship, where they discover that Tarantulas had been a busy spider: not only did he repair the vessel, he added a [[transwarp]] cell and installed a Predacon control console. Best of all, in Megatron's optics, Tarantulas left behind a copy of the Covenant of Primus to boot: the tome from which he [[Megatron (myth)|took his name]]! Megatron and Dinobot begin powering up the vessel for an attack.

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Depthcharge blade.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Why so serious?]]
Reaching the sunken behemoth, Depth Charge informs Optimus of his discovery, and Optimus in turn authorizes Depth Charge to neutralize the ''Nemesis'' by any means necessary. Before Depth Charge can start, he is engaged by Rampage. The two enemies fight, and Depth Charge grabs an [[energon crystal]]. He drives it into Rampage's [[spark]], and the explosion destroys both Transformers and also causes Dinobot to cry out in pain. Optimus, though mourning Depth Charge's loss, is relieved to know the threat of the ''Nemesis'' has been dealt with.

That is, until the ''Nemesis'' rises from the ocean, fully operational. [[Nemesis Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Tigerhawk]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (8)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (11)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (12)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (14)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*[[Una]] (15)
*Protohumans (16)
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
[''Silverbolt has been injured in an explosion''] 
'''Silverbolt''': "Worry not, my love. It's just a...scratch." 
[''Silverbolt's arm falls off''] 
'''Optimus''': "Maybe. But I think you're due some time in the CR chamber." 
'''Silverbolt''': "Sir, I'm fine. I —" 
'''Blackarachnia''': "Shut up and obey your commander, bone-brain." 
[''Silverbolt's head falls off''] 
'''Silverbolt''': "Yes, dear."
:—Silverbolt is pretty whipped.

"There! That will be our new colony!" 
"Eww, I don't wanna move in there. It got all them hairy critters in it. Unless... unless you mean, we's gonna slag 'em! Oh, oh, ''please'' tell me that's what yer plannin'!" 
"The royalty demands a new colony, and we shall take it, by force" 
"YA-HOO! Now yer talkin', haha!"
:—'''Inferno''' and '''Quickstrike''' discuss a possible new home.

"I said '''no!''' [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Dragon-Bot]] command ''you,'' [[Second-in-command|Sub-Commander]] [[Inferno (BW)|Kiss-Butt]]! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil. Sick of being Predacon! ''And'', Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to '''scrap''' all the time! Sooo, Waspinator ''quit!'' As of ''now'', which means [[Inferno (BW)|Ant-Bot]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Two-Head]] can just pucker their mandibles and plant [[Kiss|big, wet, juicy one]] right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy...a..." 
[''BAM!!!'']
:—'''Waspinator''' finally stands up for himself...and gets blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike.

"I've no time for you, X." 
"Like you had no time for Starbase Rugby? You had friends there as I recall. Tasty ones too!"
:—'''Depth Charge''' and '''Rampage'''.

"I was [[Depth Charge (BW)|your]] assignment, and you failed!"
:—'''Rampage'''

"Raw energon! Right through your twisted spark! Take it! Take it straight to the pit, you SICKENING PIECE OF SLAG!"
:—'''Depth Charge''''s final words before killing Rampage.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Dinobot squeezes the piece of Rampage's spark he possesses to pacify his "half-brother", his shoulder pads are missing. Also, the spark seems to float freely when it is released, in contrast to previous episodes where it was held in place by Dinobot's spark chamber.
* At the very beginning when Optimus is reciting, Cheetor is visible in the background in his normal Transmetal body, walking with Blackarachnia.
*Megatron must have had a tight fit climbing down the hatch that Dinobot found.
*Una must be a very strong protohuman to smash a sizable lump into Waspinator's skull. Or Waspinator is just that fragile.
*After saying that he quits, Waspinator rips the Predacon icon off his head, but when he tells Inferno and Quickstrike to kiss his stinger, it's still on.
* Optimus tells Depth Charge "Warheads armed, full speed to maximum" when ordering him to intercept Megatron. Apparently he's so worried he can't form a coherent sentence.

===Continuity errors===
* The bomb Megatron left behind as a trap for the Maximals has some very curious properties. It has enough power to severely damage Silverbolt and creates a powerful energy wave that is felt by the approaching Cheetor and Tigerhawk, who are miles away (even disintegrating a butterfly in the process). However, despite all of the above, Optimus and Depth Charge suffer absolutely no ill effects from the bomb, despite being at extremely close range and having very little time (or even room, given the terrain) to run for cover. Depth Charge opened the hatch, but Silverbolt is the one who got damaged. Assuming that there was very little time to get away, Silverbolt could have jumped in front of Depth Charge to protect him (but why would he?), but it is still misleading going into the commercial break. Maybe Silverbolt is just the weakest of the three of them?
* How ''exactly'' did Megatron construct a bomb from scratch to begin with? With his base destroyed in the previous episode, it seems very unlikely that he would have the materials to create one on hand.
* Tarantulas has been almost absurdly busy behind Megatron's back. Not only has he located the ''Nemesis'', not only has he refitted its bridge with Predacon-scaled controls and technology, but he's also rigged up a hilariously elaborate underwater submarine-train to take him there. Where has he found the time to do all of this in between all his other projects?
* When Depth Charge first calls in the Predacons' location, Inferno can be seen flying off with Waspinator and Quickstrike. This would place their arrival a good thirty seconds or so before Megatron, Dinobot, and Rampage use the secret hatch, which is supported by Depth Charge spotting Rampage and refusing to wait. However, after Optimus arrives, Silverbolt lands with him and Depth Charge has completely lost sight of Rampage. How did neither notice them use the hatch if they could clearly make out individual Predacons from their distance?
* Not that one would expect Rampage to be obedient, but when Megatron orders both him and Dinobot into the submersible, Rampage flat-out ignores him and just decides to follow under his own power.
* No explanation is given as to why Rampage is suddenly vulnerable to energon, especially since he's had energon weapons poked into his spark many times. It may have something to do with the stability of the underwater energon.

===Continuity notes===
*The protohumans are well on their way to civilization since we last saw them, developing fire, spears, musical instruments, and sophisticated anti-Transformer strategies.
*Quickstrike mentions that the anthropoids have become much tougher after their last encounter; presumably, he's referring to "[[Code of Hero]]", where he took part in the attack on the protohuman valley.
*We get more hints about the sordid history between Rampage and Depth Charge; notably, Rampage boasts that he attacked [[Starbase Rugby]], solely because Depth Charge had friends aboard. Ouch.
*It's not quite clear why Rampage allowed himself to be stabbed in the spark. Did he simply want to end his tortured existence? Was he gleeful in the knowledge that Depth Charge had followed through on his threat, becoming the true monster? The world may never know...
*When [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] cries out in pain after the death of Rampage, brief flashes of the [[Dinobot (BW)|original Dinobot]]'s animation model can be seen as he looks upward. This possibly alludes to the plot of the unproduced episode "[[Dark Glass]]", where Rattrap would have uploaded the original Dinobot's datatrax into the clone. For more information on that plotline, please refer to [[Dinobot II|these]] [[Dark Glass|articles]].
*Depth Charge addresses his leader as "Optimal" at one point, making him the only character other than Megatron to call Primal by the name of his big and fancy new toy.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Tigerhawk pulls off some cool kung-fu moves in the air, accompanied by some supernatural glowing stuff.
** Flying, flying, everywhere! Apparently Cheetor can now fly outright in his Transmetal 2 form's [[beast mode]], rather than merely being restricted to his previous rocket-boosted running. Furthermore, Depth Charge has developed the ability to fly in both his regular stingray and [[robot mode]]s, and Optimus (although shown hovering and such in robot mode beforehand) now demonstrates the capability to fly at high speeds in this form as well. This does rather raise the question of what point their respective flight modes actually serve anymore.

===Transformers references===
*Well, first off, there's the ''Nemesis'' itself, the ship that attacked the ''Ark'' in the original Transformers lore. Optimus Primal retells the story for the benefit of new viewers. His account doesn't precisely match the circumstances of the G1 cartoon or the Marvel comic <ref>In the original cartoon, the Decepticons used the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s tractor beam to lock onto the Ark, and it was the Autobot/Decepticon fight inside the Ark that caused it to crash. (As elaborated in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" and "[[Microbots]]".) In the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]], the Decepticons boarded the ship, and Prime ''deliberately'' crashed the Ark onto Earth, in "[[The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers]]", with the ''Nemesis'' being left abandoned.</ref>, presumably to avoid ''Beast Wars'' from tying too closely into one continuity or the other.
** The flashbacks to the battle between the Ark and the ''Nemesis'' recounted by Optimus Primal and Megatron neglect to mention that the Decepticons boarded the Ark before the crash. This was probably done either to simplify the retelling, increase the significance of the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s involvement, or both.
** The ''Nemesis'' went unnamed in original Generation 1 media; this is the first work of fiction to actually name the ship.
*The [[Covenant of Primus]] is introduced in this episode as a sacred Cybertronian tome. Prior to this episode's release, the term "Covenant", in direct association with [[Primus]], had originally been applied to a [[Covenant (group)|group]] of twelve original Transformers created by Primus in the [[BotCon 1999]] prose story aptly titled "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]". Said story was written by [[Simon Furman]], who would write [[Nemesis Part 2|the very next episode]] of this two-parter. Though, no connection is made between between either the tome or the group in either this or the next episode, but one would later be given in [[2001]] in the 19th entry of the BotCon Online feature [[Apelinq's War Journals]].
*Megatron refers to Tarantulas as "[[Unicron]]'s spawn." Writer Bob Forward intended this as a generic insult in the vein of a human casting aspersions on someone's parentage (equivalent to "bastard" or "son of a bitch"), but it came ''right'' on the heels of the previous episode's revelation that Tarantulas was not descended from either Autobot or Decepticon, prompting a large portion of the audience to take the invective literally. Ancillary fiction like ''[[Primeval Dawn]]'' and "[[Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base]]" ran with it, and depicted Tarantulas as a literal creation of Unicron. ''[[Ask Vector Prime]]'' had "[[Vector Prime]]" lampshade this in 2015 with "I suppose some cycle "spawn of Unicron" will be the sort of invective hurled with nary a second thought."
*This is the first time we hear that Megatron's name is ''not'' a reference to [[Megatron (G1)|that other Megatron]], but a [[Megatron (myth)|figure from the Covenant]].

===Real-world references===
*When Depth Charge spots Predacon activity in [[Grid Scylla]], he's referencing a fan of the time.
*When contacting the Maximals, Optimus encodes transmission "M Sipher", a reference to [[Greg Sepelak]].
*Silverbolt's remark "It's just a scratch" followed by the dismemberment of his arm could be a reference to the immortal line of the Black Knight in ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''.
*Inferno utilizes the classic cartoon method of hiding, appearing from behind an impossibly skinny tree.
*When Megatron powers up the ''Nemesis'', external ship lights illuminate [[Cybertronix]] text in the Predacon variant, which spells out "Red Dwarf", a reference to the British sci-fi comedy show.

===Trivia===
* The death of Rampage is the only time in the series that a Maximal actually kills a Predacon (not for lack of trying).
* "Nemesis" was originally going to be a three-part episode, but was later compressed to two. {{fact}}
* Bob Forward and Simon Furman both worked together on the "Nemesis" outline, to the extent that it wasn't decided for a while who would be writing which part. Originally they'd had bigger, grander plans, but many of them got dropped when it was clear a fourth season wouldn't be coming. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm]
* At the beginning of the episode, when Rattrap holds up the Covenant of Primus, the Maximal variant of [[Cybertronix]] text can be seen. It reads "7 613 were cast out with him a cork one fork and a bowl of beans between them". This presumably follows the portion of the Covenant read by Primal, Datatrack 7.613: "And a mighty warrior came down from the sky, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his feet as pillars of fire. And the great dragon was cast out onto the earth, and his followers were cast out with him."
* The copy of the Covenent of Primus on the Nemesis has the Autobot symbol on the cover.
* This is clearly the only time Waspinator refers to himself as "I." This is also (regrettably) the last time Waspinator is slagged as a participant of the Beast Wars.
*Since dragon Megatron has his beast mode head as a robot mode arm as his original ''T. rex'' body did, Megatron's... odd relationship with his hand has returned. In this two-parter, he can not only be seen petting the dragon-head, but at one point, he turns from a monitor he's watching, and his head-hand turns toward it, and actually moves back and forth as it observes the on-screen events.
*Depth Charge's death cry, heard over Optimus' communicator, is bloodcurdling.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 1'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 1'''" ("Fates - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dokkān'''" (ドッカーン, "Ka-Boom")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 15]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 1'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Primera Parte'''" ("''Nemesis'' First Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gōngzhèng de Chéngfá'''" (公正的惩罚, "Fair Punishment")

===Footnotes===
<references />

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — We Have Returned ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Nemesis Part 1

2018-02-01T21:14:55Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=51
|image=BWNemesisPt1 rises.jpg
|caption="The most powerful warship ever built! ...and I just had it washed."
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 1"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[May 6]], 1999
|written by= [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by= [[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Down but not out, Megatron discovers Tarantulas's secret tunnel network that leads to the Decepticon warship, the ''Nemesis''.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Optimus book.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"And the Bay said 'Let there be light', and there was a sunset."]]
The [[Maximal]]s, secure for the first time since they moved into [[Mount St. Hilary]], begin searching for the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], who have been vulnerable since [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]]. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] quotes a verse from the [[Covenant of Primus]], believing Tigerhawk's arrival to be divine prophecy.

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Dinobot hatch.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Dinobot discovers why no one can get down Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole.]]
Meanwhile, the Predacons are growing disaffected with [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. (Even [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is mouthing off.) [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], ever loyal to his "queen", declares that a new "colony" will resecure them. Megatron orders him to take Waspinator and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], while he, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], and [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] search the remains of [[Tarantulas's lair]]. Dinobot finds a hatch which leads to an underwater tunnel and a computer. Accessing the computer, Megatron becomes quite excited by what he discovers, and takes the rail car with Dinobot, while Rampage follows in tank mode.

[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] spot Inferno, Waspinator, and Quickstrike leaving. Optimus orders them to fall back, but Depth Charge heads in. Optimus leaves with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and Tigerhawk to support them. As Primal arrives, Depth Charge finds the hatch—and a bomb. The explosion fails to kill any of the Maximals, but Silverbolt is damaged, and Blackarachnia and Cheetor escort his parts back to base.

At the protohumans' cave dwellings, Inferno declares that the caves will be their new "colony". He orders Quickstrike and Waspinator to engage, but Waspinator angrily refuses. Something has finally snapped in Waspy's central processor, and he declares that he is out of the Beast Wars. After a tirade against Megatron, the Predacons, life in general, and always being blown up, Waspinator tells them that they can kiss his stinger. Inferno and Quickstrike blast him, and proceed to attack the protohumans (who have become much tougher, having learned from the example of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and the Maximals).

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Megatron nemesis.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Where is all the furniture?]]
In the tunnels, Primal, Tigerhawk, and Depth Charge continue searching. After locating a data terminal, Primal accesses it and discovers what Tarantulas found and Megatron desires—the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the flagship of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and the vessel which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] used to shoot down the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Realizing the threat the Decepticon warship holds, Depth Charge heads out to locate it. Optimus sends out an emergency warning to the Maximals, and he and Tigerhawk head out to the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s location through the air.

Meanwhile, Megatron and Dinobot are able to board the ship, where they discover that Tarantulas had been a busy spider: not only did he repair the vessel, he added a [[transwarp]] cell and installed a Predacon control console. Best of all, in Megatron's optics, Tarantulas left behind a copy of the Covenant of Primus to boot: the tome from which he [[Megatron (myth)|took his name]]! Megatron and Dinobot begin powering up the vessel for an attack.

[[File:Nemesis Part 1 Depthcharge blade.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Why so serious?]]
Reaching the sunken behemoth, Depth Charge informs Optimus of his discovery, and Optimus in turn authorizes Depth Charge to neutralize the ''Nemesis'' by any means necessary. Before Depth Charge can start, he is engaged by Rampage. The two enemies fight, and Depth Charge grabs an [[energon crystal]]. He drives it into Rampage's [[spark]], and the explosion destroys both Transformers and also causes Dinobot to cry out in pain. Optimus, though mourning Depth Charge's loss, is relieved to know the threat of the ''Nemesis'' has been dealt with.

That is, until the ''Nemesis'' rises from the ocean, fully operational. [[Nemesis Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Tigerhawk]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (8)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (11)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (12)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (14)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*[[Una]] (15)
*Protohumans (16)
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
[''Silverbolt has been injured in an explosion''] 
'''Silverbolt''': "Worry not, my love. It's just a...scratch." 
[''Silverbolt's arm falls off''] 
'''Optimus''': "Maybe. But I think you're due some time in the CR chamber." 
'''Silverbolt''': "Sir, I'm fine. I —" 
'''Blackarachnia''': "Shut up and obey your commander, bone-brain." 
[''Silverbolt's head falls off''] 
'''Silverbolt''': "Yes, dear."
:—Silverbolt is pretty whipped.

"There! That will be our new colony!" 
"Eww, I don't wanna move in there. It got all them hairy critters in it. Unless... unless you mean, we's gonna slag 'em! Oh, oh, ''please'' tell me that's what yer plannin'!" 
"The royalty demands a new colony, and we shall take it, by force" 
"YA-HOO! Now yer talkin', haha!"
:—'''Inferno''' and '''Quickstrike''' discuss a possible new home.

"I said '''no!''' [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Dragon-Bot]] command ''you,'' [[Second-in-command|Sub-Commander]] [[Inferno (BW)|Kiss-Butt]]! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil. Sick of being Predacon! ''And'', Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to '''scrap''' all the time! Sooo, Waspinator ''quit!'' As of ''now'', which means [[Inferno (BW)|Ant-Bot]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Two-Head]] can just pucker their mandibles and plant [[Kiss|big, wet, juicy one]] right here on Waspinator's big...fat...stripy...a..." 
[''BAM!!!'']
:—'''Waspinator''' finally stands up for himself...and gets blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike.

"I've no time for you, X." 
"Like you had no time for Starbase Rugby? You had friends there as I recall. Tasty ones too!"
:—'''Depth Charge''' and '''Rampage'''.

"I was [[Depth Charge (BW)|your]] assignment, and you failed!"
:—'''Rampage'''

"Raw energon! Right through your twisted spark! Take it! Take it straight to the pit, you SICKENING PIECE OF SLAG!"
:—'''Depth Charge''''s final words before killing Rampage.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Dinobot squeezes the piece of Rampage's spark he possesses to pacify his "half-brother", his shoulder pads are missing. Also, the spark seems to float freely when it is released, in contrast to previous episodes where it was held in place by Dinobot's spark chamber.
* At the very beginning when Optimus is reciting, Cheetor is visible in the background in his normal Transmetal body, walking with Blackarachnia.
*Megatron must have had a tight fit climbing down the hatch that Dinobot found.
*Una must be a very strong protohuman to smash a sizable lump into Waspinator's skull. Or Waspinator is just that fragile.
*After saying that he quits, Waspinator rips the Predacon icon off his head, but when he tells Inferno and Quickstrike to kiss his stinger, it's still on.
* Optimus tells Depth Charge "Warheads armed, full speed to maximum" when ordering him to intercept Megatron. Apparently he's so worried he can't form a coherent sentence.

===Continuity errors===
* The bomb Megatron left behind as a trap for the Maximals has some very curious properties. It has enough power to severely damage Silverbolt and creates a powerful energy wave that is felt by the approaching Cheetor and Tigerhawk, who are miles away (even disintegrating a butterfly in the process). However, despite all of the above, Optimus and Depth Charge suffer absolutely no ill effects from the bomb, despite being at extremely close range and having very little time (or even room, given the terrain) to run for cover. Depth Charge opened the hatch, but Silverbolt is the one who got damaged. Assuming that there was very little time to get away, Silverbolt could have jumped in front of Depth Charge to protect him (but why would he?), but it is still misleading going into the commercial break. Maybe Silverbolt is just the weakest of the three of them?
* How ''exactly'' did Megatron construct a bomb from scratch to begin with? With his base destroyed in the previous episode, it seems very unlikely that he would have the materials to create one on hand.
* Tarantulas has been almost absurdly busy behind Megatron's back. Not only has he located the ''Nemesis'', not only has he refitted its bridge with Predacon-scaled controls and technology, but he's also rigged up a hilariously elaborate underwater submarine-train to take him there. Where has he found the time to do all of this in between all his other projects?
* When Depth Charge first calls in the Predacons' location, Inferno can be seen flying off with Waspinator and Quickstrike. This would place their arrival a good thirty seconds or so before Megatron, Dinobot, and Rampage use the secret hatch, which is supported by Depth Charge spotting Rampage and refusing to wait. However, after Optimus arrives, Silverbolt lands with him and Depth Charge has completely lost sight of Rampage. How did neither notice them use the hatch if they could clearly make out individual Predacons from their distance?
* Not that one would expect Rampage to be obedient, but when Megatron orders both him and Dinobot into the submersible, Rampage flat-out ignores him and just decides to follow under his own power.
* No explanation is given as to why Rampage is suddenly vulnerable to energon, especially since he's had energon weapons poked into his spark many times. It may have something to do with the stability of the underwater energon.

===Continuity notes===
*The protohumans are well on their way to civilization since we last saw them, developing fire, spears, musical instruments, and sophisticated anti-Transformer strategies.
*Quickstrike mentions that the anthropoids have become much tougher after their last encounter; presumably, he's referring to "[[Code of Hero]]", where he took part in the attack on the protohuman valley.
*We get more hints about the sordid history between Rampage and Depth Charge; notably, Rampage boasts that he attacked [[Starbase Rugby]], solely because Depth Charge had friends aboard. Ouch.
*It's not quite clear why Rampage allowed himself to be stabbed in the spark. Did he simply want to end his tortured existence? Was he gleeful in the knowledge that Depth Charge had followed through on his threat, becoming the true monster? The world may never know...
*When [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] cries out in pain after the death of Rampage, brief flashes of the [[Dinobot (BW)|original Dinobot]]'s animation model can be seen as he looks upward. This possibly alludes to the plot of the unproduced episode "[[Dark Glass]]", where Rattrap would have uploaded the original Dinobot's datatrax into the clone. For more information on that plotline, please refer to [[Dinobot II|these]] [[Dark Glass|articles]].
*Depth Charge addresses his leader as "Optimal" at one point, making him the only character other than Megatron to call Primal by the name of his big and fancy new toy.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Tigerhawk pulls off some cool kung-fu moves in the air, accompanied by some supernatural glowing stuff.
** Flying, flying, everywhere! Apparently Cheetor can now fly outright in his Transmetal 2 form's [[beast mode]], rather than merely being restricted to his previous rocket-boosted running. Furthermore, Depth Charge has developed the ability to fly in both his regular stingray and [[robot mode]]s, and Optimus (although shown hovering and such in robot mode beforehand) now demonstrates the capability to fly at high speeds in this form as well. This does rather raise the question of what point their respective flight modes actually serve anymore.

===Transformers references===
*Well, first off, there's the ''Nemesis'' itself, the ship that attacked the ''Ark'' in the original Transformers lore. Optimus Primal retells the story for the benefit of new viewers. His account doesn't precisely match the circumstances of the G1 cartoon or the Marvel comic <ref>In the original cartoon, the Decepticons used the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s tractor beam to lock onto the Ark, and it was the Autobot/Decepticon fight inside the Ark that caused it to crash. (As elaborated in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" and "[[Microbots]]".) In the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]], the Decepticons boarded the ship, and Optimus ''deliberately'' crashed the Ark onto Earth, in "[[The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers]]", with the ''Nemesis'' being left abandoned.</ref>, presumably to avoid ''Beast Wars'' from tying too closely into one continuity or the other.
** The flashbacks to the battle between the Ark and the ''Nemesis'' recounted by Optimus Primal and Megatron neglect to mention that the Decepticons boarded the Ark before the crash. This was probably done either to simplify the retelling, increase the significance of the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s involvement, or both.
** The ''Nemesis'' went unnamed in original Generation 1 media; this is the first work of fiction to actually name the ship.
*The [[Covenant of Primus]] is introduced in this episode as a sacred Cybertronian tome. Prior to this episode's release, the term "Covenant", in direct association with [[Primus]], had originally been applied to a [[Covenant (group)|group]] of twelve original Transformers created by Primus in the [[BotCon 1999]] prose story aptly titled "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]". Said story was written by [[Simon Furman]], who would write [[Nemesis Part 2|the very next episode]] of this two-parter. Though, no connection is made between between either the tome or the group in either this or the next episode, but one would later be given in [[2001]] in the 19th entry of the BotCon Online feature [[Apelinq's War Journals]].
*Megatron refers to Tarantulas as "[[Unicron]]'s spawn." Writer Bob Forward intended this as a generic insult in the vein of a human casting aspersions on someone's parentage (equivalent to "bastard" or "son of a bitch"), but it came ''right'' on the heels of the previous episode's revelation that Tarantulas was not descended from either Autobot or Decepticon, prompting a large portion of the audience to take the invective literally. Ancillary fiction like ''[[Primeval Dawn]]'' and "[[Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base]]" ran with it, and depicted Tarantulas as a literal creation of Unicron. ''[[Ask Vector Prime]]'' had "[[Vector Prime]]" lampshade this in 2015 with "I suppose some cycle "spawn of Unicron" will be the sort of invective hurled with nary a second thought."
*This is the first time we hear that Megatron's name is ''not'' a reference to [[Megatron (G1)|that other Megatron]], but a [[Megatron (myth)|figure from the Covenant]].

===Real-world references===
*When Depth Charge spots Predacon activity in [[Grid Scylla]], he's referencing a fan of the time.
*When contacting the Maximals, Optimus encodes transmission "M Sipher", a reference to [[Greg Sepelak]].
*Silverbolt's remark "It's just a scratch" followed by the dismemberment of his arm could be a reference to the immortal line of the Black Knight in ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''.
*Inferno utilizes the classic cartoon method of hiding, appearing from behind an impossibly skinny tree.
*When Megatron powers up the ''Nemesis'', external ship lights illuminate [[Cybertronix]] text in the Predacon variant, which spells out "Red Dwarf", a reference to the British sci-fi comedy show.

===Trivia===
* The death of Rampage is the only time in the series that a Maximal actually kills a Predacon (not for lack of trying).
* "Nemesis" was originally going to be a three-part episode, but was later compressed to two. {{fact}}
* Bob Forward and Simon Furman both worked together on the "Nemesis" outline, to the extent that it wasn't decided for a while who would be writing which part. Originally they'd had bigger, grander plans, but many of them got dropped when it was clear a fourth season wouldn't be coming. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm]
* At the beginning of the episode, when Rattrap holds up the Covenant of Primus, the Maximal variant of [[Cybertronix]] text can be seen. It reads "7 613 were cast out with him a cork one fork and a bowl of beans between them". This presumably follows the portion of the Covenant read by Primal, Datatrack 7.613: "And a mighty warrior came down from the sky, and a rainbow was upon his head, and his feet as pillars of fire. And the great dragon was cast out onto the earth, and his followers were cast out with him."
* The copy of the Covenent of Primus on the Nemesis has the Autobot symbol on the cover.
* This is clearly the only time Waspinator refers to himself as "I." This is also (regrettably) the last time Waspinator is slagged as a participant of the Beast Wars.
*Since dragon Megatron has his beast mode head as a robot mode arm as his original ''T. rex'' body did, Megatron's... odd relationship with his hand has returned. In this two-parter, he can not only be seen petting the dragon-head, but at one point, he turns from a monitor he's watching, and his head-hand turns toward it, and actually moves back and forth as it observes the on-screen events.
*Depth Charge's death cry, heard over Optimus' communicator, is bloodcurdling.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 1'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 1'''" ("Fates - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dokkān'''" (ドッカーン, "Ka-Boom")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 15]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 1'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Primera Parte'''" ("''Nemesis'' First Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gōngzhèng de Chéngfá'''" (公正的惩罚, "Fair Punishment")

===Footnotes===
<references />

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — We Have Returned ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below

2017-12-22T00:02:06Z

LiamK: /* Notes */ Glvatron's cannon

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'''Superion faces the ultimate sacrifice to stop Galvatron's plans for the Enigma of Combination, while Optimus Prime's campaign reaches a dramatic turning point.'''

==Synopsis==
Beneath the [[Indian Ocean]], the [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]-controlled [[Sky Reign]] attacks [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], who struggles to fight back as he starts to feel the [[Enigma of Combination]] trying to take over his own mind. [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] deduces that the Enigma was responsible for separating [[Victorion]], so [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] suggests deleting a portion of the Enigma's source code—shared between all devices using it—in hopes of "breaking" it. Such a tactic proves impossible, as the code simply repairs itself. Fortunately, Superion has one advantage the other combiners do not: he was ''not'' created by the Enigma. Using the limited resistance to its power that this grants him, Superion begins to write the Enigma's source code onto his own brain, allowing him to take control of it and use it to force the other combiners to separate. In the process, however, he loses control of the part of his mind that controls his [[size changing|mass displacement]], and swells up to even more gigantic size. The colossal Superion begins tearing into the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', which in turn starts losing power, allowing [[G.B. Blackrock|Blackrock]] to escape his bonds while Galvatron rages. Finally, with some difficulty, Superion separates back into the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]; de-combining effectively causes Superion's brain to cease to "exist," thereby causing the portion of the Enigma source code he had written onto his brain to disappear from the whole. The Enigma is now useless... but in order for it to remain that way, Superion must never combine again.

In [[Monument Valley]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] continues refusing to let [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] engage the attacking [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] forces, even as [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] reports live to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as events unfold. Unfortunately, Soundwave has had all he can stand, and he and [[Aileron]] are soon returning fire. Optimus despairs and turns to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] for advice, but all the old 'bot has to offer are enigmatic prophecies and platitudes. Desperate, Optimus encourages Soundwave to try reading the humans' minds; perhaps goaded somewhat by the veiled allegation that he ''can't'' do it, Soundwave complies, and is granted sudden, jarring understanding. Human brains, he realizes as he makes contact, are at their base level electrical, just like Cybertronians, and all the fear and hatred he feels from them is just as real and valid as any Cybertronian emotion. Recognizing the wrongness of his belief that humans are lesser beings, Soundwave immediately takes responsibility for the crimes he has perpetrated against humanity, and surrenders.

Back under the ocean, Galvatron hauls himself from the wreckage of the ''Nemesis'' and picks through his fallen troops until he finds [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], who he wakes up and orders to transport him away. [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] tries to stop them escaping, but nearly takes a cannon-blast from Galvatron to the face; he is saved only when [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] tackles him out of the shot's path, which gives Galvatron and Astrotrain their chance to get away.[[File:AsAboveSoBelow-metrotitanawakens.jpg|thumb|left|400px|WHO DARES AWAKEN...oh...it's ''you''.]]
Simultaneously, [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]]'s team attempts to take Blackrock into custody, but they are kept at bay by a gun-toting [[Marissa Faireborn|Faireborn]] and [[Ayana Jones|Jones]], who have arrived in response to a secret signal Blackrock hid in the transmission Galvatron had earlier sent to the EDC. Arcee is not willing to back down, but the matter is taken out of her hands when a repentant [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]]—having secretly made a deal with Blackrock—teleports Faireborn, Jones, and Blackrock away.

Surrounded by the EDC, Optimus sadly concludes that he has been defeated, leading [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]—watching Circuit's broadcast on Cybertron—to celebrate even harder. Alpha Trion, however, continues to urge him to reach out with his feelings. Prime again senses the mysterious object buried beneath the valley that drew him there in the first place... but this time, he realizes what it is. Kneeling down, Prime bids what lurks beneath to arise... and a gigantic [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] bursts out of the ground! The EDC immediately retreat, while a crestfallen Starscream's jaw hangs open. Just then, Arcee radios in to report on their mission, regretfully informing Prime of Galvatron's escape. But Prime, galvanized by the day's successes, refuses to accept this result, and finally permits Arcee to hunt Galvatron down and end his threat—no matter the cost.

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==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (10)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (14)
*[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] (19)
*[[Rust Dust]] (20)
*[[Dust Up]] (21)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (22)
*[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] (23)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (28)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (29)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (34)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (36)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (37)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (38)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (39)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] (42)

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*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Sky Reign]] (15)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (17)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (18)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (24)
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (25)
*[[Acid Storm]] (26)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (30)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] (31)
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (33)
*[[Swift]] (35)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (40)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (41)

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*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (1)
*[[Zilong Qian]] (2)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (6)
*[[Ayana Jones]] (7)

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*[[D.0.C.]] (3)
*[[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] (4)
*[[Bob (IDW)|Bob]] (5)
*[[Longtooth]] (11)
*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (12)
*[[Aileron]] (13)
*[[Seeker clone]] combiners (16)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] (27)
*[[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] (32)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (43)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (44)
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] (45)
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==Quotes==
'''Soundwave:''' "I '''hear''' you, Spike Witwicky. I should have '''known''' it would be '''you.'''" 
'''Qian:''' "What did you do to get '''him''' mad at you?" 
'''Spike:''' "No idea. He might just hate me on principle."

"Only an Autobot would bring a '''pistol''' to a '''fusion cannon''' fight."
:—'''Galvatron'''

"This must be what an '''Autobot victory''' feels like. You won on '''certain fronts''', yet your quarry slipped away." 
"Not '''this''' time, Soundwave. Arcee—'''pursue''' Galvatron. Do not allow him to '''escape'''...'''whatever''' the cost."
:—'''Soundwave''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Rumble and Frenzy talk about how Arcee "keeps beating them up," referring to several past clashes with her in [[The End of the Beginning of the World|issue #11]], [[Heavy Is the Head|#16]], and [[Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|#36]].
*The story behind Superion's spontaneous creation was discussed in [[Second Exodus|issue #18]].
*Soundwave refers to Spike with contempt, but Spike doesn't know what he did to make the Decepticon hate him with such specificity. More than likely, it was the time his team deactivated Rumble, back in [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|''All Hail Megatron'' #9]], which caused Soundwave to howl with anguish when it happened. Spike also finds the sensation of Soundwave trying to read his mind familiar, citing a past experience with it from ''All Hail Megatron''; Soundwave didn't read any human minds in that story, so presumably, Spike's referring to the brain-rattling sonic screech that followed Rumble's defeat in that same issue, just before Soundwave came running onto the scene.
*It is explained that Prime brought the Autobots to Monument Valley based on the vision he experienced back in [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|issue #50]]; said vision included the sight of a Titan emerging from the ground. Optimus noted in the previous issue that he was sensing something in the area.
*Optimus previously displayed the ability to awaken dormant Titans in [[Homecoming (IDW)|issue #19]].
*Swift mentions that she thought being a Decepticon would be less "desperate" indicating that she has formally joined them, though she isn't shown to have a Decepticon sigil anywhere. This also means that she becomes the second female Decepticon to appear in IDW continuity, after [[Nickel]] of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]].

===Transformers references===
* This version of Galvatron is armed with a [[fusion cannon]], Megatron's weapon of choice, rather than his more traditional [[particle cannon]].

===Real-life references===
* On Sara Pitre-Durocher's retailer incentive cover, a shipping container is stamped "19062015 VCTRN", in reference to the June 19, 2015 reveal of Victorion on [http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/06/19/victorion-transformers-exclusive-first-look/28969983/ USA Today], which included artwork from the [[An Uneventful Night|''Combiner Hunters'' one-shot]], Pitre-Durocher's first interior work for IDW.
* "As above so below" is a an ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism Hermetic] phrase taken from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet the Emerald Tablet], part of a series of Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts. The texts discuss concepts like alchemy, astrology, the divine, and the nature of the mind.
* Galvatron's quote "Only an Autobot would bring a pistol to a fusion cannon fight" is a paraphrase of the oft used quote "bring a knife to a gunfight", possibly first used in the 1987 film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(film) The Untouchables]''.

===Errors===
*As Superion grows to a gigantic size and starts tearing into the ''Nemesis'', Alpha Bravo is suddenly his left arm, and Fireflight his right. As Superion separates, they are back in their usual positions.
*Meanwhile, the regular cover, which depicts a very toy-accurate Superion, features Fireflight-as-his-left-arm in Slingshot's colors (i.e. the Quickslinger toy), even though Alpha Bravo is still drawn as Superion's right arm.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Superion under attack, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Soundwave and Aileron surrounded by the EDC, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and the [[Torchbearer|Rust Renegades]], by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]; one of three retailer incentive covers by Pitre-Durocher for June's ''Transformers'' titles, which all feature Windblade in commemoration of the launch of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|Till All Are One]]''.
<gallery>
File:TF54 regcvr.jpg|"I'm getting too old for this glitch!"
File:TF54 subcvr.jpg|Who are these [[knockoff]]s?
File:TF54 cvrRI.jpg|Girls night out
</gallery>

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==External links==
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Target: 2006

2017-12-21T23:50:39Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */ Time travel fun

{{featured}}
{{disambig2|the original Marvel UK storyline|the Titan Books trade paperback collecting this storyline|Transformers: Target: 2006}}
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|title="Target: 2006"
|next=Cybertron: The Middle Years!
|image=MarvelUK-088.jpg
|caption=They have better things to do tonight than die!
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|coverdate=[[September 13|13th September]] – [[November 22|22nd November]] [[1986]]
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'''Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge travel back in time with a plan to destroy Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
===Prologue===
[[File:Primewoods.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|PRIME '''''SMASH!''''']]
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] is hunting the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and is growing frustrated. So frustrated, in fact, that he is indiscriminately knocking over trees and wrecking woodland habitats. [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] manages to get through to Prime about the damage he is causing, and also questions whether the Dinobots are worth the trouble they cause. Optimus wonders if Prowl might be right, but doesn't want the [[Autobot]] forces on [[Earth]] to be any more depleted than they have to be.

Meanwhile, below the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] is running late for a briefing with [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] about the forthcoming [[Operation: Volcano]] and whether [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] will be a part of it.

On the surface city of [[Polyhex]], phase one of Operation: Volcano is going into effect as [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] tortures a treacherous Autobot into revealing Emirate Xaaron's whereabouts, before killing said traitor. Unknown to the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]], the information is false, having been ''deliberately'' leaked by [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]].

Back on [[Earth]], Optimus Prime is briefing the Autobots on the reasons they fight and the importance of protecting the [[human]] race from the [[Decepticon]] menace when he, [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] and Prowl are wracked by pain and suddenly disappear. The remaining Earthbound Autobots are distraught.

On Cybertron, an Autobot "priest" is tending the chamber of the [[Matrix Flame]], which, with its connection to Optimus Prime severed, sputters out and dies. The priest does not take this well.

[[File:Target 2006 Prologue Galvatron, Scourge & Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|It took 1.21 jiggawatts to get this image.]]
At a cereal farm in [[Oregon]], the weather takes a turn for the worse as three shadowy figures arrive, trying to figure out where, and more importantly, [[Time travel|when]] they are. Soon, the locals are investigating the noise made by the figures arrival. After one of the figures discovers that it's [[1986]], he is revealed as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]!

===Apocalypse Then...Now!===
[[File:Target 2006 Part 1 Scourge & Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Catch that pigeon NOW.]]
[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (who has Galvatron on board) are flying over [[Wyoming]] and testing out the destructive capabilities of their [[New body|new forms]] by destroying first a locomotive and then a [[Joe's Garage|gas station]]. The Decepticons discuss how easy it would be to conquer the planet with their upgraded weaponry until Galvatron reminds them that their purpose in the past is to prepare for the future. Galvatron orders them to seek out [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]].

Down at ground level, [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] is leading a team of Autobots in a reconnaissance mission, hoping to discover what happened to Optimus, Prowl, and Ratchet by spying on Megatron, who is accompanied by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. As the Autobots continue to watch, Galvatron, Scourge, and Cyclonus arrive at the [[Wyoming base|Decepticon base]], transforming to [[robot mode]] and introducing themselves to Megatron as fellow Decepticons. Ever suspicious, Megatron has [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] scan the new arrivals and confirm that they are, indeed, Decepticons but something seems to be blocking any deeper scan.

[[File:Target 2006 Megatron fusions Galvatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1|I don't think so.]]
A wary Megatron asks if Galvatron works for [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], and is surprised when Galvatron claims to be the [[Decepticon leader]] of [[2006]]. Galvatron asks Megatron to put aside his considerable doubts, and surrender command of the Constructicons (temporarily) to him. Galvatron asks Megatron to trust in him, and Megatron replies in traditional style by blasting Galvatron in the face with his [[fusion cannon]]. The future Decepticon shrugs off the shot and his lieutenants aim their weaponry at Megatron. Galvatron orders Scourge and Cyclonus ''not'' to fire as Megatron can not be allowed to die.

Instead, Scourge and Cyclonus bull-rush Megatron and Soundwave respectively rendering them unconscious before Galvatron uses his [[particle cannon]] to bury the prone Decepticons under a rock pile. At that point, Galvatron's leadership is confirmed when [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] perches on his shoulder. Galvatron orders the Constructicons to accompany him.

[[File:Target 2006 Ultra Magnus splash.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Deal with ''this''.]]
Witnessing all this, the Autobots split up, with Jazz and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] following Galvatron's party, [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] observing Megatron's group and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] reporting back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]].

On Cybertron, Impactor is furious that Ultra Magnus is no longer part of Operation: Volcano, and pleads his case to Emirate Xaaron. Xaaron states that the extinguished Matrix Flame has priority over Volcano, and informs Impactor to take it up with Ultra Magnus himself. Magnus declares that he must travel to Earth.

===Construction Time Again!===
[[File:Target 2006 Galvagun.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Anything [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|you]] can do, I can do better.]]
On Earth, specifically in Northern [[Oregon]], Jazz and Hound are spying on the Constructicons. Galvatron is leading the Constructicons as they build a massive and presumably powerful device of some sort, utilising enough solar panels to "level a small planet". This leads the Autobots to speculate that it might be some sort of power source for future Cybertron, but if so, why build it in the past?

One thing the Autobots ''are'' sure of is that if they don't find out more about the structure, it'll be the death of all of them. As Hound and Jazz turn and head back to the Ark, Cyclonus attacks, seriously wounding Jazz, and gloating over an obviously upset Hound.

Elsewhere, Ultra Magnus arrives on Earth, somewhat disorientated after travelling via [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]]'s unstable prototype [[space bridge]]. As Magnus fights off the after-effects of travel, he recalls Impactor's fury at the disruption of Volcano and notes that he only has five [[units of time|ten cycles]]—five days Earth time—to get to the bottom of the Matrix Flame mystery and set things right on Earth.

[[File:Target 2006 Hound vs wood.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|For when lumberjacks are just too slow.]]
For Hound, it seems that time has already run out as Cyclonus tosses him around like a rag doll. Cyclonus then gloats that when [[Life Spark]] was as injured as Hound currently is, Unicron sculpted him into the powerful form of Cyclonus, but for the Autobot, no such opportunity will arise. As Cyclonus brings his oxidating laser to bear for the coup de grace, it is shot out of his hand by the imposing Ultra Magnus.

[[File:Target 2006 Creepy Galvatron Prone Jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Ooh 'eck!]]
Ultra Magnus is surprised that Cyclonus appears to recognise him, leading the Decepticon to realise that this must be the Ultra Magnus of 1986, and that the Autobot's presence on Earth needs to be reported to Galvatron. Magnus believes that it will take some time for that report to reach Galvatron, but Cyclonus disagrees, tossing Hound into Magnus to punctuate the point before flying off.

Understanding that Hound is too gravely injured to report to the Ark under his own power, Ultra Magnus transforms to his car carrier mode and transports the stricken Autobot back to base. Upon hearing Cyclonus's report that Ultra Magnus is unexpectedly present on Earth, Galvatron realises that his Decepticons are going to have to improvise. The future Decepticon decides that the best course of action would be to goad the Autobots into a hasty, ill-planned attack so that defeat will demoralise them. Furthermore, Jazz will be used as bait.

Back at the Ark, [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] is repairing Hound, who is briefing the Autobots on the threat of Galvatron. [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] wants to investigate immediately but is stopped by Ultra Magnus, who insists that Jetfire and the other Autobots need to assist in the quest to find out what's happened to Optimus Prime before concerning themselves about Galvatron. Jetfire is skeptical, and points out that much of Magnus's story doesn't quite add up.

The bickering Autobots are interrupted by Smokescreen who displays a communication from Galvatron on the view screen. The future Decepticon gloats mockingly at the Autobots as he displays his [[Variable voltage harness|brutally tortured]] prisoner, Jazz.

===Defeat!===
[[File:Target 2006 Ironhide digs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Ironhide gets his rocks off.]]
Ironhide is digging through rubble, pondering the nature of defeat. He notes that some defeats can be overcome easily, but some cannot. Ironhide thinks back to the Autobots recent battle with Galvatron.

[[File:Target 2006 Doubting Magnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|He really can't deal with it right now.]]
''On the Ark, a distracted Ironhide's reverie is interrupted by Jetfire who, together with Smokescreen, are preparing to go kick Galvatron's butt back to 2006 in order to rescue Jazz. Hound disagrees, saying that without extra Autobot power and as Galvatron is clearly out of their league.''

''A less-than-trusting Jetfire realises that they are referring to Ultra Magnus and tells Hound and Ironhide to ask the newly-arrived Autobot to accompany them. Ultra Magnus backs up that lack of trust by refusing, stating that his priority has to be finding Optimus Prime and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Magnus begs for forgiveness from the remaining Autobots, who for their part would rather be Earth-bound if Magnus's lack of compassion is standard Cybertronian issue.''

''The remaining Autobots go to attack anyway, and are almost immediately ambushed by Scourge and Cyclonus. [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] is the first casualty to the airborne Decepticons, and the Autobots scatter to avoid being blasted by Scourge and Cyclonus's weaponry. Jetfire takes to the skies, colliding with Cyclonus and forcing the Decepticon to the ground, trailing smoke.''

''The other Autobots are blasting Scourge, but the future Decepticon's skiff form proves to be too manoeuvrable and they are unable to hit him. Scourge indulges the Autobots by landing and transforming into [[robot mode]], punching out [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] as he comes into land. The Autobots respond by surrounding Scourge and clobbering him into unconsciousness.''

[[File:2006-1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Galvatron indulges in his passion for S&M.]]
''Jetfire pulls Ironhide, Smokescreen and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] away from the melee and go after Galvatron. The future Decepticon leader seems completely unbothered by their arrival, and is happy that some Autobots got past his lieutenants. Galvatron reveals that the defeats of Scourge and Cyclonus were a mere ruse and that the future Decepticons are unharmed, as are the Constructicons. None of the Decepticons lift a finger to defend Galvatron, who is unperturbed by the Autobot fire-power arrayed against him. The Autobots blast Galvatron, but, unharmed, he merely laughs at their efforts before savagely beating the Autobots down himself.''

''Galvatron leaves the helpless Autobots alive, deeming them not even worth killing.''

Ironhide finishes digging through the rubble, revealing Soundwave and Megatron. Back at the Ark, somebody punches their way out of a stasis pod whilst Grapple is distracted.

===Wreck and Rule!===
[[File:Impactorfearless.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Dance into the fire.]]
On Cybertron, Impactor's Autobot group, now dubbed "The [[Wrecker]]s" attack Decepticons. Shrapnel is taken out by Impactor's harpoon gun and subsequently used as a weapon to take care of [[Octane]]. [[Rack'n'Ruin]] deal with [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] while the [[Jumpstarter]]s, together with Roadbuster, finish off [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]].

As Impactor notes, the attack is a success, except without Ultra Magnus's presence to guard their flank, the Wreckers would be quickly overwhelmed by Decepticon reinforcements were this the actual Operation: Volcano instead of a practice run with [[facsimile construct]]s standing in for the Decepticons.

[[File:Jukebot.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|FREEBIRD!]]
Impactor once again goes over the painstaking preparations for their mission, and how Emirate Xaaron's sending of Ultra Magnus to Earth has put the mission in jeopardy. Without Magnus's presence, Operation: Volcano is as good as dead, a fact which [[Twin Twist]] affirms, stating that it's "not their fight anymore". Impactor goes to report the abortion of the operation to Xaaron and tells the rest of the Wreckers to relax.

Twin Twist, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], and Roadbuster follow their instructions, stopping off at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], a black market fuel source that doesn't concern itself with petty details like the customer's faction. The Wreckers aren't in good spirits, as while they realise that calling off Volcano was the logical course of action, they still feel bad about backing out. The depressing mood is broken when an angry Decepticon, [[Fang]], bursts into the Oil House and brutally attacks [[Tusks|the entertainment]] as Fang didn't like the music being played. Twin Twist's mech fluid is boiling and he wants to do something about Fang, but Roadbuster cautions that this "isn't their fight".

[[File:Target 2006 Whirl Roadbuster Do It.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Let's fall in love.]]
In the meantime, Impactor is explaining the decision to call off Volcano to Xaaron. Xaaron agrees that if Magnus is unable to return on time, then withdrawing would be the right thing to do, and might lead to an Autobot victory later on. The Emirate muses about what might happen if Volcano is aborted and Ultra Magnus does return to Cybertron on time. Impactor grudgingly takes the hint.

Back at Maccadam's, Fang beats the fluid out of the Piano Transformer and asks if anybody else wants to disagree with him. Twin Twist takes Fang up on his offer, quickly rendering Fang an ex-Decepticon. Defending an innocent Transformer from unprovoked Decepticon attacks acts as an epiphany for the Wreckers, who agree that they must continue to fight, no matter what.

Once the Wreckers reassemble at their base, Impactor announces a change in their plans. Operation: Volcano is a 'go' once more than Impactor asks for volunteers to participate. The Wreckers unanimously vote to re-join the Operation, and begin another combat rehearsal.

===The Devil You Know...===
[[File:Target 2006 Starscream breaks free.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|left|The Birdbot of Arkatraz.]]
[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] has awoken aboard the Ark, and has also freed [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]]. Starscream cannot accept the sight he is seeing, that of Megatron commanding the Autobots.

Megatron tells the Autobots that they need to follow his instructions as closely as possible. Jetfire is in disagreement, claiming that Megatron was rescued by Ironhide merely to advise, not to command. Megatron treats this statement with contempt, pointing out how ''spectacularly'' unsuccessful Jetfire's last attempt at commanding an assault on Galvatron was. Ironhide interjects that Megatron wasn't exactly a resounding success against Galvatron either, and would still be lying under a rock pile if not for the Autobot.

Ironhide concedes that a mutual alliance with Megatron's forces is the Autobots' best bet against Galvatron, and calls for a vote on whether they should follow Megatron's instructions, at least in the short term. The vote carries.

Starscream can't help but smirk as he learns of these events, particularly at the prospect of allying with a being powerful enough to force the Autobots and Decepticons together. Overcome with the idea of power, Starscream leaves to seek out Galvatron.

[[File:Target 2006 Magnus Big head.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|It's like an orange on a toothpick.]]
At the Ark, Ultra Magnus cannot believe the Autobots are willingly going to follow the orders of a monster such as Megatron and berates Hound rather fiercely about committing to rescuing Jazz over seeking out Optimus Prime. Hound comments that they have plenty of time to carry out both objectives. Magnus strenuously disagrees, showing him the countdown to Operation: Volcano—now down to 97:18—and explaining how Magnus's time on Earth is strictly limited by his mission on Cybertron. Hound wonders if that mission can be postponed, and Ultra Magnus flatly states that it can't, as the bait has already been set. Hound understands, but knows he still has to accompany the others to rescue Jazz. Magnus agrees but cautions to watch out for Megatron, who is just as insidiously evil as Galvatron.

Over at the [[Portland Iron and Steel Foundry]] central storehouse, Scourge is struggling with ennui, reduced to carrying the raw materials for Galvatron's weapon. With the [[human]]s not being a match for his considerable fighting prowess, Galvatron's lieutenant is itching to fight. He detects something and brings his weapon to bear, blasting [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] who is trying to sneak in alongside Brawn and Tracks.

[[File:Scourge marvel uk 83.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Even Scourge cannot stop the metal.]]
The sneak attack surprises Scourge, who thought that once the Autobots were beaten, they wouldn't recover. The future Decepticon is nonplussed, though, as a mere three Autobots are no match for his fire-power. Unfortunately for Scourge, five more Autobots arrive from another part of the building and pen him in amongst the maze-like storage areas.

Things get worse for Scourge as his weapon is blasted out of his hand. A second blast hits Scourge, enraging him to the point that he smashes into a pile of steel, burying Smokescreen and Ironhide. Realising that discretion is the better part of valour, Scourge tries to contact Galvatron and escape, but his signal is jammed.

Scourge's mood is momentarily improved when he catches Grapple unaware and impales the Autobot with a thrown steel plate. With the need to transform into his jet mode becoming more and more pressing, Scourge smashes through an exterior wall. Before he can transform, though, Megatron blasts Scourge with the ol' [[fusion cannon]], temporarily incapacitating the future Decepticon.

Elsewhere, Jazz is struggling with the pain of his torture, but fights through it enough to claim that Galvatron is just as bad as Megatron. Galvatron is amused by Jazz's claim, but makes one small correction. Galvatron is not "as bad as Megatron," Galvatron IS Megatron!

===Trios!===
[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Oh, ''bugger''.]]
On Cybertron, Impactor is trapped in an [[inhibitor claw]] and is getting his aft handed to him by the [[Triple Changer]] team of [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. Unable to transform, Impactor has to rely on his close combat skills to defeat the trio, but it is found wanting. Down but not out, Impactor knows that the stakes are higher than just his life, and if Operation: Volcano has any chance of succeeding, it will be because he fights back. Impactor charges Springer, knocking him to the ground. Reacting instantaneously, Sandstorm draws a bead on Impactor with his sandblaster gun. Springer chides Sandstorm, stating that they don't need to use their guns. Instead, Springer uses his [[jet pack|rocket pack]] to leap over Impactor and backhands the Wrecker to the ground.

Impactor refuses to beg for his life. Springer doesn't seem to care, dismissing Sandstorm and Broadside who transform to their aerial forms and fly off. Springer also transforms to his helicopter mode and tells his fellow Triple Changers that they'll meet at [[Debris]] before flying away. This shocks Impactor as only the Wreckers are supposed to know about the Debris base. The departing Springer tosses a [[communicube]] to Impactor, much to the Wrecker's confusion. The communication turns out to be from Emirate Xaaron who reveals that the Triple Changers are Autobots who Xaaron has drafted in to replace Ultra Magnus on Operation: Volcano. He admits they're not up to Magnus's standard but points out that the beating they just handed out to Impactor proves their worth. A frustrated but convinced Impactor crushes the communicube.

Back on Earth, Galvatron is dispelling Jazz's disbelief about Galvatron being a future version of Megatron. Jazz goads Galvatron into explaining further. [[The Transformers: The Movie|Twenty years from now]], Megatron and Optimus Prime will fight at the very spot Galvatron is occupying now. Megatron will ultimately fall. Though wounded, Megatron would have continued to function if the ever-treacherous Starscream hadn't booted him out into space.

[[File:Target 2006 Unicron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|A sinister plot device looms.]]
In space, Megatron's broken body is discovered by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], a planet-sized living being. Unicron offers Megatron a simple choice: Serve him or die. Being pragmatic, Megatron opts for the first option. Unicron repairs and upgrades Megatron into his new form: that of Galvatron. Still being a Decepticon leader at heart, Galvatron tries to rebel from Unicron's enslavement. Galvatron is instantly (and painfully) punished. Understanding that he needs to be free of Unicron's influence, Galvatron time travelled to 1986 where the Chaos Bringer could not follow and set about building a weapon powerful enough to destroy Unicron which Galvatron plans to fire the moment he returns to 2006.

Cyclonus returns from the steel foundry and reports that there was no sign of Scourge, so he assumes that Scourge is either dead or captive. Cyclonus did come across Starscream, who claimed to have information to share with the winning side in return for their alliance. Having no patience for the [[Seeker (body-type)|Decepticon jet]]'s schemes, Cyclonus instead beat the information out of him. Megatron is currently leading the Autobots. Jazz is amused by the irony of Megatron fighting Megatron and begins to laugh before an upset Galvatron knocks the Autobot unconscious.

[[File:Target2006-BlurrHotRodKup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It's just a jump to the left...]]
In the Wyoming desert, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], Frenzy, and Thundercracker are confused about why Megatron, Soundwave and the Constructicons are absent. Frenzy and Thundercracker don't recall anything after their earlier beating from [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], which Shockwave despairs at. Meanwhile, in the far-flung future of 2006, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] prepare to travel back to 1986. As the Autobot trio use the mass displacement [[Time-jump mechanism|time travel machine]] to arrive in 1986, Frenzy, Shockwave, and Thundercracker are spirited away in a manner similar to what happened to Optimus Prime, Prowl and Ratchet.

As the future Autobots arrive in the '80s, a malevolent subconscious laughter is heard. The laughter echoes across the coal mine, the surface of Cybertron and even reaches Galvatron, who is suddenly afraid...

===Prisoners of War!===
[[File:Target 2006 Nemesis.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|''Nemesis'' no mo'.]]
In, the inky void of space, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' floats above the Earth, protected from detection from highly sophisticated shielding systems. A lance of energy shoots from the Earth and utterly obliterates the Decepticon starship.

Watching the orbital destruction on a monitor, Galvatron is very pleased with himself. The test firing of his new super weapon was a complete success. Now all the future Decepticon leader has to do is wait for the weapon to recharge, return to the 2006 from whence he came and use the weapon against Unicron and Galvatron will be his own master.

The self-congratulating is interrupted by Cyclonus, reporting that it is time for the prisoner-exchange meeting.with the Autobots. A meeting in which the new recruit, Starscream, is to play a pivotal role. Starscream agrees, but wants to know the reasoning behind destroying a perfectly good starship like the ''Nemesis''. What if the Decepticons wish to leave Earth some day? Galvatron scoffs that there are far better methods of transportation now available.

Noting that Starscream seems rather ill at ease in their presence, Galvatron reassures the jet not to be too concerned about violence-first approach to problems now that Galvatron is in full control of the situation. Starscream transforms and flies off to perform his duties. This gives Cyclonus an opportunity to ask Galvatron why they need Starscream at all. The future Decepticon leader explains that Cyclonus is missing the delicious irony in Starscream using Galvatron to ensure his future when Galvatron is the reason Starscream has ''no'' future. The Decepticons allow themselves some healthy maniacal laughter.

At the Ark, Ultra Magnus is contemplating his failure. With a mere twenty-two hours before the launch of Operation: Volcano, he is no closer to locating Optimus Prime than he was when he was first sent to Earth. Magnus's reverie is interrupted by the arrival of Kup, Blurr, and a genuflecting Hot Rod, who introduce themselves, and then go to leave, explaining that they have to talk to Optimus Prime about Galvatron. Ultra Magnus stops them right there and insists that they compare notes.

[[File:Target 2006 fatally slow.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|This is bad comedy!]]
In Northern Oregon, it is time for the prisoner exchange. Galvatron insists that the Autobots turn Scourge back over to him before he releases Jazz. Jetfire agrees but reminds Galvatron that the [[anti-grav manacles]] restraining Scourge are programmed to fry the Decepticon should Galvatron break his pledge and bring harm to Jazz.

Jetfire claims that it could easily have been Galvatron in the manacles, as they beat Scourge easily. The future Decepticon leader disagrees about the ease of his lieutenant's capture. The prisoners are exchanged, and the Autobots now have a badly-wounded but still living Jazz back in their hands. Galvatron asks after Megatron.

At the site of Galvatron's weapon, Megatron is being choked by Cyclonus, who points out that Megatron was foolish to come snooping around unprotected. Megatron claims it is Cyclonus who is the foolish one and that he is not unprotected just as Soundwave sneaks up on Cyclonus, allowing Megatron to incapacitate the future Decepticon. Knowing that it won't take long for Galvatron to deal with the Autobots, and orders to Soundwave to round up the Constructicons. Before he can acknowledge the order, Soundwave is blasted into unconsciousness. Megatron is slow to react and is also rendered unconscious thanks to Starscream and his [[null-ray]].

[[File:MagnusVGalv2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Come and 'ave a go if you think you're 'ard enough.]]
At the Ark, Kup is explaining the principles of time travel using [[mass substitution]] to Ultra Magnus. After realising that Optimus Prime's disappearance must be due to Galvatron's time travel, Magnus berates himself for his idiocy in avoiding the future Decepticons when they were the key to his Prime hunt and charges off to rectify his mistake, ignoring the remainder of Kup's explanation.

Back at the prisoner exchange rendezvous, the Autobots are confused. If Galvatron knew about Megatron, why bother with the exchange at all? Galvatron explains that he has need of Scourge, and feels that the Autobots are in need of a lesson. Using a remote control, the future Decepticon activates Jazz and sends him to attack against his Autobot comrades. Unwilling to attack their cohort, the Autobot group are soon rendered unconscious and Jazz is deactivated once more.

Shortly thereafter, Galvatron visits the site of his weapon, where Starscream is poised to fatally shoot Megatron. Galvatron prevents Starscream from committing the act, and punishes the Seeker for disobeying a direct order to leave Megatron alive in true Decepticon style. Starscream gets punched out. Gloating at the ease in which all his foes are falling to him, Galvatron asks who can truly stand against him. Enter Ultra Magnus...

===You Haveta Ask?!===
[[File:Target 2006 Galvatron catapult.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Like a [[Furmanism|vast, predatory bird]].]]
Galvatron is perched on top of Ultra Magnus's car carrier mode, and is trying to destroy the powerful Autobot. Ultra Magnus is trying to shake off the enraged Decepticon and finally has to resort to the drastic measure of speeding over an incomplete highway overpass and slamming on the brakes hard. Galvatron's momentum sends the future Decepticon leader tumbling off the edge of the overpass and into the ground below, temporarily knocking the fight out of him. Ultra Magnus wonders how the fight got this complex.

[[File:Target 2006 Part Eight Galvatron.jpg|thumb|left|[[Superman]]!]]
''Earlier, Magnus had confronted Galvatron and offered the Decepticon a simple choice: immediately return to his own time by choice, or Ultra Magnus would force him to, in pieces of necessary. Galvatron reacted in his typical manner, by firing his particle beam cannon. However the shot missed and grazed the edge of Galvatron's super weapon, prompting Galvatron to have to fight Magnus using only his bare hands.''

''Ultra Magnus is able to fend off the initial furious assault from Galvatron, and is able to weather most of the subsequent attacks although the powerful Autobot is taking a lot of damage. Magnus tries to keep Galvatron enraged and not thinking clearly with incessant quips. As Galvatron rants and raves about his Unicron-given indestructibility, Ultra Magnus picks up a message from Kup on his internal communications sensors.'' [[File:Galvatrong1.jpg|thumb|The scariest knee in the Solar System.]] ''Apparently, Kup, Blurr, and Hot Rod have a plan that will send Galvatron back to 2006, and all Magnus has to do is keep the near-indestructible warmonger busy for an hour or two. After a few more blows are exchanged, Ultra Magnus dazzles and disorientates Galvatron using his powerful headlights and drives off. Galvatron scrabbles for a handhold and climbs to the roof of Magnus' trailer.''

Back to the present, Ultra Magnus is happy that he's been able to occupy Galvatron's attention for the length of time that he has, and hopes it's been enough for Kup and company to enact their plan. Before Magnus can check on Kup et al., the overpass he is standing on is blasted away by Galvatron, sending the Autobot hurtling to the ground. Once landed, Ultra Magnus is met by Galvatron's laser cannon mode, which proceeds to blast the Autobot all over the place. In a last, desperate gambit, Ultra Magnus tosses a fuel tanker in the firing line of Galvatron's barrel, causing a massive fire to erupt. The two Transformers continue to fight until a victor steps out of the conflagration—Galvatron!

===Back to the Future!===
[[File:Target 2006 repaint.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|They stole the idea from [[Hasbro]].]]
Hot Rod, Kup, and Blurr are laying the groundwork to their plan. First, they [[repaint|paint]] [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]] to look like Starscream, then they set up explosives all around Galvatron's super weapon. After that, the future Autobots hide the real Starscream and render both Scourge and Cyclonus unconscious. The preparation complete, the Autobots go to their observation area.

Galvatron is dragging Ultra Magnus by the neck to his weapon site so that the Autobot can witness Galvatron's final triumph. When Galvatron discovers that his lieutenants have been recently damaged to ensure unconsciousness, he at first suspects Megatron and Soundwave, but finds them just as deactivated as before. Galvatron then, understandably, assumes that this was some treachery on the part of Starscream, just as the Autobot trio had intended. The Autobots prepare to attack Galvatron, but are unable to get a clear shot as Ultra Magnus has stepped into the firing line. Magnus is determined to do what he can to get Optimus Prime back and still participate in Operation: Volcano, which is kicking off in under an hour.

[[File:Galvatron V Magnus UK87.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Don't stop til you get enough!]]
Not too far away, the Autobots are recovering from their attack at the hands of a remote-controlled Jazz. Smokescreen is determined to take the fight to Galvatron one more time, despite the results from the last few such assaults, as unchecked Galvatron could arrive at any point in time and use his weaponry to stand as an unchallenged ruler.

Ultra Magnus continues to battle Galvatron, simply refusing to give up. Eventually, Magnus is thrown by Galvatron, giving Hot Rod's group a clear bead on Galvatron, which is instantly disrupted by the arrival of Smokescreen, Jetfire, and their group, who are defending Magnus by forcing Galvatron to go through them first. Kup, being practical, realises that going up against Galvatron is likely to mean death for these Autobots, so he goes ahead and detonates the explosives anyway, hoping that the Autobots will have the sense to get clear. The chain reaction of the explosives cause the power source of Galvatron's weapon to detonate, obliterating the weapon completely. As he is being buried by falling shrapnel, Galvatron howls with rage at being denied his victory this late in the game.

[[File:Target 2006 fake Starscream dies.jpg|thumb|left|He done blowed up real good.]]
Minutes later, Galvatron bursts from the wreckage, demanding to know who has the nerve to dare attack him. Skywarp-as-Starscream claims the credit, thanks to some remote control manipulation from the future Autobots. Overcome with rage, Galvatron fires at "Starscream", killing him. Once the red mist clears, Galvatron realises that he will not kill Starscream until 2006, and so, he must be in a parallel dimension to the one he time jumped from initially and thus his actions here will have no bearing on the future, or on his enslavement to Unicron. Taking the setback in his stride, Galvatron uses a [[Time-jump trigger device|hand-held device]] to transport himself, Scourge and Cyclonus back to 2006 whilst the future Autobots consider what to do with Starscream.

===Aftermath!===
Unicron is surveying the remains of Galvatron's weapon, and is happy to see that his puppet, Galvatron couldn't escape the Chaos Bringer's control so easily, although the ingenuity of Galvatron's trip to the past did surprise Unicron. Unicron's influence is such that he was able to subtly guide Hot Rod, Blurr, and Kup in their successful plan to thwart Galvatron. Unicron also plants the suggestion to one day build [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on the site of Galvatron's weapon complex. The future Autobots return to the future.

[[File:Target 2006 Magnus too late for Volcano.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I trust I am not too early.]]
After Starscream is stuffed back into cold storage, Jetfire and Smokescreen are thanking a magnanimous Ultra Magnus on his role in saving both Earth and Cybertron. At the mention of Cybertron, Magnus has a small conniption as he now knows that Operation: Volcano must have already begun—without him!

On Cybertron, Emirate Xaaron is at the [[Imperial Amphitheatre]] giving a speech to twenty-two [[Autobot resistance chief]]s, who, in reality, are expendable facsimile constructs and part of the complicated trap that is Operation: Volcano. After an Insecticon-sized signal is detected by Impactor and the Wreckers, they know phase one of Volcano has been a success. The Decepticons have swallowed the bait. Roadbuster, though, isn't happy. He's worried about the chance of failure, especially as while powerful, the Triple Changers are not a match for Ultra Magnus. Impactor observes that if Magnus is returning to Cybertron to participate in Volcano, his time is extremely limited.

Back on Earth, Laserbeak cuts free Soundwave and Megatron, the latter of whom is thirsting for revenge. Ultra Magnus returns to Cybertron rather than meeting with Optimus Prime, and hopes that one day, Magnus and Prime can fight together side by side, a notion Jetfire agrees with.

[[File:Dirge macabre marvel uk 88.jpg|thumb|left|Anti-climax personified.]]
Back on Cybertron, the [[Ten Deadliest Killers]] gather. They include the Insecticons, Thrust, Blitzwing, Octane, and a tagging-along thug by the name of [[Macabre]]. Unlike his fellow Decepticons, Macabre doesn't seek to interrogate Emirate Xaaron, merely to assassinate him. Impactor gives the signal: "Wreck and Rule!" However, the signal is superfluous as [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] interrupts Dirge with a communicube containing a message from Megatron—the Decepticons must cease all operations in [[Polyhex]] and have the space bridge working well enough to transport the Insecticons to Earth within two cycles, with no questioning of orders.

Impactor steps to the dais and informs Xaaron that the Decepticons have turned back. Uncertain as to the reason, the Wrecker speculates that the Decepticons must have discovered that it was a trap, and so all the preparation work for Operation: Volcano was wasted. Macabre, however, didn't turn back with the other Decepticons, and is determined to go down in history as the Decepticon that killed Xaaron, so he fires his massive studded gun at the Autobot dignitary. Unfortunately for Macabre, Impactor spots the weapon and is able to take the impact himself and is fatally wounded.

[[File:Target 2006 Prime triumphant.jpg|thumb|...most of the time.]]
Macabre steps out of the shadows, bewailing his lost opportunity to finish off Xaaron and is blown to smithereens by the Wreckers' combined fire-power. Xaaron is upset about Impactor's impending death, but Impactor always knew that death was a possibility and nominates Springer for his replacement as Wreckers commander.

On Earth, Optimus Prime is speechifying at the Ark. He talks about the severe injuries that Jazz, Trailbreaker, and Grapple have suffered, and the perhaps even more debilitating mental injuries the other Autobots have acquired having faced total defeat. Prime states that no matter what sufferings they go through in their battles, the Autobots will prevail.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (2)
*''[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'' (3)
*''[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]]'' (4)
*''[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]]'' (5)
*''[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]]'' (6)
*''[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]'' (7)
*[[Xaaron]] (12)
*[[Skater]] (13)
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (14)
*[[Autobot traitor]] (16)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (17)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (18)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (19)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (20)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (22)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (23)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (26)
*[[Matrix Flame priest]] (27)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (31)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (39)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (40)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (42)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (43)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] (44)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (45)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (46)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (47)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (48)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (54)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin]] (55)
*[[Twin Twist]] (59)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (64)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (65)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (66)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (69)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (70)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (71)
|c2=
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (15)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (24)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (25)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (28)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (29)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (30)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (32)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (33)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (34)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (35)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (36)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (37)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (38)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (41)
*[[Fang]] (61)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (62)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] (63)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (68)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]] (72)
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (74)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (75)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (76)
*[[Octane]] (77)
*[[Macabre]] (78)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (79)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (80)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (81)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (82)
|c3=
*''[[Joy Meadows]]'' (8)
*''[[Rick (Marvel)|Rick]]'' (9)
*''[[Tony (G1)|Tony]]'' (10)
|c4=
*''[[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]]'' (11)
*[[Tusks|Piano Transformer guy]] (60)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (67)
|h5='''[[Facsimile construct]]s'''|c5=
*Dirge (49)
*Kickback (50)
*Thrust (51)
*Octane (52)
*Shrapnel (53)
*Bombshell (56)
*Blitzwing (57)
*Ramjet (58)
*[[Autobot resistance chief]]s (73)
}}

==Quotes==
"Autobots—I'm ''gravely'' disappointed. You come and visit me ''unannounced'' and then—to add insult to injury... ''You leave [[Jazz (G1)|something]] behind you!'' Feel free to pop round and pick him up anytime!"
:—'''Galvatron'''

"''Defeat''. A nasty, ugly word that leaves a nasty, ugly taste in the mouth."
:—'''Ironhide'''

"With the chance of Magnus returning to Cybertron in time being so slim, you have made the right decision. No-one can blame you for dropping out. Unless..." 
"Unless ''what''?" 
"Nothing, nothing. Just an idle thought really, not worth mentioning." 
"Xaaron—unless '''what?'''" 
"Well, it occurs to me that if Magnus ''doesn't'' return in time, history will judge you as having made the right decision... perhaps even one that would later give the Autobots their victory. You'd be a hero! However... if Magnus ''was'' to get back to Cybertron in time and ''you'' weren't ready..." 
"Enough, ''enough!'' I get the picture... (You wily old ''buzzard''!)"
:—'''Xaaron''' plays '''Impactor''' like a harp

"I only agreed to this ''insanity'' on the condition that yours was purely an advisory role. ''I'm'' in command here!" 
"Oh, ''really?'' In that case, perhaps you would like to lead the next strike against Galvatron. It certainly couldn't turn out to be any more ''catastrophic'' than last time."
:—'''Jeftire''' and '''Megatron'''

"Until, at last, a ''victor'' emerges from the conflagration... '''AND IT IS GALVATRON!'''"

"Does your pathetic [[Autobot Code]] demand ''sacrifices''? Must I destroy you to stop you?" 
"Yes."
:—'''Galvatron''' while beating '''Ultra Magnus''' to death

"Tell your leader that someday, Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime will fight ''side-by-side''!"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' ain't wrong!

"''You - ack! - always were... a wily... old... buzzard..."
:—'''Impactor'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*The character designs for Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge in issue #78 are based on the toys rather than the Movie look as the issue was designed before the artist got to see the Movie designs.
**The early parts of the story also use a different colour scheme for Cyclonus including a mainly silver head that was also seen on a prototype shown in the [[Toy Fair 1986]] catalogue. His colours in later parts are closer to the released toy.
*For this story and all future appearances Galvatron would appear in his grey and purple toy colour scheme rather than the Movie's predominantly purple colour.
*The drawing of Galvatron on the cover of issue #87 is a slightly altered tracing of his [[character model]].
*The panel of once-proud Iacon is based on the [[:File:Iaconfrom1986annual.jpg|establishing panel]] of the city from last year's "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]"
*In #81, Ironhide is seen kneeling next to an unconscious Megatron and Soundwave, whereas the flashback to this scene in #83 has Megatron busting out of the rubble during Ironhide's rescue attempt and strangling him.
*On page 5 of issue #81, Jetfire's backpack suddenly disappears for a single frame.
*On the first and last pages of issue #82, the Octane facsimile construct is mis-colored as Blitzwing.

===Continuity errors===
*Ultra Magnus's clock shows how much time is passing over the five days. Over a day passes between the Matrix Flame going out and the start of "The Devil You Know", which is fine, but by "Prisoners of War!" he's down to twenty two hours. Not enough events happen for that to make sense. From there, everything else has to last a full day without the sky changing colour or anyone commenting on it.
*The future Autobots are specifically going back to 11th October 1986 in "Trios" but the following "[[Aerialbots over America!]]" will take place on 4th July.
*It is implied that Galvatron builds his weapon on the site of the future [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] so that when the weapon fires in 2006 it will destroy Autobot City ''and'' Unicron. He states it will be "hidden underground", but it's not mentioned ''how'' it'll get underground—we could be charitable and assume there is a way, but ''why'' would the Autobots build their city where they ''know'' a slag-off great cannon was buried?
*The Autobots do not use [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. This would normally be an item of interest and not an error, except that we are reminded that Omega Supreme exists, that he is powerful enough to kill lots of Decepticons, and Smokescreen ''actually says'' "Now there's a thought! Why not sic Omega on them?" (when it is assumed the Decepticons are involved in the disappearance of Prime, Prowl and Ratchet) in Part 1. No reason is ever given why they don't use him against Galvatron and he is not shown in any scenes in the entire story.
*Part 4 has the Wreckers training against nine facsimile constructs that represent the "deadliest killers". Then, the final part establishes Operation: Volcano will kill the ''ten'' deadliest killers—while the art only shows nine of them ([[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] turns up but doesn't seem to have been expected by the others). Did the tenth just decide to have a lie-in?
*Wouldn't killing Skywarp still have an adverse effect on the future? Even if he did become Cyclonus or Scourge or what have you, he still appears in later issues of the comic, and the movie adaptation as well.
*Xaaron refers to Straxus as being "gone" when the story previously had him still around and he'll show up in a bit. Presumably Straxus is laying low since he was reduced to a head.

===Continuity notes===
*This is the epic Transformers story that everyone remembers from the UK comics. Events in this story cause ramifications over the next 150 issues, inspired by the fact that [[Bob Budiansky]] was ''not'' going to be using the movie's future setting or cast: that meant Furman could write stories without having to worry about the US reprints contradicting them later.
*The Movie was originally planned to take place in 2006 but was changed to 2005 very late in production by which time "Target: 2006" had already been given a title.<ref>In [[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]], Furman says they didn't know about the change until he'd seen the film.</ref> As a result, all of the UK comics future stories were set twenty years in the future of the 'real' year.
*Galvatron time jumps just at the point in the Movie after he says "Decepticons, to Earth."
*This story has it that Unicron's physical form ''can'' be destroyed by weapons technology (albeit really powerful weapons) and not just the Matrix—Unicron himself refers to the cannon being able to destroy him. The idea of Unicron being defeatable by Transformer weaponry has never turned up again.
*"And There Shall Come...a Leader!" influences this strip further: Xaaron appears from that story and the narration says he has placed Autobase under the same [[Celestial Temple]] he used to rule from.
*There are twenty two other Autobot resistance heads operating in other "states". (They'll almost all be unmentioned in any future strip, though we can easily assume [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] is one.)
*Megatron refers to Straxus as still alive, laying the ground for "[[...The Harder They Die!]]".
*With both Optimus and Prowl gone, command falls to Jazz, while Grapple fills in for Ratchet (and Hound's dialogue makes it clear Grapple's not quite as good). Jetfire takes command when Jazz is MIA, seemingly just because nobody else stepped forward.
*Galvatron has Ironhide on the floor, cannon to his head... just like Megatron will in the film!
*The Autobots don't know this but since Galvatron cannot alter the timeline, he's forced to allow them to live—since he can't let on, his sneer to Ironhide that they aren't worth killing is part of his psyops campaign to demoralise them into giving up. When driven to anger, however, he snarls and rants about killing, much like how being provoked will make him kill 'Starscream'.
*Although he acomes to the conclusion for the wrong reasons, Galvatron's theory that he is in a parallel dimension is in fact accurate. After all, Skywarp is around during the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]], and so his death shouldn't have any less of an effect than Starscream's (Never mind that it never enters Galvatron's head that "Starscream" might not be dead, as is proven to be the case when Skywarp appears in later issues). The rest of the comics run will include various events that make it almost impossible to have TFTM occur in 2006—with the most prominent being that Unicron is actually going to arrive [[The Void! (US)|several years]] before that! Whether Galvatron has actually jumped timestreams, or whether his arrival in the past is the event that causes the timelines to split is left open to your own interpretation of 4th dimensional travel.
*Shrapnel was a high-ranking officer when seen in "[[Return to Cybertron!]]" but it's Dirge that's leading the deadly killers. Someone's gone down in the world!
*Octane proves himself to be a weaselly wimp in later UK stories like "[[Resurrection!]]" and "[[Manoeuvres!]]", but one who bigs himself up with tall tales and one that enjoys brutalising people who can't fight back for fun. This would fit with him being considered a high-profile target that other Decepticons assume must be a big shot.
*The fate of Optimus Prime and the other Transformers who disappear is revealed in #100's "[[Distant Thunder!]]"
*In terms of story chronology, this is the fourth UK "future" story centering on the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] cast. It's preceded by the Shockwave segment of "[[Aspects of Evil!]]". The next story, chronologically, is "[[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!]]" and the subsequent titles.

===Real-life references===
*According to Galvatron in issue #78, Earth has a weather control system as of [[1995]]. Our Earth is clearly behind schedule.
*The issue "Construction Time Again!" shares its name with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_Time_Again Depeche Mode's 1983 album].

===Other trivia===
*[[Ian Rimmer]] had seized on the movie as a way to promote the comic to even more people, following a successful bit of synergy when Marvel UK advertised the [[Special Teams]] for Hasbro and Hasbro put them on a TV ad. <ref>''Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Vol.6'' "Behind the Scenes"</ref>
*The film didn't come out until 5th December 1986. The structure of "Target: 2006" will seem strange to new readers but comes down to the fact that the film wasn't out yet, while the "New Leaders" toys were. Thus most of the story becomes a 'mystery box' to hype kids up for the upcoming film, drip-feeding detail after detail: what's a Unicron, what happened to Megatron if Galvatron is leader, how does Ultra Magnus get the Matrix??
*[[Ladybird Books]] would borrow the premise of this story for their 1986 books.
*Simon Furman reused issue #78's sequence with Emirate Xaaron and captions about the Autobot movement going literally underground almost verbatim when he took over the US strip some years later.
*A hardback version of ''[[Transformers: Target: 2006]]'' with an exclusive cover was made available at the Transforce 2002 convention in the UK. However, the convention version was misprinted, with the final eight pages of the story appearing in reverse order. Titan offered a free replacement, but many fans kept the original—partially because of the novelty, but mostly because they had just got it signed by [[Simon Furman]].
*Parts 5 and 6 were reprinted as a single comic book issue as a pack-in (erroneously) included with ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ratbat (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ratbat]] vs. [[Springer (G1)#Universe (2008)|Springer]]. (It was supposed to be packed in with the [[Roadbuster (G1)#Universe (2008)|Roadbuster]] vs. [[Dirge (G1)#Universe (2008)|Dirge]] set, which was "Target: 2006"-themed.) This printing altered two uses of the word "damn" to "darn", a word more friendly to American children.
*According to [http://www.jeffandersonillustrator.co.uk/photo_8932596.html#photos_id=9009576 Jeff Anderson's website], the splash page of Galvatron, Scourge, and Cyclonus in #78 was evidently stolen by unknown assailants along with another piece of artwork. If you see it, won't you be a doll and contact him or Simon Furman?
*At some point, CardsOne, a company that deals in vintage comics, trading cards, and collectibles, acquired a large stock of unsold copies of the third issue of the IDW printing (cover variant "B"). These copies were sold via Dollar Tree stores during the Summer of 2014.

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #78:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Back-up strips#Hercules|Hercules]]'' - "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 1 and ''[[Robo-Capers]]''

'''Issue #79:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Hercules'' - "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 2 and ''Robo-Capers''

'''Issue #80:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Hercules'' - "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 3 and ''Robo-Capers''

'''Issue #81:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Hercules'' - "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 4 and ''Robo-Capers''
*'''[[Fact File]]:''' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. This establishes that he was built over years to give the Autobots rebels an inspirational figure to look up to, boosting their morale during a low ebb, and brought to life by the Matrix Flame.

'''Issue #82:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Hercules'' - "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 1 and ''Robo-Capers''

'''Issue #83:'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' ''[[Cybertron: The Middle Years!]]''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Hercules'' - "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 2 and ''Robo-Capers''

'''Issue #84:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Hercules'' - "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 3 and ''Robo-Capers''

'''Issue #85:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Hercules'' - "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 4 and ''Robo-Capers''

'''Issue #86:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Back-up strips#Spitfire and the Troubleshooters|Spitfire and the Troubleshooters]]'' - "Beginnings" Part 1 and ''Robo-Capers''

'''Issue #87:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Spitfire and the Troubleshooters'' - "Beginnings" Part 2 and ''Robo-Capers''
*'''[[Fact File]]:''' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*This issue had the only [[Robo-Capers issue 87|''Robo-Capers'' strip]] to feature [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|"real" Transformers]] without reference to the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]], or some other fourth wall-breaking device and could be said to fit into [[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK continuity]], if one so desired.

'''Issue #88:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Spitfire and the Troubleshooters'' - "Beginnings" Part 3 and ''Robo-Capers''
*This [[Robo-Capers issue 88|Robo-Capers strip]] featured Transformers who didn't quite make the grade.

===Covers (37)===
====Marvel originals====
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-078.jpg|'''UK issue #78'''
File:MarvelUK-079.jpg|'''UK issue #79'''
File:MarvelUK-080.jpg|'''UK issue #80'''
File:MarvelUK-081.jpg|'''UK issue #81'''
</gallery>
*'''UK issue #78 cover:''' Prowl, Ratchet, and Optimus Prime disappearing into limbo, by [[Alister Pearson]].
*'''UK issue #79 cover:''' Galvatron and Ultra Magnus, by [[John Higgins]].
*'''UK issue #80 cover:''' Ultra Magnus arrives, by [[John Stokes]].
*'''UK issue #81 cover:''' Galvatron stands over vanquished Autobots, by [[Will Simpson]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-082.jpg|'''UK issue #82'''
File:MarvelUK-083.jpg|'''UK issue #83'''
File:MarvelUK-084.jpg|'''UK issue #84'''
File:MarvelUK-085.jpg|'''UK issue #85'''
</gallery>
*'''UK issue #82 cover:''' the [[Wrecker]]s, by [[Phil Gascoine]].
*'''UK issue #83 cover:''' Scourge being blasted, by [[Robin Smith]].
*'''UK issue #84 cover:''' Galvatron and Unicron, by Phil Gascoine.
*'''UK issue #85 cover:''' Jazz is possessed by Galvatron, by Robin Smith.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-086.jpg|'''UK issue #86'''
File:MarvelUK-087.jpg|'''UK issue #87'''
File:MarvelUK-088.jpg|'''UK issue #88'''
</gallery>
*'''UK issue #86 cover:''' Ultra Magnus fighting Galvatron, by Robin Smith.
*'''UK issue #87 cover:''' Galvatron poses by his weapon, by Phil Gascoine.
*'''UK issue #88 cover:''' the Wreckers, by [[Geoff Senior]].

====Collected Comics reprints====
<gallery>
File:Tfcolcom15.jpg|'''Collected Comics #15'''
</gallery>
*'''Collected Comics #15 cover:''' Reuse of issue #79 cover, by [[John Higgins]].

====IDW reprints====
{{Note|[[Rob Ruffolo]] is incorrectly credited with colouring the covers for these reprints.}}
<gallery>
File:IDWTarget2006 1A.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 1B.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 B'''
File:IDWTarget2006 1RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 RI-A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 1RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #1 RI-B'''
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*'''IDW issue #1 cover A:''' Galvatron, Scourge, and Cyclonus arrive in 1986, art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
*'''IDW issue #1 cover B:''' Galvatron, Scourge, and Cyclonus arrive in 1986, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
*'''IDW issue #1 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #1 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels of UK issue #78, by Jeff Anderson.
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File:IDWTarget2006 2A.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 2B.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 B'''
File:IDWTarget2006 2RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 RI-A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 2RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #2 RI-B'''
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*'''IDW issue #2 cover A:''' Cyclonus and Ultra Magnus fight by Hound's prone body, by Nick Roche, colors by [[Liam Shalloo]].
*'''IDW issue #2 cover B:''' Galvatron's ultimate weapon, by Will Simpson colors by [[Tony Jozwiak]].
*'''IDW issue #2 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #2 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #81, by Jeff Anderson.
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File:IDWTarget2006 3A.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 3B.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 B'''
File:IDWTarget2006 3RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 RI-A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 3RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #3 RI-B'''
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*'''IDW issue #3 cover A:''' the Wreckers, art by Nick Roche, colors by Liam Shalloo.
*'''IDW issue #3 cover B:''' Wreck and Rule!, by [[Ron Smith]].
*'''IDW issue #3 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #3 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #82, by Ron Smith.
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File:IDWTarget2006 4A.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 4B.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 B'''
File:IDWTarget2006 4RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 RI-A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 4RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #4 RI-B'''
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*'''IDW issue #4 cover A:''' Brawn choked by a zombie-controlled Jazz, by Nick Roche, colors by Liam Shalloo.
*'''IDW issue #4 cover B:''' Galvatron riding Ultra Magnus, by Geoff Senior.
*'''IDW issue #4 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #4 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #86, by Will Simpson.
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File:IDWTarget2006 5A.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 5B.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 B'''
File:IDWTarget2006 5RIA.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 RI-A'''
File:IDWTarget2006 5RIB.jpg|'''IDW issue #5 RI-B'''
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*'''IDW issue #5 cover A:''' Ultra Magnus versus Galvatron, art by Nick Roche, colors by Josh Burcham.
*'''IDW issue #5 cover B:''' Starscream is obliterated, by Jeff Anderson, colors, by Tony Jozwiak.
*'''IDW issue #5 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #5 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #88, by Will Simpson.

====Trade paperbacks====
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File:TitanTarget2006tpb.jpg|'''Titan TPB'''
File:TransforceTitanTarget2006hc.jpg|'''Transforce Titan HC'''
File:BestofSimon.jpg|'''''The Best of Simon Furman'''''
File:IDWTarget2006tpb.jpg|'''IDW TPB'''
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*'''Titan TPB cover:''' Galvatron in shadow, by Geoff Senior.
*'''Transforce Titan hardcover:''' Galvatron shoots at Ultra Magnus, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''''The Best of Simon Furman cover:''''' Cybertron, by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''IDW TPB cover:''' reuse of IDW issue #5 cover A.
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File:Classicuk3.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 3'''
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*'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 3 cover:''' Impactor, Megatron vs [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]], [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s head, Xaaron, Galvatron riding Ultra Magnus, and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], by [[Andrew Wildman]].

===Reprints===
*[[1990]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #15 (prologue, parts 1 and 2)
*[[2002]] — ''[[Transformers: Target: 2006]]''
*[[2007]] — ''[[The Transformers: Target: 2006]]'' #1–5
*2007 — ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman]]'' (parts 3 and 5)
*[[2008]] — ''[[The Transformers: Target: 2006]]'' TPB
*[[2012]] — [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 3|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 3]]
*[[2016]] - ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 6''

===References===
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)

2017-11-14T22:52:27Z

LiamK: /* Notes */

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:''Lightspeed is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TechnobotLightspeed MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm not the man they think I am at home. Oh no no, I'm a Rocket man!]]

Looking in from the outside, you'd think '''Lightspeed''' (aka '''Lightstorm''' or '''Lightsteed''') had it all: He's highly intelligent, strong, fast, and considered dashingly good-looking by Transformers standards. And if any of that mattered to him at all, he'd be golden. Sadly, Lightspeed aches down to the core of his being for something more. His heart yearns to escape the bonds of gravity and fly free. Dreams of soaring between the stars and exploring the vast mysteries of space consume him, making him feel slow, trapped, and dissatisfied with what others would see as a charmed existence. Lightspeed would gladly pursue his dream of being rebuilt as an interstellar spacecraft if the Autobots' situation wasn't so grim. As it is, he knows the necessary resources are more valuable elsewhere and so puts his energy into winning the war and making his dream a possibility. His dreams tend to distract him from his current function as a data processor.

Lightspeed is allergic to [[energon]] (and most other fuels to a lesser extent) and must take a special lead sulfide additive when fueling or he experiences severe engine knocking and a bad [[rust rash]].

He can also combine with his fellow Technobots to form [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].

{{quote|Daydreaming, Strafe. Or maybe I should say stardreaming. I've been waiting for this chance to explore space, but since leaving Cybertron, the only stars I've seen are in the sky over Autobot City. The stars, the planets, the thousand moons... like jewels in an alien crown.|Lightspeed waxes poetical|"[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
Lightspeed and his fellow Technobots were part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]'s crew on the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''. When Fortress Maximus decided to leave the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and head to [[Nebulos]], Lightspeed and the other Technobots agreed to follow him on his quest for peace. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} However, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and brought the war with them.

In the Nebulos resort city of [[Splendora]], Lightspeed and the Technobots fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] as the combined [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Though Abominus was defeated and routed, Splendora lay in ruins. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} ''Lightspeed and Nosecone were badly injured during a Decepticon raid. The incident helped galvanize Fortress Maximus's decision over whether or not the Autobots should leave the planet behind.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}} Both factions ultimately left Nebulos for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} Lightspeed and the rest of the crew of the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' met up with the main Autobot force aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] battle Fortress Maximus's champion [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for overall leadership of the Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was mutated by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Lightspeed, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In the year [[2510]], Lightspeed and the Technobots had apparently fallen into a close alliance with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] announced the last Decepticon was dead and the war was therefore over, the Technobots attended the meeting at Magnus's side. Unfortunately, so did a Decepticon deep-cover operative named [[Triton]]. When Rodimus Prime decided to step down as Autobot leader and named [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] as his intended replacement, Triton saw his chance for treachery. He jumped into the conversation, saying Ultra Magnus was a far better choice to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]—he had done so in the past and was more of a statesman than a warrior like Springer, and so better suited to lead in peacetime. Lightspeed quickly responded to Triton's logic, and the room divided between Technobots and [[Wrecker]]s. After [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] killed the Wrecker named [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] killed Triton in turn, war tragically broke out again on Cybertron. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Lightspeed nosecone natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Lightspeed led an excavation team to find the chamber of [[Primus]]. By the time [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] joined them, a team of [[Demon]]s had found the team and were excavating their innards; it didn't look good for Lightspeed! {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Danny Mann]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German)}}
[[File:Money-is-everything-lightspeed-bothmodes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Lightspeed was created along with the other Technobots by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] when the latter gained super intelligence. Viewing [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]'s excited mannerisms, he advised Afterburner to "mellow out". Good luck with that, Lightspeed. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Lightspeed was at Autobot City a few weeks later when an alert came in that Strafe and Scattershot were in trouble. Lightspeed cooly led Afterburner and Nosecone in a cross-fire strategy that drove off their attacker, the Terrorcon Hun-Gurr. He later accompanied Scattershot, Strafe and the free trader [[Dirk Manus]] in search of a Quintesson base on Titan, waxing poetical along the way about the chance to explore space and see the planets and moons up close.

Then Abominus blasted him out of the sky.

The trio of Technobots crashed to the surface of Titan and came under attack by Sharkticons. Lightspeed had Strafe blast down some vines to ensnare their attackers, buying time for the damaged group to flee. The timely arrival of Nosecone, Afterburner, and Marissa Fairborne finally ended the attack for good. Led by trader Manus to the Quintesson base, the group were taken captive by Manus en route. When Fairborne urged them to do something, Lightspeed indignantly replied that they ''were'': they were thinking! For all the good it did them. Manus vaporized the group with the Recreator weapon... then reformed them, having healed their injuries. The Technobots defeated the Terrorcons and drove off the Quints. Back on Earth, Lightspeed reported to Fairborne that the credits they'd confiscated from the Quintessons were gone, evidently stolen by Manus. Lightspeed and Fairborne shared a good laugh once Fairborne revealed that they were nothing more than [[mimic dust]]. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

In [[2007]], Lightspeed and the Technobots arrived at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory to stop the Terrorcons from stealing Morgan's [[Impervious alloy|heat-and-radiation-resistant alloy]]. Unfortunately the subsequent battle between Computron and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] caused much damage to Morgan's lab, injuring [[Jessica Morgan|his daughter]] and leading to the [[Hate Plague]] crisis. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s return, Lightspeed was briefly involved with the battle for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] that inadvertently led to the discovery of Nebulos. Lightspeed was hypnotized by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] into backing over a cliff, and he shook his head dazedly after he hit the ground. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Later on, Lightspeed was among the Autobots who celebrated the return of Cybertron's Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
Lightspeed and his Technobot comrades were under construction at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobots sought the aid of Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] in improving their abilities. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Dalton heavily upgraded the Technobots' weaponry, allowing the combined Computron to easily outmatch the Decepticon combiner, Abominus. As the Decepticon motto goes, however: When in doubt, cheat. [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] outfitted the Terrorcons with "[[control liquid]]", a substance that enabled them to assume control over Computron. Dalton arranged for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to use a special [[exosuit]] to approach Computron safely and administer an antidote. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] staged a major attack on Cybertron. Lightspeed and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Lightspeed and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, Galvatron confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were its first victims. Lightspeed and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Lightspeed and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Lightspeed and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Lightspeed and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Lightspeed and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Lightspeed's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress was choosing his team to chase after Scorponok and the Decepticons through space, Lightspeed was one of the Autobots tapped for service. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} During this extended mission, Lightspeed and the Technobots formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Lightspeed and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop [[Sixshot]]'s assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Lightspeed and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Lightspeed and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Lightspeed participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
[[File:UniteWarriorsOffshot Lightspeed.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
Having learned that [[Father's Day]] was a thing, the Technobots prepared a surprise party for their own "father", Grimlock. When Grimlock arrived, Lightspeed tried to give him his present only to be interrupted by Strafe spraying [[energon champagne]] everywhere. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Surprise Father's Day Party!!|Surprise Father's Day Party!!}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Lightspeed discovered evidence of a new energon source on an asteroid near Cybertron. He and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arranged for a team of Autobots to investigate. Lightspeed uncovered an energon trail which led straight to an innocent-looking creature, apparently a native to the asteroid. He brought the creature back to Fortress Maximus for study to uncover its energon-generating abilities. Ultra Magnus cautioned Lightspeed not to get so caught up in his experiments that he forgot it was a living thing he was studying. [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] played with the creature while the Autobots set up a habitat for it. Lightspeed eventually discovered the creature expelled pure energon as a waste product!

Before this discovery could be explored much further, however, Lightspeed and the Autobots spotted [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and realized the Decepticons were also on the asteroid. A chase ensued, and soon the Autobot and Decepticon forces were engaged in a brutal battle. As the fighting continued, no one noticed the creature teleport itself to safety. It seemed the creature was actually a remarkably intelligent being, who studied the Transformers in order to gather data for the [[Quintesson]]s.

Probably for the best. Lightspeed didn't look like he really ''needed'' any more energon goodies before bed. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer1 Lightspeed attacked.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|It sure sucks to get stabbed in the stomach by an energon sword.]]
Lightspeed suffered from a unique variation of phantom limb syndrome—he believed himself to be the lost leg of a giant combiner robot, and as a result refused to go indoors. He used to see the psychiatrist [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] about this little personal quirk. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Lightspeed, like the rest of the Technobots, was a crew man aboard the Autobot Science and Survey vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]''. His specialty was a little ambiguous, and though he obviously had some pride in his ability to traverse ground in rough conditions, the low-gravity of Cybertron's surface made it tough going even for him. [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] impaled him just as he was about to get off the burned-out planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

Lightspeed survived the techno-cannibalization being performed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s cultists and helped uncover the key to defeating the revenant [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Afterwards, he reported not even the most basic molecular activity was present in Thunderwing. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[File:Afterburner and Lightspeed Numbers.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Later, Lightspeed helped take the Monstructor Six into custody, after their fight with Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} He and the rest of the science team failed to keep their prisoners in custody when they were attacked by the Combaticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Lightspeed and the Technobots reverse engineered the polydermal grafting process that Bludgeon had used on himself, and delivered the shells to Cloudburst and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Lightspeed and Afterburner were later stationed on [[Kimia Facility]] just in time for it to be attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, who slaughtered most of the Autobots there. However Lightspeed and Afterburner managed to survive and hid out with only a few blasters and some experimental weapons tech to defend himself. Realising that Kimia was being used to attack Cybertron, the two decided that there was only one way to stop it, and destroyed the facility from within. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}
{{--}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Lightspeed and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticons' claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Lightspeed, [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
The Technobots were ambushed outside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], who feared they would combine into Computron. The Decepticon team overwhelmed them, gaining entry to the city itself. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Lightspeed.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
Lightspeed participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy LightspeedTechno.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space space. Going to space. Guilty! Of not being in space. Space. Wanna go to space. SPAAAAAAAACE!]]
*'''Lightspeed''' (Technobot, 1987)
**''Team ID number'': '''TK4'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-89'''
**''Accessories'': "Light-Burst Gun", 2 "Infra-Red Missile Launchers"

:Lighstpeed transforms into a sleek Cybertronic car. He comes with a small handgun and a pair of missiles that attach to his car mode side panels. Being a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any combination of compatible toys, but his nominal placement is as the right leg of Computron. When used in his usual configuration, he faces backwards, as his feet have don't give enough clearance to attach Computron's footplate properly if facing forward. He and Nosecone are two of the very few Scramble City limbs to face backwards in their leg modes.

:There is a [[mold]] variant to Lightspeed. Initial releases had an indent for the [[rubsign]] on Lightspeed's hood/feet. Later-run releases filled in the indent, as rubsigns were phased out in 1988 (owing mostly to the deaths of most competitors in the reconfigurable robots toy arena).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Lightspeed/lightspeed.htm More information on Lightspeed on TFU.info]''

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*'''Computron''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''
**''Accessories'': "Light-Burst Gun", 2 "Infra-Red Missile Launchers"

:All five Technobots were also made available in a complete gift set. The gift set versions are identical to their individual releases.
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Lightstorm.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Computron''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7308'''
**''Pieces'': '''75'''
**''Accessories'': 2 scoped pistols

:"Lightstorm" is a [[Kreon]] included with the [[Computron (G1)#Kre-O|Computron]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set, and can be rebuilt from robot to either car or Computron's right leg and part of the torso. His deco is based on the [[#Generation 1|Generation 1 Lightspeed toy]], and he wears a black [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OLightstorm/lightstorm.htm More information on Lightstorm at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Lightsteed.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hi, ho Lightsteed, away!]]
*'''Computron''' (Collection Pack, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Shotgun

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' "Lightsteed" (renamed for trademark reasons) is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class [[Streetwise (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Streetwise]] from the same toy line, transforming from an R35 Nissan GTR police car to a robot and back. As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe Class figure, he can combine with any Voyager Class toys released as part of the ''Combiner Wars''/''Unite Warriors'' lines or with [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]] and form either an arm or a leg for the gestalt form, but his official purpose is to combine with his fellow Technobots and serve as the right leg of [[Computron (G1)#Generations|Computron]].

:Lightsteed was only available as part of a Computron box set, including a poster and a collector card based on the set's packaging art. The set was one of several so-called "Collection Packs" that were "online exclusives" in the United States, available from online retailers such as [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], and [[BigBadToyStore]] as well as the online stores of "big box" retailers such as [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Walmart]], [[Target]], and [[Kmart]]. In Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore and Taiwan, the set was available at general retail. In Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiaries of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and Carrefour, as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés, supposedly also only avalable online.
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Lightspeed.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Maybe I'll get to space faster now!]]
*'''Computicon''' (Box set, [[August 27|08-27]]-2016)
**''ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': 2 blaster rifles, double-barreled gun/fist/foot

:[[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of Lightspeed is a [[retool]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Wheeljack]], transforming into a car vaguely like a Lancia Stratos. He features a new robot head that is oddly rounded-off, and two new guns that are designed to combine with the other Technobots' weapons to form their combined mode's big rifle.

: He was only available as part of the complete Technobot box set along with [[Afterburner (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Afterburner]], [[Nosecone (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Scattershot]], and [[Strafe (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Strafe]].

:Like the other Technobots, the packaging and instructions assign Lightspeed the "wrong" Hand/Foot/Gun. While he is shown with the HFG originally packed with ''Unite Warriors'' [[Blast Off (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Blast Off]], the "correct" one is the squared-vent one that has unique tooling left over from [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Sunstreaker]] that lets it attach differently in robot and vehicle modes.
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==Notes==
*The rear view of Lightspeed's [[character model|animation model]] misses the folding spoiler section completely, instead making his back a copy of his front, complete with windshield.
*For a guy who can (according to his [[The_Transformers_Universe|TFU entry]]) "accelerate from 0 to 500 mph in 8 seconds, with an average cruising speed of 300 mph", he has a shockingly low [[Tech Spec]] speed rating of "5".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lightspeed''' (ライトスピード ''Raitosupīdo'')
*''French:'' '''Luméclair''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Starbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Guāng Sù''' (光速, "Light Speed")
*''Russian:'' '''Svetovik''' (Световик, "Lighter")

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Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)

2017-11-14T21:25:26Z

LiamK: /* Unite Warriors */

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:''Lightspeed is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TechnobotLightspeed MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm not the man they think I am at home. Oh no no, I'm a Rocket man!]]

Looking in from the outside, you'd think '''Lightspeed''' (aka '''Lightstorm''' or '''Lightsteed''') had it all: He's highly intelligent, strong, fast, and considered dashingly good-looking by Transformers standards. And if any of that mattered to him at all, he'd be golden. Sadly, Lightspeed aches down to the core of his being for something more. His heart yearns to escape the bonds of gravity and fly free. Dreams of soaring between the stars and exploring the vast mysteries of space consume him, making him feel slow, trapped, and dissatisfied with what others would see as a charmed existence. Lightspeed would gladly pursue his dream of being rebuilt as an interstellar spacecraft if the Autobots' situation wasn't so grim. As it is, he knows the necessary resources are more valuable elsewhere and so puts his energy into winning the war and making his dream a possibility. His dreams tend to distract him from his current function as a data processor.

Lightspeed is allergic to [[energon]] (and most other fuels to a lesser extent) and must take a special lead sulfide additive when fueling or he experiences severe engine knocking and a bad [[rust rash]].

He can also combine with his fellow Technobots to form [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].

{{quote|Daydreaming, Strafe. Or maybe I should say stardreaming. I've been waiting for this chance to explore space, but since leaving Cybertron, the only stars I've seen are in the sky over Autobot City. The stars, the planets, the thousand moons... like jewels in an alien crown.|Lightspeed waxes poetical|"[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
Lightspeed and his fellow Technobots were part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]'s crew on the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''. When Fortress Maximus decided to leave the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and head to [[Nebulos]], Lightspeed and the other Technobots agreed to follow him on his quest for peace. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} However, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and brought the war with them.

In the Nebulos resort city of [[Splendora]], Lightspeed and the Technobots fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] as the combined [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Though Abominus was defeated and routed, Splendora lay in ruins. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} ''Lightspeed and Nosecone were badly injured during a Decepticon raid. The incident helped galvanize Fortress Maximus's decision over whether or not the Autobots should leave the planet behind.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}} Both factions ultimately left Nebulos for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} Lightspeed and the rest of the crew of the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' met up with the main Autobot force aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] battle Fortress Maximus's champion [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for overall leadership of the Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was mutated by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Lightspeed, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In the year [[2510]], Lightspeed and the Technobots had apparently fallen into a close alliance with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] announced the last Decepticon was dead and the war was therefore over, the Technobots attended the meeting at Magnus's side. Unfortunately, so did a Decepticon deep-cover operative named [[Triton]]. When Rodimus Prime decided to step down as Autobot leader and named [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] as his intended replacement, Triton saw his chance for treachery. He jumped into the conversation, saying Ultra Magnus was a far better choice to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]—he had done so in the past and was more of a statesman than a warrior like Springer, and so better suited to lead in peacetime. Lightspeed quickly responded to Triton's logic, and the room divided between Technobots and [[Wrecker]]s. After [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] killed the Wrecker named [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] killed Triton in turn, war tragically broke out again on Cybertron. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Lightspeed nosecone natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Lightspeed led an excavation team to find the chamber of [[Primus]]. By the time [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] joined them, a team of [[Demon]]s had found the team and were excavating their innards; it didn't look good for Lightspeed! {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Danny Mann]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German)}}
[[File:Money-is-everything-lightspeed-bothmodes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Lightspeed was created along with the other Technobots by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] when the latter gained super intelligence. Viewing [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]'s excited mannerisms, he advised Afterburner to "mellow out". Good luck with that, Lightspeed. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Lightspeed was at Autobot City a few weeks later when an alert came in that Strafe and Scattershot were in trouble. Lightspeed cooly led Afterburner and Nosecone in a cross-fire strategy that drove off their attacker, the Terrorcon Hun-Gurr. He later accompanied Scattershot, Strafe and the free trader [[Dirk Manus]] in search of a Quintesson base on Titan, waxing poetical along the way about the chance to explore space and see the planets and moons up close.

Then Abominus blasted him out of the sky.

The trio of Technobots crashed to the surface of Titan and came under attack by Sharkticons. Lightspeed had Strafe blast down some vines to ensnare their attackers, buying time for the damaged group to flee. The timely arrival of Nosecone, Afterburner, and Marissa Fairborne finally ended the attack for good. Led by trader Manus to the Quintesson base, the group were taken captive by Manus en route. When Fairborne urged them to do something, Lightspeed indignantly replied that they ''were'': they were thinking! For all the good it did them. Manus vaporized the group with the Recreator weapon... then reformed them, having healed their injuries. The Technobots defeated the Terrorcons and drove off the Quints. Back on Earth, Lightspeed reported to Fairborne that the credits they'd confiscated from the Quintessons were gone, evidently stolen by Manus. Lightspeed and Fairborne shared a good laugh once Fairborne revealed that they were nothing more than [[mimic dust]]. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

In [[2007]], Lightspeed and the Technobots arrived at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory to stop the Terrorcons from stealing Morgan's [[Impervious alloy|heat-and-radiation-resistant alloy]]. Unfortunately the subsequent battle between Computron and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] caused much damage to Morgan's lab, injuring [[Jessica Morgan|his daughter]] and leading to the [[Hate Plague]] crisis. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s return, Lightspeed was briefly involved with the battle for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] that inadvertently led to the discovery of Nebulos. Lightspeed was hypnotized by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] into backing over a cliff, and he shook his head dazedly after he hit the ground. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Later on, Lightspeed was among the Autobots who celebrated the return of Cybertron's Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
Lightspeed and his Technobot comrades were under construction at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobots sought the aid of Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] in improving their abilities. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Dalton heavily upgraded the Technobots' weaponry, allowing the combined Computron to easily outmatch the Decepticon combiner, Abominus. As the Decepticon motto goes, however: When in doubt, cheat. [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] outfitted the Terrorcons with "[[control liquid]]", a substance that enabled them to assume control over Computron. Dalton arranged for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to use a special [[exosuit]] to approach Computron safely and administer an antidote. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] staged a major attack on Cybertron. Lightspeed and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Lightspeed and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, Galvatron confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were its first victims. Lightspeed and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Lightspeed and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Lightspeed and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Lightspeed and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Lightspeed and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Lightspeed's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress was choosing his team to chase after Scorponok and the Decepticons through space, Lightspeed was one of the Autobots tapped for service. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} During this extended mission, Lightspeed and the Technobots formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Lightspeed and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop [[Sixshot]]'s assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Lightspeed and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Lightspeed and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Lightspeed participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
[[File:UniteWarriorsOffshot Lightspeed.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
Having learned that [[Father's Day]] was a thing, the Technobots prepared a surprise party for their own "father", Grimlock. When Grimlock arrived, Lightspeed tried to give him his present only to be interrupted by Strafe spraying [[energon champagne]] everywhere. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Surprise Father's Day Party!!|Surprise Father's Day Party!!}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Lightspeed discovered evidence of a new energon source on an asteroid near Cybertron. He and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arranged for a team of Autobots to investigate. Lightspeed uncovered an energon trail which led straight to an innocent-looking creature, apparently a native to the asteroid. He brought the creature back to Fortress Maximus for study to uncover its energon-generating abilities. Ultra Magnus cautioned Lightspeed not to get so caught up in his experiments that he forgot it was a living thing he was studying. [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] played with the creature while the Autobots set up a habitat for it. Lightspeed eventually discovered the creature expelled pure energon as a waste product!

Before this discovery could be explored much further, however, Lightspeed and the Autobots spotted [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and realized the Decepticons were also on the asteroid. A chase ensued, and soon the Autobot and Decepticon forces were engaged in a brutal battle. As the fighting continued, no one noticed the creature teleport itself to safety. It seemed the creature was actually a remarkably intelligent being, who studied the Transformers in order to gather data for the [[Quintesson]]s.

Probably for the best. Lightspeed didn't look like he really ''needed'' any more energon goodies before bed. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer1 Lightspeed attacked.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|It sure sucks to get stabbed in the stomach by an energon sword.]]
Lightspeed suffered from a unique variation of phantom limb syndrome—he believed himself to be the lost leg of a giant combiner robot, and as a result refused to go indoors. He used to see the psychiatrist [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] about this little personal quirk. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Lightspeed, like the rest of the Technobots, was a crew man aboard the Autobot Science and Survey vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]''. His specialty was a little ambiguous, and though he obviously had some pride in his ability to traverse ground in rough conditions, the low-gravity of Cybertron's surface made it tough going even for him. [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] impaled him just as he was about to get off the burned-out planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

Lightspeed survived the techno-cannibalization being performed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s cultists and helped uncover the key to defeating the revenant [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Afterwards, he reported not even the most basic molecular activity was present in Thunderwing. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[File:Afterburner and Lightspeed Numbers.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Later, Lightspeed helped take the Monstructor Six into custody, after their fight with Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} He and the rest of the science team failed to keep their prisoners in custody when they were attacked by the Combaticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Lightspeed and the Technobots reverse engineered the polydermal grafting process that Bludgeon had used on himself, and delivered the shells to Cloudburst and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Lightspeed and Afterburner were later stationed on [[Kimia Facility]] just in time for it to be attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, who slaughtered most of the Autobots there. However Lightspeed and Afterburner managed to survive and hid out with only a few blasters and some experimental weapons tech to defend himself. Realising that Kimia was being used to attack Cybertron, the two decided that there was only one way to stop it, and destroyed the facility from within. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Lightspeed and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticons' claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Lightspeed, [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
The Technobots were ambushed outside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], who feared they would combine into Computron. The Decepticon team overwhelmed them, gaining entry to the city itself. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Lightspeed.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
Lightspeed participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy LightspeedTechno.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space space. Going to space. Guilty! Of not being in space. Space. Wanna go to space. SPAAAAAAAACE!]]
*'''Lightspeed''' (Technobot, 1987)
**''Team ID number'': '''TK4'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-89'''
**''Accessories'': "Light-Burst Gun", 2 "Infra-Red Missile Launchers"

:Lighstpeed transforms into a sleek Cybertronic car. He comes with a small handgun and a pair of missiles that attach to his car mode side panels. Being a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any combination of compatible toys, but his nominal placement is as the right leg of Computron. When used in his usual configuration, he faces backwards, as his feet have don't give enough clearance to attach Computron's footplate properly if facing forward. He and Nosecone are two of the very few Scramble City limbs to face backwards in their leg modes.

:There is a [[mold]] variant to Lightspeed. Initial releases had an indent for the [[rubsign]] on Lightspeed's hood/feet. Later-run releases filled in the indent, as rubsigns were phased out in 1988 (owing mostly to the deaths of most competitors in the reconfigurable robots toy arena).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Lightspeed/lightspeed.htm More information on Lightspeed on TFU.info]''

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*'''Computron''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''
**''Accessories'': "Light-Burst Gun", 2 "Infra-Red Missile Launchers"

:All five Technobots were also made available in a complete gift set. The gift set versions are identical to their individual releases.
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Lightstorm.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Computron''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7308'''
**''Pieces'': '''75'''
**''Accessories'': 2 scoped pistols

:"Lightstorm" is a [[Kreon]] included with the [[Computron (G1)#Kre-O|Computron]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set, and can be rebuilt from robot to either car or Computron's right leg and part of the torso. His deco is based on the [[#Generation 1|Generation 1 Lightspeed toy]], and he wears a black [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OLightstorm/lightstorm.htm More information on Lightstorm at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Lightsteed.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hi, ho Lightsteed, away!]]
*'''Computron''' (Collection Pack, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Shotgun

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' "Lightsteed" (renamed for trademark reasons) is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class [[Streetwise (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Streetwise]] from the same toy line, transforming from an R35 Nissan GTR police car to a robot and back. As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe Class figure, he can combine with any Voyager Class toys released as part of the ''Combiner Wars''/''Unite Warriors'' lines or with [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]] and form either an arm or a leg for the gestalt form, but his official purpose is to combine with his fellow Technobots and serve as the right leg of [[Computron (G1)#Generations|Computron]].

:Lightsteed was only available as part of a Computron box set, including a poster and a collector card based on the set's packaging art. The set was one of several so-called "Collection Packs" that were "online exclusives" in the United States, available from online retailers such as [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], and [[BigBadToyStore]] as well as the online stores of "big box" retailers such as [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Walmart]], [[Target]], and [[Kmart]]. In Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore and Taiwan, the set was available at general retail. In Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiaries of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and Carrefour, as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés, supposedly also only avalable online.
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Lightspeed.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Maybe I'll get to space faster now!]]
*'''Computicon''' (Box set, [[August 27|08-27]]-2016)
**''ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': 2 blaster rifles, double-barreled gun/fist/foot

:[[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of Lightspeed is a [[retool]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Wheeljack]], transforming into a car vaguely like a Lancia Stratos. He features a new robot head that is oddly rounded-off, and two new guns that are designed to combine with the other Tehcnobots' weapons to form their combined mode's big rifle.

: He was only available as part of the complete Technobot box set along with [[Afterburner (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Afteburner]], [[Nosecone (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Scattershot]], and [[Strafe (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Strafe]].

:Like the other Technobots, the packaging and instructions assign Lightspeed the "wrong" Hand/Foot/Gun. While he is shown with the HFG originally packed with ''Unite Warriors'' [[Blast Off (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Blast Off]], the "correct" one is the squared-vent one that has unique tooling left over from [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Sunstreaker]] that lets it attach differently in robot and vehicle modes.
{{CWBreakdownMold}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*The rear view of Lightspeed's [[character model|animation model]] misses the folding spoiler section completely, instead making his back a copy of his front, complete with windshield.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lightspeed''' (ライトスピード ''Raitosupīdo'')
*''French:'' '''Luméclair''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Starbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Guāng Sù''' (光速, "Light Speed")
*''Russian:'' '''Svetovik''' (Световик, "Lighter")

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The Line Between Us

2017-10-05T15:32:55Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' #4
|prev=Things We Said We'd Never Do
|next=Informed
|seriesissue2=''[[Titans Return (comic)|Titans Return]]''
|next2=The Last Autobot
|image=TAAO4 regcvr.jpg
|caption= It was on this day that Cybertron received a grim reminder...
|title="The Line Between Us"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 21]], [[2016]]
|coverdate=September 2016
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[John Barber]] and [[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''When the Combaticons unleash their combined form of Bruticus, Chromia realizes that the only way to save the day is to unleash some secrets of her own.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] activates the [[Enigma of Combination]], merging himself and the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] with the brain-dead [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to become "[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]". [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] revels in the unchecked power of their new form, while [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] finds himself caught in the terror of Swindle's memory of death; [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] tries to keep their minds united, calling to Onslaught for help, but the Combaticon leader is focused on rooting through their shared consciousness to find the information that is the reason for their combination. It does not take long: Onslaught soon locates Swindle's memory of [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] recruiting him to attack [[Caminus]], and discovers that Swindle secretly recorded their entire conversation. Onslaught, Vortex, and Brawl all vow vengeance upon Starscream for what he has done, but Blast Off reminds them that their goal is to ''expose'' Starscream so justice can be properly done, and urges them to go in search of Swindle's recording. With ideologies dueling inside his mind, Bruticus violently emerges onto [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s streets and is soon confronted by [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] and his security forces. Realizing that the combiner is formed from the Combaticons—including his recent protégé Blast Off—Ironhide offers Bruticus a chance to surrender; Blast Off tries to make his comrades see reason, but Onslaught considers the security forces as just another obstruction and has Bruticus begin attacking them all.

As the [[Council of Worlds]] is evacuated to safety, Starscream calls [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] to his side. He blames her failure to follow his orders to spy on Onslaught for the chaos that Iacon now finds itself in, and demands she find a way to kill Bruticus. Windblade refuses to kill to protect Starscream's secrets, but Starscream once again reminds her that if she does not comply, he will reveal the secrets he knows about her and Chromia's bombing. This proves the last straw: refusing to live under Starscream's thumb any longer, Windblade contacts [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and announces her intent to help the Combaticons expose the dirt they have on Starscream, regardless of the consequences for her. But once Bruticus has been brought down, she insists that Chromia must go back to Caminus, never to return, to keep her safe from reprisals.

Chromia convinces Ironhide and his men to stand down while Windblade attempts to talk to Bruticus. Unfortunately, it does not go well: the Combaticon combiner angrily swats her out of the sky. Chromia rushes to her side, just as Bruticus levels his cannons to blast them both... forcing Ironhide to take drastic action, emptying his rocket launcher directly into Bruticus's head. Gravely damaged, Bruticus disengages into the separate Combaticons; with his last words before passing out, Blast Off apologizes to Onslaught for being unable to save him from himself. Even as Windblade desperately tries to rouse the unconscious Combaticons to get the vital information needed from them, Chromia turns on Ironhide, accusing him of ruining everything. Surveying the scene, Chromia spots [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] reporting on the event, and sees a chance to yet make everything right. She marches over to the two news-bots, and, live on-camera, explains that she was responsible for the bombing in [[Acrolight District]] a year ago, and the earthquake that followed. Ironhide is left with no option but to reluctantly arrest her, but Chromia just smiles a sad smile and tells him that one cannot stay in the shadows for ever. As the Combaticons are carried away, Starscream grimaces at the loss of his leverage, and Windblade stands alone on the battlefield, having lost both her chance to expose Starscream... and her best friend.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] (1)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (11)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (4)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (5)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (6)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (7)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (8)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (9)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (13)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (14)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Air Hammer]] (12)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (16)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (17)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (18)
*[[Longtooth]] (20)
*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Blast Off:''' "Keep it together! We have to work—urgh—together!" 
'''Vortex:''' "Haha! Do you feel it? So powerful! We're Bruticus!" 
'''Brawl:''' "No... we're dead! He shot us—we'redeadwe'redeadwe'redead" 
:—The Combaticons react to their first combination

"I'm—I'm sorry, Onslaught. I wanted to— I couldn't... save... you..."
:—'''Blast Off'''

"My name is Chromia of Caminus, and I have a confession to make. When I first arrived on Cybertron, I set a bomb in the Acrolight district, killing three 'bots: Scrap Cruncher, Exhaust, and Technimus. I am also responsible for the earthquake that happened afterward." 
"Uhhh... why?" 
"Because I was just like that combiner, or the Badgeless that killed that 'Con behind Maccadam's, or everyone who won't give up their stupid war. I thought I was '''different'''... an "us" against "them." I acted alone because I thought I was alone. I thought no one else '''mattered.''' I hope you learn from my mistakes."
:—'''Chromia''' and '''Circuit'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*And with this issue, the forth and final of the original 1986 "[[Special Teams|Special Team]]" combiners finally makes an appearance, a mere 6 years after the first one appeared ''way'' back in [[Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|The Transformers #5]]. At least Bruticus before any of the 1987 combiners showed up...
*The memory Onslaught recovers from Swindle is from [[First Contact (IDW)|''The Transformers'' #39]]. Pitre-Durocher redraws the final panel from page 16 of that issue, and the whole scene is presented with a slightly murky, static-textured overlay in a likely nod to the art style of [[Livio Ramondelli]], who drew that issue. Starscream is correctly drawn in the [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada]]-inspired body he was sporting at the time.
*Among the fleeing crowd on page 4 is ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Fuzor]] [[Air Hammer]], who previously appeared in the original glimpse of [[Eukaris]] offered in [[Windblade issue 4|''Windblade'' vol. 1 #4]].
*The names "[[Technimus]]" and "[[Exhaust]]" seen scored into Chromia's skin in [[07:00:00|issue #1]] are revealed to be those of the civilians who died in her bombing from [[A 'Bot and Her City|''Windblade'' Vol. 1 #1]]. The third 'bot who died is named [[Scrap Cruncher]], but we don't see his full name; only the letters "er" are visible on part of her upper head. Presumably, his name is on the other side.

===Transformers references===
*Ironhide's emotional reaction to Chromia being in danger and the actions he takes as a result of that are another nod to the characters' romantic relationship in the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]," which has been "ship-teased" a few times since Chromia and Ironhide started sharing page-space in IDW.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Ironhide stares up at Bruticus in homage to the promotional poster for the ''{{w|Attack on Titan}}'' anime, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Chromia and Windblade dodge Bruticus's giant fist, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Windblade, Ironhide, and a few [[Badgeless]], by [[Thomas Deer]]

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File:TAAO4 regcvr.jpg|
File:TAAO4 subcvr.jpg|
File:TAAO4 cvrRI.jpg|
</gallery>

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The Line Between Us

2017-10-05T15:25:55Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' #4
|prev=Things We Said We'd Never Do
|next=Informed
|seriesissue2=''[[Titans Return (comic)|Titans Return]]''
|next2=The Last Autobot
|image=TAAO4 regcvr.jpg
|caption= It was on this day that Cybertron received a grim reminder...
|title="The Line Between Us"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 21]], [[2016]]
|coverdate=September 2016
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[John Barber]] and [[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''When the Combaticons unleash their combined form of Bruticus, Chromia realizes that the only way to save the day is to unleash some secrets of her own.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] activates the [[Enigma of Combination]], merging himself and the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] with the brain-dead [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to become "[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]". [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] revels in the unchecked power of their new form, while [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] finds himself caught in the terror of Swindle's memory of death; [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] tries to keep their minds united, calling to Onslaught for help, but the Combaticon leader is focused on rooting through their shared consciousness to find the information that is the reason for their combination. It does not take long: Onslaught soon locates Swindle's memory of [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] recruiting him to attack [[Caminus]], and discovers that Swindle secretly recorded their entire conversation. Onslaught, Vortex, and Brawl all vow vengeance upon Starscream for what he has done, but Blast Off reminds them that their goal is to ''expose'' Starscream so justice can be properly done, and urges them to go in search of Swindle's recording. With ideologies dueling inside his mind, Bruticus violently emerges onto [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s streets and is soon confronted by [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] and his security forces. Realizing that the combiner is formed from the Combaticons—including his recent protégé Blast Off—Ironhide offers Bruticus a chance to surrender; Blast Off tries to make his comrades see reason, but Onslaught considers the security forces as just another obstruction and has Bruticus begin attacking them all.

As the [[Council of Worlds]] is evacuated to safety, Starscream calls [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] to his side. He blames her failure to follow his orders to spy on Onslaught for the chaos that Iacon now finds itself in, and demands she find a way to kill Bruticus. Windblade refuses to kill to protect Starscream's secrets, but Starscream once again reminds her that if she does not comply, he will reveal the secrets he knows about her and Chromia's bombing. This proves the last straw: refusing to live under Starscream's thumb any longer, Windblade contacts [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and announces her intent to help the Combaticons expose the dirt they have on Starscream, regardless of the consequences for her. But once Bruticus has been brought down, she insists that Chromia must go back to Caminus, never to return, to keep her safe from reprisals.

Chromia convinces Ironhide and his men to stand down while Windblade attempts to talk to Bruticus. Unfortunately, it does not go well: the Combaticon combiner angrily swats her out of the sky. Chromia rushes to her side, just as Bruticus levels his cannons to blast them both... forcing Ironhide to take drastic action, emptying his rocket launcher directly into Bruticus's head. Gravely damaged, Bruticus disengages into the separate Combaticons; with his last words before passing out, Blast Off apologizes to Onslaught for being unable to save him from himself. Even as Windblade desperately tries to rouse the unconscious Combaticons to get the vital information needed from them, Chromia turns on Ironhide, accusing him of ruining everything. Surveying the scene, Chromia spots [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] reporting on the event, and sees a chance to yet make everything right. She marches over to the two news-bots, and, live on-camera, explains that she was responsible for the bombing in [[Acrolight District]] a year ago, and the earthquake that followed. Ironhide is left with no option but to reluctantly arrest her, but Chromia just smiles a sad smile and tells him that one cannot stay in the shadows for ever. As the Combaticons are carried away, Starscream grimaces at the loss of his leverage, and Windblade stands alone on the battlefield, having lost both her chance to expose Starscream... and her best friend.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] (1)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (11)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (4)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (5)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (6)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (7)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (8)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (9)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (13)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (14)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Air Hammer]] (12)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (16)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (17)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (18)
*[[Longtooth]] (20)
*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Blast Off:''' "Keep it together! We have to work—urgh—together!" 
'''Vortex:''' "Haha! Do you feel it? So powerful! We're Bruticus!" 
'''Brawl:''' "No... we're dead! He shot us—we'redeadwe'redeadwe'redead" 
:—The Combaticons react to their first combination

"I'm—I'm sorry, Onslaught. I wanted to— I couldn't... save... you..."
:—'''Blast Off'''

"My name is Chromia of Caminus, and I have a confession to make. When I first arrived on Cybertron, I set a bomb in the Acrolight district, killing three 'bots: Scrap Cruncher, Exhaust, and Technimus. I am also responsible for the earthquake that happened afterward." 
"Uhhh... why?" 
"Because I was just like that combiner, or the Badgeless that killed that 'Con behind Maccadam's, or everyone who won't give up their stupid war. I thought I was '''different'''... an "us" against "them." I acted alone because I thought I was alone. I thought no one else '''mattered.''' I hope you learn from my mistakes."
:—'''Chromia''' and '''Circuit'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The memory Onslaught recovers from Swindle is from [[First Contact (IDW)|''The Transformers'' #39]]. Pitre-Durocher redraws the final panel from page 16 of that issue, and the whole scene is presented with a slightly murky, static-textured overlay in a likely nod to the art style of [[Livio Ramondelli]], who drew that issue. Starscream is correctly drawn in the [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada]]-inspired body he was sporting at the time.
*Among the fleeing crowd on page 4 is ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Fuzor]] [[Air Hammer]], who previously appeared in the original glimpse of [[Eukaris]] offered in [[Windblade issue 4|''Windblade'' vol. 1 #4]].
*The names "[[Technimus]]" and "[[Exhaust]]" seen scored into Chromia's skin in [[07:00:00|issue #1]] are revealed to be those of the civilians who died in her bombing from [[A 'Bot and Her City|''Windblade'' Vol. 1 #1]]. The third 'bot who died is named [[Scrap Cruncher]], but we don't see his full name; only the letters "er" are visible on part of her upper head. Presumably, his name is on the other side.

===Transformers references===
*Ironhide's emotional reaction to Chromia being in danger and the actions he takes as a result of that are another nod to the characters' romantic relationship in the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]," which has been "ship-teased" a few times since Chromia and Ironhide started sharing page-space in IDW.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Ironhide stares up at Bruticus in homage to the promotional poster for the ''{{w|Attack on Titan}}'' anime, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Chromia and Windblade dodge Bruticus's giant fist, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Windblade, Ironhide, and a few [[Badgeless]], by [[Thomas Deer]]

<gallery>
File:TAAO4 regcvr.jpg|
File:TAAO4 subcvr.jpg|
File:TAAO4 cvrRI.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
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==External links==
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Applicable Skills

2017-10-05T15:11:28Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */ Additional flashback notes

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' #2
|prev=07:00:00
|next=Things We Said We'd Never Do
|image=TAAO2 regcvr.jpg
|caption=Metroplex. Look at me. Do I look pleased with you? ''Metroplex.''
|title="Applicable Skills"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 6]], [[2016]]
|coverdate=July 2016
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''It's chaos in the streets as the Combaticons lead a public uprising against Starscream's police state, and Ironhide is put in charge of keeping order. But all is not as it appears...'''

==Synopsis==
Civil unrest ripples through [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] following [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]]'s broadcast of the footage of the [[Badgeless]] officers murdering [[Drunkatron|a Decepticon]]. [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] ditches the Badgeless armor he was given, and, trying to convince himself that events ''had'' to unfold this way, returns to the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' home. [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] are eager to go out and join the rioting, but [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] is reluctant to allow it, his strategic mind thinking several steps ahead and concluding that any displays of civil disobedience by the Decepticons will run the risk of erasing any sympathy the colonists have for their current plight. Blast Off tries to convince him, suggesting they use the chaos to take out [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], but Onslaught suspects the whole thing is a plot by Starscream to draw them out. When Blast Off, a little ''too'' quickly and insistently, claims that it is not, Onslaught drags him into his room and demands he explain how he could know that...

A little later, in the skies over the city, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] are discussing the complex, factionalized politics of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when their attention is suddenly drawn to a mob being led through the streets below by Onslaught, marching on the council building. Inside the building, Starscream is fairly nonplussed by the sight; it takes the arrival of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] in his office, blaming him for the police state that has given rise to the mob, to raise his hackles. Meeting with the rest of the council, Starscream coldly announces his intent to meet force with force, giving the rioters the war they seemingly want, but [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] speaks out against the idea, and the other council members agree. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] suggests calling on [[Victorion]]—presently on [[Earth]]—for aid, but Starscream shoots the plan down, refusing to open the [[space bridge]] with Onslaught still on the loose. In response to questions from council members, Starscream explains that, some time before he took power, he made a deal with Onslaught to have the Combaticons on his side during his political rise. When Starscream actually succeeded and became ruler of Iacon, however, he reneged on the deal and cut ties with Onslaught; he now suspects Onslaught is acting out of a desire for revenge. Ironhide speaks up again, and volunteers the only bloodless solution he can think of—a solution he ''knows'' Starscream will hate.

As the rioters pelt the council building with garbage, Ironhide appears on its front steps to address them. Determined to keep the peace they have all fought and suffered for, Ironhide announces that he has been appointed head of the Badgeless. He vows to investigate the murder to the fullest, and invites 'bots of any faction, and any planetary origin, to sign up to the police force to help him. At first, it seems nobody is going to take him up on the offer; the silence of the crowd is broken only by an insult and a chunk of rock that harmlessly strikes Ironhide's helmet. But, just as all hope seems lost, [[Octane|Tall Tankor]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] burst out of the crowd to pledge their support, followed quickly by [[Sparkstalker]]. Onslaught is disgusted, and attacks Ironhide, demanding that he reveal where [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s body is being kept—until Blast Off jumps into action, wrestling his leader to the ground as he tells him he is tired of being held back. As the crowd begins to peacefully disperse, Blast Off asks Ironhide if he too can join his team, leading a furious Onslaught to warn Blast Off to watch his back. Blast Off simply retorts that he has gone above and beyond to help Onslaught, but has concluded that he cannot save him from himself.

The council watch the crowd break up from the window of Starscream's chambers, after which Starscream ushers them out so he can collect his thoughts and prepare a statement. Windblade, of course, refuses to leave, and demands to know if Starscream really does have Swindle's body; driven to honesty through sheer exasperation (and the needling words of the hallucinatory [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]), Starscream admits that he does not, but urges Windblade to be wary of Onslaught and his razor-sharp mind. A smirk creeps over Starscream's face as he declares that Windblade will now be personally responsible for dealing with the Combaticons' threat; he is tired of her undermining him, and if she does not accept this task, then he will spill all of Windblade's dirty secrets—including her co-conspiratorial cover-up of [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'s killings—and destroy the council and the alliance of worlds for everyone.

Out in the streets, Fat Tankor catches up to Blast Off, and invites him to crash in his and Tall Tankor's living space if he needs to. Blast Off accepts the offer, but leaves to clear his head first... slinking off into a dark alley, where Onslaught warmly greets him and congratulates him on a job well done...

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 11)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (12)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (13)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (14)

|c2=
*"[[Drunkatron]]" (1)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (3)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (5)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (6)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (7)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (22)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (23)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (24)

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*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (2)
*Assorted [[Badgeless]] (4)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (8)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (15)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (16)
*[[Tigatron]] (17)
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (18)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (19)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (20)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (21)
{{!}}}
}}

==Quotes==
'''Vortex:''' "'''Yay!''' You're not dead! '''Brawl''', pay up!" 
'''Brawl:''' "Ah, scrap. That was my last bottle of '''Engex'''." 
'''Blast Off:''' "Thanks for the concern."
:—The Combaticons react to Blast Off's return

'''Tigatron:''' "Who is Onslaught?" 
'''Starscream:''' "A former associate." 
'''Ironhide:''' "A '''psychopath''' and a '''murderer.'''" 
'''Starscream:''' "I said he was an '''associate''', not my '''Conjunx Endura'''!"

"Unfortunately, circumstances... changed. I couldn't be seen with 'bots like Onslaught anymore. He didn't take it well and I would '''not''' be surprised if this '''entire''' fiasco traced back to some pathetic attempt at '''revenge'''. It's how '''his''' kind always thinks." 
"Decepticons?" 
"'''Little people.'''"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Ironhide'''

"There '''is''' a line, Starscream." 
"Is there? Well, I'm sure you'll '''scream''' when I cross it."
:—'''Windblade''' and '''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Airazor says the planet is more "fractured than Eukaris", which [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #6]] established was being divided between four grumpy factions. Harsh but fair!
*Starscream's flashback to his past alliance with Onslaught appears to take place circa the earliest issues of [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''Robots in Disguise'']], before Starscream actually attained power. Starscream notes it happened after "Onslaught and his team had returned to the Decepticons"; this allusion to a time when the Combaticons were ''not'' with the Decepticons refers to when they were in the employ of [[North Korea]] while stranded on [[Earth]] during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]]. Starscream's body is kept in shadow so that we can't tell exactly what body he has. Either it's meant to leave doubt as to the timeframe, or no-one supplied Sara Pitre-Durocher with the appropriate model sheet. (There is a flashback a couple of issues from now to [[First Contact (IDW)|''The Transformers'' #39]] and Starscream is drawn in his correct [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada]]-inspired body for that sequence.)
*In the flashback, Onslaught says he can save Starscream from "the D.J.D. or someone else coming in the night", referring to the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and their brutal murder of anyone they consider a traitor. By cosying up to the Autobot leadership and [[Metalhawk (Victory|Metalhawk]] like he was doing at the time, Starscream would have definitely been a target if they'd heard.
*Sparkstalker refers to fighting alongside Ironhide before, which happened on [[Caminus]] during ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]''.
*Starscream says Onslaught once outmaneuvered him. That may be a reference to "Conquerers", where the Decepticons (including Onslaught) pressured Starscream into letting them use the spacebridge.

===Real-world references===
*Starscream's dialogue "Every broken window, every crack in the pavement gets prosecuted and punished." is likely a reference to the {{w|broken windows theory}}.
*The protestors chant "No justice! No peace!", a slogan popularly used (as "no justice, no peace") in protests against police violence. At the time Scott was writing, it had recently been used in protests against police shooting African-Americans.

===Other trivia===
*This issue also contains the first part of the [[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Revolution Prelude]] back-up strip, a four prequel laying the groundwork for September's "[[Revolution]]" crossover which appears in several of IDW's July titles. The digital edition was initially missing it, with a five-page preview of the first issue of ''[[Rom]]'' included in its place. This was corrected within the day for some users, but not for all.

===Errors===
*More fun with squished Obsidian this week, as his alt mode now resembles a squat stealth bomber with helicopters rotors.
*The Combaticons are completely public despite having ''very recently'' been part of a group that shot at people and tried to invade Earth for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Nobody's mentioned a general amnesty being held so how are they not in jail?
*Starscream berates Windblade with "you think you know this world because you slapped an Autobot symbol on your chest-plate?" His put-down would probably mean more if Windblade actually had an Autobot symbol on her chest plate. Or, indeed, anywhere.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Windblade and Metroplex, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Windblade and Chromia help [[Rom]] try out some [[Caminus|Camien]] facepaint, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]] and [[Thomas Deer]]; part of a series of Rom-themed covers featured on numerous IDW titles in July, in celebration of the launch of the character's new ongoing series.
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Windblade by [[Carlos Valenzuela]]

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===Advertisements===
*''Till All Are One'' #3
*''[[Revolution]]'', including checklist
*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Pack'' game (back cover)

==External links==
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Talk:Applicable Skills

2017-10-05T15:04:03Z

LiamK: /* Windblade: Autobot */ new section

==Previews==
I'm a little confused, I bought this issue on comixology, and it doesn't have Road to Revolution #1. Instead mine has a preview for ROM #1. I assume that this is a thing that needs noting, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about that... [[User:Stealthyboy|Stealthyboy]] ([[User talk:Stealthyboy|talk]]) 10:34, 6 July 2016 (EDT)

== Windblade: Autobot ==

I was making a note about Starscream's "you slapped an Autobot symbol on your chest plate" despite Windblade not having an Autobot symbol and I thought... is this the first time she's been definitely confirmed as an Autobot? At what point did she ever officially join up? I can't see any Autobot symbols on her or Chromia. [[User:LiamK|LiamK]] ([[User talk:LiamK|talk]]) 11:04, 5 October 2017 (EDT)

Applicable Skills

2017-10-05T15:02:39Z

LiamK: /* Errors */ Windblade's autobot symbol. Although I've got a question about that on the talk page

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|title="Applicable Skills"
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|date=[[July 6]], [[2016]]
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'''It's chaos in the streets as the Combaticons lead a public uprising against Starscream's police state, and Ironhide is put in charge of keeping order. But all is not as it appears...'''

==Synopsis==
Civil unrest ripples through [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] following [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]]'s broadcast of the footage of the [[Badgeless]] officers murdering [[Drunkatron|a Decepticon]]. [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] ditches the Badgeless armor he was given, and, trying to convince himself that events ''had'' to unfold this way, returns to the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' home. [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] are eager to go out and join the rioting, but [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] is reluctant to allow it, his strategic mind thinking several steps ahead and concluding that any displays of civil disobedience by the Decepticons will run the risk of erasing any sympathy the colonists have for their current plight. Blast Off tries to convince him, suggesting they use the chaos to take out [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], but Onslaught suspects the whole thing is a plot by Starscream to draw them out. When Blast Off, a little ''too'' quickly and insistently, claims that it is not, Onslaught drags him into his room and demands he explain how he could know that...

A little later, in the skies over the city, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] are discussing the complex, factionalized politics of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when their attention is suddenly drawn to a mob being led through the streets below by Onslaught, marching on the council building. Inside the building, Starscream is fairly nonplussed by the sight; it takes the arrival of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] in his office, blaming him for the police state that has given rise to the mob, to raise his hackles. Meeting with the rest of the council, Starscream coldly announces his intent to meet force with force, giving the rioters the war they seemingly want, but [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] speaks out against the idea, and the other council members agree. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] suggests calling on [[Victorion]]—presently on [[Earth]]—for aid, but Starscream shoots the plan down, refusing to open the [[space bridge]] with Onslaught still on the loose. In response to questions from council members, Starscream explains that, some time before he took power, he made a deal with Onslaught to have the Combaticons on his side during his political rise. When Starscream actually succeeded and became ruler of Iacon, however, he reneged on the deal and cut ties with Onslaught; he now suspects Onslaught is acting out of a desire for revenge. Ironhide speaks up again, and volunteers the only bloodless solution he can think of—a solution he ''knows'' Starscream will hate.

As the rioters pelt the council building with garbage, Ironhide appears on its front steps to address them. Determined to keep the peace they have all fought and suffered for, Ironhide announces that he has been appointed head of the Badgeless. He vows to investigate the murder to the fullest, and invites 'bots of any faction, and any planetary origin, to sign up to the police force to help him. At first, it seems nobody is going to take him up on the offer; the silence of the crowd is broken only by an insult and a chunk of rock that harmlessly strikes Ironhide's helmet. But, just as all hope seems lost, [[Octane|Tall Tankor]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] burst out of the crowd to pledge their support, followed quickly by [[Sparkstalker]]. Onslaught is disgusted, and attacks Ironhide, demanding that he reveal where [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s body is being kept—until Blast Off jumps into action, wrestling his leader to the ground as he tells him he is tired of being held back. As the crowd begins to peacefully disperse, Blast Off asks Ironhide if he too can join his team, leading a furious Onslaught to warn Blast Off to watch his back. Blast Off simply retorts that he has gone above and beyond to help Onslaught, but has concluded that he cannot save him from himself.

The council watch the crowd break up from the window of Starscream's chambers, after which Starscream ushers them out so he can collect his thoughts and prepare a statement. Windblade, of course, refuses to leave, and demands to know if Starscream really does have Swindle's body; driven to honesty through sheer exasperation (and the needling words of the hallucinatory [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]), Starscream admits that he does not, but urges Windblade to be wary of Onslaught and his razor-sharp mind. A smirk creeps over Starscream's face as he declares that Windblade will now be personally responsible for dealing with the Combaticons' threat; he is tired of her undermining him, and if she does not accept this task, then he will spill all of Windblade's dirty secrets—including her co-conspiratorial cover-up of [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'s killings—and destroy the council and the alliance of worlds for everyone.

Out in the streets, Fat Tankor catches up to Blast Off, and invites him to crash in his and Tall Tankor's living space if he needs to. Blast Off accepts the offer, but leaves to clear his head first... slinking off into a dark alley, where Onslaught warmly greets him and congratulates him on a job well done...

==Featured characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 11)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (12)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (13)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (14)

|c2=
*"[[Drunkatron]]" (1)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (3)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (5)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (6)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (7)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (22)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (23)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (24)

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*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (2)
*Assorted [[Badgeless]] (4)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (8)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (15)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (16)
*[[Tigatron]] (17)
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*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (18)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (19)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (20)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (21)
{{!}}}
}}

==Quotes==
'''Vortex:''' "'''Yay!''' You're not dead! '''Brawl''', pay up!" 
'''Brawl:''' "Ah, scrap. That was my last bottle of '''Engex'''." 
'''Blast Off:''' "Thanks for the concern."
:—The Combaticons react to Blast Off's return

'''Tigatron:''' "Who is Onslaught?" 
'''Starscream:''' "A former associate." 
'''Ironhide:''' "A '''psychopath''' and a '''murderer.'''" 
'''Starscream:''' "I said he was an '''associate''', not my '''Conjunx Endura'''!"

"Unfortunately, circumstances... changed. I couldn't be seen with 'bots like Onslaught anymore. He didn't take it well and I would '''not''' be surprised if this '''entire''' fiasco traced back to some pathetic attempt at '''revenge'''. It's how '''his''' kind always thinks." 
"Decepticons?" 
"'''Little people.'''"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Ironhide'''

"There '''is''' a line, Starscream." 
"Is there? Well, I'm sure you'll '''scream''' when I cross it."
:—'''Windblade''' and '''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Airazor says the planet is more "fractured than Eukaris", which [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #6]] established was being divided between four grumpy factions. Harsh but fair!
*Starscream's flashback to his past alliance with Onslaught appears to take place circa the earliest issues of [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''Robots in Disguise'']], before Starscream actually attained power. Starscream notes it happened after "Onslaught and his team had returned to the Decepticons"; this allusion to a time when the Combaticons were ''not'' with the Decepticons refers to when they were in the employ of [[North Korea]] while stranded on [[Earth]] during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]].
*In the flashback, Onslaught says he can save Starscream from "the D.J.D. or someone else coming in the night", referring to the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and their brutal murder of anyone they consider a traitor. By cosying up to the Autobot leadership and [[Metalhawk]] like he was doing at the time, Starscream would have definitely been a target if they'd heard.
*Sparkstalker refers to fighting alongside Ironhide before, which happened on [[Caminus]] during ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]''.
*Starscream says Onslaught once outmaneuvered him. That may be a reference to "Conquerers", where the Decepticons (including Onslaught) pressured Starscream into letting them use the spacebridge.

===Real-world references===
*Starscream's dialogue "Every broken window, every crack in the pavement gets prosecuted and punished." is likely a reference to the {{w|broken windows theory}}.
*The protestors chant "No justice! No peace!", a slogan popularly used (as "no justice, no peace") in protests against police violence. At the time Scott was writing, it had recently been used in protests against police shooting African-Americans.

===Other trivia===
*This issue also contains the first part of the [[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Revolution Prelude]] back-up strip, a four prequel laying the groundwork for September's "[[Revolution]]" crossover which appears in several of IDW's July titles. The digital edition was initially missing it, with a five-page preview of the first issue of ''[[Rom]]'' included in its place. This was corrected within the day for some users, but not for all.

===Errors===
*More fun with squished Obsidian this week, as his alt mode now resembles a squat stealth bomber with helicopters rotors.
*The Combaticons are completely public despite having ''very recently'' been part of a group that shot at people and tried to invade Earth for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Nobody's mentioned a general amnesty being held so how are they not in jail?
*Starscream berates Windblade with "you think you know this world because you slapped an Autobot symbol on your chest-plate?" His put-down would probably mean more if Windblade actually had an Autobot symbol on her chest plate. Or, indeed, anywhere.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Windblade and Metroplex, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Windblade and Chromia help [[Rom]] try out some [[Caminus|Camien]] facepaint, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]] and [[Thomas Deer]]; part of a series of Rom-themed covers featured on numerous IDW titles in July, in celebration of the launch of the character's new ongoing series.
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Windblade by [[Carlos Valenzuela]]

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</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*''Till All Are One'' #3
*''[[Revolution]]'', including checklist
*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Pack'' game (back cover)

==External links==
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Inferno (G1)/toys

2017-05-31T20:07:52Z

LiamK: /* Masterpiece */

{{suite}}

[[File:G1 boxart Inferno.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|]]

If there is a fire truck ''Transformers'' toy, odds are it is one of '''Inferno'''.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Inferno toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Then he'll start the fire again.]]
*'''Inferno''' (Autobot Car, [[1985]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''10'''
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles,2 shoulder wings

:Inferno transforms into a Japanese Mitsubishi Fuso F-Series FT fire ladder truck. His ladder has three sections to it, allowing it to extend to a really impressive length. Each of his forearms contains a spring-loaded missile launcher, so he can fire his own fists or silver missiles, though the [[Hasbro]] versions have these launchers severely weakened [[for safety reasons]]. He is usually depicted in media as having a missile/laser/nozzle in place of a hand on his right arm. He is also armed with a small black Extinguisher rifle.

:Inferno's toy has been [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] as part of the ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classic Heroes]]'' line in 1990, the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' line in 1993, and ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' and the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' in 2003. See below for individual entries on these releases.

:This sculpt was [[redeco]]ed and partially [[retool]]ed to make [[Grapple (G1)#Generation 1|Grapple]], the [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Collector's Edition]]'' [[Hauler#Collector's Edition|RoadHauler]] and ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|The Headmasters]]'' [[Artfire#The Headmasters|Artfire]].

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-inferno/462/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Inferno at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on Inferno at TFU.info]''

{{-}}
{{anchor|ActionMaster}}
[[File:ActionMaster Inferno.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Inferno's lack of transformation ability was compensated by a big orange thingamajig.]]
*'''Inferno with Hydro-Pack''' ([[Action Master]], [[1990]])
**''Accessories:'' Hydro-Pack, "Magna-Blast Gun"

:Part of the third assortment of "basic" carded Action Masters, Inferno is a non-transforming action figure with a simplified design, based loosely on his cartoon [[Character model|animation model]]. Inferno came with a [[Hydro-Pack]] that could be attached to his back (with a "hose" that flipped over his shoulder to attach to his handgun, a feature unique among Action Master "partner" accessories), or transformed via spring-loaded mechanism into a large cannon, with a barrel that could be further extended by attaching his handgun to the very end of it. He is compatible with all other Action Master weapons and vehicles.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on Action Master Inferno at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

*'''Classic Inferno''' (Classic Heroes, [[1990]])
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles, 2 hose nozzles
:The original Inferno toy was first reissued in [[Europe]] in 1990 alongside several other early Transformers, as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classic Heroes]]" range.

===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2 Inferno toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|How's anyone supposed to climb the ladder with this huge thing on my back?]]
*'''Inferno''' (Autobot Hero, [[1993]])
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", water cannon, 2 fists (left & right), 2 shoulder wings

:For ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', Inferno's original toy was re-used with virtually no deco changes, adding only the "Autobot" [[tampograph]]. His forearms were retooled to remove the spring-loaded launcher mechanism (the chromed missiles from the original releases were also dropped), his detachable fists were also re-tooled in order for them to fit snuggly in the connecting hole of the forearms and the wing extensions on his shoulders were also slightly retooled. He came with a large red [[Water-squirting gimmick|water-shooting]] cannon that clipped to his ladder. Said cannon rains pain.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Inferno at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===The Transformers Collection===
*'''Inferno''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TFC-08'''
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles, 2 shoulder wings
:In [[2003]], the original Inferno toy was [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' series. This time he featured a [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol and blue instead of yellow eyes. These changes carried over to ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' Inferno (see below), ''Commemorative Series'' [[Grapple (G1)|Autobot Grapple]] and ''[[Collector's Edition]]'' [[Hauler|RoadHauler]].

===Commemorative Series===
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Be glad there wasn't a 2012 Asian version as well.|]]
*'''Inferno''' (Commemorative Series V, 2003/2006)
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles, 2 shoulder wings
:The same year as the Takara reissue, Hasbro released their own reissue of Inferno as part of the [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' line in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Unlike the Takara version, the Hasbro version no longer featured launching fists or missiles [[for safety reasons]]. This reissue comes with an additional Autobot [[insignia]] decal, depicting the more modern long-faced version of the Autobot insignia. According to the [[instructions]], this [[sticker]] is supposed to be placed ''on top of'' the Autobot insignia sticker that is already on Inferno's chest!
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/CSInferno/inferno.htm More information on Commemorative Series Inferno at TFU.info]''

:In 2006, three years after the U.S. release and long after the ''Commemorative Series'' had been discontinued by Toys"R"Us in America, Inferno and several other figures were released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom. Unlike previous UK releases of ''Commemorative Series'' figures, the packaging for this batch was no longer [[multilingual packaging|multilingual]], but in English only. Despite this, the packaging was ''not'' identical to the previous U.S. version; it lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" safety warning labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings, and moved the "Ages 5+" recommendation to a new position.

===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 G1Inferno.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|BURNING JUSTI— Oh, sorry, wrong fire truck.]]
*'''Inferno''' (Voyager, [[2009]])
**''Series'': Generation 2 Series
**''Accessories'': "Water Blast" projectile

:"[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] series" ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Inferno is the first all-new tooling for the Voyager class [[size class|price point]] in the ''Universe'' line. Unlike the original toy, ''Universe'' Inferno transforms into an American pumper/tanker fire truck, rather than the Generation 1's Japanese Hino ladder engine. In lieu of a ladder, he packs a water cannon with spring-loaded projectile, a call-back to ''Generation 2'' Inferno's working water cannon.

:This version of Inferno transforms into a fictional six-wheeled variant of the 2002–2007 Pierce Contender series of firetrucks. It appears to be a fusion of two different designs from that period. See: [[Wikipedia:Pierce Manufacturing#Gallery of Pierce Apparatus|Pierce Manufacturing]]

:The number "401" [[tampograph]]ed onto him is the area code for the state of Rhode Island, home of [[Hasbro]]'s headquarters.

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Spark]], and was retooled to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010)]] [[Grapple (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Solar Storm Grappel]] and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Hot Spot]], and Grappel himself was later redecoed into [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2014)]] Protectobot Hot Spot. It was then redecoed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Artfire#United 2|Artfire]], using tooling from both the original Inferno version and the newer Grappel version of this sculpt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUInferno/inferno.htm More information on ''Universe'' Inferno at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei inferno.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Is it hot in here, or is it just me?]]
*'''Cybertron Inferno''' (Voyager, 2009-[[February 26|02-26]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-15'''
**''Accessories:'' "Water Blast" projectile

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Inferno differs from ''Universe'' Inferno mainly in the red plastic used: whereas ''Universe'' Inferno has a darker shade of red, ''Henkei'' Inferno is considerably brighter. The dark brown plastic used for several parts on ''Universe'' Inferno has been changed to gray. The black parts on ''Universe'' Inferno are now dark blue and the colorless clear plastic used for his eyes is actually molded in clear blue plastic (rather than being painted over clear blue). Major paint application changes include chroming Inferno's water cannon, forearm panels, and the backs of his shoulder panels. Aside from the chrome he also has the addition of yellow highlights to his head, clear-red painted sirens, and the removal of the Rhode Island "401" area code.
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===Speed Stars===
====Stealth Force====
[[File:StealthForce Inferno toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Because ''real'' firetrucks come with ''real'' firepower]]
*'''Autobot Inferno''' (Stealth Force Deluxe, [[2010]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 projectiles

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' Inferno is a new non-transformable mold, appearing as a much more traditional looking fire truck than any of his previous toys but retaining the "401" tampograph that his ''Universe'' toy had. His packaging also depicts his ''Universe'' toy's robot head. At the press of a button, he can deploy his weapons located on top, at the side and the front of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] while pulling a tab hides the weapons again.

:Included in the package are ''two'' water-burst missiles. However, they can only be stored in and fired from his top-mounted cannon one at a time.
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy InfernoKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Inferno''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2012)
**''Bag number'': '''***** 41'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, wrist-blaster

: Part of the first normal wave of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Inferno is a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]]-bagged mini-figure, though a stamped ID number can be found on the back of the bag, top-right corner. He comes with extra bits to turn him into something that might be described as a fire engine.

: He uses [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|Sentinel Prime]]'s helmet... which was patterned after the original Inferno in the first place.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-OInferno/inferno.htm More information on Inferno at TFU.info]''

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*'''Kreon Class of 1985''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Class Hottie
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol

: [[Kreon Class of '85]] Inferno features a deco much more accurate to the original 1985 toy. Like the rest of the set, he uses the updated, almost-totally-[[retool]]ed 2015 style Kreon body.

:This box set of thirty Kreons was a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015 [[exclusive]], with leftovers being sold on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online after the show.

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* '''Inferno''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, wrist-blaster

:In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for discount and drug stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Inferno's torso and face [[tampograph]]s have also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them. The 1x1 top-clip piece is also slightly different from the original, with a much lower-set clip.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.

===Bot Shots===
[[Image:BStoy-Inferno.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Some other guy]] already took the color red.]]

*'''Inferno''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B011'''
***''Fist strength'': '''186'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''580'''
***''Sword strength'': '''848'''

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 2 single-packs, Blitz Shot Inferno is a [[redeco]] of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Bot Shots|Series 1 Sentinel Prime]], transforming into a firetruck with an [[Autotransformation|automatic, spring-loaded transformation]] to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has an "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels.

:This mold was also [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]: BeCool'' [[Ganoh]].

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP33-Inferno.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yeah! Let's make an MP of Inferno! He's real popular these days, right?]]
* '''Inferno''' (2016-[[November 26|11-26]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-33'''
**''Accessories:'' Four faces, two heads, chromed hand blaster, white hand blaster, chrome-grilled chest, two gray-grilled chests, sticker sheet, water spray, fire hose, blaster and two communication radar dishes, die-cast Optimus Prime figure (Asian preorder only)

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Inferno represents his cartoon model very well—right down to his disappearing ladder in robot mode—while still maintaining the ''Masterpiece'' level of detail. He comes with two heads, one based on the animation character model and one based on the original toy (both of which featured in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] - see [[Inferno (G1)#Notes]] for details) and four swappable faces: default and angry which only fit into the toy head, and default and smiling which fit onto the animation character model head (these can also be fitted into the toy head but leave gaps). He also comes with three chest pieces: one based on his original toy with a detailed, chromed grill and standard Autobot symbol; one with the simplified, non-chromed grill and symbol designs from the cartoon; and one with clear supports attached to it so that Inferno can recreate the scene from "[[Auto Berserk]]" of him carrying Red Alert in his arms. He also comes with the robotic hose Lord [[Chumley]] attacked him with in the episode "[[Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target]]", as well as two removable, forearm-mounted communicators, which appeared in the same episode. His wrist-barrel/blaster is hidden behind his right hand and comes in both chromed and unchromed form, to match whichever chestpiece you have attached, and he includes a gushing water-spray effect piece that can plug into either barrel, his fire truck mode's ladder, head mounted nozzle or robotic hose. He also includes a selection of optional stickers, including standard and cartoon-accurate Autobot logos, and four "fire department" stickers, bearing a similar appearance to the symbol seen on MP-14 Red Alert. In early displays, the sticker sheet which indicates his role as "Cybertron Search & Rescue" had the word "search" misspelled. This was error was corrected in the public release.

:If preordered in Asian countries outside of Japan, he also comes with a non-transforming die-cast [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP33|Optimus Prime minifigure]].

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
*'''Inferno''' ([[1985]])
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right)
:Essentially a downsized version of the original Inferno toy, the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' kit is sculpted from black, red and white plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum.
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===Decoy===
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 9''' (multi-pack, 1986)

*'''Inferno''' ([[1987]])
**''Decoy number:'' '''14'''

:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on Decoy Inferno at TFU.info]''
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Inferno.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Inferno''' ([[2007]])

:A 36-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Inferno "transforms" into a red fire truck. He uses the same parts layout as [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], Movie [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]], and "[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Classic Bonecrusher]]", albeit with some parts moved around to make him more fire truck-like.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Kabaya-Inferno.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Inferno''' (2011)
:Released in the fourth wave of the revived ''Transformers Gum'' series in 2011, this transforming model kit of Inferno is made from red and black plastic, with stickers for detail. It's based on the ''Henkei'' Inferno toy. He comes with the base (and accompanying stickers) of the trailer for Rodimus Prime.
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==Notes==
[[File:Phoenix King movie poster.jpg|thumb|Inferno moonlights for easy cash.]]
*An early [[variant]] of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' predecessor of the original ''Transformers'' Inferno figure had an actual Mitsubishi company logo and the name "FUSO" sculpted on the front end of his cab section, whereas later versions lacked those details just like the later ''Transformers'' version did.<ref name="diaclone">[http://www.fredsworkshop.com/vdiagrapinferno.html Diaclone Grapple and Inferno] at Fred's Workshop.</ref>
*Inferno's original toy, slightly modified, was [[Knockoff|knocked off]] and used as the title giant robot in the Korean animated film ''Phoenix King'' (피닉스킹). ''Phoenix King'' was dubbed (horribly) and released in America by Digiview Entertainment as ''[http://www.angelfire.com/droid/futuremasters/Defenders.html Defenders of Space]'', generally selling for the bargain price of $1.00. Scenes of "Inferno" from this movie were also incorporated into another bargain film distributed by Digiview Entertainment, ''[http://www.angelfire.com/droid/futuremasters/SpaceThunder.html Space Thunder Kids]''.

==References==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Autobots]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
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Grapple (G1)

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{{disambig3|Grapple}}
:''Grapple is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:GrappleG1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Elementary, my dear Hoist."]]
'''Grapple''' is technically an architect, but in his [[spark]] he is an artist. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], before the war, his buildings were considered great works of art, but now his constructions are limited by the realities and needs of the war effort. It is a situation he often finds stifling. Grapple takes great pride in any work he constructs, and is prone to severe bouts of depression should his "masterworks" be destroyed in the course of combat. Grapple can usually be found hanging out with his close friend [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] who does his best to cheer Grapple up when his artistic temperament has him down.

His name is regrettably sometimes spelled '''Grappel'''.

{{bigquote|Someday I want to build something that doesn't get trashed!|Grapple laments his creations' constant destruction|"[[Auto Berserk]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Renaday]] (English), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese)|[[Ignacio Campero]] (American Spanish), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "The Master Builders" and "Prime Target"), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Auto Berserk"), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Masquerade")}}
[[File:Master builders1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Boy, I bet you we'll win top prize at the Autobot Science Fair this year! We'll beat Wheeljack's catapult-making machine any day!"]]
Grapple was first seen on Earth hanging out inside the Ark on a typical day for the Autobots. This typical day including the discovery of a [[Dinobot Island (G1)|prehistoric island]] hidden inside a naturally-occurring time warp, and a rampage through the base by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Yup...typical day. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

Grapple designed a [[Solar Power Tower]] to collect solar energy for the Autobots — even built a little model of it. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] wouldn't let him build it, Grapple ran off to sulk and encountered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and naturally told them all about his awesome tower idea that got nixed because Prime didn't want the [[Decepticon]]s getting their hands on it. Brilliant.

[[File:Master builders2.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Your invention has a practical application, so it was disqualified. Sorry."]]
They agreed to help Grapple and his buddy [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] out, but then [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] found out and decided to turn it into his latest evil plan. The Solar Power Tower was completed, but [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] trapped Grapple and Hoist inside it, and the Autobots had to show up to save their skidplates. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}}

When the Autobots' favorite mad scientist, [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]], started showing off his latest super-weapon, Grapple begged him to please not point the [[Negavator]] at any of his buildings. It's like he didn't trust Wheeljack not to blow things up, or something. Inevitably, though, the Decepticons attacked and the beautiful bunker Grapple built to house the Negavator was reduced to rubble. While he worked in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] to clear away the debris, Grapple and the Autobots were caught napping by Megatron and his [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. They had Prime and the others in their sights but, when [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] caused a distraction, Grapple dropped the rubble he was carrying on top of the Decepticons, sending them scattering for cover. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

[[File:AutoBerserk-Grapple.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Usually, Grapple has special ointment to treat his blackheads.]]
Like most of the Autobots, Grapple showed up in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] for the first (and apparently last) Autobot Day celebration. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}}

After the Dinobots destroyed a sizeable portion of the airport battling Decepticons, Grapple and the Autobots lent a hand to repair what was damaged. After [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] reconstructed the walls of a building, Grapple was ready to add the ''piece de resistance'' by lowering the roof on top. His artistic pride took a serious blow when Grapple dropped the roof and collapsed the entire building underneath it. Mortified as he was, Grapple's mistake was only the first sign of [[cybertonium]] deficiency, which soon began to affect all the Autobots and their functions. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} He was later seen with Hoist, patching up [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and a group of Autobots after they tangled with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[File:Primetargetbotsintraps.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The Inquisition, what a show! The Inquisition, here we go!]]
Grapple was also one of several Autobots captured by [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]'s wildly-improbable traps; Grapple fell victim to a series of girders that magically fell into a cage configuration. Taken to Chumley's goofy-ass castle, he was used as bait to draw in Optimus Prime, "forced" to hold up a giant boulder—which did not seem to be actually ''supported'' by anything and therefore Grapple could have just dropped it or thrown it at one of the other devices keeping the Autobots prisoner.

Grapple's kind of stupid. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

After [[Teletraan I]] located the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] at large, Prime and the Autobots moved to intercept the wild Decepticons. Grapple, Hoist and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] confronted [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] on a deserted stretch of highway. When Breakdown dropped a line of oil behind him, Grapple took the opportunity to ''light him on fire.'' Geez, Grapple...he didn't even destroy one of your buildings. Why the hate? {{storylink|Masquerade}} When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] kidnapped [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots went after them. Powerglide located the missing 'Bots at a power plant, and alerted his comrades. Grapple and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] freed the prisoners during the power struggle between Megatron and Starscream. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:BattleAutobotCity.jpg|thumb|left]]
Alongside [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s lower leg and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], Grapple valiantly defended [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when it was [[Battle of Autobot City|attacked]] by Decepticons in the year [[2005]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
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====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====Scramble City=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Grapple was tricked into helping the Constructicons ''again'', this time for the sake of rebuilding the [[Crystal City]] on Earth. There seemed to be nothing nefarious about this project, which makes you wonder why they had to trick him to begin with. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Crystal City Reconstruction Project|Crystal City Reconstruction Project}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
During the battle for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], Grapple fought against Rumble. Afterwards, he escaped with [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] in a science vessel and hid out in the [[Rayzor Nebula]]. They were contacted by [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] when the old Autobot's vessel had come under fire, and at his request came out of hiding. This drew the attention of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and his [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. When Scourge saw Cyclonus engaged with Kup's ship, Scourge attacked Cyclonus to ensure that ''he'' would get to destroy the Autobots... this only served to allow all the Autobots to escape. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
When the Autobots' current reserve of energies was dangerously low, Grapple joined his comrades still on Cybertron in stasis hibernation as an energy-saving measure. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Skidsgrapplesmokescreenhoisttracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He built [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] strong enough to survive at least one attack by [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]].]]
Prior to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] leaving Cybertron, Grapple (along with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], Hoist, and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]) had his memories recorded onto crystals in case [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] required more warriors during the Ark's mission. Four million years following the Ark's crash on [[Earth]], Grapple and the others were revived in new bodies on Earth. While the other newly revived Autobots were sent out to learn more about their new home planet, Grapple was sidelined. Optimus Prime had a very special building project for Grapple. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

So Grapple built [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. On his own.

[[File:CommandPerformances-Autobotsattack.jpg|left|upright=2|thumb|Yeah! Charge that hill! That's what... engineers are for...]]
With Omega Supreme guarding the base, the Autobots were finally able to leave the Ark in great numbers. Grapple accompanied Optimus Prime and all the rest of the available Autobots to the Decepticons' [[Wyoming base|coal strip mine base]] in [[Wyoming]]. Here, Grapple fought the Decepticons long enough for [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] to steal combiner technology from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Once this was achieved, the Autobots retreated. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''Grapple, Hoist, and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] were sent to retrieve the missing Tracks after [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] located him in [[New York City]]. However, when they arrived they inadvertently exacerbated a hostage situation at a bank and a bomb went off. Grapple assisted by ferrying humans from the building's roof to safety with his crane.'' {{storylink|Missing in Action}}

[[File:Target 2006 sonic probe.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8]]
''When Optimus Prime, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] disappeared due to time-jumping Decepticons, Grapple found himself in the position of Autobot medic, repairing a damaged [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. Led into battle with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his goons by the new leadership triumvirate of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Smokescreen, and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Grapple and his friends were sorely outmatched against the future Decepticons. Grapple was even part of a half-dozen or so Autobots who dogpiled on [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and barely managed to slow him down. In dire straits, the Autobots were actually forced to go to [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and forge an alliance against Galvatron. Megatron's strategy managed to capture one of the time travellers, Scourge, but not before the fiendish tracker hurled a razor bladed dart straight through Grapple's chest, putting him out of action for the remainder of the conflict. Once Ratchet returned, he managed to piece Grapple back together soon enough.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

After Optimus Prime suffered terrible damage, Grapple and the other Autobots watched as Ratchet desperately tried to repair him before admitting defeat. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Grapple remained with the Ark's crew for quite some time, and formed part of a security detail to apprehend the captured [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], though they were stood down when it was discovered that the Decepticon was [[mode lock]]ed and only contained some [[Spacehikers|human children]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} Back on Earth, the human [[Ethan Zachary]] replayed some of Optimus Prime's memories of Grapple in an attempt to convince him that he was more than just a computer program. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

Grapple was later seen on the moon during the grudge match between [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. When the Decepticons attacked, Grapple engaged [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] in some gunplay and they appeared to exchange hits. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Grapple was not too badly damaged and would be up and about again a short while later, training against Blaster. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

{{note|Optimus Prime says he copied Grapple's memories in case he needed another warrior while away. Does that mean there's still the original Grapple out there somewhere?}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
In [[2008]], Grapple was operating out of one of the Autobot bases on Cybertron when Scourge and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the Decepticons into an all-out war on the base. (The base was a big honkin' mushroom in the middle of an empty field. One can only hope Grapple didn't design it himself.) Anyway, he did pretty well in battle, gunning down one Decepticon at pointblank range ''without looking'' while also firing on an approaching [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Hot rod blurr grapple loose ends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
In [[2012]] Grapple was stationed on Cybertron under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]], while Optimus Prime was away on Earth. When [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] put his plan to steal [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s remains from the [[Hall of Silence]] into action, Grapple suggested that they destroy the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] reservoir rather than allow it to fall into enemy hands. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} With no viable alternate plan Hot Rod went with Grapple's advice and destroyed the Hall of Silence, though neither of them realized Soundwave had already teleported himself and the Matrix reservoir away. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

[[File:Crosshairs grapple natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Following the return of the errant [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] to Cybertron, Hot Rod met with Grapple, [[Siren (G1)|Siren]], [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] at the [[Senate Forum]], leaving them in charge of the "Grimlock situation" while he went below the surface to seek out the [[Primus]] chamber. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}} With the arrival of the resurrected [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and his [[Gene Key]] the situation rapidly worsened; the device allowed Scorponok to forcibly convert Autobots into Decepticons! Grapple first learned of the situation when [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]], already turned, tried to throw him off a balcony. He managed to escape, and made his way to the Senate Forum. There, he met with Grapple, Hosehead, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]: the only other uninfected Autobots remaining on the surface. Thanks to Grapple's knowledge on the building, the group found their way to a secret passage which allowed to bypass the chaos outside. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} Investigating a disturbance at [[Nursery|The Nursery]], they arrived in time to team up with Grimlock and his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] with a plan to stop Scorponok. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} Together, they stormed the [[Civil Defense Hub]] and retook it from [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]]. After the Dinobots left to confront Scorponok in the [[Sonic Canyons]], Grapple noticed that the Hub's missile silos had been set to target the returning Autobot hypercruiser ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' and when the [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] hesitated in giving up the passkey, Grapple watched as Crosshairs shot Wingspan at point blank range. Pounce immediately gave up the passkey and the ''Valiant'' was saved. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Grapple met with Hot Rod and other senior Autobots at the [[Presidium (building)|Presidium]] after the effects of the Gene Key had been reversed. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Later, he assisted in the clean-up after the attack of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s ''[[Warworld]]'' and the [[Blitz Engine]]s. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were effortlessly dismantling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] one Constructicon at a time, Grapple elbowed his way into the fun and used his rifle to fuse the last two Constructicons into a helpless mess. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
When the Autobots on Earth received word from [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, they assumed their vehicle forms to sneak upon their enemies as they were working. Once they were in close enough proximity to the Decepticons, the Autobots transformed and launched a surprise attack. Cosmos continued to observe the battlefield from his post in orbit, and warned Grapple and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] when [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] attempted to flank the Autobots to attack them from behind. Grapple hooked Ravage from his crane arm, spoiling the cat's attempt to catch [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] off-guard. The Autobots then beat up the rest of the Decepticons, shoved them down a pit, and covered them with quick-drying cement to keep them out of further trouble. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}}}
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
[[File:InsecticonAttackPage09.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Dear Diary; [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] asked me to the prom today. Should I say yes?]]
While lamenting the fact that he couldn't build beautiful buildings like he did back on Cybertron because the Decepticons would destroy them, Grapple spotted a [[Kickback (G1)|grasshopper]] and a [[Bombshell (G1)|beetle]]. He wished life were as simple for him as it was for those insects, who promptly violated his brain. Under Bombshell's control, Grapple attacked [[Beachcomber (G1)|the resident Autobot hippie]]. Later, at their base, the Decepticons had fun bullying Grapple before they got him to use his knowledge for anything of use to them. That's when the Autobots broke into the base. After the Autobots removed his [[cerebro-shell]], Grapple sucker-punched Megatron and they all celebrated. Hurray! {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

{{note|Throughout almost the entire story, Grapple is drawn with [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]'s [[character model]], only appearing with Grapple's own head in close-ups.}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
The Autobots were low on valuable Cybertronian materials such as [[cybernite]]. When Kup suggested a salvage expedition to an old battle field near a mountain valley, Ultra Magnus assembled Wheeljack, Hoist, and Grapple to go with him. Their expedition was cut short by a Decepticon air raid, however. Grapple later helped with the construction of a radio transmitter that blinded the space stations responsible for informing the air raid. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

While storming a Decepticon hideout, Grapple used his job as a battering ram to force his way through the barricaded door. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

Grapple later assisted Optimus Prime in charting a planet-wide search for Decepticon activity on Nebulos. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Decepticon Poison====
[[File:DecepticonPoisonBigBattle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Grapple was amongst the Autobots about to be topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. Red Alert’s warning came in just in time, as the Autobots’ fuel had been poisoned, and Grapple would have been left unable to transform had he ingested any of it.

In a later possible sequence of events, Grapple was part of the back-up squadron that charged into battle after the now recently cured Autobots were overpowered by the arrival of Megatron himself amidst a Decepticon attack. Grapple and the others soon depleted what little fuel they had left, and were forced to retreat. Grapple used his crane mode to retrieve all of the injured Autobots before heading back into Autobot headquarters. Thankfully, the Autobots had caused enough damage to the Decepticon ranks that they were forced to retreat as well.

In another possible scenario, where Optimus followed a plan courtesy of Prowl, the Autobot leader instructed his troops to transform into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots’ ruse, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Grapple and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons.

Alternatively, if Optimus decided to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against the Decepticons, Grapple was tasked with carry the large vat of liquid outside of Autobot headquarters. Grapple then carefully lowered the fuel container into a nearby pit, and returned to the safety of the Autobot base, while Jazz executed the next stage of the Autobots’ plan. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
Grapple was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus’s eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Grapple was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Grapple took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Grapple was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

In one of the possible plans Ultra Magnus had settled upon to execute, Grapple was to raise the sunken ship through the use of his crane, while Hot Rod searched the vessel for the sphere once it was un-submerged. Partway through the plan, Grapple’s crane had a mechanical breakdown. Though Ratchet was able to fix it, this setback had cost the Autobots valuable time, and before they could retrieve the sphere, the Decepticons were upon them. Galvatron and his troops destroyed both the ship and the sphere within. This left the Autobots fighting on the defensive, as superior Decepticon rained down upon them.

If Ultra Magnus decided to have his Autobots hide while the Decepticons raised the ship, Grapple found himself in a cave with Ironhide and Brawn. The three Autobots spied Devastator retrieving the sunken ship from the water, and decided that the three of them would snatch the sphere away from the Decepticons.

If Grapple and his team executed their plan before any other Autobots, he attempted to reel the ship away from the Decepticons with his crane hook, only for the Decepticons to open fire onto them. The Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the cybertite sphere contained within, and then began pummelling the Autobots with their superior firepower. Trapped in their caves, the Autobts were left at the Decepticons’ mercy. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
When Optimus Prime followed [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] as Autobot leader, he ordered a mass evacuation of the planet to avoid further loss of life against the Decepticons. Grapple was among the Autobots seen preparing for departure as [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]...debated the merits of the proposal. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}

After the [[Great Shutdown]] ended, Grapple was among a group of Autobots chosen to serve as a [[Autobot High Council|High Councillor]], ruling jointly with the Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] over the newly unified Cybertron. However, the Decepticon easily manipulated the council into giving him more and more power, until they were functionally impotent. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Grapple and his fellow council members were among the last Autobots to truly recognize Shockwave's deceits, but did eventually join their fellow soldiers in bringing down the Decepticon's control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} Afterwards, Grapple decided to accompany [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and the Ark's crew back to Earth, where he could put his skills to work on the construction of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MegsOrigin4 Grapple Inferno.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|DULL LOOKING UP!]]
While [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] was running an emergency rescue operation in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] during the first major outbreak of Decepticon violence, Grapple was at his side to presumably offer engineering advice on safely evacuating trapped civilians. Their efforts became moot when a hovering [[Kaon upperclass|elite]] pleasure cruiser was shot down and landed right on top of them. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

[[File:FecundMoon-Impressive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Always hanging out with Inferno, always.]]
In modern times, Grapple was among the Autobots who volunteered to join [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] in search of the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. He was on board the ''[[Lost Light]]'' when its launch turned into a spectacular failure, blasting the crew to a far distant corner of the galaxy. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} Grapple later had the grim job of fishing a decapitated [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] out of the oil reservoir. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} He was injured during [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s rampage aboard the ship and laid out in [[Swerve's]], though he later recovered. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} He stood with the rest of the crew as Rodimus announced his discovery of—and intention to investigate—[[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} After the crew had defeated [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] and his [[universal killswitch]], Grapple, Inferno, and [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] examined the remains of the former [[Chief Justice]]'s [[Space bridge|spacebridge]]. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

[[File:HowBrightTheirFrailDeeds-LostLightmutiny.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You're okay with [[The Master Builders (episode)|working with Decepticons on your projects.]] But having one captain your ship is too much? Stinking hypocrite.]]

Grapple continued to serve on the ''Lost Light'' after [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was installed as "co-captain", even attending the former Decepticon's classes on the Knights of Cybertron. However, at some point he was approached by [[Getaway]] and [[Atomizer]] and vouched that he would support them in the event of a mutiny against Megatron and his supporters. When the time came, Grapple stood by as Getaway stranded Megatron, Rodimus, and the others on the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s planet. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}
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===''United''===
Grapple was a participant of the Autobots' battles against the Decepticons throughout the ages, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and Optimus Prime himself. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

Grapple was amongst the victims of a deadly nano-virus. Thankfully, a team of Autobots were successfully in retrieving a cure for the disease from the planet Nebulon. Fully recovered, Grapple attended the ceremony that commended the Autobots responsible for saving his life. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===''Transformers'' (2010) toy bios===
[[Image:TF2010 SolarStormGrappel boxart.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
Before the war, Grappel was known for remarkable architecture dotting the skyline of every city on Cybertron. With the outbreak of war, he turned his specialty to constructing temporary buildings for battle planning. {{storylink|#Transformers (2010)|Solar Storm Grappel toy bio}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-3-Grapple.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
Grapple was building something with [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] received a call from [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] imploring the [[Autobot]]s to attack the Decepticon Base. {{Storylink|A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell}} Grapple and Hoist later accompanied Optimus Prime to investigate the Decepticons' solar tower construction project. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}}
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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Grapple was among the Autobots fleeing the launch facility of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]] attacked. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Grapple was presuambly the namesake of the [[Grapple Boulevard]], the main road in 24th century [[Proximax]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

==Commercial appearances==
During a battle against Megatron, Optimus summoned [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Grapple to his side. Megatron responded by calling down [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Thrust and Dirge|Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Grapple and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] were showing off their model [[Solar Power Tower]] when they were called away with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to tend to a stricken [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. The three engineers ran into the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], but instead of fighting instead bonded over their love of building. The truce was short-lived, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] turned up to remind [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] which side he was on, but the Autobot trio still managed to rescue Powerglide. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Grapple toy.jpg|thumb|You'd think that having only one hand would make you an Occupational Safety & Health disaster on a jobsite.]]
*'''Grapple''' (Autobot Car, [[1985]]/[[1986]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''47'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, "Arc-Welder Rifle", 3 rockets

:Grapple transforms into an orange crane based upon the same ''[[Diaclone]]'' truck design that [[Inferno (G1)#Toys|Inferno]] uses, the Mitsubishi Fuso. Each of his forearms contains a spring-loaded missile launcher, so he can fire his own fists or silver missiles (though the mechanism was severely neutered in the original US releases). He is also armed with a small black Arc-Welder rifle.

:This version of this mold was also used to make [[e-HOBBY]] [[Hauler#Collector's Edition|RoadHauler]]. The fire engine version of the mold was released as Inferno and ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]'' [[Artfire#The Headmasters|Artfire]].

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-grapple/430/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Grapple at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Grapple/grapple.htm More information on Grapple at TFU.info]''
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===''Commemorative Series''===
*'''Autobot Grapple''' (Commemorative Series VI, [[2004]])
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, "Arc-Welder Rifle", 3 rockets

:Grapple was [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] by Hasbro in 2004 as part of the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Generation One Commemorative Series VI]]''. The spring-loaded firing mechanisms in his arms were completely removed due to [[For safety reasons|safety reasons]].
:Additionally, the hook on his crane as well as the hydraulics in the crane arm were changed to plastic painted silver, rather than using the more brittle (but authentic to the original release) vacuum-metalized plastic. He also gained a new Autobot [[insignia|logo]] [[tampograph]] on his chest/cab, and his eyes were changed from yellow to blue.

:Interestingly enough, Grapple was ''not'' released as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/CSGrapple/grapple.htm More information on Commemorative Series Grapple at TFU.info]''

===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy SolarStormGrappel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Grah-PEL]]
*'''Solar Storm Grappel''' (Voyager, [[2011]])

:''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' "Grappel" (likely named such due to [[trademark]] reasons) is a redeco/retool of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Inferno (G1)#Universe (2008)|Inferno]], transforming into a fictional crane truck, a hybrid of a 2002–2007 Pierce Contender "pumper" and 2008 Pierce Velocity "Heavy Rescue". It also has some characteristics from the Pierce Dash 2000 "midmount" with a crane arm instead of a "bucket/cherry-picker" (see {{w|Pierce Manufacturing#Gallery|Pierce Manufacturing}}). He is fairly extensively retooled, with new parts for the crane, head, forearms, hands and feet, with the new hands now being molded with the forearms, as well as lacking wrist joints and [[5mm post|peg-hole]]s. The bars on top of his shoulders have also been enlarged so that they work with [[C joint]] weaponry. As part of the "''[[Reveal the Shield]]''" [[subline imprint]], he has a [[rubsign]] on his left shoulder pad.

:This toy and all ''Reveal the Shield'' Voyager Class toys saw very limited distribution in the USA. Even though they were sold by US-based online retailers in early 2011 and showed up in various international Hasbro markets around the same time, top toy sellers such as [[Walmart]], [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Target]], or [[Kmart]] never stocked them. Instead, they only showed up at stores such as Ross, T.J. Maxx, and Marshalls several months after first being made available online.

:Grappel was redecoed into [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|2014 ''Transformers'']] [[Hot Spot (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Hot Spot]]. The original version of this sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Spark]], and it was separately retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Hot Spot]]. It was then redecoed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Artfire#United 2|Artfire]], using tooling from both the original Inferno version and this version of the sculpt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Grappel/grappel.htm More information on Solar Storm Grappel at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-AutobotGrapple.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm the version nobody wants but everybody can find.]]
*'''Autobot Grapple''' (Voyager, 2011-[[January 29|01-29]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''UN-11'''

:This Japanese version of Solar Storm Grappel is sold as part of the ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toyline. It features several changes in color layout and details, such as an orange head to better resemble most of Grapple's appearances in the Generation 1 cartoon.

:Unlike most ''United'' figures, the ''United'' version of Grapple was released weeks before Solar Storm Grappel was first made available via US-based online retailers.
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===Kre-O===
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*'''Kreon Class of 1985''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'' '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Most Artistic
**''Accessories'': Small pistol

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' "Autobot Grapple" is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection. His left hand has been replaced with a silver wrist-socket blaster piece.

: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-35-Grapple.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hauler redeco waiting to happen.]]
*'''Grapple''' ([[2017]]-[[February 25|02-25]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-35'''
**''Accessories:'' Arc-welder rifle, 2 headpieces, 4 faces, 2 wrist barrel attachments, 2 chestplates, [[Solar Power Tower]] model, Solar Power Tower blueprint, screwdriver, shovel attachment, claw attachment, Die-cast Ultra Magnus Figure (Asia release)

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Grapple is a retool of [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Inferno]], as usual. He comes with many accessories, some of which are shared with ''Masterpiece'' Inferno: a pair of extra faces, two swappable chest plates (one cartoon-accurate, one more detailed and chromed to resemble his original toy), and two wrist-barrels for his left arm (one black to go with his cartoon chest, one chromed to go with this toy-accurate chest). Additionally, he comes with the model and the blueprint for the Solar Power Tower, a new handgun, and the screwdriver to build it, all from "[[The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders]]," and two extra crane arm attachments seen in "[[Auto Berserk]]". He also comes with an alternate helmet based on his more toy-accurate early head design, seen in both "Auto Berserk" and the original 1985 Autobot Cars commercial (see [[#Notes|Notes]], below).

:The Asia release of the figure comes with a Die-cast Ultra Magnus mini figure.
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy Collection===
*'''Grapple''' (Decoy, 1986)
:[[Decoy]] Grapple is a tiny red soft-rubber figurine randomly packaged with various carded toys in 1986.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Grapple/grapple.htm More information on Decoy Grapple at TFU.info]''
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===''Attacktix''===
[[File:Grapple-atx.jpg|thumb|{{w|Extendar|The tower of power}}.]]
*'''Grapple''' ([[2007]])
{{attacktix
|ID=Unknown
|faction=Autobot
|class=Warrior
|special=Unknown
|cost=30
|speed=Unknown
|attacktype=Rammer
}}
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:One of many Generation 1 characters slated to appear in ''[[Attacktix]]'', Grapple would have been a "rammer"-type piece, with a spring-loaded boom-crane attack. A presumed wave-3 Booster, this piece was ultimately never released.
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==Notes==
*Following the lead of his toy, which could swap its fists out of for projectile rockets, Grapple's [[bio]] describes how he can shoot [[missile]]s from his wrist sockets. His [[character model]], however, was drawn based on an image of the toy with a missile loaded into his left wrist, resulting in a permanently one-handed Grapple. Further, it was reminagined not as a missile, but as a cylindrical gun barrel, similar to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s, also sometimes used by Grapple as an arc welder.
[[File:Hauler01-sm.jpg|upright=1|thumb|This guy gets named, but does [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]? Nope! Screw him!]]
*Like most of the new 1985 product line, Grapple's [[character model]] appears to have been created with only a front-facing photograph of the toy for reference, resulting in a rear-view that was made up by the designers. His robot mode is missing the crane arm that ought to hang down his back, and details from it that were visible in the source image (specifically the part with the hazard stripe, as can be seen in our main image above) were misinterpreted as being part of his legs.
*In the original cartoon, Grapple's helmet is colored solid orange. "[[Auto Berserk]]", however, uses an outdated color model that makes it black like the toy (with a pair of orange horns), a design that can also be seen in the original [[Commercial/Generation 1|commercial]] advertising the new 1985 Autobot cars. This early model also colors his wrist-barrel white; episodes animated using his finalized model, on the other hand, constantly fluctuate between coloring the barrel white and black, with no clear "correct" option.
*An Autobot vehicle matching Grapple's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and referred to as "Hauler" appears in a quick scene in the [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|three-part mini-series pilot]] for the original cartoon series. Though later [[retcon]]ned into [[Hauler|a unique character]] via an [[e-HOBBY]]-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]], it is likely that this was originally intended as the toy and character that eventually became Grapple.
* As with all the non-toy Transformer [[Kreon]]s in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Grapple uses existing toy parts... mostly. See, he uses the [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Inferno]]-style helmet, which is entirely appropriate... but we're not 100% sure what's in his left wrist socket. There is a "blaster" piece that fits in there, but it's much bigger than that. In his second appearance he's got two hands and is further kitted out with [[Hook (Kre-O)|Hook]]'s crane parts on his back.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grapple''' (グラップル ''Gurappuru'')
*''French:'' '''Grappin''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Csáklya'''
*''Italian:'' '''Gancio'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Diàochē''' (吊车, "Crane")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Lutador''' (Portugal comic), '''Chave''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Granit''' (Гранит, "Granite")

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Artfire

2017-05-31T20:04:00Z

LiamK: /* Masterpiece */

{{picsneeded|Toy}}
{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the Japanese Targetmaster|the Spy Changer known as "Artfire" in Japan|Hot Shot (RID)}}
:''Artfire is an [[Autobot]] from [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|The Headmasters]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Artfire.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Reissue me. I'll sell well. Trust me. I won't kill Soundwave, I swear.]]
'''Artfire''' (アートファイアー ''Ātofaiā'') is a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] sniper. He is patient, and thinks of his friends first, but there are times when he ignores orders because of that. His body can withstand temperatures of up to 8,000 degrees Celsius.

His primary Targetmaster companion is [[Nightstick (Headmasters)|Nightstick]], who transforms into a "space beam gun", though he sometimes allies himself with [[Firebolt (G1)|Sparks]].

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==Fiction==
===''The Headmasters'' manga===
[[File:ArtfireManga01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]

Along with fellow Targetmaster [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], Artfire joined [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] in attending to a fire in a large metropolitan area. Artfire and Nightstick aided those trapped in buildings while Ricochet and [[Nebulon (Headmasters)|Nebulon]] used his fire hose to quench the flames.

[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], and [[Triggerhappy]], the culprits of the blaze, arrived and made more trouble. The Autobots defeated the [[Decepticon]]s quickly, and all was well. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}
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===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-ChromedomeArtfireStepperKup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Guido Guidi]] both loves you and hates you.]]
A devastating [[nano-virus]] plagued the Earthbound Autobots, a plague that Headmasters or Targetmasters like Ricochet were mysteriously immune from. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] charged Ricochet with leading a team of unafflicted Autobots including Artfire to [[Nebulos]], where the supreme scientist [[Zella]] had crafted an antidote.

As Ricochet's team arrived on Nebulos, an army of Decepticons led by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] appeared via an inter-dimensional portal. The nano-virus was part of a larger plot to draw out the Headmasters and Targetmasters so that their Nebulan partners could be collected. As Ricochet, [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] concentrated their attacks on Straxus, Ricochet slipped through the battle to pick up Zella's antidote. With Straxus defeated, the Decepticons fled.

The antidote was successful, and Artfire was there as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] personally thanked Ricochet for his brave efforts. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Artfire was an Autobot soldier who joined the war effort on [[Nebulos]], fighting alongside the [[World Watcher]] alliance against the Decepticons and the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. When Targetmaster technology was developed, Artfire was teamed with a Nebulon named [[Fracas]]. However, Fracas later betrayed the World Watchers to the Hive, bringing Targetmaster tech to the Decepticons.

Fracas teamed with [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], one of the most infamous Decepticons in history, officer to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] himself. After their defeat and trial, Galvatron and Scourge were sentenced to death while Fracas was turned back over to Artfire for extradition. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===The Headmasters===
*'''Artfire''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-108'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "wings", gun mount, left & right fists

: Artfire is a [[retool]] of [[Inferno (G1)/toys|Inferno]], transforming into a Mitsubishi Fuso fire engine. His ladder and [[robot mode]] fists were given new tooling to allow him to use any Targetmaster gun. He came with his Targetmaster partner Nightstick, and did ''not'' come with any of Inferno's other weapons (the rifle or missiles), just the removable fists and head-"wings".

: This base mold is also used by [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hauler|RoadHauler]].

::*{{external|http://www.tfu.info/1987/Cybertron/Artfire/artfire.htm|More information on Artfire}}
::*[http://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/techs1987.html Translation of Artfire's tech-spec]

===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Artfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sure, but where's [[Hauler]]?]]
*'''Artfire''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#United|Nightstick]] and [[Firebolt (G1)#United 2|Sparks]] Targetmaster partners

:Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through ''[[Transformers Generations 2012]]'' Vol. 1, ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' Artfire transforms into a fictional six-wheeled variant of the 2002-2007 [[Wikipedia:Pierce Manufacturing#Gallery of Pierce Apparatus|Pierce Contender]] series of firetrucks and is a white and red [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Inferno]], but with ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Grapple (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Solar Storm Grappel]]'s extending crane arm. Artfire comes with two Targetmasters: Sparks, a redeco of ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Pinpoint]], and Nightstick, yet another redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Nightstick (G1)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]].

: This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Spark]], ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Hot Spot]], and [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|2014 ''Transformers'']] Protectobot Hot Spot.

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:Masterpiece MP-37 Artfire.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Why do I exist?]]
*'''Artfire''' (5-2017)
**''ID Number'': '''MP-37'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, [[Nightstick (Headmasters)|Nightstick]] Targetmaster partner, two faces

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Artfire is a redeco of Inferno. He comes with a few of the accessories the original mold had (the gun and the additional face), but also comes with his Targetmaster Nightstick. Nightstick can turn into a gun and can either be held as a normal gun or attach to Artfire's wrist in ''Headmasters'' "Target on!" style, as well as mounting on the ladder in vehicle mode. Whereas Inferno only had a hidden wrist barrel in his right arm and Grapple only had one in his left arm, Artfire has barrels behind both arms (albeit only chrome, as opposed to the chrome/flat-colour choice you get with the other two versions of this mold).
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==Notes==
* No explanation is given as to how Artfire became bonded with his Targetmaster buddy, as he certainly wasn't present when the Targetmaster process happened in the episode "[[Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)]]".
* According to [[Aaron Archer]], Artfire was on the "short list" of potential reissue candidates had the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' returned.
* Being one of the last figures from [[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|''The Headmasters'' toy run]] and one of the few "originals" to the Japanese toyline at the time, Artfire commands ridiculous amounts of money on the secondary market (hence the clamor for a reissue).
* In the ''[[Transformers Generations 2011|Generations 2011]]'' comic, Artfire's form is based on a recolor of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Inferno mold with a recolored ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Pinpoint]] as his Targetmaster partner. According to artist Guido Guidi [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=81604&view=findpost&p=1893772 on the Allspark message board], he made up this design on his own initiative, and there weren't any plans to release it as a toy by that point. Whether the toy that was announced a year later was based on Guido's rendition, or whether it was just a coincidence, is currently unknown.

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Deep Metal

2017-05-22T19:42:28Z

LiamK: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=41
|series2=Metals
|ep2=15
|prev2=Where Is the Banana?
|image=Deep Metal title shot.JPG
|caption=Looks trustworthy enough.
|title="Deep Metal"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], 1998
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Owen Hurley]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Depth Charge arrives on Earth, continuing his obsessive quest to hunt down Protoform X.'''

==Synopsis==
On Earth, in their new base in the newly fortified [[Mount St. Hilary]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] has trouble working with the hardware salvaged from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] considers this as another reason they need help from the [[Maximal Elder]]s to arrive soon as possible, but Rhinox doubts the help is coming. Yet as they speak, help from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is indeed coming—just not exactly the kind they were hoping for. In a sector declared off limits by the High Council, a mysterious Cybertronian hunts for Protoform X. However, his ship is soon pulled into a transwarp portal that suddenly appears.

[[File:Deep Metal Inferno Rampage.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm going to shoot first, and you're not.]]
Outside the mountain, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] leads [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] in a planned invasion of the Maximals' current base. But the stranger entering Earth's atmosphere distracts Rampage away from the exercise, leaving Inferno to attack the Maximals on his own. The fire ant is easily defeated by a rock. It was a pretty big rock.

[[File:Deep Metal Depthcharge Cheetor.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I am Batmanta!]]
[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] also notices the [[Starhopper|spacecraft]] descending into [[Grid Alpha Seven]] and flies to check it out. Receiving a radio contact from Cheetor, Primal heads out to join him. Cheetor watches the spacecraft landing in a body of water, but in the middle of a radio update to Optimus, Rampage fires a rocket to blast the Maximal out of the air, saying this is between him and the visitor. Underwater, the newly arrived Maximal, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], scans a manta for his [[beast mode]] and leaves his transport, eager to hunt Protoform X. Surveying the area, Depth Charge finds Cheetor sinking to the bottom of the water. Depth Charge rescues his fellow Maximal, but only gives his name and not much of anything else when he strands the cat-bot on an island.

[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], wondering where Rampage went after abandoning Inferno, sends [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to hunt the giant crab.

Underwater again, Depth Charge homes in on his quarry's signal. However, what he finds are nothing but rocks. Rampage then jumps from the ground and latches onto Depth Charge, greeting the Maximal as his "old playmate". The two battle, and Depth Charge lifts their combat into the air. Rampage blasts the manta and forces the fight onto the beach, but finds himself impaled on a stalagmite. While the two giant Transmetals are disabled, Primal arrives and meets with Cheetor, who fills in the Maximal commander on what's happened and tells him of Depth Charge...a name that Primal recognizes.

[[File:Deep Metal Rampage Depthcharge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Come on, get up and fight like a fish!]]
Rampage heals and approaches Depth Charge, but Depth Charge awakens and fights back. The two show off their abilities, but Depth Charge wins the fight by throwing his tail-spike into Rampage's weaponry, causing explosive feedback. Quickstrike shows up and fires at Depth Charge with a disabling poison blast, but Primal easily takes out Quickstrike. But thanks to Quickstrike's interruption, Rampage has had the time to sneak away. Primal and Cheetor bring Depth Charge back to their base.

[[File:Deep Metal Depthcharge Optimus.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|You are too big!]]
As Depth Charge heals, Primal and Rhinox explain that Depth Charge was in charge of security for [[Colony Omicron]] before Protoform X devoured all the other inhabitants of it. Seeking vengeance, Depth Charge spent four stellar cycles hunting X before he captured the maniac and petitioned the [[Maximal High Council|High Council]] to find some way of executing him. Instead, Protoform X was placed on the ''Axalon'' to be dumped. Depth Charge thus followed the ''Axalon'' through [[transwarp]] by tracking X's energy signature, intending to finish the job he started.

Depth Charge awakens repaired and exits the CR Chamber. He blows off the Maximals, showing obvious contempt for Optimus Primal. He makes it out of the room before stopping short at the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', and the Maximals explain the gravity of the situation. He leaves to go hunt Protoform X, with no interest in the rest of the Beast Wars and saving history. Cheetor wonders if he'll be back, and Optimus says that before Rampage, he would never have left.

Meanwhile, Rampage destroys the vehicle Depth Charge used to come to the planet.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (3)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (7)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (9)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (4)
* [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (10)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Inferno blow up, Waszzpinator must salvage. Waszzpinator blow up, ''nobody'' salvage! Why universe hate Waszzpinator?"
:—'''Waspinator''' bemoans his fate at the hands of cruel <s>writers</s> destiny.

"I hate water."
:—'''Cheetor''', after finding both his commlink and jets are busted.

"Greetings, old playmate. So glad you could come!" 
"X!" 
"I'm called Rampage now! A bit obvious, but to the point. Don't you think?" 
:—'''Rampage''' and '''Depth Charge''' reintroduce themselves.

"Ignore the pain: it's only going to get worse!" 
:—Words to die by from '''Rampage'''.

"What's with [[Depth Charge (BW)|him]]?" 
"Eh, probably rust."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Rattrap'''

"It's not revenge I'm looking for, it's justice."
:—Words to live by from '''Depth Charge'''.

"X is not alone. He's a Predacon now under Megatron's control. There are six of them." 
"I've gotta hand it to ya, Primal, when you screw up, you do it big time. But thanks for the tip."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' attempts to warn '''Depth Charge''', for all the good it does.

"It was really so very nice of you to come. So glad you could stay. Oh, we'll have such fun. Ho-ho, yeah! [crazed laughter]"
:—'''Rampage''' offers a hearty welcome to his arch-nemesis.

==Notes==
[[File:Starhopper deepmetal.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Just tell 'em it was custom-made for ya.]]

===Animation and technical errors===
* As his computer warns him to activate a repair sequence after defeating Rampage, Depth Charge's hands suddenly have four fingers instead of three.
* When Primal transforms to robot mode after arriving at the battle site, his blast shields are on his forearms. After the Maximals realise that Rampage has scarpered, they're suddenly mounted on his shoulders.

===Continuity errors===
*How ''is'' Rampage eluding [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] scanners? Various episodes hinted that it might be related to Rampage hiding out underwater, but it's never made clear.
*When Depth Charge first scans his beast form, he yells "Maximize" to transform to [[beast mode]] instead of saying "Beast mode." He does this many more times over the course of the season. It could be that Depth Charge has his activation code keyed for activating his alt mode (now his beast mode), while most others prefer to use it for going to [[robot mode]].

===Continuity notes===
*The ground outside of the Ark's cave is rutted and charred, the result of the Maximals dragging in tons of salvaged ''Axalon'' bits behind the scenes in the previous episode. Rhinox is still working on rebuilding the Maximal headquarters after the ''Axalon'''s destruction.
*When Depth Charge first enters Earth's solar system, he is informed by his ship's navi-computer that the area was declared off-limits by order of the High Council. This particular bit of backstory never got explicitly mentioned on the show, but was spelled out by the story editors' posts on the Internet. Earth is off-limits because of some undecided-upon catastrophe, as well as to protect it from time-altering thieves such as Megatron.
*Notably, the episode refers to a "High Council" rather than the usual "Council of Elders" (and ''also'' refers to the Elders). This could just be an error, though if we take it literally then Cybertron has more than one branch of government; the Elders, however, are the ones who Rhinox says would send a rescue ship, so they'd be the primary Council.
* Depth Charge and Optimus Primal are established to have known another, with Depth Charge mentioning Primal's original mission of carrying Protoform X off Cybertron and into exile.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Trivia===
* The temporal anomaly that transports Depth Charge to prehistoric Earth is never fully explained. It causes him to transmetalize, which would presumably make it related (or at least similar) to the [[quantum surge]] produced when the [[Planet Buster]] was destroyed. But the surge was long gone from Earth space by that point. In physical form, the anomaly more closely resembles the warp portals used by the [[Vok]] and their constructs, so it could perhaps be related to the destruction of the [[Metal Hunter]]. And given its time-traveling properties, it could even be related to the time storm from "[[Optimal Situation]]". The show provides no further explanation.
*Depth Charge's space craft totally looks like his vehicular alternade mode.
*Waspinator appears in this episode and does not get scrapped in any way. Run for the bomb shelters, it's the end of the world!
*Rampage somehow senses the approach of Depth Charge before Depth Charge has even crossed through the temporal anomaly. One of the many unexplained mysteries about the full extent of Protoform X's powers.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Profondeurs'''" (Canada, "The Deep")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dal profondo degli abissi'''" ("From the Depths of the Abysses")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ēi!'''" (えーいっ!, "Rrray!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 12]] [[2000]]
::*"Ei!" can be a grunt of effort or growl of frustration, but ''ei'' (海鷂魚, 鱏, or 鱝) also means "(sting)ray".

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Metal das Profundezas'''" ("Metal from the Depths")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Metal Profundo'''" ("Deep Metal")

:*''Title:'' "'''Metal de Profundidad'''" (America, "Deep Metal")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Rrray! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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The Agenda (Part III)

2017-04-18T20:07:17Z

LiamK: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=39
|image=G1Prime BWMegs.jpg
|caption=Head ''off''.
|title="The Agenda" (Part III)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 12]], 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Asaph Fipke]] [[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.'''

==Synopsis==
With [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and his [[transwarp cruiser]] backing them up, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] unleash a full assault on the [[Maximal]] [[Axalon (BW)|base]]. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] changes to [[beast mode]] and jumps onto the back of the transwarp cruiser, where he begins cutting into the ship's hull. On the battlefield, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] are pinned down by the Predacons' firepower, but the [[autogun]]s manage to knock [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] from his perch atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and a short time later the larger Predacon runs him over.

[[File:Agenda 3 Rampage axalon.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Who decided to give the experiment awesome firepower?]]
It's not long before Ravage and Rampage bring down the base's shield, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] emerges to fire on Rampage. Ravage has [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] transfer all the cruiser's power into one enormous missile. Before it can fire, Rattrap bursts into the ship's weapons hold and tosses a pair of [[Fusion weaponry#Fusion grenade|fusion grenade]]s that adhere to Tarantulas's hands. The bombs obliterate Tarantulas, the ship's interior, and Ravage—who faces the onrushing fireball with a stoic cry of "[[Decepticon]]s forever!" The cruiser falls out of the sky, coming to rest mere feet from Rampage—who is then blasted by the still-armed missile.

With the cruiser destroyed and his minions out of commission, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] flees. Optimus notes that he's not headed back to base, realizes [[Mount St. Hilary|where]] he's probably going, and orders the Maximals to pursue.

[[File:Ark BWAgenda1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OK, remember where we parked.]]
Meanwhile, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] make their way into the caves of the volcano, uncovering the object of Blackarachnia's quest—the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Blackarachnia explains to Silverbolt that the ship was launched long ago, containing the Autobots' "finest heroes", and was shot down by Decepticons. The ship has members of both factions stored inside, who will awaken in the distant future to restart the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Blackarachnia is concerned only with the power it possesses—but Megatron arrives just then, blasting Silverbolt offline and sealing the entrance to the caves behind him.

[[File:Agenda 3 Blackarachnia codes.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What's it like to see things like Neo?]]
The Maximals arrive hot on his heels, find the sealed entrance, and start digging their way in. Inside, Megatron threatens to vaporize Silverbolt, convincing Blackarachnia to use the access codes to gain access to the Ark (though she vehemently maintains it's only so they'll have some cover in the face of the imminent Maximal attack). The Maximals burst through in time to see the two Predacons sealing the Ark behind them.

Blackarachnia activates the ship's defenses to hold off the Maximals, while Megatron goes to "effect a more permanent solution." Entering the main bridge of the ship, he hovers among the fallen Autobots and Decepticons, eulogizing the Decepticons and cursing the Autobots, until he comes face to face with his intended target—[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the original [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, who kept the Decepticons from victory (and therefore left their Predacon descendants in a subservient position to the dominant Maximals). Though the risk is incredible, Megatron decides to carry out [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake's]] instructions, charges his main weapon, and prepares to fire.

[[File:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, we know [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|the drill]].]]
In the caves, the Maximals are pelted by fire from the ship's cannon, until Rattrap manages to force a backblast that deactivates the cannon and shields. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] struggles to open the mighty doors of the Ark. But the Maximals are too late—Megatron unleashes a full-power blast at Optimus Prime's head, destroying it.

A time storm immediately wells up, spreading outward from the Ark and into space. The Maximals find themselves phasing in and out of past bodies—as well as out of existence—as Megatron emerges from the Ark, triumphant.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (4)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

|h3=[[Autobot]]s|c3=
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (16)

|h4=[[Decepticon]]s|c4=
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Decepticons forever!"
:—'''Ravage'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words

"What're you looking at?" 
"That star. Well, planet, actually. Venus. It reminds me of you." 
"You mean hot, poisonous, and deadly? Aww, you're sweet." 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''', with a ref to the former's [[Venus Terzo|voice actress]]

"Stay with the group. When Megatron lands, we'll need all our firepower." 
"Where's he headed, Big Bot?" 
"To the beginning of everything, Cheetor, and quite possibly the end."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Cheetor'''

"I think we're almost through." 
"Then, stand back." 
"Wait, we just—" 
''Silverbolt blows the rocks away'' 
"Uh, never mind. What is it with guys and high explosives?" 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt'''. ([[Michael Bay|Guys]] really don't know either.)

"Aw, man! That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" 
"[[Die-cast]] construction!" [''He [[wikipedia:Breaking the fourth wall|looks at the audience]]''] "It's a lost art."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' comment on the sturdiness of the Ark.

"Now I enter these hallowed halls...a conqueror...yesss. Autobots and Decepticons, still frozen in emergency stasis, awaiting the moment, four million years hence, when they will awaken to start the Great War. Hmmm, the Great War, when the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and thus their descendants, the Maximals, rule we Predacons. Archaic energon [[guzzler]]s! How ''dare'' they? Hmmm, unwilling though I was to follow my namesake's instructions, it has all come down to this: the ultimate risk, for the ultimate prize. A day of reckoning with ''those'' who made ''us'' slaves!"
:—'''Megatron''' enters the command bridge of the Ark.

"So, we are now face to face, Optimus ''Prime''. In one future, you awaken and become the great leader of the Autobots. But time shall take a different track, now. Computer! All available power to primary weapon! ... And now, Optimus Prime, in memory of the Decepticons...for the glory of the Predacons...for the Cybertron that is rightfully ours—and ''mine''—to rule! ...I unleash the storm of vengeance...''farewell!''"
:—'''Megatron''' rewrites history

"Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed, ''yessssss''. The Autobots ''lose''! Evil ''triumphs!'' And you...'''''YOU NO LONGER EXIST!'''''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Agenda3 opening.JPG|thumb|Yes, "Part Eye-Eye-Eye".]]
*Despite every other multi-part episode in ''Beast Wars'' using Arabic numerals in its title (including the first two parts of "The Agenda"), this episode opts for the Roman numeral for whatever reason.
*During the opening battle scene, Optimus Primal takes several shots to the chest, leaving it blackened and dented. In the shot of the Maximals watching Ravage's ship explode, his chest is undamaged-and then it goes back to damaged as he talks about why Ravage betrayed them.
*After Ravage's ship goes down and the Maximals decide to chase after Megatron, Optimus transforms to flight mode. His front, back, and upper torso are all messed up, to the point that he has to spin around a few times after transforming. (While this is happening, the scene mostly switches to Rattrap climbing on Cheetor.) Optimus is normal again when he tells Rhinox to "Get on."
*In the first close-up of Megatron's face in the volcano (after he shoots Silverbolt and Blackarachnia), his face is very dark-almost black.
*After Megatron blasts the entrance shut and the Maximals get off and find it covered, for a split second, the colors on Rattrap's wheels (on his back) and his rat legs are reversed.
*Rattrap's front rat legs are the same shiny red as his rat body as the Maximals land outside the mountain.
*In the Ark flashback, Optimus Prime's autobrands are on the back of his shoulders.
*This episode marks the commencement of an ongoing error, whereby [[Teletraan I]] is frequently pronounced "Tele''tron'' 1". The issue is resolved with [[Rattrap (BW)|extreme subtlety]] in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".

===Continuity errors===
*This episode calls into sudden question the location of the Maximal and Predacon bases. The events of "[[Code of Hero]]" seem to place the series firmly somewhere in Africa, where early Humanity evolved; the templates for the Maximals' [[beast mode]]s (gorillas, cheetahs, rhinos) would seem to back this up. However, the Ark is traditionally seen to have crashed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. If this is the case, the Maximals pursued Megatron across the Atlantic Ocean and over an entire continent! The early humans still appear before any theoretical "crossing of the Atlantic" could have taken place. When we get a shot of the Earth from space at the end of the episode, the planet is covered by clouds making it hard to locate exactly where the time storm is originating from.
**In an early script for "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" the Maximals would launch not the Autobot shuttle, but the Ark itself. This variation would have perhaps provided some sort of explanation to the mystery, as the Ark might, for example, have wound up in North America after fighting with the Nemesis again.
*Either way, it doesn't make much sense that the Maximals make ''no'' attempt to shoot down Megatron while he's still on the run, rather than waiting till he reaches his destination. In his defense, Optimus may have thought that they were at a disadvantage during the chase: Only Rattrap is in any position to attack (Optimus and Cheetor being in flight mode and Rhinox probably having enough problems balancing on Optimus's hoverboard), and Megatron would be hard to hit (he's pretty far away, and not presenting much of a target from Rattrap's position). Of course, that still doesn't explain why Optimus doesn't just let Cheetor and Rattrap fly ahead and get a better shot— later this very episode Rattrap is the only one who scores a direct hit on the Ark's fusion cannon, and [[Changing of the Guard|a later episode]] would prove that the espionage expert has pretty good aim even when hitching a flight.
*Blackarachnia claims that the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] started in [[1984]], when [[Mount St. Hilary]] erupted. In both the Marvel comics and the cartoon, the war had started long before the ''Ark'' even crashed and gone on without interruption. At best, the reawakening of the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis'' crews intensified the conflict. Megatron made the same mistake in the previous episode.
*Ravage was in his cassette mode in the ship at the end of last episode, but is piloting it from the cockpit in this one. Given the nature of the former mode as essentially [[GEEWUN|fanservice]], this may not be terribly surprising.
*Surely the Maximals would have breached the Ark much faster if Optimus Primal had helped Rhinox force open the doors, seeing as he's previously demonstrated physical strength on par with or superior to Rhinox. But no, he just kinda stands back and tells Rhinox to "hurry!".

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally reveals why Optimus has been so worried about Megatron's activities for the past few episodes; he's afraid that Megatron will use the information on the Golden Disk to find the Ark and alter history. Presumably, this is the matter of "great importance" [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] wished to speak with Optimus about at the end of "[[Maximal, No More]]".
*Blackarachnia downloaded the disk's data- along with the access codes for the ''Ark''- in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
*As the time storm starts messing with the universe, Optimus starts warping between the robot and beast modes of both his current Transmetal form and his original, organic body.

===Transformers references===
[[File:Agenda3-AutobotsonArkattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At the time, these guys hadn't gotten any work in a while.]]
*Oh boy, where to start?
*First off, we have the ''Ark'' itself: the spaceship that carried the Autobots to Earth in the Generation 1 cartoons and comics. The ''Ark'' is pursued, boarded, and shot down by the Decepticon warship ''Nemesis'', another component of the Generation 1 origin story. Blackarachnia briefly retells the facts to Silverbolt, presumably for the benefit of viewers who hadn't seen the original tale.
*Blackarachnia's flashback shows the Ark launching off of ancient [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Manning the bridge of the Ark in flashback (pictured, right) are [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]].
*The volcano the ''Ark'' crashes into is unnamed in this episode, although G1 fans will immediately recognize it as the fictional [[Mount St. Hilary]].
*As Megatron boards the ''Ark'', Optimus swears by [[Primus]].
*The ''Ark'' is protected by Teletraan-1, who also receives a name-drop in the episode.
*More G1 characters show up as Megatron makes his way through the ''Ark'''s bridge. Prowl, Jazz, and Prime reappear, along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Interestingly, Jazz and Prowl use variations of their [[Marvel Comics]] color models, appearing partially blue rather than black.
*Megatron gloats that the Autobots and Decepticons will sleep for "four million years". That was the given length of time between the crash of the ''Ark'' and the awakening of the Transformers in the original cartoon. Assuming Megatron is correct, the ''Ark'' has only very recently crashed.
*In reference to the strength of the Ark, Rattrap claims, "That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" Primal replies "Die-cast construction. It's a lost art," in homage to the original Transformer toys, which featured some [[die-cast]] parts.
*The Ark has a [[fusion cannon]] to help deter intruders, a weapon that's more famously found on Generation 1 Megatron's right arm.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as "Knievel mode", a reference to [[wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]].
*When Rattrap's torch goes out and he has to break through the ship with his beast mode's teeth, he calls himself the [[wikipedia:The Stainless Steel Rat|Stainless Steel Rat]].
*During the short fight between Rhinox and Rampage, Rhinox dives through the air firing his guns in a homage to ''[[wikipedia:The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]''.
*As Rattrap rides the missile connected with Ravage's ship, he lets out a cowboy yell, homaging Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''.
*Blackarachnia refers to Silverbolt as "Jo-Jo", possibly in reference to [[wikipedia:Fedor Jeftichew|Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy]].

===Trivia===
*Megatron, to no one's surprise, is perfectly willing to sacrifice most of his team to defeat the Maximals. Blackarachnia, Inferno, Quickstrike, and Rampage were all originally Maximal protoforms (or, in Rampage's case, the product of Maximal science). If his plan to destroy the Autobots and Maximals retroactively had worked, he would have been left with a team consisting of Waspinator and Tarantulas. (Tarantulas's precise origins are unclear, but he's definitely not a descendant of the Autobots.)
*In any event, Megatron's plan would seem to be [[wikipedia:Temporal paradox|temporally problematic]], since such a drastic change could've wiped out the Predacons (and himself) just as easily as the Maximals. Small wonder he "was reluctant to follow [his] namesake's instructions" and regards it as "the ultimate risk". Megatron's ending in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game further elaborates on this, stating that with Optimus Prime dead, there would be no [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and, as such, nothing to [[The Transformers: The Movie|stop Unicron from destroying Cybertron]], an act that would wipe out Autobots and Decepticons. "[[A Change to the Agenda]]" would elaborate on what might have happened to the timeline if Megatron had killed Optimus... and the [[Beast Wars: Uprising|results]] aren't particularly pleasant.
*Apparently, Rhinox is afraid of heights. While sitting on Primal's hoverboard, he looks straight ahead, occasionally looking down and immediately snapping straight up with what looks like pure horror on his face.
*The word "suckers" is written on the giant missile in [[Cybertronix]].
*Bob Forward had originally intended to make Rattrap chew all the way through Ravage's ship in beast mode, rather than using a laser cutter first. In a sly remark on Madman's commentary of the episode, he states "My version would have been cheaper!"

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 3'''" (Canada, "The Program 3")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 3'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 3")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Muka~shi Mukashi'''" (むか～しむかし, "Once Upon a Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 3'''" ("The Plans Part 3")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 3)'''" (The Agent (Part 3)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Tercera Parte'''" (America, "The Agenda Third Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Do Love You! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Agenda (Part III)

2017-04-18T20:04:16Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=39
|image=G1Prime BWMegs.jpg
|caption=Head ''off''.
|title="The Agenda" (Part III)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 12]], 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Asaph Fipke]] [[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.'''

==Synopsis==
With [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and his [[transwarp cruiser]] backing them up, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] unleash a full assault on the [[Maximal]] [[Axalon (BW)|base]]. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] changes to [[beast mode]] and jumps onto the back of the transwarp cruiser, where he begins cutting into the ship's hull. On the battlefield, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] are pinned down by the Predacons' firepower, but the [[autogun]]s manage to knock [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] from his perch atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and a short time later the larger Predacon runs him over.

[[File:Agenda 3 Rampage axalon.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Who decided to give the experiment awesome firepower?]]
It's not long before Ravage and Rampage bring down the base's shield, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] emerges to fire on Rampage. Ravage has [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] transfer all the cruiser's power into one enormous missile. Before it can fire, Rattrap bursts into the ship's weapons hold and tosses a pair of [[Fusion weaponry#Fusion grenade|fusion grenade]]s that adhere to Tarantulas's hands. The bombs obliterate Tarantulas, the ship's interior, and Ravage—who faces the onrushing fireball with a stoic cry of "[[Decepticon]]s forever!" The cruiser falls out of the sky, coming to rest mere feet from Rampage—who is then blasted by the still-armed missile.

With the cruiser destroyed and his minions out of commission, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] flees. Optimus notes that he's not headed back to base, realizes [[Mount St. Hilary|where]] he's probably going, and orders the Maximals to pursue.

[[File:Ark BWAgenda1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OK, remember where we parked.]]
Meanwhile, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] make their way into the caves of the volcano, uncovering the object of Blackarachnia's quest—the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Blackarachnia explains to Silverbolt that the ship was launched long ago, containing the Autobots' "finest heroes", and was shot down by Decepticons. The ship has members of both factions stored inside, who will awaken in the distant future to restart the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Blackarachnia is concerned only with the power it possesses—but Megatron arrives just then, blasting Silverbolt offline and sealing the entrance to the caves behind him.

[[File:Agenda 3 Blackarachnia codes.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What's it like to see things like Neo?]]
The Maximals arrive hot on his heels, find the sealed entrance, and start digging their way in. Inside, Megatron threatens to vaporize Silverbolt, convincing Blackarachnia to use the access codes to gain access to the Ark (though she vehemently maintains it's only so they'll have some cover in the face of the imminent Maximal attack). The Maximals burst through in time to see the two Predacons sealing the Ark behind them.

Blackarachnia activates the ship's defenses to hold off the Maximals, while Megatron goes to "effect a more permanent solution." Entering the main bridge of the ship, he hovers among the fallen Autobots and Decepticons, eulogizing the Decepticons and cursing the Autobots, until he comes face to face with his intended target—[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the original [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, who kept the Decepticons from victory (and therefore left their Predacon descendants in a subservient position to the dominant Maximals). Though the risk is incredible, Megatron decides to carry out [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake's]] instructions, charges his main weapon, and prepares to fire.

[[File:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, we know [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|the drill]].]]
In the caves, the Maximals are pelted by fire from the ship's cannon, until Rattrap manages to force a backblast that deactivates the cannon and shields. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] struggles to open the mighty doors of the Ark. But the Maximals are too late—Megatron unleashes a full-power blast at Optimus Prime's head, destroying it.

A time storm immediately wells up, spreading outward from the Ark and into space. The Maximals find themselves phasing in and out of past bodies—as well as out of existence—as Megatron emerges from the Ark, triumphant.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (4)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

|h3=[[Autobot]]s|c3=
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (16)

|h4=[[Decepticon]]s|c4=
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Decepticons forever!"
:—'''Ravage'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words

"What're you looking at?" 
"That star. Well, planet, actually. Venus. It reminds me of you." 
"You mean hot, poisonous, and deadly? Aww, you're sweet." 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''', with a ref to the former's [[Venus Terzo|voice actress]]

"Stay with the group. When Megatron lands, we'll need all our firepower." 
"Where's he headed, Big Bot?" 
"To the beginning of everything, Cheetor, and quite possibly the end."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Cheetor'''

"I think we're almost through." 
"Then, stand back." 
"Wait, we just—" 
''Silverbolt blows the rocks away'' 
"Uh, never mind. What is it with guys and high explosives?" 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt'''. ([[Michael Bay|Guys]] really don't know either.)

"Aw, man! That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" 
"[[Die-cast]] construction!" [''He [[wikipedia:Breaking the fourth wall|looks at the audience]]''] "It's a lost art."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' comment on the sturdiness of the Ark.

"Now I enter these hallowed halls...a conqueror...yesss. Autobots and Decepticons, still frozen in emergency stasis, awaiting the moment, four million years hence, when they will awaken to start the Great War. Hmmm, the Great War, when the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and thus their descendants, the Maximals, rule we Predacons. Archaic energon [[guzzler]]s! How ''dare'' they? Hmmm, unwilling though I was to follow my namesake's instructions, it has all come down to this: the ultimate risk, for the ultimate prize. A day of reckoning with ''those'' who made ''us'' slaves!"
:—'''Megatron''' enters the command bridge of the Ark.

"So, we are now face to face, Optimus ''Prime''. In one future, you awaken and become the great leader of the Autobots. But time shall take a different track, now. Computer! All available power to primary weapon! ... And now, Optimus Prime, in memory of the Decepticons...for the glory of the Predacons...for the Cybertron that is rightfully ours—and ''mine''—to rule! ...I unleash the storm of vengeance...''farewell!''"
:—'''Megatron''' rewrites history

"Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed, ''yessssss''. The Autobots ''lose''! Evil ''triumphs!'' And you...'''''YOU NO LONGER EXIST!'''''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Agenda3 opening.JPG|thumb|Yes, "Part Eye-Eye-Eye".]]
*Despite every other multi-part episode in ''Beast Wars'' using Arabic numerals in its title (including the first two parts of "The Agenda"), this episode opts for the Roman numeral for whatever reason.
*During the opening battle scene, Optimus Primal takes several shots to the chest, leaving it blackened and dented. In the shot of the Maximals watching Ravage's ship explode, his chest is undamaged-and then it goes back to damaged as he talks about why Ravage betrayed them.
*After Ravage's ship goes down and the Maximals decide to chase after Megatron, Optimus transforms to flight mode. His front, back, and upper torso are all messed up, to the point that he has to spin around a few times after transforming. (While this is happening, the scene mostly switches to Rattrap climbing on Cheetor.) Optimus is normal again when he tells Rhinox to "Get on."
*In the first close-up of Megatron's face in the volcano (after he shoots Silverbolt and Blackarachnia), his face is very dark-almost black.
*After Megatron blasts the entrance shut and the Maximals get off and find it covered, for a split second, the colors on Rattrap's wheels (on his back) and his rat legs are reversed.
*Rattrap's front rat legs are the same shiny red as his rat body as the Maximals land outside the mountain.
*In the Ark flashback, Optimus Prime's autobrands are on the back of his shoulders.
*This episode marks the commencement of an ongoing error, whereby [[Teletraan I]] is frequently pronounced "Tele''tron'' 1". The issue is resolved with [[Rattrap (BW)|extreme subtlety]] in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".

===Continuity errors===
*This episode calls into sudden question the location of the Maximal and Predacon bases. The events of "[[Code of Hero]]" seem to place the series firmly somewhere in Africa, where early Humanity evolved; the templates for the Maximals' [[beast mode]]s (gorillas, cheetahs, rhinos) would seem to back this up. However, the Ark is traditionally seen to have crashed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. If this is the case, the Maximals pursued Megatron across the Atlantic Ocean and over an entire continent! The early humans still appear before any theoretical "crossing of the Atlantic" could have taken place. When we get a shot of the Earth from space at the end of the episode, the planet is covered by clouds making it hard to locate exactly where the time storm is originating from.
**In an early script for "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" the Maximals would launch not the Autobot shuttle, but the Ark itself. This variation would have perhaps provided some sort of explanation to the mystery, as the Ark might, for example, have wound up in North America after fighting with the Nemesis again.
*Either way, it doesn't make much sense that the Maximals make ''no'' attempt to shoot down Megatron while he's still on the run, rather than waiting till he reaches his destination. In his defense, Optimus may have thought that they were at a disadvantage during the chase: Only Rattrap is in any position to attack (Optimus and Cheetor being in flight mode and Rhinox probably having enough problems balancing on Optimus's hoverboard), and Megatron would be hard to hit (he's pretty far away, and not presenting much of a target from Rattrap's position). Of course, that still doesn't explain why Optimus doesn't just let Cheetor and Rattrap fly ahead and get a better shot— later this very episode Rattrap is the only one who scores a direct hit on the Ark's fusion cannon, and [[Changing of the Guard|a later episode]] would prove that the espionage expert has pretty good aim even when hitching a flight.
*Blackarachnia claims that the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] started in [[1984]], when [[Mount St. Hilary]] erupted. In both the Marvel comics and the cartoon, the war had started long before the ''Ark'' even crashed and gone on without interruption. At best, the reawakening of the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis'' crews intensified the conflict. Megatron made the same mistake in the previous episode.
*Ravage was in his cassette mode in the ship at the end of last episode, but is piloting it from the cockpit in this one. Given the nature of the former mode as essentially [[GEEWUN|fanservice]], this may not be terribly surprising.
*Surely the Maximals would have breached the Ark much faster if Optimus Primal had helped Rhinox force open the doors, seeing as he's previously demonstrated physical strength on par with or superior to Rhinox. But no, he just kinda stands back and tells Rhinox to "hurry!".

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally reveals why Optimus has been so worried about Megatron's activities for the past few episodes; he's afraid that Megatron will use the information on the Golden Disk to find the Ark and alter history. Presumably, this is the matter of "great importance" [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] wished to speak with Optimus about at the end of "[[Maximal, No More]]".
*Blackarachnia downloaded the disk's data- along with the access codes for the ''Ark''- in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
*As the time storm starts messing with the universe, Optimus starts warping between the robot and beast modes of both his current Transmetal form and his original, organic body.

===Transformers references===
[[File:Agenda3-AutobotsonArkattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At the time, these guys hadn't gotten any work in a while.]]
*Oh boy, where to start?
*First off, we have the ''Ark'' itself: the spaceship that carried the Autobots to Earth in the Generation 1 cartoons and comics. The ''Ark'' is pursued, boarded, and shot down by the Decepticon warship ''Nemesis'', another component of the Generation 1 origin story. Blackarachnia briefly retells the facts to Silverbolt, presumably for the benefit of viewers who hadn't seen the original tale.
*Blackarachnia's flashback shows the Ark launching off of ancient [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Manning the bridge of the Ark in flashback (pictured, right) are [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]].
*The volcano the ''Ark'' crashes into is unnamed in this episode, although G1 fans will immediately recognize it as the fictional [[Mount St. Hilary]].
*As Megatron boards the ''Ark'', Optimus swears by [[Primus]].
*The ''Ark'' is protected by Teletraan-1, who also receives a name-drop in the episode.
*More G1 characters show up as Megatron makes his way through the ''Ark'''s bridge. Prowl, Jazz, and Prime reappear, along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Interestingly, Jazz and Prowl use variations of their [[Marvel Comics]] color models, appearing partially blue rather than black.
*Megatron gloats that the Autobots and Decepticons will sleep for "four million years". That was the given length of time between the crash of the ''Ark'' and the awakening of the Transformers in the original cartoon. Assuming Megatron is correct, the ''Ark'' has only very recently crashed.
*In reference to the strength of the Ark, Rattrap claims, "That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" Primal replies "Die-cast construction. It's a lost art," in homage to the original Transformer toys, which featured some [[die-cast]] parts.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as "Knievel mode", a reference to [[wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]].
*When Rattrap's torch goes out and he has to break through the ship with his beast mode's teeth, he calls himself the [[wikipedia:The Stainless Steel Rat|Stainless Steel Rat]].
*During the short fight between Rhinox and Rampage, Rhinox dives through the air firing his guns in a homage to ''[[wikipedia:The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]''.
*As Rattrap rides the missile connected with Ravage's ship, he lets out a cowboy yell, homaging Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''.
*Blackarachnia refers to Silverbolt as "Jo-Jo", possibly in reference to [[wikipedia:Fedor Jeftichew|Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy]].

===Trivia===
*Megatron, to no one's surprise, is perfectly willing to sacrifice most of his team to defeat the Maximals. Blackarachnia, Inferno, Quickstrike, and Rampage were all originally Maximal protoforms (or, in Rampage's case, the product of Maximal science). If his plan to destroy the Autobots and Maximals retroactively had worked, he would have been left with a team consisting of Waspinator and Tarantulas. (Tarantulas's precise origins are unclear, but he's definitely not a descendant of the Autobots.)
*In any event, Megatron's plan would seem to be [[wikipedia:Temporal paradox|temporally problematic]], since such a drastic change could've wiped out the Predacons (and himself) just as easily as the Maximals. Small wonder he "was reluctant to follow [his] namesake's instructions" and regards it as "the ultimate risk". Megatron's ending in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game further elaborates on this, stating that with Optimus Prime dead, there would be no [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and, as such, nothing to [[The Transformers: The Movie|stop Unicron from destroying Cybertron]], an act that would wipe out Autobots and Decepticons. "[[A Change to the Agenda]]" would elaborate on what might have happened to the timeline if Megatron had killed Optimus... and the [[Beast Wars: Uprising|results]] aren't particularly pleasant.
*Apparently, Rhinox is afraid of heights. While sitting on Primal's hoverboard, he looks straight ahead, occasionally looking down and immediately snapping straight up with what looks like pure horror on his face.
*The word "suckers" is written on the giant missile in [[Cybertronix]].
*Bob Forward had originally intended to make Rattrap chew all the way through Ravage's ship in beast mode, rather than using a laser cutter first. In a sly remark on Madman's commentary of the episode, he states "My version would have been cheaper!"

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 3'''" (Canada, "The Program 3")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 3'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 3")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Muka~shi Mukashi'''" (むか～しむかし, "Once Upon a Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 3'''" ("The Plans Part 3")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 3)'''" (The Agent (Part 3)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Tercera Parte'''" (America, "The Agenda Third Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Do Love You! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Agenda (Part III)

2017-04-18T20:02:00Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=39
|image=G1Prime BWMegs.jpg
|caption=Head ''off''.
|title="The Agenda" (Part III)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 12]], 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Asaph Fipke]] [[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.'''

==Synopsis==
With [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and his [[transwarp cruiser]] backing them up, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] unleash a full assault on the [[Maximal]] [[Axalon (BW)|base]]. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] changes to [[beast mode]] and jumps onto the back of the transwarp cruiser, where he begins cutting into the ship's hull. On the battlefield, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] are pinned down by the Predacons' firepower, but the [[autogun]]s manage to knock [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] from his perch atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and a short time later the larger Predacon runs him over.

[[File:Agenda 3 Rampage axalon.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Who decided to give the experiment awesome firepower?]]
It's not long before Ravage and Rampage bring down the base's shield, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] emerges to fire on Rampage. Ravage has [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] transfer all the cruiser's power into one enormous missile. Before it can fire, Rattrap bursts into the ship's weapons hold and tosses a pair of [[Fusion weaponry#Fusion grenade|fusion grenade]]s that adhere to Tarantulas's hands. The bombs obliterate Tarantulas, the ship's interior, and Ravage—who faces the onrushing fireball with a stoic cry of "[[Decepticon]]s forever!" The cruiser falls out of the sky, coming to rest mere feet from Rampage—who is then blasted by the still-armed missile.

With the cruiser destroyed and his minions out of commission, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] flees. Optimus notes that he's not headed back to base, realizes [[Mount St. Hilary|where]] he's probably going, and orders the Maximals to pursue.

[[File:Ark BWAgenda1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OK, remember where we parked.]]
Meanwhile, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] make their way into the caves of the volcano, uncovering the object of Blackarachnia's quest—the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Blackarachnia explains to Silverbolt that the ship was launched long ago, containing the Autobots' "finest heroes", and was shot down by Decepticons. The ship has members of both factions stored inside, who will awaken in the distant future to restart the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Blackarachnia is concerned only with the power it possesses—but Megatron arrives just then, blasting Silverbolt offline and sealing the entrance to the caves behind him.

[[File:Agenda 3 Blackarachnia codes.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What's it like to see things like Neo?]]
The Maximals arrive hot on his heels, find the sealed entrance, and start digging their way in. Inside, Megatron threatens to vaporize Silverbolt, convincing Blackarachnia to use the access codes to gain access to the Ark (though she vehemently maintains it's only so they'll have some cover in the face of the imminent Maximal attack). The Maximals burst through in time to see the two Predacons sealing the Ark behind them.

Blackarachnia activates the ship's defenses to hold off the Maximals, while Megatron goes to "effect a more permanent solution." Entering the main bridge of the ship, he hovers among the fallen Autobots and Decepticons, eulogizing the Decepticons and cursing the Autobots, until he comes face to face with his intended target—[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the original [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, who kept the Decepticons from victory (and therefore left their Predacon descendants in a subservient position to the dominant Maximals). Though the risk is incredible, Megatron decides to carry out [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake's]] instructions, charges his main weapon, and prepares to fire.

[[File:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, we know [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|the drill]].]]
In the caves, the Maximals are pelted by fire from the ship's cannon, until Rattrap manages to force a backblast that deactivates the cannon and shields. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] struggles to open the mighty doors of the Ark. But the Maximals are too late—Megatron unleashes a full-power blast at Optimus Prime's head, destroying it.

A time storm immediately wells up, spreading outward from the Ark and into space. The Maximals find themselves phasing in and out of past bodies—as well as out of existence—as Megatron emerges from the Ark, triumphant.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (4)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

|h3=[[Autobot]]s|c3=
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (16)

|h4=[[Decepticon]]s|c4=
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Decepticons forever!"
:—'''Ravage'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words

"What're you looking at?" 
"That star. Well, planet, actually. Venus. It reminds me of you." 
"You mean hot, poisonous, and deadly? Aww, you're sweet." 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''', with a ref to the former's [[Venus Terzo|voice actress]]

"Stay with the group. When Megatron lands, we'll need all our firepower." 
"Where's he headed, Big Bot?" 
"To the beginning of everything, Cheetor, and quite possibly the end."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Cheetor'''

"I think we're almost through." 
"Then, stand back." 
"Wait, we just—" 
''Silverbolt blows the rocks away'' 
"Uh, never mind. What is it with guys and high explosives?" 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt'''. ([[Michael Bay|Guys]] really don't know either.)

"Aw, man! That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" 
"[[Die-cast]] construction!" [''He [[wikipedia:Breaking the fourth wall|looks at the audience]]''] "It's a lost art."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' comment on the sturdiness of the Ark.

"Now I enter these hallowed halls...a conqueror...yesss. Autobots and Decepticons, still frozen in emergency stasis, awaiting the moment, four million years hence, when they will awaken to start the Great War. Hmmm, the Great War, when the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and thus their descendants, the Maximals, rule we Predacons. Archaic energon [[guzzler]]s! How ''dare'' they? Hmmm, unwilling though I was to follow my namesake's instructions, it has all come down to this: the ultimate risk, for the ultimate prize. A day of reckoning with ''those'' who made ''us'' slaves!"
:—'''Megatron''' enters the command bridge of the Ark.

"So, we are now face to face, Optimus ''Prime''. In one future, you awaken and become the great leader of the Autobots. But time shall take a different track, now. Computer! All available power to primary weapon! ... And now, Optimus Prime, in memory of the Decepticons...for the glory of the Predacons...for the Cybertron that is rightfully ours—and ''mine''—to rule! ...I unleash the storm of vengeance...''farewell!''"
:—'''Megatron''' rewrites history

"Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed, ''yessssss''. The Autobots ''lose''! Evil ''triumphs!'' And you...'''''YOU NO LONGER EXIST!'''''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Agenda3 opening.JPG|thumb|Yes, "Part Eye-Eye-Eye".]]
*Despite every other multi-part episode in ''Beast Wars'' using Arabic numerals in its title (including the first two parts of "The Agenda"), this episode opts for the Roman numeral for whatever reason.
*During the opening battle scene, Optimus Primal takes several shots to the chest, leaving it blackened and dented. In the shot of the Maximals watching Ravage's ship explode, his chest is undamaged-and then it goes back to damaged as he talks about why Ravage betrayed them.
*After Ravage's ship goes down and the Maximals decide to chase after Megatron, Optimus transforms to flight mode. His front, back, and upper torso are all messed up, to the point that he has to spin around a few times after transforming. (While this is happening, the scene mostly switches to Rattrap climbing on Cheetor.) Optimus is normal again when he tells Rhinox to "Get on."
*In the first close-up of Megatron's face in the volcano (after he shoots Silverbolt and Blackarachnia), his face is very dark-almost black.
*After Megatron blasts the entrance shut and the Maximals get off and find it covered, for a split second, the colors on Rattrap's wheels (on his back) and his rat legs are reversed.
*Rattrap's front rat legs are the same shiny red as his rat body as the Maximals land outside the mountain.
*In the Ark flashback, Optimus Prime's autobrands are on the back of his shoulders.
*This episode marks the commencement of an ongoing error, whereby [[Teletraan I]] is frequently pronounced "Tele''tron'' 1". The issue is resolved with [[Rattrap (BW)|extreme subtlety]] in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".

===Continuity errors===
*This episode calls into sudden question the location of the Maximal and Predacon bases. The events of "[[Code of Hero]]" seem to place the series firmly somewhere in Africa, where early Humanity evolved; the templates for the Maximals' [[beast mode]]s (gorillas, cheetahs, rhinos) would seem to back this up. However, the Ark is traditionally seen to have crashed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. If this is the case, the Maximals pursued Megatron across the Atlantic Ocean and over an entire continent! The early humans still appear before any theoretical "crossing of the Atlantic" could have taken place. When we get a shot of the Earth from space at the end of the episode, the planet is covered by clouds making it hard to locate exactly where the time storm is originating from.
**In an early script for "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" the Maximals would launch not the Autobot shuttle, but the Ark itself. This variation would have perhaps provided some sort of explanation to the mystery, as the Ark might, for example, have wound up in North America after fighting with the Nemesis again.
*Either way, it doesn't make much sense that the Maximals make ''no'' attempt to shoot down Megatron while he's still on the run, rather than waiting till he reaches his destination. In his defense, Optimus may have thought that they were at a disadvantage during the chase: Only Rattrap is in any position to attack (Optimus and Cheetor being in flight mode and Rhinox probably having enough problems balancing on Optimus's hoverboard), and Megatron would be hard to hit (he's pretty far away, and not presenting much of a target from Rattrap's position). Of course, that still doesn't explain why Optimus doesn't just let Cheetor and Rattrap fly ahead and get a better shot— later this very episode Rattrap is the only one who scores a direct hit on the Ark's fusion cannon, and [[Changing of the Guard|a later episode]] would prove that the espionage expert has pretty good aim even when hitching a flight.
*Blackarachnia claims that the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] started in [[1984]], when [[Mount St. Hilary]] erupted. In both the Marvel comics and the cartoon, the war had started long before the ''Ark'' even crashed and gone on without interruption. At best, the reawakening of the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis'' crews intensified the conflict. Megatron made the same mistake in the previous episode.
*Ravage was in his cassette mode in the ship at the end of last episode, but is piloting it from the cockpit in this one. Given the nature of the former mode as essentially [[GEEWUN|fanservice]], this may not be terribly surprising.
*Surely the Maximals would have breached the Ark much faster if Optimus Primal had helped Rhinox force open the doors, seeing as he's previously demonstrated physical strength on par with or superior to Rhinox. But no, he just kinda stands back and tells Rhinox to "hurry!".

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally reveals why Optimus has been so worried about Megatron's activities for the past few episodes; he's afraid that Megatron will use the information on the Golden Disk to find the Ark and alter history. Presumably, this is the matter of "great importance" [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] wished to speak with Optimus about at the end of "[[Maximal, No More]]".
*Blackarachnia downloaded the disk's data- along with the access codes for the ''Ark''- in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
*As the time storm starts messing with the universe, Optimus starts warping between his Transmetal form and his original, organic body.

===Transformers references===
[[File:Agenda3-AutobotsonArkattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At the time, these guys hadn't gotten any work in a while.]]
*Oh boy, where to start?
*First off, we have the ''Ark'' itself: the spaceship that carried the Autobots to Earth in the Generation 1 cartoons and comics. The ''Ark'' is pursued, boarded, and shot down by the Decepticon warship ''Nemesis'', another component of the Generation 1 origin story. Blackarachnia briefly retells the facts to Silverbolt, presumably for the benefit of viewers who hadn't seen the original tale.
*Blackarachnia's flashback shows the Ark launching off of ancient [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Manning the bridge of the Ark in flashback (pictured, right) are [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]].
*The volcano the ''Ark'' crashes into is unnamed in this episode, although G1 fans will immediately recognize it as the fictional [[Mount St. Hilary]].
*As Megatron boards the ''Ark'', Optimus swears by [[Primus]].
*The ''Ark'' is protected by Teletraan-1, who also receives a name-drop in the episode.
*More G1 characters show up as Megatron makes his way through the ''Ark'''s bridge. Prowl, Jazz, and Prime reappear, along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Interestingly, Jazz and Prowl use variations of their [[Marvel Comics]] color models, appearing partially blue rather than black.
*Megatron gloats that the Autobots and Decepticons will sleep for "four million years". That was the given length of time between the crash of the ''Ark'' and the awakening of the Transformers in the original cartoon. Assuming Megatron is correct, the ''Ark'' has only very recently crashed.
*In reference to the strength of the Ark, Rattrap claims, "That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" Primal replies "Die-cast construction. It's a lost art," in homage to the original Transformer toys, which featured some [[die-cast]] parts.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as "Knievel mode", a reference to [[wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]].
*When Rattrap's torch goes out and he has to break through the ship with his beast mode's teeth, he calls himself the [[wikipedia:The Stainless Steel Rat|Stainless Steel Rat]].
*During the short fight between Rhinox and Rampage, Rhinox dives through the air firing his guns in a homage to ''[[wikipedia:The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]''.
*As Rattrap rides the missile connected with Ravage's ship, he lets out a cowboy yell, homaging Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''.
*Blackarachnia refers to Silverbolt as "Jo-Jo", possibly in reference to [[wikipedia:Fedor Jeftichew|Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy]].

===Trivia===
*Megatron, to no one's surprise, is perfectly willing to sacrifice most of his team to defeat the Maximals. Blackarachnia, Inferno, Quickstrike, and Rampage were all originally Maximal protoforms (or, in Rampage's case, the product of Maximal science). If his plan to destroy the Autobots and Maximals retroactively had worked, he would have been left with a team consisting of Waspinator and Tarantulas. (Tarantulas's precise origins are unclear, but he's definitely not a descendant of the Autobots.)
*In any event, Megatron's plan would seem to be [[wikipedia:Temporal paradox|temporally problematic]], since such a drastic change could've wiped out the Predacons (and himself) just as easily as the Maximals. Small wonder he "was reluctant to follow [his] namesake's instructions" and regards it as "the ultimate risk". Megatron's ending in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game further elaborates on this, stating that with Optimus Prime dead, there would be no [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and, as such, nothing to [[The Transformers: The Movie|stop Unicron from destroying Cybertron]], an act that would wipe out Autobots and Decepticons. "[[A Change to the Agenda]]" would elaborate on what might have happened to the timeline if Megatron had killed Optimus... and the [[Beast Wars: Uprising|results]] aren't particularly pleasant.
*Apparently, Rhinox is afraid of heights. While sitting on Primal's hoverboard, he looks straight ahead, occasionally looking down and immediately snapping straight up with what looks like pure horror on his face.
*The word "suckers" is written on the giant missile in [[Cybertronix]].
*Bob Forward had originally intended to make Rattrap chew all the way through Ravage's ship in beast mode, rather than using a laser cutter first. In a sly remark on Madman's commentary of the episode, he states "My version would have been cheaper!"

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 3'''" (Canada, "The Program 3")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 3'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 3")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Muka~shi Mukashi'''" (むか～しむかし, "Once Upon a Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 3'''" ("The Plans Part 3")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 3)'''" (The Agent (Part 3)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Tercera Parte'''" (America, "The Agenda Third Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Do Love You! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Revelations Part III: Apocalypse

2017-04-04T20:58:05Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=9
|title="Revelations Part III: Apocalypse"
|image=Revelations3 Rhinox vision.jpg
|caption="OH GOD I'M IN WALES"
|airdate=[[November 13]], 1999
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[George Samilski]]
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuty=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Nightscream pursues Jetstorm, who has captured Blackarachnia's spark; meanwhile, Optimus and Rhinox have a heart to heart.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Jetstorm with extractor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He's a spark-breaker, he's a spark-taker...]]
[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] stands over [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s body, holding her [[spark]], as [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] looks on in anguish. Gloating, the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] transforms and flies off with the spark, and Nightscream sets off in pursuit. Watching them go, [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] then eyes Blackarachnia's body.

Meanwhile, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] is skeptical of [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s theory that [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] is [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], due to the vast difference in intellect. The pair resolve to try to reach Rhinox's consciousness.

Below ground, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] tells the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] that he doesn't understand the visions he's had... and is promptly granted another vision. Walking in a field, he sees plants with his fellow [[Maximal]]s' faces on them, and is attacked by metal tentacles. The tentacles turn the plants to metal, and Optimus Primal's friends cry that he has failed them.

[[Image:Revelations3 Tankor cutting.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Tankor regains consciousness and Cheetor cautiously inquires whether Rhinox is in control. Although for a moment it seems as though Tankor's Maximal side is reasserting itself, he writhes in pain and reverts to his "TANKOR DESTROY!" persona. Cheetor is tossed aside, and Tankor advances on Rattrap, firing. After a brief attempt to reason with the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]], Rattrap jumps on some large pipes, releasing them from their bonds so that they fall on Tankor. He recovers quickly, and the two Maximals turn to flee. Unfortunately they're cut off by oncoming tank drones, and race down a narrow gap between the stacked containers. Tankor begins smashing the containers aside, so the pair run up one of the arched structures they've found. On reaching the arch, Tankor merely begins cutting into the side of it, and the Maximals look at each other in alarm. It doesn't take long for Tankor to cut through enough to push the arch over, and Rattrap and Cheetor are forced to jump to the next arch which comes under attack from tank drones.

Nightscream snatches Blackarachnia's spark back from Jetstorm (who seems to have stopped to have a chat with it). The enraged Vehicon chases him but clips a freeway and slams into the side of a building. Recovering quickly, Jetstorm continues the pursuit and follows Nightscream until the Maximal drops an elevator on him.

[[Image:Revelations3 Nightscream spark.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Bad touch: pending.]]
Thrust carries Blackarachnia's lifeless body through the city until he's intercepted by Nightscream. The pair fight until Nightscream is able to disable Thrust by draining his Energon. Floating in a white void, Blackarachnia encounters Optimus and he tells her that her spark must have left her body. Elsewhere, Nightscream liberates Blackarachnia's spark from its container and tries to force it back into her body. In the void, she panics and flees from Optimus, just as her spark does from Nightscream. Optimus is able to calm her, and her spark returns to her body. Nightscream suggests they find the others, as he has a feeling they'll need help.

Indeed, Tankor has just knocked over one of the arches in the row, and the rest of them begin to fall like dominoes. Rattrap and Cheetor fall from the final arch, and Cheetor finds himself trapped under some containers with Tankor towering over him. He pleads with the Vehicon to remember who he is and, after a great mental struggle, Tankor unleashes a cry which Optimus hears on his higher plane. Optimus marches through the field of his vision, pushing through the plants until he comes face-to-face with... Rhinox. Optimus talks with his old friend, who it seems sides with [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], favoring technology over organic nature. Optimus is jerked back to reality with a cry of "NO!"

[[Image:Revelations3 Tankor maximals.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"''Damn it'' Tankor, ''The Phantom Menace'' was ''over a decade ago!''" "It still ''hurts'', Cheetor, ''alright''?!"]]
Blackarachnia pulls Cheetor out of the way of Tankor's descending fist, and Nightscream takes out a row of tank drones. Cheetor warns Blackarachnia not to harm Tankor, surprising her with the information that he's Rhinox. She's tossed aside by the Vehicon, disturbing a pile of containers and revealing Rattrap's hiding place. The four Maximals offer Tankor their help, but he replies in Rhinox's voice that he doesn't ''need'' their help. He reveals that he's been conscious but unable to do anything, suppressed by the Tankor personality the whole time. To their alarm, he also announces that Megatron is Cybertron's only hope for technological perfection. The Maximals wonder if Rhinox's spark has been corrupted, and attack their friend, pinning him to the ground. Cheetor tells Rattrap to use his tail interface to reprogram Rhinox, but they're interrupted by Optimus who says Rhinox has made his choice and they have to respect that. The Maximals sadly watch Rhinox leave.

Back at base, the Maximals mourn over their lost friend, and Optimus gives a speech about how the Matrix sent them to prehistoric Earth for a reason—to restore nature to Cybertron.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] (1)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (2)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (5)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (9)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
* [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (3)
* [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (4)
* [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]/[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (6)
* [[Tank Drone]]s (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"Lookee here, ma! I caught me a lightning bug! Yeeha!"
:—Are we sure '''Jetstorm''' isn't [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]?

"Gee, good thing Tankor turned out to be a friend. Imagine if he was recycled from a ''Predacon''."
:—'''Rattrap''' getting tetchy at how the plan's going.

"C sharp... or B flat, music to my ears."
:—'''Nightscream''', as Jetstorm is flattened.

"Rattrap! Use your tail interface...if Rhinox won't change his mind, we'll change it for him!"
:—'''Cheetor''', ironically issuing a command that Megatron would have given.

"Megatron wants this planet to run harmoniously, but harmony without free will isn't harmony at all."
:—'''Optimus''' about to break out into a speech.

"Goodbye, Optimus. When we meet again, it will not be as allies."
:—'''Rhinox''''s parting words to Optimus.

"Was this planet ever natural to begin with?"
:—A humble question from '''Cheetor'''. To this day, the fandom [[Primus|is still]] [[Cybertron (planet)|divided]] over the answer.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===
* Optimus mentions that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] on prehistoric Earth were, in fact, the Oracle's way of bringing the organic matter incorporated in [[beast mode]]s back to Cybertron. Of course, the Beast Wars were started by ''Megatron'', who stole a ship in an attempt to change history. We could be generous and assume that Primal's newfound religious zeal is blinding him to the truth, or maybe the Oracle was also manipulating Megatron, who knows? In any event, time travelling to the past to visit a planet extremely important to the history of the Transformers race seems a ''really'' roundabout way of getting organic matter. There's no indication whatsoever in Beast Wars that organic beast forms are in any way unusual. The only way any of this makes sense is if there are no planets with organic races still talking to Cybertron in the present day (something that [[Botanica (BM)|later episodes]] seem to disprove).

===Continuity notes===
* Cheetor's line "I am seriously missing my old turbo-jets right now," is a reference to his old [[Transmetal]] capability in ''Beast Wars''.
* Rattrap sardonically remarks that it's a good thing that Tankor doesn't have a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] spark. This is the only time that Predacons are mentioned in the series, although the producers did confirm that Maximals ''and'' Predacons were both targeted by Megatron's attack.
* Optimus refers to the tree in Nightscream's cavern, seen in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", as an example of Cybertron's organic past.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Thrust's hand can detatch as part of a grappling hook-like setup.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
* After destroying several Tank Drones, Nightscream refers to them as "[[Tonka]] toys".

===Trivia===
*Skir's original intention was that Rhinox had "seen all sides of the argument, and chose to go more in Megatron's direction", so after a quiet chat he and Optimus would part company. As Richard Newman played that scene with growling and shouting, Rhinox instead sounded not quite in his right mind after his experiences. (That said, animating Rhinox growing into a towering and menacing Tankor while backlit by storm clouds and lightning didn't quite say "quiet chat", either, although the scene may have been altered to fit Newman's unhinged performance). [http://web.archive.org/web/20071202095033/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Fri_03_Dec_1999.html]

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Révélation, Partie III'''" ("Revelation, Part III")

:*''Title:'' '''Révélations 3''' (Canada, "Revelations 3")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Apokalypse'''" ("Apocalypse")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 10]], [[2000]]

'''Japanese
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoshi no Shimei'''" (星の使命, "Message from the Stars")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 4]], [[2004]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Revelaciones, Tercera Parte: Apocalipsis'''" ("Revelations, Third Part: Apocalypse")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 3 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two — Revelations (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

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[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]

Revelations Part II: Descent

2017-04-04T20:46:24Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=8
|title="Revelations Part II: Descent"
|image=Revelations2 Rattrap accesses Tankor.jpg
|caption=His crime is curiosity.
|airdate=[[November 6]], 1999
|written by=[[Marv Wolfman]]
|directed by=[[William Lau]]
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuty=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Cheetor and Rattrap make a surprising discovery about their missing memories and the identity of Tankor.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] swings from tree to tree in a mysterious forest, following a trail of floating [[spark]]s towards their nexus, the [[Allspark]]. Suddenly, the Allspark vanishes, and Primal is suddenly restrained by vines. As he watches, the placid forest disappears, the trees and grass replaced by buildings and steel. Before him, the face of Megatron laughs triumphantly as the organic vines become technological.

[[Image:Revelations2 Optimus struggle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Getting Optimus to take a bath was becoming increasingly difficult.]]
Optimus Primal awakes, shaken. The dream is revealed to be an [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-induced vision. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] explains that he was worried about his leader's increasingly erratic behaviour. Primal rebukes him, saying that they should leave him alone... no matter how worried they are. With Primal on another vision quest, Cheetor takes over. Explaining to the Maximals that the Sparks of the [[Vehicon general]]s are subverted Maximal sparks, he tells them that they must extract the sparks and return them to their original Maximal identity.

Cheetor suggests going after [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] first, as he is slower then the others, in both speed and mentality. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] suggests going after [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (for [[Silverbolt (BW)|obvious reasons]]). However, she is the minority, so Tankor wins out. Cheetor splits them into two groups: [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] will distract Thrust and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], while he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] will extract Tankor's spark and place it in a new body.

The three generals are entrenched at a spaceport, supervising work. Tankor is coordinating the loading of a spacecraft, Jetstorm supervises the defense from the sky, and Thrust... is doing something important too. Probably.

[[Image:Revelations2 Blackarachnia Thrust.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I'll be dying in your arms tonight!"]]
Nightscream distracts the two latter generals by destroying a building, leading Jetstorm on a wild goose chase. Nightscream manages to escape and drains the [[energon]] from Jetstorm's body, weakening the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]. Blackarachnia tries to talk to Thrust about his past identity, and with some help from Blackarachnia he begins to experience flashbacks of prehistoric [[Earth]]. At the docks, Rattrap distracts Tankor by throwing a bomb at him, irritating him enough to give chase. Cheetor transforms to robot mode and leaps from Drone to Drone as Tankor fires at him. Rattrap interfaces with a crane and uses it to send Tankor flying, knocking him out cold. Rattrap then attempts to interface with his mind. After some effort he finally manages to access Tankor's past memories and break his own amnesia.

[[Image:Revelations2 Rattrap Cheetor Tankor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Tankor... is... running on Windows 98."]]

Rattrap discovers that Megatron broke free of the [[Autobot]] shuttle as the Maximals were headed through transwarp space, with Rattrap sardonically bidding farewell to their old nemesis. Eventually, the team reappear over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]... where they're immediately shot down by orbiting satellites.

[[Image:Revelation2 optimus cheetor running.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Rattrap takes a breather from watching these records to wonder why they all seem to be from his point of view. Returning to the memories, Ratrap sees Cheetor (in his [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] form) and Primal (in "Optimal" configuration) escaping from tank drones. But the drones fire canisters that explode and release a [[Transformation virus|green gas]] that envelops the Maximals, turning them back into their original organic bodies. Silverbolt and Rattrap are bombed by [[Aero Drone]]s and meet a similar fate. Rattrap watches the Transmetals survive the virus, but Silverbolt lies paralyzed on the ground. Rattrap realizes that if he sees ''himself'' reverting, then these memories can't be his. Then he sees "his" reflection in an approaching tank drone, and the mirrored face is [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s!

[[Image:Revelations2 Blackarachnia spark.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blackarachnia is attacked by the green floating ball from Heavy Metal.]]
As Thrust and Blackarachnia talk, Jetstorm (now strengthened) arrives, buries Nightscream under fallen rubble, and accuses Thrust of fraternizing with the "enemy". Thrust denies this, and Jetstorm puts pressure on him to remove Blackarachnia's spark. Grudgingly, Thrust shoots her, but is tackled by Nightscream before he gets a chance to extract her spark. Thrust and Nightscream fight, eventually detonating a nearby tank, causing Nightscream to become pinned under some bars. As the Maximal watches helplessly, Jetstorm extracts Blackarachnia's spark.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (12)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
*[[Tank Drone]]s (6)
*[[Aero Drone]]s (7)
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (8)
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (9)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"If I'm ever to get to the heart of our quest, then it is vital that you leave me alone, no matter what you hear."
:—'''Optimus''' should at least give them a safe word.

"As of this moment, we are going on the offensive." 
"And who are we offending today?"
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Nice try! Someone need his targeting system recalibrated? Ha ha!"
:—'''Cheetor''', still a kid at heart, even as a leader.

"And it's a hard fly to left field. He's going, going...GONE!"
:—'''Cheetor''', again proving that he's a kid at heart.

"And I thought I got the ''easy'' job."
:—'''Rattrap''', riding on Tankor's back.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When grappling with Optimus after his dream, Cheetor's feet clip into the floor.
*When Thrust shows up during Nightscream and Blackarachnia's distraction, he's misrepresented by one of his drones. (Note the hands. Thrust's are yellow, drones' are purple.)

===Continuity errors===
*Cheetor mentions that Megatron "somehow conquered Cybertron" as though it's a mystery. In "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", Nightscream outlined very clearly what had happened while the Maximals were away.
*We never discover what the [[Tank Drone]]s are loading onto the spacecraft or why. Sure seems to be important, though.
*Although the Maximals' [[Transmetal]] modes seem to be powerful enough to injure and occasionally kill other sentient Cybertronians, and their alternative forms have been shown to be pretty fast (with Transmetal 2 Cheetor having once been noted as reaching [[Feral Scream Part 2|twice the speed of sound]]), there seems to be no evidence of the Maximals putting up a fight against the Vehicons, nor evidence of them using vehicle or beast modes to escape. Instead, we have the slightly odd sight of Optimal Optimus and Transmetal 2 Cheetor running ''in robot mode'' away from the tank drones, rather than using their (much faster and flight-capable) alt-modes.
*Not so much an error, but certainly an ''ambiguity'', is that the nature of the green gas and its relationship to the [[Transformation virus|virus]] are unclear at best. Those who were "devolved" (probably better put as "de-Transmetallized") were also spared the immediate paralytic effect of the virus. But Silverbolt was one of the fully-paralyzed victims, despite the fact that he ''did'' have Transmetal qualities (as evidenced by his immunity to the [[Metal Hunter]]'s weapon). Perhaps, as a [[Fuzor]] with no previous body upgrades, he simply wasn't Transmetal ''enough'' to resist the virus. Ultimately, there are no clear answers.
*Blackarachnia isn't seen escaping the Vehicons, though she is briefly seen aboard the shuttle. It is likely that she immediately fled underground after the Maximals run away (as indicated by [[The Reformatting|the first episode]]), but not before being hit by the virus.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally clears up the ambiguous situation presented to us in "[[The Reformatting]]", filling in the gap between the end of "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" and the start of ''Beast Machines'', while also explaining the fates of Rhinox and Silverbolt.
**Though it is not outright stated, it is obvious that Megatron's breaking free and falling out of transwarp space landed him in Cybertron's not so distant past, explaining why he had the planet completely conquered by the time the Maximals returned to the present.
*Thrust flashes back to prehistoric [[Earth]], the setting of ''Beast Wars''. In a bit of foreshadowing, he notes that in his memories Optimus, Cheetor, et al don't seem very happy to see him, a situation at odds with Blackarachnia's assertion that Thrust is Silverbolt.
*There's some more foreshadowing about the history of Cybertron thanks to Optimus's vision. Optimus's insular behavior at the start of the episode highlights his increasing zeal toward the Oracle's mission, a drive that will have dire consequences down the line.
*Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap's face-mask doubles as a television screen.
** He also carries around an explosive device in his beast mode toolkit. This suggests that his technorganic body isn't ''quite'' as useless as he thought it was, or that he's been taking steps to improve his combat capability.
** In both beast and robot mode, Rattrap has a tail-mounted interface that allows him to hack into computers.
** Blackarachnia uses slightly different web-bombs than her usual disc-shaped projectiles. These ones are green, with a crystalline thing in the middle.
** Much like Optimus in "[[Mercenary Pursuits]]", Blackarachnia displays some kind of telepathic ability as she tries to jog Thrust's memories, accompanied by ''E.T.''-esque glowing fingers.

===Real-world references===
* While the Maximals ponder which Vehicon to attempt to free first, their images appear on a screen along with [[Cybertronix]] text saying "we the unwilling are led by the unknowing to do the impossible for the ungrateful", which is a quote from [[w:Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa]].
* Nightscream calls Jetstorm "Rocketman", referencing the Elton John [[w:Rocket Man (song)|song]].
* As the Maximals send Tankor flying, Cheetor shouts that it's a "hard fly to left field".

===Trivia===
* Blackarachnia's spark is green, as opposed to the usual electric-blue. Later episodes would confirm that all [[technorganic]] [[Transformer]]s have uniquely-colored sparks.
* Technically, this would be the first appearance of Rhinox since his disappearance in ''Beast Machines'', albeit from Tankor's unlocked memories.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Révélation, Partie II'''" ("Revelation, Part II")

:*''Title:'' "'''Révélations 2'''" (Canada, "Revelations 2")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Offenbarung'''" ("The Revelation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 9]], [[2000]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tomo no Kioku'''" (友の記憶, "The Memory of a Friend")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 28]], [[2004]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Revelaciones, Segunda Parte: Ascendencia'''" ("Revelations, Second Part: Descent")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 2 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two — Revelations (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revelations part 2}}
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]

Revelations Part II: Descent

2017-04-04T20:44:19Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=8
|title="Revelations Part II: Descent"
|image=Revelations2 Rattrap accesses Tankor.jpg
|caption=His crime is curiosity.
|airdate=[[November 6]], 1999
|written by=[[Marv Wolfman]]
|directed by=[[William Lau]]
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuty=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Cheetor and Rattrap make a surprising discovery about their missing memories and the identity of Tankor.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] swings from tree to tree in a mysterious forest, following a trail of floating [[spark]]s towards their nexus, the [[Allspark]]. Suddenly, the Allspark vanishes, and Primal is suddenly restrained by vines. As he watches, the placid forest disappears, the trees and grass replaced by buildings and steel. Before him, the face of Megatron laughs triumphantly as the organic vines become technological.

[[Image:Revelations2 Optimus struggle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Getting Optimus to take a bath was becoming increasingly difficult.]]
Optimus Primal awakes, shaken. The dream is revealed to be an [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-induced vision. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] explains that he was worried about his leader's increasingly erratic behaviour. Primal rebukes him, saying that they should leave him alone... no matter how worried they are. With Primal on another vision quest, Cheetor takes over. Explaining to the Maximals that the Sparks of the [[Vehicon general]]s are subverted Maximal sparks, he tells them that they must extract the sparks and return them to their original Maximal identity.

Cheetor suggests going after [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] first, as he is slower then the others, in both speed and mentality. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] suggests going after [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (for [[Silverbolt (BW)|obvious reasons]]). However, she is the minority, so Tankor wins out. Cheetor splits them into two groups: [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] will distract Thrust and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], while he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] will extract Tankor's spark and place it in a new body.

The three generals are entrenched at a spaceport, supervising work. Tankor is coordinating the loading of a spacecraft, Jetstorm supervises the defense from the sky, and Thrust... is doing something important too. Probably.

[[Image:Revelations2 Blackarachnia Thrust.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I'll be dying in your arms tonight!"]]
Nightscream distracts the two latter generals by destroying a building, leading Jetstorm on a wild goose chase. Nightscream manages to escape and drains the [[energon]] from Jetstorm's body, weakening the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]. Blackarachnia tries to talk to Thrust about his past identity, and with some help from Blackarachnia he begins to experience flashbacks of prehistoric [[Earth]]. At the docks, Rattrap distracts Tankor by throwing a bomb at him, irritating him enough to give chase. Cheetor transforms to robot mode and leaps from Drone to Drone as Tankor fires at him. Rattrap interfaces with a crane and uses it to send Tankor flying, knocking him out cold. Rattrap then attempts to interface with his mind. After some effort he finally manages to access Tankor's past memories and break his own amnesia.

[[Image:Revelations2 Rattrap Cheetor Tankor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Tankor... is... running on Windows 98."]]

Rattrap discovers that Megatron broke free of the [[Autobot]] shuttle as the Maximals were headed through transwarp space, with Rattrap sardonically bidding farewell to their old nemesis. Eventually, the team reappear over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]... where they're immediately shot down by orbiting satellites.

[[Image:Revelation2 optimus cheetor running.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Rattrap takes a breather from watching these records to wonder why they all seem to be from his point of view. Returning to the memories, Ratrap sees Cheetor (in his [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] form) and Primal (in "Optimal" configuration) escaping from tank drones. But the drones fire canisters that explode and release a [[Transformation virus|green gas]] that envelops the Maximals, turning them back into their original organic bodies. Silverbolt and Rattrap are bombed by [[Aero Drone]]s and meet a similar fate. Rattrap watches the Transmetals survive the virus, but Silverbolt lies paralyzed on the ground. Rattrap realizes that if he sees ''himself'' reverting, then these memories can't be his. Then he sees "his" reflection in an approaching tank drone, and the mirrored face is [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s!

[[Image:Revelations2 Blackarachnia spark.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blackarachnia is attacked by the green floating ball from Heavy Metal.]]
As Thrust and Blackarachnia talk, Jetstorm (now strengthened) arrives, buries Nightscream under fallen rubble, and accuses Thrust of fraternizing with the "enemy". Thrust denies this, and Jetstorm puts pressure on him to remove Blackarachnia's spark. Grudgingly, Thrust shoots her, but is tackled by Nightscream before he gets a chance to extract her spark. Thrust and Nightscream fight, eventually detonating a nearby tank, causing Nightscream to become pinned under some bars. As the Maximal watches helplessly, Jetstorm extracts Blackarachnia's spark.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (12)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
*[[Tank Drone]]s (6)
*[[Aero Drone]]s (7)
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (8)
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (9)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"If I'm ever to get to the heart of our quest, then it is vital that you leave me alone, no matter what you hear."
:—'''Optimus''' should at least give them a safe word.

"As of this moment, we are going on the offensive." 
"And who are we offending today?"
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Nice try! Someone need his targeting system recalibrated? Ha ha!"
:—'''Cheetor''', still a kid at heart, even as a leader.

"And it's a hard fly to left field. He's going, going...GONE!"
:—'''Cheetor''', again proving that he's a kid at heart.

"And I thought I got the ''easy'' job."
:—'''Rattrap''', riding on Tankor's back.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When grappling with Optimus after his dream, Cheetor's feet clip into the floor.
*When Thrust shows up during Nightscream and Blackarachnia's distraction, he's misrepresented by one of his drones. (Note the hands. Thrust's are yellow, drones' are purple.)

===Continuity errors===
*Cheetor mentions that Megatron "somehow conquered Cybertron" as though it's a mystery. In "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", Nightscream outlined very clearly what had happened while the Maximals were away.
*We never discover what the [[Tank Drone]]s are loading onto the spacecraft or why. Sure seems to be important, though.
*Although the Maximals' [[Transmetal]] modes seem to be powerful enough to injure and occasionally kill other sentient Cybertronians, and their alternative forms have been shown to be pretty fast (with Transmetal 2 Cheetor having once been noted as reaching [[Feral Scream Part 2|twice the speed of sound]]), there seems to be no evidence of the Maximals putting up a fight against the Vehicons, nor evidence of them using vehicle or beast modes to escape. Instead, we have the slightly odd sight of Optimal Optimus and Transmetal 2 Cheetor running ''in robot mode'' away from the tank drones, rather than using their (much faster and flight-capable) alt-modes.
*Not so much an error, but certainly an ''ambiguity'', is that the nature of the green gas and its relationship to the [[Transformation virus|virus]] are unclear at best. Those who were "devolved" (probably better put as "de-Transmetallized") were also spared the immediate paralytic effect of the virus. But Silverbolt was one of the fully-paralyzed victims, despite the fact that he ''did'' have Transmetal qualities (as evidenced by his immunity to the [[Metal Hunter]]'s weapon). Perhaps, as a [[Fuzor]] with no previous body upgrades, he simply wasn't Transmetal ''enough'' to resist the virus. Ultimately, there are no clear answers.
*Blackarachnia isn't seen escaping the Vehicons, though she is briefly seen aboard the shuttle. It is likely that she immediately fled underground after the Maximals run away (as indicated by [[The Reformatting|the first episode]]), but not before being hit by the virus.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally clears up the ambiguous situation presented to us in "[[The Reformatting]]", filling in the gap between the end of "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" and the start of ''Beast Machines'', while also explaining the fates of Rhinox and Silverbolt.
**Though it is not outright stated, it is obvious that Megatrons' breaking free and falling out of transwarp space landed him in Cybertrons not so distant past, explaining why he had the planet completely conquered by the time the Maximals returned to the present.
*Thrust flashes back to prehistoric [[Earth]], the setting of ''Beast Wars''. In a bit of foreshadowing, he notes that in his memories Optimus, Cheetor, et al don't seem very happy to see him, a situation at odds with Blackarachnia's assertion that Thrust is Silverbolt.
*There's some more foreshadowing about the history of Cybertron thanks to Optimus's vision. Optimus's insular behavior at the start of the episode highlights his increasing zeal toward the Oracle's mission, a drive that will have dire consequences down the line.
*Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap's face-mask doubles as a television screen.
** He also carries around an explosive device in his beast mode toolkit. This suggests that his technorganic body isn't ''quite'' as useless as he thought it was, or that he's been taking steps to improve his combat capability.
** In both beast and robot mode, Rattrap has a tail-mounted interface that allows him to hack into computers.
** Blackarachnia uses slightly different web-bombs than her usual disc-shaped projectiles. These ones are green, with a crystalline thing in the middle.
** Much like Optimus in "[[Mercenary Pursuits]]", Blackarachnia displays some kind of telepathic ability as she tries to jog Thrust's memories, accompanied by ''E.T.''-esque glowing fingers.

===Real-world references===
* While the Maximals ponder which Vehicon to attempt to free first, their images appear on a screen along with [[Cybertronix]] text saying "we the unwilling are led by the unknowing to do the impossible for the ungrateful", which is a quote from [[w:Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa]].
* Nightscream calls Jetstorm "Rocketman", referencing the Elton John [[w:Rocket Man (song)|song]].
* As the Maximals send Tankor flying, Cheetor shouts that it's a "hard fly to left field".

===Trivia===
* Blackarachnia's spark is green, as opposed to the usual electric-blue. Later episodes would confirm that all [[technorganic]] [[Transformer]]s have uniquely-colored sparks.
* Technically, this would be the first appearance of Rhinox since his disappearance in ''Beast Machines'', albeit from Tankor's unlocked memories.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Révélation, Partie II'''" ("Revelation, Part II")

:*''Title:'' "'''Révélations 2'''" (Canada, "Revelations 2")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Offenbarung'''" ("The Revelation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 9]], [[2000]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tomo no Kioku'''" (友の記憶, "The Memory of a Friend")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 28]], [[2004]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Revelaciones, Segunda Parte: Ascendencia'''" ("Revelations, Second Part: Descent")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 2 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two — Revelations (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revelations part 2}}
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]

Revelations Part II: Descent

2017-04-04T20:43:42Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=8
|title="Revelations Part II: Descent"
|image=Revelations2 Rattrap accesses Tankor.jpg
|caption=His crime is curiosity.
|airdate=[[November 6]], 1999
|written by=[[Marv Wolfman]]
|directed by=[[William Lau]]
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuty=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Cheetor and Rattrap make a surprising discovery about their missing memories and the identity of Tankor.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] swings from tree to tree in a mysterious forest, following a trail of floating [[spark]]s towards their nexus, the [[Allspark]]. Suddenly, the Allspark vanishes, and Primal is suddenly restrained by vines. As he watches, the placid forest disappears, the trees and grass replaced by buildings and steel. Before him, the face of Megatron laughs triumphantly as the organic vines become technological.

[[Image:Revelations2 Optimus struggle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Getting Optimus to take a bath was becoming increasingly difficult.]]
Optimus Primal awakes, shaken. The dream is revealed to be an [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-induced vision. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] explains that he was worried about his leader's increasingly erratic behaviour. Primal rebukes him, saying that they should leave him alone... no matter how worried they are. With Primal on another vision quest, Cheetor takes over. Explaining to the Maximals that the Sparks of the [[Vehicon general]]s are subverted Maximal sparks, he tells them that they must extract the sparks and return them to their original Maximal identity.

Cheetor suggests going after [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] first, as he is slower then the others, in both speed and mentality. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] suggests going after [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (for [[Silverbolt (BW)|obvious reasons]]). However, she is the minority, so Tankor wins out. Cheetor splits them into two groups: [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] will distract Thrust and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], while he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] will extract Tankor's spark and place it in a new body.

The three generals are entrenched at a spaceport, supervising work. Tankor is coordinating the loading of a spacecraft, Jetstorm supervises the defense from the sky, and Thrust... is doing something important too. Probably.

[[Image:Revelations2 Blackarachnia Thrust.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I'll be dying in your arms tonight!"]]
Nightscream distracts the two latter generals by destroying a building, leading Jetstorm on a wild goose chase. Nightscream manages to escape and drains the [[energon]] from Jetstorm's body, weakening the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]. Blackarachnia tries to talk to Thrust about his past identity, and with some help from Blackarachnia he begins to experience flashbacks of prehistoric [[Earth]]. At the docks, Rattrap distracts Tankor by throwing a bomb at him, irritating him enough to give chase. Cheetor transforms to robot mode and leaps from Drone to Drone as Tankor fires at him. Rattrap interfaces with a crane and uses it to send Tankor flying, knocking him out cold. Rattrap then attempts to interface with his mind. After some effort he finally manages to access Tankor's past memories and break his own amnesia.

[[Image:Revelations2 Rattrap Cheetor Tankor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Tankor... is... running on Windows 98."]]

Rattrap discovers that Megatron broke free of the [[Autobot]] shuttle as the Maximals were headed through transwarp space, with Rattrap sardonically bidding farewell to their old nemesis. Eventually, the team reappear over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]... where they're immediately shot down by orbiting satellites.

[[Image:Revelation2 optimus cheetor running.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Rattrap takes a breather from watching these records to wonder why they all seem to be from his point of view. Returning to the memories, Ratrap sees Cheetor (in his [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] form) and Primal (in "Optimal" configuration) escaping from tank drones. But the drones fire canisters that explode and release a [[Transformation virus|green gas]] that envelops the Maximals, turning them back into their original organic bodies. Silverbolt and Rattrap are bombed by [[Aero Drone]]s and meet a similar fate. Rattrap watches the Transmetals survive the virus, but Silverbolt lies paralyzed on the ground. Rattrap realizes that if he sees ''himself'' reverting, then these memories can't be his. Then he sees "his" reflection in an approaching tank drone, and the mirrored face is [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s!

[[Image:Revelations2 Blackarachnia spark.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blackarachnia is attacked by the green floating ball from Heavy Metal.]]
As Thrust and Blackarachnia talk, Jetstorm (now strengthened) arrives, buries Nightscream under fallen rubble, and accuses Thrust of fraternizing with the "enemy". Thrust denies this, and Jetstorm puts pressure on him to remove Blackarachnia's spark. Grudgingly, Thrust shoots her, but is tackled by Nightscream before he gets a chance to extract her spark. Thrust and Nightscream fight, eventually detonating a nearby tank, causing Nightscream to become pinned under some bars. As the Maximal watches helplessly, Jetstorm extracts Blackarachnia's spark.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (12)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
*[[Tank Drone]]s (6)
*[[Aero Drone]]s (7)
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (8)
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (9)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"If I'm ever to get to the heart of our quest, then it is vital that you leave me alone, no matter what you hear."
:—'''Optimus''' should at least give them a safe word.

"As of this moment, we are going on the offensive." 
"And who are we offending today?"
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Nice try! Someone need his targeting system recalibrated? Ha ha!"
:—'''Cheetor''', still a kid at heart, even as a leader.

"And it's a hard fly to left field. He's going, going...GONE!"
:—'''Cheetor''', again proving that he's a kid at heart.

"And I thought I got the ''easy'' job."
:—'''Rattrap''', riding on Tankor's back.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When grappling with Optimus after his dream, Cheetor's feet clip into the floor.
*When Thrust shows up during Nightscream and Blackarachnia's distraction, he's misrepresented by one of his drones. (Note the hands. Thrust's are yellow, drones' are purple.)

===Continuity errors===
*Cheetor mentions that Megatron "somehow conquered Cybertron" as though it's a mystery. In "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", Nightscream outlined very clearly what had happened while the Maximals were away.
*We never discover what the [[Tank Drone]]s are loading onto the spacecraft or why. Sure seems to be important, though.
*Although the Maximals' [[Transmetal]] modes seem to be powerful enough to injure and occasionally kill other sentient Cybertronians, and their alternative forms have been shown to be pretty fast (with Transmetal 2 Cheetor having once been noted as reaching [[Feral Scream Part 2|twice the speed of sound]]), there seems to be no evidence of the Maximals putting up a fight against the Vehicons, nor evidence of them using vehicle or beast modes to escape. Instead, we have the slightly odd sight of Optimal Optimus and Transmetal 2 Cheetor running ''in robot mode'' away from the tank drones, rather than using their (much faster and flight-capable) alt-modes.
*Not so much an error, but certainly an ''ambiguity'', is that the nature of the green gas and its relationship to the [[Transformation virus|virus]] are unclear at best. Those who were "devolved" (probably better put as "de-Transmetallized") were also spared the immediate paralytic effect of the virus. But Silverbolt was one of the fully-paralyzed victims, despite the fact that he ''did'' have Transmetal qualities (as evidenced by his immunity to the [[Metal Hunter]]'s weapon). Perhaps, as a [[Fuzor]] with no previous body upgrades, he simply wasn't Transmetal ''enough'' to resist the virus. Ultimately, there are no clear answers.
*Blackarachnia isn't seen escaping the Vehicons, though she is briefly seen aboard the shuttle. It is likely that she immediately fled underground after the Maximals run away (as indicated by [[The Reformatting|the first episode]]), but not before being hit by the virus.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally clears up the ambiguous situation presented to us in "[[The Reformatting]]", filling in the gap between the end of "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" and the start of ''Beast Machines'', while also explaining the fates of Rhinox and Silverbolt.
**Though it is not outright stated, it is obvious that Megatrons' breaking free and falling out of transwarp space landed him in Cybertrons not to distant past, explaining why he had the planet completely conquered by the time the Maximals returned to the present.
*Thrust flashes back to prehistoric [[Earth]], the setting of ''Beast Wars''. In a bit of foreshadowing, he notes that in his memories Optimus, Cheetor, et al don't seem very happy to see him, a situation at odds with Blackarachnia's assertion that Thrust is Silverbolt.
*There's some more foreshadowing about the history of Cybertron thanks to Optimus's vision. Optimus's insular behavior at the start of the episode highlights his increasing zeal toward the Oracle's mission, a drive that will have dire consequences down the line.
*Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap's face-mask doubles as a television screen.
** He also carries around an explosive device in his beast mode toolkit. This suggests that his technorganic body isn't ''quite'' as useless as he thought it was, or that he's been taking steps to improve his combat capability.
** In both beast and robot mode, Rattrap has a tail-mounted interface that allows him to hack into computers.
** Blackarachnia uses slightly different web-bombs than her usual disc-shaped projectiles. These ones are green, with a crystalline thing in the middle.
** Much like Optimus in "[[Mercenary Pursuits]]", Blackarachnia displays some kind of telepathic ability as she tries to jog Thrust's memories, accompanied by ''E.T.''-esque glowing fingers.

===Real-world references===
* While the Maximals ponder which Vehicon to attempt to free first, their images appear on a screen along with [[Cybertronix]] text saying "we the unwilling are led by the unknowing to do the impossible for the ungrateful", which is a quote from [[w:Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa]].
* Nightscream calls Jetstorm "Rocketman", referencing the Elton John [[w:Rocket Man (song)|song]].
* As the Maximals send Tankor flying, Cheetor shouts that it's a "hard fly to left field".

===Trivia===
* Blackarachnia's spark is green, as opposed to the usual electric-blue. Later episodes would confirm that all [[technorganic]] [[Transformer]]s have uniquely-colored sparks.
* Technically, this would be the first appearance of Rhinox since his disappearance in ''Beast Machines'', albeit from Tankor's unlocked memories.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Révélation, Partie II'''" ("Revelation, Part II")

:*''Title:'' "'''Révélations 2'''" (Canada, "Revelations 2")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Offenbarung'''" ("The Revelation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 9]], [[2000]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tomo no Kioku'''" (友の記憶, "The Memory of a Friend")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 28]], [[2004]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Revelaciones, Segunda Parte: Ascendencia'''" ("Revelations, Second Part: Descent")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 2 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two — Revelations (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revelations part 2}}
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]

The Agenda (Part 2)

2017-04-01T23:13:22Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=38
|image=Agenda 2 Megatron Ravage.jpg
|caption=In Soviet Russia, Megatron is captured by you.
|title="The Agenda" (Part 2)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=March 12, 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Owen Hurley]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Captured by Ravage, Megatron lets the former Decepticon warrior in on the secret of the Golden Disk and gets him to switch sides.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Agenda 2 Silverbolt Optimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What's it like to have a munky on your back... er in your face?]]
With [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] a prisoner and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] scattered, the [[Maximal]]s prepare to wrap things up. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] summons [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] to his office and comes down on him about [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Silverbolt points out that she was originally a Maximal protoform and that he himself was a Predacon once, but Primal counters that Blackarachnia is evil to the core, whereas Silverbolt just didn't know any better. He confines Silverbolt to quarters and dispatches [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to deal with Blackarachnia, despite Silverbolt's request to be sent, if only to protect Cheetor.

In his cell, Megatron berates [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] for siding with the Maximals, to which Ravage responds that Megatron is an inferior leader when compared to his [[Megatron (G1)|namesake]]. Megatron also points out that Ravage's [[Transwarp cruiser|ship]] is depleted of [[energon]]. He offers a stash of [[Energon cube|cubes]] for his freedom, but Ravage reveals he already knows the stash's location, as [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is a Lieutenant in the [[Predacon Secret Police]].

Cheetor prepares to go out for Blackarachnia, but first apologizes to Silverbolt, who also apologizes—for the punch he gives Cheetor right afterward. The pair are interrupted by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who raises the alarm, forcing Silverbolt to flee the base. Heading out to retrieve the energon cubes, Cheetor complains to Optimus about the rough treatment Silverbolt gave him. They arrive at the cave Tarantulas had indicated, carefully venturing inside, only to find that the energon is in the form of [[Energon crystal|unstable crystals]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] is waiting to ambush them.

[[File:Agenda 2 Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Did you ever know that you were my hero? The wind beneath my wings?]]
Silverbolt locates Blackarachnia following [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to [[Mount St. Hilary|a mountain]]. Silverbolt begs her to come in, but Blackarachnia claims to have no feelings for him at all. To prove her point, she shoots him. But as Silverbolt points out, it was non-fatal, saying she does care for him and won't simply kill him. While they are [[Kiss|distracted]], the hoverpod they're in rams into Waspinator, shattering both, but Silverbolt saves Blackarachnia. (Waspinator is out of luck, as usual.)

Back at the cave, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] is beginning to suffer from energon buildup. Cackling madly, he ignites the crystals in an attempt to destroy Optimus and Cheetor. The chain reaction destroys the mountain and seemingly incinerates Inferno, but the two Maximals manage to escape. Once they're safe, Optimus informs Ravage of what happened.

[[File:G1Megatron Disc Agenda part2.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Amazing how much data recovery can restore.]]
At his ship, Ravage confronts Megatron over his treachery. Megatron points out that Ravage intends to kill them all, Maximal and Predacon. Ravage admits to this and arms the vessel's internal [[autogun]]s. Desperate, Megatron reveals he had ulterior motives for stealing the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], something which could affect the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Ravage doubts him, pointing out the Disk's destruction, but allows Megatron to convince him. Released from his [[power bond]]s, the Predacon commander reveals that he still has a fragment of the Disk, and it holds proof that Ravage will believe—a message from [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]], [[Decepticon leader|leader]] of the [[Decepticon]]s. Noting his potential defeat, Megatron left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use [[transwarp]] technology to travel back in time to Ancient [[Earth]]. Although the message cuts out partway through, the Predacon's gambit succeeds: Ravage, moved by the sight of his former leader, releases Megatron.

[[File:Agenda 2 Optimus Cheetor betrayed.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|You should've trusted Rattrap. Never trust a Decepticon.]]
At the mountain, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt discover that Megatron was already there, having dug a tunnel and then sealed it. Despite Blackarachnia's constant demands that Silverbolt leave, he refuses, and she reluctantly accepts his help in dispensing of one of the larger rocks.

As Optimus and Cheetor return to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Optimus radios ahead for a status report and is warned by Rattrap that they no longer need to be subordinate to Ravage—he's switched sides! The warning is just a little too late, as the transwarp cruiser, with Megatron riding atop, shifts into view behind the pair. As Ravage [[Transformation|transforms]] to interface with his ship, the Predacons launch an attack.

[[The Agenda (Part III)|To be continued...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (4)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (5)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (8)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (10)

|h4=[[Decepticon]]s
|c4=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ahhh...I useta be young like that." 
"...What?!" 
"D'yah, I mean, we got trouble. Ohhhh, yeah, trouble with a capital B."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' on Silverbolt's escape to find Blackarachnia

"I know how you're feeling. You don't know whether to kiss me or... kill me." 
"I'm a ''black widow spider'', you idiot! ...I can do both."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

'''Blackarachnia''': Oh no. You're not saving my life again? Even after I ''shot you''? 
'''Silverbolt''': It's my duty, ma'am, as a Maximal and as a heroic character. 
'''Blackarachnia''': You know I like 'em big and stupid, but you're ''really'' pushing it.
:—Love not only makes you crazy, it makes you break the fourth wall.

"This is Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. And if you're hearing this, it means I've failed...''this'' time." 
:—'''Megatron''', causing the fandom to rejoice at his appearance, yet complain that Frank Welker didn't provide the voice

"Not fair. Waszzpinator minding own business when '''''BANG'''''—gets whole stasis pod right up the kazooty."
:—'''Waspinator'''

"Decepticons forever!"
:—'''Ravage''', before transforming with the traditional noise into a (humongous) mini-cassette, causing the fandom to rejoice without any complaints

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* After Silverbolt punches through the door and knocks Cheetor out, the outward-curling edges of the jagged hole clip through the door frame as it retracts into the wall.

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron is allowed to wear his tail-cannon whilst in prison. Huh. (Yes, he's in manacles, but it still seems an unnecessary risk. Especially as he wasn't wearing it when he was captured. That means at some point after having the energy manacles thrown on him he was released, given his cannon, and then chained up again. Just... don't let him have it?)
*Tarantulas heads the recovery mission for Megatron's energon stash, yet it's been established that his new base is loaded with stable energon. Why don't he and Ravage simply use ''that'' to repower the stealth cruiser? Tarantulas said in "[[Tangled Web]]" that there was enough energon in [[Tarantulas's lair|his lair]] "to sustain a frugal Predacon for quite some time," which might not amount to enough to repower the cruiser.
* Along those same lines, it's odd how Ravage, one of Generation 1 Megatron's closest confidants and most loyal allies, didn't know of the secret message his leader put on the Golden Disk. Clearly, Megatron doesn't have the same trust in his allies as they do in him.

===Continuity notes===
* Silverbolt recalls his very brief stint as a Predacon, in the "Coming of the Fuzors" two-parter.

===Transformers references===
*When Megatron shows the recording from the remains of the Golden Disk, we see a portion of a recording left by [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake]]. Garry Chalk does a passable Welker (see Trivia, below).
*When Ravage transforms, the sound effect is the one used by all Transformers in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original series]].
*Originally, when Ravage transformed and inserted his cassette mode into the control console, the original cartoon's [[theme song]] was going to play during his first cry of "Decepticons Forever!" and subsequent attack on the ''Axalon''. However, due to copyright constraints, this plan was dropped, and a more generic song was put in its place.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to "trouble with a capital B", a paraphrased line from ''[[w:The Music Man|The Music Man]]''.
*Silverbolt makes a howling noise to simulate a siren and asks Blackarachnia to "pull this vehicle over".
*When Waspinator is smashed to pieces by the [[stasis pod]] ship, a toilet is seen falling down among the wreckage.
*After the crash with Waspinator, when Blackarachnia is saved by Silverbolt, he either breaks the fourth-wall or is genre savvy when he tells her that he's "a heroic character."
*Silverbolt's words about "kiss me or kill me" may be a reference to [[wikipedia:The Evil Dead|Ash Williams]].
*Ravage uses [[wikipedia:Dr. Evil|Dr. Evil]]'s raised-pinkie gesture on Megatron.

===Trivia===
* Megatron's history lesson has some rather glaring errors, both in real life and in G1 continuity. Megatron describes the Voyager probe as having been launched from Earth just as the secret war between the Autobots and Decepticons began. The Voyager probes were launched in 1977, seven years before the Ark was disturbed and its passengers awakened (though it does accurately depict it as having passed Saturn by the time the original Megatron gets to it). The war had also been going on long before then, though one could assume he is referring to the conflict on Earth (Blackarachnia makes this same error in the following episode). His description of it as a secret war is also wrong; the Autobots and Decepticons were anything but covert in their interactions with humans. Finally, one wonders why the original Megatron would think a primitive human probe would ever be considered so valuable that the Decepticons/Predacons to come would seek it out, especially since he obviously never told them of its significance.
*Optimus Primal has a tiny trophy of a gorilla on his desk. Which he manages to break during his scolding of Silverbolt.
*Efforts were made to get [[Frank Welker]] to provide the voice for Megatron's message, but financial and scheduling conflicts precluded this from happening. [[Garry Chalk]] voiced him instead—ironic, as he originally auditioned for the part of ''this'' series' Megatron before being cast as Optimus Primal.
*This is the closest Silverbolt ever came to directly taking down Waspinator in the entire series. (Silverbolt was the backseat driver here.)

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 2'''" (Canada, "The Program 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 2'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part Two")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Suki Desu!'''" (すきですっ!, "I Do Love You!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15]] [[1999]]
::*The protracted use of the overly polite phrase "desu" was the verbal tic associated with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', indicating he is the one speaking the title.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 2'''" ("The Plans Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 2)'''" ("The Agent (Part 2)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Segunda Parte'''" ("The Agenda Second Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Do Love You! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Agenda (Part III)

2017-03-27T22:35:11Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=39
|image=G1Prime BWMegs.jpg
|caption=Head ''off''.
|title="The Agenda" (Part III)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 12]], 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Asaph Fipke]] [[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.'''

==Synopsis==
With [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and his [[transwarp cruiser]] backing them up, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] unleash a full assault on the [[Maximal]] [[Axalon (BW)|base]]. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] changes to [[beast mode]] and jumps onto the back of the transwarp cruiser, where he begins cutting into the ship's hull. On the battlefield, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] are pinned down by the Predacons' firepower, but the [[autogun]]s manage to knock [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] from his perch atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and a short time later the larger Predacon runs him over.

[[File:Agenda 3 Rampage axalon.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Who decided to give the experiment awesome firepower?]]
It's not long before Ravage and Rampage bring down the base's shield, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] emerges to fire on Rampage. Ravage has [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] transfer all the cruiser's power into one enormous missile. Before it can fire, Rattrap bursts into the ship's weapons hold and tosses a pair of [[Fusion weaponry#Fusion grenade|fusion grenade]]s that adhere to Tarantulas's hands. The bombs obliterate Tarantulas, the ship's interior, and Ravage—who faces the onrushing fireball with a stoic cry of "[[Decepticon]]s forever!" The cruiser falls out of the sky, coming to rest mere feet from Rampage—who is then blasted by the still-armed missile.

With the cruiser destroyed and his minions out of commission, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] flees. Optimus notes that he's not headed back to base, realizes [[Mount St. Hilary|where]] he's probably going, and orders the Maximals to pursue.

[[File:Ark BWAgenda1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OK, remember where we parked.]]
Meanwhile, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] make their way into the caves of the volcano, uncovering the object of Blackarachnia's quest—the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Blackarachnia explains to Silverbolt that the ship was launched long ago, containing the Autobots' "finest heroes", and was shot down by Decepticons. The ship has members of both factions stored inside, who will awaken in the distant future to restart the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Blackarachnia is concerned only with the power it possesses—but Megatron arrives just then, blasting Silverbolt offline and sealing the entrance to the caves behind him.

[[File:Agenda 3 Blackarachnia codes.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What's it like to see things like Neo?]]
The Maximals arrive hot on his heels, find the sealed entrance, and start digging their way in. Inside, Megatron threatens to vaporize Silverbolt, convincing Blackarachnia to use the access codes to gain access to the Ark (though she vehemently maintains it's only so they'll have some cover in the face of the imminent Maximal attack). The Maximals burst through in time to see the two Predacons sealing the Ark behind them.

Blackarachnia activates the ship's defenses to hold off the Maximals, while Megatron goes to "effect a more permanent solution." Entering the main bridge of the ship, he hovers among the fallen Autobots and Decepticons, eulogizing the Decepticons and cursing the Autobots, until he comes face to face with his intended target—[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the original [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, who kept the Decepticons from victory (and therefore left their Predacon descendants in a subservient position to the dominant Maximals). Though the risk is incredible, Megatron decides to carry out [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake's]] instructions, charges his main weapon, and prepares to fire.

[[File:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, we know [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|the drill]].]]
In the caves, the Maximals are pelted by fire from the ship's cannon, until Rattrap manages to force a backblast that deactivates the cannon and shields. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] struggles to open the mighty doors of the Ark. But the Maximals are too late—Megatron unleashes a full-power blast at Optimus Prime's head, destroying it.

A time storm immediately wells up, spreading outward from the Ark and into space. The Maximals find themselves phasing in and out of past bodies—as well as out of existence—as Megatron emerges from the Ark, triumphant.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (4)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

|h3=[[Autobot]]s|c3=
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (16)

|h4=[[Decepticon]]s|c4=
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Decepticons forever!"
:—'''Ravage'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words

"What're you looking at?" 
"That star. Well, planet, actually. Venus. It reminds me of you." 
"You mean hot, poisonous, and deadly? Aww, you're sweet." 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''', with a ref to the former's [[Venus Terzo|voice actress]]

"Stay with the group. When Megatron lands, we'll need all our firepower." 
"Where's he headed, Big Bot?" 
"To the beginning of everything, Cheetor, and quite possibly the end."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Cheetor'''

"I think we're almost through." 
"Then, stand back." 
"Wait, we just—" 
''Silverbolt blows the rocks away'' 
"Uh, never mind. What is it with guys and high explosives?" 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt'''. ([[Michael Bay|Guys]] really don't know either.)

"Aw, man! That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" 
"[[Die-cast]] construction!" [''He [[wikipedia:Breaking the fourth wall|looks at the audience]]''] "It's a lost art."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' comment on the sturdiness of the Ark.

"Now I enter these hallowed halls...a conqueror...yesss. Autobots and Decepticons, still frozen in emergency stasis, awaiting the moment, four million years hence, when they will awaken to start the Great War. Hmmm, the Great War, when the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and thus their descendants, the Maximals, rule we Predacons. Archaic energon [[guzzler]]s! How ''dare'' they? Hmmm, unwilling though I was to follow my namesake's instructions, it has all come down to this: the ultimate risk, for the ultimate prize. A day of reckoning with ''those'' who made ''us'' slaves!"
:—'''Megatron''' enters the command bridge of the Ark.

"So, we are now face to face, Optimus ''Prime''. In one future, you awaken and become the great leader of the Autobots. But time shall take a different track, now. Computer! All available power to primary weapon! ... And now, Optimus Prime, in memory of the Decepticons...for the glory of the Predacons...for the Cybertron that is rightfully ours—and ''mine''—to rule! ...I unleash the storm of vengeance...''farewell!''"
:—'''Megatron''' rewrites history

"Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed, ''yessssss''. The Autobots ''lose''! Evil ''triumphs!'' And you...'''''YOU NO LONGER EXIST!'''''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Agenda3 opening.JPG|thumb|Yes, "Part Eye-Eye-Eye".]]
*Despite every other multi-part episode in ''Beast Wars'' using Arabic numerals in its title (including the first two parts of "The Agenda"), this episode opts for the Roman numeral for whatever reason.
*During the opening battle scene, Optimus Primal takes several shots to the chest, leaving it blackened and dented. In the shot of the Maximals watching Ravage's ship explode, his chest is undamaged-and then it goes back to damaged as he talks about why Ravage betrayed them.
*After Ravage's ship goes down and the Maximals decide to chase after Megatron, Optimus transforms to flight mode. His front, back, and upper torso are all messed up, to the point that he has to spin around a few times after transforming. (While this is happening, the scene mostly switches to Rattrap climbing on Cheetor.) Optimus is normal again when he tells Rhinox to "Get on."
*In the first close-up of Megatron's face in the volcano (after he shoots Silverbolt and Blackarachnia), his face is very dark-almost black.
*After Megatron blasts the entrance shut and the Maximals get off and find it covered, for a split second, the colors on Rattrap's wheels (on his back) and his rat legs are reversed.
*Rattrap's front rat legs are the same shiny red as his rat body as the Maximals land outside the mountain.
*In the Ark flashback, Optimus Prime's autobrands are on the back of his shoulders.
*This episode marks the commencement of an ongoing error, whereby [[Teletraan I]] is frequently pronounced "Tele''tron'' 1". The issue is resolved with [[Rattrap (BW)|extreme subtlety]] in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".

===Continuity errors===
*This episode calls into sudden question the location of the Maximal and Predacon bases. The events of "[[Code of Hero]]" seem to place the series firmly somewhere in Africa, where early Humanity evolved; the templates for the Maximals' [[beast mode]]s (gorillas, cheetahs, rhinos) would seem to back this up. However, the Ark is traditionally seen to have crashed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. If this is the case, the Maximals pursued Megatron across the Atlantic Ocean and over an entire continent! The early humans still appear before any theoretical "crossing of the Atlantic" could have taken place.
**In an early script for "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" the Maximals would launch not the Autobot shuttle, but the Ark itself. This variation would have perhaps provided some sort of explanation to the mystery, as the Ark might, for example, have wound up in North America after fighting with the Nemesis again.
*Either way, it doesn't make much sense that the Maximals make ''no'' attempt to shoot down Megatron while he's still on the run, rather than waiting till he reaches his destination. In his defense, Optimus may have thought that they were at a disadvantage during the chase: Only Rattrap is in any position to attack (Optimus and Cheetor being in flight mode and Rhinox probably having enough problems balancing on Optimus's hoverboard), and Megatron would be hard to hit (he's pretty far away, and not presenting much of a target from Rattrap's position). Of course, that still doesn't explain why Optimus doesn't just let Cheetor and Rattrap fly ahead and get a better shot—after all, [[Changing of the Guard|a later episode]] would prove that the espionage expert has pretty good aim even when hitching a flight.
*Blackarachnia claims that the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] started in [[1984]], when [[Mount St. Hilary]] erupted. In both the Marvel comics and the cartoon, the war had started long before the ''Ark'' even crashed and gone on without interruption. At best, the reawakening of the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis'' crews intensified the conflict. Megatron made the same mistake in the previous episode.
*Ravage was in his cassette mode in the ship at the end of last episode, but is piloting it from the cockpit in this one. Given the nature of the former mode as essentially [[GEEWUN|fanservice]], this may not be terribly surprising.
*Surely the Maximals would have breached the Ark much faster if Optimus Primal had helped Rhinox force open the doors, seeing as he's previously demonstrated physical strength on par with or superior to Rhinox. But no, he just kinda stands back and tells Rhinox to "hurry!".

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally reveals why Optimus has been so worried about Megatron's activities for the past few episodes; he's afraid that Megatron will use the information on the Golden Disk to find the Ark and alter history. Presumably, this is the matter of "great importance" [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] wished to speak with Optimus about at the end of "[[Maximal, No More]]".
*Blackarachnia downloaded the disk's data- along with the access codes for the ''Ark''- in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
*As the time storm starts messing with the universe, Optimus starts warping between his Transmetal form and his original, organic body.

===Transformers references===
[[File:Agenda3-AutobotsonArkattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At the time, these guys hadn't gotten any work in a while.]]
*Oh boy, where to start?
*First off, we have the ''Ark'' itself: the spaceship that carried the Autobots to Earth in the Generation 1 cartoons and comics. The ''Ark'' is pursued, boarded, and shot down by the Decepticon warship ''Nemesis'', another component of the Generation 1 origin story. Blackarachnia briefly retells the facts to Silverbolt, presumably for the benefit of viewers who hadn't seen the original tale.
*Blackarachnia's flashback shows the Ark launching off of ancient [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Manning the bridge of the Ark in flashback (pictured, right) are [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]].
*The volcano the ''Ark'' crashes into is unnamed in this episode, although G1 fans will immediately recognize it as the fictional [[Mount St. Hilary]].
*As Megatron boards the ''Ark'', Optimus swears by [[Primus]].
*The ''Ark'' is protected by Teletraan-1, who also receives a name-drop in the episode.
*More G1 characters show up as Megatron makes his way through the ''Ark'''s bridge. Prowl, Jazz, and Prime reappear, along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Interestingly, Jazz and Prowl use variations of their [[Marvel Comics]] color models, appearing partially blue rather than black.
*Megatron gloats that the Autobots and Decepticons will sleep for "four million years". That was the given length of time between the crash of the ''Ark'' and the awakening of the Transformers in the original cartoon. Assuming Megatron is correct, the ''Ark'' has only very recently crashed.
*In reference to the strength of the Ark, Rattrap claims, "That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" Primal replies "Die-cast construction. It's a lost art," in homage to the original Transformer toys, which featured some [[die-cast]] parts.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as "Knievel mode", a reference to [[wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]].
*When Rattrap's torch goes out and he has to break through the ship with his beast mode's teeth, he calls himself the [[wikipedia:The Stainless Steel Rat|Stainless Steel Rat]].
*During the short fight between Rhinox and Rampage, Rhinox dives through the air firing his guns in a homage to ''[[wikipedia:The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]''.
*As Rattrap rides the missile connected with Ravage's ship, he lets out a cowboy yell, homaging Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''.
*Blackarachnia refers to Silverbolt as "Jo-Jo", possibly in reference to [[wikipedia:Fedor Jeftichew|Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy]].

===Trivia===
*Megatron, to no one's surprise, is perfectly willing to sacrifice most of his team to defeat the Maximals. Blackarachnia, Inferno, Quickstrike, and Rampage were all originally Maximal protoforms (or, in Rampage's case, the product of Maximal science). If his plan to destroy the Autobots and Maximals retroactively had worked, he would have been left with a team consisting of Waspinator and Tarantulas. (Tarantulas's precise origins are unclear, but he's definitely not a descendant of the Autobots.)
*In any event, Megatron's plan would seem to be [[wikipedia:Temporal paradox|temporally problematic]], since such a drastic change could've wiped out the Predacons (and himself) just as easily as the Maximals. Small wonder he "was reluctant to follow [his] namesake's instructions" and regards it as "the ultimate risk". Megatron's ending in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game further elaborates on this, stating that with Optimus Prime dead, there would be no [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and, as such, nothing to [[The Transformers: The Movie|stop Unicron from destroying Cybertron]], an act that would wipe out Autobots and Decepticons. "[[A Change to the Agenda]]" would elaborate on what might have happened to the timeline if Megatron had killed Optimus... and the [[Beast Wars: Uprising|results]] aren't particularly pleasant.
*Apparently, Rhinox is afraid of heights. While sitting on Primal's hoverboard, he looks straight ahead, occasionally looking down and immediately snapping straight up with what looks like pure horror on his face.
*The word "suckers" is written on the giant missile in [[Cybertronix]].
*Bob Forward had originally intended to make Rattrap chew all the way through Ravage's ship in beast mode, rather than using a laser cutter first. In a sly remark on Madman's commentary of the episode, he states "My version would have been cheaper!"

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 3'''" (Canada, "The Program 3")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 3'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 3")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Muka~shi Mukashi'''" (むか～しむかし, "Once Upon a Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 3'''" ("The Plans Part 3")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 3)'''" (The Agent (Part 3)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Tercera Parte'''" (America, "The Agenda Third Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Do Love You! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agenda part 3}}
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Agenda (Part III)

2017-03-27T22:34:52Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=39
|image=G1Prime BWMegs.jpg
|caption=Head ''off''.
|title="The Agenda" (Part III)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 12]], 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Asaph Fipke]] [[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''His plans crumbling, Megatron takes a final stab at winning the Beast Wars and changing history.'''

==Synopsis==
With [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and his [[transwarp cruiser]] backing them up, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] unleash a full assault on the [[Maximal]] [[Axalon (BW)|base]]. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] changes to [[beast mode]] and jumps onto the back of the transwarp cruiser, where he begins cutting into the ship's hull. On the battlefield, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] are pinned down by the Predacons' firepower, but the [[autogun]]s manage to knock [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] from his perch atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and a short time later the larger Predacon runs him over.

[[File:Agenda 3 Rampage axalon.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Who decided to give the experiment awesome firepower?]]
It's not long before Ravage and Rampage bring down the base's shield, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] emerges to fire on Rampage. Ravage has [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] transfer all the cruiser's power into one enormous missile. Before it can fire, Rattrap bursts into the ship's weapons hold and tosses a pair of [[Fusion weaponry#Fusion grenade|fusion grenade]]s that adhere to Tarantulas's hands. The bombs obliterate Tarantulas, the ship's interior, and Ravage—who faces the onrushing fireball with a stoic cry of "[[Decepticon]]s forever!" The cruiser falls out of the sky, coming to rest mere feet from Rampage—who is then blasted by the still-armed missile.

With the cruiser destroyed and his minions out of commission, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] flees. Optimus notes that he's not headed back to base, realizes [[Mount St. Hilary|where]] he's probably going, and orders the Maximals to pursue.

[[File:Ark BWAgenda1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OK, remember where we parked.]]
Meanwhile, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] make their way into the caves of the volcano, uncovering the object of Blackarachnia's quest—the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Blackarachnia explains to Silverbolt that the ship was launched long ago, containing the Autobots' "finest heroes", and was shot down by Decepticons. The ship has members of both factions stored inside, who will awaken in the distant future to restart the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Blackarachnia is concerned only with the power it possesses—but Megatron arrives just then, blasting Silverbolt offline and sealing the entrance to the caves behind him.

[[File:Agenda 3 Blackarachnia codes.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What's it like to see things like Neo?]]
The Maximals arrive hot on his heels, find the sealed entrance, and start digging their way in. Inside, Megatron threatens to vaporize Silverbolt, convincing Blackarachnia to use the access codes to gain access to the Ark (though she vehemently maintains it's only so they'll have some cover in the face of the imminent Maximal attack). The Maximals burst through in time to see the two Predacons sealing the Ark behind them.

Blackarachnia activates the ship's defenses to hold off the Maximals, while Megatron goes to "effect a more permanent solution." Entering the main bridge of the ship, he hovers among the fallen Autobots and Decepticons, eulogizing the Decepticons and cursing the Autobots, until he comes face to face with his intended target—[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the original [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s, who kept the Decepticons from victory (and therefore left their Predacon descendants in a subservient position to the dominant Maximals). Though the risk is incredible, Megatron decides to carry out [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake's]] instructions, charges his main weapon, and prepares to fire.

[[File:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, we know [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|the drill]].]]
In the caves, the Maximals are pelted by fire from the ship's cannon, until Rattrap manages to force a backblast that deactivates the cannon and shields. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] struggles to open the mighty doors of the Ark. But the Maximals are too late—Megatron unleashes a full-power blast at Optimus Prime's head, destroying it.

A time storm immediately wells up, spreading outward from the Ark and into space. The Maximals find themselves phasing in and out of past bodies—as well as out of existence—as Megatron emerges from the Ark, triumphant.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (4)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (5)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

|h3=[[Autobot]]s|c3=
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (16)

|h4=[[Decepticon]]s|c4=
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Decepticons forever!"
:—'''Ravage'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words

"What're you looking at?" 
"That star. Well, planet, actually. Venus. It reminds me of you." 
"You mean hot, poisonous, and deadly? Aww, you're sweet." 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''', with a ref to the former's [[Venus Terzo|voice actress]]

"Stay with the group. When Megatron lands, we'll need all our firepower." 
"Where's he headed, Big Bot?" 
"To the beginning of everything, Cheetor, and quite possibly the end."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Cheetor'''

"I think we're almost through." 
"Then, stand back." 
"Wait, we just—" 
''Silverbolt blows the rocks away'' 
"Uh, never mind. What is it with guys and high explosives?" 
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt'''. ([[Michael Bay|Guys]] really don't know either.)

"Aw, man! That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" 
"[[Die-cast]] construction!" [''He [[wikipedia:Breaking the fourth wall|looks at the audience]]''] "It's a lost art."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''' comment on the sturdiness of the Ark.

"Now I enter these hallowed halls...a conqueror...yesss. Autobots and Decepticons, still frozen in emergency stasis, awaiting the moment, four million years hence, when they will awaken to start the Great War. Hmmm, the Great War, when the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and thus their descendants, the Maximals, rule we Predacons. Archaic energon [[guzzler]]s! How ''dare'' they? Hmmm, unwilling though I was to follow my namesake's instructions, it has all come down to this: the ultimate risk, for the ultimate prize. A day of reckoning with ''those'' who made ''us'' slaves!"
:—'''Megatron''' enters the command bridge of the Ark.

"So, we are now face to face, Optimus ''Prime''. In one future, you awaken and become the great leader of the Autobots. But time shall take a different track, now. Computer! All available power to primary weapon! ... And now, Optimus Prime, in memory of the Decepticons...for the glory of the Predacons...for the Cybertron that is rightfully ours—and ''mine''—to rule! ...I unleash the storm of vengeance...''farewell!''"
:—'''Megatron''' rewrites history

"Say goodbye to the universe, Maximals! The future has changed, ''yessssss''. The Autobots ''lose''! Evil ''triumphs!'' And you...'''''YOU NO LONGER EXIST!'''''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Agenda3 opening.JPG|thumb|Yes, "Part Eye-Eye-Eye".]]
*Despite every other multi-part episode in ''Beast Wars'' using Arabic numerals in its title (including the first two parts of "The Agenda"), this episode opts for the Roman numeral for whatever reason.
*During the opening battle scene, Optimus Primal takes several shots to the chest, leaving it blackened and dented. In the shot of the Maximals watching Ravage's ship explode, his chest is undamaged-and then it goes back to damaged as he talks about why Ravage betrayed them.
*After Ravage's ship goes down and the Maximals decide to chase after Megatron, Optimus transforms to flight mode. His front, back, and upper torso are all messed up, to the point that he has to spin around a few times after transforming. (While this is happening, the scene mostly switches to Rattrap climbing on Cheetor.) Optimus is normal again when he tells Rhinox to "Get on."
*In the first close-up of Megatron's face in the volcano (after he shoots Silverbolt and Blackarachnia), his face is very dark-almost black.
*After Megatron blasts the entrance shut and the Maximals get off and find it covered, for a split second, the colors on Rattrap's wheels (on his back) and his rat legs are reversed.
*Rattrap's front rat legs are the same shiny red as his rat body as the Maximals land outside the mountain.
*In the Ark flashback, Optimus Prime's autobrands are on the back of his shoulders.
*This episode marks the commencement of an ongoing error, whereby [[Teletraan I]] is frequently pronounced "Tele''tron'' 1". The issue is resolved with [[Rattrap (BW)|extreme subtlety]] in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".

===Continuity errors===
*This episode calles into sudden question the location of the Maximal and Predacon bases. The events of "[[Code of Hero]]" seem to place the series firmly somewhere in Africa, where early Humanity evolved; the templates for the Maximals' [[beast mode]]s (gorillas, cheetahs, rhinos) would seem to back this up. However, the Ark is traditionally seen to have crashed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. If this is the case, the Maximals pursued Megatron across the Atlantic Ocean and over an entire continent! The early humans still appear before any theoretical "crossing of the Atlantic" could have taken place.
**In an early script for "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" the Maximals would launch not the Autobot shuttle, but the Ark itself. This variation would have perhaps provided some sort of explanation to the mystery, as the Ark might, for example, have wound up in North America after fighting with the Nemesis again.
*Either way, it doesn't make much sense that the Maximals make ''no'' attempt to shoot down Megatron while he's still on the run, rather than waiting till he reaches his destination. In his defense, Optimus may have thought that they were at a disadvantage during the chase: Only Rattrap is in any position to attack (Optimus and Cheetor being in flight mode and Rhinox probably having enough problems balancing on Optimus's hoverboard), and Megatron would be hard to hit (he's pretty far away, and not presenting much of a target from Rattrap's position). Of course, that still doesn't explain why Optimus doesn't just let Cheetor and Rattrap fly ahead and get a better shot—after all, [[Changing of the Guard|a later episode]] would prove that the espionage expert has pretty good aim even when hitching a flight.
*Blackarachnia claims that the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] started in [[1984]], when [[Mount St. Hilary]] erupted. In both the Marvel comics and the cartoon, the war had started long before the ''Ark'' even crashed and gone on without interruption. At best, the reawakening of the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis'' crews intensified the conflict. Megatron made the same mistake in the previous episode.
*Ravage was in his cassette mode in the ship at the end of last episode, but is piloting it from the cockpit in this one. Given the nature of the former mode as essentially [[GEEWUN|fanservice]], this may not be terribly surprising.
*Surely the Maximals would have breached the Ark much faster if Optimus Primal had helped Rhinox force open the doors, seeing as he's previously demonstrated physical strength on par with or superior to Rhinox. But no, he just kinda stands back and tells Rhinox to "hurry!".

===Continuity notes===
*This episode finally reveals why Optimus has been so worried about Megatron's activities for the past few episodes; he's afraid that Megatron will use the information on the Golden Disk to find the Ark and alter history. Presumably, this is the matter of "great importance" [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] wished to speak with Optimus about at the end of "[[Maximal, No More]]".
*Blackarachnia downloaded the disk's data- along with the access codes for the ''Ark''- in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
*As the time storm starts messing with the universe, Optimus starts warping between his Transmetal form and his original, organic body.

===Transformers references===
[[File:Agenda3-AutobotsonArkattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At the time, these guys hadn't gotten any work in a while.]]
*Oh boy, where to start?
*First off, we have the ''Ark'' itself: the spaceship that carried the Autobots to Earth in the Generation 1 cartoons and comics. The ''Ark'' is pursued, boarded, and shot down by the Decepticon warship ''Nemesis'', another component of the Generation 1 origin story. Blackarachnia briefly retells the facts to Silverbolt, presumably for the benefit of viewers who hadn't seen the original tale.
*Blackarachnia's flashback shows the Ark launching off of ancient [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Manning the bridge of the Ark in flashback (pictured, right) are [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]].
*The volcano the ''Ark'' crashes into is unnamed in this episode, although G1 fans will immediately recognize it as the fictional [[Mount St. Hilary]].
*As Megatron boards the ''Ark'', Optimus swears by [[Primus]].
*The ''Ark'' is protected by Teletraan-1, who also receives a name-drop in the episode.
*More G1 characters show up as Megatron makes his way through the ''Ark'''s bridge. Prowl, Jazz, and Prime reappear, along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Interestingly, Jazz and Prowl use variations of their [[Marvel Comics]] color models, appearing partially blue rather than black.
*Megatron gloats that the Autobots and Decepticons will sleep for "four million years". That was the given length of time between the crash of the ''Ark'' and the awakening of the Transformers in the original cartoon. Assuming Megatron is correct, the ''Ark'' has only very recently crashed.
*In reference to the strength of the Ark, Rattrap claims, "That ship wasn't built, it was poured!" Primal replies "Die-cast construction. It's a lost art," in homage to the original Transformer toys, which featured some [[die-cast]] parts.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap refers to his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as "Knievel mode", a reference to [[wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]].
*When Rattrap's torch goes out and he has to break through the ship with his beast mode's teeth, he calls himself the [[wikipedia:The Stainless Steel Rat|Stainless Steel Rat]].
*During the short fight between Rhinox and Rampage, Rhinox dives through the air firing his guns in a homage to ''[[wikipedia:The Killer (1989 film)|The Killer]]''.
*As Rattrap rides the missile connected with Ravage's ship, he lets out a cowboy yell, homaging Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''.
*Blackarachnia refers to Silverbolt as "Jo-Jo", possibly in reference to [[wikipedia:Fedor Jeftichew|Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy]].

===Trivia===
*Megatron, to no one's surprise, is perfectly willing to sacrifice most of his team to defeat the Maximals. Blackarachnia, Inferno, Quickstrike, and Rampage were all originally Maximal protoforms (or, in Rampage's case, the product of Maximal science). If his plan to destroy the Autobots and Maximals retroactively had worked, he would have been left with a team consisting of Waspinator and Tarantulas. (Tarantulas's precise origins are unclear, but he's definitely not a descendant of the Autobots.)
*In any event, Megatron's plan would seem to be [[wikipedia:Temporal paradox|temporally problematic]], since such a drastic change could've wiped out the Predacons (and himself) just as easily as the Maximals. Small wonder he "was reluctant to follow [his] namesake's instructions" and regards it as "the ultimate risk". Megatron's ending in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game further elaborates on this, stating that with Optimus Prime dead, there would be no [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and, as such, nothing to [[The Transformers: The Movie|stop Unicron from destroying Cybertron]], an act that would wipe out Autobots and Decepticons. "[[A Change to the Agenda]]" would elaborate on what might have happened to the timeline if Megatron had killed Optimus... and the [[Beast Wars: Uprising|results]] aren't particularly pleasant.
*Apparently, Rhinox is afraid of heights. While sitting on Primal's hoverboard, he looks straight ahead, occasionally looking down and immediately snapping straight up with what looks like pure horror on his face.
*The word "suckers" is written on the giant missile in [[Cybertronix]].
*Bob Forward had originally intended to make Rattrap chew all the way through Ravage's ship in beast mode, rather than using a laser cutter first. In a sly remark on Madman's commentary of the episode, he states "My version would have been cheaper!"

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 3'''" (Canada, "The Program 3")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 3'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 3")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Muka~shi Mukashi'''" (むか～しむかし, "Once Upon a Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 3'''" ("The Plans Part 3")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 3)'''" (The Agent (Part 3)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Tercera Parte'''" (America, "The Agenda Third Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Do Love You! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Agenda (Part 1)

2017-03-27T20:44:08Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=37
|image=Agenda_1_Ravage_ship.jpg
|caption=Hello, boys. I'm back!
|title="The Agenda" (Part 1)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 11]], 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons of Cybertron send an agent to Earth to bring back Megatron and his band of criminals.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] tracks the transwarp wavefront released by the destruction of the alien [[Planet Buster]], announcing it will arrive at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in a few hours and that the [[Maximal]]s are going home soon.

Meanwhile, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has made similar calculations and is less than pleased. [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] reports that [[Code of Hero|their attack]] on the early humans caused them to scatter, making their extinction an impossibility. Megatron decides to implement one final plan—a gamble, he notes, as his security cameras show [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] leaving the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]].

[[File:Agenda 1 Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|How romantic.]]
[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] flies to a secluded location where he meets up with Blackarachnia, delivering to her a [[graviton generator]]. He once again offers her a spot in the Maximal ranks. She refuses, telling him that she ''likes'' being a bad girl—and Silverbolt knows he likes it too. They embrace...

In another time and place, [[Predacon Command Outpost One|a Cybertronian outpost]] is violently rocked by the transwarp wavefront. The [[Tripredacus Council]] convenes, having traced the wavefront signature back to Megatron. They detonate a Cybertronian satellite to make sure the Maximal sensors don't detect the wave and send an operative to find and capture Megatron. Operating a special stealth-equipped [[transwarp cruiser]], his orders are to "terminate with extreme prejudice".

[[File:Transwarp cruiser.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who was the inventor of this ship?]]
Back at the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the Maximals get ready for Megatron's inevitable final attack on their base. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Inferno ready some attack systems, but [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] decides to take the more direct approach and assaults [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s shields with his weapons. The battle begins and the Predacons appear to be winning until reinforcements come from above. Megatron orders a retreat and the invisible source of the Maximals' help lands.

The ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hatch opens and Silverbolt's super doggie nose smells something. All the Maximals draw their weapons as two red lasers appear out of nowhere from the hatch. Optimus Primal finally realizes that their reinforcements came in the form of a Decepticon who after the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was granted amnesty and rebuilt as a Predacon.

[[File:Agenda 1 Ravage attention.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|In Soviet Russia, you serve Ravage.]]
Shots are fired, knocking all of the Maximals' weapons out of their hands. The mysterious assailant jumps into the bridge and reveals himself as [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He apologizes for disarming them, saying that he was concerned that he might be attacked before he could explain himself. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] appears to justify his caution, saying that the only thing worse than a Predacon is a Decepticon. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] shoves Rattrap aside and orders him to shut up but does inform Ravage that they've been fighting Megatron for a while in a less than friendly manner. Ravage offers the apologies of the [[Predacon Alliance]] for Megatron's actions, insisting that the Alliance did not sanction them, and says that he is here to help neutralize Megatron. But he lies about the transwarp wave, saying that it was too weak for anything but the Predacon sensors to detect and that the reason he's alone is because they detected Megatron's energy signature only, hoping to settle this "quietly".

At the Predacon base, Blackarachnia finishes work on a flying [[stasis pod]] with Silverbolt's graviton generator. Her celebration is cut short, however, when Megatron calls for her. Megatron correctly anticipates a Maximal retaliation and sends everyone but Waspinator to fortify the base. Waspinator, he sends on a "special mission" which Blackarachnia takes note of.

[[File:Agenda 1 Megatron bound.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, for once it isn't the monkey getting restrained!]]
Ravage's transwarp cruiser takes off from the ''Axalon'' with the Maximals onboard. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] is still unsure about their plan, but Ravage notes that the ship provides several advantages (such as the ability to use Ravage's own cloaking ability) and Ravage observes that they have another one inside the Predacon base. This sets off alarms in [[Tarantulas's lair]] and he transforms and rolls out in the same direction as the cruiser. Ravage and the Maximals attack the Predacon base while Silverbolt ignores Optimus' orders to take down Blackarachnia, who takes off towards Waspinator's secret location.

Ravage begins firing upon the downed Predacon ship and Megatron orders his troops to keep fighting, but suddenly he is bound to his chair with energy rings as the base's power is cut. Ravage, Optimus, Rattrap, and Rhinox walk in, and Ravage places Megatron under arrest. Are the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] over? [[The Agenda (Part 2)|To be continued]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (5)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Sea Clamp]] (9)
*[[Ram Horn]] (10)
*[[Cicadacon]] (11)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (12)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (13)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (14)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (15)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh man, you are gonna love it! I know this little place where you can get dirty mech fluid mixed with just a touch of radium. It'll take your head right off! And not only that... (''looks at Cheetor, who is eagerly listening, and lowers his voice'') Not only that, but the serving bots are walking around minus their torso plates, ya know what I mean?" 
"Yes, obviously a veritable nexus of culture and refinement. How can I refuse."
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s description of how even famous cartoon characters go to Cybertronian strip clubs, and '''Silverbolt'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s response.

'''Rattrap''': So, uh, where ya' been, bird-dog? 
'''Silverbolt''': Uh, scout patrol... 
'''Rattrap''': Oh, yeah, yeah, scoutin' the enemy, yeah. ...Find any new ''positions''?
:—'''Rattrap''', proving that neither he nor the writers of ''Beast Wars'' are above cheap innuendos.

'''Rattrap''': Now whadda we do? 
'''Silverbolt''': Well, given our proximity, I breathe through my mouth.
:—'''Silverbolt''', picking up where Dinobot left off.

"Oh, for bootin' up cold, the only thing worse than a stinkin' Pred, is a stinkin' Decepticon!"
:—'''Rattrap''' about Ravage not using the front door

"In the name of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] and the [[Predacon Alliance]], you are under arrest."
:—'''Ravage''', upon apprehending Megatron

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*For the first time all season we get a couple of good shots of Earth, first as Ravage's ship approaches the planet and then at the end underneath the "To Be Continued..." caption. In both cases it looks less like present day Earth than the shots from space we had back in season one when the animators had the excuse that they were trying to keep the planet's identity a mystery. (And in case you were wondering, the time frame of the cartoon is between 70,000 BCE and 3,000,000 MYA depending on which "offical" source you listen to. Even using the "3 million years ago" figure, Earth would have looked pretty much the same as it does today.)
*When the Maximals are getting thrown around by Rampage's initial attack on their base, Rattrap slams into the elevator door, shattering the glass. However, the cracks appear on the pane directly above and below the glass itself, making it look like Rattrap cracked ''the door itself''.
*After slamming into the rocks, Cheetor's beast mode nose is silver instead of its usual blue.

===Continuity errors===
*As Ravage's cruiser approaches Earth, the attacking Predacon force is composed of Waspinator, Inferno, and Megatron. As the cruiser opens fire, Waspinator is nowhere to be seen and Quickstrike is on the battlefield.
*The Predacon autoguns are bizarrely ineffective in this episode. They fail to so much as hinder the Maximals when they jump from Ravage's cruiser, and both Cheetor and Optimus take direct hits without a scratch to show for it. They've been previously shown to easily incapacitate any Maximal with a clean hit.
*Silverbolt dramatically calls out "Silverbolt, Flight Mode!" in order to convert to [[beast mode]] in mid-air, despite the fact that he can fly equally well in [[robot mode]] (although granted, Silverbolt does say almost everything in a dramatic style).
*It's mentioned that the Axalon disappeared "last mega-cycle" which usually refers to a [[Units of time/Continuity#Beast Wars .26 Beast Machines cartoon|time period]] of around an hour. It may have meant to have been "deca-cycle".

===Continuity notes===
* Bits of Optimus Primal's original body- destroyed in the same explosion that created the quantum wave- fly at the screen.
* The destruction of the glass on the Alaxon's elevator doors is a running joke in the series. In this episode the glass first gets smashed by Rattrap, and then smashed even more when Optimus flies into it a minute later. That's how you know this is a super-important episode, folks.
* The satellite detonated by the Tripredacus Council reuses the CGI model of the "Energon Monitoring Device" from "[[Equal Measures]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Silverbolt can carry small items around underneath his chest armor.
** He also debuts a new and rarely-used feather blade this episode, Instead of a long handle like his typical sword or spear, this feather was more like a handheld knife.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus notes that most of the Decepticons that survived the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] have retired.
* Ravage was one of the original cassette-robots to serve under [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the original cartoon and comics. You know...in case you were wondering.

===Real-world references===
*[[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]], which Cheetor gets excited about, is a reference to [[wikipedia:Six Flags|Six Flags]] over various states.
*Rattrap speaks of places in Cybertron where the servingbots walk around "minus their torso plates" and then does sort of a "wink wink, nudge nudge" toward Silverbolt. He's referencing strip clubs, of course.
*[[Cicadacon]] quotes from ''Apocalypse Now'' with "Terminate with extreme prejudice."
*[[Subsector Hooks]] is a shout-out to fan James "HooksX" Hooks.
*The three missiles Rampage fires at the ''Axalon'' to start the attack each bear a symbol: a [[wikipedia:Bohr model|classical model of the atom]] (a nuclear warhead?), a death's head poison symbol, and a peace sign, of all things. The peace missile makes another appearance in "[[Optimal Situation]]".
*Ravage's interaction with the Maximals is highly reminiscent of the depiction of cooperative Soviet operatives in American fiction during the Cold War. The accent, the diplomatic politeness, the suggestion that only Predacon technology was adequate enough to detect the transwarp wave...it's all stereotypical of an 80s spy movie (or [[Wikipedia:Oktober Guard|G.I.Joe episode]]) where the American heroes must work with Soviet agents for the greater good.
*Ravage arrests Megatron in the name of the "[[Pax Cybertronia]]", a parallel to the [[wikipedia:Pax Romana|Pax Romana]].

===Trivia===
*The Tripredacus Council shown at the beginning of the episode ''were'' meant to be the Tripredacus gestalt toy, and were even referred to by their individual names in the original script. However, time constraints prevented the renders for the figures from exactly matching the toys they were based on, so Hasbro asked that their individual names not be referred to, though the gestalt name was still used for the group.
*As there was no interior set for the Council meeting, the models were rough with little moving parts, and the scene was all-dialogue and no action, director [[Cal Shumiatcher]] gave the Council's meeting its stylish look as a way of keeping kids interested while covering up any flaws. The lack of ambient light was for a "super high contrast, film noir look", inspired by how the Council were putting "a hit" on Megatron: "So I decided to play them like film noir gangsters, sitting in a smoke filled room under a swinging ‘china hat’ lamp." The constantly copied red glow was suggested by supervising animator [[Eric Reynolds]], so you could see the character's faces (the overhead light on its own cast too hard a shadow).<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/11/04/the-tripredacus-agenda-behind-the-scenes-of-beast-wars-the-agenda-part-1-304952 TFW2005: "The Tripredacus Agenda – behind the scenes of Beast Wars The Agenda, Part 1"</ref>
*The battle at the end of the episode is not one of Cheetor's shining moments. He had to be pushed out of Ravage's cruiser by Silverbolt, and activated his jets just ''after'' he hit the ground, causing him to slam into a large rock. When he recovered from that, he was about to attack Waspinator...and got shot point-blank by a Predacon autogun. No wonder he wasn't in the last scene...

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 1'''" (Canada, "The Program 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 1'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Taiho Da Nya'''" (たいほだにゃ, "You're Under Arrest, Meow")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 1'''" ("The Plans Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 1)'''" ("The Agent (Part 1)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Primera Parte'''" ("The Agenda First Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I'm a Crab! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Agenda (Part 1)

2017-03-27T20:40:08Z

LiamK: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=37
|image=Agenda_1_Ravage_ship.jpg
|caption=Hello, boys. I'm back!
|title="The Agenda" (Part 1)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 11]], 1998
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons of Cybertron send an agent to Earth to bring back Megatron and his band of criminals.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] tracks the transwarp wavefront released by the destruction of the alien [[Planet Buster]], announcing it will arrive at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in a few hours and that the [[Maximal]]s are going home soon.

Meanwhile, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has made similar calculations and is less than pleased. [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] reports that [[Code of Hero|their attack]] on the early humans caused them to scatter, making their extinction an impossibility. Megatron decides to implement one final plan—a gamble, he notes, as his security cameras show [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] leaving the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]].

[[File:Agenda 1 Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|How romantic.]]
[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] flies to a secluded location where he meets up with Blackarachnia, delivering to her a [[graviton generator]]. He once again offers her a spot in the Maximal ranks. She refuses, telling him that she ''likes'' being a bad girl—and Silverbolt knows he likes it too. They embrace...

In another time and place, [[Predacon Command Outpost One|a Cybertronian outpost]] is violently rocked by the transwarp wavefront. The [[Tripredacus Council]] convenes, having traced the wavefront signature back to Megatron. They detonate a Cybertronian satellite to make sure the Maximal sensors don't detect the wave and send an operative to find and capture Megatron. Operating a special stealth-equipped [[transwarp cruiser]], his orders are to "terminate with extreme prejudice".

[[File:Transwarp cruiser.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who was the inventor of this ship?]]
Back at the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the Maximals get ready for Megatron's inevitable final attack on their base. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Inferno ready some attack systems, but [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] decides to take the more direct approach and assaults [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s shields with his weapons. The battle begins and the Predacons appear to be winning until reinforcements come from above. Megatron orders a retreat and the invisible source of the Maximals' help lands.

The ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hatch opens and Silverbolt's super doggie nose smells something. All the Maximals draw their weapons as two red lasers appear out of nowhere from the hatch. Optimus Primal finally realizes that their reinforcements came in the form of a Decepticon who after the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was granted amnesty and rebuilt as a Predacon.

[[File:Agenda 1 Ravage attention.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|In Soviet Russia, you serve Ravage.]]
Shots are fired, knocking all of the Maximals' weapons out of their hands. The mysterious assailant jumps into the bridge and reveals himself as [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He apologizes for disarming them, saying that he was concerned that he might be attacked before he could explain himself. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] appears to justify his caution, saying that the only thing worse than a Predacon is a Decepticon. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] shoves Rattrap aside and orders him to shut up but does inform Ravage that they've been fighting Megatron for a while in a less than friendly manner. Ravage offers the apologies of the [[Predacon Alliance]] for Megatron's actions, insisting that the Alliance did not sanction them, and says that he is here to help neutralize Megatron. But he lies about the transwarp wave, saying that it was too weak for anything but the Predacon sensors to detect and that the reason he's alone is because they detected Megatron's energy signature only, hoping to settle this "quietly".

At the Predacon base, Blackarachnia finishes work on a flying [[stasis pod]] with Silverbolt's graviton generator. Her celebration is cut short, however, when Megatron calls for her. Megatron correctly anticipates a Maximal retaliation and sends everyone but Waspinator to fortify the base. Waspinator, he sends on a "special mission" which Blackarachnia takes note of.

[[File:Agenda 1 Megatron bound.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, for once it isn't the monkey getting restrained!]]
Ravage's transwarp cruiser takes off from the ''Axalon'' with the Maximals onboard. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] is still unsure about their plan, but Ravage notes that the ship provides several advantages (such as the ability to use Ravage's own cloaking ability) and Ravage observes that they have another one inside the Predacon base. This sets off alarms in [[Tarantulas's lair]] and he transforms and rolls out in the same direction as the cruiser. Ravage and the Maximals attack the Predacon base while Silverbolt ignores Optimus' orders to take down Blackarachnia, who takes off towards Waspinator's secret location.

Ravage begins firing upon the downed Predacon ship and Megatron orders his troops to keep fighting, but suddenly he is bound to his chair with energy rings as the base's power is cut. Ravage, Optimus, Rattrap, and Rhinox walk in, and Ravage places Megatron under arrest. Are the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] over? [[The Agenda (Part 2)|To be continued]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (5)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Sea Clamp]] (9)
*[[Ram Horn]] (10)
*[[Cicadacon]] (11)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (12)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (13)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (14)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (15)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh man, you are gonna love it! I know this little place where you can get dirty mech fluid mixed with just a touch of radium. It'll take your head right off! And not only that... (''looks at Cheetor, who is eagerly listening, and lowers his voice'') Not only that, but the serving bots are walking around minus their torso plates, ya know what I mean?" 
"Yes, obviously a veritable nexus of culture and refinement. How can I refuse."
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s description of how even famous cartoon characters go to Cybertronian strip clubs, and '''Silverbolt'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s response.

'''Rattrap''': So, uh, where ya' been, bird-dog? 
'''Silverbolt''': Uh, scout patrol... 
'''Rattrap''': Oh, yeah, yeah, scoutin' the enemy, yeah. ...Find any new ''positions''?
:—'''Rattrap''', proving that neither he nor the writers of ''Beast Wars'' are above cheap innuendos.

'''Rattrap''': Now whadda we do? 
'''Silverbolt''': Well, given our proximity, I breathe through my mouth.
:—'''Silverbolt''', picking up where Dinobot left off.

"Oh, for bootin' up cold, the only thing worse than a stinkin' Pred, is a stinkin' Decepticon!"
:—'''Rattrap''' about Ravage not using the front door

"In the name of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] and the [[Predacon Alliance]], you are under arrest."
:—'''Ravage''', upon apprehending Megatron

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*For the first time all season we get a couple of good shots of Earth, first as Ravage's ship approaches the planet and then at the end underneath the "To Be Continued..." caption. In both cases it looks less like present day Earth than the shots from space we had back in season one when the animators had the excuse that they were trying to keep the planet's identity a mystery. (And in case you were wondering, the time frame of the cartoon is between 70,000 BCE and 3,000,000 MYA depending on which "offical" source you listen to. Even using the "3 million years ago" figure, Earth would have looked pretty much the same as it does today.)
*When the Maximals are getting thrown around by Rampage's initial attack on their base, Rattrap slams into the elevator door, shattering the glass. However, the cracks appear on the pane directly above and below the glass itself, making it look like Rattrap cracked ''the door itself''.
*After slamming into the rocks, Cheetor's beast mode nose is silver instead of its usual blue.

===Continuity errors===
*As Ravage's cruiser approaches Earth, the attacking Predacon force is composed of Waspinator, Inferno, and Megatron. As the cruiser opens fire, Waspinator is nowhere to be seen and Quickstrike is on the battlefield.
*The Predacon autoguns are bizarrely ineffective in this episode. They fail to so much as hinder the Maximals when they jump from Ravage's cruiser, and both Cheetor and Optimus take direct hits without a scratch to show for it. They've been previously shown to easily incapacitate any Maximal with a clean hit.
*Silverbolt dramatically calls out "Silverbolt, Flight Mode!" in order to convert to [[beast mode]] in mid-air, despite the fact that he can fly equally well in [[robot mode]].
*It's mentioned that the Axalon disappeared "last mega-cycle" which usually refers to a [[Units of time/Continuity#Beast Wars .26 Beast Machines cartoon|time period]] of around an hour. It may have meant to have been "deca-cycle".

===Continuity notes===
* Bits of Optimus Primal's original body- destroyed in the same explosion that created the quantum wave- fly at the screen.
* The destruction of the glass on the Alaxon's elevator doors is a running joke in the series. In this episode the glass first gets smashed by Rattrap, and then smashed even more when Optimus flies into it a minute later. That's how you know this is a super-important episode, folks.
* The satellite detonated by the Tripredacus Council reuses the CGI model of the "Energon Monitoring Device" from "[[Equal Measures]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Silverbolt can carry small items around underneath his chest armor.
** He also debuts a new and rarely-used feather blade this episode, Instead of a long handle like his typical sword or spear, this feather was more like a handheld knife.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus notes that most of the Decepticons that survived the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] have retired.
* Ravage was one of the original cassette-robots to serve under [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the original cartoon and comics. You know...in case you were wondering.

===Real-world references===
*[[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]], which Cheetor gets excited about, is a reference to [[wikipedia:Six Flags|Six Flags]] over various states.
*Rattrap speaks of places in Cybertron where the servingbots walk around "minus their torso plates" and then does sort of a "wink wink, nudge nudge" toward Silverbolt. He's referencing strip clubs, of course.
*[[Cicadacon]] quotes from ''Apocalypse Now'' with "Terminate with extreme prejudice."
*[[Subsector Hooks]] is a shout-out to fan James "HooksX" Hooks.
*The three missiles Rampage fires at the ''Axalon'' to start the attack each bear a symbol: a [[wikipedia:Bohr model|classical model of the atom]] (a nuclear warhead?), a death's head poison symbol, and a peace sign, of all things. The peace missile makes another appearance in "[[Optimal Situation]]".
*Ravage's interaction with the Maximals is highly reminiscent of the depiction of cooperative Soviet operatives in American fiction during the Cold War. The accent, the diplomatic politeness, the suggestion that only Predacon technology was adequate enough to detect the transwarp wave...it's all stereotypical of an 80s spy movie (or [[Wikipedia:Oktober Guard|G.I.Joe episode]]) where the American heroes must work with Soviet agents for the greater good.
*Ravage arrests Megatron in the name of the "[[Pax Cybertronia]]", a parallel to the [[wikipedia:Pax Romana|Pax Romana]].

===Trivia===
*The Tripredacus Council shown at the beginning of the episode ''were'' meant to be the Tripredacus gestalt toy, and were even referred to by their individual names in the original script. However, time constraints prevented the renders for the figures from exactly matching the toys they were based on, so Hasbro asked that their individual names not be referred to, though the gestalt name was still used for the group.
*As there was no interior set for the Council meeting, the models were rough with little moving parts, and the scene was all-dialogue and no action, director [[Cal Shumiatcher]] gave the Council's meeting its stylish look as a way of keeping kids interested while covering up any flaws. The lack of ambient light was for a "super high contrast, film noir look", inspired by how the Council were putting "a hit" on Megatron: "So I decided to play them like film noir gangsters, sitting in a smoke filled room under a swinging ‘china hat’ lamp." The constantly copied red glow was suggested by supervising animator [[Eric Reynolds]], so you could see the character's faces (the overhead light on its own cast too hard a shadow).<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/11/04/the-tripredacus-agenda-behind-the-scenes-of-beast-wars-the-agenda-part-1-304952 TFW2005: "The Tripredacus Agenda – behind the scenes of Beast Wars The Agenda, Part 1"</ref>
*The battle at the end of the episode is not one of Cheetor's shining moments. He had to be pushed out of Ravage's cruiser by Silverbolt, and activated his jets just ''after'' he hit the ground, causing him to slam into a large rock. When he recovered from that, he was about to attack Waspinator...and got shot point-blank by a Predacon autogun. No wonder he wasn't in the last scene...

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 1'''" (Canada, "The Program 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 1'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Taiho Da Nya'''" (たいほだにゃ, "You're Under Arrest, Meow")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 1'''" ("The Plans Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 1)'''" ("The Agent (Part 1)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Primera Parte'''" ("The Agenda First Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I'm a Crab! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agenda part 1}}
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Victory (episode)

2017-03-27T20:32:35Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig3|Victory}}
{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=12
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=15
|prev2=The Trigger, Part 2
|next2=Dark Designs
|image=Victory Dinobot.jpg
|caption="I never noticed what great legs Tarantulas had."
|title="Victory"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], 1996
|written by=[[Wendy Reardon]]
|directed by=[[Steve Ball]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Convoy]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Victory Predacon rebellion.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"The Predacons are revolting!" "We know!"]]
Through a secret spy cam installed in the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], the [[Maximal]]s watch as the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] attempt to use a device to increase the size and power of [[energon crystal]]s. But when the experiment fails and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] demands another crystal specimen for a retest, his troops refuse; apparently, the continuous testing has wasted most of their [[energon]] supplies, and this latest failure has convinced the other Predacons to turn on their leader. A firefight soon breaks out, which ends up detonating the remaining energon in a huge explosion that seems to destroy the Predacon base. As the video feed goes dead, the Maximals are shocked; they have just won the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].

[[File:Victory Optimus rhinox.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yep, it's Megatron's light bulb collection all right.]]
Heading to the Predacon base to investigate, the Maximals find it in ruins, with little more than charred debris and a few scant Predacon parts to confirm the group's demise. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], sensitive guy that he is, is rather pleased at the development, while [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is more somber, enough to completely ignore Rattrap's attempts to pick an argument with him; despite defecting, he still feels some kinship with the Predacons, and laments their destruction. However, Dinobot's loss is the other Maximals' gain, as they decide to ransack the Predacon base for its [[star drive]] components in order to repair the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' for the trip home.

[[File:Victory Predacons spot dinobot.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"And here you can see the once formidable pterosaur, about to be torn apart by other predators."]]
As the repairs are completed, Dinobot comes clean with [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] about his mood as of late; he's convinced that he'll be executed as a Predacon criminal if he returns to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and would rather try and tame the wild world they've found themselves on. Optimus Primal, being an Optimus, tries to convince him that they'll stand up for him, but his mind is set, and he is eventually let go to wander the wilderness. Just as the Maximals are ready to take off, though, the wandering Dinobot stumbles upon the very alive and functional Predacon crew hiding in a crevasse; they had found the spy camera before the incident, and used it to trick the Maximals into thinking them dead, planning on stealing the repaired ''Axalon'' and leaving the Maximals stranded. Dinobot makes a mad dash back to the Maximal ship to warn them of the Predacons' duplicity, but gives himself away to the Predacons, who give chase in an attempt to stop him.

[[File:Victory Optimus dinobot.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!]]
Fortunately, Dinobot is able to get within the Maximals' visual range before he's gunned down, and Optimus Primal and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] head down to help him; the launch cannot be aborted, though, so he insists they take off without him or Dinobot if they're not able to get back on in time. Cheetor is able to get Dinobot to safety in the ensuing firefight, but Optimus is tagged by an errant missile from [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], sending him plummeting. Soon afterwards, Megatron himself manages to get on board, and briefly takes out most of the other Maximals, before being subdued and ejected from the ship by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. The scuffle, though, has the unforeseen consequence of jamming Megatron's tail weapon into the control console, cutting the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engines and sending it on a one-way trip back to terra firma.

All seems lost, when Optimus—now fully recovered—comes in to save the day, pulling a [[Superman]] and exhausting his jetpack to slow the ship's descent enough to ease it back in its original place. Although no one is critically injured, the collateral damage has been done; the ''Axalon'' will never fly again. And just to ensure that everything is back to normal, Rattrap and Dinobot are right back to verbally tearing into each other, to the other Maximals' amusement.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (8)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (9)
*[[Tigatron]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (2)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (3)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (4)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Cool. Now, aren't you glad we got cable?"
:—'''Cheetor''' upon seeing the fake uprising.

"Alas, poor Tarantulas. I knew him, Cheetor. This is the leg that stalked so many victims. That it should come to this..." 
"Aww, do you need a hug?"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Cheetor''', sharing a moment.

"I understand. Nonetheless, let the record show that I advise against this action. It will eventually lead to your destruction." 
"Eventually... Eventually can be a long time, Optimus Primal."
:—'''Optimus''' is about to leave '''Dinobot''' in charge of prehistoric Earth. Eesh.

"Give Waszzpinator more room! Tarantulas ''fat enough already!''" 
"If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a '''stuffed toy''' when he sleeps, I'll eat him as well!" 
"No, you won't!" 
"Yes, I will!"
:—'''Tarantulas,''' shedding light on '''Waspinator''' and his soft side before both devolve into petty arguing.

"You all make me sick! Ah, I can't stand this any longer, Megatron! I—''I've gotta get out!''" ''[laughs manically]''
:—'''Terrorsaur''' cracks under the pressure of close quarters with his teammates.

"This is strategically unsound."
:—'''Dinobot''' on his imminent rescue.

"You... <''coughs''>... should have left me behind." 
"Hey pal! Optimus got left behind just to save your scaly skin! So don't spoil the sacrifice, capiche?" 
"Oh, but it ''is'' already spoiled! Yeeees."
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap''''s latest argument is interrupted by '''Megatron'''.

"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIIIIE!" 
"Wait! Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird?" 
"Maybe a plane!" 
"Nah! IT'S OPTIMUS!" 
:—'''Rattrap''', '''Dinobot''', and '''Rhinox''' looking at "Super Primal" saving them.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Victory clipping problems.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Get your hand out of my nipple, Maximal!]]
*When the Maximals are watching the false rebellion, the markings on Dinobot's chest are out of alignment, leaving half of his chest light brown and the other half dark brown.
*The Energon-filled tube that Megatron hides behind during the false rebellion has a large scorch mark before the Predacons even start firing at their leader.
*When Dinobot walks down a corridor in the Preds' ship, the tips of his spinning shield pass under his feet, making it look like he's floating.
*In the following few shots, as Rattrap talks to Optimus, the former' lower arms slowly twist around, coming off their "hinges".
*When Dinobot swipes at Cheetor, his left arm and his shield clip completely into the wall.
*As Dinobot menaces Cheetor after the latter suggests he needs a hug, there are a multitude of clipping errors: Cheetor's hand slowly passes into Dinobot's chest, Dinobot's chin clips through the "collar" around his neck, Rattrap's left hand clips through Dinobot's arm, and finally, still in the same shot, Dinobot's sword clips completely through Rattrap's shoulder.
*As Rhinox repairs the transwarp drive, Optimus mentions alerting Tigatron—but he very clearly pronounces his name "Tigertron" with an audible "r," likely a typo in the script.
*When Rattrap fantasizes about the dames back at home, his fists clip into each other, and after that, the rod holding his left shoulder clips into his neck.
*When Tarantulas devours the rat, a large drop of drool slides down the outside of his fangs before dripping on Terrorsaur's head. Presumably, the drool should have come from the inside edge.
*As Tarantulas transforms to [[robot mode]] prior to chasing Dinobot, his chest is briefly light purple before visibly changing to a darker shade of purple.
*When Dinobot is shot by Megatron's forces, he falls. After the cutaway to Optimus Primal, it pans out to show Dinobot "floating" on the ground for a few seconds.
*The reflections disappear from Tigatron's arms and hands when he transforms inside the ''Axalon'', and as he sits down, his left fists sink into his chest. Then, as Rhinox orders him to activate the guns, his left lower arm clips through its outer plate.
*As Optimus covers Dinobot during the Predacon assault, the latter's helmet clips into Optimus' shield.
*Sounds of Waspinator's gun firing can be heard as the Predacons attack Optimus, despite Waspinator himself apparently being taken out before the Preds even arrived at the ''Axalon''.
*While Optimus begins flying away from the Predacons with Dinobot in tow, one of the shots that hits his shield clearly has the sound effect of Terrorsaur's cannons. However, Terrorsaur immediately appears to shoot Optimus from behind, so it couldn't be him.
*On the subject of Terrorsaur, his shoulder cannons are shown to be deployed ''and'' undeployed at the same time when he shoots Optimus; the deployed cannons are hovering over the raised "bumps" of their undeployed forms.
*When the Predacons charge the ''Axalon'' as it fires at them, the first few shots seem to pass right through Megatron, and Tarantulas is also missing the [[beast mode]] [[kibble]] on his back (the purple and yellow part that forms his spider mode abdomen). It's especially noticeable since Tarantulas is shown in the next shot with his kibble intact.
*As the ''Axalon'' is falling from the sky, the ship itself is flipped. The antennas and such are normally on the port side of the ship, however during the fall, they are on the starboard side.

===Continuity errors===
*The Predacon plan involves hiding until the Maximals repair the ''Axalon'', at which point they attack and steal the ship for themselves. However, there seems to be no way for them to tell that the ship is repaired; they only arrive at the ''Axalon'' while pursuing Dinobot. So how, exactly, was Megatron going to know ''when'' the ''Axalon'' was flight-capable, without giving away the plan?
*When Dinobot is shot, Optimus Primal is in his robot mode. However, when we come back from the break and Dinobot's retaliation against the Predacons, Optimus is in his beast mode, which he changes out of less than a minute later. Weird.
*Optimus and Cheetor are both in robot mode when they leave the Axalon to rescue Dinobot, who has been in robot mode for some time. And yet somehow Optimus is affected with an energon overload first, forcing him back to beast mode. Cheetor is fine as he lies on the Axalon's lift, and then we see beast mode Optimus carrying robot mode Dinobot, who is ''still'' not suffering from energon overload.
*Cheetor only drags himself halfway onto the Axalon's lift before collapsing, but a moment later he's fully on the lift.
[[File:AxalonComp.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The back of the ship is mangled...]]
[[File:AxalonFalling.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|...and now it's fixed!]]
*It's pretty clear that the rear section of the Axalon was damaged in the original crash. Not only were the fins bent out of position, the rear is missing much of its armor, and is bent. This is quite clearly shown in the computer targeting system Tigatron uses to lock to the Predacons. From the moment the ship takes off to the end of the episode, the entire rear section, fins included, are "reconstructed" and in their proper places. However every episode that follows shows the ship as it was before. Screwy.
*Speaking of that, the Axalon takes off, flies in a horizontal direction for a bit, and then loses power and starts to crash. And yet it somehow ends up landing in exactly the same position it was before? Okay then.
*Everyone acts as if Optimus has been abandoned when he gets knocked down to the ground. There's no dialogue to indicate that the Maximals can't steer the ship. Is there some reason the ''Axalon'' can't loop back around and pick him up? Or even hover in place to allow him to fly up to it?

===Continuity notes===
* Dinobot's aversion to being rescued was explained in the [[The Probe|previous episode]].
* Though the two have been at odds since the beginning of the series, this is perhaps the first episode where Rattrap and Dinobot's constant feuding moves towards good-natured bickering. Rattrap is relieved when angsting Dinobot starts issuing comebacks to his insults again and offers constructive criticism on them;at the end of the episode, Optimus and Cheetor watch them volley insults back and forth with fondness.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rhinox carries around a tricorder-like device capable of detecting Predacon energy signatures.
** Megatron displays the ability to "charge" his laser weapon, opening the jaws of his beast mode head with a visible orb of energy within it. Why he never seems to use it beyond this one episode is unclear, but his [[Transmetal]] form would make extensive use of a similar mechanic.
** The ''Axalon'' is equipped with a complement of riot shield-like devices. It's anyone's guess as to why a peaceful exploration ship would carry such an armory (although later episodes show that there's more to the Axalon than is [[Rampage (BW)|initially apparent]]), but one does wonder why the Maximals don't use these more often.

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot paraphrases ''[[w:Hamlet|Hamlet]]'' for the first time upon finding several of Tarantulas's legs. More specifically, his little monologue is inspired by Hamlet's famous "Alas, poor Yorick!" scene.
*Rattrap refers to Tigatron as "Tigatron the Barbarian", a reference to pulp-magazime icon [[w:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]].
*The exchange between Dinobot, Rhinox, and Rattrap as Optimus saves the ''Axalon'' ("Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird"? "Maybe a plane?" "No, it's Optimus!") riffs on a cliché line from [[Superman]], as does the John Williams-esque music that plays immediately afterwards.

===Trivia===
* While bickering with Tarantulas, Waspinator speaks in first-person.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Victoire'''" ("Victory")

:*''Title:'' "'''Victoire'''" ("Victory")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vittoria'''" ("Victory")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Make Drama da Destron'''" (メーク・ドラマだデストロン, "The Destrons' Dramatic Finish")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 7|7 January]] [[1998]]
::*The Japanese release of ''Beast Wars'' significantly reordered the episodes. As a result, there's a noticeable continuity error in this episode: no [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. When viewed in this order, it ends up looking like the Maximals are leaving "him" behind on [[Energoa]].
::*As an example of this dub's tendency to add levity which completely alters the mood of a scene: After dramatically bidding farewell to the Maximals and storming off into the lightning-riddled wastelands, Dinobot sings a carefree melody to himself using his humorous verbal tic (''Daaa daaa danananananaaaa''). His singing continues after the commercial break, as he tramples over the white rat. As he steps over the crevasse where the Predacons are hiding, he mumbles inanely to himself about the weather.
::*The "It's a bird, it's a plane, etc" reference made it through to the Japanese dub intact.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vitória'''" ("Victory")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Victoria'''" ("Victory")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Beasties Escape ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Évasion (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Destrons Make Drama ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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Beast Wars (Part 1)

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LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BW
|ep=1
|image=BWPart1 crashland.jpg
|caption=[[Superman|They carry within them the last sons of Kryp—]]oh, wait, never mind.
|title="Beast Wars" (Part 1)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[April 22]], [[1996]] (preview)<ref>Though this episode played several days earlier in several US markets, its most widespread screening was on the 22nd.</ref> [[September 16]], 1996 (regular airing)
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Convoy]]
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Ian Pearson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''A Maximal science vessel and a fugitive Predacon starship crash land on a mysterious, primitive world.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BWPart1 strangenewworld.jpg|left|thumb|In space, no one can hear you transform.]]
In an unknown star system, a [[transwarp]] portal opens, releasing two starships, a fleeing Predacon warship and a pursuing Maximal vessel. Already carrying the scars of battle, both ships immediately open fire upon each other. On the Maximal ship, [[Cheetor (BW)|a youthful crewmember]] reports on their damaged condition, in response to which [[Rattrap (BW)|another crew member]] bitterly complains about their non-combat exploration vessel not being cut out for this mission. Their commander, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], states that they were the only ship in range capable of intercepting the fugitives.

On the fleeing Predacon starship, [[Dinobot (BW)|the first officer]] urges his leader, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], to finish off the Maximals while their opponents' shields are down. Megatron arrogantly rebuffs this suggestion, preferring to toy with his opponents. A broadside attack cripples their enemies' engines and causes significant damage to their stasis hold. Optimus Primal orders the Maximals' cargo of [[stasis pod]]s be released into safe orbit before firing the forward plasma cannons, strafing the Predacons' hull. With no engines, both ships are caught in the planet's gravitational pull and plummet to its surface.

[[File:BWPart1 beastmodes.jpg|right|thumb|And the fandom complained... for about five minutes.]]
Both ships are non-flightworthy after their crashes. The Maximals have landed on a cliff above a lake; the Predacon warship has landed smack in the middle of the ash-hardened opening of an active shield volcano. The Predacon computer informs Megatron that their location is unknown, as while the course settings were accurate, the readings were not consistent with what was to be expected of the location. Dismissing this for the time being, Megatron demands to know if the mysterious planet has [[energon]], which the computer confirms to his elation. However, it warns that there is so much energon that prolonged exposure would permanently damage their [[robot mode]]s. Declaring that they will take the forms of the most powerful creatures on the planet, Megatron orders [[Tarantulas (BW)|his science officer]] to scan for local lifeforms which they could adapt as [[alternate mode]]s to survive on this world. The Predacon ship launches a drone, scanning the fossils of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Velociraptor'', and ''Pteranodon'', as well as a living spider, scorpion and wasp.

At the cliff, the Maximals have the same idea, scanning a gorilla, rat, rhino and cheetah. The Maximals check out their new forms and bicker amongst themselves, till Optimus Primal orders the crew to moderate their conflict circuits, reminding them that their new beast forms are to protect them from the long-term effects of the abundant energon fields: While they need energon for power, their robot modes will short out after a few minutes of exposure. Optimus notes that they are on a very unusual planet, wherever it is. Rhinox points out that the transwarp drive allows them to journey through space '''and''' time, so they could be in any place, any time. Optimus expresses concern about the stasis pods in orbit, as it means the Maximals are outnumbered.

[[File:BWPart1 beastfaceoff.jpg|left|thumb|We'll tumble. Rumble style!]]
Back at the other crash site, the Predacons are testing out their new [[beast mode]]s, bar one. First officer Dinobot, studying the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] he and his cohorts had stolen, is furious, declaring that this world cannot be [[Earth]]. He accuses Megatron of failure, both in battle against the Maximals and in failing to guide them to the right planet. Megatron laughs off Dinobot's accusations, and has Scorponok blast the aggressive Dinobot over the horizon. Megatron informs the other Predacons that it doesn't matter which planet they are on, as they had come looking for energon to fuel their war with the Maximals, and this planet is rich with it. Megatron dispatches his crew to seek out and destroy their enemies.

[[File:BWPart1 Predsopenfire.jpg|right|thumb|Shouldn't they be seeking cover of some sort?]]
Meanwhile, the Maximals are surveying the land around them and cleaning up the wreckage on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Rattrap complains about all the fuss over the Golden Disk, but Optimus Primal reminds him that the Disk is Cybertron's most closely guarded relic, a guide to a major source of energon, which is why Megatron stole it. Rattrap doesn't care, retorting they were supposed to be performing deep-space exploration and that it isn't his job to chase after criminals. He sarcastically speculates on Primal's readiness to handle a command position. Optimus further reminds him of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], noting that if the Predacons are able to secure a massive source of energon, they wouldn't hesitate to start a new one. Rattrap isn't convinced.

Deciding to show off (and goof off), Cheetor gives chase to two cheetahs running on the plains near the ship. Optimus tries to call him back, but the energon radiation severely limits the range of their communications equipment.

[[File:BWPart1 Primalflying.jpg|left|thumb|"I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone."]]
Some distance away, Cheetor's two cheetah buddies are freaked out by a rather large wasp. Realizing it's a '''Robot in Disguise''', Cheetor transforms and fires unprovoked. The Predacon Waspinator transforms and retaliates. Back at the ''Axalon'', the other Maximals move out to give Cheetor backup, with Rhinox ramming his way through a pile of boulders to speed their progress. Waspinator manages to get the better of Cheetor when the Maximal's rifle jams, but fortunately, the other Maximals have arrived by then. Unfortunately, Megatron and the Predacons have arrived as well.

[[File:BWPart1 coverfire.jpg|right|thumb|"I'll activate my Hero Shield!"]]
Optimus Primal tries to convince Megatron to not engage in hostilities, as the Maximals and Predacons have been at peace for centuries. Megatron spits back that while the Maximals may have been at peace, the Predacons, like all enemies who appear "peaceful," were merely biding their time. The Predacons have never forgotten their goal of galactic conquest, but were merely waiting for the right time to strike.

Both sides transform, and the battle is joined. As the Maximals seek cover, Cheetor is blasted by one of Scorponok's missiles and ends up with his leg trapped under a boulder. Optimus Primal orders Rattrap to assist Cheetor while he provides cover fire, but Rattrap flatly refuses to risk his life for anybody else, to Optimus' anger. The Maximal leader flies to Cheetor's position himself but is hit by Predacon fire, much to Rattrap's smug delight. Nonetheless, Optimus manages to free Cheetor while Rhinox "persuades" Rattrap to help provide the pair with cover fire. With the Predacons now seeking cover of their own, the Maximals make their escape. Megatron orders pursuit, but he and his Predacons succumb to the effects of the energon buildup and are forced to revert to beast mode.

[[File:BWPart1 bridgefaceoff.jpg|left|thumb|You shall not pass!]]
On the way back to base, Optimus Primal chews out Rattrap for disobeying a direct order, explaining to the petulant Maximal that he could have given better cover fire, an explanation which Rattrap accepts rather grudgingly. Cheetor notes that they seem to have escaped the Predacons. Primal isn't sure, as the Golden Disk theft reports indicated there were six Predacons, but they only encountered five in the previous battle.

They don't have to wait long. Dinobot appears, barring their way across a stone bridge to the ''Axalon''. Dinobot states that he has left the Predacons to join the Maximals... as leader. He challenges Optimus Primal to a one-on-one battle, with the winner to lead the Maximals, the loser to be destroyed!

[[Beast Wars (Part 2)|To be continued...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (6)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'm a cheetah! No... I'm ''Cheetor''!" 
:—'''Cheetor''' is most imaginative.

"Ah-hahaha... there's more to being a leader than simple courage. Well, there's cleverness and cunning as well. Isn't that right, Scorponok?" 
[''Scorponok fires a missile, blasting Dinobot away''] 
"Loser."
:—'''Megatron''' deals swiftly with Dinobot's belligerence.

"You wanted exploration, and here we are on an unknown planet. What more do you want?" 
"Well, uh, call me picky but a working spacecraft might be nice." 
''[sighs]'' "Just no pleasing some people."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rattrap'''

"The energon fields mess up the comm links. Anything over 100 meters, they ain't worth scrap." 
"Well, that's just prime." 
"So, er, this your first day on the job, or what?" 
"Shut up, Rattrap." 
"Oh yes sir! Y'know, I feel just heaps better knowing that our lives are in your capable hands. ''[sighs]'' We're all gonna die."
:—'''Rhinox''', '''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rattrap''' demonstrate Maximal camaraderie AND coin three catchphrases in a row.

"Mzzzzz! Waszzzpinator under attack! Waszzzpinator engage enemy! ''Waszzpinator'', '''''TERRORIZEZZZZZZZZ!!!'''''"
:—'''Waspinator''' engages Cheetor.

"Ahh, a treacherous, under-handed sneak attack. Oh-ho-ho, I like you, pussycat, ''yesss.''"
:—'''Megatron''''s response to Cheetor's unprovoked attack

"This guy's got bearings of chrome steel."
:—'''Rhinox''' on Dinobot's bid for Maximal group leader

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Waspinator fights Cheetor, the stripes on his thighs are mapped on the wrong axis, and in one shot, he is missing his crotch.
* As Optimus, Rhinox and Rattrap ride out to give Cheetor support, Rhinox breaks through a "roadblock" of boulders. However, in the previous shot of this location, the boulders were not present.
* When Rhinox picks up Rattrap and swings him around to face the Predacons, Rattrap's gun clips right through the boulder in front of them.
* It looks as if the animators have yet to create a gun for Rhinox (possibly because they were trying to figure out a way to make the spinning blade/mace thingie that his toy comes with not look terrible). When the Maximals are under attack he just sits hiding behind a rock, before eventually picking up Cheetor's discarded weapon. He won't get his signature weapon for a [[Chain of Command (BW)|few episodes]] yet.
* Scorponok is among the Predacons milling about outside the ship in their [[beast mode]]s, yet he appears from within the ship to blast Dinobot only a few moments later.

===Continuity errors===
* If the Beast Warriors are on an "unknown planet", presumably containing animals they've never seen before... how does everybody manage to think up such fitting new beast mode-based names? (Presumably, not ''all'' information about Earth was off-limits.) A major example is Cheetor, who recognizes that he has become a cheetah, despite (presumably) having not seen one before.
* Cheetor and Waspinator spend a longer period of time in the open while in their respective [[robot mode]]s, but don't suffer the effects of energon overload until about the same time the others do.

===Continuity notes===
* Judging by the ambient wildlife, it would appear the Transformers crashed in what would become Africa (er, spoilers). The dinosaur fossils that the Predacons scan don't quite gel with this theory, as neither ''Velociraptor''s or tyrannosaurs were known to live in Africa. Presumably, they represent some unknown genus of related dinosaurs... or modern paleontologists just haven't been looking hard enough.
* Rattrap is a serious asshole this early in the series.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Primal mentions the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], which is what the Transformers of the Beast era called the conflict between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. The significance of the Great War isn't explained in the episode itself, although later episodes would reinforce the notion that the Maximals and Predacons are descendants of the original Generation 1 factions.

===Trivia===
* Before they gain their beast modes, the Maximals and Predacons are shown mostly in shadow, saving animators the trouble of coming up with entirely different models for each character. However, if one pays close attention, there are some marked differences to the facial areas shown, and Rattrap's arms are slightly different.
** Megatron, who is seen almost entirely prior to getting his beast form, reuses the body of the Giant Robot from Mainframe's other show, ''ReBoot'', albeit with a few small modifications and Megatron's head slapped on top. The model would continue to be reused, including as Blackarachnia's protoform (again with modifications) and various generic Predacons in "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]".
* When Rhinox is fixing something outside, the "Gas Bottle" looks like the model sub seen later on in other episodes.
* Rattrap's gun has 3 spider kill-marks on it. Has he killed spider-bots before?
* As this was the first episode, the transformation/catchphrase sequences are rather overbearing by comparison to later episodes of the series.
* During the scene in which the Maximals reveal their new beast modes, it is not clear why they (bar Optimus Primal) had to rename themselves. Maximal military or exploration tradition?
* Throughout this episode and "[[Beast Wars (Part 2)]]", Scorponok's missiles have a Maximal insignia on them, meant to indicate Maximal kills. This confused viewers into thinking that they were mistakenly "Maximal missiles", so the symbols were changed in "[[Chain of Command]]".
* Cheetor is the first character to speak in ''Beast Wars'' ("Aaa! Hull breach in [[Sector Seven]]!" but that's probably a coincidence), the first character to appear once the characters reformat with beast modes, as well as the first character to fire a shot (unprovoked) at the enemy. Cheetor also has the honour of speaking the final words of the Beast Era in the final episode of the ''Beast Wars''' sequel, ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''.
* Dinobot has the distinction of being the first ''Beast Wars'' character to transform into robot mode.
* Waspinator fires pink eye lasers in robot mode.
* This episode marks the only instance in the entire series in which Dinobot uses the "Terrorize!" [[activation code]], despite nominally being a Predacon. He would later reprogram himself with the Maximal activation code.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Animutants - 1re partie'''" ("Animutants - 1st Part")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

:*''Title:'' "'''Pilote 1'''" (Canada, "Pilot 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der fremde Planet, Teil 1'''" ("The unknown Planet, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 28|28 March]] [[1998]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'atterraggio'''" ("The Landing")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chō Seimeitai Transformer Tōjō'''" (超生命体トランスフォーマー登場, "Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 1|1 October]] [[1997]]
[[File:BeastWarsEp1JapanOpen01.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|[[Star Wars (franchise)|Dun dun dun DUN! DAN! Dan dan dan DAAAN! DAN! Dan dan dan DAAAN! DAN! Dun dun dun DUN!]]]]
::*The Japanese version of this episode begins with a [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]-style scrolling recap of the history of the Transformers, narrated by both the Maximal and Predacon computer voices talking simultaneously. This worked out fairly well, since the episode begins with a placid pan of an outerspace backdrop, followed by a running battle between spaceships, as if it was tailor-made for this kind of parody.
::*The scroll ends with a variation of the catchphrase "And now the battle begins", which has been used in Japanese ''Transformers'' productions since the beginning and continues to this day.
::*Unique to the Japanese dub, the [[Predacon computer]] was given her own name (NAVI-ko) and personality (or ''multiple'' personality). Rather than talk ''at'' the computer, the Predacons now have conversations with her as she assigns them cute nicknames ("Mega-chan"). Most instances where the Predacons were shown talking to themselves in the English version are rewritten into conversations with NAVI-ko for this dub.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Wojna bestii'''" ("Beast War")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Beast Wars parte 1'''" ("Beast Wars part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La guerra de las bestias [Parte 1]'''" ("The War of the Beasts [Part 1]")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

:*''Title:'' '''Guerra de Bestias Primera Parte'''" (America, "Beast War First Part")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''太空遭遇'''" ("The Encounter in the Space")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Beast Wars'' — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Une Adventure Cybernetique (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1997 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 1 ([[Universal]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Chain of Command (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes — Where the Beasties Began! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers: Beast Wars'' Staffel 1 (5DVDs) ([[Pandavision]])

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:MSTF]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Bad Spark

2017-03-27T19:43:45Z

LiamK: /* Animation and technical errors */ Double Primal

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=34
|series2=Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers
|ep2=part 3
|prev2=Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!
|image=BWRampage Badspark.jpg
|caption=Herrrree'sss Jonnnny!
|title="Bad Spark"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 22]], 1998
|written by=[[Greg Johnson]]
|directed by=[[Steve Sacks]] [[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''An oversized stasis pod reveals the secrets of Protoform X.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], on recon patrol, spots a giant [[stasis pod]] (labeled with a big yellow "X") crashed inside a patch of unstable [[energon]] deep inside a murky swamp. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] orders Cheetor not to open the pod until he arrives. As Optimus and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] leave, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] invokes the help of [[Primus]] if "that thing survived". However, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] intercept the transmission, and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sends [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to retrieve it, subtly planting a [[Synch-pulse transmitter|listening device]] on the former. He calmly taps his chair armrest, possibly aware that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] left a bug of his own under it.

[[File:Bad Spark Optimus cheetor.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I don't feel a pulse, so it's dead." (Sure it is.)]]
When Optimus and Silverbolt meet Cheetor beside the pod, they find the protoform within apparently dead, and Primal seems relieved. When the other two ask why, Primal tells them what the pod means: The stasis pod holds "the dark secret of [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']]'s journey," Protoform X. Protoform X was created in experiments attempting to replicate the mutation in the [[spark]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], making it indestructible, but the subject was treacherous and insane, so the ''Axalon'' was to dump the protoform "somewhere far, someplace barren."

Blackarachnia and Waspinator strike, attempting to take Protoform X for themselves. Attacking Silverbolt, Blackarachnia is angry that his code of honor won't allow him to fight back by hitting a female. Then Tarantulas arrives and threatens her. Silverbolt defends her, but the battle accidentally ignites the energon beneath Protoform X's stasis pod, which explodes and triggers an energon storm that scatters everyone for miles.

[[File:Bad Spark Tarantulas.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Horror movies have shown us that if you see a shadow come from behind you, just run!]]
Blackarachnia and Silverbolt crash-land next to each other. They agree to work together, as they are far from their respective teams and Silverbolt's wing is broken. Tarantulas lands next to the pod; he investigates it, only to find it empty. He then turns to find ''something'' looming over him through the mist. His scream echoes for miles...

Optimus Primal and Cheetor return to the ''Axalon'', too damaged to search for Silverbolt. Blackarachnia and Silverbolt journey by foot, learning to trust each other, but Megatron is eavesdropping on them. They soon discover a piece of Tarantulas and conclude with dark humor that he is no longer a threat. [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] is disgusted by their alliance, but Megatron notes that with Tarantulas out of the way, Blackarachnia no longer needs a protector. This becomes apparent when Silverbolt is the first to cross a log bridge, only for Blackarachnia to pull her weapon on him. However, a [[saber-toothed cat]] attacks her, which Silverbolt defeats, but is left dangling on a vine. Blackarachnia saves Silverbolt, awkwardly saying that it was in case there were more tigers around. Megatron is disgusted, as it is apparent that she may have feelings for the [[Maximal]].

[[File:Bad Spark Blackarachnia Silverbolt.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Look, just admit that it's possible Frenzy is the blue one.]]
As the two Transformers walk on, Silverbolt tries to appeal to Blackarachnia's "inner Maximal goodness", only to receive gunfire in return. As Blackarachnia stomps off, she finds Tarantulas's stasis locked body—in several pieces. Silverbolt notes that Protoform X must have done this, and tells Blackarachnia about the protoform's indestructible spark. Megatron, still eavesdropping, fashions an energon blade in preparation. Blackarachnia, freaked, prepares to high-tail it out of the area as an ominous form skitters through the fog behind them. Suddenly, the two find themselves face-to-face with Protoform X! Huge and frightening, it knocks them around effortlessly and is immune to their firepower. The monster lifts Silverbolt in its powerful claw, relishing his victim's mounting terror. Silverbolt screams in pain as X crushes him.

[[File:Bad Spark Megatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This will hurt me a lot more than it will hurt you... oh, I'm lying. This won't hurt me. If anything, I'll enjoy it.]]
Primal and Cheetor arrive in the nick of time and attack, freeing Silverbolt. Blackarachnia joins them in blasting Protoform X, eventually driving it off a cliff edge. However, it transforms into tank mode and ascends the cliffside. Silverbolt throws a feather missile, knocking him down into another pile of raw energon, but not before Protoform X fires at Blackarachnia, knocking her off the other side of the cliff. Silverbolt jumps after her, unsure if his wing mechanism is healed, but he succeeds, and she is saved. The Maximals let her go before returning home. Blackarachnia watches them depart, then uses her grappling wire to depart, emphasizing a claim that she didn't need Silverbolt's last rescue.

Helpless in the pile of raw energon, Protoform X sees Megatron appear over him with the energon blade. X wakes up in the Predacon base to find that Megatron has carved out a piece of his spark and put it in a tiny cage that, when squeezed, causes him tremendous pain. Megatron has Protoform X at his mercy and renames him "Rampage".
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X/Rampage]] (9)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (6)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (8)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (10)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Primus help us all if that thing survived."
:—'''Rhinox''', on Protoform X

"Spiders spin their webs, yes. But I spin them larger."
:—'''Megatron''' after placing a cloaked tracking device on Blackarachnia

"Are you...damaged?" 
"Ah...just enough to make me...interesting."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Forget the rescue plan, Optimus, and start devising an attack plan! Megatron has lost two, but we have only lost one." 
"I'll remember that...next time ''you're'' out missing in an energon storm." 
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Optimus Primal''' debate priorities.

"Is that ''fear'' you're feeling, ''Maximal''? Mmm...yes. My spark, it feeds on terror. Let it grow! Let it consume your circuitry! Feel it! Yes, ''feel it''! '''Feel the fear!'''"
:—'''Protoform X''' with Silverbolt in his claws. Half of the audience now has nightmares.

"Your persistence is futile! I rise again...!" 
"In that case, let us give you further to fall!"
:—'''Protoform X''' and '''Silverbolt'''

"Welcome to the Predacons, '''RAMPAGE'''. You shall be an honored member...so long as you never forget one important fact about your new life: ''It's mine.'' Welcome, my new servant, yes. Welcome...to the Beast Wars!"
:—'''Megatron''' gains a new conscript.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*During the flashback scene there are two robots with Optimus's season one head design. One is trying to restrain Protoform X, and the other is watching on from a distance (and is heavily implied to be the actual Primal.) Sorry animators, those antennae are just too distinctive.
*As Optimus is departing the bridge with Silverbolt in tow, the panels that make up his boogie board/robot lower legs are missing.
*In one scene what appears to be a drawing of Silverbolt's torso stands behind Blackarachnia instead of his CG model.
*When Tarantulas grabs Blackarachnia and she begins struggling, her head at one point clips into his chest.
*As he spins around upon noticing Rampage, Tarantulas' spider-leg [[kibble]] clips through the stasis pod.
*Nothing comes out of Blackarachnia's gun when she fires her grappling hook at the end of the episode, but the string is there in the next shot.

===Continuity errors===
* The circumstances of Protoform X's reactivation aren't quite clear. He's already gained a [[beast mode]], suggesting that his stasis pod carried a [[DNA scanner]], but he's also offline; previous episodes made it clear that the protoform had to be active and functioning in order to properly assume a beast mode. Much like Optimus Primal, he's also mutated (well, mutated ''further'') into a Transmetal, when all other Earth-"born" Transformers were immune to the Transmetallization process. Some of these discrepancies can probably be ascribed to his inherently unusual nature.
* Why would Optimus Primal be so quick to assume Protoform X's indestructible spark was permanently offline? (Admittedly, he didn't have much time to examine it before the Predacons showed up, and his later assertion that it was offline may have only been to deter Blackarachnia.)
* Blackarachnia mocks Optimus' claim that Protoform X is offline when she first attacks, but she later seems to believe it when she and Silverbolt find Tarantulas (or what's left of him).
* Optimus is remarkably assured that Protoform X - the immortal, indestructible mutant- isn't going anywhere after he falls off a cliff. Surely he could have assigned Cheetor to sentry duty while he conferred with Rhinox.

===Continuity notes===
* Protoform X's stasis pod was presumably one of the many knocked out of orbit back in "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]".
* Silverbolt first encountered Blackarachnia back in "[[Tangled Web]]", where he found that his chivalrous code prevented him from hitting Blackarachnia.
* This episode confirms that some of the Axalon's crew (at least Cheetor, and possibly Rattrap) were kept in the dark about some aspects of the ''Axalon'''s mission, and also an early hint that post-war Cybertron isn't quite as idyllic as one would believe.
* Optimus noted in "[[Possession]]" that Starscream's records were sealed; the Council probably didn't want anyone else to make the same mistake they did in trying to recreate Starscream's immortal spark.
* Dinobot is seen interfacing with the ''Axalon'''s computer. It's not quite clear what he's doing, but the unproduced episode "[[Dark Glass]]" would have established that he had created a backup of his [[core consciousness]], foreshadowing the events of the [[Code of Hero|next episode]].
* Gadgets and powers:
** Megatron attaches a bug to Blackarachnia, which allows him to listen in on her conversations. He, Quickstrike and Inferno spend most of the episode voyeuristically listening in on the spider-bot.
** Megatron can apparently order the ship's computer to build items for him.
** Much like [[Tigatron]], Dinobot can deploy a cable from his hip and interface with computers.

===Transformers references===
* Rhinox notes, "[[Primus]] help us all if that thing survived," which was the first reference to the creator-god of the Transformers outside of the original Marvel comics. According to Bob Forward, they took the term from a post in the [[alt.toys.transformers]] newsgroup, and were unaware of its history until afterwards.<ref>Forward's introduction to the ''[[Transformers: Matrix Quest]]'' TPB.</ref>
* Protoform X was created as an attempt to duplicate [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s "mutant indestructible spark." This is a reference (and a retcon in technobabble jargon) to [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream's ghost]] in the third season of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original animated series]] and, more recently, to Starscream's appearance in the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Possession]]."

===Real-world references===
* Befitting the Frankensteinian nature of Protoform X, a lot of the scenes in the episode riff off horror-movie clichés: Silverbolt and Blackarachnia play the obligatory "young couple", encountering several fake-out scares as they search for Protoform X. The gloomy, boggy landscape in which the episode takes place allows for murky, atmospheric shots reminiscent of slasher films.
* The scene where Blackarachnia and Silverbolt stumble across the gruesome scene of Protoform X's last victim is lifted from basically every slasher/monster movie ever.
* Rampage/Protoform X himself is characterized in the vein of [[w::Hannibal Lecter|Hannibal Lecter]], the antagonist of ''[[w:The Silence of the Lambs|The Silence of the Lambs]]''.

===Trivia===
* Cheetor's [[Transmetal]] body can soak up energon, and instead of seizing up, he can shunt it away from his body in a burst of gas. Primal thinks this is rude, and Cheetor apologizes for "blasting one off." In other words, Transformers can [[The Low Road|fart]]. This gag was a remnant of an early idea for the Transmetal characters, who were originally going to power their weapons by absorbing and discharging [[energon radiation]].
*Apparently Blackarachnia can shoot a line downwards to save Silverbolt; however, she can't shoot one upwards to scale the wall of the chasm they must venture through on foot. Her usual ability to scuttle up walls in [[beast mode]] is also seemingly offline. On the other hand, immediately afterwards she said, *sigh* "Like I needed him to catch me anyway." while using her grappling gun. So it seems likely she simply ''wanted'' Silverbolt to catch her. Wacky mis-matched buddy adventures can be a tricky business.
*The original script includes an extra line from Rampage in the last scene, in which he threatens to eat Megatron's "living brain on a plate with fava beans". No doubt cut because it was just a little ''too'' on the nose regarding Rampage's Hannibal Lecter-esque characterization.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Étincelle du Mal'''" (Canada, "Spark of Evil")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il ritrovamento'''" ("The Retrieval")

[[File:BeastWarsSpecialJapanesePosterArt01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Warning; product may not contain all of Seasons 2 and 3.]]
'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Beast Wars Metals'''" (ビーストウォーズメタルス)
:*''Release date:'' [[December 19|19 December]] [[1998]] (theatrical)
:**This episode was released theatrically as the third segment in the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' feature film.
:**Its placement in the ''Beast Wars Metals'' TV broadcast was filled with a newly crafted [[clip show]], "[[Where Is the Banana?]]".

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Centelha do Mal'''" ("Evil Spark")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mala Chispa'''" ("Bad Spark")

:*''Title:'' "'''Mala Chispa'''" (America, "Bad Spark")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Bad Spark / Code of Hero ([[KB Toys]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 3 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Special'' — Clash! Beast Warriors ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 7 ([[Universal]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers Special'' (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers Special'' (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:Real world films]]

Talk:Bad Spark

2017-03-27T19:39:13Z

LiamK: /* Animation error */ new section

==Energon Discharge==
In response to Steve-O asking for sources,
http://www.bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasontwo/badspark/
Comment #2. Most people seem to take Ben Yee's word as the Jesus of Transformersdom, anyway. I dunno enough about it, honestly. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 04:18, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

:Thank you. I *do* take Ben's word as "true" when it comes to behind the scenes BW stuff. I will re-add the note to the [[Transmetal]] article, where it makes more sense to have it, and refer to that article here. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 23:02, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

==Films Category==

I noticed Rotty just removed the Films category from this episode. Since it was released theatrically in Japan (even though it was originally produced for TV) shouldn't it qualify for the Films category? Same with the Cutting Edge? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
: Bad Rotty! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:: "This episode was released theatrically in Japan as the second segment in the Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers." That doesn't make Bad Spark a film, it was just a ''part'' of one. When you go into Films through the category tree, it looks like Transformers have had 6 theatrical films. ''Beast Wars Special'' is a film, and I don't mind calling ''Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!'' a film since the whole thing was produced for theatres, but Bad Spark by itself totally is not. --[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 03:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::No sort of consensus was reached for this? I agree with Rotty on the point of Bad Spark not being included in the "Films" category, but I think by the same logic nor should "Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!". If needed, both of the segment pages can link to the Beast Wars Special page. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 05:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

==Killing animals==
Should we note Silverbolt, a heroic protective figure, killing a tiger? It's listed on the page concerning Death but not on the episode's page, why?[[User:Stevo|Stevo]] 19:04, 3 February 2010 (EST)
:He was defending Blackarachnia from attack, and he "killed" the tiger by rolling over a cliff edge with it and barely grabbing to a vine himself (being unable to fly at that moment). There was little he could have realistically done otherwise. The mention on [[Death]] is for completionist purposes, but aside from noting that Silverbolt isn't Tigatron (expressing no regret or remorse on the tiger's demise) it's not that notable. You could stick it in, but not as a note of how Silverbolt isn't heroic. [[Special:Contributions/82.95.254.249|82.95.254.249]] 09:21, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
::Silverbolt also kills billions of microbes every time he breathes or moves! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:37, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
:::Actually, even considering only the numbers involved... no, let's not go there, before I sound like [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. [[Special:Contributions/82.95.254.249|82.95.254.249]] 12:12, 4 May 2010 (EDT)

== Crab Legs ==

I think we should mention in the continuity error notes that in the flash back of Primal, Protoform X had no legs but one we see his crashed stasis pod, he has them. How could he when the pod would of went offline automaticaly when it crashed into the energon?

== Animation error ==

''"In one scene what appears to be a drawing of Silverbolt's torso stands behind Blackarachnia instead of his CG model."'' - anyone have any idea what scene that refers to? I've just watched the episode and didn't notice it, and it seems far too vague to leave as is. [[User:LiamK|LiamK]] ([[User talk:LiamK|talk]]) 15:39, 27 March 2017 (EDT)

Talk:An Uneventful Night

2017-02-17T16:00:03Z

LiamK: /* Cybertronians/Transformers */ new section

== Cybertronians/Transformers ==

Is this issue the first time that "Transformers" is used as a race name in IDW? I seem to recall it being just "Cybertronians" pre the discovery of the colonies, but I can't recall what term has been used since. [[User:LiamK|LiamK]] ([[User talk:LiamK|talk]]) 11:00, 17 February 2017 (EST)

Feral Scream Part 2

2017-02-16T20:50:53Z

LiamK: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=45
|image=Feral Scream 2 title shot.JPG
|caption=Hi! I upgraded your cat.
|title="Feral Scream Part 2"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Jules Dennis]]
|directed by=[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Cheetor is behaving oddly after the accident, and a new Transmetal 2 creature is stalking both camps.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] checks on [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], who is napping after he collapsed in front of the [[Maximal]]s' current base, heavily damaged from the fight with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. After making sure Cheetor's okay, Primal has a discussion with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], mentioning that Cheetor has refused to use the [[CR chamber]]. Rattrap figures he wants to prove something, but Optimus is suspicious. He decides to discuss it with Cheetor in the morning, while Rattrap decides to take a little rat nap.

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Cheetor mutate.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The [[JaAm]] proceeds to mutate Cheetor.]]
Cheetor doesn't sleep soundly, though. From the cat's chest, a strange appendage grows, and Cheetor has a nightmare of the other Maximals (sans Optimus Primal) wanting to see 'what makes him tick', and subsequently transforming him into an ugly, mutated monstrosity, to their disgust. Cheetor awakens, glad his dream was unreal, but finds himself caught in a green light expanding out of his spark.

Rattrap, awakened by the noise, heads to the lower level to see what's wrong. Before he reaches Cheetor's room, a large cat monster bursts out of it and knocks Rattrap over, then rushes away. Optimus Primal comes to help Rattrap, who (incorrectly) assumes that the big ugly monster has gotten Cheetor.

In the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] hears the roar of the roaming beast and checks the radar. He figures out that Cheetor has been upgraded, explaining who his nemesis from the most recent battle was. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is sent to capture the cat-bot.

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Optimus mean.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|See this? This is my unhappy face.]]
[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] returns to the Maximals' base, having failed to locate Cheetor (and jealous of [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s concern for the feline). Having already surmised what is going on, Optimus Primal confronts [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and forces an account of the relevant events out of him. Depth Charge explains that Cheetor removed some device from the Predacon machine, but was caught in the overload. Depth Charge also says that he destroyed the [[Transmetal driver]].

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Dinobot Waspinator.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Dinobot II and Waspinator watch a train go by.]]
Awakening in a cave, Cheetor finds himself back in his usual [[Transmetal]] form again, completely repaired, but with fragmented, disturbing memories of what happened the previous night. Later, [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] and Waspinator find the cave, and after shredding Waspinator, Dinobot proceeds to hunt the Maximal. But inside the cave, he finds Cheetor has already left.

Optimus orders the Maximals to search for Cheetor in [[Grid Alpha Two]], but Cheetor shows up outside the Maximal base. He tries to explain that he's taken care of "the monster". Optimus Primal, being less gullible than Cheetor is clever, indicates he wants Cheetor to take him to the creature's remains. Away from the other Maximals, Primal and Cheetor talk, but before Cheetor can admit the truth, Primal's chest is fried by Dinobot.

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Cheetor Waspinator.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Why are teenagers so freaking cocky?]]
The emotional stress of Cheetor's concern tears the cat back into his [[Transmetal 2]] form, and he easily blasts away Waspinator away. Then [[Dinobot II| Dinobot]] comes out and blasts the downed Primal again, and the two Transmetal 2's duel with each other, slashing away in their [[beast mode]]s. When Rattrap and Silverbolt arrive, Dinobot is smart enough to retreat.

Optimus reaches out to the feral Cheetor, coaxing him back to his senses. Back at the Maximal base, Cheetor tries to keep his cool while he flirts with Blackarachnia. Cheetor misinterprets her affection as something personal, when really she's more interested in his technology—and how she can [[Crossing the Rubicon|get some of it for herself]].
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (9)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (10)
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II]] (4)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (5)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"That meddling feline destroyed my machinery and improved himself in the process!" 
"Mmm, improved." [''pointedly looks at Dinobot'']
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Waspinator''' also discuss Cheetor.

"Any sign of our tabby?" 
"Oh, not so much as a whisker. Your...concern does you credit." 
"I'm full of surprises." [''winks'']
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''' also discuss—oh, you know.

"You listen, hardhead. Cheetor's gone, and I think you know something, so you will talk, or I will rip out your core processor and extract the information personally!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' gets scary-mad at Depth Charge.

"Wait! Need plan! Waspinator in charge!" 
"I ''am'' the plan."
:—'''Waspinator''' and '''Dinobot''', shortly before the former is shredded by the latter.

'''Cheetor:''' ''(Noticing Silverbolt and Rattrap looking at his new form)'' You lookin' at somethin'?! 
[''Silverbolt and Rattrap look at each other''] 
'''Rattrap:''' Oh, joy...cyber-puberty.
:—<s>Rebellious teen</s> Transmetal 2 Cheetor seems to have quite an attitude.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Cheetor starts freaking out in the cavern, the screen momentarily clips into his head just before the shot cuts.
*Rattrap's right hand clips through the lower part of his back [[kibble]] when he maintains that the "freak-bot" has scrapped Cheetor.
*In the next shot, his body suddenly turns low-quality and blocky. Someone evidently forgot to turn on his "smoothness".
*When Blackarachnia inquires about Optimus' theory, her right claw clips through her spider-leg kibble.
*When Cheetor starts mutating before his fight with Dinobot, various claws and spikes start growing out of his arms. In the next shot, they're gone.
*During his fight with Cheetor, Dinobot's large plate that covers his [[beast mode]] crotch seems to be moving and stretching together with his right leg. There's also some crazy clipping going on between them, as they pass through each other several times.
*When Dinobot throws Cheetor off himself, sending him flying at the screen, Cheetor's legs are clipping through his body
*Then, as he jumps onto his feet, Dinobot's dinosaur crotch is all distorted and messed up.

===Continuity errors===
*Waspinator was able to find Cheetor, while Silverbolt didn't. So Waspinator is a better tracker than Silverbolt? More likely, Megatron's scan of Cheetor's "moonlight stroll" narrowed the search zone, whereas the Maximals had no information about his trajectory.
*The scratches that Cheetor inflicted on Megatron's chest plate in the previous episode have switched from his right side to his left side.

===Continuity notes===
*The contents of Cheetor's room:
**A photo of himself and Primal from the first season.
**A big trophy with a Predacon insignia on the base.
**A model of solar system with haphazardly-orbiting planets.
**What could possibly be a model of a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian city]].
**A photo of Blackarachnia.
**A potted plant.
**Three spare tail-clubs.
**A miniature model of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''.
**A clock with a kind of holographic display to indicate the stages of a Solar cycle.
**A model Douglas DC-3.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Cheetor's new beast mode has a jet engine on his back, allowing him to run at super-speeds.
**Cheetor experiences yet another prophetic dream, rather obviously foreshadowing his transformation into a Transmetal 2.
**Dinobot's eye-blaster can generate a single, destructive pulse of energy instead of a prolonged beam.
**Immediately after transforming, Cheetor uses spark crystal-generated telekinesis to grab his gun out of his back. This is the first hint that Transmetal 2s possess something equivalent to supernatural powers.
**Optimus manages to convince Cheetor to calm down through generating some kind of blue energy field.

===Transformers references===
*Cheetor's animalistic behavior in this episode is probably a reference to the original packaging bios of the Transmetal 2s, which described them as constantly struggling with their violent tendencies. This trait largely disappears in later episodes.

===Real-world references===
*Cheetor's experiences continue the werewolf motif from the previous episode. Most notably, he wakes up in the jungle, unable to remember his midnight rampages as his feral alter-ego. His various mutations into his Transmetal 2 body deliberately evoke the unpredictable and disturbing metamorphoses from different werewolf films.

===Trivia===
*During Cheetor's nightmare, after Blackarachnia says "it's hideous," Rattrap makes motions as though he's going to puke.
*Megatron observes that Cheetor is moving at Mach 2. Yes, turning Transmetal 2 is portrayed as one heck of an upgrade and Cheetor has a rocket on his back, but a quadruped running at twice the speed of sound is still fairly ridiculous. He's basically as fast as [[Silverbolt (G1)|Concorde]].
*[[Cybertronix]]
**The text under Rattrap's monitors is mirrored at first, but doesn't say anything particularly notable.
**Unsurprisingly, the text which flashes briefly on Megatron's monitor when he asks for magnification says "MAGNIFY".
*Waspinator has a sling when he tells Dinobot to "stand aside, Waspinator will take kitty-bot to Megatron." Apparently his arm was hurt just a little bit worse than the rest of him when Dinobot turned him into confetti.
*Optimal Optimus acts distinctively ape-like when he transforms to beast mode, scratching his armpit and showing interest in a bunch of [[banana]]s.
*Befitting the first appearance of his shiny new Transmetal 2 body, Cheetor is able to almost completely dominate Dinobot in their fight, despite Dinobot's ability to take down both Depth Charge and Optimus Primal with little effort.
*A brief snippet of [[Transmutate]]'s theme plays as Optimus talks Cheetor down.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hurlement 2'''" (Canada, "Scream 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mille emozioni - Parte 2'''" ("Many Emotions - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tatsunda! Cheetus'''" (たつんだ! チータス, "Arise! Cheetus")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 2]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Grito Animal Parte 2'''" ("Animal Scream Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Llamada de la Naturaleza (Parte 2)'''" ("The Call of Nature (Part 2)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Llamado de la Naturaleza Segunda Parte'''" (America, "The Call of Nature Second Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Yeah, I'm Back! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Revelations Part I: Discovery

2017-01-18T22:39:34Z

LiamK: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=7
|title="Revelations Part I: Discovery"
|image=Revelations1 Blackarachnia Thrust extractor.jpg
|caption=Megatron's experimental automatic beauty treatment machine was not a success.
|airdate=[[October 30]], 1999
|written by=[[Brynne Chandler Reaves]]
|directed by=[[James Taylor]]
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The Maximals discover what happened to the inhabitants of Cybertron, and Blackarachnia learns more about the Vehicon general, Thrust.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Revelations1 Rattrap coolant.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Water wings — another thing the Oracle forgot to give Rattrap.]]
The Maximals find themselves cornered by [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and his [[Cycle Drone]]s, when [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] floods the tunnels with coolant to get rid of them. After [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] narrowly avoids getting swept away, they make their way to the surface, where they find the bodies of hundreds of Cybertronians in some sort of factory. Examining the remains, Rattrap declares that their [[spark]]s weren't extinguished; they were removed altogether. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] wonders if the same thing happened to [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], but is interrupted when [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] attacks with his [[Aero Drone]]s. The Maximals choose to stand and fight, rather than flee again, partly because they're sick of running, but also partly because there's a [[Tankor (BM)|giant killer tank]] in their way.

During the ensuing battle, Thrust tails Blackarachnia, but rather than attack her, he saves her from a Sonic Attack Jet's missiles—missiles which then go on to knock over a nearby tower. Blackarachnia and Thrust are seemingly buried underneath it. As the other Maximals recover from the crash, they realize that the coolant they used to flood the tunnels was meant to cool the factory they're fighting in now, and without it, the facility will explode in a few minutes. As Optimus rushes to free Blackarachnia, Cheetor wonders what "big bot" has gotten them into, echoing an earlier sentiment from [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]].

[[Image:Revelations1 Blackarachnia Thrust caught.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"But I only asked to get my nails done!"]]
Meanwhile, Blackarachnia awakens, and spies the shadow of Silverbolt approaching her, only to realize it's being cast by Thrust, who saved her once again. When she asks why, he only replies "my mistake", and that it won't happen again. And then it ''does'' happen again, as he knocks her out of the way of an approaching supply train. This time, he begins flashing back to having his spark extracted, and then to memories of Blackarachnia during the Beast Wars. The two venture further into the factory together, and run across a giant [[spark extractor]], which promptly seizes them both and tries to, well, extract their sparks. Thrust saves Blackarachnia, but his own spark is taken, as Blackarachnia begins to suspect that he is, in fact, Silverbolt. She shuts down the machine, releasing both Thrust and the spark. Blackarachnia realizes that this place is where [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] stole the sparks of all Cybertronians.

[[Image:Revelations1 Blackarachnia Thrust rescue.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"It was this big! I swear!"]]
Outside, the Maximals deal with their antagonists one at a time and head to get Blackarachnia, as Nightscream and Cheetor continue arguing about Optimus. When they find her, she has restored Thrust's spark and attempted to get him to remember the time before. He promptly flees, and Optimus, seeing all the bodies, mourns his inability to stop Megatron. Cheetor, seeing they are out of time, ''orders'' Optimus to leave. The factory explodes behind them as they flee. After Cheetor declares he's taking command back from Optimus, much to the latter's surprise, Blackarachnia tells them that Thrust's spark once belonged to a Maximal. Realizing that Jetstorm and Tankor must be the same way, the Maximals resolve not to destroy the [[Vehicon general]]s, but to bring them back to the right side.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (6)
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11) (only appears in fantasy sequences)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (4)
*[[Cycle Drone]]s (5)
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (8)
*[[Aero Drone]]s (9)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (10)
}}
==Quotes==
"Aw man, look at me. This bod' is useless." 
"Ah, don't underestimate it, Rattrap; it's ugly too."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Blackarachnia'''.

"Tankor slag Bird Bot!" 
"Hello, I'm a BAT!"
:—'''Tankor''', confusing Nightscream for another type of flying creature

"Well well well, all I need's a spider and I've got the whole set! Gotta catch 'em all!"
:—'''Jetstorm''', confusing one franchise for another

"Saving me AGAIN? What is your defect?" 
"This place.." [''bad flashbacks''] "You..." [''Blackarachnia flashbacks''] "I almost remember."
:—'''Thrust''', just being confusing

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
*As the Maximals outrun the exploding factory, it's clear that the character models are executing a static run cycle, with an explosion superimposed behind them.

===Continuity errors===
*If the Maximals are trying to run away from the Vehicons in the opening chase scene, why aren't they in their beast modes? Surely they'd be able to make a stealthy escape that way.

===Continuity notes===
*Nightscream refers to Optimus Primal's brief sabbatical in "[[The Weak Component]]", and Cheetor's brief stint at leadership.
*Once again, we get to see Cheetor's developing leadership skills: removing Optimus from command after the Maximal leader has another guilt attack.
*Following on from Nightscream's tale in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", the Maximals discover that all the Transformers immobilized by the [[Transformation virus|virus]] or brought in by Vehicons have had their sparks extracted.
*Thrust recalls memories of Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rhinox and Blackarachnia's ''Beast Wars'' forms.
*Jetstorm offhandedly refers to himself as "the handsome devil with the silver wings". Could Blackarachnia be barking up the wrong tree?

===Transformers references===
*The models of several [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] characters seen in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]" are repurposed as generic Maximal corpses, including [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. "Prowl" still has a visible Autobot symbol on his chest, but it's unclear if that's an animation glitch or meant to imply that there were Autobots living on Cybertron before Megatron's attack.

===Real-world references===
*At one point, Jetstorm says, "[[Pokeformers|Gotta catch 'em all!]]"—the catchphrase of the ''[[Wikipedia:Pokémon|Pokémon]]'' franchise.
*Thrust refers to Blackarachnia's 'positronic brain', a reference to the works of Isaac Asimov.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Révélation, Partie I'''" ("Revelation, Part I")

:*''Title:'' "'''Révélations 1'''" (Canada, "Revelations 1")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gefährliche Entdeckungen'''" ("Dangerous Discoveries")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]], [[2000]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ai no Chikara'''" (愛の力, "The Power of Love")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 27]], [[2004]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Revelaciones, Primera Parte: Descubrimiento'''" ("Revelations, First Part: Discovery")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 2 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two ([[Sony]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume Two — Revelations (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[Image:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revelations Part 1: Discovery}}
[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]

Other Visits (Part 2)

2017-01-18T22:37:11Z

LiamK: /* Transformers references */ I think the show is pretty clear that Megatron has multiple schemes going. This one doesn't seem to have anything to do with "shoot Optimus Prime in the head."

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=33
|series2=Metals
|ep2=7
|next2=Code of Hero
|image=Other_Visits_2_Hunter_Predacons.jpg
|caption=All that trouble, just for a giant vacuum cleaner.
|title="Other Visits" (Part 2)
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 15]], 1998
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''With the alien craft in his possession, Megatron intends to use it to conquer Cybertron!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Other Visits 2 Hunter Maximals.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Maximals aren't too thrilled with the radiation tent put around their house.]]
The Beast Warriors lay inert after the [[Metal Hunter]]'s energy surge… but the [[Transmetal]]ized ones soon recover. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] begins investigating the alien base, finding it does not react to their presence. [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] says that the surge has used most of their energy, and they must act quickly. Tarantulas activates the devices that the Predacons had previously planted around the alien site, creating a force field which repels a [[Maximal]] attack. Safe inside the web, Megatron casually uses the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|alien disk]] to enter the base, shrugging off [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s warnings.

Primal sends [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] to take [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] back to base for repairs, while he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] prepare to take down Tarantulas's shield.

Megatron boots [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] into the main chamber of the alien base, but nothing happens. Tarantulas observes that their beast modes shield them from detection. Tired of hiding, Megatron transforms, but still nothing happens; he realizes that the [[quantum surge]] has rendered them invisible to the aliens.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron power.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I hope that isn't [[JaAm]].]]
Tarantulas hacks into the base's systems, but finds no trace of the aliens. A control interface appears, which Megatron activates with the alien disk. Energy surges down into him.

Rattrap produces a couple of bombs, which he and Primal use to take down the [[refractive web]]. Tarantulas realizes what's happened, and takes Quickstrike to defend the base, determined that it remain in Predacon hands. After they leave, the energy surge ends, a control chair descends, and Megatron laughs in triumph.

Primal and Rattrap puzzle over how to enter the base, only to have Tarantulas and Quickstrike pop out from a door and open fire. Primal charges and nearly makes it to the entrance, but the base rumbles to life just then, lifting off the ground. A single shot knocks out Primal and sends Rattrap flying away. A green energy beam scoops up all the Transformers and levitates them into the air. Only Rattrap avoids it, by diving into cover amid some boulders.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron chair.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I am the navigator.]]
A giant version of Megatron's face emerges from the base, speaking to his troops. He tells Tarantulas that the aliens no longer matter, and that with his victory, their alliance is terminated—and thus drops Tarantulas back to the ground. The rest of his troops are repaired and, along with Primal, are brought inside the base. Just as Rattrap is wondering what else can go wrong, the base teleports away, and he finds himself held at gunpoint by a battered Tarantulas.

The alien base rematerializes over the mountaintop where [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] found the alien disk. Megatron needs time to achieve his next goal; he sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Inferno on a special task.

At the Maximal base, Dinobot and Rhinox are back online. Silverbolt is unable to find the Metal Hunter; however, he does detect Rattrap incoming... along with Tarantulas! The spider wants access to the Maximals' computer system, which—after some initial distrust—he quickly uses to locate the base. He also scans Inferno and Waspinator, who are carrying [[Transwarp]] cells back to the base. Tarantulas urges an immediate attack.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Optimus bound.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many more dodgy situations are in this show?!]]
At the Metal Hunter, Primal awakens to find that Megatron intends to take the base back to Cybertron. Again, he brushes off Primal's concerns about the aliens discovering Cybertron; he plans to destroy them, along with the Maximals and the Autobots. He reasons that the trophies of the base and Primal will convince the [[Predacon Alliance]] that conquest is the right path.

The Maximals attack, drawing out the Predacon troops and providing a distraction while Rattrap and Tarantulas infiltrate the base. With the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] drawn out, the Maximals fall back. Tarantulas sends Rattrap toward the control room, and vanishes.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron Optimus.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Mechani-Kong vs Mechagodzilla!]]
Megatron engages a teleportation sequence, but Rattrap bursts into the control room and frees Optimus Primal. Megatron and Primal battle, while Rattrap attempts to stop the teleport sequence. Destroying the control chair doesn't do the trick, but just as Rattrap seems to have run out of ideas, Tarantulas arrives. He sends a download into the alien systems and hightails it out of the base, so even if the teleportation sequence is complete, the only thing that will be destroyed is the Metal Hunter. The combatants soon realize what's happened, and flee the alien base shortly before it teleports into space. A transwarp portal opens to receive it, but the base explodes before it can leave Earth.

Primal resolves to the gathered Maximals that, if [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s [[spark]]s are still online, they will recover them.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (8)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (9)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (10)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (11)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (1)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (1)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"Megatron, don't! [[Vok|Their]] power is beyond what you can imagine. You can't control it!" 
"I am power."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Megatron''', just before the Predacons enter the Metal Hunter

"Oh, man! Looks like we lost this one big time." 
"We lose when we quit, and I'm not ready to quit." 
"I hate it when he talks like that."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"You do realize the web's the only thing keepin' that alien locker quiet." 
"Blow it."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''', with the line that launched a thousand childish innuendos.

"''Your'' turn to think of something."
:—'''Rattrap''' has done his bit.

"I'm getting sick of waking up in the slagging R Chamber."
:—'''Rhinox''' after getting knocked offline for the umpteenth time.

"Hhh! Your scanning system is ''pitiful''. Did you learn ''nothing'' from the alien disk?"
:—'''Tarantulas''' isn't impressed by Rhinox's skills.

"This time, you ''lose'', Megatron!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' to Megatron after the Predacon's plans for glory are ruined.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Megatron regards the Metal Hunter's door, he puts away his weapon and takes out the Alien Disk. When the Maximals confront him (prior to Tarantulas activating the refractive web), his weapon is back in his right hand - and immediately after the web is activated and the Maximals repelled, it's gone again.
* When Megatron sends out the energy wave to revive his fallen troops, Quickstrike and Optimus Primal are not visible alongside them.

===Continuity errors===
* Last time, [[Vok|the aliens]] were prepared to blow up the entire planet to stop the Transformers. This time, they just send this plant base thing which makes a single attack on the Beast Warriors and then just sits there, waiting for Megatron to stroll right in. (''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' has shown that DiTillo's idea was that the Vok have been convinced that omnicide is wrong by Tigatron and was there to simply get them off the planet, but this never made it into the show.) In-universe, the Predacons theorize that their Transmetal bodies have made them impossible for the aliens to detect, rendering the weapon dormant. This implies that the energy surge at the end of last episode was just aimed at the regular Maximals and Predacons, and the Transmetalized Transformers got caught in the wave by accident.
* Even allowing that the Metal Hunter can't detect Transmetals, it seems woefully underwhelming for a super-weapon that Megatron hopes to use to conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Maximals personal weapons seem perfectly capable of inflicting at least some damage after only a short time, leaving Megatron to claim that there are "too many". There are four, Megs. Four whole Maximals attacking. Two of which aren't even Transmetals. We're pretty sure that Cybertron has more than four Transformers living on it. The base is certainly a considerable step down from weapons the aliens have used [[Other Voices, Part 2|before]] and will use [[Other Victories|later]].

===Continuity notes===
* As seen in "[[Tangled Web]]", the Transmetal Beast Warriors are notably more resistant to energon radiation, surviving an energon overload with nary a scratch. The two [[Fuzor]]s are also immune to the attack, suggesting some degree of Transmetallization.
* This episode highlights just how much Rattap and Primal's relationship has changed over the course of the show. When the Maximals first [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|crashed on Earth]], his comments to Primal were cutting ("Y'know, I feel just heaps better knowing that our lives are in your capable hands"), he refused a direct order from Optimus to rescue a colleague because he didn't want to get shot, and he seemed generally unconcerned whether their leader was actually going to be killed at any point. Here, although he still makes sarcastic comments, they come across as banter rather than complaints ("Your turn to think of something"), and when given an order to attack the Predacons alongside Primal, he responds with an enthusiastic "right behind yay big buddy!". He's also unwilling to shoot Tarantulus as he believes the spider is their only hope of rescuing the Boss Monkey. Character development, ain't it wonderful?
* Rhinox notes that he's getting tired of waking up in the CR chamber, referring to the fact that this is the [[Aftermath|third]] [[Other Visits (Part 1)|time]] in 7 episodes that this has happened (although technically last episode we only see Optimus re-attaching his arm on an operating table. It's possible he'd been placed in a CR chamber before to do the initial repairs).
* The mountaintop that Megatron warps to was previously visited by Inferno in "[[Before the Storm]]", where he found a Golden Disk.

===Transformers references===
* Megatron gloats that his plan will wipe out both the Maximals and the [[Autobot]]s. This can't refer to his [[The Agenda (Part III)|other bigscheme]] as seems to want to leave Earth immediately for Cybertron. The most likely interpretation is that there are Autobots currently living on Cybertron alongside their smaller successors.

===Trivia===
* Before Megatron places the alien disk into the control column, he gives it a kiss for luck. Truly.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Visiteurs - 2e partie'''" ("The Visitors - 2nd Part")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Visiteurs 2'''" (Canada, "The Visitors 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Minaccia aliena - Parte 2'''" ("Alien Threat - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''E? Kao ga?'''" (え? かおが?, "Huh? The Face?")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 17]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Visitas Parte 2'''" ("Others Visits Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Visitas (Parte 2)'''" ("Other Visits (Part 2)")

:*''Title:'' "'''Los Visitantes Segunda Parte'''" (America, "The Visitors Second Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Huh? The Face? ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Visits (Part 2)

2017-01-18T22:28:37Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=33
|series2=Metals
|ep2=7
|next2=Code of Hero
|image=Other_Visits_2_Hunter_Predacons.jpg
|caption=All that trouble, just for a giant vacuum cleaner.
|title="Other Visits" (Part 2)
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 15]], 1998
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''With the alien craft in his possession, Megatron intends to use it to conquer Cybertron!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Other Visits 2 Hunter Maximals.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Maximals aren't too thrilled with the radiation tent put around their house.]]
The Beast Warriors lay inert after the [[Metal Hunter]]'s energy surge… but the [[Transmetal]]ized ones soon recover. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] begins investigating the alien base, finding it does not react to their presence. [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] says that the surge has used most of their energy, and they must act quickly. Tarantulas activates the devices that the Predacons had previously planted around the alien site, creating a force field which repels a [[Maximal]] attack. Safe inside the web, Megatron casually uses the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|alien disk]] to enter the base, shrugging off [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s warnings.

Primal sends [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] to take [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] back to base for repairs, while he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] prepare to take down Tarantulas's shield.

Megatron boots [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] into the main chamber of the alien base, but nothing happens. Tarantulas observes that their beast modes shield them from detection. Tired of hiding, Megatron transforms, but still nothing happens; he realizes that the [[quantum surge]] has rendered them invisible to the aliens.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron power.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I hope that isn't [[JaAm]].]]
Tarantulas hacks into the base's systems, but finds no trace of the aliens. A control interface appears, which Megatron activates with the alien disk. Energy surges down into him.

Rattrap produces a couple of bombs, which he and Primal use to take down the [[refractive web]]. Tarantulas realizes what's happened, and takes Quickstrike to defend the base, determined that it remain in Predacon hands. After they leave, the energy surge ends, a control chair descends, and Megatron laughs in triumph.

Primal and Rattrap puzzle over how to enter the base, only to have Tarantulas and Quickstrike pop out from a door and open fire. Primal charges and nearly makes it to the entrance, but the base rumbles to life just then, lifting off the ground. A single shot knocks out Primal and sends Rattrap flying away. A green energy beam scoops up all the Transformers and levitates them into the air. Only Rattrap avoids it, by diving into cover amid some boulders.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron chair.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I am the navigator.]]
A giant version of Megatron's face emerges from the base, speaking to his troops. He tells Tarantulas that the aliens no longer matter, and that with his victory, their alliance is terminated—and thus drops Tarantulas back to the ground. The rest of his troops are repaired and, along with Primal, are brought inside the base. Just as Rattrap is wondering what else can go wrong, the base teleports away, and he finds himself held at gunpoint by a battered Tarantulas.

The alien base rematerializes over the mountaintop where [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] found the alien disk. Megatron needs time to achieve his next goal; he sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Inferno on a special task.

At the Maximal base, Dinobot and Rhinox are back online. Silverbolt is unable to find the Metal Hunter; however, he does detect Rattrap incoming... along with Tarantulas! The spider wants access to the Maximals' computer system, which—after some initial distrust—he quickly uses to locate the base. He also scans Inferno and Waspinator, who are carrying [[Transwarp]] cells back to the base. Tarantulas urges an immediate attack.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Optimus bound.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many more dodgy situations are in this show?!]]
At the Metal Hunter, Primal awakens to find that Megatron intends to take the base back to Cybertron. Again, he brushes off Primal's concerns about the aliens discovering Cybertron; he plans to destroy them, along with the Maximals and the Autobots. He reasons that the trophies of the base and Primal will convince the [[Predacon Alliance]] that conquest is the right path.

The Maximals attack, drawing out the Predacon troops and providing a distraction while Rattrap and Tarantulas infiltrate the base. With the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] drawn out, the Maximals fall back. Tarantulas sends Rattrap toward the control room, and vanishes.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron Optimus.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Mechani-Kong vs Mechagodzilla!]]
Megatron engages a teleportation sequence, but Rattrap bursts into the control room and frees Optimus Primal. Megatron and Primal battle, while Rattrap attempts to stop the teleport sequence. Destroying the control chair doesn't do the trick, but just as Rattrap seems to have run out of ideas, Tarantulas arrives. He sends a download into the alien systems and hightails it out of the base, so even if the teleportation sequence is complete, the only thing that will be destroyed is the Metal Hunter. The combatants soon realize what's happened, and flee the alien base shortly before it teleports into space. A transwarp portal opens to receive it, but the base explodes before it can leave Earth.

Primal resolves to the gathered Maximals that, if [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s [[spark]]s are still online, they will recover them.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (8)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (9)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (10)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (11)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (1)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (1)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"Megatron, don't! [[Vok|Their]] power is beyond what you can imagine. You can't control it!" 
"I am power."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Megatron''', just before the Predacons enter the Metal Hunter

"Oh, man! Looks like we lost this one big time." 
"We lose when we quit, and I'm not ready to quit." 
"I hate it when he talks like that."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"You do realize the web's the only thing keepin' that alien locker quiet." 
"Blow it."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''', with the line that launched a thousand childish innuendos.

"''Your'' turn to think of something."
:—'''Rattrap''' has done his bit.

"I'm getting sick of waking up in the slagging R Chamber."
:—'''Rhinox''' after getting knocked offline for the umpteenth time.

"Hhh! Your scanning system is ''pitiful''. Did you learn ''nothing'' from the alien disk?"
:—'''Tarantulas''' isn't impressed by Rhinox's skills.

"This time, you ''lose'', Megatron!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' to Megatron after the Predacon's plans for glory are ruined.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Megatron regards the Metal Hunter's door, he puts away his weapon and takes out the Alien Disk. When the Maximals confront him (prior to Tarantulas activating the refractive web), his weapon is back in his right hand - and immediately after the web is activated and the Maximals repelled, it's gone again.
* When Megatron sends out the energy wave to revive his fallen troops, Quickstrike and Optimus Primal are not visible alongside them.

===Continuity errors===
* Last time, [[Vok|the aliens]] were prepared to blow up the entire planet to stop the Transformers. This time, they just send this plant base thing which makes a single attack on the Beast Warriors and then just sits there, waiting for Megatron to stroll right in. (''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' has shown that DiTillo's idea was that the Vok have been convinced that omnicide is wrong by Tigatron and was there to simply get them off the planet, but this never made it into the show.) In-universe, the Predacons theorize that their Transmetal bodies have made them impossible for the aliens to detect, rendering the weapon dormant. This implies that the energy surge at the end of last episode was just aimed at the regular Maximals and Predacons, and the Transmetalized Transformers got caught in the wave by accident.
* Even allowing that the Metal Hunter can't detect Transmetals, it seems woefully underwhelming for a super-weapon that Megatron hopes to use to conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Maximals personal weapons seem perfectly capable of inflicting at least some damage after only a short time, leaving Megatron to claim that there are "too many". There are four, Megs. Four whole Maximals attacking. Two of which aren't even Transmetals. We're pretty sure that Cybertron has more than four Transformers living on it. The base is certainly a considerable step down from weapons the aliens have used [[Other Voices, Part 2|before]] and will use [[Other Victories|later]].

===Continuity notes===
* As seen in "[[Tangled Web]]", the Transmetal Beast Warriors are notably more resistant to energon radiation, surviving an energon overload with nary a scratch. The two [[Fuzor]]s are also immune to the attack, suggesting some degree of Transmetallization.
* This episode highlights just how much Rattap and Primal's relationship has changed over the course of the show. When the Maximals first [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|crashed on Earth]], his comments to Primal were cutting ("Y'know, I feel just heaps better knowing that our lives are in your capable hands"), he refused a direct order from Optimus to rescue a colleague because he didn't want to get shot, and he seemed generally unconcerned whether their leader was actually going to be killed at any point. Here, although he still makes sarcastic comments, they come across as banter rather than complaints ("Your turn to think of something"), and when given an order to attack the Predacons alongside Primal, he responds with an enthusiastic "right behind yay big buddy!". He's also unwilling to shoot Tarantulus as he believes the spider is their only hope of rescuing the Boss Monkey. Character development, ain't it wonderful?
* Rhinox notes that he's getting tired of waking up in the CR chamber, referring to the fact that this is the [[Aftermath|third]] [[Other Visits (Part 1)|time]] in 7 episodes that this has happened (although technically last episode we only see Optimus re-attaching his arm on an operating table. It's possible he'd been placed in a CR chamber before to do the initial repairs).
* The mountaintop that Megatron warps to was previously visited by Inferno in "[[Before the Storm]]", where he found a Golden Disk.

===Transformers references===
* Megatron gloats that his plan will wipe out both the Maximals and the [[Autobot]]s, providing another hint into the nature of his ultimate scheme.

===Trivia===
* Before Megatron places the alien disk into the control column, he gives it a kiss for luck. Truly.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Visiteurs - 2e partie'''" ("The Visitors - 2nd Part")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Visiteurs 2'''" (Canada, "The Visitors 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Minaccia aliena - Parte 2'''" ("Alien Threat - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''E? Kao ga?'''" (え? かおが?, "Huh? The Face?")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 17]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Visitas Parte 2'''" ("Others Visits Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Visitas (Parte 2)'''" ("Other Visits (Part 2)")

:*''Title:'' "'''Los Visitantes Segunda Parte'''" (America, "The Visitors Second Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Huh? The Face? ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Visits (Part 2)

2017-01-18T22:15:46Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=33
|series2=Metals
|ep2=7
|next2=Code of Hero
|image=Other_Visits_2_Hunter_Predacons.jpg
|caption=All that trouble, just for a giant vacuum cleaner.
|title="Other Visits" (Part 2)
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 15]], 1998
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''With the alien craft in his possession, Megatron intends to use it to conquer Cybertron!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Other Visits 2 Hunter Maximals.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Maximals aren't too thrilled with the radiation tent put around their house.]]
The Beast Warriors lay inert after the [[Metal Hunter]]'s energy surge… but the [[Transmetal]]ized ones soon recover. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] begins investigating the alien base, finding it does not react to their presence. [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] says that the surge has used most of their energy, and they must act quickly. Tarantulas activates the devices that the Predacons had previously planted around the alien site, creating a force field which repels a [[Maximal]] attack. Safe inside the web, Megatron casually uses the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|alien disk]] to enter the base, shrugging off [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s warnings.

Primal sends [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] to take [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] back to base for repairs, while he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] prepare to take down Tarantulas's shield.

Megatron boots [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] into the main chamber of the alien base, but nothing happens. Tarantulas observes that their beast modes shield them from detection. Tired of hiding, Megatron transforms, but still nothing happens; he realizes that the [[quantum surge]] has rendered them invisible to the aliens.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron power.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I hope that isn't [[JaAm]].]]
Tarantulas hacks into the base's systems, but finds no trace of the aliens. A control interface appears, which Megatron activates with the alien disk. Energy surges down into him.

Rattrap produces a couple of bombs, which he and Primal use to take down the [[refractive web]]. Tarantulas realizes what's happened, and takes Quickstrike to defend the base, determined that it remain in Predacon hands. After they leave, the energy surge ends, a control chair descends, and Megatron laughs in triumph.

Primal and Rattrap puzzle over how to enter the base, only to have Tarantulas and Quickstrike pop out from a door and open fire. Primal charges and nearly makes it to the entrance, but the base rumbles to life just then, lifting off the ground. A single shot knocks out Primal and sends Rattrap flying away. A green energy beam scoops up all the Transformers and levitates them into the air. Only Rattrap avoids it, by diving into cover amid some boulders.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron chair.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I am the navigator.]]
A giant version of Megatron's face emerges from the base, speaking to his troops. He tells Tarantulas that the aliens no longer matter, and that with his victory, their alliance is terminated—and thus drops Tarantulas back to the ground. The rest of his troops are repaired and, along with Primal, are brought inside the base. Just as Rattrap is wondering what else can go wrong, the base teleports away, and he finds himself held at gunpoint by a battered Tarantulas.

The alien base rematerializes over the mountaintop where [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] found the alien disk. Megatron needs time to achieve his next goal; he sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Inferno on a special task.

At the Maximal base, Dinobot and Rhinox are back online. Silverbolt is unable to find the Metal Hunter; however, he does detect Rattrap incoming... along with Tarantulas! The spider wants access to the Maximals' computer system, which—after some initial distrust—he quickly uses to locate the base. He also scans Inferno and Waspinator, who are carrying [[Transwarp]] cells back to the base. Tarantulas urges an immediate attack.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Optimus bound.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many more dodgy situations are in this show?!]]
At the Metal Hunter, Primal awakens to find that Megatron intends to take the base back to Cybertron. Again, he brushes off Primal's concerns about the aliens discovering Cybertron; he plans to destroy them, along with the Maximals and the Autobots. He reasons that the trophies of the base and Primal will convince the [[Predacon Alliance]] that conquest is the right path.

The Maximals attack, drawing out the Predacon troops and providing a distraction while Rattrap and Tarantulas infiltrate the base. With the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] drawn out, the Maximals fall back. Tarantulas sends Rattrap toward the control room, and vanishes.

[[Image:Other Visits 2 Megatron Optimus.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Mechani-Kong vs Mechagodzilla!]]
Megatron engages a teleportation sequence, but Rattrap bursts into the control room and frees Optimus Primal. Megatron and Primal battle, while Rattrap attempts to stop the teleport sequence. Destroying the control chair doesn't do the trick, but just as Rattrap seems to have run out of ideas, Tarantulas arrives. He sends a download into the alien systems and hightails it out of the base, so even if the teleportation sequence is complete, the only thing that will be destroyed is the Metal Hunter. The combatants soon realize what's happened, and flee the alien base shortly before it teleports into space. A transwarp portal opens to receive it, but the base explodes before it can leave Earth.

Primal resolves to the gathered Maximals that, if [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s [[spark]]s are still online, they will recover them.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (8)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (9)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (10)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (11)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (1)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (1)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"Megatron, don't! [[Vok|Their]] power is beyond what you can imagine. You can't control it!" 
"I am power."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Megatron''', just before the Predacons enter the Metal Hunter

"Oh, man! Looks like we lost this one big time." 
"We lose when we quit, and I'm not ready to quit." 
"I hate it when he talks like that."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"You do realize the web's the only thing keepin' that alien locker quiet." 
"Blow it."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Optimus Primal''', with the line that launched a thousand childish innuendos.

"''Your'' turn to think of something."
:—'''Rattrap''' has done his bit.

"I'm getting sick of waking up in the slagging R Chamber."
:—'''Rhinox''' after getting knocked offline for the umpteenth time.

"Hhh! Your scanning system is ''pitiful''. Did you learn ''nothing'' from the alien disk?"
:—'''Tarantulas''' isn't impressed by Rhinox's skills.

"This time, you ''lose'', Megatron!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' to Megatron after the Predacon's plans for glory are ruined.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Megatron regards the Metal Hunter's door, he puts away his weapon and takes out the Alien Disk. When the Maximals confront him (prior to Tarantulas activating the refractive web), his weapon is back in his right hand - and immediately after the web is activated and the Maximals repelled, it's gone again.
* When Megatron sends out the energy wave to revive his fallen troops, Quickstrike and Optimus Primal are not visible alongside them.

===Continuity errors===
* Last time, [[Vok|the aliens]] were prepared to blow up the entire planet to stop the Transformers. This time, they just send this plant base thing which makes a single attack on the Beast Warriors and then just sits there, waiting for Megatron to stroll right in. (''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' has shown that DiTillo's idea was that the Vok have been convinced that omnicide is wrong by Tigatron and was there to simply get them off the planet, but this never made it into the show.) In-universe, the Predacons theorize that their Transmetal bodies have made them impossible for the aliens to detect, rendering the weapon dormant.

===Continuity notes===
* As seen in "[[Tangled Web]]", the Transmetal Beast Warriors are notably more resistant to energon radiation, surviving an energon overload with nary a scratch. The two [[Fuzor]]s are also immune to the attack, suggesting some degree of Transmetallization.
* This episode highlights just how much Rattap and Primal's relationship has changed over the course of the show. When the Maximals first [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|crashed on Earth]], his comments to Primal were cutting ("Y'know, I feel just heaps better knowing that our lives are in your capable hands"), he refused a direct order from Optimus to rescue a colleague because he didn't want to get shot, and he seemed generally unconcerned whether their leader was actually going to be killed at any point. Here, although he still makes sarcastic comments, they come across as banter rather than complaints ("Your turn to think of something"), and when given an order to attack the Predacons alongside Primal, he responds with an enthusiastic "right behind yay big buddy!". He's also unwilling to shoot Tarantulus as he believes the spider is their only hope of rescuing the Boss Monkey. Character development, ain't it wonderful?
* Rhinox notes that he's getting tired of waking up in the CR chamber, referring to the fact that this is the [[Aftermath|third]] [[Other Visits (Part 1)|time]] in 7 episodes that this has happened (although technically last episode we only see Optimus re-attaching his arm on an operating table. It's possible he'd been placed in a CR chamber before to do the initial repairs).
* The mountaintop that Megatron warps to was previously visited by Inferno in "[[Before the Storm]]", where he found a Golden Disk.

===Transformers references===
* Megatron gloats that his plan will wipe out both the Maximals and the [[Autobot]]s, providing another hint into the nature of his ultimate scheme.

===Trivia===
* Before Megatron places the alien disk into the control column, he gives it a kiss for luck. Truly.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Visiteurs - 2e partie'''" ("The Visitors - 2nd Part")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Visiteurs 2'''" (Canada, "The Visitors 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Minaccia aliena - Parte 2'''" ("Alien Threat - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''E? Kao ga?'''" (え? かおが?, "Huh? The Face?")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 17]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Visitas Parte 2'''" ("Others Visits Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Visitas (Parte 2)'''" ("Other Visits (Part 2)")

:*''Title:'' "'''Los Visitantes Segunda Parte'''" (America, "The Visitors Second Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Huh? The Face? ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Visits (Part 1)

2017-01-18T21:55:58Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */ I know spoiler warnings on old episode guides aren't really necessary, but that one just seemed pointless.

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=32
|image=Other_Visits_1_Airazor_Tigatron.jpg
|caption="I'll never let go, Tigatron. I promise."
|title="Other Visits" (Part 1)
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 8]], 1998
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[John Pozer]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''A new alien site and device are discovered, and Megatron intends to have both for himself.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Other Visits 1 Rhinox Dinobot.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Optimus is coming! Quick, look busy!]]
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] scans all the known alien sites, with [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] playing "back seat computer operator". Both notice a pattern, and Rhinox is concerned, as the next location looks like it is on course with [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s scout patrol. They try to alert the pair but are unable to due to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s jamming tower. Dinobot announces he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] will go to destroy the tower. Rhinox informs the other [[Maximal]]s of the danger Tigatron and Airazor are in, so the flyers set off to warn them.

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is repairing his web in his lair, moaning to himself that no one will help him, as "they're all too busy helping Megatron, even that vile..." when he is interrupted by his computer alerting him to the presence of the aliens. He quickly transforms into his motorbike mode and races off.

[[Image:Other Visits 1 Blackarachnia monitor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Megatron's coming! Quick, look busy!]]
In the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] is nearly dozing off on scout duty, as "being loyal to Megatron sure is boring!" This doesn't please the purple guy much, as he happens to be eavesdropping. Suddenly, she notices Tarantulas on the scanners, zipping along at breakneck speed in [[Grid Vaxon]]. At the mention of the spider, Megatron reveals himself, accompanied by [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], and begins giving Blackarachnia orders, with Inferno enforcing his master's wishes. Blackarachnia suggests they follow Tarantulas to see what he's up to, but Megatron seems reluctant. Inferno then reports an attack on the jamming tower and asks if he should back up [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. Instead, Megatron reveals to the spider and Inferno that now is a prime time to get the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Golden Disk]] back, with only Rhinox guarding the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''.

[[Image:Other Visits 1 Tigatron plant.jpg|left|200px|thumb|A touching moment here, but a different touching in Japan.]]
Tigatron and Airazor are patrolling when, to their delight and surprise, they see a hint of plant life in the form of a drifting seed. They continue to [[Grid Zeiram]], where they discover a clearing full of plant life, an area of natural beauty that wasn't destroyed by the alien attack. Airazor is intrigued by the unique forms of vegetation, so she transforms to get a scan. BIG MISTAKE. Tigatron also transforms. BIG MISTAKE. They both seem to be overcome by it all, and share a brief romantic moment. But as the pair cuddle up, tendrils begin to snake up behind them, and suddenly, the two Maximals are entangled. Amidst their screams, they link hands, telling each other that their sparks will always find each other. As they are abducted, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] flies up and tries to rescue them, but to no avail. He screams in protest as he realises he has lost them. As he bemoans the Maximals' inability to warn the abducted pair in time, Tarantulas pops up and blasts Cheetor, knocking him out cold. As Tarantulas begins to check out the site, he realises [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] is coming, so he retreats.

Optimus and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] land in the clearing, and Optimus gets Cheetor back online. He hurriedly asks what happened to Tigatron and Airazor, and Cheetor indicates the plant at fault for their disappearance. At this moment, Rattrap buzzes in, informing the Maximals that he and Dinobot have destroyed the jamming tower. (Actually, Dinobot is still landing a few final blows, which topple the tower on top of Quickstrike and Waspinator.) Upon learning about the fate of Tigatron and Airazor, all the Maximals head back to base, all deeply moved.

[[Image:Rock 'em an' sock 'em%2C Rhinox.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The incredible, unanticipated Hasbro-Mattel crossover!]]
Optimus com-links Rhinox, who is also shocked by the news, but, being the cool cucumber that he is, goes straight back to scanning the alien abduction and notices two distorted figures in the beam: Tigatron and Airazor. Before he can investigate further, the base alerts go off, and he notices Megatron outside. Rhinox has no time for fun and games, so he literally brings out "the big guns." However, Megatron is merely acting as a diversion while Blackarachnia and Inferno sneak into the base and shut off the defense systems. Big Green realizes he's in trouble and desperately tries to get through to Optimus, but Inferno enters the room, swings Rhinox's chair up to the table, and puts him at gunpoint just as Optimus finally responds. Inferno offers a "Goodbye!" on Rhinox's behalf and simultaneously blasts Rhinox. Blackarachnia rushes for the disk, but Inferno is more hesitant: "The Royalty said we weren't to touch it until..." He is interrupted by Rhinox grabbing him and yanking him back to express his displeasure. Rhinox and Inferno start to rock 'n' sock each other with chin-punches, and Rhinox soon wins by popping Inferno's block off (or at least up). Blackarachnia grabs the disk, but Rhinox menaces her with "The Chaingun Of Doom." He barely has time to threaten her before Megatron appears behind him and lays verbal claim to the disk. Despite his fear, Rhinox quickly readies to smack Megatron in the face, but the Pred is too quick; he grabs Rhinox's hand in his claw, rips it off and sends him sprawling. Megatron grabs the disk, pushes Inferno's head back down, then takes his leave.

The Maximals make it back to the base, and Optimus re-attaches Rhinox's arm. The Maximals then have a council. Cheetor is still upset about Tigatron and Airazor, insisting they need to rescue those two. However, Dinobot says they need to stop Megatron before the aliens strike, to which Optimus agrees. They set off for the site where Tigatron and Airazor were abducted.

Megatron is back in the ''Darksyde'', talking about the Golden Disk, but is interrupted by Tarantulas. The spider brags that he is no longer part of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] command, but also reminds his ex-leader that he is Megatron's only chance of surviving the alien attack. Megatron allows Tarantulas to undertake his plan.

[[Image:Other Visits 1 Megatron hunter.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"From here it looks like a giant boob."]]
The Predacons head to the abduction site, where they go about ramming posts into the ground. Megatron questions Tarantulas's motives, but Tarantulas isn't telling. However, due to the fact they shared minds, Blackarachnia knows it is because he hates the aliens. Megatron doesn't mind, since hatred is an emotion he can trust. When the plan is complete, Megatron and Tarantulas have a brief laughing contest which is interrupted by Primal and the Maximals, who transform and prepare to attack. The Predacons also terrorize, ready for battle, when the aliens' beam comes down, causing a halt in the proceedings. All the Transformers stare on in amazement as a [[Metal Hunter|spaceship]] materializes in front of their very optics.

The top of the ship opens, releasing an energon surge, which blasts into everybody.

[[Other Visits (Part 2)|To be continued...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Tigatron]] (7)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (8)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (9)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (10)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (11)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (6)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (12)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Sometimes Optimus trusts too much..."
:—'''Rhinox''' to himself over Dinobot's recent activities

"''Blast'' that scheming spider! Again he defies me!" 
"Say the word, my Queen, and he shall ''burn''." 
"Not just yet; and for the last time, '''STOP CALLING ME THAT'''!" 
"As you command, my-[AAACK!]"
:—'''Megatron''' finally puts his foot down on '''Inferno''''s nicknaming.

"Wherever we go, my Spark will find yours!" 
"A-a-and mine, yours."
:—'''Tigatron''' and '''Airazor''', just before getting sent into space

"We could have warned them. If only that stinking Megatron hadn't..." 
"Well you didn't!" [''blasts Cheetor''] 
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Tarantulas'''

"I, uh...I come in peace." 
"You're about to leave in pieces!"
:-'''Megatron''' and '''Rhinox''', upon discovering the latest addition to the Maximal defenses.

"Done! Ready to rock and roll, insect?" 
"I don't rock and roll; I ''buuurn''."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Inferno''' before knocking out the Maximal defenses.

"You don't wanna try it. The disk!"
:—'''Rhinox''' demands the Golden Disk from Blackarachnia, unaware that Megatron is creeping up behind him.

"It's like I always say: We're all gonna die."''(All glare at Rattrap.)'' 
"I know, I know. 'Shut up, Rattrap.'"
:—'''Rattrap''' contemplates the situation.

"Is all in readiness?" 
"This time, the aliens will get a welcome they didn't expect! Hehehehehe..." 
"Ahahahahahaha..." 
"Heeheehmhmhmheehaha!" 
"EHEHEHAHAHAHAHAA!" 
"HEHEHEHAAHAHAHAAAA!!!" 
:-'''Tarantulas''' and '''Megatron''' celebrate the completion of their latest scheme with an evil laughing contest.

"Leave here, Primal! I will deal with this!" 
"Like you did ''last time''? Dream on!"
:—'''Megatron''' fails to get '''Optimus Primal'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s confidence for dealing with the aliens.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Near the beginning of the episode when Optimus is flying on his gorilla hoverboard, his blaster (which is his thruster in that mode) is pointed down, but there is still a visible jet of flame where it should be.
*During the Maximal group discussion about the alien device, Cheetor's cat head clips into his arm.
*When Quickstrike transforms at the end of the episode, the sound effect seems to be that of [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok's]] transformation sequence.
*As Megatron transforms into robot mode near the end of the episode, his dinosaur mouth remains closed when it should be open, even though the roar sound effect remains intact.

===Continuity notes===
* Blackarachnia mentions the mental link that she and Tarantulas once shared, which she managed to sever in "[[Tangled Web]]".
* Rhinox expresses ill feelings towards Dinobot for his actions during "[[Maximal, No More]]".
* Fittingly, many references are made to the Transformers' [[Other Voices, Part 1|last]] [[Other Voices, Part 2|encounter]] with the aliens. Both Rattrap and Blackarachnia refer to the alien's [[Planet Buster|previous superweapon]], while Optimus makes several references to the "truce" and his own death that occurred due to the last event.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Optimus carries around a... thing that he places on the unconscious Cheetor's chest in order to restore him to consciousness.

===Real-world references===
*The fight between [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] ends with Rhinox socking Inferno so hard that his neck pops up, referencing [[w:Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots|Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots]].
*Waspinator says he's pinned like an "[[wikipedia:Iron_Butterfly|iron butterfly]]", referencing the 1960s psychedelic rock band that gave the world "[[wikipedia:In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]".

===Trivia===
* The original script called for the alien plant to lure Tigatron and Airazor in with a [[stasis pod]] containing a [[blank]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Visiteurs - 1re partie'''" ("The Visitors - 1st Part")

:*''Title:'' '''Les Visiteurs 1''' (Canada, "The Visitors 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Minaccia aliena - Parte 1'''" ("Alien Threat - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''E? Ohana ga?'''" (え? お花が?, "Huh? The Flower?")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 10]] [[1999]]
::*So yes, this is the episode where Tigatron and Airazor "come out of the closet". In case you didn't know, Airazor was made male for the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', but his relationship with Tigatron, up until now, was played platonically. Tigatron was dubbed as a comedic "samurai ronin" stereotype with Airazor being his young "ward" and the two shared a close bond that could be described as brotherly. Completely out of the blue at the beginning of this episode, with absolutely no build-up whatsoever in any of the previous episodes, Airazor begins amorously flirting with Tigatron, calling him petnames like "Ti-chan" and basically acting really, ''really'' gay. Tigatron responds to these flirtations with startled and embarrassed admonishments for Airzazor to "knock it off" and "be quiet". Eventually, when they're both attacked by the vines, they share pretty much the same romantic dialogue as in the English version, expressing their love for one another. With their romantic relationship having not been established in any way prior to this episode, the "coming out" scene is incredibly random, awkward and bewildering.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Visitas Parte 1'''" ("Others Visits Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Visitas (Parte 1)'''" ("Other Visits (Part 1)")

:*''Title:'' "'''Los Visitantes Primera Parte'''" (America, "The Visitors First Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Quit! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Maximal, No More

2017-01-03T21:36:18Z

LiamK: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=31
|image=Maximal No More Dinobot bow.jpg
|title="Maximal, No More"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 23]], 1997
|written by=[[Patrick Barry]]
|directed by=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''With the contents of the Golden Disks weighing heavily on his mind, Dinobot must decide which side of the conflict he truly belongs to.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Faster, Vermin! Toys "Я" Us closes at five!]]
Within the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] compares [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] installation locations with the symbols on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and observes that [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s "plan proceeds, even without the disk". He ponders his fate should Megatron succeed, and wonders if he is willing to betray his Predacon heritage. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] contacts him for a survey mission, and Dinobot puts his research aside for the moment.

Later, he rides [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] into Predacon territory, musing as he does that "there is always battle here". Rattrap ain't buyin' it, until [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] bursts out of the ground and attacks. Inferno and Dinobot square off, while Rattrap gets the drop on [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] moves to assist Dinobot, but [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] shoots him down, causing him to crash into Dinobot, deactivating them both.

Inferno carries Dinobot off to the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], but Rattrap takes out Waspinator before he can carry Silverbolt away.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot caged.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm bored.]]
At the Predacon base, Megatron is eager to chat with his former comrade-in-arms. Dinobot breaks free and reaches Megatron, sword in hand, but the guns of the other Predacons prevent him from doing any damage. Before the fight can continue, however, Dinobot offers to change sides. Unconvinced, the Predacons finally settle on a "Predacon challenge" to test Dinobot's loyalty. Quickstrike is selected as an opponent, an invitation he readily accepts.

Rattrap goes hunting for Dinobot, sending Silverbolt back to call in Optimus.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Quickstrike.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Quickstrike likes it rough.]]
After a brutal fight, Dinobot triumphs over Quickstrike. Megatron orders Dinobot to finish him, but Dinobot refuses, saying Quickstrike is an able fighter. Megatron accepts this, then demands that Dinobot return the golden disks. The [[Golden Disk (Vok)|alien disk]] is in [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s hands, but the other is hidden from both sides. Megatron orders it returned immediately.

Rattrap observes Megatron and Dinobot flying past, and follows. At the mountaintop grotto, Dinobot uncovers the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and, with some trepidation, returns it to Megatron, wondering as he does if he's dooming his race. Megatron is about to run him through when Rattrap arrives, blasting Megatron aside—but Dinobot in turn blasts Rattrap.

[[File:Maximal No More Megatron unhappy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|No more Mr. Nice Guy.]]
Megatron orders Dinobot to finish off Rattrap as a final test of loyalty. After a long moment of hesitation... Dinobot turns his sword on Megatron instead, telling him that his ambitions are insane and will destroy [[Maximal]] and Predacon alike. With Optimus and Silverbolt incoming, Megatron retreats.

Dinobot confesses his betrayal to Optimus Primal. Having foolishly believed he wanted to share in Megatron's imminent victory, he now wishes to fight with the Maximals till they win or are destroyed. Optimus accepts this, but leaves the final call up to Rattrap, who finally relents after some obligatory insults.

Dinobot tells Primal he has a matter of great importance to discuss... back at base. Dinobot's final punishment is having to hitch a ride on Rattrap back to base.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (3)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (5)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (6)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (9)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"That 'bot sure does talk peculiar."
:—'''Quickstrike''' calling [[Inferno (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Waszzpinator not serve. Waszzpinator ''RULES''! Eheheheheheh!"
:—'''Waspinator''' in his manic phase.

"Treachery keeps the wits sharp." 
"Indeed—and yours are razor-sharp."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

'''Megatron''': Inferno, aid Quickstrike. 
'''Inferno''': Yes, my Queen. 
'''Dinobot''': I was not aware you had given yourself a new title. 
'''Megatron''': [''quickly''] The ant has some faulty programming.

[''Rattrap shoots Megatron''] "Looks like I got here just in time!" 
"Wrong, as usual!" [''Dinobot shoots Rattrap''] 
"...did I miss something?"
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s attempt to rescue '''Dinobot''' goes wildly awry.

"You can't trust him, and he smells bad. Then there's the teeth; you ever seen him eat?"
:—'''Rattrap''' calling [[Dinobot (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Maximal taxi on the way home! You need a ride?" 
"So, I am to be punished after all!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Waspinator can be spotted without his stripes.
*Dinobot's [[beast mode]] texturing often appears to be very low resolution in this episode.

===Continuity errors===

* Whilst not [[A Prime Problem|"we must have a race!"]] levels of stupid, the idea of getting Dinobot to prove his allegiance to the Predacon cause by beating up another Predacon barely makes sense. Megatron would have been better served by just straight up asking for the Golden Disks the moment Dinobot asked to swap sides. Of course, you could read the whole situation as Megatron (and Blackarachnia) playing with Quickstrike and Dinobot, but still, you'd think Megs would want those Disks back as soon as possible.

===Continuity notes===
* This is the first episode that you can see [[Clone One]]'s skin hanging on the wall in Dinobot's quarters.
* Dinobot stole the Golden Disks back in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]".
* Lots of hint-dropping about Megatron's grand scheme in this episode. On the surface, it seems that Dinobot is dreading Megatron's plan to alter history. However, the matching locations of Predacon installations (presumably the same jamming towers seen in the previous episode) seems more related to the alien arrival which happens in the next episode, "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", as the jamming towers result in Tigatron and Airazor's abduction, and otherwise play little or no part in the history-altering scheme.
* The consequences of this episode will haunt Dinobot [[Code of Hero|until the day he dies]].
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap's massively-versatile forearm compartments carry over to his Transmetal body. This time, he tricks Waspinator into activating some kind of poisonous gas bomb.
** He also possesses infrared vision.

===Transformers references===
* Rattrap accuses Dinobot of trying to start "[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] 3".
* Dinobot references "those who came before" as potential victims of Megatron's scheme, a thinly veiled reference to the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot begins the episode by looking at a comparison of Megatron's outposts and the Golden Disk on a computer screen. Just after this, some [[Cybertronix]] text appears on the left. Translated to English, it reads "[[w:South Park|they killed kenny those bastards]]".
*Rattrap refers to Silverbolt as "[[w: Rin Tin Tin|Rin Tin Tin]]".

===Trivia===
* Rattrap breaks the fourth wall during his encounter with Waspinator, talking to the "camera" several times.
* Even after changing his [[activation code]], Dinobot never actually says "terrorize" to transform into his [[robot mode]].
* When the view through Rattrap's scanner is shown, a small wedge of cheese can be seen in the bottom right corner.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Retour aux Sources'''" ("Return to Origins")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal en Danger'''" (Canada, "Maximal in Danger")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il tradimento'''" ("The Betrayal")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yamemasu!'''" (やめます!, "I Quit!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3]] [[1999]]
::*When Optimus appears on the monitor to tell Dinobot he's needed for a mission, he informs him to "quit your mahjong game".
::*As Quickstrike clings to the ledge with his cobra-hand, the cobra proceeds to whine that it can't hold on, while Quickstrike encourages his hand to hang in there. As Rattrap shoots Quickstrike off the ledge, he shouts "Sayonara!" dramatically. Quickstrike's cobra-hand screeches "Bye byyyyyyyye!" as it plummets.
::*Beginning with this episode, the characters featured in the [[commercial bumper]]s now announce themselves to the audience, sounding off their names and their vocal tic.
::*As he struggles to lift Silverbolt, Waspinator develops a new pet name for Quickstrike: "Gicchon-chan". This is a pun on Quickstrike's verbal tic of chanting "gicchon-chon" ("snippity-snip") all the time.
::*Dinobot submitting himself before Megatron is played for laughs. As he bows, he says "Pleeeeeease!" in a goofy voice. The other Predacons all then react in bafflement in perfect unison. Megatron then proceeds with an inner monologue, expressing humorous shock at the situation. Whenever he talks to Megatron, he takes on a simpering, cowering voice, really hamming it up and making the insincerity of his switch all the more obvious to the audience.
::*After dispatching Silverbolt to find Dinobot, as Rattrap rolls away and sniffs the ground, he mumbles that he can smell "Yamada-san's meal".
::*As the Maximals and Predacons use the same command codes in the Japanese dub, the scene instead has Dinobot coyly asking [[Predacon computer|Naviko-chan]] to add him to the Predacon roster. She responds by saying that Dinobot is now considered a "friend".
::*After Dinobot fries him in battle, Quickstrike whimpers, "I'm all black..." before he passes out.
::*When Megatron tosses the sword into the arena and orders Dinobot to finish Quickstrike, his declaration of "Finish him" is humorously understated and done in a very goofy, un-Megatron-like voice and delivered more like a casual, friendly suggestion.
::*After the arena battle, when the story picks up with Rattrap, as he sniffs along the ground he mutters, "Ah, that's Sato-san's eel pie!"
::*As Rattrap watches Megatron and Dinobot fly overhead, the two Predacons can be heard carrying on a casual, prattling conversation in the "normal" voices of their actors.
::*While dramatically staring into his reflection on the Golden Disk, Dinobot sings to himself, "Mirror-san! Mirror-san! This is not meeee!".
::*After delivering his "I always knew you were a Predacon" line, rather than remain defiantly silent, Rattrap proceeds to make pathetic comments, "You have no virtue" and "Where is your kindness?" He then segues into a rape euphemism, asking Dinobot to penetrate him gently, as he heard the first time can be painful (stay classy, Japan).
::*When swooping in with Optimus, Silverbolt sings out at the top of his lungs, "Thaaaaaanks foooooor waaaaiiiiitiiiiiiing!"
::*As Dinobot removes himself from the Predacon roster and returns to the Maximals, Silverbolt whispers, "I'm happy! Are you happy?" Rattrap replies, "This is good!"
::*Another pet name between characters, Rattrap begins calling Dinobot by the name "Dinoboke" ("boke" meaning "fool" or "bonehead").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chega de Maximals'''" ("Enough Maximals")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" ("Maximal, No More")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" (America, "Maximal, No More")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Quit! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Maximal, No More

2017-01-03T21:32:33Z

LiamK: /* Real-world references */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=31
|image=Maximal No More Dinobot bow.jpg
|title="Maximal, No More"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 23]], 1997
|written by=[[Patrick Barry]]
|directed by=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''With the contents of the Golden Disks weighing heavily on his mind, Dinobot must decide which side of the conflict he truly belongs to.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Faster, Vermin! Toys "Я" Us closes at five!]]
Within the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] compares [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] installation locations with the symbols on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and observes that [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s "plan proceeds, even without the disk". He ponders his fate should Megatron succeed, and wonders if he is willing to betray his Predacon heritage. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] contacts him for a survey mission, and Dinobot puts his research aside for the moment.

Later, he rides [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] into Predacon territory, musing as he does that "there is always battle here". Rattrap ain't buyin' it, until [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] bursts out of the ground and attacks. Inferno and Dinobot square off, while Rattrap gets the drop on [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] moves to assist Dinobot, but [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] shoots him down, causing him to crash into Dinobot, deactivating them both.

Inferno carries Dinobot off to the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], but Rattrap takes out Waspinator before he can carry Silverbolt away.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot caged.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm bored.]]
At the Predacon base, Megatron is eager to chat with his former comrade-in-arms. Dinobot breaks free and reaches Megatron, sword in hand, but the guns of the other Predacons prevent him from doing any damage. Before the fight can continue, however, Dinobot offers to change sides. Unconvinced, the Predacons finally settle on a "Predacon challenge" to test Dinobot's loyalty. Quickstrike is selected as an opponent, an invitation he readily accepts.

Rattrap goes hunting for Dinobot, sending Silverbolt back to call in Optimus.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Quickstrike.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Quickstrike likes it rough.]]
After a brutal fight, Dinobot triumphs over Quickstrike. Megatron orders Dinobot to finish him, but Dinobot refuses, saying Quickstrike is an able fighter. Megatron accepts this, then demands that Dinobot return the golden disks. The [[Golden Disk (Vok)|alien disk]] is in [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s hands, but the other is hidden from both sides. Megatron orders it returned immediately.

Rattrap observes Megatron and Dinobot flying past, and follows. At the mountaintop grotto, Dinobot uncovers the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and, with some trepidation, returns it to Megatron, wondering as he does if he's dooming his race. Megatron is about to run him through when Rattrap arrives, blasting Megatron aside—but Dinobot in turn blasts Rattrap.

[[File:Maximal No More Megatron unhappy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|No more Mr. Nice Guy.]]
Megatron orders Dinobot to finish off Rattrap as a final test of loyalty. After a long moment of hesitation... Dinobot turns his sword on Megatron instead, telling him that his ambitions are insane and will destroy [[Maximal]] and Predacon alike. With Optimus and Silverbolt incoming, Megatron retreats.

Dinobot confesses his betrayal to Optimus Primal. Having foolishly believed he wanted to share in Megatron's imminent victory, he now wishes to fight with the Maximals till they win or are destroyed. Optimus accepts this, but leaves the final call up to Rattrap, who finally relents after some obligatory insults.

Dinobot tells Primal he has a matter of great importance to discuss... back at base. Dinobot's final punishment is having to hitch a ride on Rattrap back to base.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (3)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (5)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (6)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (9)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"That 'bot sure does talk peculiar."
:—'''Quickstrike''' calling [[Inferno (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Waszzpinator not serve. Waszzpinator ''RULES''! Eheheheheheh!"
:—'''Waspinator''' in his manic phase.

"Treachery keeps the wits sharp." 
"Indeed—and yours are razor-sharp."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

'''Megatron''': Inferno, aid Quickstrike. 
'''Inferno''': Yes, my Queen. 
'''Dinobot''': I was not aware you had given yourself a new title. 
'''Megatron''': [''quickly''] The ant has some faulty programming.

[''Rattrap shoots Megatron''] "Looks like I got here just in time!" 
"Wrong, as usual!" [''Dinobot shoots Rattrap''] 
"...did I miss something?"
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s attempt to rescue '''Dinobot''' goes wildly awry.

"You can't trust him, and he smells bad. Then there's the teeth; you ever seen him eat?"
:—'''Rattrap''' calling [[Dinobot (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Maximal taxi on the way home! You need a ride?" 
"So, I am to be punished after all!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Waspinator can be spotted without his stripes.
*Dinobot's [[beast mode]] texturing often appears to be very low resolution in this episode.

===Continuity errors===

===Continuity notes===
* This is the first episode that you can see [[Clone One]]'s skin hanging on the wall in Dinobot's quarters.
* Dinobot stole the Golden Disks back in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]".
* Lots of hint-dropping about Megatron's grand scheme in this episode. On the surface, it seems that Dinobot is dreading Megatron's plan to alter history. However, the matching locations of Predacon installations (presumably the same jamming towers seen in the previous episode) seems more related to the alien arrival which happens in the next episode, "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", as the jamming towers result in Tigatron and Airazor's abduction, and otherwise play little or no part in the history-altering scheme.
* The consequences of this episode will haunt Dinobot [[Code of Hero|until the day he dies]].
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap's massively-versatile forearm compartments carry over to his Transmetal body. This time, he tricks Waspinator into activating some kind of poisonous gas bomb.
** He also possesses infrared vision.

===Transformers references===
* Rattrap accuses Dinobot of trying to start "[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] 3".
* Dinobot references "those who came before" as potential victims of Megatron's scheme, a thinly veiled reference to the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot begins the episode by looking at a comparison of Megatron's outposts and the Golden Disk on a computer screen. Just after this, some [[Cybertronix]] text appears on the left. Translated to English, it reads "[[w:South Park|they killed kenny those bastards]]".
*Rattrap refers to Silverbolt as "[[w: Rin Tin Tin|Rin Tin Tin]]".

===Trivia===
* Rattrap breaks the fourth wall during his encounter with Waspinator, talking to the "camera" several times.
* Even after changing his [[activation code]], Dinobot never actually says "terrorize" to transform into his [[robot mode]].
* When the view through Rattrap's scanner is shown, a small wedge of cheese can be seen in the bottom right corner.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Retour aux Sources'''" ("Return to Origins")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal en Danger'''" (Canada, "Maximal in Danger")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il tradimento'''" ("The Betrayal")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yamemasu!'''" (やめます!, "I Quit!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3]] [[1999]]
::*When Optimus appears on the monitor to tell Dinobot he's needed for a mission, he informs him to "quit your mahjong game".
::*As Quickstrike clings to the ledge with his cobra-hand, the cobra proceeds to whine that it can't hold on, while Quickstrike encourages his hand to hang in there. As Rattrap shoots Quickstrike off the ledge, he shouts "Sayonara!" dramatically. Quickstrike's cobra-hand screeches "Bye byyyyyyyye!" as it plummets.
::*Beginning with this episode, the characters featured in the [[commercial bumper]]s now announce themselves to the audience, sounding off their names and their vocal tic.
::*As he struggles to lift Silverbolt, Waspinator develops a new pet name for Quickstrike: "Gicchon-chan". This is a pun on Quickstrike's verbal tic of chanting "gicchon-chon" ("snippity-snip") all the time.
::*Dinobot submitting himself before Megatron is played for laughs. As he bows, he says "Pleeeeeease!" in a goofy voice. The other Predacons all then react in bafflement in perfect unison. Megatron then proceeds with an inner monologue, expressing humorous shock at the situation. Whenever he talks to Megatron, he takes on a simpering, cowering voice, really hamming it up and making the insincerity of his switch all the more obvious to the audience.
::*After dispatching Silverbolt to find Dinobot, as Rattrap rolls away and sniffs the ground, he mumbles that he can smell "Yamada-san's meal".
::*As the Maximals and Predacons use the same command codes in the Japanese dub, the scene instead has Dinobot coyly asking [[Predacon computer|Naviko-chan]] to add him to the Predacon roster. She responds by saying that Dinobot is now considered a "friend".
::*After Dinobot fries him in battle, Quickstrike whimpers, "I'm all black..." before he passes out.
::*When Megatron tosses the sword into the arena and orders Dinobot to finish Quickstrike, his declaration of "Finish him" is humorously understated and done in a very goofy, un-Megatron-like voice and delivered more like a casual, friendly suggestion.
::*After the arena battle, when the story picks up with Rattrap, as he sniffs along the ground he mutters, "Ah, that's Sato-san's eel pie!"
::*As Rattrap watches Megatron and Dinobot fly overhead, the two Predacons can be heard carrying on a casual, prattling conversation in the "normal" voices of their actors.
::*While dramatically staring into his reflection on the Golden Disk, Dinobot sings to himself, "Mirror-san! Mirror-san! This is not meeee!".
::*After delivering his "I always knew you were a Predacon" line, rather than remain defiantly silent, Rattrap proceeds to make pathetic comments, "You have no virtue" and "Where is your kindness?" He then segues into a rape euphemism, asking Dinobot to penetrate him gently, as he heard the first time can be painful (stay classy, Japan).
::*When swooping in with Optimus, Silverbolt sings out at the top of his lungs, "Thaaaaaanks foooooor waaaaiiiiitiiiiiiing!"
::*As Dinobot removes himself from the Predacon roster and returns to the Maximals, Silverbolt whispers, "I'm happy! Are you happy?" Rattrap replies, "This is good!"
::*Another pet name between characters, Rattrap begins calling Dinobot by the name "Dinoboke" ("boke" meaning "fool" or "bonehead").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chega de Maximals'''" ("Enough Maximals")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" ("Maximal, No More")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" (America, "Maximal, No More")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ([[wikipedia:Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Quit! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Voices, Part 1

2016-10-28T15:36:18Z

LiamK: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=25
|image=VokUnicronHead.jpg
|caption=''[[It|Another]]'' [[Grand Mal|floating]] [[Unicron|head!?]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 1
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 31]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]] [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The plans of both Megatron and the mysterious aliens are coming to a ''head'' as one of the two moons transforms.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Other Voices 1 Blackarachnia Tarantulas.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Some women can't be trusted, especially spiders.]]
In a flash of light, a power anomaly emerges from a wormhole above the planet and descends to the surface. [[Vok|The aliens]] have arrived.

[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects the arrival and alerts [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], who hopes the truce is still holding. He flies off to meet [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] at the landing site located in [[Grid Trion]].

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is programming his stolen [[transwarp cell]], when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] pays him another visit. She tells him she can get them inside the Maximal base to steal a [[stasis pod]]. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] monitors the entire discussion between the two spiders and sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to the location the aliens are anticipated to arrive at.

Rattrap and Airazor reach the site, which is a large circular plaza of stone, pulsing with energy and containing a stable energon crystal. When Airazor tries to scan it, it zaps her, blasts Rattrap away, and engulfs the entire site inside an [[Bio-Dome|organic dome-like structure]] with Airazor inside

[[File:Other Voices 1 Airazor bungalow.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The aliens don't like mimes in an invisible box.]]
Airazor awakens inside the "nutty alien bungalow", where a garbled alien voice speaks to her. She assures the aliens she means them no harm, but they have no such compunctions and painfully scan her until she converts to [[beast mode]]. After the scan ends, they are left with one word of information: "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]".

Outside, Waspinator arrives to "secure the area", but Rattrap drives him off with a vigorous bout of fisticuffs.

Optimus Primal arrives and surveys the situation. Rattrap's efforts to use a laser to cut through the dome structure are ineffective. Megatron then arrives with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]. He mocks Optimus for thinking that simple laser could get through the structure, commenting that the aliens can "create [[energon]] itself". He then has Scorponok fire a "toxic sting" that eats through the structure. Primal and Rattrap venture inside; Rattrap drags the semi-conscious Airazor out, while Primal stays to confront the aliens. A series of whip-like metal tentacles ensnare him and lift him up into an agonizing scanning grid.

Tarantulas and Blackarachnia have made their way to the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], where Blackarachnia activates a device that creates a small opening in the shields. The spiders move in, unaware that they are being followed by [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], who notes that they're up to no good and develops his own entry by digging a tunnel below ground.

Rattrap pulls Airazor out through Scorponok's opening just before it self-seals, to find himself facing Predacon guns. The truce is over.

[[File:Other Voices 1 Primal bondage.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primal usually has to pay for this treatment.]]
Optimus Primal's scan ends, and to address him, the aliens (having no form he could comprehend) take the form of a "figure of authority"—the head of [[Unicron]]. The aliens tell him that the [[Transformer]]s have contaminated their experiment, which will be "sterilized". Primal pleads for a chance to fix the damage, and for the lives of the planet's native creatures, but the aliens are dismissive, citing greater dangers unknown to Primal. The conversation ends with the aliens activating a "termination sequence".

[[File:Other Voices 1 Moon opening.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|That can't be good...]]
The alien construct begins to pulse with building energy. The distraction proves enough for Rattrap and Airazor to overpower the Predacons. With renewed urgency, Optimus Primal breaks his bonds and flies right through the dome; the Maximals beat a hasty retreat—as the dome bursts open, spewing a directed geyser of energy into the sky. The energy activates hidden systems on [[Planet Buster|the second moon]], burning away its earthen surface to reveal an endless grid of weapon-like emplacements that begin powering up. The moon itself begins to change its shape, and the alien energies cause the orbiting stasis pods to tumble out of orbit.

Rhinox observes all this at the Maximal base, taking measures to track what's happening even as the sensors begin to fritz out. Thus engaged, he doesn't see the spiders coming up behind him till it's too late. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is likewise gunned down in short order. Staring at Rhinox's displays, Blackarachnia wonders what they're looking at, to which Tarantulas replies: "The beginning... of the end."

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (7)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"''Not fair!'' Waszzpinator '''always''' gets slag assignments!" 
"''May I remind Waspinator that the current ceasefire applies '''only''' in reference to Maximals...''" 
''(gulp)'' "''Waszzpinator go.''"
:—'''Waspinator''' and '''Megatron''' discuss the fine print.

[''Rattrap has just brutalized Waspinator''] 
"I swear, I can't take you ''anywhere''!" 
"Hey, e-heh, just keeping the peace."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Aah, would I could have that sound to lull me to sleep each night."
:—'''Megatron''' enjoying the soothing lullaby of Optimus Primal's agonized screams.

"It is too late. You and your enemies have already contaminated the project. The harm has been done. That which does not become part of the one—shall become void." 
"No—wait! We can fix whatever damage was done." 
"We are not interested. The experiment will be sterilized." 
"You can't do that! There are living creatures here. You, with all your power—even you have no right!"
:—The '''Vok''' refuse to bargain with '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*Tarantulas and Blackarachnia's plan to bypass [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], sneak into the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', and then modify and reprogram a stasis pod on the fly while squatting in enemy camp seems to have one glaring oversight: Don't the Predacons ''already'' possess a functional stasis pod? The one Blackarachnia herself arrived in?

===Continuity notes===
* This episode heavily follows on from where the status quo was left [[Before the Storm|last episode]]... everyone is still worried about the imminent arrival of the aliens, the Maximals and Predacons currently have a truce, Waspinator is being repaired after Tarantulus blew him up, and Tarantulus himself is actively trying to escape the planet for reasons that will shortly become clear.
* Back in "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]", Rhinox observed that one of the moons was lighter than it should be, suggesting that it wasn't a natural celestial body.
* This is the first of several episodes centered on the aliens, all with "Other V*"-styled titles: "Other Voices", "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", "[[Other Victories]]".
*"Scan complete, this is the specimen we analyzed before."—The Vok previously analyzed Optimus in "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
* While fighting Waspinator, Rattrap pulls off the same beast mode rolling-maneuver he used back in "[[Call of the Wild]]".
* This is the first time we've seen the orginal [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] since the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)| first episode]]. Perhaps Megatron has finally realised what [[Earth|planet]] they have actually landed on...
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap carries a cutting laser in his arm compartments.
** Scorponok's stingers are venomous, allowing him to blow a hole in the Bio-Dome.

===Transformers references===
*Unicron is, of course, originally from "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]". The Vok's Unicron hologram is solely a visual reference, and is not meant to suggest any connection between the aliens and Unicron. The Vok mention that they learned about Unicron from Optimus's [[datatrax]], suggesting that not ''all'' information about the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was sealed away by the [[Maximal Elder]]s.
*The Unicron hologram's statement "That which does not become part of the one—shall become void" may be a reference to Unicron's quote from ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'': "That which does not become a part of me shall become one with the great void." It might also be a twisted reference to [['Til all are one|a certain Autobot mantra]], which wouldn't be the first or last of such references.

===Trivia===
*The Vok claim that "there is more danger than you know", suggesting that the destruction of the Earth is necessary to forestall some greater threat. This idea was never touched on again. They likewise claim that their true forms are incomprehensible, although later episodes would also ignore this statement.
* Terrorsaur is strangely quiet in this episode, not even crying out when he gets shot by Rattrap. (On the other hand, Dinobot is on screen for less time but does get to speak one whole word: "Invaders!")
*In a line originally in the script but not included in the episode, Rattrap described the Bio-Dome as "creepier than [[Crystal City]] on [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] day."
* The start of the audio commentary for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]] on the [[Madman Entertainment]] ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD is almost inaudible. As Larry DiTillio is trying to explain something, something happens that is very difficult to make out, with Ben Yee suggesting they start over.
*Bob Forward has said this was originally meant to be a 4-parter but the plans were changed at the last minute—"Apparently anything more than a two-parter is too hard to schedule".<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22anything%20more%20than%20a%20two-parter%20is%20too%20hard%20to%20schedule%22 Interview with Bob Forward on alt.toys.transformers]</ref> Despite his comments, this episode follows on almost directly from [[Before the Storm]] (as noted above). This ability to link episode together without making them explicit two-parters will become more and more common over the next two seasons.
*After Waspinator is defeated by Rattrap, he has exactly the voice you'd expect from someone who's been [[Humanization|kicked in the nards]].
*At the beginning of the episode, Tarantulas has a series of purple bars and a series of red bars on a computer screen. In [[Cybertronix]], they are labeled "bass" and "treble".
* This is the last multi-parter to feature a "Next time on ''Beast Wars''" segment (which is probably for the best, as this one basically spoils the final moments of the next episode).

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 1re partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 1")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix 1'''" (Canada, "The Voices 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 1'''" ("The Arrival - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu no Daiō Arawaru!'''" (恐怖の大王現る!, "The Great King of Terror Arrives!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 18|18 March]] [[1998]]
::*As Airazor flies over the wastelands with Rattrap on his back, they have a pun-filled discussion complete with animated captions overlaid on the screen breaking down the linguistics of 人生 (''jinsei'', "human life") and ネズミ生 (''nezumisei'', "rat life").
::*"Robo Noogies" is changed to クルクル攻撃 (''kurukuru kougeki'', "Whirling Attack").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 1'''" ("Other Voices Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Voces Primera Parte'''" ("Other Voices First Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — To Protect the Peace... ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Voices, Part 1

2016-10-28T15:31:03Z

LiamK: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=25
|image=VokUnicronHead.jpg
|caption=''[[It|Another]]'' [[Grand Mal|floating]] [[Unicron|head!?]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 1
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 31]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]] [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The plans of both Megatron and the mysterious aliens are coming to a ''head'' as one of the two moons transforms.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Other Voices 1 Blackarachnia Tarantulas.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Some women can't be trusted, especially spiders.]]
In a flash of light, a power anomaly emerges from a wormhole above the planet and descends to the surface. [[Vok|The aliens]] have arrived.

[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects the arrival and alerts [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], who hopes the truce is still holding. He flies off to meet [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] at the landing site located in [[Grid Trion]].

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is programming his stolen [[transwarp cell]], when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] pays him another visit. She tells him she can get them inside the Maximal base to steal a [[stasis pod]]. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] monitors the entire discussion between the two spiders and sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to the location the aliens are anticipated to arrive at.

Rattrap and Airazor reach the site, which is a large circular plaza of stone, pulsing with energy and containing a stable energon crystal. When Airazor tries to scan it, it zaps her, blasts Rattrap away, and engulfs the entire site inside an [[Bio-Dome|organic dome-like structure]] with Airazor inside

[[File:Other Voices 1 Airazor bungalow.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The aliens don't like mimes in an invisible box.]]
Airazor awakens inside the "nutty alien bungalow", where a garbled alien voice speaks to her. She assures the aliens she means them no harm, but they have no such compunctions and painfully scan her until she converts to [[beast mode]]. After the scan ends, they are left with one word of information: "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]".

Outside, Waspinator arrives to "secure the area", but Rattrap drives him off with a vigorous bout of fisticuffs.

Optimus Primal arrives and surveys the situation. Rattrap's efforts to use a laser to cut through the dome structure are ineffective. Megatron then arrives with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]. He mocks Optimus for thinking that simple laser could get through the structure, commenting that the aliens can "create [[energon]] itself". He then has Scorponok fire a "toxic sting" that eats through the structure. Primal and Rattrap venture inside; Rattrap drags the semi-conscious Airazor out, while Primal stays to confront the aliens. A series of whip-like metal tentacles ensnare him and lift him up into an agonizing scanning grid.

Tarantulas and Blackarachnia have made their way to the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], where Blackarachnia activates a device that creates a small opening in the shields. The spiders move in, unaware that they are being followed by [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], who notes that they're up to no good and develops his own entry by digging a tunnel below ground.

Rattrap pulls Airazor out through Scorponok's opening just before it self-seals, to find himself facing Predacon guns. The truce is over.

[[File:Other Voices 1 Primal bondage.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primal usually has to pay for this treatment.]]
Optimus Primal's scan ends, and to address him, the aliens (having no form he could comprehend) take the form of a "figure of authority"—the head of [[Unicron]]. The aliens tell him that the [[Transformer]]s have contaminated their experiment, which will be "sterilized". Primal pleads for a chance to fix the damage, and for the lives of the planet's native creatures, but the aliens are dismissive, citing greater dangers unknown to Primal. The conversation ends with the aliens activating a "termination sequence".

[[File:Other Voices 1 Moon opening.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|That can't be good...]]
The alien construct begins to pulse with building energy. The distraction proves enough for Rattrap and Airazor to overpower the Predacons. With renewed urgency, Optimus Primal breaks his bonds and flies right through the dome; the Maximals beat a hasty retreat—as the dome bursts open, spewing a directed geyser of energy into the sky. The energy activates hidden systems on [[Planet Buster|the second moon]], burning away its earthen surface to reveal an endless grid of weapon-like emplacements that begin powering up. The moon itself begins to change its shape, and the alien energies cause the orbiting stasis pods to tumble out of orbit.

Rhinox observes all this at the Maximal base, taking measures to track what's happening even as the sensors begin to fritz out. Thus engaged, he doesn't see the spiders coming up behind him till it's too late. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is likewise gunned down in short order. Staring at Rhinox's displays, Blackarachnia wonders what they're looking at, to which Tarantulas replies: "The beginning... of the end."

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (7)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"''Not fair!'' Waszzpinator '''always''' gets slag assignments!" 
"''May I remind Waspinator that the current ceasefire applies '''only''' in reference to Maximals...''" 
''(gulp)'' "''Waszzpinator go.''"
:—'''Waspinator''' and '''Megatron''' discuss the fine print.

[''Rattrap has just brutalized Waspinator''] 
"I swear, I can't take you ''anywhere''!" 
"Hey, e-heh, just keeping the peace."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Aah, would I could have that sound to lull me to sleep each night."
:—'''Megatron''' enjoying the soothing lullaby of Optimus Primal's agonized screams.

"It is too late. You and your enemies have already contaminated the project. The harm has been done. That which does not become part of the one—shall become void." 
"No—wait! We can fix whatever damage was done." 
"We are not interested. The experiment will be sterilized." 
"You can't do that! There are living creatures here. You, with all your power—even you have no right!"
:—The '''Vok''' refuse to bargain with '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*Tarantulas and Blackarachnia's plan to bypass [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], sneak into the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', and then modify and reprogram a stasis pod on the fly while squatting in enemy camp seems to have one glaring oversight: Don't the Predacons ''already'' possess a functional stasis pod? The one Blackarachnia herself arrived in?

===Continuity notes===
* This episode heavily follows on from where the status quo was left [[Before the Storm|last episode]]... everyone is still worried about the imminent arrival of the aliens, the Maximals and Predacons currently have a truce, Waspinator is being repaired after Tarantulus blew him up, and Tarantulus himself is actively trying to escape the planet for reasons that will shortly become clear.
* Back in "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]", Rhinox observed that one of the moons was lighter than it should be, suggesting that it wasn't a natural celestial body.
* This is the first of several episodes centered on the aliens, all with "Other V*"-styled titles: "Other Voices", "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", "[[Other Victories]]".
*"Scan complete, this is the specimen we analyzed before."—The Vok previously analyzed Optimus in "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
* While fighting Waspinator, Rattrap pulls off the same beast mode rolling-maneuver he used back in "[[Call of the Wild]]".
* This is the first time we've seen the orginal [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] since the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)| first episode]]. Perhaps Megatron has finally realised what [[Earth|planet]] they have actually landed on...
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap carries a cutting laser in his arm compartments.
** Scorponok's stingers are venomous, allowing him to blow a hole in the Bio-Dome.

===Transformers references===
*Unicron is, of course, originally from "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]". The Vok's Unicron hologram is solely a visual reference, and is not meant to suggest any connection between the aliens and Unicron. The Vok mention that they learned about Unicron from Optimus's [[datatrax]], suggesting that not ''all'' information about the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was sealed away by the [[Maximal Elder]]s.
*The Unicron hologram's statement "That which does not become part of the one—shall become void" may be a reference to Unicron's quote from ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'': "That which does not become a part of me shall become one with the great void." It might also be a twisted reference to [['Til all are one|a certain Autobot mantra]], which wouldn't be the first or last of such references.

===Trivia===
*The Vok claim that "there is more danger than you know", suggesting that the destruction of the Earth is necessary to forestall some greater threat. This idea was never touched on again. They likewise claim that their true forms are incomprehensible, although later episodes would also ignore this statement.
*In a line originally in the script but not included in the episode, Rattrap described the Bio-Dome as "creepier than [[Crystal City]] on [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] day."
* The start of the audio commentary for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]] on the [[Madman Entertainment]] ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD is almost inaudible. As Larry DiTillio is trying to explain something, something happens that is very difficult to make out, with Ben Yee suggesting they start over.
*Bob Forward has said this was originally meant to be a 4-parter but the plans were changed at the last minute—"Apparently anything more than a two-parter is too hard to schedule".<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22anything%20more%20than%20a%20two-parter%20is%20too%20hard%20to%20schedule%22 Interview with Bob Forward on alt.toys.transformers]</ref> Despite his comments, this episode follows on almost directly from [[Before the Storm]] (as noted above). This ability to link episode together without making them explicit two-parters will become more and more common over the next two seasons.
*After Waspinator is defeated by Rattrap, he has exactly the voice you'd expect from someone who's been [[Humanization|kicked in the nards]].
*At the beginning of the episode, Tarantulas has a series of purple bars and a series of red bars on a computer screen. In [[Cybertronix]], they are labeled "bass" and "treble".
* This is the last multi-parter to feature a "Next time on ''Beast Wars''" segment.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 1re partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 1")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix 1'''" (Canada, "The Voices 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 1'''" ("The Arrival - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu no Daiō Arawaru!'''" (恐怖の大王現る!, "The Great King of Terror Arrives!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 18|18 March]] [[1998]]
::*As Airazor flies over the wastelands with Rattrap on his back, they have a pun-filled discussion complete with animated captions overlaid on the screen breaking down the linguistics of 人生 (''jinsei'', "human life") and ネズミ生 (''nezumisei'', "rat life").
::*"Robo Noogies" is changed to クルクル攻撃 (''kurukuru kougeki'', "Whirling Attack").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 1'''" ("Other Voices Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Voces Primera Parte'''" ("Other Voices First Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — To Protect the Peace... ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Voices, Part 1

2016-10-28T15:26:28Z

LiamK: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=25
|image=VokUnicronHead.jpg
|caption=''[[It|Another]]'' [[Grand Mal|floating]] [[Unicron|head!?]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 1
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 31]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]] [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The plans of both Megatron and the mysterious aliens are coming to a ''head'' as one of the two moons transforms.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Other Voices 1 Blackarachnia Tarantulas.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Some women can't be trusted, especially spiders.]]
In a flash of light, a power anomaly emerges from a wormhole above the planet and descends to the surface. [[Vok|The aliens]] have arrived.

[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects the arrival and alerts [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], who hopes the truce is still holding. He flies off to meet [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] at the landing site located in [[Grid Trion]].

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is programming his stolen [[transwarp cell]], when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] pays him another visit. She tells him she can get them inside the Maximal base to steal a [[stasis pod]]. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] monitors the entire discussion between the two spiders and sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to the location the aliens are anticipated to arrive at.

Rattrap and Airazor reach the site, which is a large circular plaza of stone, pulsing with energy and containing a stable energon crystal. When Airazor tries to scan it, it zaps her, blasts Rattrap away, and engulfs the entire site inside an [[Bio-Dome|organic dome-like structure]] with Airazor inside

[[File:Other Voices 1 Airazor bungalow.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The aliens don't like mimes in an invisible box.]]
Airazor awakens inside the "nutty alien bungalow", where a garbled alien voice speaks to her. She assures the aliens she means them no harm, but they have no such compunctions and painfully scan her until she converts to [[beast mode]]. After the scan ends, they are left with one word of information: "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]".

Outside, Waspinator arrives to "secure the area", but Rattrap drives him off with a vigorous bout of fisticuffs.

Optimus Primal arrives and surveys the situation. Rattrap's efforts to use a laser to cut through the dome structure are ineffective. Megatron then arrives with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]. He mocks Optimus for thinking that simple laser could get through the structure, commenting that the aliens can "create [[energon]] itself". He then has Scorponok fire a "toxic sting" that eats through the structure. Primal and Rattrap venture inside; Rattrap drags the semi-conscious Airazor out, while Primal stays to confront the aliens. A series of whip-like metal tentacles ensnare him and lift him up into an agonizing scanning grid.

Tarantulas and Blackarachnia have made their way to the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], where Blackarachnia activates a device that creates a small opening in the shields. The spiders move in, unaware that they are being followed by [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], who notes that they're up to no good and develops his own entry by digging a tunnel below ground.

Rattrap pulls Airazor out through Scorponok's opening just before it self-seals, to find himself facing Predacon guns. The truce is over.

[[File:Other Voices 1 Primal bondage.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primal usually has to pay for this treatment.]]
Optimus Primal's scan ends, and to address him, the aliens (having no form he could comprehend) take the form of a "figure of authority"—the head of [[Unicron]]. The aliens tell him that the [[Transformer]]s have contaminated their experiment, which will be "sterilized". Primal pleads for a chance to fix the damage, and for the lives of the planet's native creatures, but the aliens are dismissive, citing greater dangers unknown to Primal. The conversation ends with the aliens activating a "termination sequence".

[[File:Other Voices 1 Moon opening.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|That can't be good...]]
The alien construct begins to pulse with building energy. The distraction proves enough for Rattrap and Airazor to overpower the Predacons. With renewed urgency, Optimus Primal breaks his bonds and flies right through the dome; the Maximals beat a hasty retreat—as the dome bursts open, spewing a directed geyser of energy into the sky. The energy activates hidden systems on [[Planet Buster|the second moon]], burning away its earthen surface to reveal an endless grid of weapon-like emplacements that begin powering up. The moon itself begins to change its shape, and the alien energies cause the orbiting stasis pods to tumble out of orbit.

Rhinox observes all this at the Maximal base, taking measures to track what's happening even as the sensors begin to fritz out. Thus engaged, he doesn't see the spiders coming up behind him till it's too late. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is likewise gunned down in short order. Staring at Rhinox's displays, Blackarachnia wonders what they're looking at, to which Tarantulas replies: "The beginning... of the end."

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (7)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"''Not fair!'' Waszzpinator '''always''' gets slag assignments!" 
"''May I remind Waspinator that the current ceasefire applies '''only''' in reference to Maximals...''" 
''(gulp)'' "''Waszzpinator go.''"
:—'''Waspinator''' and '''Megatron''' discuss the fine print.

[''Rattrap has just brutalized Waspinator''] 
"I swear, I can't take you ''anywhere''!" 
"Hey, e-heh, just keeping the peace."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Aah, would I could have that sound to lull me to sleep each night."
:—'''Megatron''' enjoying the soothing lullaby of Optimus Primal's agonized screams.

"It is too late. You and your enemies have already contaminated the project. The harm has been done. That which does not become part of the one—shall become void." 
"No—wait! We can fix whatever damage was done." 
"We are not interested. The experiment will be sterilized." 
"You can't do that! There are living creatures here. You, with all your power—even you have no right!"
:—The '''Vok''' refuse to bargain with '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*Tarantulas and Blackarachnia's plan to bypass [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], sneak into the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', and then modify and reprogram a stasis pod on the fly while squatting in enemy camp seems to have one glaring oversight: Don't the Predacons ''already'' possess a functional stasis pod? The one Blackarachnia herself arrived in?

===Continuity notes===
* This episode heavily follows on from where the status quo was left [[Before the Storm|last episode]]... everyone is still worried about the imminent arrival of the aliens, the Maximals and Predacons currently have a truce, Waspinator is being repaired after Tarantulus blew him up, and Tarantulus himself is actively trying to escape the planet for reasons that will shortly become clear.
* Back in "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]", Rhinox observed that one of the moons was lighter than it should be, suggesting that it wasn't a natural celestial body.
* This is the first of several episodes centered on the aliens, all with "Other V*"-styled titles: "Other Voices", "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", "[[Other Victories]]".
*"Scan complete, this is the specimen we analyzed before."—The Vok previously analyzed Optimus in "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
* While fighting Waspinator, Rattrap pulls off the same beast mode rolling-maneuver he used back in "[[Call of the Wild]]".
* This is the first time we've seen the orginal [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] since the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)| first episode]]. Perhaps Megatron has finally realised what [[Earth|planet]] they have actually landed on...
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap carries a cutting laser in his arm compartments.
** Scorponok's stingers are venomous, allowing him to blow a hole in the Bio-Dome.

===Transformers references===
*Unicron is, of course, originally from "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]". The Vok's Unicron hologram is solely a visual reference, and is not meant to suggest any connection between the aliens and Unicron. The Vok mention that they learned about Unicron from Optimus's [[datatrax]], suggesting that not ''all'' information about the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was sealed away by the [[Maximal Elder]]s.
*The Unicron hologram's statement "That which does not become part of the one—shall become void" may be a reference to Unicron's quote from ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'': "That which does not become a part of me shall become one with the great void." It might also be a twisted reference to [['Til all are one|a certain Autobot mantra]], which wouldn't be the first or last of such references.

===Trivia===
*The Vok claim that "there is more danger than you know", suggesting that the destruction of the Earth is necessary to forestall some greater threat. This idea was never touched on again. They likewise claim that their true forms are incomprehensible, although later episodes would also ignore this statement.
*In a line originally in the script but not included in the episode, Rattrap described the Bio-Dome as "creepier than [[Crystal City]] on [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] day."
* The start of the audio commentary for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]] on the [[Madman Entertainment]] ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD is almost inaudible. As Larry DiTillio is trying to explain something, something happens that is very difficult to make out, with Ben Yee suggesting they start over.
*Bob Forward has said this was originally meant to be a 4-parter but the plans were changed at the last minute—"Apparently anything more than a two-parter is too hard to schedule".<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22anything%20more%20than%20a%20two-parter%20is%20too%20hard%20to%20schedule%22 Interview with Bob Forward on alt.toys.transformers]</ref>
*After Waspinator is defeated by Rattrap, he has exactly the voice you'd expect from someone who's been [[Humanization|kicked in the nards]].
*At the beginning of the episode, Tarantulas has a series of purple bars and a series of red bars on a computer screen. In [[Cybertronix]], they are labeled "bass" and "treble".
* This is the last multi-parter to feature a "Next time on ''Beast Wars''" segment.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 1re partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 1")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix 1'''" (Canada, "The Voices 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 1'''" ("The Arrival - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu no Daiō Arawaru!'''" (恐怖の大王現る!, "The Great King of Terror Arrives!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 18|18 March]] [[1998]]
::*As Airazor flies over the wastelands with Rattrap on his back, they have a pun-filled discussion complete with animated captions overlaid on the screen breaking down the linguistics of 人生 (''jinsei'', "human life") and ネズミ生 (''nezumisei'', "rat life").
::*"Robo Noogies" is changed to クルクル攻撃 (''kurukuru kougeki'', "Whirling Attack").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 1'''" ("Other Voices Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Voces Primera Parte'''" ("Other Voices First Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — To Protect the Peace... ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]