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Agent Knight

2024-11-18T21:33:47Z

Poeghostal:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Agent Knight is an [[Autobot]] from {{w|Knight Rider}} (via [[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]).''

[[File:Agent Knight Packaging Art.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Autohoff.]]

'''Agent Knight''' is a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of [[Decepticon|criminals]] who operate above the law.

{{TOCclear}}
==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
[[File:Transformers-Collaborative-Agent-Knight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|CATEGORY: Men that don't exist.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Agent Knight''' ([[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Agent Knight''' (エージェントナイト)
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[March 29]]
:*''Accessories'': pistol, machinegun, comm link
{{toydesigner|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/C965GcAN1ML/</ref>}}
: ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' Agent Knight transforms from a Voyager-sized robot to a licensed [[General Motors]] custom Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, representing {{w|KITT}} from the television series ''{{w|Knight Rider}}''. The car mode slightly differs from KITT's onscreen appearances: it has the Pontiac logo on the hubcaps, the tail lights are red instead of black, and the rear license plate is not one of those used in the series but instead is the Knight Industries chess piece logo. The headlights can be flipped up or down.

: In robot mode, Agent Knight has design elements to resemble {{w|David Hasselhoff|}}'s portrayal of {{w|Michael Knight (Knight Rider)|Michael Knight}}, including the face sculpt, the visor resembling large sunglasses, "blue jeans" on the legs, and Michael's wristwatch communicator for speaking with KITT. His forehead also features KITT's car-dashboard speech indicator light (the red rectangle from the first season, not the rising-volume indicator from later seasons).

:Agent Knight comes with two blasters which can be stored in car mode by tabbing into rectangular holes on the robot mode's shins on the underside of the car.

: The first ''Collaborative'' toy with electronics, Agent Knight includes both [[soundbox|sound clips]] and an animated [[Light-emitting diode|scrolling light]] on the front sensor. Unfortunately, the space needed for the electronics means there's a bit of low-hanging chonk under the front bumper region not present on the actual car.

: This figure was revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2024, with preorders going up the following week.

==Notes==
*This isn't ''Knight Rider''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first foray into transforming robot toys; KITT was previously immortalized in plastic as part of Ertl's [https://www.the-liberator.net/site-files/robot-toys/pow-r-trons-powertrons-ertl.htm ''Pow-R-Trons'' line] using a Nissan Fairlady 300ZX mold that was also used by [[Estrela]]'s Brazilian ''Transformers'' toyline as [[Turbo (G1)|Turbo]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Agent Knight''' (エージェントナイト ''Ējento Naito'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Collaborative Autobots]]

Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification

2023-02-26T22:47:27Z

Poeghostal: /* Notes */ added the V-Shield to prove the HasLab toy's shield has a canon source

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time passes...

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

But what of Star Saber...?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Continuity errors===
*Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast appeared to be disabled by Star Saber's "Psycho Missiles", but a brief moment later, Deathsaurus was wearing them again as a breastplate.
*Deathsaurus appeared to be dead at the end and yet he didn't turn grey. [[Ultra Magnus Dies!!|Much like another time]]

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[Category:Victory episodes]]

File:Star saber shield.jpg

2023-02-26T22:34:07Z

Poeghostal: added copyright

[[Star Saber]] defends himself with his shield.
Screen capture from the Victory cartoon episode "Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification".
© 1989 Toei and Takara

File:Star saber shield.jpg

2023-02-26T22:32:41Z

Poeghostal: Star Saber defends himself with his shield. Screen capture from the Victory cartoon episode "Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification".

[[Star Saber]] defends himself with his shield.
Screen capture from the Victory cartoon episode "Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification".

Scourge (ROTB)

2023-02-08T18:09:15Z

Poeghostal: /* Notes */

{{disambig3|Scourge}}
{{factions|terrorcon}}
:''Scourge is a [[Terrorcon (ROTB|Terrorcon]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:ROTB-ScourgeBumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|350px|When this ends, I’ll have a cheetah skin hanging on my wall. I don’t care ''whose.'']]

'''Scourge''' is an evil, black truck! It happens quite a lot.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Dinklage]] (English)}}
{{comingsoon|when=June 9, 2023|}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}
==Toys==
===''Studio Series''===
[[File:StudioSeriestoy-ScourgeLeader.jpg|thumb|300px|Never skip neck day. Well, skip it a little.]]
*'''Scourge''' (Leader Class, [[2023]])
**''Movie'': '''''Rise of the Beasts'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''101'''
**''Accessories'': blade weapon, detachable blaster and claw
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFmIPhOUO2/ Design notes on ''Studio Series'' Scourge] from Hasbro designer [[Sam Smith]] on Instagram</ref>
:Released as part of the eleventh wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Leader Class figures, Scourge transforms into a frightening truck in 31 steps. Scourge is compatible with the [[Freezer|Core Class Freezer]] figure as a blaster for his hand and in his truck bed.

:Like the majority of Studio Series figures from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', Scourge is based on early concept art, evident by his neck, his smokestacks being visible in robot mode, and the inaccurate chest section/truck grill.
:Hasbro revealed the figure on [[January 30]], 2023.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFmIPhOUO2/ Designer commentary on Scourge from Sam Smith on Instagram]''

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
[[File:Stevencaplejr terrorcon cast.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wednesday Addams called dibs when she’s ready for her first car.]]
*Scourge's altmode was first revealed on [[Steven Caple Jr.]]'s Instagram account, along with the other two Terrorcons.
*Scourge's design as a large evil semi-truck evokes [[Scourge (RID)|his ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation]]. It's also worth noting that [[Megatron (Movie)|this universe's Megatron]] also adopted a similarly ''Mad Max''-esque truck form during the events of ''[[Dark of the Moon]]''.
*Scourge's grill is decorated with insignia "trophies" taken from his slain enemies. Looking closely, one can identify [[Autobot]], [[Decepticon]], [[Maximal]], [[Mercenary]] and [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] (specifically the two-hammer symbol used in the [[:File:Wreckeridw.png|''2019 IDW'' design]]) insignias. This may be a reference to the 1971 film ''Duel'' (directed by [[Steven Spielberg]]), which featured a [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067023/mediaviewer/rm1887906560?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_18 similar evil truck with "trophies" along the grill] in the form of license plates (and ''Duel'' has been [[Nemesis_Prime_(episode)|referenced in Transformers before]]).

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Terrorcons]]

Scourge (ROTB)

2023-02-06T21:17:18Z

Poeghostal: /* Notes */

{{disambig3|Scourge}}
{{factions|terrorcon}}
:''Scourge is a [[Terrorcon (ROTB|Terrorcon]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:ROTB-ScourgeBumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|350px|When this ends, I’ll have a cheetah skin hanging on my wall. I don’t care ''whose.'']]

'''Scourge''' is an evil, black truck! It happens quite a lot.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Dinklage]] (English)}}
{{comingsoon|when=June 9, 2023|}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}
==Toys==
===''Studio Series''===
[[File:StudioSeriestoy-ScourgeLeader.jpg|thumb|300px|Never skip neck day. Well, skip it a little.]]
*'''Scourge''' (Leader Class, [[2023]])
**''Movie'': '''''Rise of the Beasts'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''101'''
**''Accessories'': blade weapon, detachable blaster and claw
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFmIPhOUO2/ Design notes on ''Studio Series'' Scourge] from Hasbro designer [[Sam Smith]] on Instagram</ref>
:Released as part of the eleventh wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Leader Class figures, Scourge transforms into a frightening truck in 31 steps. Scourge is compatible with the [[Freezer|Core Class Freezer]] figure as a blaster for his hand and in his truck bed.

:Like the majority of Studio Series figures from ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', Scourge is based on early concept art, evident by his neck, his smokestacks being visible in robot mode, and the inaccurate chest section/truck grill.
:Hasbro revealed the figure on [[January 30]], 2023.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFmIPhOUO2/ Designer commentary on Scourge from Sam Smith on Instagram]''

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
[[File:Stevencaplejr terrorcon cast.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wednesday Addams called dibs when she’s ready for her first car.]]
*Scourge's altmode was first revealed on [[Steven Caple Jr.]]'s Instagram account, along with the other two Terrorcons.
*Scourge's design as a large evil semi-truck evokes [[Scourge (RID)|his ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation]]. It's also worth noting that [[Megatron (Movie)|this universe's Megatron]] also adopted a similarly ''Mad Max''-esque truck form during the events of ''[[Dark of the Moon]]''.
*Scourge's grill is decorated with insignia "trophies" taken from his slain enemies. Looking closely, one can identify [[Autobot]], [[Decepticon]], [[Maximal]], [[Mercenary]] and [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] (specifically the two-hammer symbol used in the [[:File:Wreckeridw.png|''2019 IDW'' design]]) insignias. This may be a reference to the 1971 film ''Duel'' (directed by [[Steven Spielberg]]), which featured a similar evil truck with "trophies" along the grill in the form of license plates (and ''Duel'' has been [[Nemesis_Prime_(episode)|referenced in Transformers before]]).

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Terrorcons]]