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<div>{{episode|<br />
|series=Anitoon<br />
|series2=AniJapan<br />
|image=TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Fanzone Crowd.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|ep=40<br />
|ep2=37<br />
|prev2=Decepticon Air<br />
|next2=Endgame, Part I<br />
|title="This Is Why I Hate Machines"<br />
|caption=This is what hell looks like to Captain Fanzone.<br />
|airdate=[[May 9]], [[2009]]<br />
|written by=[[Rob Hoegee]]<br />
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]]<br>[[Yutaka Hirata]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Mook]]<br />
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}<br />
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'''A space bridge accident sends Ratchet and Captain Fanzone to Cybertron, right as the Decepticon controlled Omega Supreme arrives.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:TFA ThisIsWhyIHateMachines Fanzone SpaceBridge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|That's it! I'm firing my travel agent.]]<br />
[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] is trying to calibrate the newly constructed [[space bridge]] properly to begin the hunt for [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. Unfortunately, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s advanced notation system of adhesive note papers leaves something to be desired. [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] chooses that moment to step off [[Sumdac Tower]]'s elevator, engaged in a spirited discussion with [[Sumdac Systems]] technical support over some malfunctioning police drones. Fanzone has come to take up the matter with [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] himself, but before he can start looking for the scientist, a pair of police drones catch up to him and open fire with lethal force. Now dodging gunfire while the oblivious Ratchet continues to sort through Bulkhead's notes, Fanzone grows progressively more irate until the space bridge suddenly activates, having located Omega Supreme's transwarp signature. Ratchet looks up just in time to see the hapless Fanzone being sucked into the space bridge portal, and, deciding that this probably isn't a good thing, opts to follow.<br />
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[[File:ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-Glyphandothers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Just robot asses as far as the eye can see.]]<br />
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Fanzone finds himself unceremoniously dumped in the middle of a large city on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a situation he's less than thrilled about. A crowd of Autobots freaks out at the presence of the horrifying organic lifeform. Nearly stepped on by the immense [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] at the urging of a [[Flareup (Animated)|friend]], Fanzone is rescued by the timely arrival of Ratchet. Fanzone wants to return home immediately, but Ratchet insists that while they're on Cybertron, they may as well hit up [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. To his dismay, his favorite watering hole has been shut down, along with other "subversive" gathering places, by order of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. After watching one of Sentinel Prime's propaganda videos, the pair are soon approached by the Elite Guard, and Sentinel Prime demands to know how they have been able to get to Cybertron with space bridge travel locked down. Ratchet angrily explains that they didn't use the space bridge network, but rather piggybacked on Omega Supreme's transwarp signature. Sentinel, well-informed as always, laughs off Ratchet, thinking that Omega Supreme had been decommissioned centuries ago. He is immediately proven wrong as the looming shape of Omega Supreme's robot form appears in the Cybertronian skies.<br />
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Above the city, aboard Omega's inert body, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] muses on this (glorious!) moment for the [[Decepticon]]s: those who were once driven away from Cybertron in exile are now poised over it in one of its greatest weapons. As [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] points out that they have no means actually to ''use'' said weapon, [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] comes to Megatron's defense, saying that with the [[plasma dynamic thruster]] removed, the Decepticons have control over Omega's navigational systems, transformation, and free access to the ship. Starscream points out that they have no control over the weapons systems, but Megatron rebuffs him with the revelation that he still has a spy on Cybertron who can fetch him the access codes to Omega Supreme. On cue, [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] contacts the Decepticons, saying that he knows of another means to the get the codes, only needing time to get to it. Starscream comments that this will only work if the Cybertronian defense cannons don't shoot them out of the sky, but Megatron doubts that they would fire on one of the greatest symbols of Autobot military strength.<br />
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Meanwhile, Sentinel advocates that they fire the Cybertronian defense cannons on one of the greatest symbols of Autobot military strength. This understandably does not go over well with several prominent members of the [[Autobot High Council]], to say nothing of Omega Supreme's former mentor, Ratchet, who warns that destroying Omega with the amount of transwarp energy currently stored within him could cause a blast that would wipe out Cybertron itself. [[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] rebuff Sentinel and inform him to wait for the council's decision. Ratchet warns Sentinel that there will be consequences if Omega is harmed, and Sentinel prepares to lock up Ratchet and Fanzone, but they make a break for it when Fanzone fakes a sneeze. The Elite Guard pursue the two, but lose them outside the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]]. Sentinel orders Jazz to continue searching, while he and the twins head to [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] to prepare the defense cannons, as Sentinel intends to attack regardless of the Council's decision. <br />
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Meanwhile, Ratchet and Fanzone take refuge in the forgotten network of maintenance tunnels beneath the city, which have been sealed for quite some time, but soon realize that someone ''else'' has been hiding in the tunnels quite recently. The occupant of that hideout is revealed to be none other than the double-agent [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], who nearly gets the jump on the duo, still armed with the stolen [[Magnus Hammer]]. Ratchet fights back, surmising that Shockwave wishes to hack his processor to get the access codes to Omega Supreme, but Shockwave scoffs at this, revealing that he plans to go right to the original source: [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]! Horrified, Ratchet loses his concentration, allowing Shockwave to hurl him aside and escape.<br />
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At Fortress Maximus, Sentinel's diverting of all but essential [[Energon]] has not gone unnoticed, and Perceptor contacts him for an explanation. Sentinel says that the Elite Guard is simply preparing to attack if the Council gives the okay, and Alpha Trion informs him that they will have a decision shortly. As the council continues to deliberate a course of action, Sentinel Prime orders [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] to arm the weapons of the Elite Guard's base and aim at Omega Supreme. Lugnut advocates that they leave Omega's body and retaliate, something Starscream agrees to for different reasons, but Megatron silences them, claiming he has a reason for exposing their position. Shockwave then contacts Megatron to inform him that he has acquired clearance codes to enter the facility holding Arcee.<br />
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[[File:TFA-ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-UltraMagnusSparkSupport.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|"Is it water on the knee?"<br>"A whole bucket, see?"<br>"A Charley Horse, it's true!"<br>"I'm the doctor for YOU!"]]<br />
Fanzone puts his cop instincts to work and quickly tracks down the local stoolie, [[Rattletrap]], the bot who gave Shockwave the clearance codes. With a little organic coercion, the pair are able to force an access card from Rattletrap, but when they attempt to use it, they discover that the codes are bogus. Just as they make this discovery, [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] steps from the shadows to offer them his aid. He has finally had it with Sentinel Prime's attitude, and he gives Fanzone and Ratchet a functioning access card. The duo quickly locate Arcee, only to find that they have inadvertently led Shockwave right to her. A running firefight ensues as Ratchet tries to get Arcee to safety while Shockwave pursues them, and the battle carries them to the medical bay in which [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] is convalescing. Thinking that Ratchet is out of commission after a blow from the Magnus Hammer, Shockwave decides to finish the job on Ultra Magnus and turns his back on his fallen foe. Ratchet is still very much alive and kicking, however, and he downs Shockwave with a blast from his [[electromagnetic pulse]] generator, allowing him to reclaim the Magnus Hammer from the Decepticon's clutches. Of course, Sentinel Prime chooses that moment to enter the room, and he promptly leaps to the conclusion that Ratchet is trying to do away with Ultra Magnus. This distraction offers Shockwave the time he needs to escape with Arcee, which prompts Sentinel to issue the command to fire on Omega Supreme. Fortress Maximus opens fire, but Omega transwarps out of the path of the blast, which shoots off harmlessly through the sky.<br />
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A short while later, the council and Elite Guard see Ratchet and Fanzone to the [[space bridge nexus]] so that they can return to [[Earth]]. Alpha Trion chastises Sentinel for his actions, making it clear that if it was up to him alone, Sentinel wouldn't be Magnus for a second longer. Trion extends his thanks to Ratchet and Fanzone, but Ratchet sees little reason to celebrate, as the Decepticons now have Arcee. Perceptor tries to assure Ratchet that the damage done to Arcee's processor is irreversible, but Ratchet is not cheered up at the prospect. Just before they enter the space bridge, Sentinel orders Ratchet to hand over the Magnus Hammer, but Ratchet refuses, telling him they will give it back to its rightful owner, Ultra Magnus, when he is repaired. Before Sentinel can object, Ratchet and Fanzone dart off through the space bridge. Sentinel is about to pursue them, but Jazz blocks his path and offers to go in his stead. Ratchet and Fanzone are not happy to see Jazz when he appears in front of them, but Jazz explains that he is unable to condone Sentinel's actions any more and is deserting to join the Autobots on Earth.<br />
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[[File:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Arcee Earth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Insert ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' instrumental here.]]<br />
Out in space, Omega Supreme rematerializes close to Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]]. Aboard the dormant Autobot, Shockwave bows before Megatron and abandons his [[electronic paint job]] so that he can finally serve his leader under his true colors. Megatron bids his "most loyal servant" to rise, sending Lugnut into fits of silent, quivering rage—much to Starscream's amusement. On the other side of the bridge, the ''conscious'' Arcee lies upon a table and looks out at the Earth below, quietly whispering Ratchet's name...<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
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*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (1)<br />
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] (4)<br />
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] (5)<br />
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (6)<br />
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] (7)<br />
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] (8)<br />
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] (9)<br />
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] (10)<br />
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (11)<br />
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] (12)<br />
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (13)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]] (14)<br />
*[[Zaur]] (15)<br />
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (16)<br />
*[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotrooper]] (21)<br />
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (22)<br />
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (23)<br />
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (24)<br />
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (25)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (26)<br />
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (27)<br />
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (28)<br />
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (29)<br />
*[[Rattletrap]] (30)<br />
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (31)<br />
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*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (17)<br />
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (18)<br />
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (19)<br />
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (20)<br />
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] (32, flashback)<br />
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*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] (2)<br />
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*[[Copterdrone]]s (3)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
'''Security Bot''': ''Halt. You are in violation of Criminal Code 30114. Lethal force has been authorized.''<br><br />
''[Security bots open fire]''<br><br />
'''Fanzone''': Hey! Ow! Hey!<br><br />
'''Ratchet''': Think you have it bad? I got to decipher ''Bulkhead''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> handwriting! And those claws of his aren't exactly designed for penbotship.<br />
:—As the Security Bots try to kill Captain Fanzone, Ratchet shows the depth to which he does not care.<br />
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"I'd be a happy man if I never see another—"''[Fanzone takes in his surroundings]''"...''<small>robot</small>''?"<br />
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' enters his own personal hell, and its name is Cybertron.<br />
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"I can't believe we're on Cybertron! Of all the places we transwarped, this is great!"<br />
:—'''Ratchet''', happy for the first time since...well, since we've seen him.<br />
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"Citizens of Cybertron, Decepticons are in our midst! Neighbours, friends, even ''your own model'' can be a spy! Do your duty and report any suspicious activity to the Elite Guard immediately."<br /><br />
"...what is this scrap?!"<br /><br />
"For your protection, all potentially subversive gathering places remain closed. Curfew remains in effect. Remember, Decepticons will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life! Don't let THIS ''[picture of Ultra Magnus on [[spark support]]]'' happen to you. As your Magnus, I will continue to defeat the Decepticon scourge and bring peace and security to Cybertron! I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message."<br /><br />
"No-good glory-hog's got a lot of steel. It was [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] who caught those 'Cons!"<br />
:—'''Sentinel Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s propaganda film, with commentary by '''Ratchet'''<br />
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"Cybertron. At last, our ultimate goal is at our feet. And here we stand, aboard its ultimate weapon."<br><br />
"Now, wouldn't it be nice if we could actually figure out how to use it!"<br><br />
:—'''Megatron''' has a moment, which '''Starscream''' ruins.<br />
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'''Megatron''': No Autobot would be foolish enough to fire upon their greatest weapon.<br><br />
'''Sentinel Prime''': I say we fire on Omega Supreme!<br><br />
:—Even '''Megatron''' can't predict what goes on in '''Sentinel Prime's''' head. <br />
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'''Perceptor''': Sentinel Prime, please explain why all but essential Energon has been diverted to Fortress Maximus.<br><br />
'''Alpha Trion''': Need we remind you that the Council is still deliberating?<br><br />
'''Sentinel Prime''': As acting Magnus, I must be ready to strike should Omega... should Megatron make a move against us.<br><br />
'''Alpha Trion''': Very well. We will inform you of our decision shortly.<br />
:—Sentinel Prime reveals his secret dream of blowing up Omega Supreme and covers it up neatly.<br />
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"How'd you know about this bot?" ''[indicating Rattletrap]''<br><br />
"Ehh. There's one in every town."<br><br />
:—'''Ratchet''' learns a little more about how '''Captain Fanzone''' works.<br />
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"This is why I hate machines." ''[looks at Sentinel Prime]'' "Certain machines more than others."<br />
:—We all wish '''Captain Fanzone''' was tall enough to bust particular jerks.<br />
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'''Captain Fanzone''': I get mixed up in a war, nearly stepped on, blasted, buried, and possibly zapped into space, and now, you've just made me an accomplice to INTERGALACTIC GRAND THEFT!!<br><br />
'''Police Drone:''' Halt. You are under arrest.<br><br />
''(Ratchet blows it up with his magnetic powers)''<br><br />
'''Captain Fanzone''': Let's say we call it even.<br />
:—Captain Fanzone complains about the worst day of his life and then blows it off.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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===Animation or technical errors===<br />
[[File:Bulkhead's postit notes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"No TV and no beer make Homer something something"?]]<br />
* All of Bulkhead's post-its say exactly the same thing.<br />
* A few of the laser blasts that the drone fires at Captain Fanzone (before he gets sucked up by the Space Bridge) are out of sync with the animation of the strafing drone.<br />
* Shockwave's head model changes randomly throughout the episode in shape, size and in the positioning of his optic.<br />
* When Shockwave holds up the Magnus Hammer and starts generating lightning, its handle is only half as long as usual.<br />
* When Sentinel Prime first sees Omega Supreme, his shoulder pads end up behind the circle around his neck.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* Parade footage from "[[Decepticon Air]]" is used in Sentinel's little propaganda video. (See said episode for the list of cameos within.)<br />
* Ratchet remarks that [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] was the one to capture the Decepticon prisoners, as seen in "[[Five Servos of Doom]]".<br />
* Ratchet's flashback uses footage from "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", giving Lockdown a brief "appearance" in this episode.<br />
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===Transformers references===<br />
* Captain Fanzone's arrival on Cybertron treats us to another crowd scene full of cameos, some of which we haven't seen before. Notable newbies in this crowd include [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]], [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] and his white recolor [[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]], [[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]], [[Zaur]] and robot-mode [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]]. We also get a closer look at [[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]], but only from behind, as he talks to [[Lightbright]]. <br />
* Ratchet's favorite hangout is [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].<br />
* The Autobot Council's headquarters is known as "the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]]", and the Elite Guard's battle station is "[[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]".<br />
* At the end of the episode, Shockwave utilizes an [[electronic paint job]] to reveal his "true colors", represented by a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] reminiscent of his [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]]'s color scheme.<br />
* Rattletrap's design and speech patterns are modelled after [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]].<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
*Sentinel Prime's broadcast was based on [[wikipedia:The Red Scare|The Red Scare]] during the Cold War. The broadcast concludes with him saying "I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message."—in the style of contemporary [[President of the United States|political campaign ads]].<br />
*Sentinel's insistence that he is the one who "makes the tough decisions" and insistence that any questioning of his orders is tantamount to treason is probably some kind of statement about [[Mission Accomplished|some''one'' or some''thing'']], but we'll leave it at that.<br />
*Shockwave's slow, deadpan delivery of "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" is a reference to the menacing supercomputer HAL from Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:2001 (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', who also featured an unblinking single red eye.<br />
* When Ratchet and Fanzone are headed to Maccadam's, they stop in front of a building which appears to have [[Target]]'s trademark "bull's-eye" logo.<br />
* Ratchet retorts to Shockwave about taking the activation codes from his "cold, offline processor", similar to one of Charlton Heston's most famous quotes in support of the NRA. He'd previously used a similar line in [[Megatron Rising - Part 1]].<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*This is the first, and only, episode in which [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] does not appear at all.<br />
*There is oxygen on Cybertron.<br />
*This episode marks the last appearances of Jetfire, Jetstorm, Ultra Magnus and Captain Fanzone in the series.<br />
*Arcee wasn't actually offline at the end of the flashbacks in "The Thrill of the Hunt"—although she was amnesiac, she could stand, talk and take in her surroundings. This implies that it was the vivisection of her head in the "[[TransWarped]]" flashbacks in an attempt to retrieve the activation codes for Omega Supreme which caused the "damage to her circuitry" that Perceptor called "completely irreversible", and meant she was left, comatose, in a hospital bed for millions of stellar cycles.<br />
*Everything has to be [[Megatron Rising - Part 1|"cold and offline"]] with Ratchet, doesn't it?<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Voila pourquoi je hais tant les machines'''" ("This Is Why I Hate Machines")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ???<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Fanzone, Cybertron-Sei e Iku'''" (ファンゾーン、サイバトロン星へ行く, "Fanzone Goes to the Planet Cybertron")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 11|11 December]] [[2010]]<br />
::*New [[stock footage]] for Megatron in his Earth form as he doles out the warning.<br />
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'''Brazilian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''É Por isso Que Eu Odeio Máquinas'''" ("This Is Why I Hate Machines")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ???<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
*This episode has yet to be released on home video.<br />
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[[Category:Animated episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Cree_Summer&diff=1038059Cree Summer2015-12-30T06:38:31Z<p>Perdix990: </p>
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<div>[[Image:CreeSummer1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|If it's a cartoon and it has a black girl in it, there's a 99.9% chance she'll be voicing her.]]<br />
'''Cree Summer''' (born '''Cree Summer Francks''' on [[July 7]], [[1969]]) is an American voice actress. She is best known for roles such as Penny on ''Inspector Gadget'', Elmyra on ''Tiny Toons'', Hyena on ''Gargoyles'', Susie Charmichael on ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up'', Foxxy Love on ''Drawn Together'', Numbuh 5 on ''Codename Kids Next Door'' and as the voice of the [[M&M's|Green M&M]]. On an unrelated note, she also voices Medusa from ''Kid Icarus'', an awesome game that no one plays. Pity.<br />
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Along with [[Tara Strong]], she is essentially one of two women doing every female voice in cartoons today. (Okay, [[Grey DeLisle]] is getting there too...) <br />
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==Voice roles==<br />
===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia/Elita-1]]<br />
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===''Rescue Bots''===<br />
*[[Maura the Magnificent]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Cree Summer had this to say on her experience as a voice actress: "I was an only child for 10 years, I didn't start school until 8, and I didn't have a TV for years. So I found all these voices when playing with my toys. They're really my toys' voices. Schizophrenia comes in handy."<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/bio</ref><br />
*She is the sister of Rainbow Francks, a former cast member of ''Stargate Atlantis'', which in turn was a spinoff of ''Stargate SG-1'', on which [[Garry Chalk]] was a semi-regular, portraying Colonel Chekov. Small world, huh?<br />
*Her father [[Wikipedia:Don Francks|Don Francks]] was the first actor to play [[Boba Fett]] in the infamous ''[[wikipedia:The Star Wars Holiday Special|Star Wars Holiday Special]]''.<ref>http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/DonFrancks.html</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/ Cree Summer at IMDB]<br />
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[[Category:English voice actors]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Cree_Summer&diff=1038058Cree Summer2015-12-30T06:37:46Z<p>Perdix990: </p>
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<div>[[Image:CreeSummer1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|If it's a cartoon and it has a black girl in it, there's a 99.9% chance she'll be voicing her.]]<br />
'''Cree Summer''' (born '''Cree Summer Francks''' on [[July 7]], [[1969]]) is an American voice actress. She is best known for roles such as Penny on ''Inspector Gadget'', Elmyra on ''Tiny Toons'', Hyena on ''Gargoyles'', Susie Charmichael on ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up'', Foxxy Love on ''Drawn Together'', Numbuh 5 on ''Codename Kids Next Door'' and as the voice of the [[M&M's|Green M&M]]. On an unrelated note, she also voices Medusa from ''Kid Icarus, an awesome game that no one plays. Pity.<br />
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Along with [[Tara Strong]], she is essentially one of two women doing every female voice in cartoons today. (Okay, [[Grey DeLisle]] is getting there too...) <br />
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==Voice roles==<br />
===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia/Elita-1]]<br />
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===''Rescue Bots''===<br />
*[[Maura the Magnificent]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Cree Summer had this to say on her experience as a voice actress: "I was an only child for 10 years, I didn't start school until 8, and I didn't have a TV for years. So I found all these voices when playing with my toys. They're really my toys' voices. Schizophrenia comes in handy."<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/bio</ref><br />
*She is the sister of Rainbow Francks, a former cast member of ''Stargate Atlantis'', which in turn was a spinoff of ''Stargate SG-1'', on which [[Garry Chalk]] was a semi-regular, portraying Colonel Chekov. Small world, huh?<br />
*Her father [[Wikipedia:Don Francks|Don Francks]] was the first actor to play [[Boba Fett]] in the infamous ''[[wikipedia:The Star Wars Holiday Special|Star Wars Holiday Special]]''.<ref>http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/DonFrancks.html</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/ Cree Summer at IMDB]<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Summer, Cree}}<br />
[[Category:English voice actors]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Cree_Summer&diff=1038057Cree Summer2015-12-30T06:37:26Z<p>Perdix990: </p>
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<div>[[Image:CreeSummer1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|If it's a cartoon and it has a black girl in it, there's a 99.9% chance she'll be voicing her.]]<br />
'''Cree Summer''' (born '''Cree Summer Francks''' on [[July 7]], [[1969]]) is an American voice actress. She is best known for roles such as Penny on ''Inspector Gadget'', Elmyra on ''Tiny Toons'', Hyena on ''Gargoyles'', Susie Charmichael on ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up'', Foxxy Love on ''Drawn Together'', Numbuh 5 on ''Codename Kids Next Door'' and as the voice of the [[M&M's|Green M&M]]. On an unrelated note, she also voices Medusa from ''Kid Icarus", an awesome game that no one plays. Pity.<br />
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Along with [[Tara Strong]], she is essentially one of two women doing every female voice in cartoons today. (Okay, [[Grey DeLisle]] is getting there too...) <br />
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==Voice roles==<br />
===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia/Elita-1]]<br />
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===''Rescue Bots''===<br />
*[[Maura the Magnificent]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Cree Summer had this to say on her experience as a voice actress: "I was an only child for 10 years, I didn't start school until 8, and I didn't have a TV for years. So I found all these voices when playing with my toys. They're really my toys' voices. Schizophrenia comes in handy."<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/bio</ref><br />
*She is the sister of Rainbow Francks, a former cast member of ''Stargate Atlantis'', which in turn was a spinoff of ''Stargate SG-1'', on which [[Garry Chalk]] was a semi-regular, portraying Colonel Chekov. Small world, huh?<br />
*Her father [[Wikipedia:Don Francks|Don Francks]] was the first actor to play [[Boba Fett]] in the infamous ''[[wikipedia:The Star Wars Holiday Special|Star Wars Holiday Special]]''.<ref>http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/DonFrancks.html</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/ Cree Summer at IMDB]<br />
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<div>[[Image:CreeSummer1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|If it's a cartoon and it has a black girl in it, there's a 99.9% chance she'll be voicing her.]]<br />
'''Cree Summer''' (born '''Cree Summer Francks''' on [[July 7]], [[1969]]) is an American voice actress. She is best known for roles such as Penny on ''Inspector Gadget'', Elmyra on ''Tiny Toons'', Hyena on ''Gargoyles'', Susie Charmichael on ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up'', Foxxy Love on ''Drawn Together'', Numbuh 5 on ''Codename Kids Next Door'' and as the voice of the [[M&M's|Green M&M]]. On an unrelated note, she also voices Medusa from Kid Icarus, an awesome game that no one plays. Pity.<br />
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Along with [[Tara Strong]], she is essentially one of two women doing every female voice in cartoons today. (Okay, [[Grey DeLisle]] is getting there too...) <br />
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==Voice roles==<br />
===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia/Elita-1]]<br />
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===''Rescue Bots''===<br />
*[[Maura the Magnificent]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Cree Summer had this to say on her experience as a voice actress: "I was an only child for 10 years, I didn't start school until 8, and I didn't have a TV for years. So I found all these voices when playing with my toys. They're really my toys' voices. Schizophrenia comes in handy."<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/bio</ref><br />
*She is the sister of Rainbow Francks, a former cast member of ''Stargate Atlantis'', which in turn was a spinoff of ''Stargate SG-1'', on which [[Garry Chalk]] was a semi-regular, portraying Colonel Chekov. Small world, huh?<br />
*Her father [[Wikipedia:Don Francks|Don Francks]] was the first actor to play [[Boba Fett]] in the infamous ''[[wikipedia:The Star Wars Holiday Special|Star Wars Holiday Special]]''.<ref>http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/DonFrancks.html</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838588/ Cree Summer at IMDB]<br />
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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 19<br />
|image=RID-GroundpoundervsGrimlock.jpg<br />
|caption=BAH GAWD KING IT'S A SLOBBERKNOCKER!<br />
|prev=Deep Trouble (RID)<br />
|next=The Trouble with Fixit<br />
|title="The Champ"<br />
|airdate=[[July 25]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Steven Melching]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
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'''When a Decepticon gladiator and his cheating manager enter a human demolition derby, Grimlock, Denny and Fixit pose as competitors.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:TheChamp Groundpounder and Headlock spot sign.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Here's the plan: win. If we lose, that's because you didn't follow the plan!]]<br />
On a [[Crown City]] construction site, the Decepticons [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]] are laying low. Gladiator Groundpounder is anxious to get back in the ring, and the pair spot a promo commercial for the demo derby at the [[Rumbledome]], including a monster machine bout featuring the dino-themed [[Mechanosaurus]].<br />
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The [[Autobot]]s are rearranging their [[stasis pod]] collection as Fixit works on repairing more of them. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] picks up two pods at once in an attempt to impress [[Russell Clay|Russell]], but overbalances and sends [[Denny Clay|Denny]]'s forklift barreling towards Russell. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] gets Russell out of the way, but a loose pod knocks [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] down. The others' irritation with Grimlock is interrupted by a message from [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], whose information allows Fixit to zero in on two Decepticon signals.<br />
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[[File:TheChamp Groundpounder vs Mechanosaurus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I'd beat my chest to show off, but my back's hurtin'.]]<br />
At the Rumbledome, a demolition derby ends and the [[Farnum|MC]] announces the main event, a bust up between Mechanosaurus and [[Truckalodon]]. The two dino-trucks clash, though it's not long before Truckalodon is on its side and the MC presents the winner's trophy to Mechanosaurus's driver [[Casey (RID)|Casey]]. Groundpounder makes his entrance, tossing the damaged Truckalodon aside and announcing his intent to take on Mechanosaurus himself. His coach Headlock gives him some prep talk as Casey gets her vehicle ready. After Groundpounder tosses Mechanosaurus around a few times, Casey unleashes the flamethrower, but it doesn't appear to faze the Decepticon.<br />
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Fixit pinpoints the Decepticon signals, but Russell's already found the Rumbledome's broadcast showing the fight in progress. Fixit, a gladiatorial aficionado, recognizes Groundpounder, whom he discovers was arrested for cheating. Bumblebee has Fixit fire up the [[GroundBridge]], though Fixit warns he hasn't worked out all the glitches. Grimlock's forced to stay at base for stealth reasons, however after passing through the GroundBridge, the other Autobots find themselves somewhere arctic. Fixit opens another portal, but the Autobots still arrive several hundred miles from [[Crown City]]. Giving instructions to the others at base to disguise Grimlock as a contestant, Bumblebee puts Denny in charge.<br />
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[[File:TheChamp Grimlock in disguise.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Now, this is how you walk the dinosaur.]]<br />
Casey manages to pin Groundpounder to the wall with her rig, however Headlock crawls under Mechanosaurus and starts disconnecting things. Fixit spots the sabotage on the broadcast and is disappointed to learn Groundpounder was a cheater after all. Casey abandons Mechanosaurus as Groundpounder totals the rig. The MC, assuming the two Decepticons are simply more human-piloted rigs, presents them with the trophy and offers them a permanent spot in the show.<br />
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[[File:TheChamp Grimlock punches Groundpounder.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rocky! Rocky! Rock-Sorry, wrong fight.]]<br />
Fixit attempts to prepare Grimlock to face Groundpounder as Denny builds a rollcage so they can disguise Grimlock as a rig. They're soon presenting "Dino-bash" to the Rumbledome MC who is hesitant but agrees to let Grimlock enter. While another demolition derby takes place, Grimlock, Denny and Russell explore the facilities in an attempt to locate the Decepticons but are unable to. A short time later Grimlock and Denny are about to face Groundpounder in the dome itself, with Bumblebee's group is still stuck in traffic on city limits. Though Fixit warns Grimlock to fight smart, the Dinobot wades in and is promptly thrown around by Groundpounder. Denny's cage is battered during the fight, leaving him trapped inside. Grimlock starts successfully fighting back, and as the Rumbledome itself starts taking damage, the crowd flees. Headlock steps in to assist Groundpounder, leaving Grimlock on the defense before the two-Con onslaught. Fixit joins the fight as well, attacking Headlock and having Grimlock duplicate his moves. The two Decepticons are decked in time for Bumblebee's group to arrive and watch Grimlock finish off Groundpounder. Fixit releases Denny from the mangled cage while Headlock attempts to make a run for it, only to be arrested by Strongarm. As the Autobots are ready to return to the scrapyard, Russell presents the winner's trophy to Grimlock and Fixit.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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|c1=<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (3)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (8)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (10)<br />
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*[[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]] (1)<br />
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] (2)<br />
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*[[Denny Clay]] (7)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (9)<br />
*[[Farnum]] (11)<br />
*Truckalodon's driver (12)<br />
*[[Casey (RID)|Casey]] (13)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Grimlock's going for the gold, but can this handsome Dinobot actually handle that much weight? Yes, he can! The crowd goes wild!" ''[applause noises]'' ''[falsetto]'' "Oh, Grimlock, you're so suave!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' must be a fan of verbal cosplay<br />
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"But all that gladiator stuff was staged right? Just like pro-wrestling on Earth."<br /><br />
"Wait, pro-wrestling is staged?"<br />
:—'''Russell''' thinks that gladiatorial combat is a farce, and '''Denny''' suffers the disappointment we've all had to endure<br />
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'''Bumblebee:''' Grimlock, Denny's in charge. Do precisely what he says.<br /><br />
'''Denny:''' Me?!<br /><br />
'''Grimlock:''' Come on!<br /><br />
'''Strongarm:''' Denny?!<br /><br />
'''Bumblebee:''' He's the closest thing to a responsible adult.<br /><br />
'''Drift:''' Then I ''respectfully'' suggest we make haste.<br />
:— The Autobots continue to show faith in Denny's skills<br />
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"I knew Dinobots, I fought Dinobots. You're no Dinobot."<br />
:—'''Groundpounder''' on the robot in their match.<br />
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'''Denny:''' "Presenting... Dinobash!"<br /><br />
'''Farnum:''' "Looks like it was made out of scrap."<br /><br />
'''Grimlock:''' "Scrap? Lucky I don't squash you..."<br /><br />
:— '''Grimlock''' channels his inner Decepticon/Knockout <br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* Right as Grimlock begins to stumble while carrying the two stasis pods, his shoulder pads are missing.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* [[Gladiatorial combat]] was previously established as a popular Cybertronian blood sport in other works of Aligned fiction, most prominently the ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' novel and the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon series. <br />
* Groundpounder is said to hail from [[Kaon]], which the aforementioned works of fiction described as a major player in the gladiator games. As he's stated to be the champion, he presumably debuted after [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] left the career behind, or he was arrested prior to Megatron's own rise to fame.<br />
* Bumblebee mentions the [[Elite Guard]], which has also been established as existing in the Aligned continuity family.<br />
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===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
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===Transformers references===<br />
* The Rumbledome announcer refers to the various monster trucks as [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|"beast machines"]].<br />
* The Rumbledome manager asks if Grimlock [[fire-breath|breathes fire]], a traditional power for Grimlocks and one he previously possessed in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' and related comics.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
[[File:Mst3k-godzillakick.gif|right|thumb|200px|Kaiju movies are serious business.]]<br />
* Headlock is heavily based on ''Rocky'' coach Mickey Goodmill.<br />
* The walkie-talkie codenames "Pigpen" and "Rubber Duck" are references to the C.W. McCall song "Convoy".<br />
* Grimlock's sliding tail kick is more than a little similar to an infamous moment from ''[[Godzilla]] vs. Megalon''.<br />
* Of course, the premise of a gorilla fighting a ''T''. ''rex'' is a reference to the showdown in ''[[King Kong]]''. This wouldn't be the [[Optimus Primal|first]] [[Megatron (BW)|time]] this was referenced in Transformers.<br />
* Groundpounder's calling Mechanosaurus out as "no Dinobot" is a modification of the famous "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" speech given by Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle during the 1988 vice presidential debate.<br />
* Farnum's name harkens to 1800s live entertainment promoter and circus founder {{w|wikipedia|P. T. Barnum}}.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Champion'''" ("The Champion")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17]], [[2015]]<br />
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'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Bajnokok és kihívók'''" ("Champions and Challengers")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 28]], 2015<br />
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'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Il Campione'''" ("The Champion")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15]], [[2015]]<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Monstercar Battle'''" (モンスターカー・バトル, "Monstercar Battle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], [[2015]]<br />
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'''Polish'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Mistrz'''" ("The master")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 14]], 2015<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
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'''Ransack''' is a miniature delinquent. Along with [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. <br />
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'''Ransack''' is a miniature delinquent. Along with [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. <br />
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'''Ransack''' is a miniature delinquent. Along with [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. <br />
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'''Ransack''' is a miniature delinquent. Along with [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. <br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Adventures_in_Bumblebee-Sitting!&diff=1024590Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!2015-11-17T04:20:10Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 11<br />
|image=BumblebeeSitting Bumblebee watches tv.jpg<br />
|caption=Bumblebee is in your junkyard,<br> watching you transform.<br />
|prev=Can You Dig It?<br />
|next=Hunting Season<br />
|title="Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!"<br />
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ)<br />[[May 30]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Michael Ryan]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]<br />
}}<br />
'''While in pursuit of a rebellious Decepticon, Bumblebee is exposed to a toxin that impacts his maturity, leaving the rest of the Bee Team to deal with both an escaped fugitive and a hyperactive leader.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:BumblebeeSitting Grimlock car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Not as good as the way [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] would do it, but that's progress!]]<br />
[[Quillfire]] dashes through a car park, pausing to fire quills at [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] who blocks them with a car. The other Autobots speed past Grimlock and as they continue the pursuit, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] orders everyone to split up. The four Autobots surround Quillfire in a warehouse area, but he begins firing quills at them, and Bumblebee has to knock Grimlock out of the way. With the pair down, Quillfire triumphantly carves his signature into a cargo container and departs. Bumblebee barely makes it to his feet before collapsing again, a quill embedded in him. Back at [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] works on Bumblebee before transforming into a tool so that [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] can extricate the quill. Analyzing the weapon, Fixit reports that each of Quillfire's quills have unpredictable toxins and there's no knowing what effect it will have on Bumblebee. Strongarm realizes that with Bumblebee incapacitated, she's in charge, much to the alarm of the other Autobots. Bumblebee recovers consciousness and immediately pulls a prank and drives off — Fixit surmises that the toxin has caused Bumblebee to regress in maturity. Elsewhere, Quillfire spots something he intends to liberate as part of his rebellion against authority.<br />
<br />
[[File:BumblebeeSitting Strongarm vs bathtub.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I was expecting a porcelain version of Audrey II.]]<br />
The Autobots split up to search for Bumblebee in the scrapyard, and soon become the victim of various pranks — Grimlock gets an oil pie to the face while [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] hits a tripwire and gets a load of bolts flung at him. Sideswipe returns to Fixit, as does Strongarm who is now covered in [[fire extinguisher]] [[Fire-retardant foam|foam]]. The [[Mini-Con]] has determined that they'll have to wait for the poison to pass through Bumblebee's system. [[Russell Clay|Russell]] thinks babysitting Bumblebee will be easy, though Bumblebee's antics while balancing on top of a stack of clothes dryers cause him to think he was a little too optimistic. As night falls, the [[elephant]]s at a local carnival get a visit by Quillfire, who intends to liberate them from oppression, however he merely succeeds in stampeding them. Quillfire once again triumphantly makes his mark. Back at the scrapyard, Strongarm gets her foot stuck in a washtub full of rubber cement and requires Grimlock's help in getting free. Leaving Sideswipe, who seems amused by the whole thing, to look after Bumblebee, Strongarm takes Grimlock to go find Quillfire.<br />
<br />
[[File:BumblebeeSitting Bumblebee rides Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Grimlock and Bumblebee prepare to rescue Baby Luigi from Kamek.]]<br />
Pondering how to get Bumblebee to sit still, Russell and Sideswipe strike on getting him to watch [[television]]. Unfortunately once Russell leaves to get popcorn, and Sideswipe goes to dry his eyes, the television hits a commercial and Bumblebee loses interest. Overhearing that Quillfire's in a carnival, Bee takes off before Sideswipe and Russell return. At the carnival, Strongarm and Grimlock are contemplating the police cars guarding the area when Bumblebee arrives. After getting Grimlock to sit on Bumblebee, Strongarm goes down and draws the police cars away by reporting a fake emergency in town. Feeling smug, Strongarm enters the carnival, only to be confronted by the stampeding elephants. As she runs, Bumblebee appears running alongside her, followed by Grimlock who tackles the elephants. Strongarm persuades Bumblebee to round up the elephants, though to Grimlock's dismay, he has to serve as Bumblebee's mount.<br />
<br />
[[File:BumblebeeSitting bouncytent.jpg|thumb|right|250px|It's-a-me, Bumblebee!]]<br />
Fixit alerts the trio that Quillfire is nearby and as she's telling everyone to be quiet so they can surprise the Decepticon, the carnival's rides all suddenly power up, thanks to Bumblebee. While Bee's busy using the dodgems as skates, Strongarm and Grimlock go Decepticon hunting, unaware Quillfire has already spotted them. The pair are lured onto one of the amusement rides by one of Quillfire's signatures, and the Decepticon activates it, causing them to be spin and pinned against the ride's walls. Quillfire goes into a tent to hide, only to find the floor is extremely bouncy. He's joined by Bumblebee who bounces around happily, causing an alarmed Quillfire to bounce high in the air. Strongarm manages to use her crossbow to stop the ride and she and Grimlock quickly track Bee to the tent thanks to Quillfire's terrified cries. Quillfire attempts to fire quills at Bumblebee, only to be bounced in the air and become a victim of his own weapon, swiftly passing out as a result.<br />
<br />
Outside, Bumblebee is distracted by some distorted mirrors. Strongarm quickly gets an idea, and Bumblebee is soon chained up at the top of a tower. Morning eventually comes, and Bumblebee is back to his old self. Back at the scrapyard, Quillfire is secured in a [[stasis pod]], and Bumblebee thanks Strongarm for her work.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (2)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (5)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)<br />
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|c2=<br />
*[[Quillfire]] (1)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (7)<br />
*[[Bob (RID)|Bob]] (8)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
'''Bumblebee''': "Autobots, roll up...and..a..roll up." [''faints'']<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': "That was Bumblebee's worst battle cry ''yet''."<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' fails again!<br />
<br />
<br />
"Young Bee is an evil genius!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''' bonds with a fellow brat<br />
<br />
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"Yes, I understand you're overwhelmed by the prospect of freedom, but you can't stay in this cage out of fear!"<br />
:—'''Quillfire''' trying to inspire some elephants<br />
<br />
<br />
"OK, so how did my babysitter get me to sit still?"<br /><br />
"Duct tape?"<br />
:—'''Russell''' and '''Sideswipe''' try to decide how to keep Bee still<br />
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<br />
''(Excitedly)'' "I '''''love''''' cowboys!" <br /><br />
''(With a warm smile.)'' "I know."<br />
:—The incapacitated '''Bumblebee''' and his substitute '''Strongarm''' share a touching moment. <br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Can I be the cowboy that rides a dinosaur?<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': No.<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': Yes.<br />
:—Bee follows the example of his predecessor<br />
<br />
<br />
"I just wish I could remember what happened."<br /><br />
"Nah, you don't. Really."<br />
:— and '''Grimlock''' shows another astonishing amount of intelligence<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* When Grimlock is making his way down the pole after restraining the poisoned Bumblebee, he is wearing a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] even though Bumblebee decided to have Grimlock's insignia changed to that of an [[Autobot]] after the events of [[True Colors]].<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* The movie Bumblebee watches is interrupted by a commercial for "Flieber-brand lunchmeat". Perhaps this is where Denny got his "Nevada Flieber" alias?<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof, Underbite<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
* Bumblebee rides Grimlock. [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Now all he needs]] is a [[Decepticon hunter|sword]]...<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* The episode's title references the 1987 comedy film ''[[w:Adventures in Babysitting|Adventures in Babysitting]]''.<br />
* Quillfire's porcupine-based appearance, his ability to launch spikes, and the intelligence-lowering effect they have on Bumblebee are very similar to Spike (Experiment 319) from ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]''.<br />
* When Russell used the term "booyah!", it's similar to how Cyborg says it in ''[[w:Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' given that Grimlock & Cyborg share the same [[Khary Payton|voice actor]].<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.<br />
*The cowboy movie that Bumblebee watches has the same background music that played during the team's pursuit of [[Terrashock]] in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]".<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Chinese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Zhàokàn dà huángfēng lìxiǎn jì'''" (照看大黄蜂历险记, "Bumblebee Care Adventures")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Une nounou pour Bumblebee'''" ("A Nanny for Bumblebee")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 24]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Gyerekagy'''" ("Child Brain")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 30]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Bumblebee torna bambino'''" ("Bumblebee becomes a baby")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 23]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Itazurakko, Bumblebee-kun'''" (いたずらっ子、バンブルビー君, "The Rascal, Li'l Bumblebee")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 31]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 16]], 2015<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ghosts_and_Impostors&diff=1024588Ghosts and Impostors2015-11-17T04:14:50Z<p>Perdix990: /* Continuity notes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 24<br />
|image=GhostsAndImpostors Spooky Drift.jpg<br />
|caption=Return the Slab, or suffer my Curse.<br />
|prev=The Buzz on Windblade<br />
|next=Battlegrounds, Part 1<br />
|title="Ghosts and Impostors"<br />
|airdate=[[August 29]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[John Loy]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br />
}}<br />
'''An educational trip turns into a Decepticon hunt as Bumblebee and the Autobots stumble upon a chameleon-like fugitive in a western ghost town.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Grimlock flees lava.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Had Grimlock stayed and bathed in the lava, he would have either lost his color and appeal to the G1 crowd, or get a snazzy repaint only available in Japan. Alas, we'll never know.]]<br />
[[Russell Clay|Russell]] and [[Denny Clay|Denny]] return to the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] from their camping trip, having been drenched. While the pair go to warm up, the Autobots reflect on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s many vacation spots. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] asserts that [[Earth]] has equally wondrous places to visit. Intending to prove it, Bumblebee has [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] set the [[GroundBridge]] for a vacation spot, but unwisely asks the [[Mini-Con]] to surprise him. The Autobots end up on the side of an active volcano and are forced to vacate the area at speed to avoid the lava and steam vents and falling rocks. Bumblebee radios Fixit for a different destination, and this time they emerge into somewhere in the western [[United States of America|United States]]. Fixit is able to give them some facts about the location, including that the ghost town of [[Edmondville]] is nearby.<br />
<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Autobots in Edmondville.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I say we leave now while he's not looking."]]<br />
The Autobots are soon pulling up in Edmondville, though Bumblebee is the only one enthusiastic to be there. As they discuss ghosts, they're unaware that they're being watched from one of the buildings. Bumblebee leaves the others and starts exploring, but quickly becomes aware that there's something else lurking in the town. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] alerts him to an incoming tour bus, and the Autobots all hide. As the bored tour guide attempts half-heartedly to spook her group, the Autobots begin making spooky noises of their own, and the terrified humans soon pile into the bus and depart. The amused Autobots regroup, but something is still bugging Bumblebee who thinks they're not alone. Indeed, there's a dark shape watching from the shadows.<br />
<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Grimlock post-punch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Bloody hell. Those ones were my favorites!]]<br />
The Autobots decide they must eliminate any threat in the town as it's a regular tourist stop, so they split up to search. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] venture into the bank, only to be shut in the vault. Bumblebee and Grimlock spot a cart full of explosives speeding towards town. [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] are in the saloon when a chandelier almost falls on them. The pair dive out through the nearest wall, shortly before Strongarm blasts her way out of the vault. Grimlock stops the runaway cart by punching it, which only makes it explode. Regrouping in the middle of town, Bumblebee contacts Fixit who identies a potential Decepticon as [[Pseudo]], a [[Shifter]]. On Bumblebee's suggestion, the Autobots reset their optics to detect heat sources, however from the shadows, Pseudo scans them all.<br />
<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors sunset.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Apparently, this other Earth has Groundbridges that can make Bridges that go to space. We've had guys just walking along and suddenly, a Bridge opens beneath them and they fall out of a wall. I'm thinking maybe we should just work out a truce. I'll let you know if we can get in touch with this Evil Fixit.]]<br />
After another search, the Autobots return to the middle of town having come up empty, however Bumblebee quickly notices that the group seems to have picked up a second Drift. Both Drifts appear identical, and Bumblebee is at a loss at telling them apart until the real Drift deploys his Mini-Cons. Realizing he's been rumbled, Pseudo speeds off and enters the town's abandoned mine. The Autobots follow, but are forced to split up when the tunnels fork. Bumblebee suddenly encounters Pseudo disguised as Strongarm, who promptly punches him in the face and runs off. A few moments later, Pseudo, now in the form of Bumblebee, knocks Sideswipe down as well. The Autobots rendezvous in a cavern, where they now have two Grimlocks. A quick question about the [[Acid Wastes]] flushes out Pseudo, who turns into Sideswipe to evade them. They pursue him out of the mine and spot him trying to escape in the form of a dilapidated steam engine. He manages to evade them by knocking down rocks to block the canyon he's moving through, however Bumblebee has Grimlock hurl the two Mini-Cons. Jetstorm and Slipstream crash down on the track ahead of Pseudo, causing the Decepticon to crash. As they take Pseudo into custody, the Autobots reflect that maybe Earth is great after all, and as Fixit opens a GroundBridge for them, they're too busy admiring a sunset to go through.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (3)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (4)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (5)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (9)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (10)<br />
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|c2=<br />
*[[Pseudo]] (11)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (1)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (2)<br />
*Tour party (12)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
'''Sideswipe''': Are we having fun yet?<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Ha! C'mon, Earth is unpredictable! That's part of its charm!<br><br />
'''Drift''': I would not describe molten lava as 'charming'.<br />
:—Different opinions on fun and charm are exchanged<br />
<br />
<br />
"It's quiet. Too quiet"<br><br />
"A location cannot be too quiet. It is either quiet or it is not."<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''' is wary and '''Drift''' throws logic at a bot who doesn't care<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Can you [[Jetstorm (RID)|get]] [[Slipstream (RID)|them]] there?<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': Does a cat have whiskers that shoot lightnin'?<br />
:—No they don't, but...<br />
<br />
'''Jetstorm''': Did we emerge victorious?<br />
:— ...The kick is good!<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
* Pseudo causes the cliffs running beside the track to cave inwards, but somehow after he does this, there's two handy ramps on either side of the track for the Autobots to drive up.<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Denny and Russell return from a camping trip, possibly explaining their absence in the [[The Buzz on Windblade|previous episode]].<br />
* Fixit references [[Shifter]]s, a Cybertronian subspecies that previously appeared in the ''Prime'' cartoon.<br />
* Maybe the reason this Grimlock is green is because he hangs out in the acid waste so much.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza, Pseudo<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large, others arrested by Windblade and held elsewhere''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
*Potential Cybertronian travel destinations the Autobots suggest include the [[Sonic Canyons]], [[Manganese Mountains]] and the [[Acid Wastes]].<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
===Trivia===<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantômes et imposteurs'''" ("Ghosts and Impostors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Szellemek és szélhámosok'''" ("Ghosts and Tricksters")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 5]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantasmi e impostori'''" ("Ghosts and Impostors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 23]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Ghost Town Shoot-Out'''" (ゴーストタウンの決闘, ''Ghost Town no Kettou'')<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], [[2015]]<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ghosts_and_Impostors&diff=1024587Ghosts and Impostors2015-11-17T04:13:00Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 24<br />
|image=GhostsAndImpostors Spooky Drift.jpg<br />
|caption=Return the Slab, or suffer my Curse.<br />
|prev=The Buzz on Windblade<br />
|next=Battlegrounds, Part 1<br />
|title="Ghosts and Impostors"<br />
|airdate=[[August 29]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[John Loy]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br />
}}<br />
'''An educational trip turns into a Decepticon hunt as Bumblebee and the Autobots stumble upon a chameleon-like fugitive in a western ghost town.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Grimlock flees lava.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Had Grimlock stayed and bathed in the lava, he would have either lost his color and appeal to the G1 crowd, or get a snazzy repaint only available in Japan. Alas, we'll never know.]]<br />
[[Russell Clay|Russell]] and [[Denny Clay|Denny]] return to the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] from their camping trip, having been drenched. While the pair go to warm up, the Autobots reflect on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s many vacation spots. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] asserts that [[Earth]] has equally wondrous places to visit. Intending to prove it, Bumblebee has [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] set the [[GroundBridge]] for a vacation spot, but unwisely asks the [[Mini-Con]] to surprise him. The Autobots end up on the side of an active volcano and are forced to vacate the area at speed to avoid the lava and steam vents and falling rocks. Bumblebee radios Fixit for a different destination, and this time they emerge into somewhere in the western [[United States of America|United States]]. Fixit is able to give them some facts about the location, including that the ghost town of [[Edmondville]] is nearby.<br />
<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Autobots in Edmondville.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I say we leave now while he's not looking."]]<br />
The Autobots are soon pulling up in Edmondville, though Bumblebee is the only one enthusiastic to be there. As they discuss ghosts, they're unaware that they're being watched from one of the buildings. Bumblebee leaves the others and starts exploring, but quickly becomes aware that there's something else lurking in the town. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] alerts him to an incoming tour bus, and the Autobots all hide. As the bored tour guide attempts half-heartedly to spook her group, the Autobots begin making spooky noises of their own, and the terrified humans soon pile into the bus and depart. The amused Autobots regroup, but something is still bugging Bumblebee who thinks they're not alone. Indeed, there's a dark shape watching from the shadows.<br />
<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors Grimlock post-punch.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Bloody hell. Those ones were my favorites!]]<br />
The Autobots decide they must eliminate any threat in the town as it's a regular tourist stop, so they split up to search. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] venture into the bank, only to be shut in the vault. Bumblebee and Grimlock spot a cart full of explosives speeding towards town. [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] are in the saloon when a chandelier almost falls on them. The pair dive out through the nearest wall, shortly before Strongarm blasts her way out of the vault. Grimlock stops the runaway cart by punching it, which only makes it explode. Regrouping in the middle of town, Bumblebee contacts Fixit who identies a potential Decepticon as [[Pseudo]], a [[Shifter]]. On Bumblebee's suggestion, the Autobots reset their optics to detect heat sources, however from the shadows, Pseudo scans them all.<br />
<br />
[[File:GhostsAndImpostors sunset.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Apparently, this other Earth has Groundbridges that can make Bridges that go to space. We've had guys just walking along and suddenly, a Bridge opens beneath them and they fall out of a wall. I'm thinking maybe we should just work out a truce. I'll let you know if we can get in touch with this Evil Fixit.]]<br />
After another search, the Autobots return to the middle of town having come up empty, however Bumblebee quickly notices that the group seems to have picked up a second Drift. Both Drifts appear identical, and Bumblebee is at a loss at telling them apart until the real Drift deploys his Mini-Cons. Realizing he's been rumbled, Pseudo speeds off and enters the town's abandoned mine. The Autobots follow, but are forced to split up when the tunnels fork. Bumblebee suddenly encounters Pseudo disguised as Strongarm, who promptly punches him in the face and runs off. A few moments later, Pseudo, now in the form of Bumblebee, knocks Sideswipe down as well. The Autobots rendezvous in a cavern, where they now have two Grimlocks. A quick question about the [[Acid Wastes]] flushes out Pseudo, who turns into Sideswipe to evade them. They pursue him out of the mine and spot him trying to escape in the form of a dilapidated steam engine. He manages to evade them by knocking down rocks to block the canyon he's moving through, however Bumblebee has Grimlock hurl the two Mini-Cons. Jetstorm and Slipstream crash down on the track ahead of Pseudo, causing the Decepticon to crash. As they take Pseudo into custody, the Autobots reflect that maybe Earth is great after all, and as Fixit opens a GroundBridge for them, they're too busy admiring a sunset to go through.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (3)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (4)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (5)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (9)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (10)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Pseudo]] (11)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (1)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (2)<br />
*Tour party (12)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
'''Sideswipe''': Are we having fun yet?<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Ha! C'mon, Earth is unpredictable! That's part of its charm!<br><br />
'''Drift''': I would not describe molten lava as 'charming'.<br />
:—Different opinions on fun and charm are exchanged<br />
<br />
<br />
"It's quiet. Too quiet"<br><br />
"A location cannot be too quiet. It is either quiet or it is not."<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''' is wary and '''Drift''' throws logic at a bot who doesn't care<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Can you [[Jetstorm (RID)|get]] [[Slipstream (RID)|them]] there?<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': Does a cat have whiskers that shoot lightnin'?<br />
:—No they don't, but...<br />
<br />
'''Jetstorm''': Did we emerge victorious?<br />
:— ...The kick is good!<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
* Pseudo causes the cliffs running beside the track to cave inwards, but somehow after he does this, there's two handy ramps on either side of the track for the Autobots to drive up.<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Denny and Russell return from a camping trip, possibly explaining their absence in the [[The Buzz on Windblade|previous episode]].<br />
* Fixit references [[Shifter]]s, a Cybertronian subspecies that previously appeared in the ''Prime'' cartoon.<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza, Pseudo<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large, others arrested by Windblade and held elsewhere''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
*Potential Cybertronian travel destinations the Autobots suggest include the [[Sonic Canyons]], [[Manganese Mountains]] and the [[Acid Wastes]].<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
===Trivia===<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantômes et imposteurs'''" ("Ghosts and Impostors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Szellemek és szélhámosok'''" ("Ghosts and Tricksters")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 5]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Fantasmi e impostori'''" ("Ghosts and Impostors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 23]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Ghost Town Shoot-Out'''" (ゴーストタウンの決闘, ''Ghost Town no Kettou'')<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Even_Robots_Have_Nightmares&diff=1024584Even Robots Have Nightmares2015-11-17T02:38:51Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 15<br />
|image=RobotsHaveNightmares Grimlock dream.jpg<br />
|caption=Hang in there, baby.<br />
|prev=Sideways (episode)<br />
|next=Some Body, Any Body<br />
|otherseries2=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers: Adventure]]'' ep 15<br />
|prev2=Out of Focus<br />
|title="Even Robots Have Nightmares"<br />
|airdate=[[June 27]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[John Loy]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Denny and the Autobots are captured by a Decepticon who can bring their worst fears to life.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:RobotsHaveNightmares Autobots Russell watch film.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The bots would soon come to regret that Adam Sandler movie marathon...]]<br />
Nighttime sees young [[Russell Clay]] setting a dish of milk down for a stray cat. [[Denny Clay|Denny]] is heading out with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to look for [[energon]] while Russell is intending to watch ''[[Invasion of the Zombie Vampire Swamp Creatures]]'' with the rest of the team, claiming he doesn't get scared. As the trio heads off, Denny mopes that he feels like he's missing Russell's childhood, but all three of them are unaware that [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]]'s missing Mini-Con component Righty is heading into the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. Righty jumps the fence and locates the [[stasis pod]] containing the rest of Chop Shop, only to be attacked by an unseen assailant.<br />
[[File:RobotsHaveNightmares Autobots arrive at cave.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bumblebee: ...We'll be safer if we stick together, right? <br> Everyone: Right! <br> Bumblebee ...So let's split up, gang! <br> Everyone: HUH???]]<br />
Russell watches the film with [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] who are surprised by his lack of fear, and as he goes to get more popcorn, decide to attempt to scare him. Sideswipe's improvised [[zombie]] costume fails, as does a ruse with Strongarm pretending to be hacked up and Grimlock in costume as an axe murderer [[Decepticon]]. Bumblebee, Denny and Fixit return with a trailer-load of energon which they unload. Afterwards Fixit picks up some Decepticon signals in a nearby cave system, but they quickly disappear. Figuring it might be [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], the Autobots head there. Leaving Fixit and Russell outside, the others head inside and split up to search, taking luminescent paint to mark their way. Denny quickly gets lost and loses his walkie.<br />
<br />
[[File:RobotsHaveNightmares nightstrike grabs fixit denny.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I am vengeance! I am the night! I am-Wait, I'm not [[Batman]]. Dang it!]]<br />
While the Autobots start trading banter over the comms, a bat-like shape suddenly attacks Sideswipe. Outside the caves, Sideswipe's signal disappears off Fixit's monitoring device. Grimlock is attacked next, and as Fixit and Russell watch, his signal disappears, followed by Strongarm's. As Bumblebee is attacked, Fixit realizes the whole team has been taken out, though Russell is sure Denny's OK. Denny is still lost. The bat appears out of the mouth of the cave, allowing Fixit to identify it as [[Nightstrike]], a vampiric Decepticon with a fear-inducing scream. Nightstrike swoops down and grabs Fixit, taking back into the cave and incidentally picking up Denny who had finally found his way out.<br />
<br />
[[File:RobotsHaveNightmares Russell finds Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Looks like a god damn town meeting."]]<br />
Russell grimly heads into the cave to find everyone, though he's momentarily frightened by the shadow of a mouse. Deeper in the cave, the stricken Autobots are having fearful hallucinations. Bumblebee is berated by a disappointed [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], Strongarm is on the wrong side of the law, Sideswipe is stuck in traffic, Fixit is on the scrap heap, and Grimlock is being menaced by a kitten. Denny, meanwhile, is conscious but stuck in one of the same partial cocoons as the others. Help isn't far away, as Russell stumbles on the captured team just as Nightstrike returns. As Nightstrike feeds on Strongarm, Denny points out he's a human and doesn't have any energon to feed on, but Nightstrike is disinterested in releasing him. He manages to bluff Nightstrike into leaving by claiming that there's help on the way, giving Russell time to break him out of the cocoon with a rock. Russell starts on freeing Bumblebee, but Nightstrike returns to find them working. While Russell draws Nightstrike off, Denny continues trying to free the Bots. Bumblebee, now conscious, is able to free Righty using his [[Decepticon Hunter]], and asks the Decepticon to help against Nightstrike. Though Righty heads for the door, when he spies a can of paint, he flings it at Nightstrike, temporarily blinding the Decepticon long enough for Denny to take cover. Now free enough to act, Bumblebee manages to deck Nightstrike, and the other Autobots are soon released as well. The Autobots turn off their [[Sensors|audio receptors]], making Nightstrike's cry ineffectual, and Grimlock soon has the Decepticon pinned to the ground.<br />
<br />
Back at the scrapyard, Nightstrike is placed safely into a stasis pod and Russell admits he was terrified. Grimlock claims not be terrified of anything, but the sight of the stray cat sends him screaming into the night.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (6)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (7)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (8)<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] (5)<br />
*[[Nightstrike]] (9)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (1)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"He's growing up so fast! I feel like missed the... 'little kid' part of his life."<br><br />
"Just remember, scientifically, statistically, and genetically, he will always be your son."<br><br />
"...thanks, Fixit."<br />
:—'''Denny''' and '''Fixit''' have a moment<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
"Did you hear something out there?"<br /><br />
"Who can tell? The human on screen has been screaming for ten minutes straight. Doesn't she ever stop to breathe?"<br />
:—'''Strongarm''' and '''Sideswipe''' wait for the victim to die so they can hear the creeping darkness<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:RobotsHaveNightmares horror reactions.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bumblebee was never a pretty sight before his first cup of coffee in the morning. ]]<br />
"OK team! Gas it up and blow it out! …Honestly it sounded better in my head."<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' makes a fart joke while trying to nail a catchphrase. Why can't he just go with the usual?<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Grimlock:''' I don't like small dark places!<br /><br />
'''Sideswipe:''' You mean like the inside of Strongarm's head?<br /><br />
'''Strongarm:''' Why don't you bring your head over this way and I'll-<br /><br />
'''Bumblebee:''' Keep all your heads on the mission, please.<br />
:—Typical Team Bee conversation<br />
<br />
<br />
"I'm disappointed in you, Bee. I chose you to lead this mission, and look what you allowed to happen. [indicates to a burning city] You were not ready for command. You are not capable of leading."<br />
:—The '''Optimus Prime''' of Bumblebee's nightmares<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]]'s arm component, which had escaped custody back in "[[More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye]]", reappears and tries to free the rest of Chop Shop.<br />
* Added to the prisoner manifest are the silhouettes of [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] —who wasn't originally a prisoner of the ''Alchemor'' but known to have joined [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]'s gang in [[Sideways (episode)|episode 14]]— and [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], who won't debut for another [[Deep Trouble (RID)|two episodes]].<br />
* The cops who arrest Strongarm in her nightmare have the same models as the [[Museum Guards]] from "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* The costume that Grimlock dons in an attempt to spook Russell bears many similarities to the slasher movie villain [[w:Leatherface|Leatherface]], in particular the apron and stitched-together mask.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
* Fixit's monitor displays ''five'' Decepticon life-signals inside the cave... but by the time Nightstrike's lair is discovered, there are only ''two'' Decepticons there: Nightstrike and Righty. Interference splitting the signals, or did Nightstrike make Team Bee's job just a little easier by permanently removing some prisoners from the picture?<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Até Robôs Têm Pesadelos'''" ("Even Robots Have Nightmares")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 8]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Même pas peur!'''" ("Not Afraid!")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 3]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Terrortaktika'''" ("Terror Tactics")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Anche i robot hanno gli incubi'''" ("Even Robots Have Nightmares")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 8]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu tono Tatakai'''" (恐怖との戦い, "The Terrifying Battle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 27]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Out_of_Focus&diff=1024583Out of Focus2015-11-17T02:35:37Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 13<br />
|image=OutOfFocus Grimlock dive.jpg<br />
|caption=Grimlock always hated Super Soaker fights, as the other team always makes him envious of their new Hydrostorm blasters.<br />
|prev=Hunting Season<br />
|next=Sideways (episode)<br />
|otherseries2=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers: Adventure]]'' ep 14<br />
|prev2=Sideways (episode)<br />
|next2=Even Robots Have Nightmares<br />
|title="Out of Focus"<br />
|airdate=[[April 15]], [[2015]] (Singapore)<br />[[June 13]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
}}<br />
'''While Bee and his Team try to bring in a gang of Decepticon thieves, Optimus readies himself for a coming evil that will threaten both Earth and Cybertron.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:OutOfFocus Optimus and Micronus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"You must ''unlearn'' what you have learned."<br/>"All right, I'll give it a try."<br/>"No! Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."]]<br />
As his team once again descends into petty bickering, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tries to focus himself, however fortunately for Bumblebee's stress levels, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] reports he's detected four [[Decepticon]] signals and the team meeting is adjourned. The Autobots head out to investigate, though [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] continue their petty feud as they drive. The team soon comes upon a collection of [[stasis pod]]s, which Strongarm observes have been broken open from the inside.<br />
<br />
In a formless other plane of existence which is the [[Realm of the Primes]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] stands ready to face whatever challenge [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] has for him. Micronus warns Optimus's greatest test will be when he returns to [[Earth]], but produces a hill which he says Optimus must climb. As Optimus observes things can't be that simple, Micronus reveals a small group of [[human]]s, and a robot foe approaches.<br />
<br />
Bumblebee has Fixit check the [[Alchemor]] prisoner manifest for four Bot teams, and Fixit comes up with [[Malodor]]'s team of [[Skunkticon]]s. There are tracks leading north towards the [[Crown River Dam|automated dam]], but though Bee thinks they should head back to [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]] and get protective gear for the Skunkticons' toxin, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] immediately heads for the dam with the rest of the team following.<br />
<br />
[[File:OutOfFocus Skunticons abduct Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Hi ho! Hi ho! It's off to work we go!"]]<br />
Optimus places himself between the humans and the incoming foe, which launches four balls at him. Optimus is knocked down, and the balls transform into Mini-Cons which begin menacing the humans. As the Mini-Cons fire, Optimus does his level best to protect the humans, losing his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] in the process.<br />
<br />
Bee's team enters the dam to find it apparently empty. Fixit says the ambient electricity may be masking the Decepticon signals, and as Sideswipe fools around, the Skunkticons amble into the dam. The four Decepticons unleash their toxin, and Grimlock heroically throws himself in front of the others, taking the full brunt of it. As Grimlock is disorientated, the other Autobots get hit as well and with them all incapacitated, Malodor decides to take Grimlock hostage. The Skunkticons bundle Grimlock into the cargo lift and head up.<br />
<br />
Optimus continues to battle the robotic foes he's been pitted again, body slamming a Mini-Con and knocking the others about with his truck mode. Retrieving the Prime Decepticon Hunter, he pleads with Micronus to tell him how to use the weapon to its full potential, but Micronus remains cryptic. Two of the Mini-Cons restrain Optimus so the larger foe can hit him, while the remaining Mini-Con goes after the humans. Optimus manages to break free and throws the hunter at the Mini-Con, though it manages to zap one of the humans before being impaled.<br />
<br />
[[File:OutOfFocus confused Autobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Marco!"<br/>"Marco!!"<br/>"MARCO!!!"]]<br />
Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe recover from the toxin, and Bee has to stop the other two Autobots bickering. They find the trail left by Grimlock's tail and follow it to the cargo lift, which the Decepticons have wrecked. The trio climb onto the roof of the lift and start manually pulling it up. On the upper control level, Strongarm and Sideswipe resume their infighting until the Skunkticons arrive with Grimlock, whom Malodor threatens to shoot unless the Autobots back off. On hearing Bumblebee's voice, Grimlock immediately gets up, inadvertently knocking down the Decepticons, and Bumblebee and his team spring into action. As the battle resumes, Grimlock blunders around blindly, damaging the dam controls and initiating an emergency flood release. Malodor throws Bumblebee while he's distracted by the alarm, then the Skunkticons dose Strongarm and Sideswipe with toxin and flee.<br />
<br />
In the Realm of the Primes, Optimus continues to try to protect the humans while pleading with an impassive Micronus to help. He's unable to prevent the Mini-Cons from blasting all but one of the humans, and is himself knocked back by the Mini-Cons lasers. The larger robot and two remaining Mini-Cons surround the last human.<br />
<br />
[[File:OutOfFocus tunnel battle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"What an incredible smell you've discovered."]]<br />
Faced with bedlam, Bumblebee finds his focus and nudges the other Autobots away from the edge of the dam, which they've strayed perilously close to in their blind panic. With Fixit's help, he then shuts down the dam's emergency locks so that the water isn't released. The rest of the team recovers from the Skunkticon toxins, and they head down one of the maintenance tunnels to find the four Decepticons.<br />
<br />
Micronus reminds Optimus that he's been so focused on what he's doing that he's forgotten what the original challenge was. Optimus bounds up the hill, at the top of which he finds a stone carving of a sword. This allows him to power up the Prime Decepticon Hunter and unleash an arc of electricity that takes out the three remaining robot foes. The last human disappears in a flash of light, and Optimus realizes that the humans were never real, just a part of the test. Micronus warns him of the trials to come.<br />
<br />
Team Bee reach a section of tunnel and crash through into the neighboring tunnel, cutting off the Skunkticons. Though one of them manages to spray Grimlock with toxin, the four Decepticons are soon incapacitated.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (2)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (3)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (4)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (5)<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (6)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Malodor]] (10)<br />
*[[Skunkticon|Skunkticons]] (11)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Thirteen]]|c3=<br />
*[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] (7)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
*Illusionary humans (8)<br />
*Illusionary Decepticon (9)<br />
*Illusionary Mini-Cons (12)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Looks like the team meeting'll have to wait. Too bad, so sad. Ok, Autobots! Let's hit the trail!"<br /><br />
"Cause Bee wants to bail."<br /><br />
"Hey! ''I'' do the rallying cries!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sideswipe''' bond over their hatred of meetings <br />
<br />
<br />
"Bee, do I look like a go-back-for-protective-gear-wearer, or a punch-happy dino-demolisher?"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' reminds the audience of his story arc role<br />
<br />
<br />
"The center of the storm is always still, and it's easiest to find a solution from there."<br />
:—'''Optimus Prime''' gives us spiritual wisdom <br />
<br />
<br />
"I don't like small, dark places. You don't think they have any of those Earth cats in here, do you?"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' admits his ailurophobia ( that's fear of cats)<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
*The ''human'' elevator in the Crown River Dam is large enough to fit an entire ''Dinobot'' inside (albeit, not without effort).<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Optimus was previously revealed to be training with the [[Thirteen|Primes]] in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]".<br />
*Bumblebee and his team found Steeljaw and co were using the dam as a base in "[[True Colors]]". They've since been seen using a new base in "[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]".<br />
*Micronus was first named in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]''.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*The alarm which sounds as the dam prepares to release water is the red alert siren from the original series of ''[[Star Trek]]''.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The next episode "[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]" was erroneously screened in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] in place of this one, though it was still listed as this one, leading to confusion when Optimus Prime didn't appear. This mixup happened in a lot of countries, starting with China including "Sideways" instead of this one when the first thirteen episodes were made available on a Chinese video streaming site "M1905". Japan continued the mistake, airing "Sideways" as the thirteenth episode.<br />
*Despite the humans and Transformers that appeared in the Realm of the Primes being illusions, this is technically the first episode in the show where someone died.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian Portuguese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''''" <br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 1]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''L'oeil du cyclone'''" ("The Eye of the Storm")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 3]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Koncentráció'''" ("Concentration")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 21]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Sfocato'''" ("Blurred")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 7]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Optimus Prime no Shiren'''" (オプティマスプライムの試練, "The Trials of Optimus Prime")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 20]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Rumble_in_the_Jungle_(RID)&diff=1024582Rumble in the Jungle (RID)2015-11-17T02:32:38Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 9<br />
|image=RumbleJungle Denny Fixit tug of war.jpg<br />
|caption="Oh, I just remembered! It's your birthday! Happy birthday!"<br> "No, Merry Christmas!" <br> "It's not Christmas!" <br> "Happy Hanukkah!"<br />
|prev=True Colors<br />
|next=Can You Dig It?<br />
|title="Rumble in the Jungle"<br />
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ)<br />[[May 16]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Dean Stefan]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br />
}}<br />
'''While Strongarm's first "solo" mission is marred by an over-protective Bumblebee, Denny's and Fixit's rivalry comes to a head.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle unimpressed Strongarm.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Anything you say can and will be held against you!" <br> "Boobs!"]]<br />
[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] drives down a desert road, some two thousand miles from [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]] on a solo mission. As she contemplates a possible promotion, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] contacts her for a status report. He's distracted partway through by [[Denny Clay]] passing by with some spark plugs, but Strongarm assures him she'll contact him if she runs into trouble, before spotting a dust plume in her rear view. It turns out to be [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who to Strongarm's dismay has followed her. After she expresses concern that he doesn't trust her, he agrees to leave her to the mission.<br />
<br />
Fixit repairs [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], who says it was Denny's idea to turbo-charge their spark plugs. Moments later [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] is fishing Denny out from under some [[stasis pod]]s, and Fixit tries to explain that Cybertronian tech is too complicated for [[human]]s. Denny still thinks he can help, and Fixit suggests he fix the leak in the lavatory.<br />
<br />
As Strongarm closes in on the Decepticon signal in a jungle, she again finds Bumblebee following her. He insists he's coming along as an observer.<br />
<br />
At the scrapyard, Fixit interrupts Denny working on a Cybertronian blaster. An argument breaks out as Denny points out Fixit hasn't made any progress on getting the weapons working. As Fixit tries to take back the weapon, Denny tries to scrape some corrosion off, and the weapon explodes, leaving both of them blackened.<br />
<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle Springload interrogates carving.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Lugnut (Animated)|WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH OUR BELOVED LEADER MEGA-]] Oh, wrong line...]]<br />
Strongarm and Bumblebee find their Decepticon talking to stone carvings and demanding to know the location of the lost city of [[Doradus]]. He spots the two Autobots and, believing them to be fellow treasure hunters, makes a run for it. The pair give chase, but the Decepticon jumps across a chasm and they lose him. As he drives off, Strongarm contacts Fixit to get an ID on the con. Fixit identifies him as [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], a nutcase who's in search of the lost city of Doradus, and says he'll send the rest of the team. Strongarm disagrees with Bumblebee that this is the right move, and secretly contacts Fixit again to claim she's caught Springload.<br />
<br />
Denny searches the scrapyard for the [[Decepticon Hunter]], believing he can fix it too. Fixit inadvertently gives away the device's location thanks to his verbal tick and the pair end up in a tug of war over it. Fixit breaks the war by announcing he's going to rearrange the scrapyard using Cybertronian principals.<br />
<br />
Bumblebee and Strongarm find Springload has gone into a temple, and Bumblebee reluctantly agrees to going inside to try and capture the Decepticon.<br />
<br />
[[Russell Clay|Russell]] finds Denny rewiring the command center while [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] discover their stuff has been rearranged by either Fixit or Denny and can no longer be found. Russell scolds the pair, but it's not enough to stop them fighting, and they both go to undo whatever the other one has done. Russell has another idea.<br />
<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle Strongarm Bumblebee prop up ceiling.jpg|thumb|left|250px|At least we don't have to worry about saving a [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Mini-Con]] [[Palace|this time]].]]<br />
Springload puzzles over the markings in the temple as the two Autobots move in. Strongarm tries to grab him, only to discover his armor is coated in acid. The temple starts collapsing, and Springload swiftly makes an exit. Bumblebee and Strongarm pick up a pillar to prop up the ceiling, but it's not enough, and Strongarm has to blast a hole in the wall so they can escape. Once Bumblebee reprimands Strongarm, she admits she told Fixit not to send the rest of the team, and asks for one last chance to complete the mission herself.<br />
<br />
Having rearranged Fixit's stuff, Denny sits down to watch TV, only to find Fixit has tampered with it and he can now only see the ''[[Alchemor]]'' prison manifest. As Fixit attempts to block him from rearranging the command console, Russell, Sideswipe and Grimlock appear with the Decepticon Hunter which is making an alarming noise. Denny and Fixit soon realize they have to work together to disarm it lest it explodes.<br />
<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle Springload in temple.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me.]]<br />
Back at the temple, Strongarm and Bumblebee catch up with Springload, who assumes they're ghosts and flees. They manage to box him in, but he splats Bumblebee with acid and manages to escape once again. Strongarm asks Bumblebee to stop being an observer and officially help.<br />
<br />
Fixit and Denny manage to extract a kazoo from the Decepticon Hunter, and the others observe that they're working together. The pair spot a disconnected wire in the device and repair it, successfully as it happens. They head off to make more Decepticon Hunters, while Russell, Sideswipe and Grimlock declare victory with a fist-bump.<br />
<br />
Springload is still pleading with carvings to tell him where Doradus is when Bumblebee and Strongarm find him. Strongarm imitates a spirit and tells Springload he's unworthy, allowing Bumblebee to sneak up and knock him into a casket. With the Decepticon trapped, Bumblebee admits Strongarm did well on her first solo mission.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (1)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (2)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (5)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (7)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Springload (RID)|Springload]] (8)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Personal journal: I have driven 2,000 miles from the scrapyard and my pistons are positively tingling. Successfully completing this mission might mean a promotion! ''Sergeant'', Strongarm. ''Lieutenant'' Strongarm. ''President'' Strongarm!<br />
:—'''Strongarm''' is dreaming big.<br />
<br />
<br />
""Uh, look, this isn't how it looks, Strongarm. I just forgot to give you something before you left. It's... my good luck rock! Took it on my very first mission. Musta dropped it, right? Here."<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' is unconvincing.<br />
<br />
<br />
"I am well versed in human emotion based upon viewing of a certain doctor on your televisions. He would say you have an unhealthy need to prove yourself. He would also say that you should tune in every afternoon at three."<br />
:—'''Fixit''' thinks that Doc. Phil is J. Osteen <br />
<br />
<br />
"Fixit, good news. Springload fell into my lap. I've made the arrest. No need to send backup."<br /><br />
"All this happened since we spoke sixty seconds ago?"<br /><br />
"Yes! Remember? We're in a different time zone."<br /><br />
"Oh! well, good. Uh, congratulations and see all three of you when you get back."<br />
:—'''Strongarm''' is getting used to the whole "breaking the rules" thing, and '''Fixit''' shows an even greater amount of gullibility <br />
<br />
<br />
"You moved my snow sleds next to the microwaves? What kind of system is that?!"<br><br />
"Alphabetical. ''Cybertronian'' Alphabet."<br />
:—'''Denny''' and '''Fixit''' discuss Chicka Chicka Boom Boom<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*As per the end of the previous episode, Grimlock is now sporting Autobot insignia.<br />
*The [[Museum Guards]] in the footage Fixit displays of Springload's rampage have identical body types to those seen in "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".<br />
*Denny's TV displays the prison records for [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]], [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Thunderhoof]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]] and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]].<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof, Underbite<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*Fixit refers to TV personality [[w:Phil McGraw|Dr. Phil]].<br />
*"Rome wasn't built in a day" gets a Cybertronian twist with "[[Pellechrome]] wasn't built in a millennium."<br />
*Doradus appears to be a reference to lost city [[El Dorado]], while the fountain of [[energon]] it is meant to contain bears some resemblance to the legendary Fountain of Youth.<br />
*Springload's acidic coating is similar to the defense mechanism of the [[w: Poison Dart Frog| poison dart frog]].<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the 1974 [[w:The Rumble in the Jungle|Ali-Foreman]] boxing match.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian Portuguese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''O Barulho da Floresta'''" ("Noise of the Jungle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 19]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Chinese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Zònghéng cónglín'''" (纵横丛林, "Aspect Jungle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Poursuite dans la jungle'''" ("Pursuit in the Jungle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 20]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Solo-Mission'''" ("Solo Mission")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 30]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Dzsungeltúra'''" ("Jungle Tour")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 26]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Divergenze'''" ("Divergences")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 19]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Strongarm no Bōken'''" (ストロングアームの冒険, "Strongarm's Adventure")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 17]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 12]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Russian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Odin v pole ne voin'''" (Один в поле не воин, "One on the battlefield is not a warrior")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 7]], 2015<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Rumble_in_the_Jungle_(RID)&diff=1024581Rumble in the Jungle (RID)2015-11-17T02:31:50Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 9<br />
|image=RumbleJungle Denny Fixit tug of war.jpg<br />
|caption="Oh, I just remembered! It's your birthday! Happy birthday!"<br> "No, Merry Christmas!" <br> "It's not Christmas!" <br> "Happy Hanukkah!"<br />
|prev=True Colors<br />
|next=Can You Dig It?<br />
|title="Rumble in the Jungle"<br />
|airdate=[[March 15]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ)<br />[[May 16]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Dean Stefan]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br />
}}<br />
'''While Strongarm's first "solo" mission is marred by an over-protective Bumblebee, Denny's and Fixit's rivalry comes to a head.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle unimpressed Strongarm.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Anything you say can and will be held against you!" <br> "Boobs!"]]<br />
[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] drives down a desert road, some two thousand miles from [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]] on a solo mission. As she contemplates a possible promotion, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] contacts her for a status report. He's distracted partway through by [[Denny Clay]] passing by with some spark plugs, but Strongarm assures him she'll contact him if she runs into trouble, before spotting a dust plume in her rear view. It turns out to be [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who to Strongarm's dismay has followed her. After she expresses concern that he doesn't trust her, he agrees to leave her to the mission.<br />
<br />
Fixit repairs [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], who says it was Denny's idea to turbo-charge their spark plugs. Moments later [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] is fishing Denny out from under some [[stasis pod]]s, and Fixit tries to explain that Cybertronian tech is too complicated for [[human]]s. Denny still thinks he can help, and Fixit suggests he fix the leak in the lavatory.<br />
<br />
As Strongarm closes in on the Decepticon signal in a jungle, she again finds Bumblebee following her. He insists he's coming along as an observer.<br />
<br />
At the scrapyard, Fixit interrupts Denny working on a Cybertronian blaster. An argument breaks out as Denny points out Fixit hasn't made any progress on getting the weapons working. As Fixit tries to take back the weapon, Denny tries to scrape some corrosion off, and the weapon explodes, leaving both of them blackened.<br />
<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle Springload interrogates carving.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Lugnut (Animated)|WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH OUR BELOVED LEADER MEGA-]] Oh, wrong line...]]<br />
Strongarm and Bumblebee find their Decepticon talking to stone carvings and demanding to know the location of the lost city of [[Doradus]]. He spots the two Autobots and, believing them to be fellow treasure hunters, makes a run for it. The pair give chase, but the Decepticon jumps across a chasm and they lose him. As he drives off, Strongarm contacts Fixit to get an ID on the con. Fixit identifies him as [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], a nutcase who's in search of the lost city of Doradus, and says he'll send the rest of the team. Strongarm disagrees with Bumblebee that this is the right move, and secretly contacts Fixit again to claim she's caught Springload.<br />
<br />
Denny searches the scrapyard for the [[Decepticon Hunter]], believing he can fix it too. Fixit inadvertently gives away the device's location thanks to his verbal tick and the pair end up in a tug of war over it. Fixit breaks the war by announcing he's going to rearrange the scrapyard using Cybertronian principals.<br />
<br />
Bumblebee and Strongarm find Springload has gone into a temple, and Bumblebee reluctantly agrees to going inside to try and capture the Decepticon.<br />
<br />
[[Russell Clay|Russell]] finds Denny rewiring the command center while [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] discover their stuff has been rearranged by either Fixit or Denny and can no longer be found. Russell scolds the pair, but it's not enough to stop them fighting, and they both go to undo whatever the other one has done. Russell has another idea.<br />
<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle Strongarm Bumblebee prop up ceiling.jpg|thumb|left|250px|At least we don't have to worry about saving a [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Mini-Con]] [[Palace|this time]].]]<br />
Springload puzzles over the markings in the temple as the two Autobots move in. Strongarm tries to grab him, only to discover his armor is coated in acid. The temple starts collapsing, and Springload swiftly makes an exit. Bumblebee and Strongarm pick up a pillar to prop up the ceiling, but it's not enough, and Strongarm has to blast a hole in the wall so they can escape. Once Bumblebee reprimands Strongarm, she admits she told Fixit not to send the rest of the team, and asks for one last chance to complete the mission herself.<br />
<br />
Having rearranged Fixit's stuff, Denny sits down to watch TV, only to find Fixit has tampered with it and he can now only see the ''[[Alchemor]]'' prison manifest. As Fixit attempts to block him from rearranging the command console, Russell, Sideswipe and Grimlock appear with the Decepticon Hunter which is making an alarming noise. Denny and Fixit soon realize they have to work together to disarm it lest it explodes.<br />
<br />
[[File:RumbleJungle Springload in temple.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me.]]<br />
Back at the temple, Strongarm and Bumblebee catch up with Springload, who assumes they're ghosts and flees. They manage to box him in, but he splats Bumblebee with acid and manages to escape once again. Strongarm asks Bumblebee to stop being an observer and officially help.<br />
<br />
Fixit and Denny manage to extract a kazoo from the Decepticon Hunter, and the others observe that they're working together. The pair spot a disconnected wire in the device and repair it, successfully as it happens. They head off to make more Decepticon Hunters, while Russell, Sideswipe and Grimlock declare victory with a fist-bump.<br />
<br />
Springload is still pleading with carvings to tell him where Doradus is when Bumblebee and Strongarm find him. Strongarm imitates a spirit and tells Springload he's unworthy, allowing Bumblebee to sneak up and knock him into a casket. With the Decepticon trapped, Bumblebee admits Strongarm did well on her first solo mission.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (1)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (2)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (5)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (7)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Springload (RID)|Springload]] (8)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Personal journal: I have driven 2,000 miles from the scrapyard and my pistons are positively tingling. Successfully completing this mission might mean a promotion! ''Sergeant'', Strongarm. ''Lieutenant'' Strongarm. ''President'' Strongarm!<br />
:—'''Strongarm''' is dreaming big.<br />
<br />
<br />
""Uh, look, this isn't how it looks, Strongarm. I just forgot to give you something before you left. It's... my good luck rock! Took it on my very first mission. Musta dropped it, right? Here."<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' is unconvincing.<br />
<br />
<br />
"I am well versed in human emotion based upon viewing of a certain doctor on your televisions. He would say you have an unhealthy need to prove yourself. He would also say that you should tune in every afternoon at three."<br />
:—'''Fixit''' thinks that Doc. Phil is J. Osteen <br />
<br />
<br />
"Fixit, good news. Springload fell into my lap. I've made the arrest. No need to send backup."<br /><br />
"All this happened since we spoke sixty seconds ago?"<br /><br />
"Yes! Remember? We're in a different time zone."<br /><br />
"Oh! well, good. Uh, congratulations and see all three of you when you get back."<br />
:—'''Strongarm''' gets use to the whole "breaking the rules" thing, and '''Fixit''' shows an even greater amount of gullibility <br />
<br />
<br />
"You moved my snow sleds next to the microwaves? What kind of system is that?!"<br><br />
"Alphabetical. ''Cybertronian'' Alphabet."<br />
:—'''Denny''' and '''Fixit''' discuss Chicka Chicka Boom Boom<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*As per the end of the previous episode, Grimlock is now sporting Autobot insignia.<br />
*The [[Museum Guards]] in the footage Fixit displays of Springload's rampage have identical body types to those seen in "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".<br />
*Denny's TV displays the prison records for [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]], [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Thunderhoof]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]] and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]].<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof, Underbite<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*Fixit refers to TV personality [[w:Phil McGraw|Dr. Phil]].<br />
*"Rome wasn't built in a day" gets a Cybertronian twist with "[[Pellechrome]] wasn't built in a millennium."<br />
*Doradus appears to be a reference to lost city [[El Dorado]], while the fountain of [[energon]] it is meant to contain bears some resemblance to the legendary Fountain of Youth.<br />
*Springload's acidic coating is similar to the defense mechanism of the [[w: Poison Dart Frog| poison dart frog]].<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the 1974 [[w:The Rumble in the Jungle|Ali-Foreman]] boxing match.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian Portuguese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''O Barulho da Floresta'''" ("Noise of the Jungle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 19]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Chinese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Zònghéng cónglín'''" (纵横丛林, "Aspect Jungle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Poursuite dans la jungle'''" ("Pursuit in the Jungle")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 20]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Solo-Mission'''" ("Solo Mission")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 30]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Dzsungeltúra'''" ("Jungle Tour")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 26]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Divergenze'''" ("Divergences")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 19]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Strongarm no Bōken'''" (ストロングアームの冒険, "Strongarm's Adventure")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 17]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 12]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Russian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Odin v pole ne voin'''" (Один в поле не воин, "One on the battlefield is not a warrior")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 7]], 2015<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=True_Colors&diff=1024580True Colors2015-11-17T01:56:45Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 8<br />
|image=TrueColors Grimlock bashes Autobots.jpg<br />
|caption=Introducing the latest edition of ''Whack-A-Mole'', comes with your own free green Dinobot!<br />
|prev=Collect 'Em All<br />
|next=Rumble in the Jungle<br />
|title="True Colors"<br />
|airdate=[[March 14]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ)<br />[[May 9]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]<br />
}}<br />
'''When Grimlock suddenly starts attacking his teammates, Bee must figure out why the stalwart Dinobot has turned from friend to foe.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:TrueColors Bumblebee tries to calm things.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Grimlock, calm down, he did ''not'' say you would get your tail kicked by a ''[[Scorn (AOE)|Spinosaurus]]''." <br/> *beat* <br/> "It was totally Russell, go get him." ]]<br />
[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] is putting the finishing touches to a proximity alarm for [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], though [[Russell Clay|Russell]] is too busy playing a game to pay attention. Fixit sets the alarm off as a test and the other [[Autobot]]s, returning from a scavenging mission, are caught by surprise. Unfortunately the [[stasis pod]] they've brought back is empty, aside from some mud. When [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] complains about [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]]'s laziness, Sideswipe attempts to shift the blame to [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], only to be smashed aside by the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]'s tail. As Grimlock charges on Sideswipe, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] attempts to put himself between the pair, only for Grimlock to bash him into a wall. Sideswipe prevents Strongarm from shooting Grimlock but Grimlock proceeds to flatten both of them. After Russell observes that Grimlock seems to be talking to himself, Fixit makes a futile attempt to stand up to the Dinobot and is flicked aside. Grimlock prepares to smoosh Russell but is unable to and instead goes to look for the stasis pods. Russell helps Fixit up and asks for instructions for the proximity alarm. Grimlock finds the stasis pods and loads [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] onto a sled. He's distracted when the proximity alarm goes off, and smashes the console. Russell bluffs that [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is coming, causing Grimlock to panic and make off with Underbite.<br />
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[[File:TrueColors Grimlock versus Fixit.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fixit proceeded to toss Grimlock into the Sun.]]<br />
The Autobots pick themselves up and begin discussing Grimlock — Strongarm assumes Grimlock's always been bad and has been fooling them, Sideswipe thinks Grimlock was forced to attack them, and Russell points out Grimlock didn't appear to be in control of himself. Fixit's unable to track Grimlock's signal due to the damage to the console. Russell realizes the [[Crown River Dam]] is the most likely place for Grimlock to have gone, so the Autobots head out. Russell asks Fixit to call up the prisoner manifest, and the pair spot something that makes them very worried for the rest of the team.<br />
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[[File:TrueColors Steeljaw is out.jpg|thumb|left|250px|NO! Don't leave me! STAY OUTTA MY SHEEEEEED!!!]]<br />
The others find Grimlock's footprints and start following them, but step unawares through a laser tripwire that creates a patch of ice on the ground. Bumblebee and Sideswipe go tumbling downwards but are able to stop themselves before they go over the cliff edge. Strongarm finds a cryo-inducer from the stasis pod Grimlock took and they realize Grimlock left the trap for them. At the scrapyard, Fixit struggles to repair the comms so they can warn the others and manages to get it to play music. Grimlock reaches the dam with his cargo and meets [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw is disappointed that Grimlock only managed to get one pod, and even more so when the other three Autobots appear. He and Bumblebee clash while Sideswipe attempts to reason with Grimlock. As they battle, Grimlock flings a reel of cable which hits Strongarm, sending her flying into Bumblebee and Steeljaw. As Steeljaw reprimands Grimlock, Sideswipe jumps on him and demands to know what he's done to Grimlock. The pair fight while Grimlock takes on Bumblebee and Strongarm. Though Sideswipe tells Steeljaw to reverse whatever he's done to Grimlock, Steeljaw points out that Grimlock is demolishing the other two Autobots. Sideswipe goes to their aid and the trio are kept occupied trying to subdue the Dinobot, allowing Steeljaw to make off with Underbite's stasis pod.<br />
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[[File:TrueColors Grimlock versus Minitron.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Minitron: "So is it true that if I stay still, you won't see me?" <Br/> Grimlock: "Yes." <br/> Minitron: "Really?" <Br/> Grimlock: *noms* ]]<br />
The three Autobots finally manage to bring Grimlock down by using Sideswipe as a distraction while Bumblebee and Strongarm tangle him in cables. Fixit finally gets through on the comms and fills them in — a [[Cyber-tick]] named [[Minitron]] is controlling Grimlock. The Autobots search Grimlock's armor plating until Strongarm spots that Minitron has jumped onto Bumblebee. She and Sideswipe tackle their leader, only for Minitron to jump to Strongarm. A fight breaks out between the trio and Minitron abandons them to it, heading for Grimlock. Grimlock, however, catches the tiny Decepticon but refrains from simply squishing him, instead rendering him unconscious. Later back at the scrapyard, they place Minitron in a small stasis pod, and Bumblebee announces that it's time for Grimlock to get his Autobot insignia. A jubilant Grimlock hugs Sideswipe and Russell, while the others worry about Underbite being free once more.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (1)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (5)<br />
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|c2=<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (6)<br />
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (7)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)<br />
*[[Minitron]] (9)<br />
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|c3=<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Grimlock's coming this way!"<br /><br />
"I'll handle this."<br /><br />
"''You'll'' handle a Dinobot? Have you ''seen'' you?"<br /><br />
"You're right! I'm gonna be smooshed!... But I am still the official caretaker of the ''Alchemor''."<br />
:—'''Russell''' is concerned as '''Fixit''' prepares for battle.<br />
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"And while I'm gone, I need you to keep your dad from touching my things."<br />
:—'''Fixit''' gives us a sneak preview of the [[Rumble in the Jungle|next episode]].<br />
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"We should interrogate Grimlock's known associates. He's clearly been fooling us all this time."<br /><br />
"We ''are'' Grimlock's known associates!"<br />
:—'''Strongarm''' and '''Sideswipe''' discuss their course of action <br />
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"I've seen Grimlock's rap-sheet, the only crime on there is severe property damage due to Grimlock being... ''Grimlock''."<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''', saying it like it is.<br />
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"Autobots, ''maximum velocity''." <br />''[crickets]'' <br />"All right, just transform, please."<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' continues to come up with a rallying cry, to no avail. <br />
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"Savour the daylight, things are about to get rather dark."<br />
:—'''Steeljaw''' says one of the best Decepticon quotes EVER <br />
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'''Sideswipe:''' No... problem...<br /><br />
'''Russell:''' Can I have my lungs back?<br /><br />
'''Grimlock:''' In a ''minute''.<br />
:—Grimlock dispenses some life threatening hugs.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Visible on the prisoner manifest are Underbite, [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] and [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]].<br />
*Grimlock — well, Minitron speaking through Grimlock — mentions "[[Corvicon]]s", which are apparently known for hoarding. Though she wasn't directly designated as such on the show, the book "[[Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard]]" revealed that [[Filch]] is a Corvicon.<br />
*[[Thunderhoof]], who joined up with Steeljaw in "[[As the Kospego Commands!]]", is apparently off scouting for a larger base.<br />
*Strongarm swears by [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]].<br />
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===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof, Underbite<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
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===Transformers references===<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A Verdadeira Face'''" ("The True Face")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 12]], 2015<br />
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'''Chinese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Zhēnshí de sècǎi'''" (真实的色彩, "True Colors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]<br />
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'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Ami ou ennemi?'''" ("Friend or Foe?")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 19]], [[2015]]<br />
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'''German'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Das wahre Gesicht'''" ("The true Face")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 29]], 2015<br />
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'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Agybaj'''" ("Insanity")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 25]], 2015<br />
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'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Da che parte stai?'''" ("Which side are you on?")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 18]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Grimlock no Uragiri?'''" (グリムロックの裏切り?, "Grimlock's Betrayal?")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 10]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 11]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Russian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Nastoyashie cveta'''" (Настоящие цвета, "True Colors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], 2015<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
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<div>{{disambig3|Sideways}}<br />
{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 14<br />
|image=Sideways stay.jpg<br />
|caption=Unfortunately, this article must now be merged with [[Sideways (RID)]].<br />
|prev=Out of Focus<br />
|next=Even Robots Have Nightmares<br />
|otherseries2=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers: Adventure]]'' ep 13<br />
|prev2=Hunting Season<br />
|next2=Out of Focus<br />
|title="Sideways"<br />
|airdate=[[March 29]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ)<br />[[June 20]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Steven Melching]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Frank Marino]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Bee and his team encounter a new Decepticon who inadvertently leads them to discover Steeljaw's gang.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Sideways Clampdown grabs car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Get in my belly! Come on!]]<br />
A couple of street racers speed along a drainage canal in [[Crown City]], however a glimpse of a scuttling shape causes the lead driver to brake heavily. As they emerge from their cars, a massive claw snatches one of the vehicles and drags into a nearby drain. The two drivers rapidly exit the scene in the remaining car.<br />
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The next day, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] returns to [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]] by sneaking in over the wall, only to be caught by [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]]. Sideswipe seizes the opportunity to engage in a bit of blackmail in return for his silence. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] paces at the command center, only to be startled by [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], and admits he's on edge due to the lack of Decepticon activity. As the other [[Autobot]]s arrive Denny and Fixit explain they've made two duplicate [[Decepticon Hunter]]s. The alarm sounds as they pick up a Decepticon signal in the flood drains under Crown City and the team head out, though not before Bumblebee embarrasses himself with another attempt at a rallying cry.<br />
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[[File:Sideways Clampdown cornered.jpg|thumb|right|250px|¯\_(ツ)_/¯]]<br />
The Autobots head into the storm drains and split up to search. Sideswipe exercises his blackmail over Strongarm by getting her to go down the worst of the tunnels, however Bee soon locates tracks. He finds a crab-like Decepticon hiding in a pile of refuse, and the Autobots arrive to help, however the Decepticon attempts to make a deal as there's another bot he's more afraid of. As they attempt to cuff him, the Decepticon scurries away, and they're forced to chase him through the storm drains. After Sideswipe manages to cut him off, they trap him at the end of a tunnel, however he breaks some pipes and unleashes a torrent of water at them. The four Autobots are washed out of a storm drain into the river. The Decepticon climbs out through a manhole where he encounters [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. The Autobots recover from their impromptu bath, and Fixit is able to identify the Decepticon as the snitch and blackmailer [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]].<br />
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[[File:Sideways steeljaw separates squabblers.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Look, we're going out tonight, to get some fantastic [[Filch|birds!]] Remember? We don't have to take out our frustrations on each other, we can take them out on them! Okay?" <br> "Okay." <br> "Okay, come on, let's shake and make up."]] <br />
Steeljaw and Clampdown arrive at the Decepticon hideout where [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] are waiting. [[Thunderhoof]] arrives during introductions and recognizes Clampdown as the Con who got him arrested and put in prison. Though Steeljaw makes it clear that's all in the past, Thunderhoof is still enraged, and Clampdown flees as a result. Strongarm later spots Clampdown climbing onto a garbage barge and the Autobots are able to reach the garbage tip and ambush Clampdown when he reaches it. He tries to use his knowledge of Steeljaw's activities to cut a deal, but the other Decepticons arrive as well. The Decepticons attack and Sideswipe tries to stop Thunderhoof from chasing Clampdown, but is waylaid by Fracture. Steeljaw manages to get the better of Bee, and tosses the Autobot in a garbage compactor, however Sideswipe manages to stop it closing. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] takes out Underbite by feeding him some plastic and then cannonballing him, Sideswipe succeeds in taking out Fracture, and Strongarm cuffs [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] and [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]]. Thunderhoof pins Clampdown in a crater, but they accidentally headbutt each other and are knocked out. Bumblebee also defeats Steeljaw, and the group of Decepticons are soon all secured.<br />
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[[File:Sideways Autobots pull barge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tug-O-War: Extreme Edition]]<br />
While Bumblebee announces he's feeling more relaxed now, Steeljaw manages to slip his cuffs and runs off. The Autobots give chase, but as Steeljaw runs along the dock, he smashes the moorings of a garbage barge. The ship starts drifting into the path of a tour boat, and Bumblebee orders the rest of his team to help prevent a collision. They all grab the mooring ropes and manage to pull the barge back out of the way, with the tour boat passing safely by.<br />
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Back at their hideout, Steeljaw slashes Clampdown's insignia, severing the tracking signal. Though the other Cons are still dubious of Clampdown's loyalty, Steeljaw assures everyone that the newcomer won't turn on them... ''or else''.<br />
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Driving back to the scrapyard, Sideswipe attempts to again blackmail Strongarm into doing his patrol for him, but Strongarm refuses. Bumblebee revels he already knows that Strongarm's been sneaking off base and punishes Sideswipe for blackmail by giving him double shifts. At Bee's prompting, Strongarm reveals that she's been sneaking off to a car wash in order to maintain a proper appearance... and that it's pretty relaxing, as Bumblebee declares from under the spinning brushes.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (4)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (7)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (8)<br />
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|c2=<br />
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (2)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (10)<br />
*[[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] (11)<br />
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (12)<br />
*[[Thunderhoof]] (13)<br />
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (14)<br />
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (15)<br />
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|c3=<br />
*Street racers (1)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (6)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (9)<br />
*[[Tour boat captain]] (16)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
'''Denny:''' ''Eureka!'' Sorry Bee, did we startle you?<br><br />
'''Bumblebee:''' Maybe a little. With no Decepticon activity lately I've been kinda jumpy because I, I mean I know ''something's'' coming, I just don't know when. So all I can do is obsess about it and I guess I just don't know how-<br><br />
'''Fixit:''' ''Big news!''<br><br />
'''Bumblebee:''' GAH!...to relax.<br />
:—In which Bumblebee needs therapy<br />
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<br />
"What is it? Oh uhh... let's speed and succeed!... Well come on, I mean w-we...y-you put me on the spot!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' is forced to try out a new battle cry. <br />
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"Who moves like that? It's just weird!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' on Clampdown's method of motion<br />
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<br />
"Don't underestimate any Con. Clampdown may be capable of things we haven't seen yet, He might shoot lasers out of his eyes or blow flames from his tailpipes, it's always ''something''."<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' has developed '''Starscream''' pessimistic disorder by cause of stress. There's probably no cure.<br />
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"How do we know he won't turn on us the first time things get... ''tricky''?"<br><br />
"Clampdown realizes that after all we've done for him, if he sided against us, I wouldn't rest until I've made him eat his own claws."<br />
:—'''Fracture''' asks if his antlered friend has the right idea about the Mr. Crabs , and '''Steeljaw''' makes a threat that will give him nightmares<br />
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"A carwash? That's your big secret? Wooow, even your secrets are boring."<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''' on Strongarm's secret<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
*When Thunderhoof attempts to attack Clampdown the second time just before causing latter to flee, Steeljaw's lips move while he tries to hold Thunderhoof back, but he speaks no lines.<br />
*The tour boat captain says that the collision is on the starboard side, but it's shown to be on the port side.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* Fixit and Denny finish working on two additional Decepticon Hunters, a project they started in "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]".<br />
* Fracture has taken on an Earth mode since he turned up in "[[Hunting Season]]". His Decepticon symbol has also been slashed, despite him not having been a prisoner aboard the ''[[Alchemor]]''.<br />
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===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*On its original screening in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], this episode was mistakenly played instead of "[[Out of Focus|Out of Focus]]" - albeit with the correct episode title and synopsis for "Sideways" - leading to confusion. Other countries also made this mistake. The Japanese broadcast also aired this episode as the thirteenth rather than the fourteenth.<br />
*The first thirteen episodes of the series first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese video streaming site "M1905", however this episode was screened instead of "Out of Focus" there, too.<br />
*Sideswipe is a ''real'' jerk in this episode.<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Chinese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Déng Xíngzhě'''" (横行者, "Sideways Walker")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Le secret de Strongarm'''" ("The Secret of Strongarm")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 27]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Rákoldalas'''" ("Crabwise")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 1]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Accordi sottobanco'''" ("Secret deals")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 25]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Taiketsu! Decepticon Gundan'''" (対決!ディセプティコン軍団, "Showdown! The Decepticon Army")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 14]], 2015<br />
:**This episode was aired as number 13, following the incorrect broadcast order from countries that aired Robots in Disguise early, rather than the US order. However, as the rest of the season would not resume airing until three months later, this episode serves as an adequate "mid-season finale" to end the season halfway before the hiatus.<br />
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'''Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 18]], 2015<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Collect_%27Em_All&diff=1024574Collect 'Em All2015-11-17T01:44:27Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 7<br />
|image=CollectEmAll Denny meets Filch.jpg<br />
|caption="Let's start with the shirt. Take it off. ... What? It's hideous!"<br />
|prev=As the Kospego Commands!<br />
|next=True Colors<br />
|title="Collect 'Em All"<br />
|airdate=[[March 8]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ)<br />[[May 2]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Steven Melching]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
}}<br />
'''As Denny and Russell work to stave off a greedy memorabilia collector, Bee and his Team chase a collector of their own - a Decepticon with an impulsive urge to hoard all things "shiny."'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll Denny and Larry.jpg|thumb|left|250px|But wait! There's more!]]<br />
A family, including their unenthusiastic kid, stop at a gas station on their way to a campout. The kid's wish for someone to save him from the family vacation is granted when a giant mechanical bird swoops down, grabs their camper and flies off. Meanwhile the Autobots are patrolling in search of a Decepticon signal without much luck. Monitoring from [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] notes that the signal is on the move, and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] soon spot their quarry as it lands atop a transmission tower. As Fixit continues to monitor events in the field, the front bell at the scrapyard rings. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] head to back up their teammates as [[Denny Clay|Denny]] answers the front door and is irked to find it's [[Larry LaRue]], an ex-collector who's now hosting a reality TV show called ''[[Scrapmeisters]]''. Denny is not keen on being TV and throws Larry out. Elsewhere the bird Decepticon is getting the better of Sideswipe and Strongarm and starts carrying them off, until Bumblebee ninja-kicks her out of the air. A glint from an insulator on a nearby transmission tower catches the bird's eye, and she flies up to grab it. As Bumblebee tries to scale the tower to grab her, the power lines break, electrocuting him, and she flies off.<br />
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[[File:CollectEmAll Grimlock is a truck.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Who knew Grimlock liked cosplay?]]<br />
Back at the scrap yard, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] asks his father why he doesn't want to be a star on television, which Fixit misinterprets. Denny says he doesn't have a desire to be rich and famous. The Autobots returns, and Fixit checks the ''[[Alchemor]]'' database and determines that the Decepticon they're after is compulsive thief [[Filch]], who has been merrily stealing everything shiny. Sideswipe observes that Strongarm's been hitting the rulebook hard lately, and Bumblebee attempts to give Strongarm a pep talk as he thinks she's feeling homesick. Meanwhile Filch launches from atop [[Crown City Colossus|the statue]] near [[Crown City]] and is detected by Fixit's instruments. The Autobots prepare to roll out, but Grimlock is disappointed when Bumblebee says he's not going because there's the risk of being seen by humans. Diving behind a stack of junk, he attaches wheels and a grill to himself in an attempt to look like a truck. Bumblebee isn't convinced.<br />
<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll tug of war.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, Filch! Go hunt down some students out of bed or something!]]<br />
The other three Autobots head out with Denny, and find Filch attempting to pull a beam from the bridge into Crown City. Unfortunately they're not fast enough to stop her pulling it free, but Bumblebee grabs onto it as she flies overhead. A tug-of-war ensues as the bridge starts to crack, keeping Strongarm and Sideswipe occupied as they have to stabilize the structure. Denny adopts a disguise and manages to stop a police officer, whom he convinces to set up a road block by pretending to be from an exotic bird sanctuary. Back at the scrapyard, Grimlock reports that someone's climbing over the outer wall — it turns out to be Larry LaRue. Russell thinks having the scrapyard on TV might be a good thing as they might actually sell something, while Fixit is mainly confused as to how LaRue's video camera induces stellar fusion. Russell approaches LaRue and gets briefly interviewed before LaRue goes wandering around.<br />
<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll Grimlock takes over bridge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Thank goodness Starscream's dead, otherwise he'd be here stroking my chin or something. What, you didn't see the last time a big green guy [[Rock Bottom|held up some scrap]] like this?"]]<br />
The struggle continues on the bridge, until Filch notices the shine on Denny's helmet. She promptly grabs him and makes off with both him and the bridge beam. Grimlock soon gets a call for help from Bee, but has to again disguise himself as a truck to get past LaRue. Unfortunately LaRue sees him. Denny recovers consciousness to find himself along with a bunch of other scrap in the torch at the top of the statue near Crown City. He bumps into Filch who seems more hostile now he's not shiny, but he points out a recycling plant in the distance which sees her heading off in that direction. Unfortunately his phone battery is flat. Russell meanwhile covers for Grimlock by claiming he's a remote-controlled dinotruck. While he's dealing with that, Fixit picks up LaRue's video camera and accidentally films himself. As Grimlock heads off to help the others, LaRue ventures deeper into the scrapyard.<br />
<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll Sideswipe looks down.jpg|thumb|left|250px|He was thinking he should go help them. But, sometimes he thinks about doing [[Dark Energon]], and thinks, "Ehh, better not!"]]<br />
Grimlock rolls up to the bridge, stealthily avoiding the backed up traffic, and finds the other Autobots supporting the structure. He takes over while the others go look for Denny. Denny's finally found power for his phone and calls Russell. Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe are soon pulling up to the statue to rescue Denny. As they start climbing, Filch turns up and tackles Bumblebee right off the side of the statue. Meanwhile LaRue finds something in the scrapyard that interests him. As Bumblebee grapples with Filch, Strongarm comes to a decision to disobey orders and aids him by punching Filch. Sideswipe reaches the torch at the top of the statue and hurls the bridge beam, knocking out Filch. Bumblebee takes the beam back to the bridge so he can relieve Grimlock. Denny arrives at the scrapyard, where LaRue demands Denny sell him some stuff. As the Autobots sneak past, Denny agrees, and confiscates the memory cards from his camera. Bumblebee congratulates Strongarm for breaking the rules for a change.<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (5)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (6)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (7)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Filch]] (2)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (4)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*Family (1)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (8)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (9)<br />
*[[Larry LaRue]] (10)<br />
*Policeman (11)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Shiny!"<br />
:—'''Filch''' showing off her extensive vocabulary.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Polly wants to crack me!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''' shows that even bad jokes can make you want to, "crack up."<br />
<br />
<br />
"Pardon the interruption, but I'm confused. How would appearing on television induce stellar fusion?"<br />
:—'''Fixit''', on becoming a "star"<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': "Grimlock, we need you!"<br /><br />
'''Grimlock''': "Say it again. Slooooower."<br /><br />
'''Bumblebee''': "JUST GET OVER HERE!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' wants to savor his usage. '''Bumblebee''' doesn't tolerate scrud like that<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Grimlock, how are you holding up? <br /><br />
'''Grimlock''': Awesomely. I am ''literally'' holding up awesomely.<br /><br />
''(Bridge starts to crumble)''<br /><br />
'''Grimlock''': Slightly less awesomely now.<br />
:— '''Grimlock''' describes his progress as awesomely crummy<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*Bumblebee orders Strongarm and Sideswipe to take Denny and Filch back to the scrapyard, then a scene later, Denny arrives at the scrapyard in Bumblebee.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Denny previously used the "Nevada Flieber" name in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]".<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Underbite, Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch<br />
* ''On probation'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*Junior's use of hashtags suggest he is using the micro-blogging website Twitter.<br />
*Denny mentions playing Sudoku on his phone. Sudoku is a logic based combination number-placement puzzle.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Chinese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Shōucáng Àihào Zhě'''" (收藏爱好者, "Collectors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Un voleur de haut vol'''" ("A High-Flying Thief")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 17]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Sammlerstücke'''" ("Collectibles")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 28]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Szerezd meg mind!'''" ("Get them all")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 24]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Gazza Ladra'''" ("Thieving magpie")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 17]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Homesick'''" (ホームシック)<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 26]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 10]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Russian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Collekcioneri'''" (Коллекционеры, "Collectors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], 2015<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Collect_%27Em_All&diff=1024573Collect 'Em All2015-11-17T01:28:28Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 7<br />
|image=CollectEmAll Denny meets Filch.jpg<br />
|caption="Let's start with the shirt. Take it off. ... What? It's hideous!"<br />
|prev=As the Kospego Commands!<br />
|next=True Colors<br />
|title="Collect 'Em All"<br />
|airdate=[[March 8]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ)<br />[[May 2]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Steven Melching]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
}}<br />
'''As Denny and Russell work to stave off a greedy memorabilia collector, Bee and his Team chase a collector of their own - a Decepticon with an impulsive urge to hoard all things "shiny."'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll Denny and Larry.jpg|thumb|left|250px|But wait! There's more!]]<br />
A family, including their unenthusiastic kid, stop at a gas station on their way to a campout. The kid's wish for someone to save him from the family vacation is granted when a giant mechanical bird swoops down, grabs their camper and flies off. Meanwhile the Autobots are patrolling in search of a Decepticon signal without much luck. Monitoring from [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] notes that the signal is on the move, and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] soon spot their quarry as it lands atop a transmission tower. As Fixit continues to monitor events in the field, the front bell at the scrapyard rings. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] head to back up their teammates as [[Denny Clay|Denny]] answers the front door and is irked to find it's [[Larry LaRue]], an ex-collector who's now hosting a reality TV show called ''[[Scrapmeisters]]''. Denny is not keen on being TV and throws Larry out. Elsewhere the bird Decepticon is getting the better of Sideswipe and Strongarm and starts carrying them off, until Bumblebee ninja-kicks her out of the air. A glint from an insulator on a nearby transmission tower catches the bird's eye, and she flies up to grab it. As Bumblebee tries to scale the tower to grab her, the power lines break, electrocuting him, and she flies off.<br />
<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll Grimlock is a truck.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Who knew Grimlock liked cosplay?]]<br />
Back at the scrap yard, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] asks his father why he doesn't want to be a star on television, which Fixit misinterprets. Denny says he doesn't have a desire to be rich and famous. The Autobots returns, and Fixit checks the ''[[Alchemor]]'' database and determines that the Decepticon they're after is compulsive thief [[Filch]], who has been merrily stealing everything shiny. Sideswipe observes that Strongarm's been hitting the rulebook hard lately, and Bumblebee attempts to give Strongarm a pep talk as he thinks she's feeling homesick. Meanwhile Filch launches from atop [[Crown City Colossus|the statue]] near [[Crown City]] and is detected by Fixit's instruments. The Autobots prepare to roll out, but Grimlock is disappointed when Bumblebee says he's not going because there's the risk of being seen by humans. Diving behind a stack of junk, he attaches wheels and a grill to himself in an attempt to look like a truck. Bumblebee isn't convinced.<br />
<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll tug of war.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, Filch! Go hunt down some students out of bed or something!]]<br />
The other three Autobots head out with Denny, and find Filch attempting to pull a beam from the bridge into Crown City. Unfortunately they're not fast enough to stop her pulling it free, but Bumblebee grabs onto it as she flies overhead. A tug-of-war ensues as the bridge starts to crack, keeping Strongarm and Sideswipe occupied as they have to stabilize the structure. Denny adopts a disguise and manages to stop a police officer, whom he convinces to set up a road block by pretending to be from an exotic bird sanctuary. Back at the scrapyard, Grimlock reports that someone's climbing over the outer wall — it turns out to be Larry LaRue. Russell thinks having the scrapyard on TV might be a good thing as they might actually sell something, while Fixit is mainly confused as to how LaRue's video camera induces stellar fusion. Russell approaches LaRue and gets briefly interviewed before LaRue goes wandering around.<br />
<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll Grimlock takes over bridge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Thank goodness Starscream's dead, otherwise he'd be here stroking my chin or something. What, you didn't see the last time a big green guy [[Rock Bottom|held up some scrap]] like this?"]]<br />
The struggle continues on the bridge, until Filch notices the shine on Denny's helmet. She promptly grabs him and makes off with both him and the bridge beam. Grimlock soon gets a call for help from Bee, but has to again disguise himself as a truck to get past LaRue. Unfortunately LaRue sees him. Denny recovers consciousness to find himself along with a bunch of other scrap in the torch at the top of the statue near Crown City. He bumps into Filch who seems more hostile now he's not shiny, but he points out a recycling plant in the distance which sees her heading off in that direction. Unfortunately his phone battery is flat. Russell meanwhile covers for Grimlock by claiming he's a remote-controlled dinotruck. While he's dealing with that, Fixit picks up LaRue's video camera and accidentally films himself. As Grimlock heads off to help the others, LaRue ventures deeper into the scrapyard.<br />
<br />
[[File:CollectEmAll Sideswipe looks down.jpg|thumb|left|250px|He was thinking he should go help them. But, sometimes he thinks about doing [[Dark Energon]], and thinks, "Ehh, better not!"]]<br />
Grimlock rolls up to the bridge, stealthily avoiding the backed up traffic, and finds the other Autobots supporting the structure. He takes over while the others go look for Denny. Denny's finally found power for his phone and calls Russell. Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe are soon pulling up to the statue to rescue Denny. As they start climbing, Filch turns up and tackles Bumblebee right off the side of the statue. Meanwhile LaRue finds something in the scrapyard that interests him. As Bumblebee grapples with Filch, Strongarm comes to a decision to disobey orders and aids him by punching Filch. Sideswipe reaches the torch at the top of the statue and hurls the bridge beam, knocking out Filch. Bumblebee takes the beam back to the bridge so he can relieve Grimlock. Denny arrives at the scrapyard, where LaRue demands Denny sell him some stuff. As the Autobots sneak past, Denny agrees, and confiscates the memory cards from his camera. Bumblebee congratulates Strongarm for breaking the rules for a change.<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (5)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (6)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (7)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Filch]] (2)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (4)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*Family (1)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (8)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (9)<br />
*[[Larry LaRue]] (10)<br />
*Policeman (11)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Shiny!"<br />
:—'''Filch''' showing off her extensive vocabulary.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Polly wants to crack me!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''' shows that even bad jokes can make you want to, "crack up."<br />
<br />
<br />
"Pardon the interruption, but I'm confused. How would appearing on television induce stellar fusion?"<br />
:—'''Fixit''', on becoming a "star"<br />
<br />
<br />
"Grimlock, we need you!"<br /><br />
"Say it again. Slooooower."<br /><br />
"JUST GET OVER HERE!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' wants to savor his usage. '''Bumblebee''' doesn't tolerate scrud like that<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Grimlock, how are you holding up? <br /><br />
'''Grimlock''': Awesomely. I am ''literally'' holding up awesomely.<br /><br />
''(Bridge starts to crumble)''<br /><br />
'''Grimlock''': Slightly less awesomely now.<br />
:— '''Grimlock''' describes his progress as awesomely crummy<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*Bumblebee orders Strongarm and Sideswipe to take Denny and Filch back to the scrapyard, then a scene later, Denny arrives at the scrapyard in Bumblebee.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Denny previously used the "Nevada Flieber" name in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]".<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Underbite, Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch<br />
* ''On probation'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*Junior's use of hashtags suggest he is using the micro-blogging website Twitter.<br />
*Denny mentions playing Sudoku on his phone. Sudoku is a logic based combination number-placement puzzle.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Chinese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Shōucáng Àihào Zhě'''" (收藏爱好者, "Collectors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Un voleur de haut vol'''" ("A High-Flying Thief")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 17]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Sammlerstücke'''" ("Collectibles")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 28]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Szerezd meg mind!'''" ("Get them all")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 24]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Gazza Ladra'''" ("Thieving magpie")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 17]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Homesick'''" (ホームシック)<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 26]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Portuguese'''<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 10]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Russian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Collekcioneri'''" (Коллекционеры, "Collectors")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], 2015<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
*TBA<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Battlegrounds,_Part_2&diff=1024540Battlegrounds, Part 22015-11-16T22:15:25Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 26<br />
|image=RID-Decepticonhunterarmor.jpg<br />
|caption=Gives new meaning to the term "plot armor".<br />
|prev=Battlegrounds, Part 1<br />
|next=<br />
|title="Battlegrounds, Part 2"<br />
|airdate=[[September 12]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Reunited with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and his team must use everything they’ve learned to stop the annihilation of both Earth and Cybertron.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus drills Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Right now Optimus is glad this version of The Fallen isn't on fire.]]<br />
As the Autobots pick themselves up following [[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]]'s arrival, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to find out who the newcomer is and Fixit is able to tell him that Megatronus is one of the original [[Thirteen]] Primes. While [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] faces the new Decepticon, Bumblebee and Drift go to free [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], only to be hit be a deflected blast from Optimus's [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]]. Optimus is prevented from going to their aid by Megatronus, who attacks him.<br />
<br />
Over on the bridge, [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] pose as filmmakers to try and cover up the giant robot battle; however, their attempts to get a police officer to clear the area are hampered when the officer turns out to be a wannabe screenwriter.<br />
<br />
Grimlock attempts to attack Megatronus, only to be slung at Drift. [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] prevent Megatronus from moving in on the Autobots long enough for Optimus to get up and resume combat. Though Optimus boasts the power of the Primes, Megatronus says he has been granted power too, and sends Optimus flying into the river. Megatronus moves to pick up a staff, but Windblade manages to break free from her bonds and opens fire on him. Bumblebee runs to attend to Optimus, leaving Drift to free Sideswipe and Strongarm. With Windblade down, Drift and the two freed Autobots attempt to stop Megatronus reaching the staff, only to be seen off with a barrage of firepower and are then attacked by the other Decepticons.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus levitates Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Down, boy! Down!]]<br />
Megatronus picks up the staff and reveals the extent of his plan to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]: the staff will draw the remnants of the Anti-Spark from [[Unicron]] still in [[Earth's core]], then summon the [[AllSpark]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This, Steeljaw realizes, will destroy both planets. As the staff creates a shaft of energy that lances into the sky, the enraged Steeljaw attacks Megatronus but is backhanded out of sight. Not fancying their chances, the other Decepticons flee, only to run into the Autobots. As Sideswipe and Strongarm draw their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s, their weapons touch and momentarily surge with power. A fight ensues between the two sides. Meanwhile as Bumblebee watches, Optimus's wound closes.<br />
<br />
On the bridge, Denny is still having no luck convincing the officer to clear the area.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Optimus and Megatronus fight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You have learned much, young one.<br>You'll find I'm full of surprises.]]<br />
Optimus awakens and identifies the staff Megatronus is carrying as a [[spark fuser]]. Steeljaw continues fighting Megatronus, but is tossed into the distance shortly before Optimus and Bumblebee return to the fight. Megatronus blasts Optimus, sending Bumblebee flying, and the smaller Autobot takes advantage of his momentum to take out [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]]. The rest of the Decepticon team is taken out in short order, leaving only Megatronus and Optimus locked in combat. After turning their Decepticon Hunters into the same forked sword shape as the Prime Decepticon Hunter, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm are endowed with new armor. With the combined power of the Hunters, they give Megatronus a brief blast, but Bumblebee has a new plan, and contacts Optimus over the comm. It may be already too late, as the AllSpark appears through a portal in the sky and moves down towards Megatronus; however, Optimus flings his Decepticon Hunter, destroying the spark fuser. The AllSpark returns to the sky and the Anti-Spark to the ground. Megatronus starts attacking the Autobots furiously.<br />
<br />
Denny is still trying to convince the officer to clear everyone from the area when a stray blast destroys the officer's hat. The officer is suddenly very keen for everyone to evacuate.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus lifts arm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That's it! No more Mr.Nice Guy!]]<br />
While Optimus keeps Megatronus busy, Drift, Windblade, and Sideswipe head up to the top of the [[Crown City Colossus]] and begin hacking. Megatronus finally has the better of Optimus, however Grimlock joins in, and between him, Optimus, and the other Autobots, Megatronus is kept busy until the arm of the immense statue falls on him. Even this doesn't stop him, and he lifts up the enormous arm, however Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm combine the power of their Decepticon Hunters, unleashing a powerful blast of energy on him. When the smoke clears, there is only a crater where Megatronus stood. With the news that emergency crews are on the way, Bumblebee finally manages to nail a rallying cry, and the Autobots rev up and roll out.<br />
<br />
Back in the scrapyard, the captured Decepticons are all safely placed in [[stasis pod]]s. Though Bumblebee says the other Autobots are free to go back to Cybertron, the other Autobots are all in favor of staying. Optimus says he's no longer needed, but Bumblebee insists he stay, and Optimus agrees so long as he's Bumblebee's equal rather than leader.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (1)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (2)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (15)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (16)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (17)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]] (4)<br />
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (9)<br />
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (10)<br />
*[[Thunderhoof]] (11)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (18)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (12)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (13)<br />
*Police officer (14)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Don't get too comfortable with your new dance partner, Windblade."<br /><br />
"Don't worry, Slick. You can have the next twenty dances."<br /><br />
"I do not understand. The plan does not call for any danciiiiiing!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''', '''Windblade''' and '''Drift "'discuss brief playful banter'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"All I wanted was a place for Decepticons to call their own! A place I could rule!"<br><br />
"I'm very sorry for your loss."<br />
:—'''Steeljaw''' bemoans his foolishness and '''Megatronus''' tells him to man up<br />
<br />
<br />
"You've earned your reward, Steeljaw. Though I can't imagine why you would want a pile of dust."<br><br />
"''Dust''?"<br><br />
"This staff will first extract what remains of the Anti-Spark from Unicron, lying dormant at the earth's core. Then I will summon the Allspark from Cybertron, and bring the two together!"<br><br />
"But combining the Sparks will blow both planets to…!"<br><br />
"Precisely."<br />
:—'''Megatronus''' reveals his plan, and '''Steeljaw''' sees what happens when you deal with ancient evils<br />
<br />
<br />
"I waited years in exile, burned with desire for vengeance, and I will not be denied!"<br />
:—'''Megatronus''' tells the Autobots that he's through being a soccer ball<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Let's rev up and roll out!<br><br />
[''silence'']<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Now ''there's'' a battle cry!<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': I'm feelin' all inspired!<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': That's the one, sir!<br />
:— It only took twenty-six episodes, [[To Catch a Phrase|and a short]], but Bumblebee scores<br />
<br />
<br />
"If I stay, it would no longer be as your leader, but as your equal."<br />
:— '''Optimus Prime''' has spoken<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* Megatronus appears to be listed in the ''Alchemor'''s prisoner manifest, despite the fact that he has never been aboard the ''Alchemor''.<br />
<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*Drift's Mini-Cons go missing off his arms as he and Bumblebee go to free the rest of the team. They're back once he recovers consciousness during Grimlock's attempt to tackle Megatronus. <br /><br />
<br />
*Optimus isn't usually so doubtful in Bumblebee's abilities, showing extensive trust in his plans in '''Prime'''.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Fixit's brief exposition about Megatronus is a more-or-less faithful retelling of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon and ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'': Megatronus was a member of the [[Thirteen]], was responsible for the death of [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]], and provided the inspiration for [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s name. However, this is the first piece of [[Aligned continuity family]] fiction to return to the character's evil roots; up until now, retellings of his story have depicted him as a tragic figure, a victim of circumstance manipulated by others, but this version has much more in common with the unambiguously villainous [[The Fallen|earlier version of the character]] (see "Transformers references", below).<br />
* Megatronus's ultimate plan involves the Anti-Spark of Unicron, who was previously established to have formerly dwelled at the core of Earth in the ''Prime'' cartoon.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''New prisoners in stasis'': [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
* Megatronus is introduced as the "first Decepticon", a role for the character that originated with his [[The Fallen|live-action counterpart]]; up to now, the Aligned version of Megatronus has had no direct connection to the Decepticons, except for having a helmet shaped like their insignia, something else he takes from the live-action film character. He also exhibits the movie character's telekinetic powers.<br />
* Additionally, Megatronus enigmatically refers to having been "granted additional power from a source far greater than the Primes"; though there's room for this plot to go a different route, it's certainly evocative of the original character's pact with [[Unicron]], as originally described in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''.<br />
* Megatronus's listed quote about his desire for revenge and Bumblebee mentioning his energy signature should stand out like a bonfire are probably a reference to The Fallen's usual flame-wreathed appearance.<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
===Trivia===<br />
* Optimus is back from the dead. [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Again]]. Optimus Prime: Cheating Death since [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|1987]].<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''La vengeance de Megatronus'''" ("The Revenge of Megatronus")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 1]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A vihar kezdete, 2. rész'''" ("The Beginning of the Storm, Part 2")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 7]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Campi di Battaglia, Seconda parte'''" ("Battlefields, Second part")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 28]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' <br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 13]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=A_Level_Playing_Field&diff=1024514A Level Playing Field2015-11-16T20:58:28Z<p>Perdix990: /* Synopsis */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) short<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|prev=The Tragedy of Slipstream<br />
|next=Two Plus Two Equals More<br />
|title="A Level Playing Field"<br />
|airdate= [[November 6]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''It's a Minicon melee as both sides vie for control of the Cyclones.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
While patrolling through the forest, the two Autobot Buzzsaws are mauled by the fugitive Cyclones, and then the Decepticon Torpedoes cream them as they get up. Despite the claims of a miffled and confused Slipstream, the two groups clash, while the uninterested Cyclones make a rock castle... Which Slipstream knocks down when Airazor tosses him. This prompts the angry Cyclones to engage and fire at the two groups, and a fearful Jetstorm mentions backup while the Cyclones remake their tower with evil glee.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (1)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (5)<br />
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (6)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (3)<br />
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (4)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
* This short was originally released on Hasbro's Transformers website.<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/videos Transformers.com video section]<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Level Playing Field}}<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Battlegrounds,_Part_2&diff=1024325Battlegrounds, Part 22015-11-16T06:06:26Z<p>Perdix990: /* Continuity errors */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 26<br />
|image=RID-Decepticonhunterarmor.jpg<br />
|caption=Gives new meaning to the term "plot armor".<br />
|prev=Battlegrounds, Part 1<br />
|next=<br />
|title="Battlegrounds, Part 2"<br />
|airdate=[[September 12]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Reunited with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and his team must use everything they’ve learned to stop the annihilation of both Earth and Cybertron.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus drills Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Right now Optimus is glad this version of The Fallen isn't on fire.]]<br />
As the Autobots pick themselves up following [[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]]'s arrival, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to find out who the newcomer is and Fixit is able to tell him that Megatronus is one of the original [[Thirteen]] Primes. While [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] faces the new Decepticon, Bumblebee and Drift go to free [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], only to be hit be a deflected blast from Optimus's [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]]. Optimus is prevented from going to their aid by Megatronus, who attacks him.<br />
<br />
Over on the bridge, [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] pose as filmmakers to try and cover up the giant robot battle; however, their attempts to get a police officer to clear the area are hampered when the officer turns out to be a wannabe screenwriter.<br />
<br />
Grimlock attempts to attack Megatronus, only to be slung at Drift. [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] prevent Megatronus from moving in on the Autobots long enough for Optimus to get up and resume combat. Though Optimus boasts the power of the Primes, Megatronus says he has been granted power too, and sends Optimus flying into the river. Megatronus moves to pick up a staff, but Windblade manages to break free from her bonds and opens fire on him. Bumblebee runs to attend to Optimus, leaving Drift to free Sideswipe and Strongarm. With Windblade down, Drift and the two freed Autobots attempt to stop Megatronus reaching the staff, only to be seen off with a barrage of firepower and are then attacked by the other Decepticons.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus levitates Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Down, boy! Down!]]<br />
Megatronus picks up the staff and reveals the extent of his plan to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]: the staff will draw the remnants of the Anti-Spark from [[Unicron]] still in [[Earth's core]], then summon the [[AllSpark]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This, Steeljaw realizes, will destroy both planets. As the staff creates a shaft of energy that lances into the sky, the enraged Steeljaw attacks Megatronus but is backhanded out of sight. Not fancying their chances, the other Decepticons flee, only to run into the Autobots. As Sideswipe and Strongarm draw their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s, their weapons touch and momentarily surge with power. A fight ensues between the two sides. Meanwhile as Bumblebee watches, Optimus's wound closes.<br />
<br />
On the bridge, Denny is still having no luck convincing the officer to clear the area.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Optimus and Megatronus fight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You have learned much, young one.<br>You'll find I'm full of surprises.]]<br />
Optimus awakens and identifies the staff Megatronus is carrying as a [[spark fuser]]. Steeljaw continues fighting Megatronus, but is tossed into the distance shortly before Optimus and Bumblebee return to the fight. Megatronus blasts Optimus, sending Bumblebee flying, and the smaller Autobot takes advantage of his momentum to take out [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]]. The rest of the Decepticon team is taken out in short order, leaving only Megatronus and Optimus locked in combat. After turning their Decepticon Hunters into the same forked sword shape as the Prime Decepticon Hunter, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm are endowed with new armor. With the combined power of the Hunters, they give Megatronus a brief blast, but Bumblebee has a new plan, and contacts Optimus over the comm. It may be already too late, as the AllSpark appears through a portal in the sky and moves down towards Megatronus; however, Optimus flings his Decepticon Hunter, destroying the spark fuser. The AllSpark returns to the sky and the Anti-Spark to the ground. Megatronus starts attacking the Autobots furiously.<br />
<br />
Denny is still trying to convince the officer to clear everyone from the area when a stray blast destroys the officer's hat. The officer is suddenly very keen for everyone to evacuate.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus lifts arm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That's it! No more Mr.Nice Guy!]]<br />
While Optimus keeps Megatronus busy, Drift, Windblade, and Sideswipe head up to the top of the [[Crown City Colossus]] and begin hacking. Megatronus finally has the better of Optimus, however Grimlock joins in, and between him, Optimus, and the other Autobots, Megatronus is kept busy until the arm of the immense statue falls on him. Even this doesn't stop him, and he lifts up the enormous arm, however Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm combine the power of their Decepticon Hunters, unleashing a powerful blast of energy on him. When the smoke clears, there is only a crater where Megatronus stood. With the news that emergency crews are on the way, Bumblebee finally manages to nail a rallying cry, and the Autobots rev up and roll out.<br />
<br />
Back in the scrapyard, the captured Decepticons are all safely placed in [[stasis pod]]s. Though Bumblebee says the other Autobots are free to go back to Cybertron, the other Autobots are all in favor of staying. Optimus says he's no longer needed, but Bumblebee insists he stay, and Optimus agrees so long as he's Bumblebee's equal rather than leader.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (1)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (2)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (15)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (16)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (17)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]] (4)<br />
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (9)<br />
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (10)<br />
*[[Thunderhoof]] (11)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (18)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (12)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (13)<br />
*Police officer (14)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Don't get too comfortable with your new dance partner, Windblade."<br /><br />
"Don't worry, Slick. You can have the next twenty dances."<br /><br />
"I do not understand. The plan does not call for any danciiiiiing!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''', '''Windblade''' and '''Drift "'discuss brief playful banter'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"All I wanted was a place for Decepticons to call their own! A place I could rule!"<br><br />
"I'm very sorry for your loss."<br />
:—'''Steeljaw''' bemoans his foolishness and '''Megatronus''' tells him to man up<br />
<br />
<br />
"You've earned your reward, Steeljaw. Though I can't imagine why you would want a pile of dust."<br><br />
"''Dust''?"<br><br />
"This staff will first extract what remains of the Anti-Spark from Unicron, lying dormant at the earth's core. Then I will summon the Allspark from Cybertron, and bring the two together!"<br><br />
"But combining the Sparks will blow both planets to…!"<br><br />
"Precisely."<br />
:—'''Megatronus''' reveals his plan, and '''Steeljaw''' sees what happens when you deal with ancient evils<br />
<br />
<br />
"I waited years in exile, burned with desire for vengeance, and I will not be denied!"<br />
:—'''Megatronus'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Let's rev up and roll out!<br><br />
[''silence'']<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Now ''there's'' a battle cry!<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': I'm feelin' all inspired!<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': That's the one, sir!<br />
:— It only took twenty-six episodes, [[To Catch a Phrase|and a short]], but Bumblebee scores<br />
<br />
<br />
"If I stay, it would no longer be as your leader, but as your equal."<br />
:— '''Optimus Prime'''<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* Megatronus appears to be listed in the ''Alchemor'''s prisoner manifest, despite the fact that he has never been aboard the ''Alchemor''.<br />
<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*Drift's Mini-Cons go missing off his arms as he and Bumblebee go to free the rest of the team. They're back once he recovers consciousness during Grimlock's attempt to tackle Megatronus. <br /><br />
<br />
*Optimus isn't usually so doubtful in Bumblebee's abilities, showing extensive trust in his plans in '''Prime'''.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Fixit's brief exposition about Megatronus is a more-or-less faithful retelling of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon and ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'': Megatronus was a member of the [[Thirteen]], was responsible for the death of [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]], and provided the inspiration for [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s name. However, this is the first piece of [[Aligned continuity family]] fiction to return to the character's evil roots; up until now, retellings of his story have depicted him as a tragic figure, a victim of circumstance manipulated by others, but this version has much more in common with the unambiguously villainous [[The Fallen|earlier version of the character]] (see "Transformers references", below).<br />
* Megatronus's ultimate plan involves the Anti-Spark of Unicron, who was previously established to have formerly dwelled at the core of Earth in the ''Prime'' cartoon.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''New prisoners in stasis'': [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
* Megatronus is introduced as the "first Decepticon", a role for the character that originated with his [[The Fallen|live-action counterpart]]; up to now, the Aligned version of Megatronus has had no direct connection to the Decepticons, except for having a helmet shaped like their insignia, something else he takes from the live-action film character. He also exhibits the movie character's telekinetic powers.<br />
* Additionally, Megatronus enigmatically refers to having been "granted additional power from a source far greater than the Primes"; though there's room for this plot to go a different route, it's certainly evocative of the original character's pact with [[Unicron]], as originally described in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''.<br />
* Megatronus's listed quote about his desire for revenge and Bumblebee mentioning his energy signature should stand out like a bonfire are probably a reference to The Fallen's usual flame-wreathed appearance.<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
===Trivia===<br />
* Optimus is back from the dead. [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Again]]. Optimus Prime: Cheating Death since [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|1987]].<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''La vengeance de Megatronus'''" ("The Revenge of Megatronus")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 1]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A vihar kezdete, 2. rész'''" ("The Beginning of the Storm, Part 2")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 7]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Campi di Battaglia, Seconda parte'''" ("Battlefields, Second part")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 28]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' <br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 13]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Battlegrounds,_Part_2&diff=1024324Battlegrounds, Part 22015-11-16T06:06:03Z<p>Perdix990: /* Continuity errors */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 26<br />
|image=RID-Decepticonhunterarmor.jpg<br />
|caption=Gives new meaning to the term "plot armor".<br />
|prev=Battlegrounds, Part 1<br />
|next=<br />
|title="Battlegrounds, Part 2"<br />
|airdate=[[September 12]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Reunited with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and his team must use everything they’ve learned to stop the annihilation of both Earth and Cybertron.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus drills Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Right now Optimus is glad this version of The Fallen isn't on fire.]]<br />
As the Autobots pick themselves up following [[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]]'s arrival, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to find out who the newcomer is and Fixit is able to tell him that Megatronus is one of the original [[Thirteen]] Primes. While [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] faces the new Decepticon, Bumblebee and Drift go to free [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], only to be hit be a deflected blast from Optimus's [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]]. Optimus is prevented from going to their aid by Megatronus, who attacks him.<br />
<br />
Over on the bridge, [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] pose as filmmakers to try and cover up the giant robot battle; however, their attempts to get a police officer to clear the area are hampered when the officer turns out to be a wannabe screenwriter.<br />
<br />
Grimlock attempts to attack Megatronus, only to be slung at Drift. [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] prevent Megatronus from moving in on the Autobots long enough for Optimus to get up and resume combat. Though Optimus boasts the power of the Primes, Megatronus says he has been granted power too, and sends Optimus flying into the river. Megatronus moves to pick up a staff, but Windblade manages to break free from her bonds and opens fire on him. Bumblebee runs to attend to Optimus, leaving Drift to free Sideswipe and Strongarm. With Windblade down, Drift and the two freed Autobots attempt to stop Megatronus reaching the staff, only to be seen off with a barrage of firepower and are then attacked by the other Decepticons.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus levitates Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Down, boy! Down!]]<br />
Megatronus picks up the staff and reveals the extent of his plan to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]: the staff will draw the remnants of the Anti-Spark from [[Unicron]] still in [[Earth's core]], then summon the [[AllSpark]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This, Steeljaw realizes, will destroy both planets. As the staff creates a shaft of energy that lances into the sky, the enraged Steeljaw attacks Megatronus but is backhanded out of sight. Not fancying their chances, the other Decepticons flee, only to run into the Autobots. As Sideswipe and Strongarm draw their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s, their weapons touch and momentarily surge with power. A fight ensues between the two sides. Meanwhile as Bumblebee watches, Optimus's wound closes.<br />
<br />
On the bridge, Denny is still having no luck convincing the officer to clear the area.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Optimus and Megatronus fight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You have learned much, young one.<br>You'll find I'm full of surprises.]]<br />
Optimus awakens and identifies the staff Megatronus is carrying as a [[spark fuser]]. Steeljaw continues fighting Megatronus, but is tossed into the distance shortly before Optimus and Bumblebee return to the fight. Megatronus blasts Optimus, sending Bumblebee flying, and the smaller Autobot takes advantage of his momentum to take out [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]]. The rest of the Decepticon team is taken out in short order, leaving only Megatronus and Optimus locked in combat. After turning their Decepticon Hunters into the same forked sword shape as the Prime Decepticon Hunter, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm are endowed with new armor. With the combined power of the Hunters, they give Megatronus a brief blast, but Bumblebee has a new plan, and contacts Optimus over the comm. It may be already too late, as the AllSpark appears through a portal in the sky and moves down towards Megatronus; however, Optimus flings his Decepticon Hunter, destroying the spark fuser. The AllSpark returns to the sky and the Anti-Spark to the ground. Megatronus starts attacking the Autobots furiously.<br />
<br />
Denny is still trying to convince the officer to clear everyone from the area when a stray blast destroys the officer's hat. The officer is suddenly very keen for everyone to evacuate.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus lifts arm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That's it! No more Mr.Nice Guy!]]<br />
While Optimus keeps Megatronus busy, Drift, Windblade, and Sideswipe head up to the top of the [[Crown City Colossus]] and begin hacking. Megatronus finally has the better of Optimus, however Grimlock joins in, and between him, Optimus, and the other Autobots, Megatronus is kept busy until the arm of the immense statue falls on him. Even this doesn't stop him, and he lifts up the enormous arm, however Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm combine the power of their Decepticon Hunters, unleashing a powerful blast of energy on him. When the smoke clears, there is only a crater where Megatronus stood. With the news that emergency crews are on the way, Bumblebee finally manages to nail a rallying cry, and the Autobots rev up and roll out.<br />
<br />
Back in the scrapyard, the captured Decepticons are all safely placed in [[stasis pod]]s. Though Bumblebee says the other Autobots are free to go back to Cybertron, the other Autobots are all in favor of staying. Optimus says he's no longer needed, but Bumblebee insists he stay, and Optimus agrees so long as he's Bumblebee's equal rather than leader.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (1)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (2)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (15)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (16)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (17)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]] (4)<br />
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (9)<br />
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (10)<br />
*[[Thunderhoof]] (11)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (18)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (12)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (13)<br />
*Police officer (14)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Don't get too comfortable with your new dance partner, Windblade."<br /><br />
"Don't worry, Slick. You can have the next twenty dances."<br /><br />
"I do not understand. The plan does not call for any danciiiiiing!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''', '''Windblade''' and '''Drift "'discuss brief playful banter'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"All I wanted was a place for Decepticons to call their own! A place I could rule!"<br><br />
"I'm very sorry for your loss."<br />
:—'''Steeljaw''' bemoans his foolishness and '''Megatronus''' tells him to man up<br />
<br />
<br />
"You've earned your reward, Steeljaw. Though I can't imagine why you would want a pile of dust."<br><br />
"''Dust''?"<br><br />
"This staff will first extract what remains of the Anti-Spark from Unicron, lying dormant at the earth's core. Then I will summon the Allspark from Cybertron, and bring the two together!"<br><br />
"But combining the Sparks will blow both planets to…!"<br><br />
"Precisely."<br />
:—'''Megatronus''' reveals his plan, and '''Steeljaw''' sees what happens when you deal with ancient evils<br />
<br />
<br />
"I waited years in exile, burned with desire for vengeance, and I will not be denied!"<br />
:—'''Megatronus'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Let's rev up and roll out!<br><br />
[''silence'']<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Now ''there's'' a battle cry!<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': I'm feelin' all inspired!<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': That's the one, sir!<br />
:— It only took twenty-six episodes, [[To Catch a Phrase|and a short]], but Bumblebee scores<br />
<br />
<br />
"If I stay, it would no longer be as your leader, but as your equal."<br />
:— '''Optimus Prime'''<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* Megatronus appears to be listed in the ''Alchemor'''s prisoner manifest, despite the fact that he has never been aboard the ''Alchemor''.<br />
<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*Drift's Mini-Cons go missing off his arms as he and Bumblebee go to free the rest of the team. They're back once he recovers consciousness during Grimlock's attempt to tackle Megatronus. <br /><br />
<br />
*Optimus isn't usually so doubtful in Bumblebee's abilities, showing extensive trust in his plans in '''prime'''.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Fixit's brief exposition about Megatronus is a more-or-less faithful retelling of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon and ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'': Megatronus was a member of the [[Thirteen]], was responsible for the death of [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]], and provided the inspiration for [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s name. However, this is the first piece of [[Aligned continuity family]] fiction to return to the character's evil roots; up until now, retellings of his story have depicted him as a tragic figure, a victim of circumstance manipulated by others, but this version has much more in common with the unambiguously villainous [[The Fallen|earlier version of the character]] (see "Transformers references", below).<br />
* Megatronus's ultimate plan involves the Anti-Spark of Unicron, who was previously established to have formerly dwelled at the core of Earth in the ''Prime'' cartoon.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''New prisoners in stasis'': [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
* Megatronus is introduced as the "first Decepticon", a role for the character that originated with his [[The Fallen|live-action counterpart]]; up to now, the Aligned version of Megatronus has had no direct connection to the Decepticons, except for having a helmet shaped like their insignia, something else he takes from the live-action film character. He also exhibits the movie character's telekinetic powers.<br />
* Additionally, Megatronus enigmatically refers to having been "granted additional power from a source far greater than the Primes"; though there's room for this plot to go a different route, it's certainly evocative of the original character's pact with [[Unicron]], as originally described in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''.<br />
* Megatronus's listed quote about his desire for revenge and Bumblebee mentioning his energy signature should stand out like a bonfire are probably a reference to The Fallen's usual flame-wreathed appearance.<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
===Trivia===<br />
* Optimus is back from the dead. [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Again]]. Optimus Prime: Cheating Death since [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|1987]].<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''La vengeance de Megatronus'''" ("The Revenge of Megatronus")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 1]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A vihar kezdete, 2. rész'''" ("The Beginning of the Storm, Part 2")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 7]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Campi di Battaglia, Seconda parte'''" ("Battlefields, Second part")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 28]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' <br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 13]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=One_of_Our_Mini-Cons_Is_Missing&diff=1024323One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing2015-11-16T06:00:45Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 17<br />
|image=OneMiniConsMissing zap.jpg<br />
|caption=Alternate Title: Attack of the Miscolored [[Tiny Titans]]<br />
|prev=Some Body, Any Body<br />
|next=Deep Trouble (RID)<br />
|title="One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing"<br />
|airdate=[[July 11]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Zac Atkinson (writer)|Zac Atkinson]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Drift returns to Earth in pursuit of a disgruntled, runaway Jetstorm—just as the Bee Team must contend with Springload and Quillfire flying the coop.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing Jetstorm revealed.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I'm sorry, I seem to have slain this small bearded being."]]<br />
During a football game, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] fails to catch a pass from [[Butch (RID)|Butch]]. [[Hank]] prods Russell into standing up to Butch's trash talk and as they resume playing, Hank suggests Russell "pay it forward". Later in the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], Russell explains to [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] that it means now he has to find someone to help. The alarm sounds as a capsule falls from the sky onto the stock of [[stasis pod]]s and then crushes [[Denny Clay|Denny]]'s gnome collection. They move in to find it's an escape pod, and out steps the Mini-Con [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], who explains he has been forced to leave [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]'s tutelage and now wants to become Russell's student.<br />
<br />
Over in the pod collection, [[Quillfire]] emerges from a damaged pod. Proclaiming that he will free his fellows, he levers open the nearest pod, releasing [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] who immediately resumes the search for [[Doradus]]. Quillfire recognizes the frog Decepticon as a powerful ally and attempts to convince Springload that he knows the way to the mythical city.<br />
<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing Springload suspicious of Quillfire.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If the sight of him doesn't kill ya, his ribbits will.]]<br />
Checking the sensors, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] is startled by [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] who has come in search of his missing Mini-Con. He unleashes [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] to search, though Jetstorm is already approaching along with the other Autobots. Russell is unimpressed when Drift immediately starts scolding Jetstorm and says so, to his father's alarm. Fixit breaks the news that Quillfire and Springload have escaped and are nearing a [[human]] military base. Though Drift is prepared to leave, Jetstorm stands with Russell instead, and Bumblebee steps in to break the tension by asking Drift to help recapture the Decepticons.<br />
<br />
Quillfire and an increasingly-suspicious Springload reach the military base, where they spy a massive experimental tank being tested. Once the humans leave it, Quillfire convinces Springload to help him steal it, believing it will lend him even more protection against the pursuing Autobots. Blasting a hole in the fence, they depart.<br />
<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing tank approaches.jpg|thumb|left|250px|We need to kill that tank!]]<br />
The Autobots drive down a nearly road towards the military base and Fixit tells them that he's intercepting military transmissions about a stolen tank. When they spot some military vehicles which appear to be in search of said tank, Denny and Russell adopt disguises and the vehicles are soon being turned around by "Major Thaddeus Q. Flieber" and "General McPlank", with some help from Fixit when the [[Ziegler|lieutenant]] in charge attempts to contact base. Detecting the Decepticons ahead, the Autobots take a shortcut through the woods. After Drift leaves his Mini-Cons with the two humans, Jetstorm reveals that he fled his master's service because he polished Drift's sword improperly and could not bear the shame. Russell is going to give Drift a piece of his mind, but the tank arrives and the Autobots face off against it.<br />
<br />
The Decepticons open fire, bringing rocks down on the Autobots. Sideswipe manages to avoid the first wave, but is taken out by a boulder while helping Russell and Denny. The tank continues on, but the Decepticons soon find their way blocked by Drift and his Mini-Cons. After Drift is hit by a blast from the tank, the Mini-Cons rush to his aid rather than follow the plan. With Grimlock's help, they pull Drift out of the way of the tank. Bumblebee, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and Sideswipe are able to bring the tank to a halt, however the Decepticons open fire with the vehicle's weapons and manage to get moving again. <br />
<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing awesome.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Way ta go, pally!]]<br />
Drift reprimands his Mini-Cons until Russell blows up at him. Jetstorm has come up with a plan, which Drift reluctantly listens to. The other Autobots have meanwhile come up with their own plan to take out the tank's weapons when Drift catches up. With some deft teamwork, they manage to destroy most of the guns and Jetstorm and Slipstream jump inside. The two Mini-Cons manage to get the two Decepticons fighting each other and trashing the controls inside the tank which slows to a halt. The Decepticons and Mini-Cons abandon tank as the bent main cannon attempts to fire and the whole vehicle explodes. Drift manages to compliment his Mini-Cons.<br />
<br />
Back at base, the Decepticons are returned to their stasis pods. Drift announces that he intends to stay on Earth and learn teamwork from Bumblebee.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (4)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (5)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (8)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (10)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (13)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (14)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Quillfire]] (11)<br />
*[[Springload (RID)|Springload]] (12)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (1)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)<br />
*[[Hank]] (3)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (9)<br />
*[[Ziegler]] (15)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Time to bring the zoom and lower the boom!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' gives us another stinker. PU!<br />
<br />
<br />
"Send your minions large and small, none shall sway me!"<br />
:—'''Springload''' tells the Mini-Cons to prepare themselves for a tongue thrashing <br />
<br />
'''Springload'''- "and beware those who keep me from Doronus, by force- <br /><br />
"[Springload looks pointedly at Quillfire] <br /><br />
- or by lies"<br /><br />
'''Quillfire'''- *gulp* yes!, lies are very bad!<br />
:— '''Springload''' isn't the only one who's Green<br />
<br />
"I got ya! I got ya!"<br /><br />
''[Quillfire jumps]''<br /><br />
"Nah."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' pranks Quillfire.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
*When the stolen military vehicle is about to run over an unconscious Drift, it looks more like it will pass safely over him.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Springload was originally captured in "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]", while Quillfire was captured in "[[Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!]]"<br />
*Drift and his Mini-Cons were previously introduced in "[[Hunting Season]]".<br />
* Some of the vehicles in the military convoy are copies of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime's]] [[M.A.S.K.]] truck mode from season 3 of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon. The soldiers use the generic soldier model from that cartoon as well.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*The title is a reference to the 1942 film ''[[w:One of Our Aircraft Is Missing|One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]''.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*Drift, Jetstorm, and Slipstream are added to the main cast in this episode as permanent members of Bumblebee's team.<br />
*This is the first episode of the series to not feature a new Decepticon character.<br />
*The real "bad guys" of this episode are the humans who built such a powerful military vehicle. And if that isn't deep, we don't know what is...<br />
*According to [[Roger Craig Smith]], he took great pains to make sure neither he nor [[Mitchell Whitfield]] lost their composure and started laughing when he was talking about "polishing his master's sword"...<ref>http://geeknation.com/podcasts/cast-of-characters-ep-4-roger-craig-smith/</ref><br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian Portuguese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Um dos Nossos Mini-Cons Sumiu'''" ("One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''L'honneur avant tout'''" ("The Honor Above All")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Az eltűnt Mini-Con'''" ("The Missing Mini-Con")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 24]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Si è perso un Mini-Con'''" ("A Mini-Con got lost")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 10]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Drift no Sairai'''" (ドリフトの再来, "The Return of Drift")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=One_of_Our_Mini-Cons_Is_Missing&diff=1024322One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing2015-11-16T05:59:43Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 17<br />
|image=OneMiniConsMissing zap.jpg<br />
|caption=Alternate Title: Attack of the Miscolored [[Tiny Titans]]<br />
|prev=Some Body, Any Body<br />
|next=Deep Trouble (RID)<br />
|title="One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing"<br />
|airdate=[[July 11]], [[2015]] (USA)<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Zac Atkinson (writer)|Zac Atkinson]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Drift returns to Earth in pursuit of a disgruntled, runaway Jetstorm—just as the Bee Team must contend with Springload and Quillfire flying the coop.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing Jetstorm revealed.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I'm sorry, I seem to have slain this small bearded being."]]<br />
During a football game, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] fails to catch a pass from [[Butch (RID)|Butch]]. [[Hank]] prods Russell into standing up to Butch's trash talk and as they resume playing, Hank suggests Russell "pay it forward". Later in the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], Russell explains to [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] that it means now he has to find someone to help. The alarm sounds as a capsule falls from the sky onto the stock of [[stasis pod]]s and then crushes [[Denny Clay|Denny]]'s gnome collection. They move in to find it's an escape pod, and out steps the Mini-Con [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], who explains he has been forced to leave [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]'s tutelage and now wants to become Russell's student.<br />
<br />
Over in the pod collection, [[Quillfire]] emerges from a damaged pod. Proclaiming that he will free his fellows, he levers open the nearest pod, releasing [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] who immediately resumes the search for [[Doradus]]. Quillfire recognizes the frog Decepticon as a powerful ally and attempts to convince Springload that he knows the way to the mythical city.<br />
<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing Springload suspicious of Quillfire.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If the sight of him doesn't kill ya, his ribbits will.]]<br />
Checking the sensors, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] is startled by [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] who has come in search of his missing Mini-Con. He unleashes [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] to search, though Jetstorm is already approaching along with the other Autobots. Russell is unimpressed when Drift immediately starts scolding Jetstorm and says so, to his father's alarm. Fixit breaks the news that Quillfire and Springload have escaped and are nearing a [[human]] military base. Though Drift is prepared to leave, Jetstorm stands with Russell instead, and Bumblebee steps in to break the tension by asking Drift to help recapture the Decepticons.<br />
<br />
Quillfire and an increasingly-suspicious Springload reach the military base, where they spy a massive experimental tank being tested. Once the humans leave it, Quillfire convinces Springload to help him steal it, believing it will lend him even more protection against the pursuing Autobots. Blasting a hole in the fence, they depart.<br />
<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing tank approaches.jpg|thumb|left|250px|We need to kill that tank!]]<br />
The Autobots drive down a nearly road towards the military base and Fixit tells them that he's intercepting military transmissions about a stolen tank. When they spot some military vehicles which appear to be in search of said tank, Denny and Russell adopt disguises and the vehicles are soon being turned around by "Major Thaddeus Q. Flieber" and "General McPlank", with some help from Fixit when the [[Ziegler|lieutenant]] in charge attempts to contact base. Detecting the Decepticons ahead, the Autobots take a shortcut through the woods. After Drift leaves his Mini-Cons with the two humans, Jetstorm reveals that he fled his master's service because he polished Drift's sword improperly and could not bear the shame. Russell is going to give Drift a piece of his mind, but the tank arrives and the Autobots face off against it.<br />
<br />
The Decepticons open fire, bringing rocks down on the Autobots. Sideswipe manages to avoid the first wave, but is taken out by a boulder while helping Russell and Denny. The tank continues on, but the Decepticons soon find their way blocked by Drift and his Mini-Cons. After Drift is hit by a blast from the tank, the Mini-Cons rush to his aid rather than follow the plan. With Grimlock's help, they pull Drift out of the way of the tank. Bumblebee, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and Sideswipe are able to bring the tank to a halt, however the Decepticons open fire with the vehicle's weapons and manage to get moving again. <br />
<br />
[[File:OneMiniConsMissing awesome.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Way ta go, pally!]]<br />
Drift reprimands his Mini-Cons until Russell blows up at him. Jetstorm has come up with a plan, which Drift reluctantly listens to. The other Autobots have meanwhile come up with their own plan to take out the tank's weapons when Drift catches up. With some deft teamwork, they manage to destroy most of the guns and Jetstorm and Slipstream jump inside. The two Mini-Cons manage to get the two Decepticons fighting each other and trashing the controls inside the tank which slows to a halt. The Decepticons and Mini-Cons abandon tank as the bent main cannon attempts to fire and the whole vehicle explodes. Drift manages to compliment his Mini-Cons.<br />
<br />
Back at base, the Decepticons are returned to their stasis pods. Drift announces that he intends to stay on Earth and learn teamwork from Bumblebee.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (4)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (5)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (8)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (10)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (13)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (14)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Quillfire]] (11)<br />
*[[Springload (RID)|Springload]] (12)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (1)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)<br />
*[[Hank]] (3)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (9)<br />
*[[Ziegler]] (15)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Time to bring the zoom and lower the boom!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' gives us another stinker. PU!<br />
<br />
<br />
"Send your minions large and small, none shall sway me!"<br />
:—'''Springload''' tells the Mini-Cons to prepare themselves for a tongue thrashing <br />
<br />
'''Springload'''- "and beware those who keep me from Doronus, by force- <br /><br />
"[Springload looks pointedly at Quillfire] <br /><br />
- or by lies"<br />
'''Quillfire'''- *gulp* yes!, lies are very bad!<br />
:— '''Springload''' isn't the only one who's Green<br />
<br />
"I got ya! I got ya!"<br /><br />
''[Quillfire jumps]''<br /><br />
"Nah."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' pranks Quillfire.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
*When the stolen military vehicle is about to run over an unconscious Drift, it looks more like it will pass safely over him.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Springload was originally captured in "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]", while Quillfire was captured in "[[Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!]]"<br />
*Drift and his Mini-Cons were previously introduced in "[[Hunting Season]]".<br />
* Some of the vehicles in the military convoy are copies of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime's]] [[M.A.S.K.]] truck mode from season 3 of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon. The soldiers use the generic soldier model from that cartoon as well.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*The title is a reference to the 1942 film ''[[w:One of Our Aircraft Is Missing|One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]''.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*Drift, Jetstorm, and Slipstream are added to the main cast in this episode as permanent members of Bumblebee's team.<br />
*This is the first episode of the series to not feature a new Decepticon character.<br />
*The real "bad guys" of this episode are the humans who built such a powerful military vehicle. And if that isn't deep, we don't know what is...<br />
*According to [[Roger Craig Smith]], he took great pains to make sure neither he nor [[Mitchell Whitfield]] lost their composure and started laughing when he was talking about "polishing his master's sword"...<ref>http://geeknation.com/podcasts/cast-of-characters-ep-4-roger-craig-smith/</ref><br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian Portuguese''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Um dos Nossos Mini-Cons Sumiu'''" ("One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''L'honneur avant tout'''" ("The Honor Above All")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Az eltűnt Mini-Con'''" ("The Missing Mini-Con")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 24]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Si è perso un Mini-Con'''" ("A Mini-Con got lost")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 10]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Drift no Sairai'''" (ドリフトの再来, "The Return of Drift")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Lockout&diff=1024321Lockout2015-11-16T05:46:35Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 21<br />
|image=RID-steeljawshostages.jpg<br />
|caption=Not your usual hostage situation!<br />
|prev=The Trouble with Fixit<br />
|next=Similarly Different<br />
|title="Lockout"<br />
|airdate= [[August 8]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Guy Toubes]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Steeljaw and his gang break into the scrapyard to free their fellow Decepticons.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Lockout Kickback chained.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Mr. Kickback will see you now."]]<br />
[[Denny Clay|Denny]] has the Autobots hauling pieces of a roller coaster—it was a steal!—into the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] pauses to ask [[Russell Clay|Russell]] about football, and the boy proceeds to try to teach him, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] the game. Unbeknownst to the gang, [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his gang are scoping out the scrapyard from the bushes, and Steeljaw sets his sights on the stasis pods. Putting his plan into motion, Steeljaw has the hapless [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] gagged and tied to a tree to serve as bait for [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. When the Autobots come for Kickback, he quickly escapes his confinement and flees, and Bumblebee realizes something is amiss.<br />
<br />
[[File:Lockout Autobots vs subsonics.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Autobots were no match for the ''Crazy Bus'' soundtrack.]]<br />
Bumblebee attempts to call [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and fails, and the team quickly rushes back to the scrapyard. Fixit, Russell, and Denny are set upon by the Decepticons, and Steeljaw adjusts the place's defenses to emit a subsonic pulse that will cause pain to Autobots or Dinobots. The Autobots arrive on cue and are unable to enter the premises, even after disabling their audio receptors. Steeljaw has them surrender their weapons lest the humans be killed. Back at the control console, Steeljaw orders Fixit to release the Decepticons from their pods, but the little guy tries to stall as much as possible until the Clays are threatened. Though Denny is despondent, Russell observes that [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] is more interested in some tasty metal than keeping watch on them. The two flee into the scrapyard, but don't go unnoticed for long. Steeljaw commands [[Thunderhoof]] and [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] to recapture them, and the dream team only gets going when Steeljaw blows his top at them. The two spend half of their time together ripping into each other physically and verbally, and the Clays use the bought time to agree to challenge their captors.<br />
<br />
[[File:Lockout rollercoaster ride.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"[[Clancy Brown|I want my mommy, Mr. Squidward!]]"]]<br />
Thunderhoof and Clampdown are lured by Russell and Denny outside the scrapyard and into the latter's new roller coaster, taking the two for a wild ride through the woods. Denny and Russell intend to catch the Decepticons by having them slide into a waiting containment unit, but Clampdown wises up in time to stop their sliding. Russell is able to escape, but Denny is recaptured by Clampdown. Russell rejoins the Autobots outside of the scrapyard, and upon learning that attempts to go over or under the subsonic field have failed, hits on the idea that [[Mini-Con]]s might be able to breach the premises. While Grimlock, Strongarm, and Sideswipe create loud distractions around the place, Bumblebee and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] construct a catapult to launch [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] to the control console. The two Mini-Cons are able to make it in and begin tangling with [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] and [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], and disable the subsonic field. [[File:Lockout Autobots struggle with pods.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"What in the name of returning guest characters? It's villain-mageddon!"]]The rest of the Autobots enter and clash with the Decepticons while Bumblebee goes for Steeljaw. As the battle rages, Denny is swayed into resealing the Decepticons' stasis pods just as the Autobots are struggling to contain their emerging prisoners. Enraged, Steeljaw leads his pack out of the scrapyard, having lost the day. Bumblebee allows him to flee, resolving to double their defenses.<br />
<br />
At the pack's base, Steeljaw is throwing a tantrum and scares out his pack, giving him some alone time. As he fumes, he is then contacted by [[Megatronus (WFC)|a dark entity]] claiming to be the first [[Decepticon]]. The entity informs Steeljaw that ''he'' was responsible for the crash of the ''[[Alchemor]]'' and the Decepticons' freedom. Steeljaw is unimpressed with the entity, even after demonstrating he can still affect things on Earth from another dimension. The entity orders Steeljaw to build a gateway for him, and in exchange, he will rule Earth with the freed Decepticons of the ''Alchemor''. The entity disappears as Steeljaw agrees to serve him… for now.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (2)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (3)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (6)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (14)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (17)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (18)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (7)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)<br />
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (9)<br />
*[[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] (10)<br />
*[[Thunderhoof]] (11)<br />
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] (12)<br />
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (15)<br />
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (16)<br />
*[[Terrashock]] (19)<br />
*[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]] (20)<br />
*[[Quillfire]] (21)<br />
*[[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]] (22)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (1)<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (13)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
<br />
'''Kickback:''' "I'm sensing a bit of hostility here. All I want is to be on the team."<br><br />
[Fracture duct tapes Kickback's mouth shut]<br><br />
'''Fracture:''' "Congratulations, you're on the team. This is your first mission."<br />
:—''' Fracture''' explains The Pack's induction methods with enthusiasm <br />
<br />
'''Kickback:''' I don't suppose you Bots could use a sidekick?<br /><br />
'''Strongarm:''' No, we already have Sideswipe.<br /><br />
'''Sideswipe:''' ''Hey!''<br />
:— We don't need more of a bad thing<br />
<br />
"Smooth move, officer butterdigits."<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''' says that '''Strongarm''' should spend less time zinging and more time creaming.<br />
<br />
<br />
"We don't have a chance! Not with all these enormo-robo-crooks waiting to stomp us at any moment."<br />
:—'''Denny Clay''' doesn't believe in "the harder they fall" principle<br />
<br />
<br />
"I shall bring honor to our team and our missiiaaaaaaaah"<br />
:—'''Jetstorm''' takes to the air.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*Previously Steeljaw got hold of and opened Underbite's stasis pod without complications and without the use of the Alchemor's control systems, so it seems strange that he buys into Fixit's delaying tactics so easily.<br />
*Where did Denny and Russell find the time and resources to rig up their Rube Goldberg machine, all while staying hidden from the Decepticons?<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Even though Steeljaw's silhouette has been seen on the prisoner manifest since the very beginning, this is the first time his profile has been brought up.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*After the stunt with the roller coaster goes wrong, Denny and Russell attempt to escape using a [[w:Rube Goldberg|Rube Goldberg]] device.<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*While fighting with Sideswipe, Thunderhoof is suddenly the recipient of an unexplained electrical shock.<br />
*If the subsonic field affects any bots not outfitted with Steeljaw's chips, presumably it would also affect the Decepticons Steeljaw is trying to extract from the stasis pods. Hope he's brought enough spare chips!<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Etat de siège'''" ("State of Siege")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Kizárás'''" ("Lockout")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 30]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Sfrattati'''" ("Thrown out")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 17]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''The Thief with the Devil's Hands'''" (忍びよる魔の手, ''Shinobi Yoru Ma no Te'')<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_Buzz_on_Windblade&diff=1024320The Buzz on Windblade2015-11-16T05:36:48Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 23<br />
|image=RID-windbladeandsideswipe.jpg<br />
|caption="Windblade to Cybertron, I've got an AWOL Autobot." <br> "Tell me I wasn't this delude-" <br> "No backtalk! I have a sword and I will use it!" <br> "You mean a sword made out of plastic?"<br />
|prev=Similarly Different<br />
|next=Ghosts and Impostors<br />
|title="The Buzz on Windblade"<br />
|airdate=[[August 22]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]<br />
}}<br />
'''The Bee Team encounters a new Autobot, sent to Earth long ago.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] is giving an impromptu lecture to the other [[Autobot]]s about the dangers of horses, using a toy rocking horse as a teaching aide. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] is skeptical, but Strongarm maintains that since many of the ''[[Alchemor]]'''s inmates resemble Earth animals, it never hurts to be prepared. [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] is less than impressed, and heads off to train in the woods alone.<br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Sideswipe fights Windblade.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Only after we have mistakenly fought can we team up.]]<br />
While racing through the forest, Sideswipe overhears a fight, and stumbles across the [[Decepticon]] [[Razorpaw]], locked in combat with a jet. The jet gains the upper hand and transforms into an unfamiliar Autobot, who overpowers and incapacitates Razorpaw. Sideswipe tries to compliment her on her takedown, but she mistakes him for another escaped Decepticon. The Autobot nearly takes him down until she notices his [[Autobot]] insignia. The Autobot introduces herself as [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], a fellow Autobot on a mission of her own. <br />
<br />
Back at the scrapyard, Razorpaw is safely in a [[stasis pod]]. Windblade is quickly making friends with Bumblebee and his team, much to Strongarm's dismay. Strongarm asks if she was sent by the Council, but Windblade reveals [[Primus]] himself sent her to [[Earth]]! She recounts that a thousand years ago, Primus warned her of a rising evil, and sent her into stasis after modifying her body and enhancing her sensors. Having reawakened a month ago, Windblade has been secretly tracking down and imprisoning fugitive Decepticons. Strongarm is still skeptical of Windblades's story, but Sideswipe is even more impressed with her. Windblade detects another Decepticon signal nearby, and helps [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] get a lock on it. The team rolls out after Windblade comes up with a catchy motto, impressing Bumblebee.<br />
<br />
[[File:RID-zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Humans, bring me a year's worth of newspapers!]]<br />
The team eventually arrive outside a nearby airfield, where a trio of [[human]] planes are behaving erratically. Strongarm is still unenthusiastic about having to work with Windblade, but finds herself partnered with Windblade, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and Sideswipe. They work their way toward the airport's entrance, but Strongarm accidentally tips off one of the humans, who orders the nearest "drones" to divebomb the Autobots. The four Autobots make a run for the hangar — although Strongarm thinks that they should contact Bumblebee first — and manage to get inside.<br />
<br />
Once inside, the Autobots discover their target: a bee-like Decepticon who controls humans with her toxic sting. Even worse, the Decepticon boasts that her loyal workers are planning to spread this toxin to airports all over the world! As the Autobots move closer, the Decepticon takes her two nearest workers hostage, and threatens to kill them if the Autobots try to arrest her. Windblade calls the bluff and promptly draws her sword, but Strongarm trips her before the Decepticon notices. Realizing that they cannot endanger innocent humans, the Autobots temporarily retreat.<br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade humans vs Autobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What do we do now?" <br> "We can take 'em; it's not like they have man-made Transformers, right?"]]<br />
Outside, Windblade confronts Strongarm about her interference. Strongarm retorts that all human lives are worth saving. Windblade is surprised, but realizes that Strongarm is right. After filling Bumblebee and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] in on the situation, Bumblebee has Fixit try to find a match for their quarry. Fixit tells them that they're up against [[Zizza]], a Decepticon who tried to pull a similar mind-control stunt back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Strongarm, having studied the behavior of Earth bees, hatches a new plan. Realizing that Zizza needs heat to stay active, Strongarm tells her allies that she knows how to make Zizza "chill out". <br />
<br />
The group surrounds the hangar and swings into action; Grimlock distracts some of Zizza's drones while [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] cut the power, deactivating Zizza's heat lamps. Fixit warns Bumblebee that there's a plane requesting landing clearance. Bumblebee orders Fixit to hack into the control tower and divert the plane. Meanwhile, the mind-controlled pilots move in to intercept the plane. Bumblebee asks Windblade to reach the landing plane first, and Sideswipe tags along to assist. After Sideswipe forces the brainwashed pilots to land, Fixit manages to hack into the Control Tower, and diverts the plane to another airfield. <br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Strongarm battles Zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|“Such bees!" Strongarm had never seen anything like it.<br />
"If one were to sting me," she thought "I should swell up as big as I am!” .]]<br />
Strongarm watches the interception, but then notices Zizza trying to flee. Strongarm tries to weigh Zizza down while dodging her stingers. Windblade and Sideswipe pass by, and their combined efforts manage to knock Zizza into a tanker filled with refrigerated foam, incapacitating the temperature-sensitive Decepticon and allowing Strongarm to slap a pair of [[stasis cuffs]] on her target.<br />
<br />
With the airfield back to normal and the humans recovering with no memory of the event, Windblade announces that she's off to continue her own mission. Sideswipe begs her not to go, even pleading Bumblebee to say otherwise. Before she leaves though, Windblade makes amends with Strongarm, admitting that her reckless plan almost cost innocent lives. With a mutual respect slowly growing between the two, Windblade transforms and flies away. Sideswipe compliments Strongarm on her plan... leaving Strongarm wondering if she just heard a genuine compliment from her comrade.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (1)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (2)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (3)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (5)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (6)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (7)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (8)<br />
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (10)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Razorpaw]] (9)<br />
*[[Zizza]] (12)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*Hypnotized humans (11)<br />
*Pilot (13)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
'''Strongarm''': And the lower appendages, or 'hooves', of real horses can cause significant injury.<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Uh, Strongarm, horses aren't generally aggressive unless provoked.<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': Perhaps not, sir. But given how many of the Alchemor's inmates are analogous to Earth's animals, it is vital that we understand any-<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Enough!<br />
:—In the classroom with Miss Strongarm<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Windblade''': Looks like this team you've put together has had a pretty high success rate. The mark of good leadership.<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': [bashful] Heh, well… I had raw materials to begin with.<br><br />
'''Windblade''': If [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Slick]] here is any indication, I'd say that's probably true.<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': [muttering] ''Slick''?<br />
:—The rest of the team meets Windblade<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Windblade''': Let's crank some pistons and cross some distance!<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Yeah-ha-ha, alright!<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': That's how you do it!<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Now, how did you come up with that so fast? Cause I've had the worst time.<br />
:—In which Bumblebee finds a catchphrase mentor<br />
<br />
'''Zizza''': These Autobots are quickly graduating from amusement to nuisance.<br />
:— Your majesty realizes that Bee Team likes her Honey Nut Cheerio plan like they liked Ratrap- not very much {{disambig3|Rattrap}}<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Windblade mentions having been reactivated a month ago, suggesting that is how much time has passed since the ''Alchemor'' crash.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
*As per ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'', Primus is depicted as being the [[core]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<br />
*Sideswipe performs [[Jet judo]].<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* Grimlock clambers up the air control tower while being attacked by planes, an obvious homage to ''[[King Kong]]''.<br />
* Windblade's transformation by Primus is a direct reference to the transformation sequences in magical girl anime, most famously ''Sailor Moon''. <br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*To answer Grimlock's question, yes - cats can snore. <br />
* Far be it from us to question the Lord of Light, but one does wonder why Windblade wasn't awoken to help deal with the [[Darkness Rising|Terrorcon apocalypse]], [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Unicron's reactivation]], or the [[Deadlock|potential obliteration of Earth's biosphere]].<br />
* Strongarm brought up the fact that most of the Alchemor's prisoners resemble Earth animals, and how they share some of the same strengths and weaknesses.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''La reine des abeilles'''" ("The Queen Bee")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A királynő'''" ("The Queen")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Windblade'''"<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''The Legendary Female Warrior, Windblade'''" (伝説の女性戦士、ウィンドブレード, ''Densetsu no Joseisenshi, Windblade'')<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 23<br />
|image=RID-windbladeandsideswipe.jpg<br />
|caption="Windblade to Cybertron, I've got an AWOL Autobot." <br> "Tell me I wasn't this delude-" <br> "No backtalk! I have a sword and I will use it!" <br> "You mean a sword made out of plastic?"<br />
|prev=Similarly Different<br />
|next=Ghosts and Impostors<br />
|title="The Buzz on Windblade"<br />
|airdate=[[August 22]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]<br />
}}<br />
'''The Bee Team encounters a new Autobot, sent to Earth long ago.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] is giving an impromptu lecture to the other [[Autobot]]s about the dangers of horses, using a toy rocking horse as a teaching aide. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] is skeptical, but Strongarm maintains that since many of the ''[[Alchemor]]'''s inmates resemble Earth animals, it never hurts to be prepared. [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] is less than impressed, and heads off to train in the woods alone.<br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Sideswipe fights Windblade.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Only after we have mistakenly fought can we team up.]]<br />
While racing through the forest, Sideswipe overhears a fight, and stumbles across the [[Decepticon]] [[Razorpaw]], locked in combat with a jet. The jet gains the upper hand and transforms into an unfamiliar Autobot, who overpowers and incapacitates Razorpaw. Sideswipe tries to compliment her on her takedown, but she mistakes him for another escaped Decepticon. The Autobot nearly takes him down until she notices his [[Autobot]] insignia. The Autobot introduces herself as [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], a fellow Autobot on a mission of her own. <br />
<br />
Back at the scrapyard, Razorpaw is safely in a [[stasis pod]]. Windblade is quickly making friends with Bumblebee and his team, much to Strongarm's dismay. Strongarm asks if she was sent by the Council, but Windblade reveals [[Primus]] himself sent her to [[Earth]]! She recounts that a thousand years ago, Primus warned her of a rising evil, and sent her into stasis after modifying her body and enhancing her sensors. Having reawakened a month ago, Windblade has been secretly tracking down and imprisoning fugitive Decepticons. Strongarm is still skeptical of Windblades's story, but Sideswipe is even more impressed with her. Windblade detects another Decepticon signal nearby, and helps [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] get a lock on it. The team rolls out after Windblade comes up with a catchy motto, impressing Bumblebee.<br />
<br />
[[File:RID-zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Humans, bring me a year's worth of newspapers!]]<br />
The team eventually arrive outside a nearby airfield, where a trio of [[human]] planes are behaving erratically. Strongarm is still unenthusiastic about having to work with Windblade, but finds herself partnered with Windblade, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and Sideswipe. They work their way toward the airport's entrance, but Strongarm accidentally tips off one of the humans, who orders the nearest "drones" to divebomb the Autobots. The four Autobots make a run for the hangar — although Strongarm thinks that they should contact Bumblebee first — and manage to get inside.<br />
<br />
Once inside, the Autobots discover their target: a bee-like Decepticon who controls humans with her toxic sting. Even worse, the Decepticon boasts that her loyal workers are planning to spread this toxin to airports all over the world! As the Autobots move closer, the Decepticon takes her two nearest workers hostage, and threatens to kill them if the Autobots try to arrest her. Windblade calls the bluff and promptly draws her sword, but Strongarm trips her before the Decepticon notices. Realizing that they cannot endanger innocent humans, the Autobots temporarily retreat.<br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade humans vs Autobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What do we do now?" <br> "We can take 'em; it's not like they have man-made Transformers, right?"]]<br />
Outside, Windblade confronts Strongarm about her interference. Strongarm retorts that all human lives are worth saving. Windblade is surprised, but realizes that Strongarm is right. After filling Bumblebee and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] in on the situation, Bumblebee has Fixit try to find a match for their quarry. Fixit tells them that they're up against [[Zizza]], a Decepticon who tried to pull a similar mind-control stunt back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Strongarm, having studied the behavior of Earth bees, hatches a new plan. Realizing that Zizza needs heat to stay active, Strongarm tells her allies that she knows how to make Zizza "chill out". <br />
<br />
The group surrounds the hangar and swings into action; Grimlock distracts some of Zizza's drones while [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] cut the power, deactivating Zizza's heat lamps. Fixit warns Bumblebee that there's a plane requesting landing clearance. Bumblebee orders Fixit to hack into the control tower and divert the plane. Meanwhile, the mind-controlled pilots move in to intercept the plane. Bumblebee asks Windblade to reach the landing plane first, and Sideswipe tags along to assist. After Sideswipe forces the brainwashed pilots to land, Fixit manages to hack into the Control Tower, and diverts the plane to another airfield. <br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Strongarm battles Zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|“Such bees!" Strongarm had never seen anything like it.<br />
"If one were to sting me," she thought "I should swell up as big as I am!” .]]<br />
Strongarm watches the interception, but then notices Zizza trying to flee. Strongarm tries to weigh Zizza down while dodging her stingers. Windblade and Sideswipe pass by, and their combined efforts manage to knock Zizza into a tanker filled with refrigerated foam, incapacitating the temperature-sensitive Decepticon and allowing Strongarm to slap a pair of [[stasis cuffs]] on her target.<br />
<br />
With the airfield back to normal and the humans recovering with no memory of the event, Windblade announces that she's off to continue her own mission. Sideswipe begs her not to go, even pleading Bumblebee to say otherwise. Before she leaves though, Windblade makes amends with Strongarm, admitting that her reckless plan almost cost innocent lives. With a mutual respect slowly growing between the two, Windblade transforms and flies away. Sideswipe compliments Strongarm on her plan... leaving Strongarm wondering if she just heard a genuine compliment from her comrade.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (1)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (2)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (3)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (5)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (6)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (7)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (8)<br />
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (10)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Razorpaw]] (9)<br />
*[[Zizza]] (12)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*Hypnotized humans (11)<br />
*Pilot (13)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
'''Strongarm''': And the lower appendages, or 'hooves', of real horses can cause significant injury.<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Uh, Strongarm, horses aren't generally aggressive unless provoked.<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': Perhaps not, sir. But given how many of the Alchemor's inmates are analogous to Earth's animals, it is vital that we understand any-<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Enough!<br />
:—In the classroom with Miss Strongarm<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Windblade''': Looks like this team you've put together has had a pretty high success rate. The mark of good leadership.<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': [bashful] Heh, well… I had raw materials to begin with.<br><br />
'''Windblade''': If [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Slick]] here is any indication, I'd say that's probably true.<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': [muttering] ''Slick''?<br />
:—The rest of the team meets Windblade<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Windblade''': Let's crank some pistons and cross some distance!<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Yeah-ha-ha, alright!<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': That's how you do it!<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Now, how did you come up with that so fast? Cause I've had the worst time.<br />
:—In which Bumblebee finds a catchphrase mentor<br />
<br />
'''Zizza''': These Autobots are quickly graduating from amusement to nuisance.<br />
:— Your majesty realizes that Bee Team likes Honey Nut Cheerios like they liked {{disambig3|Rattrap}}<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Windblade mentions having been reactivated a month ago, suggesting that is how much time has passed since the ''Alchemor'' crash.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
*As per ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'', Primus is depicted as being the [[core]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<br />
*Sideswipe performs [[Jet judo]].<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* Grimlock clambers up the air control tower while being attacked by planes, an obvious homage to ''[[King Kong]]''.<br />
* Windblade's transformation by Primus is a direct reference to the transformation sequences in magical girl anime, most famously ''Sailor Moon''. <br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*To answer Grimlock's question, yes - cats can snore. <br />
* Far be it from us to question the Lord of Light, but one does wonder why Windblade wasn't awoken to help deal with the [[Darkness Rising|Terrorcon apocalypse]], [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Unicron's reactivation]], or the [[Deadlock|potential obliteration of Earth's biosphere]].<br />
* Strongarm brought up the fact that most of the Alchemor's prisoners resemble Earth animals, and how they share some of the same strengths and weaknesses.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''La reine des abeilles'''" ("The Queen Bee")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A királynő'''" ("The Queen")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Windblade'''"<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''The Legendary Female Warrior, Windblade'''" (伝説の女性戦士、ウィンドブレード, ''Densetsu no Joseisenshi, Windblade'')<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_Buzz_on_Windblade&diff=1024318The Buzz on Windblade2015-11-16T05:31:42Z<p>Perdix990: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 23<br />
|image=RID-windbladeandsideswipe.jpg<br />
|caption="Windblade to Cybertron, I've got an AWOL Autobot." <br> "Tell me I wasn't this delude-" <br> "No backtalk! I have a sword and I will use it!" <br> "You mean a sword made out of plastic?"<br />
|prev=Similarly Different<br />
|next=Ghosts and Impostors<br />
|title="The Buzz on Windblade"<br />
|airdate=[[August 22]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]<br />
}}<br />
'''The Bee Team encounters a new Autobot, sent to Earth long ago.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] is giving an impromptu lecture to the other [[Autobot]]s about the dangers of horses, using a toy rocking horse as a teaching aide. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] is skeptical, but Strongarm maintains that since many of the ''[[Alchemor]]'''s inmates resemble Earth animals, it never hurts to be prepared. [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] is less than impressed, and heads off to train in the woods alone.<br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Sideswipe fights Windblade.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Only after we have mistakenly fought can we team up.]]<br />
While racing through the forest, Sideswipe overhears a fight, and stumbles across the [[Decepticon]] [[Razorpaw]], locked in combat with a jet. The jet gains the upper hand and transforms into an unfamiliar Autobot, who overpowers and incapacitates Razorpaw. Sideswipe tries to compliment her on her takedown, but she mistakes him for another escaped Decepticon. The Autobot nearly takes him down until she notices his [[Autobot]] insignia. The Autobot introduces herself as [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], a fellow Autobot on a mission of her own. <br />
<br />
Back at the scrapyard, Razorpaw is safely in a [[stasis pod]]. Windblade is quickly making friends with Bumblebee and his team, much to Strongarm's dismay. Strongarm asks if she was sent by the Council, but Windblade reveals [[Primus]] himself sent her to [[Earth]]! She recounts that a thousand years ago, Primus warned her of a rising evil, and sent her into stasis after modifying her body and enhancing her sensors. Having reawakened a month ago, Windblade has been secretly tracking down and imprisoning fugitive Decepticons. Strongarm is still skeptical of Windblades's story, but Sideswipe is even more impressed with her. Windblade detects another Decepticon signal nearby, and helps [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] get a lock on it. The team rolls out after Windblade comes up with a catchy motto, impressing Bumblebee.<br />
<br />
[[File:RID-zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Humans, bring me a year's worth of newspapers!]]<br />
The team eventually arrive outside a nearby airfield, where a trio of [[human]] planes are behaving erratically. Strongarm is still unenthusiastic about having to work with Windblade, but finds herself partnered with Windblade, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and Sideswipe. They work their way toward the airport's entrance, but Strongarm accidentally tips off one of the humans, who orders the nearest "drones" to divebomb the Autobots. The four Autobots make a run for the hangar — although Strongarm thinks that they should contact Bumblebee first — and manage to get inside.<br />
<br />
Once inside, the Autobots discover their target: a bee-like Decepticon who controls humans with her toxic sting. Even worse, the Decepticon boasts that her loyal workers are planning to spread this toxin to airports all over the world! As the Autobots move closer, the Decepticon takes her two nearest workers hostage, and threatens to kill them if the Autobots try to arrest her. Windblade calls the bluff and promptly draws her sword, but Strongarm trips her before the Decepticon notices. Realizing that they cannot endanger innocent humans, the Autobots temporarily retreat.<br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade humans vs Autobots.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What do we do now?" <br> "We can take 'em; it's not like they have man-made Transformers, right?"]]<br />
Outside, Windblade confronts Strongarm about her interference. Strongarm retorts that all human lives are worth saving. Windblade is surprised, but realizes that Strongarm is right. After filling Bumblebee and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] in on the situation, Bumblebee has Fixit try to find a match for their quarry. Fixit tells them that they're up against [[Zizza]], a Decepticon who tried to pull a similar mind-control stunt back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Strongarm, having studied the behavior of Earth bees, hatches a new plan. Realizing that Zizza needs heat to stay active, Strongarm tells her allies that she knows how to make Zizza "chill out". <br />
<br />
The group surrounds the hangar and swings into action; Grimlock distracts some of Zizza's drones while [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] cut the power, deactivating Zizza's heat lamps. Fixit warns Bumblebee that there's a plane requesting landing clearance. Bumblebee orders Fixit to hack into the control tower and divert the plane. Meanwhile, the mind-controlled pilots move in to intercept the plane. Bumblebee asks Windblade to reach the landing plane first, and Sideswipe tags along to assist. After Sideswipe forces the brainwashed pilots to land, Fixit manages to hack into the Control Tower, and diverts the plane to another airfield. <br />
<br />
[[File:BuzzOnWindblade Strongarm battles Zizza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|“Such bees!" Strongarm had never seen anything like it.<br />
"If one were to sting me," she thought "I should swell up as big as I am!” .]]<br />
Strongarm watches the interception, but then notices Zizza trying to flee. Strongarm tries to weigh Zizza down while dodging her stingers. Windblade and Sideswipe pass by, and their combined efforts manage to knock Zizza into a tanker filled with refrigerated foam, incapacitating the temperature-sensitive Decepticon and allowing Strongarm to slap a pair of [[stasis cuffs]] on her target.<br />
<br />
With the airfield back to normal and the humans recovering with no memory of the event, Windblade announces that she's off to continue her own mission. Sideswipe begs her not to go, even pleading Bumblebee to say otherwise. Before she leaves though, Windblade makes amends with Strongarm, admitting that her reckless plan almost cost innocent lives. With a mutual respect slowly growing between the two, Windblade transforms and flies away. Sideswipe compliments Strongarm on her plan... leaving Strongarm wondering if she just heard a genuine compliment from her comrade.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (1)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (2)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (3)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (4)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (5)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (6)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (7)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (8)<br />
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (10)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Razorpaw]] (9)<br />
*[[Zizza]] (12)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*Hypnotized humans (11)<br />
*Pilot (13)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
'''Strongarm''': And the lower appendages, or 'hooves', of real horses can cause significant injury.<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Uh, Strongarm, horses aren't generally aggressive unless provoked.<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': Perhaps not, sir. But given how many of the Alchemor's inmates are analogous to Earth's animals, it is vital that we understand any-<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Enough!<br />
:—In the classroom with Miss Strongarm<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Windblade''': Looks like this team you've put together has had a pretty high success rate. The mark of good leadership.<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': [bashful] Heh, well… I had raw materials to begin with.<br><br />
'''Windblade''': If [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Slick]] here is any indication, I'd say that's probably true.<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': [muttering] ''Slick''?<br />
:—The rest of the team meets Windblade<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Windblade''': Let's crank some pistons and cross some distance!<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Yeah-ha-ha, alright!<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': That's how you do it!<br><br />
'''Bumblebee''': Now, how did you come up with that so fast? Cause I've had the worst time.<br />
:—In which Bumblebee finds a catchphrase mentor<br />
<br />
'''Zizza''': These Autobots are quickly graduating from amusement to nuisance.<br />
:— Your majesty realizes that Bee Team likes Honey Nut Cheerios like they liked Rattrap<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Windblade mentions having been reactivated a month ago, suggesting that is how much time has passed since the ''Alchemor'' crash.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, "that one with all the eyes", Malodor and the Skunkticons, Nightstrike, Vertebreak, Octopunch, Groundpounder, Headlock, Scowl, Razorpaw, Zizza<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown, Kickback<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
*As per ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'', Primus is depicted as being the [[core]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<br />
*Sideswipe performs [[Jet judo]].<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* Grimlock clambers up the air control tower while being attacked by planes, an obvious homage to ''[[King Kong]]''.<br />
* Windblade's transformation by Primus is a direct reference to the transformation sequences in magical girl anime, most famously ''Sailor Moon''. <br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*To answer Grimlock's question, yes - cats can snore. <br />
* Far be it from us to question the Lord of Light, but one does wonder why Windblade wasn't awoken to help deal with the [[Darkness Rising|Terrorcon apocalypse]], [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Unicron's reactivation]], or the [[Deadlock|potential obliteration of Earth's biosphere]].<br />
* Strongarm brought up the fact that most of the Alchemor's prisoners resemble Earth animals, and how they share some of the same strengths and weaknesses.<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''La reine des abeilles'''" ("The Queen Bee")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 24]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A királynő'''" ("The Queen")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Windblade'''"<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''The Legendary Female Warrior, Windblade'''" (伝説の女性戦士、ウィンドブレード, ''Densetsu no Joseisenshi, Windblade'')<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{epstub}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buzz on Windblade, The}}<br />
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]</div>Perdix990https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Battlegrounds,_Part_2&diff=1024317Battlegrounds, Part 22015-11-16T05:14:43Z<p>Perdix990: </p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 26<br />
|image=RID-Decepticonhunterarmor.jpg<br />
|caption=Gives new meaning to the term "plot armor".<br />
|prev=Battlegrounds, Part 1<br />
|next=<br />
|title="Battlegrounds, Part 2"<br />
|airdate=[[September 12]], [[2015]]<br />
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]<br />
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]<br />
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Reunited with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and his team must use everything they’ve learned to stop the annihilation of both Earth and Cybertron.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus drills Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Right now Optimus is glad this version of The Fallen isn't on fire.]]<br />
As the Autobots pick themselves up following [[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]]'s arrival, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] contacts [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to find out who the newcomer is and Fixit is able to tell him that Megatronus is one of the original [[Thirteen]] Primes. While [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] faces the new Decepticon, Bumblebee and Drift go to free [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], only to be hit be a deflected blast from Optimus's [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]]. Optimus is prevented from going to their aid by Megatronus, who attacks him.<br />
<br />
Over on the bridge, [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] pose as filmmakers to try and cover up the giant robot battle; however, their attempts to get a police officer to clear the area are hampered when the officer turns out to be a wannabe screenwriter.<br />
<br />
Grimlock attempts to attack Megatronus, only to be slung at Drift. [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] prevent Megatronus from moving in on the Autobots long enough for Optimus to get up and resume combat. Though Optimus boasts the power of the Primes, Megatronus says he has been granted power too, and sends Optimus flying into the river. Megatronus moves to pick up a staff, but Windblade manages to break free from her bonds and opens fire on him. Bumblebee runs to attend to Optimus, leaving Drift to free Sideswipe and Strongarm. With Windblade down, Drift and the two freed Autobots attempt to stop Megatronus reaching the staff, only to be seen off with a barrage of firepower and are then attacked by the other Decepticons.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus levitates Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Down, boy! Down!]]<br />
Megatronus picks up the staff and reveals the extent of his plan to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]: the staff will draw the remnants of the Anti-Spark from [[Unicron]] still in [[Earth's core]], then summon the [[AllSpark]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This, Steeljaw realizes, will destroy both planets. As the staff creates a shaft of energy that lances into the sky, the enraged Steeljaw attacks Megatronus but is backhanded out of sight. Not fancying their chances, the other Decepticons flee, only to run into the Autobots. As Sideswipe and Strongarm draw their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s, their weapons touch and momentarily surge with power. A fight ensues between the two sides. Meanwhile as Bumblebee watches, Optimus's wound closes.<br />
<br />
On the bridge, Denny is still having no luck convincing the officer to clear the area.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Optimus and Megatronus fight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You have learned much, young one.<br>You'll find I'm full of surprises.]]<br />
Optimus awakens and identifies the staff Megatronus is carrying as a [[spark fuser]]. Steeljaw continues fighting Megatronus, but is tossed into the distance shortly before Optimus and Bumblebee return to the fight. Megatronus blasts Optimus, sending Bumblebee flying, and the smaller Autobot takes advantage of his momentum to take out [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]]. The rest of the Decepticon team is taken out in short order, leaving only Megatronus and Optimus locked in combat. After turning their Decepticon Hunters into the same forked sword shape as the Prime Decepticon Hunter, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm are endowed with new armor. With the combined power of the Hunters, they give Megatronus a brief blast, but Bumblebee has a new plan, and contacts Optimus over the comm. It may be already too late, as the AllSpark appears through a portal in the sky and moves down towards Megatronus; however, Optimus flings his Decepticon Hunter, destroying the spark fuser. The AllSpark returns to the sky and the Anti-Spark to the ground. Megatronus starts attacking the Autobots furiously.<br />
<br />
Denny is still trying to convince the officer to clear everyone from the area when a stray blast destroys the officer's hat. The officer is suddenly very keen for everyone to evacuate.<br />
<br />
[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus lifts arm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That's it! No more Mr.Nice Guy!]]<br />
While Optimus keeps Megatronus busy, Drift, Windblade, and Sideswipe head up to the top of the [[Crown City Colossus]] and begin hacking. Megatronus finally has the better of Optimus, however Grimlock joins in, and between him, Optimus, and the other Autobots, Megatronus is kept busy until the arm of the immense statue falls on him. Even this doesn't stop him, and he lifts up the enormous arm, however Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm combine the power of their Decepticon Hunters, unleashing a powerful blast of energy on him. When the smoke clears, there is only a crater where Megatronus stood. With the news that emergency crews are on the way, Bumblebee finally manages to nail a rallying cry, and the Autobots rev up and roll out.<br />
<br />
Back in the scrapyard, the captured Decepticons are all safely placed in [[stasis pod]]s. Though Bumblebee says the other Autobots are free to go back to Cybertron, the other Autobots are all in favor of staying. Optimus says he's no longer needed, but Bumblebee insists he stay, and Optimus agrees so long as he's Bumblebee's equal rather than leader.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
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|c1=<br />
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (1)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (2)<br />
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)<br />
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (7)<br />
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)<br />
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (15)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (16)<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (17)<br />
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*[[Megatronus (WFC)|Megatronus]] (4)<br />
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (9)<br />
*[[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] (10)<br />
*[[Thunderhoof]] (11)<br />
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (18)<br />
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|c3=<br />
*[[Denny Clay]] (12)<br />
*[[Russell Clay]] (13)<br />
*Police officer (14)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Don't get too comfortable with your new dance partner, Windblade."<br /><br />
"Don't worry, Slick. You can have the next twenty dances."<br /><br />
"I do not understand. The plan does not call for any danciiiiiing!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''', '''Windblade''' and '''Drift "'discuss brief playful banter'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"All I wanted was a place for Decepticons to call their own! A place I could rule!"<br><br />
"I'm very sorry for your loss."<br />
:—'''Steeljaw''' bemoans his foolishness and '''Megatronus''' tells him to man up<br />
<br />
<br />
"You've earned your reward, Steeljaw. Though I can't imagine why you would want a pile of dust."<br><br />
"''Dust''?"<br><br />
"This staff will first extract what remains of the Anti-Spark from Unicron, lying dormant at the earth's core. Then I will summon the Allspark from Cybertron, and bring the two together!"<br><br />
"But combining the Sparks will blow both planets to…!"<br><br />
"Precisely."<br />
:—'''Megatronus''' reveals his plan, and '''Steeljaw''' sees what happens when you deal with ancient evils<br />
<br />
<br />
"I waited years in exile, burned with desire for vengeance, and I will not be denied!"<br />
:—'''Megatronus'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Bumblebee''': Let's rev up and roll out!<br><br />
[''silence'']<br><br />
'''Sideswipe''': Now ''there's'' a battle cry!<br><br />
'''Grimlock''': I'm feelin' all inspired!<br><br />
'''Strongarm''': That's the one, sir!<br />
:— It only took twenty-six episodes, [[To Catch a Phrase|and a short]], but Bumblebee scores<br />
<br />
<br />
"If I stay, it would no longer be as your leader, but as your equal."<br />
:— '''Optimus Prime'''<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* Megatronus appears to be listed in the ''Alchemor'''s prisoner manifest, despite the fact that he has never been aboard the ''Alchemor''.<br />
<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*Drift's Mini-Cons go missing off his arms as he and Bumblebee go to free the rest of the team. They're back once he recovers consciousness during Grimlock's attempt to tackle Megatronus.<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Fixit's brief exposition about Megatronus is a more-or-less faithful retelling of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon and ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'': Megatronus was a member of the [[Thirteen]], was responsible for the death of [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]], and provided the inspiration for [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s name. However, this is the first piece of [[Aligned continuity family]] fiction to return to the character's evil roots; up until now, retellings of his story have depicted him as a tragic figure, a victim of circumstance manipulated by others, but this version has much more in common with the unambiguously villainous [[The Fallen|earlier version of the character]] (see "Transformers references", below).<br />
* Megatronus's ultimate plan involves the Anti-Spark of Unicron, who was previously established to have formerly dwelled at the core of Earth in the ''Prime'' cartoon.<br />
<br />
===Prisoner manifest===<br />
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown<br />
* ''New prisoners in stasis'': [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]<br />
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]<br />
* ''Released'': Grimlock<br />
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''<br />
<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
* Megatronus is introduced as the "first Decepticon", a role for the character that originated with his [[The Fallen|live-action counterpart]]; up to now, the Aligned version of Megatronus has had no direct connection to the Decepticons, except for having a helmet shaped like their insignia, something else he takes from the live-action film character. He also exhibits the movie character's telekinetic powers.<br />
* Additionally, Megatronus enigmatically refers to having been "granted additional power from a source far greater than the Primes"; though there's room for this plot to go a different route, it's certainly evocative of the original character's pact with [[Unicron]], as originally described in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''.<br />
* Megatronus's listed quote about his desire for revenge and Bumblebee mentioning his energy signature should stand out like a bonfire are probably a reference to The Fallen's usual flame-wreathed appearance.<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
===Trivia===<br />
* Optimus is back from the dead. [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Again]]. Optimus Prime: Cheating Death since [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|1987]].<br />
<br />
===Foreign localization===<br />
'''French''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''La vengeance de Megatronus'''" ("The Revenge of Megatronus")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 1]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Hungarian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''A vihar kezdete, 2. rész'''" ("The Beginning of the Storm, Part 2")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 7]], 2015<br />
<br />
'''Italian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Campi di Battaglia, Seconda parte'''" ("Battlefields, Second part")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 28]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' <br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 13]], [[2015]]<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
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<br />
'''Backtrack''' really is a creepy little bugger. Along with [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. <br />
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He's probably with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]]. <br />
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*'''Decepticon Overload and Backtrack''' (Deployer, 2015)<br />
**''Accessories'': Backtrack Mini-con and Armor sprue<br />
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:Overload transforms into a Cybertronian tank and can launch his Mini-Con partner Backtrack.<br />
{{comingsoontoy}}<br />
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'''Backtrack''' really is a creepy little bugger. Along with [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. <br />
<br />
He's probably with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]]. <br />
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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===<br />
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**''Accessories'': Backtrack Mini-con and Armor sprue<br />
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:Overload transforms into a Cybertronian tank and can launch his Mini-Con partner Backtrack.<br />
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'''It's a Minicon melee as both sides vie for control of the Cyclones.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis== While patrolling through the forest, the two Autobot Buzzsaws are mauled by the fugitive Cyclones, and then the Decepticon Torpedoes cream them as they get up. Despite the claims of a miffled and confused Slipstream, the two groups clash, while the uninterested Cyclones make a rock castle... Which Slipstream knocks down when Airazor tosses him. This prompts the angry Cyclones to engage with the two groups, and a fearful Slipstream asks for backup while the Cyclones remake their tower.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)<br />
<br />
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*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (6)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (3)<br />
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (4)<br />
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<br />
==Notes==<br />
* This short was originally released on Hasbro's Transformers website.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/videos Transformers.com video section]<br />
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'''It's a Minicon melee as both sides vie for control of the Cyclones.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis== While patrolling through the forest, the two Autobot Buzzsaws are mauled by the fugitive Cyclones, and then the Decepticon Torpedoes cream them as they get up. Despite the claims of a miffled and confused Slipstream, the two groups clash, while the uninterested Cyclones make a rock castle... Which Slipstream knocks down when Airazor tosses him. This prompts the angry Cyclones to engage with the two groups, and a fearful Slipstream asks for backup while the Cyclones remake their tower.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)<br />
<br />
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*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (5)<br />
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (6)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (3)<br />
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (4)<br />
}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* This short was originally released on Hasbro's Transformers website.<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/videos Transformers.com video section]<br />
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'''It's a Minicon melee as both sides vie for control of the Cyclones.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
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|c1=<br />
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (1)<br />
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] (5)<br />
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (6)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
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|c4=<br />
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] (3)<br />
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (4)<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* This short was originally released on Hasbro's Transformers website.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/videos Transformers.com video section]<br />
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