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Code of Hero

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{{episode|
|series=BWtoon
|ep=35
|series2=Metals
|ep2=8
|prev2=Other Visits (Part 2)
|image=CodeofHero titlepic.jpg
|caption=The rest... is silence.
|title="Code of Hero"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 9]], 1998 ([[Toonami]]), [[April 25]], 1998 (syndication)
|packaged with=[[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Dinobot]]
|written by=[[Ian Weir]]
|directed by=[[Bob Forward]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Dinobot makes the ultimate sacrifice to save those who are still to come.'''

==Synopsis==
In a wild valley, a group of [[Protohuman|primitive hominids]] forage for food. A gargantuan snake attacks two of their number, and the protohumans are helpless to stop it...

[[File:Dinobot meditate.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I have no other choice, I have dishonored my comrades."]]
At the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', a haunted Dinobot meditates on his sword... and holds its blade ominously over his chest. But after a long moment of tension and hesitation, he casts it aside with a growl of frustration.

Rhinox has been calculating the path of the [[Transwarp wavefront|Transwarp Wave]] from the [[Planet Buster]]'s destruction—it's traveling through time at an accelerated rate, and will reach [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the "present", thus alerting Cybertron to their location. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] fears Megatron has made similar calculations, and the group realizes they need to increase their defenses.

Dinobot, still somber, runs into Rattrap, who nearly goads him into a fight over his turning the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Disk]] over to Megatron. Rattrap stalks off, concluding that he'd thought Dinobot was at least forthright. Dinobot is left to reflect that his past actions cannot be undone... but they "may yet be mitigated". He arms himself and heads off into the wastes.

On aerial recon, Cheetor observes Megatron and Rampage out for a stroll. They drive him off with some damage, but Cheetor calls in the sighting to Dinobot, who promises to follow up.

At [[Tarantulas's lair|his lair]], Tarantulas has captured a tasty antelope for his dinner. But as he creeps up to the struggling beast, Dinobot bursts out of the ground, holding him at gunpoint and demanding to know what information is on the Golden Disk. Tarantulas doesn't know—there are no more copies remaining, and Megatron is keeping the Disk on his person at all times. Still holding him at gunpoint, Dinobot uses Tarantulas as his unwilling ride.

[[File:Megatron GoldenDisk.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The hills are alive, with The Sounds of Earth!]]
The protohumans scatter and panic as Megatron flies overhead and lands. Rampage sneers that the Maximals will soon arrive from Cybertron, and that he anticipates Megatron's imminent demise. Megatron admits that's very likely... but only if history remains as it is.

Megatron explains that the Golden Disk contains images recorded in the future, including one of a nearby mountain. Megatron has Rampage destroy the mountaintop. After a moment, the image on the disk changes to suit the altered reality, to Megatron's delight. Dinobot observes all this with dawning dread: Megatron has the power to change the future.

The valley they are standing above, Megatron explains, spawned the human race. Their interference helped the Autobots win the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], thereby allowing the Maximals to rule over the Predacons today. But Megatron has a different history in mind. Summoning the rest of his troops, he orders them to annihilate the valley and its inhabitants. With the protohumans destroyed, the human race will never have existed!

[[File:BWDinobot decision.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|A picturesque image is required before a dramatic death.]]
While Dinobot's back is turned, Tarantulas blasts him; Dinobot reciprocates by squashing him under a rock. Dinobot contacts Optimus, who orders him to maintain position, but Dinobot knows there is no time to wait. With his questions answered, Dinobot is ready to face his destiny.

Dinobot moves in to attack the entire Predacon force single-handed. He blasts Inferno and Blackarachnia (stabbing the former for good measure), stomps Waspinator, forces Rampage's cannon to backfire (using Waspinator's head), and pummels Quickstrike (with his bare hands), but loses his weapons, suffers considerable damage, and drains most of his energy supply. His computer warns him that he must enter [[stasis lock]] to survive... a command which Dinobot overrides.

Megatron confronts the damaged warrior, gloating over his near-total victory; when Dinobot starts to attack, Megatron reveals a protohuman captive. The hostage is enough to make Dinobot halt; Megatron rebukes him for weakness. But Dinobot is a warrior still. Forging a makeshift hammer from a rock and stick, he knocks the Disk out of Megatron's hand and frees the protohuman. With the last of his energy, he summons one final optic blast, shattering the Disk.

Nearly mad with frustration, Megatron flees as the [[Maximal]]s arrive. Rattrap gasps in horror at the sight of his comrade, while Cheetor douses the flames of the burning valley. The Maximals gather around the fallen Dinobot, but it is too late to help him. Optimus assures him that he has saved untold lives yet to come. Dinobot exchanges a final round of barbs with Rattrap; he asks them all to tell his story truthfully, both the good and the bad, and allow him to be judged accordingly. "The rest is silence." With that, the proud warrior dies. Rattrap leads the others in a salute as Dinobot's [[spark]] leaves his body, with Primal wishing it on to the Matrix, there to join Cybertron's finest.

[[File:Dinobot funeral.jpg|right|upright=0.95|thumb|Old soldiers don't die, they just fade away...]]
The next morning, the Maximals hold a funeral for Dinobot. The fliers soar through the air in a {{w|missing man formation|salute}}, as Rattrap and Rhinox dissolve Dinobot's remains.

At the valley, a curious protohuman (presumably the same one Dinobot rescued) finds Dinobot's hammer. He soon figures out how to use it to help gather food... and to fend off predators, such as the giant snake. The protohuman's yell of triumph echoes through the valley; and high above, a brief flicker appears in the void of space.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (2)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (5)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (7)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (9)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (12)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (13)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
* [[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"Remember that transwarp cell explosion?" 
[''Primal just glares''] 
"Okay, stupid question..."
:—'''Rhinox''' has a once-in-a-lifetime lapse in intelligence.

"The rodent's words give off the stench of truth. Destiny is one great test in store for us all. Has mine already come and have I failed it? A deed once done cannot be undone, but perhaps, it may yet be mitigated."
:—'''Dinobot''' embarking on his destiny

"The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic... for I now find that I have no choice at all! I am a warrior... let the battle be joined."
:—'''Dinobot''', realizing his destiny

"One lonely turncoat, battling on against impossible odds." ''[Wipes fake tear]'' "I'm almost touched! ...Fortunately, such moments pass quickly. Quickstrike, scrap him!"
:—'''Megatron''', observing Dinobot's solo fight to save the valley.

"What's a warrior without weapons, eh?" 
"A warrior ''still!''"
:—'''Quickstrike''' totally underestimates '''Dinobot'''.

"Hmm, my ears are burning! Yesss! Why, Dinobot, what a delightful surprise! Let's see, where are we now? I have the Golden Disk, I have the power to change the future, and the only remaining obstacle in my path to ''unimaginable'' glory... is yourself. Exhausted. Damaged beyond recovery. ''Defeated''." 
"Not just yet!" 
"Ah-ah-ah!" ''[Megatron reveals a bound proto-human]'' "One more step, and it's raining bits of early anthropoid, yesss." ''[Dinobot hesitates]'' "Oh dear, how positively ''Maximal'' of you. You were weakened before you started, Dinobot. Weakened by ''compassion''."
:—'''Megatron''' confronts the severely damaged '''Dinobot'''.

"Oh, please! Face it, Dinobot! You're old technology, obsolete. What could ''you'' possibly do?" 
"Improvise."
:—'''Megatron''' is about to find out that '''Dinobot''' has one more trick up his sleeve.

'''Optimus Primal:''' "Well fought, my friend. You saved the valley. You saved the lives of those who live here... and of those who are still to come." 
'''Dinobot:''' "Then... there is nothing to regret." 
'''Rattrap:''' "Like I said, you're just a blasted, slag-spouting saurian, but... it's nice to know where you stand." 
'''Dinobot:'''"Upwind of you, for preference, vermin. ...Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."
:— Dinobot shares last words with his comrades

"He lived a warrior... and died a hero. Let his spark join the Matrix, the greatest of Cybertron."

:—'''Optimus Primal'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eulogy for Dinobot

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:CodeofHero wrong Rattrap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Maybe it's [[Packrat]]?]]
* The interior of the ''Axalon'', and thus the doors to Dinobot's quarters, were made at a different scale to his character model, so he could not actually fit through the doorway. Bob Forward explained that it had to be faked by a cut.
* When Rattrap is working at the wall panel, his right forearm is backwards and remains thus until he is grandly gesturing.
* As the "camera" zooms in on Tarantulas when he stalks up to the trapped gazelle, the background remains static instead of zooming in with him.
* When Megatron is flying over the proto-human valley, his legs are missing and his body has very little detail. It's especially noticeable when he flies towards the camera and transforms into robot mode-at which point his legs appear out of nowhere.
* As the Maximals head out, Rhinox's running animation is being played unnaturally fast to keep up with the others.
* As Quickstrike approaches Dinobot, his left shin is backwards.
* At Dinobot's funeral, Rattrap is in his pre-Transmetal body. On the [[Madman Entertainment|Madman]] DVD commentary for this episode, Bob Forward could not believe how the production team (who had viewed this scene at least a hundred times trying to get everything right) did not notice the fact they used the wrong Rattrap, and yet every fan did.
* Towards the end of the episode, a mechanical thud can be heard when the snake hits the ground, making it sound as if the snake is made of metal.

===Continuity errors===
* The strategy of the Maximal cavalry seems a bit odd. Granted, arriving in ones and twos would make them more vulnerable to attack but surely there would be some advantage in sending at least Cheetor on ahead? Or are we supposed to assume that every single Maximal, from jet-powered cheetah to bog-standard rhino, has the same top speed? (It's especially odd for Rhinox, considering that [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] Rattrap has given someone a lift [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|before]], and Primal will give Rhinox a lift [[The Agenda (Part III)|later]]).
* When Dinobot laments about Megatron's power being limitless, Megatron and Rampage can be seen on the cliff right behind him. This and the previous shot also indicate that Dinobot is ''right out in the open'', possibly exposing himself in full view of both Predacons. So...exactly ''why'' didn't Megatron or Rampage notice Dinobot, now?
* In this episode, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Voyager Disk]] resembles an old record (complete with being labeled "The Sounds of Earth") instead of the design used since its appearance in [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|the first episode]]. Given its origin as a record in a canister, however, it's possible that Megatron has simply taken it out of its case to test his theory of time-meddling.
* So if Tarantulas has a camera watching the web outside his lair, how is it possible that he didn't notice Dinobot stick the animal to the web and then bury himself to wait for him?
* As with most of Megatron's plots to alter the timeline, the plan to destroy the human race before it evolves has a critical deterministic error; if he succeeds, then the golden disk would never have been created by [[NASA]] in the future. Megatron could never have acquired it, and thus would not have the foresight to attempt to destroy the human race, and then the human race would have evolved as normal, creating the golden disk in the future... and so on and so forth. Apparently, time travel in ''Beast Wars'' isn't subject to the grandfather paradox!
* Rattrap mentions that Dinobot would be up against six Predacons when there was a total of seven. (Out of universe, this is likely for the audience's benefit, in case they weren't keeping track.) Either he had totally forgotten about Tarantulas, somehow heard Dinobot defeating Tarantulas over his open comlink, or assumed that Tarantulas would still not be working with Megatron.
** Or this could reflect that the Maximals were unaware of Protoform X being conscripted to the Predacon side as "Rampage" at the end of [[Bad Spark|the previous episode]].

===Continuity notes===
* Dinobot is, of course, still dealing with the fallout of his temporary defection, as seen in "[[Maximal, No More]]".
* Rhinox refers to the transwarp wave, which was caused by the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]] in "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]".
* Tarantulas mentions that Megatron doesn't want anyone downloading more copies of the disk's data, referring to Blackarachnia's little heist in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Megatron can turn his tail-weapon into a record player by retracting the tip.
** Optimus Primal can fly in robot mode, although he apparently prefers to fly around in [[beast mode]].
** Cheetor can spray fire-extinguisher while in beast mode.

===Transformers references===
*Megatron states that it was thanks to humans that the Autobots won the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], likely referring to the exploits of the [[Witwicky]]s. Apparently nobody bothered to remember the contributions of the [[Nebulan]]s.

===Real-world references===
* The Golden Disk that Megatron stole from Cybertron and kicked off this whole mess is revealed to be one of the two [[w:Voyager Golden Record|Golden Record]]s aboard the ''Voyager'' deep-space probe, specifically "The Sounds of Earth". That said, this Golden Disk can apparently play video.
* As the Predacons jump into the valley to destroy the hominids, Rampage crushes a butterfly. This evokes the famous Ray Bradbury short story "{{w|A Sound of Thunder}}", in which a time traveler in the past steps on a butterfly, thus dramatically altering the future of humanity.
* When Dinobot is leaving the base, he comments that "a deed, once done, cannot be undone", a slight modification of the Shakespearean quote "what is done cannot be undone".
* Dinobot's final words, "The rest is silence", are taken directly from [http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=hamlet&Act=5&Scene=2&Scope=scene#4014 the final words of the title character] in Shakespeare's ''{{w|Hamlet}}''. (The entreaty to tell his story is also taken from earlier in Hamlet's death scene, although rephrased.)
* Right after Dinobot crash-lands on [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Rampage points his cannon at Dinobot. The brief image from within the cannon's barrel appears similar to the gun barrel views from numerous James Bond movies.
*''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] worked various references to the online ''Transformers'' [[fandom]] into the series. In this case, Cheetor citing [[Tengu Sector]] was a reference to the screen name of [[Rob Gerbracht]], who went on to become one of the writers for the ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' comic book series.
* The final shot of the episode- a protohuman discovering the power of tools and triumphantly hurling his weapon into the air, followed by a pan into space- is evocative of ''[[w:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey.]]''

===Trivia===
* ''Beast Wars'' co-story editor [[Bob Forward]] drew storyboards for this episode. Not only is it the only ''Beast Wars'' episode to be directed by the series's writers, but it is also the only episode to be done up in storyboards rather than being directed on-the-fly. Bob Forward worked in person with the [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] animators for this episode.
* The original storyboards were auctioned for charity at a [[BotCon]].
* According to Bob Forward, Megatron's transformation sequence had to be reconstructed to be able to show his transformation from underneath for one shot. Previously, the animation only "worked" when seen from eye-level or above.
* In a bit of foreshadowing, while Dinobot is contemplating suicide, three ravens fly past his window in the {{w|missing man formation}}, which the Maximal fliers use in their salute to him at his funeral. The formation was also used when 3 protohumans were wandering through the forest prior to the Predacon attack.
* During the recording of this episode, [[Scott McNeil]] was attempting to deliver Dinobot's last words, but was continually interrupted by the recording crew's laughter. He is reputed to have said while still in character, "Do you mind?! I'm trying to die here!"
* According to McNeil, Dinobot knew he was going to die five episodes before he did, as right up until the last second, he believed Dinobot to only be "cartoon dead" as opposed to "''dead'' dead".
* When originally broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]], this episode was edited, with Dinobot's contemplated suicide completely excised and his hallway altercation with Rattrap cut down to only a fraction of its actual length. In the latter case, this seems to serve no other purpose than the elimination of the word "[[Slag (slang)|slag]]", and Dinobot's dying exchange with Rattrap was likewise altered to purge the word.
* It's no surprise that a DVD containing this episode was packaged with Dinobot for ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]''. This is the only post-Season 1 episode included with any ''10th Anniversary'' figure.
* Bob Forward considers this to be his favorite ''Beast Wars'' episode, as well as the "The Agenda" three-parter.<ref>http://www.infinitefrontiers.0catch.com/AutoAssembly/BobForward.htm Interview with Bob Forward</ref> Larry DiTillio has also admitted it's the best episode of the series, despite acknowledging that he had almost nothing to do with it.
* This is the last episode to have Rhinox appear in [[beast mode]]. For the rest of the series, Rhinox remains in [[robot mode]].
* The pistol Dinobot uses to interrogate Tarantulas is nearly identical to Rattrap's.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Code du Héros'''" (Canada, "Code of Hero")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un grande eroe'''" ("A Grand Hero")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Abayo!'''" (あばよッ!, "Farewell!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24]] [[1999]]
::*In a shocking display of restraint on director [[Yoshikazu Iwanami]]'s part, the excessive adlibbing, satirical 4th Wall jokes and major script changes are kept to a relative minimum. Instead, this episode tries (''tries'') to adhere to the somber tone of the original English language version. Still, though comparatively restrained in its use of adlib gags, there remain plenty to be had...
::*When opening fire on Cheetor, Rampage constantly howls threats and insults at the Maximal. As the episode "[[Bad Spark]]" was released theatrically in Japan and was not broadcast on television as a regular part of the series, this episode is the "introduction" of Rampage to Japanese viewers.
::*While exiting his secret lab to retrieve his dinner, Tarantulas jabbers incessantly to himself as he makes sure the coast is clear. He mentions that his left is clear, his right is clear, his rear is clear and above him is clear, then while rambling about never being too careful, that's when Dinobot bursts out from the one direction he hadn't checked; below himself.
::*When Megatron lands to check out the mountain near the valley of proto-humans, he giddily tests his echo out with a loud "YAHOOOO! (''yahooooo! yahooooo!'')"
::*In what is unfortunately one of the ''worst'' examples of adlibbing in this dub, when Rampage aims his cannon at Megatron and Megatron's head can be seen in close-up through the scope, Megatron continues to speak... with his mouth quite visibly shut. While the English version relied on silence and facial expressions to get the point of the scene across (Megatron's accursed smugness and Rampage's resigned anger at being helpless to wipe the smile off his face), the Japanese dub turns it into a prattling conversation as Rampage talks about shooting Megatron right then and there and Megatron (in the close-up with his lips closed) warning him of the consequences.
::*The drama and suspense of the Predacons laying waste to the proto-human valley is completely undone by the fact that the characters comically scream their vocal tics every time they fire their weapons.
::*The final [[commercial bumper]] for this episode is dedicated to Dinobot. Whereas in the past, the featured character would scream their name during the bumper, Dinobot instead offers a quiet and reserved, "Hello. I am Dinobot."
::*In addition to the incessant screaming of their verbal tics, the Predacons make various asides throughout Dinobot's rampage through their forces. Blackarachnia sarcastically remarks to Inferno as they gun down proto-humans "Well this isn't petty at all, is it?" After getting blown up by Rampage's cannon, Waspinator whimpers, "''How cruel...''"
::*Dinobot's final words to Rattrap, rather than a friendly jab, is instead a reconciliation of their partnership, as Dinobot tells him that they made a good duo. His final words to the group are the same as in the English version, save for the ending. Rather than "the rest is silence", Dinobot instead says, "Thank you. Farewell..."

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yīngxióng Běnsè'''" (英雄本色, "Nature of Hero")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Código de Herói'''" ("Code of Hero")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Código del Héroe'''" ("The Code of Hero")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Código de un Héroe'''" (America, "The Code of a Hero")

==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 ({{w|Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment}}) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Huh? The Face? ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 7 ([[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)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]
[[Category:MSTF]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Dark Birth

2019-10-01T00:03:47Z

Nhaz: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' ep 24
|image=Cyberverse-DarkBirth-FoundTheMoonCheetah.jpg
|caption=Bumblebee practices his "B-list celebrity at a convention photo-op" pose.
|prev=Trials
|next=Parley
|title="Dark Birth"
|airdate=[[August 31]], [[2019]] (Australia/NZ)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=[[Randolph Heard]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Ehud Landsberg]]
}}

'''The Autobots attack Megatron, believing he has the Allspark, while Starscream creates a terrible new army.'''

==Synopsis==
''On the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] hurls [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream's]] limp body from the ''Nemesis'', certain he has finished the traitor for good. The ship departs for earth, but Starscream's optics slowly blink back to life to see [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]] looking down at him. Cheetor takes off for parts unknown, leaving an open [[GroundBridge]] behind. Seeing the new opportunity offered to him, Starscream cackles...''

Aboard the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' Cheetor explains that he was once one with the [[AllSpark]], but was brought to [[Earth]] and given his bestial form to act as the AllSpark's guardian. For many years, Cheetor traveled through the GroundBridges with the AllSpark before one day encountering [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] in the desert. Since then, he has continued to observe the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, hoping they would achieve peace so he could bring them to the AllSpark. The Autobots speculate that with the Decepticons now in possession of both the AllSpark and [[Vector Sigma]], Megatron could reprogram the AllSpark to create an army of beings of his own design. Knowing the risk this poses, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] decides that they must take the fight to Decepticons. On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron fumes over Starscream's theft of the AllSpark and Vector Sigma, and declares he must be stopped.

In the abandoned missile silo, a fanatical Starscream gloats over his new prize and boasts to the other [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|seekers]]. Thinking he had been terminated by Megatron, Starscream believes his [[spark]] traveled to the AllSpark and returned, and that he is destined to bring about an era of peace and return their race to the AllSpark by terminating all other [[Transformer]]s. [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]] attempts to convince the others of Starscream's madness, but the others have completely bought into Starscream's claims. To demonstrate his power, Starscream uses the AllSpark to bond a nearby excavator to himself as his new [[spark armor]].

[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave's]] attempts to locate the AllSpark prove ineffective, so he instead decides to search for Vector Sigma's unique frequency. Before he can begin, the proximity alarm blares: Optimus and an army of Autobots have arrived to storm the ''Nemesis'' and retake the AllSpark. With Shockwave needing more time to find Vector Sigma, Megatron orders his troops to attack. While the others keep the Decepticons busy, Cheetor, [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] and Bumblebee infiltrate the ship in search of the Allspark. Cheetor cannot sense its presence and believes the AllSpark may have abandoned him for his failure, but the others reassure him. After a brief scuffle with [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]] and [[Lockdown (Cyberverse)|Lockdown]], Cheetor comes to a realization and demands to speak with Optimus and Megatron immediately. Back at the silo, [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]] continues to program Vector Sigma, but their attempts are not working, and Starscream begins to grow impatient. While the two argue, Slipstream attempts to grab the AllSpark, but Starscream notices her and knocks her aside. Helping her to her feet, Starscream teases that she has no idea what he can really do with the Allspark...

In the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hangar, the battle rages on, with Optimus and Megatron locked in combat. The fighting is suddenly interrupted by a powerful roar from Cheetor, who reveals that the AllSpark is not on the ship at all, making the fight pointless. Megatron begrudgingly reveals that Starscream stole the AllSpark for himself, and Cheetor admits that Starscream likely escaped death by following him through the GroundBridge. Megatron curses Cheetor, claiming he has no idea what he's done. Meanwhile, in the silo, Acid Storm finally finishes the reprogramming. Starscream declares this the beginning of a new era and activates Vector Sigma, watching as its energies intersect with that of the AllSpark. As the new program takes hold, The AllSpark creates the first of his new army: a [[Scraplet|small, aggressive insectoid]] creature. Starscream laughs maniacally as he is surrounded by more and more of his new "children", much to Slipstream's horror.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]] (3)
*[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Autobot]] soldiers (20)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]] (12)
*[[Decepticon]] soldiers (13)
*[[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]] (14)
*[[Thrust (Cyberverse)|Thrust]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]] (17)
*[[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]] (18)
*Generic [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|seekers]] (19)
*[[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]] (21)
*[[Lockdown (Cyberverse)|Lockdown]] (22)
*[[Laserbeak (Cyberverse)|Laserbeak]] (23)

|c4=
*[[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] (9)
*[[Scraplet]]s (24)

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The episode begins with a clip from "[[Bad Moon Rising]]" of Megatron tossing Starscream after his seeming execution, before showing what happened to him after the ''Nemesis'' departed.
*Cheetor mentions watching Bumblebee perform a "strange ritual" in the desert, referring to his performing donuts around Windblade back in "[[Fractured]]".

===Transformers references===
* [[Scraplet]]s are a race that first appeared in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the Marvel comic]], though they would remain an obscure one-off menace until they made their on-screen debut years later, in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]." ''Cyberverse's'' Scraplets are physically based on their ''Prime'' counterparts—vaguely insectoid creatures with massive, toothy mouths. They're also much larger, reaching about the height of Starscream's knees.

===Real-world references===
*Starscream tells Acid Storm that "Time is the fire in which we burn." This is a line from the poem "Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day" by {{w|Delmore Schwartz}}; the line was also famously used by [[memoryalpha:Tolian Soran|Tolian Soran]] in ''[[Star Trek]]: Generations''.

===Errors===
*The Earth globe appearing during Cheetor's flashback is mostly accurate, save for the Mediterranean extending deep into the territory of Syria, Iran and Turkey.

===Trivia===

===Animation and technical errors===
*Starscream uses an excavator as armor, but the actual toy depiction is a bulldozer.

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
*TBA

[[Category:Cyberverse episodes]]

Flying Mind

2019-09-24T13:43:16Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=FlyingMind-DecepticonsOnDeck.jpg
|caption=Alright, forget the bigger ship! Can we get a smaller ship instead?
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron's attempt to repair the ''Nemesis'' has an unexpected side effect, forcing Raf, Jack, and Miko to put themselves in harm's way.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Optimus Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus is the ''best'' at freeze tag.]]
With the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovers that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|an Autobot]] was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core, hoping its regenerative effects will cut down on the lengthy time it would take to get the ship airworthy. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reluctantly decides to use the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to terminate the Decepticons for good.

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works perfectly, bringing the ship to full operational status in minutes. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a [[Stasis Beam|stasis beam]], which a surprised Knock Out notes the ship was not previously equipped with, sending them into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:FlyingMindHumanAid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everybody clap their hands!]]
Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course, and it is quickly discovered that the ''Nemesis'' is ignoring its pilots and flying ''itself''. When Megatron demands the ship's computer be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship suddenly speaks up with its own voice, announcing it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes it's decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] attempts to do so, the ship retaliates and he's sent into stasis lock. When Megatron orders the Decepticons to sever all connections to the ship's mainframe, beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling almost every last one of the 'Cons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, with its cloaking field down, no less, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis lock while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis lock as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts of Decepticon origin. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship, determining that the ship cannot detect humans, as it left Fowler unmolested while leaving the battle earlier. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug in the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City|Manhattan]], the location of the first artifact, and if they don't stop it somehow, the ''Nemesis'' will destroy whatever part of the city lies atop the long-buried relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is electrically shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

[[Image:FlyingMindSecondOpinion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome to the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Beast Hunters|food chain!]]]]
Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core, hoping to de-activate the ''Nemesis's'' intelligence by dumping the dark energon out of the fuel supply. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is locked in place by Megatron's frozen hand. While he's still trying, the ship finally detects [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], assuming them to be vermin that are infesting it. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. [[Image:Lower Manhattan Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, why can't the aliens attack Jersey for a change?]] Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence is lost. As the ship "shifts into neutral", the stasis locked Transformers inexplicably begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help a still-loopy Fowler through the Ground Bridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive with him, just in time to miss the arrival of Megatron, who is rather unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as Megatron has no more scruples than his ship about harming human life, and the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan...

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]" (15)
|}}

==Quotes==

"And when the Insecticons backed off, I got inspired by my proximity to the power core, and did what I do best." 
"You trashed Megatron's ride like a rock star in a hotel room."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Miko''' discussing Bulkhead's victory.

"If the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communications relays are open and-" 
"Ehp, eph, are you suggesting that we just ''call'' Megatron and ask him what's happening up there?!
:—'''Jack's''' logic is questioned by '''Ratchet''', while all the other humans shrug, "Why not?"

"Doc Knock is ''knocked out!''"
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"On your feet, soldier!" 
"...and beavers and ducks and walnuts and Grandma..."
:—'''Miko''' helping a debilitated '''Fowler'''.

"Say ''ahhh!''" 
"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—Seeing '''Knock Out's''' attempt to operate on Jack, '''Ratchet''' gives him the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the [[Armada (episode)|previous episode]].
* Megatron makes note of Optimus's increasing ruthlessness and how he would no longer waste a chance to strike, likely referring to his near-termination by Optimus in "[[Crossfire]]".
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]", but it hasn't seen much use since the [[Unicron#Prime cartoon|Unicron]] revelation.
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here, as it does not refer to itself by name. [[Bob Skir]] has stated it was not meant to be Trypticon waking up.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir]</ref> Confusing matters further, the ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]'' book shows that a unique Trypticon wire-frame CGI design was created for this episode, which (barely) appears in the episode itself on the ship's monitors while the children are on-board.
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* This is the first time Knock Out has used his drill weapon since [[Deus ex Machina|his premiere episode]].
* The Nemesis deploys paralyzing beams that work in a similar way to the [[Immobilizer]]. For Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, it thus isn't the first time in the series when they encounter this type of weapon.

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The ''Nemesis'''s stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel (or "Zat Gun") from ''Stargate SG-1''.
* Miko's "On your feet, soldier" is a reference to the 1984 film, ''The Terminator''.
* Miko refers to Knock Out as "Doc Knock," most likely in reference to "Doc Ock," a common nickname of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain Doctor Octopus.
* The ship gaining sentience, turning on the crew, and its defeat all bear similarities to HAL 9000 from the film, ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* The grid design that immobilizes Dreadwing and the Vehicons is similar to the laser hallways from ''Resident Evil''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Jack realizes that the ''Nemesis'' will have to tear down Manhattan to get to the first Iacon relic, the camera zooms out to show all four, including Fowler and Rafael on the control panel. However Knock Out, who should be frozen right behind the two on the control panel, is nowhere to be seen.
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away, or at the very least, on the same continent. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Ratchet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one. Agent Fowler appears to do the same, earlier on.
* In the base, Ratchet appears to be monitoring the vitals of the humans. Unless they've suddenly become Cybertrionians, there's no explanation for how he can do this.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way down. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.
* The Dark Energon infusion travels up the pipes to the main column, which is between them and the energon input receptacle, instead of going down their length from the column.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis's'' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* It seems the amount of power required to stasis lock a Transformer isn't enough to kill a human, as the ship was unaware carbon-based life forms were aboard when Fowler was electrocuted, and was presumably trying the same trick it used on Soundwave.
* The ''Nemesis'' cryptically hangs up when Ratchet asks why it's gathering the relics, though this was never brought up again. It was also selective in that regard, as the Spark Extractor it ignored was also an Iacon relic ''and'' a Decepticon artifact.
* You'd think Megatron would at least order his troops to capture the frozen Autobots.

===Gadgets and powers===
* The Nemesis is equipped at least 6 blaster cannons on its underbelly.
* It also has stasis beams there as well as on its interior, at least in the bridge and the engine room, deployable from the walls and launched from satellite-like dishes. The effect is similar to that of the [[Immobilizer]], only with the target being electrocuted on impact.
* It can electrocute Cybertronians operating its computer terminals.
* For disabling larger groups of hostile units, it can launch laser grids with the same paralyzing function which sweep across its corridors.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das fliegende Gehirn'''" ("The flying Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinrai Henkei! Senkan Nemesis no Hanran'''" (神雷変形!戦艦ネメシスの反乱, "Thunder God Transformation! Rebellion of the Battleship Nemesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Voadora'''" ("Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17|17 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Volante'''" ("Flying Mind"), "'''Una Mente Volante'''" (2017 airing, "A Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 19 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 9: Angriff auf Megatron ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Weapons of Choice ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

History Lessons

2019-09-24T13:39:28Z

Nhaz: /* Errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 40
|image=RiD 2015 History Lessons Buzzstrike puppets Paralon.jpg
|caption=ARISE, MY MINION...eh, you'll do.
|prev=Decepticon Island (Part 2)
|next=Strongarm's Big Score
|title="History Lessons"
|airdate=[[September 10]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[October 22]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}

'''A visit to the original Autobot base reveals a dangerous new enemy with an agenda of his own.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Justice League has arrived.]]
As the Autobots prepare to embark through the [[GroundBridge]], [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] laments that he always misses the adventures the others go on. [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] tells him he hasn't missed much, somewhat annoyed at [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s enthuiasm about taking his team on a "history lesson". The Bridge opens, and the team steps through...into [[Hangar E|a human military base]], much to [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]'s panic about their being exposed, and she frantically calls Fixit for a groundbridge out before they're discovered...

...only to be countermanded by Bumblebee, who tells them there's nothing to worry about, and invites them to analyze the surrounding base and tell him what they discover. Strongarm notes that everything is covered in dust, while [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] observe that whoever had occupied the base before abandoning it had terrible taste in furnishings. Grousing that the base is only abandoned ''now'', Bumblebee leads them outside, where the team scans a nearby abandoned Jeep for desert camouflage colors - except for Grimlock - and they head to where they can get a good look at the surrounding area, where - to Strongarm's wonderment and Sideswipe's annoyance, they see another piece of history: the ruined mesa that once housed [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]].

The team transforms to drive to the outpost, where Bumblebee warns them to be cautious, as they had left security systems operating when they abandoned the base. Waxing nostalgic about days of hiding from invading Decepticons and arm-wrestling with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], he muses that they should retrieve some of the "important artifacts" that were stored on the lower levels, levels they had kept secret even from the humans "for their own protection". However his reminiscing about having once kept a holodiary is cut short by Sideswipe's observation that a nearby "historic artifact" looks rather newer than it should be - and it is, in fact, a bomb.

[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well...that's inconvenient.]]

After fighting off the indiscriminate security systems with the help of [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], Bumblebee calls to have Fixit start work on deciphering the bomb, while the team splits up to try and find who placed it. Bumblebee and Sideswipe head directly down into the base...

...where they stumble across a scorpion-like Decepticon who introduces himself as [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]], and declares that the base, and everything in it, is his by right of salvage. His partner, the [[Mini-Con]] [[Buzzstrike]], transforms into an Energon axe, and the Autobots marvel at the energy reading he's giving off, along with the fact he's powering up Paralon, before Sideswipe runs out of patience and charges. Bumblebee calls for backup as Sideswipe is sent flying, but the call is garbled when the others receive it, and they assume it was a normal check-in.

Elsewhere, Strongarm and Grimlock are exploring when Grimlock steps on something that goes ''click''. Alarmed, the two call Bumblebee for advice, only to find no response. Strongarm starts trying to decide exactly how to deal with what they're certain is a mine - much to Grimlock's discomfiture - as Drift, Jetstorm and Slipstream have their search route take them close enough to detect the sounds and flashing lights of combat, and charge in. Paralon is put on the defensive by Drift - but he throws Buzzstrike at Bumblebee, who catches him, and the Mini-Con immediately interfaces with him, taking control of his body and forcing him to attack Drift as Paralon makes quick work of the samurai's Mini-Cons.

Between them, Paralon and Buzzstrike take down the team; Paralon, worrying that the base could be swarming with Autobots at any moment, observes they don't have time to finish them off as he signals the bomb to accelerate its countdown. Buzzstrike balks, noting he didn't sign up to hurt people; Paralon tells him that anyone who gets in the way of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] has brought their fate on their own servos, and he transforms into scorpion mode, a pensive Buzzstrike climbing aboard as they hurry off to the central command center where they will be safe from the blast. Sideswipe comes to just in time to see them leave, and he decides to follow and take them down once and for all.

[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"''Woah.''"]]

Strongarm, meanwhile, realizes she and Grimlock are in over their heads, and she transforms to find Bumblebee to solve the problem, in the process driving by the bomb and noting with shock that it's activating. She finds the others as they come to, and they rush back to the bomb. The interference from earlier is worse now, and they can't contact Fixit for advice; Bumblebee declares there is only one option left, and he activates his [[Decepticon Hunter]] and strides towards the bomb, raising the weapon...

Sideswipe catches up with Paralon and Buzzstrike as the scavengers discover a plasma rifle in the wreckage, bluffing that the others are right behind him, only to have his bluff cut short by an earthquake from the bomb's explosion. Recovering, he stuns Paralon, grabs the rifle and transforms, driving back into the base as Buzzstrike looks on thoughtfully.

Back with Bumblebee, Strongarm compliments him on his using the Decepticon Hunter to trigger the force shield trap to contain the bomb's explosion, then tells him that Grimlock needs his help ''now'', leaving Bee to sigh about how the day just keeps getting worse. Elsewhere, Paralon grouches about the base having so many levels, only to be ambushed by Sideswipe, who had ducked into the secret storage levels to hide. The two duel, Sideswipe knocking out the Decepticon once again - only to have Buzzstrike take over Paralon's unconsious body. He offers to let Sideswipe keep the weapon they'd found if they are allowed to go; the hot-headed Autobot counters that he intends to take the weapon ''and'' the scavengers in, sparking a fight that Buzzstrike-Paralon quickly wins...only to leave Sideswipe, and the weapon, sprawled on the floor as he turns to walk away.

Bumblebee finds Grimlock, the Dinobot having resigned himself to his fate, and pushes him off the 'mine'...explaining to the shocked Grimlock that they didn't ''place'' any mines when they left, and the click had just been his crushing an old armor buffer that [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had discarded. Strongarm finds Sideswipe coming to, informing him that everything is fine; he wonders why the scavengers didn't finish him off ''or'' take their prize...

[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|NEVER leave embarrassing home videos just laying around the house.]]

...even as Buzzstrike releases Paralon from his control, letting the Decepticon come around in bewilderment. Buzzstrike spins a tale to the somewhat pissed scorpion about being surrounded by Autobots and thus having to run for it, without there being time to recover the plasma rifle. Paralon grudgingly accepts this, but he warns Buzzstrike not to say anything to "the others" about their failure, as he intends to be the greatest scavenger of all and it won't do to be laughed at. He pushes aside a false rock face to reveal the ramp of [[Weaponizers' ship|a Cybertronian shuttle]], which the two board, Buzzstrike still looking not quite convinced of their virtues.

Regrouping outside the base's ruins, Bumblebee compliments Sideswipe on his initiative; Sideswipe admits that knowing about history might have been helpful after all. Bee calls up Fixit - the interference having cleared - and gets the word that they are all-clear of Decepticon signals. Sideswipe then observes that he had grabbed an artifact on his way out, that he produces; Bumblebee panics at seeing the small disc, insisting it be handed over, but Sideswipe activates it - revealing it to be Bumblebee's old holodiary, showing the Autobot scout in legwarmers as he tried to make the Cybertronian equivalent of an exercise video. The team cracking up as Bee stammers for an explanation and then grabs for the device, the two Autobots scuffling and then transforming into car form to chase each other as the others resume laughing.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (6)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (7)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] (9)

|c4=
*[[Buzzstrike]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==

"Yeah, history. When everything was ''slow''. Like Strongarm!" 
-''Strongarm punches him''- 
"How's ''that'' for 'slow', punk?!"
:—'''Sideswipe''' and '''Strongarm''' engage in some team bonding.

"This tour stop is special, team. I think you're really gonna get a kick out of this." 
"We get to kick something?" 
"No, we just... alright, just c'mon."
:—'''Bumblebee''' gives '''Grimlock''' the wrong idea.

"Grimlock, if anyone asks, you're...a big green metal robot from outer space that can turn into a dinosaur." 
"Gotcha! ...hope I can remember that."
:—'''Bumblebee''' makes sure '''Grimlock''' remembers his cover story.

"This map better be right. I don't want to be wasting my time." 
"Considering what you did to that Decepticon to force him to give you that map, I doubt he played any tricks on you."
:—'''Paralon''' and '''Buzzstrike''' discuss how the customer is always right.

"You may have stepped on a mine, maybe another of these old defense mechanisms. If you take your foot off it, it could..." 
"The next word out of your mouth better be 'tickle'!"
:—'''Strongarm''' and '''Grimlock''' are in a bit of a predicament.

"Most undignified...but highly amusing."
:—Even '''Drift''' has a sense of humor.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Autobots' former base is, of course, their old headquarters from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon, which was destroyed in the season two finale "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]". The military base the team arrives in is implied to be [[Hangar E]], their replacement headquarters from season three (but see Errors).
* Bumblebee's reminiscing is full of callbacks to ''Prime'':
** He name-drops his old teammate [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]].
** He remembers a time when "Decepticons captured one of our team and used him to gain access to the base," presumably referring to the events of "[[Con Job]]", in which [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was held prisoner and the Decepticon shapeshifter [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] took his form.
** He recalls the Decepticons invading the Autobot base, during which he fought two on its lower levels... which never happened in any of the ''Prime'' episodes. The Decepticons were shown to have no knowledge of the location of the Autobot base in the beginning of the series, and promptly destroyed it with an aerial bombardment once they located it. Either Bumblebee is telling a fib, or some Decepticons ''did'' get in at some point we never saw... and never came out again.
* Bumblebee's comment that his workout video was "in style" at the time of its recording implies that the Autobots were on Earth in the 1980's. This is further supported by the visit to [[Mount St. Hilary]] in the [[Strongarm's Big Score|next episode]], as well as several comments made by the Autobots in ''Prime''.

===Prisoner manifest===
* The ''Alchemor'' began its return to Cybertron last episode with all captured Decepticons aboard (bar [[Simacore|one]]), implied to constitute the majority, if not totality, of escapees. While [[Zorillor|some]] [[Springload (RID)|few]] [[Simacore|remaining]] [[Wingcode|stragglers]] would later be shown to remain on Earth, at this point the Autobots speak as if Decepticons in general are not a concern for the planet now, so this section is being dropped until they start putting more 'Cons in the cooler again.

===Transformers references===
* The armor buffer Grimlock stepped on uses the same model that [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] commonly used.
* The sequence where Bumblebee and his team travel to Autobot Outpost Omega One bears a resemblance to the ''Transformers: Prime'' title sequence.
* Bumblebee notes that Buzzstrike was "powering up his host to some degree." The concept of Mini-Cons powering up their partners was the primary plot point of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]''.

===Real-world references===
* Rock those Jazzercise-tastic 80's legwarmers, Bee.

===Errors===
* Bumblebee scans a ''green'' jeep yet ends up with tan desert camouflage.
* If the hangar the Autobots GroundBridge into ''is'' Hangar E, this presents a small continuity snuffle, as it is shown to be right outside of the destroyed Outpost Omega One... while in ''Prime'', the two bases were never shown to be this close, as the entire point of relocating to the hangar was to get ''AWAY'' from the original base.
* Neither of the Autobot bases in ''Prime'' was shown to have any drone defense system. Bumblebee also mentions Starscream getting the codes for it from a captured Wheeljack, but he told Starscream nothing before he escaped. This also doesn't make sense because the only base Starscream did infiltrate is Outpost Omega One, and he didn't need any codes for that, only a ground bridge, for which he either needed to [[Con Job|send a Wheeljack lookalike to open one]], or [[Inside Job|sneak through the one the Autobots used]]. As for Hangar E, Starscream never attempted to infiltrate it, he only [[Persuasion|tried to blow it up from the air]].

===Other trivia===
*Bumblebee is shown in his ''Robots in Disguise'' model in his workout video when he should logically have his ''Prime'' appearance, but we can't call this an actual error, as ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' has long established that continuity of visual appearance between series has rarely been a point of concern with the "Aligned" cartoon shows.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Les leçons du passé''' ("Lessons from the Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 1]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Lezioni di Storia''' ("History Lessons")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 16]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Shinkakei Micron, Buzzstrike''' (進化形マイクロン、バズストライク, "Evolutionary Form Minicon, Buzzstrike")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 13]], 2016

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2018 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Combiner Force ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Project Predacon

2019-09-03T21:04:57Z

Nhaz: /* Errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 57
|prev=Rebellion (Prime)
|next=Chain of Command (Prime)
|image=ProjectPredacon-skull.jpg
|caption=Okay, who cooked the turkey too long?
|title="Project Predacon"
|airdate=[[May 17]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

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

==Synopsis==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

{{-}}

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

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

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

}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Trivia===
* This episode premieres a new [[title sequence]] with significantly more [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] and Shockwave in it, and also features Prime's new body and Bumblebee's new paint job. There's no Wheeljack, Ultra Magnus, or Smokescreen, though.
*This is one reference-heavy episode, isn't it?
* Megatron says that the cloned Predacons fell victim to "the ravages of time" between their being stationed on Earth and the rest of the Decepticons arriving. Unless it's a side effect of the cloning process, this could suggest the Predacons have a much shorter life span than other Cybertronians, including the similarly-animalistic Insecticons.
* This episode establishes that when a Transformer upgrades their body the alternate mode for that body is reset and they must choose another appropriate one.
* As of this episode, Optimus is the only Autobot to use a weapon in Alt mode.
* With Optimus Prime, this episode marks the first time we've seen an Autobot scan their vehicle mode on-screen in ''Prime''. Instead, in other Aligned's series like ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'', this has [[Family of Heroes|already]] [[Quarry's Quarry|happened]].

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Speed Metal

2019-08-27T12:49:37Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 11
|prev=Deus ex Machina
|next=Predatory
|image=SpeedMetal-startyourengines.jpg
|caption=Temptation, thy name is woman!
|title="Speed Metal"
|airdate=[[April 9]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Dean Stefan]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Knock Out and Jack are both drawn into the world of street racing.'''

==Synopsis==
Cruising along a road at night, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] listens to a news report about illegal street racing. Switching it off, he pulls up alongside three other cars waiting to race. The [[Fast Willy|driver of one]] decides to put a long scratch in Knock Out's paintwork, rousing the [[Decepticon]]'s ire. After the race starts, Knock Out runs the other driver off the mountain road, informing the stunned human, "You scratch my paint, I scratch yours," before racing off.

[[File:SpeedMetal-whispering.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|There are so many captions for this, all of them dirty.]]

Outside the [[Memorial High School|high school]], [[Jack Darby|Jack]] encounters school bully [[Vince]], who mocks [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s vehicle mode. Jack and Arcee leave, but while stopped at a traffic light, Jack's called out to by [[Sierra]], who's keen on a ride. Before Jack can answer, Vince pulls up and challenges him to a race. Jack's still thinking about it when the light changes and Arcee takes off, reminding Jack of the rules about abusing their power. Vince catches up with them at the next light and insults Arcee's motorcycle mode, goading her to suspend the rules, just this once. The pair let Vince know they're ready for the race, and Sierra and [[Sierra's friend|her friend]] turn out at an old dirt road to spectate. Arcee's driving abilities far outstrip Vince's, and they win easily, but Arcee turns down Jack's suggestion that they should offer Sierra a lift.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] is buffing the comatose [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] wanders in to check on the patient and wonders aloud where Knock Out's got to. The 'Con himself walks in a few moments later, complaining about the scratch some "skinjob" put in his finish. Starscream is most disapproving that Knock Out's been street racing again, though what ''really'' annoys him is Knock Out's failure—and glib refusal—to refer to Starscream as "Lord".

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Arcee reminds Jack not to tell anyone about the race, but it turns out [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] already know, having heard about it at school. Jack swears them to secrecy.

At school, Sierra tells Jack she was impressed with the outcome of the race, but Vince challenges Jack to race again, this time at the circuit. Jack's compelled to agree, but Arcee flatly refuses to race.

Knock Out is out cruising a road somewhere near [[Jasper]], when a speeding street racer car gets his attention, and he heads toward the town.

Jack asks Raf if he can borrow [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] so he can go street racing. Raf isn't so sure (much to Bumblebee's dismay), but Miko and Jack talk him into it. Jack and Bumblebee haul up at the race track, as does Knock Out. As the race begins and Bumblebee and Vince jostle for lead position, Knock Out recognizes Bumblebee and begins chasing the Autobot while firing. Jack finds he has problems overcoming the communications barrier with 'Bee.

Back at base, Miko and Raf are playing a [[Generic racing game|video game]] when Arcee asks them if they've seen Jack. They attempt to cover for their friend, but Arcee immediately works out what's up, and a short time later, Bumblebee's distress call comes though.

Bumblebee dumps some [[oil]] to slow Knock Out down, then ducks under a bridge. At first, it seems they've lost the Decepticon, but Vince hauls in to confront Jack and demand he finish the race. Jack tries to warn Vince of the danger, but Vince's headlights have attracted Knock Out, who grabs the boy, renders him unconscious, drives off. Knock Out contacts Breakdown to announce he's captured Bumblebee's human "friend". Arcee and Bulkhead join Bumblebee, but before Arcee can start a lecture, Jack tells her about Vince, and they head off to mount a rescue.

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] walks into the base and wonders where everyone else is. Raf and Miko give him the least convincing replies ever.

[[File:PrimeScreamer'sFingerOfDoom.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|"Not the gumdrop buttons!"]]

The three Autobots track Knock Out to a warehouse area, and Bulkhead and Bumblebee stroll in while Arcee scales a nearby water tower. Bulkhead and Bumblebee are ambushed by Breakdown. Just as Knock Out is wondering where Arcee is, she jumps on top of him. Knock Out decides to bail, but at least has the courtesy to radio Breakdown and let him know. Unfortunately, the call distracts Breakdown long enough for Bulkhead to deck him with a street lamp. Knock Out streaks down a road with Arcee in pursuit, but is suddenly sideswiped by Optimus, who knocks him onto the embankment. With the 'Con unable to flee, Optimus rips his door off and retrieves the unconscious Vince. Knock Out is outraged at the damage done to him, but retreats when the rest of the Autobots arrive. Vince finally recovers in Bumblebee on the way back to his car, and Jack spins a story to cover the whole thing.

Starscream is ''very'' upset with Knock Out's disobedience. Knock Out assures Starscream that he's learned his lesson and been punished sufficiently, but once again addresses Starscream as 'Commander'. Angered, Starscream informs him that his punishment will be complete when ''he'' says so, and gives him more scratches to his paint job.

At school again, Sierra asks Jack for a ride, but he turns her down. Arcee, however, is feeling more accommodating—just this once—and soon Jack and Sierra are zooming through town.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (14)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (9)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Starter Guy]] (2)
*[[Fast Willy]] (3)
*[[Jack Darby]] (4)
*[[Vince]] (6)
*[[Sierra]] (7)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (8)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, Jack? A lady's vital stats are her own business."
:—'''Arcee''' doesn't want Jack bragging about the different aspects of her body.

"Winning isn't enough, Jack. You want to make him ''cry''."
:—'''Arcee''' explains her method of getting even.

"No worries, ''Herr Kommandant''." 
"It is 'Lord' to you." 
"Only if Megatron takes a nosedive." 
"''Hhhnnn.'' The day our master emerges from stasis, I will graciously relinquish the title. But I believe that outcome is unlikely. Something to do with the quality of medical care around here. So continue ''buffing''. We do want Megatron looking his best for the memorial." 
(''Starscream leaves the room.'') 
"Buff ''this''."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' don't exactly see optic-to-optic.

'''Arcee''': Have you guys seen Jack? 
'''Miko''': ...not since we last saw him. 
'''Arcee''': They're racing, aren't they? 
'''Raf''': Just this once. 
'''Arcee''': Did you know about this? 
'''Bulkhead''': NO. Maybe. A little.
:—No one on [[Team Prime]] can lie.

"'Bee, do not engage. Your first priority is to keep Jack safe. [''murmurs''] Until I get my hands on him."
:—'''Arcee''' is a scary guardian.

[[File:SpeedMetal-OptimusEyebrow.gif|thumb|upright=1.8|"You are either lying or you're stupid."]]

'''Raf''': We should just tell Optimus the truth. 
'''Miko''': Absolutely not! We made a deal. Just act completely normal. 
'''Optimus''': Raf, Miko, do either of you know where the others have gone? 
'''Miko''': Why, no, sir. We do not know. 
'''Raf''': ''(stiffly)'' Miko is correct. We do not know. 
'''Miko''': Why would we know? 
'''Optimus''': Hmm...
:—Seriously, it's a minor miracle the kids haven't blown their cover with their parents yet.

"Do you know how hard that is to replace?!"
:—'''Knock Out''' loses a door to Optimus Prime.

"Knock Out! Was I not clear? You have defied my orders yet again!" 
"My mistake, Commander Starscream. But, I've learned my lesson... and paid the price. 
"It. Is. '''LORD'''! And you have paid when I say you have paid! ''[extends a sharpened finger]'' Do not worry, your punishment shall be merely... cosmetic." 
"No, not the finish! Anything but the finish! ''[the "cosmetic punishment" begins offscreen]'' NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
:—<s>Commander</s> '''LORD Starscream''' reminds '''Knock Out''' where he stands.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out calls Fast Willy a "skinjob," a derogatory slang term used to refer to the human-like {{w|Cylon (reimagining)|Cylons}} in the 2004 re-imagining of ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica}}'', itself an homage to ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''.
* Vince refers to Jack as "Ponch", a motorcycle-based reference to Erik Estrada's cycle-riding cop character from ''{{w|CHiPs}}''.
* Knock Out calls Starscream "Herr Kommandant", a reference to ''{{w|Hogan's Heroes}}''.
* "Drucker's Ranch" is presumably a reference to [[Steve Drucker]], longtime [[Hasbro]] creative person.

===Errors===
* During the whole scene where Knock Out crashes Fast Willy, we can see that Knock Out's rims are red and silver instead of his yellow rims, after that they are back to their usual color.
* Sierra and her friend hold their books back-to-front. This is not [[The Jasper Daily|uncommon]].
* When Jack and Arcee stop at the second traffic light, Arcee's front wheel is shown not moving at all, as if it were sliding on the asphalt instead of spinning.
* When Arcee and Jack drive along the street (while debating Jack's decision to accept Vince's second challenge), all the traffic lights are shown as if they were upside down; red lights are in the place of green lights and vice versa.
* Vince challenges Jack to a race on a "dirt road", but the road they race on is sealed and marked.
* Like in the [[Deus ex Machina|previous episode]], the clear parts of Arcee's chest are pink.
* While Knock Out drives away (after kidnapping Vince), and Jack turns to talk to Bumblebee, the former's rear-lights are white instead of red.
* Simply driving on oil, or bumping into another car, would not make any car instantly spin out, despite what decades of television and movies say.
* Despite school just getting out, when Jack, Vince, and Sierra are talking, the roads are empty.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode to premiere on a Saturday.
* Several of the other street racing cars in this episode are simply recolored variations of Bumblebee and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s alternate modes (sans horns in the case of the latter). Hello, easy [[redeco]]es!
* At least two of said cars never actually leave the starting line once the race begins.
* Sierra's friend continues to remain nameless, despite having appeared in more episodes than Sierra herself at this point. This girl really needs to introduce herself!
* Bumblebee's [[license plate]] is 936 SOH.
* How Many Rule 'No. #1's can the Autobots ''have''?
* In point-of-fact, it may have been better for Knock Out to stay with Breakdown rather than leave, seeing as he lost a door in addition to a nasty scratch.
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Bulkhead's Biggest Battle]]''.
* This was the final episode in which G1 veteran [[Susan Blu]] served as voice director.
* Knock Out reacts more painfully to his finish getting scratched than his door getting ripped off (his immediate complaint is that it's hard to replace). Maybe because it's kibble, it feels more like clothing than part of his body?
* This is in only episode in which Knock Out uses a built-in blaster, and only in vehicle mode.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nur dieses eine Mal!'''" ("Only Once This Time!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 2|2 December]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gyorsulási verseny'''" ("Drag Race")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 23|23 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Balapan Liar'''" ("Wild Racing")
:*''Original airdate:'' 14 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gare su strada'''" ("Road Races"), "'''La Gara'''" ("The Race", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 30|30 October]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kasoku Henkei! Speed Shōbu!'''" (加速変形!スピード勝負!, "Acceleration Transformation! Speed Match!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 16|16 June]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jilju Bonneung'''" (질주 본능, "Instinct for Speed")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 3|3 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 19|19 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Racha'''" ("The Street Race")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 16|16 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Velocidad metal'''" ("Speed Metal")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2011]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 3: Nur dieses eine Mal ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Alien Threat (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 6 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 3: L'attaque des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 3: La furia dei Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Decepticons Unleashed ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK) 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Darkness Rising, Part 5

2019-08-22T09:39:11Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 5
|prev=Darkness Rising, Part 4
|next=Masters & Students
|image=DarknessRising5-OptimusStand.jpg
|caption=Spoilers: the good guys win.
|title="Darkness Rising, Part 5"
|airdate=[[December 3]], [[2010]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots race to stop Megatron from raising an undead army on Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"I can haz all the cheezeburgers i want and there's nothing you can do about it!!"]]
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] imagines in dread what will happen if [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] uses the [[Dark Energon]] to raise an army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and brings them to conquer [[Earth]].

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] arrives at [[KO Burger]] and encounters [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who muses that her recent loss of a [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|friend]] makes it hard for her to say goodbye to him. The Autobots have pinpointed Megatron's [[space bridge]] in Earth orbit and must use the [[GroundBridge]] to reach it, despite the risks this poses. Arcee and Jack arrive back in time for Arcee to join the mission, and Optimus leads the team (minus [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]) through the bridge. They land on the space bridge terminal and look up to see the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]] moving into position. Megatron observes their presence, but [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] says that [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] is locking on to Cybertron's coordinates.

As the Autobots assume attack positions, Arcee notes that the Decepticons haven't done anything. Optimus scans the ship, and learns that Bulkhead damaged its interstellar navigation dish during [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s rescue. Since a target as far as Cybertron needs pinpoint accuracy, the Decepticons will be unable to use it to aim the space bridge without an alternate targeting system. Raf reasons that the Decepticons may be using the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]], but Fowler is still too out of it to alert the array staff to the danger. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] attempts to hack in, but the array's firewalls are too good. Jack thinks they should go on site, and they talk Optimus into letting them do it.

Meanwhile, Megatron sends out the Decepticon forces to attack the Autobots. Battle commences.

[[Image:DarknessRising5-RafSoundwave.jpg|thumb|200px|"Um... s-sir you have the wrong guy. I'm not Spider-Man".]]

The kids GroundBridge to the array and sneak in. In a small, unused room, Raf finds a computer and determines that the Decepticons have also hacked in, but takes the opportunity to download their space bridge plans onto his flash drive. Little do the kids know that [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] is in the very next room, plugged into the computer system as well. He aligns the array, which sets the space bridge ready to use, but Raf promptly realigns it. Responding to Starscream's requests to know what's going on, Soundwave taps into the installation's security systems and locates the three kids. While the kids are discussing what the Decepticons could do, Soundwave's tentacle slithers into the room behind them and attacks. As it goes after Raf, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] grabs an axe and strikes at it. She hits the tentacle with a clang, but the tentacle then strikes her backward before picking up the axe itself. Though the kids believe it's about to attack them with the weapon, the tentacle withdraws. The kids run to the next room, where they found Soundwave has realigned the dishes and used the axe to cut the hard line, making it impossible to undo his work. Miko then takes a [[Miko's phone|cell phone]] photo of Soundwave. Before Soundwave leaves, he takes a photo of them.

Starscream activates the space bridge, and Megatron physically throws a huge chunk of Dark Energon through. The Dark Energon strikes Cybertron, swiftly covering the planet and turning millions of dead Transformers into millions of Terrorcons. Optimus realizes that the only course of action left to them is to destroy the space bridge. Raf supplies the specs he downloaded earlier, and Ratchet sets about working out a way to do so with Raf's help. As Optimus faces Megatron, Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee go to implement some sabotage.

[[Image:DarknessRising5-Megatronsword.jpg|left|thumb|200px|He can do the ''ultimate'' bird flip.]]

Megatron manages to defeat Prime, but as he raises his sword, Starscream alerts him to the actions of the other Autobots. Optimus takes advantage of the momentary distraction to block Megatron's killing blow, and blast him away, but the Decepticon leader transforms and flies off to find Prime's team. Arcee's team has succeeded in rigging the space bridge to blow when Megatron attacks and blasts her off into space. The Autobots jump into the GroundBridge, Bumblebee collecting Arcee on the way. Seeing the potential damage the exploding space bridge would cause Starscream decides to pull the ship back, imploring Megatron to do the same. Overcome with regret over the loss of his army of Terrorcons as they begin to come through, the space bridge explodes in Megatron's face.

A short distance away in the ship, Starscream notes that Megatron's spark is now extinguished and all will hail him.
The Autobots make it back to their base. Though Arcee's in bad shape, she makes it out alright. Optimus announces that there's totally no way Megatron could have survived the space bridge explosion. Fowler thanks the Autobots for saving him, then leaves. Optimus gives a big speech and sends a signal into space to let the galaxy know that Earth is defended by the Autobots.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (2)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (3)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (9)
* [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
* [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)

|c3=
* [[Jack Darby]] (1)
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
* [[William Fowler]] (12)

|c4=
* [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus, if you leave me stranded on a planet teeming with humans, I will never forgive you."
:—'''Ratchet'''

"Optimus Prime never disappoints. Unlike YOU, Starscream!"
:—'''Megatron''', burning a disappointing '''Starscream'''

"Surely, Lord Megatron, the Autobots are up to something." 
"Really, Starscream?"
:—'''Starscream''' observes the Autobots and '''Megatron''' lays on the sarcasm.

"I hold no illusions about engaging your army, Megatron. But I might derail its objective... [[Decapitation|by removing its head.]]"
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|solution to most problems]].

"One shall stand, one shall fall." 
:—'''Optimus Prime''' brings an old line back into style.

"Ah... misdirection, Optimus. You would have made a fine Decepticon!" 
''(Megatron brings his sword down, but Optimus blocks it)'' 
"I ''chose'' my side."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' carry on an old disagreement.

"Starscream! Where is my ship?!" 
"We would never make it, Lord Megatron! Don't be a fool! Take flight and ''retreat''!"
:—Showing remarkable amounts of common sense, '''Starscream''' urgently yet fruitlessly tries to get '''Megatron''' to flee the detonating space bridge.

"Decepticons, it is with deep sorrow that I note for the log... Megatron's spark... has been extinguished. All. Hail. Starscream."
:—'''Starscream''' praises himself as leader.

"Without a means of leaving this world, we Autobots take strength in the bonds we have forged with our three young friends - true warriors. If not in body, then in spirit. My name is Optimus Prime, and I send this message. Though we did not choose to be of Earth, it would seem that we are here to stay. If you approach this planet with hostile intent, know this: We will defend ourselves. We will defend humanity. We will defend... our home."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Decepticons are unable to simply warp to Cybertron thanks to Bulkhead ripping off a vital piece of equipment in the previous episode.

===Transformers references===
* There are two references which are directly related to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 animated movie]]. First Ratchet says, "Then by all means, let us light our [[darkest hour]]." Later, Optimus exchanges with Megatron: "One shall stand, one shall fall."
* Optimus's Energon blade and Megatron's hidden fusion cannon blade are references to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|their movie]] [[Megatron (Movie)|counterparts]].
* Optimus's speech at the end is similar to the ones Movie Optimus gives at the end of the live-action movies.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:DarknessRising5-Michelangelo.jpg|thumb|250px|Or it could be another [[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg]] reference.]]
* Miko tries to use an axe on [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s tentacle, which is the same tactic Tom Cruise's character tries on the Tripod tentacle in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''. Of course, both attempts fail.
* Miko refers to space as "the final frontier". "Space. The final frontier" is the first line of the opening credits of several ''[[Star Trek]]'' TV shows. ''Prime'' show developers [[Alex Kurtzman]] and [[Roberto Orci]] are also the screenwriters of the current ''Star Trek'' movies.
* Megatron, when he rises out of the Decepticon ship with the boulder of Dark Energon on his back, is clearly meant to evoke the classic {{w|Atlas}} pose.
* The shot of Megatron reaching out to a Terrorcon before the space bridge implosion is reminiscent of {{w|Michelangelo}}'s ''{{w|The Creation of Adam}}''.

===Trivia===
* Winged versions of the Vehicons make their appearance here.
* When the kids arrive at the radio array, they note that the place seems deserted. A brief shadowy glimpse of a human slumped against the wall suggests that, like [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Soundwave isn't keen on leaving survivors or witnesses.
* When Starscream tries to convince Megatron to retreat, there is a surprising tone of concern in his voice. Either that, or he's a much better actor than certain other [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscreams]]. More probably the latter, as he is clearly seen grinning moments before while telling Megatron that the ''Nemesis'' would never make it to the space bridge.
* The space battle was an idea [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] had for the [[live-action film series]] but couldn't incorporate.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Pb3MeUDdY Roundtable interview with ''Prime'' staff at BotCon 2011]</ref>
* The Terrorcons are able to leave Cybertron and pass through the space bridge despite the fact that it's in space. Even accounting for the fact that Decepticon corpses might have flight capabilities, it seems unlikely that every Terrorcon would.
* It's explicitly pointed out that there is no gravity present on the space bridge ring (or at least, {{w|gravitational field|negligible gravity}}), with the Autobots "gravitizing" as they arrive. However, on multiple occasions, characters are shown acting under the influence of gravity with their movements, such as Vehicons falling to the device's surface as they're hit - for example, just as Starscream finally activates the bridge.
* A short video showing a rehearsal or an earlier take of the confrontation between Optimus Prime and Megatron was screened at both [[BotCon 2010]] and [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvW4nsr3ZDo#t=2m53s "Transformers: Prime" panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2010]</ref> The dialogue was somewhat different, with Optimus referring to a battle on [[Mila Nellus]] when ordering the Autobots away, and lacking the "One shall stand, one shall fall" exchange. Instead, it had Megatron shouting Optimus's name in a rather exaggerated manner.
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Megatron Returns]]'' and a screen-capture-style comic as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: Darkness Falls|Darkness Falls]]''.
* The Terrorcons in Optimus Prime's vision have palm-mounted cannons. In this and other episodes, any Terrorcons that have been raised from Autobots and Decepticons only ever use melee attacks. Only the reanimated Predacons in "Predacons Rising" are shown to employ cannon fire.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die dunkle Macht erhebt sicht, Teil 5'''" (The Dark Force Rises, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 21|21 October]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Közeleg a sötétség, 5. rész'''" ("The Darkness Is Nearing, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 13|13 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kegelapan Bangkit, Bagian 5'''" ("Darkness Rising, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' 7 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La rimonta delle tenebre, quinta parte'''" ("Darkness Rising, Fifth Part"), "'''L'Ascesa dell'Oscurità, Parte 5'''" ("The Arisal of Darkness, Part 5", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 1|1 October]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Bakuretsu Henkei! Spacebridge Kōbōsen''' (爆裂変形!スペースブリッジ攻防戦, ''Explosive Transformation! Spacebridge Battle'')
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 5]], [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ak ui Buhwal 5'''" (악의 부활 5, "Return of the Evil, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 12|12 September]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 9|9 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Ascenção do Mal - Parte 5'''" ("The Rise of Evil - Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El regreso del mal, Parte 5'''" ("The Return of Evil, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Darkness Rising ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 1: Die dunkle Macht erhebt sich ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 1: Darkness Rising (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 3 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Darkness Rising ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 1: Le retour des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 1 Vol. 1: La rimonta delle tenebre ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK) 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Orion Pax, Part 3

2019-08-20T15:20:17Z

Nhaz: /* Errors */

{{disambig3|Orion Pax}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 29
|prev=Orion Pax, Part 2
|next=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|image=OrionPax3 Optimus Decepticon insignia.jpg
|caption=Man, that must have been some party last night!
|title="Orion Pax, Part 3"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack and Arcee undertake a dangerous mission on Cybertron to access Vector Sigma, while Orion begins to rebel against Megatron.'''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Real-world references===
* Bulkhead's line bemoaning the Scraplets on Cybertron is a paraphrase of the oft-referenced "Why did it have to be snakes?" line from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''.

===Errors===
* As Megatron notices Jack recharging Optimus's Matrix and lets go of Arcee, his shoulder armour goes through the wall.
* Before the restored Optimus jumps trough the Groundbridge while firing at Megatron, his right shoulder can be (very briefly) seen bearing the Autobot symbol, but it should still be Decepticon.
* In the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|"Shadowzone"]], when the two Ground Bridge portals opened in close proximity to each other, the energy from both fed back on each other (as stated by Ratchet), and there was an explosion. Here, the the Decepticons', and a bit later the Autobots' Ground Bridge portal opened ''right next to'' the still open Space Bridge, yet nothing happened.
* Optimus can hear what Megatron is whispering before coming through a Ground Bridge to face him.
* While Megatron is charging at him, Optimus catches the levitating Key to Vector Sigma between his fingers. In the next shot he's blocking Megatron's blade with both hands. How the key didn't get destroyed in this is anyone's guess.
* When Optimus leaps through the ground bridge, his feet are still outside of the vortex when it closes.

===Trivia===
* Look closely at the arena in Kaon: it's the same arena as seen in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]". Ironic that the entrance to Vector Sigma lay beneath Megatron's feet at that moment.
* When the Scraplets look at Vector Sigma, most of the room is boring old dead metal, but the spinning blue light comes up in their vision as living metal. The download area is clearly even more delicious.
* When Jack coaxes the Scraplets into attacking the Insecticon, he calls it "the main course", echoing what Bulkhead said while using himself as bait in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]".
* The way Optimus catches Megatron's sword just after he regains his memory is exactly the same as when Megatron caught Optimus' sword in "[[One Shall Fall]]". It even makes the same thundering noise.
* Jack never picked up a souvenir for Raf, which Raf asked for in the previous episode. No one ever brings souvenirs for Raf. Aww...
* You'd think that despite knowing that Orion was not as good a warrior as Optimus, Megatron would have ordered that he be disarmed.
* This is the last live appearance of the Scraplets (they'd later appear in a flashback during "[[Toxicity]]").
* Adaptations of this episode include a screen-capture-style comic version as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: The Orion Pax Saga|The Orion Pax Saga]]''.

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

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

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

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 3'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10|10 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — One Shall Stand ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 15 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Volume 1: Orion Pax ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Darkness Rising, Part 2

2019-08-17T09:37:28Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 2
|prev=Darkness Rising, Part 1
|next=Darkness Rising, Part 3
|image=DarknessRising2-letsgetyouhome.jpg
|caption=Ohh, Dark Energon brings back the dead, so ''that's'' how they're getting out of killiOH GOD ARRRRGGG!
|title="Darkness Rising, Part 2"
|airdate=[[November 26]], [[2010]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Dave Hartman|David Hartman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots try to get Cliffjumper back, unaware of what the Decepticons have done to him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] shows off the massive [[energon]] deposit that the [[Decepticon]]s have located. After [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] reminds his subordinate who's boss, he shows off what ''he's'' found — [[Dark Energon]], the blood of [[Unicron]], which Starscream claims is said to have the power to resurrect the dead. Megatron inquires if Starscream is willing to volunteer to try it out, but it turns out they still have [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s corpse handy.

[[Image:DarknessRising2-Fowler.jpg|left|thumb|200px|He's not taking the words of a group of unaccountable aliens with their own agenda as gospel. ''Scrapheads!'']]
At [[Autobot]] HQ, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] tells the kids that the Autobots will have to protect them, as the Decepticons will likely be interested in the Autobots' new allies. A proximity alert lets the Autobots know that Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], their liaison with the US government, is paying them a visit. Fowler is not happy with the Autobots' antics during the recent freeway chase, but [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] points out no humans were hurt. After Prime's assurances that the Autobots will take care of things, Fowler leaves.

Megatron uses the Dark Energon on Cliffjumper, who revives as a snarling, savage beast and immediately attacks a couple of Decepticon soldiers. The thing that was Cliffjumper then turns on Megatron, who slices him in two and announces that the Dark Energon is the key to a vast, indestructible army.

[[Image:Autobots Battle Darkness Rising 2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Starscream, this is the police! We have you surrounded!" "Oh crud!"]]

Ratchet reports that he's detected Cliffjumper's signal, and the chance that Cliffjumper's alive is too much for the Autobots to resist. Leaving the kids with Ratchet, they take the [[GroundBridge]] out. Ratchet explains the ground bridge to the amazed kids and threatens to send them to Tokyo. Meanwhile, the rest of the Autobots arrive in the energon mine and start fighting Decepticon drones. Starscream alerts Megatron, who feels he needs more time to prepare to face Optimus and orders the ship made ready for departure. He also orders Starscream to blow up the mine. As the battle rages, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] spots Cliffjumper. The other Autobots cover her, and she reaches her fellow Autobot, or what's left of him, only to discover what the Decepticons have done. Starscream stops by to drop off a bomb before making a rapid exit. The Autobots race through the mine ahead of the explosion, back to their entry point, as Optimus radios Ratchet to order the opening of the ground bridge.

[[Image:DarknessRising2-girltrouble.jpg|thumb|250px|left|"That ''better'' not be Barry White you're playing, Jack."]]

After the team arrives back at base, Arcee tells the others what she saw. She becomes dizzy, and Ratchet scans her and finds contamination on her wrist. While Arcee goes and gets cleaned up, the kids explain to Optimus that they really need to get home, or their relatives will send the cops out looking for them. Prime assigns Bulkhead to take [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] home, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to take care of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], and Arcee to [[Jack Darby|Jack]]. Arcee and Jack arrive home shortly before [[June Darby|Jack's mother]] hauls up in her car. Mom's less than impressed that Jack appears to have bought a motorcycle, but Jack talks her around. The next morning, despite Jack's protests that it's a Saturday, Arcee insists that they need to get to HQ.

On the Decepticon ship, Megatron is skeptical that Optimus perished in the destruction of the energon mine. Starscream is concerned that Megatron is being affected by too much exposure to the Dark Energon, but Megatron responds by taking a sliver of the substance and plunging it into his own spark.

Ratchet's analysis of the Dark Energon sample he retrieved from Arcee is incomplete due to his lack of the necessary technology. As he moves the sample to another part of the lab, some of it drips on the [[manipulator arm]] Bulkhead broke earlier. Unseen by Ratchet, the arm twitches into life, turning into a one-eyed, spider-like creature.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=

*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (2)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (12)
*[[William Fowler]] (13)
*[[June Darby]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"Then, as your humble servant, shall I ready the space bridge to bring forth the Decepticon army you have surely gathered during your three years in space?"
:—'''Starscream''' drips with sarcasm.

"They have no protective shell! If they get underfoot, they will go...squish."
:—'''Ratchet''' on humans.

"Team Prime knows ''when'' to use force, and how ''much'' to use!" 
"Bulkhead, I ''NEEDED THAT''!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' destroys '''Ratchet'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s medical claw and starts a running gag.

"[[Maximum overdrive|MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!]]"
:—'''Optimus''' utters a soon-to-be infamous phrase.

"Blood of Unicron, how I might fathom the depths of your mystery, become worthy of wielding your astonishing power!"
:—'''Megatron''' in a private moment with his prize.

"Robots who get dizzy?" 
"Robots with emotions." 
"Robots who can [[death|die]]."
:—'''Miko''', '''Raf''' and '''Jack''' recognize the lasting appeal of Transformers.

"Well, if I don't call my mom, like, now, I'm pretty sure the cops will be out looking for me." 
"Have you broken a law?"
:—'''Jack''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"You can watch cartoons back at base with Bumblebee." 
"Cartoons? I'm sixteen."
:—'''Arcee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s suggestion of weekend entertainment meets '''Jack'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s disapproval.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Dark Energon is a central MacGuffin for Megatron in this continuity, first being used in the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' games, as well as in the ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'' novel. Megatron and Starscream's introductory conversation about the substance is ''very'' expository for the benefit of viewers who haven't read the book or played the game, to the extent that it sounds like neither of them has encountered it before, and neither Arcee nor Ratchet is indicated to have any familiarity with the substance, despite having seen it first-hand back during the war. And yet, Arcee does compare Decepticon experiments during the war on Cybertron to the substance's effect on Cliffjumper, without explicitly naming the stuff (though previously it didn't make anyone crazed zombies.... On the other hand, it was never used on a dead guy before (that we know of) - in fact, it always left deceased users and sought for living ones, which is kinda weird for a substance which could merely rise the user from the dead. Sorry, Cliff, them's the breaks). It's all a bit wobbly; while the cartoon almost certainly seems to have been written as if it is the characters' first encounter with Dark Energon, the dialogue does have enough wiggle room if you're obstinate, like us!
** It's never actually explained where Megatron got the giant Dark Energon crystal seen aboard the ''Nemesis''; he [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|returned]] without any massive objects in tow. Unless he has a [[subspace storage pocket]].

===Transformers references===
* The purple goo shares the property of changing ordinary machines into Transformers with the [[AllSpark]].

===Errors===
* The Autobots have no shadows when they walk into the main mine.
* June parks her car in the driveway and goes to bed. In the morning it is moved. It could be explained by her going to work except that Jack says that she is still sleeping.
* When Megatron revives Cliffjumper, his arm cannon is gone, reappears when he sheathes his sword, disappears again when he walks over to Cliffjumper's corpse, and reappears one final time after he kicks Cliff off the ledge.
* When the Autobots reach the energon mine and Bulkhead says, "Energon mine" whilst his blaster transforms back to his hand, part of the blaster remains floating over his hand.
* Fowler rebukes Optimus Prime over recent Autobot-Decepticon activities, specifically [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|Arcee's incursion with the Vehicons]]. His tally of the damage does not line up with the animation: "7 wrecks, 34 fender-benders, a three hour traffic jam." The streets of Jasper are shown to be remarkably empty, devoid of any other cars - or humans for that matter, after Sierra and her friend scatter - and barely a half-dozen vehicles shown on the highway... which inexplicably ended in a closed road anyway, which is what necessitated Arcee's jump into the drainage canal.

===Trivia===
* The energon mine is in Nebraska, as Fowler will point out in the next episode.
* When this episode premiered on the [[Vortexx]] block, Jack's line about "robots who can die" was cut.
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Megatron Returns]]'', and a screen-capture-style comic as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: A Rising Darkness|A Rising Darkness]]''.
* Ratchet doesn't recognize Dark Energon as such and comments that its structure is like nothing he's ever encountered.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die dunkle Macht erhebt sicht, Teil 2'''" (The Dark Force Rises, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 30|30 September]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Közeleg a sötétség, 2. rész'''" ("The Darkness Is Nearing, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 10|10 January]] [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La rimonta delle tenebre, seconda parte'''" ("Darkness Rising, Second Part"), "'''L'Ascesa dell'Oscurità, Parte 2'''" ("The Arisal of Darkness, Part 2", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 17|17 September]] [[2011]]

'''Indonesia'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kegelapan Bangkit, Bagian 2'''" ("Darkness Rising, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' 4 September [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ankoku Henkei!? Dark Energon'''" (暗黒変形!? ダークエネルゴン, "Dark Transformation!? Dark Energon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 14|14 April]] [[2012]]
:**At the end of the episode, when the manipulator arm turns into the spider-like creature and begins crawling around, a self-aware joke was added to the script: Ratchet mentions that he thinks he hears the kids in the audience telling him to watch his back, but brushes their concerns off as unimportant.

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ak ui Buhwal 2'''" (악의 부활 2, "Return of the Evil, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 30|30 August]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 6|6 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Ascenção do Mal - Parte 2'''" ("The Rise of Evil - Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El regreso del mal, Parte 2'''" ("The Return of Evil, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Darkness Rising ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 1: Die dunkle Macht erhebt sich ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 1: Darkness Rising (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 1 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Darkness Rising ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 1: Le retour des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 1 Vol. 1: La rimonta delle tenebre ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK) 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Starscream (WFC)

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{{disambig3|Starscream}}
:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:StarscreamPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|In a cruel twist of fate, perhaps the most legitimately competent Starscream ever, but no one will take him seriously for even a minute.]]
'''Starscream''' was an Air Commander of the [[Energon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and become the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] that would return the Transformers to the [[Golden Age]], and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-[[caste system|caste]] charade and be more honest about his lust for power.

These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with ''his'' lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron's right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream's extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it'd take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.

He may be a scientist, but [[#Notes|we're not quite sure]].

{{quote|That shot was perfect, much like the one who fired it!|Starscream after achieving a headshot|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Starscream may or may not have had a history as a scientist. Regardless of what he did prior, in the early days before the war began he was one of the leaders of the Cybertronian Air Command. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fell into chaos following bombings by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] followers, Starscream was posted as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s bodyguard. He was with the Prime at [[Altihex]] Casino during a performance by comedian [[Armorhide (WFC)|Armorhide]] when the Decepticons attacked. Sentinel's attempt to flee rather than fight back made Starscream ashamed of his leader, so he had [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] take him to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison rather than the safety of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. This earned him loyalty with Megatron, but wary of how sour a revolution could quickly turn Starscream opted not to be directly involved in the gladiator's operations, posting his Seekers at [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] and [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. Megatron was intrigued by why Starscream wanted to occupy "that semi-sentient pile of junk" but despite [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]'s research they found no clues, with information regarding the Station seemingly censored.

Whenever Starscream's Seekers were present, the Decepticons were victorious in battle against the [[Autobot]]s. Starscream however, found Megatron's strategies overly convoluted. As the war devolved into a siege of Iacon, Megatron and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], by probing into forgotten areas of the [[DataNet]], discovered Trypticon was a storage of [[Dark Energon]], the life essence of [[Unicron]]. When questioned, Starscream explained since even the Air Command was not sure what Dark Energon was, he had forbidden its use, fearing the damage Megatron's gladiators would unleash. Megatron forgave Starscream, noting how he "was smart enough to be afraid of it", and was granted access.

Starscream sent a message to the Autobots proposing a meeting. Optimus only granted him a communication channel. Starscream stated if the Autobots did not know what Dark Energon was (they did) they would need to find out — and asked what would he could expect from them if something happened to Megatron. Optimus replied that he sought a just peace. Starscream said he understood, broke off the conversation and flew to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison where Sentinel was held. Starscream offered Sentinel a chance to redeem his cowardly behavior at Altihex. The ultimate aim of this road to becoming Decepticon leader was to become [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in a peace settlement with Optimus, and lead Cybertron back to its [[Golden Age]]. Starscream then flew to Moon Base One when Megatron ordered him to Trypticon, where he found the Decepticons had invaded the Station and slaughtered and maimed his scientists.

Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] forced Starscream to select two survivors to absorb [[Dark Energon]], for what was a successful experiment. Requiring more for the Decepticon war effort, Megatron ordered Starscream to capture the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], below the ruins of [[Crystal City]]. Empowered by his first taste of Dark Energon, Starscream activated the device that transmitted Energon to the Station for it to be Darkened. But the Bridge still did not produce enough, and Starscream was ordered to find the [[Code Key]] of Power and Key of Justice to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[High Council Tower]] in Iacon. Starscream decided it was time to release Sentinel, renouncing Dark Energon after realizing Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts. Starscream found the Key of Power within the [[High Council Tower|Hall of Justice]] and flew underground to find his plan had failed, as Megatron had mortally wounded Sentinel. He could see within Sentinel's body was the Key of Justice, but was prevented from taking it by [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]. Megatron fought Starscream to a standstill, sparing him because he realized he was a better soldier than a would-be example.

As Megatron entered the Chamber, [[Teletraan-1 (WFC)|Teletraan-1]] activated the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly it away. Aware Starscream had a better chance of escaping Omega's awakening, Megatron ordered Starscream and his Seekers to down Omega, in exchange for more Dark Energon. Giving up on his attempt to give up his addiction, Starscream gleefully accepted and they successfully blew Omega out of the sky, allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the Chamber and corrupt the [[core]]. As Cybertron became uninhabitable, the Autobots left on the largest starship ever built - the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Starscream left the planet with Megatron as they gave pursuit on Trypticon, now a ''Nemesis''-class supercruiser. The two ships entered a [[space bridge]], which separated the two ships to unknown parts of space... {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|Starscream's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Starscream lead the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s in the Battle at [[Tyger Pax]]. Focused on taking the pressure off the Decepticons' vulnerable rear, Starscream opened fire on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to protect [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and then forced the Autobot into a retreat, despite [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s attempts to bring Starscream down.

After the [[AllSpark]] was launched into space, Starscream, stunned and damaged, tumbled out of control and crashed on the surface of Tyger Pax, though he recovered in time to retreat with Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===IDW Aligned comics===
Visiting [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s citadel to check up on his research, Starscream was annoyed to find that the scientist was prioritizing his experiments on [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] over supplying the Decepticon war effort with more energon. He failed to see how the "bugs" would win them the war but gave up on trying to convince Shockwave otherwise, choosing to let Megatron deal with him instead. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} Starscream later participated in Megatron's assault on [[Metroplex (FOC)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}}

While [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s mind was suffering from Shockwave's experiments, he had a vision of himself being approached by Starscream and throwing him into a nearby console. {{storylink|Fall}} This vision eventually came to pass, and Grimlock was able to escape from Shockwave's lab by exploiting Starscream's greed and lust for power. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

[[File:Primecomic-Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I am okay with the events that unfolding currently.]]
Starscream had been on [[Earth]] at some point, but was assigned by Megatron to scour the galaxy for remnants of space bridge technology. Returning to their dead homeworld, Starscream built a weapons lab in Kaon and began building a space bridge. He was informed by his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s elsewhere they had apprehended the Autobot spy [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. Later, after basking in the glory of successfully activating the space bridge that would return them to Earth and its [[Energon]], Starscream realized Cliffjumper was present. The Autobot claimed to be freed by his captors after defecting to the Decepticons, and warned them of [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]: this ruse successfully distracted Starscream long enough for Arcee to activate and overload the space bridge, but he jumped in after them moments before the lab was blown sky high.

Falling to Earth, a dazed Starscream picked up a [[bunny rabbit]], commenting that [[human]]s were smaller than he remembered. [[Scanning]] a fleet of jets flying overhead, he found Cliffjumper and Arcee driving on a road and launched a missile at them. He picked up Arcee's blown off arm and started battering Cliffjumper with it, but the Autobot blew up the rock formation above them and crushed Starscream with the rubble. Having received Starscream's signal, [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] came to his rescue, and the duo pursued and overwhelmed the Autobots. Just as Starscream was about to send them back to the [[AllSpark]], Optimus jumped and landed on him, while gunning Breakdown away. As Starscream greeted his opponent, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. Optimus opted not to finish the job, allowing Starscream to escape and fight another day as he got Cliffjumper and Arcee to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
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[[File:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|One look sells him as Starscream.]]
Before Starscream joined Megatron and the Decepticons, he was commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers on Cybertron. {{Storylink|Partners}} During the War, Starscream was present at [[Tyger Pax]] when [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] interrogated the Autobot [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Starscream intercepted a coded Autobot transmission and managed to trap [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. When his interrogation methods failed to extract anything he could use to decode the transmission, he took them to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who used a [[cortical psychic patch]] on Arcee and revealed the transmission to be from Optimus Prime on [[Earth]]. Upon being questioned by Cliffjumper of his lack of bravery, Starscream tried to kill the Autobot only to be captured by Arcee. Upon being threatened by Arcee, he cracked and revealed Shockwave's plan; to build a space bridge under Kaon. Starscream was then knocked out but regained contentiousness and pursued the two Autobots to the space bridge. Unfortunately, the space bridge was destroyed with Shockwave, Cliffjumper, and Arcee still inside, but Starscream was able to escape. Starscream presumably took the Decepticons to Earth via the Nemesis soon after. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When the Decepticons arrived on Earth, Starscream scouted an old Decepticon ship called the ''[[Harbinger]]'' that had crashed landed years back. However, he failed to record the coordinates of the crash site or find the [[Immobilizer]]. {{Storylink|Partners}} In time, Megatron departed Earth to gather an army out in space, leaving Starscream in charge. Starscream spent his time sending out [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon grunts]] to search for [[Energon]] deposits{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}, and managed to set up a lucrative energon mine in secret. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Three years later, one of Starscream's energon searches was interrupted by Cliffjumper. Once Cliffjumper was defeated by the Vehicons, Starscream personally killed the Autobot. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] alerted him to Arcee's location, and Starscream decided she would be their next target. Later, when Soundwave received a signal from deep space, Starscream hesitantly opened the space bridge for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Megatron revealed to Starscream that he'd brought back [[Dark Energon]], and Starscream provided Cliffjumper's corpse so they could test the substance's reanimation properties. When the undead Cliffjumper's signal led the Autobots to the mine, Starscream blew the facility up on Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"No, Mister Fowler, I expect you to be saved at the last minute!"]]
Following a test of Dark Energon on himself, Megatron took off for parts unknown, leaving Starscream in charge once more. When Soundwave picked up [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s transmissions, Starscream had the human captured and began trying to extract the location of the Autobot base from him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} The interrogation almost succeeded, but for the arrival of Arcee, Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] who, after a standoff, forced Starscream to retreat. Once Megatron returned to the ship, he was outraged at Starscream's actions and proceeded to beat his subordinate for "delaying his plans". Starscream managed to quell his master's anger by announcing he had a way to get their plans back on course. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh my God. It's called toothpaste, use it.]]
As it turned out, his plan was to send Soundwave down to use the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope on Earth to set the space bridge's target. Once the bridge was properly targeted, Starscream opened it so that Megatron could throw the chunk of Dark Energon though. Starscream moved the ship back to a safe distance when the fighting on the rim of the space bridge became more intense, while imploring his master to withdraw as well. Alas, the space bridge exploded, apparently taking Megatron with it, and Starscream gave a brief eulogy before declaring himself leader {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}} and danced in celebration while imploring the troops to chant his name. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}
[[File:Patch Starscream dances.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|What'cha doin' on your back?! You should be dancing, YEAH!!!!]]

[[File:Masters&Students-SoundwaveStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|*ping*"FINE! FINE! I'LL WRITE A THANK-YOU NOTE!"]]
Starscream's speeches were poorly received. Intending to find more potentially-loyal warriors, Starscream took Soundwave to try to revive the long-dormant [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. To Starscream's disappointment, Skyquake was loyal only to Megatron, and interested only in fighting the Autobots who arrived. A signal detected by Soundwave sent Starscream to the location of the space bridge explosion, where he found Megatron's body and ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from it. He was forced by the observing [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] to return the body to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', where he also learned that Skyquake had been terminated by the Autobots. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Starscream had him captured and substituted [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] with the mission to open the Autobot [[GroundBridge]] to let the Decepticon forces into the Autobot base. Unfortunately Wheeljack broke free before the plan could succeed, and as a result, Makeshift was expelled from the Autobot base onto the ''Nemesis'' hull with an activated grenade. Starscream vacated the hull before Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}} After Soundwave picked up on [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|another Autobot operation]], Starscream figured it was a good opportunity to get rid of the Autobots while they were distracted, and sent a squadron of Vehicons on a search and destroy mission. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[File:DeusExMachina-Screamer grins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"We've had too much Energon shed. I think that a cleansing is in order."]]
To Starscream's discomfort, the crew held a vote and he was obliged to call in [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to aid in Megatron's recovery. The discovery that an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in an museum on Earth was all the excuse Starscream needed to put that on hold, and the other Decepticons soon obtained the device for him. While they were testing it in [[Greece]], Bulkhead attacked them and destroyed the Harvester. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Starscream was irritated by Knock Out's participation in street racing, and eventually decided to make an example of him. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's ''not'' how ATB Megatron and Starscream combine!]]
Some time later, after the ship's electromagnetic shielding failed, Starscream put the Vehicons to work fixing it. Offering Knock Out a post as second-in-command, Starscream persuaded him to help convince Soundwave that Megatron was a lost cause. They were interrupted by Arcee and Bumblebee, who were doing something with Megatron's corpse, and after chasing the two Autobots off, they discovered that Megatron no longer had any brain activity. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Overjoyed at this, Starscream began a new plan, constructing a heat ray which he attempted to use to melt a glacier to get to a huge [[energon]] deposit. Unfortunately, not only did the Autobots arrive and destroy the heat ray, but Megatron was resurrected and dragged the protesting Starscream away for punishment. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-gah.jpg|thumb|225px|Damn, in another [[Starscream (Movie)|continuity]] the arm comes off and they mock it in this one.]]
Starscream ended up in the infirmary as a result of Megatron's punishment, but continued undaunted in his plans. He took the chunk of Dark Energon he'd been hiding, and went to the site of Skyquake's grave, intending to resurrect the warrior as well as imbuing himself with Dark Energon. Unfortunately the Autobots arrived before Skyquake rose, and Starscream had to retreat through the Decepticon GroundBridge, albeit minus his right arm. After subjecting himself to treatment from Knock Out, Starscream returned to the site to confirm whether Skyquake had risen, only to be attacked by Skyquake's zombified right arm. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured to [[MECH]], Starscream's suggestion they rescue their comrade was turned down by Megatron. Starscream went anyway, and found Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead, but escorted Breakdown back to the ship. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} At an old energon mine, Megatron confronted Starscream about his many transgressions and prepared to terminate his subordinate. Starscream was only saved by the arrival of the Autobots, but on escaping the collapsed mine, realized that he would have to go back in and attempt to rescue Megatron, or face his master's possible wrath later. Venturing back inside, he ended up tangling with the Autobots, and when Megatron later found him, he had been left supporting a large boulder. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[File:Partners-ScreamPrisoner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Why am I always seen like this? Chest and lower body off to one side, head towards y'all.]]
Starscream was sent with [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] to locate the ''Harbinger'' wreck, only for the spider to leave him webbed up when it turned out the ship was broken in half and the weapon they sought was in the other half. Starscream was found by the Autobots and attempted to convince them he wanted to switch sides, even pointing them to the location of the weapon Airachnid was after. Unfortunately he let slip he'd been the one to kill Cliffjumper, provoking Arcee into attacking him. After fighting her, he was able to limp away, though he decided from then on he would be an independent. {{storylink|Partners}}

Many months later, Starscream snuck on board the ''Nemesis'' to steal [[energon cube]]s and blundered into the workroom that was being used by the recently-amnesiac Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Starscream soon realized what was going on, but when more Vehicons arrived, he was wounded while fleeing the ship. He contacted the Autobots to exchange information for medical help. When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bulkhead arrived, it turned out they already knew about Optimus's situation, but were interested in what he knew about the space bridge, so he was able to trade the information for aid. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee1 Silas meets Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Wanna know how I got these scars?"]]
Tracking a signal, Starscream stumbled upon a MECH trap already sprung by Bumblebee. He was intrigued and followed the MECH helicopter and watched as they tried to install the [[transformation cog|T-cog]] they'd taken into a robot. When their attempt to make the robot work failed, Starscream revealed himself and managed to strike a partnership with them. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} With Starscream's help, MECH secured a source of energon and Starscream was there when they used it on their robot. As Bumblebee came looking for his T-cog, Starscream helped defend it, but when it looked like Bumblebee might get it back, Starscream blasted it and left. Unfortunately Silas was less than impressed, and after a short nap thanks to MECH's weapons, Starscream woke up minus his own T-cog. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

When [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] arrived on Earth looking for Skyquake, Megatron informed him of Skyquake's passing, noting that Skyquake had perished under Starscream's command. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[File:Crossfire Starscream injured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Ouch.]]
While scavenging for energon, Starscream found that Airachnid had been cast out from the Decepticons and obtained a pet in the form of an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. She spurned his suggestion that they team up to defeat Megatron, and he barely escaped with his life. Wounded, he employed his previous trick to get medical help from the Autobots in exchange for information about Airachnid's activities, and even later saved Arcee from Airachnid, sparing her life like she spared his much, much earlier. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

Starscream returned to the ''Harbinger'' in search of energon, and instead found a laboratory containing five [[protoform]]s and the equipment necessary for [[cloning]]. He had soon whipped up five [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s, which he dispatched to dispatch Megatron. Unfortunately he soon discovered that he could sympathetically feel every injury they suffered, which gave him a good idea how the mission was going. When the last clone returned to report failure, Starscream sensed the clone's treachery and blasted it. Fully aware of the effect on him, he terminated the clone, screaming in their shared pain as he did. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

[[File:Triangulation Starscream Apex armor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|Starscream SMASH!]]
He was about to operate on himself to install the clone's T-cog when the ship detected the Decepticons sending teams out to locations around the globe. Intrigued, he used the ship's GroundBridge to reach [[Antarctica]], only to be captured by Dreadwing, whom he at first mistook for Skyquake. Eventually, Optimus arrived, and after Dreadwing was buried in an avalanche and the Vehicons accompanying him were dispatched, Starscream now found himself as Optimus's prisoner. The two followed a trail to a human research station where the relic everyone was after was being held. Dreadwing soon arrived and another battle between him and Optimus took place. As they fought, Starscream freed the relic, the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], from the ice block containing it and claimed it as his own. Covered in a full body suit and towering over both of them, Starscream used the armor to fight both Optimus and Dreadwing, a fight in which he was the aggressor for once in a long time. Though Starscream had enhanced strength and was rendered invulnerable, he still couldn't fly, and a few of Dreadwing's bombs created a hole in the ice which he fell through. He was subsequently forced to plod along the bottom of the ocean. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Next on his list of cat-related videos is Nyan Ravage.]]
Back at the ''Harbinger'', Starscream discovered a photo of [[Red Energon]] on the [[Internet]], as well as a dancing monkey which came as much amusement to him. He took the Apex Armor with him, tracking the substance down to a dockyard where he was confronted by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee. Donning the armor, he attempted to retrieve the Red Energon first, and managed to rip a chunk off after Optimus knocked him off the crane. While he was trying to tip the crane over, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, and using a [[phase shifter]], removed Starscream from the Apex Armor. The Decepticon responded by firing a missile at the three Autobots on the crane and escaping with a chunk of Red Energon. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Starscream set about refining the Red Energon, though the process was slow and only yielded enough for one or two doses. Alerted to a Decepticon operation by the ''Harbinger'''s computers, he used it on himself and soon found Smokescreen had uncovered a relic. Using his new hyperspeed to blindside him, Starscream was able to obtain one of the [[Omega Key]]s, which he later overheard Bulkhead describing as a way to revitalize Cybertron. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}}

[[File:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|SQUEE! I've collected all four!]]
Though thinking of restoring Cybertron and ruling it himself, Starscream decided that he didn't have the proper resources to do so. Coming up with a plan, Starscream lured Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead to a remote location with the promise of the key he'd found in return for the installation of the T-Cog from his clone. In reality, he used his remaining Red Energon to allow him to infiltrate the Autobot base while leaving the clone behind for the Autobots to find. While stealing the other three keys from, the Autobots figured out his clone was a ruse, and Starscream only just managed to get back through the Ground Bridge. After taking a moment to taunt the Autobots, the Red Energon wore off, and he quickly bridged away to the ''Nemesis'', with the Omega Keys as a peace offering to Megatron. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PatchMegatronStarscream.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4| This feels familiar...]]
Requesting to rejoin the Decepticons, the unconvinced Megatron subjected Starscream to a cortical psychic patch and began rummaging in his memories to determine his true motives. Despite the incriminating nature of most of the memories, Megatron's analysis of Starscream's strengths and weaknesses (including the loss of his T-cog and the fact that Starscream is not the only untrustworthy Decepticon on the Nemesis), has him decide to allow Starscream to serve by his side, as he is better with him than against him. Starscream was so relieved by the turn of events that he thanked the All Spark, but Dreadwing was not so pleased about this development. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}

[[File:RegenerationOmegaKeysHologram.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Knock Out restored Starscream's T-Cog, though immediately afterwards Starscream was attacked by a murderous Dreadwing and had to be saved by Megatron. After Starscream helped Knock Out unlock the secret of the Omega Keys, Megatron left him in charge of the ''Nemesis''. Starscream used information gathered by Soundwave to kidnap the Autobots' three human friends and took them to Cybertron for Megatron to use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

After handing over [[Jack Darby]] in exchange for two of the keys, Starscream took part in the activation of the [[Omega Lock]]. He survived the explosion caused by the Lock's destruction at Optimus's hand, and when Knock Out attempted a quip, knocked the medic down and demanded he tend to Megatron. Starscream returned to Earth with Megatron to take part in an attack on the Autobot base, during which he shot down Wheeljack's ship, the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'', with Wheeljack still inside. Following the attack, he and Megatron landed in the remains of the base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

While the other Decepticons dug around in the ruins, Starscream more productively had Wheeljack pulled from the wreckage of the ''Jackhammer''. When human military forces turned up, Starscream offered to unleash the armada on them, but Megatron dealt with the matter using [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]'s fusion cannons. His interrogation of Wheeljack did not go nearly as well. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

With the arrival of Shockwave, Megatron appointed the newcomer second lieutenant in charge of science, usurping Starscream's role slightly. Starscream attempted to get his own back by discovering a photo of Ratchet on the internet, only to be embarrassed when it was switched for a picture of a dancing monkey by Raf. He attempted a new gambit—allowing Wheeljack to escape with a tracking device, believing it would lead them to the other Autobots, however Wheeljack discovered the bug and turned the tables on the pursuing Decepticons. Megatron's anger was only stemmed by Shockwave bringing [[Predaking (Prime)|a Predacon he cloned]] to Earth. {{storylink|Scattered}}

Starscream complained to Knock Out about the pressures of his position. When the Predacon returned from its flight to catch Autobots empty-handed, Starscream noted it was a pity the beast couldn't tell them why it failed. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Starscream was pleased when Decepticon monitoring finally bore fruit and located the Autobots. Unfortunate this turned out to be a series of diversions designed to have the Decepticons spread their forces out, and Megatron was not happy that Starscream fell for it. Darkmount subsequently came under attack and though Starscream did his best to coordinate a defense, the battle ended with him ordering a retreat to the ''Nemesis'' as the base was destroyed. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}} When it looked like the Decepticons were about to embark on another scavenger hunt, Starscream was dismayed, but fortunately it turned out that Shockwave had micro-chipped all his creations, and the fossils they needed would be easy to find. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

[[File:ChainOfCommandInForItNow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The hills are alive with the sound of Starscream's butthurt.]]
Following the surprise return of the existing Predacon, Starscream was dismayed to find it put in his charge. He had immense trouble controlling the beast and resorted to using the Apex Armor to protect himself from its attacks. Megatron sent Starscream and the Predacon to [[Scotland]], where they found the Autobots had destroyed a team of Decepticons hunting for bones there. While the Predacon took on the Autobots, Starscream found Miko trying to reach Magnus's ship and accidentally lost the Apex Armor to her. Battle ensued, but when the Predacon left for the ''Nemesis'', Starscream and his two seekers found themselves outnumbered by Autobots and retreated. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} In Megatron's bad books again, Starscream was further inconvenienced when the Predacon damaged the ship's communication dish. Though he tried to have it repaired by the Vehicons, it didn't go so well, and Megatron eventually found out. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

Starscream found Knock Out in the middle of experimenting with [[Synthetic Energon]], and had the medic add Dark Energon to the mix, believing it would allow Megatron to control the results. Instead the new mix transformed Cylas into an energon-sucking zombie and created a plague which resulted in Knock Out and Starscream being chased through the ship. Confronted by Megatron, they were forced to admit what they were done, and were sent to locate and destroy Cylas. They eventually found he had already been dispatched, but to Starscream's dismay, the deed had been done by the recently freed Airachnid. Fortunately he didn't have to deal with her as well, but he later had to face Megatron's wrath over his part in the affair. {{storylink|Thirst}}

When Megatron took him to another abandoned mine, Starscream assumed his demise was near, but they were merely visiting Shockwave's off-site laboratory. The Predacon unexpectedly arrived and Starscream hit it with a metal bar, only for it to transform and speak. The Decepticons quickly realized that despite Predaking's loyalty, it would not take him and his fellow Predacons long to realize their superiority to the Decepticons, so Starscream hatched a plan to kill two birds with one stone, luring the Autobots to the laboratory so its destruction could be blamed on them. The plan succeeded, and in the aftermath, the Decepticons discovered that the synthetic energon stored at the base had created cybermatter. {{storylink|Evolution}} Starscream managed to talk his way out of being disfigured by Shockwave over not warning the latter that the Autobots were attacking the lab. As Shockwave was put in charge of perfecting the Synthetic Energon formula, Megatron assigned Starscream to gather technology to repair the Omega Lock, which they would need for a delivery mechanism. {{storylink|Minus One}}

After establishing the location of the Autobot base when they kidnapped Ratchet, Starscream was sent with his armada to destroy the hanger. He did so with aplomb, unaware that the Autobots had swapped the letters on the hangers and he'd destroyed the wrong one. {{storylink|Persuasion}} The error came back to bite him when the Decepticons detected an [[Chip|Autobot probe]] carrying Laserbeak's transponder. Starscream went out and personally destroyed the probe before fleeing through a GroundBridge to escape Optimus. Back on the ''Nemesis'', when Predaking found out about the Decepticons' earlier treachery and went on a rampage, Starscream aided Megatron by blasting Predaking in the back. Though the Predacon was defeated, the ship next came under attack by Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

Starscream took his squad of Vehicons and encountered Arcee and Bumblebee. They battled the two Autobots, but were driven back to the Omega Lock room where Starscream tried unsuccessfully to get his hands on the Star Saber which Smokescreen had brought along. Starscream watched in horror as Megatron was killed by Bumblebee, but his desire to avenge his leader was unable to be fulfilled, as Shockwave dragged him away. The pair escaped the ship in a lifepod, somewhere over Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

[[File:Predaconsrising-Starscreamupthecreek.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|No! Bad pets! Bad! Don't you want to know what the fox says?!?]]
As Shockwave continued to try to clone Predacons, Starscream searched for more bones, and was soon assisted by [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. The two Predacons eventually led him to a whole burial ground of Predacon remains, but as they were gathering their find up, they were witness to the apparent return of Megatron. Unfortunately it instead turned out to be Unicron using Megatron's body, and as the dark god created an army of undead Predacons, Starscream fled.

Finding the warship, he freed Knock Out and some Vehicons and attempted to retake the ship, only for Knock Out to betray him. He was locked in a cell, however when the warship crashed during the battle against Unicron, he was freed. Once Megatron was free of Unicron's will, Starscream approached him, believing he would resume leadership of the Decepticons, but Megatron was no longer interested in the Decepticon cause. Starscream therefore went to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] to take his own rightful place as Decepticon ruler, only for Predaking, Darksteel and Skylynx to arrive looking to settle scores with him. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Toy bios===
Once upon a time, Starscream was an honorable soldier who fought to defend Cybertron. His long isloation aboard an orbital platform changed all that, making him greedy and ambitious, and he jumped at the chance to join Decepticons and get to lead troops again. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Generations Starscream}} This path would lead to him binging on Dark Energon, revelling in the power it gave him! {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Dark Energon Starscream}}

Starscream, whatever you might think, ''isn't'' running away all the time: he's actually making calculated retreats and when the enemy is going "ha ha Starscream's run away", he comes back without warning and wipes them out. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Voyager Starscream}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.6 Starscream holding president.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The president's been kidnapped by Decepticons! Are you a bad enough dude to save the president?]]
Starscream accompanied [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] on a trip to [[Antarctica]] to attack the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']]. He carried the [[static lance]] that Megatron intended to use to detonate the ship's nuclear reactors, and when the Autobots arrived to intercede, Starscream used the weapon to knock [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] out. He tried to do the same to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], but the Autobot dodged the blow and kicked him in the head, taking the lance himself and ruining the Decepticons' plan. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Tasked by Megatron with trying to draw the Autobots out, Starscream attacked and captured [[Air Force One]], taking it to the [[Grand Canyon]]. He sent a message demanding Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for the safe return of the [[President of the United States|President]], but the Autobots turned up in force. Starscream's accompaniment of Vehicons was soon quashed, and Optimus rescued the President, whom Starscream was using as a human shield, by chopping the Decepticon's left arm off. Defeated, Starscream fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Starscream was appalled when Megatron revealed the latest plan—pitting the Vehicons against each other in a series of deathmatches to ensure their army contained only the toughest. He was even more shocked when Megatron expected ''him'' to fight against [[Fearstorm]]. Starscream was able to defeat the much-larger Decepticon through application of his wits; he first managed to snap off the pointed end of on the bars enclosing their match, then used it to pin Fearstorm's arms to the ground. Fearstorm was thus incapacitated, leaving Starscream easy access to the key that granted him victory; his opponent's spark. Afterwards, Megatron was content to let Starscream return to the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

On Soundwave's prompting, Starscream set up an ambush for the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. When it predictably went badly for the Decepticons, Starscream demanded his companion take matters into his own hands. Soundwave did, and as a result Starscream had to later help Soundwave look for his missing hand. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
When [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] returned from a battle with the news that [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had apparently perished in a mysterious explosion, everyone on the ''Nemesis'' assumed Starscream was to blame, simply because he had repeatedly expressed an interest in becoming Decepticon leader. He had to go on the run, all the while Megatron would turn up alive so his name would be cleared. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7}} Dreadwing managed to track him down, but he convinced Dreadwing that he was not the one who eliminated Megatron, on the grounds that he would immediately take [[Decepticon leader]]ship, rather than flee, should Megatron die by his hands. Dreadwing believed him, and ordered his assistance in finding Megatron. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 14}}

===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:Gas skunk blackarachnia jetstorm leobreaker starscream war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
As the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix creature]] tortured [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] with visions of his [[Sparkplug Witwicky|dead father]] in [[Zero Space]], cracks began to appear in the membrane of infinite worlds. Starscream could be seen through one, alongside [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]], [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Gas Skunk]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
After the Transformers had made their way to Earth, Starscream encountered Bumblebee. Not fooled by the Autobot's vehicle disguise, Starscream pursued the Autobot scout. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
When Heatwave was captured by Chumley, Kade came looking for him. Kade called out asking if Heatwave was there, causing Heatwave to ask sarcastically if he was expecting Starscream. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Daisuke Hirakawa]] (Japanese)|[[Jiang Ke]] (Chinese), [[Gerardo Alonso]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Nicolas Dubois]] (French), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[János Bácskai]] (Hungarian)}}
[[File:MightyBigTrouble Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hello, I'm SpaceNapoleHitler. Give me the thing!]]
Starscream managed to survive his encounter with the Predacons by <s>strategically luring them</s> sheer dumb luck, stumbling upon a weapons cache with enough power to kill [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] and [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]]. He then explored the fortress and found the laboratory where the Decepticons had bred the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and sought to use them to take revenge on Megatron for his cruel acts towards him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Starscream then reformatted himself {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} to his old body type, before he freed the Mini-Cons but they managed to escape him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} The Autobots believed him to be dead following his encounter with the Predacons, but he was remembered as a dangerous Decepticon in the records of the War. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

After he had "helped save the universe, from Starscream, Megatron, and Dark Energon", [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] refused to be defeated by [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} When Bumblebee attempted to inspire his team with an [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] impression, [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] instead believed Bumblebee to be going for a bad Starscream. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

In his hunt for the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Starscream hired [[Shadelock]], [[RoughEdge]], and [[Razorhorn]] to procure them. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} His hunt forced the Mini-Cons off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and led them to joining a group of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|scavengers]]. {{storylink|History Lessons}} He tracked them down to the planet Earth, where Shadelock found [[Tricerashot]]. Starscream ordered him to follow the Mini-Con to lead them to the remainder of them. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}} He tracked the Mini-Cons to a human ship, missing them by seconds. There he found the scavengers and the [[Dark Star Saber]]. He immediately claimed the weapon as his own intending to use it for conquest before he noted that it seemed to be operating at less than full power. Nonetheless he still desired the Mini-Cons and ordered his minions to track them and bring them to him. His minions brought him the wrong Mini-Cons. [[Fixit (RID)|One of them]] accidentally revealed [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] was back on Earth and Starscream was able to take the yellow Autobot prisoner by threatening the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

[[File:RiD 2015 Worthy One-Winged Seeker.jpg|thumb|left|280px|At least he's not a giant screaming head this time.]]
When Bumblebee was aboard, Starscream gloated about his good fortune before the Autobot escaped only to be quickly recaptured. With his captive now in [[Stasis cuffs|stasis cuffs]], Starscream monologued about his cunning escape from the Predacons and his plan to use the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber to not only kill Megatron but conquer the galaxy. He then resumed scanning for his "little doomsday devices" before Bumblebee began taunting him that no one, not even the Dark Star Saber, took him seriously. Starscream swore that everyone would take him seriously, aiming the cursed blade at Bumblebee's throat. A nearby battle between Autobots and scavengers caught his attention where he used his ship's tractor beam to abduct the Weaponizer Mini-Cons before flying off and gloating to Bumblebee of his imminent victory. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Unfortunately it turned out he only had six of the seven Mini-Cons needed, with an attempt at merging resulting in failure. Luckily the last Mini-Con needed turned up at his ship with the Autobots, and he was able to obtain it by knocking everyone out with the Dark Star Saber. He successfully merged with the Mini-Cons, only to lose [[Aerobolt]] thanks to a signal initiated from the ship by Fixit. Starscream managed to fly clear of the ship and engage Optimus and Aerobolt, now merged, in combat until the Autobots succeeded in dragging him back into range of the signal. Separated from the Mini-Cons, Starscream fell comatose and was loaded onto [[Prime Force One|Optimus's ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Years ago, Starscream assigned three Vehicons to construct an [[energon]] mine near the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains, {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} and left them with a bomb triggered by a dead man's switch as an "explosive insurance policy".

At some point after [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Cybertron's restoration]], Starscream's severed arm was brought to Earth with [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] fought Predaking for the arm, so they could convince the three Sierra Ridge Vehicons that [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] was not their superior officer. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Cyrille Monge]] (French)}}
[[File:WFC Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Where are your stupid Macross jokes now?!]]

{{quote|Have no fear, Lord Megatron. Under my leadership, Decepticon victory is assured!|Starscream being all modest|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

For the last thousand years of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing [[Dark Energon]], though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. The station's force of neutral soldiers were no match for Megatron's invading forces, while Starscream and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]'s repeated warnings that no one could control Dark Energon had no effect on Megatron's determination. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at — at least, at first. Starscream attempted to destroy the station's stock of Dark Energon before the Decepticon leader could reach it, but failed, and watched, first with amusement as Megatron entered the storage chamber...and then with shock as Megatron infused himself with the substance and bent it to his will within moments. Starscream quickly volunteered his services for the Decepticon cause, causing Jetfire to label him a traitor and leave to warn [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. Megatron sent him with [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to reactivate the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge|Energon Bridge]]. Starscream performed the mission successfully using his trademark style, flair, and modesty, never mind Megatron's taunting and unreasonable impatience, or Thundercracker's warning him of the danger of certain courses of action, or even Skywarp's cluing in to his constant insults.

During the Battle of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the [[Omega Key]]. When Megatron's group met up with Brawl, Starscream refused to send Dark Energon bombers, saying that he wouldn't let Brawl waste anymore of "his ships". Megatron took issue with Starscream dubbing the bombers his, and overrode Starscream's refusal. Later that evening, while looking for the "real" Omega Key, they ran into it: [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Starscream assumed Megatron was killed when Omega attacked a [[dropship (WFC)|dropship]] Megatron was heading for and declared himself Decepticon commander. Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off Megatron's back. By the time Megatron's group were heading for the Autobot turrets, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode with the threat of marking any retreating Decepticon as "kill on sight". Fortunately, Megatron arrived moments later and managed to defeat Omega Supreme, making the retreat unnecessary. Later on, he was present at the [[Core]] of Cybertron as Megatron corrupted it with Dark Energon.

As the Battle of Iacon continued, Starscream fought through Jetfire and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and attacked [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]]'s group in the [[Decagon]]. However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's [[Energon-axe]] and forced to retreat. The wound was apparently bad enough to cause him to sit out the remainder of the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|Sam Riegel (English)|Gianluca Iacono (Italian)}}
Starscream had been in control of Trypticon Space Station for years, until Megatron and his forces invaded. Megatron wished to revive the Dark Energon project to aid him in his conquest of Cybertron, but Starscream would have none of it. Megatron was able to fight his way to Starscream himself, and after a brief battle, Starscream had lost. He begged for mercy, and Megatrons spared Starscream in exchange for loyalty to the Decepticons. Starscream obliged and Megatron was taken to the core of the station.

After a test run of the Dark Energon's effects on Decepticons in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only destroy the host. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefulness. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. When Megatron felled Zeta Prime and found the Omega Key, the titanic Autobot Omega Supreme was unleashed upon the Decepticons, quickly crushing them with ease.

Megatron was downright furious with Starscream, declaring he had brought Omega Supreme's rampage upon them all. Starscream retorted that if it wasn't for Megatron and his blind troops, none of this would've happened. Starscream invited Megatron to kill him, but warned him it wouldn't do a thing about Omega Supreme out for their blood. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron.

Sometime later, Starscream ambushed an [[Autobot rookie|Autobot recruit-in-training]], and would've killed him if it wasn't for Optimus charging to the rescue. He wasn't seen again after that.
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}
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===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian)}}

Being Megatron's "right-hand man," he wonders how the war could have changed if HE were to be the leader, not Megatron. Still he was ordered by Megatron to do his dirty work, and growing jealous, he waits for the right time, to take his place, as leader of the Decepticons.
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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)}}
Under Megatron's orders, Starscream and the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] ambushed and captured Optimus Prime under the ruins of Iacon during the assault on the Ark. Starscream's gloating on how he defeated Megatron's nemesis would earn him a blast from the Decepticon's leader's fusion cannon. Starscream's luck would take an uphill turn, however, for Megatron was soon crushed by Metroplex, leaving him the new leader of the Decepticons. At the urging of both Prime and Metroplex, Starscream ordered the Decepticons to retreat.

Starscream's reign as a leader was lackluster at best. He used most of the Decepticon energon and supplies to further his own ego and cover the Decepticon bases with portraits and effigies of himself and constantly broadcasting self glorifying speeches to his troops. Anyone who wasn't on board with Starscream's reign was thrown into the prisons of Kaon. Needless to say, the prisons were full to bursting as barely a handful of Decepticons had any faith in their new leader. When the Autobots acquired the entire energon supply the Decepticons kept in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. Starscream sent the Combaticons to stop the transport. When the transport was out in the open, Starscream ordered an assault on it, despite the fact the anti-aircraft guns were still functional. As the Decepticons suffered heavy losses, Starscream aborted the mission and ordered a full retreat. The Combaticons ignored the order and brought the transport down, at the cost of half the energon on board. Despite the fact that the Combaticons had saved the mission he had abandoned, Starscream accused them of failing and had them arrested.

Later, Starscream decided to have a coronation for himself (despite the fact he had been in charge for some time now). Though sadly it was not to be, as [[The Transformers: The Movie|a newly rebuilt Megatron crashed the event]] and took his crown back from the would-be king, much to everyone else's elation. Luckily, the Air Commander escaped Megatron's wrath, swearing revenge.

Seeking the means to get back at Megatron, Starscream made his way to Shockwave's lab. He came across [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and promised to free him and his team if they would serve him. The Dinobot kindly refused the offer by throwing him into the control panel, freeing himself. This apparently knocked Starscream out as he didn't get back up. What happened to him afterwords is unknown, since most of Decepticons that might have arrested him were cut to pieces by Grimlock. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:TransformersPrimeTheGame Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}
Starscream was present when the Decepticons were hauling in an asteroid rich with Dark Energon heading toward Earth. When the Autobots came to stop them, he witnessed the asteroid explode and the Autobots fall out of orbit. He then mocked their inability to fly, which annoyed Megatron. He commissioned Knock Out and Airachnid to seek and retrieve the Autobots, joining in the hunt himself.

Starscream found Bulkhead and Miko in some sort of tomb, and played on his life by nearly collapsing the whole cave on him. Bulkhead escaped the falling cave, and the big guy unleashed tenfold on him. However, one of the Vehicons managed to swipe Miko and take her captive, and Starscream retreated with them.

Starscream later assisted Megatron in finding a missing component of Thunderwing's, and managed to run into his old pal Bulkhead again. Unfortunately, Bulkhead bested him again, this time taking him captive in his own ship! The treacherous Decepticon tricked Bulkhead, however, into bringing him into a room where he was ambushed by Vehicon troopers. Yet again, Bulkhead came out on top of the pile with Starscream retreating in defeat.

Starscream quickly installed the biggest component in Thunderwing, which resulted in him attacking Megatron... ''Megatron used Starscream as a shield.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
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===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
When Bulkhead infiltrate the Nemesis to snatch away the Decepticons' Energon stores, Starscream faced off against the Autobot before he could take his leave. Starscream was defeated, and Bulkhead took off with the Energon in hand. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Starscream led a battalion of Vehicon drones to the town of [[Jasper]] in order to secure Dark Energon from a nearby mine. His efforts were thwarted by Arcee. Starscream then attempted to escape from an abandoned military installation with the Vehicons under his command, only to be stopped by both Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Starscream and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Using his jet mode to fire upon the Autobot leader, and leaving floating "aerial mines" behind him, Starscream fought it out against Optimus Prime in the skies over a lush tropical forest. Optimus managed to drive off Starscream nevertheless, and Starscream howled back that he wouldn't forget his defeat as he sped away. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Starscream-(WFC).jpg|thumb|400px|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream as WFC Starscream, introduced in a WFC event with seekers from ''Cybertron''. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*Hotshot 47 BLAM!*''']]
Starscream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who was available as a reward in the "Cybertron Episode 2 - Seekers" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{note|For some reason, the Legion Class version of the character is not included in the character selection.}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] arrived to a location where [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], Starscream, and Soundwave were battling Autobots. Megatron left, leaving Shockwave in charge. Shockwave ordered Soundwave to [[Transformation|Transform]] and play "[[The Touch]]." Starscream was displeased with Shockwave's choice of song, but Shockwave told him that once he got a higher hit percentage than his own, then Starscream could choose a soundtrack. {{storylink|Commercial#War for Cybertron|GameSpot's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive}}
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==Toys==
===War for Cybertron===
[[File:WFC Legends Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream in Generation 1 Starscream colors as ''Prime'' Starscream. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*BLAM*''']]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2010)

:This [[redeco]] of [[Legends Class]] [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)#LOC|Starscream]] appeared pretty much out of the blue one day, when, without fanfare, it was offered as a promotional giveaway in the United Kingdom to those who purchased the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video game from [http://www.shopto.net ShopTo.Net]. He transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter and features hidden weapons in his wing-sections/biceps: the right arm hides a blade, while the left arm has a non-firing cannon.

:This toy was later offered as a gift to attendees at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong fair 2010 if they made a combined purchase of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' toys]] amounting to more than HK$400.

:This mold was also used the make ''Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Cybertron|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)#Cybertron|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Cybertron|Sunstorm]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Thrust]], and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]].

:At least a few of these loose units are dumped to Hobby Shop dealers in Asia.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/WFCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''War for Cybertron'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Prime===
====First Edition====
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[File:Primetoy-StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He's got legs, and he knows how to attach them to the underside of his jet mode.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''003'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2011-[[December 28|12-28]]'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods, stand (Hasbro only)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a {{w|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon}} into a skinny robot and back! He comes with two missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of his wings, or onto the rear wings on his arms in [[robot mode]]. Additionally, he has a [[5mm post|5mm peg]] hole that goes through each arm, both of which become the sides of his jet mode tail. Since the tail stabilizers fold into the sides of the tail to become the arms, the hole isn't very deep in robot mode unless you leave these fins folded out.

:Undocumented in either of his [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] [[instructions]], Starscream has a couple of features that help make him slightly more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]]: he has a deployable winglet on the back of each of his legs, and his large wing kibble can tilt slightly upward.

:Some units have the head aerial deformed in-package due to being made of soft plastic. This is due to friction preventing it from hinging back. The aerial is supposed to fold back along the head for transformation, but can be tough enough to get in place due to simply flexing instead of changing position. His knee spikes also tend to deform.

:As with all Hasbro-release "First Edition" toys, a cardboard stand is included. The Takara release omits the stand in order to fit the toy into the bubble in robot mode.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed/redecoed to make [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Skywarp (WFC)#Prime|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]], and was differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Slipstream (WFC)|Slipstream]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on First Edition Starscream at TFU.info]''
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====Cyberverse====
[[File:Primetoy-Cyberverse-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Do these bits of red make me look a little [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]-y?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 003'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''EZ-03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2012-[[March 31|03-31]]
**''Accessories'': 2 missile cannons

:Part of the first wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, this smaller-scale Starscream is cast partly in translucent plastic so that the toy can be lit using the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He also comes with two translucent "missile cannon" weapons that can peg in various ways onto Starscream and each other via their numerous [[C joint|3mm posts and ports]].

:Starscream's arms can separate from the nosecone fuselage on the elbow joint for greater show-accuracy, if you ignore the giant jet pieces hanging off his arms. He features a small, almost irrelevant partial autotransform gimmick: When his shoulders are swung out into place, his head moves out a little bit, allowing you to swing the head into position easily.

:The Hasbro release comes with a pack-in file card. In addition to the regular version, Starscream was also released in a special "advance release" assortment alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bulkhead]] and [[Megatron (WFC)#Cyberverse|Megatron]], with each figure including a mini-DVD that contains the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/CommStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Cyberverse Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|No, I'm not [[Thundercracker (WFC)#Prime|that guy]].]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012-[[November 24|11-24]])
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile cannons

:This redeco of Starscream is cast in bluish plastics (possibly homaging most of [[Starscream (Animated)#toys|''Animated'' Starscream's toys]]). He was only available in a TakaraTomy six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)#EZ6pack|Megatron]], the [[Vehicon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Vehicon]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

:Oddly, his weapons are cast in a significantly more flexible (and also more creamy and less translucent) plastic than the ones that come with his Hasbro counterpart. In addition, the ridge on the forehead is slightly thicker and thus less pointy. [[For safety reasons|Usually, it's the other way round.]]

:Unfortunately, because of how the figure is packaged, most Starscreams in this set had a rear tail fins bent in-package.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 006'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Thunder Talon)

:Part of the third wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, Starscream is a redeco and extensive [[retool]] of Series 2 Starscream. He features 3mm ports in the same places as before, loses the post on his back, and gains a new port on his chest/jet underside. He now comes with the "[[Thunder Talon]]", a massive claw-like weapon which can mount via 3mm post, and launch its "claw" as a [[missile]] via pressure-launch.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybCommStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse Starscream at TFU.info]''
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====Robots in Disguise====
{{anchor|EntertainmentPack}}
[[File:Primetoy-BumblebeevsStarscreamStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I'd be a poor man's Skywarp if I didn't cost more to import.]]
*'''Bumblebee vs. Starscream: Ultimate Opponents''' (Entertainment Pack, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods

:This Deluxe Class ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Starscream is a [[redeco]] of his First Edition release in lighter gray plastic with several purple highlights, possibly intended to represent his powering up with [[Dark Energon]] in the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|''Shadowzone'']]. Unlike the original release of this mold, this version features [[paint operation]]s on its soft plastic parts, such as his forehead crest and missile-tips.

:Starscream came packed-in with a redeco of First Edition [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Bumblebee]], small unarticulated figurines of [[Silas#Prime|Silas]] and [[MECH Commando|a MECH soldier]], as well as a DVD containing the episodes "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", "[[Sick Mind]]", and "[[Out of His Head]]". The two-pack was also available in Australian markets virtually unchanged, except the DVD was replaced with a booklet including short (and by that, we mean one sentence) [[bio]]s as well as [[Tech Spec]]s for [[Breakdown (WFC)|most]] [[Airachnid (Prime)|of]] the characters.

:The [[stock photography]] on the packaging depicts Starscream's cockpit and abdomen as translucent, and with the stripes on his wings being on the leading edges instead of their final placement.

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[[File:PrimeRIDtoy-StarscreamVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh, that can't be aerodynamic.]]
[[File:Prime-toy StarscreamVoyagerTakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Much better.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 003'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[June 30|06-30]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-07'''
**''Accessories'': Missile pod/light-up [[null-ray]] blaster & two missiles (Hasbro only), "Gul" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Voyager Class toys, Starscream now comes with two missiles, as well as a missile pod attached to a half-translucent base of random parts, both of which can be mounted (via 5mm posts) behind his canopy/on his back, or onto his wings, arms, and hands. Additionally, the missile pod itself features a peg-hole on each side, and his wings each feature a [[Mini-Con]]-compatible peg. The missile pod transforms into his "null-ray blaster", all while being illuminated by a red LED as a sort of "Energon glow". As with other Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, the deployed weapon cannot lock into place.

:His prototype stock photography depicts additional [[paint operation]]s on the wings and vertical stabilizer that were omitted in the final product. His [[instructions]] and stock photos also incorrectly show his completed robot mode's shoulder-pads as being left flipped-up, despite the instructions telling [[you]] to flip them down ''just a few steps before''.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] release, which was part of the fourth wave of ''Prime'' product in Japan (despite his ID numbering placing him ''before'' toys released in the third wave), loses many of his detail-based [[paint operation]]s, replacing them with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. Instead of the light-up cannon-thing, he comes with the Arms Micron [[Gul]], a robotic eagle that transforms into a bladed plasma weapon.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Hasbro Voyager Starscream at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1592.html Arms Micron Starscream at Alfes's toy blog (part 1)]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1593.html Arms Micron Starscream at Alfes's toy blog (part 2)]''

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[[File:Primetoy-StarscreamDarkEnergon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|So, does this mean "[[Synthetic Energon]] Starscream" will be in [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm's]] colors?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Dark Energon Series Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Number'': '''003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile pods

:''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Dark Energon Series|Prime: Dark Energon]]'' Starscream is a [[BigBadToyStore]]-exclusive redeco of "First Edition" Starscream in translucent black, opaque pink, and dark blue, as a possible [[homage]] to Skywarp.

: Though he was packaged on an individual card, he was initially sold as part of a set with the Dark Energon versions of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Bumblebee]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Wheeljack]], and [[Knock Out (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Knock Out]]. He was eventually made available on his own, and the Dark Energon Series toys were eventually made available in Singapore as mass-retail releases.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/DEStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Dark Energon Starscream at TFU.info]''
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====Beast Hunters====
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[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Why does everyone keep pointing their remote controllers at me!?"]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 005'''
**''Accessories'': Thunder Talon, two missiles

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' toys, Starscream is a new mold, and is somewhat shorter at the head than his ''First Edition'' toy. He transforms into a fighter jet resembling a heavily-modified General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. He features 5mm ports for his hands, forearms, and fuselage/robot back. He comes with two missiles which each feature tabs on one side and a slot on the other, allowing them to peg onto his wings, or be pegged onto his forearms/jet underside.

:He also comes with a larger-scale "Thunder Talon" with clenching claws and a small, molded circular saw at the end. It features a 5mm peg on its underside and on the tail-end, allowing the weapon to be held/mounted in different ways, as well as store on his back. The weapon also features places to mount the missiles onto, with a pair of slots on its top and underside, as well as a pair of tabs on top. The slots also allow the weapon to be mounted onto the underside of the jet mode.

:His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7|seventh chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-FOCStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh geeze, it's going to be [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Timelines|Seeker-Gate]] all over again.]]
[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / #010'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2013-[[February 23|02-23]]'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''TG09'''
**''Accessories:'' Two assault cannons (combine to form Neutron assault rifle), tail-fin

:Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Starscream transforms into a Cybertronian jet fighter. He comes with two spinning, triple-barreled "assault cannons" which can combine to form a larger hand-held weapon that is geared to spin its two triple-barrels together, and resembles the [[Neutron assault rifle]] from ''Fall of Cybertron''. Each of the weapon halves features two [[5mm post]]s, as well as a peg-hole on their hollow sides, while the combined form features another peg-hole at the top, but makes the peg-holes on the hollow sides inaccessible. Starscream features numerous 5mm peg-holes, such as his hands, forearms, lower legs, and wing undersides.

:In an undocumented feature, Starscream's tail-fin is attached via a 5mm post on its underside, and can be detached to reveal three additional peg-holes, with two of these peg-holes being just the right distance to accommodate the combined assault cannons/rifle, with the tail-fin pegging on the rifle's top peg-hole. This allows the weapon to mount on top of the [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], and store on his back in robot mode. He was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generations|Generation 1 Starscream]] in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the third wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, is noticeably shinier. Among other deco changes, his gray vehicle parts have been coated in silver paint, and most of his red parts in glossy metallic red paint, all while featuring numerous additional [[Paint operation|paint details]]. His gray plastic is slightly warmer in tone, and his gunmetal plastic has been replaced with metallic blue.

:This toy was later redecoed into TakaraTomy [[Skywarp (WFC)#Generations|Skywarp]] and ''Thrilling 30'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling30|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Generations|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Generations'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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*'''Decepticon Rebel Infiltrator Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two assault cannons (combine to form Neutron assault rifle), [[Path Blaster]], two-piece laser cannon (combines to form [[Photon burst rifle]]), tail-fin
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots_BeastHuntersStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Instead of being sorry like his other counterpart, He's gonna get his sorry-afterburners kicked instead.]]
*'''Beast Hunters Starscream''' (Scout, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''33'''
: ''Construct-Bots'' Beast Hunters Starscream is a build-able toy that transforms from robot into a jet.

: Like most [[Beast Hunters]] Construct-Bots, Starscream never saw release in the United States.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBBHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Beast Hunters Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Go!===
[[File:TF-GO-G17-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Hunter Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2013-[[April 27|04-27]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G17'''
**''Accessories'': "Hunting Claw", two missiles

:Part of the first wave of TakaraTomy ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' toys, Hunter Starscream is a [[redeco]] of ''Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class Starscream, hewing closer to the character's original ''Prime'' color scheme. His claw weapon is now blue.

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===Kre-O===
{{anchor|KreoArmy}}
[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Army.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Snoopy]] better watch his back.]]
*'''Army Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0945'''
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 clip-on rifles

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Kreon]] Warriors, Starscream has been re-imagined as if he was part of a World War I era fighting force, with prop-plane vehicle kibble deco and an old-timey leather pilots' helmet and goggles (originally used by ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)| Age of Extinction]]'' [[Crosshairs (AOE)#Kre-O)|Crosshairs]]). His face deco (like all of the Kreon Warrior Starscreams) is very, very ''Prime'' Starscream, even if his colors owe more to the [[Starscream (G1)|original Starscream]].

: Like all the Kreons released that year (at normal retail at least), he uses the new 2015-tooling Kreon body, which basically involves small construction changes on every part below the head, making them largely incompatible with the prior Kreon parts (heads still work fine), but the new tooling adds some extra functionality and structural support.

: The Kreon Warriors were only released in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. The individual bags had also abandoned any kind of coding that identified the contents. This means getting the one you want from an unopened bag involves either trying to feel out the unique parts, or just buying the whole dang case.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Pirate.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Captain Jackass Sparrow.]]
*'''Pirate Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0945'''
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, clip-on cannon

: Also part of the first wave of Kreon Warriors, Pirate Starscream is a fancy-dancy buccaneer, with a frilly neck-ruffle and a plume in his hat. What a toff! The plume can also be plugged into the back of his old-timey cannon to simulate a hissing fuse (which other Pirate-themed Kreons in the series actually do).

: All the aggravation of the blind-bagged, non-US distribution above applies to this one as well.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Ninja.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Ninja Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0955'''
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 sais, 2 pegged shuriken

: Back for more in the second assortment of Kreon Warriors, the backstabber is now ''literally'' a backstabber, having been re-envisioned as a ninja! His sais are clipped to his arms by a pair of small double-clips, evoking his arm-cannons, while his bladed straw hat (originally from the [[Hard Master]] Kreon in the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] Kre-O'' series) can be held by its edge as a massive weapon.

: Still fully blind-bagged, still not sold at US retail.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Wiseguy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pull a comb through your coal black hair, for crying out loud, it's a mess.]]
*'''Wiseguy Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0955'''
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 clip-on gatling guns

: Who's that whisperin' in the trees? It's Starscream in full-on gangster mode, with an old-fashioned car-parts deco and a pair of gatling guns. His helmet replacement is oddly a black "wild-hair" piece originally from the ''CityVille Invasion'' sets, possibly because [[Bumblebee (Kre-O) #Wiseguy|Wiseguy Bumblebee]] already used the only fedora-like hat mold back in Series 1.

:Ibid on the distribution et al.
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===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature. Meanwhile, scanning the ''Combiner Force'' toys' ('''including''' re-releases of several toys) insignia stickers gives the player Tickets, which can be spent by giving them to [[Cryostase]] via the main map menu. }}

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[[File:RID15-toy StarscreamWarrior.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And this is my fourth and final form. ''(Hasbro version/ToysЯUs Japan exclusive pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV62-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Starscream''' (Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV62'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': [[November 26]] 2016
**''Accessories'': 2 rifles

:Initially released as part of the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Clash of the Transformers'' subline imprint, Warrior Class Starscream is a new mold which transforms from robot to Cybertronian fighter jet. He comes with two rifles with 5mm posts which can be hand-held, mounted on his forearms (as small null-rays), or mounted under his wings. The small tabs on top of the guns also allow them to fit into the slots on his shoulders, which can each hold both guns at once. The fandom knew ''nothing'' about the existence of this toy before it suddenly appeared at retail—something that basically never happens in the modern era.

:His scannable Decepticon insignia is on his left shoulder. Scanning the badge temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game, and can only be scanned once per day. While accessible in Robot Mode, the badge is impossible to be scanned in vehicle mode.

: The Japanese ''Adventure'' series release of the toy features extra paint applications to more closely match his appearances in the cartoon.

: Later in 2016, Starscream was re-released as part of the general retail ''Combiner Force'' subline imprint in the US. The only difference with the toy is a new sticker badge: scanning it unlocks eight Ultra Sparks and two tickets for [[Cryostase]] to unlock a random character. In Japan, this version of the toy was released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive, ''also'' with almost no changes aside from a different sticker badge.

: This mold was also used to make [[Skywarp (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Skywarp]], but shockingly, was not made into a [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Warrior Class Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Power-Surge-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Hasbro version/ToysЯUs Japan exclusive pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-57-Hyper-Surge-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Power Surge Starscream''' (Power Hero, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV57'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2016-[[October 29|10-29]]
**''Accessories'': Lancelon Mini-Con

:Released as a ToysЯUs exclusive under the ''Clash of the Transformers'' subline, Power Surge Starscream is a Voyager-sized figure that transforms into a robot to fighter plane and back in just a few steps. He also comes with [[Lancelon]], a Mini-Con that transforms into a sword and also be worn as chest armor for Starscream. Power Surge Starscream also features a voice gimmick, activated by pressing down his head:

:*"No one can stop me now!"
:*"Decepticons Unite!"
:*"Mini-Con Power Up!"
:*A flying sound effect.

:When you leave the toy idled for several seconds, he will play a transforming sound accompanied with a flying sound effect.

:As with the Warrior Class figure, his scannable Decepticon insignia is on his left shoulder, accessible when in-package.

:The ''Adventure'' release of the toy, released under the name '''Hyper Surge Starscream''', features some show-accurate paint details, and a different insignia sticker which is compatible to TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app. The Hasbro version of the toy was ''also'' released as a ToysЯUs Japan exclusive, with no changes on the original deco with an exception of the badge.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legion Class, 2016)

:Part of the first wave of Combiner Force Legion Class figures, Starscream changes from fighter jet to robot in a few steps. While otherwise a completely new figure, his arms are borrowed from Legion Class [[Windblade (RID)#Legion|Windblade]]. For some reason, his nose cone has been completely covered in the same light blue as his shoulders and feet, presumably to better match the small hinge that connects it to his body. He is decently articulated for a Legion class figure, but lacks forward movement at the shoulder. He features a scannable badge on his left wing, impossible to access in-package. Instead of unlocking the character, his badge only gives a few Ultra Sparks and two tickets.

:There are a few differences between the CG stock photos and the final product: the joint that attaches the cockpit is now replaced with the same unpaintable turquoise plastic used for the majority of the joints and arms, and the feet features slightly more paint.

:Along with his wave-mate [[Springload (RID)#Legion|Springload]], Starscream was released at retail in Australia without any prior announcement by Hasbro whatsoever.
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==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
:*''McNumber:'' '''4'''
: Part of McDonald's ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, Starscream is depicted as a non-transformable, simplified version of his jet mode, cast in light and dark gray plastic with some blue, black, and purple paint applications. Pressing the raised Decepticon symbol on the fuselage causes the cockpit to pop up on a hinge, revealing two non-firing missiles.
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*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal, 2013)
:*''McNumber:'' '''?'''
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Prime''' (2014)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Prime'' series, this buildable Starscream mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He has articulation on his shoulders and upper legs.

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===Thrilling 30===
*'''Starscream''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''1 / #9'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Starscream was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Starscream figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#Thrilling 30|Ratchet]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Thrilling 30|Bulkhead]].
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===Eaglemoss cards===
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==Notes==
[[File:Tfprimestarscreamjet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''ooooo-ooooo/We fade to grey!'']]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Fabulouscream.]]
[[File:Screamer_dashboard.jpg|thumb|right|Nintendoscream.]]
*Starscream's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Energon Seeker-type chassis for [[Scientist (WFC)|Scientist]]-class characters. His parts are also available to Scientists in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Arclight-type components.
*Starscream's backstory in ''Exodus'' is self-contradictory:
:''"Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..."'' (p. 78).
:''"See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists."'' (p. 158).
:*When asked via Twitter, Exodus's writer [[Alex Irvine]] stated "Let's say he's always been scientifically curious."<ref>[http://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/36051088754868224 Twitter post]</ref>
:*In ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]'', when Starscream sarcastically remarks how Shockwave is "ever the scientist", Shockwave replies with "as you once were". This implies that Starscream had been a scientist at some point in time, but has since left that field.
*Despite being a [[Neutral]] before joining Megatron's cause in War for Cybertron, Starscream begins the game with his glowing details already in Decepticon purple as opposed to Neutral yellow. The Decepticon symbols do not appear on his wings until AFTER he has been recruited by Megatron however.
*Starscream's thin body and narrow, upward-swept wings in [[robot mode]] recalls [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]], but his voice, colour scheme, Igor-like posture and subservience to Megatron recalls the [[Starscream (Movie)|live-action incarnation]]. The game design has the movie bulk but with a [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1]] head and colours.
*Starscream's chest design is basically his live-action incarnation's head design. Now that's a visual homage.
**And an unintentional one at that, according to the [[New York Comic Con]] Transformers: Prime panel.
*''Prime'''s Starscream has [[Starscream (SG)|a red Decepticon insignia]].
*Starscream's feet have pointed toes and elevated heels that make them resemble a pair of women's pumps. They are quite daring.
*[[Steve Blum]] said he was a fan of [[Charlie Adler]] and [[Tom Kenny]]'s portrayals of Starscream, and had Adler give him his blessing after he got the part.<ref>[http://sknr.net/2011/04/20/steve-blum-talks-transformers-prime-guild-wars-2-bulletstorm-more/ Skewed magazine Steve Blum interview.]</ref> Coincidentally, Blum, Adler, and Kenny are all in ''The Super Hero Squad Show''. Blum would later take over the role of Adler's [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] for the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon]]'' game.
*Screamer appears to have [[Decepticon]] logos on his legs. They disappeared after "[[Masters & Students]]".
*For the rest of the series after "[[Partners]]", Starscream has a scar on his right cheek from his battle with Arcee. However, after [[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]] it is gone. It is possible that in addition to restoring his T-cog, Knock Out also got rid of the scar.
*Up until "Partners", his eyes were empty (like Arcee's eyes) with a solid red iris and lighter red pupils, but following said episode, his eyes change color from episode to episode. On some occasions, they are solid red with lighter red dots for his pupils.
*Sometimes during the series, depending on Starscream's mood (usually when scared), the wings on his back in robot mode tend to droop down like an animal's ears when scared or saddened. It's quite adorable, really.
*Starscream's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Starscream parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*In Starscream's dedicated level in ''Fall Of Cybertron'', a secret room on the exterior of Shockwave's tower complex contains a very G1-esque gold crown that can be picked up by the player and worn for the remainder of the level. Words cannot describe how awesome this is..
*Starscream seems to be entertained by dancing monkeys.
*His arm blasters appear to have the ability to disrupt a Transformer's systems. In "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", one shot from them briefly disables Bumblebee. Maybe he picked the [[null-ray]] upgrade after all.
*Starscream's Hasbro bio takes Fowler's comment "Starscream is his own worst enemy", a little too literally as it lists his arch-enemy as himself. And his ally is Optimus, for some reason...
*In one of the rare noticeable instances of physical change within the "Aligned" continuity family, Starscream's appearance in ''Robots in Disguise'' is changed to be more similar to his ''Fall of Cybertron appearance'', but this time is inspired by both his [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]] and his [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 cartoon counterpart]]'s look during the coronation scene in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Starscream has a purple-lit dashboard inside his cockpit.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Starscream has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Full Weapon Mode''' (フルウェポンモード ''Furu Wepon Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Balo, Gora, Gul, Jida, Zori
:Starscream's box-back Arms Up mode has him using the [[Laser Gunblade]] on his right arm, the [[High-Defense Shield]] on the left, and [[Zori]] in "Flexible Rod Mode" (yyyyeah) on his back.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiānwángxīng''' (Taiwan, 天王星, "Uranus"), '''Hóng Zhīzhū''' (China, 红蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Russian:'' '''Skandalist''' (''Fall of Cybertron'', Скандалист, "Troublemaker"), '''Starscream''' (''Prime'')

==Footnotes==
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Starscream (WFC)

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:StarscreamPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|In a cruel twist of fate, perhaps the most legitimately competent Starscream ever, but no one will take him seriously for even a minute.]]
'''Starscream''' was an Air Commander of the [[Energon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and become the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] that would return the Transformers to the [[Golden Age]], and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-[[caste system|caste]] charade and be more honest about his lust for power.

These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with ''his'' lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron's right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream's extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it'd take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.

He may be a scientist, but [[#Notes|we're not quite sure]].

{{quote|That shot was perfect, much like the one who fired it!|Starscream after achieving a headshot|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Starscream may or may not have had a history as a scientist. Regardless of what he did prior, in the early days before the war began he was one of the leaders of the Cybertronian Air Command. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fell into chaos following bombings by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] followers, Starscream was posted as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s bodyguard. He was with the Prime at [[Altihex]] Casino during a performance by comedian [[Armorhide (WFC)|Armorhide]] when the Decepticons attacked. Sentinel's attempt to flee rather than fight back made Starscream ashamed of his leader, so he had [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] take him to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison rather than the safety of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. This earned him loyalty with Megatron, but wary of how sour a revolution could quickly turn Starscream opted not to be directly involved in the gladiator's operations, posting his Seekers at [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] and [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. Megatron was intrigued by why Starscream wanted to occupy "that semi-sentient pile of junk" but despite [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]'s research they found no clues, with information regarding the Station seemingly censored.

Whenever Starscream's Seekers were present, the Decepticons were victorious in battle against the [[Autobot]]s. Starscream however, found Megatron's strategies overly convoluted. As the war devolved into a siege of Iacon, Megatron and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], by probing into forgotten areas of the [[DataNet]], discovered Trypticon was a storage of [[Dark Energon]], the life essence of [[Unicron]]. When questioned, Starscream explained since even the Air Command was not sure what Dark Energon was, he had forbidden its use, fearing the damage Megatron's gladiators would unleash. Megatron forgave Starscream, noting how he "was smart enough to be afraid of it", and was granted access.

Starscream sent a message to the Autobots proposing a meeting. Optimus only granted him a communication channel. Starscream stated if the Autobots did not know what Dark Energon was (they did) they would need to find out — and asked what would he could expect from them if something happened to Megatron. Optimus replied that he sought a just peace. Starscream said he understood, broke off the conversation and flew to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison where Sentinel was held. Starscream offered Sentinel a chance to redeem his cowardly behavior at Altihex. The ultimate aim of this road to becoming Decepticon leader was to become [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in a peace settlement with Optimus, and lead Cybertron back to its [[Golden Age]]. Starscream then flew to Moon Base One when Megatron ordered him to Trypticon, where he found the Decepticons had invaded the Station and slaughtered and maimed his scientists.

Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] forced Starscream to select two survivors to absorb [[Dark Energon]], for what was a successful experiment. Requiring more for the Decepticon war effort, Megatron ordered Starscream to capture the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], below the ruins of [[Crystal City]]. Empowered by his first taste of Dark Energon, Starscream activated the device that transmitted Energon to the Station for it to be Darkened. But the Bridge still did not produce enough, and Starscream was ordered to find the [[Code Key]] of Power and Key of Justice to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[High Council Tower]] in Iacon. Starscream decided it was time to release Sentinel, renouncing Dark Energon after realizing Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts. Starscream found the Key of Power within the [[High Council Tower|Hall of Justice]] and flew underground to find his plan had failed, as Megatron had mortally wounded Sentinel. He could see within Sentinel's body was the Key of Justice, but was prevented from taking it by [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]. Megatron fought Starscream to a standstill, sparing him because he realized he was a better soldier than a would-be example.

As Megatron entered the Chamber, [[Teletraan-1 (WFC)|Teletraan-1]] activated the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly it away. Aware Starscream had a better chance of escaping Omega's awakening, Megatron ordered Starscream and his Seekers to down Omega, in exchange for more Dark Energon. Giving up on his attempt to give up his addiction, Starscream gleefully accepted and they successfully blew Omega out of the sky, allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the Chamber and corrupt the [[core]]. As Cybertron became uninhabitable, the Autobots left on the largest starship ever built - the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Starscream left the planet with Megatron as they gave pursuit on Trypticon, now a ''Nemesis''-class supercruiser. The two ships entered a [[space bridge]], which separated the two ships to unknown parts of space... {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|Starscream's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Starscream lead the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s in the Battle at [[Tyger Pax]]. Focused on taking the pressure off the Decepticons' vulnerable rear, Starscream opened fire on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to protect [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and then forced the Autobot into a retreat, despite [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s attempts to bring Starscream down.

After the [[AllSpark]] was launched into space, Starscream, stunned and damaged, tumbled out of control and crashed on the surface of Tyger Pax, though he recovered in time to retreat with Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===IDW Aligned comics===
Visiting [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s citadel to check up on his research, Starscream was annoyed to find that the scientist was prioritizing his experiments on [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] over supplying the Decepticon war effort with more energon. He failed to see how the "bugs" would win them the war but gave up on trying to convince Shockwave otherwise, choosing to let Megatron deal with him instead. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} Starscream later participated in Megatron's assault on [[Metroplex (FOC)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}}

While [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s mind was suffering from Shockwave's experiments, he had a vision of himself being approached by Starscream and throwing him into a nearby console. {{storylink|Fall}} This vision eventually came to pass, and Grimlock was able to escape from Shockwave's lab by exploiting Starscream's greed and lust for power. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

[[File:Primecomic-Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I am okay with the events that unfolding currently.]]
Starscream had been on [[Earth]] at some point, but was assigned by Megatron to scour the galaxy for remnants of space bridge technology. Returning to their dead homeworld, Starscream built a weapons lab in Kaon and began building a space bridge. He was informed by his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s elsewhere they had apprehended the Autobot spy [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. Later, after basking in the glory of successfully activating the space bridge that would return them to Earth and its [[Energon]], Starscream realized Cliffjumper was present. The Autobot claimed to be freed by his captors after defecting to the Decepticons, and warned them of [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]: this ruse successfully distracted Starscream long enough for Arcee to activate and overload the space bridge, but he jumped in after them moments before the lab was blown sky high.

Falling to Earth, a dazed Starscream picked up a [[bunny rabbit]], commenting that [[human]]s were smaller than he remembered. [[Scanning]] a fleet of jets flying overhead, he found Cliffjumper and Arcee driving on a road and launched a missile at them. He picked up Arcee's blown off arm and started battering Cliffjumper with it, but the Autobot blew up the rock formation above them and crushed Starscream with the rubble. Having received Starscream's signal, [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] came to his rescue, and the duo pursued and overwhelmed the Autobots. Just as Starscream was about to send them back to the [[AllSpark]], Optimus jumped and landed on him, while gunning Breakdown away. As Starscream greeted his opponent, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. Optimus opted not to finish the job, allowing Starscream to escape and fight another day as he got Cliffjumper and Arcee to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Satoshi Tsuruoka]] (Japanese)|[[Jiang Ke]] (Chinese), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Jin-uk Hong]] (Korean), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Gerald Paradies]] (German), [[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Nicolas Dubois]] (French), [[Nestor Chiesse]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Tero Koponen]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|One look sells him as Starscream.]]
Before Starscream joined Megatron and the Decepticons, he was commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers on Cybertron. {{Storylink|Partners}} During the War, Starscream was present at [[Tyger Pax]] when [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] interrogated the Autobot [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Starscream intercepted a coded Autobot transmission and managed to trap [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. When his interrogation methods failed to extract anything he could use to decode the transmission, he took them to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who used a [[cortical psychic patch]] on Arcee and revealed the transmission to be from Optimus Prime on [[Earth]]. Upon being questioned by Cliffjumper of his lack of bravery, Starscream tried to kill the Autobot only to be captured by Arcee. Upon being threatened by Arcee, he cracked and revealed Shockwave's plan; to build a space bridge under Kaon. Starscream was then knocked out but regained contentiousness and pursued the two Autobots to the space bridge. Unfortunately, the space bridge was destroyed with Shockwave, Cliffjumper, and Arcee still inside, but Starscream was able to escape. Starscream presumably took the Decepticons to Earth via the Nemesis soon after. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When the Decepticons arrived on Earth, Starscream scouted an old Decepticon ship called the ''[[Harbinger]]'' that had crashed landed years back. However, he failed to record the coordinates of the crash site or find the [[Immobilizer]]. {{Storylink|Partners}} In time, Megatron departed Earth to gather an army out in space, leaving Starscream in charge. Starscream spent his time sending out [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon grunts]] to search for [[Energon]] deposits{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}, and managed to set up a lucrative energon mine in secret. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Three years later, one of Starscream's energon searches was interrupted by Cliffjumper. Once Cliffjumper was defeated by the Vehicons, Starscream personally killed the Autobot. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] alerted him to Arcee's location, and Starscream decided she would be their next target. Later, when Soundwave received a signal from deep space, Starscream hesitantly opened the space bridge for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Megatron revealed to Starscream that he'd brought back [[Dark Energon]], and Starscream provided Cliffjumper's corpse so they could test the substance's reanimation properties. When the undead Cliffjumper's signal led the Autobots to the mine, Starscream blew the facility up on Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"No, Mister Fowler, I expect you to be saved at the last minute!"]]
Following a test of Dark Energon on himself, Megatron took off for parts unknown, leaving Starscream in charge once more. When Soundwave picked up [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s transmissions, Starscream had the human captured and began trying to extract the location of the Autobot base from him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} The interrogation almost succeeded, but for the arrival of Arcee, Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] who, after a standoff, forced Starscream to retreat. Once Megatron returned to the ship, he was outraged at Starscream's actions and proceeded to beat his subordinate for "delaying his plans". Starscream managed to quell his master's anger by announcing he had a way to get their plans back on course. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh my God. It's called toothpaste, use it.]]
As it turned out, his plan was to send Soundwave down to use the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope on Earth to set the space bridge's target. Once the bridge was properly targeted, Starscream opened it so that Megatron could throw the chunk of Dark Energon though. Starscream moved the ship back to a safe distance when the fighting on the rim of the space bridge became more intense, while imploring his master to withdraw as well. Alas, the space bridge exploded, apparently taking Megatron with it, and Starscream gave a brief eulogy before declaring himself leader {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}} and danced in celebration while imploring the troops to chant his name. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}
[[File:Patch Starscream dances.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|What'cha doin' on your back?! You should be dancing, YEAH!!!!]]

[[File:Masters&Students-SoundwaveStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|*ping*"FINE! FINE! I'LL WRITE A THANK-YOU NOTE!"]]
Starscream's speeches were poorly received. Intending to find more potentially-loyal warriors, Starscream took Soundwave to try to revive the long-dormant [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. To Starscream's disappointment, Skyquake was loyal only to Megatron, and interested only in fighting the Autobots who arrived. A signal detected by Soundwave sent Starscream to the location of the space bridge explosion, where he found Megatron's body and ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from it. He was forced by the observing [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] to return the body to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', where he also learned that Skyquake had been terminated by the Autobots. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Starscream had him captured and substituted [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] with the mission to open the Autobot [[GroundBridge]] to let the Decepticon forces into the Autobot base. Unfortunately Wheeljack broke free before the plan could succeed, and as a result, Makeshift was expelled from the Autobot base onto the ''Nemesis'' hull with an activated grenade. Starscream vacated the hull before Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}} After Soundwave picked up on [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|another Autobot operation]], Starscream figured it was a good opportunity to get rid of the Autobots while they were distracted, and sent a squadron of Vehicons on a search and destroy mission. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[File:DeusExMachina-Screamer grins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"We've had too much Energon shed. I think that a cleansing is in order."]]
To Starscream's discomfort, the crew held a vote and he was obliged to call in [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to aid in Megatron's recovery. The discovery that an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in an museum on Earth was all the excuse Starscream needed to put that on hold, and the other Decepticons soon obtained the device for him. While they were testing it in [[Greece]], Bulkhead attacked them and destroyed the Harvester. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Starscream was irritated by Knock Out's participation in street racing, and eventually decided to make an example of him. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's ''not'' how ATB Megatron and Starscream combine!]]
Some time later, after the ship's electromagnetic shielding failed, Starscream put the Vehicons to work fixing it. Offering Knock Out a post as second-in-command, Starscream persuaded him to help convince Soundwave that Megatron was a lost cause. They were interrupted by Arcee and Bumblebee, who were doing something with Megatron's corpse, and after chasing the two Autobots off, they discovered that Megatron no longer had any brain activity. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Overjoyed at this, Starscream began a new plan, constructing a heat ray which he attempted to use to melt a glacier to get to a huge [[energon]] deposit. Unfortunately, not only did the Autobots arrive and destroy the heat ray, but Megatron was resurrected and dragged the protesting Starscream away for punishment. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-gah.jpg|thumb|225px|Damn, in another [[Starscream (Movie)|continuity]] the arm comes off and they mock it in this one.]]
Starscream ended up in the infirmary as a result of Megatron's punishment, but continued undaunted in his plans. He took the chunk of Dark Energon he'd been hiding, and went to the site of Skyquake's grave, intending to resurrect the warrior as well as imbuing himself with Dark Energon. Unfortunately the Autobots arrived before Skyquake rose, and Starscream had to retreat through the Decepticon GroundBridge, albeit minus his right arm. After subjecting himself to treatment from Knock Out, Starscream returned to the site to confirm whether Skyquake had risen, only to be attacked by Skyquake's zombified right arm. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured to [[MECH]], Starscream's suggestion they rescue their comrade was turned down by Megatron. Starscream went anyway, and found Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead, but escorted Breakdown back to the ship. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} At an old energon mine, Megatron confronted Starscream about his many transgressions and prepared to terminate his subordinate. Starscream was only saved by the arrival of the Autobots, but on escaping the collapsed mine, realized that he would have to go back in and attempt to rescue Megatron, or face his master's possible wrath later. Venturing back inside, he ended up tangling with the Autobots, and when Megatron later found him, he had been left supporting a large boulder. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[File:Partners-ScreamPrisoner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Why am I always seen like this? Chest and lower body off to one side, head towards y'all.]]
Starscream was sent with [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] to locate the ''Harbinger'' wreck, only for the spider to leave him webbed up when it turned out the ship was broken in half and the weapon they sought was in the other half. Starscream was found by the Autobots and attempted to convince them he wanted to switch sides, even pointing them to the location of the weapon Airachnid was after. Unfortunately he let slip he'd been the one to kill Cliffjumper, provoking Arcee into attacking him. After fighting her, he was able to limp away, though he decided from then on he would be an independent. {{storylink|Partners}}

Many months later, Starscream snuck on board the ''Nemesis'' to steal [[energon cube]]s and blundered into the workroom that was being used by the recently-amnesiac Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Starscream soon realized what was going on, but when more Vehicons arrived, he was wounded while fleeing the ship. He contacted the Autobots to exchange information for medical help. When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bulkhead arrived, it turned out they already knew about Optimus's situation, but were interested in what he knew about the space bridge, so he was able to trade the information for aid. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee1 Silas meets Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Wanna know how I got these scars?"]]
Tracking a signal, Starscream stumbled upon a MECH trap already sprung by Bumblebee. He was intrigued and followed the MECH helicopter and watched as they tried to install the [[transformation cog|T-cog]] they'd taken into a robot. When their attempt to make the robot work failed, Starscream revealed himself and managed to strike a partnership with them. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} With Starscream's help, MECH secured a source of energon and Starscream was there when they used it on their robot. As Bumblebee came looking for his T-cog, Starscream helped defend it, but when it looked like Bumblebee might get it back, Starscream blasted it and left. Unfortunately Silas was less than impressed, and after a short nap thanks to MECH's weapons, Starscream woke up minus his own T-cog. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

When [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] arrived on Earth looking for Skyquake, Megatron informed him of Skyquake's passing, noting that Skyquake had perished under Starscream's command. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[File:Crossfire Starscream injured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Ouch.]]
While scavenging for energon, Starscream found that Airachnid had been cast out from the Decepticons and obtained a pet in the form of an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. She spurned his suggestion that they team up to defeat Megatron, and he barely escaped with his life. Wounded, he employed his previous trick to get medical help from the Autobots in exchange for information about Airachnid's activities, and even later saved Arcee from Airachnid, sparing her life like she spared his much, much earlier. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

Starscream returned to the ''Harbinger'' in search of energon, and instead found a laboratory containing five [[protoform]]s and the equipment necessary for [[cloning]]. He had soon whipped up five [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s, which he dispatched to dispatch Megatron. Unfortunately he soon discovered that he could sympathetically feel every injury they suffered, which gave him a good idea how the mission was going. When the last clone returned to report failure, Starscream sensed the clone's treachery and blasted it. Fully aware of the effect on him, he terminated the clone, screaming in their shared pain as he did. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

[[File:Triangulation Starscream Apex armor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|Starscream SMASH!]]
He was about to operate on himself to install the clone's T-cog when the ship detected the Decepticons sending teams out to locations around the globe. Intrigued, he used the ship's GroundBridge to reach [[Antarctica]], only to be captured by Dreadwing, whom he at first mistook for Skyquake. Eventually, Optimus arrived, and after Dreadwing was buried in an avalanche and the Vehicons accompanying him were dispatched, Starscream now found himself as Optimus's prisoner. The two followed a trail to a human research station where the relic everyone was after was being held. Dreadwing soon arrived and another battle between him and Optimus took place. As they fought, Starscream freed the relic, the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], from the ice block containing it and claimed it as his own. Covered in a full body suit and towering over both of them, Starscream used the armor to fight both Optimus and Dreadwing, a fight in which he was the aggressor for once in a long time. Though Starscream had enhanced strength and was rendered invulnerable, he still couldn't fly, and a few of Dreadwing's bombs created a hole in the ice which he fell through. He was subsequently forced to plod along the bottom of the ocean. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Next on his list of cat-related videos is Nyan Ravage.]]
Back at the ''Harbinger'', Starscream discovered a photo of [[Red Energon]] on the [[Internet]], as well as a dancing monkey which came as much amusement to him. He took the Apex Armor with him, tracking the substance down to a dockyard where he was confronted by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee. Donning the armor, he attempted to retrieve the Red Energon first, and managed to rip a chunk off after Optimus knocked him off the crane. While he was trying to tip the crane over, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, and using a [[phase shifter]], removed Starscream from the Apex Armor. The Decepticon responded by firing a missile at the three Autobots on the crane and escaping with a chunk of Red Energon. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Starscream set about refining the Red Energon, though the process was slow and only yielded enough for one or two doses. Alerted to a Decepticon operation by the ''Harbinger'''s computers, he used it on himself and soon found Smokescreen had uncovered a relic. Using his new hyperspeed to blindside him, Starscream was able to obtain one of the [[Omega Key]]s, which he later overheard Bulkhead describing as a way to revitalize Cybertron. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}}

[[File:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|SQUEE! I've collected all four!]]
Though thinking of restoring Cybertron and ruling it himself, Starscream decided that he didn't have the proper resources to do so. Coming up with a plan, Starscream lured Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead to a remote location with the promise of the key he'd found in return for the installation of the T-Cog from his clone. In reality, he used his remaining Red Energon to allow him to infiltrate the Autobot base while leaving the clone behind for the Autobots to find. While stealing the other three keys from, the Autobots figured out his clone was a ruse, and Starscream only just managed to get back through the Ground Bridge. After taking a moment to taunt the Autobots, the Red Energon wore off, and he quickly bridged away to the ''Nemesis'', with the Omega Keys as a peace offering to Megatron. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PatchMegatronStarscream.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4| This feels familiar...]]
Requesting to rejoin the Decepticons, the unconvinced Megatron subjected Starscream to a cortical psychic patch and began rummaging in his memories to determine his true motives. Despite the incriminating nature of most of the memories, Megatron's analysis of Starscream's strengths and weaknesses (including the loss of his T-cog and the fact that Starscream is not the only untrustworthy Decepticon on the Nemesis), has him decide to allow Starscream to serve by his side, as he is better with him than against him. Starscream was so relieved by the turn of events that he thanked the All Spark, but Dreadwing was not so pleased about this development. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}

[[File:RegenerationOmegaKeysHologram.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Knock Out restored Starscream's T-Cog, though immediately afterwards Starscream was attacked by a murderous Dreadwing and had to be saved by Megatron. After Starscream helped Knock Out unlock the secret of the Omega Keys, Megatron left him in charge of the ''Nemesis''. Starscream used information gathered by Soundwave to kidnap the Autobots' three human friends and took them to Cybertron for Megatron to use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

After handing over [[Jack Darby]] in exchange for two of the keys, Starscream took part in the activation of the [[Omega Lock]]. He survived the explosion caused by the Lock's destruction at Optimus's hand, and when Knock Out attempted a quip, knocked the medic down and demanded he tend to Megatron. Starscream returned to Earth with Megatron to take part in an attack on the Autobot base, during which he shot down Wheeljack's ship, the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'', with Wheeljack still inside. Following the attack, he and Megatron landed in the remains of the base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

While the other Decepticons dug around in the ruins, Starscream more productively had Wheeljack pulled from the wreckage of the ''Jackhammer''. When human military forces turned up, Starscream offered to unleash the armada on them, but Megatron dealt with the matter using [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]'s fusion cannons. His interrogation of Wheeljack did not go nearly as well. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

With the arrival of Shockwave, Megatron appointed the newcomer second lieutenant in charge of science, usurping Starscream's role slightly. Starscream attempted to get his own back by discovering a photo of Ratchet on the internet, only to be embarrassed when it was switched for a picture of a dancing monkey by Raf. He attempted a new gambit—allowing Wheeljack to escape with a tracking device, believing it would lead them to the other Autobots, however Wheeljack discovered the bug and turned the tables on the pursuing Decepticons. Megatron's anger was only stemmed by Shockwave bringing [[Predaking (Prime)|a Predacon he cloned]] to Earth. {{storylink|Scattered}}

Starscream complained to Knock Out about the pressures of his position. When the Predacon returned from its flight to catch Autobots empty-handed, Starscream noted it was a pity the beast couldn't tell them why it failed. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Starscream was pleased when Decepticon monitoring finally bore fruit and located the Autobots. Unfortunate this turned out to be a series of diversions designed to have the Decepticons spread their forces out, and Megatron was not happy that Starscream fell for it. Darkmount subsequently came under attack and though Starscream did his best to coordinate a defense, the battle ended with him ordering a retreat to the ''Nemesis'' as the base was destroyed. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}} When it looked like the Decepticons were about to embark on another scavenger hunt, Starscream was dismayed, but fortunately it turned out that Shockwave had micro-chipped all his creations, and the fossils they needed would be easy to find. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

[[File:ChainOfCommandInForItNow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The hills are alive with the sound of Starscream's butthurt.]]
Following the surprise return of the existing Predacon, Starscream was dismayed to find it put in his charge. He had immense trouble controlling the beast and resorted to using the Apex Armor to protect himself from its attacks. Megatron sent Starscream and the Predacon to [[Scotland]], where they found the Autobots had destroyed a team of Decepticons hunting for bones there. While the Predacon took on the Autobots, Starscream found Miko trying to reach Magnus's ship and accidentally lost the Apex Armor to her. Battle ensued, but when the Predacon left for the ''Nemesis'', Starscream and his two seekers found themselves outnumbered by Autobots and retreated. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} In Megatron's bad books again, Starscream was further inconvenienced when the Predacon damaged the ship's communication dish. Though he tried to have it repaired by the Vehicons, it didn't go so well, and Megatron eventually found out. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

Starscream found Knock Out in the middle of experimenting with [[Synthetic Energon]], and had the medic add Dark Energon to the mix, believing it would allow Megatron to control the results. Instead the new mix transformed Cylas into an energon-sucking zombie and created a plague which resulted in Knock Out and Starscream being chased through the ship. Confronted by Megatron, they were forced to admit what they were done, and were sent to locate and destroy Cylas. They eventually found he had already been dispatched, but to Starscream's dismay, the deed had been done by the recently freed Airachnid. Fortunately he didn't have to deal with her as well, but he later had to face Megatron's wrath over his part in the affair. {{storylink|Thirst}}

When Megatron took him to another abandoned mine, Starscream assumed his demise was near, but they were merely visiting Shockwave's off-site laboratory. The Predacon unexpectedly arrived and Starscream hit it with a metal bar, only for it to transform and speak. The Decepticons quickly realized that despite Predaking's loyalty, it would not take him and his fellow Predacons long to realize their superiority to the Decepticons, so Starscream hatched a plan to kill two birds with one stone, luring the Autobots to the laboratory so its destruction could be blamed on them. The plan succeeded, and in the aftermath, the Decepticons discovered that the synthetic energon stored at the base had created cybermatter. {{storylink|Evolution}} Starscream managed to talk his way out of being disfigured by Shockwave over not warning the latter that the Autobots were attacking the lab. As Shockwave was put in charge of perfecting the Synthetic Energon formula, Megatron assigned Starscream to gather technology to repair the Omega Lock, which they would need for a delivery mechanism. {{storylink|Minus One}}

After establishing the location of the Autobot base when they kidnapped Ratchet, Starscream was sent with his armada to destroy the hanger. He did so with aplomb, unaware that the Autobots had swapped the letters on the hangers and he'd destroyed the wrong one. {{storylink|Persuasion}} The error came back to bite him when the Decepticons detected an [[Chip|Autobot probe]] carrying Laserbeak's transponder. Starscream went out and personally destroyed the probe before fleeing through a GroundBridge to escape Optimus. Back on the ''Nemesis'', when Predaking found out about the Decepticons' earlier treachery and went on a rampage, Starscream aided Megatron by blasting Predaking in the back. Though the Predacon was defeated, the ship next came under attack by Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

Starscream took his squad of Vehicons and encountered Arcee and Bumblebee. They battled the two Autobots, but were driven back to the Omega Lock room where Starscream tried unsuccessfully to get his hands on the Star Saber which Smokescreen had brought along. Starscream watched in horror as Megatron was killed by Bumblebee, but his desire to avenge his leader was unable to be fulfilled, as Shockwave dragged him away. The pair escaped the ship in a lifepod, somewhere over Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

[[File:Predaconsrising-Starscreamupthecreek.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|No! Bad pets! Bad! Don't you want to know what the fox says?!?]]
As Shockwave continued to try to clone Predacons, Starscream searched for more bones, and was soon assisted by [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. The two Predacons eventually led him to a whole burial ground of Predacon remains, but as they were gathering their find up, they were witness to the apparent return of Megatron. Unfortunately it instead turned out to be Unicron using Megatron's body, and as the dark god created an army of undead Predacons, Starscream fled.

Finding the warship, he freed Knock Out and some Vehicons and attempted to retake the ship, only for Knock Out to betray him. He was locked in a cell, however when the warship crashed during the battle against Unicron, he was freed. Once Megatron was free of Unicron's will, Starscream approached him, believing he would resume leadership of the Decepticons, but Megatron was no longer interested in the Decepticon cause. Starscream therefore went to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] to take his own rightful place as Decepticon ruler, only for Predaking, Darksteel and Skylynx to arrive looking to settle scores with him. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Toy bios===
Once upon a time, Starscream was an honorable soldier who fought to defend Cybertron. His long isloation aboard an orbital platform changed all that, making him greedy and ambitious, and he jumped at the chance to join Decepticons and get to lead troops again. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Generations Starscream}} This path would lead to him binging on Dark Energon, revelling in the power it gave him! {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Dark Energon Starscream}}

Starscream, whatever you might think, ''isn't'' running away all the time: he's actually making calculated retreats and when the enemy is going "ha ha Starscream's run away", he comes back without warning and wipes them out. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Voyager Starscream}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.6 Starscream holding president.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The president's been kidnapped by Decepticons! Are you a bad enough dude to save the president?]]
Starscream accompanied [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] on a trip to [[Antarctica]] to attack the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']]. He carried the [[static lance]] that Megatron intended to use to detonate the ship's nuclear reactors, and when the Autobots arrived to intercede, Starscream used the weapon to knock [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] out. He tried to do the same to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], but the Autobot dodged the blow and kicked him in the head, taking the lance himself and ruining the Decepticons' plan. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Tasked by Megatron with trying to draw the Autobots out, Starscream attacked and captured [[Air Force One]], taking it to the [[Grand Canyon]]. He sent a message demanding Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for the safe return of the [[President of the United States|President]], but the Autobots turned up in force. Starscream's accompaniment of Vehicons was soon quashed, and Optimus rescued the President, whom Starscream was using as a human shield, by chopping the Decepticon's left arm off. Defeated, Starscream fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Starscream was appalled when Megatron revealed the latest plan—pitting the Vehicons against each other in a series of deathmatches to ensure their army contained only the toughest. He was even more shocked when Megatron expected ''him'' to fight against [[Fearstorm]]. Starscream was able to defeat the much-larger Decepticon through application of his wits; he first managed to snap off the pointed end of on the bars enclosing their match, then used it to pin Fearstorm's arms to the ground. Fearstorm was thus incapacitated, leaving Starscream easy access to the key that granted him victory; his opponent's spark. Afterwards, Megatron was content to let Starscream return to the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

On Soundwave's prompting, Starscream set up an ambush for the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. When it predictably went badly for the Decepticons, Starscream demanded his companion take matters into his own hands. Soundwave did, and as a result Starscream had to later help Soundwave look for his missing hand. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
When [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] returned from a battle with the news that [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had apparently perished in a mysterious explosion, everyone on the ''Nemesis'' assumed Starscream was to blame, simply because he had repeatedly expressed an interest in becoming Decepticon leader. He had to go on the run, all the while Megatron would turn up alive so his name would be cleared. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7}} Dreadwing managed to track him down, but he convinced Dreadwing that he was not the one who eliminated Megatron, on the grounds that he would immediately take [[Decepticon leader]]ship, rather than flee, should Megatron die by his hands. Dreadwing believed him, and ordered his assistance in finding Megatron. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 14}}

===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:Gas skunk blackarachnia jetstorm leobreaker starscream war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
As the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix creature]] tortured [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] with visions of his [[Sparkplug Witwicky|dead father]] in [[Zero Space]], cracks began to appear in the membrane of infinite worlds. Starscream could be seen through one, alongside [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]], [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Gas Skunk]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
After the Transformers had made their way to Earth, Starscream encountered Bumblebee. Not fooled by the Autobot's vehicle disguise, Starscream pursued the Autobot scout. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
When Heatwave was captured by Chumley, Kade came looking for him. Kade called out asking if Heatwave was there, causing Heatwave to ask sarcastically if he was expecting Starscream. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Daisuke Hirakawa]] (Japanese)|[[Jiang Ke]] (Chinese), [[Gerardo Alonso]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Nicolas Dubois]] (French), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[János Bácskai]] (Hungarian)}}
[[File:MightyBigTrouble Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hello, I'm SpaceNapoleHitler. Give me the thing!]]
Starscream managed to survive his encounter with the Predacons by <s>strategically luring them</s> sheer dumb luck, stumbling upon a weapons cache with enough power to kill [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] and [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]]. He then explored the fortress and found the laboratory where the Decepticons had bred the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and sought to use them to take revenge on Megatron for his cruel acts towards him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Starscream then reformatted himself {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} to his old body type, before he freed the Mini-Cons but they managed to escape him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} The Autobots believed him to be dead following his encounter with the Predacons, but he was remembered as a dangerous Decepticon in the records of the War. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

After he had "helped save the universe, from Starscream, Megatron, and Dark Energon", [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] refused to be defeated by [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} When Bumblebee attempted to inspire his team with an [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] impression, [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] instead believed Bumblebee to be going for a bad Starscream. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

In his hunt for the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Starscream hired [[Shadelock]], [[RoughEdge]], and [[Razorhorn]] to procure them. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} His hunt forced the Mini-Cons off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and led them to joining a group of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|scavengers]]. {{storylink|History Lessons}} He tracked them down to the planet Earth, where Shadelock found [[Tricerashot]]. Starscream ordered him to follow the Mini-Con to lead them to the remainder of them. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}} He tracked the Mini-Cons to a human ship, missing them by seconds. There he found the scavengers and the [[Dark Star Saber]]. He immediately claimed the weapon as his own intending to use it for conquest before he noted that it seemed to be operating at less than full power. Nonetheless he still desired the Mini-Cons and ordered his minions to track them and bring them to him. His minions brought him the wrong Mini-Cons. [[Fixit (RID)|One of them]] accidentally revealed [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] was back on Earth and Starscream was able to take the yellow Autobot prisoner by threatening the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

[[File:RiD 2015 Worthy One-Winged Seeker.jpg|thumb|left|280px|At least he's not a giant screaming head this time.]]
When Bumblebee was aboard, Starscream gloated about his good fortune before the Autobot escaped only to be quickly recaptured. With his captive now in [[Stasis cuffs|stasis cuffs]], Starscream monologued about his cunning escape from the Predacons and his plan to use the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber to not only kill Megatron but conquer the galaxy. He then resumed scanning for his "little doomsday devices" before Bumblebee began taunting him that no one, not even the Dark Star Saber, took him seriously. Starscream swore that everyone would take him seriously, aiming the cursed blade at Bumblebee's throat. A nearby battle between Autobots and scavengers caught his attention where he used his ship's tractor beam to abduct the Weaponizer Mini-Cons before flying off and gloating to Bumblebee of his imminent victory. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Unfortunately it turned out he only had six of the seven Mini-Cons needed, with an attempt at merging resulting in failure. Luckily the last Mini-Con needed turned up at his ship with the Autobots, and he was able to obtain it by knocking everyone out with the Dark Star Saber. He successfully merged with the Mini-Cons, only to lose [[Aerobolt]] thanks to a signal initiated from the ship by Fixit. Starscream managed to fly clear of the ship and engage Optimus and Aerobolt, now merged, in combat until the Autobots succeeded in dragging him back into range of the signal. Separated from the Mini-Cons, Starscream fell comatose and was loaded onto [[Prime Force One|Optimus's ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Years ago, Starscream assigned three Vehicons to construct an [[energon]] mine near the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains, {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} and left them with a bomb triggered by a dead man's switch as an "explosive insurance policy".

At some point after [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Cybertron's restoration]], Starscream's severed arm was brought to Earth with [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] fought Predaking for the arm, so they could convince the three Sierra Ridge Vehicons that [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] was not their superior officer. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Cyrille Monge]] (French)}}
[[File:WFC Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Where are your stupid Macross jokes now?!]]

{{quote|Have no fear, Lord Megatron. Under my leadership, Decepticon victory is assured!|Starscream being all modest|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

For the last thousand years of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing [[Dark Energon]], though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. The station's force of neutral soldiers were no match for Megatron's invading forces, while Starscream and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]'s repeated warnings that no one could control Dark Energon had no effect on Megatron's determination. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at — at least, at first. Starscream attempted to destroy the station's stock of Dark Energon before the Decepticon leader could reach it, but failed, and watched, first with amusement as Megatron entered the storage chamber...and then with shock as Megatron infused himself with the substance and bent it to his will within moments. Starscream quickly volunteered his services for the Decepticon cause, causing Jetfire to label him a traitor and leave to warn [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. Megatron sent him with [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to reactivate the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge|Energon Bridge]]. Starscream performed the mission successfully using his trademark style, flair, and modesty, never mind Megatron's taunting and unreasonable impatience, or Thundercracker's warning him of the danger of certain courses of action, or even Skywarp's cluing in to his constant insults.

During the Battle of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the [[Omega Key]]. When Megatron's group met up with Brawl, Starscream refused to send Dark Energon bombers, saying that he wouldn't let Brawl waste anymore of "his ships". Megatron took issue with Starscream dubbing the bombers his, and overrode Starscream's refusal. Later that evening, while looking for the "real" Omega Key, they ran into it: [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Starscream assumed Megatron was killed when Omega attacked a [[dropship (WFC)|dropship]] Megatron was heading for and declared himself Decepticon commander. Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off Megatron's back. By the time Megatron's group were heading for the Autobot turrets, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode with the threat of marking any retreating Decepticon as "kill on sight". Fortunately, Megatron arrived moments later and managed to defeat Omega Supreme, making the retreat unnecessary. Later on, he was present at the [[Core]] of Cybertron as Megatron corrupted it with Dark Energon.

As the Battle of Iacon continued, Starscream fought through Jetfire and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and attacked [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]]'s group in the [[Decagon]]. However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's [[Energon-axe]] and forced to retreat. The wound was apparently bad enough to cause him to sit out the remainder of the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|Sam Riegel (English)|Gianluca Iacono (Italian)}}
Starscream had been in control of Trypticon Space Station for years, until Megatron and his forces invaded. Megatron wished to revive the Dark Energon project to aid him in his conquest of Cybertron, but Starscream would have none of it. Megatron was able to fight his way to Starscream himself, and after a brief battle, Starscream had lost. He begged for mercy, and Megatrons spared Starscream in exchange for loyalty to the Decepticons. Starscream obliged and Megatron was taken to the core of the station.

After a test run of the Dark Energon's effects on Decepticons in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only destroy the host. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefulness. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. When Megatron felled Zeta Prime and found the Omega Key, the titanic Autobot Omega Supreme was unleashed upon the Decepticons, quickly crushing them with ease.

Megatron was downright furious with Starscream, declaring he had brought Omega Supreme's rampage upon them all. Starscream retorted that if it wasn't for Megatron and his blind troops, none of this would've happened. Starscream invited Megatron to kill him, but warned him it wouldn't do a thing about Omega Supreme out for their blood. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron.

Sometime later, Starscream ambushed an [[Autobot rookie|Autobot recruit-in-training]], and would've killed him if it wasn't for Optimus charging to the rescue. He wasn't seen again after that.
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}
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===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian)}}

Being Megatron's "right-hand man," he wonders how the war could have changed if HE were to be the leader, not Megatron. Still he was ordered by Megatron to do his dirty work, and growing jealous, he waits for the right time, to take his place, as leader of the Decepticons.
{{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)}}
Under Megatron's orders, Starscream and the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] ambushed and captured Optimus Prime under the ruins of Iacon during the assault on the Ark. Starscream's gloating on how he defeated Megatron's nemesis would earn him a blast from the Decepticon's leader's fusion cannon. Starscream's luck would take an uphill turn, however, for Megatron was soon crushed by Metroplex, leaving him the new leader of the Decepticons. At the urging of both Prime and Metroplex, Starscream ordered the Decepticons to retreat.

Starscream's reign as a leader was lackluster at best. He used most of the Decepticon energon and supplies to further his own ego and cover the Decepticon bases with portraits and effigies of himself and constantly broadcasting self glorifying speeches to his troops. Anyone who wasn't on board with Starscream's reign was thrown into the prisons of Kaon. Needless to say, the prisons were full to bursting as barely a handful of Decepticons had any faith in their new leader. When the Autobots acquired the entire energon supply the Decepticons kept in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. Starscream sent the Combaticons to stop the transport. When the transport was out in the open, Starscream ordered an assault on it, despite the fact the anti-aircraft guns were still functional. As the Decepticons suffered heavy losses, Starscream aborted the mission and ordered a full retreat. The Combaticons ignored the order and brought the transport down, at the cost of half the energon on board. Despite the fact that the Combaticons had saved the mission he had abandoned, Starscream accused them of failing and had them arrested.

Later, Starscream decided to have a coronation for himself (despite the fact he had been in charge for some time now). Though sadly it was not to be, as [[The Transformers: The Movie|a newly rebuilt Megatron crashed the event]] and took his crown back from the would-be king, much to everyone else's elation. Luckily, the Air Commander escaped Megatron's wrath, swearing revenge.

Seeking the means to get back at Megatron, Starscream made his way to Shockwave's lab. He came across [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and promised to free him and his team if they would serve him. The Dinobot kindly refused the offer by throwing him into the control panel, freeing himself. This apparently knocked Starscream out as he didn't get back up. What happened to him afterwords is unknown, since most of Decepticons that might have arrested him were cut to pieces by Grimlock. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:TransformersPrimeTheGame Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}
Starscream was present when the Decepticons were hauling in an asteroid rich with Dark Energon heading toward Earth. When the Autobots came to stop them, he witnessed the asteroid explode and the Autobots fall out of orbit. He then mocked their inability to fly, which annoyed Megatron. He commissioned Knock Out and Airachnid to seek and retrieve the Autobots, joining in the hunt himself.

Starscream found Bulkhead and Miko in some sort of tomb, and played on his life by nearly collapsing the whole cave on him. Bulkhead escaped the falling cave, and the big guy unleashed tenfold on him. However, one of the Vehicons managed to swipe Miko and take her captive, and Starscream retreated with them.

Starscream later assisted Megatron in finding a missing component of Thunderwing's, and managed to run into his old pal Bulkhead again. Unfortunately, Bulkhead bested him again, this time taking him captive in his own ship! The treacherous Decepticon tricked Bulkhead, however, into bringing him into a room where he was ambushed by Vehicon troopers. Yet again, Bulkhead came out on top of the pile with Starscream retreating in defeat.

Starscream quickly installed the biggest component in Thunderwing, which resulted in him attacking Megatron... ''Megatron used Starscream as a shield.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Online''===
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
====Console====
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====3DS====
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===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
When Bulkhead infiltrate the Nemesis to snatch away the Decepticons' Energon stores, Starscream faced off against the Autobot before he could take his leave. Starscream was defeated, and Bulkhead took off with the Energon in hand. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Starscream led a battalion of Vehicon drones to the town of [[Jasper]] in order to secure Dark Energon from a nearby mine. His efforts were thwarted by Arcee. Starscream then attempted to escape from an abandoned military installation with the Vehicons under his command, only to be stopped by both Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Starscream and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Using his jet mode to fire upon the Autobot leader, and leaving floating "aerial mines" behind him, Starscream fought it out against Optimus Prime in the skies over a lush tropical forest. Optimus managed to drive off Starscream nevertheless, and Starscream howled back that he wouldn't forget his defeat as he sped away. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Starscream-(WFC).jpg|thumb|400px|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream as WFC Starscream, introduced in a WFC event with seekers from ''Cybertron''. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*Hotshot 47 BLAM!*''']]
Starscream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who was available as a reward in the "Cybertron Episode 2 - Seekers" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{note|For some reason, the Legion Class version of the character is not included in the character selection.}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] arrived to a location where [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], Starscream, and Soundwave were battling Autobots. Megatron left, leaving Shockwave in charge. Shockwave ordered Soundwave to [[Transformation|Transform]] and play "[[The Touch]]." Starscream was displeased with Shockwave's choice of song, but Shockwave told him that once he got a higher hit percentage than his own, then Starscream could choose a soundtrack. {{storylink|Commercial#War for Cybertron|GameSpot's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive}}
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==Toys==
===War for Cybertron===
[[File:WFC Legends Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream in Generation 1 Starscream colors as ''Prime'' Starscream. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*BLAM*''']]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2010)

:This [[redeco]] of [[Legends Class]] [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)#LOC|Starscream]] appeared pretty much out of the blue one day, when, without fanfare, it was offered as a promotional giveaway in the United Kingdom to those who purchased the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video game from [http://www.shopto.net ShopTo.Net]. He transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter and features hidden weapons in his wing-sections/biceps: the right arm hides a blade, while the left arm has a non-firing cannon.

:This toy was later offered as a gift to attendees at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong fair 2010 if they made a combined purchase of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' toys]] amounting to more than HK$400.

:This mold was also used the make ''Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Cybertron|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)#Cybertron|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Cybertron|Sunstorm]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Thrust]], and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]].

:At least a few of these loose units are dumped to Hobby Shop dealers in Asia.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/WFCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''War for Cybertron'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Prime===
====First Edition====
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[File:Primetoy-StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He's got legs, and he knows how to attach them to the underside of his jet mode.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''003'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2011-[[December 28|12-28]]'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods, stand (Hasbro only)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a {{w|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon}} into a skinny robot and back! He comes with two missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of his wings, or onto the rear wings on his arms in [[robot mode]]. Additionally, he has a [[5mm post|5mm peg]] hole that goes through each arm, both of which become the sides of his jet mode tail. Since the tail stabilizers fold into the sides of the tail to become the arms, the hole isn't very deep in robot mode unless you leave these fins folded out.

:Undocumented in either of his [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] [[instructions]], Starscream has a couple of features that help make him slightly more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]]: he has a deployable winglet on the back of each of his legs, and his large wing kibble can tilt slightly upward.

:Some units have the head aerial deformed in-package due to being made of soft plastic. This is due to friction preventing it from hinging back. The aerial is supposed to fold back along the head for transformation, but can be tough enough to get in place due to simply flexing instead of changing position. His knee spikes also tend to deform.

:As with all Hasbro-release "First Edition" toys, a cardboard stand is included. The Takara release omits the stand in order to fit the toy into the bubble in robot mode.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed/redecoed to make [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Skywarp (WFC)#Prime|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]], and was differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Slipstream (WFC)|Slipstream]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on First Edition Starscream at TFU.info]''
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====Cyberverse====
[[File:Primetoy-Cyberverse-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Do these bits of red make me look a little [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]-y?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 003'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''EZ-03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2012-[[March 31|03-31]]
**''Accessories'': 2 missile cannons

:Part of the first wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, this smaller-scale Starscream is cast partly in translucent plastic so that the toy can be lit using the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He also comes with two translucent "missile cannon" weapons that can peg in various ways onto Starscream and each other via their numerous [[C joint|3mm posts and ports]].

:Starscream's arms can separate from the nosecone fuselage on the elbow joint for greater show-accuracy, if you ignore the giant jet pieces hanging off his arms. He features a small, almost irrelevant partial autotransform gimmick: When his shoulders are swung out into place, his head moves out a little bit, allowing you to swing the head into position easily.

:The Hasbro release comes with a pack-in file card. In addition to the regular version, Starscream was also released in a special "advance release" assortment alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bulkhead]] and [[Megatron (WFC)#Cyberverse|Megatron]], with each figure including a mini-DVD that contains the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/CommStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Cyberverse Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|No, I'm not [[Thundercracker (WFC)#Prime|that guy]].]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012-[[November 24|11-24]])
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile cannons

:This redeco of Starscream is cast in bluish plastics (possibly homaging most of [[Starscream (Animated)#toys|''Animated'' Starscream's toys]]). He was only available in a TakaraTomy six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)#EZ6pack|Megatron]], the [[Vehicon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Vehicon]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

:Oddly, his weapons are cast in a significantly more flexible (and also more creamy and less translucent) plastic than the ones that come with his Hasbro counterpart. In addition, the ridge on the forehead is slightly thicker and thus less pointy. [[For safety reasons|Usually, it's the other way round.]]

:Unfortunately, because of how the figure is packaged, most Starscreams in this set had a rear tail fins bent in-package.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 006'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Thunder Talon)

:Part of the third wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, Starscream is a redeco and extensive [[retool]] of Series 2 Starscream. He features 3mm ports in the same places as before, loses the post on his back, and gains a new port on his chest/jet underside. He now comes with the "[[Thunder Talon]]", a massive claw-like weapon which can mount via 3mm post, and launch its "claw" as a [[missile]] via pressure-launch.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybCommStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse Starscream at TFU.info]''
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====Robots in Disguise====
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[[File:Primetoy-BumblebeevsStarscreamStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I'd be a poor man's Skywarp if I didn't cost more to import.]]
*'''Bumblebee vs. Starscream: Ultimate Opponents''' (Entertainment Pack, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods

:This Deluxe Class ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Starscream is a [[redeco]] of his First Edition release in lighter gray plastic with several purple highlights, possibly intended to represent his powering up with [[Dark Energon]] in the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|''Shadowzone'']]. Unlike the original release of this mold, this version features [[paint operation]]s on its soft plastic parts, such as his forehead crest and missile-tips.

:Starscream came packed-in with a redeco of First Edition [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Bumblebee]], small unarticulated figurines of [[Silas#Prime|Silas]] and [[MECH Commando|a MECH soldier]], as well as a DVD containing the episodes "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", "[[Sick Mind]]", and "[[Out of His Head]]". The two-pack was also available in Australian markets virtually unchanged, except the DVD was replaced with a booklet including short (and by that, we mean one sentence) [[bio]]s as well as [[Tech Spec]]s for [[Breakdown (WFC)|most]] [[Airachnid (Prime)|of]] the characters.

:The [[stock photography]] on the packaging depicts Starscream's cockpit and abdomen as translucent, and with the stripes on his wings being on the leading edges instead of their final placement.

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[[File:PrimeRIDtoy-StarscreamVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh, that can't be aerodynamic.]]
[[File:Prime-toy StarscreamVoyagerTakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Much better.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 003'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[June 30|06-30]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-07'''
**''Accessories'': Missile pod/light-up [[null-ray]] blaster & two missiles (Hasbro only), "Gul" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Voyager Class toys, Starscream now comes with two missiles, as well as a missile pod attached to a half-translucent base of random parts, both of which can be mounted (via 5mm posts) behind his canopy/on his back, or onto his wings, arms, and hands. Additionally, the missile pod itself features a peg-hole on each side, and his wings each feature a [[Mini-Con]]-compatible peg. The missile pod transforms into his "null-ray blaster", all while being illuminated by a red LED as a sort of "Energon glow". As with other Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, the deployed weapon cannot lock into place.

:His prototype stock photography depicts additional [[paint operation]]s on the wings and vertical stabilizer that were omitted in the final product. His [[instructions]] and stock photos also incorrectly show his completed robot mode's shoulder-pads as being left flipped-up, despite the instructions telling [[you]] to flip them down ''just a few steps before''.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] release, which was part of the fourth wave of ''Prime'' product in Japan (despite his ID numbering placing him ''before'' toys released in the third wave), loses many of his detail-based [[paint operation]]s, replacing them with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. Instead of the light-up cannon-thing, he comes with the Arms Micron [[Gul]], a robotic eagle that transforms into a bladed plasma weapon.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Hasbro Voyager Starscream at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1592.html Arms Micron Starscream at Alfes's toy blog (part 1)]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1593.html Arms Micron Starscream at Alfes's toy blog (part 2)]''

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[[File:Primetoy-StarscreamDarkEnergon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|So, does this mean "[[Synthetic Energon]] Starscream" will be in [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm's]] colors?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Dark Energon Series Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Number'': '''003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile pods

:''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Dark Energon Series|Prime: Dark Energon]]'' Starscream is a [[BigBadToyStore]]-exclusive redeco of "First Edition" Starscream in translucent black, opaque pink, and dark blue, as a possible [[homage]] to Skywarp.

: Though he was packaged on an individual card, he was initially sold as part of a set with the Dark Energon versions of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Bumblebee]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Wheeljack]], and [[Knock Out (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Knock Out]]. He was eventually made available on his own, and the Dark Energon Series toys were eventually made available in Singapore as mass-retail releases.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/DEStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Dark Energon Starscream at TFU.info]''
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====Beast Hunters====
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[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Why does everyone keep pointing their remote controllers at me!?"]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 005'''
**''Accessories'': Thunder Talon, two missiles

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' toys, Starscream is a new mold, and is somewhat shorter at the head than his ''First Edition'' toy. He transforms into a fighter jet resembling a heavily-modified General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. He features 5mm ports for his hands, forearms, and fuselage/robot back. He comes with two missiles which each feature tabs on one side and a slot on the other, allowing them to peg onto his wings, or be pegged onto his forearms/jet underside.

:He also comes with a larger-scale "Thunder Talon" with clenching claws and a small, molded circular saw at the end. It features a 5mm peg on its underside and on the tail-end, allowing the weapon to be held/mounted in different ways, as well as store on his back. The weapon also features places to mount the missiles onto, with a pair of slots on its top and underside, as well as a pair of tabs on top. The slots also allow the weapon to be mounted onto the underside of the jet mode.

:His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7|seventh chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-FOCStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh geeze, it's going to be [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Timelines|Seeker-Gate]] all over again.]]
[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / #010'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2013-[[February 23|02-23]]'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''TG09'''
**''Accessories:'' Two assault cannons (combine to form Neutron assault rifle), tail-fin

:Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Starscream transforms into a Cybertronian jet fighter. He comes with two spinning, triple-barreled "assault cannons" which can combine to form a larger hand-held weapon that is geared to spin its two triple-barrels together, and resembles the [[Neutron assault rifle]] from ''Fall of Cybertron''. Each of the weapon halves features two [[5mm post]]s, as well as a peg-hole on their hollow sides, while the combined form features another peg-hole at the top, but makes the peg-holes on the hollow sides inaccessible. Starscream features numerous 5mm peg-holes, such as his hands, forearms, lower legs, and wing undersides.

:In an undocumented feature, Starscream's tail-fin is attached via a 5mm post on its underside, and can be detached to reveal three additional peg-holes, with two of these peg-holes being just the right distance to accommodate the combined assault cannons/rifle, with the tail-fin pegging on the rifle's top peg-hole. This allows the weapon to mount on top of the [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], and store on his back in robot mode. He was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generations|Generation 1 Starscream]] in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the third wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, is noticeably shinier. Among other deco changes, his gray vehicle parts have been coated in silver paint, and most of his red parts in glossy metallic red paint, all while featuring numerous additional [[Paint operation|paint details]]. His gray plastic is slightly warmer in tone, and his gunmetal plastic has been replaced with metallic blue.

:This toy was later redecoed into TakaraTomy [[Skywarp (WFC)#Generations|Skywarp]] and ''Thrilling 30'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling30|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Generations|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Generations'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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*'''Decepticon Rebel Infiltrator Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two assault cannons (combine to form Neutron assault rifle), [[Path Blaster]], two-piece laser cannon (combines to form [[Photon burst rifle]]), tail-fin
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots_BeastHuntersStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Instead of being sorry like his other counterpart, He's gonna get his sorry-afterburners kicked instead.]]
*'''Beast Hunters Starscream''' (Scout, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''33'''
: ''Construct-Bots'' Beast Hunters Starscream is a build-able toy that transforms from robot into a jet.

: Like most [[Beast Hunters]] Construct-Bots, Starscream never saw release in the United States.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBBHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Beast Hunters Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Go!===
[[File:TF-GO-G17-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Hunter Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2013-[[April 27|04-27]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G17'''
**''Accessories'': "Hunting Claw", two missiles

:Part of the first wave of TakaraTomy ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' toys, Hunter Starscream is a [[redeco]] of ''Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class Starscream, hewing closer to the character's original ''Prime'' color scheme. His claw weapon is now blue.

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===Kre-O===
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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Army.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Snoopy]] better watch his back.]]
*'''Army Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0945'''
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 clip-on rifles

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Kreon]] Warriors, Starscream has been re-imagined as if he was part of a World War I era fighting force, with prop-plane vehicle kibble deco and an old-timey leather pilots' helmet and goggles (originally used by ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)| Age of Extinction]]'' [[Crosshairs (AOE)#Kre-O)|Crosshairs]]). His face deco (like all of the Kreon Warrior Starscreams) is very, very ''Prime'' Starscream, even if his colors owe more to the [[Starscream (G1)|original Starscream]].

: Like all the Kreons released that year (at normal retail at least), he uses the new 2015-tooling Kreon body, which basically involves small construction changes on every part below the head, making them largely incompatible with the prior Kreon parts (heads still work fine), but the new tooling adds some extra functionality and structural support.

: The Kreon Warriors were only released in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. The individual bags had also abandoned any kind of coding that identified the contents. This means getting the one you want from an unopened bag involves either trying to feel out the unique parts, or just buying the whole dang case.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Pirate.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Captain Jackass Sparrow.]]
*'''Pirate Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0945'''
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, clip-on cannon

: Also part of the first wave of Kreon Warriors, Pirate Starscream is a fancy-dancy buccaneer, with a frilly neck-ruffle and a plume in his hat. What a toff! The plume can also be plugged into the back of his old-timey cannon to simulate a hissing fuse (which other Pirate-themed Kreons in the series actually do).

: All the aggravation of the blind-bagged, non-US distribution above applies to this one as well.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Ninja.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Ninja Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0955'''
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 sais, 2 pegged shuriken

: Back for more in the second assortment of Kreon Warriors, the backstabber is now ''literally'' a backstabber, having been re-envisioned as a ninja! His sais are clipped to his arms by a pair of small double-clips, evoking his arm-cannons, while his bladed straw hat (originally from the [[Hard Master]] Kreon in the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] Kre-O'' series) can be held by its edge as a massive weapon.

: Still fully blind-bagged, still not sold at US retail.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Wiseguy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pull a comb through your coal black hair, for crying out loud, it's a mess.]]
*'''Wiseguy Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0955'''
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 clip-on gatling guns

: Who's that whisperin' in the trees? It's Starscream in full-on gangster mode, with an old-fashioned car-parts deco and a pair of gatling guns. His helmet replacement is oddly a black "wild-hair" piece originally from the ''CityVille Invasion'' sets, possibly because [[Bumblebee (Kre-O) #Wiseguy|Wiseguy Bumblebee]] already used the only fedora-like hat mold back in Series 1.

:Ibid on the distribution et al.
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===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature. Meanwhile, scanning the ''Combiner Force'' toys' ('''including''' re-releases of several toys) insignia stickers gives the player Tickets, which can be spent by giving them to [[Cryostase]] via the main map menu. }}

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[[File:RID15-toy StarscreamWarrior.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And this is my fourth and final form. ''(Hasbro version/ToysЯUs Japan exclusive pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV62-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Starscream''' (Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV62'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': [[November 26]] 2016
**''Accessories'': 2 rifles

:Initially released as part of the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Clash of the Transformers'' subline imprint, Warrior Class Starscream is a new mold which transforms from robot to Cybertronian fighter jet. He comes with two rifles with 5mm posts which can be hand-held, mounted on his forearms (as small null-rays), or mounted under his wings. The small tabs on top of the guns also allow them to fit into the slots on his shoulders, which can each hold both guns at once. The fandom knew ''nothing'' about the existence of this toy before it suddenly appeared at retail—something that basically never happens in the modern era.

:His scannable Decepticon insignia is on his left shoulder. Scanning the badge temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game, and can only be scanned once per day. While accessible in Robot Mode, the badge is impossible to be scanned in vehicle mode.

: The Japanese ''Adventure'' series release of the toy features extra paint applications to more closely match his appearances in the cartoon.

: Later in 2016, Starscream was re-released as part of the general retail ''Combiner Force'' subline imprint in the US. The only difference with the toy is a new sticker badge: scanning it unlocks eight Ultra Sparks and two tickets for [[Cryostase]] to unlock a random character. In Japan, this version of the toy was released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive, ''also'' with almost no changes aside from a different sticker badge.

: This mold was also used to make [[Skywarp (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Skywarp]], but shockingly, was not made into a [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Warrior Class Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Power-Surge-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Hasbro version/ToysЯUs Japan exclusive pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-57-Hyper-Surge-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Power Surge Starscream''' (Power Hero, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV57'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2016-[[October 29|10-29]]
**''Accessories'': Lancelon Mini-Con

:Released as a ToysЯUs exclusive under the ''Clash of the Transformers'' subline, Power Surge Starscream is a Voyager-sized figure that transforms into a robot to fighter plane and back in just a few steps. He also comes with [[Lancelon]], a Mini-Con that transforms into a sword and also be worn as chest armor for Starscream. Power Surge Starscream also features a voice gimmick, activated by pressing down his head:

:*"No one can stop me now!"
:*"Decepticons Unite!"
:*"Mini-Con Power Up!"
:*A flying sound effect.

:When you leave the toy idled for several seconds, he will play a transforming sound accompanied with a flying sound effect.

:As with the Warrior Class figure, his scannable Decepticon insignia is on his left shoulder, accessible when in-package.

:The ''Adventure'' release of the toy, released under the name '''Hyper Surge Starscream''', features some show-accurate paint details, and a different insignia sticker which is compatible to TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app. The Hasbro version of the toy was ''also'' released as a ToysЯUs Japan exclusive, with no changes on the original deco with an exception of the badge.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legion Class, 2016)

:Part of the first wave of Combiner Force Legion Class figures, Starscream changes from fighter jet to robot in a few steps. While otherwise a completely new figure, his arms are borrowed from Legion Class [[Windblade (RID)#Legion|Windblade]]. For some reason, his nose cone has been completely covered in the same light blue as his shoulders and feet, presumably to better match the small hinge that connects it to his body. He is decently articulated for a Legion class figure, but lacks forward movement at the shoulder. He features a scannable badge on his left wing, impossible to access in-package. Instead of unlocking the character, his badge only gives a few Ultra Sparks and two tickets.

:There are a few differences between the CG stock photos and the final product: the joint that attaches the cockpit is now replaced with the same unpaintable turquoise plastic used for the majority of the joints and arms, and the feet features slightly more paint.

:Along with his wave-mate [[Springload (RID)#Legion|Springload]], Starscream was released at retail in Australia without any prior announcement by Hasbro whatsoever.
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==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
:*''McNumber:'' '''4'''
: Part of McDonald's ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, Starscream is depicted as a non-transformable, simplified version of his jet mode, cast in light and dark gray plastic with some blue, black, and purple paint applications. Pressing the raised Decepticon symbol on the fuselage causes the cockpit to pop up on a hinge, revealing two non-firing missiles.
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*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal, 2013)
:*''McNumber:'' '''?'''
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Prime''' (2014)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Prime'' series, this buildable Starscream mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He has articulation on his shoulders and upper legs.

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===Thrilling 30===
*'''Starscream''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''1 / #9'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Starscream was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Starscream figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#Thrilling 30|Ratchet]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Thrilling 30|Bulkhead]].
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===Eaglemoss cards===
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==Notes==
[[File:Tfprimestarscreamjet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''ooooo-ooooo/We fade to grey!'']]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Fabulouscream.]]
[[File:File:Screamer_dashboard.jpg|thumb|right|Nintendoscream.]]
*Starscream's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Energon Seeker-type chassis for [[Scientist (WFC)|Scientist]]-class characters. His parts are also available to Scientists in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Arclight-type components.
*Starscream's backstory in ''Exodus'' is self-contradictory:
:''"Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..."'' (p. 78).
:''"See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists."'' (p. 158).
:*When asked via Twitter, Exodus's writer [[Alex Irvine]] stated "Let's say he's always been scientifically curious."<ref>[http://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/36051088754868224 Twitter post]</ref>
:*In ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]'', when Starscream sarcastically remarks how Shockwave is "ever the scientist", Shockwave replies with "as you once were". This implies that Starscream had been a scientist at some point in time, but has since left that field.
*Despite being a [[Neutral]] before joining Megatron's cause in War for Cybertron, Starscream begins the game with his glowing details already in Decepticon purple as opposed to Neutral yellow. The Decepticon symbols do not appear on his wings until AFTER he has been recruited by Megatron however.
*Starscream's thin body and narrow, upward-swept wings in [[robot mode]] recalls [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]], but his voice, colour scheme, Igor-like posture and subservience to Megatron recalls the [[Starscream (Movie)|live-action incarnation]]. The game design has the movie bulk but with a [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1]] head and colours.
*Starscream's chest design is basically his live-action incarnation's head design. Now that's a visual homage.
**And an unintentional one at that, according to the [[New York Comic Con]] Transformers: Prime panel.
*''Prime'''s Starscream has [[Starscream (SG)|a red Decepticon insignia]].
*Starscream's feet have pointed toes and elevated heels that make them resemble a pair of women's pumps. They are quite daring.
*[[Steve Blum]] said he was a fan of [[Charlie Adler]] and [[Tom Kenny]]'s portrayals of Starscream, and had Adler give him his blessing after he got the part.<ref>[http://sknr.net/2011/04/20/steve-blum-talks-transformers-prime-guild-wars-2-bulletstorm-more/ Skewed magazine Steve Blum interview.]</ref> Coincidentally, Blum, Adler, and Kenny are all in ''The Super Hero Squad Show''. Blum would later take over the role of Adler's [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] for the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon]]'' game.
*Screamer appears to have [[Decepticon]] logos on his legs. They disappeared after "[[Masters & Students]]".
*For the rest of the series after "[[Partners]]", Starscream has a scar on his right cheek from his battle with Arcee. However, after [[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]] it is gone. It is possible that in addition to restoring his T-cog, Knock Out also got rid of the scar.
*Up until "Partners", his eyes were empty (like Arcee's eyes) with a solid red iris and lighter red pupils, but following said episode, his eyes change color from episode to episode. On some occasions, they are solid red with lighter red dots for his pupils.
*Sometimes during the series, depending on Starscream's mood (usually when scared), the wings on his back in robot mode tend to droop down like an animal's ears when scared or saddened. It's quite adorable, really.
*Starscream's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Starscream parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*In Starscream's dedicated level in ''Fall Of Cybertron'', a secret room on the exterior of Shockwave's tower complex contains a very G1-esque gold crown that can be picked up by the player and worn for the remainder of the level. Words cannot describe how awesome this is..
*Starscream seems to be entertained by dancing monkeys.
*His arm blasters appear to have the ability to disrupt a Transformer's systems. In "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", one shot from them briefly disables Bumblebee. Maybe he picked the [[null-ray]] upgrade after all.
*Starscream's Hasbro bio takes Fowler's comment "Starscream is his own worst enemy", a little too literally as it lists his arch-enemy as himself. And his ally is Optimus, for some reason...
*In one of the rare noticeable instances of physical change within the "Aligned" continuity family, Starscream's appearance in ''Robots in Disguise'' is changed to be more similar to his ''Fall of Cybertron appearance'', but this time is inspired by both his [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]] and his [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 cartoon counterpart]]'s look during the coronation scene in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Starscream has a purple-lit dashboard inside his cockpit.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Starscream has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Full Weapon Mode''' (フルウェポンモード ''Furu Wepon Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Balo, Gora, Gul, Jida, Zori
:Starscream's box-back Arms Up mode has him using the [[Laser Gunblade]] on his right arm, the [[High-Defense Shield]] on the left, and [[Zori]] in "Flexible Rod Mode" (yyyyeah) on his back.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiānwángxīng''' (Taiwan, 天王星, "Uranus"), '''Hóng Zhīzhū''' (China, 红蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Russian:'' '''Skandalist''' (''Fall of Cybertron'', Скандалист, "Troublemaker"), '''Starscream''' (''Prime'')

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Aligned Seekers]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Exclusives]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Go! Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

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{{Primecap|The dashboard inside [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cockpit showing [[Optimus Prime(WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Chip|another signal]].|Synthesis|3}}

Synthesis

2019-08-16T21:15:22Z

Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 64
|prev=Persuasion
|next=Deadlock
|image=Synthesis Megatron and Predaking.jpg
|caption=Everytime after Fiesta Night on the ''Nemesis'', Megatron gets extreme constipation for days on end.
|title="Synthesis"
|airdate=[[July 19]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots attempt to rescue one of their own by tracking the Decepticon warship, while secrets are revealed to Predaking.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Team Prime]] gathers outside [[Hangar E|their base]] for the launch of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] probe, [[Chip]]. It will instinctively follow its signal to the [[Decepticon]] warship with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] following right behind, ready to relay the ship's coordinates to the other [[Autobot]]s. Optimus tells Raf that [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] would be proud of what he's done, and a moment later, both Chip and the Autobot leader take off into the night sky.

In [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s laboratory, Ratchet and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] discuss the issue at hand: once a stable form of [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] exists, it will be able to bond with [[CNA]] to create a stable form of [[Living metal#Aligned continuity|cyber-matter]]. Knock Out muses that this good fortune wouldn't have come about had the Decepticons not let the Autobots destroy the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] clones. Ratchet picks up on the use of the word "let", but Knock Out and Shockwave quickly change the subject.

[[File:Synthesis-scienceguys.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|'''Shockwave''': Is that T-rex pee? '''Ratchet''': Yup. '''Knock Out''': How'd you get it? '''Ratchet''': You don't want to know.]]
Team Prime continues to monitor Optimus as he follows Chip. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders what will happen when the Decepticons pick up [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak's]] signal, and Raf says they're counting on Optimus making visual contact with the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' before that happens.

On the ship, Knock Out is bristling at being reduced to an assistant in his own lab. He fetches a CNA sample from a locked cabinet for Shockwave, not noticing when a second sample jar tips over and blocks the cabinet's sliding door from closing again. Ratchet does notice, and asks Knock Out to fetch another lab instrument to distract him while he yanks the sample jar free.

[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is watching a computer simulation of [[Earth]]'s [[Eco-structuring|cyberformation]] when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] alerts him that Laserbeak's signal has been detected outside the ship. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] notes the impossibility of that, as Laserbeak is right there in front of them. Megatron recognizes it for an Autobot trick, the complexity of which suggesting that Starscream failed to destroy their base. Starscream hastily volunteers to troubleshoot the problem.

With the aid of the Decepticons' advanced technology, Ratchet is able to complete the Synth En formula. His elation disappears upon hearing Megatron's voice over the comm system, ordering Shockwave to assist in the final stages of the [[Omega Lock]]'s assembly. Ratchet realizes he can never allow Megatron to possess the formula, and deletes it from the computer before setting off an explosion in the corner of the lab and blaming it on the formula's instability. Knock Out calls in some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] to help extinguish the blaze, and when the lab's doors open, Ratchet transforms and drives out.

Optimus Prime continues following Chip until Starscream appears, firing a missile at him. Optimus dodges and fires back with his gatling gun. A squadron of Vehicons join the aerial assault, but Optimus blasts through them with ease. Starscream realizes Laserbeak's frequency isn't emanating from Optimus and continues the search for its source.

Knock Out alerts Megatron to the prisoner's escape, while Ratchet dodges Vehicon fire throughout the halls of the ship. He doesn't get far before Megatron finds him, stopping the ambulance in its tracks by stomping on it. Ratchet warns Megatron that if he kills him, he'll never get the Synth En formula. Megatron assures him that his experts are untangling Ratchet's false trail of information and will soon find the answer themselves.

Starscream finally locates Chip, destroying the probe with a single missile. Optimus opens fire on him, but is unable to prevent the Decepticon from escaping through a mid-air [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is left alone in the sky, with no trail to follow.

Knock Out retrieves Ratchet's stolen sample of CNA and Shockwave confirms the stability of the Synth En formula. With the aid of hyper-acceleration technology, it will not take long to begin production. Megatron fulfills his promise by having Ratchet taken to [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking's]] quarters. The self-proclaimed leader of the Predacons wastes no time attacking the helpless Autobot in the name of his slaughtered kin.

[[File:TFP-Synthesis-PredakingandRatchet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Ah, hello, my new footrest.]]
Shockwave begins the synthesis of the cyber-matter, and Megatron orders the Omega Lock to be moved into ready position.

Just as Predaking is about to finish off his prey, Ratchet warns the Predacon not to let his vengeance end with him, but to continue avenging right up to Megatron. Predaking asks what he means, and Ratchet explains Megatron's role in the destruction of the Predacon clones. He challenges Predaking to analyze the situation; the enormity of the supposed coincidence that the Autobots somehow stumbled upon Shockwave's lab while looking for [[Energon]]. Predaking, starting to become convinced, asks why Megatron would wish to harm his kind. Ratchet says that Megatron fears him, and any like him. Enraged, Predaking storms into the halls, demolishing Vehicons along the way. One Vehicon is able to alert Megatron to the rampage before being terminated.

Ratchet makes his way to a communications array and contacts Optimus and Team Prime. Their joy is cut short when Ratchet reveals that Megatron has a working Omega Lock and is about to cyberform Earth. He deactivates the ship's shielding, allowing the Autobots to get a fix on his location, but is forced to leave the array by the sound of approaching gunfire. Optimus orders the Autobots to lock onto Ratchet's coordinates and storm the Decepticon ship. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] sadly says that they can't leave without saying goodbye, but Fowler promises her they'll be back. The Autobots gear up with the arsenal from [[Iron Will|Ultra Magnus's ship]], and Raf opens a GroundBridge to the ''Nemesis''. As they enter, Optimus Prime tells them that this may be their last battle. But for the sake of Ratchet, Earth, and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they must take the Decepticon warship.

[[File:Synthesis-predakingvsmegatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Listen to me darling, you are beautiful!]]
Megatron, followed by Starscream and Knock Out, heads for the ship's vault, wondering aloud how the so-called Predacon king will fare against the [[Dark Star Saber]]. They're interrupted by Predaking, who tosses a deactivated Vehicon in their direction. Knock Out continues to the vault while Predaking asks if Megatron truly planned the destruction of his Predacon army. Megatron says he did, and his only mistake was not including Predaking in the destruction. He lands a few hits with his blade before Predaking overpowers him, clubbing him with the deactivated body of a Vehicon and knocking him down the length of the hall. Starscream distracts Predaking momentarily with a missile in the back, allowing Megatron to hurl the Predacon into the room behind them. Megatron hits a button on a computer panel inside the room, opening a door to the outside directly behind Predaking. He grips the sides of the door frame to fight against the sudden air pressure, but a blast from Megatron's cannon sends him tumbling out of the ship and into the clouds. Starscream closes the hull door and Knock Out arrives with the Dark Star Saber just as a Vehicon reports over the comm that the Autobots are attacking the ship. Megatron grabs the Dark Star Saber and tells the Decepticons to prepare to make their last stand.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (5)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (6)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (9)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (10)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (13)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (14)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (18)

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Jack Darby]] (2)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (3)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (4)

|h4=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c4=
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"So we know this cyber-matter to be produced by an atypical molecular-displacement reaction." 
"Extensive empirical evidence indicates the fundamental instability within the Synth En formulation to be the cause." 
"Double-blind analysis?" 
"Naturally. The results only confirmed my original hypothesis. Once the erroneous variable has been corrected for, the stabilized synthetic material will bind properly with cybernucleic acid." 
"And produce a stable form of cyber-matter... ''remarkable''." 
"Yes. Quite an act of providence."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Shockwave'''

"Starscream, you ''did'' destroy the Autobot base, did you not?" 
"With great fervor, my lord. Why do you ask?" 
"Because Laserbeak's frequency has been detected on radar." 
"But that's not possible. He's right here in Soundwave's torso."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' with a sentence you can only get from ''Transformers''

''[Over comm]'' "Lord Megatron. There's been a situation... more like an accident, really—" 
"Spit. It. OUT!"
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Megatron'''

"At last. Good riddance to a wretched species." 
"Although I will say they manufacture some fine-looking automobiles."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Knock Out''' debate the merits of Earth

"Why would my liege wish to destroy us?" 
"Having just been on the receiving end of your might, one theory springs to mind. Megatron ''fears you''."
:—'''Predaking''' and '''Ratchet'''

"Members of Team Prime, Autobot and human, it has been my honor to lead you. On this day, the fates of two worlds hang in the balance, and the battle to come may very well be our last. But for Earth, for Cybertron, for our comrade Ratchet, we must take the Decepticon warship."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Is it true that you ordered the annihilation of my army?" 
"Indeed. And my only mistake was not seeing the extermination through."
:—'''Predaking''' and '''Megatron'''

"Bravo my liege, it isn't every day one would witness the extinction of a species all over again." 
"One ultimate weapon, coming right up! Where's tall, dark and scaly?"
:— '''Starscream''' right before '''Knock Out''' comes in

"If Optimus Prime wishes to wage a battle for the fate of both Earth and Cybertron, then I shall oblige him. This WILL be our last stand!"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Starscream believed he destroyed the Autobot base in "[[Persuasion]]". That same episode, Megatron promised Predaking the honor of destroying Ratchet.
* Megatron set the Predacon clones up to be destroyed by the Autobots in "[[Evolution]]".
* The Dark Star Saber was last seen in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".
* Megatron mentions his time as a gladiator in the pits of Kaon, as described in "[[Crossfire]]" and the novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* Megatron tells Predaking he should have obeyed his command and fought as a beast, as he requested in "[[Minus One]]".
* Before they leave for the ''Nemesis'', the Autobots all grab the weapons they obtained from Ultra Magnus's ship in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]". Smokescreen gets a new weapon resembling a futuristic bow.
* Ratchet attempts, to no avail, to erase information crucial to the Decepticons, [[Orion Pax, Part 3|much like "Orion Pax" did]].

===Errors===
* Prior to being confronted by Predaking, Megatron, Starscream, and Knock Out were headed to the vault to get the Dark Star Saber. When Knock Out leaves to retrieve it, however, he turns right, which would take him back down the corridor they just entered from.
* During the startup process for the rebuilt Omega Lock, synthetic energon is shown running through small tubes, only for the larger containers to fill with normal blue energon. This error is fixed in the following episode.
* Why do the car-type Vehicons ''run'' after ambulance-mode Ratchet as he darts through the corridors of the ship? He's able to elude them rather easily, which would be more difficult if they transformed and [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|''drove'' after him in their sports-car mode with their pop-out guns deployed]].

===Trivia===
* This episode was dedicated to storyboard artist [[Armen Mirzaian]], who lost his life in a car accident in February 2013.
* Megatron and Starscream seem awfully quick to write off Predaking as dead, considering they merely blew him out an airlock and his [[beast mode]] can fly.
* Megatron's suspicions of Predaking's might are proven true as Predaking proves far mightier than Megatron in combat, the latter only winning because of a cheap shot to Predaking from Starscream.
* One of the devices at the lab is similar to a centrifuge, such as which is common biochemistry lab equipment. Those sometimes end up damaged like Ratchet does this one, by switching them on while they're unevenly loaded and thus sending the rotor spinning off balance.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Síntese'''" ("Synthesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 7|7 December]] [[2013]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Synthese'''" ("Synthesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 15|15 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szintézis'''" ("Synthesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 17|17 September]] [[2013]]

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

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

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Synthetic Energon

2019-08-16T21:13:08Z

Nhaz: /* Prime cartoon */

:''The Synethetic Energon is a substance from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:SyntheticEnergonMolecules.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Now, Zydrate comes in a little glass vial'' ''A little glass vial?'' ''A little glass vial!'']]

'''Synthetic Energon''', also known as '''Synth En''', is a manufactured version of [[energon]] which tends to resemble a greenish liquid form of that fuel. Unrefined samples can provide greater energy efficiency, but it can also be addictive and corrupt the user's personality. So remember, kids, don't do drugs!

==Effects==
Synthetic Energon supercharges any Cybertronian who uses it, making them stronger, faster, more powerful... but improperly refined versions add the side-effect of hyper-aggressiveness. Also, some versions have the ill-effect of causing those who use it to burn through their natural Energon reserves too quickly.

The normal effects of a properly refined Synthetic Energon formula have not yet been seen, though they are presumably the same, minus the added aggression.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:RatchetShootingSyntheticEnergon.jpg|left|thumb|300px|''And the little glass vial goes into the gun like a battery'' ''And the Zydrate gun goes somewhere against your anatomy'']]
Knowledge on Synthetic Energon was one of many subjects recorded on [[Cybertronian data cylinder]]s which were launched from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at the onset of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] to prevent the [[Decepticon]]s getting hold of them. The cylinder containing the recorded data on making Synthetic Energon crashed on [[Earth]], where its contents were beamed directly into the brain of [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. This information began to overwhelm his neural net, and he began painting the symbols of the Synthetic Energon chemical equation, which [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] recognised. Bulkhead managed to inscribe much of the knowledge before the contents were ejected from his brain and sent into space. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

Ratchet subsequently studied the equations so he could attempt to complete and refine the formula to create Synthetic Energon, as the [[Autobot]]s' stockpiles of natural energon were running low. Initially, he tested the substance on machines, but when initial tests proved positive he leapt to injecting himself with it out of a desire to help the other Autobots in their battles. The Synthetic Energon supercharged his physical attributes, and he easily defeated the Decepticon [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] that had nearly overwhelmed [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. Afterwards, he revealed his boosted strength and reflexes were due to the Synthetic Energon, but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] disapproved of its use without further testing on unliving machines. However, the Synth En began to affect Ratchet's mental stability, and he became increasingly aggressive, arrogant and ruthless.

In his rage, he eventually went rogue and attacked a Decepticon mine in order to assault [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] directly. He infiltrated the base and easily managed to best [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] before confronting Megatron himself. Despite managing to knock the [[Decepticon leader]] back, Ratchet was easily beaten by Megatron, who became curious about how the Autobot medic demonstrated improved physical strength. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] suggested a chemical enhancement, and Megatron ripped open a portion of Ratchet, who began to leak Synthetic Energon. Ordering Knock Out to collect a sample, Megatron intended to replicate the substance in order to administer it to his troops. Whilst Knock Out managed to get a sample, an attack by [[Team Prime]] led him to be distracted, allowing Ratchet to overcome him. Ratchet then shattered the container containing the Synthetic Energon sample. This, combined with the arrival of the Autobots, forced Knock Out to retreat.

[[Image:StrongerFasterLastDrop.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''And when the gun goes off, it sparks, and you're ready for [[T.M.I.|surgery]]!'']]
At [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Ratchet recovered from his energon loss and confessed that the formula needed refinement, though he excused his behavior as he wanted to be useful in battle. Though Prime felt that the formula was lost to the Decepticons, Knock Out discovered a small drop of the stuff at the battle site. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

After the destruction of their base, the Autobot's Energon reserves were heavily depleted, so Ratchet decided to revisit experimenting with the formula in the hopes that it would help avert major crisis in the future. Optimus thought this a wise decision, but Ratchet asked that he not get his hopes up yet. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

Knock Out eventually reproduced enough of the Synthetic Energon to realize what it was, and tested further refined versions of it on [[Silas|Cylas]], noting that it had the side-effect of burning through the subject's own natural energon at an accelerated rate. Starscream then got the idea to mix it with [[Dark Energon]], hoping to make enraged super-soldiers that Megatron could control through his symbiosis. Instead, it created [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] whose only desire was to drain energon from others, and in the process turned their victims into the same. Once the situation was dealt with, Megatron ordered that Knock Out's work on the synthetic energon be turned over to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Thirst}}

[[File:SynthEnCybermatter-Evolution.JPG|thumb|left|300px|''[[Shockwave (WFC)|Graverobber]], [[Starscream (WFC)|Graverobber]].'' ''Sometimes, I wonder why even bother!'' ''[[Megatron (WFC)|Graverobber, Graverobber]]!'' ''Sometimes I wonder why I need you at all!'']]
Knock Out was able to produce a large batch of synthetic energon for Shockwave's Predacon army. Before it could be put to the test, however, [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] revealed his intelligence and Megatron decided he was better off terminating the others before Predaking could potentially turn on him. The Autobots were lured to the site, where they detonated the synthetic energon to take out the Predacons. Though successful, this had an unintended side effect; when mixed with the remains of the clones and Shockwave's reactor, it formed pure cyber matter, the same which once animated Cybertron and was used to create [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]. {{storylink|Evolution}}

[[File:SynthEnStable.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hmm... Curious. [[Diagnostic Drone|Diagnostic drones]] look like molecules?]]

Further analysis of the cyber matter determined that the synthetic energon used to form it rendered it unstable, and so the Decepticons kidnapped Ratchet so he could help them complete it. Ratchet attempted to use the opportunity to finish the formula then abscond with it before the Decepticons could make use of it, but only managed the first half before being caught mid-escape. With the stable synthetic energon ready for use, Shockwave began using it to produce large quantities of cyber matter for the cyberformation of Earth. {{storylink|Persuasion}} {{storylink|Synthesis}}

===''Arms Micron Theater''===
When [[O.P.]] announced that it was time to cook [[mapo energon]], [[R.A.]] worried that he was going to use Synthetic Energon or [[Dark Energon]] for ingredients. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster|Forbidden Transformation!? Ratchet's Strongest Legend?}} Later, when R.A. developed a sudden case of vanity after being exposed to the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], [[B.2]] wondered if the Matrix was Synthetic Energon. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2|Rivals Transformation! Birth of the Strongest Combination}}

==Notes==
* Ratchet's nickname for the chemical, "Synth En", is similar to the name of [[Tox-En|another glowing green Energon variant]] with negative effects on Transformers.
* Its negative effects are implied to be a result of Ratchet working from an incomplete formula.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Gōsei Energon''' (合成エネルゴン, "Synthetic Energon")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Energon Buatan''' ("Synthetic Energon")
*''Korean:'' '''Hapseong Eneojon''' (합성 에너존, "Synthetic Energon")

[[Category:Energon]]
[[Category:Prime]]

File:SynthEnStable.jpg

2019-08-16T21:07:29Z

Nhaz: {{Primecap|The formula of stable Synthetic Energon, moments before Ratchet erases it from the Decepticon warship's computer.|Synthesis|3}}

{{Primecap|The formula of stable [[Synthetic Energon]], moments before [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] erases it from the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon warship]]'s computer.|Synthesis|3}}

Synthesis

2019-08-16T21:01:56Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 64
|prev=Persuasion
|next=Deadlock
|image=Synthesis Megatron and Predaking.jpg
|caption=Everytime after Fiesta Night on the ''Nemesis'', Megatron gets extreme constipation for days on end.
|title="Synthesis"
|airdate=[[July 19]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots attempt to rescue one of their own by tracking the Decepticon warship, while secrets are revealed to Predaking.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Team Prime]] gathers outside [[Hangar E|their base]] for the launch of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] probe, [[Chip]]. It will instinctively follow its signal to the [[Decepticon]] warship with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] following right behind, ready to relay the ship's coordinates to the other [[Autobot]]s. Optimus tells Raf that [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] would be proud of what he's done, and a moment later, both Chip and the Autobot leader take off into the night sky.

In [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s laboratory, Ratchet and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] discuss the issue at hand: once a stable form of [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] exists, it will be able to bond with [[CNA]] to create a stable form of [[Living metal#Aligned continuity|cyber-matter]]. Knock Out muses that this good fortune wouldn't have come about had the Decepticons not let the Autobots destroy the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] clones. Ratchet picks up on the use of the word "let", but Knock Out and Shockwave quickly change the subject.

[[File:Synthesis-scienceguys.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|'''Shockwave''': Is that T-rex pee? '''Ratchet''': Yup. '''Knock Out''': How'd you get it? '''Ratchet''': You don't want to know.]]
Team Prime continues to monitor Optimus as he follows Chip. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders what will happen when the Decepticons pick up [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak's]] signal, and Raf says they're counting on Optimus making visual contact with the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' before that happens.

On the ship, Knock Out is bristling at being reduced to an assistant in his own lab. He fetches a CNA sample from a locked cabinet for Shockwave, not noticing when a second sample jar tips over and blocks the cabinet's sliding door from closing again. Ratchet does notice, and asks Knock Out to fetch another lab instrument to distract him while he yanks the sample jar free.

[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is watching a computer simulation of [[Earth]]'s [[Eco-structuring|cyberformation]] when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] alerts him that Laserbeak's signal has been detected outside the ship. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] notes the impossibility of that, as Laserbeak is right there in front of them. Megatron recognizes it for an Autobot trick, the complexity of which suggesting that Starscream failed to destroy their base. Starscream hastily volunteers to troubleshoot the problem.

With the aid of the Decepticons' advanced technology, Ratchet is able to complete the Synth En formula. His elation disappears upon hearing Megatron's voice over the comm system, ordering Shockwave to assist in the final stages of the [[Omega Lock]]'s assembly. Ratchet realizes he can never allow Megatron to possess the formula, and deletes it from the computer before setting off an explosion in the corner of the lab and blaming it on the formula's instability. Knock Out calls in some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] to help extinguish the blaze, and when the lab's doors open, Ratchet transforms and drives out.

Optimus Prime continues following Chip until Starscream appears, firing a missile at him. Optimus dodges and fires back with his gatling gun. A squadron of Vehicons join the aerial assault, but Optimus blasts through them with ease. Starscream realizes Laserbeak's frequency isn't emanating from Optimus and continues the search for its source.

Knock Out alerts Megatron to the prisoner's escape, while Ratchet dodges Vehicon fire throughout the halls of the ship. He doesn't get far before Megatron finds him, stopping the ambulance in its tracks by stomping on it. Ratchet warns Megatron that if he kills him, he'll never get the Synth En formula. Megatron assures him that his experts are untangling Ratchet's false trail of information and will soon find the answer themselves.

Starscream finally locates Chip, destroying the probe with a single missile. Optimus opens fire on him, but is unable to prevent the Decepticon from escaping through a mid-air [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is left alone in the sky, with no trail to follow.

Knock Out retrieves Ratchet's stolen sample of CNA and Shockwave confirms the stability of the Synth En formula. With the aid of hyper-acceleration technology, it will not take long to begin production. Megatron fulfills his promise by having Ratchet taken to [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking's]] quarters. The self-proclaimed leader of the Predacons wastes no time attacking the helpless Autobot in the name of his slaughtered kin.

[[File:TFP-Synthesis-PredakingandRatchet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Ah, hello, my new footrest.]]
Shockwave begins the synthesis of the cyber-matter, and Megatron orders the Omega Lock to be moved into ready position.

Just as Predaking is about to finish off his prey, Ratchet warns the Predacon not to let his vengeance end with him, but to continue avenging right up to Megatron. Predaking asks what he means, and Ratchet explains Megatron's role in the destruction of the Predacon clones. He challenges Predaking to analyze the situation; the enormity of the supposed coincidence that the Autobots somehow stumbled upon Shockwave's lab while looking for [[Energon]]. Predaking, starting to become convinced, asks why Megatron would wish to harm his kind. Ratchet says that Megatron fears him, and any like him. Enraged, Predaking storms into the halls, demolishing Vehicons along the way. One Vehicon is able to alert Megatron to the rampage before being terminated.

Ratchet makes his way to a communications array and contacts Optimus and Team Prime. Their joy is cut short when Ratchet reveals that Megatron has a working Omega Lock and is about to cyberform Earth. He deactivates the ship's shielding, allowing the Autobots to get a fix on his location, but is forced to leave the array by the sound of approaching gunfire. Optimus orders the Autobots to lock onto Ratchet's coordinates and storm the Decepticon ship. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] sadly says that they can't leave without saying goodbye, but Fowler promises her they'll be back. The Autobots gear up with the arsenal from [[Iron Will|Ultra Magnus's ship]], and Raf opens a GroundBridge to the ''Nemesis''. As they enter, Optimus Prime tells them that this may be their last battle. But for the sake of Ratchet, Earth, and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they must take the Decepticon warship.

[[File:Synthesis-predakingvsmegatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Listen to me darling, you are beautiful!]]
Megatron, followed by Starscream and Knock Out, heads for the ship's vault, wondering aloud how the so-called Predacon king will fare against the [[Dark Star Saber]]. They're interrupted by Predaking, who tosses a deactivated Vehicon in their direction. Knock Out continues to the vault while Predaking asks if Megatron truly planned the destruction of his Predacon army. Megatron says he did, and his only mistake was not including Predaking in the destruction. He lands a few hits with his blade before Predaking overpowers him, clubbing him with the deactivated body of a Vehicon and knocking him down the length of the hall. Starscream distracts Predaking momentarily with a missile in the back, allowing Megatron to hurl the Predacon into the room behind them. Megatron hits a button on a computer panel inside the room, opening a door to the outside directly behind Predaking. He grips the sides of the door frame to fight against the sudden air pressure, but a blast from Megatron's cannon sends him tumbling out of the ship and into the clouds. Starscream closes the hull door and Knock Out arrives with the Dark Star Saber just as a Vehicon reports over the comm that the Autobots are attacking the ship. Megatron grabs the Dark Star Saber and tells the Decepticons to prepare to make their last stand.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (5)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (6)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (9)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (10)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (13)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (14)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (18)

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Jack Darby]] (2)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (3)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (4)

|h4=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c4=
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"So we know this cyber-matter to be produced by an atypical molecular-displacement reaction." 
"Extensive empirical evidence indicates the fundamental instability within the Synth En formulation to be the cause." 
"Double-blind analysis?" 
"Naturally. The results only confirmed my original hypothesis. Once the erroneous variable has been corrected for, the stabilized synthetic material will bind properly with cybernucleic acid." 
"And produce a stable form of cyber-matter... ''remarkable''." 
"Yes. Quite an act of providence."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Shockwave'''

"Starscream, you ''did'' destroy the Autobot base, did you not?" 
"With great fervor, my lord. Why do you ask?" 
"Because Laserbeak's frequency has been detected on radar." 
"But that's not possible. He's right here in Soundwave's torso."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' with a sentence you can only get from ''Transformers''

''[Over comm]'' "Lord Megatron. There's been a situation... more like an accident, really—" 
"Spit. It. OUT!"
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Megatron'''

"At last. Good riddance to a wretched species." 
"Although I will say they manufacture some fine-looking automobiles."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Knock Out''' debate the merits of Earth

"Why would my liege wish to destroy us?" 
"Having just been on the receiving end of your might, one theory springs to mind. Megatron ''fears you''."
:—'''Predaking''' and '''Ratchet'''

"Members of Team Prime, Autobot and human, it has been my honor to lead you. On this day, the fates of two worlds hang in the balance, and the battle to come may very well be our last. But for Earth, for Cybertron, for our comrade Ratchet, we must take the Decepticon warship."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Is it true that you ordered the annihilation of my army?" 
"Indeed. And my only mistake was not seeing the extermination through."
:—'''Predaking''' and '''Megatron'''

"Bravo my liege, it isn't every day one would witness the extinction of a species all over again." 
"One ultimate weapon, coming right up! Where's tall, dark and scaly?"
:— '''Starscream''' right before '''Knock Out''' comes in

"If Optimus Prime wishes to wage a battle for the fate of both Earth and Cybertron, then I shall oblige him. This WILL be our last stand!"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Starscream believed he destroyed the Autobot base in "[[Persuasion]]". That same episode, Megatron promised Predaking the honor of destroying Ratchet.
* Megatron set the Predacon clones up to be destroyed by the Autobots in "[[Evolution]]".
* The Dark Star Saber was last seen in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".
* Megatron mentions his time as a gladiator in the pits of Kaon, as described in "[[Crossfire]]" and the novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* Megatron tells Predaking he should have obeyed his command and fought as a beast, as he requested in "[[Minus One]]".
* Before they leave for the ''Nemesis'', the Autobots all grab the weapons they obtained from Ultra Magnus's ship in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]". Smokescreen gets a new weapon resembling a futuristic bow.

===Errors===
* Prior to being confronted by Predaking, Megatron, Starscream, and Knock Out were headed to the vault to get the Dark Star Saber. When Knock Out leaves to retrieve it, however, he turns right, which would take him back down the corridor they just entered from.
* During the startup process for the rebuilt Omega Lock, synthetic energon is shown running through small tubes, only for the larger containers to fill with normal blue energon. This error is fixed in the following episode.
* Why do the car-type Vehicons ''run'' after ambulance-mode Ratchet as he darts through the corridors of the ship? He's able to elude them rather easily, which would be more difficult if they transformed and [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|''drove'' after him in their sports-car mode with their pop-out guns deployed]].

===Trivia===
* This episode was dedicated to storyboard artist [[Armen Mirzaian]], who lost his life in a car accident in February 2013.
* Megatron and Starscream seem awfully quick to write off Predaking as dead, considering they merely blew him out an airlock and his [[beast mode]] can fly.
* Megatron's suspicions of Predaking's might are proven true as Predaking proves far mightier than Megatron in combat, the latter only winning because of a cheap shot to Predaking from Starscream.
* One of the devices at the lab is similar to a centrifuge, such as which is common biochemistry lab equipment. Those sometimes end up damaged like Ratchet does this one, by switching them on while they're unevenly loaded and thus sending the rotor spinning off balance.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Síntese'''" ("Synthesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 7|7 December]] [[2013]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Synthese'''" ("Synthesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 15|15 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szintézis'''" ("Synthesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 17|17 September]] [[2013]]

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

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

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Predacons Rising (Prime)

2019-08-16T02:17:44Z

Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig3|Predacons Rising}}
{{episode
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''
|prev=Deadlock
|next=Pilot (Part 1)
|image=PredaconsRisingCover.jpg
|caption="Today we face the monsters that are at our door, today we are cancelling the apocalypse!"
|title=''Predacons Rising
|airdate=[[October 4]] (TV premiere) and [[October 8]] (home video release), [[2013]]
|written by=[[Duane Capizzi]] [[Marsha Griffin]] [[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]] [[Scooter Tidwell]] [[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Autobots, Decepticons, and Predacons form an unlikely alliance to battle a resurrected Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has been restored, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] gives a speech honoring those not still with them who helped make it possible. However even as he does so, back on [[Earth]] at the bottom of the ocean, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is awoken by [[Unicron]]. Megatron is confused as to why his [[spark]] is not one with the [[AllSpark]], but Unicron explains that Megatron's [[Dark Energon]] use has made that impossible. Requiring a new vessel with which to carry out his plans, Unicron reformats Megatron's body into a more powerful form, takes possession of it and heads into the sky. Meanwhile, Optimus holds a short ceremony to promote [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to warrior, before announcing that he and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] are going to retrieve the physical AllSpark from where it was hidden during the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]].

[[File:PredaconsRisingBumblebeeisaWarrior.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Bumblebee Rising]]
Streaking through space, Megatron believes Unicron intends to become ruler of Cybertron, but Unicron reveals that he instead intends to destroy Primus, which will spell the end for that planet, and soon all of the universe.

As [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] finds construction with [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] a troublesome task, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] reports they've had no luck finding [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], incarcerated on the [[Trypticon (WFC)|warship]], attempts to persuade the Bumblebee he's on their side by providing him with information on where they might locate the fugitive Decepticons. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] patrol the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], now restored to a city, and run into an unpleasant surprise—the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. The two Autobots are no match for the new clones, and Magnus is severely injured before Smokescreen manages to use the [[phase shifter]] to make their escape. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] is called to Cybertron to tend to Magnus, while the other Autobots try to decide on their next step.

[[File:PredaconsRisingSkylynxandDarksteelDragons.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|So, uh, when do we start rising?]]

Across space, Optimus and Wheeljack track the AllSpark to [[Theta Scorpii]]. Not wanting to risk losing the ''[[Iron Will]]'' in the hazardous conditions there, Optimus continues on alone.

Utilizing Bumblebee's tracking skills, the Autobots find [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], who has located a Predacon burial ground uncovered by the restoration of Cybertron. Bumblebee attempts to persuade Predaking that there can be a truce, but Predaking refuses to forget the Autobots' role in the destruction of his brethren. The Autobots instead head for Megatron's old fortress of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], which Knock Out has informed them may contain a map showing the location of Shockwave's laboratories.

Shockwave's current lab is in the ruins of [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]]. Starscream arrives with another recovered Predacon bone, shortly before Darksteel and Skylynx return, laughing about their recent scrap. Starscream is furious to learn they've wandered off and revealed themselves to the Autobots, ruining their one major advantage, the element of surprise.

Over at Theta Scorpii, Optimus finally sights the AllSpark's container, but there's also an incoming [[plasma storm]], and he has to rush to retrieve their target before it can close in.

As the Autobots are checking out the Darkmount computer, they're interrupted by the arrival of Unicron, who makes it aggressively clear to both Autobot and Megatron alike who's in control of the Decepticon leader's form. The Autobots are no match for the dark god, so they attempt to scram. They're brought to a halt by a [[Smelting pool|smelting pit]], and a blast from Unicron leaves Bulkhead, Arcee and Smokescreen dangling over certain doom. Bumblebee manages to keep Unicron occupied long enough for Ratchet to provide a means of escape via [[GroundBridge]].

Meanwhile, Optimus has retrieved the AllSpark and made it back to the ''Iron Will'' mere seconds before the plasma storm, and the Autobots book it out of there, though an asteroid thrown by the chaos collides with the ship. Back on the warship, Bumblebee attempts to contact Optimus, but the damage the ''Iron Will'' sustained means though his message gets through, Optimus can't respond. The Autobots quickly realize that Unicron's plan is to destroy their home planet.

[[File:PredaconsRisingMegatronandUnicron.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Can I borrow the car after this?]]
Acting on information from Bumblebee, Predaking finds evidence of Darksteel and Skylynx. He creates a signal in the form of a column of fire to attract the pair to his position, however the first to respond to it is Unicron. Megatron tricks Unicron into fighting the Predacon in the hopes that if their shared body is mangled enough, it will be of no further use to Unicron and Megatron will be freed, however Unicron manages to defeat Predaking and, probing the Predacon's mind, learns of the burial ground.

The burial ground has also been found by Starscream, Darksteel and Skylynx, who summon Shockwave to help in gathering up the bones. Their task is interrupted by the arrival of Unicron, and Starscream is overjoyed to see who he assumes is Megatron, however Unicron corrects him and bats him aside. Darksteel and Skylynx attack, but have no more luck against Unicron than anyone else has had. Opposition defeated, Unicron uses his power to raise the Predacon bones as an army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]]. Starscream flees, while Shockwave is quickly dogpiled by the horde.

[[File:PredaconsRisinglastlineofdefense.jpg|upright=1.4|right|thumb|"You are [[Avengers|Cybertron's mightiest heroes]], and [[Captain America|I've]] called you all together for one reason: the [[Unicron|end of the world]] is here, and it's our job to stop it. The world is counting on us, and we will not fail. [[Autobot|You]] [[Decepticon|are]] [[Predacon (Prime)|all]] heroes, but today... we are all Cybertronians."]]
The Autobots, using the warship's computer to locate Unicron, detect the huge build up of Dark Energon at the burial ground and quickly realize what Unicron intends. As the horde starts moving across [[Hydrax Plateau]] towards the [[Well of All Sparks]], the Autobots prepare to use the warship to defend the location. Ratchet and Ultra Magnus are dropped off at a safe location and Smokescreen goes to retrieve the remaining relics from storage. Starscream arrives on the ship and frees the imprisoned Decepticons. They attempt to retake the ship, however Knock Out turns against Starscream, using the phase shifter to seize the [[Immobilizer]] and clock him with it... which also destroys the Immobilizer. Ooops.

Predaking arrives at the burial ground and is horrified to see that it has been desecrated. He asserts his dominance over Skylynx and Darksteel by fighting them, however Shockwave pops up to suggest they put their combat skills to more productive use against Unicron's horde.

[[File:Predaconsrising-chaosandcreation.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"So you came to die with your planet!" "No, [[Batman|I]] came back to <s>stop you</s> die ''for'' it."]]
The Autobots make their last stand in the warship, opening fire on the oncoming Terrorcons. While the horde flies up to attack the ship, the Predacon trio arrive to lend a hand. Unfortunately the warship is shot down a short time later by concentrated Terrorcon fire blasts. The Autobots emerge, but Predaking tells them to leave the fighting to the beasts. The Predacons are only able to slow the horde's advance and the Terrorcons start heading into the Well of All Sparks. Unicron himself feels the presence of the AllSpark as the ''Iron Will'' returns to Cybertron. Optimus jumps out to attack Unicron, who shoots down the ship down before Optimus can engage him. Even Optimus has trouble fighting Unicron, and he's only saved when Bumblebee uses the [[polarity gauntlet]] to halt Unicron's blow. Optimus flies to where Bulkhead and Arcee are helping Wheeljack out of the wreck of the ''Iron Will'', intending to secure the AllSpark. Unicron breaks free of the polarity gauntlet's grasp and catches up with Optimus, who is now fleeing with the AllSpark, shooting the Autobot leader down. Unicron opens the AllSpark container intending to devour the contents, only to find it is empty. Unicron's anti-spark is drawn out of Megatron by the vessel, which pulls it into itself and seals, trapping it there. The link to Unicron severed, the Terrorcon army disintegrates just before it can reach the core.

[[File:PredaconsRisingWellofAllSparks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|AllSpark: Taste the Rainbow.]]
Starscream lands, having escaped his cell during the crash, and welcomes Megatron back from the dead, believing Megatron will once again lead the Decepticons. Having been put through the torments of Unicron, Megatron is broken, and no longer wishes to be an oppressor. Over Starscream's objections, he declares the Decepticons no more, and flies away, destination unknown. Starscream also flees, going instead to Darkmount where he intended to take his place as Decepticon leader. His reign is short-lived, as the Predacons arrive looking to settle some old scores with him.

At the Well of All Sparks, Optimus reveals that in order to set the trap for Unicron, he was forced to empty the AllSpark into the [[Matrix of Leadership]] inside him. This unfortunately means that his own spark is one with the multitude of others now inside the Matrix, and the only way the AllSpark can be restored to the Well is by merging it with the planet's core, which means giving up his own life. Despite protestations, Optimus assures them there is no other way, and that the age of Primes is over... and that new leaders will arise not by decree of ancient talismans, but by the virtue of their actions. Optimus flies into the Well, sacrificing himself, which releases a multitude of sparks into the sky.

[['Til all are one|'Til all are]]- [[Pilot (Part 1)|wait a second]]...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (10)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (16)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (17)

|h4=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]
|c4=
*[[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] (12)
*[[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] (13)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (15)

|h5=Others
|c5=
*[[Unicron]] (9)
*[[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] Predacons (18)
}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus Prime would deem it a tragedy to stain Cybertron's fresh soil with any newly-spilled energon. So help us prove what Megatron was never willing to, that more than one race can peacefully co-exist on our planet." 
"You assume that because I turned against Megatron, I can forgive the Autobots their role in the destruction of my brethren on Earth? Leave me be and dare not trespass here again."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Predaking'''

"What are we supposed to call him, huh? Megacron? Unitron?" 
"Really? That's your biggest issue right ''now''?"
:—'''Smokescreen''' and '''Arcee'''

"It isn't fair. How many more times do we have to save a world? Have to fight for the survival of our home?" 
"Regrettably the struggle between creation and destruction is an eternal one, and the battle lines which separate the two run through the very spark of Cybertron. Good and evil; order and chaos; one victorious, one vanquished. Each forming the core of their own separate worlds, Cybertron and Earth. And now the darkness has followed us all the way home."
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Ratchet'''

"In the name of the mighty legions of Predacons who preceded me, I shall never again yield to your charge, but I will heed your previous advice and face my true enemy as a beast!"
:—'''Predaking''' to Unicron/Megatron.

"'Bee, in case I'd never get another chance to say this, you've really proved your mettle." 
"I'd like to think my actions always spoke louder than my words, Arcee, but it didn't hurt to watch and learn from the best." 
"''Would'' be nice if Optimus showed up about now." 
"I was referring to a powerful little two-wheeler I know."
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Bumblebee'''

"'''The past shall consume the future, the dead shall consume the living, and chaos shall reign supreme!'''"
:—'''Unicron'''

"And who made you boss?" 
"I am not your boss. I am your ''KING''!"
:—'''Darksteel''' and '''Predaking'''

"Why'd you do it, Knock Out? Why'd you turn against Starscream?" 
"Even if I ''had'' helped him seize this ship, he would probably just fire me out of the first airlock. Oh. And he's ''rude''."
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Knock Out'''

'''Starscream:''' This is not quite how I envisioned my rise to the throne, but since Lord Megatron all but surrendered it to me, I will gladly revive the Decepticons in my name. 
[''Starscream gasps upon the Predacons' arrival''] 
'''Starscream:''' Though, perhaps, the throne is more befitting of an actual king? 
'''Predaking:''' I am not here to seize thrones, Starscream. But to settle scores.

'''Optimus:''' While this may very well mark the end of the Age of Primes, leadership can be earned, with or without the Matrix. And in my view, you have ''each'' acted as a Prime." 
'''Knock Out:''' Well, I never really had the best role models.

"Above all, do not lament my absence, for in my spark, I know that this is not the end, but merely a new beginning. Simply put, another transformation."
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' closing words of the film and the whole series

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Bumblebee is promoted to Warrior-class after first mentioning it as his goal in "[[Masters & Students]]", and later admitting he was holding back to be promoted on Cybertron in "[[Project Predacon]]".
* Bulkhead goes back to construction as Ratchet suggested in "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
* A handful of Vehicons are seen helping repair buildings on Cybertron with the Autobots, though it's not made clear if this is forced labor or they just decided to switch sides. Other Vehicons are seen imprisoned with Knock Out, further muddling the issue.
* The AllSpark was introduced to the [[Aligned continuity family]] in the novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', where it was launched from Cybertron during the war. The novel concluded with the Autobots' picking up its signal after departing Cybertron—an obvious allusion to a [[live-action film series|live-action movie]]-style journey to [[Earth]] in search of it—but this was dropped for the sequel ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''. Similar events may have took place in the cartoon's continuity, but only Optimus seems to remember much about the whole affair.
* Optimus states that without the AllSpark, no new Cybertronians can come to life. How this ties with Shockwave's past and ongoing cloning experiments is unknown.
* Knock Out was locked up after being decked by [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] in "[[Deadlock]]".
* Knock Out gets payback on Smokescreen by sticking him in a wall with the Phase Shifter in an identical position to his own wall-imprisonment in "[[Inside Job]]".
* Knock Out destroys the [[Immobilizer]], which was introduced in "[[Partners]]", by knocking Starscream out with it.
* Smokescreen mentions that he almost became a Prime, which occurred in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".
* Predaking [[Minus One|takes Megatron's advice]] and faces his true enemy [[Synthesis|as a beast]]!
* Knock Out refers to the Predacon Terrorcons as "zombiecons", a term previously used by Miko in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
* Predaking wishes to settle scores with Starscream due to the abuse inflicted upon him in "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]", "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]", '[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]", and "[[Evolution]]", as well as for the cheap shot that resulted in him losing his fight against Megatron in "[[Synthesis]]".
* Arcee mentions going to Vector Sigma to save Optimus's life like before, which occurred when Arcee took Jack to Vector Sigma to obtain the reloaded Matrix of Leadership to restore Optimus's memory.
* Shockwave's eye is damaged yet again, something which was first inflicted in "[[Out of the Past]]" by Arcee, and in "[[Deadlock]]" by Bumblebee.
* In ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', the Core of Cybertron itself reveals to Optimus Prime after offering him the Matrix that the Matrix and the Core are working through Optimus to allow Cybertron's regeneration; it has also predicted he would lead Cybertron into a new age of unimagined wonders just as Optimus marks the end of the age of the Primes.

===Transformers references===
* Megatron's resurrection from the bottom of the ocean and subsequent travel into space recall similar scenes from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.
* Lord Smokescreen, [[Emperor of Destruction]]!
* Unicron calls his new form an [[Instruments of Destruction|Instrument of Destruction]].
* Optimus brings new life to Cybertron by jumping into a pit that leads to the core of the planet and committing suicide. Why does that sound [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|familiar]]?
* The Predacon in the process of being cloned in Shockwave's lab heavily resembles [[Ripclaw]], albeit with a few minor changes.
* The [[AllSpark]] is cast into space beyond Megatron's reach for safekeeping, [[Transformers (film)|yet]] [[Transform and Roll Out|again]].
* Smokescreen makes a reference to [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

===Real-world references===
* The laying of a sword on the shoulders as Optimus does with Bumblebee during the warrior ceremony is from the investiture ceremony, used when someone is knighted.

===Errors===
* Predaking is often missing his wings when he transforms into [[beast mode]], for instance during the fight with Unicron/Megatron, Darksteel and Skylynx, and the fight against the Terrorcon Predacons. At the end of the last fight they just suddenly reappear when it ends at the Well of All Sparks.
* Darkmount's throne is undamaged when Starscream tries to claim it, even though Unicron shot it multiple times and pitched a spear through it.
* The manacles that Knock Out and the Vehicons are wearing in their first appearance are gone when Starscream shows up to break them out.
* Ratchet's medical scan of Ultra Magnus shows two intact hands, when he clearly still has the claw Ratchet fashioned for him.

===Trivia===
* ''Predacons Rising'' is a "[[Hub Network|Hub]] Original Family Movie", concluding the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon.
* Originally, TVGuide's listing for this movie was incorrectly (yet still more appropriately) titled "Chaos Rising", which was later said to be the original title before Hasbro ordered the title changed. Though, TVGuide does still list it as a [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-2013/episode-14-season-3/chaos-rising-part-1/308171 three] [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-2013/episode-15-season-3/chaos-rising-part-2/308171 part] [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-2013/episode-16-season-3/chaos-rising-part-3/308171 episode] instead of a movie. Subsequently, however, this movie ''did'' eventually air on the Hub split into episode form, using the titles given by TVGuide. "Predacons Rising - Part 1" aired on [[November 14]], 2013, "Predacons Rising - Part 2" aired on [[November 18]], 2013, and "Predacons Rising - Part 3" aired on [[November 19]], 2013.
* Bumblebee demonstrates leadership skills as he manages the defense against Unicron's attack on the Well of All Sparks in Optimus Prime's absence. This is an arc that is further explored and developed for Bumblebee as he leads his team in the sequel series ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
* The [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] is used by Optimus to promote Bumblebee, and is never seen again in the rest of the movie. It's never mentioned as being aboard the ''Nemesis'' like the other Iacon relics are, so Optimus must still have it. But if so, why didn't he use it against Unicron?
* The film was leaked online a few weeks before its airdate.
* How ''was'' [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] able to understand Bumblebee's beeps and boops? They never got around to explaining that.
* Some plot threads from this series would return in the follow-up series ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'':
**[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] return from the Shadowzone in "[[Portals]]" before being chucked right back in.
**The [[Dark Star Saber]]'s whereabouts, or even survival, were unknown following its fall from Earth orbit; it was recovered in "[[Mighty Big Trouble]]".
**The aftermath of Starscream's last altercation with the Predacons was elaborated upon in "[[Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness]]"; the episode confirmed the fate of [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]], while [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s whereabouts were revealed in [[Robots in Disguise issue 6|Issue #6]] of the tie-in comic.
*[[Rik Alvarez]] said originally, Megatron (or '''Galvatron'''), would have allied with Airachnid and her undead Insecticons to supplement his Terrorcons.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-robots-disguise-prime-discussion/1053596-aligned-continuity-panel-tf-con-charlotte-5.html#post13037062 Aligned Continuity panel at TF Con Charlotte notes]</ref>

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 23]] [[2013]]
:*Something odd occurs in the Portuguese dubbing of Megatron. He is voiced by two actors in the movie, by [[Guilherme Lopes]], dub voice of [[William Fowler]], when in his mind and by [[Antônio Moreno]], his regular voice actor, when speaking through his body. What's strange is that in the dubbing credits, Lopes is credited as "Inner Megatron", indicating that this casting choice was not a mistake, but an order from the distributor.

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformers Prime: Kebangitan Predakon'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4]] [[2013]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 1|1 December]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
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;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Predacons Rising ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Predacons Rising ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Predacons Rising ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Intégrale Saison 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Predacons Rising (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Predacons Rising (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Predacons Rising (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Die komplette Staffel 3 (Primal Screen) — English, German, Dutch and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — The Complete Season 3 (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Predacons Rising (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters'' — Season Three Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

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Raf Esquivel

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:''Raf Esquivel is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Raf stockimage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|{{w|Esquivel!}}]]
He's the quiet, forgotten child of large family, and he goes into "the zone" whenever he sees technology. You'd think he'd be constantly getting wedgies from nearby punks and biker kids, but no! '''Rafael "Raf" Jorge Gonzales Esquivel''' is, in fact, best mates with [[Miko Nakadai]] and [[Jack Darby]]! Even more incredible, he's best mates with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], a [[Autobot|robot car from outer space]], and since other Autobots like [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] are unfamiliar with human technology, he's called on at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to use his know-how to save the world!

When you were twelve years old, you ''wished'' you were Raf.

(Okay, he's twelve and a ''quarter''. A very big quarter! He's very specific about that.)

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Andy Pessoa]] (English), [[Motoko Kumai]] (Japanese)|[[Luo Yuting]] (Chinese), [[Diana Torres]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Do-hyeong Nam]] (Korean), [[Davide Garbolino]] (Italian), [[Christian Zeiger]] (German), [[Alan García]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alex Minei]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Aarni Hyökki]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:OutHead-Very large family.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"That's a Foe-Glass. Lets me keep an eye on my enemies."]]
Born into a large family, Raf has often felt like the smallest member and been ignored by older family members even if he were shouting for attention. {{storylink|Out of His Head}} He has been able to understand digital code since he was three. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-RafRC.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Who needs parental supervision?]]
Raf was playing with his radio-controlled car in a dry drainage canal when he got a call from his mother, and he promised he'd come home after another five minutes. Playtime was interrupted shortly when Jack Darby executed a motorcycle leap into the canal. Raf was impressed by that, but more so when the motorcycle turned out to be an alien robot in disguise. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] fought against two [[Decepticon]]s and was soon joined by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who accidentally crushed Raf's toy underfoot. Raf wasn't too upset by the loss, and when Bumblebee was subsequently pinned down by the Decepticons, Raf courageously yelled at them to leave Bumblebee alone. He and Jack then fled up a storm drain as the Decepticons came after them, but his distraction helped the Autobots eventually win the battle.

After [[Memorial High School|school]] the next day, Jack approached Raf and suggested they keep the whole thing to themselves. It wasn't that easy, as Bumblebee picked that moment to drive up to take Raf back to base. Raf was able to understand Bumblebee's buzzing, and he pointed out the nearby Arcee, who had come for Jack. At base, he, Jack and their friend [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] marveled at [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] before [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] briefed them on the ongoing Autobot/Decepticon war. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} When an alarm went off, Raf translated Bumblebee's statement that it was a proximity alert. He, Jack and Miko hid to avoid being seen by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], who was paying a visit to complain to Prime about recent Autobot activities.

A signal sent most of the Autobots rushing off on a mission, leaving the three kids with Ratchet. Raf made himself useful by helping the medical bot get the silo's aging computer system to work. Once the mission was over, Raf realised it was getting late and he was going to be grounded for a month if he didn't get home, so Optimus assigned Bumblebee to take him back and watch over him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Bumblebee and Raf were delayed getting back to the base because they stopped off to play a video game (which Raf lost). When they finally got there, Optimus promptly left on a mission with Ratchet, and Arcee and Bumblebee further abandoned the kids, leaving them with Bulkhead. Raf attempted to join in Miko's attempt to form a band by offering to play samples on his laptop. Another visit by Fowler resulted in the federal agent being captured by the Decepticons, and Raf used his hacking skills to locate Fowler. After Bulkhead departed to try and deal with it, Jack and Raf realized that Miko had sneaked after the Autobot. They used the [[GroundBridge]] to join the pair, arriving near the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], where they were spotted by sentries. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-Rafconsoled.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Come on, Raf, you knew Stargate had to end some day."]]
Bulkhead rescued the pair while they were under fire and dropped them off behind some cover before heading into the ship. Unfortunately, the pair were spotted by the Decepticons a short time later and found themselves being carried to the brig. Arcee and Bumblebee rescued them both, and the combined group found Bulkhead and Miko. The kids soon discovered that the middle of a battle—especially between giant robots—is not the healthiest place to be. The Autobots cleared out a room for them to hide in, but Jack and Miko began arguing as soon as the 'bots left. Raf became upset, and the other two had to console him, but his fears were soon forgotten when Jack pointed out an important-looking computer display. Raf's flash drive proved useless when he couldn't find a USB port, and they were interrupted by a Decepticon anyway. While Raf was fetching his backpack, the Decepticon spotted him and opened fire. He was only saved by Jack tackling him behind a Decepticon corpse. The kids legged it, and Bulkhead handily picked that moment to turn up and deal with the Decepticon. Back at the Autobot base, Jack decided to opt out of the exciting new life they'd found, and he suggested Raf do likewise, but Raf was content to stay put. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-RafSoundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Allow me to be the Peter Parker to your Doctor Octopus.]]
After the Autobots went to try and prevent Megatron from using his space bridge, they discovered that the Decepticon ship no longer had the ability to target the space bridge on Cybertron. Raf suggested that the Decepticons must be using the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]] for targeting. He attempted to hack into the installation's computer, but found that the computers there were too secure. At Jack's suggestion, he, Jack and Miko bridged to the array and accessed it via a computer in a spare room. Raf found he was able to download the space bridge plans, and when the Decepticons diverted the dishes, he could redirect them again. Unfortunately, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] was in the next room, and he sent a tentacle to attack them. Though Raf was determined to keep working, he was knocked aside. Soundwave set the dishes to target Cybertron and disabled the computer. The three kids ran into the room in time to see Soundwave leaving and discover his handiwork. Back at base, Raf supplied Ratchet with the space bridge plans so he could instruct the other Autobots on how to sabotage the bridge. Raf was later present to welcome the Autobots back from their space battle. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

To cover for his visits to the Autobot base, Raf told his mom that he'd joined the Computer Club. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}} Raf decided on building a model volcano as a science project for school, though initial tests resulted in an explosion that rocked the Autobot base. He and Bumblebee continued work on it until Bumblebee had to leave on a mission, and Ratchet decided to "assist". Ratchet ended up building a large metal volcano, which blew a hole in the roof when Raf presented it at school. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} He had to stay behind to help repair the damage, which took more than a little explaining. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}}

[[File:Scrapheap-adorableScraplet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It's not dangerous enough to go alone. Take this.]]
The kids arrived at base one Saturday just as Optimus and Arcee were heading off to the [[Arctic]] on a mission. Raf was keen to go as well, having never seen snow, but Optimus told him it would be too dangerous. Disappointed, Raf went to play "being in the Arctic" in a base corridor, where he stumbled on a [[Scraplet]]. Raf was enchanted by the little creature and took it back to the control room, where it attacked Bumblebee and Raf had to smash it to death with a crowbar. The Autobots realised the base was infected, and Raf teamed up with Bumblebee as they hunted for more Scraplets. They found some, only for Bumblebee to be attacked. Returning to the control room, they were set upon by ''more'' Scraplets, and Raf helped Jack and Miko get them off the 'bots. With time running out, the three kids repaired an [[energon]] fuel line so Ratchet could get the GroundBridge working again and send the Scraplets to the Arctic. Afterwards, the kids helped repair the damaged Autobots. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

With the arrival of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], the Autobots decided to party. Miko brought out her electric guitar and encouraged Raf to try some moves. He responded by reluctantly breaking into The Robot, which Bumblebee proceeded to copy. When Wheeljack was found out as a Decepticon impostor, Raf and Jack watching in alarm as he took Miko hostage. Following the return of the real Wheeljack and the impostor's ejection, the Autobots had another party, during which Raf busted out his disco moves. He, Miko and Jack later saw Wheeljack off when the Autobot returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When the Autobots helped Fowler move a hi-tech device, the kids observed their progress from base with Ratchet. The [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] was in danger of being captured by [[MECH]], and Raf was able to pinpoint the exact position of the train it was on so Ratchet could GroundBridge Jack and Miko on board. He followed that up by hacking into the rail system and changing some points to send the train down a different track, however the MECH guys responded by overloading his laptop. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}} Ratchet later helped him fix it. {{storylink|Raf's Notes|Raf's Notes #5}}

When the Autobots discovered that an [[Energon Harvester]] was possibly on Earth, Raf used his [[Internet]] search skills to trace it to a museum. Miko roped Jack and Raf into helping to steal it. The three of them GroundBridged into the museum on a scissor lift and set about dislodging the device from the statue holding it. However, during their getaway, Miko was grabbed by a [[museum security guard|security guard]] and Raf and Jack ran into Soundwave. Back at base, Raf continued their attempts to contact Fowler so they could retrieve Miko. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:SpeedMetal-RafMikolying.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|It would seem that the Autobots aren't the only ones who go into '[[robot mode]]' under pressure.]]
Miko and Raf heard all about Jack's race with [[Vince]] at school, and congratulated him when he reached the Autobot base. He swore them both to secrecy. After Vince challenged Jack to another race but Arcee refused to take part, Jack tried to convince Raf to let him take Bumblebee instead. Raf was uncertain it was a good idea, but Miko managed to convince him. He and Miko were later playing a computer game when Arcee wondered where Jack was, and they failed to cover for their friend. When Optimus asked where everyone else was, they completely failed to keep that secret too. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutHead-Notonlyones.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Raf finally got to see snow!]]
After Optimus was struck down with a [[Cybonic plague]] and Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrated the Decepticon ship, the three kids watched Ratchet monitor the pair's progress. Raf was particularly concerned when Arcee patched Bumblebee into the comatose Megatron's mind in an attempt to find a cure for the plague. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Raf was a spectator for the subsequent basketball game between Bulkhead and Bumblebee, but was surprised at some of Bumblebee's behavior during the game. When Bumblebee failed to pick Raf up for school, Raf rang Jack. Back at base, it turned out that Bumblebee was having visions of Megatron, and Ratchet had to induce a power-down mode. Raf stayed to keep his friend company, chatting about how he was saving up for a new laptop and showing off a picture of his family to Ratchet. Raf followed Bumblebee to the control room after the Autobot spontaneously reactivated and disappeared into the GroundBridge. It transpired that Bumblebee had been possessed by Megatron, though Megatron's control was not great enough that Bumblebee couldn't prevent him from injuring Raf. Raf insisted on accompanying Ratchet, and they followed Bumblebee through the GroundBridge to the Decepticon ship, where they found Bumblebee in the process of transferring Megatron's mind back to his comatose body. Though the pair tried their best, and Raf even managed to get Bumblebee to break free from Megatron's control, ultimately, Megatron returned to his body, and the trio were forced to retreat. Back at base, Bumblebee thanked Raf for helping him. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-shadow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left]]
When Miko seemed totally disinterested in a mission the Autobots were going on, Jack and Raf suspected she was up to something, and sure enough, she made a break for the GroundBridge. Jack and Raf were forced to follow her through and ended up on the battlefield. Once the Autobots spotted the trio, Ratchet ordered them to return through the bridge, however interference from a Decepticon GroundBridge caused a disruption. When they came to, the children found that the Autobots couldn't see or hear them, and Raf theorized that the three kids were sent to an alternate dimension he dubbed the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]] (Miko's response was basically NERD!). Unable to be seen or heard by the Autobots, they were pursued by [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who had been resurrected as a zombie by Starscream. Raf tripped while fleeing and almost lost his glasses, without which he was blind as a bat, but Miko retrieved them for him. The kids were eventually able to take advantage of the fact that Miko had dropped her phone at the base, and sent a text message to it. They also attempted to use Starscream's severed arm to fend off Skyquake, but only succeeded in dislodging the zombie's arm, which began chasing them. They escaped back to the real world through a portal created by Ratchet. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

Raf was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}} He and Miko had a wild ride to the base in Bulkhead, but after they realized that Jack's mom was there, Raf assured her that he and Miko had been wearing their seat belts. He hung out at base while Bulkhead and Arcee went on a mission to retrieve a [[polarity gauntlet]], and later admired Bulkhead's new battle scars. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Ratchet tested out some new synthetic energon while Raf watched. It was such a success that Raf was ready to try it on Bumblebee, but Ratchet warned that it needed further testing before they could try it on an Autobot. A short time after the other Autobots went out on a mission, Raf found Ratchet unconscious on the floor, having tried the synthetic energon on himself, and managed to wake the Autobot. When Arcee got into trouble, Ratchet left Raf in charge of the GroundBridge and went out to help. The Autobots soon returned to base, and Ratchet fondly picked up Raf for a moment. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

In their spare time, the kids would track down pictures of the Autobots on conspiracy web sites, so Raf could hack in and replace them with pictures of lolcats. Raf rode in Bumblebee to play with his remote-controlled car, but first Bumblebee was called to a battle, and then they were attacked by Megatron. A burst of energon from Megatron's cannon struck Bumblebee, infecting Raf with Dark Energon and leaving him in a dire state. The Autobots took him back to base, where Ratchet and June Darby fought to save his life. After Ratchet discovered the nature of the energon infecting Raf, he gave the boy an infusion of real energon, and Raf finally began to recover. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Raf was looking somewhat more perkier by the time they rescued Optimus from Megatron, however June still felt it necessary to take Raf to a real hospital, and she didn't intend on letting Raf return to the Autobots afterwards. Raf sadly watched Bumblebee from June's car as they left. The car didn't get very far before they were almost struck by lightning, and then the car was sucked towards a nearby tornado. Bumblebee came to the pair's rescue, pulling them out of the car before it was pulled into the tornado, and returning them to base where the Autobots worked out that [[Unicron]] was behind all the strange natural disasters now plaguing Earth. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. When Miko and Jack wondered about extracting Unicron's from the [[Earth's core]], Raf pointed out that Unicron ''was'' the Earth's core. The humans concealed themselves as Megatron arrived, but Raf was unable to stop himself running out to confront the Decepticon leader, and had to be restrained by the others. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

Ratchet told the kids about Optimus back when he was Orion Pax, and how he got the Matrix. Miko and Raf were both concerned when they lost the Autobots' signals. The kids all took shelter underneath Ratchet when the ground started shaking, but were overjoyed when it turned out Prime's team had succeeded. They welcomed the Autobots back, but were shocked by the loss of Optimus, who had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

When it was determined that they would need to somehow get to Cybertron, Miko suggested using the GroundBridge, but Raf pointed out that it could barely reach orbit, so unless Ratchet somehow souped it up, it wouldn't work. He later saw Ratchet working on it, though Ratchet claimed to merely be tinkering. Raf was also at base after the Autobots failed to stop the Decepticons from stealing a power supply for a space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Raf assisted Ratchet in testing the modified GroundBridge, and when the test failed, he tried to cheer up the despondent Autobot with an inspiring tale of overcoming adversity. As Jack prepared to leave for Cybertron, Raf asked him to pick up a souvenir. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Raf and the others monitored Jack's progress from base, until he returned with the Autobots and a restored Optimus Prime. During the reunion, Raf gave Bumblebee a hug. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Raf was impressed by Bumblebee's recounted adventures. After his Autobot partner lost his [[transformation cog|T-cog]], Raf tried to cheer him up, but as all the entertainment he had revolved around cars, it made things worse. Ratchet later had to pick Raf up from school, and Raf asked the medic about how Bumblebee lost his voice. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Raf stayed by Bumblebee's bedside until he recovered from a fall. He and the other kids hung around for an attempted transplant, and subsequently covered for Bumblebee when he went to get his cog back. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

The kids were racing toy cars when Fowler reported being attacked by Optimus. They stuck around as Optimus returned and it turned out he was being impersonated by a [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|MECH creation]]. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} After the ''Nemesis'' became sentient, the kids GroundBridged aboard with Fowler to try and download the Iacon database. When they learned the ship was heading for [[New York City]] and Fowler was rendered unconscious, they headed for the power core. Miko and Raf ended up playing hide and seek with one of the ship's manipulator arms while Jack worked on reversing the energon flow. After succeeding, they high-tailed it back to the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Raf was present as the Autobots started out on their missions to find the four relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} He operated the GroundBridge so the Autobots could head out. {{storylink|Triangulation}} While he was waiting at base, Ratchet contacted him to prepare a virus to be implanted in Laserbeak. Raf quickly created one and uploaded it to Ratchet, and as a result, once Soundwave returned to the ''Nemesis'', the Iacon database was transmitted back to the mainframe in the Autobot base. Raf gave Ratchet the good news once the Autobot reached the base, but their mood was spoiled when Bulkhead was flung back through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} He watched as Ratchet tried to revive the Wrecker. {{storylink|Hurt}}

While surfing the Internet replacing pictures of Bumblebee with a tap-dancing monkey, Raf found an image of a crashing Cybertronian escape pod. While the Autobots brought back [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] from that mission, Raf later found a picture of [[Red Energon]], sending them off yet again. {{storylink|New Recruit}} His falling grades resulted in [[Raf's mom|his mom]] grounding him, and he rang Jack to let the Autobots know. When they inevitably required his help, the Autobots GroundBridged Fowler, Jack and Miko into his bedroom to get him to hack into a [[Project Damocles]] satellite. Though the Decepticons attempted to target his house with the satellite, he succeeded in using its thrusters to bring it out of orbit before having to convince his mom that he and his friends were a study group. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} As the Decepticons had discovered the location of his house, Raf's family was forced to move. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

Soon after the three kids learned that the Autobots were preparing to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they were kidnapped from outside their school by the Decepticons, and taken to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bumblebee exchanged an [[Omega Key]] for Raf, and they later returned to Earth after the destruction of the [[Omega Lock]]. With the Autobot base under threat from the Decepticons, Bumblebee and Raf left through the GroundBridge together for elsewhere in the United States. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

While on the run, Raf and Bumblebee have the Autobot's paint job redone to fool the searching Decepticons. They headed for Jasper to meet up with the others. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Raf's websurfing hit paydirt when he found a photo of Ratchet, leading the pair to the medic hiding in a junkyard. They tried to convince him to help them get the ''[[Harbinger]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> systems working, but in the end left him there. They tried working on the derelict themselves only for Ratchet to arrive, having had a change of heart. {{storylink|Scattered}} They were eventually joined by most of the rest of the team, who had been rounded up by the newly arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Raf stayed behind at the ''Harbinger'' while the Autobots executed their attack on the Decepticons' fortress. He cheered upon learning that Optimus Prime returned at the battle's zenith. After the destruction Darkmount, Raf was thanked on behalf of the United States government for his involvement in saving the world by agent Fowler. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

The kids were surprised to learn that the creatures of myth were actually [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s sent to Earth by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Raf seemed amused by the fact that Fowler was blatantly trying to pick up Jack's mom, and while the pair were away trying to obtain a Predacon bone, Raf mostly played video games and slyly hinted to Jack that June Darby and Fowler were maybe having dinner together or enjoying a movie. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

While Raf, Miko and Jack watched Ratchet repair Ultra Magnus's hand, the topic of Bumblebee's voice box came up. Raf explained to Miko that Bumblebee still missed the sound of his own, original voice, and longed for it to be restored. Later, all three children watched the Autobots interrogate Soundwave from a distance, and were deafened by the captured Decepticon's sonic assault. Thankfully, they were out of harm's way by the time Laserbeak broke in to free its master. {{storylink|Minus One}}

Following Ratchet's capture by the Decepticons, Raf and Wheeljack used a piece of Laserbeak to construct a [[Chip|flying drone]] in the hope it would lead them to the Decepticon warship. {{storylink|Persuasion}} Though the plan to find the warship didn't pan out due to the probe's destruction, Ratchet was able to contact them and provide them with coordinates. Raf operated the GroundBridge, allowing the Autobots to head through to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} After Jack came up with a plan to help the Autobots, Raf gamely bridge him and Miko aboard the ''Nemesis'' before engineering a GroundBridge interaction that trapped Soundwave in the shadowzone. Following the capture of the ship, Raf was surprised to hear Bumblebee's restored voice. He, Miko and Jack accompanied the Autobots to Cybertron where they used the Omega Lock to restore the planet. Back on Earth, the kids received the news that they were going to be part of Unit:E, and Raf bid farewell to Bumblebee before the Autobots departed for their home world. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' Comics===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|On Thin Ice}} {{storylink|King of the Road}} {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} {{storylink|Horrible TV}} {{storylink|Cell}}}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.1 Raf checks out Safe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|OMG, SQUEE! Are there death rays?!]]
Raf was particularly impressed with the [[Safe]], a training room Ratchet set up in a lower-level of the base. When the Autobots accidentally uncovered a live nuke in the process of testing the room, Raf was left with Ratchet to work out how to defuse it and as Raf was the expert on Earth technology, Ratchet deferred the problem to him. After a moment's panic, Raf correctly identified the type of timer mechanism and reprogrammed it to count upwards, giving them vastly more time to do something about the bomb itself. After Fowler and a team of scientists arrived to deal with the missile, Ratchet suggested that Raf and Bulkhead design a new Safe, and Raf's first idea was a popup Megatron target range. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

When the Autobots took the kids to [[Valley of Fire State Park]], Raf read up on the area from the park guidebook and impressed the others with his knowledge, though he thought it made him sound geeky. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}} While the Autobots decorated their base for [[Christmas]], Raf and Bumblebee played video games together. Optimus had to take Bumblebee and Ratchet with him, leaving Arcee and Bulkhead at base with the kids, and Raf suggested they try to find something they had in common. When this didn't go well, Jack asked what plan B was, and Raf suggested [[Jenga]]. Eventually the two Autobots settled on ice skating, and they turned the base into an ice rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

[[File:Titan4.4 Raf opens GroundBridge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Also, braaaaaaaains.]]
Raf got hold of the latest video game ''[[Invasionauts II]]''. He played it for three hours with Bulkhead before the Decepticon coding implanted in it hypnotised him and got him to open the [[GroundBridge]] to a location near the [[Grand Canyon]] so that hordes of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] could flood through. Once Jack and Miko managed to snap him out of his trance, he turned the GroundBridge into a loopback, sucking the Decepticons back through, and resolved to avoid playing video games for a while. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

Upon hearing that several schools in Jasper County had been destroyed, Raf was left unimpressed by one of Miko's jokes; she though it was too bad that their school wasn't among those which had mysteriously blown up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

After Bulkhead went missing, Raf, Jack and Miko accompanied the Autobots on a trip to the Decepticon warship to find their friend. Raf was able to override the [[Ultra Prison]] that Bulkhead was being held in. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

After Bumblebee was injured during a battle in [[The Wave]], Raf accompanied him back to base. Raf figured that cartoons would be best, and the pair fell asleep while watching ''[[Mummies Have Feelings II]]''. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s remote-controlled hand climbed out of Bumblebee's chest and, despite Raf's initial assumption that he was hallucinating, proved real enough to try to kill the scout. Raf taped a firework from [[Miko's Party Kit]] to the disembodied hand and launched it into the sky, leaving his next task to explain to the newly arrived Miko why he was setting off her fireworks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Following a mission where the Autobots rescued some hostages from the Decepticons, who had taken over the studio for the game show ''[[Down and Out]]'', Raf, Jack and Miko enjoyed watching footage of Optimus and Bulkhead's bumbling attempts to stop [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.16|Fury from the Deep}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}}}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Raf was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an {{w|Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker}} singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}
*Raf declared that {{w|Time Warner Cable}}'s ability to transmit ''Transformers: Prime'' on [[Raf's media device|home computer, tablet, and smartphone platforms]] was superior to Megatron. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Time Warner|Time Warner Cable: Competition}}
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== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Andy Pessoa]] (English)}}
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Jack, Raf, Miko, and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bumblebee and Raf could help out by causing more power-ups to drift towards the dish. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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==Toys==
===Prime===
{{anchor|NewYork}}
[[File:Primetoy-JackRafNYCC.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Raf had to hunt far and wide for a New York-themed sweater vest.]]
*'''Bumblebee and Arcee, Includes Raf Esquivel and Jack Darby''' (NYCC 2011 exclusive)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:The [[Jack Darby]] and Raf Esquivel figurines were [[redeco]]ed in New York-themed shirts and came with redecoed figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. They were sold exclusively at [[New York Comic Con|New York Comic Con 2011]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/NYCCRafEsquivel/rafesquivel.htm More information on NYCC Raf at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|EntertainmentPack}}
[[File:Primetoy-JackMikoRaf.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Where's my mouth?]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn''' (Entertainment Pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:A PVC figurine of Raf comes with figurines of [[Jack Darby]] and [[Miko Nakadai]], as well as Deluxe-Class toys of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. As with the other two figures, Raf's head can turn and he can be removed from his stand.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/RafEsquivel/rafesquivel.htm More information on Raf at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Raf told [[Raf's mom|his mother]] that he joined the Computer Club to explain where he goes after school all the time.<ref name="notes1">[[Raf's Notes]] #1</ref>
*Even Raf doesn't know why he understands Bumblebee. He just makes perfect sense.<ref name="notes1" /> The series never explained it in its three-year run.
*He probably was named after [[Rafael Ruthchild]], one of the show's producers.
*Raf is the least seen and heard of the main three human allies of the Autobots.
*Although Bumblebee would later [[Pilot (Part 1)|return to Earth]] and spend several months there, hunting escaped Decepticon prisoners [[Freedom Fighters|before being appointed as an ambassador to the planet]], he appears to have made no effort to contact Raf in any way, despite the bond they once shared. Talk about gratitude...
*That backpack is actually part of his CG model and meant he could ''never take it off'' because that would mean making a new model!<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2016/06/episode-177-mairghread-scott-talks-till-all-are-one/ Episode 177 – Mairghread Scott Talks Till All Are One], 57:20 to 57:45</ref>
*In entry #15 of [[Raf's Notes|his notes]], retelling the events of [[Rock Bottom]], Raf comments that Miko is "kinda sweet" for getting worried about Bulkhead and fusses over the possibility of her seeing the note. Does someone have a crush?
*Optimus STILL owes him a snowball.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rafael Esquivel''' (ラファイエル・エスキベル ''Rafaieru Esukiberu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esquivel, Raf}}
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

Out of His Head

2019-08-15T22:14:34Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 14
|prev=Sick Mind
|next=Shadowzone (episode)
|image=OutOfHisHead-evileye.jpg
|caption=If looks could kill.
|title="Out of His Head"
|airdate=[[May 7]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Megatron attempts to resurrect himself using Dark Energon by controlling Bumblebee's mind.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OutOfHisHead-basketball.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball. I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball. I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball.]]
[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] concludes his tests on [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and gives their leader a clean bill of health. Optimus thanks Ratchet and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], while [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] is unsure whether she managed to successfully end [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s life during their mission on the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]]. In truth and unknown to any of the others, Megatron's psyche still dwells in Bumblebee's processor, and he's determined to reclaim his own body.

[[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] referees a [[basketball]] game between Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. Bulkhead easily sinks the first basket, but as Bumblebee goes to shoot, he suddenly flashes back to the [[space bridge]] explosion. When Bulkhead interrupts the vision, he gets the ball thrown at his head. Bumblebee apologizes and they play on. Later on, Bumblebee freezes as Megatron takes control. Megatron wonders how he escaped the destruction of the space bridge, and he recalls [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] pulling the sliver of [[Dark Energon]] from his chest. Now knowing what he needs to restore his body, Megatron vows to take revenge upon his subordinate.

On the Decepticon warship, Starscream taunts Megatron's body with the Dark Energon sliver, announcing that he has come up with a new, epic plan that will convince the other Decepticons that he's worthy of leadership. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] arrives in time to hear the tail end of the speech.

Waiting outside his house, [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] calls [[Jack Darby|Jack]], who is already in class, to complain that Bumblebee hasn't picked him up for [[Memorial High School|school]]. Bumblebee is at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], being puppeted by Megatron to crush a piece of equipment. Ratchet is irritated by the destruction, and Bumblebee explains his visions of Megatron. Ratchet induces a power-down to allow Bumblebee's mind time to rest. While he's explaining this to Optimus and Raf, they get a call from [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]], who says that [[Decepticon]]s have broken into the [[Kauai Naval Observatory]] in [[Hawaii]] and stolen the [[Heuck Nigoghossian telescope]]'s primary lens. Fortunately, the lens has a tracking device, and the Autobots trace it to the [[Arctic]], where there's a massive, unmineable [[energon]] deposit—unmineable unless the glacier it's in is melted, something that would devastate coastal cities.

Indeed, the Decepticons have already created a heat ray with the lens, and Starscream begins melting the glacier in question.

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-vigil.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''While You Were Beeping'', starring Sandra Bullock.]]

Raf chats with the shut-down Bumblebee, despite Ratchet pointing out that Bumblebee can't hear him. Raf asserts that Bumblebee is family and shows off a photo of his parents and siblings.

Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead walk through the Arctic and locate the Decepticon warship, which is warming things up with its heat ray.

Ratchet leaves Raf and Bumblebee to find parts to repair the equipment Bumblebee damaged. While he's gone, Bumblebee suddenly powers up and heads to the main control room, where he activates the [[GroundBridge]]. Ratchet and Raf are surprised to find him departing through the GroundBridge and wonder where the diminutive [[Autobot]] is going. Bumblebee arrives at the battlefield where Optimus and Ratchet once fought Megatron's army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]], in search of the Dark Energon shard Megatron used to raise the dead. Ratchet attempts to use the GroundBridge to follow Bumblebee, but once he activates it, Bumblebee promptly steps back through, carrying the Dark Energon, and decks the medic. Having placed Raf out of the way, Bumblebee runs back through the GroundBridge. Ratchet realizes that Megatron's mind has taken over Bumblebee, and he tracks the scout to coordinates in the Arctic. Raf insists on going too.

Atop the Decepticon warship, Starscream spots Bulkhead and Arcee. Knock Out orders [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to deal with the two Autobots, and the big 'Con starts laying into them. Meanwhile, the unseen Optimus scales a nearby cliff.

Ratchet and Raf arrive in the Decepticon ship to find disabled [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s everywhere. They reach the lab, where Bumblebee has hooked himself up to Megatron's body, but when Ratchet attacks Bumblebee, he's knocked across the room. Raf manages to encourage Bumblebee to retake control, but it's only a brief respite. Ratchet yanks the life support cable from Megatron, only to again be tossed across the room. Despite a last-ditch attempt by Raf to stop Bumblebee, the scout plunges the Dark Energon shard into Megatron's body, and Megatron awakens. A group of Vehicons arrives to find Megatron has risen from the dead, and he orders them to terminate the Autobots, as he has his own "extermination to perform". Under fire from the Vehicons, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf retreat.

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Exit, stage lef—GURRK!"]]

Optimus reaches the top of his cliff and takes a flying leap onto the Decepticon ship. On the ground, Arcee and Bulkhead continue to battle Breakdown. Starscream and Knock Out spot Optimus coming towards them across the hull of the ship, and Starscream turns the heat ray on the Autobot leader. Undeterred, Optimus drives all the way up to the heat ray and slices it with his sword, causing the whole thing to explode. Optimus is thrown to the ground, only to face the rage of Starscream, who begins diving towards him, missiles at the ready. Starscream is intercepted halfway through the dive by Megatron, who takes his disloyal lieutenant back to the Decepticon warship. Faced with his old leader, Starscream attempts to flee in his vehicle mode, only for Megatron to grab him by the tail and toss him against the ship. Even the promise of nearby Autobots to destroy isn't enough to distract Megatron, who begins dragging Starscream away by the head.

Watching the still-blazing ship depart, Optimus radios Ratchet for a bridge, but Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf appear nearby.

Later at base, Ratchet finishes checking over Bumblebee, who thanks Raf for helping to rescue him.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (14)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (6)
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (12)
*[[William Fowler]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==


"Lucky for us, Megatron was still alive." 
''<Bumblebee says something>'' 
"Yeah, I actually said that."
:—'''Arcee''' surprising us all.

"Prime, you spot any Decepticons wearing hula skirts lately?" 
"No, Special Agent Fowler. ''Why?''"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' says something that makes sense in context that '''Optimus Prime''' hasn't received yet.

"Mm-hmm. Yes, very nice."
:—'''Ratchet''' is unimpressed with Raf's picture of his family.

"Yes! I love when a plan comes together!"
:—'''Starscream''', fan of the A-Team.

"Decepticons! Your rightful lord and master has returned!"
:—'''Megatron''' reawakens.

"Megatron's greatest mistake was ever allowing you to live, Prime!"
:—'''Starscream''', a few seconds before Megatron shows up.

"Lord Megatron? You are...you're healed! Praise the AllSpark! It is a miracle!" 
"Oh, it will be a miracle all right, Starscream...if you survive what I have planned for ''you''!"
:—'''Starscream''' discovers that '''Megatron''' [[Megatron Rising - Part 2|doesn't]] [[Mission Accomplished|tolerate]] [[A Fistful of Energon|traitors]] [[Endgame, Part I|anymore]].

"But the Autobots—Optimus—right there, waiting for you!" 
"My greatest mistake? I've made a few. But there is ''one'' I do not intend to make again!" 
"N-no! Master! NOOOOOO!!!"
:—A desperate '''Starscream''' and a surprisingly self-aware '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Arcee hasn't forgotten her trip to the Arctic in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]".
* It seems that Megatron was conscious (and able to perfectly remember) when Starscream extracted the fragment of Dark Energon from his chest in "[[Masters & Students]]".
* Starscream states that his Dark Energon shard is the only chunk of Dark Energon on Earth. Aside from the one Megatron retrieves, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|this would be proven wrong later]].
* The fight with the Dark Energon zombies took place in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]".
* Bulkhead and Bumblebee play with a hollowed-out version of the ball he used for lobbing with [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] in "[[Con Job]]".
* Raf doesn't know how he understands Bumblebee, as stated in his [[Raf's Notes|notebook]].
* Raf finally gets to see snow. But does Optimus remember the snowball [[Scrapheap (episode)|he promised to give him]]?
* Megatron was in the Autobot base and could have easily learned its location by just walking out "for a drive" (he even had the perfect excuse, since everyone could see something was wrong with Bumblebee) and noting his coordinates. Then again, he had a lot on his mind so he probably forgot.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime recalls their "end run on [[Polyhex]]".

===Real-world references===
* The Heuck Nigoghossian telescope is named for ''Prime'' directors Vinton Heuck and [[Shaunt Nigoghossian]].
* Starscream {{w|The A-Team|loves it when a plan comes together.}}

===Errors===
* In the real world, large telescopes use mirrors, not lenses.
* Starscream's eye is misaligned when he spots Arcee and Bulkhead approaching.
* When Ratchet rips away the life support tube from Megatron's chest, we see the buckled hole left from his wounds during the space bridge accident. However, after the Dark Energon shard restores Megatron to life, we see his chest armor completely fixed and sporting a snazzy fresh Decepticon [[insignia|sigil]]. Looks like Dark Energon can be used not only to power evil Decepticon tyrants, but as a super polish as well.
* Starscream's thruster is not producing any flames or exhaust when Megatron grabs him as he tries to fly away.
* Megatron somehow manages to speak through Bumblebee, despite the fact that Bumblebee's damaged voice-box renders him incapable of such complex vocalizations.
* How did the Autobots get back to base without a GroundBridge operator?
* Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf somehow manage to escape the Nemesis which is hovering at a pretty high altitude the whole time, despite none of them possessing the ability to fly. Then again, bots are pretty durable against high-altitude falls, as shown by Optimus who was thrown off the ship by the explosion and didn't suffer any damage beyond brief incapacitation.

===Trivia===
* This is one of the few episodes storyboarded by the artist [[Adam Van Wyk]].
* Raf apparently has seven people in his family, including himself. He also has at least two sisters with one of them named [[Pilar Esquivel|Pilar]].
* Sierra's friend sits in front of Jack in at least one class (or perhaps homeroom). And yet she is still unnamed.
* Raf is the first of the humans to see Megatron face to face.
* In the final scene, while Ratchet is talking, Optimus has his battle mask on, despite normally only wearing it when going out on a mission.
* It's pretty impressive that Starscream kept landing on the spires of the ships. You would think that since Megatron just aimlessly threw him aside, he wouldn't be necessarily aiming for another spire?
* In later episodes, Optimus condemns the concept of killing a helpless life form, yet in this episode Arcee nonchalantly boasts about her attempt to kill Megs right in front of him. Guess Optimus' hearing took a hit from the cybonic plague?
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Bumblebee in Danger!]]''.
* The Japanese broadcast of this episode was the first to use the second Japanese [[title sequence]], "[[TRANSFORMERZ]]".
* It's been a long-standing goal of the Decepticons to discover the location of the Autobot base. Megatron had the [erfect means to do so - simply walking out and noting his coordinates would have done the trick. It seems he was too preoccupied with regaining his body to take advantage of that.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ausser Kontrolle'''" ("Out of Control")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 23|23 December]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Elbitorolt elme'''" ("Usurped Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 26|26 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kembalinya Megatron: Invasi Bumblebee'''" ("The Return of Megatron: Bumblebee Invation")
:*''Original airdate:'' 19 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuori di testa'''" ("Out of Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12|12 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gyakushū Henkei! Megatron Fukkatsu!'''" (逆襲変形!メガトロン復活!, "Counterattack Transformation! The Resurrection of Megatron!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 7|7 July]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Du Eolgul ui Beombeulbi'''" (두 얼굴의 범블비, "The Two-Faced Bumblebee")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11|11 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22|22 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fora de Si'''" ("Not Himself")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 6|6 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuera de su cabeza'''" ("Out of his head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 12|12 May]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 4: Die vierte Dimension ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Alien Threat (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 7 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 3: L'attaque des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 3: La furia dei Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Decepticons Unleashed ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK) 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Flying Mind

2019-08-15T17:39:54Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=FlyingMind-DecepticonsOnDeck.jpg
|caption=Alright, forget the bigger ship! Can we get a smaller ship instead?
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron's attempt to repair the ''Nemesis'' has an unexpected side effect, forcing Raf, Jack, and Miko to put themselves in harm's way.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Optimus Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus is the ''best'' at freeze tag.]]
With the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovers that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|an Autobot]] was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core, hoping its regenerative effects will cut down on the lengthy time it would take to get the ship airworthy. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reluctantly decides to use the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to terminate the Decepticons for good.

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works perfectly, bringing the ship to full operational status in minutes. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a [[Stasis Beam|stasis beam]], which a surprised Knock Out notes the ship was not previously equipped with, sending them into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:FlyingMindHumanAid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everybody clap their hands!]]
Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course, and it is quickly discovered that the ''Nemesis'' is ignoring its pilots and flying ''itself''. When Megatron demands the ship's computer be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship suddenly speaks up with its own voice, announcing it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes it's decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] attempts to do so, the ship retaliates and he's sent into stasis lock. When Megatron orders the Decepticons to sever all connections to the ship's mainframe, beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling almost every last one of the 'Cons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, with its cloaking field down, no less, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis lock while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis lock as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts of Decepticon origin. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship, determining that the ship cannot detect humans, as it left Fowler unmolested while leaving the battle earlier. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug in the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City|Manhattan]], the location of the first artifact, and if they don't stop it somehow, the ''Nemesis'' will destroy whatever part of the city lies atop the long-buried relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is electrically shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

[[Image:FlyingMindSecondOpinion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome to the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Beast Hunters|food chain!]]]]
Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core, hoping to de-activate the ''Nemesis's'' intelligence by dumping the dark energon out of the fuel supply. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is locked in place by Megatron's frozen hand. While he's still trying, the ship finally detects [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], assuming them to be vermin that are infesting it. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. [[Image:Lower Manhattan Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, why can't the aliens attack Jersey for a change?]] Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence is lost. As the ship "shifts into neutral", the stasis locked Transformers inexplicably begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help a still-loopy Fowler through the Ground Bridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive with him, just in time to miss the arrival of Megatron, who is rather unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as Megatron has no more scruples than his ship about harming human life, and the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan...

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]" (15)
|}}

==Quotes==

"And when the Insecticons backed off, I got inspired by my proximity to the power core, and did what I do best." 
"You trashed Megatron's ride like a rock star in a hotel room."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Miko''' discussing Bulkhead's victory.

"If the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communications relays are open and-" 
"Ehp, eph, are you suggesting that we just ''call'' Megatron and ask him what's happening up there?!
:—'''Jack's''' logic is questioned by '''Ratchet''', while all the other humans shrug, "Why not?"

"Doc Knock is ''knocked out!''"
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"On your feet, soldier!" 
"...and beavers and ducks and walnuts and Grandma..."
:—'''Miko''' helping a debilitated '''Fowler'''.

"Say ''ahhh!''" 
"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—Seeing '''Knock Out's''' attempt to operate on Jack, '''Ratchet''' gives him the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the [[Armada (episode)|previous episode]].
* Megatron makes note of Optimus's increasing ruthlessness and how he would no longer waste a chance to strike, likely referring to his near-termination by Optimus in "[[Crossfire]]".
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]", but it hasn't seen much use since the [[Unicron#Prime cartoon|Unicron]] revelation.
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here, as it does not refer to itself by name. [[Bob Skir]] has stated it was not meant to be Trypticon waking up.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir]</ref> Confusing matters further, the ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]'' book shows that a unique Trypticon wire-frame CGI design was created for this episode, which (barely) appears in the episode itself on the ship's monitors while the children are on-board.
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* This is the first time Knock Out has used his drill weapon since [[Deus ex Machina|his premiere episode]].
* The Nemesis deploys paralyzing beams that work in a similar way to the [[Immobilizer]]. For Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, it thus isn't the first time in the series when they encounter this type of weapon.

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The ''Nemesis'''s stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel (or "Zat Gun") from ''Stargate SG-1''.
* Miko's "On your feet, soldier" is a reference to the 1984 film, ''The Terminator''.
* Miko refers to Knock Out as "Doc Knock," most likely in reference to "Doc Ock," a common nickname of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain Doctor Octopus.
* The ship gaining sentience, turning on the crew, and its defeat all bear similarities to HAL 9000 from the film, ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* The grid design that immobilizes Dreadwing and the Vehicons is similar to the laser hallways from ''Resident Evil''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Jack realizes that the ''Nemesis'' will have to tear down Manhattan to get to the first Iacon relic, the camera zooms out to show all four, including Fowler and Rafael on the control panel. However Knock Out, who should be frozen right behind the two on the control panel, is nowhere to be seen.
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away, or at the very least, on the same continent. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Ratchet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one. Agent Fowler appears to do the same, earlier on.
* In the base, Ratchet appears to be monitoring the vitals of the humans. Unless they've suddenly become Cybertrionians, there's no explanation for how he can do this.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way down. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.
* The Dark Energon infusion travels up the pipes to the main column, which is between them and the energon input receptacle, instead of going down their length from the column.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis's'' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* It seems the amount of power required to stasis lock a Transformer isn't enough to kill a human, as the ship was unaware carbon-based life forms were aboard when Fowler was electrocuted, and was presumably trying the same trick it used on Soundwave.
* The ''Nemesis'' cryptically hangs up when Ratchet asks why it's gathering the relics, though this was never brought up again. It was also selective in that regard, as the Spark Extractor it ignored was also an Iacon relic.
* You'd think Megatron would at least order his troops to capture the frozen Autobots.

===Gadgets and powers===
* The Nemesis is equipped at least 6 blaster cannons on its underbelly.
* It also has stasis beams there as well as on its interior, at least in the bridge and the engine room, deployable from the walls and launched from satellite-like dishes. The effect is similar to that of the [[Immobilizer]], only with the target being electrocuted on impact.
* It can electrocute Cybertronians operating its computer terminals.
* For disabling larger groups of hostile units, it can launch laser grids with the same paralyzing function which sweep across its corridors.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das fliegende Gehirn'''" ("The flying Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinrai Henkei! Senkan Nemesis no Hanran'''" (神雷変形!戦艦ネメシスの反乱, "Thunder God Transformation! Rebellion of the Battleship Nemesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Voadora'''" ("Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17|17 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Volante'''" ("Flying Mind"), "'''Una Mente Volante'''" (2017 airing, "A Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 19 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 9: Angriff auf Megatron ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Weapons of Choice ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Trypticon (WFC)

2019-08-13T13:53:17Z

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{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambigm|Trypticon (disambiguation)|Nemesis (disambiguation)}}
:''Trypticon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:WFC One Shall Stand Trailer.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Yes, there was a grammatically incorrect caption regarding my discharge of energy weaponry. Why do you ask?]]
A titan of a Decepticon, '''Trypticon''' casts a vast shadow across the battlefield whenever he appears. Though he once turned into Trypticon Station, a neutral scientific outpost, Trypticon's intelligence is only just enough to make him an effective warrior, even if it hardly seems needed with his vast array of weapons. He is equally formidable in his alternate form of the Decepticons' fortress of a warship, the '''''Nemesis''''', even after a [[space bridge]] accident sent his personality into [[stasis lock|stasis]]. Carrying [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and the remnants of his Decepticon uprising, the ''Nemesis'' is still a force to be reckoned with.

{{quote|You cannot stop me, Autobots. I am... Trypticon. I am... your death.|Trypticon, before he goes [[Godzilla]] on everyone|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Prior to the war, Trypticon Station was used for research that could not be conducted planetside, including the first forays into sequestering the [[Dark Energon]] that had resulted from [[Unicron]]'s attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Its security was seen to by the [[Seeker (body-type)#Aligned continuity|Seeker]] caste. There were records that indicated that at the time Dark Energon was placed aboard by an ancient High Council, the station underwent a major overhaul: [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] confirmed that it was given a spark and made a living being at that point. [[Air Commander]] [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] was one of the few with knowledge of its secrets. As a result, he ordered his forces to occupy it after the capture of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Megatron and his growing Decepticon army. Megatron decided he tired of negotiations and took Trypticon Station by force. Upon Starscream's return to the station, Megatron pressed the Seeker and ultimately gained access to the facility's research on Dark Energon. Megatron noted to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] that there was potential for a spark within Trypticon, though Shockwave pointed out the [[Well of All Sparks|Well]] no longer produced sparks. Megatron suggested he use the sparks of the scientists killed and maimed in the seize of Trypticon to give life to the station.

The supplies of Dark Energon from the initial harvest were slender, so Megatron required the means to transfer large quantities of [[energon]] to the station so that they could be converted into the rarer resource. As Trypticon Station was configured to receive fuel from the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] in [[Crystal City]], the Decepticons were able to transfer an initial supply, but not nearly enough for the ravenous rate at which they were consuming Dark Energon. This was eventually remedied by Megatron's capture of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], which provided a nearly unlimited source of fuel directly from Cybertron's core.

After a team led by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ventured into the planet's core to cut off the transfer, Megatron decided to switch tactics. He allowed Shockwave to apply the experimental knowledge he had gleaned over the course of the war, and Trypticon was granted true life, including the ability to shape its corridors into a dizzying array of defense drones and [[Mini-Con|Minicon]]s. Ultimately, a team of Autobots aboard the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' found a gap in the station's external defenses and managed to venture within and knock the behemoth from orbit.

Victory was brief, however, as Trypticon revealed a robot form and crawled from the wreckage planetside. Though initially the [[Wrecker]]s and [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] were tasked with keeping the gargantuan Decepticon away from the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' launch, this proved to be in vain, as Megatron boarded Trypticon along with a hand-picked crew of the Decepticon elite. Transforming into a ''Nemesis''-class battleship, Trypticon pursued the ''Ark'' to, and subsequently through, the last remaining functional [[space bridge]] in Cybertronian orbit. As the ''Ark'' emerged in unknown space, the ''Nemesis'' was nowhere within sensor range. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

The ''Nemesis'' was heavily damaged due to its traveling through the last remaining, yet faulty, space bridge, and thus Trypticon's sentient functionality and transformation abilities were lost, perhaps forever. Megatron didn't care too much. The ''Nemesis'' was still a functioning, fearsome battleship, and that's all he required. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

The ''Nemesis'' detected an Autobot distress call, which turned out to be a trick devised by the [[Star Seeker]]s, who wanted to destroy the Decepticons. The ''Nemesis'' and the Star Seeker flagship, the ''[[Tidal Wave (Prime)|Tidal Wave]],'' engaged in dogfight with the ''Nemesis'', on account of its greater mobility and the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]'s poor heat dissipation, emerging victorious.

Soon after, the ''Nemesis'' arrived in orbit around [[Aquatron]], engaging the ''Ark'' orbital firefight visible to the Autobots on the planet's surface before it used a [[tractor beam]] to try and cripple the Autobot ship. In response, the [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]] launched and combined into [[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] who cut a swath of destruction through the ''Nemesis'' as he made his way to the engine room. In such a confined space however, the [[combiner]]'s bulk proved more of a detriment than an advantage and Megatron was able to expel him from the warship. Though [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] attempted to then ram the ''Ark'' into the ''Nemesis'', a much more powerful tractor beam, fired by the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]] immobilized both ships.

The senior staff was invited down to the surface where the Curator revealed himself to be a [[Quintesson]] and that the species was now peaceful, being eager to act as a neutral third party in resolving the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]]. The next morning however, it was revealed that that was not the case and the rogue creations of [[Quintus Prime]] made another attempt to conquer Cybertron. When Megatron was taken prisoner, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] fled back to the ''Nemesis'' and took over, continually delaying a rescue of Megatron, until [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] saw the ''Ark'' head towards the planet for a rescue mission, and followed suit. In his haste, Soundwave essentially crashed into the city of [[Hydratron]], taking out most of the city's defenses with it, but immobilizing the ''Nemesis''. When the Curator started to sink Hydratron, the ''Ark'' used its tow cables to lift the ''Nemesis'' upwards, bolstered by Superion, but once they'd cleared the planet's gravity well, the Autobots left the immobilized Decepticons to their repairs. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)|[[Engelbert von Nordhausen]] (German), [[Octavio Rojas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Tero Koponen]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:Nemesis-Primepainting.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|This doesn't look like [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] at all!]]

Long after Cybertron had been rendered uninhabitable, the ''Nemesis'' was in orbit of the planet when Starscream's [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] forces captured the Autobots [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], the latter of whom had received a coded Autobot transmission. Starscream attempted to gain this information by torturing and then imprisoning Cliffjumper alongside Arcee on board the ''Nemesis'', but failed to get any satisfaction. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

The ''Nemesis'' served as the Decepticons' primary base of operations during their time on [[Earth]]. Constantly moving through the skies of the planet and cloaked against detection by either Autobot or human systems, it provided the villains with a mobile headquarters that allowed them to often remain one step ahead of their adversaries.

Sometime after arriving on Earth, Cliffjumper got a taste of the power of the ''Nemesis'' first-hand when he found it hovering over an [[Energon]]-filled crater, and it opened fire on him. Captured by Vehicons and brought aboard, Cliffjumper was slain on the ship's bridge by his old adversary Starscream, his body unable to be reclaimed by his fellow Autobots due to the ship's perpetual cloaking field hiding its location. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Soon after, Starscream relinquished command of the ''Nemesis'' to Megatron when he returned from his three-year sojourn in deep space, {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} but when he left to explore the properties of [[Dark Energon]], control of the craft returned to Starscream, who had the Autobots' human ally [[William Fowler]] captured and brought to the ship's brig for interrogation. The Autobots subsequently invaded the ship on a rescue mission, during which [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] damaged the ship's interstellar navigation array, {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} leaving it unable to triangulate co-ordinates for the Decepticons' new orbital space bridge. [[File:Masters&Students-Nemesisbridgescreen.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|The ''Nemesis'' bridge must be great for watching the Super Bowl.]] Using a human installation as a substitute, the Decepticons moved the ''Nemesis'' into space so Megatron could send Dark Energon through the bridge to Cybertron, but when the Autobots sabotaged the bridge and caused it to explode, Starscream betrayed Megatron, moving the ''Nemesis'' out of range and leaving the Decepticon leader to be consumed in the blast. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}


Although Starscream was re-instated as commander of the ''Nemesis'' with Megatron's seeming death, the crew responded unenthusiastically to his dramatic first address. Soon after, when it was discovered that Megatron had actually survived the explosion thanks to Dark Energon, his stasis-locked body became a fixture of the ship's medical bay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} The ship later gained another new resident in the Autobot [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], who was captured and locked up in the brig while the evil [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] took his place among the Autobots before escaping. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:OutHead-Arcticbeam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Romulans!]]

When the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s electromagnetic shielding broke while orbiting above [[China]], the Autobots were able to locate the ship and infiltrate it in hopes of locating a cure for the [[Cybonic plague]] Optimus Prime had recently become infected with. Although successful, their actions set in motion the reawakening of Megatron, {{storylink|Sick Mind}} who returned to life and retook command in the middle of Starscream's newest plan, which involved equipping the ''Nemesis'' with a powerful heat ray. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}} With Megatron back in charge, the ''Nemesis'' continued its stoic, continuous motion around the Earth, at one point moving out of Earth's atmosphere and into orbit. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

As the Decepticons began looking for components for their new space bridge, the ''Nemesis'' returned to Earth's atmosphere and headed for a human military installation so Megatron could personally steal the new power source it contained. Optimus Prime and Bulkhead made it aboard the ''Nemesis'' and stole the power source back, but Optimus proceeded to go on a rampage through the ship's corridors until Megatron had him [[GroundBridge]]d out. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} Megatron subsequently left the ''Nemesis'' under [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s command while he prostrated himself before [[Unicron]], {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} who took the ship back to orbit. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}} When Airachnid attempted to incite rebellion among the crew, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] smacked her down and took charge of the ''Nemesis'' until Megatron returned with an amnesiac Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Though the Decepticons tried their best to keep "Orion Pax" in the dark, they had a security lapse when Arcee managed to get on board to hunt for the lost Autobot leader. Soundwave was able to get her back off the ship through deft use of the GroundBridge. It happened again sometime later when Starscream sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s and stumbled on Orion. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Starscream fled the ship, but his visit raised Orion's suspicions and he accessed the Decepticon database to find out the truth. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} The Decepticons had a full log of his activities and he was left under Vehicon guard to continue his work, but soon broke free and left the ship to help the Autobots. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

In control of a vast swarm of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]], Airachnid launched an attack on the ''Nemesis'' in an attempt to kill Megatron. Meanwhile, Starscream was ''also'' gunning for Megatron after creating several clones of himself, which he dispatched to the ''Nemesis''. In the middle of these attempted coups was a very confused Bulkhead who was inadvertently beamed up to the ''Nemesis'' whilst investigating an energon signal. Seeking an avenue of escape, he crippled the ship's power core, causing it to crash land and allowing Bulkhead to escape in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Megatron infused the ship's core with Dark Energon, bringing it back online, but also awakening the ship's mind. It immediately began its mission, decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database and heading towards the first of the coordinates in [[New York City]]. When the Decepticons resisted, the warship put them all into stasis. Fowler and the three kids GroundBridged aboard, and the ship at first failed to detect them as it wasn't scanning for organic life, which gave them the opportunity to try to reverse the ship's energon supply. Though the warship tried to stop them, they succeeded, and the warship returned to its mindless state. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

During the hunt for the relics, [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] was infected with a virus by Ratchet so when Soundwave returned to the ship, the Iacon database was transmitted to the Autobot mainframe. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}

Tensions rose between [[Hardshell|Hardshell]], Knock Out, the Insecticons and the rank and file Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'', leading to an all-out brawl. {{storylink|Hurt}}

MECH leader [[Silas]] - integrated into the corpse of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] - approached the Decepticons in an attempt to join their ranks, offering [[Project Damocles]], a space-based particle cannon, as a token of friendship. The Decepticons launched an operation to retrieve the satellite weapon's interface codes from human military servers while the ''Nemesis'' deployed Damocles into space. Though the weapon worked as intended, the Autobots and their human allies ultimately destroyed Damocles, and for his failure Silas was dragged away to Knock Out's dissection table on the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

The ''Nemesis'' was deployed to a set of coordinates from the Iacon database that indicated the resting place of an ancient relic. There, Megatron discovered that the relic was the legendary [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], a weapon of immense power, and one that must not fall into the hands of Optimus Prime. After failing to retrieve the weapon or otherwise blast it out himself, he ordered the Decepticons to carve out the massive boulder in which the sword was embedded so the ''Nemesis'' could carry it away. As it was in the process of doing so, the Autobots suddenly attacked, with Optimus Prime charging in after the Star Saber. Despite Megatron's best efforts, Optimus managed to pull the sword from the boulder and then cleaved the rock in twain when Megatron had the ''Nemesis'' drop it on the Autobot leader out of spite. As Megatron watched on helplessly, Optimus followed this up by unleashing a wave of energy at the ''Nemesis'' which destroyed part of its engine array, causing it to narrowly miss crashing into a mountainside and forcing the ship to limp away. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

[[File:DarkestHour-Basedestroyed.JPG‎|thumb|upright=1.67|The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.]]

The ''Nemesis'' flew Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] to the Decepticons' space bridge orbiting the dark side of the Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] when they returned to Cybertron to find a way to counter the Star Saber's power. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} When [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was determined to be an [[Omega Key]], he was captured and brought aboard the ship. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After being interrogated via cortical psychic patch, the Autobot stole the Keys stored aboard the ''Nemesis'', and escaped by literally jumping ship. Starscream later returned to the ship with all four Keys in an effort to return to the Decepticons, {{storylink|Inside Job}} and is allowed to once he is deemed fit to return by Megatron after a cortical psychic patch. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}} An enraged and disillusioned Dreadwing steals the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and gives it to the Autobots, and is killed in the ship's medical bay by Megatron when he tried to kill Starscream. The ship later flew Megatron and an army of flying Vehicons to the space bridge when the time came for a battle on Cybertron over the [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} When Megatron created a [[Darkmount (Earth)|new fortress]] on Earth with the Omega Lock's power, the ''Nemesis'' arrived in [[Jasper]], and was the launch point for the assault on the newly discovered [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]]. As the battle between the Autobots' [[Wheeljack (Prime)|other]] [[William Fowler|allies]] and the Decepticons' flyers raged, the ''Nemesis'' positioned itself over the base. When the battle had ended (with Wheeljack being shot down and Fowler forced to retreat), the ''Nemesis'' fired a colossal cannon on the base, destroying the mountain. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

The ''Nemesis'' was docked at Darkmount with the Decepticons now using the fortress as their main base of operations. However, the ship was still used for coordinating attacks {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} as well as storage of the Forge, the stasis-locked Airachnid, the Apex Armor, and the Star Saber. Smokescreen retrieved the Forge from the ship when prompted to save a dying Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The ''Nemesis'' was finally deployed once again when an Autobot assault destroyed Darkmount, the Decepticons regrouping on board the ship. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

The ''Nemesis'' had a kennel set up for [[Predaking (Prime)|the Predacon]], where Starscream failed to train it. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} The ship's communication dish was damaged by the beast, blacking out Decepticon communications, and Starscream unsuccessfully tried to have it repaired before Megatron found out. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}} Soon afterwards, Starscream and Knock Out's experiment to create an army of super-soldiers backfired spectacularly when Cylas was turned into a Terrorcon that drained Energon from a victim. The ensuing battle spread all over the warship, and resulted in Cylas's death, and Airachnid being freed from her stasis pod, though she and her Insecticon army were bridged to a moon of Cybertron by Soundwave. The Decepticons' numbers were severely depleted with the loss of the Insecticons and more than half of their remaining troops. {{storylink|Thirst}}

[[File:Deadlock-NemesiswithLock.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Megatron: "Shockwave, lock onto those coordinates and fire the Omega Lock!" Shockwave: "Your redundancy is most illogical, my liege."]]
When Megatron resolved to rebuild the Omega Lock, {{storylink|Minus One}} it was constructed on the underbelly of the ''Nemesis'' by the time Ratchet had been brought aboard to finish his work on synthetic Energon. {{storylink|Persuasion}} When the formula was completed, Ratchet made a run for it and tried to sabotage his work, but was caught in a hallway of the ship. He was given to Predaking for execution, but he turned the juggernaut on the Decepticons, triggering a rampage in which many Vehicons were slaughtered. Megatron was able to defeat Predaking and ejected him from the ship, {{storylink|Synthesis}} but he still clung onto the ship while Ratchet brought the Autobots on board to take the warship. As Optimus and Megatron dueled, and the latter's lieutenants fought Arcee, Ratchet and Smokescreen, Jack and the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]-clad Miko took the bridge, banishing Soundwave to the shadowzone, while the Wreckers took on the rest of the Vehicons aboard the ship. When Megatron was killed by Bumblebee, Starscream and Shockwave fled along with what remained of the Vehicons, leaving the ship in Autobot control. The team took the ship to Cybertron, using the Omega Lock to revive the planet through the Well of All Sparks, and parking the ''Nemesis'' on the surface of the restored Cybertron, while Predaking flew off for parts unknown. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

The Autobots used the ship as a base during their work, keeping the remaining Decepticons in a cell. It was taken into battle for the last time when Unicron returned to the planet, raising an army of Terrorcons with which to destroy Primus. The warship didn't last long before it was shot down and crashed near the Well of All Sparks. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
While navigating a storm, the Vehicons had a particularly hard time piloting the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron later brought the ''Nemesis'' to the [[Erta Ale volcano]] so he could force Starscream to partake in gladiatorial combat there. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

Some time later, Bulkhead was taken prisoner aboard the ''Nemesis'' and put in confinement within an [[Ultra Prison]]. When the Autobots turned up to rescue their comrades, they blew a massive hole in the hull on their way out of the warship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Trypticon acted as Megatron's personal weapon of mass destruction. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Nightra]] claimed that bounty hunter [[Blastwave]] was actually an escapee from "Trypticon Prison", implying that the ''Nemesis'' was converted for penitentiary duties following the rebirth of Cybertron. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:NemesisXmas.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Be very glad Trypticon isn't active to see this.]]
Two Vehicons, caught up in the holiday spirit of [[Christmas]]time, extensively decorated the ''Nemesis'' with lights, trees, and a moving reindeer that flatly droned "HO HO HO". Megatron, infuriated by the spectacle, demanded the capture of whoever was responsible so they could face punishment. The guilty Vehicons meekly kept their mouths shut. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}
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==Games==
===''War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}

{{quote|Ha! Ha! Ha! You haven't defeated me, Autobots. You have only untethered your own destroyer!|Trypticon decides to freak out the Aerialbots|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

[[File:WFC-Trypticontrackingdescent.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|'CUZ I'M FREE! FREE FALLIN'!]]

Before war broke out, Trypticon Station was connected to the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] so the scientists aboard could fulfill their many experiments. The crew experimented with [[Dark Energon]], its effects ravaging a portion of the outer hull, the section being eventually sealed off. High in orbit, the station missed out on most of Cybertron's technological leaps, its technology being considered "ancient" by the time of the Great War.

When war broke out, the station was assaulted by Megatron for the Dark Energon, the [[Decepticon leader]] proving able to tame its awesome power. Erroneously believing he could use Dark Energon to bring all of Cybertron under his command, Megatron had Starscream restart the Energon Bridge, bringing the station back to full operational capacity.

After Optimus Prime learnt how badly the [[Core]] had been corrupted, he ordered the [[Autobot fleet]] to abandon the planet only for Megatron to have the station target the evacuation ships. Optimus scrambled the Aerialbots into action, but only [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]], and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] managed to breach the station's defences. The three fliers aimed to sabotage the station's coolant but failed to account for back-up systems allowing the bombing to continue. As the trio ventured further into the station, the station revealed itself to be a monstrous [[Titan (group)|Titan]] known as Trypticon who turned his weapon first on various Cybertronian landmarks, such as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]'s [[Vaults]], the [[Hall of Ancients]], the [[Stellar Galleries]] and the [[Code Archives]], before finally acquiring the coordinates for Optimus Prime. As the Titan charged his weapon, the fliers destroyed his [[Transformation cog|conversion cog]], reverting him to his [[robot mode]].

[[File:WFC-Trypticonyoulost.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Well hello it's me, the giant.]]

Despite the cog's destruction, Trypticon continued unabated, using his [[jet pack]] and mouth laser to continue his attack before the pack was destroyed and the Titan fell outside Iacon. Optimus, [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]], and Bumblebee went to investigate the crash and battled the Titan, first overloading his shoulder-mounted weapons systems, then attacking his heat vents, before destroying Trypticon's auxillary power cores. Defeated, Trypticon made a last-ditch effort to attack, but lost his balance and fell into an energon lake below when Optimus Prime unleashed an energy wave with his [[energon-axe]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}
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===''Cybertron Adventures''===
After his weapons were restored, Trypticon made a stand for the Decepticons and started destroying Autobots. Optimus, convincing the Autobots to keep the fight going, made a stand with Bumblebee and Ironhide. The bad news was that Trypticon's only weak spot was in his mouth, but the good news was the Autobots didn't give up.

After half of his health depleted, Trypticon made one more stand, and used his true power. Even though the blasts were powerful, Optimus and the Autobots fired one huge blast, making the monster fall to his demise. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures|Cybertron Adventures}}

===''War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[File:WFC-TrypticonDS.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Megatron conquered Trypticon Space Station to manufacture Dark Energon to aid in his planet-wide conquest. However, Megatron found he needed to access the Core of Cybertron to continue to power their Dark Energon supply. Upon defeating Autobot leader Zeta Prime, and later Omega Supreme, Megatron succeeded in his quest.

However, not too long afterwards, newly ascended Autobot leader Optimus Prime freed the Core from the Dark Energon, and ordered a planet-wide evacuation of the population from Cybertron. Megatron began using Trypticon Space Station to fire upon the evacuating Autobot masses, prompting a strike from Optimus' team. The Autobots were able to make Trypticon Space Station crash to Cybertron... only for it to transform into a city-sized Decepticon dinosaur. Luckily, Optimus and his 'bots finally defeated the titan, and ended the threat of Dark Energon for good. {{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron}}
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===''Fall of Cybertron''===
{{bigquote|Trypticon. If you can hear me, know that this is not a rescue mission. Despite your immense power, you failed to destroy the Autobots. You failed '''me'''. Henceforth, your chassis will be altered and redesigned to ''my'' specifications.|Megatron, upset that he didn't get to be the final boss of the first game}}

[[File:Nemesis FOC.jpg|thumb|left]]

After his defeat at the hands of Optimus Prime, Trypticon's body was salvaged from the Energon pool and dismantled, kept in (still very large) pieces. Though Optimus had severe reservations about this, he justified it based on the many Autobot lives Trypticon had taken.

Sometime later, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] informed Megatron of a [[Earth|planet]] rich with resources that they could reach by space bridge, and all they needed was a vessel to take them there. While the scientist worked on the space bridge, the leader led an assault on the labs where Trypticon's body parts were being held. Though having only come to scavenge pieces of the Titan to build a new space cruiser, the Decepticons soon found that Trypticon was still alive and thus, his own starship mode could be utilized for their purposes. Soundwave was able to reassemble Trypticon, though the Titan remained in deep stasis, but before he could commence repairs Megatron overruled him, stating that, since he'd failed in his task of destroying the Autobots, he would be transformed into warship form, even as Soundwave warned that the damage meant Trypticon would be trapped in [[alternate mode]], the Titan giving only a growl as the procedure commenced. Once Soundwave's work was complete, the ''Nemesis'', as it was now referred to, pursued the ''Ark'' as it departed Cybertron, and engaged it in a fierce ship-to-ship battle in front of the wormhole of a space bridge. As Optimus and Megatron duelled, the space bridge began tearing both ships apart, and ultimately sucked both ships through to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
During the war, Starscream led a small group of Decepticons on a secret mission to Trypticon's wreckage to siphon energon from his remains for their own purposes. However, at the same time, the Autobot Jetfire arrived at Trypticon's remains on a mission of his own. Jetfire redirected Starscream's stolen energon to Trypticon's weapons systems, firing upon the Decepticon base [[Kolkular]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Bulkhead infiltrate the ''Nemesis'' to snatch away the Decepticons' Energon stores. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
[[File:Transformers prime the game trypticon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Looks like Tom Sawyer whitewashed the ''Nemesis''.]]

When a meteor of pure [[Dark Energon]] hurtled towards Earth, Megatron had the ''Nemesis'' intercept and tow it from an anchor point on the flight deck. When the Autobots boarded the warship, they severed the anchor, the Decepticons instantly switching to a backup towing system on the underbelly. When this too was destroyed, the meteor broke apart, Megatron ordering the ''Nemesis'' to where the largest chunk had landed while his forces hunted down the separated Autobots. When the ''Nemesis'' arrived, the immobilized [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] was duelling Optimus Prime, Megatron using the warship's artillery to quickly down the [[Herald of Unicron]]. When Thunderwing was brought aboard, and restrained in one of the ship's laboratories, he and Megatron reached an agreement that the Decepticons would repair the giant. The repairs were overseen by the captive Ratchet, himself coerced into cooperating by the captured Miko and Raf.

When Starscream was defeated by Bulkhead, the Wrecker forced him to let him onto the ''Nemesis'', Ratchet using this distraction to escape from Megatron and free Miko and Raf. When the trio chased Soundwave out of the ship's communication suite, they called in Arcee and Bumblebee who managed to defeat their Decepticon counterparts. Starscream meanwhile had lured Bulkhead into a trap, leaving him to the Vehicons, only to be defeated. Limping, Starscream made his way to Thunderwing, trying to steal away the monster's power core, only to be caught in the act by Megatron. At this moment, Thunderwing reactivated and installed the power core himself, breaking free of his restraints, and blasting through the upper hull to freedom. Though the ''Nemesis'' was left listing, the Autobots using the chaos to escape, it remained airborne. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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==Notes==
* Trypticon's head is available as a Fire Breather-type component for [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]]-class characters in ''Fall of Cybertron'' multiplayer.
* Trypticon has two seemingly conflicting origins in ''Exodus''. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] researches the station and discovers that in "ancient times" it was secretly "recreated" from a simple space station and was raised to sentience, given a living [[spark]] (pg. 82) when [[Dark Energon]] was hidden aboard by an "ancient" iteration of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] headed by Sentinel Prime. Alpha Trion confirms this to be true. Beforehand, however [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] refers to the station as being "semi-sentient" and afterwards as a sparkless drone before Shockwave makes it into a Transformer with ''many'' sparks.
*When asked whether Trypticon was alive after that first sparking or not until Shockwave, [[Alex Irvine]] passed on commenting on the grounds that to do so would give something important away...
* In the end credits for ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'', Trypticon is briefly seen grappling with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Now if we had only seen ''that'' in gameplay.
** Rendering stills and commentary from [[High Moon Studios]] would later say that Trypticon was five times larger than Omega Supreme. Make of this what you will.
[[File:Trypticon Station.jpg|thumb|right]]
*Trypticon seems to suffer from mass-displacement. Considering the scale of his space station mode, he should be much bigger in robot form. In fact in Fall of Cybertron, he appears to be smaller (likely half the size he was in the last game). In ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]'' despite being transformed he's still large enough to house an entire level for Jetfire.
* In "[[Flying Mind]]", neither Megatron nor the other Decepticons directly confirm that the Dark Energon is affecting Trypticon himself, despite every other piece of ''Aligned'' fiction identifying the ''Nemesis'' as Trypticon's reformatted body, ''The Art of Prime'' would later confirm it; however for some reason, during the series the ship was always addressed as "the Decepticon warship", and only once as "the ''Nemesis''" (by the Autobots, no less).
[[File:TFP_Trypticon_crop.jpeg|thumb|left|Megatron [[Mode lock|terrorize]] Trypticon? Trypticon... [[Activation code|terrorize!]]]]
* There was concept art for Trypticon's alternate mode to use in "[[Flying Mind]]". However, no such plot was employed.

===Foreign names===
====''Nemesis''====
*''Japanese:'' '''''Nemesis''''' (ネメシス ''Nemeshisu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Bàoyìng Hào''''' (China, 报应号, "Retribution")
*''Russian:'' '''''Nemezida''''' (Немезида, "Nemesis")

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Cybonic plague

2019-08-12T22:48:59Z

Nhaz: /* Prime cartoon */

[[Image:Cybonicplague.jpg|300px|thumb|It makes you all rusty.]]
:''Cybonic plague is a disease from the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[continuity family]].
'''Cybonic plague''' is a virus developed by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to wipe out millions during the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] and is a product engineered by the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Biological Warfare Program|biological warfare program]].

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===

[[Image:SickMind-cureformula.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Before time began, there was... the Cure.]]
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] investigated [[Autobot plague ship|a crashed Autobot ship]] on [[Earth]] when they discovered every crew member had died from the plague. Optimus was infected when a corpse hanging above him dripped infected energon onto him.

Ratchet brought him back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]]. Realizing Megatron would have the cure, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] [[GroundBridge]]d to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. Discovering Megatron's comatose body, Bumblebee entered his mind via [[cortical psychic patch]] to convince him to give it to them. Megatron showed a hologram of the antidote to barter with Bumblebee, but Ratchet recorded it and was able to cure Optimus. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}
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==Notes==
*Cybonic plague is a reference to {{w|bubonic plague}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cyberlock virus''' (サイバーロック・ウイルス ''Saibārokku uirusu'')

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Speed Metal

2019-08-12T21:28:36Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 11
|prev=Deus ex Machina
|next=Predatory
|image=SpeedMetal-startyourengines.jpg
|caption=Temptation, thy name is woman!
|title="Speed Metal"
|airdate=[[April 9]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Dean Stefan]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Knock Out and Jack are both drawn into the world of street racing.'''

==Synopsis==
Cruising along a road at night, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] listens to a news report about illegal street racing. Switching it off, he pulls up alongside three other cars waiting to race. The [[Fast Willy|driver of one]] decides to put a long scratch in Knock Out's paintwork, rousing the [[Decepticon]]'s ire. After the race starts, Knock Out runs the other driver off the mountain road, informing the stunned human, "You scratch my paint, I scratch yours," before racing off.

[[File:SpeedMetal-whispering.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|There are so many captions for this, all of them dirty.]]

Outside the [[Memorial High School|high school]], [[Jack Darby|Jack]] encounters school bully [[Vince]], who mocks [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s vehicle mode. Jack and Arcee leave, but while stopped at a traffic light, Jack's called out to by [[Sierra]], who's keen on a ride. Before Jack can answer, Vince pulls up and challenges him to a race. Jack's still thinking about it when the light changes and Arcee takes off, reminding Jack of the rules about abusing their power. Vince catches up with them at the next light and insults Arcee's motorcycle mode, goading her to suspend the rules, just this once. The pair let Vince know they're ready for the race, and Sierra and [[Sierra's friend|her friend]] turn out at an old dirt road to spectate. Arcee's driving abilities far outstrip Vince's, and they win easily, but Arcee turns down Jack's suggestion that they should offer Sierra a lift.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] is buffing the comatose [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] wanders in to check on the patient and wonders aloud where Knock Out's got to. The 'Con himself walks in a few moments later, complaining about the scratch some "skinjob" put in his finish. Starscream is most disapproving that Knock Out's been street racing again, though what ''really'' annoys him is Knock Out's failure—and glib refusal—to refer to Starscream as "Lord".

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Arcee reminds Jack not to tell anyone about the race, but it turns out [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] already know, having heard about it at school. Jack swears them to secrecy.

At school, Sierra tells Jack she was impressed with the outcome of the race, but Vince challenges Jack to race again, this time at the circuit. Jack's compelled to agree, but Arcee flatly refuses to race.

Knock Out is out cruising a road somewhere near [[Jasper]], when a speeding street racer car gets his attention, and he heads toward the town.

Jack asks Raf if he can borrow [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] so he can go street racing. Raf isn't so sure (much to Bumblebee's dismay), but Miko and Jack talk him into it. Jack and Bumblebee haul up at the race track, as does Knock Out. As the race begins and Bumblebee and Vince jostle for lead position, Knock Out recognizes Bumblebee and begins chasing the Autobot while firing. Jack finds he has problems overcoming the communications barrier with 'Bee.

Back at base, Miko and Raf are playing a [[Generic racing game|video game]] when Arcee asks them if they've seen Jack. They attempt to cover for their friend, but Arcee immediately works out what's up, and a short time later, Bumblebee's distress call comes though.

Bumblebee dumps some [[oil]] to slow Knock Out down, then ducks under a bridge. At first, it seems they've lost the Decepticon, but Vince hauls in to confront Jack and demand he finish the race. Jack tries to warn Vince of the danger, but Vince's headlights have attracted Knock Out, who grabs the boy, renders him unconscious, drives off. Knock Out contacts Breakdown to announce he's captured Bumblebee's human "friend". Arcee and Bulkhead join Bumblebee, but before Arcee can start a lecture, Jack tells her about Vince, and they head off to mount a rescue.

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] walks into the base and wonders where everyone else is. Raf and Miko give him the least convincing replies ever.

[[File:PrimeScreamer'sFingerOfDoom.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|"Not the gumdrop buttons!"]]

The three Autobots track Knock Out to a warehouse area, and Bulkhead and Bumblebee stroll in while Arcee scales a nearby water tower. Bulkhead and Bumblebee are ambushed by Breakdown. Just as Knock Out is wondering where Arcee is, she jumps on top of him. Knock Out decides to bail, but at least has the courtesy to radio Breakdown and let him know. Unfortunately, the call distracts Breakdown long enough for Bulkhead to deck him with a street lamp. Knock Out streaks down a road with Arcee in pursuit, but is suddenly sideswiped by Optimus, who knocks him onto the embankment. With the 'Con unable to flee, Optimus rips his door off and retrieves the unconscious Vince. Knock Out is outraged at the damage done to him, but retreats when the rest of the Autobots arrive. Vince finally recovers in Bumblebee on the way back to his car, and Jack spins a story to cover the whole thing.

Starscream is ''very'' upset with Knock Out's disobedience. Knock Out assures Starscream that he's learned his lesson and been punished sufficiently, but once again addresses Starscream as 'Commander'. Angered, Starscream informs him that his punishment will be complete when ''he'' says so, and gives him more scratches to his paint job.

At school again, Sierra asks Jack for a ride, but he turns her down. Arcee, however, is feeling more accommodating—just this once—and soon Jack and Sierra are zooming through town.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (14)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (9)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Starter Guy]] (2)
*[[Fast Willy]] (3)
*[[Jack Darby]] (4)
*[[Vince]] (6)
*[[Sierra]] (7)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (8)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Uh, Jack? A lady's vital stats are her own business."
:—'''Arcee''' doesn't want Jack bragging about the different aspects of her body.

"Winning isn't enough, Jack. You want to make him ''cry''."
:—'''Arcee''' explains her method of getting even.

"No worries, ''Herr Kommandant''." 
"It is 'Lord' to you." 
"Only if Megatron takes a nosedive." 
"''Hhhnnn.'' The day our master emerges from stasis, I will graciously relinquish the title. But I believe that outcome is unlikely. Something to do with the quality of medical care around here. So continue ''buffing''. We do want Megatron looking his best for the memorial." 
(''Starscream leaves the room.'') 
"Buff ''this''."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' don't exactly see optic-to-optic.

'''Arcee''': Have you guys seen Jack? 
'''Miko''': ...not since we last saw him. 
'''Arcee''': They're racing, aren't they? 
'''Raf''': Just this once. 
'''Arcee''': Did you know about this? 
'''Bulkhead''': NO. Maybe. A little.
:—No one on [[Team Prime]] can lie.

"'Bee, do not engage. Your first priority is to keep Jack safe. [''murmurs''] Until I get my hands on him."
:—'''Arcee''' is a scary guardian.

[[File:SpeedMetal-OptimusEyebrow.gif|thumb|upright=1.8|"You are either lying or you're stupid."]]

'''Raf''': We should just tell Optimus the truth. 
'''Miko''': Absolutely not! We made a deal. Just act completely normal. 
'''Optimus''': Raf, Miko, do either of you know where the others have gone? 
'''Miko''': Why, no, sir. We do not know. 
'''Raf''': ''(stiffly)'' Miko is correct. We do not know. 
'''Miko''': Why would we know? 
'''Optimus''': Hmm...
:—Seriously, it's a minor miracle the kids haven't blown their cover with their parents yet.

"Do you know how hard that is to replace?!"
:—'''Knock Out''' loses a door to Optimus Prime.

"Knock Out! Was I not clear? You have defied my orders yet again!" 
"My mistake, Commander Starscream. But, I've learned my lesson... and paid the price. 
"It. Is. '''LORD'''! And you have paid when I say you have paid! ''[extends a sharpened finger]'' Do not worry, your punishment shall be merely... cosmetic." 
"No, not the finish! Anything but the finish! ''[the "cosmetic punishment" begins offscreen]'' NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
:—<s>Commander</s> '''LORD Starscream''' reminds '''Knock Out''' where he stands.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out calls Fast Willy a "skinjob," a derogatory slang term used to refer to the human-like {{w|Cylon (reimagining)|Cylons}} in the 2004 re-imagining of ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica}}'', itself an homage to ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''.
* Vince refers to Jack as "Ponch", a motorcycle-based reference to Erik Estrada's cycle-riding cop character from ''{{w|CHiPs}}''.
* Knock Out calls Starscream "Herr Kommandant", a reference to ''{{w|Hogan's Heroes}}''.
* "Drucker's Ranch" is presumably a reference to [[Steve Drucker]], longtime [[Hasbro]] creative person.

===Errors===
* During the whole scene where Knock Out crashes Fast Willy, we can see that Knock Out's rims are red and silver instead of his yellow rims, after that they are back to their usual color.
* Sierra and her friend hold their books back-to-front. This is not [[The Jasper Daily|uncommon]].
* When Jack and Arcee stop at the second traffic light, Arcee's front wheel is shown not moving at all, as if it were sliding on the asphalt instead of spinning.
* When Arcee and Jack drive along the street (while debating Jack's decision to accept Vince's second challenge), all the traffic lights are shown as if they were upside down; red lights are in the place of green lights and vice versa.
* Vince challenges Jack to a race on a "dirt road", but the road they race on is sealed and marked.
* Like in the [[Deus ex Machina|previous episode]], the clear parts of Arcee's chest are pink.
* While Knock Out drives away (after kidnapping Vince), and Jack turns to talk to Bumblebee, the former's rear-lights are white instead of red.
* Simply driving on oil, or bumping into another car, would not make any car instantly spin out, despite what decades of television and movies say.
* Despite school just getting out, when Jack, Vince, and Sierra are talking, the roads are empty.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode to premiere on a Saturday.
* Several of the other street racing cars in this episode are simply recolored variations of Bumblebee and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s alternate modes (sans horns in the case of the latter). Hello, easy [[redeco]]es!
* At least two of said cars never actually leave the starting line once the race begins.
* Sierra's friend continues to remain nameless, despite having appeared in more episodes than Sierra herself at this point. This girl really needs to introduce herself!
* Bumblebee's [[license plate]] is 936 SOH.
* How Many Rule 'No. #1's can the Autobots ''have''?
* In point-of-fact, it may have been better for Knock Out to stay with Breakdown rather than leave, seeing as he lost a door in addition to a nasty scratch.
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Bulkhead's Biggest Battle]]''.
* This was the final episode in which G1 veteran [[Susan Blu]] served as voice director.
* Knock Out reacts more painfully to his finish getting scratched than his door getting ripped off (his immediate complaint is that it's hard to replace). Maybe because it's kibble, it feels more like clothing than part of his body?

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nur dieses eine Mal!'''" ("Only Once This Time!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 2|2 December]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gyorsulási verseny'''" ("Drag Race")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 23|23 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Balapan Liar'''" ("Wild Racing")
:*''Original airdate:'' 14 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gare su strada'''" ("Road Races"), "'''La Gara'''" ("The Race", 2017 airing)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 30|30 October]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kasoku Henkei! Speed Shōbu!'''" (加速変形!スピード勝負!, "Acceleration Transformation! Speed Match!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 16|16 June]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jilju Bonneung'''" (질주 본능, "Instinct for Speed")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 3|3 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 19|19 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Racha'''" ("The Street Race")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 16|16 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Velocidad metal'''" ("Speed Metal")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2011]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 3: Nur dieses eine Mal ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Alien Threat (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 6 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 3: L'attaque des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 3: La furia dei Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Decepticons Unleashed ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK) 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Trypticon (WFC)

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{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambigm|Trypticon (disambiguation)|Nemesis (disambiguation)}}
:''Trypticon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:WFC One Shall Stand Trailer.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Yes, there was a grammatically incorrect caption regarding my discharge of energy weaponry. Why do you ask?]]
A titan of a Decepticon, '''Trypticon''' casts a vast shadow across the battlefield whenever he appears. Though he once turned into Trypticon Station, a neutral scientific outpost, Trypticon's intelligence is only just enough to make him an effective warrior, even if it hardly seems needed with his vast array of weapons. He is equally formidable in his alternate form of the Decepticons' fortress of a warship, the '''''Nemesis''''', even after a [[space bridge]] accident sent his personality into [[stasis lock|stasis]]. Carrying [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and the remnants of his Decepticon uprising, the ''Nemesis'' is still a force to be reckoned with.

{{quote|You cannot stop me, Autobots. I am... Trypticon. I am... your death.|Trypticon, before he goes [[Godzilla]] on everyone|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Prior to the war, Trypticon Station was used for research that could not be conducted planetside, including the first forays into sequestering the [[Dark Energon]] that had resulted from [[Unicron]]'s attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Its security was seen to by the [[Seeker (body-type)#Aligned continuity|Seeker]] caste. There were records that indicated that at the time Dark Energon was placed aboard by an ancient High Council, the station underwent a major overhaul: [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] confirmed that it was given a spark and made a living being at that point. [[Air Commander]] [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] was one of the few with knowledge of its secrets. As a result, he ordered his forces to occupy it after the capture of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Megatron and his growing Decepticon army. Megatron decided he tired of negotiations and took Trypticon Station by force. Upon Starscream's return to the station, Megatron pressed the Seeker and ultimately gained access to the facility's research on Dark Energon. Megatron noted to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] that there was potential for a spark within Trypticon, though Shockwave pointed out the [[Well of All Sparks|Well]] no longer produced sparks. Megatron suggested he use the sparks of the scientists killed and maimed in the seize of Trypticon to give life to the station.

The supplies of Dark Energon from the initial harvest were slender, so Megatron required the means to transfer large quantities of [[energon]] to the station so that they could be converted into the rarer resource. As Trypticon Station was configured to receive fuel from the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] in [[Crystal City]], the Decepticons were able to transfer an initial supply, but not nearly enough for the ravenous rate at which they were consuming Dark Energon. This was eventually remedied by Megatron's capture of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], which provided a nearly unlimited source of fuel directly from Cybertron's core.

After a team led by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ventured into the planet's core to cut off the transfer, Megatron decided to switch tactics. He allowed Shockwave to apply the experimental knowledge he had gleaned over the course of the war, and Trypticon was granted true life, including the ability to shape its corridors into a dizzying array of defense drones and [[Mini-Con|Minicon]]s. Ultimately, a team of Autobots aboard the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' found a gap in the station's external defenses and managed to venture within and knock the behemoth from orbit.

Victory was brief, however, as Trypticon revealed a robot form and crawled from the wreckage planetside. Though initially the [[Wrecker]]s and [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] were tasked with keeping the gargantuan Decepticon away from the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' launch, this proved to be in vain, as Megatron boarded Trypticon along with a hand-picked crew of the Decepticon elite. Transforming into a ''Nemesis''-class battleship, Trypticon pursued the ''Ark'' to, and subsequently through, the last remaining functional [[space bridge]] in Cybertronian orbit. As the ''Ark'' emerged in unknown space, the ''Nemesis'' was nowhere within sensor range. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

The ''Nemesis'' was heavily damaged due to its traveling through the last remaining, yet faulty, space bridge, and thus Trypticon's sentient functionality and transformation abilities were lost, perhaps forever. Megatron didn't care too much. The ''Nemesis'' was still a functioning, fearsome battleship, and that's all he required. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

The ''Nemesis'' detected an Autobot distress call, which turned out to be a trick devised by the [[Star Seeker]]s, who wanted to destroy the Decepticons. The ''Nemesis'' and the Star Seeker flagship, the ''[[Tidal Wave (Prime)|Tidal Wave]],'' engaged in dogfight with the ''Nemesis'', on account of its greater mobility and the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]'s poor heat dissipation, emerging victorious.

Soon after, the ''Nemesis'' arrived in orbit around [[Aquatron]], engaging the ''Ark'' orbital firefight visible to the Autobots on the planet's surface before it used a [[tractor beam]] to try and cripple the Autobot ship. In response, the [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]] launched and combined into [[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] who cut a swath of destruction through the ''Nemesis'' as he made his way to the engine room. In such a confined space however, the [[combiner]]'s bulk proved more of a detriment than an advantage and Megatron was able to expel him from the warship. Though [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] attempted to then ram the ''Ark'' into the ''Nemesis'', a much more powerful tractor beam, fired by the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]] immobilized both ships.

The senior staff was invited down to the surface where the Curator revealed himself to be a [[Quintesson]] and that the species was now peaceful, being eager to act as a neutral third party in resolving the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]]. The next morning however, it was revealed that that was not the case and the rogue creations of [[Quintus Prime]] made another attempt to conquer Cybertron. When Megatron was taken prisoner, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] fled back to the ''Nemesis'' and took over, continually delaying a rescue of Megatron, until [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] saw the ''Ark'' head towards the planet for a rescue mission, and followed suit. In his haste, Soundwave essentially crashed into the city of [[Hydratron]], taking out most of the city's defenses with it, but immobilizing the ''Nemesis''. When the Curator started to sink Hydratron, the ''Ark'' used its tow cables to lift the ''Nemesis'' upwards, bolstered by Superion, but once they'd cleared the planet's gravity well, the Autobots left the immobilized Decepticons to their repairs. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)|[[Engelbert von Nordhausen]] (German), [[Octavio Rojas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Tero Koponen]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:Nemesis-Primepainting.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|This doesn't look like [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] at all!]]

Long after Cybertron had been rendered uninhabitable, the ''Nemesis'' was in orbit of the planet when Starscream's [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] forces captured the Autobots [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], the latter of whom had received a coded Autobot transmission. Starscream attempted to gain this information by torturing and then imprisoning Cliffjumper alongside Arcee on board the ''Nemesis'', but failed to get any satisfaction. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

The ''Nemesis'' served as the Decepticons' primary base of operations during their time on [[Earth]]. Constantly moving through the skies of the planet and cloaked against detection by either Autobot or human systems, it provided the villains with a mobile headquarters that allowed them to often remain one step ahead of their adversaries.

Sometime after arriving on Earth, Cliffjumper got a taste of the power of the ''Nemesis'' first-hand when he found it hovering over an [[Energon]]-filled crater, and it opened fire on him. Captured by Vehicons and brought aboard, Cliffjumper was slain on the ship's bridge by his old adversary Starscream, his body unable to be reclaimed by his fellow Autobots due to the ship's perpetual cloaking field hiding its location. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Soon after, Starscream relinquished command of the ''Nemesis'' to Megatron when he returned from his three-year sojourn in deep space, {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} but when he left to explore the properties of [[Dark Energon]], control of the craft returned to Starscream, who had the Autobots' human ally [[William Fowler]] captured and brought to the ship's brig for interrogation. The Autobots subsequently invaded the ship on a rescue mission, during which [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] damaged the ship's interstellar navigation array, {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} leaving it unable to triangulate co-ordinates for the Decepticons' new orbital space bridge. [[File:Masters&Students-Nemesisbridgescreen.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|The ''Nemesis'' bridge must be great for watching the Super Bowl.]] Using a human installation as a substitute, the Decepticons moved the ''Nemesis'' into space so Megatron could send Dark Energon through the bridge to Cybertron, but when the Autobots sabotaged the bridge and caused it to explode, Starscream betrayed Megatron, moving the ''Nemesis'' out of range and leaving the Decepticon leader to be consumed in the blast. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}


Although Starscream was re-instated as commander of the ''Nemesis'' with Megatron's seeming death, the crew responded unenthusiastically to his dramatic first address. Soon after, when it was discovered that Megatron had actually survived the explosion thanks to Dark Energon, his stasis-locked body became a fixture of the ship's medical bay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} The ship later gained another new resident in the Autobot [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], who was captured and locked up in the brig while the evil [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] took his place among the Autobots before escaping. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:OutHead-Arcticbeam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Romulans!]]

When the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s electromagnetic shielding broke while orbiting above [[China]], the Autobots were able to locate the ship and infiltrate it in hopes of locating a cure for the [[Cybonic plague]] Optimus Prime had recently become infected with. Although successful, their actions set in motion the reawakening of Megatron, {{storylink|Sick Mind}} who returned to life and retook command in the middle of Starscream's newest plan, which involved equipping the ''Nemesis'' with a powerful heat ray. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}} With Megatron back in charge, the ''Nemesis'' continued its stoic, continuous motion around the Earth, at one point moving out of Earth's atmosphere and into orbit. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

As the Decepticons began looking for components for their new space bridge, the ''Nemesis'' returned to Earth's atmosphere and headed for a human military installation so Megatron could personally steal the new power source it contained. Optimus Prime and Bulkhead made it aboard the ''Nemesis'' and stole the power source back, but Optimus proceeded to go on a rampage through the ship's corridors until Megatron had him [[GroundBridge]]d out. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} Megatron subsequently left the ''Nemesis'' under [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s command while he prostrated himself before [[Unicron]], {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} who took the ship back to orbit. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}} When Airachnid attempted to incite rebellion among the crew, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] smacked her down and took charge of the ''Nemesis'' until Megatron returned with an amnesiac Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Though the Decepticons tried their best to keep "Orion Pax" in the dark, they had a security lapse when Arcee managed to get on board to hunt for the lost Autobot leader. Soundwave was able to get her back off the ship through deft use of the GroundBridge. It happened again sometime later when Starscream sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s and stumbled on Orion. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Starscream fled the ship, but his visit raised Orion's suspicions and he accessed the Decepticon database to find out the truth. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} The Decepticons had a full log of his activities and he was left under Vehicon guard to continue his work, but soon broke free and left the ship to help the Autobots. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

In control of a vast swarm of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]], Airachnid launched an attack on the ''Nemesis'' in an attempt to kill Megatron. Meanwhile, Starscream was ''also'' gunning for Megatron after creating several clones of himself, which he dispatched to the ''Nemesis''. In the middle of these attempted coups was a very confused Bulkhead who was inadvertently beamed up to the ''Nemesis'' whilst investigating an energon signal. Seeking an avenue of escape, he crippled the ship's power core, causing it to crash land and allowing Bulkhead to escape in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Megatron infused the ship's core with Dark Energon, bringing it back online, but also awakening the ship's mind. It immediately began its mission, decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database and heading towards the first of the coordinates in [[New York City]]. When the Decepticons resisted, the warship put them all into stasis. Fowler and the three kids GroundBridged aboard, and the ship at first failed to detect them as it wasn't scanning for organic life, which gave them the opportunity to try to reverse the ship's energon supply. Though the warship tried to stop them, they succeeded, and the warship returned to its mindless state. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

During the hunt for the relics, [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] was infected with a virus by Ratchet so when Soundwave returned to the ship, the Iacon database was transmitted to the Autobot mainframe. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}

Tensions rose between [[Hardshell|Hardshell]], Knock Out, the Insecticons and the rank and file Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'', leading to an all-out brawl. {{storylink|Hurt}}

MECH leader [[Silas]] - integrated into the corpse of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] - approached the Decepticons in an attempt to join their ranks, offering [[Project Damocles]], a space-based particle cannon, as a token of friendship. The Decepticons launched an operation to retrieve the satellite weapon's interface codes from human military servers while the ''Nemesis'' deployed Damocles into space. Though the weapon worked as intended, the Autobots and their human allies ultimately destroyed Damocles, and for his failure Silas was dragged away to Knock Out's dissection table on the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

The ''Nemesis'' was deployed to a set of coordinates from the Iacon database that indicated the resting place of an ancient relic. There, Megatron discovered that the relic was the legendary [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], a weapon of immense power, and one that must not fall into the hands of Optimus Prime. After failing to retrieve the weapon or otherwise blast it out himself, he ordered the Decepticons to carve out the massive boulder in which the sword was embedded so the ''Nemesis'' could carry it away. As it was in the process of doing so, the Autobots suddenly attacked, with Optimus Prime charging in after the Star Saber. Despite Megatron's best efforts, Optimus managed to pull the sword from the boulder and then cleaved the rock in twain when Megatron had the ''Nemesis'' drop it on the Autobot leader out of spite. As Megatron watched on helplessly, Optimus followed this up by unleashing a wave of energy at the ''Nemesis'' which destroyed part of its engine array, causing it to narrowly miss crashing into a mountainside and forcing the ship to limp away. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

[[File:DarkestHour-Basedestroyed.JPG‎|thumb|upright=1.67|The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.]]

The ''Nemesis'' flew Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] to the Decepticons' space bridge orbiting the dark side of the Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] when they returned to Cybertron to find a way to counter the Star Saber's power. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} When [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was determined to be an [[Omega Key]], he was captured and brought aboard the ship. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After being interrogated via cortical psychic patch, the Autobot stole the Keys stored aboard the ''Nemesis'', and escaped by literally jumping ship. Starscream later returned to the ship with all four Keys in an effort to return to the Decepticons, {{storylink|Inside Job}} and is allowed to once he is deemed fit to return by Megatron after a cortical psychic patch. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}} An enraged and disillusioned Dreadwing steals the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and gives it to the Autobots, and is killed in the ship's medical bay by Megatron when he tried to kill Starscream. The ship later flew Megatron and an army of flying Vehicons to the space bridge when the time came for a battle on Cybertron over the [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} When Megatron created a [[Darkmount (Earth)|new fortress]] on Earth with the Omega Lock's power, the ''Nemesis'' arrived in [[Jasper]], and was the launch point for the assault on the newly discovered [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]]. As the battle between the Autobots' [[Wheeljack (Prime)|other]] [[William Fowler|allies]] and the Decepticons' flyers raged, the ''Nemesis'' positioned itself over the base. When the battle had ended (with Wheeljack being shot down and Fowler forced to retreat), the ''Nemesis'' fired a colossal cannon on the base, destroying the mountain. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

The ''Nemesis'' was docked at Darkmount with the Decepticons now using the fortress as their main base of operations. However, the ship was still used for coordinating attacks {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} as well as storage of the Forge, the stasis-locked Airachnid, the Apex Armor, and the Star Saber. Smokescreen retrieved the Forge from the ship when prompted to save a dying Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The ''Nemesis'' was finally deployed once again when an Autobot assault destroyed Darkmount, the Decepticons regrouping on board the ship. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

The ''Nemesis'' had a kennel set up for [[Predaking (Prime)|the Predacon]], where Starscream failed to train it. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} The ship's communication dish was damaged by the beast, blacking out Decepticon communications, and Starscream unsuccessfully tried to have it repaired before Megatron found out. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}} Soon afterwards, Starscream and Knock Out's experiment to create an army of super-soldiers backfired spectacularly when Cylas was turned into a Terrorcon that drained Energon from a victim. The ensuing battle spread all over the warship, and resulted in Cylas's death, and Airachnid being freed from her stasis pod, though she and her Insecticon army were bridged to a moon of Cybertron by Soundwave. The Decepticons' numbers were severely depleted with the loss of the Insecticons and more than half of their remaining troops. {{storylink|Thirst}}

[[File:Deadlock-NemesiswithLock.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Megatron: "Shockwave, lock onto those coordinates and fire the Omega Lock!" Shockwave: "Your redundancy is most illogical, my liege."]]
When Megatron resolved to rebuild the Omega Lock, {{storylink|Minus One}} it was constructed on the underbelly of the ''Nemesis'' by the time Ratchet had been brought aboard to finish his work on synthetic Energon. {{storylink|Persuasion}} When the formula was completed, Ratchet made a run for it and tried to sabotage his work, but was caught in a hallway of the ship. He was given to Predaking for execution, but he turned the juggernaut on the Decepticons, triggering a rampage in which many Vehicons were slaughtered. Megatron was able to defeat Predaking and ejected him from the ship, {{storylink|Synthesis}} but he still clung onto the ship while Ratchet brought the Autobots on board to take the warship. As Optimus and Megatron dueled, and the latter's lieutenants fought Arcee, Ratchet and Smokescreen, Jack and the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]-clad Miko took the bridge, banishing Soundwave to the shadowzone, while the Wreckers took on the rest of the Vehicons aboard the ship. When Megatron was killed by Bumblebee, Starscream and Shockwave fled along with what remained of the Vehicons, leaving the ship in Autobot control. The team took the ship to Cybertron, using the Omega Lock to revive the planet through the Well of All Sparks, and parking the ''Nemesis'' on the surface of the restored Cybertron, while Predaking flew off for parts unknown. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

The Autobots used the ship as a base during their work, keeping the remaining Decepticons in a cell. It was taken into battle for the last time when Unicron returned to the planet, raising an army of Terrorcons with which to destroy Primus. The warship didn't last long before it was shot down and crashed near the Well of All Sparks. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
While navigating a storm, the Vehicons had a particularly hard time piloting the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron later brought the ''Nemesis'' to the [[Erta Ale volcano]] so he could force Starscream to partake in gladiatorial combat there. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

Some time later, Bulkhead was taken prisoner aboard the ''Nemesis'' and put in confinement within an [[Ultra Prison]]. When the Autobots turned up to rescue their comrades, they blew a massive hole in the hull on their way out of the warship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Trypticon acted as Megatron's personal weapon of mass destruction. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Nightra]] claimed that bounty hunter [[Blastwave]] was actually an escapee from "Trypticon Prison", implying that the ''Nemesis'' was converted for penitentiary duties following the rebirth of Cybertron. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:NemesisXmas.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Be very glad Trypticon isn't active to see this.]]
Two Vehicons, caught up in the holiday spirit of [[Christmas]]time, extensively decorated the ''Nemesis'' with lights, trees, and a moving reindeer that flatly droned "HO HO HO". Megatron, infuriated by the spectacle, demanded the capture of whoever was responsible so they could face punishment. The guilty Vehicons meekly kept their mouths shut. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}
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==Games==
===''War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}

{{quote|Ha! Ha! Ha! You haven't defeated me, Autobots. You have only untethered your own destroyer!|Trypticon decides to freak out the Aerialbots|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

[[File:WFC-Trypticontrackingdescent.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|'CUZ I'M FREE! FREE FALLIN'!]]

Before war broke out, Trypticon Station was connected to the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] so the scientists aboard could fulfill their many experiments. The crew experimented with [[Dark Energon]], its effects ravaging a portion of the outer hull, the section being eventually sealed off. High in orbit, the station missed out on most of Cybertron's technological leaps, its technology being considered "ancient" by the time of the Great War.

When war broke out, the station was assaulted by Megatron for the Dark Energon, the [[Decepticon leader]] proving able to tame its awesome power. Erroneously believing he could use Dark Energon to bring all of Cybertron under his command, Megatron had Starscream restart the Energon Bridge, bringing the station back to full operational capacity.

After Optimus Prime learnt how badly the [[Core]] had been corrupted, he ordered the [[Autobot fleet]] to abandon the planet only for Megatron to have the station target the evacuation ships. Optimus scrambled the Aerialbots into action, but only [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]], and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] managed to breach the station's defences. The three fliers aimed to sabotage the station's coolant but failed to account for back-up systems allowing the bombing to continue. As the trio ventured further into the station, the station revealed itself to be a monstrous [[Titan (group)|Titan]] known as Trypticon who turned his weapon first on various Cybertronian landmarks, such as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]'s [[Vaults]], the [[Hall of Ancients]], the [[Stellar Galleries]] and the [[Code Archives]], before finally acquiring the coordinates for Optimus Prime. As the Titan charged his weapon, the fliers destroyed his [[Transformation cog|conversion cog]], reverting him to his [[robot mode]].

[[File:WFC-Trypticonyoulost.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Well hello it's me, the giant.]]

Despite the cog's destruction, Trypticon continued unabated, using his [[jet pack]] and mouth laser to continue his attack before the pack was destroyed and the Titan fell outside Iacon. Optimus, [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]], and Bumblebee went to investigate the crash and battled the Titan, first overloading his shoulder-mounted weapons systems, then attacking his heat vents, before destroying Trypticon's auxillary power cores. Defeated, Trypticon made a last-ditch effort to attack, but lost his balance and fell into an energon lake below when Optimus Prime unleashed an energy wave with his [[energon-axe]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}
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===''Cybertron Adventures''===
After his weapons were restored, Trypticon made a stand for the Decepticons and started destroying Autobots. Optimus, convincing the Autobots to keep the fight going, made a stand with Bumblebee and Ironhide. The bad news was that Trypticon's only weak spot was in his mouth, but the good news was the Autobots didn't give up.

After half of his health depleted, Trypticon made one more stand, and used his true power. Even though the blasts were powerful, Optimus and the Autobots fired one huge blast, making the monster fall to his demise. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures|Cybertron Adventures}}

===''War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[File:WFC-TrypticonDS.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Megatron conquered Trypticon Space Station to manufacture Dark Energon to aid in his planet-wide conquest. However, Megatron found he needed to access the Core of Cybertron to continue to power their Dark Energon supply. Upon defeating Autobot leader Zeta Prime, and later Omega Supreme, Megatron succeeded in his quest.

However, not too long afterwards, newly ascended Autobot leader Optimus Prime freed the Core from the Dark Energon, and ordered a planet-wide evacuation of the population from Cybertron. Megatron began using Trypticon Space Station to fire upon the evacuating Autobot masses, prompting a strike from Optimus' team. The Autobots were able to make Trypticon Space Station crash to Cybertron... only for it to transform into a city-sized Decepticon dinosaur. Luckily, Optimus and his 'bots finally defeated the titan, and ended the threat of Dark Energon for good. {{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron}}
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===''Fall of Cybertron''===
{{bigquote|Trypticon. If you can hear me, know that this is not a rescue mission. Despite your immense power, you failed to destroy the Autobots. You failed '''me'''. Henceforth, your chassis will be altered and redesigned to ''my'' specifications.|Megatron, upset that he didn't get to be the final boss of the first game}}

[[File:Nemesis FOC.jpg|thumb|left]]

After his defeat at the hands of Optimus Prime, Trypticon's body was salvaged from the Energon pool and dismantled, kept in (still very large) pieces. Though Optimus had severe reservations about this, he justified it based on the many Autobot lives Trypticon had taken.

Sometime later, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] informed Megatron of a [[Earth|planet]] rich with resources that they could reach by space bridge, and all they needed was a vessel to take them there. While the scientist worked on the space bridge, the leader led an assault on the labs where Trypticon's body parts were being held. Though having only come to scavenge pieces of the Titan to build a new space cruiser, the Decepticons soon found that Trypticon was still alive and thus, his own starship mode could be utilized for their purposes. Soundwave was able to reassemble Trypticon, though the Titan remained in deep stasis, but before he could commence repairs Megatron overruled him, stating that, since he'd failed in his task of destroying the Autobots, he would be transformed into warship form, even as Soundwave warned that the damage meant Trypticon would be trapped in [[alternate mode]], the Titan giving only a growl as the procedure commenced. Once Soundwave's work was complete, the ''Nemesis'', as it was now referred to, pursued the ''Ark'' as it departed Cybertron, and engaged it in a fierce ship-to-ship battle in front of the wormhole of a space bridge. As Optimus and Megatron duelled, the space bridge began tearing both ships apart, and ultimately sucked both ships through to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
During the war, Starscream led a small group of Decepticons on a secret mission to Trypticon's wreckage to siphon energon from his remains for their own purposes. However, at the same time, the Autobot Jetfire arrived at Trypticon's remains on a mission of his own. Jetfire redirected Starscream's stolen energon to Trypticon's weapons systems, firing upon the Decepticon base [[Kolkular]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Bulkhead infiltrate the ''Nemesis'' to snatch away the Decepticons' Energon stores. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
[[File:Transformers prime the game trypticon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Looks like Tom Sawyer whitewashed the ''Nemesis''.]]

When a meteor of pure [[Dark Energon]] hurtled towards Earth, Megatron had the ''Nemesis'' intercept and tow it from an anchor point on the flight deck. When the Autobots boarded the warship, they severed the anchor, the Decepticons instantly switching to a backup towing system on the underbelly. When this too was destroyed, the meteor broke apart, Megatron ordering the ''Nemesis'' to where the largest chunk had landed while his forces hunted down the separated Autobots. When the ''Nemesis'' arrived, the immobilized [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] was duelling Optimus Prime, Megatron using the warship's artillery to quickly down the [[Herald of Unicron]]. When Thunderwing was brought aboard, and restrained in one of the ship's laboratories, he and Megatron reached an agreement that the Decepticons would repair the giant. The repairs were overseen by the captive Ratchet, himself coerced into cooperating by the captured Miko and Raf.

When Starscream was defeated by Bulkhead, the Wrecker forced him to let him onto the ''Nemesis'', Ratchet using this distraction to escape from Megatron and free Miko and Raf. When the trio chased Soundwave out of the ship's communication suite, they called in Arcee and Bumblebee who managed to defeat their Decepticon counterparts. Starscream meanwhile had lured Bulkhead into a trap, leaving him to the Vehicons, only to be defeated. Limping, Starscream made his way to Thunderwing, trying to steal away the monster's power core, only to be caught in the act by Megatron. At this moment, Thunderwing reactivated and installed the power core himself, breaking free of his restraints, and blasting through the upper hull to freedom. Though the ''Nemesis'' was left listing, the Autobots using the chaos to escape, it remained airborne. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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==Notes==
* Trypticon's head is available as a Fire Breather-type component for [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]]-class characters in ''Fall of Cybertron'' multiplayer.
* Trypticon has two seemingly conflicting origins in ''Exodus''. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] researches the station and discovers that in "ancient times" it was secretly "recreated" from a simple space station and was raised to sentience, given a living [[spark]] (pg. 82) when [[Dark Energon]] was hidden aboard by an "ancient" iteration of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] headed by Sentinel Prime. Alpha Trion confirms this to be true. Beforehand, however [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] refers to the station as being "semi-sentient" and afterwards as a sparkless drone before Shockwave makes it into a Transformer with ''many'' sparks.
*When asked whether Trypticon was alive after that first sparking or not until Shockwave, [[Alex Irvine]] passed on commenting on the grounds that to do so would give something important away...
* In the end credits for ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'', Trypticon is briefly seen grappling with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Now if we had only seen ''that'' in gameplay.
** Rendering stills and commentary from [[High Moon Studios]] would later say that Trypticon was five times larger than Omega Supreme. Make of this what you will.
[[File:Trypticon Station.jpg|thumb|right]]
*Trypticon seems to suffer from mass-displacement. Considering the scale of his space station mode, he should be much bigger in robot form. In fact in Fall of Cybertron, he appears to be smaller (likely half the size he was in the last game). In ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]'' despite being transformed he's still large enough to house an entire level for Jetfire.
* In "[[Flying Mind]]", neither Megatron nor the other Decepticons directly confirm that the Dark Energon is affecting Trypticon himself, despite every other piece of ''Aligned'' fiction identifying the ''Nemesis'' as Trypticon's reformatted body, ''The Art of Prime'' would later confirm it; however for some reason, during the series the ship was always addressed as "the Decepticon warship", and only once as "the ''Nemesis''" (by the Autobots, no less).
[[File:TFP_Trypricon_crop.jpeg|thumb|left]]
* There was concept art for Trypticon's alternate mode to use in "[[Flying Mind]]". However, no such plot was employed.

===Foreign names===
====''Nemesis''====
*''Japanese:'' '''''Nemesis''''' (ネメシス ''Nemeshisu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Bàoyìng Hào''''' (China, 报应号, "Retribution")
*''Russian:'' '''''Nemezida''''' (Немезида, "Nemesis")

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2019-08-12T10:51:59Z

Nhaz:

Concept art of [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s robot mode for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode ''[[Flying Mind]]'', from ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]''.

© [[2013]], [[Hasbro]]

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2019-08-12T10:50:30Z

Nhaz: Concept art of Trypticon's robot mode for the ''Transformers: Prime'' episode ''Flying Mind'', from ''Transformers: The Art of Prime''.

Concept art of [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s robot mode for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode ''[[Flying Mind]]'', from ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]''.

Mighty Big Trouble

2019-08-04T22:30:23Z

Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 43
|image=TRID S2 E17 MBT MSS.jpg
|caption=WHOSO PULLETH OUT THIS SWORD...
|prev=Pretzel Logic
|next=Mini-Con Madness (RID)
|title="Mighty Big Trouble"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[November 12]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Johnny Hartmann]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}

'''Sideswipe puts his foot in his mouth and Clawtrap digs up something Starscream is more than happy to relieve him of.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|To make extra-super-jumbo-sized omelettes...]]
The team return from a mission in [[Egypt]] with a new relic. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] identifies it as a [[high energy pulse generator]], which could produce short, intense energy bursts that could shut down or destroy a bot's neural net. Unfortunately, [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] trip up on the sand and accidentally activate it. When the Mini-Cons trip themselves up, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] slashes the generator apart with his [[Decepticon Hunter]] before it can fry their brains. Sideswipe then makes a few jokes at the Mini-Cons' expense, something no one finds funny, particularly the Mini-Cons.

At an uncrewed, automated cargo vessel, the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] arrive in [[Weaponizers' ship|their shuttle]]. They're [[Cybertronian technology finder|tracking]] something that's giving off more power than they've ever found before. [[Clawtrap]], [[Thermidor]], and [[Scatterspike]] grab three Mini-Cons for a power boost before they start searching the ocean, leaving [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] with the rest. The trio soon come across [[Dark Star Saber|a sinister-looking sword]] buried in the ocean floor.

[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] asks Fixit if there's any sign of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], but there's still nothing. Sideswipe tries to join in with humor, but he's met with cold reception from the others and silence from Fixit. Sideswipe makes a half-hearted apology to Fixit but he only leaves. Bumblebee and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] tell him he needs to make a proper, sincere apology.

The Scavengers emerge from the ocean with their prize. However, as soon as their back is turned, the Mini-Cons steal their ship and fly off. Moments later, a portal opens and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] emerges from it, demanding to know where ''his'' Mini-Cons are. Clawtrap is shocked that the Mini-Cons have been running from Starscream and tries to cut a deal as the rest of Starscream's crew comes out of the portal. Then Starscream sees the sword and identifies it as the Dark Star Saber. Starscream takes the sword and boasts with it and the Mini-Cons, he'll able to not only take revenge on [[Megatron (WFC)|his old master]], but conquer galaxies. He demonstrates its power by sending Paralon, Scatterspike, and Thermidor into the ocean with an energy wave, though the Saber starts resisting afterwards. Starscream demands Clawtrap tell him where the Mini-Cons are and sends the Scavenger into the sea after learning the Mini-Cons have fled. [[Shadelock]] points out that Starscream doesn't need the Mini-Cons with the Dark Star Saber, but Starscream disagrees. He tells [[RoughEdge]] to bring his ship down from orbit and start scanning for the Mini-Cons' energy signatures.

[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|There ''will'' be Brawl.]]

Sideswipe tries to think of a way to ''properly'' apologize to the Mini-Cons, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] suggests he use flowers and a poem. Bumblebee and Strongarm discuss how the new Mini-Cons seemed reluctant to aid their Decepticon partners as well as how powerful they are. Fixit notes that there is a strong symbiosis between Weaponizer and Bot; the host gets powered up, though it's unknown to what extent. And yet Bumblebee felt that the Weaponizer was holding back for some reason. Unknown to them, [[Aerobolt]] infiltrates the scrapyard and disables the defenses, allowing the other Weaponizers to get in to look for the Cybertronian tech they detected so they can modify their ship.

Jetstorm and Slipstream spar and complain about Sideswipe's behavior when they hear a noise. Spotting [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] and thinking they can handle one Mini-Con, the duo attack him only to soon find themselves surrounded by the Weaponizers. Sideswipe tries to deliver an apologetic poem to Fixit, but it's less than impressive. The team soon hears the fight and rush to investigate. The Autobots arrive just after Jetstorm and Slipstream are disarmed and knocked down. Despite trying to keep the Weaponizers out of their hands, the Mini-Cons seize control of the Autobots one by one. Fixit comes across the controlled Autobots and claims he'll be on vacation on [[Alpha Centauri]] before trying to run. Sawtooth stops Tricerashot from pursuing Fixit and reminds him they're only here for the H.E.P. generator. When Fixit tells them it was destroyed, the Weaponizers abandon their hosts and leave. The Autobots give chase while [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] leaves his students behind in case they return.

[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I can't quite be a racist against a race that doesn't exist. Like the Clorfors. Dirty money-grubbing Clorfors. Tried to clorf me right out of my money. Blew those little bastards up is what I did.]]
However, as soon as the Autobots leave, a [[GroundBridge]] portal opens and Starscream's crew emerge. Shadelock mistakes the Autobots' Mini-Cons for the Weaponizers and captures them, taking them back to Starscream. The Decepticon commander is annoyed that his men have brought him the wrong Mini-Cons. Fixit tries to clear up the confusion, but soon lets slip that Bumblebee is his commanding officer. Starscream is delighted by this news.

[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Oh please, if I'm as evil as you say I am then let Primus strike me down where I stand.]]

The Autobots return to the scrapyard to check on the Mini-Cons, only for [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and Russell to tell them that Decepticons have captured them. Starscream soon sends a holographic message to Bumblebee, saying he's willing to return their Mini-Cons if Bumblebee surrenders. Bumblebee drops his Decepticon hunter and Starscream opens a GroundBridge for him to step through. Bumblebee promises his team this isn't over before going through. Sideswipe and Drift are worried about Bumblebee and the Mini-Cons, but Strongarm points out that Starscream is out of their league. Fortunately, [[Prime Force One|a Cybertronian ship]] arrives; Optimus Prime has returned.

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==Featured characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (4)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (9)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (10)
*[[RoughEdge]] (23)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (26)

|c2=
*[[Clawtrap]] (11)
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] (12)
*[[Scatterspike]] (13)
*[[Thermidor]] (14)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (22)
*[[Razorhorn]] (24)
*[[Shadelock]] (25)

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*[[Denny Clay]] (1)
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)

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*[[Windstrike]] (15)
*[[Bashbreaker]] (16)
*[[Lancelon]] (17)
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] (18)
*[[Buzzstrike]] (19)
*[[Tricerashot]] (20)
*[[Aerobolt]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Aw, come on , Fixit. I was just busting your bearings like always." 
"A little teasing, they can take. But they asked you to stop and you kept on going." 
"Yeah, you didn't just cross the line this time, you blew it up with a bunker-buster tactical explosive, and turned the surrounding area into an uninhabitable, irradiated wasteland."
:—When '''Sideswipe''' is a jerk to the Mini-Cons, '''Bumblebee''' calls him on it, and '''Strongarm''' doesn't undersell it.

"Oh please; there will be ''plenty'' of time for bowing and scraping. Now, where are my Mini-Cons?"
:—'''Starscream's''' back.

"There's no such thing as too much power. Not as long as there's more to be had."
:—'''Starscream''' lets the power he has go straight to his head.

"Autobots are good, 
Decepticons are bad. 
I'm so very sorry 
That I made you...angry." 
''(The others stare at him)'' 
"I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with 'bad'. What?"
:—'''Sideswipe's''' no poet.

"How...how can you control me when..." 
"When I couldn't control you? Maybe it's because we're both ''dinos'', I don't know!"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Tricerashot''' try to explain last episode's inconsistency.

"Hello, Bumblebee. Nice to see me, isn't it?"
:—'''Starscream''' metaphorically strokes his [[Chin|goatee]].

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The [[Dark Star Saber]] was last seen in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'' episode "[[Deadlock]]", falling off the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' to plummet to Earth.
* In ''Prime'', the Dark Star Saber did not exhibit any selectivity regarding its wielder. However, it was fashioned as a knockoff of the [[Star Saber]], whose full power could only be unlocked by a Prime.
* Tricerashot attempted to take over Grimlock in [[Pretzel Logic|the previous episode]].
* Fixit notes that Starscream's chassis does not match his records, a rare instance of visual differences between series being called out among the "Aligned" shows.
* Starscream's motive of getting revenge on Megatron seemed questionable considering his loyalty to him near the end of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', as well as the thrill of Megatron essentially "surrendering" the throne to him in ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''. However, he would later clarify in [[Mini-Con Madness (RID)|the next episode]] that he wanted revenge for all of Megatron's cruel actions towards him. So much for time heals all wounds; it made them ''worse'' in this case!

===Transformers references===
* The high energy pulse generator resembles the relic containers seen in season 2 of ''Prime''.
*[[Alpha Centauri]] is a real star that has been featured in ''Transformers'' fiction before, sometimes as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] sun.

===Trivia===
* The "automated vessel" the Scavengers land on appears to re-use the animation model of the oil tanker ''[[Windward]]'' from "[[Trust Exercises]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''De très gros ennuis''' ("Very Big Trouble")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]], 2016

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Egy régi ismerős''' ("An Old Acquaintance")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 19]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Problemi in Vista''' ("Incoming Problems")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 23]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Micron Zeninshūgō''' (マイクロン全員集合！, "All-Minicon Assembly!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 4]], 2016

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2018 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Combiner Force ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Flying Mind

2019-07-31T23:43:33Z

Nhaz: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=FlyingMind-DecepticonsOnDeck.jpg
|caption=Alright, forget the bigger ship! Can we get a smaller ship instead?
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron's attempt to repair the ''Nemesis'' has an unexpected side effect, forcing Raf, Jack, and Miko to put themselves in harm's way.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Optimus Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus is the ''best'' at freeze tag.]]
With the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovers that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|an Autobot]] was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core, hoping its regenerative effects will cut down on the lengthy time it would take to get the ship airworthy. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reluctantly decides to use the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to terminate the Decepticons for good.

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works perfectly, bringing the ship to full operational status in minutes. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a [[Stasis Beam|stasis beam]], which a surprised Knock Out notes the ship was not previously equipped with, sending them into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:FlyingMindHumanAid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everybody clap their hands!]]
Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course, and it is quickly discovered that the ''Nemesis'' is ignoring its pilots and flying ''itself''. When Megatron demands the ship's computer be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship suddenly speaks up with its own voice, announcing it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes it's decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] attempts to do so, the ship retaliates and he's sent into stasis lock. When Megatron orders the Decepticons to sever all connections to the ship's mainframe, beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling almost every last one of the 'Cons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, with its cloaking field down, no less, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis lock while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis lock as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts of Decepticon origin. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship, determining that the ship cannot detect humans, as it left Fowler unmolested while leaving the battle earlier. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug in the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City|Manhattan]], the location of the first artifact, and if they don't stop it somehow, the ''Nemesis'' will destroy whatever part of the city lies atop the long-buried relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is electrically shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

[[Image:FlyingMindSecondOpinion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome to the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Beast Hunters|food chain!]]]]
Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core, hoping to de-activate the ''Nemesis's'' intelligence by dumping the dark energon out of the fuel supply. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is locked in place by Megatron's frozen hand. While he's still trying, the ship finally detects [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], assuming them to be vermin that are infesting it. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. [[Image:Lower Manhattan Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, why can't the aliens attack Jersey for a change?]] Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence is lost. As the ship "shifts into neutral", the stasis locked Transformers inexplicably begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help a still-loopy Fowler through the Ground Bridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive with him, just in time to miss the arrival of Megatron, who is rather unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as Megatron has no more scruples than his ship about harming human life, and the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan...

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]" (15)
|}}

==Quotes==

"And when the Insecticons backed off, I got inspired by my proximity to the power core, and did what I do best." 
"You trashed Megatron's ride like a rock star in a hotel room."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Miko''' discussing Bulkhead's victory.

"If the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communications relays are open and-" 
"Ehp, eph, are you suggesting that we just ''call'' Megatron and ask him what's happening up there?!
:—'''Jack's''' logic is questioned by '''Ratchet''', while all the other humans shrug, "Why not?"

"Doc Knock is ''knocked out!''"
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"On your feet, soldier!" 
"...and beavers and ducks and walnuts and Grandma..."
:—'''Miko''' helping a debilitated '''Fowler'''.

"Say ''ahhh!''" 
"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—Seeing '''Knock Out's''' attempt to operate on Jack, '''Ratchet''' gives him the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the [[Armada (episode)|previous episode]].
* Megatron makes note of Optimus's increasing ruthlessness and how he would no longer waste a chance to strike, likely referring to his near-termination by Optimus in "[[Crossfire]]".
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]", but it hasn't seen much use since the [[Unicron#Prime cartoon|Unicron]] revelation.
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here, as it does not refer to itself by name. [[Bob Skir]] has stated it was not meant to be Trypticon waking up.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir]</ref> Confusing matters further, the ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]'' book shows that a unique Trypticon wire-frame CGI design was created for this episode, which (barely) appears in the episode itself on the ship's monitors while the children are on-board.
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* This is the first time Knock Out has used his drill weapon since [[Deus ex Machina|his premiere episode]].
* The Nemesis deploys paralyzing beams that work in a similar way to the [[Immobilizer]]. For Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, it thus isn't the first time in the series when they encounter this type of weapon.

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The ''Nemesis'''s stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel (or "Zat Gun") from ''Stargate SG-1''.
* Miko's "On your feet, soldier" is a reference to the 1984 film, ''The Terminator''.
* Miko refers to Knock Out as "Doc Knock," most likely in reference to "Doc Ock," a common nickname of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain Doctor Octopus.
* The ship gaining sentience, turning on the crew, and its defeat all bear similarities to HAL 9000 from the film, ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* The grid design that immobilizes Dreadwing and the Vehicons is similar to the laser hallways from ''Resident Evil''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Jack realizes that the ''Nemesis'' will have to tear down Manhattan to get to the first Iacon relic, the camera zooms out to show all four, including Fowler and Rafael on the control panel. However Knock Out, who should be frozen right behind the two on the control panel, is nowhere to be seen.
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away, or at the very least, on the same continent. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Ratchet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one. Agent Fowler appears to do the same, earlier on.
* In the base, Ratchet appears to be monitoring the vitals of the humans. Unless they've suddenly become Cybertrionians, there's no explanation for how he can do this.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way down. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.
* The Dark Energon infusion travels up the pipes to the main column, which is between them and the energon input receptacle, instead of going down their length from the column.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis's'' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* It seems the amount of power required to stasis lock a Transformer isn't enough to kill a human, as the ship was unaware carbon-based life forms were aboard when Fowler was electrocuted, and was presumably trying the same trick it used on Soundwave.
* The ''Nemesis'' cryptically hangs up when Ratchet asks why it's gathering the relics, though this was never brought up again. It was also selective in that regard, as the Spark Extractor it ignored was also an Iacon relic.

===Gadgets and powers===
* The Nemesis is equipped at least 6 blaster cannons on its underbelly.
* It also has stasis beams there as well as on its interior, at least in the bridge and the engine room, deployable from the walls and launched from satellite-like dishes. The effect is similar to that of the [[Immobilizer]], only with the target being electrocuted on impact.
* It can electrocute Cybertronians operating its computer terminals.
* For disabling larger groups of hostile units, it can launch laser grids with the same paralyzing function which sweep across its corridors.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das fliegende Gehirn'''" ("The flying Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinrai Henkei! Senkan Nemesis no Hanran'''" (神雷変形!戦艦ネメシスの反乱, "Thunder God Transformation! Rebellion of the Battleship Nemesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Voadora'''" ("Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17|17 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Volante'''" ("Flying Mind"), "'''Una Mente Volante'''" (2017 airing, "A Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 19 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 9: Angriff auf Megatron ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Weapons of Choice ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Flying Mind

2019-07-31T23:36:20Z

Nhaz: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=FlyingMind-DecepticonsOnDeck.jpg
|caption=Alright, forget the bigger ship! Can we get a smaller ship instead?
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron's attempt to repair the ''Nemesis'' has an unexpected side effect, forcing Raf, Jack, and Miko to put themselves in harm's way.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Optimus Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus is the ''best'' at freeze tag.]]
With the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovers that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|an Autobot]] was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core, hoping its regenerative effects will cut down on the lengthy time it would take to get the ship airworthy. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reluctantly decides to use the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to terminate the Decepticons for good.

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works perfectly, bringing the ship to full operational status in minutes. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a [[Stasis Beam|stasis beam]], which a surprised Knock Out notes the ship was not previously equipped with, sending them into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:FlyingMindHumanAid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everybody clap their hands!]]
Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course, and it is quickly discovered that the ''Nemesis'' is ignoring its pilots and flying ''itself''. When Megatron demands the ship's computer be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship suddenly speaks up with its own voice, announcing it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes it's decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] attempts to do so, the ship retaliates and he's sent into stasis lock. When Megatron orders the Decepticons to sever all connections to the ship's mainframe, beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling almost every last one of the 'Cons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, with its cloaking field down, no less, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis lock while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis lock as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts of Decepticon origin. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship, determining that the ship cannot detect humans, as it left Fowler unmolested while leaving the battle earlier. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug in the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City|Manhattan]], the location of the first artifact, and if they don't stop it somehow, the ''Nemesis'' will destroy whatever part of the city lies atop the long-buried relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is electrically shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

[[Image:FlyingMindSecondOpinion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome to the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Beast Hunters|food chain!]]]]
Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core, hoping to de-activate the ''Nemesis's'' intelligence by dumping the dark energon out of the fuel supply. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is locked in place by Megatron's frozen hand. While he's still trying, the ship finally detects [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], assuming them to be vermin that are infesting it. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. [[Image:Lower Manhattan Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, why can't the aliens attack Jersey for a change?]] Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence is lost. As the ship "shifts into neutral", the stasis locked Transformers inexplicably begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help a still-loopy Fowler through the Ground Bridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive with him, just in time to miss the arrival of Megatron, who is rather unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as Megatron has no more scruples than his ship about harming human life, and the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan...

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]" (15)
|}}

==Quotes==

"And when the Insecticons backed off, I got inspired by my proximity to the power core, and did what I do best." 
"You trashed Megatron's ride like a rock star in a hotel room."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Miko''' discussing Bulkhead's victory.

"If the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communications relays are open and-" 
"Ehp, eph, are you suggesting that we just ''call'' Megatron and ask him what's happening up there?!
:—'''Jack's''' logic is questioned by '''Ratchet''', while all the other humans shrug, "Why not?"

"Doc Knock is ''knocked out!''"
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"On your feet, soldier!" 
"...and beavers and ducks and walnuts and Grandma..."
:—'''Miko''' helping a debilitated '''Fowler'''.

"Say ''ahhh!''" 
"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—Seeing '''Knock Out's''' attempt to operate on Jack, '''Ratchet''' gives him the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the [[Armada (episode)|previous episode]].
* Megatron makes note of Optimus's increasing ruthlessness and how he would no longer waste a chance to strike, likely referring to his near-termination by Optimus in "[[Crossfire]]".
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]", but it hasn't seen much use since the [[Unicron#Prime cartoon|Unicron]] revelation.
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here, as it does not refer to itself by name. [[Bob Skir]] has stated it was not meant to be Trypticon waking up.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir]</ref> Confusing matters further, the ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]'' book shows that a unique Trypticon wire-frame CGI design was created for this episode, which (barely) appears in the episode itself on the ship's monitors while the children are on-board.
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* This is the first time Knock Out has used his drill weapon since [[Deus ex Machina|his premiere episode]].
* The Nemesis deploys paralyzing beams that work in a similar way to the [[Immobilizer]]. For Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, it thus isn't the first time in the series when they encounter this type of weapon.

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The ''Nemesis'''s stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel (or "Zat Gun") from ''Stargate SG-1''.
* Miko's "On your feet, soldier" is a reference to the 1984 film, ''The Terminator''.
* Miko refers to Knock Out as "Doc Knock," most likely in reference to "Doc Ock," a common nickname of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain Doctor Octopus.
* The ship gaining sentience, turning on the crew, and its defeat all bear similarities to HAL 9000 from the film, ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* The grid design that immobilizes Dreadwing and the Vehicons is similar to the laser hallways from ''Resident Evil''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Jack realizes that the ''Nemesis'' will have to tear down Manhattan to get to the first Iacon relic, the camera zooms out to show all four, including Fowler and Rafael on the control panel. However Knock Out, who should be frozen right behind the two on the control panel, is nowhere to be seen.
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away, or at the very least, on the same continent. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Ratchet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one. Agent Fowler appears to do the same, earlier on.
* In the base, Ratchet appears to be monitoring the vitals of the humans. Unless they've suddenly become Cybertrionians, there's no explanation for how he can do this.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way down. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.
* The Dark Energon infusion travels up the pipes to the main column, which is between them and the energon input receptacle, instead of going down their length from the column.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis's'' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* It seems the amount of power required to stasis lock a Transformer isn't enough to kill a human, as the ship was unaware carbon-based life forms were aboard when Fowler was electrocuted, and was presumably trying the same trick it used on Soundwave.
* The ''Nemesis'' cryptically hangs up when Ratchet asks why it's gathering the relics, though this was never brought up again.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das fliegende Gehirn'''" ("The flying Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinrai Henkei! Senkan Nemesis no Hanran'''" (神雷変形!戦艦ネメシスの反乱, "Thunder God Transformation! Rebellion of the Battleship Nemesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Voadora'''" ("Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17|17 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Volante'''" ("Flying Mind"), "'''Una Mente Volante'''" (2017 airing, "A Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 19 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 9: Angriff auf Megatron ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Weapons of Choice ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Flying Mind

2019-07-31T23:32:18Z

Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=FlyingMind-DecepticonsOnDeck.jpg
|caption=Alright, forget the bigger ship! Can we get a smaller ship instead?
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron's attempt to repair the ''Nemesis'' has an unexpected side effect, forcing Raf, Jack, and Miko to put themselves in harm's way.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Optimus Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus is the ''best'' at freeze tag.]]
With the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovers that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|an Autobot]] was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core, hoping its regenerative effects will cut down on the lengthy time it would take to get the ship airworthy. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reluctantly decides to use the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to terminate the Decepticons for good.

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works perfectly, bringing the ship to full operational status in minutes. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a [[Stasis Beam|stasis beam]], which a surprised Knock Out notes the ship was not previously equipped with, sending them into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:FlyingMindHumanAid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everybody clap their hands!]]
Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course, and it is quickly discovered that the ''Nemesis'' is ignoring its pilots and flying ''itself''. When Megatron demands the ship's computer be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship suddenly speaks up with its own voice, announcing it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes it's decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] attempts to do so, the ship retaliates and he's sent into stasis lock. When Megatron orders the Decepticons to sever all connections to the ship's mainframe, beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling almost every last one of the 'Cons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, with its cloaking field down, no less, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis lock while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis lock as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts of Decepticon origin. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship, determining that the ship cannot detect humans, as it left Fowler unmolested while leaving the battle earlier. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug in the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City|Manhattan]], the location of the first artifact, and if they don't stop it somehow, the ''Nemesis'' will destroy whatever part of the city lies atop the long-buried relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is electrically shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

[[Image:FlyingMindSecondOpinion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome to the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Beast Hunters|food chain!]]]]
Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core, hoping to de-activate the ''Nemesis's'' intelligence by dumping the dark energon out of the fuel supply. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is locked in place by Megatron's frozen hand. While he's still trying, the ship finally detects [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], assuming them to be vermin that are infesting it. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. [[Image:Lower Manhattan Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, why can't the aliens attack Jersey for a change?]] Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence is lost. As the ship "shifts into neutral", the stasis locked Transformers inexplicably begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help a still-loopy Fowler through the Ground Bridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive with him, just in time to miss the arrival of Megatron, who is rather unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as Megatron has no more scruples than his ship about harming human life, and the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan...

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]" (15)
|}}

==Quotes==

"And when the Insecticons backed off, I got inspired by my proximity to the power core, and did what I do best." 
"You trashed Megatron's ride like a rock star in a hotel room."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Miko''' discussing Bulkhead's victory.

"If the ship isn't cloaked, maybe the communications relays are open and-" 
"Ehp, eph, are you suggesting that we just ''call'' Megatron and ask him what's happening up there?!
:—'''Jack's''' logic is questioned by '''Ratchet''', while all the other humans shrug, "Why not?"

"Doc Knock is ''knocked out!''"
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"On your feet, soldier!" 
"...and beavers and ducks and walnuts and Grandma..."
:—'''Miko''' helping a debilitated '''Fowler'''.

"Say ''ahhh!''" 
"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—Seeing '''Knock Out's''' attempt to operate on Jack, '''Ratchet''' gives him the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the [[Armada (episode)|previous episode]].
* Megatron makes note of Optimus's increasing ruthlessness and how he would no longer waste a chance to strike, likely referring to his near-termination by Optimus in "[[Crossfire]]".
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]", but it hasn't seen much use since the [[Unicron#Prime cartoon|Unicron]] revelation.
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here, as it does not refer to itself by name. [[Bob Skir]] has stated it was not meant to be Trypticon waking up.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir]</ref> Confusing matters further, the ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]'' book shows that a unique Trypticon wire-frame CGI design was created for this episode, which (barely) appears in the episode itself on the ship's monitors while the children are on-board.
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* This is the first time Knock Out has used his drill weapon since [[Deus ex Machina|his premiere episode]].
* The Nemesis deploys paralyzing beams that work in a similar way to the [[Immobilizer]]. For Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, it thus isn't the first time in the series when they encounter this type of weapon.

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The ''Nemesis'''s stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel (or "Zat Gun") from ''Stargate SG-1''.
* Miko's "On your feet, soldier" is a reference to the 1984 film, ''The Terminator''.
* Miko refers to Knock Out as "Doc Knock," most likely in reference to "Doc Ock," a common nickname of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain Doctor Octopus.
* The ship gaining sentience, turning on the crew, and its defeat all bear similarities to HAL 9000 from the film, ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* The grid design that immobilizes Dreadwing and the Vehicons is similar to the laser hallways from ''Resident Evil''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Jack realizes that the ''Nemesis'' will have to tear down Manhattan to get to the first Iacon relic, the camera zooms out to show all four, including Fowler and Rafael on the control panel. However Knock Out, who should be frozen right behind the two on the control panel, is nowhere to be seen.
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away, or at the very least, on the same continent. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Ratchet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one. Agent Fowler appears to do the same, earlier on.
* In the base, Ratchet appears to be monitoring the vitals of the humans. Unless they've suddenly become Cybertrionians, there's no explanation for how he can do this.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way down. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis's'' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* It seems the amount of power required to stasis lock a Transformer isn't enough to kill a human, as the ship was unaware carbon-based life forms were aboard when Fowler was electrocuted, and was presumably trying the same trick it used on Soundwave.
* The ''Nemesis'' cryptically hangs up when Ratchet asks why it's gathering the relics, though this was never brought up again.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das fliegende Gehirn'''" ("The flying Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinrai Henkei! Senkan Nemesis no Hanran'''" (神雷変形!戦艦ネメシスの反乱, "Thunder God Transformation! Rebellion of the Battleship Nemesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Voadora'''" ("Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17|17 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Volante'''" ("Flying Mind"), "'''Una Mente Volante'''" (2017 airing, "A Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 19 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 9: Angriff auf Megatron ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Weapons of Choice ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

History Lessons

2019-07-31T11:16:05Z

Nhaz: /* Errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 40
|image=RiD 2015 History Lessons Buzzstrike puppets Paralon.jpg
|caption=ARISE, MY MINION...eh, you'll do.
|prev=Decepticon Island (Part 2)
|next=Strongarm's Big Score
|title="History Lessons"
|airdate=[[September 10]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[October 22]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}

'''A visit to the original Autobot base reveals a dangerous new enemy with an agenda of his own.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Justice League has arrived.]]
As the Autobots prepare to embark through the [[GroundBridge]], [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] laments that he always misses the adventures the others go on. [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] tells him he hasn't missed much, somewhat annoyed at [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s enthuiasm about taking his team on a "history lesson". The Bridge opens, and the team steps through...into [[Hangar E|a human military base]], much to [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]'s panic about their being exposed, and she frantically calls Fixit for a groundbridge out before they're discovered...

...only to be countermanded by Bumblebee, who tells them there's nothing to worry about, and invites them to analyze the surrounding base and tell him what they discover. Strongarm notes that everything is covered in dust, while [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] observe that whoever had occupied the base before abandoning it had terrible taste in furnishings. Grousing that the base is only abandoned ''now'', Bumblebee leads them outside, where the team scans a nearby abandoned Jeep for desert camouflage colors - except for Grimlock - and they head to where they can get a good look at the surrounding area, where - to Strongarm's wonderment and Sideswipe's annoyance, they see another piece of history: the ruined mesa that once housed [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]].

The team transforms to drive to the outpost, where Bumblebee warns them to be cautious, as they had left security systems operating when they abandoned the base. Waxing nostalgic about days of hiding from invading Decepticons and arm-wrestling with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], he muses that they should retrieve some of the "important artifacts" that were stored on the lower levels, levels they had kept secret even from the humans "for their own protection". However his reminiscing about having once kept a holodiary is cut short by Sideswipe's observation that a nearby "historic artifact" looks rather newer than it should be - and it is, in fact, a bomb.

[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well...that's inconvenient.]]

After fighting off the indiscriminate security systems with the help of [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], Bumblebee calls to have Fixit start work on deciphering the bomb, while the team splits up to try and find who placed it. Bumblebee and Sideswipe head directly down into the base...

...where they stumble across a scorpion-like Decepticon who introduces himself as [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]], and declares that the base, and everything in it, is his by right of salvage. His partner, the [[Mini-Con]] [[Buzzstrike]], transforms into an Energon axe, and the Autobots marvel at the energy reading he's giving off, along with the fact he's powering up Paralon, before Sideswipe runs out of patience and charges. Bumblebee calls for backup as Sideswipe is sent flying, but the call is garbled when the others receive it, and they assume it was a normal check-in.

Elsewhere, Strongarm and Grimlock are exploring when Grimlock steps on something that goes ''click''. Alarmed, the two call Bumblebee for advice, only to find no response. Strongarm starts trying to decide exactly how to deal with what they're certain is a mine - much to Grimlock's discomfiture - as Drift, Jetstorm and Slipstream have their search route take them close enough to detect the sounds and flashing lights of combat, and charge in. Paralon is put on the defensive by Drift - but he throws Buzzstrike at Bumblebee, who catches him, and the Mini-Con immediately interfaces with him, taking control of his body and forcing him to attack Drift as Paralon makes quick work of the samurai's Mini-Cons.

Between them, Paralon and Buzzstrike take down the team; Paralon, worrying that the base could be swarming with Autobots at any moment, observes they don't have time to finish them off as he signals the bomb to accelerate its countdown. Buzzstrike balks, noting he didn't sign up to hurt people; Paralon tells him that anyone who gets in the way of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] has brought their fate on their own servos, and he transforms into scorpion mode, a pensive Buzzstrike climbing aboard as they hurry off to the central command center where they will be safe from the blast. Sideswipe comes to just in time to see them leave, and he decides to follow and take them down once and for all.

[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"''Woah.''"]]

Strongarm, meanwhile, realizes she and Grimlock are in over their heads, and she transforms to find Bumblebee to solve the problem, in the process driving by the bomb and noting with shock that it's activating. She finds the others as they come to, and they rush back to the bomb. The interference from earlier is worse now, and they can't contact Fixit for advice; Bumblebee declares there is only one option left, and he activates his [[Decepticon Hunter]] and strides towards the bomb, raising the weapon...

Sideswipe catches up with Paralon and Buzzstrike as the scavengers discover a plasma rifle in the wreckage, bluffing that the others are right behind him, only to have his bluff cut short by an earthquake from the bomb's explosion. Recovering, he stuns Paralon, grabs the rifle and transforms, driving back into the base as Buzzstrike looks on thoughtfully.

Back with Bumblebee, Strongarm compliments him on his using the Decepticon Hunter to trigger the force shield trap to contain the bomb's explosion, then tells him that Grimlock needs his help ''now'', leaving Bee to sigh about how the day just keeps getting worse. Elsewhere, Paralon grouches about the base having so many levels, only to be ambushed by Sideswipe, who had ducked into the secret storage levels to hide. The two duel, Sideswipe knocking out the Decepticon once again - only to have Buzzstrike take over Paralon's unconsious body. He offers to let Sideswipe keep the weapon they'd found if they are allowed to go; the hot-headed Autobot counters that he intends to take the weapon ''and'' the scavengers in, sparking a fight that Buzzstrike-Paralon quickly wins...only to leave Sideswipe, and the weapon, sprawled on the floor as he turns to walk away.

Bumblebee finds Grimlock, the Dinobot having resigned himself to his fate, and pushes him off the 'mine'...explaining to the shocked Grimlock that they didn't ''place'' any mines when they left, and the click had just been his crushing an old armor buffer that [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had discarded. Strongarm finds Sideswipe coming to, informing him that everything is fine; he wonders why the scavengers didn't finish him off ''or'' take their prize...

[[File:TRID S2 E14 HL SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|NEVER leave embarrassing home videos just laying around the house.]]

...even as Buzzstrike releases Paralon from his control, letting the Decepticon come around in bewilderment. Buzzstrike spins a tale to the somewhat pissed scorpion about being surrounded by Autobots and thus having to run for it, without there being time to recover the plasma rifle. Paralon grudgingly accepts this, but he warns Buzzstrike not to say anything to "the others" about their failure, as he intends to be the greatest scavenger of all and it won't do to be laughed at. He pushes aside a false rock face to reveal the ramp of [[Weaponizers' ship|a Cybertronian shuttle]], which the two board, Buzzstrike still looking not quite convinced of their virtues.

Regrouping outside the base's ruins, Bumblebee compliments Sideswipe on his initiative; Sideswipe admits that knowing about history might have been helpful after all. Bee calls up Fixit - the interference having cleared - and gets the word that they are all-clear of Decepticon signals. Sideswipe then observes that he had grabbed an artifact on his way out, that he produces; Bumblebee panics at seeing the small disc, insisting it be handed over, but Sideswipe activates it - revealing it to be Bumblebee's old holodiary, showing the Autobot scout in legwarmers as he tried to make the Cybertronian equivalent of an exercise video. The team cracking up as Bee stammers for an explanation and then grabs for the device, the two Autobots scuffling and then transforming into car form to chase each other as the others resume laughing.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (6)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (7)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] (9)

|c4=
*[[Buzzstrike]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==

"Yeah, history. When everything was ''slow''. Like Strongarm!" 
-''Strongarm punches him''- 
"How's ''that'' for 'slow', punk?!"
:—'''Sideswipe''' and '''Strongarm''' engage in some team bonding.

"This tour stop is special, team. I think you're really gonna get a kick out of this." 
"We get to kick something?" 
"No, we just... alright, just c'mon."
:—'''Bumblebee''' gives '''Grimlock''' the wrong idea.

"Grimlock, if anyone asks, you're...a big green metal robot from outer space that can turn into a dinosaur." 
"Gotcha! ...hope I can remember that."
:—'''Bumblebee''' makes sure '''Grimlock''' remembers his cover story.

"This map better be right. I don't want to be wasting my time." 
"Considering what you did to that Decepticon to force him to give you that map, I doubt he played any tricks on you."
:—'''Paralon''' and '''Buzzstrike''' discuss how the customer is always right.

"You may have stepped on a mine, maybe another of these old defense mechanisms. If you take your foot off it, it could..." 
"The next word out of your mouth better be 'tickle'!"
:—'''Strongarm''' and '''Grimlock''' are in a bit of a predicament.

"Most undignified...but highly amusing."
:—Even '''Drift''' has a sense of humor.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Autobots' former base is, of course, their old headquarters from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon, which was destroyed in the season two finale "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]". The military base the team arrives in is implied to be [[Hangar E]], their replacement headquarters from season three (but see Errors).
* Bumblebee's reminiscing is full of callbacks to ''Prime'':
** He name-drops his old teammate [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]].
** He remembers a time when "Decepticons captured one of our team and used him to gain access to the base," presumably referring to the events of "[[Con Job]]", in which [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was held prisoner and the Decepticon shapeshifter [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] took his form.
** He recalls the Decepticons invading the Autobot base, during which he fought two on its lower levels... which never happened in any of the ''Prime'' episodes. The Decepticons were shown to have no knowledge of the location of the Autobot base in the beginning of the series, and promptly destroyed it with an aerial bombardment once they located it. Either Bumblebee is telling a fib, or some Decepticons ''did'' get in at some point we never saw... and never came out again.
* Bumblebee's comment that his workout video was "in style" at the time of its recording implies that the Autobots were on Earth in the 1980's. This is further supported by the visit to [[Mount St. Hilary]] in the [[Strongarm's Big Score|next episode]], as well as several comments made by the Autobots in ''Prime''.

===Prisoner manifest===
* The ''Alchemor'' began its return to Cybertron last episode with all captured Decepticons aboard (bar [[Simacore|one]]), implied to constitute the majority, if not totality, of escapees. While [[Zorillor|some]] [[Springload (RID)|few]] [[Simacore|remaining]] [[Wingcode|stragglers]] would later be shown to remain on Earth, at this point the Autobots speak as if Decepticons in general are not a concern for the planet now, so this section is being dropped until they start putting more 'Cons in the cooler again.

===Transformers references===
* The armor buffer Grimlock stepped on uses the same model that [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] commonly used.
* The sequence where Bumblebee and his team travel to Autobot Outpost Omega One bears a resemblance to the ''Transformers: Prime'' title sequence.
* Bumblebee notes that Buzzstrike was "powering up his host to some degree." The concept of Mini-Cons powering up their partners was the primary plot point of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]''.

===Real-world references===
* Rock those Jazzercise-tastic 80's legwarmers, Bee.

===Errors===
* Bumblebee scans a ''green'' jeep yet ends up with tan desert camouflage.
* If the hangar the Autobots GroundBridge into ''is'' Hangar E, this presents a small continuity snuffle, as it is shown to be right outside of the destroyed Outpost Omega One... while in ''Prime'', the two bases were never shown to be this close, as the entire point of relocating to the hangar was to get ''AWAY'' from the original base.
* Neither of the Autobot bases in ''Prime'' was shown to have any drone defense system. Bumblebee also mentions Starscream getting the codes for it from a captured Wheeljack, but he told Starscream nothing before he escaped.

===Other trivia===
*Bumblebee is shown in his ''Robots in Disguise'' model in his workout video when he should logically have his ''Prime'' appearance, but we can't call this an actual error, as ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' has long established that continuity of visual appearance between series has rarely been a point of concern with the "Aligned" cartoon shows.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Les leçons du passé''' ("Lessons from the Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 1]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Lezioni di Storia''' ("History Lessons")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 16]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Shinkakei Micron, Buzzstrike''' (進化形マイクロン、バズストライク, "Evolutionary Form Minicon, Buzzstrike")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 13]], 2016

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2018 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Combiner Force ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Orion Pax, Part 3

2019-07-29T22:01:10Z

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{{disambig3|Orion Pax}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 29
|prev=Orion Pax, Part 2
|next=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|image=OrionPax3 Optimus Decepticon insignia.jpg
|caption=Man, that must have been some party last night!
|title="Orion Pax, Part 3"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack and Arcee undertake a dangerous mission on Cybertron to access Vector Sigma, while Orion begins to rebel against Megatron.'''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Real-world references===
* Bulkhead's line bemoaning the Scraplets on Cybertron is a paraphrase of the oft-referenced "Why did it have to be snakes?" line from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''.

===Errors===
* As Megatron notices Jack recharging Optimus's Matrix and lets go of Arcee, his shoulder armour goes through the wall.
* Before the restored Optimus jumps trough the Groundbridge while firing at Megatron, his right shoulder can be (very briefly) seen bearing the Autobot symbol, but it should still be Decepticon.
* In the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|"Shadowzone"]], when the two Ground Bridge portals opened in close proximity to each other, the energy from both fed back on each other (as stated by Ratchet), and there was an explosion. Here, the Autobots' Ground Bridge portal opened ''right next to'' the still open Space Bridge, yet nothing happened.
* While Megatron is charging at him, Optimus catches the levitating Key to Vector Sigma between his fingers. In the next shot he's blocking Megatron's blade with both hands. How the key didn't get destroyed in this is anyone's guess.
* When Optimus leaps through the ground bridge, his feet are still outside of the vortex when it closes.

===Trivia===
* Look closely at the arena in Kaon: it's the same arena as seen in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]". Ironic that the entrance to Vector Sigma lay beneath Megatron's feet at that moment.
* When the Scraplets look at Vector Sigma, most of the room is boring old dead metal, but the spinning blue light comes up in their vision as living metal. The download area is clearly even more delicious.
* When Jack coaxes the Scraplets into attacking the Insecticon, he calls it "the main course", echoing what Bulkhead said while using himself as bait in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]".
* The way Optimus catches Megatron's sword just after he regains his memory is exactly the same as when Megatron caught Optimus' sword in "[[One Shall Fall]]". It even makes the same thundering noise.
* Jack never picked up a souvenir for Raf, which Raf asked for in the previous episode. No one ever brings souvenirs for Raf. Aww...
* You'd think that despite knowing that Orion was not as good a warrior as Optimus, Megatron would have ordered that he be disarmed.
* This is the last live appearance of the Scraplets (they'd later appear in a flashback during "[[Toxicity]]").
* Adaptations of this episode include a screen-capture-style comic version as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: The Orion Pax Saga|The Orion Pax Saga]]''.

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

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

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

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 3'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10|10 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — One Shall Stand ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 15 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Volume 1: Orion Pax ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

File:Darkenergon molecular structure.jpg

2019-07-29T21:35:01Z

Nhaz:

{{Primecap|[[Dark Energon]] as oberved under [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s microscope.|Darkness Rising, Part 2|0}}

File:Darkenergon molecular structure.jpg

2019-07-29T21:32:45Z

Nhaz:

{{Primecap|[[Dark Energon]] as oberved under [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s microscope.|Darkness Rising, Part 2|1}}

Dark Energon

2019-07-29T21:30:11Z

Nhaz: /* Effects */

[[File:DarknessRising2-MegatronDarkEnergon.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|I'm like a chocoholic, but for Dark Energon.]]
'''Dark Energon''' (also known as the '''Sparks of Unicron''', the '''Blood of Unicron''', and the '''Anti-Spark''') is a powerful, corrupted version of [[energon]] which can be used as a violent weapon and explosive. As energon is the emanation of [[Primus]], from which all Transformer life and power is formed, Dark Energon is similarly the emanation of [[Unicron]], released after his first battle with the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]]. Even the smallest particle of Dark Energon can corrupt any amount of regular energon. Dark Energon can be used for a number of deadly uses such as increasing one's power, reviving the dead, corrupting Transformers and even weakening some. It appears to be functionally identical to [[Angolmois]] energy.<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime]]: "Thunderwing was the most recent addition [to the Heralds], a version addicted to dark energon. Unicron offered him an endless supply of his own lifeblood to slake his nigh-unquenchable thirst for angolmois energy."</ref>

{{quote|No! No one can control Dark Energon! It dominates and destroys everything it touches!|[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Effects==

[[File:Darkenergon_molecular_structure.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It's like studying drug chemistry... while ON drugs.]]
The violet-glowing Dark Energon supercharges any Transformer who ingests it, making them stronger, faster, more powerful...and more aggressive. It turns pain into pleasure, rendering any blows inflicted on a user futile and heals their wounds as well. However, it also acts as a powerful narcotic, filling the user with thrilling, dark sensations and causing addiction. Dark Energon withdrawal turns the user into a raving brute desperate to do anything for more. If the craving is not satisfied, the user devolves to a beast-like state and eventually dies.

Those who imbibe Dark Energon have been seen to project it from their bodies for various destructive purposes, such as attacking enemies, overloading computers, and bringing machines under their control. When a user is killed, the energy acts like a sentient thing (a worrying aspect for a force originating from Unicron) and flies from their corpse to empower any other user nearby.

Pieces of Cybertron infected by Dark Energon tend to turn purple and explode upward into twisted, sharp spikes and growths of metal. Some Dark Energon wielders have even shown the ability to detonate a cluster of these spikes in order to produce a group of mechanical spider-like creatures, which swarm anything nearby.

A Cybertronian corpse injected with Dark Energon will reanimate itself as a feral [[zombie]], intent on destroying all in its path. They are mostly mindless berserkers, but can be commanded by a living Cybertronian who has also been corrupted by the evil energy. If part of a reanimated Cybertronian corpse is cut off from the main body it loses its ability to move with two exceptions: Cliffjumper's corpse still moving even after being cut in half and Skyquake's arm moving on its own after falling off the body. (It is unknown whether the fact that each were revived by a single shard is a factor to these exceptions.)

In ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'' Megatron was revived through Dark Energon without apparent ill effect but ''Predacons Rising'' would later reveal that his overuse of the stuff prevented him from joining the Allspark after dying, instead being confined to a [[limbo]] existence. [[Unicron]] was then able to use his connection to Dark Energon to easily revive and possess Megatron. Whether the same effects can be expected for all users or just for Megatron, who was kept alive by the substance for a prolonged amount of time, is unknown.

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
The gathering and storage of Dark Energon aboard the newly constructed [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] was organized by an early assembly of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] that included [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]. The station was guarded by [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s who were mostly unaware of the nature of Dark Energon. During the civil war, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] claimed the station for the [[Decepticon]]s, but of fear he did not let [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] know about Trypticon's significance, and despite his allies' attempts they could not find much of the information about Trypticon on the [[DataNet]] had been censored (by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], who knew that knowledge of Dark Energon was dangerous).

During the last days of the war [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] found forgotten corners of the DataNet referring to "Sparks of Unicron". Megatron forgave Starscream, acknowledging his fears about Dark Energon's overly destructive use on the battlefield, and because the Air Commander had not tried to use it against him. [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] forced two of Starscream's scientists to ingest Dark Energon and the explosive result led to the Darkening of all of Megatron's soldiers. Megatron and Starscream both found the substance invigorating, but a deprivation study of the first two subjects showed they had become rabid, and Megatron vowed he would kill all his soldiers before he was deprived. The Darkened Decepticons attacked the remaining Autobot outposts on Cybertron, but to the Autobots' advantage, whenever a battle was prolonged, the Decepticons would have to flee or risk having the Dark Energon run out.

Soundwave learned of the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], which could transport vast amounts of energon from Cybertron to Trypticon to be corrupted. Starscream activated it, but it proved futile in quenching the Decepticons' thirst. Soundwave recalled the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] within [[Teletraan-1 (WFC)|Teletraan-1]] and the [[Code Key]]s required to activate it. The Chamber would enable Megatron to corrupt Cybertron's [[core]] and flood the planet with Dark Energon. During the ensuing battle with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] for the Chamber, the more the Autobots killed the Decepticons, the more Dark Energon left their corpses to empower Megatron, who was able to knock Omega down and tear the Chamber from his chest.

After Megatron Darkened the core, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] launched a rescue of Sentinel Prime in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. They were met with little resistance, aside from two gibbering guards. Optimus recognized the Dark Energon had taken its toll on Decepticon competence. Afterwards, he, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] ventured to the core to rid it of the poisonous Chamber. The Dark Energon briefly tempted Jetfire to try some, while it distressed Bumblebee to the point he physically tore out the corruption spikes on the core, though it allowed Optimus to remove the Chamber. The core told Optimus the Autobots would have to leave Cybertron while it healed the planet, and gave him the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which would one day act in concert with the core to restore their world. While leaving, Optimus chastised Megatron for turning his soldiers into addicts just to win the war. Starscream also vowed never to use the substance again. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Dark Energon was so rare on Cybertron that it was practically non-existent. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-beholddarkenergon!.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Cue Vincent Price voiceover.]]
When Megatron returned from deep space after three years away, he revealed he'd found a new way to win the war: Dark Energon, a substance rumoured to be the blood of [[Unicron]] and possessing the power to raise the dead. A test with the corpse of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] proved it could indeed do this, turning the dead into berserker [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]]; it could also turn machinery into animalistic robots, and merely touching it could render a Transformer ill. Megatron, being Megatron, thought it'd be a jolly good idea to shove some into his own [[spark]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} He survived and began to gibber and rant about the power and how it was like he could hear Unicron's thoughts...

Optimus Prime recognised what Dark Energon was, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] was stunned to learn that's what they were facing. They went to the site of an old Transformer battle, knowing Megatron would plan to raise the fallen as an undead army with the Dark Energon... but got there too late to stop the tyrant! {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} Megatron showed off by sending waves of Terrorcons to exhaust the two, and then revealed that was not his endgame. Discovering the Decepticons had built a [[space bridge]], they realized Megatron intended to reawaken Cybertron's fallen soldiers, and send them to destroy Earth. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} Megatron threw his store of Dark Energon crystals into the space bridge, but before the Terrorcons could cross the space bridge, the Autobots sabotaged it, causing it to collapse on itself, taking Megatron and the Terrorcons with it. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Luckily for Megatron, his Dark Energon infusion kept him alive until Starscream found him floating in space. Discovering the cause of his survival, Starscream ripped the Dark Energon crystal out and prepared to leave Megatron to die, only to have to take Megatron back to the ship when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] discovered them. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Megatron escaped from his own body into [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s, and made him recover the Dark Energon crystal he had used to create the Terrorcon during the battle with Optimus and Ratchet, thereby facilitating his own body's revival. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

While Megatron had revived himself, he had forgotten that Starscream possessed the original shard of Dark Energon ripped from him. Now back in a subordinate position, Starscream's previous opposition to using Dark Energon to raise an undead army vanished when he tried to raise [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] from the dead. Starscream broke the shard in half, one to raise Skyquake, the other to achieve symbiosis. While it managed to raise Skyquake, the new Terrorcon became trapped in the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]], depriving Starscream of his new warrior. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

Following this time, Megatron angrily commented that his vision for Dark Energon was to give him an unstoppable army of the undead to command and conquer the cosmos. However, he was relegated to only holding a small piece that now still animated his spark and thus became determined to locate more. As such, he ordered his Decepticons to gather components for a new Space Bridge so that he could use it to find more Dark Energon. He also attacked Bumblebee and wounded [[Raf Esquivel]] who became infected with Dark Energon which Ratchet was forced to expel by using normal Energon to counteract its effect. Megatron also became plagued by visions of a dark figure and a volcano site.

Traveling alone to the site, he believed that the volcano on Earth was the location where his new Space Bridge would bring him a new source of Dark Energon from space. This led in a confrontation with Optimus Prime where Megatron eventually gained the upper hand. At the climax of the battle, a large deposit of Dark Energon erupted from the volcano to which a delighted Megatron learned that it was not to come from space, but from the planet Earth itself. This left a confused Optimus Prime to wonder about Dark Energon come from beneath the planet with the event coinciding with the tale told by the [[Ancient]]s in the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} The Dark Energon eruption was later determined to be pumped from Unicron himself, as he awakened in the [[Earth's core]]. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The ''Nemesis'' still had stocks of Dark Energon on board when it crashed. Megatron used some to reactivate the warship's power core, only to discover that as a side effect, he had awoken an intelligence which controlled the ship. The warship's mind only returned to dormancy when the Dark Energon was extracted from the power core. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Megatron used a chunk of Dark Energon to forge the [[Dark Star Saber]], a counterpart to the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. The Dark version of the saber proved to be stronger than the original. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

During Knock Out's experiments with [[Synthetic Energon]], Starscream had the bright idea of adding some Dark Energon into the mix, so that Megatron would be able to control the resulting troopers. Unfortunately the mix instead altered those it was infused into, causing them to burn through their energon reserves and turning them into energon-sucking zombies. {{storylink|Thirst}}

A revived Unicron, possessing Megatron's corpse, was able to create numerous weapons out of his own Dark Energon powers such as cannons, hammers, spears and hooks, the cannons of which were capable of forcing even a Predacon into stasis lock with just a few hits. Unicron would later use his own Dark Energon powers to create a Terrorcon legion from Predacon remains and use them to attack the Autobots, Decepticons and Predacons before having them go for Primus himself, only to be destroyed when Unicron was sealed away.{{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

It is currently unknown whether or not Megatron could still access the Dark Energon weapons he had during Unicron's possession of his body after he retook control of it.

===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===
{{stub|{{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 503.21 Gamma]], [[Alpha Q's universe]] was lit by a [[Super Energon]]/Dark Energon star. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/03}}

In [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]], a hyper-intelligent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] used the Dark Energon in Unicron's head to grant life to the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s, a feat that should have been thousands of years ahead of its time. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/23}}

One universe's [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] was addicted to dark energon. Thunderwing became a [[Herald of Unicron]] after the Lord of Chaos offered an endless supply of his own lifeblood to quench Thunderwing's thirst. {{storylink|ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/19}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Disillusioned with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s control, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] took a self-destructive path, ingesting substances such as Dark Energon and [[Nucleon Nail]]s, before a resurgent [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] inspired him back into action. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The [[G-Virus]] utilized Dark Energon to replicate the process which [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] used to remake [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron''===
[[File:MegatronDarkEnergon-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Grape; the traditional evil god blood flavor.]]
Dark Energon was discovered over ten thousand years ago. When the [[Transformer]] race learned of its powerful yet volatile nature, it was sealed away in an orbital space station and placed under the watchful eye of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], including the scientific Jetfire and the former [[Sky Commander]], Starscream. At some point, experimentation on Dark Energon began, and a small quantity of the substance became unstable. The resulting explosion ripped apart an entire section of the space station; a level of destruction beyond any weapon known to the Cybertronians. The horrors of Dark Energon were noted by many, such as Jetfire, and it was deemed that it must remain sealed for the rest of time. This continued to be the case for centuries, causing the existence of Dark Energon to become a myth that few believed.

After learning the existence of this substance, Megatron took a fleet of cruisers to lay siege to the station, crashing his own ship into it to gain entrance. Once inside, he had to battle the forces of Starscream and Jetfire, both of whom attempted to dissuade him, claiming that Dark Energon was impossible to control. As Megatron drew closer to the storage chamber, Starscream attempted to destroy the last remnants of Dark Energon, but Megatron was able to breach the core before the Sky Commander could complete the destruction. When the dark substance was finally revealed, Megatron, believing himself to be worthy of such a weapon, confidently immersed himself in it.

Despite Starscream's insistence that Dark Energon destroyed everything it touched, the Decepticon leader managed to control it, emerging more powerful than ever. His first act was to infuse [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] and [[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]] with Dark Energon; claiming it was their birthright. His second act was to cut through the final defenses between himself and the Seekers in a matter of seconds, thanks to his new power. Seeing Dark Energon being tamed, Starscream offered his services to Megatron, claiming he knew of an Energon Bridge that could produce more of the substance. Seeing this as an act of betrayal, Jetfire escaped the station in order to inform [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] of this treachery.

[[File:DarkEnergonProduction-WFC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dark Energon forming via the Energon Bridge.]]
Shortly after this, Starscream, [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]], and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] travelled into the depths of Cybertron in order to reactivate the Energon Bridge. Facing many defenses and enemy [[Autobot]]s, they managed to corrupt the central generator of the Energon Bridge. Fending off the initial infection, the core attempted to defend itself and purge the Seekers, but the evil planes quickly brought it down. This allowed the Energon Bridge to activate and beam its contents to the orbital station, allowing mass production of Dark Energon.

With mass quantities of Dark Energon in his possession, Megatron sought to corrupt the whole of Cybertron by infesting the Core itself. To do so, he needed the [[Omega Key]] in order to get past the [[Omega Gate]] that barred entry to the centre of the Transformer homeworld. Thus, he assaulted [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in order to claim it from the [[Stellar Galleries]]. However, Zeta Prime learnt of this and spirited the key to his [[Vaults]]. During his journey to claim the Key, Megatron used his personal store of Dark Energon to corrupt doorways that blocked his entry, and his army made use of bombers carrying payloads tainted with the stuff. By this time, the Autobots had developed defenses against the Dark Energon (including auto-purging turrets and doors resistant to the energy), but the Decepticons were able to cut through them in short order.

Megatron eventually claimed the Omega Key, but this simply activated Omega Supreme: the true key to the Core of Cybertron. During the battle with the giant Autobot, Megatron made liberal use of Dark Energon to corrupt the Guardian of Iacon: first by tainting the Energon batteries he used to repair himself, and then by blasting a huge beam of Dark Energon straight into his damaged chest. Using him to open the Omega Gate, the Decepticons placed Corruptors into position and infected the Core itself, spreading Dark Energon all across the planet.

The effects were immediate; Dark Energon crystals began sprouting all around the planet. Megatron made frequent announcements to the remaining Cybertronian population, urging them to accept the "gift" of Dark Energon. Cybertronian repair arrays attempted to contain the damage, but they could not slow down its effects; even the planet's [[Space slug|natural cleansing organisms]] were incapable of stopping it. In fact, Dark Energon even corrupted one such beast, transforming it into a ghastly abomination that spread Dark Energon and fed on the corrupted Core.

Upon his appointment to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] led the Autobots to free Omega Supreme from the Decepticons, curing him of his Dark Energon infection. Gaining entry past the Omega Gate, they went into the depths of Cybertron in order to reach the Core, where they aided the space slugs in clearing Dark Energon crystals and Decepticons alike. Eventually, they reached the Core and killed the corrupted slug, but the corruption had already taken its toll on the Core. In order to preserve itself, it had to enter into a hibernation mode that would last for millions of years, rendering the planet uninhabitable. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
The Dark Energon infection on Cybertron caused the planet's production of life-giving Energon to shut down, forcing the Autobots and Decepticons to stock pile every last drop they had. Megatron blamed Optimus Prime's interference for this turn of events. The infection of Cybertron's core also forced the Insecticons who lived near Cybertron's core to rise further to the surface to search for Energon. This allowed Shockwave to recruit them into the Decepticon ranks. A data log report revealed that the site of the first Space Bridge tower was suspected of being powered by Dark Energon, but was proven to be false. When rebuilding Megatron after his defeat at the hands of [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]], Soundwave used Dark Energon to revive the Decepticon leader. The infusion made him stronger, faster and a much deadlier foe than he was before. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Dark Energon was the main point of struggle in the game as the selected Autobot had to keep away Vehicon forces from retrieving them and returning with Terrorcon reinforcements.

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Bulkhead infiltrated the Decepticons' Dark Energon mines to snatch away several Dark Energon shards before the Decepticons could use them to raise an army of Terrorcons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:Transformers prime the game dark energon meteor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The Decepticons discovered a gigantic asteroid composed entirely of Dark Energon which the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' traveled into Earth's orbit to obtain. Once the Autobots became aware of this development, Ratchet sent [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] onto the surface of the ''Nemesis'' via [[GroundBridge]] to stop them. As the other Autobots take care of incoming [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon Jets]], Optimus fights his way along the ''Nemesis'' deck to the machinery tethering the asteroid and destroys the various cables. Just as Optimus gains the upper hand, the asteroid begins to crumble and the Autobots plummet to Earth. Megatron sent Starscream to recover as many of the meteorites as possible.

When Ratchet located Optimus, he found him under the claw of the monstrously huge robot half-buried in the Dark Energon meteorite, which in actuality is the agent of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]], [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]]. After forcing Optimus to retreat, an unconscious Thunderwing is brought aboard the ''Nemesis'' and extracted from the meteorite. Knock Out explains that the giant Transformer is still missing parts of his body, perhaps embedded within other chunks of Dark Energon that had fallen to Earth. Megatron has Thunderwing revived, and the giant immediately makes threats. Megatron convinces Thunderwing that he's in no condition to continue his mission, but should he swear his loyalty to Megatron, he can be fully repaired. The Decepticons travel around to world to get the Dark Energon pieces and Thunderwing's body parts. After Thunderwing is restored and Megatron and the other Decepticons are defeated, Thunderwing engaged Optimus Prime, using various attacks and weapons that were made up of Dark Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
{{anchor|RustInPeace}}
[[File:Primetoy-CliffjumperRIP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|''I'll close my eyes and make it disappear!'']]
*'''Rust In Peace Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Dark Energon shard, "embedded" Dark Energon shard

:A [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012 [[exclusive]], "Rust In Peace" Terrorcon Cliffjumper is a much more extensively-decoed and premium-packaged version of the "Terrorcon Cliffjumper" retool of the "First Edition" Cliffjumper mold, which was originally canceled worldwide, but was eventually released as an Asian market and [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]]. Whew! His [[paint operation]]s have been expanded from the original retail plans to give him more battle damage deco. He comes with two Dark Energon accessories; a long shard of the stuff, and a shorter, more rubbery one ending in an "energy splash" that can grasp around the edges of his chest to represent, well, him being stabbed with Dark Energon to bring him back to "life."

:He comes in a special case shaped like Cliffjumper's zombified head, which itself comes inside a box with Cliffjumper's chest printed on the front. Gruesome!

==Notes==
*Dark Energon shares several aspects of its nature with [[Angolmois|Angolmois Energy]]; both are powerful, corrupting energies described as the life force of Unicron and buried in Earth. At [[BotCon 2011]], the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' staff stated the similarity was a coincidence brought about by the staff having simply been unaware of Angolmois Energy, lacking any real knowledge or familiarity with the Japanese side of ''Transformers'' fiction. [[Ask Vector Prime]] has since equated the two terms.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dark Energon''' (ダークエネルゴン ''Dāku Enerugon'')
*''Italian:'' '''Energon Oscuro'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hēi'àn Néngliàng''' (黑暗能量, "Dark Energy")
*''Polish:'' '''Mroczny Energon'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Energon Oscuro'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising substances]]
[[Category:Crystals]]
[[Category:Energon]]
[[Category:Generation 1 substances]]
[[Category:Intoxicants]]
[[Category:Power sources]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Substances]]
[[Category:Unicron]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron]]
[[Category:Wings Universe]]

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[[Dark Energon]] as oberved under [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s microscope.

Body-type

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{{disambig2|'''characters''' sharing a physical model|'''toys''' sharing a physical model|Redeco}}

[[Image:Bumblebeebodies.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Body-type available in dork, boxer, and chick.]]

{{quote|At least I'm not ugly.|[[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]]}}
{{quote|Ugly? You and I look the same!|[[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]]|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

A '''body-type'''<ref>Term yanked from "[[Withered Hope]]", as is the information from the rest of the introductory paragraphs.</ref> or '''model'''<ref>Term used in "[[Autoboot Camp]]" and "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]".</ref> is the basic design of a Transformer's chassis. The design can be shared with other Transformers, either with or without individualizing customizations.

In [[Transcendent Technomorph|some universes]], upgrading or refitting a Transformer from one body-type to another can be a [[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle|lucrative black market business]]. Individual body-types have identifying model numbers. For example, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], and [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] have all, in one [[universal stream|Primax Cluster universe]] or another, inhabited a "[[C1186-P0019]]" of various colors. That model is reportedly popular with scouts.

[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Other universes]] also use numbers to identify body types. For instance, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]], [[Wasp]], and many others are all body type [[65356-9292-346]].<ref>As shown in [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]].</ref>

Body-types are particularly common in the Transformers [[toy]] lines, where many [[redeco]]s are marketed as separate [[character]]s.<ref>This only applies to different-character toys based on the same sculpt that exist in the same universe. Redeco characters released under a line that places the new character in a different universe than other iterations of the sculpt are arguably cosmic coincidences.</ref> This article puts its focus on body-types with relevance in fiction and other outstanding qualities. Because otherwise, this list could go on forever.

==Outstanding examples==
===Generation 1===
===="[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]" type====
[[File:AirWarriors MTMtE.jpg|thumb|200px]]
{{collist|5|
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]
*[[Air Warrior]]s
*[[Bitstream (G1)|Bitstream]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Hotlink (G1)|Hotlink]]
*[[Ion Storm]]
*[[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]]
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Red Wing]]
*[[Sandstorm (G2)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Wheezing Arrow]]
}}

===="[[Battlecharger]]" type====
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]

===="[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]" type====
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]]
*[[Gearhead]]

===Beast Era===
====[[Maximal Command Security Force]]====
{{collist|4|
*[[9K]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (former cadet)
*[[Getout]]
*[[High Beam]]
*[[Nitrostreak]]
*[[Overshoot]]
*[[Shatterpoint]]
*[[Stopgap]]
*[[Switchblade (BW)|Switchblade]]
*[[Tigatron|Unit 2]]
}}

===Transformers Animated===
====[[256-OZU-004]]====
*[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotrooper]]
*[[Ironfist (Animated)|Ironfist]]
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]

====[[65356-9292-346]]====
{{collist|4|
*"[[AlbinoBumbleBee]]"
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Bumblebee (SG Animated)|''Shattered Glass'' Bumblebee]]
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]]
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]]
*[[Chase (Animated)|Chase]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]]
*[[Furão]]
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]]
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]]
*[[Moscardo]]
*[[Rapier]]
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]]
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]]
*[[Siren (Animated)|Siren]]
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]]
*[[Volks (Animated)|Volks]]
*[[Wasp]]
}}

====[[09262-8765-001]]====
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]]
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]]

====[[65483-2483-321]]====
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]]

===Live-action film series===

====Audi R8====
*[[Audi R8 Decepticon]]
*[[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]
*[[Mirage (Movie)|Dino/Mirage]] (''Cyberverse'' and ''Lost Age Advanced'' toys only)
*[[Override (TF 2010)|Override]]
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
*[[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] (Legion class toy from [[Walmart]] two-pack only)

====Buffalo MPV====
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Buffalo MPV Decepticon]]

====[[Constructicon Scout]]====
*[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
*[[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]
*[[Trench]]

====[[Constructicon Warrior]]====
*[[Canopy]]
*[[Garbage truck Decepticon]]
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
*[[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]]
*[[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] (''Transformers'' 2010 toys only)

====Dread #1====
*[[Berserker]]
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]]
*[[Enforcer]]

====Dread #2====
*[[Crowbar]]
*[[Dreadbot]]

====Dread #3====
*[[Assaulter]]s
*[[Hatchet (DOTM)|Hatchet]]
*[[:File:TF-TLK-Dread-Alternate-Concept-Art-03.jpg|Unknown]]

====Jetfire Model====
*[[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]]
*[[Lieutenant]]

====Lensmeter====
*[[Lensmeter Decepticon]]s
*[[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]

====M1 Abrams====
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
*[[Brawler]]
*[[M1 Abrams Decepticon]]s
*[[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]]

====Super Stallion====
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Chopter]]
*[[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] (''Tiny Turbo Changers'' Chopper Mode toy only)
*[[Evac (Movie)|Evac]]
*[[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
*[[Spinister (ROTF)|Spinister]]
*[[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]]
*[[Grindor drone]]

===Aligned===
====Transformers: Prime====
* [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], who were both [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s partners, shared the same body type, only different in their color scheme. Maybe Arcee has a type.
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] shared a body type with minor differences before Optimus got reformatted. [[Orion Pax, Part 2|While Optimus was brainwashed into Megatron's service]], he encountered his own file, illustrated with the schematics of what would later be revealed to be Ultra Magnus' body.

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[Character model]]

[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

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{{disambig2|'''characters''' sharing a physical model|'''toys''' sharing a physical model|Redeco}}

[[Image:Bumblebeebodies.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Body-type available in dork, boxer, and chick.]]

{{quote|At least I'm not ugly.|[[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]]}}
{{quote|Ugly? You and I look the same!|[[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]]|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

A '''body-type'''<ref>Term yanked from "[[Withered Hope]]", as is the information from the rest of the introductory paragraphs.</ref> or '''model'''<ref>Term used in "[[Autoboot Camp]]" and "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]".</ref> is the basic design of a Transformer's chassis. The design can be shared with other Transformers, either with or without individualizing customizations.

In [[Transcendent Technomorph|some universes]], upgrading or refitting a Transformer from one body-type to another can be a [[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle|lucrative black market business]]. Individual body-types have identifying model numbers. For example, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], and [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] have all, in one [[universal stream|Primax Cluster universe]] or another, inhabited a "[[C1186-P0019]]" of various colors. That model is reportedly popular with scouts.

[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Other universes]] also use numbers to identify body types. For instance, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]], [[Wasp]], and many others are all body type [[65356-9292-346]].<ref>As shown in [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]].</ref>

Body-types are particularly common in the Transformers [[toy]] lines, where many [[redeco]]s are marketed as separate [[character]]s.<ref>This only applies to different-character toys based on the same sculpt that exist in the same universe. Redeco characters released under a line that places the new character in a different universe than other iterations of the sculpt are arguably cosmic coincidences.</ref> This article puts its focus on body-types with relevance in fiction and other outstanding qualities. Because otherwise, this list could go on forever.

==Outstanding examples==
===Generation 1===
===="[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]" type====
[[File:AirWarriors MTMtE.jpg|thumb|200px]]
{{collist|5|
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]
*[[Air Warrior]]s
*[[Bitstream (G1)|Bitstream]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Hotlink (G1)|Hotlink]]
*[[Ion Storm]]
*[[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]]
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Red Wing]]
*[[Sandstorm (G2)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Wheezing Arrow]]
}}

===="[[Battlecharger]]" type====
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]

===="[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]" type====
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]]
*[[Gearhead]]

===Beast Era===
====[[Maximal Command Security Force]]====
{{collist|4|
*[[9K]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (former cadet)
*[[Getout]]
*[[High Beam]]
*[[Nitrostreak]]
*[[Overshoot]]
*[[Shatterpoint]]
*[[Stopgap]]
*[[Switchblade (BW)|Switchblade]]
*[[Tigatron|Unit 2]]
}}

===Transformers Animated===
====[[256-OZU-004]]====
*[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotrooper]]
*[[Ironfist (Animated)|Ironfist]]
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]

====[[65356-9292-346]]====
{{collist|4|
*"[[AlbinoBumbleBee]]"
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Bumblebee (SG Animated)|''Shattered Glass'' Bumblebee]]
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]]
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]]
*[[Chase (Animated)|Chase]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]]
*[[Furão]]
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]]
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]]
*[[Moscardo]]
*[[Rapier]]
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]]
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]]
*[[Siren (Animated)|Siren]]
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]]
*[[Volks (Animated)|Volks]]
*[[Wasp]]
}}

====[[09262-8765-001]]====
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]]
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]]

====[[65483-2483-321]]====
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]]

===Live-action film series===

====Audi R8====
*[[Audi R8 Decepticon]]
*[[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]
*[[Mirage (Movie)|Dino/Mirage]] (''Cyberverse'' and ''Lost Age Advanced'' toys only)
*[[Override (TF 2010)|Override]]
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
*[[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] (Legion class toy from [[Walmart]] two-pack only)

====Buffalo MPV====
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Buffalo MPV Decepticon]]

====[[Constructicon Scout]]====
*[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
*[[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]
*[[Trench]]

====[[Constructicon Warrior]]====
*[[Canopy]]
*[[Garbage truck Decepticon]]
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
*[[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]]
*[[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] (''Transformers'' 2010 toys only)

====Dread #1====
*[[Berserker]]
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]]
*[[Enforcer]]

====Dread #2====
*[[Crowbar]]
*[[Dreadbot]]

====Dread #3====
*[[Assaulter]]s
*[[Hatchet (DOTM)|Hatchet]]
*[[:File:TF-TLK-Dread-Alternate-Concept-Art-03.jpg|Unknown]]

====Jetfire Model====
*[[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]]
*[[Lieutenant]]

====Lensmeter====
*[[Lensmeter Decepticon]]s
*[[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]

====M1 Abrams====
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
*[[Brawler]]
*[[M1 Abrams Decepticon]]s
*[[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]]

====Super Stallion====
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Chopter]]
*[[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] (''Tiny Turbo Changers'' Chopper Mode toy only)
*[[Evac (Movie)|Evac]]
*[[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
*[[Spinister (ROTF)|Spinister]]
*[[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]]
*[[Grindor drone]]

===Aligned===
====Transformers: Prime====
* [[Cliffjumper (WFC)]] and [[Tailgate (Prime)]], who were both [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s partners, shared the same body type, only different in their color scheme. Maybe Arcee has a type.
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] shared a body type with minor differences before Optimus got reformatted. [[Orion Pax, Part 2|While Optimus was brainwashed into Megatron's service]], he encountered his own file, illustrated with the schematics of what would later be revealed to be Ultra Magnus' body.

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==See also==
*[[Character model]]

[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Out of His Head

2019-07-25T11:46:30Z

Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 14
|prev=Sick Mind
|next=Shadowzone (episode)
|image=OutOfHisHead-evileye.jpg
|caption=If looks could kill.
|title="Out of His Head"
|airdate=[[May 7]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Megatron attempts to resurrect himself using Dark Energon by controlling Bumblebee's mind.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OutOfHisHead-basketball.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball. I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball. I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball.]]
[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] concludes his tests on [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and gives their leader a clean bill of health. Optimus thanks Ratchet and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], while [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] is unsure whether she managed to successfully end [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s life during their mission on the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]]. In truth and unknown to any of the others, Megatron's psyche still dwells in Bumblebee's processor, and he's determined to reclaim his own body.

[[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] referees a [[basketball]] game between Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. Bulkhead easily sinks the first basket, but as Bumblebee goes to shoot, he suddenly flashes back to the [[space bridge]] explosion. When Bulkhead interrupts the vision, he gets the ball thrown at his head. Bumblebee apologizes and they play on. Later on, Bumblebee freezes as Megatron takes control. Megatron wonders how he escaped the destruction of the space bridge, and he recalls [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] pulling the sliver of [[Dark Energon]] from his chest. Now knowing what he needs to restore his body, Megatron vows to take revenge upon his subordinate.

On the Decepticon warship, Starscream taunts Megatron's body with the Dark Energon sliver, announcing that he has come up with a new, epic plan that will convince the other Decepticons that he's worthy of leadership. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] arrives in time to hear the tail end of the speech.

Waiting outside his house, [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] calls [[Jack Darby|Jack]], who is already in class, to complain that Bumblebee hasn't picked him up for [[Memorial High School|school]]. Bumblebee is at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], being puppeted by Megatron to crush a piece of equipment. Ratchet is irritated by the destruction, and Bumblebee explains his visions of Megatron. Ratchet induces a power-down to allow Bumblebee's mind time to rest. While he's explaining this to Optimus and Raf, they get a call from [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]], who says that [[Decepticon]]s have broken into the [[Kauai Naval Observatory]] in [[Hawaii]] and stolen the [[Heuck Nigoghossian telescope]]'s primary lens. Fortunately, the lens has a tracking device, and the Autobots trace it to the [[Arctic]], where there's a massive, unmineable [[energon]] deposit—unmineable unless the glacier it's in is melted, something that would devastate coastal cities.

Indeed, the Decepticons have already created a heat ray with the lens, and Starscream begins melting the glacier in question.

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-vigil.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''While You Were Beeping'', starring Sandra Bullock.]]

Raf chats with the shut-down Bumblebee, despite Ratchet pointing out that Bumblebee can't hear him. Raf asserts that Bumblebee is family and shows off a photo of his parents and siblings.

Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead walk through the Arctic and locate the Decepticon warship, which is warming things up with its heat ray.

Ratchet leaves Raf and Bumblebee to find parts to repair the equipment Bumblebee damaged. While he's gone, Bumblebee suddenly powers up and heads to the main control room, where he activates the [[GroundBridge]]. Ratchet and Raf are surprised to find him departing through the GroundBridge and wonder where the diminutive [[Autobot]] is going. Bumblebee arrives at the battlefield where Optimus and Ratchet once fought Megatron's army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]], in search of the Dark Energon shard Megatron used to raise the dead. Ratchet attempts to use the GroundBridge to follow Bumblebee, but once he activates it, Bumblebee promptly steps back through, carrying the Dark Energon, and decks the medic. Having placed Raf out of the way, Bumblebee runs back through the GroundBridge. Ratchet realizes that Megatron's mind has taken over Bumblebee, and he tracks the scout to coordinates in the Arctic. Raf insists on going too.

Atop the Decepticon warship, Starscream spots Bulkhead and Arcee. Knock Out orders [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to deal with the two Autobots, and the big 'Con starts laying into them. Meanwhile, the unseen Optimus scales a nearby cliff.

Ratchet and Raf arrive in the Decepticon ship to find disabled [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s everywhere. They reach the lab, where Bumblebee has hooked himself up to Megatron's body, but when Ratchet attacks Bumblebee, he's knocked across the room. Raf manages to encourage Bumblebee to retake control, but it's only a brief respite. Ratchet yanks the life support cable from Megatron, only to again be tossed across the room. Despite a last-ditch attempt by Raf to stop Bumblebee, the scout plunges the Dark Energon shard into Megatron's body, and Megatron awakens. A group of Vehicons arrives to find Megatron has risen from the dead, and he orders them to terminate the Autobots, as he has his own "extermination to perform". Under fire from the Vehicons, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf retreat.

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Exit, stage lef—GURRK!"]]

Optimus reaches the top of his cliff and takes a flying leap onto the Decepticon ship. On the ground, Arcee and Bulkhead continue to battle Breakdown. Starscream and Knock Out spot Optimus coming towards them across the hull of the ship, and Starscream turns the heat ray on the Autobot leader. Undeterred, Optimus drives all the way up to the heat ray and slices it with his sword, causing the whole thing to explode. Optimus is thrown to the ground, only to face the rage of Starscream, who begins diving towards him, missiles at the ready. Starscream is intercepted halfway through the dive by Megatron, who takes his disloyal lieutenant back to the Decepticon warship. Faced with his old leader, Starscream attempts to flee in his vehicle mode, only for Megatron to grab him by the tail and toss him against the ship. Even the promise of nearby Autobots to destroy isn't enough to distract Megatron, who begins dragging Starscream away by the head.

Watching the still-blazing ship depart, Optimus radios Ratchet for a bridge, but Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf appear nearby.

Later at base, Ratchet finishes checking over Bumblebee, who thanks Raf for helping to rescue him.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (14)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (6)
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (12)
*[[William Fowler]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==


"Lucky for us, Megatron was still alive." 
''<Bumblebee says something>'' 
"Yeah, I actually said that."
:—'''Arcee''' surprising us all.

"Prime, you spot any Decepticons wearing hula skirts lately?" 
"No, Special Agent Fowler. ''Why?''"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' says something that makes sense in context that '''Optimus Prime''' hasn't received yet.

"Mm-hmm. Yes, very nice."
:—'''Ratchet''' is unimpressed with Raf's picture of his family.

"Yes! I love when a plan comes together!"
:—'''Starscream''', fan of the A-Team.

"Decepticons! Your rightful lord and master has returned!"
:—'''Megatron''' reawakens.

"Megatron's greatest mistake was ever allowing you to live, Prime!"
:—'''Starscream''', a few seconds before Megatron shows up.

"Lord Megatron? You are...you're healed! Praise the AllSpark! It is a miracle!" 
"Oh, it will be a miracle all right, Starscream...if you survive what I have planned for ''you''!"
:—'''Starscream''' discovers that '''Megatron''' [[Megatron Rising - Part 2|doesn't]] [[Mission Accomplished|tolerate]] [[A Fistful of Energon|traitors]] [[Endgame, Part I|anymore]].

"But the Autobots—Optimus—right there, waiting for you!" 
"My greatest mistake? I've made a few. But there is ''one'' I do not intend to make again!" 
"N-no! Master! NOOOOOO!!!"
:—A desperate '''Starscream''' and a surprisingly self-aware '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Arcee hasn't forgotten her trip to the Arctic in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]".
* It seems that Megatron was conscious (and able to perfectly remember) when Starscream extracted the fragment of Dark Energon from his chest in "[[Masters & Students]]".
* Starscream states that his Dark Energon shard is the only chunk of Dark Energon on Earth. Aside from the one Megatron retrieves, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|this would be proven wrong later]].
* The fight with the Dark Energon zombies took place in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]".
* Bulkhead and Bumblebee play with a hollowed-out version of the ball he used for lobbing with [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] in "[[Con Job]]".
* Raf doesn't know how he understands Bumblebee, as stated in his [[Raf's Notes|notebook]].
* Raf finally gets to see snow. But does Optimus remember the snowball [[Scrapheap (episode)|he promised to give him]]?
* Megatron was in the Autobot base and could have easily learned its location by just walking out "for a drive" (he even had the perfect excuse, since everyone could see something was wrong with Bumblebee) and noting his coordinates. Then again, he had a lot on his mind so he probably forgot.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime recalls their "end run on [[Polyhex]]".

===Real-world references===
* The Heuck Nigoghossian telescope is named for ''Prime'' directors Vinton Heuck and [[Shaunt Nigoghossian]].
* Starscream {{w|The A-Team|loves it when a plan comes together.}}

===Errors===
* In the real world, large telescopes use mirrors, not lenses.
* Starscream's eye is misaligned when he spots Arcee and Bulkhead approaching.
* When Ratchet rips away the life support tube from Megatron's chest, we see the buckled hole left from his wounds during the space bridge accident. However, after the Dark Energon shard restores Megatron to life, we see his chest armor completely fixed and sporting a snazzy fresh Decepticon [[insignia|sigil]]. Looks like Dark Energon can be used not only to power evil Decepticon tyrants, but as a super polish as well.
* Starscream's thruster is not producing any flames or exhaust when Megatron grabs him as he tries to fly away.
* Megatron somehow manages to speak through Bumblebee, despite the fact that Bumblebee's damaged voice-box renders him incapable of such complex vocalizations.
* How did the Autobots get back to base without a GroundBridge operator?
* Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf somehow manage to escape the Nemesis which is hovering at a pretty high altitude the whole time, despite none of them possessing the ability to fly. Then again, bots are pretty durable against high-altitude falls, as shown by Optimus who was thrown off the ship by the explosion and didn't suffer any damage beyond brief incapacitation.

===Trivia===
* This is one of the few episodes storyboarded by the artist [[Adam Van Wyk]].
* Raf apparently has seven people in his family, including himself. He also has at least two sisters with one of them named [[Pilar Esquivel|Pilar]].
* Sierra's friend sits in front of Jack in at least one class (or perhaps homeroom). And yet she is still unnamed.
* Raf is the first of the humans to see Megatron face to face.
* In the final scene, while Ratchet is talking, Optimus has his battle mask on, despite normally only wearing it when going out on a mission.
* It's pretty impressive that Starscream kept landing on the spires of the ships. You would think that since Megatron just aimlessly threw him aside, he wouldn't be necessarily aiming for another spire?
* In later episodes, Optimus condemns the concept of killing a helpless life form, yet in this episode Arcee nonchalantly boasts about her attempt to kill Megs right in front of him. Guess Optimus' hearing took a hit from the cybonic plague?
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Bumblebee in Danger!]]''.
* The Japanese broadcast of this episode was the first to use the second Japanese [[title sequence]], "[[TRANSFORMERZ]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ausser Kontrolle'''" ("Out of Control")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 23|23 December]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Elbitorolt elme'''" ("Usurped Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 26|26 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kembalinya Megatron: Invasi Bumblebee'''" ("The Return of Megatron: Bumblebee Invation")
:*''Original airdate:'' 19 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuori di testa'''" ("Out of Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12|12 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gyakushū Henkei! Megatron Fukkatsu!'''" (逆襲変形!メガトロン復活!, "Counterattack Transformation! The Resurrection of Megatron!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 7|7 July]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Du Eolgul ui Beombeulbi'''" (두 얼굴의 범블비, "The Two-Faced Bumblebee")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11|11 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22|22 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fora de Si'''" ("Not Himself")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 6|6 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuera de su cabeza'''" ("Out of his head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 12|12 May]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 4: Die vierte Dimension ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Alien Threat (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 7 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 3: L'attaque des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 3: La furia dei Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Decepticons Unleashed ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK) 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Orion Pax, Part 2

2019-07-23T15:00:56Z

Nhaz: /* Errors */

{{disambig3|Orion Pax}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 28
|prev=Orion Pax, Part 1
|next=Orion Pax, Part 3
|image=300px Jack in Spacesuit.jpg
|caption="Jack, no! This is a really bad idea!" "Stick around, mom. I'm ''full'' of bad ideas."
|title="Orion Pax, Part 2"
|airdate=[[February 25]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''While the Autobots search for the Decepticons' space bridge, Jack prepares to face his destiny.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:StarscreamMissiles-OP3.jpeg|thumb|left|250px|Starscream's scary face. Yeah, real creepy.]]
On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] points his missiles at [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]. After addressing him as "Optimus Prime", the former [[Decepticon]] realizes something is wrong as the cowering Orion insists he is just a clerk. Through a brief conversation, Starscream learns of [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s deception to Orion, and states that the archivist has much to learn. He seems ready to try and manipulate Orion's amnesia to his own ends, but is interrupted by a team of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. Starscream leaps into action and makes a quick escape, and Pax is ordered to remain in his quarters.

Back at base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] finishes adjustments on the [[GroundBridge]]'s power level, hoping to increase its range. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] pilots a test subject in the form of a toy car into the bridge, but instead of teleporting, it is destroyed. Raf consoles Ratchet on the failure, saying it was only the first try, but Ratchet thinks it was a doomed idea from the start. In an effort to cheer him up, Raf tells the story of his slow triumph over the rope climb in gym class, but it falls on oblivious ears, since Ratchet doesn't understand what gym class has to do with increasing the Ground Bridge's power level.

In the halls of the ''Nemesis'', Starscream deftly maneuvers his way past many guards, blasting a door out in his bid for freedom. Seconds away from escape, a laser blast catches his tail, and he spins to the ground, badly wounded. Orion is soon visited by Megatron, who apologizes for the commotion. Orion asks why Megatron told him Starscream was dead, and he replies that Starscream is dead to the Decepticon cause — a defector to the Autobots. Megatron departs, but Orion's interest is piqued by Starscream's reference to him, and he begins to investigate this "Optimus Prime." On the database page for Optimus Prime (which displays a false image of a menacing-looking robot), Orion reads that Optimus Prime was the leader of the Autobot faction, not Doctor Ratchet, as Megatron told him.

[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrives at base, and reports no leads on the location of the Decepticons' [[space bridge]]. About to send Bulkhead on his way to the next search, Ratchet receives a high-frequency message of peculiar nature: it is addressed to him, and is from Starscream, the renegade Decepticon whom Megatron left for dead. The Seeker tells him that he must come alone with a medical kit to repair him, in exchange for valuable intel about Optimus.
[[File:MeetingWithScreamer-OP3.jpeg|thumb|right|250px]]
In a forest, the Ground Bridge portal opens, to the surprise and dismay of Starscream, who is wounded and lying in a pool of his own energon, only for both Ratchet and Bulkhead step out. Ratchet plays no games with his help, refusing to repair him unless he gets some useful information. Realizing his compromised position, Starscream tells all, but is horrorified when he finds the Autobots already know it as well, and plan to abandon him as a result. As Ratchet and Bulkhead depart, the medic responds to Starscream's pleading with the ultimatum that unless he knows anything about the space bridge, he's going to rust. The jet is amazed that his troops finished his project when he was gone, then laughs, realising that he has something to barter with, and smugly shows the medic where it hurts.

The group convenes at base to discuss the plan of action in seizing the space bridge. [[June Darby|June]] voices her concern at the prospect of [[Jack Darby|Jack]] traveling to another planet, but is reassured by [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[William Fowler|Fowler]], and realizes the necessity of his mission. Ratchet works out a plan, where all four Autobots storm the space bridge chamber, jamming communications to block the deployment of Decepticon reinforcements. Fowler offers Jack a spacesuit for use on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and Arcee volunteers to go with him. The Ground Bridge opens, and the team enters.

[[Image:TFP Orion Pax Part 2 - Jack Salute .jpg|thumb|left|200px|Don't wanna close my eyes, don't wanna fall asleep...]]At the Space Bridge complex, the team makes quick work of the guards. One attempts to send a message to control, but is stymied by Ratchet's scrambler and Bulkhead's fist. They arrive at the bridge, and Jack, fully decked out in a donated spacesuit from [[NASA]], is bridged to the location. The space bridge is activated, and the duo step through to Arcee's homeworld and Jack's destiny.

In the complex, the remaining Autobots are stopped in their tracks by a transmission from [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], demanding a status report. Ratchet and Bulkhead fumble over who should answer, as their voices will be recognised, and Bumblebee can't speak at all. Ratchet settles on Agent Fowler, and he is patched through. He manages to field the call, and turns it around, asking Breakdown how ''he'' is faring, to surprising success.

Meanwhile, Orion searches through all files he can on "Optimus Prime", only to find that they have been altered, the true files encrypted, to his chagrin. However, Orion, a skillful hacker, manages to get past them and find an image that shocks him; it seems ''he'' is Optimus Prime! This does not go unnoticed by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] and Megatron. The latter vows that he ''will'' see to it that Orion completes [[Project Iacon]], even if he has to inflict grievous pain on him.

On Cybertron, Jack and Arcee follow the [[Key to Vector Sigma|Key]]'s signal and are surprised to find that it leads to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], the Decepticon capital, much to Jack's chagrin, which is now abandoned, except, as Arcee puts it, for "Vermin". As they advance on foot, they cross a bridge, unaware that underneath them, one such Vermin is transforming and beginning to follow them...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (10)
|c2=
*"[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]" (2)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (3)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (5)
*[[June Darby]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (13)
*[[Jack Darby]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (1)

}}

==Quotes==
"You do not suggest that our leader...would speak falsehoods?" 
''(laughing)'' "You truly are being kept in the dark, aren't you?"
:—'''Starscream''', upon learning of '''"Orion's"''' deception.

"The Decepticon Space Bridge is located right here, deep within an energon mine." 
"Adjacent to a raw fuel supply, clever. What's our intel?" 
"A... reliable source." 
:—'''Ratchet''' talks to '''Arcee''' about their tip, without realizing he's calling a Decepticon reliable.

"Not everyone is destined for a ordinary life. Optimus Prime was once Orion Pax after all."
:—'''Ratchet''' gives proof that anyone can be a hero.

"Command, this is Space Bridge Control! We are under attack! Command, do you read me?" 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>commlink static* 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Bulkhead smashes the Vehicon's face''* 
"Shhhh."
:—A '''Vehicon''' is reminded of the no-talking rule by '''Ratchet'''.

"Thank you, Starscream." 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Bulkhead looks at Arcee''* 
"Who else would it have been?"
:—'''Arcee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s too clever by half.

"Don't worry, Space Bridging is just like Ground Bridging." 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Space Bridge fires up with a loud noise''* 
"Just a little more intense!"
:—'''Arcee''' tries to ease Jack's nerves about going on the big boy rides.

'''Fowler''': "Somebody say something, pronto!" 
'''Ratchet''': "Rafael, patch in Agent Fowler."
:—Agent Fowler gets exactly what he wants, just not what he expected.

"You have one nano-cycle to respond or—" 
"This is Space Bridge Control. Situation normal." 
"Normal? You sure about that?" 
"We were just calibrating the subsystems and we, uh, had a surge, but it's fine now. How are ''you''?" 
"Uh...uh... Never better. I know it's thankless down there. Keep up the good work, huh?" 
"Will do. Control out."
:—'''Breakdown''' and '''Fowler''' demonstrate that hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good "how are you" at your side.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The braces on Raf's legs from last episode are gone. This is not so jarring as it seems at first, as the events of that led to his condition (in "[[One Shall Fall]]") took place two months prior, according to Fowler.
* Ratchet notes that Breakdown would recognize his or Bulkhead's voice. The latter is due to Breakdown and Bulkhead's rivalry (seen from Breakdown's first appearance in "[[Deus ex Machina]]"), and the former is probably from Breakdown's encounter with Ratchet in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
* Kaon, the Decepticon capital, makes its first actual appearance, following Megatron's dream recreation of it in "[[Sick Mind]]". Jack remembers it from the events of that episode after Arcee identifies it.
* Ratchet mentions that no one is more accomplished at space bridge engineering than Decepticons. ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'' reveals Shockwave initially re-discovered the long-lost science of space bridges when he found one on Cyberton.

===Transformers references===
* The false image of Optimus Prime had some resemblance to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Generation 1 Ultra Magnus]]. We later learn that this is because this ''is'' the ''Prime'' incarnation of Ultra Magnus.

===Real-world references===
* The scene of Fowler talking to Breakdown is a reference to a similar scene in ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] Episode IV: A New Hope''. However, this time the guy on the other end responds more warmly to the "how are you?" bit.

===Errors===
[[File:Ratchet face and plating error Orion Pax pt 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|ER MAH GERD I NERDERD THERT]]
* As the Autobots are boarding the lift which takes them to the space bridge, Ratchet seems to be missing a number of parts, including the white plating on the bottom half of his legs, the red plating on his forearms, the white plating from his chest, and ''his face''. Bumblebee is also missing the headlights on his chest.
* There's no evidence of [[Dark Energon]] on Cybertron, much less any [[Terrorcon (Prime)|zombies]], despite Megatron having used enough to cover the entire planet in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]". Possibly, the Terrorcons' Dark Energon ran out and they went back to being off-line.
* Arcee mentions "vermin" on Cybertron to be careful about as opposed to Decepticons and it's implied she meant Insecticons. However, Insecticons are a) Decepticons b) more than a match for Arcee and c) unexpected. Perhaps she meant the Scraplets, which really fit the definition of "vermin"?

===Trivia===
* Aww, Breakdown cares about the worker bots.
* This is the second time Megatron denounces a mistake relating to Starscream that he "[[Out of His Head|does not intend to make again]]".
* A neat, slowed down version of Bulkhead's weapon transformation is seen, as opposed to the normally lightning fast animation employed.
* Bulkhead claims he could disguise his voice by making it higher. [[Scrapheap (episode)|That shouldn't be hard.]]
* Adaptations of this episode include a screen-capture-style comic version as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: The Orion Pax Saga|The Orion Pax Saga]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Teil 2'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 23|23 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kibō Henkei! Cybertron-sei wo Mezase'''" (希望変形!サイバトロン星をめざせ, "Hopeful Transformation! Aim for Planet Cybertron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 13|13 October]] [[2012]]
*Not only does the Insecticon speak, but does so in the [[Kensō Katō|voice]] of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] from the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''. Much like characters in that dub, it speaks incessantly and out-of-universe for the sake of humor, promising to do its best "next week".

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 2'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 4|4 June]] [[2013]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 2'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 9|9 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — One Shall Stand ([[Shout! Factory]]) 

[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 14 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Volume 1: Orion Pax ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Talk:Cybertronian data cylinder

2019-07-22T22:13:27Z

Nhaz: Created page with "==Iacon relic?== The cylinder was stated to have been created before the Great War, but Synthetic Energon sounds like something Alpha Trion would like for Optimus to have if a..."

==Iacon relic?==
The cylinder was stated to have been created before the Great War, but Synthetic Energon sounds like something Alpha Trion would like for Optimus to have if anything goes wrong with the Omega Lock. Does any media mention it being part of the Iacon relics? -- [[User:Nhaz|Nhaz]] ([[User talk:Nhaz|talk]]) 18:13, 22 July 2019 (EDT)

Orion Pax, Part 3

2019-07-22T22:05:55Z

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{{disambig3|Orion Pax}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 29
|prev=Orion Pax, Part 2
|next=Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
|image=OrionPax3 Optimus Decepticon insignia.jpg
|caption=Man, that must have been some party last night!
|title="Orion Pax, Part 3"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack and Arcee undertake a dangerous mission on Cybertron to access Vector Sigma, while Orion begins to rebel against Megatron.'''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Real-world references===
* Bulkhead's line bemoaning the Scraplets on Cybertron is a paraphrase of the oft-referenced "Why did it have to be snakes?" line from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''.

===Errors===
* As Megatron notices Jack recharging Optimus's Matrix and lets go of Arcee, his shoulder armour goes through the wall.
* Before the restored Optimus jumps trough the Groundbridge while firing at Megatron, his right shoulder can be (very briefly) seen bearing the Autobot symbol, but it should still be Decepticon.
* In the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|"Shadowzone"]], when the two Ground Bridge portals opened in close proximity to each other, the energy from both fed back on each other (as stated by Ratchet), and there was an explosion. Here, the Autobots' Ground Bridge portal opened ''right next to'' the still open Space Bridge, yet nothing happened.
* While Megatron is charging at him, Optimus catches the levitating Key to Vector Sigma between his fingers. In the next shot he's blocking Megatron's blade with both hands. How the key didn't get destroyed in this is anyone's guess.

===Trivia===
* Look closely at the arena in Kaon: it's the same arena as seen in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]". Ironic that the entrance to Vector Sigma lay beneath Megatron's feet at that moment.
* When the Scraplets look at Vector Sigma, most of the room is boring old dead metal, but the spinning blue light comes up in their vision as living metal. The download area is clearly even more delicious.
* When Jack coaxes the Scraplets into attacking the Insecticon, he calls it "the main course", echoing what Bulkhead said while using himself as bait in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]".
* The way Optimus catches Megatron's sword just after he regains his memory is exactly the same as when Megatron caught Optimus' sword in "[[One Shall Fall]]". It even makes the same thundering noise.
* Jack never picked up a souvenir for Raf, which Raf asked for in the previous episode. No one ever brings souvenirs for Raf. Aww...
* You'd think that despite knowing that Orion was not as good a warrior as Optimus, Megatron would have ordered that he be disarmed.
* This is the last live appearance of the Scraplets (they'd later appear in a flashback during "[[Toxicity]]").
* Adaptations of this episode include a screen-capture-style comic version as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: The Orion Pax Saga|The Orion Pax Saga]]''.

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

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

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

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Orion Pax, Parte 3'''" ("Orion Pax, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10|10 October]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — One Shall Stand ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 15 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 7: Orion Pax ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Volume 1: Orion Pax ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio. 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment) 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Out of His Head

2019-07-22T14:55:45Z

Nhaz: /* Errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 14
|prev=Sick Mind
|next=Shadowzone (episode)
|image=OutOfHisHead-evileye.jpg
|caption=If looks could kill.
|title="Out of His Head"
|airdate=[[May 7]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Megatron attempts to resurrect himself using Dark Energon by controlling Bumblebee's mind.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OutOfHisHead-basketball.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball. I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball. I really enjoyed playing with you guys. Let's play some basketball.]]
[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] concludes his tests on [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and gives their leader a clean bill of health. Optimus thanks Ratchet and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], while [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] is unsure whether she managed to successfully end [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s life during their mission on the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]]. In truth and unknown to any of the others, Megatron's psyche still dwells in Bumblebee's processor, and he's determined to reclaim his own body.

[[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] referees a [[basketball]] game between Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. Bulkhead easily sinks the first basket, but as Bumblebee goes to shoot, he suddenly flashes back to the [[space bridge]] explosion. When Bulkhead interrupts the vision, he gets the ball thrown at his head. Bumblebee apologizes and they play on. Later on, Bumblebee freezes as Megatron takes control. Megatron wonders how he escaped the destruction of the space bridge, and he recalls [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] pulling the sliver of [[Dark Energon]] from his chest. Now knowing what he needs to restore his body, Megatron vows to take revenge upon his subordinate.

On the Decepticon warship, Starscream taunts Megatron's body with the Dark Energon sliver, announcing that he has come up with a new, epic plan that will convince the other Decepticons that he's worthy of leadership. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] arrives in time to hear the tail end of the speech.

Waiting outside his house, [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] calls [[Jack Darby|Jack]], who is already in class, to complain that Bumblebee hasn't picked him up for [[Memorial High School|school]]. Bumblebee is at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], being puppeted by Megatron to crush a piece of equipment. Ratchet is irritated by the destruction, and Bumblebee explains his visions of Megatron. Ratchet induces a power-down to allow Bumblebee's mind time to rest. While he's explaining this to Optimus and Raf, they get a call from [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]], who says that [[Decepticon]]s have broken into the [[Kauai Naval Observatory]] in [[Hawaii]] and stolen the [[Heuck Nigoghossian telescope]]'s primary lens. Fortunately, the lens has a tracking device, and the Autobots trace it to the [[Arctic]], where there's a massive, unmineable [[energon]] deposit—unmineable unless the glacier it's in is melted, something that would devastate coastal cities.

Indeed, the Decepticons have already created a heat ray with the lens, and Starscream begins melting the glacier in question.

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-vigil.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''While You Were Beeping'', starring Sandra Bullock.]]

Raf chats with the shut-down Bumblebee, despite Ratchet pointing out that Bumblebee can't hear him. Raf asserts that Bumblebee is family and shows off a photo of his parents and siblings.

Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead walk through the Arctic and locate the Decepticon warship, which is warming things up with its heat ray.

Ratchet leaves Raf and Bumblebee to find parts to repair the equipment Bumblebee damaged. While he's gone, Bumblebee suddenly powers up and heads to the main control room, where he activates the [[GroundBridge]]. Ratchet and Raf are surprised to find him departing through the GroundBridge and wonder where the diminutive [[Autobot]] is going. Bumblebee arrives at the battlefield where Optimus and Ratchet once fought Megatron's army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]], in search of the Dark Energon shard Megatron used to raise the dead. Ratchet attempts to use the GroundBridge to follow Bumblebee, but once he activates it, Bumblebee promptly steps back through, carrying the Dark Energon, and decks the medic. Having placed Raf out of the way, Bumblebee runs back through the GroundBridge. Ratchet realizes that Megatron's mind has taken over Bumblebee, and he tracks the scout to coordinates in the Arctic. Raf insists on going too.

Atop the Decepticon warship, Starscream spots Bulkhead and Arcee. Knock Out orders [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to deal with the two Autobots, and the big 'Con starts laying into them. Meanwhile, the unseen Optimus scales a nearby cliff.

Ratchet and Raf arrive in the Decepticon ship to find disabled [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s everywhere. They reach the lab, where Bumblebee has hooked himself up to Megatron's body, but when Ratchet attacks Bumblebee, he's knocked across the room. Raf manages to encourage Bumblebee to retake control, but it's only a brief respite. Ratchet yanks the life support cable from Megatron, only to again be tossed across the room. Despite a last-ditch attempt by Raf to stop Bumblebee, the scout plunges the Dark Energon shard into Megatron's body, and Megatron awakens. A group of Vehicons arrives to find Megatron has risen from the dead, and he orders them to terminate the Autobots, as he has his own "extermination to perform". Under fire from the Vehicons, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf retreat.

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Exit, stage lef—GURRK!"]]

Optimus reaches the top of his cliff and takes a flying leap onto the Decepticon ship. On the ground, Arcee and Bulkhead continue to battle Breakdown. Starscream and Knock Out spot Optimus coming towards them across the hull of the ship, and Starscream turns the heat ray on the Autobot leader. Undeterred, Optimus drives all the way up to the heat ray and slices it with his sword, causing the whole thing to explode. Optimus is thrown to the ground, only to face the rage of Starscream, who begins diving towards him, missiles at the ready. Starscream is intercepted halfway through the dive by Megatron, who takes his disloyal lieutenant back to the Decepticon warship. Faced with his old leader, Starscream attempts to flee in his vehicle mode, only for Megatron to grab him by the tail and toss him against the ship. Even the promise of nearby Autobots to destroy isn't enough to distract Megatron, who begins dragging Starscream away by the head.

Watching the still-blazing ship depart, Optimus radios Ratchet for a bridge, but Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf appear nearby.

Later at base, Ratchet finishes checking over Bumblebee, who thanks Raf for helping to rescue him.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (11)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (14)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (6)
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Sierra's friend]] (12)
*[[William Fowler]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==


"Lucky for us, Megatron was still alive." 
''<Bumblebee says something>'' 
"Yeah, I actually said that."
:—'''Arcee''' surprising us all.

"Prime, you spot any Decepticons wearing hula skirts lately?" 
"No, Special Agent Fowler. ''Why?''"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' says something that makes sense in context that '''Optimus Prime''' hasn't received yet.

"Mm-hmm. Yes, very nice."
:—'''Ratchet''' is unimpressed with Raf's picture of his family.

"Yes! I love when a plan comes together!"
:—'''Starscream''', fan of the A-Team.

"Decepticons! Your rightful lord and master has returned!"
:—'''Megatron''' reawakens.

"Megatron's greatest mistake was ever allowing you to live, Prime!"
:—'''Starscream''', a few seconds before Megatron shows up.

"Lord Megatron? You are...you're healed! Praise the AllSpark! It is a miracle!" 
"Oh, it will be a miracle all right, Starscream...if you survive what I have planned for ''you''!"
:—'''Starscream''' discovers that '''Megatron''' [[Megatron Rising - Part 2|doesn't]] [[Mission Accomplished|tolerate]] [[A Fistful of Energon|traitors]] [[Endgame, Part I|anymore]].

"But the Autobots—Optimus—right there, waiting for you!" 
"My greatest mistake? I've made a few. But there is ''one'' I do not intend to make again!" 
"N-no! Master! NOOOOOO!!!"
:—A desperate '''Starscream''' and a surprisingly self-aware '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Arcee hasn't forgotten her trip to the Arctic in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]".
* It seems that Megatron was conscious (and able to perfectly remember) when Starscream extracted the fragment of Dark Energon from his chest in "[[Masters & Students]]".
* Starscream states that his Dark Energon shard is the only chunk of Dark Energon on Earth. Aside from the one Megatron retrieves, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|this would be proven wrong later]].
* The fight with the Dark Energon zombies took place in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]".
* Bulkhead and Bumblebee play with a hollowed-out version of the ball he used for lobbing with [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] in "[[Con Job]]".
* Raf doesn't know how he understands Bumblebee, as stated in his [[Raf's Notes|notebook]].
* Raf finally gets to see snow. But does Optimus remember the snowball [[Scrapheap (episode)|he promised to give him]]?

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime recalls their "end run on [[Polyhex]]".

===Real-world references===
* The Heuck Nigoghossian telescope is named for ''Prime'' directors Vinton Heuck and [[Shaunt Nigoghossian]].
* Starscream {{w|The A-Team|loves it when a plan comes together.}}

===Errors===
* In the real world, large telescopes use mirrors, not lenses.
* Starscream's eye is misaligned when he spots Arcee and Bulkhead approaching.
* When Ratchet rips away the life support tube from Megatron's chest, we see the buckled hole left from his wounds during the space bridge accident. However, after the Dark Energon shard restores Megatron to life, we see his chest armor completely fixed and sporting a snazzy fresh Decepticon [[insignia|sigil]]. Looks like Dark Energon can be used not only to power evil Decepticon tyrants, but as a super polish as well.
* Starscream's thruster is not producing any flames or exhaust when Megatron grabs him as he tries to fly away.
* Megatron somehow manages to speak through Bumblebee, despite the fact that Bumblebee's damaged voice-box renders him incapable of such complex vocalizations.
* How did the Autobots get back to base without a GroundBridge operator?
* Ratchet, Bumblebee and Raf somehow manage to escape the Nemesis which is hovering at a pretty high altitude the whole time, despite none of them possessing the ability to fly. Then again, bots are pretty durable against high-altitude falls, as shown by Optimus who was thrown off the ship by the explosion and didn't suffer any damage beyond brief incapacitation.

===Trivia===
* This is one of the few episodes storyboarded by the artist [[Adam Van Wyk]].
* Raf apparently has seven people in his family, including himself. He also has at least two sisters with one of them named [[Pilar Esquivel|Pilar]].
* Sierra's friend sits in front of Jack in at least one class (or perhaps homeroom). And yet she is still unnamed.
* Raf is the first of the humans to see Megatron face to face.
* In the final scene, while Ratchet is talking, Optimus has his battle mask on, despite normally only wearing it when going out on a mission.
* It's pretty impressive that Starscream kept landing on the spires of the ships. You would think that since Megatron just aimlessly threw him aside, he wouldn't be necessarily aiming for another spire?
* In later episodes, Optimus condemns the concept of killing a helpless life form, yet in this episode Arcee nonchalantly boasts about her attempt to kill Megs right in front of him. Guess Optimus' hearing took a hit from the cybonic plague?
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Bumblebee in Danger!]]''.
* The Japanese broadcast of this episode was the first to use the second Japanese [[title sequence]], "[[TRANSFORMERZ]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ausser Kontrolle'''" ("Out of Control")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 23|23 December]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Elbitorolt elme'''" ("Usurped Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 26|26 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kembalinya Megatron: Invasi Bumblebee'''" ("The Return of Megatron: Bumblebee Invation")
:*''Original airdate:'' 19 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuori di testa'''" ("Out of Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12|12 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gyakushū Henkei! Megatron Fukkatsu!'''" (逆襲変形!メガトロン復活!, "Counterattack Transformation! The Resurrection of Megatron!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 7|7 July]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Du Eolgul ui Beombeulbi'''" (두 얼굴의 범블비, "The Two-Faced Bumblebee")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11|11 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22|22 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fora de Si'''" ("Not Himself")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 6|6 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fuera de su cabeza'''" ("Out of his head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 12|12 May]] [[2012]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 4: Die vierte Dimension ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 3: Alien Threat (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 7 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1 Vol. 3: L'attaque des Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures France]]) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 3: La furia dei Decepticons ([[Universal|Universal Pictures IT]]) — English, Italian, Dutch, French and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One: Decepticons Unleashed ([[Universal|Universal Pictures UK]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 1: L'intégrale (Universal Pictures France) — English, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Universal Pictures UK) 
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season One Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Staffel 1 - Das Bündnis (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio. 

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Rebellion (Prime)

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Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the ''Prime'' episode|the ''Armada'' episode|Rebellion (Armada)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 56
|prev=Prey (episode)
|next=Project Predacon
|image=Rebellion-eyes.jpg
|caption=[[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|It happens...]] [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|but miracles happen, too.]]
|title="Rebellion"
|airdate=[[April 12]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Team Prime wages war against the Decepticon citadel.'''

==Synopsis==
As the [[Autobot]]s prepare for battle, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] points out that the military has the weapons necessary to take down the fortress, but can't attack while [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]'s [[fusion cannon]]s are pointed at major cities. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] resolves to disable the cannons. As Darkmount has [[GroundBridge]] jamming capabilities, they will have to attack in a more roundabout way.

In an underground cavern, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] expresses his doubt that he's ready to be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] points out that the decision will be made by the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

[[File:Rebellion-Shockwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Move out, Predacons. We've waited a long time for this, yesss. Let us be close enough to enjoy it.]]

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] uses his cellphone at a gas station, and his signal is promptly picked up by the [[Decepticon]]s. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] dispatches his seekers to investigate, but [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] GroundBridges Jack back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'' before they can reach him. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] likewise calls for pizza from a [[New York City|New York]] alley to lure Decepticons there. Ratchet has Jack make a fake transmission from an [[Energon]] Mine, forcing Starscream to send [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s to check the location. With the Decepticon forces thus scattered, the Autobots bridge to the fortress while Fowler stands ready at a nearby air base with a squadron of jets.

[[File:Rebellion-UltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|They have deduced our strategy, such as it was.]]

As the report comes in that the Energon Mine is safe and not under attack, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands to know why the Decepticons have been spread so thin. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] solves the mystery of where the Autobots are by pointing out the existence of the ''Harbinger'', however before Starscream can dispatch his armada to attack it, Darkmount itself comes under attack. Down below, [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] toss grenades at the base of the fortress and use their new weapons to stave off the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s that attack them. Meanwhile [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] take a more subtle route.

[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] humbly suggests releasing [[Predaking (Prime)|the Predacon]] to repel the attackers. The beast enters the fray, but is quickly distracted by the ''[[Iron Will]]''. As it attempts to chase Magnus, Ratchet opens a GroundBridge, sending the creature to the Arctic, where it quickly freezes. Shockwave leaves the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' and starts jumping down the side of the fortress.

The dying Optimus begins to have a vision of the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] and [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]. Though Prime worries about the fate of the Matrix, his old teacher assures him it will pick a new leader.

Arcee reports to Magnus that she and Bumblebee have run into some trouble and are pinned down. Ultra Magnus decides to take matters into his own hands, entering the fortress and attacking the fusion cannon control room directly. He swiftly takes care of the Decepticons at the controls, only for Megatron himself to arrive. Meanwhile Shockwave reaches the bottom of the tower and incapacitates Bulkhead and Wheeljack with a single tank cannon blast, and Arcee and Bumblebee are surrounded by Decepticon troops. Ultra Magnus fights bravely against Megatron, but ultimately loses and is dragged up to the throne room.

Alpha Trion invites Optimus to join with the Allspark. In the cavern, the Optimus's optics flicker out and his chestplate opens up to reveal the Matrix. Smokescreen has other ideas, and drags the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] over in order to place it in Optimus's hand. A surge of energy emanates from the hammer.

[[File:Rebellion-prepunch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|My turn.]]

As Ultra Magnus won't tell Megatron anything, the Decepticon leader orders the prisoners executed and the fusion cannons fired, however Starscream points out that there's something incoming. In the ''Harbinger'', Ratchet also detects the inbound object, and it has an Autobot signature. It reaches visual range of the Decepticons, revealing itself to be Optimus himself, in a new upgraded form. Landing in the throne room, Optimus deals Megatron a series of concussions before smashing the Decepticon leader all the way into the throne. Once the other Decepticons have been dealt with, Magnus deals Starscream a shattering uppercut before briefing Optimus, who sets out to destroy the fusion cannons. The Autobots at the base of the tower, on hearing the news, overthrow their captors.

Enraged, Megatron takes to the air and attempts to shoot down Prime. The news that there are incoming human forces has Starscream order the fusion cannons to fire, but while they're still powering up, Optimus Prime punches Megatron and flings the Decepticon leader directly into the fusion cannon power core, disabling the cannons. The Autobots make a hasty withdrawal as Fowler's squadron of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystrikers]] unleashes missiles on Darkmount. The Decepticons likewise retreat to their warship. Smokescreen drives up the highway in time to see the fortress come crashing to the ground.

Later, at [[Hangar E|a military base]], Fowler gives the Autobots a speech of thanks. The Autobots note that the Forge's power has been completely drained, but Ratchet assures Smokescreen he made the right choice.

[[File:Rebellion-Autobotgroupshot.jpg|700px|center|thumb|In the meantime, I've got a lot of catching up to do. People to meet, things to do... specifically to have Rattrap clear all of his junk out of my quarters!]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] (22)

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

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (7)
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[June Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Guess we'll have to sneak past enemy lines, Wrecker-style." 
"I couldn't deal with 'Wrecker-style' back on Cybertron, and I refuse to deal with it here."
:—'''Wheeljack''' and '''Ultra Magnus'''

"I knew the humans couldn't resist using their telecommunications... That is all they seem to do."
:—'''Starscream''' does have a point there...

"Ultra Magnus, you are no Optimus Prime."
:—'''Megatron'''

"This isn't how the story's supposed to end."
:—'''Smokescreen'''

'''Optimus Prime''': Commander? 
'''Ultra Magnus''': Sir, you are looking... robust.

"Is it true the Forge has been drained of its power? Then any hope of rebuilding the Omega Lock has truly been lost." 
"I... did what I felt was right." 
"And your instincts once have again proven to be quite sound."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Smokescreen''' on the Forge of Solus Prime.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Autobots dispose of Predaking in the same manner as they did the [[Scraplet]]s in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]". [[Chain of Command (Prime)|It doesn't work as well as they hoped]].
* The Forge of Solus Prime was established to be low on energy in "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]". Optimus' upgrade drains it completely.
* Optimus repeats the line "Megatron, begone" from "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", in much the same context.
* Wheeljack retains the scars inflicted by Starscream in "[[Scattered]]".
* With Darkmount destroyed and the Autobots getting a new base courtesy of the U.S. military, both sides are pretty close to where they started off. Just like old times.
* Despite her last encounter with Shockwave, Arcee does not seem at all surprised to see him. Nor is she even given any interaction with him.
* A returning Optimus deals with Megatron with a giant swing (grabs Megatron by the tail while he's in flight mode, spins him around and throws him), just like Megatron did with Starscream upon his own return from stasis in "[[Out of His Head]]".

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime (and [[Ginrai (human)|Optimus expies]]) gaining a flight-capable backpack is something of an Optimus tradition by this point.
* Ultra Magnus 's "couldn't deal with" remark seems a nod to his [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart's]] oft-referenced line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Wheeljack doesn't have a grenade on his hip when he and Bulkhead engage the Seekers, but it appears there immediately after he uses his energy whip to destroy a few of them.
* When Wheeljack unsheathes his katanas to attack the Decepticons, the handles remain part of his character model as he draws them. The error is fixed by the next shot.
* When Optimus flies to the scene and quickly starts pounding Megatron, the latter's leg wobbling doesn't really match with background movement.
* Ratchet's "Pfft, well..." reaction to Miko suggesting the Forge might do him some good is completely out of sync with his mouth movements. The line itself is lifted from "[[Scattered]]".
* When Megatron drops to the ground about to fight Ultra Magnus, the sound from his landing seems to stop too abruptly. Normally there is a slight echo after a crashing sound effect. Maybe the room did not create an echo?
* When Megatron shoots Ultra Magnus's rifle out of his hand, the laser is red instead of purple.
* When the Autobots sent the Scraplets to the Arctic in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]", Ratchet reasoned that the smaller body mass of the Scraplets would render them much more vulnerable to the extreme cold. By comparison, both Optimus and Arcee remained functional, if somewhat impaired, for a significant period. Despite this, Predaking, who is even larger than Optimus (not counting the wings), is frozen solid in under a minute. In "[[Minus One]]", Predaking would engage Optimus Prime in a protracted battle in [[Antarctica]] with no signs of freezing over.
* Wheeljack is seen in Ultra Magnus' ship holding the energy whip ''and'' a blaster. However in the battle that follows said blaster is nowhere to be seen.
* Darkmount was located right next to the ruins of the Autobot base. Smokescreen retrieved Optimus from the rubble and presumably hid him in a cavern somewhere close by. Yet when Smokescreen tries to join the battle, he's seen arriving by the highway, having apparently driven a considerable distance.

===Trivia===
* This episode has a different map of the United States, this time with Louisiana in the right place.
* This is the first time in this series that anyone has [[flight|flown]] in [[robot mode]].
* Fowler refers to the jet fighters as [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystrikers]], like the fighters from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''; this was one of the set-ups for the eventually-canned ''[[Unit:E]]'' crossover project that ''Prime'' was intended to lead into.
* The "[[Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters the Autobits edition|Autobits]]" edition of the episode mistakenly describes ''Shockwave's'' face as receiving "over 300 cable channels", rather than Soundwave's as intended.
* Bulkhead is silent throughout the whole episode, unless you count his grunts during the various battles or his laughs heard at the tail end of the episode. [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] is still credited in the episode's credits.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rebellion'''" ("Rebellion")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ostrom'''" ("Assault")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 5|5 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Insurreição'''" ("Insurrection")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4|4 October]] [[2013]]

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

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rebelión'''" ("Rebellion")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10|10 October]] [[2013]]

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

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Rebellion (Prime)

2019-07-22T14:21:38Z

Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the ''Prime'' episode|the ''Armada'' episode|Rebellion (Armada)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 56
|prev=Prey (episode)
|next=Project Predacon
|image=Rebellion-eyes.jpg
|caption=[[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|It happens...]] [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|but miracles happen, too.]]
|title="Rebellion"
|airdate=[[April 12]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Team Prime wages war against the Decepticon citadel.'''

==Synopsis==
As the [[Autobot]]s prepare for battle, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] points out that the military has the weapons necessary to take down the fortress, but can't attack while [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]'s [[fusion cannon]]s are pointed at major cities. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] resolves to disable the cannons. As Darkmount has [[GroundBridge]] jamming capabilities, they will have to attack in a more roundabout way.

In an underground cavern, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] expresses his doubt that he's ready to be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] points out that the decision will be made by the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

[[File:Rebellion-Shockwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Move out, Predacons. We've waited a long time for this, yesss. Let us be close enough to enjoy it.]]

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] uses his cellphone at a gas station, and his signal is promptly picked up by the [[Decepticon]]s. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] dispatches his seekers to investigate, but [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] GroundBridges Jack back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'' before they can reach him. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] likewise calls for pizza from a [[New York City|New York]] alley to lure Decepticons there. Ratchet has Jack make a fake transmission from an [[Energon]] Mine, forcing Starscream to send [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s to check the location. With the Decepticon forces thus scattered, the Autobots bridge to the fortress while Fowler stands ready at a nearby air base with a squadron of jets.

[[File:Rebellion-UltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|They have deduced our strategy, such as it was.]]

As the report comes in that the Energon Mine is safe and not under attack, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands to know why the Decepticons have been spread so thin. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] solves the mystery of where the Autobots are by pointing out the existence of the ''Harbinger'', however before Starscream can dispatch his armada to attack it, Darkmount itself comes under attack. Down below, [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] toss grenades at the base of the fortress and use their new weapons to stave off the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s that attack them. Meanwhile [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] take a more subtle route.

[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] humbly suggests releasing [[Predaking (Prime)|the Predacon]] to repel the attackers. The beast enters the fray, but is quickly distracted by the ''[[Iron Will]]''. As it attempts to chase Magnus, Ratchet opens a GroundBridge, sending the creature to the Arctic, where it quickly freezes. Shockwave leaves the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' and starts jumping down the side of the fortress.

The dying Optimus begins to have a vision of the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] and [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]. Though Prime worries about the fate of the Matrix, his old teacher assures him it will pick a new leader.

Arcee reports to Magnus that she and Bumblebee have run into some trouble and are pinned down. Ultra Magnus decides to take matters into his own hands, entering the fortress and attacking the fusion cannon control room directly. He swiftly takes care of the Decepticons at the controls, only for Megatron himself to arrive. Meanwhile Shockwave reaches the bottom of the tower and incapacitates Bulkhead and Wheeljack with a single tank cannon blast, and Arcee and Bumblebee are surrounded by Decepticon troops. Ultra Magnus fights bravely against Megatron, but ultimately loses and is dragged up to the throne room.

Alpha Trion invites Optimus to join with the Allspark. In the cavern, the Optimus's optics flicker out and his chestplate opens up to reveal the Matrix. Smokescreen has other ideas, and drags the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] over in order to place it in Optimus's hand. A surge of energy emanates from the hammer.

[[File:Rebellion-prepunch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|My turn.]]

As Ultra Magnus won't tell Megatron anything, the Decepticon leader orders the prisoners executed and the fusion cannons fired, however Starscream points out that there's something incoming. In the ''Harbinger'', Ratchet also detects the inbound object, and it has an Autobot signature. It reaches visual range of the Decepticons, revealing itself to be Optimus himself, in a new upgraded form. Landing in the throne room, Optimus deals Megatron a series of concussions before smashing the Decepticon leader all the way into the throne. Once the other Decepticons have been dealt with, Magnus deals Starscream a shattering uppercut before briefing Optimus, who sets out to destroy the fusion cannons. The Autobots at the base of the tower, on hearing the news, overthrow their captors.

Enraged, Megatron takes to the air and attempts to shoot down Prime. The news that there are incoming human forces has Starscream order the fusion cannons to fire, but while they're still powering up, Optimus Prime punches Megatron and flings the Decepticon leader directly into the fusion cannon power core, disabling the cannons. The Autobots make a hasty withdrawal as Fowler's squadron of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystrikers]] unleashes missiles on Darkmount. The Decepticons likewise retreat to their warship. Smokescreen drives up the highway in time to see the fortress come crashing to the ground.

Later, at [[Hangar E|a military base]], Fowler gives the Autobots a speech of thanks. The Autobots note that the Forge's power has been completely drained, but Ratchet assures Smokescreen he made the right choice.

[[File:Rebellion-Autobotgroupshot.jpg|700px|center|thumb|In the meantime, I've got a lot of catching up to do. People to meet, things to do... specifically to have Rattrap clear all of his junk out of my quarters!]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] (22)

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

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (7)
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[June Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Guess we'll have to sneak past enemy lines, Wrecker-style." 
"I couldn't deal with 'Wrecker-style' back on Cybertron, and I refuse to deal with it here."
:—'''Wheeljack''' and '''Ultra Magnus'''

"I knew the humans couldn't resist using their telecommunications... That is all they seem to do."
:—'''Starscream''' does have a point there...

"Ultra Magnus, you are no Optimus Prime."
:—'''Megatron'''

"This isn't how the story's supposed to end."
:—'''Smokescreen'''

'''Optimus Prime''': Commander? 
'''Ultra Magnus''': Sir, you are looking... robust.

"Is it true the Forge has been drained of its power? Then any hope of rebuilding the Omega Lock has truly been lost." 
"I... did what I felt was right." 
"And your instincts once have again proven to be quite sound."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Smokescreen''' on the Forge of Solus Prime.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Autobots dispose of Predaking in the same manner as they did the [[Scraplet]]s in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]". [[Chain of Command (Prime)|It doesn't work as well as they hoped]].
* The Forge of Solus Prime was established to be low on energy in "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]". Optimus' upgrade drains it completely.
* Optimus repeats the line "Megatron, begone" from "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", in much the same context.
* Wheeljack retains the scars inflicted by Starscream in "[[Scattered]]".
* With Darkmount destroyed and the Autobots getting a new base courtesy of the U.S. military, both sides are pretty close to where they started off. Just like old times.
* Despite her last encounter with Shockwave, Arcee does not seem at all surprised to see him. Nor is she even given any interaction with him.
* A returning Optimus deals with Megatron with a giant swing (grabs Megatron by the tail while he's in flight mode, spins him around and throws him), just like Megatron did with Starscream upon his own return from stasis in [[Out of His Head]].

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime (and [[Ginrai (human)|Optimus expies]]) gaining a flight-capable backpack is something of an Optimus tradition by this point.
* Ultra Magnus 's "couldn't deal with" remark seems a nod to his [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart's]] oft-referenced line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Wheeljack doesn't have a grenade on his hip when he and Bulkhead engage the Seekers, but it appears there immediately after he uses his energy whip to destroy a few of them.
* When Wheeljack unsheathes his katanas to attack the Decepticons, the handles remain part of his character model as he draws them. The error is fixed by the next shot.
* When Optimus flies to the scene and quickly starts pounding Megatron, the latter's leg wobbling doesn't really match with background movement.
* Ratchet's "Pfft, well..." reaction to Miko suggesting the Forge might do him some good is completely out of sync with his mouth movements. The line itself is lifted from "[[Scattered]]".
* When Megatron drops to the ground about to fight Ultra Magnus, the sound from his landing seems to stop too abruptly. Normally there is a slight echo after a crashing sound effect. Maybe the room did not create an echo?
* When Megatron shoots Ultra Magnus's rifle out of his hand, the laser is red instead of purple.
* When the Autobots sent the Scraplets to the Arctic in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]", Ratchet reasoned that the smaller body mass of the Scraplets would render them much more vulnerable to the extreme cold. By comparison, both Optimus and Arcee remained functional, if somewhat impaired, for a significant period. Despite this, Predaking, who is even larger than Optimus (not counting the wings), is frozen solid in under a minute. In "[[Minus One]]", Predaking would engage Optimus Prime in a protracted battle in [[Antarctica]] with no signs of freezing over.
* Wheeljack is seen in Ultra Magnus' ship holding the energy whip ''and'' a blaster. However in the battle that follows said blaster is nowhere to be seen.
* Darkmount was located right next to the ruins of the Autobot base. Smokescreen retrieved Optimus from the rubble and presumably hid him in a cavern somewhere close by. Yet when Smokescreen tries to join the battle, he's seen arriving by the highway, having apparently driven a considerable distance.

===Trivia===
* This episode has a different map of the United States, this time with Louisiana in the right place.
* This is the first time in this series that anyone has [[flight|flown]] in [[robot mode]].
* Fowler refers to the jet fighters as [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystrikers]], like the fighters from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''; this was one of the set-ups for the eventually-canned ''[[Unit:E]]'' crossover project that ''Prime'' was intended to lead into.
* The "[[Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters the Autobits edition|Autobits]]" edition of the episode mistakenly describes ''Shockwave's'' face as receiving "over 300 cable channels", rather than Soundwave's as intended.
* Bulkhead is silent throughout the whole episode, unless you count his grunts during the various battles or his laughs heard at the tail end of the episode. [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] is still credited in the episode's credits.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rebellion'''" ("Rebellion")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ostrom'''" ("Assault")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 5|5 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Insurreição'''" ("Insurrection")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4|4 October]] [[2013]]

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

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rebelión'''" ("Rebellion")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10|10 October]] [[2013]]

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

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Rebellion (Prime)

2019-07-22T14:21:02Z

Nhaz: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the ''Prime'' episode|the ''Armada'' episode|Rebellion (Armada)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 56
|prev=Prey (episode)
|next=Project Predacon
|image=Rebellion-eyes.jpg
|caption=[[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|It happens...]] [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|but miracles happen, too.]]
|title="Rebellion"
|airdate=[[April 12]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Team Prime wages war against the Decepticon citadel.'''

==Synopsis==
As the [[Autobot]]s prepare for battle, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] points out that the military has the weapons necessary to take down the fortress, but can't attack while [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]'s [[fusion cannon]]s are pointed at major cities. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] resolves to disable the cannons. As Darkmount has [[GroundBridge]] jamming capabilities, they will have to attack in a more roundabout way.

In an underground cavern, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] expresses his doubt that he's ready to be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] points out that the decision will be made by the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

[[File:Rebellion-Shockwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Move out, Predacons. We've waited a long time for this, yesss. Let us be close enough to enjoy it.]]

[[Jack Darby|Jack]] uses his cellphone at a gas station, and his signal is promptly picked up by the [[Decepticon]]s. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] dispatches his seekers to investigate, but [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] GroundBridges Jack back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'' before they can reach him. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] likewise calls for pizza from a [[New York City|New York]] alley to lure Decepticons there. Ratchet has Jack make a fake transmission from an [[Energon]] Mine, forcing Starscream to send [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s to check the location. With the Decepticon forces thus scattered, the Autobots bridge to the fortress while Fowler stands ready at a nearby air base with a squadron of jets.

[[File:Rebellion-UltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|They have deduced our strategy, such as it was.]]

As the report comes in that the Energon Mine is safe and not under attack, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands to know why the Decepticons have been spread so thin. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] solves the mystery of where the Autobots are by pointing out the existence of the ''Harbinger'', however before Starscream can dispatch his armada to attack it, Darkmount itself comes under attack. Down below, [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] toss grenades at the base of the fortress and use their new weapons to stave off the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s that attack them. Meanwhile [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] take a more subtle route.

[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] humbly suggests releasing [[Predaking (Prime)|the Predacon]] to repel the attackers. The beast enters the fray, but is quickly distracted by the ''[[Iron Will]]''. As it attempts to chase Magnus, Ratchet opens a GroundBridge, sending the creature to the Arctic, where it quickly freezes. Shockwave leaves the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' and starts jumping down the side of the fortress.

The dying Optimus begins to have a vision of the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] and [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]. Though Prime worries about the fate of the Matrix, his old teacher assures him it will pick a new leader.

Arcee reports to Magnus that she and Bumblebee have run into some trouble and are pinned down. Ultra Magnus decides to take matters into his own hands, entering the fortress and attacking the fusion cannon control room directly. He swiftly takes care of the Decepticons at the controls, only for Megatron himself to arrive. Meanwhile Shockwave reaches the bottom of the tower and incapacitates Bulkhead and Wheeljack with a single tank cannon blast, and Arcee and Bumblebee are surrounded by Decepticon troops. Ultra Magnus fights bravely against Megatron, but ultimately loses and is dragged up to the throne room.

Alpha Trion invites Optimus to join with the Allspark. In the cavern, the Optimus's optics flicker out and his chestplate opens up to reveal the Matrix. Smokescreen has other ideas, and drags the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] over in order to place it in Optimus's hand. A surge of energy emanates from the hammer.

[[File:Rebellion-prepunch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|My turn.]]

As Ultra Magnus won't tell Megatron anything, the Decepticon leader orders the prisoners executed and the fusion cannons fired, however Starscream points out that there's something incoming. In the ''Harbinger'', Ratchet also detects the inbound object, and it has an Autobot signature. It reaches visual range of the Decepticons, revealing itself to be Optimus himself, in a new upgraded form. Landing in the throne room, Optimus deals Megatron a series of concussions before smashing the Decepticon leader all the way into the throne. Once the other Decepticons have been dealt with, Magnus deals Starscream a shattering uppercut before briefing Optimus, who sets out to destroy the fusion cannons. The Autobots at the base of the tower, on hearing the news, overthrow their captors.

Enraged, Megatron takes to the air and attempts to shoot down Prime. The news that there are incoming human forces has Starscream order the fusion cannons to fire, but while they're still powering up, Optimus Prime punches Megatron and flings the Decepticon leader directly into the fusion cannon power core, disabling the cannons. The Autobots make a hasty withdrawal as Fowler's squadron of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystrikers]] unleashes missiles on Darkmount. The Decepticons likewise retreat to their warship. Smokescreen drives up the highway in time to see the fortress come crashing to the ground.

Later, at [[Hangar E|a military base]], Fowler gives the Autobots a speech of thanks. The Autobots note that the Forge's power has been completely drained, but Ratchet assures Smokescreen he made the right choice.

[[File:Rebellion-Autobotgroupshot.jpg|700px|center|thumb|In the meantime, I've got a lot of catching up to do. People to meet, things to do... specifically to have Rattrap clear all of his junk out of my quarters!]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] (22)

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

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (7)
*[[Jack Darby]] (8)
*[[June Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Guess we'll have to sneak past enemy lines, Wrecker-style." 
"I couldn't deal with 'Wrecker-style' back on Cybertron, and I refuse to deal with it here."
:—'''Wheeljack''' and '''Ultra Magnus'''

"I knew the humans couldn't resist using their telecommunications... That is all they seem to do."
:—'''Starscream''' does have a point there...

"Ultra Magnus, you are no Optimus Prime."
:—'''Megatron'''

"This isn't how the story's supposed to end."
:—'''Smokescreen'''

'''Optimus Prime''': Commander? 
'''Ultra Magnus''': Sir, you are looking... robust.

"Is it true the Forge has been drained of its power? Then any hope of rebuilding the Omega Lock has truly been lost." 
"I... did what I felt was right." 
"And your instincts once have again proven to be quite sound."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Smokescreen''' on the Forge of Solus Prime.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Autobots dispose of Predaking in the same manner as they did the [[Scraplet]]s in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]". [[Chain of Command (Prime)|It doesn't work as well as they hoped]].
* The Forge of Solus Prime was established to be low on energy in "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]". Optimus' upgrade drains it completely.
* Optimus repeats the line "Megatron, begone" from "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", in much the same context.
* Wheeljack retains the scars inflicted by Starscream in "[[Scattered]]".
* With Darkmount destroyed and the Autobots getting a new base courtesy of the U.S. military, both sides are pretty close to where they started off. Just like old times.
* Despite her last encounter with Shockwave, Arcee does not seem at all surprised to see him. Nor is she even given any interaction with him.
* A returning Optimus deals with Megatron with a giant swing (grabs Megatron by the tail while he's in flight mode, spins him around and throws him), just like Megatron did with Starscream upon his own return from stasis in [[Out Of His Head]].

===Transformers references===
* Optimus Prime (and [[Ginrai (human)|Optimus expies]]) gaining a flight-capable backpack is something of an Optimus tradition by this point.
* Ultra Magnus 's "couldn't deal with" remark seems a nod to his [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart's]] oft-referenced line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Wheeljack doesn't have a grenade on his hip when he and Bulkhead engage the Seekers, but it appears there immediately after he uses his energy whip to destroy a few of them.
* When Wheeljack unsheathes his katanas to attack the Decepticons, the handles remain part of his character model as he draws them. The error is fixed by the next shot.
* When Optimus flies to the scene and quickly starts pounding Megatron, the latter's leg wobbling doesn't really match with background movement.
* Ratchet's "Pfft, well..." reaction to Miko suggesting the Forge might do him some good is completely out of sync with his mouth movements. The line itself is lifted from "[[Scattered]]".
* When Megatron drops to the ground about to fight Ultra Magnus, the sound from his landing seems to stop too abruptly. Normally there is a slight echo after a crashing sound effect. Maybe the room did not create an echo?
* When Megatron shoots Ultra Magnus's rifle out of his hand, the laser is red instead of purple.
* When the Autobots sent the Scraplets to the Arctic in "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]", Ratchet reasoned that the smaller body mass of the Scraplets would render them much more vulnerable to the extreme cold. By comparison, both Optimus and Arcee remained functional, if somewhat impaired, for a significant period. Despite this, Predaking, who is even larger than Optimus (not counting the wings), is frozen solid in under a minute. In "[[Minus One]]", Predaking would engage Optimus Prime in a protracted battle in [[Antarctica]] with no signs of freezing over.
* Wheeljack is seen in Ultra Magnus' ship holding the energy whip ''and'' a blaster. However in the battle that follows said blaster is nowhere to be seen.
* Darkmount was located right next to the ruins of the Autobot base. Smokescreen retrieved Optimus from the rubble and presumably hid him in a cavern somewhere close by. Yet when Smokescreen tries to join the battle, he's seen arriving by the highway, having apparently driven a considerable distance.

===Trivia===
* This episode has a different map of the United States, this time with Louisiana in the right place.
* This is the first time in this series that anyone has [[flight|flown]] in [[robot mode]].
* Fowler refers to the jet fighters as [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystrikers]], like the fighters from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''; this was one of the set-ups for the eventually-canned ''[[Unit:E]]'' crossover project that ''Prime'' was intended to lead into.
* The "[[Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters the Autobits edition|Autobits]]" edition of the episode mistakenly describes ''Shockwave's'' face as receiving "over 300 cable channels", rather than Soundwave's as intended.
* Bulkhead is silent throughout the whole episode, unless you count his grunts during the various battles or his laughs heard at the tail end of the episode. [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] is still credited in the episode's credits.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rebellion'''" ("Rebellion")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ostrom'''" ("Assault")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 5|5 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Insurreição'''" ("Insurrection")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4|4 October]] [[2013]]

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

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rebelión'''" ("Rebellion")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 10|10 October]] [[2013]]

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

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Cutting Edge

2019-07-21T01:16:24Z

Nhaz: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=43
|image=Cutting Edge title shot.JPG
|caption=Do you have sssome sssugar I could borrow?
|title="Cutting Edge"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[November 15]], 1998
|written by=[[Ian Weir]]
|directed by=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''A new group of raptor clones attacks the protohuman tribe, and it falls to Cheetor and Blackarachnia to defend them.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cutting Edge Cyberraptor.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Just what we need, raptors with frick'n laser beam eyes.]]
[[Chak]] and [[Una]], two [[protohuman]] children, play, watched over by three older primates, the youngest of the which bearing a familiar hammer. But a large [[Cyber raptor|raptor]] with red, glowing eyes and laser vision arrives, attacks one of the older protohumans, and begins to chase the leading protohuman and the kids for their lives. The children hide and stay silent to avoid becoming snacks for the mechanical dinosaur. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] arrive in the sky to save the protohumans from the evil dinosaur. Back in the [[Mount St. Hilary]] base, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] analyzes recovered materials from the dinosaurs to deduce that Megatron must be masterminding the evil robot dinosaur's activities, and one raptor won't be the end.

[[File:Cutting Edge Optimus Una.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Do you mind getting off my finger?]]
[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], lurking about, spies on [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] carrying around some materials in a suspicious manner. She drops her cargo when the two protohumans run past her, followed by their monkeysitter, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Cheetor stops to explain why the kids are here, but is distracted by the sensation of being close to Blackarachnia. In the control room, Primal assigns Cheetor and Blackarachnia to take the kids back to their regular habitat (making Silverbolt act rather territorial). Once the four leave, Rattrap mentions to Rhinox that he saw Blackarachnia taking something from the classified area of the Maximals' base.

[[File:Cutting Edge Blackarachnia kids.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Blackarachnia must have watched ''[[Spider-Man]] 2''.]]
Cheetor gives Chak a dizzying ride through the air, while on the ground, Una puts a coconut on her head and mimics Blackarachnia's behavior. Cheetor and Chak land and Blackarachnia professes her disdain for the adorable antics of the Neanderthals. A Cyber raptor attacks, and despite her own reservations about putting herself in danger, she fights to protect the human kids. Cheetor manages to damage himself with a grandstanding maneuver. After getting away, the Maximals find their radios are being jammed and Cheetor's flight ability is disabled; the two are on their own.

[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], watching the Maximals and their charges, sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (brandishing a new toy) and three additional raptors to attack the two Maximals in the field. Meanwhile, Primal and Silverbolt also go to reinforce the two Maximals who haven't radioed in a status report. The four remaining Predacons share a hearty laugh and prepare for an attack on the under-staffed Maximal base.

[[File:Cutting Edge Optimus venom.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Those Robot Heroes are adorable.]]
Cheetor, Blackarachnia, and the kids come under attack from Predacon forces. While they take cover, Silverbolt and Primal arrive to protect their comrades. Tarantulas's new weapon is a [[Transmetal]] [[cyber venom]] which disables Primal, leaving him drunkenly singing about his Little Guy. Blackarachnia dives to use her own body to take a shot from Tarantulas meant for the two kids. One of the raptors gets close to Optimus, but is damaged by the sudden appearance of the hammer-wielding protohuman. The damaged raptor jumps madly, stomping on Waspinator. Thanks to the protohuman, Primal figures out that the raptors are vulnerable on the control units on their backs. Blackarachnia destroys the control unit on the remaining raptor, which takes out Tarantulas as it self-destructs.

[[File:Cutting Edge Prohuman.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hammer time!]]
Megatron's attack on the Maximal base starts well. [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] is sacrificed as a victim to an anticipated booby trap. After getting a radio message from Waspinator that the attack on the protohumans has failed, Megatron, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and Inferno push forward to claim the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]—but [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] arrives, giving Rhinox and Rattrap the opening they need to force the Predacons back into a retreat.

As Primal's group collect themselves, the children protohumans are delivered back into the care of their parents and wave goodbye to Cheetor. Blackarachnia smuggles some hardware from the damaged raptors. Cheetor congratulates Blackarachnia on her heroic actions, but Blackarachnia tells Cheetor she doesn't care for "nice kids". As she walks away under the wing of territorial Silverbolt, Cheetor mutters that he's not a kid...and maybe not so nice, either.

Meanwhile, Megatron determines that he can perfect the technology from the Cyber raptors by using it in conjunction with the other half of Rampage's divided [[spark]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (5)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (9)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (16)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (12)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (13)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (14)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (15)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (1)
*[[Una]] (2)
*[[Chak]] (3)

}}

==Quotes==
"Guys. Oh, they're only young once, but they can act juvenile forever."
:—'''Blackarachnia''', not appreciating the company she's stuck with.

"Oh great. I get stuck with the one cat in the world who lands on his head."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' still not appreciating the company.

"The base is undermanned and unprotected, ours for the asking." 
"Aww, now, we ain't gonna ''ask'', are we? How's about we just blast our way in there, an' ''slag everybody'' 'n' ''TAKE IT?!''" 
"Mmmmm... okay!"
:—'''Megatron''' gives '''Quickstrike''' exactly the right answer.

"Oh, heart of my heart, I saw. You were ready to sacrifice yourself." 
"Ohh, it was an accident, okay? I slipped."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Blackarachnia''', after the latter saves Una and Chak

"Quickstrike, you may lead." 
"YEAH! That's what I like to hear!!" 
"Royalty? Why was I not chosen?" 
"Because, Inferno, when expecting booby traps..." 
''[Quickstrike falls for the old Giant Fist to the metal wall trap!]'' 
"Always send the BOOB in first." 
:—'''Megatron''' uses '''Quickstrike''' to educate '''Inferno''' on the nuances of survival.

"Rattrap to Optimus… hate to interrupt your picnic, but we got big ''Pred'' problems!" 
"Just hang on, Rattrap. You and Rhinox are our last hope. Defend the—defend the—''[sings]'' There he is, my little guyyyyy! There he is; my little guy. Isn’t he cute?" 
"That’s ''not'' what I wanted to hear."
:—'''Rattrap''' finds that cyber-venomed '''Optimus Primal''' sure can sing.

"And I really thought, you know, we made a pretty good team, didn't we?" 
"Listen, tabby, you're a nice kid—" [''notices Silverbolt approaching''] "—which is two strikes against ya, so don't go lookin' for strike three, okay?" [''walks away with Silverbolt''] 
"I'm ''not'' a kid... and maybe I'm not so nice, either."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Optimus is singing over Rattrap's comlink, his voice loses its usual electronic flanging effect.

===Continuity errors===
* The protohumans are much more civilized- having invented clothes and some rudimentary society- than their apelike behavior in their last appearance. Either they're very fast learners, or the Beast Wars have gone on for a really long time.
*The first raptor Blackarachnia and Cheetor fight wanders off, and doesn't turn up in the final battle (where there's only three from the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''). Where did it go?

===Continuity notes===
* One of the hominids is still carrying around [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s makeshift hammer that he discovered back in "[[Code of Hero]]".
* The cyber-raptors represent Megatron's second attempt at cloning Dinobot, after [[Clone One]] from season one's "[[Double Dinobot]]".
* There's a lot of foreshadowing for the upcoming "Feral Scream" two-parter and beyond:
** Megatron is working on [[Transmetal 2]] technology, using it to clone Dinobot.
** Cheetor's maturing out of his "kid" behaviour and developing a romantic interest in Blackarachnia.
** Blackarachnia herself is covertly attempting to become Transmetal herself.
* After a season of going solo, Tarantulas is once again working for Megatron, under undisclosed circumstances.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Tarantulas fires a dart that carries "Transmetal [[cybervenom]]". It's unclear if this refers to cybervenom administered by a Transmetal, or cybervenom designed to incapacitate Transmetals, but either way it makes your head grow and causes you to sing deliriously.

===Real world references===
* Megatron exclaims "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war", a quote from [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''{{w|Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar}}''.
* As Primal is shakily recovering from the cyber-venom in the background of one scene, Silverbolt can be seen administering the "how many fingers am I holding up?" sobriety test.

===Trivia===
* This is the first and only time a protohuman is hinted to have been killed in an episode. However, it was an older specimen, who may have already passed along his genetic material long ago, thereby theoretically preventing any alteration to history that would involve erasing anyone from existence.
* This episode features the only time Tarantulas uses his spider leg guns in his Transmetal form.
* The invention of the club appears to have led swiftly and mercifully to the invention of pants.
* Depth Charge arrives at the Ark just in the nick of time, without any previous establishment in the episode, making his introduction into the episode's plot a bit of a deus ex machina.
* Perhaps Megatron shouldn't have put the most vulnerable parts of his creations right on top of their backs, where they could easily be shot, smashed, etc.
* This must have been a bad day for Rampage, what with getting kicked out of the base by Depth Charge and, at the end, Megatron squeezing his half-spark just to gloat.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Désavantage'''" (Canada, "Disadvantage")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Progetti oscuri'''" ("Dark Projects")

[[File:ConvoyBigTransPoster1.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|It's like an anime convention threw up.]]
'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Beast Wars Metals: Convoy Dai Henshin!'''" (ビーストウォーズメタルスコンボイ大変身!, "Beast Wars Metals: Convoy's Great Transformation!")
:*''Release date:'' [[July 31|31 July]] [[1999]] (theatrical)
:**This episode was released theatrically as part of the ''[[1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair]]'', a triple feature of animated films based on [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] properties. It was preceded by several clips, prominently from "[[Optimal Situation]]", to establish Optimus Primal's new body. The other two short movies included were "[[Licca Kayama|Super Doll Licca-chan]]" and "[[Microman]]".
:**Its placement in the ''Beast Wars Metals'' series was taken by a newly crafted [[clip show]], "[[Remix: I Lost the Banana!]]".
:**Due to the relatively late theatrical release, the episode was not included on [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]]'s Japanese DVD box set of ''Beast Wars Metals'', nor was it released on the reissue of that box set. The only Japanese retail release for this episode was on VHS. However, on April 27, 2016, fansub group Karyuudo Fansubs released an ''unofficial'' re-constructed DVD quality version of this episode.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Limite'''" ("The Limit")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Nueva Tecnología'''" (America, "The New Technology")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shēng Sǐ Guāntóu'''" (生死关头, "Between Life And Death")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — The Movie ([[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 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)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]
[[Category:Real world films]]

User talk:M Sipher

2019-07-16T21:59:07Z

Nhaz: /* Page deleted on the grounds of being "a severe reach" */

[[User talk:M Sipher/Archive Pre-2015]]

== New to Transformers Wiki ==

Hi. New to this wiki and trying to contact an admin. Unlike the other wikis that I have made contributions to, I get a message stating that I don't have permission to create a new page. Unable to load an image, as keep getting that message. Who do I need to talk to in regards to the aforementioned?

[[User:Esparza3368|Esparza3368]] ([[User talk:Esparza3368|talk]]) 18:25, 22 June 2019 (EDT)

== Hero Mashers ==

I think you have to clarify more than "Fuck this noise" when you're merging all the Hero Mashers back despite them having their own universal stream cluster. Canon's not really on your side. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:08, 10 May 2015 (EDT)
:I left the (HM) pages intact so "canon" can be appeased. There's canon, and then there's stupidly obfuscating information by not having blatantly-based-on-specific-iterations-of-characters merch on the relevant pages because of some micro-reference in something the overwhelming majority of readership will basically never see. We do readers a disservice with the latter. I don't like just assuming someone's going to dig through a disambig link chain to maybe find stuff like this, and since we repeat full toy sections for repurposings, I don't see why repeating Hero Mashers or the like would be a problem. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 13:15, 10 May 2015 (EDT)
::That's fair enough. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:16, 10 May 2015 (EDT)

==Intruders==

Are the Intruders who built Medusa the same as the Intruders from G.I. Joe? --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 09:09, 18 July 2015 (EDT)

== Spambots ==

There's another one: [[User:Sdsfs]] -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 19:24, 3 February 2016 (EST)

==Misdirection==

I tried, i changed the file type, and i did a multiple image upload, so i couldnt give them all a correct discription. Will they be readded, or shall i do them individually? -
Junkheap117
Also, you need to calm your shit. It's just a fucking unofficial website, and you go on like it means the world to you. GET A FUCKING LIFE.
:Guess who's getting a time-out? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:34, 2 April 2016 (EDT)

==Angry Birds Transformers Characters and Accessories==
Thanks for taking the time to fill in information for the Angry Birds Transformers characters.
So far we're still missing comphrehensive profiles for Chuck, Hal, and the Minion Pig seekers. Could you also 'spice up' Red's Ultimate, Nemesis, and Epic Optimus Prime's profiles? (I wrote those profiles, but they're just information basic.)

The current Challenge event is for getting both Bumblebees' accessories, so for this and future events, could you make sure to get the gem costs of the accessories ''before'' getting them with tokens? Or else would take extra replaying from scratch to figure out the what the original gem costs were.

Also, some of the accessories were token-only exclusives, so you may have to change the cost columns for the accessories tables a bit.
--[[User:Woo224|Woo224]] ([[User talk:Woo224|talk]]) 23:14, 8 September 2016 (EDT)

==Uploads==

Hi, im a new user and when i upload an image it says i dont have permission to creat a new page. I have multiple screenshots from the new RID episode but i cant uplaod them, Any ideas? Thanks
--[[User:Hardshell101|Hardshell101]]

== Apology ==

Sorry about disrupting your work on the ''Combiner Wars'' toyline page. I didn't think you had progressed down that far yet. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:25, 2 October 2016 (EDT)

== Hiding pages from Recent Changes? ==

I had no idea my personal page edits were cluttering up the Recent Changes page; my bad. Is it possible for me to just hide everything under my username page from Recent Changes? I just find it much easier to work on individual subsections... but given how many there are it's going to keep cluttering RC until I'm done (and I keep wanting to make tweaks here and there). Thanks. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 13:52, 27 February 2017 (EST)
:Just noticed the "Minor edit" checkbox; I'll use that from now on for my stuff. Sorry again for my posts. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 13:54, 27 February 2017 (EST)

== Model Numbers? / Formatting - table vs list==

Hey, I noticed that you've deleted model numbers off of most of the toyline pages, which is very useful information. I registered to place them back in, but after a couple edits I notice that somebody undid them already. Apologies if I went about this wrong, but how can we get the model #'s reinstated onto the collection pages? =)

Also, when you deleted the model numbers for many pages, you converted the formatting from simple straight-down lists to table formats. As a result, everything looks more cluttered and less organized now. With model numbers in place, even though the page may be slightly longer, at least everything looks much more organized in numerical order. Would it be possible to consider putting everything back into straight-down list views? (but keep the improvements, such as the cool new mini-icons, etc.)
:No. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 14:48, 3 March 2017 (EST)
Ok, I suppose that's just cosmetic - but what about model #'s? That's actually functional information, which for some reason was stripped from many of the toyline pages? The only way to view that information now is to go back and look at older page revisions...
::Or you can click the link to the toy where all the toy-specific info goes. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:47, 3 March 2017 (EST)
Hey, thanks for your reply - I understand that you can click on each individual link, but it's more convenient for all the information to be collected in one place (particularly with Japanese toylines, for foreign collectors). Anyway, I wrote down some thoughts on the "Transformers Unite Warriors" discussion page, and won't push this any further - was just giving some suggestions from an outside user, which I thought might be helpful. I'll stick to simple edits & corrections from now on, and just appreciate the wiki for what it has to offer - thanks... =)
:::"All the information collected in one place" is called page bloat and over-redundancy, which in the past led to unreadable, ugly, overlong pages that challenged readers to slog through it all. A toyline page is meant to be a broad-strokes overview with links to more detailed pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:59, 4 March 2017 (EST)
I understand what you're saying about excessive information being "bloat", but model numbers are typically only 2-5 characters long and serve greatly to organize information, and provide a look of uniformity to lists; they are such integral pieces of information for many toys (and in many cases, synonymous with their names), particularly for Takara figures from Japan, and especially for collectors working on their collections. For example, Henkei Optimus is C-01 Convoy, United Megatron (the best version from the Classics Voyager mold) is UN-09 Megatron, Transformers Legends Arcee is LG10 Arcee, RobotMasters Optimus w/ DVD is RM-10 Convoy+DVD, Masterpiece Optimus is either MP-1/MP-4 or MP-10, Masterpiece Rodimus is either MP-9 or MP-28, etc. - these figures are referred to as such all over the web, on ebay, in forums, articles, buy/sale/trade lists, etc. For any collector, this information is invaluable and would never be considered as bloat if collected on a wiki toyline information page.

With all due respect (I know you and others have worked very hard on this site!), but if you look at all the pages pre- and post- overhaul where you reformatted into 4-column tables and stripped out model numbers (Transformers Unite Warriors, Transformers Legends (franchise), Transformers United, Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline), Robotmasters (franchise), etc.) - every single one of these pages looked cleaner and better laid out, and with MORE information (ie - model numbers), before the redesign than after. I think I know what you were trying to achieve (I used to work in web dev in a past life), but the current table implementation only looks good when wave distributions are fairly even (the "Transformers: Generations" page looks pretty decent in most places, except for the Japan section); however, in most other instances where waves are unevenly distributed, and information is presented in left-to-right then down fashion, it ends up being a convoluted mess that is more difficult to follow than necessary (due to uneven whitespacing, and having to scan waves left-to-right but then downwards per wave).

In fact, one easy improvement would be if you were to just simply flip the axis and list the waves top-down then right, then everything would read much better and be easier to follow, and would look better with uneven wave distributions (and then if model numbers were reinstated, they would look good as well because they would appear uniform and increase numerically as you're scanning down the lists)*. Another thing to consider - I know that it probably took a bit of effort to standardize on the current 4-column table view, and that uniformity across pages is desirable, but sometimes the one-size-fits-all approach is not necessarily the best. The Unite Warriors page is a pretty good example of this - the new version looks quite scattered, and is actually MORE bloated (in both page size, and vertical scroll area) even though information has been omitted (model #'s). There's no reason why those 12 entries shouldn't just be a simple downwards list like it was before, with just the new insignia mini-icons added (and model #'s intact!).

Anyway, as I said before, I didn't mean to push this any further - I like tfwiki too much, and don't want to risk offending any of you who control the site. I sought only to help and to give some constructive feedback for consideration, from the viewpoint of an outside user who has found the information collected here invaluable, but happened to notice some of the pages being changed for the worse and becoming more difficult to use. Anyway, thanks again for your time & long live tfwiki... =)

(*if there was a way for me to mock up a sample update of one of the pages, and place it somewhere that's not in production, I could should you what I mean, but I don't know how to do that here...)

== Divebomb/Grimlock ==

I'm not sure on the specifics, but I believe it's a real thing that Adventure Grimlock's new tooling has a bunch of really specific slots designed to fit Divebomb's armour pieces, for some weird reason. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 06:11, 24 October 2017 (EDT)

== Universe 2008 exclusives ==

[http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transformers:_Universe_(2008_toyline)&diff=1232847&oldid=1232845] Seriously... Please explain to me why listing the exact same items in the same list (thereby implying they were separate items, when they were identical down to the packaging) is preferable over a shorter list with a brief note. Whether the formatting for the note could be improved is one thing, but why would we list multiple toys twice for each individual availability when we don't do that for any other toyline list? We don't list Titans Return Arcee three times under "San Diego Comic-Con", "Hasbro Toy Shop" and "Toys"R"Us" either. Shouldn't the priority be "which toys were released under this line and how were they available", not "which venues got which toys"?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 05:47, 6 January 2018 (EST)

== "Who does this and why" ==

I wasn't responsible, but I believe that the international standard date format (yyyy-mm-dd) has been being used to avoid confusion that might stem from using either British or American date format. What's the problem with it? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 07:31, 11 March 2018 (EDT)
:I have literally NEVER seen that used in my life by anyone until someone started changing it on this wiki. Not once. What fucking confusion could there be? Is someone going to think "oh, that toy came out in 2006, on the 1987th of double-December"? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]])
::Well, uh, it ''is'' {{w|ISO 8601|the standard format for international communication}}. And obviously it's not confusing in that particular case, but if someone wrote 09-05-2005, are they talking about the 9th of May or September the 5th? On a wiki with significant quantities of both British and American-originated subject matter, I feel like it makes sense...? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 10:56, 12 March 2018 (EDT)

== Expired spoiler tag ==

Could you please remove the spoiler tag from the [[Transformers 5 set visit]] page? It's the only expired tag left, and I don't have the permissions to do it myself. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 02:28, 16 April 2018 (EDT)
:Thank you! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:16, 16 April 2018 (EDT)

== Why did you undo my revision? ==

Why did you undo my revision to the [[Aligned continuity family]] page? The information I added was correct, as Rescue Bots Academy will be taking place in the Aligned continuity. [[User:TheVoz|Vozhan]] ([[User talk:TheVoz|talk]]) 19:57, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:Block notice: "Abusing multiple accounts: Previously banned user." Banned users are not allowed to contribute even correct information. And here you are sockpuppeting again. Goodbye. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 20:33, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:: To be fair, though, they're absolutely right that RBA is looking to be Aligned continuity. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:16, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:::Kinda immaterial. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:24, 3 October 2018 (EDT)

== Just curious... ==

Hey, uh, how come you upload pictures under a new file instead of uploading a new version of previous file? Isn't it easier if you upload a new version, which also retains history? I don't personally have a problem with it, but I am curious... [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 18:35, 24 October 2018 (EDT)
:In the case of images, this can actually be a reasonable thing to do. When replacing stock images with user-taken images, it's better to delete the originals entirely because they're subject to copyright. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:46, 29 October 2018 (EDT)
::Ahh, makes sense. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:47, 29 October 2018 (EDT)

== User talk pages ==
"(Undo revision 1274491 by Cannonfodder4000 (talk) User talkpages are not to be blanked.)"

What's it to you if I blank my page? [[User:Cannonfodder4000 |--Cannonfodder4000]] ([[User talk:Cannonfodder4000|talk]]) 18 March 2019
:See [[Transformers Wiki:User page]]. But, basically, blanking your talk page is seen as trying to hide your past and possibly avoid disciplinary action. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 12:11, 18 March 2019 (EDT)

::So almost ten years ago I get a warning cause I edited a caption before adding content, and I'm not allowed to remove it? I don't even do captions anymore but I do add content [[User:Cannonfodder4000 |--Cannonfodder4000]] ([[User talk:Cannonfodder4000|talk]]) 25 june 2019
:::Correct, you're not allowed to remove it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:49, 25 June 2019 (EDT)

== Returning BotBot vandal? ==

I noticed [[Special:Contributions/Evelynkwapong54|‎Evelynkwapong541]] just showed up and started making similar if not identical edits to [[Special:Contributions/Kof4495|Kof4495]]. Since I know you were the one who banned the latter, can you please check the former out, see if we've got a block evasion on our hands? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:47, 28 March 2019 (EDT)

==Apology==

Look Sipher, I know i’m not that good at making compromises with you or any of your associates, but you have to understand that I make these edits because I want to keep the BotBots section up to date, and I don’t edit just for fun. Hope you get the message

- Coughing Mickey.
:That's not an apology. Breaking the rules to "fix" something is still breaking the rules. The BotBots articles will be fine (better in fact) without you. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:42, 12 July 2019 (EDT)

:The sheer lack of self-awareness here is brain-melting. Get THIS message.
:You were warned, repeatedly, by many editors and admin, to stop what you were doing. You didn't get the message, so you were given a temp ban.
:You didn't get ''that'' message, because you continued doing the exact same thing you were repeatedly told not to by many editors and admin, so the ban was made permanent.
:You didn't get '''''that''''' message because you made a new account to circumvent the ban, which is ''also'' against the rules, to do the exact same thing you were repeatedly told not to by many editors and admin that got you permabanned.
:You didn't get '''''THAT''''' message because you've come back a half-dozen times at least now, doing the same shit every time, every time it is reverted and you are re-banned within minutes.
:At this point, I am forced to ask "Just how stupid ARE you?". You are not, and never will be welcome to edit this wiki, because you have shown repeatedly over the course of several months, and once again by posting what you did above, that you will not abide by this community's rules or standards. Go away. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 02:42, 13 July 2019 (EDT)

==Page deleted on the grounds of being "a severe reach"==

Hi. I saw the [[Maximum overdrive]] page and thought I'd make a similar one for BW Optimus Primal's "Maximum Burn" command. It appears as often on ''Beast Wars'' as "Maximum Overdrive" does on ''Prime''. [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] told me the page got deleted by you. Would you explain how the page's creation or content were a severe reach? -- [[User:Nhaz|Nhaz]] ([[User talk:Nhaz|talk]]) 10:59, 16 July 2019 (EDT)
:See, now I just see ANOTHER page that's a real reach and probably shouldn't exist. Other pages like this have been pointed out as well. Not every phrase said more than twice needs a page. It's like making a page for "look over there". --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:06, 16 July 2019 (EDT)
::Fair enough. -- [[User:Nhaz|Nhaz]] ([[User talk:Nhaz|talk]]) 17:59, 16 July 2019 (EDT)