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Blue Eagle

2024-11-12T13:29:16Z

Poonaroon: /* Beastformers */

:''Blue Eagle is a [[Laser Beast]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:BF-art BlueEaglePoster.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|...did he even look up the ''definition'' of the word blue?]]

Captain of the [[Laser Beast]] Aerial Strike Force, '''Blue Eagle''' (ブルーイーグル ''Burūīguru'') strikes quick and strikes first. He is a beast who operates on lighting-fast intuition and vicious efficiency at all times, whether his subordinates can keep up or not. In fact, his disposition towards his comrades is generally icy; his personal motto is "To deceive your enemy, start with your friends", and even his own troops call him "The Cool, Lonely Warrior". Not a trace of emotion ever crosses his face.

In battle, he is an aerial combatant with few equals. He is incredibly maneuverable, able to dodge enemy attacks with ease and perform quick and powerful air strikes. His Blue Jet Laser (ブルージェットレーザー ''Burū Jetto Rēzā'') [[MVP Weapon]] is capable of charging up a powerful burst, which if fired behind him in flight, produces a blast powerful enough to propel him at speeds up to Mach 10.

==Fiction==
===''Beastformers'' comic===
Blue Eagle was among the Laser Beasts who retreated from a battle when the [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformer]]s first brought out their [[Head Hunter|Hunters]]. {{storylink|Beastformers VS Laser Beasts}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Blue Eagle took part in the final battle between the Beastformers and the [[Laser Beast]]s on Beast in [[2023]]. He fought against [[Flykick]] in the air. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

In [[2038]], the then-peaceful Beast was invaded by [[Galvatron II]]'s [[Decepticon]]s. Blue Eagle was part of the joint Beastformer-Laser Beast alliance that fought against the invaders. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

==Toys==
===Beastformers===
[[File:BF-toy BlueEagle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"And of course, as always, kill Hitler."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Blue Eagle''' (Laser Beast, 1988)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''77'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Blue Jet Laser" MVP Weapon (usually)

: Part of the first assortment of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'' individually-boxed Laser Beasts, Blue Eagle is an anthropomorphic eagle in high-tech olive-green armor. He has a transparent orb in his torso, revealing the elemental power of Fire, Water, or Wood when you [[light-piping|look through it into a light source]].

: Nominally, he comes with the eagle-themed "Blue Jet Laser" blaster. However, there is also a chance he could come with the weapon from one of the other 11 Laser Beasts in his shipping case; matching the Beasts with their same-numbered weapons was part of the "role-playing game" attached to the line, encouraging kids to buy more of the toys.

: This toy was actually released in [[Hasbro]]'s ''Battle Beasts'' line as part of the "Shadow Warriors" series, but they saw ''extremely'' limited distribution, largely hitting clearance chains in the US, plus limited releases in parts of Europe. As such, it generally goes for a bit less than the later Laser Beasts that were only released in Japan, but not a ''lot'' less. There is a minor variant to the gun that has popped up in some EU and Canadian samples, though it's a bit harder to notice than most of the other gun variants: both versions have the "77" ID number stamped on the left-hand side behind the eagle-head's "eye", but the common version has the number much larger, taking up most of the vertical space, while the variant considerably smaller, leaving a lot of empty space.
{{-}}

==Notes==
* His pack-in bio card says the Blue Jet Laser boosts his speed to Mach ''20''. That's uh... a lot. Like, a ''lot'' a lot. "The wind resistance would produce enough heat to melt steel" a lot. The ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]'' mook gives him a less suicidal but still ridiculous top speed of Mach 10.
* It is unknown what his Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' name would have been.

[[Category:Laser Beasts]]
[[Category:Legends Laser Beasts]]

Invasion (episode)

2024-10-22T12:05:45Z

Poonaroon: /* Synopsis */

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the BotCon 2012 story|Invasion (issue)}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=24
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=25
|title="Invasion"
|japanese=地球の守護神ライブコンボイ
|romaji=Chikyū no Shugojin Live Convoy
|translation=Guardian of the Earth, Live Convoy
|image=Cyb_ep24_invasion.jpg
|caption=FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU-
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kazuhiko Sōma]]
|director=[[Megumi Sakai]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]], Office Take Off
|airdate=[[June 25]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[October 20]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Earth is plunged into chaos as Starscream's forces sweep the planet...but the Autobots are about to gain two new allies in their fight!'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep24 death from above.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Look carefully, everyone, I know I dropped my keys somewhere around here.]]

At [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream's]] command, the legions of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s spread out across [[Earth]] to search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]. The time for secrecy and disguise is long past: merging into massive "seeker ships," the [[Decepticon]]s fill the skies of every country, plunging the world into total chaos as humanity is suddenly faced with an alien invasion.

Deep beneath the [[Arctic]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] repeatedly punches a wall of ice, trying to break his way through to the entombed [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] on the other side. He is about to use his [[Cyber Key]] power to blast it when the other [[Autobot]]s arrive and stop him, pointing out that he's liable to collapse the entire tunnel on top of them. The team all set to work on the ice, struggling against the cold that is freezing up their systems.

At the Autobot base, the kids and the other Autobots observe the spread of Starscream's army across the world and debate their next move. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] believes that [[Lucy Suzuki]] would have an answer, but Lucy is currently up to her neck in her own problems, as she and [[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]] are caught in a stalemate, each unwilling to divulge to the other the information they have gained about the Transformers.

[[File:Cyb ep24 canyon chase.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]

Elsewhere on Earth, [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] continues his trek across a desert, unaware that he is being followed by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. Reaching his destination, Crosswise activates a hidden button in a rock face, which reveals a stairway that Crosswise quickly ascends, calling out for "[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]" as he climbs. The stairs lead to a secret chamber, and while Evac is not sitting in the chair within it, he is not far away: as Crosswise steps back outside, Evac descends from the sky in the form of a helicopter. Having spotted Sideways from his vantage point, Evac exposes the enigmatic 'bot, and pursues him through a canyon when he attempts to flee. As the chase plays out, Crosswise tells Evac about Sideways and Starscream's search for the Cyber Planet Key, and Evac informs Sideways that it's not at their current location before blasting him and allowing him to depart.

[[File:Cyb ep24 snarl vs ancient.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"GIVE ME YOUR FA-- wait, wrong character."]]

Back in the Arctic, the Autobots have nearly finished breaking through the ice wall, so Jetfire transforms to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] to melt the remainder of the ice with the heat from his jets. His plan succeeds, and Prime, Leobreaker and Landmine emerge, a little worse for wear but still functional. The Autobots immediately roll out to confront Starscream; [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] and [[Vector Prime]] also depart from the Autobot base to enter the fray, and they reach Starscream first. Though vastly outnumbered by the ancient Decepticons, Snarl gives a good account of himself, and Vector Prime then opens a [[dimension gate]] to teleport the rest of the Autobots into the midst of the battle. As if armies of Decepticons weren't enough, however, the Autobots are soon beset by a squadron of unmanned drone planes scrambled by the American military forces, who aren't bothering to distinguish between friend and foe. Colonel Franklin, however, has determined that the Autobots are on their side, and resolves to bring in [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and Lori to get the full story.

[[File:Cyb ep24 evac and crosswise help.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]

Back in the Autobot base, Coby passionately suggests that they reveal the truth about the Autobots and Decepticons to the world, but over the comm-link, Optimus Prime refutes the idea, pointing out that humanity is sure to react badly if they learn that aliens have been hiding amongst them for so long. With things looking more and more hopeless, [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] decides he cannot sit idly by any more, and leaves to join the battle. Unfortunately, this leaves the kids unsupervised, and they and the [[Mini-Con]]s decide to leave the base and get involved in the fight too.

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]

Back at the battlefield, Evac and Crosswise arrive to aid the Autobots in their struggle. They take on Starscream directly, but when the Decepticon fires upon them, Optimus Prime suddenly leaps to their rescue, diving in front of them and taking the blast. With Prime wounded, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] calls off the battle and has Evac, Crosswise and Jetfire help him carry the Autobot leader to safety. A little later, some distance away, Red Alert works on Optimus's wounds as Evac and Crosswise introduce themselves to the Autobots properly. When Red Alert mentions Cybertron in passing, the two ancient Earth Autobots react with shock, and then joy: the fabled planet they have heard spoken of only in legend truly exists! With Optimus on the mend, the team rallies, and vows to defeat Starscream for good.

Elsewhere, the kids and Mini-Cons are running through a forest to join the Autobots, when a black car suddenly pulls up in front of them, barring their way. Colonel Franklin emerges and requests a moment of their time, and before the kids know it, they, their parents and the vehicle mode Mini-Cons are being transported by the military to a secret location. Their parents just think they're receiving special treatment from the military in the face of the world crisis (even if they can't explain why), but the kids are understandably a lot more worried. Bud fears that Franklin intends to dissect the Mini-Cons, and Coby vows to keep his friends safe no matter what...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (3)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] (4)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (5)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (6)
*[[Vector Prime]] (8)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (11)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (12)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (13)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (14)
*[[Phreaker|Payphone Autobot]] (15)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (16)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (19)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (21)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (22)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (23)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
*Hundreds of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (7)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (9)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
*[[Lucy Suzuki]] (17)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (18)
*[[Gloria Jiménez|Lori's mother]] (25)
*[[Mrs. Hansen]] (26)
*[[Ernesto Jiménez|Ernesto]] (27)
*[[Robert Hansen]] (28)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (20)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Evac:''' What are you doing here? What do you want? 
'''Sideways:''' Sorry, if I told you, then I'd have to tell everyone, and it wouldn't be much of a secret! 
'''Evac:''' Smart alec. Crosswise, you got anything? 
'''Crosswise:''' Well, I heard someone say something about a Cyber Planet Key... 
'''Evac:''' Oh, so that's it. Sorry, but you're way off base. What you're looking for isn't here! 
'''Sideways:''' Then where is it? Tell me! 
'''Evac''' I'm sorry, but if I told you... I'd have to tell everybody! 
:—Oooh, burn!

"You're very brave to take me on by yourself, Snarl. Well, either that or you're simply foolish. Since you're about to be destroyed, I'd say foolish."
:—'''Starscream'''

"The people of Earth have already seen cruel invaders flying through their skies. How do you think they'd react to knowing there have been outsiders hiding among them? Humanity would feel betrayed, not eager to help!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

'''Evac:''' "I've gotta get in there to back up Crosswise! Evac, transform! *twenty seconds of transforming*" 
'''Crosswise:''' "Hrr. What took you so long?"
:—Transformation stock footage, the dubber's eternal enemy!

"Yeah, we're with the military. What could happen?"
:—'''Ernesto''' doesn't watch much TV.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*While ''Cybertron'' has the Autobots discuss forcing a battle between with Starscream's forces, the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the scene has them come to the realization that the third Cyber Planet Key must be on Earth. The removal of this dialogue from ''Cybertron'' means that the Autobots know about the existence of the Key without explanation. The same strange omission repeats itself at the end of the episode as Red Alert works on Optimus's wounds: in ''Cybertron'', everyone merely talks about rallying and defeating Starscream, while in ''Galaxy Force'', Optimus Prime is shocked to learn that the third Cyber Planet Key is on Earth, and Evac reassures him that it is locked away securely in the North Pole.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', the Mini-Cons dance around in agitation as they try to decide what to do. In ''Cybertron'', it's a dance of joy at the prospect of finally getting to do something again.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Starscream gives a rallying cry to his forces while Optimus calls for his men to endure. In ''Cybertron'', Starscream and Optimus are talking to each other: Starscream giving Optimus a chance to surrender, Optimus telling him to shove it.

===Animation or technical errors===

*As with the preceding episode, "[[Trap]]", when this episode debuted, Crosswise was referred to with the name "[[Smokescreen (disambiguation)|Smokescreen]]" in dialogue.<ref>[https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/114887/s01-e24-invasion The original broadcast version of "Invasion", featuring Crosswise referred to as "Smokescreen"]</ref> This gaffe was corrected by the time the episode premiered in Canada, and the corrected version is used on the show's DVD releases.
*Not an error per se, but the shot where Evac and Crosswise are both standing in profile as they are stunned to hear about Cybertron's existence, Crosswise's right door is missing (it would probably obscure his entire head if it was there).

===Continuity errors===
*Here's an odd one: just before confronting the kids, Colonel Franklin is apparently telling his driver to "stop here"... except he then disembarks through the driver-side door! The "stop here" line was not in ''Galaxy Force'', where it would have been understandable, since they drive on the other side of the road over there, but the cartoon ''is'' set in America, so the animators were on the ball enough to get the side right, only to have the dub get weird with it.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode features the first appearance of the civilian Autobots since "[[Ship]]".
*Colonel Franklin shows Lucy Suzuki the photographs he was seen studying back in "[[Collapse]]", depicting the events of "[[Hidden]]".

===Trivia===
*Looks like Signal Lancer and his payphone friend have taken a break from hiding out in the desert and moved into the city for this episode.
*It's not particularly clear how the Ancient Decepticons transform into "seeker ships"-hundreds of them just converge on a single point and transform into a massive grey flying machine. Nor is it clear exactly how merging into one huge machine helps increase their ability to search the planet for the Cyber Planet Key. What ''is'' clear, however, is that the Ancient Decepticons probably obliterated the record for the number of members in a [[combiner]] team.
*The seeker ships are hand-drawn, instead of the CGI used for most Transformers in the show.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 07 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Runaway

2024-08-01T12:13:01Z

Poonaroon:

{{picsneeded}}
{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=30
|prev=Desperate
|next=Past
|title="Runaway"
|furigana=かくれが
|japanese=逃走
|romaji=Kakurega
|translation=Run Away: Refuge
|image=runaway.jpg
|caption=And I wonder, I wa wa wa wa wonder....
|production code=TF: A-30
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Isao Shizuya]]
|director=[[Mihiro Yamaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]], [[Studio Guts]], [[Big Bang (company)|Big Bang]]
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2003]] (English) [[August 1|1 August]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}
'''The kids try to help the Space Mini-Con Team escape from the Decepticons ''and'' the Autobots by running away.'''

==Synopsis==
On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] and [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] are undergoing repairs and a tune-up following their defeat by the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] attempts to allay Megatron's concerns about the Autobots.

Meanwhile, the Autobots have a heated debate about the [[Space Mini-Con Team]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] is hesitant to use them in battle, given their distinct reluctance to fight, while the other Autobots (particularly [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]]) argue that it'd be better to use their power to destroy the Decepticons in one fell swoop. However, before Optimus can decide, the Autobots realize the Mini-Cons in question are missing, and so are the kids.

[[File:Arm30 nothingtoseehere.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Suspicious Strangers are suspicious.]]
[[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] are conspiring to sneak the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] away, where neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons can find them. Bundling the Mini-Cons up in clothes, they buy bus tickets for [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] and make their getaway (narrowly avoiding detection by an alert canine named [[Sally (Armada)|Sally]]) as the Autobots scour the city, intent on capturing the runaways.

However, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] has been monitoring human surveillance satellites above the Autobot base and is puzzled about why the humans are leading the Mini-Cons away. He becomes even more perplexed when realizing Optimus is tailing the bus at a distance.

Optimus is thrown off the trail when the runaways disembark in a cornfield and trek to a dilapidated farmhouse. The kids help the Mini-Cons set up a series of alarms, early warnings, and traps in case the Decepticons come looking for them—as well as engaging in an FCC-mandated level of tomfoolery.

These preparations prove surprisingly useful as Thrust appears on the farm, declaring his intention to seize the Mini-Cons for his own. He is blinded, bruised, roped, tripped, and rolled over in short order until he's steaming mad. While the booby traps are insufficient to stop the Decepticon, they do buy enough time for Optimus to arrive and drive Thrust off.

As the other Autobots make a belated appearance, Rad delivers an impassioned speech urging the Autobots to see the Mini-Cons as individuals, not tools to be used in their battle with the Decepticons. Optimus agrees, reminding his troops that the Autobots are no better than the Decepticons if they use these Mini-Cons against their will.

Hot Shot concludes that this means that they will fight with the Mini-Cons as a ''team'', yeah! (Hot Shot is kind of an idiot.)
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] (14)
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (15)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] (18)
*[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (1)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (9)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (10)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (22)
*[[Rad White]] (24)
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (27)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (28)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (29)
*[[Sally (Armada)|Sally]]'s attendant (32)

|h4=[[Mini-Con]]s|c4=
*[[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] (2)
*[[Oval]] (3)
*[[Buzzsaw (Armada)|Buzzsaw]] (4)
*[[Spiral]] (6)
*[[Backtrack (Armada)|Backtrack]] (7)
*[[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] (8)
*[[Liftor]] (13)
*[[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] (14)
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (20)
*[[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] (21)
*[[Astroscope]] (23)
*[[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] (25)
*[[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]] (26)
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (30)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (31)
}}

==Quotes==
"Look! Your guardian star is very bright tonight, sir. I believe it might actually swallow up every other star around it! This must surely be a sign you'll crush the Autobots, conquer the universe and lead the Decepticons back to planet Cybertron!"
:—'''Thrust''', astrologer

"Huh, so humans are good for something after all. That's news to me!"
:—'''Demolishor'''

"Dear Mom, I just wanna thank you for all the great foods you've made me over the years. I especially enjoyed your spaghetti and meatballs; the sauce was a haunting blend of herbs and spices—and the things you can do with a pot roast are truly inspirational. Yours truly, your son, Fred."
:—'''Fred'''{{'}}s letter home

"Come on, with a little TLC, this place will be good as new!"
:—'''Alexis''' auditions to become a real estate agent.
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Legends of the Microns''===
*Megatron doesn't speak until the shot of the Mini-Cons repairing him, where he calls it an enjoyable pleasure. He begins speaking directly after the episode title card in ''Armada''. Megatron gripes about Optimus having the Requiem Blaster but swears he's not done yet, and orders the Mini-Cons fixing him to make him invincible.
*Demolishor, Cyclonus, and Starscream's dialogue in ''Armada'' is about Megatron overworking the Mini-Cons for a tune-up and to prove he's still in charge. ''Legends of the Microns'' makes them confused about why Megatron is acting weird and laughing though they suffered another loss; they wonder if losing to Optimus again made him go crazy.
*Thrust and Megatron's conversation in the Japanese dub differs slightly from ''Armada''. Thrust congratulates Megatron, who asks if Thrust understands, to which he confirms as the Requiem Blaster has revealed itself. Thrust's fortune to Megatron is that defeating the Autobots and his victory celebration after conquering Cybertron are guaranteed. Instead of promising to reward Thrust if he acquires the Requiem Blaster, Megatron orders him to do whatever it takes to get the weapon.
*''Legends of the Microns'' removes the transformation noise that ''Armada'' adds.
*''Armada''{{'}}s opening narration has Alexis saying that the Requiem Blaster caused arguments among the Autobots ever since Optimus brought it to the base. The Japanese version is identical, but it clarifies that the Autobots are divided over how to use the weapon after getting it.
*The Autobots' first discussion about the Requiem Blaster is like the ''Armada'' version but has minor changes. Jetfire's line about using it to wipe out the Decepticons in one shot comes sooner, Red Alert addresses Optimus instead of agreeing with Jetfire, and Scavenger asks Prime what he will do.
*In the Japanese dub, Carlos calls out to the others only once, and Alexis asks Rad if nobody found them sneaking out, which Rad confirms.
*In ''Armada'', Thrust tries hacking into a satellite to find the Requiem Blaster Mini-Cons; he uses the satellite to track the Autobots ''and'' find the Mini-Cons in ''Legends of the Microns''. Demolishor muses on humans being useful after all in ''Armada'' but tells Thrust that he doesn't need to try so hard since they'll grab the weapon during a fight. Then Thrust says he might consider it if they're willing to dive in front of the Requiem Blaster, Demolishor makes a sound in apprehension, and Cyclonus says, "Fine with me!"
*The Japanese dub changes the characters' positions in the shot of the Mini-Cons with Billy and Fred at the station. Payload is now off-center, so the woman in the foreground isn't blocking him anymore; the man is in front of Astroscope instead of Sky Blast, and the girl is between Sky Blast and Billy. Fred doesn't appear in the shot. The announcer's voice is an ''Armada'' addition.
*Fred's note in ''Armada'' mainly focuses on his mom's spaghetti and pot roast (as quoted above). ''Legends of the Microns'' makes it more detailed as it mentions not only Fred's mom's spaghetti but also her hamburgers, gratin, slightly salty sandwiches, and steak.
*Sally's attendant asks the Mini-Cons if they're from out of town and calls Payload's voice cute in ''Armada'', but she asks where they're going and tells Payload that she can't understand him in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*In ''Armada'', a frustrated Jetfire assumes the kids and Mini-Cons are playing hide-and-seek, and Smokescreen says they wouldn't do that without telling them first. In ''Legends of the Microns'', Jetfire says they're ''not'' playing, and Smokescreen says that leaves one possibility, to which Scavenger says the kids and Mini-Cons went outside.
*When telling the Autobots they need to search outside, Optimus doesn't address Hot Shot and Blurr until he turns his head, removing the bit of awkward silence from ''Armada''. ''Legends of the Microns'' also extends Optimus's first line.
*In ''Armada'', Scavenger tells Jetfire that Earth's people can't learn the Autobots' identities yet, so he should learn to blend in like him, and Jetfire complains that Scavenger sticks out like a sore thumb more than him. ''Legends of the Microns'' has Scavenger tell Jetfire that he and the rest of the Autobots understand Earth better than he does, and they need him to do more than run around and scan stuff, to which Jetfire says that Scavenger is one to talk.
*The shot of the blip on the monitor now has faint horizontal bars over it instead of static, so it now appears clearly. The static crosses into the next shot before vanishing in ''Armada''. The bars don't disappear in the Japanese dub.
*Instead of wondering what Optimus is up to, Thrust asks why Prime insists on keeping the Transformers' existence a secret from Earth's people.
*Carlos asks Payload if he'd like to play baseball. Then Rad says it sounds like Payload does and asks Sky Blast if he also wants to play.
*In ''Armada'', Red Alert asks why the kids snuck out the Mini-Cons, Smokescreen asks if it's to teach the Autobots a lesson, and Optimus tells them to worry about it later. In ''Legends of the Microns'', Red Alert says they have no choice, and Smokescreen quickly says they need to lock them up, so Optimus declares they will discuss it later. Also, Blurr says the kids snuck out the Mini-Cons in ''Armada'' but says the Mini-Cons went with them in the Japanese dub.
*Thrust says the Autobots seem to be following the bus rather than only Optimus.
*Rather than Optimus telling the others that he has the Mini-Cons in his sight, Smokescreen says Optimus is now on the highway. Hot Shot's line about the train cars now crosses over into the close-up shot of his seats.
*After exiting the cornfield, Carlos asks Alexis how much further they have to go in ''Armada''. Billy speaks in his place in ''Legends of the Microns'', expressing relief for finally getting out of the corn before Carlos, instead of Alexis, says they're almost at their destination. Fred whines about being hungry in ''Armada'', but he's tired of walking in the Japanese dub.
*''Legends of the Microns'' completely changes the kids' first lines of dialogue in the farmhouse. Now, Fred thinks the place is impressive before Alexis says it's so off the beaten path that the Autobots don't know about it. Billy is surprised that Alexis knew about it, and Rad tells him how they discovered the spot. Billy later tells Fred to shut up about his waffles in ''Armada'' but tells him to eat his hot sandwiches fresh in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*When Billy and Fred set up the rope in the barn, Billy talks directly to Sky Blast, but Fred thinks Billy is speaking to him.
*Demolishor says Thrust's body will start rusting if he doesn't begin fighting soon, but Demolishor talks about himself instead in ''Armada''. After discovering Thrust missing, Demolishor moans about being left behind in ''Armada'', but calls for Thrust by his nickname in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*Alexis reflects on the location's peace in ''Armada'' but says how the quiet and scenery can never make one think the Transformers war is happening in the Japanese dub. After saying that she came around to Rad's plan, Billy says, "Right?" in agreement, but that moment is silent in ''Armada''.
*Rad sounds more alarmed when he hears the cans ring. Later, the kids speak in whispered tones as Thrust approaches the house, and Carlos talks in Fred's place.
*Instead of Fred complaining about running on an empty stomach, Billy thanks Rad and Alexis for saving him and Fred, and Rad tells everyone to hurry. After throwing the metal sheet at Thrust's head, Fred claims to have known of a use for it but is puzzled when Billy claims to had been the one who figured it out.
*As a fuming Thrust smashes the barn, Fred shouts for Optimus to save them before Carlos says they need to escape alone since Optimus isn't coming.
*During the shot of Optimus blinding him, Thrust says he can't see in ''Legends of the Microns'' but nothing in ''Armada''. The reverse happens after Prime enters Super Mode as Thrust has a line in ''Armada'' but is silent in the Japanese dub.
*In ''Armada'', the insert Transformers tune plays when Prime arrives and later enters Super Mode. During the scenes in-between after Optimus transforms, the music stops before the track "[[The Transformers Legends of the Microns: Sound of Evolution Vol. 1|Charge!]]" plays until the Super Mode transformation. In ''Legends of the Microns'', "Charge!" plays nonstop from when Optimus appears to after he blinds Thrust, after which the Super Mode theme "Super Convoy" plays for the rest of the scene.
*When the other Autobots arrive, Hot Shot expresses relief for finally making it in ''Legends of the Microns'' but moans about missing the action in ''Armada''. Then Smokescreen scolds the kids for playing games instead of telling them that they worried the Autobots.
*Hot Shot concludes the Autobots will defeat the Decepticons with teamwork in ''Armada'' but says they will beat the 'Cons without using the Requiem Blaster in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*''Armada''{{'}}s ending narration is Alexis saying it didn't really matter that Rad's plan to hide the Mini-Cons failed as the Autobots gained a better understanding of the Mini-Cons' feelings. The experience also taught her Rad has the makings of a great leader. The ''Legends of the Microns'' version is the same overall; Alexis says she says Rad's plan gave the kids their desired outcome since it made the Autobots understand the Mini-Cons. She also realized that Rad has both a strong side and a gentle side. Unlike the ending's English version, Alexis and Rad are silent inside Hot Shot.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Arm30 bobbleheads.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Uh, Megatron, sir, we told you that the punch was spiked."]]
*The animation noticeably often goes back and forth between high and low quality.
*Starscream and Demolishor are noticeably off-model in the first scene at the Decepticon base—their heads are their torsos' size. Also, Starscream's mouth starts moving before he begins speaking. Starscream's dialogue begins as his mouth moves in the Japanese dub.
*When Thrust kneels before Megatron, Megatron's head, chest, and arms are partially miscolored.
*As Thrust tells Megatron his fortune, Megatron's face color matches his helmet, and his eye is badly drawn.
*In the first scene with the Autobots, Longarm appears miscolored as Sparkplug.
*Cyclonus and Demolishor seem to speak in unison when they find Thrust hacking into the satellite. Only Cyclonus says the line in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*For some reason, Billy looks off-screen when demanding Fred to show him what he's "doodling," and Fred also looks off-screen. ''Legends of the Microns'' justifies their expressions as Billy misdirects Fred by suggesting something appeared off-screen, and Fred tries to see what Billy's talking about before Billy grabs the letter from him.
*Payload's hand goes through the box of biscuits when Rad pulls his arm away.
*When Rad tells off Billy and Fred at the bus station, the neckline of Payload's shirt looks like it's part of his face. ''Legends of the Microns'' fixes the error by rounding out the neckline and showing some of the blue section of Payload's mouth underneath.
*Payload's face is miscolored blue in the next shot.
*The whites of Carlos's eyes appear and disappear multiple times.
*Optimus's trailer is off-model, with the back miscolored light-gray in some shots.
*As the Autobots search the city, Smokescreen's hook seems to have shrunk.
*When he tells Fred off for only thinking about food, Carlos has two mouths for one frame. The Japanese dub doesn't have this mistake.
*After Optimus arrives, Alexis looks confused but sounds surprised instead. Rather than pointing out that he found them in ''Legends of the Microns'', Alexis asks why Optimus is there.
*When Optimus blows the hay to blind Thrust, the audio seems to drop for a second, and the music slightly rewinds before they resume. ''Legends of the Microns'' has no audio errors.

===Continuity notes===
*Members of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]], [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] and [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]]s appear back in the Decepticons' possession, despite their defection back in "[[Vow]]". In the Japanese dub of "[[Tactician]]", Knock Out is present in the storage room that housed [[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]] and the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]]. None of the previously mentioned Mini-Cons have appeared with the Autobots since their defection; the Decepticons probably stole them back off-screen. This instance wouldn't be the first time it's happened as [[Spiral]] was also captured by the Decepticons off-screen between episodes.
*As he did in "[[Linkup]]", Jetfire reminds us he can't understand the Mini-Con language.
*Thrust has to explain artificial satellites to Cyclonus and Demolishor. This concept is seemingly foreign to Transformers in this univer—''[[Shockblast|wait]] [[Six Shot (Energon)|a minute]]''...
*This episode is the second and final time that a Mini-Con dons a [[human]] disguise; "[[Overmatch]]" did this first.
*In the Japanese dub, Rad tells Billy that he, Alexis, and Carlos stumbled upon the abandoned farmhouse when they used to "play in the mud" at a nearby camp years ago. The last time he said that phrase was in "[[Base]]."
*When he discovers Thrust disappeared, Demolishor uses the former's nickname "squid-head" in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*This episode marks the first time Billy, Fred, and Thrust see Optimus enter Super Mode.
*The shot after Optimus enters Super Mode reuses his pose from the end of its debut appearance in "[[Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis]]".
**In the Japanese dub, the music tracks played before and during the Super Mode transformation are identical in both episodes.
*''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'' states this episode revisits the show's theme of examining the Transformer war's meaning.
*Hot Shot finally gets to fist bump Rad, something he wanted to do all the way back in "[[Base |Base]]".
*Gadgets and powers:
**Optimus can blow air from his forearm cannons/smokestacks.
*Powerlinx forms:
**Optimus combines with his trailer and enters Super Mode for the fourth time in the series; the last time was in "[[Trust (Armada)|Trust]]."

===Continuity errors===
*Wow, Sparkplug was gone for a whole three seconds before reporting that the Space Mini-Con Team was gone. He must've searched the entire base at hyperspeed.
*Hot Shot says the Mini-Cons are gone when that should've been evident after scouring the base. In ''Legends of the Microns'', he instead asks if the children could have taken them somewhere.
*Why doesn't Red Alert use his siren to get through the traffic?
*How can Hot Shot realize after all this time that the Autobots will defeat the Decepticons by working together with the Mini-Cons? That should've been obvious from the get-go! In ''Legends of the Microns'', he rightly concludes the Autobots should beat the Decepticons without the Requiem Blaster.

===Real-world references===
*Billy jokingly calls himself "{{w|Billy the Kid}}," after the notorious American outlaw from the Wild West; it's all the more fitting since Billy dresses like a cowboy during that scene.

===Trivia===
*The kanji 逃走 would be pronounced as ''tōsō'', while ''kakurega'' is used for 隠れ家.
*According to ''Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003'', Carlos's voice actor also voiced Sally.
*Why doesn't the bus stop at the railroad crossing? It's United States federal law for buses to stop there!
*The train's locomotive is decidedly European-looking, and the seemingly wooden boxcars would be severely dated.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Flucht der Mini-Cons'''" ("The Escape of the Mini-Cons")
:*''Original airdate:'' This episode was never shown on TV but was dubbed in 2003. The dub premiered in 2009 with the German DVD release of the show.

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Menekülés'''" ("Escape")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La fuga'''" ("The Escape")
::*Billy's line: "Oh no! It's Thrust!" is heard too late, after he already started moving his mouth.
::*Rad's line: "Move it!" is voiced not only by Rad's actor, but also by Thrust's actor. The result is having two different voices saying the same thing together.

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''싸움을 피하는 법'''" ("How to Avoid the Fight")

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ucieczka'''" ("Escape")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fugitivos'''" ("Runaways")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Legends of the Microns'' — Volume 8 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Vol:10 ([[Warner Bros.|Warner Music Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Power of the Mini-Cons ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part Two (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume Two ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Zetar (G1)

2024-07-29T00:45:20Z

Poonaroon: /* The Transformers */

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{{disambig2|the heroic Autobot|the evil mirror universe counterpart|Zetar (SG)}}
:''Zetar is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:DWMtMtE4-DrillPowerdasher-Zetar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He was awesome in ''Maniac Cop''.]]
'''Zetar''' is one of the [[Powerdasher]]s.

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==Fiction==
===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===
The Powerdashers featured in two early [[S.T.A.R.S. continuity|recruiting messages]] sent to [[human]]s by the Autobots. The messages were almost identical in content, claiming that the Autobots marooned on Earth were becoming desperate in their battle against the [[Decepticon]]s, sending an S.O.S. to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] even though they didn't know if anyone would be there to receive it. Luckily, their plea was answered in the form of the Powerdashers, [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s, and [[Time Warrior (G1)|Time Warrior]]s. The only Powerdasher seen was the jet-form model, but the message noted that the Powerdashers' state of constant evolution meant that they might not look the same later. {{storylink|Reinforcements from Cybertron!}} {{storylink|The battle is far from over!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
The three Powerdashers were created with a primitive design based on the forms of very early Cybertronians. Meant to aid the Autobots on Earth, the Powerdashers' powers and personalities were still growing when they were put into duty. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}} They were packed in stasis aboard the supply ship ''[[Orion]]'', which ended up crashing on Earth after getting shot down by [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The crew activated the Powerdashers, who awoke without a word and immediately began working on the ship. When they finished, they packed up their tools and quietly went back on board. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Magnus shock ore powerdashers the gloaming.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|The Lightnings of Zetar. (Zetar is the one with the drill head to the right of Ultra Magnus.)]]
Zetar attended Megatron's 54th gladiatorial match in the days before the war. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[Cromar]] and the other Powerdashers fought under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in a battle on [[Clemency]]. Cromar's team was ordered by Magnus to try to disable the [[Nightmare Engine]], but the group was interrupted by a [[K-Class]] [[Decepticon]] bombing. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-6-Zetar.jpg|thumb|100px|"Man, that guy's got a small face."]]
When the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked the Autobot base and tried to stomp on [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot leader flashed on a brilliant idea: tickle the sole of Devastator's foot! Zetar helped out, and the giant laughed so hard he toppled over backwards, crushing the unlucky [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] under the combiner's big butt. {{Storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In some universes, the Powerdashers were three individual sentient beings, with Zetar as the team engineer. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/21}}

===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
In [[2050]], Zetar was attending to the evacuation of [[Angolmois Energy]] in [[Neo Scramble City]]. When the [[Selector]]s revolted with the assistance of the [[Decepticon]]s, Zetar came to support the [[Autobot]] side. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[War World: Prime|''Transformers'' #25]]}}
[[File:WarWorldHunt GrappleVolunteers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|left]]
After the Senate fell to the Megatron's coup, Zetar was recruited by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to drill a tunnel into the underground chambers so that the Senate Guard could rescue the Decepticons' prisoners. Apparently a non-combatant, Zetar was instructed by Ironhide to get himself to safety once the Guard had breached. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}}

Zetar was later part of a crowd watching [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] deliver his first speech as Prime. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} He stood with Autobot volunteers defending the Iacon [[energon storage field|energon stores]], but they were driven off by a Decepticon offensive. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Forced from Iacon, Zetar joined the Autobot faction in exile at [[Crystal City]]. He traveled to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] in an effort to claim the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}}

[[File:WarsEndPart1-Zetar.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Zetar was later assigned to a field team exploring the [[Sonic Canyons]], searching for evidence of [[Exarchon]]'s return. His drilling services were put to use by the exploration unit of [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Geomotus]]. After they uncovered an unnatural rock formation, Zetar tunneled diagonally into it to see if it was a hidden entrance. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} Just as he did, however, Exarchon himself emerged from the secret base, with the powerful dragon body of [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. The rest of his team was trapped in a shallow crevice, so Zetar drilled around them to create an escape tunnel in the opposite direction. They infiltrated a Rise base to find a number of concerns elements, such as an [[imploder]], a massive drill, and a horde of Skywarp drones. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} The Autobots quickly realized they might be the only thing between Exarchon and the destruction of Cybertron. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}}

Soon Exarchon's plan became apparent, as he dislodged a portion of his spark into the drill. The tunneling vehicle would dig down to the Allspark itself at the core of Cybertron, allowing the Threefold Spark to corrupt the entire living planet at once. Zetar and the others raced to intercept the drill before it reached its destination. Geomotus and Landmine guided Zetar in tunneling ahead of the drill, attacking it as it reached an open space. When [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] tried to stop them, Landime was sent hurtling into the drill tank, stalling it. At [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]'s order, Zetar launched his own drill mode at the tunneling vehicle, chawing through it for a massive explosion that brought an end to Exarchon once and for all. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1-toy PowerdasherDrill.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Your drill is the drill that's gonna bore through heaven and earth, and even tomorrow!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerdasher''' (Mail-order, [[1984]])}}</ul>

: Part of the very first year of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' product, this version of the Powerdasher is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Drill Dasher", transforming into a [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Drill tank|Cybertronic drill tank]]. It features a [[pull-back motor]], allowing it to quickly roll forward across flat surfaces in vehicle mode... okay, and robot mode too, which is pretty awkward but doable.

: It was only available as a [[Pack-in material#Mail-order flyers|mail-order]] [[exclusive]] in the US, costing $3 and 2 [[Robot Point]]s. The jet-mode Powerdasher was the only one pictured in the ads, but the type you got ended up being random. The jet-form Powerdasher appears to be the most common model sent, however.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/DrillDasher/drilldasher.htm More information on the Drill-form Powerdasher at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Deluxe-Zetar.jpg|thumb|300px|Looks like he got the ''brunt'' of the design changes.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerdasher Zetar''' (Deluxe Weaponizer, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Siege'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-GS08'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[September 7]], 2019
:*''Accessories'': 2-part cannon barrel, drill bit
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (deco, Hasbro)<ref>[[June 26]], [[2023]] [https://youtu.be/jVenhxXrQVs "Talking Transformers with Hasbro (featuring Bmac & Mark Maher)"] interview with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Ben MacCrae]] on the Triple Takeover YouTube channel.</ref> and [[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' accompaniment to ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'', "Powerdasher Zetar" is a [[retool]] of [[Brunt (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Brunt]], with a body based on the [[Centurion droid]] from [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' comic miniseries that transforms into a Cybertronian drill tank and back. In tank mode, Zetar's turret rotates and can also raise and lower his cannon vertically. In robot mode, Zetar features two-thirds of a new head (the front of Brunt's face makes up the back of Zetar's head), with a 5 mm post on top to mount his new drill-tip skullcap/accessory. He is also compatible with the "Fire Blast" effect pieces from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions. Like the other ''Generations Selects'' figures complementing ''Siege'', he lacks "battle damage" paint applications.

: Like his fellow "Weaponizer" figures, he can also separate into multiple parts compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]] to form armor and weapons for other figures of the subline, with two configurations shown in his instructions. The "Demolition Loadout" has him split into a "C-HP M2 OBV Launcher" (his lower legs in vehicle-cannon mode), a "C-AD M2 VX Cannon" backpack (waist/upper legs), the "C-CR M2 AGZ Blaster" (torso & drill in a loose connection that relies on the friction of the base of the drill and the lip of the torso's connector), two "C-CMA M2 ME Amplifier" boots (arms), and the "C-HD M2 Turret Armor" shield (turret base). The "Serpentine Loadout" turns practically the entire figure into a backpack with a pair of massive "HMC" (Hydraulic Mauler Claw) arms and a "PBM" (Proximity Boost Module, whatever the heck ''that'' means). Curiously, the instructions for ''all'' of his modes completely omit the 2-part cannon barrel accessory left over from Brunt, though stock photography from both Hasbro and TakaraTomy shows this accessory in use.

:Caution is advised when transforming Zetar's tank treads into his robot mode arms. The treads themselves must be pulled outwards and fully extended until they lock into place. However, the swivel joints used to connect the treads to his shoulders can pop out vertically if too much force is applied. This risks breaking the swivel joint housing, due to being designed to pop out horizontally rather than vertically.

:Zetar was released exclusively through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] in Japan, and various online retailers in North America. Zetar was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore.

:This original version of this mold was redecoed, in a full-circle kind of way, as a [[Centurion droid#Toys|Centurion Drone]], and it also served as the model for [[Metrotank]] in the [[The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|''Legends'' comic]].
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==Notes==
[[File:G1-toy PowerdasherDrill-Diaclone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bluntly, to the point...]]
* The drill Powerdasher was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy called the "Drill Dasher" (ドリルダッシャー). The ''Transformers'' version blunted the drill [[for safety reasons]], removed the "DRILL DASHER" text from the factory-applied cockpit [[sticker]]s, and omitted the extra sticker sheet for the cockpit and legs. And, of course, the Diaclone pilot was dropped. Of the three Dashers, it was the only one to not undergo a change of plastic color when being brought over for ''Transformers''.
* "Zetar" was the name given to the Takara U.S. ''[[Diakron]]'', [[GiG]] Italian ''[[Trasformer]]'', and [[Joustra]] French ''Diaclone'' releases of the toy. The Powerdasher Drill would not explicitly be given the name in ''Transformers'' fiction until the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] in 2015.
* The name "Zetar" is a nod to ''{{w|Sequin (coin)|zecchino}}'', a gold coin minted by medieval Venice.
* The Powerdashers were the first Cybertronian (well, non-Earthly) vehicular toys released—and were released in 1984, to boot.
*Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Zetar is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. Unlike most [[Kreon]]s, he doesn't have a helmet; instead, he has a small drill-bit attached to the top of his head.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Zetar''' (IDW, ジーター ''Jītā''), '''Zeta''' (''Siege'', ゼータ ''Zēta'')<ref>Backmatter in the Japanese release of [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Japanese Reprints|''More than Meets the Eye'' Vol. 2]] interpreted Zetar's name as a neologism from English. By contrast, the Japanese release of the ''Generations Selects'' toy copied the Greek letter name Ζ / ζ as Zetar's name in Japanese.</ref>
*''Cantonese'': '''Zetar''' (扎他 ''Zaat3taa1'')
*''Mandarin'': '''Zetar''' (Taiwan, 澤塔 ''Zétǎ'')

==References==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations Selects toy Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Autobots]]
[[Category:Weaponizers]]

Energon Driller

2024-07-29T00:43:24Z

Poonaroon: /* Prime */

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:''Energon Drillers are [[Decepticon]] mining tools from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RockBottom-drillingmachine.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Prickly]]
'''Energon Drillers''' are vehicles piloted by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] used to mine [[Energon crystal]]s.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:DarknessRising2-EnergonDrillers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67]]
Energon Drillers were at work in one of the Decepticons' Energon mines which [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] showed to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. When the [[Autobot]]s attacked the mine in an attempt to recover [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], several [[Decepticon Miner|miners]] tried to use their Energon Drillers to fend them off, but were easily tossed aside. The machines were presumably destroyed when Starscream then blew up the mine. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:Drillingmachineschematics.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Like a boss!]]

Three Energon Drillers were stored inside a supposedly [[stripped energon mine]] that Starscream was using for himself. After [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and Megatron brought the mine down in a gunfight, [[Jack Darby]] commandeered an Energon Driller to rescue [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

The Decepticons also possess a smaller class of Energon Driller. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}} [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and some miners used a drill to uncover an Iacon relic in [[New York City|New York]]'s subway system. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Veh-Knockout-Drill.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|For what reason does your drill exist?]]
*'''Energon Driller with Knock Out''' (Cyberverse Vehicle, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 002'''
**''TakaraTomy name'': '''Energon Driller & Medic Knock Out'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''EZ-15'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 28]], 2012
**''Accessories:'' Two [[missile]]s, prod, saw
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Vehicle playsets, the Energon Driller has two modes, a normal one and an "attack" mode. In normal mode, the drill spins as the wheels on the bottom turn by pushing the Driller forward. To switch modes, there is a slider just behind where the pilot would be positioned which activates an auto-morph. In attack mode, two missile launchers flip out while the sections they are mounted on swivel out at about a 30 degree angle. The missile launchers can each be manned by a Legion Class figure (a Commander Class may also fit, albeit barely).

:Another feature is the "Energon Booster", a small piece of plastic shaped like a gun that lights up when a button on the main body of the Driller is pressed. It can be positioned in various places throughout the Driller, including into the drill itself, into the backs of the rocket launchers (which makes them light up at the front), and in several other positions across the main body through both 3mm and 5mm holes. It can also be attached to any Cyberverse figure and their weapons. In "attack" mode, pressing the button also spins the drill which is no longer activated by the wheels on the bottom of the Driller.

:Additionally, a small (undocumented) hatch exists near the base of the Energon Booster's wire, allowing for storage of said wire. The Driller comes with Legion Class [[Knock Out (Prime)#Cyberverse|Knock Out]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegKnockOut/knockout.htm More information on the Energon Driller (with Knock Out) at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|BeeDriller}}
[[File:BHCyberverse-BumblebeeEnergonDriller.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Energon Driller with Bumblebee''' (Cyberverse Vehicle, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 003'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, prod, saw, Eagleshot Bow, Energon Booster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Vehicle playsets, this is a [[redeco]] and minor [[retool]] of the Series 2 Driller, being cast primarily in yellow, black, and (unusually for a Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' product) translucent-blue plastics, and having its electronics removed. It comes with a redeco of Series 3 Legion Class [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CyberverseDriller|Bumblebee]]. The Energon Booster is still included, albeit as a separate piece no longer connected to the rest of the Driller by a power cable.

:The Bumblebee Energon Driller was notoriously absent from US retail for many months after being available from online retailers and even appearing at retail in Hasbro's Asian and eventually European markets. It wasn't until much later that it finally became available through discount stores such as Ross, although there have also been sightings at Toys"R"Us Express, Hastings and Tuesday Morning stores.

{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Energon Driller''' (エネルゴンドリラー ''Enerugon Dorirā'')

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Energon|Driller]]
[[Category:Prime technology]]

Frank (disambiguation)

2024-06-02T20:46:29Z

Poonaroon:

There have been several fictional characters named '''Frank''' in ''Transformers'':

{{disamb|y=[[1989]]|[[Frank (Victory)|Frank]], a foreman at a uranium mine in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Frank Pelletier]], an [[NSA]] colleague of [[Theodore Galloway|Galloway]] from ''[[Transformers: Nefarious|Nefarious]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2019]]|[[Frank (G1)|Frank]], police officer from ''[[Transformers/Ghostbusters]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2019|[[Frank (RBA)|Frank]], window washer from ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)| Rescue Bots Academy]]''.}}

Additionally there are a number of real world people named '''Frank''' who have worked on the ''Transformers'' franchise, including:

* [[Frank Langford]], [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' packaging artist.
* [[Frank Marino]], director on the 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon.
* [[Frank Milkovich]], Canadian comic book artist.
* [[Frank Miller]], famed comic book author who writes about whoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhores.
* [[Frank Molieri]], supervising producer/director on ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]''.
* [[Frank Quitely]], pseudonym of '''Vincent Deighan''', Scottish artist.
* [[Frank Springer]], penciller of numerous [[Marvel Comics|Marvel ]] ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' issues.
* [[Frank Squillace]], director on ''Rescue Bots''.
* [[Frank Stallone]], voice actor accidentally cloned by Belgians.
* [[Frank Todaro]], voice actor.
* [[Frank Welker]], voice acting god.
* [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]], director and animator on ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.

{{disambig}}

Lonely Hydra

2024-04-22T02:12:29Z

Poonaroon: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=12
|image=Hydra Ope.jpg
|caption=
|title="Lonely Hydra"
|japanese=一人ぼっちのハイドラー
|romaji=Hitoribotchi no Hydra
|production code=BWN-12
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[April 21|21 April]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Katsuyuki Sumisawa]]
|director=[[Kazuhiko Kikuchi]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]], J.C.F.
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Won't somebody please visit Hydra?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BWN_E12_Tenatcle_Attack.jpg|thumb|left|This probably fits a fetish on Cybertron.]]
On the Fortress Planet [[Porcupine]], the Predacon [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] is very lonely. He passes the time by retelling the same handful of jokes to his unamused service droid [[Ope]]. While Ope works dismantling a structure, she finds a mysterious glowing capsule!

Coincidentally, the Maximals have received a signal for the same [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] capsule. Despite widespread skepticism that one would be in such a remote region of space, they set a warp course in the ''[[Gung Ho]]'' for the area. This is noted by the Predacon ship ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', who know that the ''Gung Ho''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s destination is where Hydra is based. They contact their comrade, who is furious to be hearing from [[Guiledart]], whom he considers a terrible brown-noser. [[Magmatron]] breaks up the argument and warns Hydra that the Maximals are heading towards him in search of an Angolmois capsule. Hydra casually asks if they mean the capsule he and Ope found earlier.

The ''Gung Ho'' exits warp and the crew are surprised to find a planet where one isn't charted. The ship is immediately picked up on Porcupine's sensors, so Hydra and Ope activate the artificial planet's defenses. Massive, spear-tipped tentacles reach out from the planet towards the ''Gung Ho'', forcing it to take evasive maneuvers. [[Big Convoy]] realizes that the mysterious planet must be a Predacon fortress. He orders [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] to pilot the ship directly towards the planet, but she refuses, saying her safety measures prevent it. [[Colada]] takes over steering the ship, but they're quickly hit by the tentacles. Despite the damage, the Maximals continue on towards Porcupine. Hydra activates a battery of missiles, but Big Convoy notices their deployment. He orders [[Break]] to intercept them with vacuum missiles, [[Colada]] to flip the ship 180 degrees and [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] to immediately take it into warp. With the ''[[Seagull]]'' launched as a decoy, Big Convoy's plan is executed successfully, convincing Hydra that the ''Gung Ho'' has been destroyed. Ope, however, notices that the Maximals have managed to retreat, rather than be destroyed.

[[File:BWN_E12_Damaged_Seagull.jpg|right|thumb|That'll buff out.]]
Having gained some distance from Porcupine, the Maximals set about repairing the extensive damage to the ''Gung Ho''. [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] next examines data from scans of the planet, locating the likely placement of control center for the planet. Colada inquires about a large hollow space in the planet, which Big Convoy explains is used to capture and then dismantle passing spaceships, so the materials can be used to further construct the fortress. He's confident that he's come up with a plan to take out the fortress planet, but warns his cadets that it will be dangerous. The ship has been repaired enough to travel, but the weapons are not operational. Stampy expresses concern about what they're going to do if they run into the ''Dinosaur'', but Big Convoy confidently says the ''Dinosaur'' is a part of his plan. Right on cue, it appears near the ''Gung Ho''. The crew are sent to battle stations, except [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], for whom Big Convoy has a request.

On the ''Dinosaur'', Magmatron is smug about Porcupine's defenses. Hydra transmits to tell him that the Angolmois capsule is still safe. He is told to wait for the ''Dinosaur''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew to teleport down to the fortress. The ''Dinosaur''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s approach is seen by the ''Gung Ho''. Big Convoy orders the ship to ram the ''Dinosaur'', confident that the Porcupine won't deploy its tentacles while the Predacon ship is also in range. Big Convoy takes position on top of the ''Gung Ho'', drawing the ''Dinosaur''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s attention and arsenal. In the ship's deployment cannon, Heinrad is being reluctantly prepped for launch by Colada. As the two ships draw closer, they exchange fire, covering the launch of Heinrad at close range.

[[File:BWN_E12_Teleport_Sneak.jpg|thumb|left|''Metal Gear Solid alert noise'']]
As the moment approaches, Heinrad activates his time freeze ability and takes Colada along with him on the bullet sled. Magmatron contacts Hydra and tells him to expect Guiledart teleporting in imminently. Guiledart's teleportation is observed by Heinrad and a somewhat disorientated Colada, who shuffle along the floor to not-so-stealthily get teleported along with the Predacon. An uninterested [[DNAVI]] confirms to Magmatron that three people have been sent down to Porcupine, but she doesn't care to confirm who the extra passengers are. The Predacons assume that it must be two Maximals somehow, but Magmatron is unconcerned, as there's no way they could escape Porcupine. Any attempts by the ''Gung Ho'' to collect them will open the ship up to the tentacles again and its assured destruction, potentially even allowing the Predacons to gain the Maximals' collection of Angolmois capsules!

Guiledart materializes on Porcupine with Heinrad and Colada restraining him, but he slips free when Hydra fires at them. Guiledart identifies himself and calls out to Hydra not to shoot him, but Hydra explains that he's ''trying'' to hit Guiledart. Hydra explains that if he takes out Guiledart, he can become Magmatron's lieutenant instead. The Maximals take the opportunity to make a break for the Angolmois capsule, driving off Ope. Guiledart tries to warn Hydra, but the recluse refuses to believe the lying, trickster ''Triceratops'', not after all the other times he's been fooled. He even refuses to believe Ope that the Maximals have the capsule. It's only when Heinrad himself calls over and tells him not to always be so skeptical that Hydra realizes what's happening and demands to know why Guiledart didn't warn him. Guiledart responds by shooting down Hydra.

Colada contacts the ''Gung Ho'', which surprises Big Convoy, to let them know they've acquired the capsule. Big Convoy orders them to make their escape, but the rest of the cadets are confused as to how they're going to manage it. Heinrad explains that it's easy: they'll just use the ''Seagull'', which was deliberately sent to be captured in the initial skirmish.

[[File:BWN_E12_Hydra_Shot.jpg|thumb|right|KKLAK!]]
The ''Dinosaur'' notices the ''Gung Ho'' moving. Magmatron orders Hydra to deploy the tentacles when the ''Dinosaur'' is out of range, but before that can happen, they spot the ''Seagull'' escaping from Porcupine. Furious that Hydra didn't mention the shuttle previously, Magmatron moves the ''Dinosaur'' away from Porcupine so it can attack in tandem with the tentacles being unleashed. The ''Seagull'' has already managed to dock with the ''Gung Ho'', though, and the ''Dinosaur''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fire is nimbly evaded by the Maximal craft. Instead, the full force of the blast hits Porcupine, destroying it and propelling Hydra and Ope into space. Hydra manages to come up with a new joke for once, but Ope still isn't impressed.

Guiledart teleports back onto the ''Dinosaur'', blaming the mission's failure on Hydra, but Magmatron doesn't let him pass the buck. On the ''Gung Ho'', Big Convoy pats himself on the back for his tactical acumen, but stumbles on thanking his crew for their efforts until [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]], once again, takes over for him.

==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 8'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (3)
*[[Colada]] (4)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (5)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (6)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (7)
*[[Big Convoy]] (8)
*[[Break]] (9)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Ope]] (1)
*[[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] (2)
*[[Magmatron]] (10)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (11)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (12)
*[[Guiledart]] (13)
*[[Saberback]] (14)
*[[DNAVI]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]] (16)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===
* The ''Gung Ho'' now has main cannons and vacuum missiles, whereas only [[Waa! They Got Eaten|two episodes previously]] it was unarmed save for a laser that had to be jury-rigged into an offensive weapon. A continuity error or Big Convoy deciding to tool up in case of being consumed by giant space worms again? You decide!
* The ''Dinosaur''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s teleportation system, which is inconsistent throughout the entire series, changes in this episode, conveniently becoming a beam like system that teleports anything it hits, rather than the targeted system that teleports specific individuals.

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 4 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Unite!! Multiforce

2024-04-11T12:10:41Z

Poonaroon:

{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=4
|image=Unitemultiforce.jpg
|caption=Landcross would quickly discover the folly of attempting to light his farts.
|title="Unite!! Multiforce"
|japanese=合体!! マルチ戦隊
|romaji=Gattai!! Multisentai
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[April 11|11 April]] 1989
|writer=[[Hajime Suzuki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Multiforce seek to prove themselves in battle against the Dinoforce.'''

==Synopsis==
In an asteroid field somewhere in space, aboard the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', the [[Decepticon]]s gather before [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s throne in preparation for their latest strike on [[Earth]]. [[Leozack]] and his newly arrived [[Breastforce]] teammates [[Jallguar]], [[Killbison]] and [[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] explain their plan for attacking an energy plant to the [[Dinoforce]]. Rather than simply steal the energy, however, they plan to steal the entire plant and use its facilities to constantly generate more energy for their war effort.

[[Image:Victory ep4 leverage.jpg|thumb|200px|left|He solved the problems of his days / Using math in amazing ways]]
Elsewhere on Earth, the [[Multiforce]] teach [[Jan Minakaze|Jan]] about the principle of levers by showing him how to move a large rock with a stick. [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] soon arrives and sends the Multiforce out on patrol, extra-wary now that the Decepticons have been confirmed as having arrived on Earth. Jan begs to be taken along and [[Wingwaver]] agrees, but not a lot of patrolling gets done as Jan wastes everyone's time making [[Wing (G1)|Wing]] take him flying. As Wing sets down beside the rest of the team along a shoreline and Jan hops out of his cockpit, a dark, burning cloud on the horizon catches everyone's attention...

[[Image:Victory ep4 dinochase.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]
Mere moments previously, at the energy plant that is the Decepticons' target, [[Peter|one of the workers]] takes a break from his appointed task to feed an abandoned puppy that he found in the city streets and has been caring for. Suddenly, the plant is rocked by an explosion as [[Yokuryu]] bombs it from above, and the rest of Dinoforce emerge from the ocean and start wreaking havoc (both on the plant, and thanks to their clumsiness, on each other). The explosions they create are the cause of the cloud that draws the Multiforce to the plant, and Wing engages Yokuryu in an aerial duel while [[Dashtacker]] and [[Machtackle]] make an especially dramatic entrance as they confront the rest of the Dinoforce. Wing manages to blast Yokuryu out of the sky, but he crashes back into the midst of the rest of the Dinoforce, allowing the reunited team to merge into [[Dinoking]]. The Multiforce refuse to call for help, wanting to prove themselves as warriors, but Jan takes reports to Star Saber anyway, and he and the [[Brainmaster]]s head for the energy plant. Immediately after making his report, however, Jan is attacked by [[Rairyu]]'s shell, but is pulled to safety at the last second by some of the factory workers.

[[Image:Victory ep4 sandhide.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Hmmm....Must've taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque...]]
Outside the energy plant, the Breastforce emerge from beneath the sand, having detected Jan's transmission and intending to be ready for Star Saber's arrival. As they make their way into the base, the Multiforce is just about to initiate their own combination, but Leozack blasts them before they can merge. Thankfully for the Multiforce, an argument breaks out between Dinoking and the Breastforce about the amount of destruction the combiner is causing, giving the Autobots the time the need to link up into [[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]]! Things start looking up even more when Star Saber and the Brainmasters arrive, with the Brainmasters taking on Jallguar and Killbison while their Supreme Commander aids Landcross against Dinoking.

[[Image:Victory ep4 leverage2.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]
As the battle rages above, Jan and the factory workers find themselves trapped in an underground section of the plant. There, they are approached by a puppy, and the workers all recognize it as the pet of their friend. They follow it as it leads them to its master, who has been trapped beneath a collapsed pipe which none of the men can lift the pipe. Luckily, Jan is able to put the principle of levers to work, and together, they all elevate the pipe and the man is hauled to safety.

Back up top, Star Saber topples Dinoking, who splits back into the Dinoforce. The cowardly Decepticons make themselves scarce instantly, and, faced with the towering forms of both Star Saber and Landcross, the Breastforce quickly do the same. Star Saber tells Landcross to always call on him for help when he needs it, because they have not simply come to Earth to fight. Their goal is to protect Earth and mankind, and Landcross vows that he will do this as best he can.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Dashtacker]] (13)
*[[Machtackle]] (14)
*[[Wingwaver]] (15)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (17)
*[[Wing (G1)|Wing]] (19)
*[[Waver]] (20)
*[[Mach (G1)|Mach]] (21)
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (22)
*[[Tacker]] (23)
*[[Tackle]] (24)
*[[Braver]] (26)
*[[Laster]] (27)
*[[Blacker]] (28)
*[[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] (29)

|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] (1)
*[[Tigerbreast]] (2)
*[[Jallguar]] (3)
*[[Killbison]] (4)
*[[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] (5)
*[[Leozack]] (6)
*[[Goryu (G1)|Goryu]] (7)
*[[Rairyu]] (8)
*[[Doryu]] (9)
*[[Yokuryu]] (10)
*[[Gairyu]] (11)
*[[Kakuryu (G1)|Kakuryu]] (12)
*[[Dinoking]] (25)

|c3=
*[[Jan Minakaze|Jan]] (16)
*[[Peter]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==
"The stupidity of you fools is as limitless as the universe."
:—'''Leozack''' on the Dinoforce.

"Wherever the Decepticons may appear, we will be there to drive them away!"
:—'''Machtackle''', hamming it up.

"You're 100,000 years too young to try and beat me in an aerial battle!"
:—'''Yokuryu''' tries to assert superiority over Wing.

"Who's your leader, troops?" 
"The great Goryu!" 
"Oh, right. Run away!"
:—'''Goryu''' leads the rest of the '''Dinoforce''' in a retreat.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As seen in the above picture, Jallguar's helmet is orange instead of black when the Breastforce is poking their heads out of the sand.
*When Dinoking stands over the fallen Landcross, his eyes are blue instead of red.

===Continuity notes===
*Wing makes a rare solo appearance this episode, actually fighting Yokuryu, then joining the rest of Multiforce to fight the Dinoforce directly. Unfortunately Waver seems to get forgotten and he simply sits on the shore in boat mode for most of the episode—even visible in the background of several fight scenes, sitting there doing nothing. When it comes time for Multiforce to unite, Wing and Waver have already recombined, though we don't get to see when.
*Wingwaver teaches Jan about levers. Later in the episode he has to use a lever to save a man! Now that's foreshadowing.

===Real-world references===
*When Rairyu's shell chases Jan through the ruined plant, its roars are those of Daiei Film Co.'s giant monster, Gamera, who, ironically, is often found saving children.

===Trivia===
*This is the first regular episode since "[[Approach of the Demon Meteorite]]" (nearly two years prior!) to ''not'' be written by [[Toyohiro Andō]], [[Yoshihisa Araki]] or [[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]].
*Obviously, as suggested in the title, this is the first appearance of Multiforce's combined form, Landcross. (Well, as long as you don't include the preview from last episode.)

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Merge, Landcross'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 2]], [[1991]]
::*The hamminess of Machtackle and Dashtacker's appearance in the battle is toned down.
::*Leozack asks Dinoking "what are you doing here?" rather than just asking what he's doing.
::*The unnamed worker who's looking after the dog is given the name [[Peter]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — Cult Sci-Fi Legends (Metrodome) - unknown soundtrack 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[Image: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]]

Nightscream (BM)

2023-03-04T02:25:02Z

Poonaroon: /* Notes */

{{factions|maximalbm|ttautobot|maximal}}
{{disambig3|Nightscream}}
:''Nightscream is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Nightscreambm.jpg|upright=2.25|thumb|I'd hit that...with a [[brick (term)|brick]].]]
When armies of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] conquered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], young '''Nightscream''' survived alone in the darkness below the surface of the planet. This trauma influences much of his behavior. He's always on the defensive. Paranoid. Rude. Distrusting. Confrontational. But really, he's just a troubled kid, and he's been through a lot. Inside, he's got a good heart. He's just got to learn to stop fighting friends and enemies alike.

Regardless, he seems to have found a kindred spirit in the wild [[Noble (BM)|Noble]] creature.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Alessandro Juliani]] (English), [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Oberdan Junior]] (Portuguese), [[Julien Haggége]] (German), [[Enrique Mederos]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Peppino Capotondi]] (French)}}

[[File:ForbiddenFruit prebeast Nightscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I'm with the Vehicons here.]]
When the Vehicons and their virus struck, Nightscream ran and panicked like many Maximals. Fleeing underground, he fell down a hole during the attack, and everything went dark. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}} Though he would not recall the details later, somehow he wandered into a [[fossil chamber|cave]] containing the fossils of a prehistoric bat-like creature. His internal [[DNA scanner]]s used them to reformat him into an organic beast form and save him, at least temporarily, from the virus. {{storylink|Survivor}} Nightscream's mental state at this point is unknown, but he seems to have spent the next period trapped in his bat form, hiding and feeding off a strange fruit tree he found growing below the planet's surface. Eventually, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and company arrived and, distrustful, he began to spy on their activities, hoping to work out how to transform.

[[File:ForbiddenFruit titlescreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Cue Zelda "item get" music.]]

Nightscream fled when they spotted him, flying through the tunnels until they managed to corner him. When [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] turned up, Nightscream accused them of leading the Vehicons to him, but after they began fighting the [[Aero Drone|aero drones]], he realised his mistake and used a sonic cry to disorientate the Vehicons. He subsequently lead the other Maximals to his tree. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] suspected a trap on the part of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], more so when the other Maximals ate the fruit and reverted to their beast instincts, but Nightscream objected loudly to the accusation. They were shortly found by Jetstorm again, forcing Cheetor to destroy the fruit tree to restore his friends, but to Nightscream's anguish. The young Maximal was injured by the Vehicons during the battle, and Primal reformatted him into a [[technorganic]] bat. Reveling in his new form, Nightscream used a [[Sonic Scream]] to destroy the aero drones and drained energon from Jetstorm. Afterward, he accepted Cheetor's invitation to join the Maximal team. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}

With Primal weakened by the reformatting, Cheetor, Nightscream and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] went on a mission to gather information from a Vehicon factory. Nightscream discovered that disabling the [[Vehicon general]]s disabled all of the drones they controlled. However, the plan they developed was inadvertently ruined by Rattrap, who'd thought that Nightscream was in trouble. Annoyed at Rattrap's foul-ups, Nightscream suggested they get rid of him, but Cheetor angrily turned down the idea, saying that they should cover for their friend. Unknown to them, the discussion led Rattrap to join Megatron, albeit temporarily, and the Maximals later found themselves confronting their comrade. It was only when Primal interceded that Rattrap rejoined them. {{storylink|The Weak Component}}

[[File:Revelations3 Nightscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Why, this car could go like... ''Greased Lightning!'']]
After another encounter with [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], Nightscream became dissatisfied with Primal's ability to lead and suggested Cheetor take command, though his suggestion was rebuffed. They later discovered a factory of corpses with evidence of [[spark]] removal. The factory was destroyed in another battle, and Nightscream was saddened at the loss, though Rattrap pointed out they could build new bodies when they found the sparks. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}} With Cheetor in command, the Maximals set about trying to access [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s memories so they could find out what happened. Nightscream and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] were assigned to keep Thrust and Jetstorm busy, but Blackarachnia's belief that Thrust housed the spark of her lover, [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]], resulted in her being overpowered by the two generals. Nightscream attempted to help, but was unable to stop Thrust extracting Blackarachnia's spark. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} Nightscream pursued the two generals, retrieving Blackarachnia's spark from Jetstorm before dropping an elevator on the Vehicon. After then defeating Thrust, he was able to restore the spark to Blackarachnia's body, and the pair joined Cheetor and Rattrap, who had discovered that Tankor was their old friend [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. Rhinox, unfortunately, was siding with Megatron's view of a technological Cybertron, and Primal insisted they let him go. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse|Apocalypse}}

[[File:Survivor Nightscream sonic.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Rattrap's attempts at accessing Nightscream's memories turned up the fact that he had a built-in DNA scanner, providing a vital clue. He clashed with the other Maximals over their losing of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], however, and was reminded that they'd lost friends during that war. The Maximals headed for the cave which had housed Nightscream's fruit tree, only to find it had been sealed off. As Nightscream tried to use his Sonic Scream to break through, they were attacked by Vehicons, and Nightscream was abducted. The [[Diagnostic Drone]] attempted to analyse Nightscream's physiology, but the young Maximal was able to escape, pursued through the underground corridors by the Vehicons. With the help of the other Maximals, he eluded his captors, eventually ending up in a cave full of fossils. The realisation that, had he not been caught up in himself, he could have saved other [[Transformer]]s, caused Nightscream great anguish. Optimus commiserated with him, and the Maximals took up residence in the cave. {{storylink|Survivor}}

[[File:TheKey Nightscream holding skull.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Alas, poor whoever he was.]]
After Tankor found the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] and confronted the Maximals, Nightscream threw himself between the Vehicon and Optimus, taking a blast from the key and being turned into [[Living metal#Beast Era|technomatter]]. Losing his sanity, Nightscream passed the technomatter sickness on to Blackarachnia before the other Maximals were able to use the [[organic goop]] they'd discovered to cure them both. {{storylink|The Key}} Nightscream, Optimus and Cheetor rescued Rattrap from some overgrowing vines after Rattrap discovered a catalyst to improve the goo. Though Optimus forbade them from using the catalyst in combat, the other three used it to rescue Blackarachnia from the Vehicons, which almost spelled doom for the Maximal orchard. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

After Primal discovered the location of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], the other Maximals persuaded him to try it their way first, and, while Rattrap attempted to tap into Megatron's computer, the other Maximals fought against the Vehicons. Unfortunately, they were overpowered and converted into technomatter by the Vehicon drones. {{storylink|End of the Line}} The clashing energies of the Key and the Plasma Energy Chamber cancelled each other out, restoring the four Maximals, who discovered that Optimus, Megatron and Tankor had all perished during the final battle. Finding no answers above ground, they traveled down to see the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], and, finding Primal floating within, persuaded him to choose life and rejoin them. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|Fallout}}

[[File:SavageNoble Nightscream narrowed eyes.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|"I have...no fans?"]]
On discovering a [[Grand Mal|giant floating head]] with the likeness of Megatron, Blackarachnia and Nightscream attempted to infiltrate it, only to be repelled by its defences. The Maximals soon encountered a dragon-like beast dubbed Savage by the Vehicons, and shortly after, a wolf Maximal named [[Noble (BM)|Noble]], whom Nightscream regarded as a kindred spirit and quickly befriended. When Noble went missing, Nightscream worried that Savage had killed their new friend. However, once they cornered Savage, Nightscream was able to talk to the beast, and it transpired that Savage and Noble were one and the same, a completely organic Transformer. {{storylink|Savage Noble}} Nightscream valued his new friendship, even rebuking the other Maximals over their treatment of Noble. When the other Maximals infiltrated the [[Council Citadel]], Noble dashed in after them, and Nightscream followed. During their attempt to access Megatron's computer, Noble ripped Rattrap from the [[control harness]] and attempted to use it himself. Failing, he used a [[spark extractor]] to rip his own spark out and took over the giant flying head. In reality, Noble had been Megatron, trapped in his own organic half, and had taken advantage of Nightscream's compassion. Nightscream was shattered by the betrayal. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}}

[[File:InDarkestKnight Nightscream and Noble.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Noble himself lived on, though sparkless and lacking in intelligence. Nightscream didn't give up on his friend, and he searched [[Cybertropolis]] at length. During a battle with Vehicons, Nightscream was knocked out by Thrust but rescued by Savage, who dragged him off. Nightscream recovered to find himself in Noble's lair, being offered metallic fruit. An ill-advised rescue attempt on Rattrap's part caused Noble to revert to Savage and chase the pair. They were able to divert his attention to Thrust, and Nightscream insisted that they should try to help Noble, but Primal said he would come to them when he was ready. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

Megatron's re-engineered [[Hate Plague]] virus infected all of the Maximals, causing them to fight amongst themselves until Optimus was able to help them overcome it. Despite this, Nightscream blamed Silverbolt for the virus's spread. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}} After a spaceship crashed, the Maximals headed for the site. Nightscream and Silverbolt took the option of going by air, though Nightscream made it obvious he wasn't enthusiastic about being partnered with the new Maximal. After encountering a strange plant creature, the Maximals were surprised to discover it was a Maximal named [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]]. Once again, they found themselves fighting [[Tank Drone|tank drones]], and at one point Silverbolt saved Nightscream's life, finally turning the young Maximal's opinion of him. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

Nightscream's attempts to persuade Silverbolt to be nicer to Blackarachnia were interrupted when the pair encountered two new Vehicon generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. The other Maximals joined the fight, but were outclassed and trapped by the new generals until Botanica rescued them. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}} In search of the missing sparks, Optimus and Nightscream ventured underground, finding the ancient city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. While Primal was conferring with a hologram of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Nightscream found himself being overwhelmed by [[Cycle Drone]]s and was only rescued by the arrival of Savage. Later, Optimus revealed that he'd discovered the location of the missing sparks. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}

[[File:Sparkwar3 Nightscream and dead Noble.jpg|upright=1.34|thumb|"Hey! Primal didn't send him to a farm at ''all!''"]]
Nightscream, Cheetor and Silverbolt fought the Vehicons while the others infiltrated the giant floating head. However, they were too late to prevent Megatron's attempt at ascension, fueled by the captured sparks. As Megatron attempted to remove Nightscream's spark, Savage came to their aid and attempted to attack Megatron, only to be blasted by the evil spark. Savage fell to the ground and reverted to Noble, who died in Nightscream's arms. Enraged, Nightscream used his Sonic Scream to blast Megatron, apparently destroying the evil spark. The Maximals later held a funeral service for Noble. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}} Though the Maximals celebrated Megatron's demise, their enemy lived on as a disembodied spark. Megatron was unable to maintain the use of a single body for long, and Nightscream and Cheetor tangled with him in the body of a deceased aero drone. Megatron eventually became stuck in the form of a Diagnostic Drone. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

[[File:Endgame1 Nightscream sonic attack.jpg|left|upright=1.34|thumb|'''****YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!!!''']]
With the Maximals besieged on the giant head, Nightscream, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia attempted to keep the Vehicons busy. They were able to find a Vehicon factory, where Nightscream tricked Megatron and managed to blow up the facility. Though the trio was able to catch Botanica's pod when Rattrap ejected her from the head, they were unable to do anything when the Vehicons brought the giant head itself crashing to the ground. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} As the Maximals prepared for the Vehicon assault, Optimus consulted the Oracle, and they were bestowed with extra spark power. During the battle, Botanica became aware that the Vehicons were attacking the [[technorganic orchard]], and she went to save it with Rattrap and Nightscream. Nightscream attempted to defend the fossil chamber, but was overwhelmed and, like the other Maximals, had his spark ripped out. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}} Though unable to help physically, the Maximals offered Primal moral support during his one-on-one battle with Megatron. After the [[Great Transformation|reformatting of Cybertron]], Nightscream's spark was restored to his body, and he and the other Maximals found themselves in a technorganic paradise. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:NightscreamMol.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This looks way more phallic than it needs to.]]
During Megatron's rule over Vehicon-held Cybertron, Nightscream and Optimus Primal were able to recover a trio of [[Deployer (BM)|Deployers]] from a remote location far outside of [[Cybertropolis]]. With [[Tank Drone]]s hot on their trail, the intervention of [[Primal Prime]] and the [[Wreckers]] were eventually required to save them. The Wreckers introduced themselves, and Optimus Primal, Nightscream, and the Deployers accompanied the Wreckers to the Oracle, where other groups had assembled before it to be given instruction. However, at the end of this meeting, the memories of Nightscream and Primal were wiped, their bodies were taken back to the surface, and the Deployers were stolen away by [[Packrat]]. {{storylink|Departure}}

A week after the [[Great Transformation]], the [[Quintesson]]s invaded [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] felt that the true threat was below ground, and she took Nightscream and Rattrap into the subterranean chambers. Here they stumbled upon [[Al-Badur]], a rogue Quintesson, who convinced them he was aiding the Wreckers, and thus on their side, by disabling 30% of the Quintesson invading forces up on the surface.

Shortly thereafter, they met up with the Wreckers proper. As Rattrap spent forever catching up with Tigatron, Nightscream reminded them that they should probably pay more attention to [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], who was in the planet's core attempting to use the [[Divine Light]] to usurp the power of [[Primus]] and become a [[god]]. Under Al-Badur's direction, the large group eventually made their way to a [[Quintesson execution chamber]] that the Quintesson hoped would help them banish Cryotek to another dimension... if they could lure the Predacon there.

But when Cryotek arrived, he had already grown monstrous due to the Divine Light's effects. Nightscream and some of the others attacked the former gangster, but when Nightscream tried to use his fang attack on him, Cryotek was able to grab the line that connected Nightscream to the projectile fangs and slam Nightscream into [[Rotorbolt (Universe)|Rotorbolt]]. Al-Badur was able to trap Cryotek in a containment bubble that would imminently vanish their nemesis, but the Wreckers leader [[Sentinel Maximus]] was caught inside it with him. Nightscream and the others tried to destroy the bubble, but the young Maximal's Sonic Scream had no effect. Only the combined efforts of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] were able to thwart it, though the strain killed Rodimus. Nightscream was stunned into near silence, as he'd only read things about Rodimus' younger days, and the sacrifice awed him. But Rodimus's sacrifice was negated by Sentinel Maximus's, who had pushed himself and Cryotek through the portal in the bubble into the void beyond.

When the media arrived, Nightscream was eager to hog the spotlight, but [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]] ignored him. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While attacking the Maximals in a trashed Jet drone, Megatron noted that he hated Nightscream for interrupting his ascension. Nightscream attempted to use his taser fangs on Megatron, who used the connection to shock the Maximal, whilst wondering whether any of Nightscream's verbal outbursts ever made any sense. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

====''Wings Universe''====
Following the Great Transformation of Cybertron, Blackarachnia and her friends stood guard over Cheetor as their leader attempted to commune with the Oracle. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag|Alpha Trizer's profile}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Following the [[Great Transformation]], Nightscream and the other surviving Maximals listened to Cheetor explain that Rhinox's spark was not gone for good, but lost in [[Legends World|another universe]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Rattrap}} After [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were sent to retrieve their comrade, Nightscream was elated to see the two return with Rhinox accompanying. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Rhinox}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Nightscream survived Megatron's conquest of Cybertron and joined [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]]'s Predacons in the [[Spark War]] against the Vehicons. The Predacons eventually emerged victorious. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Nightscream went up against [[Battle Unicorn]] in the auditions to appear on the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]] cartoon. Battle Unicorn mixed up his lines, allowing Nightscream to secure his role as a cast member. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Nightscreamtranstechbat.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|If he says "music to my ears", we will end him.]]
In [[Primax 209.0 Gamma|one universe]], the Autobots and Decepticons had grown too decrepit to continue waging the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Constructing the Maximals and Predacons as new armies to continue the conflict, an entire generation of Cybertronians was brought up knowing nothing but war. Nightscream was a member of [[Blackarachnia (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Blackarachnia]]'s squad, and after the death of Rhinox and Silverbolt conspired with her to kill their commander, Optimus Primal. After Primal's demise, he fled with her and activated an experimental [[Unspace|transwarp]] device, seeking to flee Cybertron. The device transported them to [[Axiom Nexus]], where they were discovered by the native [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s, processed, and assigned to [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]]. Taking advantage of Nightscream's discontent, Trion was able to sway him to his cause and procured [[Nightscream (TransTech)|a suitable body]] to transfer his spark to. His new body proving to be a significant upgrade, Nightscream was all too happy to join the rebellion. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|"TransTech" Blackarachnia's profile in Club magazine #25}}

After returning to Alpha Trion's lab, Nightscream claimed to have discovered where [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]] and his cronies had taken [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]]. With this information, Alpha Trion announced an attack on the location that very night. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}} At the transit facility, Nightscream went with Blackarachnia and [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]] to secure their escape route while Alpha Trion helped [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] rescue their friend. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 5}} He manned the transwarp controls as the others lept through the portal, leaving him the only witness to Alpha Trion's brutal murder of Skyfall. At Alpha Trion's command, he carried the corpse through the portal with them. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 6}}

Upon arrival in Alpha Trion's home universe, Nightscream began securing equipment from Alpha Trion's old lab for travel, as their materialization had surely been detected by one faction or another. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 1}}

Weeks later, after the assassination of [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], Nightscream and [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] followed Alpha Trion to confront Optimus Prime, intent on his assassination as well. Unfortunately, the three had not counted on Prime's new warrior, [[Omega Doom]], and Sky Lynx and Nightscream stared dumbfounded after one blast left their leader a distant smear on the ground. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}} Nightscream was gunned down by Optimus Prime's ion blaster, and apparently left for dead. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}
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===Legends World===
Along with [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], the [[Legends World]]'s Nightscream (nicknamed "Bat Aunt Chama") was hired by the [[Axalon Trading Company]] to work as an office lady (complete with skirt and hair bow). Rattrap became enamored with how cute both the office ladies were, only to be shocked when Rhinox informed him that the Axalon Trading Company had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Hoping to get to the bottom of the whole "male or female" thing, Rattrap and Rhinox decided to follow Airazor and Nightscream to see which bathroom they use. They were further confused when they found that their building had no female bathrooms at all. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

During [[Christmas]], Nightscream spent the holiday watching ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' with [[Noble (BM)|Savage]]. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}}

Following the destruction of their office building, Nightscream and the other employees began using [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] as their new office. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}} Nightscream also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BW)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}}

Nightscream also had a side job as a movie director, his latest work being ''[[Transformers: Convobat Amazon Showdown]]'' in which he himself starred as [[Convobat]]. He hired most of his coworkers as well as employees of [[Tera-Kura Co.]] to play other roles, but was greatly upset that they were more interested in ad-libbing funny lines than actually following the script. Things got worse when the living [[transtector]] he'd borrowed from [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] to play Convobat's body went out of control, but they were able to calm it and complete the movie, which was enough of a success that he began working on a sequel. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Convobat)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} While accepting a delivery from [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], Nightscream was so impressed with his new [[Magna Convoy]] body that he offered him a role in his next film. To his disappointment, however, Ginrai had lost the body the next day. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

Nightscream was walking the streets of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt, {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} was given [[Beastformer]] armor when [[White Leo]] tried to recruit the locals into his army, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}} and was present when [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] arrived in the Legends World. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}} He later encountered the discarded [[Noble (BM)|Noble]] and took him in, getting him a job at the [[Wolf Circus]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM Nightscream toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.0|"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-3Hmh1vvdA Nightscream likes extra ketchup.]"]]
*'''Nightscream''' (Ultra Class, [[2000]])
**''Accessories'': 5 launching disks
{{toydesigner|[[Tim Bradley]] (concept artist)}}

: This massively out of scale Nightscream (although one could make the case that it is in scale with the later supreme-size Optimus Primal and Cheetor) is fairly show-accurate. The [[beast mode]] is a [[technorganic]] bat. It is molded almost entirely in transparent blue plastic, with some brown paint details to match his show model. The bat head features an articulated jaw, and his [[Spark crystal]] is located on the inside of his chest flap.

:The two main gimmicks of this figure are its disc launcher and "kick-attack" mode. The disc launcher is very similar to the kind ''Beast Wars'' Depth Charge uses, and fires translucent orange discs. The launcher itself has a red LED in it that will illuminate the discs and the surrounding body parts. In [[robot mode]], the disc launcher can only be used when the "chest door" is opened and it is swung forward (as it faces down in this mode). In beast mode, the disc launcher needs to be popped up, which activates the LED and clears the weapon to launch the discs. When in this position, turning the disc launcher also makes the bat head turn in the same direction as they are linked together via a simple gear system, much like the concurrently released Ultra [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]].

:The "kick-attack" mode is really more of a pose for the beast mode. Nightscream's wings actually have little folding-out "feet" on its longest points. These can support the beast mode and by putting the bat feet a little forward, you can make Nightscream kick forward by pushing on his back. This never really worked too well, as the figure usually fell over and the arm joints that allow him to swing were always too stiff. Perhaps one aspect that was pulled off well was Nightscream's little streak of hair included in the head sculpt.

:The translucent blue plastic used for this mold did not age well, and is very brittle. Intact toys are hard to find, not that anyone is actively seeking one.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Nightscream/nightscream.htm More information on Nightscream (Ultra) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BMtoy-NightscreamMcD.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Really good at "We're not worthy!" posturing.]]
*'''Nightscream''' (Happy Meal toy, 2000)

: Greatly simplified for the tykes, Nightscream's fast-food exclusive toy is nonetheless a fairly accurate representation of his cartoon model, albeit with somewhat warped proportions in his beast mode, and supplementary kibble in robot mode. His color scheme has been simplified to be represented with a yellowish-cream color and brown as the more dominant colored plastics, with some opaque blue plastic and translucent blue plastic for the beast mode's head and back, and his robot mode legs/beast mode wings respectively.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/McNightscream/nightscream.htm More information on Nightscream (Mcdonald's) at TFU.info]''
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*'''Nightscream''' (Little Red Rooster Meal, 2001)

: Strangely, when the McDonald's Happy Meal toys were released in Australia through the Red Rooster restaurant chain the little plastic baggy they came in advertised that it contained Nightscream, Jetstorm, Rattrap or Tankor—even though they used the toy mold for Megatron and not Nightscream. Like the other three toys, it came in four color schemes. He was also retooled to remove the light piping on the original.
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===''Beast Wars Returns''===
*'''Nightscream''' ([[March 26]], [[2005]])
**''ID number:'' '''BR-09'''
**''Accessories'': 5 launching disks

:Released in the second wave of the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars Returns'' line]], Nightscream is a redeco of the ''Beast Machines'' toy, with lighter colors, more chest paint, and different leg paint apps. The toy retains all gimmickry from the previous version, as well as the brittle translucent plastic issue. This figure was available only at Japanese Toys"R"Us stores.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LGEX-Convobat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Convobat''' ([[December 19]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG-EX'''
{{note|[[Convobat]]'s [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Legends World]] [[#Legends World|Nightscream]] for [[Transformers: Convobat Amazon Showdown|his film]] in the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comic.}}

:Released as an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive, ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Convobat is a redeco of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]] body, using a Headmaster redecoed from [[Infinitus#Toys|Infinitus]]. Convobat's modules are also compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return''-style toy. Convobat also comes with a pair of swords originally from ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' Deluxe Class [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Deluxe|Wheeljack]], a [[Megalligator#Toys|Megalligator]] Headmaster redecoed from [[Nucleon (TR)#Toys|Nucleon]], and [[Ape X Arms]], redecoed from Titan Master [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]'s accessory, in [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#OptimalOptimus|Optimal Optimus]]'s colors. It does not come with either of the accessories included with Mindwipe, though his shield would eventually see release with [[Magna Convoy#Toys|Magna Convoy]].

:This mold was also used to make [[Dracula#Collaborative|Draculus]].
{{TRInfinitusMold}}
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==Notes==
*Story editor Bob Skir originally wanted the character of Nightscream to be a young female Transformer, patterned after the girl "Newt" from the movie ''{{w|Aliens (film)|Aliens}}''. When the Powers That Be nixed that, Nightscream ended up becoming {{w|John Connor}} in ''{{w|Terminator 2: Judgment Day}}'' instead.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071202095033/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Fri_03_Dec_1999.html Bob Skir Q&A 3 December 1999] (archive copy)</ref> In hindsight, maybe that wasn't the best idea.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Machines'', most of the characters underwent major changes for a more comedic bent. Nightscream in particular was turned into an extremely stereotypical gay man. Like all characters in the dub, he has his own vocal tic: A habit of chanting and repeating "Fū!", which was the catchphrase of Japanese comedian {{w|Masaki Sumitani}} when performing his "Hard Gay" persona (which was popular in the early '00s). Japanese Nightscream was obsessed with fashion and style, making various comments like an effeminate, preening fashionista. His pet name for Rattrap was "Aunty". In the course of the series, Silverbolt spent more time with Nightscream than he did Blackarachnia, as they were both flyers, which incited angry commentary from the jealous fembot (who derisively referred to them as the "homo-tachi" or "gay boys"). Silverbolt constantly denied her accusations, insisting ''he'' wasn't gay. Stay classy, [[Yoshikazu Iwanami|Iwanami]].
**As an extension of his gay characterization in Japan, the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comic depicts Nightscream as a crossdresser whom the male characters constantly mistake for female. Nightscream's odd nickname, "Bat Aunt Chama" (コウモリのおばちゃま ''Kōmori no Oba Chama''), is a reference to Japanese film critic Kazuko Komori (小森和子 ''Komori Kazuko''), whose nickname was Komori no Oba Chama (小森のおばちゃま).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nightscream''' (ナイトスクリーム ''Naitosukurīmu'')
*''French:'' '''Chauvesoucri'''<ref>Portmanteau of ''chauve-souris'' ("bat") and ''cri'' ("scream")</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Ànxiào''' (暗啸, "Darkscream")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Alpha Trion's acolytes]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Legends Maximals]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]
[[Category:Universe Maximals]]
[[Category:Vampires]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Maximals]]

February 18

2023-02-19T04:10:52Z

Poonaroon:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|2|18}}</noinclude>
* '''[[1944]] —''' [[Joscha Fischer-Antze]] (German voice of [[Vector Prime]]) is born.
* '''[[1948]] —''' [[Michel Elias]] (European French voice of [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] and [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] in the ''[[live-action film series]]'') is born.
* '''[[1949]] —''' [[Philippe Dumond]] (European French voice of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in the live-action films) is born.
* '''[[1961]] —''' Musician [[Hironobu Kageyama]] is born.
* '''[[1962]] —''' Illustrator [[Hirotoshi Sano]] is born.
* '''[[1972]] —''' Lyricist [[Shōko Fujibayashi]] is born.
* '''[[1976]] —''' Actor [[Emmanuel Garijo]] (European French voice of [[Lucas Flannery]]) is born.
* '''[[1993]] —''' Voice actress [[Brittany Lauda]] is born.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Possession|The Immortal Starscream]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Go with the Flow]]" premieres in the [[United States of America|US]].
* '''[[2008]] —''' ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' begins streaming on [[Toonami]] Jetstream.
* '''2008 —''' It is announced that [[Brian Goldner]] will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro from [[Alfred J. Verrecchia]].
* '''[[2009]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' Volume 1 TPB, ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' [[Maximum Dinobots issue 3|#3]] and ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' [[Alliance issue 3|#3]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]" premieres on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
* '''2011 —''' The ''[[Macrocosmic Seekers]]'' chapter "[[Time to Move]]" is e-mailed to [[e-HOBBY]] subscribers.
* '''[[2012]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' season 2 premieres with "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
* '''2012 —''' ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' also premieres on The Hub with "[[Family of Heroes]]" and "[[Under Pressure]]".
* '''[[2013]] —''' [http://www.transformers.com The official Transformers website] gets overhauled into the new ''[[Beast Hunters]]'' theme.
* '''2013 —''' ''Transformers: Prime Season 1 — Dangerous Ground'' is released on DVD in the UK by Universal.
* '''[[2016]] —''' Musician [[Paul Gordon]] passes away.
* '''[[2019]] —''' [[IDW Publishing]] announces the ''[[Transformers/Ghostbusters]]'' crossover miniseries.

Go-Bots issue 2

2023-02-13T16:47:27Z

Poonaroon: /* Real-world references */

{{Comicstory
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|prev=Go-Bots issue 1
|next=Go-Bots issue 3
|image=GoBots2cvrA.jpg
|title=
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 26]], [[2018]]
|coverdate=November 2018
|written by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|art by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|colors by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|letters by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]
}}

'''Fugitives amidst the Go-Bot rebellion, A.J. and Matt search for answers as battle lines are drawn.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:GoBots2ScrewHead.jpg|125px|thumb|left]]
As the Go-Bot uprising plunges [[Earth]] into chaos, [[Screw Head]] recounts his story to his new leader [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]. Once, he was a simple mining machine, but when a rockfall wound up killing his organic master [[Vernon]], his eyes were opened that day as to the cruel nature of society. Cy-Kill commiserates with Screw Head's plight, and announces that tonight is the night they return the favor. Ordering [[Pocket]] and [[Crossword]] to dispose of [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]], Cy-Kill proceeds to lead his new [[Renegade]] army to terrorize a nearby town, burning stores, trashing the local power plant, and crushing humans for the fun of it. Despite everything happening around them [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]] stays loyal to [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]], valuing the young human's friendship too much. He tries to carry her to safety, dodging Go-Bot rebels along the freeway but [[Tank (GoBots)|Tank]] smashes a nearby dam, the freeway is beset by a devastating flood, forcing Scooter to outrun the torrent and take shelter in a nearby parking garage. There they encounter [[Matt Hunter]] and [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]], who has also decided not to join the uprising. The two humans trade stories of their respective adventures just following the revolt.

Matt just wants to get out of the city before it's completely overrun by Go-Bots but A.J. has a plan of her own: if they can get to the [[Tonka Building]], the primary Go-Bot manufacturing center for the region they might know how to reverse the degradation of the [[G-chip]] that's allowed the Go-Bots to run amok. Matt is still not convinced, preferring to leave the matter to the authorities; as if on cue, a pair of police cars pull up but when Matt shouts down to the "police", the cars transform to reveal themselves as Go-Bots, opening fire on the heroes and forcing them to flee. At a nearby junkyard, Pocket and and Crossword dispose of Leader-1's body by tossing it into a car compactor. What they don't know is that Leader-1 still lives, and as the crushing machine roars to life he breaks free, tossing his would-be executors into the machine in his stead before flying off.

[[File:GoBotsComicSpoons.jpg|180px|thumb|left]]
On the freeway, the chase is on as the police Go-Bots try to catch the two humans and their allies. Their pursuit takes them into a closed road and towards a half-constructed bridge—and though they make the jump, they're left clinging to the edge, with the police-bots threatening to drag the Go-Bots and their humans off the ledge and into oblivion. After another brief struggle, the two cop-bots are sent plummeting off the cliff, and after that harrowing experience the heroes try to take stock of the situation, stopping off at a liquor store so that a shaken Matt can steady his nerves by placating his drinking habit. In the meantime the military—deprived of their most powerful "smart metal" assets, and forced to rely on low-tech solutions - has already mobilized against the uprising. As Go-Bots across the city torture humans and cause chaos, A.J., Matt, Scooter, and Turbo arrive at the deserted Tonka Building, now staffed by a skeleton crew of a single technician and his faithful companion [[Spoons]]. Their quest is a dead-end: the technician explains that this problem isn't a mere malfunction, it's a deliberate uprising of sentient beings who want the extinction of humanity. The technician's only advice is to run far and fast, in the hopes that the new Go-Bot world order will leave them alone - though he points out ''humans'' were always quick to track down and terminate runaway Go-Bots.

[[File:GoBots2Leader1Fitor.jpg|100px|thumb]]
In the sky, [[Fitor (GoBots)|Fitor]] tears his way through a U.S. Air Force division, contemptuously tearing through the outdated fighter jets. As he circles around on the tail of his next victim, Leader-1 arrives and takes out the Renegade. Outside the Tonka factory, Turbo, Scooter, Matt and A.J. have decided to take the only course of action left: to fight back. As Matt mixes up some impromptu explosives using the empty alcohol bottles and Turbo's gasoline, A.J. spies a human tangled up in the power lines, a victim of a recent Go-Bot attack. Turbo and Scooter extricate him from the power lines and realize it is [[T. Coriander Banks]]. Banks explains how he caused the revolution, by hiring a Go-Boticist to tinker with their violence settings, believing that they would be protected by the First Law from their aggression - unaware that the military had already worked on softening the First Law in their own hardware to allow GoBots the option to use lethal force. When this line of code jumped wirelessly from one Go-Bot to the next, it eventually hit Banks's privately modified Go-Bots and, together, these volatile elements all lead up to the birth of Cy-Kill and the Go-Botic rebellion.

[[File:GoBots2Turbo.jpg|180px|thumb|left]]
Banks succumbs to his injuries but not before his limousine [[Stretch]] lumbers towards the group, only for Matt to fight back, bombarding him with his Molotov cocktails while Turbo grapples with the burning Go-Bot. Unfortunately, this brawl has caught the attention of the other Renegade Go-Bots; Scooter is seized by [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] and [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]] in the chaos, and Turbo is overpowered by Stretch and tossed into a ditch. As Cy-Kill arrives, the Renegade leader torments A.J. and humiliates Scooter by driving him in his vehicle mode as [[Zebediah Braxis]] and [[Vamp]] watch from the side-lines. Down but not out, Turbo recovers to fight back against Cy-Kill, and the two clash. but this is a brief fight, as Turbo is quickly overpowered by the savage Cy-Kill while his jubilant enemy proclaims his victory; a victory that is all too brief, as the familiar shape of Leader-1 arrives, supported by a vast army of Go-Bots that faces off against Cy-Kill's own army.

[[File:Gobots2CyKill.jpg|180px|thumb]]
In the burning streets, the two armies of Go-Bots stand off against one another as their two leaders trade barbs. Matt and A.J. flee while the military's barrage of tank fire only amuses Cy-Kill. The two titans battle it out and though Cy-Kill, his skills honed in the gladiatorial matches, initially gains the upper hand by dragging Leader-1 across the asphalt, it's Leader-1 who triumphs, forcibly transforming Cy-Kill and riding him into a wall. A wounded Cy-Kill isn't so quick to accept defeat; he spits to Leader-1 that ''his'' intentions are no different from Cy-Kill's; after all, they were both shaped by their violent pasts, and he believes Leader-1, just wants [[Earth]] for himself. Tank encourages Leader-1 to finish what Cy-Kill started, to ride on the capitol and take control of their destiny, while Scooter argues that Go-Bots need to help return things to the way they were—taking orders from human. As Cop-Tur pleads not to go back into bondage and Turbo waits for their next orders, a wounded Leader-1 cradles the body of his pilot [[Nick Burns]], knowing that his next words will change the course of human history.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]]|c1=
* [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]] (11)
* [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] (16)
* [[Spoons]] (24)
* [[Heat Seeker (GoBots)|Heat Seeker]] (31)
* [[Mr. Moto]] (32)
* [[Path Finder]] (33)
* [[Night Ranger]] (34)
* [[Street Heat]] (35)
* [[Flip Top]] (36)
* [[Blaster (GoBots)|Blaster]] (37)
* [[Dive-Dive]] (38)
* [[Dumper]] (39)
* [[Von Joy|Baron Von Joy]] (40)
* [[Royal-T]] (44)

|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=
{{collist|2|
* [[Screw Head]] (1)
* [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] (3)
* [[Pocket]] (4)
* [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] (5)
* [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]] (6)
* [[Fitor (GoBots)|Fitor]] (7)
* [[Crossword]] (8)
* [[Rube]] (9)
* [[Zig Zag]] (10)
* [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] (14)
* [[Tank (GoBots)|Tank]] (15)
* Multiple [[Hans-Cuff]]s (18)
* [[Geeper-Creeper]] (19)
* [[Loco (GoBots)|Loco]] (20)
* [[Good Knight]] (21)
* [[Rest-Q (GoBots)|Rest-Q]] (22)
* [[Stretch]] (26)
* [[Psycho]] (27)
* [[Vamp]] (28)
* [[Zero]] (29)
* [[BuggyMan]] (30)
* [[Slicks]] (40)
* [[Water Walk]] (41)
* [[Twin Spin]] (42)
* [[Stinger (GoBots)|Stinger]] (43)}}

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
* [[Vernon]] (2)
* [[A.J. Foster]] (12)
* [[Matt Hunter]] (17)
* Technician (23)
* [[T. Coriander Banks]] (25)
* [[Braxis]] (29)
* [[Nick Burns]] (45)

|h4=Others|c4=
}}

==Quotes==
"It's weird how our Go-Bots seem to be immune to all this." 
"I hate it when you talk about me like I'm not here, Matt."
:—'''Matt''' and '''Turbo'''

"Fiction is the waiting room for reality. We just build them. It's your job to parent them. We gave them independent thought and the ability to judge. We made them like us. They found us lacking."
:—The '''technician'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> grim diagnosis of the situation

"We all have a choice. To ride or be ridden."
:—'''Cy-Kill'''

==Notes==
* Unlike previous iterations of ''GoBots'', this series depicts them as sentinel robots rather than cyborgs.
* Nick's precise condition throughout the events of this issue is unclear; his last line of dialogue was the previous issue and he looks very dead at the end of this one. The final issue will show his remains are still inside Leader-1 hundreds of years in the future, though it is unclear at precisely what point he dies.

===Go-Bots references===
* The [[Tonka#Fiction|Tonka Building]], noted to be the city's primary manufacturer and distributor of Go-Bots, is, of course, a nod to the real-world company of the same name, responsible for importing the ''Machine Robo'' toyline and creating the original ''[[GoBots]]'' fiction.


===Real-world references===
* One of the stores robbed by Cy-Kill is called "Big Pharma", a derogatory term for the pharmaceutical industry.
* On page three, the panel of A.J. sliding to a halt while riding Scooter homages the shot of Kaneda sliding to a halt on his motorcycle from the movie version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(1988_film) Akira].
* Following on from last issue's mention of the "[[Asimov Laws]]", this issue name-drops the "First Law of Go-Botics", that a Go-Bot cannot harm humans, taken from {{w|Isaac Asimov}}'s {{w|Three Laws of Robotics|First Law of Robotics}}: "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." The mention of the US military creating a line of Go-Bots with "softer" First Laws, allowing them to kill humans under specific circumstances, could even be a reference to Asimov's story "{{w|Little Lost Robot}}", in which the military did something similar.
*Bug Bite's character model features a head inside the roof section which has more than a passing resemblance to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], who shares an alternate mode with Bug Bite; this will assume greater significance in the final issue of the series.
* The panels and dialogue showing Turbo's survival in the sewers is a direct lift of [[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]]'s iconic return at [https://ifanboy.com/articles/great-pages-uncanny-x-men-132/ the end of Uncanny X-Men #132].

===Other notes===
*Scheduled for release in November 2018, this issue was nearly two months late, coming out at the end of December.
*According to the Diamond Sales charts, 6,052 copies of the issue were shipped to stores, the 217th highest of the month.<ref>https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/42289/top-500-comics-december-2018</ref>

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Cy-Kill, by Tom Scioli
*'''Cover B:''' Our human heroes and Scooter, by [[Dash Shaw]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Crasher vs. Turbo in the style of a wrestling match, by [[Jim Rugg]]
<gallery>
File:GoBots2cvrA.jpg|
File:GoBots2cvrB.jpg|
File:GoBots2cvrRI.jpg |

</gallery>


==External links==
*[https://www.newsarama.com/43239-cy-kill-s-renegades-take-aim-in-go-bots-2.html Preview]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Go-Bots issues]]

Mach and Tackle

2022-07-18T13:46:10Z

Poonaroon:

{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=15
|image=Machntackle.jpg
|caption=Mach and Tackle. They're cops!
|title="Mach and Tackle"
|japanese=マッハとタックル
|romaji=Mach to Tackle
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[July 18|18 July]] 1989
|writer=[[Hajime Suzuki]]
|director=[[Yoshikata Nitta]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Investigating a mysterious land subsidence in Canada, Mach and Tackle uncover the Breastforce's latest plot. '''

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in southern [[Canada]], in the middle of a massive cornfield, a farmer named [[Tom]] is about to take some extreme measures to get rid of a prairie dog that's been digging up his land. Before he can push the plunger that will detonate the dynamite he's laid in the field, however, the ground beneath his feet quakes, and he runs for his life as the field collapses into [[New Grand Canyon|a massive crater]].

[[Image:MachAndTackle Machtackle bar doorway.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I don't know whether you've really considered the advantages of owning a really fine set of modern encyclopedias.]]
News of the subsidence prompts [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] to send [[Machtackle]] to investigate, and the [[Multiforce]] warrior soon tracks down Tom telling patrons of a [[Victory Bar|nearby bar]] about the event (exaggerating his own athletic abilities in the process). Always out for a quick buck, Tom offers to show anyone who wants to see, at which point Machtackle knocks on the window to avail of the offer. Tom takes the presence of a giant robot in stride and leads him up to the fields, where Machtackle divides into [[Mach (G1)|Mach]] and [[Tackle]] to investigate thoroughly. The pair deduce that an underground river had been flowing beneath the field, but that its flow suddenly stopped, causing the land to collapse. Suspecting [[Decepticon]] involvement, they alert Star Saber, who refuses [[Wingwaver]]'s request to go to the aid of his teammate.

As night begins to settle in, Mach and Tackle head west, following the run off of the Rocky Mountains in hopes of locating the cause of the land collapse. They come upon what appears to be a human factory, but while Mach is taken in by the façade, Tackle realizes that there is no guard, and no road leading to the gate. The factory is, in fact, a cover for a subterranean hydroelectric power plant assembled by the [[Breastforce]], which is responsible for draining the river and causing the land collapse. As Mach radios the other [[Autobot]]s to inform them of their discovery, [[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] picks up his broadcast, and [[Leozack]] orders the other Breastforcers to spring into action, even as Star Saber and the Multiforce race to Mach and Tackle's aid.

[[Image:Jarugar head in the sand.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
While Mach manages to lure [[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]] into the nearby forest and entangle him in a cluster of trees, Tackle camouflages himself with dirt and grass as he prepares for [[Jallguar]]. Mach nearly gives him away when he radios to let him know that he has dispatched Hellbat, but Tackle is able to pull off his plan and bring Jallguar down. A brief argument between the two Multiforcers ensues, but when they hear [[Killbison]] approaching, they decide to adopt a new tactic, and recombine in a new configuration as Tacklemach! The dim Killbison doesn't even realize who Tacklemach is at first, but realization soon dawns, and Tacklemach finds himself being chased through the forest by the Decepticons' [[Breast Animal]]. Just as the creature is closing, Star Saber drops out of the sky and seizes it, hurling it into Killbison and taking both of them out of the picture.

[[Image:MachAndTackle Drillhorn faceplant.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Back at the Decepticons' power plant, the other Multiforcers are battling with automated weapon defense systems. Leozack instructs Drillhorn to seal the entrance shaft, but Drillhorn refuses, because the other Breastforcers haven't returned. Star Saber, Mach and [[Wing (G1)|Wing]] approach the factory from above and are able to enter through the open shaft, getting the drop on the two Decepticons. Mach and Wing seize Drillhorn and slam him into the factory's control console, accidentally triggering the self-destruct system and forcing the two Decepticons to flee. The three Autobots manage to fly out of the base just before it goes up in flames.

Back in Tom's field, the money-hungry farmer is showing a group of people the crater, when suddenly a huge geyser of water bursts out of it and sprays high into the sky. The destruction of the Decepticons' base has returned the underground river to its natural flow, and consequently, the crater becomes a huge lake as the river fills it. Tom is dismayed at the end of his tourist business, but as the Autobots make plans to fill the land in for him, he suggests that they hold off, so that he can try his hand at fish farming instead.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Machtackle]] (2)
*[[Mach (G1)|Mach]] (3)
*[[Tackle]] (4)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (5)
*[[Holi]] (6)
*[[Wingwaver]] (7)
*[[Dashtacker]] (8)
*Tacklemach (15)
*[[Wing (G1)|Wing]] (17)

|c2=
*[[Leozack]] (9)
*[[Killbison]] (10)
*[[Jallguar]] (11)
*[[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]] (12)
*[[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] (13)
*[[Jaguarbreast]] (14)
*[[Bisonbreast]] (16)
*[[Hornbreast]] (18)
*[[Lionbreast]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Tom]] (1)

}}

==Quotes==
"Does this bar sell gasoline?"
:—'''Tom''', on spying Machtackle standing outside.

[[Image:Hellbat tree trouble.jpg|thumb|right|200px|And the jungle hates him.]]
"I HATE THE JUNGLE!"
:—'''Hellbat''' wedged between two trees.

"Stay away, Mr. Cow!"
:—'''Tacklemach''' fleeing from Bisonbreast.

"Leozack! Because of you, land has collapsed! I will not forgive the destruction of nature!" 
"That's the only reason you came?" 
"I will never forgive you for destroying nature!!"
:—'''Star Saber''', environmentalist, and '''Leozack'''

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

"I'm gonna get you this time, ya cunning little fellas!"
:—'''Tom''', about to dynamite some prairie dogs.

"I can't see the wood for the trees!"
:—'''Hellbat''' wedged between two trees with different lines.

"I've lived here a long time, but I've never seen a live robot." 
"Please don't call me a robot. My name's Machtackle" 
"Oh, you've got a name too? Well, I still prefer 'robot'."
:—'''Tom''' and '''Machtackle'''

"But you know I'd look like a colander if he'd managed to shoot me with that gun."
:—'''Tackle'''

"Come and get me if you can!" ''(whirls nunchuck and makes martial arts noises)'' 
"I don't want that thing up my rear!"
:—'''Killbison''' and '''Tacklemach'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* During the explosion of the base, there's a frame or two where the explosion is missing, revealing the intact buildings.

===Real world references===
[[File:MachAndTackle Old Tom finger.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*This episode features quite a few unusual Japanese cultural references and hand motions that are likely to puzzle (and in some cases, leave slack-jawed) Western viewers:
** When Mach radios Star Saber, the communication ends with Tom popping up onscreen and... ''giving Star Saber the finger''. The old coot doesn't mean anything bad by it, however—in Japan, the gesture lacks the offensive connotation it has in the west, and is often used as a silly, random thing in manga and anime. Killbison also does it later in the episode.
** When Killbison attacks Tacklemach, he emits one of those Japanese nonsense-words that is said for emphasis of action (if you're ever watched a fansub, you probably know "sorya" as one). Bizarrely, he transitions from screaming this into screaming "Sōran! Sōran-to!", which are (equally nonsensical) lyrics from a Japanese folk song, "Sōran Bushi." As a final bit of punctuation, he screams one final lyric from the song—"A SEAGULL ON THE OPEN SEA!" That Killbison, he so crazy.
** The final shot of the episode is Tom making a hand gesture in which he touches the tips of his thumb and index finger in a circle. In the west, of course, we know this as the symbol for "okay", but in Japanese culture, it means "money", referring to the scheme Tom's just cooked up.
* The bar is prominently named as the Victory Bar, a reference to... well, you can probably guess.

===Trivia===
* There was a two-week break between the airing of this episode and the previous one.
* This is the only time in the entire ''Victory'' series that any of the Multiforce change their combination pattern (as well as probably the most prominent use of any of the singular Multiforce members). Way to promote the gimmicks of your toys, there!
* There's a fun bit of Transformer physiology on display in this episode when Tackle calls Mach's attention to something and the shot cuts (twice) to a macro view of one of the latter's optic sensors inside his visor.
* The Decepticon base's self-destruction starts at the countdown timer, which promptly explodes from its console when it reaches 0.
* Despite separating to allow Wing to go on the assault on the Decepticon base, Waver isn't seen on his own in the episode. As soon as the Autobots regroup for the happy ending, Wing and Waver have already recombined.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Underground Water Electricity Plant'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18]], [[1991]]
::* Tom appears to assume the massive subsidence is the prairie dogs trying to scare him.
::* He also insists on payment from Machtackle in exchange for taking the Autobot to his farm.
::* His seemingly random question of whether Machtackle knows Ninjutsu is replaced by him exclaiming in surprise that the Autobot can separate into two.
::* Tacklemach still refers to himself as Machtackle.
::* When Leozack is about to seal the plant, Drillhorn is concerned the rest of the Breastforce might get killed, rather than doubting he and Leozack can defend the base alone. Aw, he really cares.
::* The English dub of this episode included on the R4 DVDs has the dubbed narration intact over the trailer for the next episode.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[Image: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]]

July 16

2022-07-18T01:54:24Z

Poonaroon:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|7|16}}</noinclude>
* '''[[1959]] —''' [[Bob Joles]] (voice of [[X-Brawn]]) is born. ''Yee-haaawww!!!''
* '''[[1967]] —''' [[Jonathan Adams]] (voice of [[Razorpaw]] on ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'') is born.
* '''[[1977]] —''' [[Brad Venable]] (voice of [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]] in "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]") is born.
* '''[[1980]] —''' [[Frédérik Zacharek]] (Canadian French voice of [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' and [[Jack Burns]] in ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'') is born.
* '''[[1982]] —''' [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is caught transforming on camera in [[Sacramento]], [[California]]. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven ARG}}
* '''[[1994]] —''' The first ever [[BotCon 1994|BotCon]] is held at the [[Grand Wayne Convention Center|Grand Wayne Center]] in [[Fort Wayne]], [[Indiana]].
* '''[[2005]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' episode "[[Critical|Reincarnation! Vanguard Team]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''2005 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Space (episode)|Space]]" premieres in the [[United States of America|U.S.]]
* '''[[2007]] —''' The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' "Complete Season One" box set, and "Reformatting" and "Revelations" DVDs are released in the UK by [[Sony]].
* '''2007 —''' The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)]] "3 DVD Mega Pack" is released in the UK by [[Maximum Entertainment]].
* '''[[2008]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' [[The Reign of Starscream issue 3|#3]] and ''[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Rock Bottom]]" premieres on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
* '''2011 —''' A metric buttload of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark the Moon]]'' toys hit Japan. Too many to really list here.
* '''[[2015]] —''' Artist [[Alan Kupperberg]] dies of cancer at age 62.
* '''[[2017]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[The Golden Knight]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]] in the UK.

Mining engineer

2022-06-17T00:41:02Z

Poonaroon:

{{noname-designation}}

:''The mining engineer is a human from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Victory uranium mine engineer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Still no sign of Timothy... urp."]]

The '''mining engineer''' (鉱山技師 ''kōzan gishi'') works at the hi-tech [[Neo Uranium Mine]].

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)}}

When the [[Decepticon]]s attacked the Neo Uranium Mine, the mining engineer rushed to report the incident to [[Frank (Victory)|Frank]]. Together, the two monitored the status of the mine and the workers inside, concluding that they would soon die from asphyxiation. When the [[Autobot]]s arrived to defuse the situation, the mining engineer was ordered to gather explosives for Frank so that he could assist the Autobots in creating a new tunnel to the mine. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Victory humans]]

May 22

2022-05-22T15:49:09Z

Poonaroon:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|5|22}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1945]] —''' [[Marvel Comics]] artist [[Carlos Garzón]] is born in Colombia.
* '''[[1957]] —''' Writer [[Ken Pontac]] is born.
* '''[[1984]] —''' The [http://groups.google.com/group/net.comics/msg/1cdaf7df610e0376?dmode=source&hl=en first-ever recorded mention of Transformers on the Internet] is a less-than-glowing review of [[The Transformers (issue)|''Transformers'' #1]].
* '''[[1987]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' episode "[[Nightmare Planet]]" airs in Japan.
* '''[[1991]] —''' [[Darko Bozovic]] (European French voice of [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] in the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' movie) is born.
* '''[[1998]] —''' ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers]] — [[Geneon Universal Entertainment#Beast Wars|The Immortal Starscream]]'' and ''[[Geneon Universal Entertainment#Beast Wars|Fare Thee Well, Tigatron]]'' are released on VHS in Japan by [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]].
* '''[[2006]] —''' The eighth show in the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama series]] airs in Japan on the "[[Lyrian]] Moe-tchao" program.
* '''2006 —''' [[Shooter and Hottie]], the dogs that played [[Dylan Gould's watchdogs]], are born.
* '''[[2008]] —''' Preorders for ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Skywarp (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Thundercracker]] start.
* '''2008 —''' [[Brian Goldner]] effectively became the Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro replacing [[Alfred J. Verrecchia]].
* '''[[2010]] —''' The third wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' toyline is released in Japan: [[Grimlock (Animated)#Toys|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (Animated)#Toys|Snarl]], [[Swoop (Animated)#Toys|Swoop]] and [[Blackout (Animated)#Toys|Blackout]].
* '''2010 —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Blast from the Past|Birth of the Dinobots!]]" debuts in Japan.
* '''[[2013]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Shockwaves|#17]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (cartoon)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' is released on Blu-Ray and DVD.
* '''[[2018]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes]]'' episode "[[Primal (POTP)|Primal]]" premieres on [[go90]] and Tumblr.
* '''2018 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transfomers: Rescue Bots]]'': ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)/home video#Shout! Factory|Team Rescue Bots!]]'' compilation DVD is released in the US by [[Shout! Factory]].

Autobots! Desperate Attack!!

2022-03-31T14:28:48Z

Poonaroon:

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=40
|image=Desperateattack.jpg
|caption=Crouching [[Tigatron]], Hidden [[Dragotron]]
|title="Autobots! Desperate Attack!!"
|japanese=サイバトロン! 決死のアタック!!
|romaji=Cybertron! Kesshi no Attack!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[February 14|14 February]] 1989
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Atsutoshi Umezawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''As BlackZarak's Devil Power throws America into chaos, Overlord seeks to prove the power of the flesh to Devil Z, and he engages Ginrai in their final, decisive confrontation.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:MF40 oncoming Devil Lightning.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
After his grueling battle with the roboticized [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (G1)|Buster]] in the [[Grand Canyon]], [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] is battered and exhausted, but there will be no chance for this weary warrior to rest, as out of the sky, his perennial foe [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] descends. After a bout of snappy banter, the two combatants engage in a mid-air battle, and Overlord quickly sends Ginrai spiralling down into the canyon. As Ginrai claws his way up the rock face, Overlord patiently stands at the top, and the other Autobots come running up. Overlord happily informs Ginrai that he will wait for him to climb out, that they might finally settle their score in a fair manner. Although somewhat bemused by the offer, Ginrai says that it's what he wants as well, and resumes his battle with the Decepticon after ordering his troops to press on in their mission to find and stop [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]. Ginrai covers their escape, but notices that for some reason, Overlord is not using his weapons...

After successfully scaling the rock face and getting out of the canyon (despite a slight stumble from [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] along the way), the Autobots survey the terrain. A bolt of BlackZarak's Devil Thunder lances past them, allowing them to identify BlackZarak's location from the blast's point of origin, and they split up into two teams to come at the Decepticon from either side.

At the same time, the four former Decepticons—[[Clouder]], [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]], [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]], and [[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]]—have gathered elsewhere in the canyon, and are preparing to make their own way towards BlackZarak, approaching the villain from behind. Clouder and Cancer are happy that they have all broken away from the Decepticons and joined the Autobots, but Wilder interrupts him—he might have been betrayed by the Decepticons, and he might be fighting against them, but he's still no Autobot. Bullhorn is on his side, too, but the two older boys admit one thing: they won't let their two friends get into any more trouble on their own.

[[Image:MF40 Kick to the face.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gymkata!]]
Meanwhile, Ginrai and Overlord's battle continues to rage, with both opponents exchanging blows and relying only on their physical strength, stamina and wits. Ginrai demands to know why Overlord refuses to use his weapons, but the Decepticon keeps silent and presses his attack. Dodging a punch, Ginrai draws his gun and draws a bead on Overlord, demanding that he do the same. Overlord refuses, insisting that he will only fight with his physical power, to show Ginrai the might of his human flesh. Ginrai is taken aback, remembering that [[Devil Z]] sought the destruction of humans because of their innate strength, but Overlord proclaims that he does not share in his emperor's creed. Ginrai suggests postponing the fight until after he has defeated Devil Z, but Overlord refuses, and the battle continues.

Elsewhere, the team of [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] and [[Road King]] continue their approach on BlackZarak, but find their way barred by [[Gilmer]] and [[Dauros]], sniping at them from a vantage point in the canyon's outcrops. Road King is able to use his speed to get the drop on them and knock them off the cliff, and is then attacked by [[Blood]], but Lightfoot holds him off. At that point, however, Hydra and Buster enter the fray, with little in the way of concern for Blood as they bomb and blast the two Autobot [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]]. Lightfoot and Road King take cover in a cave, but the Decepticons collapse the entrance, entombing them.

[[Image:MF40 Shuta Cab vs King Poseidon.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Back with Ginrai and Overlord, the Autobot leader attempts to appeal to his foe, asking that he ally with the Autobots against Devil Z. Overlord dismisses the request, claiming that he will be the one to decide how he lives his life, and, seeking to end the battle and move on with his mission, Ginrai draws his gun once more. Overlord does not move, willing to take the blast, but Ginrai cannot bring himself to pull the trigger. Thankfully, the decision is suddenly taken out his hands by the arrival of [[Grand Maximus]], who blows Overlord out of the sky. Although hesitant about leaving the battle on this note, Ginrai departs with Grand, and they head in BlackZarak's direction, moving under his radar.

[[Image:MF40 Decepticon Juniors lose Transtectors.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
At another location within the canyon, the team consisting of [[Ranger]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster Junior]]s find a large rock wall blocking their path. They are about to climb it, when suddenly, it explodes into fragments, revealing [[King Poseidon]] lurking in wait. As [[Cab (human)|Cab]] and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] tackle the combiner, Blood, Hydra and Buster fly onto the scene, and Cancer and company appear on the cliff overhead. Observing the scene below, the four boys run to combine with their [[transtector]]s, but just as they leap through the air, a bolt of Devil Power strikes their four transtectors. The boys are hurled to the ground... and their armor and [[Master-Brace]]s have vanished! Attempting to fathom what has happened to them, the quartet turn to see their transtectors loom over them... moving... and talking! The transtectors tell their former owners that they have been reborn as true super-robot lifeforms, and they seize the boys, marching them down into the middle of the battle and bringing the fighting to a halt. Luckily, the tables are turned by the arrival of Ginrai and Grand Maximus, putting the Decepticons on the defensive. Overlord flies in seconds later, but just as things between him and Ginrai are about to start up once more, Devil Z announces that the attacks on America have been completed, and he orders the Decepticons to retreat. Again, Overlord speaks out against his master, but acquiesces at Devil Z's insistence, and the Decepticons pull out, heading for Europe. Ginrai attempts to pursue the villains, but a parting blast of Devil Power holds him back, and the Decepticons make good their escape as Lightfoot and Road King come running up to rejoin their teammates.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Grand Maximus]] (20)

'''Human Autobots'''
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] (4)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (6)
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (7)
*[[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] (8)
*[[Road King]] (9)
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] (10)
*[[Ranger]] (11)
*[[Clouder]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] (1)
*[[Devil Z]]/[[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] (2)
*[[Buster (G1)|Buster]] (3)
*[[Browning]] (16)
*[[Gilmer]] (17)
*[[Dauros]] (18)
*[[Blood]] (19)
*[[King Poseidon]] (21)
*"Cancer" Transformer (22)
*"Bullhorn" Transformer (23)
*"Wilder" Transformer (24)
*"Doubleclouder" Transformer (25)

'''Human Decepticons'''
*[[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] (5)
*[[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] (12)
*[[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] (13)
*[[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"Dammit, this isn't working! I'll jump on his arm and break it off!"
:—'''Shūta''' comes up with the worst plan ever for dealing with a combiner.

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*After not appearing in the previous episode, Clouder is now suddenly with the rest of the Autobots in this one.
*When the Decepticons fly off at Devil Z's request, the three Decepticon Pretenders are suddenly with them in robot mode, despite only Blood being there moments earlier.

===Continuity notes===
*Overlord's insistence on using his physical strength to battle Ginrai as a means of proving his power as a human is a furthering of the sub-plot begun in "[[Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction]]", which involves Giga being unwilling to accept Devil Z's desire to destroy mankind.

===Transformers references===
*The recap segment of this episode, before the title card, features a piece of background music from ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Battle for Survival'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 31]], [[1991]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 02 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[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: Super-God Masterforce'' (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Decepticon Dam-Busters!

2022-03-22T12:30:39Z

Poonaroon:

{{comicstory|
|prev=Repeat Performance!
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #29–30
|next=The Wrath of Guardian!
|image=MarvelUK-029.jpg
|caption=You know, this would look quite good on [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|television]].
|title="Decepticon Dam-Busters!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=Part 1: [[September 28|28th September]] Part 2: [[October 5|5th October]], [[1985]]
|coverdate=Part 1: [[October 5|5th October]] Part 2: [[October 12|12th October]], [[1985]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[John Stokes]]
|colours=[[Steve Whitaker]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]]
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Ratchet tells the Dinobots about a Transformer battle involving a dam.'''

==Synopsis==
===Part 1===
[[File:Boulderdamfight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Is this a god dam?]]
Following their defeat of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are making their way back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] decides to ask a passing [[human]] for directions and is surprised when the man runs away in fear. Ratchet explains that humans can't distinguish between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s. Grimlock is baffled and so Ratchet relates the story of a Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]]...

''When [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] deduces that they can convert electrical power into a crude form of useable fuel, the Decepticons seize control of Sherman Dam. To push the power output to maximum, Megatron has [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] head under the water to create a tidal wave using his earthquake-generating powers. The Autobots arrive, and while their troops meet in battle, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] engages Megatron in a duel atop the dam using energy weapons. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], meanwhile, attempts to stop Rumble by diving down and fighting him, but Rumble gains the upper hand and Hound is thrown clear of the water. This distracts Prime who is thrown from the dam by Megatron as a result.''

===Part 2: "Wave of Destruction!"===
''The Autobots rescue Optimus Prime from the water, but Megatron blasts the dam open to cover the Decepticons' escape. With a tidal wave of water now rushing downhill, the Autobots split into two groups; one heads to a nearby village in the path of the wave to begin evacuation procedures, while the other attempts to stop the water, first by trying to block it with a rock fall, and when that fails, by blasting channels into the ground for it to drain away into. Though the torrent is lessened, it is not stopped; fortunately, once they villagers have been taken care of, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] are able to cut more channels into the surrounding area, saving the day. Their celebrations are cut short, however, by the angry villagers who are unable to distinguish the Autobots from the Decepticons, and who blame them for the destruction in the first place. The Autobots sadly depart the scene.''

As Ratchet finishes his tale, another angry human, [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]], lying in her hospital bed, grows closer to completing the cybernetic upgrades that will allow her her revenge, while her employer, [[G.B. Blackrock]], makes plans for vengeance of his own. Ratchet and the Dinobots arrive back at the Ark... where [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] is suddenly attacked by the battle droid [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (5)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (16)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (17)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (18)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] (19)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (20)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (21, see notes)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (22)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (23)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (24)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (25)
*[[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] (28)
}}
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Charlie (bartender)|Charlie]] (4)
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]] (26)
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"I don’t think much of this specimen of carbon-based life."
:—'''Grimlock''' on the human race

"That means taking out Megatron!" 
"Doesn’t it always?"
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Production notes===
[[File:Mtmte2 shermandam.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|"Mine's bigger."]]
[[File:DecepticonDamBusters screencap redraws.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*"Decepticon Dam-Busters!" represents a series of "firsts" for the UK comic. It is the first UK-original strip published in full colour, and the first to abandon the toy-based designs that defined the previous original stories, "[[Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron]]," "[[The Enemy Within!]]", and "[[Raiders of the Last Ark]]," with the Transformers appearing instead in rather unique designs that are sort of a mashup of their toys, [[package art]], and [[character model]]s. Additionally, it is the first UK-original story to actively integrate itself into the ongoing narrative of the US stories between which it was published; where the past UK strips had played very loose with continuity, requiring editorial retcons to properly explain where they fitted into the timeline, the "Dam-Busters" framing sequence follows directly on from the end of the previous US issue. Even further, it does something that future UK strips generally would ''not'' do: written with knowledge of upcoming US stories, it is able to build upon subplots already in motion, checking in with certain characters and laying seeds for their next appearances in US material.
*The bulk of this story is, of course, an adaptation of portions of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]." The idea to do so came from editor [[Ian Rimmer]], who sought to capitalize on the television adverts that were still running for the full-colour revamp the comic had undergone two weeks prior by producing a story that made the different parts of the Transformers franchise seem "unified," thereby projecting an aura of accessibility. It was a one-time stunt; the cartoon's continuity-lite episodes were at odds with comic's preferred type of storytelling, and the production team had no wish to follow its lead.<ref>[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1]], page 147</ref>
*The adaptation itself is a largely faithful one, with lifted dialogue ("Stick it in neutral, Megatron!" "You're old... yesterday's model!") and even featuring literal "screencap redraws" of Ironhide and Bumblebee cutting channels into the ground to stem the flow of water (right). This extends to the inclusion of cartoon-original ideas that were not part of comic continuity, like Rumble's piledriver arms and the Decepticons' use of [[energon cube]]s; though energon cubes would be introduced in the comic in later issues, for now, their unfamiliarity to the reading audience sees the strip refer to them as "energon fuel cubes" to make it clear what they are. Alterations and additions include:
**In Part 1, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s role in the story is naturally erased, as he did not yet exist in the comic's storyline. This means that Hound is hurled out of the river by Rumble rather than buried under rocks which Spike rescues him from, and it is Hound's dramatic emergence that distracts Optimus, allowing Megatron to knock him from the dam, rather than Spike's distressed cries.
**Part 2 moves the Autobots' protection of the town to after the Decepticons have departed, rather than setting it concurrently with their battle at the dam. Megatron blasts the dam open to cover the Decepticons' escape, rather than it cracking as a result of the tidal wave, and extra scenes of the Autobots attempting to block the water as it heads for the town are added. Finally, the humans' misunderstanding and blaming of the Autobots is a new idea that's not part of the cartoon episode.
{{-}}

===Continuity notes===
[[File:DecepticonDamBusters beller redrawn.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|I love the Power Glove! It's so bad.]]
*As noted above, in a UK-story first, the framing sequence of this story follows on directly from the end of the [[Repeat Performance!|previous issue]], in which Ratchet and the Dinobots defeated Megatron and then started off back toward the Ark. Footage from that battle (caught by vacationer [[Brad Newbury]]) is broadcast on a bar television on the first page of this strip.
*Ratchet's flashback, on the other hand, is more in-line with the other UK-original stories up to now, being set in some vague time period during the events of [[The Transformers Four-Issue Limited Series|the original four-issue US mini-series]]. The "[[Robot War]]" text features run in issues [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#36]] and [[Second Generation!|#63]] will place it as occurring during the time-lapse montage on pages 9–11 of [[Prisoner of War!|US issue #3]], shortly after "Man of Iron."
*US sub-plots in motion which the story checks in on include the schemes of the paralyzed Josie Beller, including a redrawn version of [[Repeat Performance!|US issue #8]], page 14, panel 8 (right), and G.B. Blackrock's own future plans to take down the Transformers, as he is shown looking at huge weapon. This ''must'' be his [[Anti-Robot Photonic Multi-Cannon]], which he will unleash in [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|US issue #9]], though it looks completely different.
*The Guardian battle-droid previously appeared in [[Raiders of the Last Ark|issues #20-21]].

===Real-life references===
*The title of this story is a reference to the 1955 film, ''{{w|The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters}}.''
*A customer at the bar thinks the footage of the battle at the dam is from the set of the next [[Steven Spielberg]] film.

===Continuity and plotting errors===
*The dam is given the name "Sherman Dam" in part 1, taken straight from the cartoon episode, but in part 2, it is referred to as "Boulder Dam." The ''[[Transformers Collected Comics|Collected Comics]]'' #5 reprint corrects this so that both parts use "Sherman Dam," and this version of the comic has been used for all other reprints.
*Inferno appears among the Autobots fighting the flood in part 2, page 3, panel 6, when, as a character from the 1985 toy range, he should not be active on Earth yet. Internal to UK continuity, this was not ''strictly'' an error at the time of publication; the famous "Autobot roll call" double-page spread had been omitted from the reprint of [[The Transformers (issue)|US issue #1]], so UK readers did not have a definitive list of which Autobots were "meant" to be on Earth at the time, and Inferno's appearance did not contradict anything up to that point. The same had previously happened with [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] in "The Enemy Within!", and just like Red, when the 1985 [[Autobot Cars]] range was properly introduced into comic continuity in [[Rock and Roll-Out!|US issue #14]], Inferno was, for whatever reason, ''not'' among them. It looked like this early appearance of his could fit into the same plot-gap as Red Alert's did... until [[Firebug!|issue #188]] over three years later, when Inferno arrived on Earth with the [[Wrecker]]s. Oh well!
*As a side note, Inferno also appears in the story "[[Missing in Action]]" in the ''[[Transformers Annual 1985]]'', but that story was written without regard for the larger UK continuity and doesn't fit into it properly.

===Artwork and technical errors===
*Reoccurring from "The Enemy Within!" and "Raiders of the Last Ark" are a pair of "errors" that might as well be considered stylistic choices at this point, as Optimus appears with an all-blue [[mouthplate]], and Megatron is coloured with a golden torso, an overly literal artistic interpretation of how his toy's package art renders the figure's chromed chest. Where those stories coloured Megatron's arms the same gold, however, this one only colours his upper arms, leaving his forearms silver-white.
*Prowl is colored virtually all solid silver-white, with none of the black (or, well, blue depending on the comic) trim he should have. His shoulder launchers come and go throughout the story.
*In Part 1, page 6, panel 6, Jazz has toy-accurate shoulder doors and a shoulder cannon, but in part 2, page 3, panel 2, he's drawn lifted directly from his character model, without doors or launcher.
*Part 1, page 4, panel 3: Snarl's dino-mode head is grey instead of golden-yellow.
*Part 1, page 7, panel 3: It's a little hard to tell given the indistinct mashup designs used for this story, but besides Prowl, none of the Autobots on this page appear to be identifiable characters.
*Just as it did in the cartoon, Megatron's fusion cannon disappears between pages 7 and 8 of part 1, so he can have his close-quarters duel with Prime atop the dam. It never reappears.
[[File:DecepticonDamBusters recolored bee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|Hey, it's Marvel-continuity [[Wasp]]!]]
[[File:DecepticonDamBusters avalanche autobots.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|Inferno is on the far left, with the Jazz/Prowl chimeras to his right.]]
*In Part 2, an Autobot team consisting of Prowl, Jazz, Mirage, Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe leave the other Autobots at the dam to go and evacuate the town. Unfortunately, several artistic errors go on to depict members of this team among the Autobots who remain behind to fight the flood:
**On page 4, panel 6, both Mirage and Prowl are part of the group that blasts a trench to stop the water; Mirage's shoulder cannon is off-model.
**On page 5, panel 4, Bumblebee is present, with an off-model ''sort of'' toy-based head.
**On page 5, panel 5, Bumblebee is still present, this time with a character model-esque head. ''This'' was the one error that evidently jumped out to the Marvel UK crew; when the issue was reprinted for ''Collected Comics'' #5, 'Bee was recolored to be green and pink, apparently to obscure his identity (pictured at right) This version was used for all future reprints.
**Also on page 5, panel 5, Mirage is part of the group being washed away by the flood, but miscolored like Rumble.
*For Inferno's one-panel appearance (pictured) his gun-barrel appears in place of his left hand, when his character model depicts it in place of his ''right'' hand. It can attach to either arm on his toy, though, and given the artist inspirations for the Transformers' appearances in this story, he could have just been drawn based on a sample figure with the barrel on the left.
*In the same panel in which Inferno shows up, two Autobots appear resembling a severely off-model meshing of Jazz and Prowl. Setting aside the fact that neither should be in the scene as noted above: second from the left is a bot with Prowl's legs, back, and shoulder-doors but Jazz's arms, holding Prowl's gun (and with no launchers); and to his right is a 'bot with Prowl's arms, legs, and body (all drawn ''slightly differently'' to the other 'bot), with Jazz's toy's squared-off shoulder-doors, and a made-up gun.
*Also, Hound's aiming his shoulder-cannon as if it was mounted on his forearm, but at this point, he's the least distracting thing in the panel.
{{--}}

===Other trivia===
*Where previous UK stories had used jagged "starburst" speech balloons to represent the Transformers' "robotic" speech, with this strip, the series adopts the style it will maintain for the remainder of its run: regular rounded balloons with "electric" zig-zag tails. This was presumably inspired by the fact that this style of bubble was being utilized in the US series at the time, beginning with [[The New Order|US issue #5]], but after US issue #9, the US title would revert to the "square box with jagged corners" style of the original mini-series, which it would use until the end of the series.
*John Stokes swipes include:
**Prowl's attack on Decepticons at Sherman Dam is redrawn from [[The_Transformers_(issue)|US issue #1]].
**Bumblebee's "''the horror, the horror!''" expression (had while flailing in the water) is redrawn from the cover of [[Power Play!|US issue #2]].
[[File:US1 vs UK29 Prowl Firing.jpeg|right|thumb]]

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #29:'''
*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," Part 3), ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''
*'''October calendar:''' artwork of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] by [[Richard Fisher]] that would be recycled for the [[:File:MarvelUK-305.jpg|cover]] of issue [[The Human Factor!|#305]] more than five years later.
'''Issue #30:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," Part 4), and ''Robo-Capers''; ''Matt and the Cat'' "takes a rest this issue".

===Covers (2)===
*'''Issue #29:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight on Sherman Dam, art by [[John Ridgway]].
*'''Issue #30:''' Ratchet and Prowl rescue Optimus Prime while Megatron destroys Sherman Dam, by [[Mike Collins]]?
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-029.jpg|'''Issue #29'''
File:MarvelUK-030.jpg|'''Issue #30'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
<gallery>
File:Tfcolcom05.jpg|'''[[Transformers Collected Comics#5|''Collected Comics'' #5]]'''; cover by [[Geoff Senior]] (Marvel UK, 1987)
File:Tfcolcom24.jpg|'''''[[Transformers Collected Comics#Winter Special 1993|Winter Special 1993]]''''' (Marvel UK, 1993)
File:Classicuk1.jpg|'''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]]''' (IDW Publishing, 2011)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v2.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]], Vol. 2: New Order''''' (Hachette Partworks Ltd, 2018)</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 episode adaptations]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

1948

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The year '''1948''' (MCMXLVIII) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by thirty-six years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* [[Mountain Dew]] is introduced by Barney and Ally Hartman as a lemon-lime drink to be mixed with whiskey.
* Licensee [[Cardinal Games]] is founded.

===Births===
* ???? — [[Wolf Frass]], [[Uli Krohm]], [[Efraim Reuveni]], [[Barry Stigler]]

====January====
* [[January 2]] — [[Engelbert von Nordhausen]]
* [[January 7]] — [[Ichirō Mizuki]]
* [[January 14]] — [[Roger Behr]], [[Carl Weathers]]
* [[January 15]] — [[Kazuo Oka]]

====February====
* [[February 1]] — [[Rick James]]
* [[February 12]] — [[Issei Masamune]]
* [[February 15]] — [[Larry DiTillio]]
* [[February 18]] — [[Michel Elias]]
* [[February 27]] — [[Féodor Atkine]]

====March====
* [[March 4]] — [[Brian Cummings]]
* [[March 15]] — [[Yūji Mikimoto]], [[Yūsaku Yara]]

====April====
* [[April 2]] — [[Peter Harryson]]

====May====
* [[May 20]] — [[Tesshō Genda]]

====June====
* [[June 12]] — [[Len Wein]]

====July====
* [[July 5]] - [[Blu Mankuma]]
* [[July 12]] — [[Susan Blu]], [[Kōji Totani]]

====August====
* [[August 3]] — [[Regine Albrecht]]
* [[August 19]] — [[Jim Carter]]
* [[August 20]] — [[John Noble]]
* [[August 30]] — [[Ben Hecker]]

====September====
* [[September 22]] — [[Jim Byrnes]]
* [[September 28]] — [[José Lavat]]

====October====
* [[October 20]] — [[Jeff MacKay]]
* [[October 22]] — [[François Leccia]]

====November====
* [[November 12]] — [[Banjō Ginga]]

====December====
* [[December 25]] — [[Bernard Alane]]
* December 25 — [[Spencer Proffer]]
* [[December 29]] — [[Reiko Yamada]]

[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

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* '''[[1898]] —''' The [[First Seven]] reach the [[Megatron (Movie)|"Ice devil"]]. [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], disguised as a warship, leaves to investigate, leaving his [[human]] crew to believe their ship was {{w|USS Maine (ACR-1)|sunk by a mysterious explosion}}. {{storylink|Original}}
* '''[[1948]] —''' ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' writer [[Larry DiTillio]] is born.
* '''[[1963]] —''' Composer [[Norihiko Togashi]] is born.
* '''[[1979]] —''' [[Keiji Hirai]] (voice of [[Autorooper|Autorooper Ne-04]] in ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players]]'') is born.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Other Visits (Part 2)]]" premieres in the [[United States of America|US]].
* '''[[2006]] —''' ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]]'' [[The Gathering issue 1|Issue 1]] is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2007]] —''' [[Walker Edmiston]] (voice of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and others) dies of complications from cancer at age 82.
* '''[[2009]] —''' The ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic Bun Bun)|Henkei! Henkei! Transformers]]'' manga chapter "[[Wataru's Power]]" is serialized in Japan in [[Comic Bun Bun]]'s March 2009 issue.
* '''[[2011]] —''' Final day to mail away for the [[Hasbro]] "[[Supercharge Your Holidays]]" promotion.
* '''[[2012]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|#2]], ''[[Infestation 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers]]'' [[Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|#2]], ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' vol. 6 and ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' [[The Hunt for Soundwave|#3]] (digital issue) are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' The final regular post on the [[Ask Vector Prime]] Facebook page is published by [[Fun Publications]].
* '''[[2022]] —''' The official first teaser trailer and reveal of the [[Transformers: EarthSpark]] animated series is revealed on the Paramount+ Twitter page, as well as the news of [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]] being the first of a trilogy.

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Larry DiTillio

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'''Larry DiTillio''' ([[February 15]], [[1948]] - [[March 16]], [[2019]]) was an American TV and tabletop RPG writer. In his own words, he broke into writing by "sheer idiot luck. After 6 years of film school (4 at NYU, 2 at UCLA Grad) I was stupid enough to go door-to-door on Sunset Boulevard looking for an agent. Most of them threw me out with horrified looks. One was so amused she
agreed to read my scripts."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070311080619/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/wolfman/103937588078098.htm Interview with Marv Wolfman (Wayback)]</ref>

From 1996 to 2000, he and [[Bob Forward]] were the story editors of the influential [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars television series]], and he personally wrote eleven episodes. Almost immediately after "[[Beast Wars (Part 2)]]" had aired, DiTillio appeared on the [[alt.toys.transformers]] usegroup and offered to answer any questions, beginning a close interaction with early Transformers fandom, and stating: "Both Bob and I are fully aware of the old show and we are adamant about producing a BETTER show."<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.toys.transformers/4oCBQMsRfmM DiTillio's first post at A.T.T.], dated 24th April 1996</ref>

In the 1980s, he was one of the key writers and a co-creator of ''She-Ra'' with {{w|J. Michael Straczynski}} (who credited him as "the brains" behind much of the He-Man mythos) before departing Filmation over lack of credit.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/officialjmspage/posts/2389642397737276 Straczynski's memorial post on Facebook]</ref>. Among tabletop RPG fans, DiTillio is perhaps better known as the author of [http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/46443/the-complete-masks-of-nyarlathotep Masks of Nyarlathotep], a campaign book for the {{w|Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)|Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game}} (a job he got into during a writing strike<ref>Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing</ref>), and widely considered to be one of the greatest RPG campaigns ever written. Chaosium Inc.'s Mike Mason credited DiTillio for a "a revolution in scenario design.... One of the reasons why so many people play and continue to play Call of Cthulhu is down to Larry. And for that, Larry’s contribution cannot be underestimated."<ref>[https://www.chaosium.com/bloglarry-ditillio-visionary-game-designer-and-writer-19402019 Chaosium: "Larry DiTillio, Visionary Game Designer and Writer, 1940-2019"</ref>

DiTillio died at the age of 71 on March 16, 2019 of Parkinson's Disease.

==Writer==
====''Beast Wars''====
* [[The Web]]
* [[Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge]]
* [[The Spark]]
* [[Spider's Game]]
* [[Other Voices, Part 1]]
* [[Other Voices, Part 2]]
* [[Aftermath]]
* [[Other Visits (Part 1)]]
* [[Other Visits (Part 2)]]
* [[Deep Metal]]
* [[Other Victories]]

====''Transformers Animated''====
* [[Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising]]

==Participation in the fandom==
Throughout ''Beast Wars''' run, Mr. DiTillio (along with co-editor Bob Forward) posted regularly to [[alt.toys.transformers]], answering questions about the show and offering teaser bits of information about upcoming episodes. The pair would also post episode scripts after shows had aired, allowing the fandom further insight into the show's creative process.

Mr. DiTillio and Mr. Forward forged notable relationships with the fandom at large and several individuals within it, culminating in [[Ben Yee]]'s name actually appearing in the credits of "The Agenda" as a consultant. Mr. DiTillio further credited the fandom as influencing the show's strong ties to the original ''Generation 1'' continuity. <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/64ec8c35d42f4406/2742b0953e803878?lnk=st&q=your+enthusiasm#2742b0953e803878|ATT post from Larry DiTillio]</ref>

This unofficial relationship was not without its troubles, however. Of particular note was the debacle surrounding the script of the unproduced episode "[[Dark Glass]]", which resulted in Mainframe declaring a permanent moratorium on the release of episode scripts.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/1f08836351c284f0/a25e00d75c948608?lnk=st&q=%22dark+glass%22#a25e00d75c948608| Larry DiTillio posts in the wake of TranCon's efforts to distribute the Dark Glass script]</ref>

Both writers would appear as official guests at several [[BotCon]]s.

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
Larry DiTillio interrupted an epic action sequence to make fun at 3H Enterprises' expense, and then left just as suddenly as he had appeared. {{storylink|Visitations}}

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 1998]]

==Notes==
*DiTillio has a long history of collaborating with J. Michael Straczynski after Filmation, with Straczynski bringing him in to write on ''{{w|The Real Ghostbusers}}'', ''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'', ''Hour 25'', and ''Babylon 5'', until they fell out during the latter. In the Straczynski-written ''Real [[Ghostbusters]]'' episode "Ragnarok and Roll", a character named "DiTillio" was the hunchbacked companion of a man who sought to destroy the world with a magic flute.
*In his first post to A.T.T., DiTillio said "both the Predacons and the Maximals will be getting [[Female Transformer|female members]] in the first season, one on each side. It's a trend we hope to continue." DiTillio and Forward were in fact the reason there ''were'' one a side, pushing hard for the upcoming [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to be made female.
*DiTillio was interviewed as a special feature for [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]]'s ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' The Complete First Season DVD set.
*He also featured on a "Soul of Beast Wars" interview with [[Bob Forward]] and [[Ben Yee]] on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 2 box set as well as providing audio commentary on several episodes.

==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=IfDW5RAAAAD0VbE1zX1BQbbaoKk2u32O Larry Mr. DiTillio's Google Groups profile, under ditillio@aol.com]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/e2808140cb117e63/2d01a2dbe920640d?lnk=gst&q=%22bob+forward%22#2d01a2dbe920640d An early post to alt.toys.transformers]

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*'''[[1954]] —''' [[Marty Robinson]] (puppeteer for [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] in "season 5" of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]) is born.
*'''[[1960]] —''' [[Roberto Mendiola]] (Latin-American Spanish voice of [[Gill Wembley]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Exctinction]]'', but also [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] and [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]] in the 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon) is born.
*'''[[1962]] —''' [[Ivo De Palma]] (Italian voice of [[Cab (human)|Cab]] and [[Swindle (Animated)|''Animated'' Swindle]]) is born.
*'''[[1967]] —''' [[Neil Kaplan]] (voice of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]]) is born.
*'''[[1981]] —''' ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' scriptwriter [[Todd Casey]] is born.
*'''[[1989]] —''' [[Jason Marnocha]] (voice of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] from ''[[Transformers: Combiner Wars (cartoon) |Combiner Wars]]'') is born. [[Mark Hamill]] impressions may vary.
*'''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Code of Hero]]" premieres in the US during a special "Toonami" week-long event on [[Cartoon Network]].
*'''[[2002]] —''' The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] episode "[[Surprise Attack!]]" premieres in the US.
*'''[[2004]] —''' ''[[The Original Transformers]] — Season 3 Part 2 & Season 4'' is released on DVD in the US by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] as a box set.
*'''[[2007]] —''' The [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] members-only site releases online bios for the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Hawkeye]], [[Highgear]], [[Hydroplane]], [[Rockslide]] and [[Solar Flare]].
*'''[[2011]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|#17]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
*'''2011 —''' "[[Moving Violations]]" goes live on the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] all-access site.
*'''[[2012]] —''' Voting begins for the fans' choice character inductee for the [[Transformers Hall of Fame/2012|2012 Transformes Hall of Fame ceremony]].
*'''[[2016]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[More than Meets the Eye issue 50|#50]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2019]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'' episodes "[[Dog Stray Afternoon]]" and "[[Lucky Ducky]]" premiere on [[Discovery Family]].

February 26

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* '''[[1941]] —''' Voice actor [[Edgar Wald]] is born.
* '''[[1955]] —''' [[Junki Takegami]] (writer for the ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'', ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Car Robots]]'' cartoons) is born.
* '''[[1956]] —''' [[Kevin Dunn]] ([[Ron Witwicky]] in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'') is born.
* '''[[1959]] —''' Voice actor [[Eleazar Osorio]] is born.
* '''[[1965]] —''' Voice actor [[Nicolas Böll]] is born.
* '''[[1988]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[The Master Sword Is in Danger!!]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1996]] —''' Voice actor [[Georges Atlas]] passes away.
* '''[[2003]] —''' [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|''Transformers Armada'']] [[Dreamwave Armada issue 8|#8]] is released by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''2003 —''' ''[[Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots]]'' and ''[[Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins]]'' are released in the US by [[Reader's Digest|Reader's Digest Children's Books]].
* '''[[2005]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' episode "[[Speed|Fierce Fighting! Starscream]]" premiers in Japan.
* '''[[2011]] —''' ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Blurr (G1)#United|Blurr]], [[Kup (G1)#United|Kup]], [[Perceptor (G1)#United|Perceptor]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#United|Wreck-Gar]] are released in Japan.
* '''2011 —''' [[The Cool Extra issue 2|''The Cool'' Extra #2]] is serialized in Japan by ''[[Kerokero Ace]]'' in their April 2011 issue.
* '''[[2013]] —''' ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'' "[[Another Episode, Part 2]]" is serialized in Japan by ''[[Kerokero Ace]]'' in their April 2013 issue.
* '''[[2014]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' [[The War to End All Wars, Part 4|#99]] and ''[[The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' Vintage [[manga]] "[[Full Throttle Scramble Power!]]" is rereleased as an eBook by [[Hero-X]].
* '''[[2021]] —''' The "Shattered Spacebridge" expansion for ''[[Transformers: Battlegrounds]]'' is released

1941

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{{yearofthe|1941}}
The year '''1941''' (MCMXLI) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by forty-three years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}
==Fiction==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====December====
The [[United States Navy]] Vessel, the [[USS Nerus]] disappears. The ship is later seen by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in [[2009]] when the[[ Decepticon]] enters the [[Bermuda Triangle]].

==Non-Fiction==
===Births===
====February====
*[[February 12]] — [[Hiroya Ishimaru]]
*[[February 26]] — [[Edgar Wald]]

====March====
*[[March 19]] — [[Carmen Sheila]]

====May====
*[[May 8]] — [[Roberto Alexander]]
*[[May 26]] — [[Kan Tokumaru]]
*[[May 29]] — [[Romeo Francisco]]

====June====
*[[June 3]] — [[Carlos Campanile]]

====July====
*[[July 28]] — [[Peter Cullen]]

====August====
* [[August 1]] — [[César Árias]]

====October====
* [[October 28]] — [[Akira Hamada]]

[[Category:Fictional events by year]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

Edgar Wald

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'''Edgar Wald''' (born [[February 26]], [[1941]]) is a Mexican actor and voice actor who did most of his voice work while living in [[Los Angeles]]. Like [[Peter Cullen]], he's best known for voicing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], but his other voice work includes James Bond in ''The Living Daylights'', [[Destro]] and [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]] in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and dubbing Dolph Lungren's character in ''Rocky IV''.<ref>[[wikia:doblaje:Edgar Wald|Edgar Wald on Doblaje Wiki]]</ref> For a while, it was rumored that Wald had died, but it was later confirmed the rumors were false. Though Wald is retired, and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was voiced in the first two movies by [[Blas Garcia]], Spanish-speaking fans started a petition to get Wald cast as Optimus for the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Spanish dub,<ref>[http://www.taringa.net/posts/tv-peliculas-series/3736746/Edgar-Wald-es-Optimus-Prime.html Edgar Wald is Optimus Prime] on Taringa</ref> but were ultimately unsuccessful as Blas Garcia remained as Optimus Prime's voice actor in the third film.

==Roles==
===Generation 1===
{{collist|2|
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
}}

==References==
<references />

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[[Category:Spanish voice actors]]

1959

2022-02-26T15:35:51Z

Poonaroon: /* February */

{{yearofthe|1959}}
The year '''1959''' (MCMLIX) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by twenty five years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
During the construction of a casino in [[Las Vegas]], the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] were uncovered and subsequently the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]] attempted to use [[inhibitor clamp]]s to control them. The [[Mini-Con]]s broke free and drove to nearby [[Stillwater]], [[Nevada]], delivering a message to [[Amos Hume]] before they were recaptured. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6#Blast from the Past!|Blast from the Past!}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Births===

Unknown date — [[Frank Muth]]

====January====

* [[January 5]] — [[Clancy Brown]]
* [[January 11]] — [[Bob Harras]]
* [[January 18]] — [[Héctor Lee]]
* [[January 24]] — [[Pierre-Alain de Garrigues]]

====February====
* [[February 9]] — [[Rebeca Manriquez]]
* [[February 10]] — [[Minoru Komorita]]
* [[February 13]] — [[Yuriko Yamamoto]]
* [[February 26]] — [[Eleazar Osorio]]

====March====
* [[March 2]] — [[Éric Etcheverry]]
* [[March 7]] — [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]]
* [[March 10]] — [[Akira Okeya]]
* [[March 22]] — [[Lew Stringer]]
* [[March 23]] — [[Kazue Ikura]]
* [[March 24]] — [[Matthias Klages]]

====April====
* [[April 10]] — [[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]]
* [[April 12]] — [[Alain Zouvi]]
* [[April 20]] — [[Leonardo Araujo]]
* [[April 24]] — [[Glenn Morshower]]

====May====
* [[May 11]] — [[Kōjin Ōno]]
* [[May 19]] — [[Jim Ward]]
* [[May 23]] — [[Toshiyuki Takahashi]]

====June====
* [[June 13]] — [[Steven DeNure]]

====July====
* [[July 5]] — [[Akari Hibino]]
* [[July 7]] — [[Frank Röth]]
* [[July 12]] — [[Jordi Boixaderas]]
* [[July 16]] — [[Bob Joles]]
* [[July 25]] — [[Hiroaki Harakawa]]
* [[July 28]] — [[Ian Akin]]

====August====
* [[August 2]] — [[Hiroshi Ōtaki]]
* [[August 15]] — [[Yōichi Kobiyama]]

====September====
* [[September 30]] — [[Mario Bombardieri]]

====October====
* [[October 8]] — [[Guilherme Lopes]]
* [[October 13]] — [[Dan DiDio]]
* [[October 15]] — [[Masako Katsuki]]
* [[October 18]] — [[Jim Massara]]
* [[October 23]] — [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]

====November====
* [[November 6]] — [[Nobuo Tobita]]
* [[November 11]] — [[Fushigi Yamada]]
* [[November 21]] — [[Mari Mashiba]], [[Naoko Watanabe]]
* [[November 24]] — [[Akio Ōtsuka]]
* [[November 28]] — [[Judd Nelson]]

====December====
* [[December 2]] — [[Kari Tamminen]]
* [[December 18]] — [[Jean-Philippe Puymartin]]
* [[December 21]] — [[Lindsay Dawson]]
* [[December 26]] — [[Yoshikazu Hirano]]
* [[December 30]] — [[Carlos del Campo]]

[[Category:Fictional events by year]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

Eleazar Osorio

2022-02-26T15:34:55Z

Poonaroon:

'''Eleazar Osorio''' ([[February 26]], [[1959]] - ) is a Colombian voice actor. Among his more famous roles are [[Lex Lang|Sanouske Sagara]] in the ''Ruroni Kenshin'' franchise, M. Bison in ''Street Fighter II V'', and Heavy Duty in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G. I. Joe: Sigma 6]]''.

==Voice Roles==
===Transformers: Animated===
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] ''(season 3)''

==External Links==
*[http://www.crearmass.com/talento/actores/eleazar_osorio.htm Talento Internacional Colombia entry] ''(Spanish)''
*[[wikia:doblaje:Eleazar Osorio|Doblaje Wiki entry]] ''(Spanish)''
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4643433/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 IMDB entry]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=46645 Anime News Network entry]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osorio, Eleazar}}
[[Category:Spanish voice actors]]

Eleazar Osorio

2022-02-26T15:34:45Z

Poonaroon:

'''Eleazar Osorio''' ([[February 26]], 1959 - ) is a Colombian voice actor. Among his more famous roles are [[Lex Lang|Sanouske Sagara]] in the ''Ruroni Kenshin'' franchise, M. Bison in ''Street Fighter II V'', and Heavy Duty in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G. I. Joe: Sigma 6]]''.

==Voice Roles==
===Transformers: Animated===
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] ''(season 3)''

==External Links==
*[http://www.crearmass.com/talento/actores/eleazar_osorio.htm Talento Internacional Colombia entry] ''(Spanish)''
*[[wikia:doblaje:Eleazar Osorio|Doblaje Wiki entry]] ''(Spanish)''
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4643433/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 IMDB entry]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=46645 Anime News Network entry]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osorio, Eleazar}}
[[Category:Spanish voice actors]]

February 24

2022-02-24T20:59:56Z

Poonaroon:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|2|24}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1936]] —''' [[Nilton Valério]] (Portuguese voice of [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], [[Octane]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]]) is born.
* '''[[1964]] —''' [[Takashi Nagasako]] (Japanese voices of [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] and [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] in ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'') is born.
* '''[[1970]] —''' Illustrator [[DOGMASK]] is born.
* '''[[1972]] —''' James Bachman ([[Gill Wembley]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'') is born.
* '''[[1973]] —''' [[Bill Forster]], co-author of the ''[[The Ark series|Ark]]'' compendiums and the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]''s, is born.
* '''[[1976]] —''' [[Nanae Katō]], Japanese voice of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]], is born.
* '''[[1987]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]" premieres in the US.
* '''1987 —''' Entertainer/model [[Mayuko Iwasa]] (color designer of a [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Mayuko|one-of-a-kind version of ''Binaltech'' Jazz]]) is born.
* '''[[1991]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' episode "[[Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction|Destruction of the Human Race]]" premieres in Malaysia.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' episode "[[Hang in There, Stampy]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2006]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'' text story, "[[The Mysterious Temple in Space]]", is published in issue No. 97 of ''[[Figure Ō]]'' magazine in Japan.
* '''[[2010]] —''' IDW's ''[[The Transformers (IDW)| Transformers]]'' [[Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|#4]] (and the Graham Crackers edition of [[...For All Mankind|issue #1]]) and the reprint of the ''[[Transformers: War Within Omnibus]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' [[Fun Publications]] reveals the fifth and final toy in the [[BotCon 2011]] box set: [[The Motor Master]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers vol. 2'']] [[The Transformers issue 50|#50]], ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' [[Escape from Primus|#11]] and ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 3]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2018]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#MP40|MP-40 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]], ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' LG61 Clonetron Set ([[Pounce#Legends|Pounce]] and [[Wingspan#Legends|Wingspan]]), LG62 [[Windblade (G1)#LG62|Targetmaster Windblade]], and LG63 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#LG63|G2 Megatron]] (with [[Noble (BM)#Legends|Noble]]), and ''[[Transformers Movie The Best]]'' [[Jazz (Movie)#Movie The Best|MB-12 Autobot Jazz]], [[Bonecrusher (Movie)#Movie The Best|MB-13 Bonecrusher]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Movie The Best|MB-14 Megatron]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Movie The Best|MB-15 Lockdown]].
* '''[[2021]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers: Volume 3 All Fall Down]]'' HC is released by [[IDW Publishing]].

Rob Paulsen

2022-02-24T02:27:01Z

Poonaroon:

{{Disambig3|Bob|Rob}}

[[Image:RobPaulson1.jpg|right|161px|thumb|A mullet that would make MacGyver jealous!]]
'''Robert Fredrick Paulsen III''' (born [[March 11]], [[1956]]) is a formerly bemulleted American voice actor. Among many, many, ''many'' roles in his extensive career, Paulsen has been the voice of Yakko from ''Animaniacs'', Pinky from ''Pinky & the Brain'' (opposite [[Maurice LaMarche]]), [[Tripwire (G.I. Joe)|Tripwire]] and [[Snow Job]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', Steelbeak from ''Darkwing Duck'' and PJ from ''Goof Troop''. Paulsen is well-known for his work with the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise, voicing Raphael in the 1987 cartoon, Donatello in the 2012 cartoon, and voice-directing 2018's ''Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''.

Since 2011, he has hosted a podcast and webseries called "Talkin' Toons with Rob Paulsen" in which he interviews various voice actors based in [[Los Angeles]], many of whom have provided voices for past ''Transformers'' series.

Paulsen can tell you every country on the planet [[Earth]] (circa 1995) and do it in under 2 minutes.

==Voice roles==
===''The Transformers''===
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]] (casting only)
*[[Haywire]]
*[[Fastlane]]
*P.A. voice ("[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]")
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]

==Notes==
*Although Paulsen was identified on casting sheets as the voice of [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] in "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]", the character does not actually speak in the episode (or ''any'' episode). Paulsen can be heard as a voice carried over a P.A. system inside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], leaving many to ''assume'' the one speaking was Chase, but none of us was there. We don't know.

*For the June 2014 episode of "Talkin' Toons", Paulsen did a show focused entirely around the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]], featuring fellow voice actors [[Gregg Berger]], [[Neil Ross]], [[Charlie Adler]], and [[Hal Rayle]]. [[Jon Bailey]] introduced the episode in character as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].<ref>[http://traffic.libsyn.com/techjives/116_Transformers_Cast_on_Talkin_Toons_With_Rob_Paulsen.mp3 Talkin' Toons: Episode 116]</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.robpaulsenlive.com/ Rob Paulsen's official website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667326/ Rob Paulsen at IMDB]
* [https://twitter.com/yakkopinky Rob Paulsen's Twitter account]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=derzWbFBqTk Paulsen] at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2006

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:English voice actors]]

Carnival

2022-02-21T15:50:51Z

Poonaroon: /* Synopsis */

{{featured}}
{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=7
|prev=Jungle
|next=Palace
|title="Carnival"
|furigana=おおさわぎ
|japanese=祝祭
|romaji=Ōsawagi
|translation=Carnival: Clamor
|image=Carnival-Animals and Alien.jpg
|caption=Meet Mr. Penguin, Mr. Bear, and Mr...er...[[Thrust (Armada)|Squidhead]]?
|production code=TF: A-07
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Ryō Motohira]]
|director=[[Osamu Kamijō]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[October 11]], [[2002]] (English) [[February 21|21 February]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}
'''A fair is a veritable smorgasbord.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Carnival-Heavy Wrench.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Push it. Push it real good.]]
The kids puzzle why the [[Mini-Con]] in the [[Mini-Con storage panel|panel]] recovered from [[Antarctica]] hasn't emerged yet. When [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] tells them it's sleeping, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] tries to think of ways to wake it up. [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] suggests they let it wake up naturally and do some cleaning while they're waiting. Meanwhile, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] are watching [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] fix equipment. Hot Shot asks [[Rad White|Rad]] and Carlos to pass him a huge spanner, which is, of course, too heavy for them to lift, a clear case of Autobot humor. Hot Shot returns to work, and the kids realize there's not much they can do to help.

[[File:Carnival-Demolishor "tripping".jpg|200px|thumb|This is an accident! I swear!]]
On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] clumsily gets in [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s way, earning a reprimand and his fellow Decepticons' ire. He then stumbles through the base hull, causing more damage. Disgusted, Megatron tells him to get lost.

Meanwhile, Rad and Carlos are growing bored. Carlos suggests some fresh air at the science carnival, and the pair sneak out with their Mini-Cons while Alexis and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] are busy at the computer; [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] spots them leaving. The two kids cruise through the fair, riding on their transformed Mini-Cons, who naturally want to have some fun too, but the kids tell them they can't change in public. Then they overhear some children talking about robots and spot Sparkplug, [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]], who followed them from the base. [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] transform and join their fellow Mini-Cons, much to Rad and Carlos's dismay, but it seems the crowd is just assuming they're products of the laboratory that set up the fair. Soon, the Mini-Cons are enjoying the carnival, even taking part in a parade.

[[File:Carnival-Minicon March.jpg|left|200px|thumb|You now have the Millenial Fair music from ''Chrono Trigger'' in your head.]]
Also at the carnival are [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] and [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]]. Fred spots the strange robots following Rad and Carlos around and tells Billy they should check out what's going on. Meanwhile, Rad, nervous at how long the Mini-Cons have been out in public, suggests they return to base. High Wire and Grindor transform to vehicle mode—observed by the spying Fred and Billy, who subsequently become convinced something is going on.

The children at the carnival are upset when Carlos tells them the Mini-Cons are going back to "the lab." Billy and Fred turn up armed with a net and rope to capture one of the robots, which Fred believes are invading aliens, but their quarry escapes while the pair argues. The Mini-Cons scatter through the carnival, causing chaos and confusion.

[[File:Carnival-Salute.jpg|200px|thumb|And knowing is half the battle]]
[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] leads Alexis, Sureshock, and Hot Shot to the carnival, and Rad and Carlos are soon on the receiving end of a scolding. Fred and Billy have cornered Jolt, but a trio of children prevents them from making the capture. As Billy makes veiled threats, the children run off in fear—but only because Hot Shot is right behind Fred and Billy. The pair hug Jolt in fear, and the Mini-Con transforms to copter mode, carrying them high into the air before they bail onto a hot-air balloon. Rad asks Hot Shot to get the duo down, and the Autobot borrows a tennis ball cannon from one of the sideshows. After using it to burst the balloon, he stunt-jumps, transforming mid-air to catch Fred and Billy and flying them to safety with Jolt's help. The small children who watch him land are incredibly impressed. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis make Fred and Billy swear not to tell anyone what they've seen, and Hot Shot takes the Mini-Cons back to base.

Sometime later, Alexis lectures Rad and Carlos and repeats they should be cleaning. Rad is impressed by the amount of repair work the Autobots have done around the base, including a computer console that lights up at Carlos's touch. As the two boys watch, an image of [[Jetstorm (Armada)|the same Mini-Con]] that's currently lying dormant appears before them. [[Runway (Armada)|Two]] [[Sonar (Armada)|more]] similar robots then join it. The three come together before the image of a [[Star Saber (Armada)|sword]] replaces them, but the picture promptly sputters out and disappears before the boys can get a good look. Neither is sure what it means.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (8)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (10)
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (21)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (12)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (13)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (1)
*[[Rad White]] (3)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (5)
*[[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] (18)
*[[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] (19)
*Children (20)
*Random passerby #1 (22)
*Random passerby #2 (23)

|h4=[[Mini-Con]]s|c4=
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (2)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (4)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (6)
*[[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] (7)
*[[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] (14)
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] (15)
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (16)
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Carlos:''' "Hey, I got an idea! OK, let's scare it! That'll wake it up for sure." 
'''Rad:''' "So how you gonna do that?" 
'''Carlos:''' "Huh, good point. Wait, I got another idea! How about we throw a bucket of water on it!" 
'''Alexis:''' "Great plan! While we're at it, why don't I throw a bucket of cold water on your head too?" 
'''Carlos:''' "Come on, Alexis; I was just pulling his leg!" 
'''Alexis:''' "Hey, nothing like ice water for clearing out the cobwebs. So next time you're woken up from a comfy sleep by some ice-water in the face, remember who thought of it first!"
:—The kids debate how to wake up Jetstorm.

[[File:Carnival-Stop in the name of the geek squad.jpg|200px|thumb|They're gonna find [[Martin and Roland]] and ''kick their asses''.]]
"Huh? It's them! Billy! Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy."
:—'''Fred''' subtly attempts to attract Billy's attention.

"They're getting away! What do we do?" 
"I'll give you one guess." 
"'K, to the hot dog stand!" 
"We're going after them! Come on, ya goof." 
"Aw, well, I tried."
:—'''Fred''' and '''Billy'''.

[[File:Carnival-Catching the Catchers.jpg|200px|thumb|And there go any pretenses of badassery Billy and Fred might have had.]]
"Better get out of the way while you can, otherwise something terrible might happen to ya. Like maybe... this robot will destroy the Earth!" 
"You've been watching too much TV. Besides, everyone knows that red robots are always the good guys." 
"OK, OK! So maybe it wasn't a good example!"
:—'''Fred''' matches wits with a '''small child''' and loses.

"No! Please! I'm allergic to chromium."
:—'''Billy''' fleeing from Hot Shot.

"My therapist was right—seventy dollars an hour ''does'' work out to mere pennies a day."
:—A random passerby on seeing a giant flying robot.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Legends of the Microns''===
*In ''Armada'', Alexis tells Carlos to remember when he gets awoken by cold water thrown in his face that it was his idea. ''Legends of the Microns'' changes the tone slightly to make Alexis more intimidating as she tells Carlos that he'd enjoy a bucket of cold water poured on his head in the morning while hiding under the covers.
*''Armada'' has Optimus ask Red Alert if he can fix the Trans-Accelerator Unit, and Red Alert says that it'll take a while but will "pay off in the long run." ''Legends of the Microns'' has Optimus explain that many of the ship's parts have been unused since it crashed long ago, and Red says that with some repairs, the unit will meet the base's "minimum requirements."
*Demolishor is only moving the Trans-Accelerator instead of bringing it to Megatron. Also, rather than berating Demolishor for his clumsiness and warning him to stay out of his way, Megatron says Demolishor is too slow to do anything besides combat. Cyclonus and Starscream's teasing quips toward Demolishor change accordingly, as they tease him for being clumsy in ''Armada'' but slow in the Japanese dub.
*Rather than Carlos teasing Rad for taking Alexis too seriously, Carlos says Alexis's words "didn't come from her heart anyway."
*''Legends of the Microns'' reveals the carnival's purpose of celebrating the Cosmoscope Laboratory's founding. The point about Rad having an obligation to attend it is an ''Armada'' addition. His opening monologue states that he ''and'' Carlos forgot about it.
*As the civilians admire Sparkplug, Jolt, and Longarm, a point lost in the ''Armada'' dub is that they think they're robots made for doing household chores. Beforehand, when Rad and Carlos first spot the Mini-Cons, they say each of their names, and the young kids in the crowd say how the Mini-Cons talk is cute.
*As Rad, Carlos, and their Mini-Cons watch the parade, ''Armada'' has Rad call the Mini-Cons show-stealers, and Carlos translates Grindor's beeps as him wanting to take part in it ("go into showbiz"). In ''Legends of the Microns,'' Rad thinks things have gotten out of hand, and Grindor is merely commenting on how the human world is fascinating, to which Rad responds that it's more interesting to Transformers. Rad's sentiment is the same in ''Armada'', but with an additional remark that he thinks the Transformers ''themselves'' are more interesting than the parade.
*In ''Legends of the Microns'', Billy says ''he'' just washed the shirt Fred smears ketchup on; ''Armada'' changes this so that his mom did it.
*Before Billy and Fred decide to follow Rad and Carlos, ''Legends of the Microns'' features an oddly-paced moment where the pair, in complete silence, look off into the distance at... nothing. ''Armada'' tries to compensate for this by adding an extra line for Billy, who says, "I don't see nothin'!" which is undoubtedly ''accurate'' but a bit of {{w|Non sequitur (literary device)|non sequitur}}.
*Rad's reasoning for wanting to return the Mini-Cons to the base in ''Armada'' is because he wants to do it before people start asking questions. He wants to take advantage of how there's no chaos happening and move the Mini-Cons under the radar in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*In ''Legends of the Microns'', when trying to convince the younger kids that the Mini-Cons need to go, the boy tells Carlos he can't understand how they feel because the latter isn't a kid. The kids also accuse Rad of lying about the bots needing sleep because, according to them, "Robots don't need sleep!"
*While confronting Rad and Carlos, Fred says the Mini-Cons are aliens from the future, and Billy is unsure about that theory. Billy calls Fred a loser for believing they're from outer space in ''Armada''.
*In ''Armada'', after Rad, Carlos, and the Mini-Cons make a run for it, Fred suggests that he and Billy go to the hot dog stand. ''Legends of the Microns'' has Fred saying he and Billy ought to give up before Billy gives chase; instead of complaining about needing food and his blood sugar, Fred declares he hates running.
*Billy is silent after Jolt falls out of the popcorn maker in ''Armada'' while announcing finding Jolt in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*''Armada'' has Carlos make a pop culture reference before telling Alexis, the one he says has all the ideas, to think of a way to round up the Mini-Cons. ''Legends of the Microns'' has him ask Alexis what he and Rad are supposed to do since they've already tried everything they could. Rather than strictly ordering the boys around, Alexis is more mellow and polite, stating they should get the Mini-Cons home as a team effort.
*Rather than threatening the kids as he does in ''Armada'', ''Legends of the Microns'' has Fred say something that makes more sense in context. He says even though Jolt hasn't done anything wrong yet, who's to say that he won't in the future and then gives his example of Jolt destroying the world. In ''Armada'', the kids accuse Fred of watching too much TV since, according to them, "Everyone knows that red robots are always the good guys"; in ''Legends of the Microns'', they think it's foolish to believe a cute robot like Jolt could do such an awful thing.
[[File:Carnival-Hot Shot jAm grin.jpg|225px|thumb|Okay, tag! You're it! ''[splat]'']]
*As the panicked Fred tries to bring Billy's attention to Hot Shot crouching behind them in ''Legends of the Microns'', he describes the Autobot as Jolt's "parent." Billy scoffs at the idea, pointing out that that's impossible because robots aren't mammals! ''Armada'' changes this to have Fred refer to Hot Shot as a "giant" robot, with Billy not buying it.
*In ''Legends of the Microns'', Hot Shot playfully threatens Billy and Fred; in ''Armada'', he asks them if he's interrupting anything. In ''Armada'', as Hot Shot reaches toward Jolt, Billy makes an offbeat comment about being allergic to chromium.
*In ''Armada'', Hot Shot says he can't shoot down Billy and Fred's balloon because he can't use his ''ammo''; in ''Legends of the Microns'', he doesn't have a ''gun'' to use.
*When the boy playing with the cannon tells his mother about Hot Shot, his mother asks what he's talking about; ''Armada'' adds lines like him making the TV reference that Carlos made earlier to describe Hot Shot spinning the cannon around his fingers. Then his mother makes a blasé remark about ''believing'' him and tells him to let her wipe his nose.
*The Japanese dub removes instances of the transformation noise added by ''Armada''.
*The bystander who sees the flying Hot Shot is silent during his first scene in ''Legends of the Microns'' but has a few lines in ''Armada'' added as an internal monologue about his therapist being right. When he reappears a moment later with his friend, and they see the Transformers roll past, the friend asks for the therapist's number to work out some "childhood issues." ''Armada'' deliberately replaces the ''Legends of the Microns'' dialogue from this scene, which sees the man's friend think he might've been overworked and drunk, only to think he's also tired and could use a drink himself when he sees the same sight. During the latter scene, ''Legends of the Microns'' reveals the man's name to be Sam.
*Once they're back on the ground, ''Armada'' has Billy suggest that Fred come up with the ideas from now on, but ''Legends of the Microns'' has him say how he thought they were going to die.
*Before leaving with the Mini-Cons, ''Armada'' adds two lines for Hot Shot: first, he tells the kids to stand back so they don't get hurt, and secondly, he says not all bots are created equal. He only tells the kids to stay out of trouble in ''Legends of the Microns''.
*Instead of Rad repeating how Alexis always likes getting the last word in, he says her nagging has increased. The sound effect heard immediately afterward as the scene fades to black is ''Armada''-exclusive.
*In ''Armada'', Rad says he sometimes wishes for a normal life in his ending monologue. In ''Legends of the Microns'', he mentions how he and Carlos couldn't understand the importance of the dormant Mini-Cons' image combining into a sword at the time.

===Animation and technical errors===
*During Rad's opening narration, when Red Alert gives Hot Shot a wrench, the latter's back is partially miscolored for a second before changing to their correct colors in the same shot.
*When Demolishor apologizes for getting in Megatron's way, the Trans-Accelerator he's dropped is colored tan, like part of his legs, instead of grey.
*Demolishor's Decepticon symbol is slightly off-model in the next shot of Megatron telling him off.
*After Megatron scolds Demolishor for making a hole in the base, it looks like part of Starscream's jaw is miscolored like his face and blocking his mouth when he speaks.
*When Rad and Carlos talk to the group of kids, Grindor's skateboard mode is suddenly shorter than Carlos, compared to being as tall as him a few scenes ago.
*The whites of Carlos's eyes often appear and vanish on a whim.
*In the shot of Alexis demanding the boys to get the Mini-Cons back to base, High Wire's outline looks pixelated.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode is the first in the series where the Autobots don't have to find a new Mini-Con or deal with the Decepticons, and the 'Cons appear for only one scene.
*The pile of stuff Alexis orders the boys to clean up is the camping gear they brought into the Autobots' base [[Jungle|previous episode]].
*The Autobots recovered the still-inactive Mini-Con panel from Antarctica in "[[Soldier (episode)|Soldier]]." Rad and Carlos recognize the computer image of [[Jetstorm (Armada)|the Mini-Con within]] from when it appeared above the panel in the same episode.
*Demolishor's clumsiness has now made him the prime target of ridicule and verbal abuse among the Decepticons. Guess no one wants to mess with Starscream now that he has a Mini-Con.
*This episode is the first where any of the Transformers interact with people in a public setting, though most of them are kids.
*Billy and Fred meet the Mini-Cons and Hot Shot for the first time.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Hot Shot shows off the flight capabilities he gains when Powerlinxed with Jolt in robot mode for the first time.

===Continuity errors===
*The ''Armada'' dub swaps Grindor and Sureshock's names for the whole episode—an error that frequently occurs throughout the series, suggesting that some internal documentation switched their names. ''Legends of the Microns doesn't have this error.
*While mocking Demolishor, Starscream calls Swindle "Grid," his Japanese name.
*When looking at a map on her laptop, Alexis asks Sureshock if it's coming from "the" Mini-Con. It's unclear whether she means Jetstorm or a new Mini-Con panel, though her later dialogue suggests she means the latter. In ''Legends of the Microns'', Alexis asks if the information has anything to do with the Mini-Con''s''.

===Real-world references===
[[File:Carnival sparkplug and sazae.jpg|225px|thumb]]
*Hot Shot watches {{w|Spaghetti Western}}s.
*When Sparkplug is racing through the funfair, we get a brief glimpse of a young blonde girl eating a fish. Though appearing to be nothing more than a generic crowd filler, ''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'' explains that she's a very involved homage: the title character of the Japanese comic strip, ''{{w|Sazae-san}}'', inspired her appearance but with blond hair. In her mouth, the fish she has is a nod because the strip's main characters' names were from sea creatures and other sea-related concepts. She'd make another Easter egg cameo in the ''[[Kre-O Transformers (comic)|Kre-O]]'' [[manga]] story, "[[Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?]]"
*When Carlos asks Alexis if she wants him to "click his [my] heels together three times," he's referring to Dorothy and her {{w|ruby slippers}} in ''{{w|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}''.
*Billy's "a bot in the hand is worth two in the bush" line is a minor variation of the proverb, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
*Though it sounds weird when Billy says he has a chromium allergy, it's a metal allergy that does exist.

===Trivia===
*The kanji 祝祭 would usually be pronounced as "''shukusai''," while "''oosawagi''" is used for the kanji 大騒ぎ.
*A couple of days have passed since "Soldier."
*[[Cathy Weseluck]] makes a guest appearance in this episode, albeit in a minor role, and this marks her only appearance in ''Transformers'' media.
*This was the last season 1 episode to air in [[Germany]]—the station skipped all following episodes and continued with "[[Remorse]]" the following day. You know, the kids will never notice.
*A small boy wearing Billy's clothes is visible during the shot of the Mini-Cons with the children after both High Wire and Grindor join them; there's even a kid dressed like Alexis in the same shot.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Karneval'''" ("Carnival")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 9|9 December]] [[2003]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Robotparádé'''" ("Robot-parade")

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Festyn'''" ("Picnic")

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Carnaval'''" ("Carnival")

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''축제의 날'''" ("Festival Day")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Parque de Diversões'''" ("Amusement Park")
{{--}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Legends of the Microns'' — Volume 2 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Vol:02 ([[Universal]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part One ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume 2 ([[TFou Vidéo]]) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Triple Collection (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Bumper Double DVD Collection (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume One ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume One (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

1979

2022-02-15T15:42:53Z

Poonaroon: /* February */

{{yearofthe|1979}}
The year '''1979''' (MCMLXXIX) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by five years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===Movie continuity===
====IDW live-action film series comics====
=====March=====
* [[March 28]] - [[Sector Seven]] (or its affiliates) attempt to extract a sample of [[AllSpark]]'s sub-atomic matter, resulting in a meltdown at the [[Three Mile Island]] nuclear plant. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}
{{note|When discussing this incident with fellow [[Sector Seven]] agents, [[Seymour Simmons|Simmons]] referred to the parties responsible as "someone" rather than "we," so it may not have been a S7 operation.}}

===''Knights of Unicron''===
[[Bumblebee (KOU)|Bumblebee]] tears up his audio box while performing live, forcing Bumblebee and the Hive to retrench as the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]], with new lead singer [[Optimus Prime (KOU)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|''Behind the Music'' pack-in booklet}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* The [[Choro-Q]] range is introduced in [[Japan]] by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]].

====March====
* [[March 29]] — America's most serious nuclear power plant accident, at [[Three Mile Island]], [[Pennsylvania]].

====April====
* [[April 1]] — [[Nickelodeon]] launches its first broadcast on television.

====October====
* [[October 1]] — [[Activision]], Inc. is founded.

===Births===

* undated — [[Frida Nilsson]]

====January====
* [[January 25]] — [[Oscar Fernando Gómez]]

====February====
* [[February 8]] — [[Josh Keaton]]
* February 8 — [[Raquel Marinho]]
* [[February 15]] — [[Keiji Hirai]]
* [[February 25]] — [[Alessia La Monica]]

====March====
* [[March 14]] — [[Marcelo Matere]]
* [[March 17]] — [[Samoa Joe]]

====April====
* [[April 3]] — [[David Willis]]
* [[April 8]] — [[B. Adam Baillio]]
* [[April 23]] — [[Jaime King]]
* [[April 26]] — [[Jessica Toledo]]

====May====
* [[May 14]] — [[Fico Ossio]]

====June====
* [[June 18]] — [[Yumiko Kobayashi]]

====July====
* [[July 7]] — [[Robert Atkins]]
* [[July 13]] — [[Alexis Tomassian]]
* [[July 17]] — [[Robert Deas]]
* [[July 22]] — [[Parvesh Cheena]]
* [[July 23]] — [[Marc Weiss]]

====August====
* [[August 12]] — [[Anita Sajnóg]]
* [[August 13]] — [[Jhonny Torres]]

====September====
* [[September 5]] — [[Nick Roche]]

====October====
* [[October 7]] — [[Shawn Ashmore]]
* [[October 12]] — [[Katherine Sigismund]]
* [[October 25]] — [[Kris Carter]], [[Csaba Tokaji]]
* [[October 29]] — [[Emil Cabaltierra]]

====December====
* [[December 3]] — [[Mia Kihl]]
* [[December 7]] — [[Eric Bauza]]
* [[December 20]] — [[Ramon Rodriguez]]

[[Category:Fictional events by year]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

February 15

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Poonaroon:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|2|15}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1898]] —''' The [[First Seven]] reach the [[Megatron (Movie)|"Ice devil"]]. [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], disguised as a warship, leaves to investigate, leaving his [[human]] crew to believe their ship was {{w|USS Maine (ACR-1)|sunk by a mysterious explosion}}. {{storylink|Original}}
* '''[[1963]] —''' Composer [[Norihiko Togashi]] is born.
* '''[[1979]] —''' [[Keiji Hirai]] (voice of [[Autorooper|Autorooper Ne-04]] in ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players]]'') is born.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Other Visits (Part 2)]]" premieres in the [[United States of America|US]].
* '''[[2006]] —''' ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]]'' [[The Gathering issue 1|Issue 1]] is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2007]] —''' [[Walker Edmiston]] (voice of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and others) dies of complications from cancer at age 82.
* '''[[2009]] —''' The ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic Bun Bun)|Henkei! Henkei! Transformers]]'' manga chapter "[[Wataru's Power]]" is serialized in Japan in [[Comic Bun Bun]]'s March 2009 issue.
* '''[[2011]] —''' Final day to mail away for the [[Hasbro]] "[[Supercharge Your Holidays]]" promotion.
* '''[[2012]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|#2]], ''[[Infestation 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers]]'' [[Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|#2]], ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' vol. 6 and ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' [[The Hunt for Soundwave|#3]] (digital issue) are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' The final regular post on the [[Ask Vector Prime]] Facebook page is published by [[Fun Publications]].

[[Category:Fictional events by day]]

Keiji Hirai

2022-02-15T15:41:11Z

Poonaroon:

[[Image:KeijiHirai.jpg|thumb|right|]]
'''Keiji Hirai''' (平井啓二 ''Hirai Keiji'') is a Japanese voice actor born [[February 15]], [[1979]] in [[Tokyo]]. He is employed by the talent agency Aoni Production, and has played various minor roles in shows like ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' and the 2007 incarnation of ''Gegege no Kitarō''. He also narrates documentaries and dubs incidental characters in live-action shows such as ''CSI Miami'' and ''The Sopranos''.

==Roles==
===''Kiss Players''===
*[[Autorooper|Autorooper Ne-04]]

==External links==
*[http://www.aoni.co.jp/actor/ha/hirai-keiji.html Official profile] at Aoni Production ''(Japanese)''
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1648504/ Keiji Hirai] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=21384 Keiji Hirai] at Anime News Network

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hirai, Keiji}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Webworld

2022-02-08T21:03:01Z

Poonaroon: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|series=G1toon
|image=Webworld Galvatron psychiatrist.jpg
|caption="So, Galvatron, tell me about your mother." "She was delicious."
|ep=81
|series2=2010
|ep2=17
|prev2=Ghost in the Machine (G1)
|next2=The Dweller in the Depths
|title="Webworld"
|production code=700-101
|airdate=[[October 20]], [[1986]]
|written by=[[Len Wein]] [[Diane Duane]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBOS7GgcSp0
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''In an attempt to cure Galvatron's madness, Cyclonus takes him to the medical planet Torkulon.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:GalvatronUltraWebworld.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Help! He's touching my special area!]]
The [[Decepticon]]s approach an asteroid belt in deep space, searching for a material known as [[isidrite]] to repair their weaponry. As [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] rants about crushing his enemies and everyone else, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] finds an isidrite deposit — already being mined by the [[Autobot]]s. A battle ensues, during which Galvatron spends nearly as much time bashing his own troops aside as he does firing at the Autobots. With his "help", the bemused Autobots make a clean escape aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]].

Back on [[Chaar]], [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] have words with [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]]: either do something about Galvatron's madness, or face rebellion. A holographic image of a [[Quintesson]] appears to Cyclonus, and advises him that there are planets which specialize in repairing damaged minds, such as [[Torkulon]]. Not knowing what else to do, Cyclonus considers the idea, while the Quintessons gloat among themselves that shortly they will have several less [[Transformer]]s to deal with — including the "most dangerously unpredictable of them all."

[[File:GalvatronWebworld.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Planet of the Psychiatrist Apes]]
Cyclonus lies to Galvatron, informing him that the Autobots are resting on Torkulon after their most recent skirmish; the deranged leader eagerly takes the bait, flying to the planet with Cyclonus and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. Upon landing, Galvatron threatens several alien flesh creatures, demanding that they hand over [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. The intelligent [[Torkuli]] arrive shortly; when Galvatron predictably refuses their orders for non-violence, they restrain him. Galvatron quickly realizes Cyclonus has deceived him. Galvatron is carried away to begin his therapy, while Cyclonus fills out a small ream of paperwork.

As the therapy proceeds, [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] has his doubts — "This is stupid! Let's get him out of here!" Cyclonus says to at least give it a chance. The Torkuli are unsuccessful in getting Galvatron to talk about his problems, and even less successful when they have him put together external objects to repair his damaged psyche: Galvatron builds himself a blaster and tries to escape. Finally they attempt "exo-drama", where patients act out their problems, but a bouncing [[alien]] screaming at Galvatron finally causes him to snap further, shouting back that "I'll give you something to scream about!!" Galvatron becomes immune to the electromagnetic restraints of the Torkuli; they throw everything they have at him, restraining him for their last resort — the [[Alya]] solution.

The chief therapist reveals that Torkulon itself is a living planet, and can manifest itself in the form of insectoid creatures that consume the damaged portions of those who cannot be helped, in effect lobotomizing the planet's victims and leaving them mindless. Cyclonus protests and demands Galvatron's release, but he and Scourge are also restrained by the Torkuli.

[[File:GalvatronAliaWebworld.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Should've chosen a BUPA home.]]
The Alya begin to feed on Galvatron who continues to resist: "You have no right to change what I am!" The Torkuli doctor informs him [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|"You've]] already been [[Unicron/Generation 1|changed]]; that's the problem." Cyclonus can barely watch as his leader's mind is invaded by Torkulon — but something goes wrong. The madness of Galvatron proves to be too strong for the living planet, causing it to malfunction. In the chaos, Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus are released from the planet's grasp. After taking a few shots at Cyclonus for getting him in this mess, Galvatron fights to the center of the planet, having seen into its mind while it was inside his. The planet fears Galvatron's madness and destructive potential and attempts to restrain him, but Galvatron powers his way through to its living-computer core. Several cannon mode blasts render the entire planet inoperable. Galvatron informs Cyclonus he will now destroy whatever is left, and warns Cyclonus against stopping him.

After the planet is reduced to smoke and rubble, Galvatron gloats over the beauty of "devastation wrought with precision and care," seemingly just a little more sane... until Cyclonus informs Galvatron that it will take the Torkuli centuries to rebuild. Galvatron decides his work isn't done if it's going to take "only centuries", but a weary Cyclonus suggests that the Autobots might be a more pressing concern. Galvatron smiles at the prospect of killing Ultra Magnus; the Decepticons flee the planet, leaving the Torkuli at the mercy of their insane former patients.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (7)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (8)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (9)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (10)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (11)
|c2=
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] (3)
*[[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] (4)
*[[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] (5)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (6)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (12)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (13)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Quintesson]]s (15)
*[[Torkuli]] (16)
*[[Alya]] (17)
*[[Torkulon]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:GalvatronCyclonusWebworld.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|We never talk anymore.]]
"Eyes aloft, gentlemen! A rival geological survey has arrived!" 
:—'''Sky Lynx''' notes the arrival of the Decepticons in typical fashion

"Remarkable. Galvatron is doing most of the work for us." 
:—'''Perceptor''' watches Galvatron bash his way through his own troops

"I have no head... I have no head... I have no head...!"
:—A three-headed '''patient'''

"Before we start, there are certain formalities. Does the patient have a service contract with us? ...Then we'll require a credit reference. I believe we can waive the customary deposit. Should the patient require permanent care, payment will be made in consciousness units rather than conventional currency." 
"What I want to know is--" 
"''Do you understand'' and agree to these terms?" 
"Yes, yes!" 
"Then if you'll validate the forms right here... and here for diagnostics... and for therapeutics... and one for parts and labor... and accounting... and there. That's your copy." 
''[Cyclonus immediately shreds it]''
:—The '''Torkuli''' present '''Cyclonus''' with his mightiest foe yet: [[Bee in the City|bureaucracy]].

"Just say whatever comes to mind." 
"Kill... smash... destroy!" 
"Err... yes... go on." 
"Rend... MANGLE... DISTORT!"
:—A '''therapist''' starts '''Galvatron''' on word association

"I'll destroy everything here—everything! And THEN, I'll destroy the Autobots!" 
"Yes... tell me about the Autobots." 
"I ''hate'' Autobots! I hate ''Cyclonus''! And I'm not very fond of ''you'', either!"
:—'''Galvatron''' ends word association, and attempts to end his '''therapist'''

"Once he is tied into the planetary computer, Torkulon itself will enter his mind and disable the meta-processor. The Alya will consume the damaged intelligence, and the planet will absorb its energy, including the madness." 
"He'll have no ''mind'' left! He'll be just a ''machine''!" 
"Aren't we all, in a way...?" 
:—'''The head therapist''' and '''Cyclonus'''

"I'll do whatever you want! I'll do nothing at all!!" 
:—'''Galvatron''', in a rare moment of total helplessness

"You cannot stop me! I am ''Galvatron!'' I am your ''destruction!''" 
"He ''is'' crazy."
:—'''Galvatron''' and '''Cyclonus'''. It took him long enough to notice it.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:LaserbeakWebworld.jpg|right|thumb|He wants to know why Soundwave doesn't return his calls.]]
* While the reason for the Decepticons need the Isidrite to repair their weaponry is not explicitly stated, the [[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|previous episode]] ended with Galvatron stating the Starscream-controlled Trypticon had "neutralized all our weapons".
* Galvatron insults one of the Torkulon inmates by calling them a "fleshling".
*Some allusion is made to Galvatron's former life as Megatron. While the Torkuli attempt to lobotomize the Decepticon leader, he states that they have "no right" to change what he is, to which the Torkulon doctor replies, "You have already been changed, that's the problem." On the other hand, this could also be taken to mean the change away from his saner personality from the movie. Speaking of which...
*The Torkuli diagnose Galvatron's madness as being caused by a "plasma accident," referring to the dunk he took in [[Thrull]]'s plasma pools in "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]".
*Cyclonus's exchange with the Torkuli reveals that a Transformers' mind is contained in their [[processor|meta-processor]]. The Torkuli then link the planet to Galvatron's central processor.
*This is the final appearance of Laserbeak in the (US) Generation 1 cartoon continuity, and one of only two appearances in Season 3 (the first was a brief cameo in "The Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"). No, he doesn't perch on Galvatron's shoulder.
*When we first see Motormaster and Swindle talking to Cyclonus, Laserbeak is walking along on the ground with them. It might be the only time we ever see him walking instead of flying.
*This is also the last episode in which Sludge can be seen in robot mode.

===Real-world references===
*A classic Looney Tunes sound effect (used for the Road Runner) shows up as the Decepticons fly across the title screen.
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst: when Sky Lynx launches at the start of the battle; when he launches a second time during the battle; when he launches a third time to leave the battle; when Laserbeak flies off with Motormaster and Swindle; as Galvatron takes off to destroy the planetary core
**[[Luke_Skywalker|Luke's]] [[X-wing Fighter|X-Wing]] crashing on Dagobah: as Sky Lynx shakes Scourge.
**X-Wing diving whine: as Cyclonus follows Galvatron toward the core.
*Large portions of the episode, especially the therapy sessions, seem to parody real psychological treatment methods such as {{w|word association}} and {{w|dramatherapy}}. The intentions of the Alya to consume Galvatron's mind could also be taken as a reference to a {{w|lobotomy}}, a process that can "cure" certain mental illnesses but removes significant parts of the patient's personality.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Soundwave is missing all his yellow stripes as he looms up to eject Ratbat.
**As he speaks his one line, he's missing his yellow stripes again.
**Just before Galvatron jumps him, Magnus's shoulder superstructure is blue instead of white.
**Magnus has a white missile as he grapples with Galvatron.
**The last time he grapples with Galvatron, the top of Magnus's back is red instead of grey.
**Galvatron's gun mode is mostly purple instead of its usual gray as Sludge bashes him aside.
**Cyclonus's gun is white instead of gray as he points it at Swindle.
**Soundwave is missing his stripes and insignia as he watches Galvatron being repaired.
**Galvatron has a "goatee" in most shots, but is "clean-shaven" in others (his chin is sometimes dark grey, sometimes just grey).
**In the shot before Galvatron is sent to Advanced Treatment, the rectangle on Cyclonus's chest isn't colored orange. In the shot after, the "eyes" on his Decepticon symbol are colored in (purple) instead of blue.
**As he vows to destroy the planet, then the Autobots, Galvatron's shoulder pieces are dark grey. In the next shot, they're back to having light grey tops with red squares. A few shots later (as he shoots the gun he built), the red squares are missing.
**During the Torkuli's line, "That's why your friend brought you here," the rectangle on Cyclonus's chest is yellow instead of orange. A few shots later (just before the commercial break), it's not colored in at all.
**While Galvatron is being lobotomized, while begging Cyclonus to help him, he's completely light grey, missing the purple of his armour entirely.
**Cyclonus's eyes are black instead of red as he observes that the planet has become infected with Galvatron's madness.
**The white rectangle near Galvatron's elbow flashes between white and purple as he struggles with the web stuff in mid-air.
**As he picks up the last Torkulon, the red squares on Galvatron's shoulders are missing.
**All the characters have little to no shading throughout the show, which is not common at all in Toei episodes.
*Ratbat is given a high-pitched series of squeaks as he ejects...and another, lower-pitched caw at the same time, layered on top of the squeaks.
*Perhaps the script called for Galvatron's forehead to blaze with energies, as it's been seen to do on occasion. Instead, two random spots on his temples are animated lighting up like console buttons.
*As Ratbat flaps over the horizon, his wings are layered behind the planet's limb instead of above it.
*Soundwave's only line in this episode once again lacks the trademark harmonics processed by [[Scott Brownlee]], meaning it once again sounds like {{w|Dr. Claw}}. This marks [[Roll for It|the second time]] it is known to have happened.
*The laser blasts' colors in this episode are...odd. When the Decepticons attack the Autobots on the asteroid, their blasts are yellow (usually an Autobot blast color), orange and red. Perceptor fires a blue laser blast at Galvatron, who fires blue lasers back at him! This is a trademark element seen in the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' cartoon, which is animated by the [[Toei Animation|same company]]: The Joes' kid-friendly lasers are red while [[Cobra Commander|Cobra]] has blue kid-friendly lasers.
*After the Sweeps miss colliding with Springer, Sky Lynx is back on the ground and takes off a second time. He rather oddly leaves his lower half just standing there, rather than converting to lynx form. When he lands at the battle's end, he's once again combined with his lower portion.
*Scourge and his accompanying Sweeps are at least partially animated based on their older, "incorrect" [[character model]]s. Their heads are visible in their vehicle modes:
**when Sky Lynx grabs one of them in his claws.
**when they transform to leave Torkulon.
*As the Autobots flee, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] can be seen among the damaged Sweeps, despite not being seen approaching the asteroid.
*In the wide shot of Cyclonus and company walking, they are sliding across the screen far more rapidly than the speed of their walk.
*Roger C. Carmel's inconsistency with the voice of Cyclonus starts to affect Motormaster. In this episode and "[[The Ultimate Weapon]]" (Motormaster's last speaking role in the series) his voice for Motormaster sounds weaker than before. The voice lacks most of its usual heavy flanging.
*In the second wide shot of Cyclonus speaking with the Quintesson, he's not quite standing flat on the ground.
*In the closeup of the Quintesson hologram, his mouth isn't animated as he speaks.
*As Galvatron struggles against the inhibitor blast, the Sweeps behind him are set too low on the landscape, making them look like they only come up to Galvatron's knees.
*After he's immobilized on the arena floor, a few shots show Galvatron floating in mid-air above the steps.
*An odd edit cuts off the head therapist: "We cannot allow you to interfere. Besides."
*As he yells, "Free me!" a closeup shows outer space behind Galvatron's face instead of the ground (or the purple webbing that surrounds him).
*As he says, "He'll be nothing at all!" Cyclonus's eyebrows are white instead of grey.
*The Sweep that transforms after the planetary overload is inexplicably given an energy glow as he does so.
*In a closeup shot, Galvatron has two ragged holes in his forehead, but they're not seen in any other view.
*Galvatron's emblem is missing just before he leaps into the crevasse.
*When Cyclonus says "He IS crazy," part of the Autobot symbol is on his chest.

===Continuity errors===
*Despite appearing in the group approaching the asteroid, Soundwave promptly disappears and doesn't play any part in the following battle.
*Galvatron is grappling with Magnus when the Sweep offers to help; when he bashes the Sweep aside in the very next shot, Magnus is nowhere to be seen.
*A wide shot shows Galvatron, Cyclonus, and three Sweeps arriving on Torkulon. The rest of the episode shows only two Sweeps, however.

===Trivia===
*This is by far the most Decepticon-centric episode of the series; the Autobots are only onscreen for part of the first act.
*Twice in this episode (when Cyclonus takes him to Torkulon to look for the Autobots, and when leaving the planet in search of the Autobots), Galvatron says "Ultra Magnus", as if Magnus is the [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|leader of the Autobots]]. To be fair, by this point in the show Magnus is usually the one issuing orders, so...
*It is ironic that Motormaster is the one to declare an ultimatum of rebellion against Galvatron to Cyclonus, considering he was the first Decepticon to loyally donate Energon to help find Galvatron in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]".
*The Torkuli diagnose Galvatron with a few [[processor]] problems, such as "a severe failure in reality processing, malignant plasmoneural tic, and embrittlement of the metaprocessing circuitry", all of which leave him constantly on the brink of a perceptual crash. Poor guy.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le monde de toile'''" ("The Web World")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Galvatron dreht durch'''" ("Galvatron goes Crazy")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il pianeta della pazzia'''" (First dub, "The Madness Planet"), "'''Il mondo rete"''' (Second dub, "The Web World")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' クモの巣惑星 (''Kumo no Su Wakusei'', "The Planet of the Spider's Nest")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 20]], [[1987]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zhūwǎng Shìjiè '''" (蛛网世界, "Webworld")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mir pawootiny'''" (''Мир паутины'', "Webworld")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2000]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 8: Evil Experiments ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2004]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 2 & Season 4 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2005 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 19 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2007]] — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2010]] — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-3/synopses/700-101.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1220W8z-zshcIqkscME14sAClGeSf4oQJ Episode dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

2021

2022-02-03T21:47:07Z

Poonaroon: /* Deaths */

{{yearofthe|2021}}
The year '''2021''' (MMXXI) is the 38th year since the [[Transformers brand]] began.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Events==
===Fiction===
====''Unite Warriors''====
*The ghost of [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] tricks [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] into resurrecting him as [[Grand Galvatron]], using the bodies of Cyclonus, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and three vengeful, extra-dimensional warriors.<ref>"[[Grand Galvatron Chapter]]"</ref>
*Aided by the [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]] from the future, the disembodied head of Unicron attempts to take [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as his new body. He is defeated by several combiners led by a temporarily resurrected [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].<ref>"[[Ruination Chapter, Part Two]]"</ref>

====''Transformers Legends''====
*A battle between [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and a returned [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] results in the destruction of the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters' transtectors. Both factions travel to the [[Legends World]] in search of new ones.<ref>"[[Headmaster Chapter Prologue]]"</ref> Additionally, the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partners on both sides are supercharged with [[plasma energy]] and vanish,<ref>"[[Targetmaster Chapter Prologue]]"</ref> eventually ending up in the Legends World as well.<ref name="mutant">"[[Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter]]"</ref>
*In the wake of the [[Masterforce War]], the former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s travel to [[G Nebula 89]] in search of new transtectors but are instead sent to the Legends World for safety's sake.<ref>"[[LG24 Shockwave & Cancer Prologue]]"</ref>
*[[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] of the [[Concurrence]] infiltrates the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] disguised as [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]], who is forced to go on the run together with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]].<ref>"[[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 54]]"</ref> Snake sends [[Shaoshao Li]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to the Legends World to recover the Targetmaster partners for the Concurrence.<ref name="mutant"/>

===Non-fiction===
====Conventions====
{{note|Several of the 2021 conventions were rescheduled or outright cancelled due to COVID-19 virus. Some had an online version instead.}}
*C.O.N.S. 2021: <s>April 18</s> — Postponed with new date unknown
*Cybfest NW 2021: September 11th
*Dairycon 2021: April 9 and 10
*Ia-Con Online 2021: January 30 to 31
*Pete's Robot Convention 2021: June 18–19
*RetCon 2021: Postponed to April 2022
*TFcon 2021: December 10–12
*TFCon Baltimore 2021: October 22–24
*TFExpo 2021: Cancelled. To return July 2022
*TFNation 2021: August 13–14 Online-only
*[[Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021]]: April 6 — Online broadcast.

====Deaths====
*[[January 7]] — [[Brad Venable]]
*[[January 16]] — [[Vincent Davy]]
*[[March 17]] — [[Jacques Frantz]]
*[[April 29]] — [[Kazuo Oka]]
*[[July 1]] — [[Philece Sampler]]
*[[August 7]] — [[Markie Post]]
*[[August 10]] — [[Júlio Chaves]]
*[[August 26]] — [[French Tickner]]
*[[September 2]] — [[Horst Lampe]]
*[[October 12]] — [[Brian Goldner]]
*[[October 19]] — [[Jack Angel]]
*[[November 13]] — [[Joe Siracusa]]
*[[December 3]] — [[Jōji Yanami]]
*[[December 14]] — [[Henry Orenstein]]
*[[December 16]] — [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]
*[[December 26]] — [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]]
*[[December 30]] — [[Erwin Grunspan]]
{{--}}

==Print==
===Comics===
====IDW====
* ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' #27–38 (ongoing)
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #1–11 (ongoing)
* ''[[Transformers '84: Legends & Rumors 100-Page Giant]]'' (one-shot)
* ''[[Transformers/Back to the Future]]'' #3–4 (of 4 issues)
* ''[[Transformers: Escape]]'' #2–5 (of 5 issues)
* ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron]]'' (4 issues) ''
* ''[[Transformers: King Grimlock]]'' #1–4 (of 5 issues)
* ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (IDW)|Transformers: Shattered Glass]]'' #1–5 (of 5 issues)
* ''[[Wreckers: Tread & Circuits|Transformers: Wreckers—Tread & Circuits]]'' #1–3 (of 4 issues)

===Books===
* TBD

==Collections==
===Comics===
====IDW====
* ''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator]]'' TPB
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 12]]'' Hardcover
* ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers, Vol. 3: All Fall Down]]'' Hardcover
* ''[[Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies]]'' TPB
* ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!|My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise]]'' TPB
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Three: Volume 1]]'' Hardcover
* ''[[Transformers/Back to the Future]]'' TPB

====[[Villagebooks]]====
* ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' vol. 4

==Media==

===Television===
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]: Kingdom''
* ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' Chapter Four

==Toys==
===Hasbro===
====[[Transformers Authentics|Authentics]]====
=====5 inch figures ("Bravo" assortment)=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (IDW)#Authentics|Barricade]]}}
</ul>
|}

=====7 inch figures ("Alpha" assortment)=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Authentics|Shockwave]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]====
*TBA
{{-}}

====[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]====

=====[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]=====
<ul class="icon-list">
* [[Ultimate X-Spanse#Toys|Ultimate X-Spanse]] (w/ [[Wolverine (Marvel)#Collaborative|Wolverine]] and [[Sabretooth]])
{{Bp-a1|[[Ectotron#Afterlife|Ectotron]] (w/ [[Slimer#Afterlife|Slimer]] and [[Muncher#Toys|Muncher]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Tyrannocon Rex#Toys|Tyrannocon Rex]] / [[JP93#Toys|Autobot JP93]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Draculus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[J. Balvintron#Toys|J. Balvintron]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Collaborative|Energia Buzzaw]] & [[Stripes#Collaborative|Vibras Stripes]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

=====[[Transformers R.E.D.|R.E.D. [Robot Enhanced Design]]]=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (WFC)/toys#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Arcee]] (''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'')}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Cheetor]] (''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Bumblebee]] (''Transformers'')}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Coronation Starscream]] (''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#ReformattingMegatron|Reformatting Megatron]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#R.E.D._.5BRobot_Enhanced_Design.5D|Optimus Primal]] (''Beast Wars'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

=====[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]=====

======Exclusives======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Encounter 2: [[Micro]]n Micromasters}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Fireguard#Toys|Fireguard]] & [[Roadburner#Generations|Roadburner]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (G1)#Generations|Decepticon Runner]] & [[Motorhead (G1)#Generations|Motorhead]]}}
:{{Bp-a1d1|[[Stingracer#Toys|Stingracer]] & [[Windstorm#Toys|Windstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Encounter 5: [[Botropolis]] Rescue Mission}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Overair (facility)#Generations|Overair]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Ironworks (facility)#Botropolis|Ironworks]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Phaser (G1)#Botropolis|Fuzer]] & [[Blast Master#Botropolis|Autobot Blast Master]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Missile Master#Generations|Missile Master]] & [[Moonrock#Generations|Moonrock]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

=====[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]=====
======Core Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|WFC-K12 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-K13 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Megatron]]}}
|}
======Deluxe Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K14 [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]]}}
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K15 [[Ractonite#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ractonite]] (Fossilizer)}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K16 [[Huffer (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Huffer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K17 [[Arcee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Arcee]] (unchanged re-release of ''Earthrise'' Arcee)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K23 [[Scorponok (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Predacon Scorponok]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K24 [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Wheeljack]] (unchanged re-release of ''Earthrise'' Wheeljack)}}
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K25 [[Wingfinger#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Wingfinger]] (Fossilizer)}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K26 [[Tracks (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Tracks]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K31 [[Shadow Panther#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Shadow Panther]]}}
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K34 [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Waspinator]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K32 [[Pipes (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Pipes]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K33 [[Slammer#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Slammer]] (Weaponizer)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

======Voyager Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K18 [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Dinobot]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K19 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Inferno]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K27 [[Rhinox (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rhinox]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K35 [[Tigatron#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K44 [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Blaster]] & [[Eject (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Eject]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

======Leader Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K20 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|WFC-K28 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Galvatron]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

======Commander Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rodimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

======Titan Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K30 [[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Ark]] (with [[Teletraan I#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Teletraan-1]]/[[Mainframe (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Mainframe]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#K30|Optimus Prime]] micro-figure)}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====== Store exclusives ======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Target]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K37 [[T-Wrecks#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal T-Wrecks]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K41 [[Road Rage (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Road Rage]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Walgreens]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K38 [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Red Alert]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Hasbro Pulse]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K39 [[Tricranius#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tricranius Beast Power Fire Blasts Collection pack]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Battle Across Time Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1m1|WFC-K40 [[Mirage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Mirage]] & [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1m1|WFC-K42 [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Sideswipe]] & [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Skywarp]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Golden Disk Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Chapter 1: Through the Vortex}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Puffer#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Puffer]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Road Ranger#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Road Ranger]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Chapter 2: …And Out the Other Side}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Jackpot (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Jackpot]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Sights (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Sights]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
|}

======[[Generations Selects (toyline)#Hasbro|Selects]]======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Hasbro originals'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS23 [[Deep Cover#Generations Selects|Deep Cover]]}}
{{Bp-d2|WFC-GS24 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]] (''Generation 2'')}}
{{Bp-m1|WFC-GS25 [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations Selects|Transmutate]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS26 [[Artfire#Generations Selects|Artfire]] & [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-GS27 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

=====[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]=====
======Deluxe======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Deep Cover#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Deep Cover]]}}
{{Bp-qu2|[[Deseeus Army Drone#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Deseeus Army Drone]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sparkless#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Sparkless Bot]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
======Battle 3-Packs======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Optimus Primal]] (w/ [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Rattrap]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sparkless#SparklessSeeker|Sparkless Seeker]] (w/ [[Caliburst (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Sparkless Caliburst]] and [[Singe#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Sparkless Singe]])}}
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======Exclusives======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''HasLab'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1d1|[[Unicron/toys#HasLab|Unicron]] (w/ [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Autobot Hot Rod]], [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#HasLab|Galvatron]])}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Hasbro Pulse'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K39 [[Tricranius#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tricranius Beast Power Fire Blasts Collection pack]]}}
{{Bp-d1p1|[[Ravage (G1)/toys#PulseCon|Covert Agent Ravage / Decepticons Forever Ravage]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' (Target)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Bumblebee]] / [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Spike Witwicky]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BuzzworthyOrigin|Origin Bumblebee]]}}
*"Worlds Collide" 4-pack:
:{{Bp-p1|[[Nemesis Primal]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Fangry (G1)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Fangry]] (w/ [[Brisko#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Brisko]])}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#WorldsCollide|Bumblebee]]}}
:{{Bp-p1|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Blackarachnia]]}}
</ul>
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{{-}}

=====[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Retro Headmasters|Retro Headmasters]]=====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-a1|[[Highbrow (G1)#Retro Headmasters|Highbrow]] (w/ [[Gort#Retro Headmasters|Gort]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skullcruncher (G1)#Retro Headmasters|Skullcruncher]] (w/ [[Grax#Retro Headmasters|Grax]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Weirdwolf (G1)#Retro Headmasters|Weirdwolf]] (w/ [[Monzo#Retro Headmasters|Monzo]])}}
</ul>
{{-}}

=====''Shattered Glass Collection''=====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-sa|[[Blurr (SG)#Generations|Blurr]]}}
{{bp-sd|[[Megatron (SG)#Generations|Megatron]]}}
{{bp-sd|[[Starscream (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Goldbug (SG)#Generations|Autobot Goldbug]]}}
</ul>

=====[[Studio Series]]=====
======Deluxe Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 12'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|70 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS70|B-127]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1|71 [[Dino#Studio Series|Autobot Dino]] (''Dark of the Moon'')}}
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<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|74 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS74|Bumblebee]] (w/ [[Sam Witwicky#SS74|Sam Witwicky]], ''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
{{Bp-a1|75 [[Jolt (ROTF)#Studio Series|Jolt]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
{{Bp-qu2|86-08 [[Gnaw (G1)#Studio Series|Gnaw]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
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<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|78 [[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#SS78|Sideswipe]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
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======Voyager Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 12'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|72 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SS72|Starscream]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 13'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|76 [[Thrust (Movie)#Studio Series|Thrust]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-09 [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Studio Series|Wreck-Gar]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 14'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|86-10 [[Sweep (G1)#Studio Series|Decepticon Sweep]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
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======Leader Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|86-06 [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]] & [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Autobot Wheelie]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
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<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|73 [[Grindor (ROTF)#Studio Series|Grindor]] & [[Ravage (ROTF)#Studio Series|Ravage]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-07 [[Slag (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Dinobot Slug]] & [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Studio Series|Daniel Witwicky]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
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{{-}}

======Multi-packs and exclusives======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|18BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW18|Bumblebee]] VS 46BB [[Dropkick (Movie)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Dropkick]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1d1|27BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW27|Clunker Bumblebee]] VS 28BB [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Barricade]] (''Transformers'')}}
{{Bp-a1d1|79BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW79|High Octane Bumblebee]] VS 02BB [[Stinger (AOE)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Decepticon Stinger]] (''Age of Extinction'')}}
{{Bp-a1|70BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW70|B-127]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-02BB [[Kup (G1)/toys#BW8602|Kup]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-13BB [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#BW8613|Cliffjumper]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
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{{-}}

====[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|Rescue Bots Academy]]====
*TBD
{{-}}

====[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]====
=====Action Attack=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class Wave 9''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Dinobot Snarl]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class Wave 10''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Dead End]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultra Class Wave 10''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (Cyberverse)#Ultra|Ramjet]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultra Class Wave 11''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sludge (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Dinobot Sludge]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultimate Class Wave 6''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Volcanicus (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Volcanicus]]}}
</ul>
|}

=====Deluxe Class=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Cheetor]]}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Slug (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Dinobot Slug]]}}
</ul>
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=====Roll & Combine=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="30%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Bumblebee]] / [[Swoop (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Dinobot Swoop]] ([[Bumbleswoop]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Megatron]] / [[Slug (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Dinobot Slug]] ([[Slugtron]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Wheeljack]] / [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Grimlock]] ([[Wheelgrim]])}}
</ul>
|}

=====Roll N' Change=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Roll N' Change|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Roll N' Change|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MPM12|MPM-12 Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

====[[Vintage (Walmart toyline)#Vintage Beast Wars|Vintage Beast Wars]]====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Rattrap]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

===TakaraTomy===


====[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP52|MP-52 Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MPM12|MPM-12 Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#MP52|MP-52+ Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skids (G1)#Masterpiece|MP-53 Skids]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Reboost#Masterpiece|MP-54 Reboost]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#MP52|MP-52+ Skywarp]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron: Siege#Siege (TakaraTomy)|Transformers Siege]]====
=====Exclusives=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[TakaraTomy Mall]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SG-EX [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|SG-EX Decepticon [[Phantomstrike Squadron]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Fracas#War for Cybertron: Siege|Decepticon Fracas]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Hairsplitter#War for Cybertron: Siege|Shrute]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Skywarp]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Terror-Daxtyl#Generations|Terror-Daxtyl]]}}
{{Bp-merc|SG-EX [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#S63|Soundblaster]]}}
{{Bp-d1|SG-EX [[Acid Storm (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Acid Storm]] & [[Ion Storm#Toys|Ion Storm]] & [[Nova Storm (G1)#Toys|Nova Storm]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise#Earthrise (TakaraTomy)|Transformers Earthrise]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' ([[January 20|Jan 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Fasttrack (G1)#Generations|Fasttrack]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|}
=====Exclusives=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[TakaraTomy Mall]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-15 [[Doublecrosser (Earthrise)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Doublecrosser]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-16 [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Skywarp]] & [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-17 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#AUOP|Alternate Universe Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-18 [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ironhide]] & [[Prowl (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-19 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ramjet]] & [[Dirge (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Dirge]]}}
</ul>
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<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-20 [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ratchet]] & [[Lifeline (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Lifeline]]}}
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-21 [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Bluestreak]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-22 [[Centurion droid#Toys|Centurion Drone]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-23 [[Runabout (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Runabout]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-24 [[Thrust (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thrust]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|ER EX-25 Dominus Criminal Pursuit ([[Barricade (IDW)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Barricade]] & [[Punch (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Punch-Counterpunch]])}}
{{Bp-merc|ER EX-26 [[Exhaust#Generations Selects|Exhaust]]}}
{{Bp-merc|ER EX-27 [[Bug Bite (G1)#Generations Selects|Bug Bite]]}}
</ul>
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|}
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom#Kingdom (TakaraTomy)|Transformers Kingdom]]====
=====General retail=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[March 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|KD-01 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD-02 [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rattrap]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD-03 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cheetor]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[April 24]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|KD-04 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Megatron (Beast)]]}}
{{Bp-p1|KD-05 [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blackarachnia]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[May 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-06 [[Warpath (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Warpath]]}}
{{Bp-d1|KD-07 [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cyclonus]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' ([[June 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|KD-08 [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Generations|Dinobot]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD-09 [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' ([[July 31]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-10 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD-11 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[August 7]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-12 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rodimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[October 30]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|KD-13 [[Rhinox (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rhinox]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' ([[November 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-15 [[Tracks (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tracks]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' ([[December 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|KD-16 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Galvatron]]}}
</ul>
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=====Exclusives=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="30%" valign="top"|'''[[TakaraTomy Mall]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|KD EX-01 [[Paleotrex#Generations|Paleotrex]]}}
{{Bp-p1|KD EX-02 [[Vertebreak (Kingdom)#Generations|Vertebreak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD EX-03 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-p1|KD EX-04 [[Ractonite#toys|Ractonite]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD EX-05 [[Huffer (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Huffer]]}}
{{Bp-d1|KD EX-06 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|KD-EX-07 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD EX-08 [[Wingfinger#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Wingfinger]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD EX-09 [[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Ark]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Japanese release|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' ([[January 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-09 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-10 [[Elita One (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Elita-1]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[February 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-11 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-12 [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Wheeljack]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-13 [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Red Alert]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-14 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[March 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-15 [[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Autobot Impactor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-16 [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Nemesis Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' ([[September 25]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-17 [[Deep Cover#Netflix|Deep Cover]]}}
</ul>
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|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' ([[October 30]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-18 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Cheetor]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' ([[December 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-19 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Optimus Primal]] & [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Rattrap]]}}
</ul>
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{{-}}

====[[Generations Selects (toyline)#TakaraTomy|Selects]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''TakaraTomy originals'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TT-GS11 [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Selects|Volcanicus]] ([[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Selects|Grimlock]], [[Sludge (G1)#Selects|Sludge]], [[Slag (G1)/toys#Selects|Slag]], [[Snarl (G1)#Selects|Snarl]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Selects|Swoop]])}}
{{Bp-d1|TT-GS05 [[Abominus (G1)#Selects|Abominus]] ([[Sinnertwin (G1)#Selects|Sinnertwin]], [[Blot (G1)#Selects|Blot]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)#Selects|Rippersnapper]], [[Cutthroat (G1)#Selects|Cutthroat]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Selects|Hun-Gurrr]])}}
{{Bp-merc|TT-GS12 [[Soundblaster (G1)#Selects|Soundblaster]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]}}
</ul>
|}

{{-}}

====[[Studio Series#Studio Series (TakaraTomy)|Studio Series]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 20''' ([[April 20|Apr 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-59 [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Autobot Jazz]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-60 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Hot Rod]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-61 [[Kup (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Kup]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}} 
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 21''' ([[May 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|SS-62 [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Scourge]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-63 [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Blurr]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-64 [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]] & [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Autobot Wheelie]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 22''' ([[June 26|Jun 26]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-65 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS70|B-127]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 23''' ([[July 31|Jul 31]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-66 [[Dino#Studio Series|Autobot Dino]] (''Dark of the Moon'')}}
{{Bp-d1|SS-67 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SS72|Starscream]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 24''' ([[August 7|Aug 7]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-68 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW74|Bumblebee]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fictional events by year]]

November 13

2022-02-03T21:46:10Z

Poonaroon:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|11|13}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1968]] —''' Voice actor [[Janusz Wituch]] is born.
* '''[[1976]] —''' [[Óscar Flores]] (Mexican voice of [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] in the "[[Transformers: Cyber Missions|Cyber Missions]]" series) is born.
* '''[[1985]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[Auto-Bop]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[1986]] —''' The ''Transformers'' episode "[[Only Human]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'']] episode "[[Revelations Part III: Apocalypse]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2002]]—''' The second printing of [[Prime Directive|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 1]] [[Prime Directive issue 5|issue 5]] is released in the US by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''[[2004]] —''' The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' episode "[[Fires of the Past|Wounds of Love]]" premiers in Japan.
* '''[[2008]] —''' Preorders for ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Dirge (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!|Dirge]] and [[Thrust (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!|Thrust]] start on [[TakaraTomy Mall|Toy Hobby Market]].
* '''[[2010]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' episode "[[Predacons Rising (Animated)|Sorrowful Life-form]]" airs in Japan.
* '''[[2013]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection|The IDW Collection]]'' [[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two|volume 2]] (Red Label edition), ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' Vol 5 TPB, ''[[Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters (comic)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Beast Hunters issue 7|#7]] and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|#1]] (100-Penny Press ed.) are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2019]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 27: Worlds Collide Part 1'' is released by [[Hachette|Hachette Publishing]].
* '''[[2020]] —''' Hasbro hosts a [[Hasbro Pulse#Fan First Friday|Fan First Friday]] online event.
* '''[[2021]] —''' Music editor [[Joe Siracusa]] dies.

Joe Siracusa

2022-02-03T21:44:34Z

Poonaroon:

{{disambig3|Joe}}
'''Joe Siracusa''' ([[February 3]], [[1922]] - [[November 13]], [[2021]]) was a music editor who worked on ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]''. For six years starting in the late 40s, he was the drummer for novelty group Spike Jones and the City Slickers. He later moved into animation, editing Mr. Magoo cartoons and from there a multitude of other titles including ''Popeye the Sailor'', Pink Panther shorts, ''Return to the Planet of the Apes'' and ''The Road Runner Show''. In the late 70s, he began working for [[Marvel Productions]] and edited the music for shows such as ''The [[Fantastic Four]]'', ''[[Spider-Man]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', and naturally ''Transformers''.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802733/ Joe Siracusa] at the IMDB
*[https://www.dailynews.com/2020/01/24/nearly-98-this-man-shook-president-trumans-hand-befriended-dr-seuss-and-stan-lee-and-hasnt-stopped-dancing/ 2020 article in the Los Angeles Daily News]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siracusa, Joe}}
[[Category:Editors]]

Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

2022-02-02T05:07:04Z

Poonaroon:

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=70
|series2=2010
|ep2=5
|prev2=Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4
|next2=Thief in the Night
|title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"
|image=FFOD5_Galvatron_lever.jpg
|caption=How can he possibly resist the diabolical urge to pull the lever that could erase his very existence?
|airdate=[[September 19]], 1986
|written by=[[Flint Dille]]
|production code=700-90
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[AKOM]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBNvcUWzlpg
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''With Earth and Cybertron under joint Decepticon-Quintesson assault, the Autobots raise a last stand against their old enemies... and the race which created them.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:FFOD5 Decepticons attack.JPG|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Galvatron, can he join my armada?]]

The [[Decepticon]]s open a sortie against the [[Autobot]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and the initial attack took out the whole defense system. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] tells the others to go, while he holds them off. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] says that Magnus's courage will be remembered. Unsaid is the possibility that there will be no one to remember it. From their ship, the [[Quintesson]]s calculate that it will take less than a day to completely defeat the Autobots. After all, they've given [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] something worth fighting for...

On Earth, the new Decepticon battle station heads for [[Ark (G1)|Autobot headquarters]]. [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] lead a counter offensive, but their efforts are stymied when the station [[Transformation|transforms]] into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Warpath orders [[Teletraan I]] to activate the defense systems, but Trypticon causes [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] to collapse on the ship, destroying it. With his task there complete, Trypticon heads to his next target: [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]].

[[File:FFOD5 Predacons.JPG|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Know that there are five Predacons. The other guys are posers!]]

On [[Io]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] hurries to rescue [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]], and [[Marissa Faireborn]] from certain death from the natives. However, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrive to steal the [[Transformation cog|Transformation Cog]] intended for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Initially, the Predacons turn out to be all bark with no bite. However, they merge into [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], and manage to disorient Wheelie, Blurr, and Faireborn. However, Sky Lynx attacks Predaking, and causes him to separate. Sky Lynx orders the others to board him, and Wheelie discovers the cog.

Meanwhile, Galvatron orders [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to give a status report to the Quintessons. However, Blitzwing overhears that the Quintessons don't have the [[Decepticon Matrix]]. What's worse, they want the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] to pull a [[large switch]] which will deactivate the [[Transformer]]s all over the galaxy. Blitzwing tries to tell Galvatron, but the psychotic [[Decepticon leader]] merely beats him. Blitzwing realizes that there is one other option... side with the Autobots to stop the Quintessons.

[[File:FFOD5 Metroplex Trypticon.JPG|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Godzilla vs. Megazord!]]

On Earth, Trypticon has arrived at Autobot City, but Wheelie is able to get the cog to Pipes, who installs it in Metroplex. Coming online, Metroplex and Trypticon throw down. Their battle extends into another city (which everyone manages to evacuate from). Finally, Metroplex manages to overwhelm Trypticon, and throws Trypticon a great distance, where he lands in the ocean and sinks.

On Cybertron, Blitzwing, Rodimus Prime, and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] manage to stop the Sharkticons, but Galvatron, thinking the switch is the key to the Decepticon Matrix, pulls it. With the Transformers offline, the Quintessons land on Cybertron. As the Quintessons enjoy how great it is to be home, Spike grabs Rodimus' weapon, and destroys the lever. Reactivating, an incredibly angry Galvatron begins chasing the Quintessons, who manage to escape. Galvatron then prepares to fight Rodimus, but Blitzwing pulls his weapon on Galvatron, telling him that this has to end. Galvatron banishes Blitzwing from the Decepticons, and orders the Decepticons to retreat.

[[File:FFOD5 Rodimus victory speech.JPG|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Optimus would have given a more rousing speech.]]

Rodimus notes that the battle is over for now, but the Autobot leader also notes that the Transformers may well have met their greatest enemies...
{{-}}

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] (5)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (6)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (9)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (12)
*[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] (13)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (14)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (15)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (16)
*[[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (17)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (18)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (19)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (20)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (21)
*[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] (22)
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (23)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (24)
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] (26)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (27)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (30)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (31)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (32)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (33)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (48)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (49)

|c2=
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (1)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] (2)
*[[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] (3)
*[[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] (4)
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (11)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (28)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (29)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (34)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (35)
*[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] (36)
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] (37)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (38)
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (39)
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] (30)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (31)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (32)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (33)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (34)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (35)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (38)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (36)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (37)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (39)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (40)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (41)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (42)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (43)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (44)
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (45)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (46)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (47)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (7)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (25)
*Cornpone
*Cornpone's Wife

|c4=
*[[Quintesson]]s (10)
*[[Deliberata]]
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] (35)

}}

==Quotes==
"Why do you not flee? Did our last encounter teach you nothing?" 
"Not cowardice, certainly."
:— '''Galvatron''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' meet for the first time after the movie.

"Olé, sucker!" 
:—'''Wheelie''' the bullfighter!

'''Sky Lynx''': "If that is the worst the Predacons can do, we have little to fear from..." 
''[the Predacons combine into Predaking]'' 
'''Melissa Fairborne''': "You don't suffer from... overconfidence or anything?" 
'''Predaking''': "He does! But, he will suffer more at the hands of ''Predaking!''" 
:— Predaking makes his entrance

"Mighty Galvatron... there is no Decepticon Matrix!" 
[''smacks him away''] "Tell it to the Autobots!"
:—'''Blitzwing''' gets some inspiration from '''Galvatron'''.

"Faster, Pipes, faster faster faster faster faster! You gotta work faster because if you don't Trypticon's gonna stomp us and that's why we're gonna get..." 
"Blurr... shut up!"
:—'''Blurr''' annoys '''Pipes'''.

"This planet's not big enough for the both of us." 
"Me crush Metroplex!"
:—'''Metroplex''', the gung-ho cowboy, meets '''Trypticon''', the ravaging dinosaur.

"We Transformers have looked into the face of our creators... and seen the face of an enemy."
:—'''Rodimus Prime'''

==Season 5==
{{note|When this episode was rebroadcast in [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 5|the fifth season]] of ''The Transformers'', it contained new bookending segments with original story material.}}

[[File:PrimeEmergencyBeaconMohawk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|Prime's mohawk has many practical functions you never knew about.]]

[[Tommy Kennedy|Tommy]] and [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] meet in the barren wasteland and Tommy wants to know why Optimus is late again. Optimus explains that [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] slowed him down, but not to worry, he "demolished them". However, the whole sector is currently on alert, just in case they come back. Despite all this danger, Tommy asks Prime to finish the story...

In the end, Tommy is thrilled to hear that it took a ''human'' to ultimately save the day. Optimus says that the Autobots owe the humans their lives and Tommy volunteers to help him out next time there are any Decepticons to fight. Suddenly, Prime's flashing red emergency mohawk beacon goes off: The Decepticons are back! Optimus tells Tommy to get ready for battle and Tommy begins to renege on his offer to help fight. Prime accuses Tommy of being frightened which spurs the youth into declaring "let's do it!" Together, they blast off into space to meet the Decepticons in deadliest combat.

{{--}}

==Notes==

===Continuity notes===
*The [[large switch]] was located at "coordinates omega-zero-one" within Cybertron. The Quintesson's emergency escape pod was on "level 14".
*Pipes cites the late Optimus Prime and quotes his catchphrase, "Transform and [[roll out]]!"
*Gadgets and powers:
**Bumblebee is shown with a rooftop cannon in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] during the first attack run on Trypticon. The weapon appears to be based on that of Outback.
*Galvatron makes reference to his last meeting with Ultra Magnus, on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].
*This episode is the first and only appearance of Tailgate. Swerve would later reappear briefly in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
*The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s make their debut (excepting an anomalous appearance by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] in [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1|Part 1]]). They are either newly created, or have not been encountered by the Autobots before, as neither Blaster nor Sky Lynx are familiar with them. There's no indication of their origin; a Quintesson simply states that "We shall see how your Sky Lynx fares against... the Predacons." The team then arrives on Io in balls of fire.
**An origin for the Predacons' sudden arrival, as well as their affiliation with the Quintessons, was provided by ''[[TV Magazine]]'' in their [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|''Transformers 2010'' story pages]]. Evidently, the Predacons were built by the Quintessons during their alliance with the Decepticons.
**There's also an easy-to-miss gag there - the Quintessons intercept Blaster's statement that Sky Lynx is on his way to Io, and presumably pass it along to the Predacons. The egotistical Sky Lynx expresses surprise when the Predacons actually show up, saying they must not have received "Blaster's warning", that presumably being the intercepted transmission about Sky Lynx himself!
*[[Teletraan I]] would apparently survive destruction, in Japanese continuity, anyway. It would appear one final time in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' episode "[[Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!]]".

===Real-world references===
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**Laserbeak and Thrust emerge from Trypticon's chest with the sound of the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'''s engine burst.
**[[Luke_Skywalker|Luke]]'s [[X-wing_Fighter|X-wing]] crashing on Dagobah can be heard as the Sweeps and Cyclonus spin into each other.
*It must be more than coincidence that the force attacking the city-scale Trypticon is made up entirely of characters from the Mini Vehicle range (plugging the new Decepticon's playset potential).

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Cyclonus oddity armadaesque.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|The worst part is, somebody in charge looked at all this and said, "Great job! AKOM, we're giving you the rest of Season 3!"]]
*During the recap, Galvatron's "Very well, Junkions" line is not flanged.
*AKOM episode. Wrong color models. Colored mouths. You know the drill:
**Rodimus and Galvatron are both consistently colored using outdated color models; Rodimus's shoulder indentations are red instead of white, his pelvis-windshield details are white instead of light burgundy, while Galvatron has pale purple "underpants." Rodimus's gun is back to being the same odd blue/gray combo he had in Part 2; AKOM usually colors it red, though it should be black. It's also missing its "wings" when Spike borrows it.
**Blurr's mouth is blue. Almost everyone else, shockingly enough, has the normal grayish-black.
**Soundwave has a white backpack (visible as Sky Lynx flattens him.)
*The generic Decepticon army:
**In the opening pan, the entire Decepticon army seems to be made up of randomly recoloured Sweeps and Cyclonuses. Among the more visible examples are Sweeps colored like Breakdown and Wildrider.
**As Magnus turns to open fire, the foreshortening of his arm is bizarrely misdrawn.
**As Galvatron continues to descend and fire, an extra Cyclonus appears in Dirge's colors, alongside the actual Cyclonus.
***A Dirge-colored Cyclonus strafes Cybertron after the first commercial break.
*Coloring errors:
**Rodimus's spoiler ridge is colored yellow instead of orange as Kup laments the loss of the defense system.
**Scrapper's faceplate changes from grey to red as he listens to Bonecrusher.
**"We have no choice but to make our stand here" - one of Bumblebee's horns is drawn and colored as though it was part of Swerve's leg, which is behind it.
**In the second shot of Warpath's team of [[Mini Vehicle]]s outside Autobot Headquarters, Beachcomber is colored like Wildrider.
**As the Autobots watch Trypticon walk off, Warpath's back is grey rather than red.
**Ultra Magnus punches Ramjet, who spirals out of control. When he hits a wall and explodes, he's colored like Dirge. The error is particularly visible since Dirge himself gets the same punch-and-explode treatment a second later.
**Streetwise has a red chest (Red Alert's color scheme?) as he stands next to Perceptor and Slingshot, firing.
**As he delivers the "Meet your fate valiantly, Autobots!" line, Perceptor's Autobot logo is all grey rather than just a grey outline.
**As Blaster despairs over Sky Lynx's absence, his helmet is white instead of red.
**Headstrong's [[beast mode]] head has a huge swath of black on it in two different shots.
**As Blurr throws the cog, Thrust flies past in Laserbeak's colors. This was probably intended to be Laserbeak himself, since Thrust just got swatted.[[File:FFOD5 Insecticons.png|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Maybe Cyclonus ''was'' [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]]. Or [[Insecticon clone|a clone.]]]]
**When Wheelie faces off against the big line of Decepticon troops, all three Insecticons are present, including two Shrapnels. Bombshell's eyes aren't colored in. Blast Off and Swindle are also in the lineup, despite appearing on Cybertron at the start of the attack there.
***When Sky Lynx jumps over/through the lined up Decepticons, the second Shrapnel is replaced by Soundwave.
**The late Ratchet is among the Autobots cheering Metroplex's victory, in Blaster's colors. And is that ''another'' Ratchet in the background?
**Springer and Arcee are shown among the frozen Autobots on Earth, despite being on Cybertron. Sludge is shown in the same shot in Grimlock's colors (and possibly with Grimlock's head.)
**As the Quintessons venture onto Cybertron, a frozen Sweep is shown with red (pink?) wings.
**A second later, the Quintessons walk past a frozen [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (or [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]), drawn at the size of an ordinary Transformer and colored like [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]].
**Blitzwing's helmet is missing its yellow bits as he starts off after Galvatron and the fleeing Quintessons.
*Springer changes places between shots, going from Magnus's right to directly behind him (and back again when the first shot is recycled.)
*The click sound of the button pushed by the Quintesson to activate his monitor doesn't coincide with the actual push of the button.
*The Quintessons' view of Earth initially shows partly cloudy skies... then Trypticon just appears out of nowhere against the same sky. We'll be kind and not count this monitor view under "Improbable Viewpoints".
*Warpath neither moves his faceplate nor flashes his cheek blinkers when he speaks.
[[File:FFoD5 MiniVehicles.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
*From shot to shot, Swerve's head goes from pink helmet and visor, to pink helmet and blue visor, to red helmet and blue visor.
*Swerve disappears after the initial shot of the Autobot ambush, and is replaced by Beachcomber.
[[File:Giantscamper.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
*An establishing shot of Metroplex shows him sitting in the desert all by himself, without [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] anywhere in sight. He also has Scamper sitting in his "garage", drawn to toy-based scale... which means he'd be a hundred foot long car.
*Sky Lynx flies behind a smooth, featureless reddish celestial body. If it's supposed to be Io, it's ''waaaaaay'' too small, not more than a couple hundred feet across. In fact it's too small to be a regular round body.
*Io has changed colors; an establishing shot shows it to be red instead of the gray it was last time. Of course, the ''real'' Io actually ''is'' red.
*In the first shot of Blurr, Wheelie, and Marissa fighting the lightpoles, none of them is standing on Io's surface; they're floating several feet above it.
*Also, Marissa's ship is intact, but it was blown up in the previous episode.
*Improbable viewpoints:
**How does Blaster get an eye-level view of Marissa fighting on Io?
*Sudden starry night:
**The view of Trypticon smoking and damaged is set against a starry night sky, despite the scene occurring during the daytime.
**When Wheelie loses the transforming cog, three of the next four shots are shown against a blue sky with clouds, rather than the night sky of Io.
**Night sky is shown behind Marissa as she orders Blurr to "stop babbling"...
***And again behind Blurr as he prepares for his "lateral"...
****And again behind the cog as Wheelie throws it to Sky Lynx...
*****And again behind Sky Lynx as he flattens the Decepticon lineup...
*Once again, the animation fails to convey that the lightpoles are an actual threat.
*Powerglide gets a descending-pitch transformation sound as he changes to his plane mode and takes off. Launching aerial Transformers normally get the rising-pitch version.
*The Constructicons watching Trypticon on the hill are much larger than they should be.
*Five Autobots drive toward Trypticon, but the next shot shows only three getting kicked away.
*Pipes and Swerve seem to be firing lasers right out of their windshields.
*As Trypticon approaches Autobot Headquarters, the ship only has two engines sticking out rather than three.
*The sound effect for the shot that Trypticon fires at the camera lags behind the shot itself.
[[File:Cycloni ffod5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
*Cyclonus and his Armada:
**Four Cyclonuses are shown strafing Cybertron after the first commercial break.
**The next shot shows two Cyclonuses.
**While retreating from Cybertron, there are five Cyclonuses flying with Galvatron.
*When Galvatron transforms to fire on Ultra Magnus, his arm cannon flies off screen, and a new one comes out of his head to take its place in cannon mode. (Again!)
*Magnus and Galvatron's voices are muffled as if they were speaking by radio, even though there's no reason for them to do so. Dirge and Ramjet suffer from a similar though less obvious effect in the same scene.
*Bumblebee and Powerglide are briefly visible fighting alongside Perceptor against the Sweeps on Cybertron, despite being on Earth at the time.
*Blitzwing's voice isn't properly flanged as he acknowledges Galvatron's command to report to the Quintessons.
*Throughout the episode, the area around Blitzwing's Decepticon symbol changes. Sometimes it has lines above and below it, sometimes only above, sometimes none. Sometimes red, sometimes purple.
*In the establishing shot before Sky Lynx arrives, Marissa and the 'bots aren't even trying to fight off the lightpoles! Incidentally, Io's gone back to being gray.
*Sky Lynx's first transformation sequence lacks any transformation sound.
*The squawks that Sky Lynx lets loose after transforming are not by his voice actor! (The whole animal noise shtick for him would be dropped after this episode.)
*The Predacons get some bizarre use of the transformation noise. It plays as they emerge from the balls of fire that carried them to Io (a means of transport that they never used again.)
*Headstrong and Tantrum arrive carrying their guns, but a second later they charge into battle with their swords. They then proceed not to use either weapon.
*Sky Lynx's transporter section transforms to lynx mode, but is back in transporter mode when Blurr and Marissa run away from it.
*Blurr lacks a transformation noise as he changes modes to cross the canyon.
*Predaking gets the transformation sound ''every time he moves''.
*Sky Lynx's transporter section lacks the transformation sound as it converts to lynx mode again. Apparently, Predaking sucked up all the transformation noises from the whole scene.
*When Predaking fires his foot weapons, a laser emerges. The weapon's effect, however, is shown as a windstorm.
*Sky Lynx's combining sequence is a little messed up; his lynx legs are shown unfolding, but since his lower half was already in lynx mode, they should be unfolded already.
*Predaking's head is on backwards as Sky Lynx wraps his tail around it.
*As Trypticon approaches Autobot City, the city is shown in a barren desert. It had [[The Transformers: The Movie|previously been shown]] to be located in a lush mountain valley, and is shown that way again at the end of the episode.
*Slingshot is seen running about in Autobot City as it transforms, even though he was last seen on Cybertron with Perceptor.
*Scrapper's mouthplate continues moving even as Mixmaster gives the order to fire. (And why is Mixmaster giving the orders, anyway?)
*As the Autobots exit Sky Lynx, the transforming cog is shown as a large gear wheel, instead of an orb-shaped device. Sky Lynx's windows aren't colored in, either.
*As the Constructicons try to tackle Wheelie, they're shown on a metal floor, despite the preceding and following shots being shown in the desert. Motormaster likewise goes from desert to metal floor as he accidentally tackles Bonecrusher.
*Sky Lynx clearly throws the cog horizontally, yet it somehow arcs so high that Trypticon can't catch it. As Trypticon lunges for the cog, it's the size of his fist—the same fist that easily held Outback earlier in the episode.
*When the Autobots are celebrating the safety of the transformation cog after the little game of catch with the Decepticons, two Constructicons and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] are seen "raising the roof" along with them. Slingshot shows up again, too, along with a generic model colored like Dead End.
*Metroplex is back in city mode as Trypticon prepares to stomp him.
*The hand that topples Trypticon does not come from the actual location where Metroplex's arms are stored in city mode.
*When Metroplex transforms, Autobot City is nowhere in sight.
*Metroplex's single line is delivered in a different voice than that of his later appearances.
*Who knew Trypticon was so aerodynamic? After Metroplex throws him, he falls ''up'' in the second shot of him sailing over the landscape.
*The [[large switch]] stops glowing after the Sharkticons arrive.
*For some reason, a view of Cybertron is used as an establishing shot for Earth.
[[File:FFoD Part5 Frozen Metroplex.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
*Blitzwing is shown with a purple Autobot insignia while being offered membership in their ranks by Rodimus Prime.
*The energy beams of the fleeing Quintessons don't line up with their bodies.
*Rodimus's gun disappears after Spike shoots the switch, but several shots later Rodimus suddenly has it again.
*As the Quintessons blast off in the escape pod, we see a group of generic Transformers who look a lot like those seen in Rodimus's flashback during the previous episode!
*Mixmaster and Scrapper are seen on Cybertron as the Quintessons escape, despite the Constructicons being on Earth.
*Sky Lynx is far too small as he and the others watch Rodimus on screen.
*Although both the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Shout! Factory]] versions of this episode contain the correct unique opening titles for the story (one of only two parts of "Five Faces of Darkness" on DVD that do), the Shout! version incorrectly uses the soundtrack to the standard season three opening as now found on the broadcast masters to all five parts.

===Continuity errors===
*The opening pan over Cybertron shows it with two moons, even though Unicron ostensibly devoured both of Cybertron's moons during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. One moon appears again as the Quintessons make their battle projection.
*Kup says that "that blast took out the whole defense system". But it wasn't a ''blast''; it was a crashing spaceship. (Kup could, however, have said it to mean the explosion resulting from said spaceship crash.)
*Superhuman Spike:
**Survives a blast that trashes the room he's in and sends his Autobot friends flying.
**Has amazingly little trouble hoisting Rodimus's gun onto his shoulder.
*Powerglide notes that Trypticon has "''another'' transform," but at this point he's only seen it in the battle platform mode.
*So if everyone actually retreated to Level 2, per Rodimus's order, then who are all those Decepticons firing at? How long would it take them to gang up and overpower Magnus, if he's really the only one left?
*The answer comes a moment later, when Perceptor and company are seen to have ignored that order.
[[File:G1 FFODPart5 UltraMagnus punch Dirge.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
*Dirge and Ramjet both appear to explode rather fatally after Magnus punches them. Both will nevertheless show up alive and well in later episodes. Considering they were already seen eaten by Unicron in the Movie, this is not so surprising.
*Despite the absence of the transforming cog, both Autobot City ''and'' Metroplex are showing transforming to their respective battle station modes. Apparently, Metroplex only needs the cog to change into [[robot mode]].
*Most of the battle on Cybertron is shown happening on the surface, with no ceilings and blue night skies, despite Rodimus's order to retreat below ground. Yet Blitzwing still flies underground to report to Galvatron.
*Most of the Constructicons' appearances shows that Scrapper leads the team, so why the hell is Mixmaster giving the orders?
*There appears to be a human city quite close to Autobot city, but previously in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|Movie]], there were no signs or suggestions of a human city being nearby. In addition, this poses the question of why the Autobots or humans built their cities so near to each other despite the fact that Autobot City is often under attack by Decepticons.
*The Quintessons' wariness over the humans, previously touched upon in [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2|Part 2]] and [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|Part 4]], appears to have been well-founded, as Spike single-handedly foils their plan. Considering the nature of their endgame and that they were aware of the Autobots' "association with these humans," it begs the question of why the master manipulators never factored human intervention - and [[Large switch|kill switch]] immunity - into their schemes. On the other hand, it's not clear why Spike waited for the Quintessons to land and make their way "deep into Cybertron" before destroying the switch. Unless it was just his way of making a particularly showy point to both Galvatron and the Quintessons.

===Trivia===
*Just from the episode alone, it's impossible to tell who the line "It'll be passing above us soon" is being spoken by, as it doesn't correspond to any of the known voices of the Autobots present. This just left Swerve and Tailgate as possible candidates for the line (since neither was ever seen to speak any other lines, it could have been either of them). The episode's script would later confirm that the line belonged to Tailgate, and was delivered by the eternally overlooked [[Ted Schwartz]].
*Scrapper's first line was written as the inexplicably Brooklyn-esque "Wot's da point? We're supoifluous" in the [[dialogue script]]. Actor [[Michael Bell]] delivered it as normal.
*This episode is the last appearance of the volcano, Autobot Headquarters, and Teletraan I. The computer would be replaced later in the season by [[Teletraan II]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les cinq visages du mal, partie 5'''" ("The Fives Faces of Evil, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die fünf Gesichter der Finsternis, Teil 5'''" ("The five Faces of Darkness, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''I cinque volti del male, Parte 5'''" (First dub, "The Five Faces of Evil, Part 5"), "'''Le cinque facce dell'oscurità, Parte 5'''" (Second dub, "The Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' クインテッサ星人の陰謀 (''Quintessa Seijin no Inbō'', "Conspiracy of the Quintessons")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 12]], [[1986]]
:*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|Part 3]] of the ''Transformers 2010'' [[story page]]s published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' crafts an origin to explain the sudden existence of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s in this episode. According to the story page, the Predacons were built by the [[Quintesson]]s during their brief alliance with the Decepticons to aid their allies in battle.
:*When Pipes's name caption appears onscreen, though the narrator correctly refers to him as "Pipes", the caption misspells his name as パイプ (''Paipu'' "Pipe") instead of パイプス (''Paipusu'' "Pipes").

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Wǔmiànguài (5)'''" (五面怪 (五), "Five-Faced Monsters (5)")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1990 — ''The Transformers'' — Five Faces of Darkness ([[Family Home Entertainment]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1990 — ''The Transformers'' — Five Faces of Darkness (Family Home Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Five Faces of Darkness: Parts 1-5 ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1: Vol. 1 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-3/synopses/700-90.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JOlfyT7ZP16Sifbz66nid3kczK1thfY7 Episode dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Ratbat (G1)

2022-01-31T23:47:32Z

Poonaroon: Someone else already used the joke

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:''Ratbat is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is usually a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]]. Sometimes his [[robot mode]] is humanoid.''
[[File:TFLegendsApp-Ratbat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Listen to them—children of the night. What spreadsheets they make.]]

Cold-blooded and obsessed with efficiency, '''Ratbat'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s primary concern is looking out for himself. He treats his responsibilities, whether as a fuel auditor or as leader of Decepticons, as a business. In his book, everything comes down to profit and loss.

In his role as fuel scout, Ratbat carries sensors that allow him to detect and evaluate the quality of fuels of various types, from primitive hydrocarbons to [[Energon]]. He can process any number of these different fuels to power himself.

Although obsessed with efficiency, like any good CEO, Ratbat allows himself a small indulgence: He enjoys sinking his fangs into the fuel tanks of Terran automobiles, the more expensive the better. He enjoys nothing more than savoring high-test gasoline siphoned from a hapless yuppie's [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] or BMW.

Ratbat is also the best [[Decepticon leader]] ever. True, that's what [[Megatron (G1)|every]] [[Starscream (G1)|other]] [[Shockwave (G1)|leader]] says, but he's got the victories to back it up.

{{quote|I'll get you, fleshling! I'll drink your fuel with a steel straw!|Ratbat|"[[Toy Soldiers!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]]? (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:TFTMRumbleFrenzytwored.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
Ratbat was among several cassettes deployed by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] during the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in an effort to stop [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] from broadcasting a distress signal to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. After successfully destroying the transmitter, the cassettes broke into the glass dome of the communications tower and attacked [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] until Blaster deployed his own cassette squad. Ratbat was then attacked by [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ratbat’s involve ement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}
[[File:RatbatTV.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|Squeak! Squeak I tell you! Squeak!]]
While the Decepticons were searching space for [[isidrite]] to repair their weaponry, Soundwave ejected Ratbat to hunt for the mineral in an asteroid field. Although the scout was successful in his mission, the isidrite deposit he discovered was already being mined by the Autobots, leading to the inevitable conflict. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[File:CallofthePrimitives Ratbat TornedronTiger.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|The paw that refreshes.]]
When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hired the [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] to attack the Autobots with [[anti-electron]]s, the spying Ratbat recorded their failure and raced back to [[Chaar]] to inform Galvatron, replaying his footage of the Autobots' recovery for the two would-be saboteurs to see. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

During a battle on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Ratbat was among several "[[primitive]]" Transformers called away by a mysterious being known as [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] to do battle with [[Primacron]]'s creation, [[Tornedron]]. As the primitives made their escape from the seemingly unstoppable creature, Ratbat was grabbed by Tornedron's tiger form and eaten. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} He got better, though, and was later around to overhear the Autobots' conversation with [[Jessica Morgan]] about the discovery of the [[Spark|lifeless]] body of Optimus Prime. However, this resulted in most of the Decepticons being infected with the [[Hate Plague]]. Some days, a bat can't win. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}
{{-}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====Scramble City=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Ratbat Spies On Scramble City.jpg|thumb]]
Detecting some strange electromagnetic emanations coming from a mountain range, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] deploy Ratbat, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to investigate. When they met resistance from [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and his own cassette warriors, it became apparent that the mountain concealed an [[Autobot]] operation. While Ravage and Laserbeak occupied [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Ratbat was able to evade laser fire from Blaster and penetrated the mountain, discovering that it housed the construction site for the Autobots' [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ep. 4), [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese, ep. 17)}}
[[File:Ratbat Celebrates Soundblaster.jpg|thumb|left|Cartoon Ratbat is much happier to be Soundwave's slave than IDW Ratbat.]]
In the year [[2011]], as [[Vector Sigma]] was in the process of destabilizing, Soundwave and his cassettes invaded [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in an attempt to learn what the Autobots' strategy for resolving the situation was. While listening in on the Autobots' discussion, which involved locating the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], Ratbat was detected by Blaster, leading to a battle between the two communications officers. Soundwave and his troops fled, but the battle was renewed soon after in the Arctic, where both combatants ultimately destroyed each other. Ratbat, Laserbeak and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] gathered up the broken fragments of Soundwave's body and made an airborne escape. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Subsequently, the information Ratbat had gathered on the Autobots' search was replayed for Galvatron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Thanks to the super-science of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was able to use the fragments of Soundwave's body Ratbat and the others had recovered to restore him to life as Soundblaster. He was joyfully received by Ratbat and the other cassettes, who soon found themselves again battling Blaster—likewise reborn as Twincast—and his cassettes while Soundblaster attacked Cybertron with the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:Hm16 Ratbat Hanging.jpg|thumb]]
When a shadowy figure began blackmailing different nations around the world, Ratbat snuck into Autobot City to observe the Autobots' response. He was, however, spotted by [[Trainbot]] leader [[Shouki]] in the reflection in his glass of [[energon]], and fled. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} Ratbat continued his spying missions, and gleaned information on the human/Autobot joint venture [[Sol 1]], an energy-absorbing satellite set for launch. Although he was discovered by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Ratbat escaped and reported back to Soundblaster. He used holographic projectors behind his eyes to allow Scorponok to review the data he had uncovered. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Ratbat and the Mini-Cassettes were concerned about [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] filling their place as Scorponok's chief informants, and met with Soundblaster on how to reassert their dominance. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Ratbat was still favored by Galvatron after he returned, however, and was sent to spy on the Autobots in order to learn what they planned to do about [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]'s distress call. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the Decepticons left Earth behind to seek other sources of energy, Ratbat and the Mini-Cassettes traveled with Soundblaster and the others aboard Scorponok. On the planet [[Paradise]], he delivered a message to the Autobots when the Decepticons captured their teammate, [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Ratbat and the Decepticons lent their support to the Earth-born [[Selector]]s, robots eager to rebel against their human makers who enslaved them. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:RatbatFSRLFManga.jpg|thumb|left|Ratbat's fallen off the ugly tree a few times.]]
Under the direction of Soundwave, Ratbat and his fellow cassettes ambushed [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] in [[Japan]] shortly after his companion [[Kenji]] had flown off in [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. Bumblebee was able to leap over them and run off, which prompted Soundwave to have the cassettes give chase. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] shortly ordered the group to split up to cover more ground.

However, they instead (as a group, oddly) ran into [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], which sent them into retreat. Unfortunately, their attempt to re-enter Soundwave's chest was foiled by the fact that Bumblebee had shattered it with a kick, causing them all (including Ratbat) to bounce off the mangled cassette door. Cliffjumper then picked them all up and proceeded to pull out their magnetic tape, wrapping it around his fingers. That meanie. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}
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=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
[[File:Ratbat Skree Skree.jpg|thumb|Four more years! Four more years!]]
In [[2010]], after infiltrating Scramble City, Ratbat watched from a hidden perch as the alien scientist Doctor [[Dalton]] assisted the Autobots in increasing the power of the nascent [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:RatbatHeadmastersManga.jpg|thumb|left|Ratbat post-"adorableness" surgery.]]
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Ratbat and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]) stood over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] panicked at the approach of [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{--}}

====''Transformers in 3-D''====
{{note|''[[Transformers in 3-D]]'' takes place at some point after the events of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}
[[File:Ratbat blackthorne.png|thumb|left|Ratbat watches over his loyal pet Galvatron]]
Ratbat was a sentient entity capable of talking, but pretended to be an obedient mute animal in order to get out of doing any real work. He ended up as the mentally unstable [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s witless pet and sole confidant. This embarrasses him, but rather that than do work!

[[File:Ratbat blackthorne2.png|thumb]]
[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] worried about Galvatron's unhealthy attachment to Ratbat. When [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] foiled Ratbat's search for mysterious [[energon]]-producing [[Observer|aliens]] by causing Galvatron to accidentally step on him using [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Galvatron stopped fighting to rush to Ratbat's side, distraught over his actions. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Ratbat later joined a Decepticon raid on [[S.S. Exton 9]], corralling the [[human]]s within for the use of the [[suspension-ray beam]] on them. They were to be future slaves in the Decepticons' [[energy research laboratory]]. During the raid, Ratbat noted [[Cosmos (G1)|what seemed to be an Autobot ship]], and several Decepticons went in pursuit. They failed to capture the Autobot, and a group of four children, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and Cosmos returned to Exton 9 with the [[Prism of Power]]. The battle that followed forced the Decepticons into retreat and the Prism nullified the ray beam's effects on the humans. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
{{-}}

====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[File:Madman comic HotRod runsover tapes.jpg|thumb|Dracula vs. King of the Roadkill.]]
In the year [[2001]], Ratbat was one of several tapes that accompanied [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] when they were spying on the construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Soundwave had managed to record a meeting between [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] where the two Autobots leaders discussed hiding the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in a bunker at the building site. Ratbat was deployed along with [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] and [[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]] to oversee the retrieval of the powerful Autobot artifact. As Ratbat happily reported the minimal usage of fuel in the successful operation, the Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] rammed [[Squawkbox]] and Slugfest, scaring the crap out of the bat. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}
{{--}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Ratbatresurrection.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Future Decepticon leaders are quick to realize that Megatron was a terrible one.]]
{{quote|On Cybertron, Ratbat was an accountant. He used to count fuel stockpiles. But since his arrival on Earth, this energy-efficiency expert has become commander of this planet's Decepticons. Today he prepares to count Autobot casualties. To Ratbat, it's all the same job... just a different inventory.|The narrator|[[Cold War!]]}}

Ratbat was one of the many Decepticons left on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he rose to the critical post of fuel auditor. With a drive towards extreme efficiency, he would rarely countenance unnecessary risks. ''He was one of the key figures in Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s court, and continued to assist the cruel warlord even after the later had been reduced to a head in a life-support system. [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] wound up teleported to Cybertron at this time, along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], and the Decepticons leaked false information to the enemy army that Prime was really a Decepticon spy sent to infiltrate their ranks. Ratbat was tasked to spy on the Autobots to see their machinations play out. Things did not go according to plan, as Optimus escaped an execution squad thanks to the interference of [[Outback (G1)|Outback]]. Unwilling to reveal himself and thus confirm that Optimus was the genuine article, Ratbat reported back to Megatron and Straxus to let them know their scheme had likely failed already.'' {{storylink|Under Fire!}} ''When Straxus' attempted possession of Megatron saw Straxus dead and Megatron mentally unstable, Ratbat was able to exploit the situation. Convincing the others that Megatron and Straxus were a liability, he had Straxus' troops open the [[space bridge]] in front of Megatron, Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], which sent them back to Earth''. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

Ratbat emerged as the most powerful Decepticon in [[Polyhex]]. Ratbat grew increasingly dissatisfied with the inefficient use of fuel by the Decepticons based on Earth under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], a practice he planned to alleviate by shutting down the space bridge between Earth and Cybertron. The amount of fuel the Earthbound Decepticons had gathered was not remotely equal to the energy required to run the bridge. Regardless, Shockwave appealed for one more use of the space bridge, and blamed the Earthbound Autobots for their lack of progress. To the ends of eliminating them from the equation, Ratbat opened up the space bridge in front of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and sent [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] through it to destroy them. Though many injuries were inflicted, the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] rapidly turned the tide. Trypticon's energy expenses exceeded the budget allowed for the mission, and Ratbat ordered him back. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|thumb|"That... that's your fist, Astrotrain."]]
With the space bridge deemed too wasteful, Ratbat sent things to Earth via low-energy cost space freighters. However, a particularly important cargo went missing en route to Earth, so he made brief use of the space bridge anyways, in order to dispatch the [[Triple Changer]]s through to Earth and investigate. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} When the source of the problem turned out to be a deadly plague of [[Scraplet]]s, he captured the [[Throttlebot]]s and sent them to Earth to remove the infection with corrosives. He warned them that if they did not succeed within ten hours, he would destroy the Earth to prevent the plague from spreading. Thankfully, [[water]] was discovered to be an effective cure. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[File:Ratbatcarwash.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine.]]
Ratbat traveled to Earth to oversee his designs for the planet. He continued to be outraged at Shockwave's excessive fuel use, particularly when he revealed that Shockwave's Decepticons had recently stolen a fuel tanker ''after'' it had unloaded its cargo! Meanwhile, Ratbat's own plans proceeded well. He had placed industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]] under his control, and had him open a chain of car washes that featured rock and roll music and flashing lights, dubbed the "[[Wash and Roll|Wash and Roll Car Wash]]." These car washes hypnotized humans into delivering the fuel they'd pumped back to the Decepticons. However, this plan was discovered by the Autobots' ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. After managing to evade Ratbat by fleeing through one of the car washes, Buster was able to awaken the hypnotized masses outside. Ratbat was forced to flee and abandon this particular fuel-gathering method. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

[[File:ToySoldiers RatbatSteelStraw.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Megatron and Optimus Prime.{{-}}Scorponok and Fortress Maximus.{{-}} Ratbat and a teenager wearing a pink shirt.]]
The [[United States of America|United States]] government later captured the Throttlebots and executed them live on television. The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] carried Ratbat to the execution location afterwards so that he could ensure that they had indeed been killed. He discovered that their brain modules were missing, and once he had the scent, he tracked down the Throttlebots to Sparkplug Witwicky's garage. When Sparkplug refuse to divulge any information to his troops, Ratbat and the Predacons tore the man's garage around him and continued on the trail. It eventually led them to inside a nearby mall. Here he battled Buster Witwicky once again, and learned that [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]], before having teamed up with the boy, had snuck the Throttlebots' brains away inside remote control cars. The toy-Autobots proved too crafty to be captured, but mid-chase, Ratbat finally got a good look at Buster's face. Remembering him as the one who foiled his previous plot, Ratbat swooped down to take his revenge, only to have a security gate dropped atop of him. Unable to move in his robot mode, Ratbat waited until Buster had his back turned, transformed, and stowed away in the boy's radio. Though he was briefly knocked out by the boy's rough handling of the machine, Ratbat awakened to find his prey at the Ark's former location. After crushing the toy body of the only Autobot left with him, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], Ratbat took Buster captive. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

He brought Buster back to the [[Club Con|Decepticons' island headquarters]], where he was used as a human shield against military retaliation. The Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s besieged the base, commanded by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and Buster's older brother [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], so the Decepticons were forced to flee by deploying the island base's space-travel capabilities. In the process of departure, Shockwave was shot down in space and seen spiraling towards Earth, apparently dying during reentry. Ratbat declared it would be inefficient to rescue him and seized command of the Decepticons for himself. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[File:Ratbatfortmax.jpg|left|upright=0.7|thumb|Ratbat breaks through the Mini-Cassette glass ceiling.]]
Of all the leaders of the Decepticons on Earth few came closer to outright victory than Ratbat. He followed the Autobots under Fortress Maximus when they set out to unite with those under [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and launched an all-out attack that resulted in huge casualties and the Autobots being briefly stranded on the Moon. He retreated only when Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] returned from their duel and turned the tide. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Later, Ratbat promoted the newly recovered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] to the position of second-in-command and set out to retrieve two Autobot mini-cassettes that had gotten lost on Earth hundreds of years ago. To this end, he set down the Decepticons' base back on Earth, disguising it as an island once more, though this time the Decepticons advertised it as an island resort for human vacationers. With the resort drawing attention away from their search, Ratbat had the Seacons secure the Autobots' dormant bodies. But just as the Seacons were about to present their find to Ratbat, a [[Jesse (G1)|human]] was able to sneak into their headquarters and snatch the Autobot mini-cassettes away. Ratbat sent out the Seacons to retrieve them, which they did successfully. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Using a [[Realvision]] simulator, Ratbat and Starscream reviewed the information encoded on [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]]. The two Decepticons were beholden to an early adventure in Optimus Prime's career, where he fought to keep the powerful [[Underbase]] out of Megatron's grasp. The Underbase was ultimately sent out into space by Prime, but with the information encoded on the tapes, the Decepticons came to discover that the artifact was Earth-bound... and due to land planet-side in a matter of weeks! {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

Ratbat was determined to attain the Underbase's power for himself, but this ambition was shared by Starscream. The latter lured the separate Decepticon faction led by [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] to a meeting with Ratbat's forces, and Ratbat immediately grew to dislike his fellow commander for his partly-organic nature. He nonetheless tried to keep things civil between his troops and Scorponok's, but thanks to Starscream's subtle manipulations, a conflict soon erupted between them. Ratbat realized too late that Starscream had played him so as to get a head start in attaining the Underbase. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

[[File:Ratbatdarkstardeath.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Three in one shot? Even Ratbat would concede this was an efficient death.]]
Though Ratbat and his forces were briefly distracted in attacking the Autobots, who had been lured by Starscream into proximity of the Decepticon headquarters, Buster Witwicky convinced him to announce a cease-fire so they could unite against the Seeker. Following Starscream into space, they were able to prevent him from absorbing all but a tiny fraction of the Underbase's energies. Unfortunately, the amount Starscream had taken into himself was still enough to endow him with incredible might. He went about rampaging across the Earth, with both Autobots and Decepticons suffering huge casualties in the process. Both Ratbat and Scorponok independently suspected that the Autobot leader Optimus Prime, absent from the battlefield, had plans to seize the power of the Underbase for himself, and set out to stop him while their troops were being slaughtered. They confronted Optimus aboard the Ark, and Ratbat declared he would have the power of the Underbase for himself. Seconds later, Ratbat was dead, shot in the back by Scorponok. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Years later, Grimlock would invoke Buster Witwicky's fight with Ratbat inside the Wash and Roll Car Wash. Optimus Prime needed to be reminded that no matter how small, life struggles to carry on, and if protecting it was good once, why would they stop now? {{storylink|War Without End!}}

====''Recordicons''====
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Though Ratbat was dead, he was sought by his alternate self from [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|another universe]] who had assumed the persona of [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]]. Asking if Ratbat had left any unfinished business, Batbot was directed to the pile of unfinished paperwork in Ratbat's quarters. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 11|''Recordicons'' #11}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Ratbat loose ends 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Arrrr, Jim lad!]]
After awaking in [[1994]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] retrieved Ratbat's body from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and after being reanimated and lobotomised, the cassette was pressed into service as part of Megatron's [[zombie]] army.

At some point, Ratbat finally managed to finish what he started with Buster Witwicky, [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|killing him in a car wash]]. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

In [[2012]], Ratbat (now sporting an [[Transformer clothing|eye-patch]]) was part of a detachment ordered to chase down [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s. Upon subduing Kup, Ratbat ordered his fellow zombies to return him to Megatron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}

When the Wreckers subsequently attempted to rescue Kup, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] took down Ratbat with a punch after deploying some unexpected moves. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}}

Following Megatron's defeat and [[Aunty|Auntie]]'s destruction, the inert bodies of the zombies were gathered up, thrown into a large pit and vaporised from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Megatron ratbat secrets and lies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Ratbat was present at the [[Presidium (facility)|Presidium]] when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] announced his plans to invade [[Stanix]]. Perhaps unwisely, Ratbat questioned his leader's orders, pointing out that the Decepticon army was already overstretched in terms of fuel and troops and that Stanix was of little strategic value. He suggested that they concentrate their efforts on redeveloping the [[energon]] capacitors in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] instead, which Megatron took under advisement.

Later, after an explosion apparently caused by a stray missile striking a fuel cache caused [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s trajectory to be diverted into the [[Stellae Cimeterium]], Ratbat confronted [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] with his suspicions that the explosion had something to do with Shockwave's [[Project Dreadnought]] and warned the scientist that he was looking for proof of his involvement. When he was unable to find anything concrete, Ratbat leaked what he suspected to the Autobots through the double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Ratbatwarwithin.jpg|left|thumb|Finally! It's Ratbat's time to shine!]]
In the absence of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] during the [[Dark Ages]], the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s split into disparate factions. High Executor Ratbat became leader of his own faction, the [[Ultracon]]s. They frequently clashed with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s [[Wrecker]]s, who managed to keep the Ultracons in [[Polyhex]]'s borders.

In a push to seize the [[Tagan Heights]], which would grant control over 40% of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s manufacturing, Ratbat violated the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]] and managed to sway the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] over to the Ultracons, unleashing [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Heights. However, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] arrived and formed [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{Storylink|Escalation}} Their duel resulted in the destruction of a good deal of the Tagan Heights, and after being beaten down and berated by Springer, Ratbat was forced to retreat. {{Storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}}

Eventually, four of the factions agreed to peace talks at the [[High Council Pavilions]]. Ratbat attended the ceremony personally, though he remained paranoid throughout the proceedings, accusing the Autobots of planing treachery at the first sign something went wrong. The talks were interrupted by an attack from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]], but Ratbat was spared any harm thanks to the defenses the Autobots had set up prior to the signing. Spurred on by this act of aggression, the four factions joined to subdue the Predacons. However, another force quickly arrived in the form of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squad]]. {{Storylink|The Age of Wrath}} Megatron easily subdued Ultra Magnus as Ratbat and Shockwave looked on. With the return of their esteemed leader, the factions reintegrated into a single Decepticon army. {{Storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

Afterward, Ratbat attended a conference with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to discuss Cybertron's catastrophic fuel shortage. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}}

[[File:Ratbatwarandpeace.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Wait, wait, sorry, nevermind.]]
During the millions of years that followed, Ratbat acquired a new body, which he despised {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #5}} and which worked in conjunction with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s body. At one point, he was captured and kept in the [[Detention Banks]]. During the reign of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] secretly worked with Soundwave, having [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] assist him in releasing Ratbat while they were releasing the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] on behalf of Shockwave. {{Storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} In return for some favors, Starscream returned Ratbat to Soundwave. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:DDJvTF-Ratbat.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|I'll just be over here, being an accountant.]]Ratbat was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Ratbat was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]]. Ratbat was felled by the combined fire of [[Rock 'n Roll]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], and [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]]. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

During an adventure full of time travel hijinks, Ratbat joined a platoon of Decepticons in guarding the [[Teletran 3]] tower on Cybertron. They didn't do a very good job. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Megatron Origin issue 2|''Megatron Origin'' #2]]}}

[[File:Senator ratbat.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Woohoo! Now I'm a Senator!]]
Millions of years ago, before the war, Ratbat was a member of the [[Senate]] and possessed a fairly impressive humanoid form with wing-like capes and a bat head-like helmet. This seems to mean he's a descendant of "the progenitors". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} His professed role was "the application of wisdom through judgment", whatever that means, but, in practicality, he simply monitored news feeds and manipulated events (including stoking conflicts) to create the most profit for himself. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} The day [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] joined the Senate, Ratbat applauded his proposal to construct the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]]. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} He supported Senator [[Proteus]]'s decision to implement the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], which would grant the Senate more power over Cybertronian citizens by strengthening security in the wake of an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]]. In particular, Ratbat suggested they use the Clampdown to track down and shut down groups opposed to the Senate's rule. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

Learning of the existence of [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], a homeless Cybertronian who could read minds, Ratbat saw how those skills could come in handy and offered the drifter a position by his side. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} Some time later he was responsible for the automation of Cybertron's energon mines, a move which prompted the miner known as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to rebel and flee underground. Interested by Megatron's early [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial exploits]], he sent Soundwave to offer the gladiator a wide variety of advanced weaponry. It is unclear if he was simply trying to get in on the fight racket and increase the violence for profit, or if he was deliberately trying to create greater instability (also for profit). {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin4 Soundwave humbles Ratbat.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|No, no, wait. Sorry. Again.]]
When Megatron's forces bloomed from underground fightclub to planet-destabilizing army, Ratbat realized that he'd made a mistake and Megatron was going too far. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} After Megatron decisively won his first battle against [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the Decepticons were established, Ratbat decided to view this as a job opportunity and simply transfer himself (and all of Kaon's city funding and government data) to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and a more lucrative position. Unfortunately for him, he was betrayed by Soundwave, who thought Ratbat would be a "valuable resource" for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} His [[spark]] and [[brain module]] were removed and transferred into a smaller, compact form meant to serve Soundwave, a punishment for the Senator's support of discrimination through [[functionism]]. This new body was designed to be bat-like by Shockwave in order to add another flier to the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

During a manhunt for Soundwave in Iacon, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] closed in on the Decepticon communications officer from the air. Soundwave ejected Ratbat to deter him, much to Silverbolt's shock. Ratbat nimbly took out Silverbolt's port stabilizer, forcing him to crash into a nearby building. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}}

[[File:Ratbatdevastation.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Always on playlist: "Batdance"]]
[[File:AHM5-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|left|Ratbat likes to wear his [[size changing]] abilities literally on his sleeve.]]
Millions of years later, Ratbat served as a scout for the Decepticons on [[Earth]]. After reporting to Megatron that he had found the [[Autobot]]s' ''[[Ark-19]]'', Ratbat was ordered to keep monitoring. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} After the [[Surge (G1)|Surge]] and during the Decepticon invasion of the [[United States of America|United States]], the patrolling Ratbat came across the military unit of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] as they attempted to cross the [[Hudson River]]. He sunk their boat and only Witwicky survived. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} When the Autobots returned to Earth and fought the Decepticons off, Ratbat retreated with the others aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

Following the defeat of the [[Deceptigod]], the Decepticons were left weakened from being forced to merge, and with Megatron MIA, Ratbat took the chance to revive his old title of Senator and make himself spokesperson of the defeated Decepticons. He negotiated an unconditional surrender with the Autobots in exchange for his own safety, unaware that Soundwave and Shockwave were already plotting for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} The Decepticons were subsequently locked away in a temporary holding area inside the gun barrel of the crashed [[Kimia Facility]]. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] was shown to the facility, Ratbat loudly claimed that his reputation had been unfairly tarnished and he should be released, but Optimus told him in no uncertain terms that, as far as he was concerned, Ratbat was just another Decepticon, regardless of his past as a senator.

Getting nowhere with the Autobots, Ratbat instead tried to get the Decepticons to fall in line behind him now that Megatron had vanished, but when they were released to deal with a riot caused by a large number of angry [[NAIL|neutral Cybertronians]], the Decepticons all ignored him. Starscream mockingly noted that Ratbat's attitude was the reason why no one had listened to him in four million years. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Ratbat Autonomy Lesson.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|Yay, I'm in charge again!]]
Some weeks later, Ratbat had managed to cement his position as figurehead and spokesperson for the confined Decepticons. [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Horri-Bull]] were forcibly returned to the Decepticon holding pen for threatening a NAIL, much to Ratbat's chagrin. He complained to [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] about the unfair, restrictive conditions that the Decepticons were kept under. Prowl simply blew him off, telling Ratbat that Decepticons couldn't be trusted to function in the new society without the [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]] in their heads. When Ratbat pressed further, Prowl bluntly stated that the Decepticons only deserved to be treated "like the animals you are". After the Autobots had left, Ratbat furiously chewed Needlenose and Horri-Bull out for volunteering to serve on the outside as peacekeepers. Needlenose protested that they simply wanted something to do, to which Ratbat responded that he did have a plan and they only had to stay out of trouble until the next night. {{Storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}}

[[File:Arcee Ratbat WorldandEverythingInIt.jpg|upright=1.0|left|thumb|OH COME ON!]]
Of course, Horri-Bull and Needlenose ''couldn't'' stay out of trouble for another night and attacked [[Zetca|another NAIL]], forcing Bumblebee to activate Horri-Bull's I/D chip and blow his head off. This however, served Ratbat's larger scheme in proving to the Autobots that the I/D chips still functioned properly. The reality of it was that Soundwave and Shockwave had found a way to disable them, and Ratbat was waiting for the right time to take advantage of this fact. Having sent [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] to confirm this by teleporting out and witnessing Horri-Bull's demise, Ratbat warned the others to stick to his plan. Starscream openly voiced his doubt in Ratbat's plans and leadership, to which Ratbat merely claimed that ''he'' was the one who was responsible for the Decepticon uprising in the first place, through his manipulations as a senator. Starscream left in disgust, prompting Ratbat to order [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] to tail him.

Ratbat's plan went into effect the next night. During a memorial service for the presumed-dead crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', Skywarp was to assassinate Bumblebee from a high vantage point, pinning the crime on a NAIL. Ratbat and the other Decepticons would then move out and attack the Autobots in the confusion. Unfortunately, Starscream had tipped Prowl off to Ratbat's plan, and the Autobot prevented Skywarp from pulling the trigger. Believing Bumblebee to have been successfully killed, Ratbat ordered [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] to rally the others. Ratbat asked Soundwave and Shockwave if they were in agreement with his plans, to the former's silence and the latter's indifference. Satisfied, Ratbat retreated to his quarters to prepare, where he was ambushed by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. The vicious Autobot cut his legs off and skewered his wing, before stabbing him through the chest. When someone came to check on Ratbat, they found him dead and pinned to the wall with an energy-sword. {{Storylink|The World & Everything in It}} The Autobots showed up shortly thereafter to remove Ratbat's body. Prowl told the assembled Decepticons that Ratbat's death had been a suicide, much to their outrage and disbelief. Starscream backed this obvious cover story, claiming that the former senator had confided in him that the pressures of leadership were too great for his "tiny body" to withstand. Last seen, his corpse was in [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit's]] medical facility, being stood over by [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]. {{Storylink|Stick Together}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Ratbat was one of the absurd amount of minion Soundwave ejected out of his chest, all in a row, in preparation for a fight. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Ratbat_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|"Ratbat, remind [[Soundwave (Kre-O)|me]] who you were, again? Our leader? A senator? My pet cassette?"]]
Ratbat was present when [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] explained out loud his plans to brainwash the entire population using music. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Ratbat was a high-ranking Decepticon who posed a threat to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s leadership position. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} At one point, he fought Hot Rod on Earth, and the Autobot ripped one of his wings off. {{storylink|Derailment}}

By the 24th century, Ratbat was a member of the [[Builder Assembly]], which admonished [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] when his subordinate [[Lio Convoy]] rebelled against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders]]. When Eject revealed that he had the means to create [[Galva Convoy|a clone of Lio Convoy]], Ratbat and the other members of the assembly were receptive to his plan. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} In order to shore up public morale, Ratbat insisted on restarting the Games after Lio Convoy's spectacle at the last Games. The new matches at [[Tesarus (polity)|Tesarus Arena]] were intended to star captured Resistance POWs, forced to fight against each other for the Builders' amusement. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

The war was going against the Builders by the time Galva Convoy was prepared to launch his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s. So, despite Eject's newfound reticence, Ratbat and the Builder Assembly pressed ahead with the new drone troopers. The modified nano-virus produced by Vehicons allowed them to assimilate other members of the proto-races to increase their numbers, although Galva Convoy assured the Assembly that Macromaster-scale Builders were simply too complex to succumb to the virus. Eject still insisted on a line of code dubbed [[General Order 66]], hardwiring the Vehicons to prevent them from passing above the 66th parallel, keeping them out of Iacon and neighboring Builder city-states and concentrated on Resistance territory and secessionists like the [[Maximal Nation]] and [[Independent Predacus States|IPS]].

Deploying the Vehicon virus at the south polar [[Protihex]] was successful as far as it went, but it only emboldened Lio Convoy and the Resistance to press ahead to Iacon and the Builder Assembly at a reckless pace. Ratbat and the Assemblybots began to shriek in fear as the majority of the fighting pushed above the 66th parallel. Despite Eject's warnings, a 2/3rds majority passed a resolution to rescind Order 66, and Galva Convoy immediately dispatched all Vehicons on a direct path towards the Pavilion. Ratbat and the Assembly's position became even more precarious when [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the Micromaster 001st refused to engage the Resistance on the streets of Iacon. Hot Rod, unlike Ratbat, was concerned with civilian casualties and preserving the city, but this meant the Resistance could reach the High Pavilion that much sooner.

Even in the complete absence of any remaining defense, Ratbat still had the gall to defy Lio Convoy to his face when the Resistance leader confronted the Assembly atop the ruins of the High Pavilion after the army of the Resistance finished laying siege to it. Ratbat's arrogance appeared justified for a moment, as the Vehicons finally arrived en masse. It was then, however, that Galva Convoy turned against the Builders, assimilating Ratbat and the others into new, Builder-scale Vehicons. Ratbat became a Vehicon [[Copter Drone]] as the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] truly began. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
During the war for Cybertron, Ratbat was an [[Cybertronian military insignia|Air Force Applied Sciences Raider]]. {{storylink|Ratbat (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|''Transformers'' #11]]}}

[[File:AllFallDown-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Ratbat was an [[Mini-Cassette|Infiltration Trooper]]. {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}} In the years that followed the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], he became a Senator; along with Megatron, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], he represented the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] faction in the [[Senate]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} Head of Intelligence [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] believed that he owed his continual re-election to the popularity that he enjoyed among his fellow Infiltration Troopers. {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}} Following a false-flag attack on [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon Headquarters]] by [[The Rise]], Ratbat and Strika both joined Megatron on a public broadcast as their leader rebranded the movement with a new insignia. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

When The Rise destroyed the [[Tether]], Megatron realized that the only way to keep ahead of the violence of his own followers was to fast-track his plans. At a meeting with the other Ascenticon senators, Megatron instructed Ratbat to rally his fellow Infiltration Troopers for action. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} Not long afterwards, Ratbat and Strika joined Megatron when the Ascenticon leader marched on the Senate and denounced [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the assembly, before the newly christened "Decepticons" stormed the building. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} Ratbat watched as Megatron laid down his terms to the now-captive senators, until the [[Autobot|Autobots]] attempted an assault on the building. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} After Sentinel Prime was killed in the ensuing conflict and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] seized by the Decepticons, Ratbat consulted with Megatron on recruiting key figures to the Decepticon cause and told him Starscream wanted a meeting with him. Later, Ratbat watched as [[Termagax]] unexpectedly arrived at Decepticon HQ to denounce the movement and Megatron in particular. Megatron seemingly killed her with a shot from his [[fusion cannon]] in response, but Ratbat determined that it was actually a [[spectrosynth drone]] that was destroyed, and the real Termagax was still out there. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

Seeking to consolidate his power in Iacon, Megatron instructed Ratbat to seize the city's [[energon storage field|energon storage fields]]. Ratbat and his troops encountered resistance in the form of [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and his volunteers. When they refused to step aside, Ratbat ordered his troops to attack them. Ratbat was snagged by Grapple's claw right as the battle began, but the Decepticons ultimately triumphed and took full control of the city's energon distribution. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:PetSounds-FluttershyCassettes.jpg|thumb|200px|Nobody tell Fluttershy that he's committed multiple war crimes.]]
After crash-landing in [[Equestria]], Soundwave ejected Ratbat, Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Ravage to scout the terrain. Soundwave's arrival drew the attention of [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]] and [[Fluttershy]]; despite Frenzy's protests, Fluttershy quickly took a liking to Soundwave's "pets". When Frenzy's attitude led to him retaliating against the pony, Ratbat and the other cassettes, who had enjoyed her kindness, briefly turned on Soundwave and Frenzy. Unwilling to lose the friendship of his faithful cassettes, Soundwave agreed to a truce, and Ratbat and the others spent some time playing with their new friends. {{storylink|Pet Sounds}}
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==Games==
===Transformers: Mystery of Convoy===
[[File:Ratbat MoCSprite.jpg|thumb|300px|You can pretend this is [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]] if you like.]]
*''Stages'': 3, 6
*''Point value'': 300

Numerous copies of Ratbat patrol the early [[Time Tunnel]]s, flitting back and forth in the more open areas of the shafts. When shot, they transform into harmless cassette modes and stay that way. Autobots can then use the cassette as a platform to reach hidden areas.

Frankly, they're not much of a threat at all. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers Legends''===
Originally a senator on Cybertron, Ratbat was responsible for shutting down the mine where Megatron originally worked. This led to a revolt, and ultimately, Megatron's rise as founder of the Decepticons. When Alpha Trion exposed Ratbat's involvement in these events to Sentinel Prime, Ratbat was forced to flee for his life. {{storylink|Megatron Origins}}

Ratbat uses his accounting skills to engineer financial schemes aimed at crippling the Autobots' resources. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Ratbat's card bio}} When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] marched on the Decepticon base, Ratbat joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] in bringing them to a halt. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}} Ratbat was among a handful of Decepticons who ventured inside Unicron to search for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. After encountering [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], then falling foul of Unicron's internal defenses, the Decepticons resumed their search. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}} Ratbat aided [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost in trying to disrupt the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s team managed to overcome them, causing Ratbat, [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] to scatter into the night. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}}

When humans unlocked the secrets of [[Gravitronic Energy]], Soundwave and his minions, Ratbat among them, attempted to take possession of the data, but were foiled by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Box Trap}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:ABTF-screen Acc-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Ratbat is an "Accessory" character, giving Deceptihogs he's attached to a defense boost. This bonus can be increased with upgrades won from random-prize Crates or in the "[[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower" mini-game.

He can be unlocked by purchasing him with Gems in the Barracks, with Tokens during specific [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)/Challenge Events|Challenge Events]], or won from Crates and [[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

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==Toys==
{{main|Ratbat (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ratbat (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Devastation-Ratbat SonyMylo by EJ Su.jpg|thumb]]
*Ratbat's form in ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]'' was not based on a CD player, as was frequently believed, but a first-generation {{w|mylo (Sony)|Sony Mylo}}.<ref>[http://ej-su.deviantart.com/art/Ratbat-Concept-104748256 E.J. Su]: "Ratbat's alternate mode was actually based on Sony's first generation Mylo. It's a personal communication/multimedia device."</ref>
*Ratbat's manga appearances use wildly different [[character model]]s. The first appears to be based more closely on his box art, and thus may in fact be his [[Studio OX]] model, while the second seems to simply be his standard animation model.
*Ratbat's Generation 1 designs are based on two different bat species, with his toy design being based on fruit bats, and his cartoon model on vampire bats.
*While Ratbat in the original cartoon was a voiceless beast who was ordered around by Soundwave, in the Marvel Comics stories, Ratbat was an independent, intelligent character who could speak and held a prestigious rank, even commanding the Earthbound Decepticons for a period, despite transforming into a tiny audio cassette. Both of the "postmodern" continuities established by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] and [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] have tried to harmonize these two disparate roles by portraying Ratbat as a previously-important individual who was humbled and forced into a lowly form. Remember, kids, [[Functionism|if you're not humanoid, you can't possibly have held a real rank.]] There must be ''some explanation''.
*[[Bob Budiansky]] has said that Ratbat was made leader in an attempt to shake things up and keep the story interesting: instead of a more standard evil leader, we'd have a guy who cares more about the internal accounts. At the same time Ratbat was boss, Grimlock had become Autobot leader for the same reason. Sadly, we never saw a Ratbat/Grimlock throwdown.
*Ratbat's cassette form in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' was part of a deliberate decision to have everyone looking recognisable to new readers.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/botcon-2009-idw-publishing-panel-167766/ Botcon 2009 IDW Publishing Panel report]</ref> A black and purple bat? Perhaps they were worried readers would confuse him with [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]].
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*Ratbat was planned to appear in ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]'' as part of the boss fights with Soundwave, but was removed during development. However, his unused character model can still be found within the game's files.
*Kreon Ratbat is made from several existing Kre-O pieces. In this case, he uses the [[Rampage (G1)#Kre-O|Rampage]] animal head (with small wing pieces to simulate bat ears), two purple spike pieces for 'claws', and [[Grimwing (Prime)#Kre-O|Grimwing]]'s wings (although the wings are directly on the arm-joint sections where they cannot normally fit), and a yellow/gold backpack piece.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ratbat''' (ラットバット ''Rattobatto'')
*''French:'' '''Vampiro''' (Canada), '''Chauve-Souris Robot''' (France, ''Webworld'', "Robot Bat"), '''Rabat''' (France, ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Féreg''' ("Worm")
*''Italian:'' '''Stridek'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Biānfú Jīng''' (蝙蝠精, "Bat-Bogey")
*''Russian:'' '''Krysak''' (Крысак, "Ratty")

==References==
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Ratbat (G1)

2022-01-31T13:29:54Z

Poonaroon: /* The Transformers cartoon */

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:''Ratbat is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is usually a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]]. Sometimes his [[robot mode]] is humanoid.''
[[File:TFLegendsApp-Ratbat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Listen to them—children of the night. What spreadsheets they make.]]

Cold-blooded and obsessed with efficiency, '''Ratbat'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s primary concern is looking out for himself. He treats his responsibilities, whether as a fuel auditor or as leader of Decepticons, as a business. In his book, everything comes down to profit and loss.

In his role as fuel scout, Ratbat carries sensors that allow him to detect and evaluate the quality of fuels of various types, from primitive hydrocarbons to [[Energon]]. He can process any number of these different fuels to power himself.

Although obsessed with efficiency, like any good CEO, Ratbat allows himself a small indulgence: He enjoys sinking his fangs into the fuel tanks of Terran automobiles, the more expensive the better. He enjoys nothing more than savoring high-test gasoline siphoned from a hapless yuppie's [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] or BMW.

Ratbat is also the best [[Decepticon leader]] ever. True, that's what [[Megatron (G1)|every]] [[Starscream (G1)|other]] [[Shockwave (G1)|leader]] says, but he's got the victories to back it up.

{{quote|I'll get you, fleshling! I'll drink your fuel with a steel straw!|Ratbat|"[[Toy Soldiers!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]]? (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:TFTMRumbleFrenzytwored.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|I'm seein' double—four Frenzys!]]
Ratbat was among several cassettes deployed by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] during the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in an effort to stop [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] from broadcasting a distress signal to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. After successfully destroying the transmitter, the cassettes broke into the glass dome of the communications tower and attacked [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] until Blaster deployed his own cassette squad. Ratbat was then attacked by [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ratbat’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}
[[File:RatbatTV.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|Squeak! Squeak I tell you! Squeak!]]
While the Decepticons were searching space for [[isidrite]] to repair their weaponry, Soundwave ejected Ratbat to hunt for the mineral in an asteroid field. Although the scout was successful in his mission, the isidrite deposit he discovered was already being mined by the Autobots, leading to the inevitable conflict. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[File:CallofthePrimitives Ratbat TornedronTiger.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|The paw that refreshes.]]
When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] hired the [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] to attack the Autobots with [[anti-electron]]s, the spying Ratbat recorded their failure and raced back to [[Chaar]] to inform Galvatron, replaying his footage of the Autobots' recovery for the two would-be saboteurs to see. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

During a battle on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Ratbat was among several "[[primitive]]" Transformers called away by a mysterious being known as [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] to do battle with [[Primacron]]'s creation, [[Tornedron]]. As the primitives made their escape from the seemingly unstoppable creature, Ratbat was grabbed by Tornedron's tiger form and eaten. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} He got better, though, and was later around to overhear the Autobots' conversation with [[Jessica Morgan]] about the discovery of the [[Spark|lifeless]] body of Optimus Prime. However, this resulted in most of the Decepticons being infected with the [[Hate Plague]]. Some days, a bat can't win. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====Scramble City=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Ratbat Spies On Scramble City.jpg|thumb]]
Detecting some strange electromagnetic emanations coming from a mountain range, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] deploy Ratbat, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to investigate. When they met resistance from [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and his own cassette warriors, it became apparent that the mountain concealed an [[Autobot]] operation. While Ravage and Laserbeak occupied [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Ratbat was able to evade laser fire from Blaster and penetrated the mountain, discovering that it housed the construction site for the Autobots' [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ep. 4), [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese, ep. 17)}}
[[File:Ratbat Celebrates Soundblaster.jpg|thumb|left|Cartoon Ratbat is much happier to be Soundwave's slave than IDW Ratbat.]]
In the year [[2011]], as [[Vector Sigma]] was in the process of destabilizing, Soundwave and his cassettes invaded [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in an attempt to learn what the Autobots' strategy for resolving the situation was. While listening in on the Autobots' discussion, which involved locating the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], Ratbat was detected by Blaster, leading to a battle between the two communications officers. Soundwave and his troops fled, but the battle was renewed soon after in the Arctic, where both combatants ultimately destroyed each other. Ratbat, Laserbeak and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] gathered up the broken fragments of Soundwave's body and made an airborne escape. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Subsequently, the information Ratbat had gathered on the Autobots' search was replayed for Galvatron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Thanks to the super-science of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was able to use the fragments of Soundwave's body Ratbat and the others had recovered to restore him to life as Soundblaster. He was joyfully received by Ratbat and the other cassettes, who soon found themselves again battling Blaster—likewise reborn as Twincast—and his cassettes while Soundblaster attacked Cybertron with the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:Hm16 Ratbat Hanging.jpg|thumb]]
When a shadowy figure began blackmailing different nations around the world, Ratbat snuck into Autobot City to observe the Autobots' response. He was, however, spotted by [[Trainbot]] leader [[Shouki]] in the reflection in his glass of [[energon]], and fled. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} Ratbat continued his spying missions, and gleaned information on the human/Autobot joint venture [[Sol 1]], an energy-absorbing satellite set for launch. Although he was discovered by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Ratbat escaped and reported back to Soundblaster. He used holographic projectors behind his eyes to allow Scorponok to review the data he had uncovered. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

Ratbat and the Mini-Cassettes were concerned about [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] filling their place as Scorponok's chief informants, and met with Soundblaster on how to reassert their dominance. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Ratbat was still favored by Galvatron after he returned, however, and was sent to spy on the Autobots in order to learn what they planned to do about [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]'s distress call. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the Decepticons left Earth behind to seek other sources of energy, Ratbat and the Mini-Cassettes traveled with Soundblaster and the others aboard Scorponok. On the planet [[Paradise]], he delivered a message to the Autobots when the Decepticons captured their teammate, [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Ratbat and the Decepticons lent their support to the Earth-born [[Selector]]s, robots eager to rebel against their human makers who enslaved them. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:RatbatFSRLFManga.jpg|thumb|left|Ratbat's fallen off the ugly tree a few times.]]
Under the direction of Soundwave, Ratbat and his fellow cassettes ambushed [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] in [[Japan]] shortly after his companion [[Kenji]] had flown off in [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. Bumblebee was able to leap over them and run off, which prompted Soundwave to have the cassettes give chase. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] shortly ordered the group to split up to cover more ground.

However, they instead (as a group, oddly) ran into [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], which sent them into retreat. Unfortunately, their attempt to re-enter Soundwave's chest was foiled by the fact that Bumblebee had shattered it with a kick, causing them all (including Ratbat) to bounce off the mangled cassette door. Cliffjumper then picked them all up and proceeded to pull out their magnetic tape, wrapping it around his fingers. That meanie. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}
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=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
[[File:Ratbat Skree Skree.jpg|thumb|Four more years! Four more years!]]
In [[2010]], after infiltrating Scramble City, Ratbat watched from a hidden perch as the alien scientist Doctor [[Dalton]] assisted the Autobots in increasing the power of the nascent [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[File:RatbatHeadmastersManga.jpg|thumb|left|Ratbat post-"adorableness" surgery.]]
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Ratbat and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]) stood over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] panicked at the approach of [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
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====''Transformers in 3-D''====
{{note|''[[Transformers in 3-D]]'' takes place at some point after the events of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}
[[File:Ratbat blackthorne.png|thumb|left|Ratbat watches over his loyal pet Galvatron]]
Ratbat was a sentient entity capable of talking, but pretended to be an obedient mute animal in order to get out of doing any real work. He ended up as the mentally unstable [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s witless pet and sole confidant. This embarrasses him, but rather that than do work!

[[File:Ratbat blackthorne2.png|thumb]]
[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] worried about Galvatron's unhealthy attachment to Ratbat. When [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] foiled Ratbat's search for mysterious [[energon]]-producing [[Observer|aliens]] by causing Galvatron to accidentally step on him using [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Galvatron stopped fighting to rush to Ratbat's side, distraught over his actions. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Ratbat later joined a Decepticon raid on [[S.S. Exton 9]], corralling the [[human]]s within for the use of the [[suspension-ray beam]] on them. They were to be future slaves in the Decepticons' [[energy research laboratory]]. During the raid, Ratbat noted [[Cosmos (G1)|what seemed to be an Autobot ship]], and several Decepticons went in pursuit. They failed to capture the Autobot, and a group of four children, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and Cosmos returned to Exton 9 with the [[Prism of Power]]. The battle that followed forced the Decepticons into retreat and the Prism nullified the ray beam's effects on the humans. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}
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====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[File:Madman comic HotRod runsover tapes.jpg|thumb|Dracula vs. King of the Roadkill.]]
In the year [[2001]], Ratbat was one of several tapes that accompanied [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] when they were spying on the construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Soundwave had managed to record a meeting between [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] where the two Autobots leaders discussed hiding the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in a bunker at the building site. Ratbat was deployed along with [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] and [[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]] to oversee the retrieval of the powerful Autobot artifact. As Ratbat happily reported the minimal usage of fuel in the successful operation, the Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] rammed [[Squawkbox]] and Slugfest, scaring the crap out of the bat. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Ratbatresurrection.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Future Decepticon leaders are quick to realize that Megatron was a terrible one.]]
{{quote|On Cybertron, Ratbat was an accountant. He used to count fuel stockpiles. But since his arrival on Earth, this energy-efficiency expert has become commander of this planet's Decepticons. Today he prepares to count Autobot casualties. To Ratbat, it's all the same job... just a different inventory.|The narrator|[[Cold War!]]}}

Ratbat was one of the many Decepticons left on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he rose to the critical post of fuel auditor. With a drive towards extreme efficiency, he would rarely countenance unnecessary risks. ''He was one of the key figures in Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s court, and continued to assist the cruel warlord even after the later had been reduced to a head in a life-support system. [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] wound up teleported to Cybertron at this time, along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], and the Decepticons leaked false information to the enemy army that Prime was really a Decepticon spy sent to infiltrate their ranks. Ratbat was tasked to spy on the Autobots to see their machinations play out. Things did not go according to plan, as Optimus escaped an execution squad thanks to the interference of [[Outback (G1)|Outback]]. Unwilling to reveal himself and thus confirm that Optimus was the genuine article, Ratbat reported back to Megatron and Straxus to let them know their scheme had likely failed already.'' {{storylink|Under Fire!}} ''When Straxus' attempted possession of Megatron saw Straxus dead and Megatron mentally unstable, Ratbat was able to exploit the situation. Convincing the others that Megatron and Straxus were a liability, he had Straxus' troops open the [[space bridge]] in front of Megatron, Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], which sent them back to Earth''. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

Ratbat emerged as the most powerful Decepticon in [[Polyhex]]. Ratbat grew increasingly dissatisfied with the inefficient use of fuel by the Decepticons based on Earth under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], a practice he planned to alleviate by shutting down the space bridge between Earth and Cybertron. The amount of fuel the Earthbound Decepticons had gathered was not remotely equal to the energy required to run the bridge. Regardless, Shockwave appealed for one more use of the space bridge, and blamed the Earthbound Autobots for their lack of progress. To the ends of eliminating them from the equation, Ratbat opened up the space bridge in front of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and sent [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] through it to destroy them. Though many injuries were inflicted, the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] rapidly turned the tide. Trypticon's energy expenses exceeded the budget allowed for the mission, and Ratbat ordered him back. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|thumb|"That... that's your fist, Astrotrain."]]
With the space bridge deemed too wasteful, Ratbat sent things to Earth via low-energy cost space freighters. However, a particularly important cargo went missing en route to Earth, so he made brief use of the space bridge anyways, in order to dispatch the [[Triple Changer]]s through to Earth and investigate. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} When the source of the problem turned out to be a deadly plague of [[Scraplet]]s, he captured the [[Throttlebot]]s and sent them to Earth to remove the infection with corrosives. He warned them that if they did not succeed within ten hours, he would destroy the Earth to prevent the plague from spreading. Thankfully, [[water]] was discovered to be an effective cure. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[File:Ratbatcarwash.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine.]]
Ratbat traveled to Earth to oversee his designs for the planet. He continued to be outraged at Shockwave's excessive fuel use, particularly when he revealed that Shockwave's Decepticons had recently stolen a fuel tanker ''after'' it had unloaded its cargo! Meanwhile, Ratbat's own plans proceeded well. He had placed industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]] under his control, and had him open a chain of car washes that featured rock and roll music and flashing lights, dubbed the "[[Wash and Roll|Wash and Roll Car Wash]]." These car washes hypnotized humans into delivering the fuel they'd pumped back to the Decepticons. However, this plan was discovered by the Autobots' ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. After managing to evade Ratbat by fleeing through one of the car washes, Buster was able to awaken the hypnotized masses outside. Ratbat was forced to flee and abandon this particular fuel-gathering method. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

[[File:ToySoldiers RatbatSteelStraw.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Megatron and Optimus Prime.{{-}}Scorponok and Fortress Maximus.{{-}} Ratbat and a teenager wearing a pink shirt.]]
The [[United States of America|United States]] government later captured the Throttlebots and executed them live on television. The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] carried Ratbat to the execution location afterwards so that he could ensure that they had indeed been killed. He discovered that their brain modules were missing, and once he had the scent, he tracked down the Throttlebots to Sparkplug Witwicky's garage. When Sparkplug refuse to divulge any information to his troops, Ratbat and the Predacons tore the man's garage around him and continued on the trail. It eventually led them to inside a nearby mall. Here he battled Buster Witwicky once again, and learned that [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]], before having teamed up with the boy, had snuck the Throttlebots' brains away inside remote control cars. The toy-Autobots proved too crafty to be captured, but mid-chase, Ratbat finally got a good look at Buster's face. Remembering him as the one who foiled his previous plot, Ratbat swooped down to take his revenge, only to have a security gate dropped atop of him. Unable to move in his robot mode, Ratbat waited until Buster had his back turned, transformed, and stowed away in the boy's radio. Though he was briefly knocked out by the boy's rough handling of the machine, Ratbat awakened to find his prey at the Ark's former location. After crushing the toy body of the only Autobot left with him, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], Ratbat took Buster captive. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

He brought Buster back to the [[Club Con|Decepticons' island headquarters]], where he was used as a human shield against military retaliation. The Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s besieged the base, commanded by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and Buster's older brother [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], so the Decepticons were forced to flee by deploying the island base's space-travel capabilities. In the process of departure, Shockwave was shot down in space and seen spiraling towards Earth, apparently dying during reentry. Ratbat declared it would be inefficient to rescue him and seized command of the Decepticons for himself. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[File:Ratbatfortmax.jpg|left|upright=0.7|thumb|Ratbat breaks through the Mini-Cassette glass ceiling.]]
Of all the leaders of the Decepticons on Earth few came closer to outright victory than Ratbat. He followed the Autobots under Fortress Maximus when they set out to unite with those under [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and launched an all-out attack that resulted in huge casualties and the Autobots being briefly stranded on the Moon. He retreated only when Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] returned from their duel and turned the tide. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Later, Ratbat promoted the newly recovered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] to the position of second-in-command and set out to retrieve two Autobot mini-cassettes that had gotten lost on Earth hundreds of years ago. To this end, he set down the Decepticons' base back on Earth, disguising it as an island once more, though this time the Decepticons advertised it as an island resort for human vacationers. With the resort drawing attention away from their search, Ratbat had the Seacons secure the Autobots' dormant bodies. But just as the Seacons were about to present their find to Ratbat, a [[Jesse (G1)|human]] was able to sneak into their headquarters and snatch the Autobot mini-cassettes away. Ratbat sent out the Seacons to retrieve them, which they did successfully. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Using a [[Realvision]] simulator, Ratbat and Starscream reviewed the information encoded on [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]]. The two Decepticons were beholden to an early adventure in Optimus Prime's career, where he fought to keep the powerful [[Underbase]] out of Megatron's grasp. The Underbase was ultimately sent out into space by Prime, but with the information encoded on the tapes, the Decepticons came to discover that the artifact was Earth-bound... and due to land planet-side in a matter of weeks! {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

Ratbat was determined to attain the Underbase's power for himself, but this ambition was shared by Starscream. The latter lured the separate Decepticon faction led by [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] to a meeting with Ratbat's forces, and Ratbat immediately grew to dislike his fellow commander for his partly-organic nature. He nonetheless tried to keep things civil between his troops and Scorponok's, but thanks to Starscream's subtle manipulations, a conflict soon erupted between them. Ratbat realized too late that Starscream had played him so as to get a head start in attaining the Underbase. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

[[File:Ratbatdarkstardeath.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Three in one shot? Even Ratbat would concede this was an efficient death.]]
Though Ratbat and his forces were briefly distracted in attacking the Autobots, who had been lured by Starscream into proximity of the Decepticon headquarters, Buster Witwicky convinced him to announce a cease-fire so they could unite against the Seeker. Following Starscream into space, they were able to prevent him from absorbing all but a tiny fraction of the Underbase's energies. Unfortunately, the amount Starscream had taken into himself was still enough to endow him with incredible might. He went about rampaging across the Earth, with both Autobots and Decepticons suffering huge casualties in the process. Both Ratbat and Scorponok independently suspected that the Autobot leader Optimus Prime, absent from the battlefield, had plans to seize the power of the Underbase for himself, and set out to stop him while their troops were being slaughtered. They confronted Optimus aboard the Ark, and Ratbat declared he would have the power of the Underbase for himself. Seconds later, Ratbat was dead, shot in the back by Scorponok. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Years later, Grimlock would invoke Buster Witwicky's fight with Ratbat inside the Wash and Roll Car Wash. Optimus Prime needed to be reminded that no matter how small, life struggles to carry on, and if protecting it was good once, why would they stop now? {{storylink|War Without End!}}

====''Recordicons''====
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Though Ratbat was dead, he was sought by his alternate self from [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|another universe]] who had assumed the persona of [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]]. Asking if Ratbat had left any unfinished business, Batbot was directed to the pile of unfinished paperwork in Ratbat's quarters. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 11|''Recordicons'' #11}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Ratbat loose ends 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Arrrr, Jim lad!]]
After awaking in [[1994]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] retrieved Ratbat's body from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and after being reanimated and lobotomised, the cassette was pressed into service as part of Megatron's [[zombie]] army.

At some point, Ratbat finally managed to finish what he started with Buster Witwicky, [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|killing him in a car wash]]. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

In [[2012]], Ratbat (now sporting an [[Transformer clothing|eye-patch]]) was part of a detachment ordered to chase down [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s. Upon subduing Kup, Ratbat ordered his fellow zombies to return him to Megatron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}

When the Wreckers subsequently attempted to rescue Kup, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] took down Ratbat with a punch after deploying some unexpected moves. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}}

Following Megatron's defeat and [[Aunty|Auntie]]'s destruction, the inert bodies of the zombies were gathered up, thrown into a large pit and vaporised from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Megatron ratbat secrets and lies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Ratbat was present at the [[Presidium (facility)|Presidium]] when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] announced his plans to invade [[Stanix]]. Perhaps unwisely, Ratbat questioned his leader's orders, pointing out that the Decepticon army was already overstretched in terms of fuel and troops and that Stanix was of little strategic value. He suggested that they concentrate their efforts on redeveloping the [[energon]] capacitors in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] instead, which Megatron took under advisement.

Later, after an explosion apparently caused by a stray missile striking a fuel cache caused [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s trajectory to be diverted into the [[Stellae Cimeterium]], Ratbat confronted [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] with his suspicions that the explosion had something to do with Shockwave's [[Project Dreadnought]] and warned the scientist that he was looking for proof of his involvement. When he was unable to find anything concrete, Ratbat leaked what he suspected to the Autobots through the double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Ratbatwarwithin.jpg|left|thumb|Finally! It's Ratbat's time to shine!]]
In the absence of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] during the [[Dark Ages]], the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s split into disparate factions. High Executor Ratbat became leader of his own faction, the [[Ultracon]]s. They frequently clashed with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s [[Wrecker]]s, who managed to keep the Ultracons in [[Polyhex]]'s borders.

In a push to seize the [[Tagan Heights]], which would grant control over 40% of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s manufacturing, Ratbat violated the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]] and managed to sway the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] over to the Ultracons, unleashing [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Heights. However, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] arrived and formed [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{Storylink|Escalation}} Their duel resulted in the destruction of a good deal of the Tagan Heights, and after being beaten down and berated by Springer, Ratbat was forced to retreat. {{Storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}}

Eventually, four of the factions agreed to peace talks at the [[High Council Pavilions]]. Ratbat attended the ceremony personally, though he remained paranoid throughout the proceedings, accusing the Autobots of planing treachery at the first sign something went wrong. The talks were interrupted by an attack from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]], but Ratbat was spared any harm thanks to the defenses the Autobots had set up prior to the signing. Spurred on by this act of aggression, the four factions joined to subdue the Predacons. However, another force quickly arrived in the form of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squad]]. {{Storylink|The Age of Wrath}} Megatron easily subdued Ultra Magnus as Ratbat and Shockwave looked on. With the return of their esteemed leader, the factions reintegrated into a single Decepticon army. {{Storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

Afterward, Ratbat attended a conference with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to discuss Cybertron's catastrophic fuel shortage. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}}

[[File:Ratbatwarandpeace.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Wait, wait, sorry, nevermind.]]
During the millions of years that followed, Ratbat acquired a new body, which he despised {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #5}} and which worked in conjunction with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s body. At one point, he was captured and kept in the [[Detention Banks]]. During the reign of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] secretly worked with Soundwave, having [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] assist him in releasing Ratbat while they were releasing the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] on behalf of Shockwave. {{Storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} In return for some favors, Starscream returned Ratbat to Soundwave. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:DDJvTF-Ratbat.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|I'll just be over here, being an accountant.]]Ratbat was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Ratbat was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]]. Ratbat was felled by the combined fire of [[Rock 'n Roll]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], and [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]]. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

During an adventure full of time travel hijinks, Ratbat joined a platoon of Decepticons in guarding the [[Teletran 3]] tower on Cybertron. They didn't do a very good job. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Megatron Origin issue 2|''Megatron Origin'' #2]]}}

[[File:Senator ratbat.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Woohoo! Now I'm a Senator!]]
Millions of years ago, before the war, Ratbat was a member of the [[Senate]] and possessed a fairly impressive humanoid form with wing-like capes and a bat head-like helmet. This seems to mean he's a descendant of "the progenitors". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} His professed role was "the application of wisdom through judgment", whatever that means, but, in practicality, he simply monitored news feeds and manipulated events (including stoking conflicts) to create the most profit for himself. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} The day [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] joined the Senate, Ratbat applauded his proposal to construct the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]]. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} He supported Senator [[Proteus]]'s decision to implement the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], which would grant the Senate more power over Cybertronian citizens by strengthening security in the wake of an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]]. In particular, Ratbat suggested they use the Clampdown to track down and shut down groups opposed to the Senate's rule. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

Learning of the existence of [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], a homeless Cybertronian who could read minds, Ratbat saw how those skills could come in handy and offered the drifter a position by his side. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} Some time later he was responsible for the automation of Cybertron's energon mines, a move which prompted the miner known as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to rebel and flee underground. Interested by Megatron's early [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial exploits]], he sent Soundwave to offer the gladiator a wide variety of advanced weaponry. It is unclear if he was simply trying to get in on the fight racket and increase the violence for profit, or if he was deliberately trying to create greater instability (also for profit). {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin4 Soundwave humbles Ratbat.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|No, no, wait. Sorry. Again.]]
When Megatron's forces bloomed from underground fightclub to planet-destabilizing army, Ratbat realized that he'd made a mistake and Megatron was going too far. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} After Megatron decisively won his first battle against [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the Decepticons were established, Ratbat decided to view this as a job opportunity and simply transfer himself (and all of Kaon's city funding and government data) to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and a more lucrative position. Unfortunately for him, he was betrayed by Soundwave, who thought Ratbat would be a "valuable resource" for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} His [[spark]] and [[brain module]] were removed and transferred into a smaller, compact form meant to serve Soundwave, a punishment for the Senator's support of discrimination through [[functionism]]. This new body was designed to be bat-like by Shockwave in order to add another flier to the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

During a manhunt for Soundwave in Iacon, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] closed in on the Decepticon communications officer from the air. Soundwave ejected Ratbat to deter him, much to Silverbolt's shock. Ratbat nimbly took out Silverbolt's port stabilizer, forcing him to crash into a nearby building. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}}

[[File:Ratbatdevastation.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Always on playlist: "Batdance"]]
[[File:AHM5-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|left|Ratbat likes to wear his [[size changing]] abilities literally on his sleeve.]]
Millions of years later, Ratbat served as a scout for the Decepticons on [[Earth]]. After reporting to Megatron that he had found the [[Autobot]]s' ''[[Ark-19]]'', Ratbat was ordered to keep monitoring. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} After the [[Surge (G1)|Surge]] and during the Decepticon invasion of the [[United States of America|United States]], the patrolling Ratbat came across the military unit of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] as they attempted to cross the [[Hudson River]]. He sunk their boat and only Witwicky survived. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} When the Autobots returned to Earth and fought the Decepticons off, Ratbat retreated with the others aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

Following the defeat of the [[Deceptigod]], the Decepticons were left weakened from being forced to merge, and with Megatron MIA, Ratbat took the chance to revive his old title of Senator and make himself spokesperson of the defeated Decepticons. He negotiated an unconditional surrender with the Autobots in exchange for his own safety, unaware that Soundwave and Shockwave were already plotting for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} The Decepticons were subsequently locked away in a temporary holding area inside the gun barrel of the crashed [[Kimia Facility]]. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] was shown to the facility, Ratbat loudly claimed that his reputation had been unfairly tarnished and he should be released, but Optimus told him in no uncertain terms that, as far as he was concerned, Ratbat was just another Decepticon, regardless of his past as a senator.

Getting nowhere with the Autobots, Ratbat instead tried to get the Decepticons to fall in line behind him now that Megatron had vanished, but when they were released to deal with a riot caused by a large number of angry [[NAIL|neutral Cybertronians]], the Decepticons all ignored him. Starscream mockingly noted that Ratbat's attitude was the reason why no one had listened to him in four million years. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Ratbat Autonomy Lesson.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|Yay, I'm in charge again!]]
Some weeks later, Ratbat had managed to cement his position as figurehead and spokesperson for the confined Decepticons. [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Horri-Bull]] were forcibly returned to the Decepticon holding pen for threatening a NAIL, much to Ratbat's chagrin. He complained to [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] about the unfair, restrictive conditions that the Decepticons were kept under. Prowl simply blew him off, telling Ratbat that Decepticons couldn't be trusted to function in the new society without the [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]] in their heads. When Ratbat pressed further, Prowl bluntly stated that the Decepticons only deserved to be treated "like the animals you are". After the Autobots had left, Ratbat furiously chewed Needlenose and Horri-Bull out for volunteering to serve on the outside as peacekeepers. Needlenose protested that they simply wanted something to do, to which Ratbat responded that he did have a plan and they only had to stay out of trouble until the next night. {{Storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}}

[[File:Arcee Ratbat WorldandEverythingInIt.jpg|upright=1.0|left|thumb|OH COME ON!]]
Of course, Horri-Bull and Needlenose ''couldn't'' stay out of trouble for another night and attacked [[Zetca|another NAIL]], forcing Bumblebee to activate Horri-Bull's I/D chip and blow his head off. This however, served Ratbat's larger scheme in proving to the Autobots that the I/D chips still functioned properly. The reality of it was that Soundwave and Shockwave had found a way to disable them, and Ratbat was waiting for the right time to take advantage of this fact. Having sent [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] to confirm this by teleporting out and witnessing Horri-Bull's demise, Ratbat warned the others to stick to his plan. Starscream openly voiced his doubt in Ratbat's plans and leadership, to which Ratbat merely claimed that ''he'' was the one who was responsible for the Decepticon uprising in the first place, through his manipulations as a senator. Starscream left in disgust, prompting Ratbat to order [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] to tail him.

Ratbat's plan went into effect the next night. During a memorial service for the presumed-dead crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', Skywarp was to assassinate Bumblebee from a high vantage point, pinning the crime on a NAIL. Ratbat and the other Decepticons would then move out and attack the Autobots in the confusion. Unfortunately, Starscream had tipped Prowl off to Ratbat's plan, and the Autobot prevented Skywarp from pulling the trigger. Believing Bumblebee to have been successfully killed, Ratbat ordered [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] to rally the others. Ratbat asked Soundwave and Shockwave if they were in agreement with his plans, to the former's silence and the latter's indifference. Satisfied, Ratbat retreated to his quarters to prepare, where he was ambushed by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. The vicious Autobot cut his legs off and skewered his wing, before stabbing him through the chest. When someone came to check on Ratbat, they found him dead and pinned to the wall with an energy-sword. {{Storylink|The World & Everything in It}} The Autobots showed up shortly thereafter to remove Ratbat's body. Prowl told the assembled Decepticons that Ratbat's death had been a suicide, much to their outrage and disbelief. Starscream backed this obvious cover story, claiming that the former senator had confided in him that the pressures of leadership were too great for his "tiny body" to withstand. Last seen, his corpse was in [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit's]] medical facility, being stood over by [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]. {{Storylink|Stick Together}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Ratbat was one of the absurd amount of minion Soundwave ejected out of his chest, all in a row, in preparation for a fight. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Ratbat_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|"Ratbat, remind [[Soundwave (Kre-O)|me]] who you were, again? Our leader? A senator? My pet cassette?"]]
Ratbat was present when [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] explained out loud his plans to brainwash the entire population using music. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Ratbat was a high-ranking Decepticon who posed a threat to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s leadership position. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} At one point, he fought Hot Rod on Earth, and the Autobot ripped one of his wings off. {{storylink|Derailment}}

By the 24th century, Ratbat was a member of the [[Builder Assembly]], which admonished [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] when his subordinate [[Lio Convoy]] rebelled against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders]]. When Eject revealed that he had the means to create [[Galva Convoy|a clone of Lio Convoy]], Ratbat and the other members of the assembly were receptive to his plan. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} In order to shore up public morale, Ratbat insisted on restarting the Games after Lio Convoy's spectacle at the last Games. The new matches at [[Tesarus (polity)|Tesarus Arena]] were intended to star captured Resistance POWs, forced to fight against each other for the Builders' amusement. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

The war was going against the Builders by the time Galva Convoy was prepared to launch his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s. So, despite Eject's newfound reticence, Ratbat and the Builder Assembly pressed ahead with the new drone troopers. The modified nano-virus produced by Vehicons allowed them to assimilate other members of the proto-races to increase their numbers, although Galva Convoy assured the Assembly that Macromaster-scale Builders were simply too complex to succumb to the virus. Eject still insisted on a line of code dubbed [[General Order 66]], hardwiring the Vehicons to prevent them from passing above the 66th parallel, keeping them out of Iacon and neighboring Builder city-states and concentrated on Resistance territory and secessionists like the [[Maximal Nation]] and [[Independent Predacus States|IPS]].

Deploying the Vehicon virus at the south polar [[Protihex]] was successful as far as it went, but it only emboldened Lio Convoy and the Resistance to press ahead to Iacon and the Builder Assembly at a reckless pace. Ratbat and the Assemblybots began to shriek in fear as the majority of the fighting pushed above the 66th parallel. Despite Eject's warnings, a 2/3rds majority passed a resolution to rescind Order 66, and Galva Convoy immediately dispatched all Vehicons on a direct path towards the Pavilion. Ratbat and the Assembly's position became even more precarious when [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the Micromaster 001st refused to engage the Resistance on the streets of Iacon. Hot Rod, unlike Ratbat, was concerned with civilian casualties and preserving the city, but this meant the Resistance could reach the High Pavilion that much sooner.

Even in the complete absence of any remaining defense, Ratbat still had the gall to defy Lio Convoy to his face when the Resistance leader confronted the Assembly atop the ruins of the High Pavilion after the army of the Resistance finished laying siege to it. Ratbat's arrogance appeared justified for a moment, as the Vehicons finally arrived en masse. It was then, however, that Galva Convoy turned against the Builders, assimilating Ratbat and the others into new, Builder-scale Vehicons. Ratbat became a Vehicon [[Copter Drone]] as the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] truly began. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
During the war for Cybertron, Ratbat was an [[Cybertronian military insignia|Air Force Applied Sciences Raider]]. {{storylink|Ratbat (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|''Transformers'' #11]]}}

[[File:AllFallDown-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Ratbat was an [[Mini-Cassette|Infiltration Trooper]]. {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}} In the years that followed the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], he became a Senator; along with Megatron, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], he represented the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] faction in the [[Senate]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} Head of Intelligence [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] believed that he owed his continual re-election to the popularity that he enjoyed among his fellow Infiltration Troopers. {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}} Following a false-flag attack on [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon Headquarters]] by [[The Rise]], Ratbat and Strika both joined Megatron on a public broadcast as their leader rebranded the movement with a new insignia. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

When The Rise destroyed the [[Tether]], Megatron realized that the only way to keep ahead of the violence of his own followers was to fast-track his plans. At a meeting with the other Ascenticon senators, Megatron instructed Ratbat to rally his fellow Infiltration Troopers for action. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} Not long afterwards, Ratbat and Strika joined Megatron when the Ascenticon leader marched on the Senate and denounced [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the assembly, before the newly christened "Decepticons" stormed the building. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} Ratbat watched as Megatron laid down his terms to the now-captive senators, until the [[Autobot|Autobots]] attempted an assault on the building. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} After Sentinel Prime was killed in the ensuing conflict and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] seized by the Decepticons, Ratbat consulted with Megatron on recruiting key figures to the Decepticon cause and told him Starscream wanted a meeting with him. Later, Ratbat watched as [[Termagax]] unexpectedly arrived at Decepticon HQ to denounce the movement and Megatron in particular. Megatron seemingly killed her with a shot from his [[fusion cannon]] in response, but Ratbat determined that it was actually a [[spectrosynth drone]] that was destroyed, and the real Termagax was still out there. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

Seeking to consolidate his power in Iacon, Megatron instructed Ratbat to seize the city's [[energon storage field|energon storage fields]]. Ratbat and his troops encountered resistance in the form of [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and his volunteers. When they refused to step aside, Ratbat ordered his troops to attack them. Ratbat was snagged by Grapple's claw right as the battle began, but the Decepticons ultimately triumphed and took full control of the city's energon distribution. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:PetSounds-FluttershyCassettes.jpg|thumb|200px|Nobody tell Fluttershy that he's committed multiple war crimes.]]
After crash-landing in [[Equestria]], Soundwave ejected Ratbat, Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Ravage to scout the terrain. Soundwave's arrival drew the attention of [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]] and [[Fluttershy]]; despite Frenzy's protests, Fluttershy quickly took a liking to Soundwave's "pets". When Frenzy's attitude led to him retaliating against the pony, Ratbat and the other cassettes, who had enjoyed her kindness, briefly turned on Soundwave and Frenzy. Unwilling to lose the friendship of his faithful cassettes, Soundwave agreed to a truce, and Ratbat and the others spent some time playing with their new friends. {{storylink|Pet Sounds}}
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==Games==
===Transformers: Mystery of Convoy===
[[File:Ratbat MoCSprite.jpg|thumb|300px|You can pretend this is [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]] if you like.]]
*''Stages'': 3, 6
*''Point value'': 300

Numerous copies of Ratbat patrol the early [[Time Tunnel]]s, flitting back and forth in the more open areas of the shafts. When shot, they transform into harmless cassette modes and stay that way. Autobots can then use the cassette as a platform to reach hidden areas.

Frankly, they're not much of a threat at all. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers Legends''===
Originally a senator on Cybertron, Ratbat was responsible for shutting down the mine where Megatron originally worked. This led to a revolt, and ultimately, Megatron's rise as founder of the Decepticons. When Alpha Trion exposed Ratbat's involvement in these events to Sentinel Prime, Ratbat was forced to flee for his life. {{storylink|Megatron Origins}}

Ratbat uses his accounting skills to engineer financial schemes aimed at crippling the Autobots' resources. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Ratbat's card bio}} When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] marched on the Decepticon base, Ratbat joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] in bringing them to a halt. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}} Ratbat was among a handful of Decepticons who ventured inside Unicron to search for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. After encountering [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], then falling foul of Unicron's internal defenses, the Decepticons resumed their search. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}} Ratbat aided [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost in trying to disrupt the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s team managed to overcome them, causing Ratbat, [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] to scatter into the night. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}}

When humans unlocked the secrets of [[Gravitronic Energy]], Soundwave and his minions, Ratbat among them, attempted to take possession of the data, but were foiled by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Box Trap}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:ABTF-screen Acc-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Ratbat is an "Accessory" character, giving Deceptihogs he's attached to a defense boost. This bonus can be increased with upgrades won from random-prize Crates or in the "[[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower" mini-game.

He can be unlocked by purchasing him with Gems in the Barracks, with Tokens during specific [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)/Challenge Events|Challenge Events]], or won from Crates and [[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

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==Toys==
{{main|Ratbat (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Ratbat (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Devastation-Ratbat SonyMylo by EJ Su.jpg|thumb]]
*Ratbat's form in ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]'' was not based on a CD player, as was frequently believed, but a first-generation {{w|mylo (Sony)|Sony Mylo}}.<ref>[http://ej-su.deviantart.com/art/Ratbat-Concept-104748256 E.J. Su]: "Ratbat's alternate mode was actually based on Sony's first generation Mylo. It's a personal communication/multimedia device."</ref>
*Ratbat's manga appearances use wildly different [[character model]]s. The first appears to be based more closely on his box art, and thus may in fact be his [[Studio OX]] model, while the second seems to simply be his standard animation model.
*Ratbat's Generation 1 designs are based on two different bat species, with his toy design being based on fruit bats, and his cartoon model on vampire bats.
*While Ratbat in the original cartoon was a voiceless beast who was ordered around by Soundwave, in the Marvel Comics stories, Ratbat was an independent, intelligent character who could speak and held a prestigious rank, even commanding the Earthbound Decepticons for a period, despite transforming into a tiny audio cassette. Both of the "postmodern" continuities established by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] and [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] have tried to harmonize these two disparate roles by portraying Ratbat as a previously-important individual who was humbled and forced into a lowly form. Remember, kids, [[Functionism|if you're not humanoid, you can't possibly have held a real rank.]] There must be ''some explanation''.
*[[Bob Budiansky]] has said that Ratbat was made leader in an attempt to shake things up and keep the story interesting: instead of a more standard evil leader, we'd have a guy who cares more about the internal accounts. At the same time Ratbat was boss, Grimlock had become Autobot leader for the same reason. Sadly, we never saw a Ratbat/Grimlock throwdown.
*Ratbat's cassette form in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' was part of a deliberate decision to have everyone looking recognisable to new readers.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/botcon-2009-idw-publishing-panel-167766/ Botcon 2009 IDW Publishing Panel report]</ref> A black and purple bat? Perhaps they were worried readers would confuse him with [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]].
[[File:Devastation-Ratbat.jpg|thumb]]
*Ratbat was planned to appear in ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]'' as part of the boss fights with Soundwave, but was removed during development. However, his unused character model can still be found within the game's files.
*Kreon Ratbat is made from several existing Kre-O pieces. In this case, he uses the [[Rampage (G1)#Kre-O|Rampage]] animal head (with small wing pieces to simulate bat ears), two purple spike pieces for 'claws', and [[Grimwing (Prime)#Kre-O|Grimwing]]'s wings (although the wings are directly on the arm-joint sections where they cannot normally fit), and a yellow/gold backpack piece.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ratbat''' (ラットバット ''Rattobatto'')
*''French:'' '''Vampiro''' (Canada), '''Chauve-Souris Robot''' (France, ''Webworld'', "Robot Bat"), '''Rabat''' (France, ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Féreg''' ("Worm")
*''Italian:'' '''Stridek'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Biānfú Jīng''' (蝙蝠精, "Bat-Bogey")
*''Russian:'' '''Krysak''' (Крысак, "Ratty")

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:Council members]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Deceptihogs]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:Mystery of Convoy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One zombies]]
[[Category:Scouts]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
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Island of Fear

2022-01-27T16:10:26Z

Poonaroon: /* Synopsis */

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers Adventure Game Books]]''
|next=Highway Clash
|prev=Peril from the Stars
|image=Corgi-3-Island_of_Fear.jpg
|caption=No one messes with Beachcomber. NO ONE!
|title="Island of Fear"
|publisher=[[Corgi Books]]
|published=Great Britain
|imprint=Young Corgi Adventure/Adventure Game Books
|date=1986
|writers=[[Dave Morris]]
|illustrator=[[John Higgins]] (interior pencils and cover painting)
|pagecount=67
|ISBN=ISBN 0 552 52316 X ISBN 9780552523165
}}

'''You join forces with Beachcomber to foil Dirge's evil plot.'''

==Synopsis==
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[[You]]r marine botanist parents have brought you along on one of their scientific investigations in the South Pacific. While they are busy studying the plants, you are free to explore the tropical paradise of [[Nali]]. [[Akura]], the islander who looks after your parents’ things when they are absent, has left to do some shopping, leaving you to your own devices.

'''''Go for a swim?'' [[#page 6|page 6]]'''

'''''Take a walk inland?'' [[#page 2|page 2]]'''

'''''Get one of the islanders to take you on his boat?'' [[#page 5|page 5]]

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[[File:Beachcomber sawyer.png|upright=0.85|right|thumb|Beachcomber loves all life. Except fish. Screw fish.]]
:;Page 6
:''(From [[#page 1|page 1]] or [[#page 4|page 4]] or [[#page 9|page 9]])''

:'''''You go for a swim.'''''
:You enjoy the warm sea, occasionally calling out to nearby fishermen. You swim out to a rocky point known as [[Rangda's Point]], and swim beyond it, to a secluded cove you’ve been to before. Though you belied you will be able to enjoy some alone time in this hiding place, you are surprise to see a [[Beachcomber (G1)|robot]] come out of a nearby cave, a fishing rod slung over one of its shoulders. '''[[#page 8|page 8]]'''

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:''(From [[#page 6|page 6]])''

:The robot is just as you are to find someone else in this secluded spot. He asks you how you’ve discovered this location, and you inform him that you swam. Much to your amusement, the robot takes a moment to express his envy of humans and their ability to float, as he dreams one day to go surfing. '''[[#page 12|page 12]]'''

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:;Page 12
:''(From [[#page 8|page 8]])''

:The robot introduces himself as Beachcomber, and explains to you that he is a Transformer from Cybertron. Then, your hear the screech of a jet engine tearing through the sky. Beachcomber seems unusually shaken by the sound, and asks you if you are yourself frightened by it.

:'''''Tell Beachcomber you are also frightened by the sound?'' [[#page 13|page 13]]'''

:'''''Tell Beachcomber you are unaffected by the sound?'' [[#page 14|page 14]]'''

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::''(From [[#page 12|page 12]])''

::'''''You tell Beachcomber you are also frightened by the sound of the jet engine.'''''
::You aren’t really scared, but you want to sympathize with your new robot friend. Beachcomber points out that you didn’t look very scared, and you insist that it’s a human trait to not show your fear. Beachcomber then explains what the sound was… '''[[#page 15|page 15]]'''

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::''(From [[#page 13|page 13]] or [[#page 14|page 14]])''

::Beachcomber explains that the sound was coming from [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], the evil Decepticon. Dirge has the ability to instil fear into the [[fuel pump]]s of his opponents with the sound of his jet engines. If Dirge is nearby, there is undoubtedly a Decepticon plot being carried out, and so Beachcomber must interfere before anyone is harmed.

::'''''Accompany Beachcomber?'' [[#page 16|page 16]]'''

::'''''Let Beachcomber go off on his own?'' [[#page 34|page 34]]'''

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:::''(From [[#page 15|page 15]])''

:::'''''You tag along with Beachcomber.'''''
:::Beachcomber’s first order of business is to locate Dirge’s base of operations. The two of you head inland, and reach a beach, spotting an islander some distance away. He appears to be frightened.

:::'''''Call out to the islander?'' [[#page 18|page 18]]'''

:::'''''Tell Beachcomber to wait behind while you go speak with the islander alone?'' [[#page 19|page 19]]'''

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::::''(From [[#page 16|page 16]] or [[#page 43|page 43]])''

::::'''''You call out to the islander.'''''
::::When the islander looks up and sees the pair of you, he cries in alarm and runs into the sea, dives in a swims away with determined strokes. You reason that seeing Beachcomber frightened him off. Which direction should you head towards now?

::::'''''Walk along the beach?'' [[#page 22|page 22]]'''

::::'''''Head back inland?'' [[#page 23|page 23]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 18|page 18]] or [[#page 21|page 21]])''

:::::'''''You continue along the beach.'''''
:::::As you walk, you once more hear the rumbling of jet engines, and see Dirge flying overhead. Beachcomber flinches at the sound of the Decepticon’s fear-inducing engines, but manages to hold his composure. Nearby trees hide you from Dirge, and once he has flown off away from the island, Beachcomber addresses you. He believes that Dirge has his supplies and equipments on another island, and is flying them onto Bali as part of his plan. The both of you wonder at what Dirge might be up to, but Beachcomber is as dumbfounded as you are. '''[[#page 26|page 26]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 22|page 22]])''

:::::As you continue exploring the beach, Beachcomber shares with you some of his hobbies, and bemoans that he is constantly drawn into battles with the Decepticons. The both of you come to a high cliff, marking the end of the beach. Beachcomber suggests going inland from this point on, as Dirge is unlikely to have made his hideout on the shoreline. As you walk away, Beachcomber accidentally springs a robot-trap. The tangle of cables ensnaring his ankle begin sending painful electric shocks throughout his body. Too weak to free himself, he yells at you to get back.

:::::'''''Grab the cables in an effort to free Beachcomber?'' [[#page 45|page 45]]'''

:::::'''''Try to pull Beachcomber out of the snare of cables?'' [[#page 46|page 46]]'''

:::::'''''Run back to the beach?'' [[#page 47|page 47]]'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 26|page 26]])''

::::::'''''You grab the cables around Beachcomber’s ankle.'''''
::::::Unfortunately, all this accomplishes is also making you a conduit for the thousands of volts of electricity coursing through the trap. You are not as tough as Beachcomber, and for you, this signifies…

::::::'''THE END'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 26|page 26]])''

::::::'''''You try to pull Beahcomber free.'''''
::::::Unfortunately, Beachcomber is made out of metal, and excellent conductor. The electricity sears through your body, and you pass out, never to awaken again.

::::::'''THE END'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 26|page 26]])''

::::::'''''You run back towards the beach.'''''
::::::Grabbing a sturdy piece of driftwood there, you rush back to Beachcomber’s side. You then use the piece of wood to push away the cables around Beachcomber’s ankle. While Beachcomber recovers, you locate the trap’s main mechanism, and smash it with a rock. '''[[#page 48|page 48]]'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 47|page 47]])''

::::::Beachcomer thanks you for saving his life. Dirge must have planted the robot-trap, and it would certainly have gotten the better of Beachcomber if not for your intervention. Continuing inland, you approach the dusty slopes of the island’s volcano by mid-afternoon. You get the feeling that Dirge’s hideout is nearby. '''[[#page 49|page 49]]'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 44|page 44]] or [[#page 48|page 48]])''

::::::Beachcomber transforms into his beach buggy mode so that the both of you can quickly reach the volcano’s crater. Once at the crater’s lip, Beachcomber says that his sensors have detected Dirge’s equipment within the volcano. The Decepticon is drilling into the Earth’s crust, and could unleash a torrent of molten rock that could destroy the entire island. Does Beachcomber know you are immune to Dirge’s fear-inducing engines?

::::::'''If you have informed Beachcomber of this fact, go to'' [[#page 50|page 50]]'''

::::::'''If you have not informed Beachcomber of this fact, go to'' [[#page 51|page 51]]'''

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:::::::''(From [[#page 49|page 49]])''

:::::::'''''Beachcomber recalls your immunity to Dirge’s fear-inducing engines.'''''
:::::::He says that although he would not normally put a human in harm’s way, the situation is dire, and your immunity could be a valuable asset. He asks whether or not you are willing to enter the volcano’s crater with him. Though you are afraid, you believe it is too late to back out of this adventure, and agree to follow Beachcomber into the Decepticon’s hide-out. You soon find yourself before an open steel door amidst the volcano’s black ash, and step through the threshold. '''[[#page 55|page 55]]'''

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:::::::''(From [[#page 50|page 50]] or [[#page 54|page 54]])''

:::::::As you are walking down the winding corridor inside the dormant volcano, Beachcomber suddenly stops you. He points to an [[electronic jammer]] overhead. Beachcomber cannot venture any closer while the device is active, or else it will scramble his circuits. '''[[#page 56|page 56]]'''

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:::::::''(From [[#page 55|page 55]])''

:::::::Though Dirge obviously expected interference from other robots, he didn’t expect a human to venture into his base. You step over to the jammer, and remove it from the corridor’s wall. Once the device is safely in your pocket, you give the OK to Beachcomber, and the two of you continue down the corridor. '''[[#page 57|page 57]]'''

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:::::::''(From [[#page 56|page 56]])''

:::::::Beachcomber tells you his sensors are detecting activity nearby. But Beachcomber is unable to pinpoint the source of the activity, as though something invisible were following him. Then Beachcomber falls silent as you reach the nerve centre of Dirge’s underground lair. '''[[#page 58|page 58]]'''

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:::::::''(From [[#page 57|page 57]])''

:::::::You and Beachcomber are up on a high walkway above Dirge’s control room. Dirge himself is too busy tending to various interments to have noticed you walking in. Beachcomber notices a large hangar door on the far side of the room, undoubtedly the alternate route through which Dirge has entered his base. Beachcomber’s attention then shifts to a large laser device attached to the walkway, the means through which Dirge is drilling into the Earth. Beachcomber explains that Dirge must be tapping into the [[Earth|Earth's core]] in order to power the Decepticons’ weapons.

:::::::'''Suggest to use the laser to fire upon Dirge from above?'' [[#page 65|page 65]]'''

:::::::'''Wait for Dirge to leave before doing anything?'' [[#page 59|page 59]]'''

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::::::::''(From [[#page 58|page 58]])''

::::::::'''''You suggest to Beachcomber that he should use the laser to fire upon Dirge.'''''
::::::::But Beachcomber refuses, explaining that using the laser might accidentally trigger a volcanic eruption. Beachcomber suggests instead to wait and figure out a peaceful solution to the situation. You disagree with the likelihood of such an event occurring, however, and slip past Beachcomber towards the laser. With the lives of thousands of islanders at stake, you decide now is the time for action, and fire the weapon at Dirge yourself before Beachcomber can stop you. Though you hit your target, you also accidentally strike some of Dirge’s nearby instruments. A chain reaction is triggered, causing the entire base, and all its occupant to be reduced to ash in a single titanic explosion.

::::::::'''THE END'''

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::::::::''(From [[#page 58|page 58]])''

::::::::'''''You wait for Dirge to leave his post before you move into action.'''''
::::::::Soon enough, Dirge steps away from his computers to collect more equipment. He presses a button to open the nearby hangar doors, transforms into [[alternate mode|jet mode]] and flies off. The doors close behind him automatically. You turn towards Beachcomber to suggest taking the opportunity to wreck some of the equipment, only to find your friend pointing the laser device directly towards you! Is he going to shoot you?

::::::::'''''Stand your ground?'' [[#page 60|page 60]]'''

::::::::'''''Dodge away out of Beachcomber’s sights?'' [[#page 62|page 62]]'''

::::::::'''''Activate the electronic jammer?'' [[#page 63|page 63]]'''

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[[File:Denebianstalker.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|right]]
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:::::::::''(From [[#page 59|page 59]])''

:::::::::'''''You stand perfectly still, knowing your friend would never do you any harm.'''''
:::::::::And you are right, as Beachcomber is in actuality aiming at a hideous gooey monster sneaking up behind you. One of the creature’s tentacles begin slithering onto your leg, making your skin crawl. Beachcomber then reduces the monster to a sticky yellow puddle with a blast from the laser. '''[[#page 61|page 61]]'''

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:::::::::''(From [[#page 60|page 60]])''

:::::::::Beachcomber apologies for scaring you, explaining that he had spotted the monster while Dirge while still on the premises. Beachcomber couldn’t call out a warning to you without tipping off Dirge that you and Beachcomber were spying on him. He then explains that the monster was a [[Denebian Stalker]], an alien creature Dirge must’ve brought to Earth as a pet. You realize that this creature was what Beachcomber’s sensors must’ve picked up earlier.

:::::::::'''''Suggest to Beachcomber that he now smashes the computer controls?'' [[#page 66|page 66]]'''

:::::::::'''''Suggest to Beachcomber that you should hide the electronic jammer inside of Dirge’s laser and leave?'' [[#page 64|page 64]]'''

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::::::::::''(From [[#page 61|page 61]])''

::::::::::'''You suggest to Beachcomber that he smash Dirge’s computer controls.'''
::::::::::.Beachcomber starts by destroying the instrument panels, and works his way towards the drilling laser, which he reduces to wreckage last. The two of you then hurry out of the underground base, only to be intercepted by Dirge himself on your way out. Dirge threatens to terminate the both of you for your meddling, only for you to pull out the electronic jammer from your pocket. Pointing the device towards Dirge causes the Decepticon to immediately shudder and retreat a few feet into the air. You then tell Dirge to leave the island immediately, and that you’ll give the device to the island’s residents, so they will always have protection against the Decepticons should they attempt to return. Dirge concedes defeat and flies away. Proud of having thwarted Dirge, you invite Beachcomber to spend the rest of your holiday at your place while your parents are away. Beachcomber happily accepts.

::::::::::'''THE END'''

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::::::::::''(From [[#page 61|page 61]])''

::::::::::'''You suggest to Beachcomber that you hide the electronic jammer inside of Dirge’s laser before leaving.'''
::::::::::.You set the device to give Dirge a nasty shock the next time he attempts to use the device to drill into the Earth’s crust. You and Beachcomber leave the base just as the hangar doors begin to open once again, signalling Dirge’s return. As the two of you are heading down the volcano’s slopes, you hear a deafening explosion echo from underground, and the volcano begins to erupt. Beachcomber is able to drive you away to safety, but your sabotage has set off a chain reaction. Though Dirge plan has been stopped, the islanders will lose their crops to a cloud of volcanic ash. Still, better they lose their crops than their lives.

::::::::::'''THE END'''

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:::::::::''(From [[#page 59|page 59]])''

:::::::::'''''You dodge away from the laser Beachcomber is aiming towards you.'''''
:::::::::Unfortunately stepping right into the path of the carefully aimed laser; Beachcomber was not aiming at you, but something right behind where you once were standing. The last thing you hear is Beachcomber calling out your name, horrified that he has just accidentally shot his friend.

:::::::::'''THE END'''

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:::::::::''(From [[#page 59|page 59]])''

:::::::::'''''You activate the electronic jammer.'''''
:::::::::Pointing the device towards the laser disables it, and causes it to backfire onto Beachcomber. Beachcomber topples off of the walkway, only for you to realize too late that he was actually aiming the laser at a hideous alien monster behind you. As the monster begins to devour you, the best you can hope for is to give it indigestion.

:::::::::'''THE END'''

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:::::::''(From [[#page 49|page 49]])''

:::::::'''''Beachcomber is unaware of your immunity to Dirge’s fear-inducing engines.'''''
:::::::He tells you to wait outside while he takes a look around and then come back for you. Before you can protest, Beachcomber goes over the crater’s lip, and disappears through the entrance to Dirge’s base. You wait anxiously for a few moments, and then hear the droning of Dirge’s engines coming this way. You spot Dirge heading back towards his hideout.

:::::::'''''Crouch down and hide?'' [[#page 52|page 52]]'''

:::::::'''''Risk being seen, and run to join Beachcomber inside the hideout?'' [[#page 54|page 54]]'''

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[[File:Island of Fear Dirge.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85]]
::::::::;Page 52
::::::::''(From [[#page 51|page 51]])''

::::::::'''''You crouch down behind a rock to hide from Dirge.'''''
::::::::The imposing Decepticon takes on his robot form before stepping beyond the same entrance Beachcomber disappeared into. Large metal doors then close behind him, barring you from following. You wait for hours next to the doors to Dirge’s base, hoping that Beachcomber will emerge victorious over his opponent. You finally return home after sundown, without having seen your Autobot friend. Some dreadful fate must have befallen Beachcomber, and now no one will be able to stop Dirge and his evil plan.

::::::::'''THE END'''

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::::::::''(From [[#page 51|page 51]])''

::::::::'''''You make a dash for the entrance to Dirge’s base.'''''
::::::::You see no other way to warn Beachcomber of Dirge’s approach. You manage to remain unseen, and hurl yourself through the doorway before Dirge passes overhead. You hurry down the corridor within, and soon catch up to Beachcomber. '''[[#page 55|page 55]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 18|page 18]] or [[#page 21|page 21]])''

:::::'''''You head back inland.'''''
:::::You and Beachcomber make your way throw the thick undergrowth, far away from the inhabited areas of the island. Above the treetops, you can see the looming silhouette of [[Mount Dorong]], the island’s "sacred" volcano. A catlike shape emerges from the trees, one that Beachcomber mistakes for someone called "[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]" at first. It turns out to be a tawny leopard instead, one with a hungry gleam in its eyes.

:::::'''''Hide behind Beachcomber?'' [[#page 25|page 25]]'''

:::::'''''Scramble up a nearby tree?'' [[#page 24|page 24]]'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 23|page 23]])''

::::::'''''You hide behind Beachcomber.'''''
::::::The Leopard leaps forwards, but is met with Beachcomber’s metal chest. Beachcomber then pinches a nerve in the leopard’s chest, causing it to lose consciousness. While the leopard slumbers peacefully, Beachcomber explains that Dirge must have brought the creature to the island in order to terrify any islanders who might wander too closely to his base. You worry that you and Beachcomber might not stand a fighting chance against the bigger, much more powerful Decepticon. '''[[#page 44|page 44]]'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 25|page 25]])''

::::::You continue towards the volcano, and reach its lower slopes by mid-afternoon. Suddenly, Dirge emerges from the cone of the volcano, and flies off towards the sea. Controlling the fear caused by the sound of his enemy's jets, Beachcomber pulls you behind a nearby rock. Dirge fails to notice the both of you '''[[#page 49|page 49]]'''

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::::::''(From [[#page 23|page 23]])''

::::::'''''You climb a nearby tree.'''''
::::::Unfortunately, your quick movements draw the leopard’s attention, and it follows you up the tree. Beachcomber tries to catch it, but the leopard slips past him. You are about to meet an awful fate at the mercy of the leopard. For you, this is…

::::::'''THE END'''

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::::''(From [[#page 16|page 16]] or [[#page 43|page 43]])''

::::'''''You tell Beachcomber to wait behind while you go talk to the islander.'''''
::::But before you can ask the islander any questions, he begins to ramble off about a demon come down from the skies. He tells you the demon must be [[Adurga|Adurga, the Winged Messenger of Sorrow]]. The islander laments that the gods are angry with them, and that there is nothing the mortals can do to avoid their fate.

::::'''''Return to Beachcomber’s side?'' [[#page 21|page 21]]'''

::::'''''Ask the islander to tell you more?'' [[#page 20|page 20]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 19|page 19]]) or [[#page 20|page 20]]''

:::::'''''After calming the islander down, you rejoin Beachcomber.'''''
:::::Beachcomber reasons that what the islander saw was no creature from myth, but rather the Decepticon Dirge. You pause for a moment to decide what to do next.

:::::'''''Continue along the beach?'' [[#page 22|page 22]]'''

:::::'''''Head inland?'' [[#page 23|page 23]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 19|page 19]])''

:::::'''''You ask the islander to tell you more.'''''
:::::The islander tells you of how the demon "plunged through the skies like an arrow," and that he heard the monster’s evil laughter while it flew towards the volcano. He points you in the direction of the island’s volcano, several miles away. '''[[#page 21|page 21]]'''

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:::''(From [[#page 15|page 15]])''

:::'''''You let Beachcomber go off on his own.'''''
:::You explain to him that as much as you would like to help, you feel there is little a human child can do in a battle between two robots. Beachcomber agrees, and begins to climb up the cliffs. You wave and wish him luck as he clambers away, and return to your villa. You will never know what important part you might have had in this adventure…

:::'''THE END'''

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::''(From [[#page 12|page 12]])''

::'''''You tell Beachcomber that you are unaffected by the sound.'''''
::You explain that there is nothing to be frightened of, as it is just the sound of a normal jet engine. But Beachcomber retorts that isn’t the case. He is amazed that you are unaffected by the sound, and concludes you are immune to it, just like some people are immune to chicken pox or [[metal fatigue]]. Beachcomber begins to elaborate on the jet’s subject… '''[[#page 15|page 15]]'''

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:;Page 2
:''(From [[#page 1|page 1]] or [[#page 37|page 37]])''

:'''''You go for a walk inland.'''''
:You make your way to the rice terraces, expecting to find the islanders hard at work there. Instead, they are all huddled together by one of irrigation ditches.

:'''''Go and talk to the islanders?'' [[#page 3|page 3]]'''

:'''''Return to the beach instead?'' [[#page 4|page 4]]'''

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::''(From [[#page 2|page 2]])''

::'''''You go talk to the islanders.'''''
::Though the islanders do not know much English, you are quick to understand that they are very frightened. Black, muddy water is pouring into the rice fields, polluting them. One of the islanders exclaims that the fire god is angry, and points towards the volcano. But your parents have told you that the volcano is inactive, and has not erupted for thousands of years. Then, there is a distant rumbling emanating from the volcano… '''[[#page 9|page 9]]'''

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::''(From [[#page 3|page 3]])''

::The islanders are thrown into a panic over the rumblings. You still fail to understand why they are so scared; even if the volcano were to erupt, which you are certain it won’t, it is such a ways off that there is no immediate danger. But the islanders are adamant in their stance that all of these occurrences are bad omens. Knowing you cannot convince them otherwise, you return to the beach to take a swim. '''[[#page 6|page 6]]'''

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::''(From [[#page 2|page 2]])''

::'''''You ignore the islanders and head towards the beach.'''''
::As you slowly make your way towards the sea, you wonder to yourself what all the commotion was about. You look for a fisherman to give you a boat ride, but there are none in sight. Looks like you are going for a swim after all. '''[[#page 6|page 6]]'''

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:''(From [[#page 1|page 1]])''

:'''''You go to find an islander that will give you a boat ride.'''''
:Arriving on the beach, you are greeted by the friendly islanders. Many of them are either resting or hard at work, fixing their boats. It is not the time of day yet to go out fishing. You pay a young islander to take you out on his boat, and soon the both of you are sailing on the clear blue waters of the island’s bay. '''[[#page 10|page 10]]'''

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:''(From [[#page 5|page 5]])''

:Your quiet boat ride is interrupted by the loud roar of a jet plane flying overhead. You find it strange that the jet is trailing thick black smoke as it passes, and watch as it circles the bay before heading towards the island. You do not recall Nali Island possessing an air strip, but when you turn to the islander to question him on the subject, he is quaking in fear… '''[[#page 27|page 27]]'''

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:''(From [[#page 10|page 10]])''

:The islander explains the it was the noise that the jet plane made that shook him up so. You are confused, as you did not find the jet airplane’s roar to be any more frightening than any loud noise. Before you can push the subject, you spot a shiny blue and yellow hovercraft entering the bay from the open sea.

:'''''Hail the hovercraft from your boat?'' [[#page 28|page 28]]'''

:'''''Ignore the hovercraft and return to shore?'' [[#page 37|page 37]]'''

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::''(From [[#page 27|page 27]])''

::'''''You hail the hovercraft.'''''
::As it approaches, you notice that no one is steering the hovercraft. Nonetheless, it drifts in your direction and halts beside your little boat. The boatman with you is just as curious as you are with these strange goings-on. But are you sure you want to investigate further?

::'''''Tell the boatman to take you back to shore?'' [[#page 37|page 37]]'''

::'''''Go aboard the hovercraft?'' [[#page 29|page 29]]'''

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:::''(From [[#page 27|page 27]] or [[#page 28|page 28]])''

:::'''''You return to shore.'''''
:::You still wonder about the strange hovercraft when you return to the beach. The islanders, on the other hand, are talking excitedly about the jet plane you saw earlier. But you have difficulty with the islanders’ language, and can’t understand whatever stories they are trying to tell you. You figure the islanders must be excited because they have only seen airplanes up to this point. You decide to head inland and try to find the plane’s airstrip. '''[[#page 2|page 2]]'''

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:::''(From [[#page 28|page 28]])''

:::'''''You climb aboard the hovercraft.'''''
:::You find the hovercraft completely deserted, prompting the boatman to question who was steering it. A clear mechanical voice answering that it was guiding the vessel. '''[[#page 30|page 30]]'''

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:::''(From [[#page 29|page 29]])''

:::The voice introduces itself as "[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]." The image of a robot’s face appears on the computer console in front of you. Seaspray explains to you that he is the hovercraft you are standing upon. As a transformer, he can adopt the shape of Earth vehicles. But he can’t transform into his robot form now, or else he’d sink! Before you can say anything, the screech of jet engines roars overhead once more. Seaspray exclaims that the jet plane is "Dirge," and evil Decepticon that must be stopped. But Seaspray appears to be shaken with fear. A surface-to-air laser emerges out of Seaspray’s main hatch, but he seems unable to draw a bead on the approaching jet plane.

:::'''''Go out on deck to position the laser yourself?'' [[#page 32|page 32]]'''

:::'''''Try to help by firing the laser from your current position?'' [[#page 33|page 33]]'''

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::::''(From [[#page 30|page 30]])''

::::'''''You go to the deck to position the laser yourself.'''''
::::Though he is frightened, the boatman manages to get a hold of himself and follows you. You come to the realization that the jet’s engines emanate some sort of hypnotic sound that causes terror in everyone, save you, who are strangely immune to its effects. The jet begins to open fire open Seaspray. You aim the laser right at the incoming jet, and shout to Seaspray to fire. Seaspray complies, and a laser tears through the jet’s wing. The jet cries out in pain before spiralling back towards shore. Though it is trailing smoke, you failed to land a direct hit on the jet. '''[[#page 38|page 38]]'''

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::::''(From [[#page 32|page 32]] or [[#page 35|page 35]] or [[#page 39|page 39]])''

::::Both the boatman and Seaspray recover from the jet engine’s hypnotic sound as it disappears from sight. Seaspray explains that the jet itself is another transformer, a Decepticon named Dirge. Seaspray had tracked the evil robot to this island, and believes he has set up base here. It is important that Seaspray locates on of his allies, the Autobot Beachcomber, who is vacationing nearby. When Seaspray explains that Beachcomber likes to be left alone, you can think of no better place on the island to find solitude other than a small secluded cove along the shore you know of.

::::'''''Tell Seaspray about the cove?'' [[#page 40|page 40]]'''

::::'''''Keep the information about the cove to yourself?'' [[#page 41|page 41]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 38|page 38]])''

:::::'''''You tell Seaspray about the secluded cove.'''''
:::::Seaspray agrees that it sounds like a place where Beachcomber would go. You guide Seaspray towards to cove, and upon arrival Seaspray spots his friend. Beachcomber attempts to dismiss Seaspray at first, explaining that he is on holiday. But Seaspray explains that Dirge is on the island, necessitating Beachcomber to interrupt his holiday. Beachcomber grudgingly agrees to take on the mission to find Dirge. '''[[#page 42|page 42]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 40|page 40]])''

:::::Seaspray introduces you to Beachcomber, explaining that you might be helpful in the fight against Dirge. Seaspray explains that his robot form isn’t mobile enough to go trudging through the island’s hills and islands, so it’s up to you and Beachcomber to weed out Dirge on your own. Beachcomber has some doubts about how useful you could be, but Seaspray explains you are immune to Dirge’s fear-inducing engines. Beachcomber is impressed. '''[[#page 43|page 43]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 42|page 42]])''

:::::Seaspray wishes the two of you luck, and turns to return the boatman to the beach. You and Beachcomber set out on your adventure, and soon the two of you are walking through the trees that line the shore. You spot a frightened islander crouched on the beach.

:::::'''''Call out to the islander?'' [[#page 18|page 18]]'''

:::::'''''Tell Beachcomber to wait amongst the trees while you speak with the islander?'' [[#page 19|page 19]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 38|page 38]])''

:::::'''''You do not mention the cove to Seaspray.'''''
:::::Although you figure that Beachcomber is probably at the cove, you would rather not get involve with these strange alien robots. You suggest to Seaspray that he go look on [[Taulo|Taulo Island]], a few kilometres away. Seaspray returns you and the islander to the beach before setting out for Taulo Island. As he sets out to sea, you wonder if you made the right decision.

:::::'''THE END'''

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::::''(From [[#page 30|page 30]])''

::::'''''You try to help by firing the laser from your current position.'''''
::::You try to figure out a way to control the laser from the cabin… but which switch should you touch?

::::'''''Press a green button?'' [[#page 35|page 35]]'''

::::'''''Turn a yellow knob?'' [[#page 36|page 36]]'''

::::'''''Try a blue joystick?'' [[#page 39|page 39]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 33|page 33]])''

:::::'''''You press a green button.'''''
:::::When you do, the hovercraft’s thrusters roar to life, and the hovercraft moves out of the way of two of the jet’s missiles moments before they crash into the water, where the hovercraft once was. You are shaken but unharmed. The plane turns away and returns to its base somewhere on the island. '''[[#page 38|page 38]]'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 33|page 33]])''

:::::'''''You turn a yellow knob.'''''
:::::Unfortunately, all that happens is that you tune in on a radio signal being broadcast from the attacking jet. An evil voices cackles from the radio, and announces that "Fear is the element that unites all loser." before blowing Seaspray, you and the islander out of the water with its missiles.

:::::'''THE END'''

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:::::''(From [[#page 33|page 33]])''

:::::'''''You try a blue joystick.'''''
:::::When you move the joystick, the monitor in front of you changes its display from Seaspray’s terrified face to a computer display of the incoming jet. Crosshairs move across the screen as you operate the joystick. Realizing the controls are rather like an arcade game, you centre the jet into your sights and fire upon it. A laser shoots out from Seaspray’s cannon, and though it damages the jet, it remains airborne. The jet flies off towards the island. '''[[#page 38|page 38]]'''

==Featured characters==
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*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]

|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]

|c3=
*[[You]]
*[[Akura]]
*Nali islanders

|c4=
*Leopard
*[[Denebian Stalker]]
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Notes==
*All Transformers' names are printed in [[To sell toys|CAPITAL LETTERS]].
*Dirge is drawn with his cone down in [[robot mode]].
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is mentioned but never appears in the story.
*The portrayal of the islanders is somewhat less than politically correct—they are superstitious and believe Dirge to be [[Adurga]], the Winged Messenger of Sorrow. Sample line of dialogue: "Fire god angry!"
*Dirge's plan is very similar to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s in "[[Burning Sky!]]".
*Likewise, the electronic jammer is very similar to the [[jammer]]s used by the [[Roadjammers]] in "[[Ca$h and Car-nage!]]".

===Advertisements===
*Inside the front cover is an advert for the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK comic]], using a [[:File:Jetfire-Dutch.jpg|piece of artwork]] that depicts [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s unused [[character model]] fighting [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]].
*At the end of the story are adverts for other Young Corgi books "[[Dinobot War]]", "[[Peril from the Stars]]" and "T.R.Bear: Enter T.R." by Terrance Dicks.

[[Category:Generation 1 multipath adventures]]

Trans-Europe Express

2022-01-26T05:28:38Z

Poonaroon: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|image=TransEuropeExpress riding Wildrider.jpg
|caption=Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf dem Stunticon
|series=G1toon
|ep=60
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=47
|prev2=Aerial Assault
|next2=Cosmic Rust (episode)
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=51
|prev3=Countdown to Extinction (episode)
|next3=City of Steel (episode)
|title="Trans-Europe Express"
|written by=[[David Wise]]
|production code=700-59
|airdate=[[December 23]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0YtvwNsHFE
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''In a plot to obtain a Cybertronian weather-controlling device, the Decepticons stage a fake race across Europe.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Trans-Europe Express race begins.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|This has got to be the widest track ever.]]
[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is looking for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]], and goes on a rampage through [[Istanbul]] to find the one person who knows where it is. After interrogating the sage [[Abdul Ben-F'aisal]], whom Megatron finds in Istanbul, and kidnapping archeologist [[Teranova|Professor Teranova]], Megatron finally zeros in on the location in the [[Galata Valley]] and has the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] digging to retrieve it.

Meanwhile, the [[Europa 2000]] is underway, and among the drivers in the race are the [[Autobot]]s: [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]. They are hoping to win the million dollar grand prize to give to charity. Also in the competition is [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]], America's top driver, whose car is a custom design from [[Symultech Industries]]. The engine is made of a new energy-resistant alloy, and the Autobots have been instructed to keep an eye on Auggie, as his car may be a target for the [[Decepticon]]s. This is easier said than done, as Auggie's personality and driving style are both a bit uncouth, and it's not long before he's rubbing everyone the wrong way. At one point, Bumblebee literally has to yank him out of his car to criticize his behavior.

[[File:Trans-europe-express-stunticons-sideswipe-sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Aware of their proximity to the finish line, Megatron sends the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to take out the Autobots and steal Auggie's car. [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and his group successfully put everyone but Bluestreak, Bumblebee, and Tracks out of commission and make off with the vehicle. While trying to evade the Stunticons, Bluestreak stumbles across Professor Teranova, who snuck away from the Decepticon camp and now explains to him what Megatron is up to. The Pearl of Bahoudin is a powerful jewel that can cause "worldwide disaster". The three remaining Autobots regroup along with Auggie, who insists on going with them to get his car back. They speed through the finish line, winning the race; though the race announcer eagerly anticipates their return for an interview, they keep right on going to the Decepticon camp.

[[File:TransEuropeExpress Bumblebee snatching pearl.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I need to feed Bumblebee from the palm of my hand, or else he will get angry."]]
Tracks, Bumblebee, and Bluestreak locate the Decepticons as Megatron finds the Pearl of Bahoudin. Megatron reveals to the Autobots that the content of the Pearl is, in fact, the power core of a weather satellite from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] that crashed on Earth millions of years ago. Unearthed and exposed to the atmosphere in the 14th century, its power caused terrible storms that threatened to destroy the land until a Persian seer encased it in a golden, bejeweled shell. Using the parts from Auggie's car, Megatron plans to build a device that will utilize the jewel's power to control the elements and rain destruction down on anyone who stands in his way.

[[File:BumblebeePearl.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"By the power of Greyskull!"]]
The Autobots are attacked, though Bumblebee snatches the Pearl from Megatron. Seeing that they are outnumbered and outgunned, Bumblebee opens the Pearl, releasing its power and causing a massive twister that scatters everyone. The Pearl core itself is sucked up and lost in the storm. Megatron orders a retreat, saying that they can watch from the safety of their home base while the Earth is destroyed from the core's power. They leave behind [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], who proves to be more than a match for the three smaller Autobots. Auggie jumps in his car and takes off, seemingly to run away, but really to drive his car off a nearby cliff and into Menasor's head, delivering a crippling blow and knocking out the giant. Bumblebee has himself sucked up into the twister so that he can catch up with the Pearl. He finally scores a successful shot and destroys the jewel.

After things calm down, the Autobots conclude that Megatron must have set up the race from the beginning to snag Auggie's car, meaning that there's no prize money for anyone. Auggie remarks that he should take the gold casing of the jewel as payment for his destroyed car, but instead gives it to the Autobots to sell for charity, before walking off with a grudging farewell. Meanwhile, the race announcer is still waiting for that interview with the winners... but everyone else has gone home.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (9)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (10)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (11)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (12)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (6)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (18)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (19)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (20)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (21)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (22)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (23)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (24)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (26)
|c3=
*Turk No.1 (3)
*Turk No.2 (4)
*[[Abdul Ben-F'aisal]] (5)
*Announcer (7)
*[[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] (13)
*Race official (14)
*[[Teranova]] (17)
*Race commentator (25)
}}
==Quotes==
''[Megatron and Soundwave smash their way into the sage's home]'' 
'''Abdul Ben-F'aisal''': So, you've come at last. 
'''Megatron''': You have five seconds to tell me the location of— 
'''Abdul Ben-F'aisal''': The Pearl of Bahoudin? I know. 
'''Megatron''': If you know so much, then you know it would be unwise to refuse me. 
'''Abdul Ben-F'aisal''': You have caused enough damage in Istanbul for one day. The legends say the Pearl is buried in the [[Galata Valley]], near the [[Alibey River]]. 
'''Megatron''': You have been wise to oblige me. 
'''Abdul Ben-F'aisal''': Perhaps. But...once you have dug up the Pearl, you may not find it so easy to put back...
:—Warning [[Masquerade|duly noted, Abdul. And IGNORED.]]

[[File:Trans-Europe Express Bumblebee road rage.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Lesson of the day: Never call Bumblebee short.]]
[[File:TransEuropeExpress DeadEnd carjack.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Everybody gets a turn!]]
"There's only one charity I care about: ME! I want that million bucks!"
:—'''Auggie Cahnay''', born to win

''[Bumblebee yanks Auggie right out of his fancy car and holds him aloft.]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': Listen, you! Didn't anybody ever tell you about fair play? 
'''Auggie Cahnay''': I'm gonna win that million bucks! 
'''Bluestreak''': Keep driving like that, and you won't live long enough to win it. Not that that would be any great tragedy, but some decent people might get hurt! 
''[Bumblebee drops Auggie onto the ground.]'' 
'''Auggie Cahnay''': I got a race to win! 
''[Auggie jumps into his car and drives off.]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': What a creep.
:—Bumblebee and Bluestreak totally road-rage the asshole Auggie Cahnay.

"So help me, if one more of those metal maniacs gets in my way..." ''[Motormaster blocks Auggie's way, and Dead End pulls the human out of his car.]'' "That does it, and I'm not takin' it anymore!" 
"That's right, 'cause ''we're'' taking your car."
:—'''Auggie Cahnay''' is car-jacked by '''Dead End'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* We get a brief flashback to the crash of the [[Nemesis (G1)|Decepticon starship]]; its jungle crash site is reasonably consistent with the ship's location as shown in "[[Microbots]]".
* This episode has the final appearances of Bluestreak, Smokescreen and Sunstreaker with spoken dialogue. From here on, all of their appearances are as silent cameos.
* This episode is one of four prior to the 1986 movie in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] does not appear.
* Symultech Industries, the company that custom-built Auggie's car, would later be mentioned in [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]'s ''[[Binaltech]]'' story. According to Dead End's system description, Symultech was responsible for building the body that was originally intended for Sunstreaker, but ended up getting hijacked by the Decepticons to create ''Binaltech'' Dead End.
* Much is made of the "weird metal" that Auggie's car's engine is made out of... but at no point is the metal actually ''named''. The [[dialogue script]] has Wheeljack propose in a deleted line that it's "triple-adamantium" (misspelled as "admantium"), which Auggie refuses to comment on. Confirmed comic geek David Wise was surely thinking of [[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]] when he wrote that line.
* [[Auggie Cahnay (RID)|Auggie Cahnay]] is mentioned in the American dub of the 2001 [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] episode "[[Skid Z's Choice]]". There, he is stated as having been deceased, and [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] is seemingly possessed by his spirit. Likewise, that episode features a race called the [[Europa 400]], supposedly named after the [[Europa 2000]] from this episode.

===Real-world references===
[[File:TransEurope Istanbul.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|A flawless portrayal of Istanbul circa 1985, we're sure.]]
* According to writer [[David Wise]],<ref>http://therealmtoys.com/wordpressorg/5708/vintage-interview-david-wise/</ref> the title of this episode was directly taken from the {{w|Kraftwerk}} {{w|Trans-Europe Express (album)|album of the same name}} (which in turn is named after the former international railway service, more correctly known as {{w|Trans Europ Express}}).
* Megatron's first interrogation victim "swears by the beard of the Prophet", that prophet presumably being [[Muhammad]]. A moment later, the second interrogatee mentions a mosque.
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** [[X-wing Fighter|X-Wing]] engine whine and [[TIE Fighter]] roar as Megatron and Soundwave leave Abdul Ben-F'aisal's home and land at the valley.
** [[Death Star]] slamming door sound is used when Soundwave ejects Rumble.
** Deflected Seeker bolts and clashing [[lightsaber]]s as the Pearl is exposed to the atmosphere in Megatron's flashback.
** More lightsaber sounds as Bumblebee cracks open the Pearl's casing.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Megatron fires a warning shot at his second interrogation victim, a missile-launching sound effect is used instead of the usual fusion cannon sound.
* Coloring errors:
** As Megatron asks the mystic about the pearl, his ab controls are uncolored.
** In the first shot of his scanning the valley for the pearl, Soundwave's chest is missing its gold frame. Two shots later, his arms are missing their red stripes. And the sound effect for his chest opening should be the "Star Trek door" effect, but since that's used for the scanner, a different sound plays.
** "There's only one charity I care about" - Tracks' rear window section (behind his head) is gray; only the top portion should be gray, while the rest should be blue.
*** The same error repeats much later, in the close shot of the three surrounded Autobots.
**** And a third time as the Autobots react to Auggie driving away.
** Smokescreen's forehead crest is blue instead of yellow as he and Tracks transform.
** In the overhead shot of the race's start, Tracks' whole roof is yellow.
** Sideswipe has light gray tires just before he and Sunstreaker get blown off the road.
** Dead End's head has too many yellow bits just before he transforms back to [[Alternate mode|car mode]].
** "This'll shake you off!" - Wildrider is light gray instead of his usual dark gray.
** After Scavenger picks up the Pearl's energy readings, Megatron's Decepticon sigil is colored red.
** As Dead End takes Auggie's car out of Motormaster, the "eyes" on Megatron's Decepticon symbol are painted in purple (they should be gray).
** As Bluestreak jumps to avoid Breakdown, his chest is almost entirely black. Breakdown's Decepticon sigil is coloured red.
** As Megatron and the other Decepticons chase after Bumblebee, Megatron's feet are coloured grey like the front of his legs.
** When Menasor initially marches up to the Autobots, Bluestreak is colored like Prowl.
*** The error repeats as the trio is cornered by Menasor.
** "The Pearl is lost!" - Soundwave's forehead has some white on it that shouldn't be there.
** Bluestreak's eyes are red instead of blue as he climbs the cliff to escape Menasor; when he turns to leap onto Menasor's arm, part of his hood/chest is missing.
** As Menasor prepares to smash the cornered Autobots, his inner arms are purple instead of light gray. Of course, they really shouldn't be there at all: Dead End and Drag Strip aren't supposed to ''attach to'' Menasor's arms; they're supposed to ''be'' his arms.
* When Wheeljack scans Auggie's car, the engine is located in the back. However, when the Decepticons try to remove the engine, all the work is being done in the car's front.
* As they transform to join the race, half of the Autobots (Bumblebee, Wheeljack and Bluestreak) have the ascending pitch sound effect instead of the descending effect.
[[File:Simultech car.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Someone's overcompensating for something.]]
* As Bumblebee catches up to Wheeljack and the camera angle changes to an overhead shot, the crookedly drawn background of the road continually edges close to Wheeljack, then pulls back as the animation loops, creating the impression that the image is jerking back and forth. In the same shot, Wheeljack is missing his green hood details.
* In the first shot of Scavenger and Scrapper, they both have misdrawn heads, and Scavenger's legs are fused together.
* As Soundwave reports to Megatron about the race, he has two eyes instead of the usual red visor.
* After running Bumblebee off the road, Auggie can be seen driving through a pack of cars that has the sheer cliff face on the right side of the screen, despite having just driven on a road that had the cliff edge on the left side. Additionally, Wildrider and a deformed Jazz are visible in the pack of human-driven cars.
* The reversed cel and background problems continue as Auggie pulls away from the rest of the drivers, but are fixed as Bumblebee and Bluestreak catch up to Auggie.
* As the Stunticons appear in Sunstreaker's rearview mirror, they continue rising from behind the horizon until they are floating above the road.
* In the overhead shot of the Stunticons surrounding Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, Dead End moves under Sideswipe.
* Dead End's first shot uses Megatron's fusion cannon sound effect. After the commercial break, it has the usual (correct) Decepticon laser sound effect.
* Reversed cel problems continue during Wheeljack and Motormaster's chase scene. When Wheeljack initially appears on the location, the Black Sea is on the left side of the screen as he drives up the road, but as the chase progresses, the sea is now on the right side of the screen, as if they had turned around during the chase or were driving on the opposite coastline.
* Motormaster makes a U-turn on a two-lane cliffside highway. While this kind of crazy driving was specifically shown and explained to be part of the Stunticons' abilities, Motormaster actually achieves it by driving into the shot, shrinking in the process, until he's small enough relative to the background matte to make the turn!
* Tracks's scan of the Stunticons has Wild Rider labeled as "WIRD RIDER."
* After Drag Strip pushes Auggie's car into Motormaster's trailer, as the trailer door closes, Drag Strip's Decepticon sigil turns into a purple blob.
* Scavenger reports that "Hey! There's something glowing down here!", but no such thing is seen in the animation.
* When Bluestreak picks up Auggie from the side of the road, Professor Teranova is not present inside the Autobot. Yet when the Autobots arrive at the site of the Pearl's excavation, Teranova can be seen exiting Bluestreak along with Auggie.
* During Megatron's retelling of the Pearl's history, as the villagers dig it up in the fourteenth century, the animation depicts it as already having the "pure gold protective casing" that was made for it afterwards.
* When Breakdown hits the cliff after missing Bluestreak, despite an explosion being animated, no sound is heard.
* Megatron's mouth doesn't move when Bumblebee grabs the Pearl right out of his hand. Of course, he also just stands there while Bumblebee drives right up to him, leaps up onto his arm and grabs Pearl.
* After Menasor smashes the ground to stop Bumblebee from escaping with the Pearl, a large crack forms in the earth, yet it vanishes when Bumblebee reacts to the Pearl rolling away.
* As Megatron and the Decepticons fly away from the battle, Sideswipe is shown next to Megatron (it should probably be Soundwave). The same error happened in "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
* When the Autobots react to Auggie's apparent escape, Bluestreak is animated mouthing Tracks's line.
* When Auggie jumps from his car (from the ''passenger side''), he is not wearing his helmet, but it reappears after Menasor is defeated.
* Auggie's car isn't nearly as long as it should be when it crashes into Menasor.
* Menasor starts falling over before Auggie's car actually hits him.
* Superhuman Auggie:
** After leaping from his car onto the cliff edge, Auggie lets go and drops about 30 feet onto solid rock, but lands on his feet like it's nothing.
* As Bumblebee drives towards the tornado, he's layered incorrectly. It looks like he's driving above the ground for a moment.
* The gold casing around the pearl clearly cracks in half, yet as Auggie and the Autobots walk away from the battle, it's back together (and still making the sound effect as if the pearl is still in it!).

===Continuity errors===
* Professor Teranova frees himself with some kind of lamp device that the 'cons have left sitting around... but we have no idea what the thing actually is or why it's there or anything.
* Somehow, Megatron knows much of the human history and legend surrounding the Pearl, yet still needs to speak to Abdul Ben-F'aisal to know where it is hidden.
* Auggie Cahnay is reputed to be the best driver in the US, and the implication is he's also one of the best drivers in the race, yet twice in the episode, he is seen having to barge his way through the pack from behind.
* Sunstreaker, Sideswipe and Smokescreen all use "shortcuts" during the race. Doesn't seem very sporting, does it?
* Professor Teranova flees from the Decepticons, who are "two miles past the finish line". The finish line is in Istanbul. Bluestreak still hasn't made it ''to'' Istanbul when he finds Teranova; in fact he's still in the wilderness. So the good professor fled all the way into town and all the way back out the other side. No wonder he's collapsed in the dirt when Bluestreak finds him!
* On seeing the approaching Stunticons, Bumblebee somehow deduces that "Now they're after Auggie's car!" After he and Tracks avoid them, Bumblebee makes the rather non-sequitur observation that "Boy, they sure gave ''him'' the road!" The two lines seem to indicate that Auggie was supposed to be involved in the scene, but he's not shown.
* Auggie attacks Hook with a blowtorch. Where did it come from?
* Professor Teranova is last seen in the shot where Bumblebee loses the Pearl, not even reappearing in the post-battle scenes. Did he fall into Menasor's earthquake crevasse?
* The tornado that the Pearl and Bumblebee are sucked into is blowing over the Galata Valley while it is active, but when Bumblebee destroys the Pearl, it is suddenly over a huge forest, where he is eventually found in a tree.

===Geopolitical errors===
[[File:Europa 2000.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Not to Scale.]]
Quite a bit of real-world European geography pops up in the course of the episode, including the cities of Istanbul, Turkey; Paris, [[France]] (with the Eiffel Tower); [[Italy]]; and the Black Sea. Being the G1 cartoon, of course, this means a lot of it is portrayed wrongly in one form or another:
* Istanbul is drawn as though it were medieval [[Russia]], with lots of onion dome towers.
* Paris is shown with a number of skyscrapers around the Eiffel Tower. In real life, almost everything in the city is six stories or less.
* The Arc de Triomphe is shown at a regular intersection; it actually sits within a large traffic roundabout.
* Wheeljack says it's 2,000 miles total; because we are nitpicking here, we'll point out that the actual route is closer to 1,600 miles.
* The map of Europe is, erm, very inaccurate.

===Trivia===
* Auggie Cahnay's car has automatic transmission, which is unusual in a race car.
* At least one other car in the race appears to have "Citanes" endorsements.
* Apparently Soundwave's scanner thingy can't distinguish solid rock from ''not''-solid rock.
* This episode is one of several from late in Season 2 in which characters get severely smashed and beaten up - perhaps a precursor to the violent demise of several characters in the then-forthcoming [[The Transformers: The Movie|animated movie]]. Other such episodes include "[[Triple Takeover]]" with its throne made of smashed Autobots, "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]" in which Omega Supreme explodes, "[[Masquerade]]" which sees the Stunticons beaten to a pulp, and "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]", where characters - both generic and otherwise - drop like flies.
*David Wise, [[David Wise#Recycle-o-matic|infamous for recycling ideas]] from old stories for his later work, reused the weather-control device climax of this episode for his ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1987) story "Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X".

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast and DVD release):'' "'''Europa 2000'''"
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast):'' "'''L'Europa 2000'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''La perla di Istanbul'''" ("The Istanbul Pearl")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Trans-Europe Express'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Europa Ōdan Tokkyū'''" (ヨーロッパ横断特急, "Trans-Europe Express")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 6]], [[1986]]
::*The Pearl of Bahoudin is called the "Pearl of Jehuddin" in the Japanese dub. This was actually the pearl's preliminary name in early draft scripts of the episode. As such, it seems evident that the Japanese dub of the series used early scripts for dialogue translations rather than the actual broadcast scripts (which accounts for many of the numerous errors in the dub).

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Qìchērén Dàjiǎngsài '''" (汽车人大奖赛, "Autobot Grand Pix")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 13 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-59.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GrSo2D3J1zNwDswcpGnrq_yZxRrBjsGb Episode dialogue script with deleted lines]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Masquerade

2022-01-25T05:01:24Z

Poonaroon: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|image=Masquerade Menasors.JPG
|caption=Strangely, nobody suggested [[A Prime Problem|a race]] to determine who the real Stunticons were.
|series=G1toon
|ep=64
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=61
|prev2=War Dawn (episode)
|next2=Fire in the Sky
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=21
|prev3=The Revenge of Bruticus
|next3=Ghost in the Machine (G1)
|title="Masquerade"
|written by=[[Donald F. Glut]]
|production code=700-63
|airdate=[[December 16]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcgFqw6VSz4
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''After defeating the Stunticons, five of the Autobots pose as the crazed combiners to learn of Megatron's newest plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Masquerade prime vs mmaster.jpg‎|left|thumb|Shortly after this, Menasor threw up.]]
[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sends the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] on a mission to find components for an unrevealed purpose, including the world's largest, most perfect ruby. While searching for their components, the actions of the Stunticons catch the attention of the [[Autobot]]s, who track their movements and their crimes. Breakdown and Wildrider get the first component: laser lenses from a scientist. Dead End and Drag Strip get the second component: an experimental generator from the Army. Motormaster gets the last one: a perfect ruby from a museum.

The Autobots split into teams and manage to be extremely effective at capturing the Stunticons in the middle of their capers. [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] take on [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]. [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] take on [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]. Finally, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] go for [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], who challenges the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] to a game of “chicken” and ends up in a head-on collision. Spike, Bumblebee, and Blaster peer through the dust to see who survived, and it turns out that Optimus is the clear victor with merely a minor headache, while Motormaster lies in a wreck.

[[File:Masquerade Wheeljack Optimaster.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|No Motormaster disguise is complete without a hunk of Big League Chew.]]

Although all five Stunticons have been captured, the Autobots still don't know what their plans were for the components they stole for Megatron. [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] guesses that the parts are going to be made into a weapon. (Nooo, really?) Optimus hatches a scheme to disguise Autobots using [[camouflage paint]] and penetrate the Decepticon camp disguised as Stunticons: Optimus Prime as Motormaster, [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] as Dead End, [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] as Breakdown, [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] as Drag Strip, and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] as Wildrider.

[[File:Sideswipe FakeBreakdown.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Sideswipe? I, Breakdown, have never heard of such a being!]]

The disguised Autobots infiltrate the Decepticons, although their arrival causes [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|some]] raised eyebrows because they are driving too "safely". They deliver the stolen components to Megatron without being detected.

Back at [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], the Stunticons manage to shimmy and shake their way out of their cells, merge into [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and overcome their Autobot captors. They then head back to the Decepticon base.

[[File:Masquerade Megatron manning gun.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|We've been here before.]]

The Constructicons complete Megatron's new weapon, and he reveals its power, but just then Menasor arrives and declares the Autobots as infiltrators. Using Windcharger's magnetic field ability and Mirage's illusion power, the Autobots merge into their own Menasor. The two giants battle it out, and the Autobots are overcome. Megatron trains the new weapon on the Autobots, but the device blows up in his face after a few scattered shots.

Autobot reinforcements arrive, and the Decepticons flee without their usual promises for revenge. It is revealed that Ironhide had made adjustments to the ruby back at Autobot HQ, which caused the device to explode. The Autobots head for home, victorious.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (13)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (14)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (18)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (19)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (20)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (21)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (22)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (23)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (24)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (25)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (26)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (27)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (28)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (29)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (30)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (31)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (32)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (2)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (3)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (4)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (5)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (6)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (7)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (33)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (34)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (35)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (36)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (37)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (38)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (39)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (11)
*Dr. [[Rickel]] (15)
*US Army troops (16)
*Museum guards (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"A near miss deserves a couple o' near-missiles!"
:—'''Inferno'''

"I'll probably hate myself in the morning, but..."
:—'''Inferno''' before he douses the flames on the Stunticon Breakdown

"Well, look who's here! The old King of the Road! When I'm finished with ya, you'll be King of the Junkyard!"
:—'''Motormaster''' taunting '''Optimus Prime''' into a game of chicken

''[The Autobots are towing the defeated Stunticons to Autobot Headquarters]'' 
'''Wheeljack''': Here they come. 
'''Ratchet''': I won't bother asking who won. 
'''Breakdown''': ''(taking note of the Autobots looking at them)'' They're gawking at us! How mortifrying! 
'''Dead End''': The word, Breakdown, is mortiFYing, my sentiment exactly. 
'''Motormaster''': I'm in no mood for your big words, Dead End. 
'''Ironhide''': For you, motormouth, this '''IS''' a dead end.
:—Motormaster complains about Dead End's SAT-level vocabulary

"Man, Optimus. You're a dead ringer for Motormaster." 
"Did you have to say ''dead'' ringer, Spike?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s vocabulary causes '''Optimus Prime''' to wince.

[[File:Masquerade as i preducted.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
"Everybody out on bad behavior!"
:—'''Breakdown''' after freeing himself and taking out Inferno, Grapple, and Hoist.

"Imagine my turning that ray on the Autobots' headquarters. Perhaps when it's gone, someone will put up a memorial parking lot. Mwahaha!"
:—'''Megatron'''

"Machine appears unstable. Suggest abandoning it." 
"Suggestion noted—and ignored!"
:—'''Soundwave''' warns '''Megatron''', for all the good it does.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Masquerade Jazz camouflage paint.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[File:Soundwave fly.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Huh? Tape-bot cannot fly!]]
*It's never explained just how the Autobots disguise themselves. Sideswipe says something about camouflage paint and the Autobots are transformed, details and all, into the Stunticons. It's apparently some high-tech stuff, because it even lets Optimus totally change his transformation scheme. And it just turns right off once Optimus decides the gig is up.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Soundwave informs us that Menasor has "special powers"... which seem to consist of a couple of under-arm mounted guns.
**Sideswipe and Mirage both fire their shoulder missiles, which the writers and animators usually seem to forget about.
**Soundwave can fly in his tape deck mode! When the Decepticons retreat, he transforms and then flies off behind Starscream. It is tempting to assume that the animators took a script direction like "the Decepticons transform and fly off in retreat" a bit too literally.
**Mirage can project a hologram of Menasor's face. This runs contrary to his usual schtick, which is invisibility. His original bio described him as being able to create "the illusion of a different appearance" for up to six minutes, but this is the only time it pops up in the cartoon (presumably because holograms were Hound's gimmick... though per the bio, Hound's great power is to create ''maps'', and simple images on rare occasions.)
*Megatron explains his weapon-du-jour thusly: "The most destructive weapon known to Decepticon science...Utilizing that ruby's light, focused through those perfect lenses, it will fire the most destructive ray of all. More powerful than any laser, it will create a chain reaction in whatever it touches... producing instantaneous destruction." Based on the animation, this appears to be a long-winded way of saying "It blows up rocks."
*Hasn't Megatron learned his lesson about building [[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|giant superlasers that can't be moved]]? [[B.O.T. (episode)|Apparently not]]!
*Megatron's line "Suggestion noted...AND IGNORED!" when Soundwave warns him would be revisited during the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" when his [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|namesake]] utters those exact sentiments to [[Dinobot II]] on board the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''.
*Two scenes deleted from this episode feature the individual Stunticons talking with each other ''while'' combined as Menasor, only for Menasor himself to then silence all of his components, because their chatter is confusing him! Even without this dialogue, the finished episode portrays Menasor as almost adorably dumb and easily bamboozled - utterly baffled, for example, when Prime accuses him of being an imposter.
*This episode marks the final appearances of [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] in the American version of the original ''Transformers'' cartoon.

===Real-life references===
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine roar as Laserbeak flies over the faux Stunticons.
**A lengthy sequence of borrowed effects follows as Laserbeak flies onwards - sounds include the ''Falcon'' engine burst, a [[TIE Fighter]]'s targeting computer, [[Death Star]] superlaser, and ''Falcon'' engine whine. As he returns to Soundwave, he gets another ''Falcon'' engine burst.
**''Falcon'' engine and [[X-wing Fighter|X-Wing]] diving whine as Menasor flies away from Autobot Headquarters.
**X-Wing and TIE Fighter roar as the Constructicons fly off... and again as Menasor flies off... and again as Starscream and Soundwave fly off.
**A variety of [[lightsaber]] noises as Megatron fires his super not-a-laser weapon.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**As Motormaster hands out assignments, Drag Strip has a random rectangle drawn in the middle of his visor, and Dead End's face is miscolored - his mouthplate is light gray instead of yellow, and his visor is red instead of purple.
**As Optimus gets his idea after watching the broadcast, the triangles on his waist are gray instead of yellow.
**As Laserbeak returns to Soundwave, Soundwave is missing his Decepticon insignia, as well as the gold stripes around his cassette door (which is drawn too small as well). He also doesn't move his mouthplate when he speaks.
**As "Motormaster" (Optimus) drives up to Megatron, his door is colored purple like his windows (and his window rims are colored purple too.) A shot later, it's back to black, but the ''next'' shot (Starscream asking about his voice) shows his grille as black instead of gray. The same thing happens as the real Motormaster busts out of the Autobot cell.
**Just after dismissing the Constructicons, Megatron's face is white.
**"And the Autobots are totally unaware of its existence" - "Breakdown" is colored as Sideswipe. (Of course, he IS Sideswipe, but should be... oh, you get the point.)
**As "Motormaster" (Optimus) asks about the weapon, Megatron's forehead colors are reversed (black forehead with gray triangles).
**As "Motormaster" (Optimus) says, "Too many head-on collisions!", his headlights are black instead of white.
**"Motormaster"'s black grille returns again as Megatron explains the weapon, recurring in numerous shots.
**Soundwave's cheekguards and eject button are both blue instead of white as Starscream mocks Megatron.
**Soundwave's missing the gold rim around his tape door as he and Starscream move toward the impostor Stunticons.
**"No, he's the imposter!" - "Drag Strip" is missing his Decepticon symbol (and possibly some striping, depending on which color model you trust.)
**"There's one absolute test, 'Stunticons'" - Dead End's tires are white; Soundwave's cheekguards are blue instead of white again. The same error repeats when Starscream calls out for Menasor to destroy the Autobots.[[File:Masquerade Megatron manning gun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
**When Megatron first grabs the laser, he's colored in reverse (light gray body with a dark gray face).
**Drag Strip is white instead of yellow as Menasor swings his sword. When Menasor hits the fake with the sword, Drag Strip is attached backwards, with his wheels pointing outward.
**When "Motormaster" reverts to Optimus Prime, his headlights aren't colored white and he's missing the horizontal lines on the crest of his helmet.
**"No need for the disguises anymore" - Prime's face is a darker gray than his mouthplate in most of this shot; they should be the same tone. For a second, the faceplate darkens then lightens again.
**When the Autobots begin firing on Menasor, his face is entirely black.
**Just before Megatron fires the laser, Windcharger is miscoloured in green and gray (with yellow stripes on his arms, like Hound).
**As he stares at the destroyed weapon, Sideswipe's fist is white instead of black.
*When Motormaster says "Breakdown and Wildrider", he points to each robot as he says the other's name.
*The Stunticons land on a beach and each of them kicks up sand when they land. A few moments later, they transform and drive off, and no sand is disturbed by their tires.
*The Stunticons clearly never had detailed transformation models worked out:
**Every time the four cars transform to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], they more or less just morph into their Earth forms. When they transform back to [[robot mode]], all the robot bits just slide out from under their car modes, which disappear into their backs.
**Motormaster's transformation is similarly wonky; his arms are just kind of absorbed lengthwise into his torso, which then morphs into his trailer - rather than the arms ''becoming'' the trailer's roof, as they should. Every time he transforms, his trailer/torso rather blatantly changes color from light to dark gray (or vice versa.)
*Ventriloquist bots:
**Ratchet's voice actor in this episode is [[Wally Burr]], not the usual [[Don Messick]], and it shows. Burr uses the same generic deep voice he used for Thundercracker in "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]" and Jazz in "[[Kremzeek!]]".
**"Yeah, but I don't have to like it" - Ironhide's mouth doesn't move for the first part of this line.
**Menasor's mouth doesn't move as he says his own name.
**As he flies off to "Destroy fake Stunticons", Menasor's mouth - again - doesn't move.
**As Bumblebee says, "Great Cybertron," Spike is mouthing the words.
**The Autobot Menasor gets knocked to the ground, but one who delivers "The generator..." line in Optimus' voice is the one standing up (with the sky behind him).
*Wildrider is missing his transformation sound effect as he approaches the optics shop; Breakdown does get one a second later.
*The experimental generator is inordinately tiny when it's sitting on the flatbed truck.
*Motormaster somehow transforms into (a ''tiny'') truck mode while still inside the museum. Also, a moment later as he drives away, he has a dark gray stripe on his trailer that shouldn't be there.
*While firing on Drag Strip, Warpath is shown driving forward while his treads are stationary.
*As Tracks goes into flight mode, the sandy beach suddenly has squares on it for one shot (as if it were pavement).
*As Motormaster comes into view before the crash with Prime, his bumper extends to the sides of his trailer rather than the sides of his cab.
*When rushing to inspect the aftermath of Optimus and Motormaster's game of chicken, Spike exclaims "I can't see anythi-". Before he can spit out "ng," Blaster cuts him off saying "I'm not getting any radio response."
*After the crash, just before Optimus transforms into robot mode, his cab's grille is missing the vertical line in the middle. His subsequent transformation looks very crude, especially around his legs.
*Blaster contacts the other Autobots and his chest lights up, but during Warpath's report it's no longer flashing.
[[File:G1 cartoon Motormaster slagged.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*As often happens, the animators mistake Motormaster's panel lines for the start of a second trailer. It's particularly visible in the last shot of his wrecked form after his collision with Prime.
*Optimus strokes his faceplate during the discussion of the Stunticons' plans, and his finger disappears for a moment.
*The broadcast of the doctor's announcement shows a building with the word "OPTCS" behind him. Earlier it was correctly shown as "REPUBLIC ''OPTICS'' COMPANY".
*The doctor's bow tie has grown to twice the size when he appears on TV.
*Jazz's waist is huge as he stands outside the paint chamber.
*When approaching the crater, Jazz appears to be driving above and not under rocks, and as Windcharger breaks formation to test their disguises, he clips into the cliff edge above them. In the same shot, "Wildrider"'s windows are the same gray as his body, rather than red.
[[File:Huge Ironhide and Small Ratchet.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Introducing Ultra class Ironhide and Scout class Ratchet.]]
*As a result of animation cels being stacked incorrectly, Ratchet appears teeny-tiny in the front of a crowd shot, making Ironhide look colossal by comparison. The tiny Ratchet should, of course, be (barely visible) at the ''back'' of the crowd.
[[File:Masquerade-menasor-modelchange.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Model make no sense! Menasor confused."]]
*Menasor's limbs:
**When the Stunticons combine at Autobot Headquarters, Motormaster transforms to robot mode... and then the other Stunticons just clip onto him, rather than forming additional new limbs. Of course, it kinda sorta fits with the screwed-up way Menasor is often drawn, but this version has ''Motormaster's feet''.
**During his escape, Menasor constantly changes back and forth between having Dead End and Drag Strip attached ''to'' his arms, and having them ''as'' his arms. (It should be the latter.)
**As Menasor lands at the crater, two successive shots show him from exactly the same angle. In the first, his Drag Strip arm is drawn as the "clip-onto-Motormaster" model... and in the very next shot, it's drawn as the "Drag Strip forms the whole arm" model.
*When Menasor takes off to warn Megatron, he has a purple [[Autobot]] insignia.
*Menasor's under-arm lasers only appear when the plot calls for them - when he fires them in Autobot Headquarters, and again when he fires them on the fake Menasor. The first time, they're dark gray; the second time, they're white.
*Mirage's Autobot symbol is missing as he transforms.
*The weapon's beam comes from ''beside'' the barrel, rather than coming out of it.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1 Masquerade Warpath crushes DeadEnd.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[File:Masquerade BreakdownWildriderdefeated.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*During their construction in "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]", Megatron notes that he has outfitted the Stunticons with "automatic force fields that make their hulls impenetrable", which accounts for how well they did in battle. Yet in this episode they are easily taken down by second string Autobots, including non-fighters such as Grapple and Hoist. Warpath even manages to simply punch right through Dead End! Clearly they have been skimping on their scheduled maintenance.
*Motormaster's [[transformation scheme]] greatly differs from that of Optimus Prime - yet after donning his Motormaster disguise, Optimus transforms exactly like Motormaster does. (However bizarre this seems, it was clearly scripted - so we also count it as a possible technology, under Continuity Notes above.)
*The Stunticons are all badly beaten up after their capture. But when they escape, they're suddenly in perfect shape - able to drive, transform, combine and fight with no problems.
*"The weapon [is] but minutes from completion. And then..." "And then... what?" A fine question, indeed! Megatron's crazy laser thing is stuck down in the bottom of a crater, with no obvious way to move about or blow up anything that doesn't come popping down into the crater.
*The Autobots account for their ability to merge (Windcharger's magnetic field) and for the fake Menasor's face (Mirage's hologram) but where do they get working ''hands'' for their fake Menasor?

===Sci-Fi Channel edits===
*In the mid-1990s, many G1 episodes were aired on the [[Cartoon Quest|SciFi]] [[Animation Station|Channel]]. To allow expanded advertising time, they were edited down, cutting "unnecessary" dialog and scenes out. Some of the "unnecessary" dialog cut from this episode included parts of Grapple and Inferno's lines, resulting in them collectively uttering "Time to add firobably hate myself in the morning, but..."

===Trivia===
[[File:Dragstripcartoon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Dead End and Drag Strip, your job is to upsell."]]
*In full sell-my-toy mode, Motormaster gives a quick introdump at the episode's start, naming off his troops, and then ''again'' a moment later as he hands out assignments.
*In case you missed it, the Autobots chosen to impersonate the Stunticons are based specifically on [[alternate mode]]s. Given this attention to detail, it's not infeasible to think that the plot of this episode may have originally called for the Autobots to simply have their alternate modes painted, since they consistently refrain from transforming once in the Decepticon camp:
**Although the specific models don't line up, Prime and Motormaster both transform into semi trucks
**Jazz and Dead End are both Porsches
**Sideswipe and Breakdown are both Lamborghinis
**Mirage and Drag Strip are both Formula 1 race cars (albeit very different-looking ones)
**And.... weeeeell, Windcharger's a Pontiac Firebird and Wildrider's a Ferrari, but the plot demanded Windcharger for his magnetic abilities. This would also explain why a different device, a projector of some sort, is used to disguise him rather than the camouflage paint.
*Whether by inspiration or by parallel reasoning, several toy redecos have followed the pattern of this episode:
**''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[:File:ClassicsLOCMenasor.jpg|Menasor]] is a [[redeco]] from ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[:File:LOC CybertronPrime.jpg|Optimus Prime]], [[Transformers: Generations#Asian market exclusives .28.22GDO.22.29|GDO]] [[:File:GenerationsMotorbreathToy.jpg|Motorbreath]] is a retool of ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[:File:TF2010-toy Legends Optimus Prime.jpg|Optimus Prime]] and ''Animated'' Motor Master is a retool of ''Animated'' Optimus Prime. ''[[Transformers: Generations#Combiner Wars .282015-.29|Combiner Wars]]'' Voyager class [[:File:GenerationsVoyOP.jpg|Optimus Prime]] also got [[:File:Generations-CW Voyager Motormaster stock.jpg|a Motormaster retool]].
**''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[:File:Universe2008 DragStrip.jpg|Drag Strip]] is made from ''Classics'' [[:File:Classics Mirage toy.jpg|Mirage]]. ''Combiner Wars'' [[:File:CWDlxMirage.jpg|Mirage]] is also a [[:File:Generationstoy-Dragstrip.jpg|Dragstrip]] retool.
**At one point there was intended to be a ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]'' [[Wildrider (G1)#Notes|Wildrider]] created from ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[:File:AltWindcharger toy.jpg|Windcharger]] (or rather, his ''Binaltech'' [[:File:Binaltech Overdrive Toy.jpg|counterpart]]), but that never eventuated.
**[[Don Figueroa]] used ''Universe'' [[:File:Universe2008 SideSwipe toy.jpg|Sideswipe]] as a basis for the [[2005 IDW continuity]] version of Breakdown, and the toy's mold was used for both the ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[BotCon 2010]] [[:File:BreakdownBotcon.JPG|''Generation 2''-esque Breakdown]] toy and the ''Timelines'' [[Transformers Collectors' Club|TFCC:]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|TFSS]] [[:File:TFSS Preview Breakdown.jpg|Generation 1-esque Breakdown]] toys! Furthermore, ''Animated'' Breakdown uses the same mold as ''Animated'' Sideswipe (the Rodimus Minor mold).
**''[[Titanium Series]]'' [[:File:ROTF-toy DeadEndTitanium.jpg|live-action movie Dead End]] reuses [[:File:Movie TitaniumRM Jazz.jpg|live-action movie Jazz]]'s mold, while the ''Timelines'' toy of an [[:File:Animated Dead End Toy.JPG|''Animated''-esque Dead End]] is a redeco of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' [[:File:Ani-toy Jazz Deluxe.jpg|Jazz]].
** By 2017, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Mirage]] and [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]] had all received ''Combiner Wars'' style toy releases.
*Optimus's "And then... what?" is apparently a rare instance of hearing a character's thoughts, since he says it in his own voice while sitting right next to Megatron, still in his Motormaster disguise.
*If any one episode served to cement Megatron's poor reputation among certain (more snarky) elements of the fandom, this is surely it. He comes up with a madcap scheme to build a useless weapon, doesn't listen to any of his troops' rather intelligent suggestions, insults his underlings for no reason, misses the obvious, toys with his enemies, pouts when he loses, and flies off with nothing in the end.
*Man, Starscream saw through the whole charade in about two seconds, didn't he?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mascarade'''" ("Masquerade")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Perfekte Tarnung'''" ("Perfect Disguise")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 17]], [[1994]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''I falsi Stunticons'''" ("The Fake Stunticons")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Sotto copertura'''" ("Undercover")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Masquerade'''" (マスカレード)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 19]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shēn Rù Hǔ Xué '''" (深入虎穴, "Deep in the Decepticon's Lair")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Maskarad'''" (Маскарад, "Masquerade")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:CWDlxMirage.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb]]
*'''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|''Combiner Wars'']] Voyager Class Optimus Prime''' (Hasbro, 2015)
*'''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|''Combiner Wars'']] Deluxe Class Mirage''' (Hasbro, 2015)

:Both ''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Prime and Mirage are the only Autobots that are based on their pre-Stunticon disguises as they share the same transformation schemes with their retool/pretools Motormaster and Drag Strip.

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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Cosmic Rust / Masquerade ([[Tempo Video]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 8 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 14 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-63.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=18aM3T_RHrxrFIZEwiHm2bYxugAkqtCU6 Episode dialogue script with deleted lines]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Gil Gerard

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Poonaroon:

[[File:GilGerard.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Shut up, Twiki!]]
'''Gilbert C. "Gil" Gerard''' (born [[January 23]], [[1943]]) is an American actor, who is perhaps best known as the [[Buck Rogers|titular hero]] of the ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' television series from the late 1970s.

==Roles==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)''===
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]

==External links ==
*[http://gilgerard.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001266/ Gil Gerard at IMDB]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerard, Gil}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Kazuo Oka

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Poonaroon:

'''Kazuo Oka''' (岡和男 ''Oka Kazuo'', [[January 15]], [[1948]] - [[April 29]], [[2021]]) was a Japanese voice actor. Oka played minor characters in a vast number of anime series.

==Roles==
===''The Headmasters''===
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (ep 25)
*[[Fastlane]]
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (ep 25)
*[[Getsuei]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]

==External links==
*[http://www.artsvision.co.jp/data.php?id=532 Official profile] at Arts Vision
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0645376/ Kazuo Oka] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2607 Kazuo Oka] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Oka, Kazuo]]

2021

2022-01-15T05:04:32Z

Poonaroon: /* Deaths */

{{yearofthe|2021}}
The year '''2021''' (MMXXI) is the 38th year since the [[Transformers brand]] began.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Events==
===Fiction===
====''Unite Warriors''====
*The ghost of [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] tricks [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] into resurrecting him as [[Grand Galvatron]], using the bodies of Cyclonus, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and three vengeful, extra-dimensional warriors.<ref>"[[Grand Galvatron Chapter]]"</ref>
*Aided by the [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]] from the future, the disembodied head of Unicron attempts to take [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as his new body. He is defeated by several combiners led by a temporarily resurrected [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].<ref>"[[Ruination Chapter, Part Two]]"</ref>

====''Transformers Legends''====
*A battle between [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and a returned [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] results in the destruction of the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters' transtectors. Both factions travel to the [[Legends World]] in search of new ones.<ref>"[[Headmaster Chapter Prologue]]"</ref> Additionally, the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partners on both sides are supercharged with [[plasma energy]] and vanish,<ref>"[[Targetmaster Chapter Prologue]]"</ref> eventually ending up in the Legends World as well.<ref name="mutant">"[[Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter]]"</ref>
*In the wake of the [[Masterforce War]], the former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s travel to [[G Nebula 89]] in search of new transtectors but are instead sent to the Legends World for safety's sake.<ref>"[[LG24 Shockwave & Cancer Prologue]]"</ref>
*[[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] of the [[Concurrence]] infiltrates the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] disguised as [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]], who is forced to go on the run together with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]].<ref>"[[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 54]]"</ref> Snake sends [[Shaoshao Li]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to the Legends World to recover the Targetmaster partners for the Concurrence.<ref name="mutant"/>

===Non-fiction===
====Conventions====
{{note|Several of the 2021 conventions were rescheduled or outright cancelled due to COVID-19 virus. Some had an online version instead.}}
*C.O.N.S. 2021: <s>April 18</s> — Postponed with new date unknown
*Cybfest NW 2021: September 11th
*Dairycon 2021: April 9 and 10
*Ia-Con Online 2021: January 30 to 31
*Pete's Robot Convention 2021: June 18–19
*RetCon 2021: Postponed to April 2022
*TFcon 2021: December 10–12
*TFCon Baltimore 2021: October 22–24
*TFExpo 2021: Cancelled. To return July 2022
*TFNation 2021: August 13–14 Online-only
*[[Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021]]: April 6 — Online broadcast.

====Deaths====
*[[January 7]] — [[Brad Venable]]
*[[January 16]] — [[Vincent Davy]]
*[[March 17]] — [[Jacques Frantz]]
*[[April 29]] — [[Kazuo Oka]]
*[[July 1]] — [[Philece Sampler]]
*[[August 7]] — [[Markie Post]]
*[[August 10]] — [[Júlio Chaves]]
*[[August 26]] — [[French Tickner]]
*[[September 2]] — [[Horst Lampe]]
*[[October 12]] — [[Brian Goldner]]
*[[October 19]] — [[Jack Angel]]
*[[December]] ?? — [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]
*[[December 3]] — [[Jōji Yanami]]
*[[December 14]] — [[Henry Orenstein]]
*[[December 26]] — [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]]
*[[December 30]] — [[Erwin Grunspan]]
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==Print==
===Comics===
====IDW====
* ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' #27–38 (ongoing)
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #1–11 (ongoing)
* ''[[Transformers '84: Legends & Rumors 100-Page Giant]]'' (one-shot)
* ''[[Transformers/Back to the Future]]'' #3–4 (of 4 issues)
* ''[[Transformers: Escape]]'' #2–5 (of 5 issues)
* ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron]]'' (4 issues) ''
* ''[[Transformers: King Grimlock]]'' #1–4 (of 5 issues)
* ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (IDW)|Transformers: Shattered Glass]]'' #1–5 (of 5 issues)
* ''[[Wreckers: Tread & Circuits|Transformers: Wreckers—Tread & Circuits]]'' #1–3 (of 4 issues)

===Books===
* TBD

==Collections==
===Comics===
====IDW====
* ''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator]]'' TPB
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 12]]'' Hardcover
* ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers, Vol. 3: All Fall Down]]'' Hardcover
* ''[[Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies]]'' TPB
* ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!|My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise]]'' TPB
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Three: Volume 1]]'' Hardcover
* ''[[Transformers/Back to the Future]]'' TPB ''*scheduled*''

====[[Villagebooks]]====
* ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' vol. 4

==Media==

===Television===
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]: Kingdom''
* ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' Chapter Four

==Toys==
===Hasbro===
====[[Transformers Authentics|Authentics]]====
=====5 inch figures ("Bravo" assortment)=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (IDW)#Authentics|Barricade]]}}
</ul>
|}

=====7 inch figures ("Alpha" assortment)=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Authentics|Shockwave]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]====
*TBA
{{-}}

====[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]====

=====[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]=====
<ul class="icon-list">
* [[Ultimate X-Spanse#Toys|Ultimate X-Spanse]] (w/ [[Wolverine (Marvel)#Collaborative|Wolverine]] and [[Sabretooth]])
{{Bp-a1|[[Ectotron#Afterlife|Ectotron]] (w/ [[Slimer#Afterlife|Slimer]] and [[Muncher#Toys|Muncher]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Tyrannocon Rex#Toys|Tyrannocon Rex]] / [[JP93#Toys|Autobot JP93]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Draculus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[J. Balvintron#Toys|J. Balvintron]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Collaborative|Energia Buzzaw]] & [[Stripes#Collaborative|Vibras Stripes]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

=====[[Transformers R.E.D.|R.E.D. [Robot Enhanced Design]]]=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (WFC)/toys#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Arcee]] (''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'')}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Cheetor]] (''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Bumblebee]] (''Transformers'')}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)|Coronation Starscream]] (''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#ReformattingMegatron|Reformatting Megatron]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#R.E.D._.5BRobot_Enhanced_Design.5D|Optimus Primal]] (''Beast Wars'')}}
</ul>
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|}
{{-}}

=====[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]=====

======Exclusives======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Encounter 2: [[Micro]]n Micromasters}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Fireguard#Toys|Fireguard]] & [[Roadburner#Generations|Roadburner]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (G1)#Generations|Decepticon Runner]] & [[Motorhead (G1)#Generations|Motorhead]]}}
:{{Bp-a1d1|[[Stingracer#Toys|Stingracer]] & [[Windstorm#Toys|Windstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Encounter 5: [[Botropolis]] Rescue Mission}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Overair (facility)#Generations|Overair]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Ironworks (facility)#Botropolis|Ironworks]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Phaser (G1)#Botropolis|Fuzer]] & [[Blast Master#Botropolis|Autobot Blast Master]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Missile Master#Generations|Missile Master]] & [[Moonrock#Generations|Moonrock]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

=====[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]=====
======Core Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|WFC-K12 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-K13 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Megatron]]}}
|}
======Deluxe Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K14 [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]]}}
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K15 [[Ractonite#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ractonite]] (Fossilizer)}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K16 [[Huffer (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Huffer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K17 [[Arcee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Arcee]] (unchanged re-release of ''Earthrise'' Arcee)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K23 [[Scorponok (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Predacon Scorponok]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K24 [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Wheeljack]] (unchanged re-release of ''Earthrise'' Wheeljack)}}
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K25 [[Wingfinger#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Wingfinger]] (Fossilizer)}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K26 [[Tracks (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Tracks]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K31 [[Shadow Panther#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Shadow Panther]]}}
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K34 [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Waspinator]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K32 [[Pipes (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Pipes]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K33 [[Slammer#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Slammer]] (Weaponizer)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

======Voyager Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K18 [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Dinobot]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K19 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Inferno]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K27 [[Rhinox (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rhinox]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K35 [[Tigatron#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K44 [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Blaster]] & [[Eject (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Eject]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

======Leader Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K20 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|WFC-K28 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Galvatron]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

======Commander Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rodimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

======Titan Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K30 [[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Ark]] (with [[Teletraan I#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Teletraan-1]]/[[Mainframe (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Mainframe]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#K30|Optimus Prime]] micro-figure)}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====== Store exclusives ======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Target]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K37 [[T-Wrecks#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal T-Wrecks]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K41 [[Road Rage (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Road Rage]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Walgreens]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-K38 [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Red Alert]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Hasbro Pulse]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K39 [[Tricranius#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tricranius Beast Power Fire Blasts Collection pack]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Battle Across Time Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1m1|WFC-K40 [[Mirage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Mirage]] & [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1m1|WFC-K42 [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Sideswipe]] & [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Skywarp]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Golden Disk Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Chapter 1: Through the Vortex}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Puffer#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Puffer]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Road Ranger#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Road Ranger]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Chapter 2: …And Out the Other Side}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Jackpot (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Jackpot]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Sights (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Sights]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
|}

======[[Generations Selects (toyline)#Hasbro|Selects]]======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Hasbro originals'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS23 [[Deep Cover#Generations Selects|Deep Cover]]}}
{{Bp-d2|WFC-GS24 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]] (''Generation 2'')}}
{{Bp-m1|WFC-GS25 [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations Selects|Transmutate]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS26 [[Artfire#Generations Selects|Artfire]] & [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-GS27 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

=====[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]=====
======Deluxe======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Deep Cover#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Deep Cover]]}}
{{Bp-qu2|[[Deseeus Army Drone#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Deseeus Army Drone]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sparkless#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Sparkless Bot]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
======Battle 3-Packs======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Optimus Primal]] (w/ [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Rattrap]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sparkless#SparklessSeeker|Sparkless Seeker]] (w/ [[Caliburst (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Sparkless Caliburst]] and [[Singe#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Sparkless Singe]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|}
======Exclusives======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''HasLab'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1d1|[[Unicron/toys#HasLab|Unicron]] (w/ [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Autobot Hot Rod]], [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#HasLab|Galvatron]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Hasbro Pulse'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K39 [[Tricranius#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tricranius Beast Power Fire Blasts Collection pack]]}}
{{Bp-d1p1|[[Ravage (G1)/toys#PulseCon|Covert Agent Ravage / Decepticons Forever Ravage]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' (Target)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Bumblebee]] / [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Spike Witwicky]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BuzzworthyOrigin|Origin Bumblebee]]}}
*"Worlds Collide" 4-pack:
:{{Bp-p1|[[Nemesis Primal]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Fangry (G1)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Fangry]] (w/ [[Brisko#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Brisko]])}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#WorldsCollide|Bumblebee]]}}
:{{Bp-p1|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Blackarachnia]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

=====[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Retro Headmasters|Retro Headmasters]]=====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-a1|[[Highbrow (G1)#Retro Headmasters|Highbrow]] (w/ [[Gort#Retro Headmasters|Gort]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skullcruncher (G1)#Retro Headmasters|Skullcruncher]] (w/ [[Grax#Retro Headmasters|Grax]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Weirdwolf (G1)#Retro Headmasters|Weirdwolf]] (w/ [[Monzo#Retro Headmasters|Monzo]])}}
</ul>
{{-}}

=====''Shattered Glass Collection''=====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-sa|[[Blurr (SG)#Generations|Blurr]]}}
{{bp-sd|[[Megatron (SG)#Generations|Megatron]]}}
{{bp-sd|[[Starscream (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-sa|[[Goldbug (SG)#Generations|Autobot Goldbug]]}}
</ul>

=====[[Studio Series]]=====
======Deluxe Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 12'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|70 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS70|B-127]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1|71 [[Dino#Studio Series|Autobot Dino]] (''Dark of the Moon'')}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 13'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|74 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS74|Bumblebee]] (w/ [[Sam Witwicky#SS74|Sam Witwicky]], ''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
{{Bp-a1|75 [[Jolt (ROTF)#Studio Series|Jolt]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
{{Bp-qu2|86-08 [[Gnaw (G1)#Studio Series|Gnaw]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 14'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|78 [[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#SS78|Sideswipe]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

======Voyager Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 12'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|72 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SS72|Starscream]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 13'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|76 [[Thrust (Movie)#Studio Series|Thrust]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-09 [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Studio Series|Wreck-Gar]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 14'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|86-10 [[Sweep (G1)#Studio Series|Decepticon Sweep]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

======Leader Class======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|86-06 [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]] & [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Autobot Wheelie]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|73 [[Grindor (ROTF)#Studio Series|Grindor]] & [[Ravage (ROTF)#Studio Series|Ravage]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-07 [[Slag (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Dinobot Slug]] & [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Studio Series|Daniel Witwicky]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
|
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|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

======Multi-packs and exclusives======
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|18BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW18|Bumblebee]] VS 46BB [[Dropkick (Movie)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Dropkick]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1d1|27BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW27|Clunker Bumblebee]] VS 28BB [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Barricade]] (''Transformers'')}}
{{Bp-a1d1|79BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW79|High Octane Bumblebee]] VS 02BB [[Stinger (AOE)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Decepticon Stinger]] (''Age of Extinction'')}}
{{Bp-a1|70BB [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW70|B-127]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-02BB [[Kup (G1)/toys#BW8602|Kup]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|86-13BB [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#BW8613|Cliffjumper]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
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|}
{{-}}

====[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|Rescue Bots Academy]]====
*TBD
{{-}}

====[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]====
=====Action Attack=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class Wave 9''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Dinobot Snarl]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class Wave 10''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Dead End]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultra Class Wave 10''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (Cyberverse)#Ultra|Ramjet]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultra Class Wave 11''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sludge (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Dinobot Sludge]]}}
</ul>
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultimate Class Wave 6''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Volcanicus (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Volcanicus]]}}
</ul>
|}

=====Deluxe Class=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Cheetor]]}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Slug (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Dinobot Slug]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

=====Roll & Combine=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="30%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Bumblebee]] / [[Swoop (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Dinobot Swoop]] ([[Bumbleswoop]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Megatron]] / [[Slug (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Dinobot Slug]] ([[Slugtron]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Wheeljack]] / [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Roll & Combine|Grimlock]] ([[Wheelgrim]])}}
</ul>
|}

=====Roll N' Change=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Roll N' Change|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Roll N' Change|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MPM12|MPM-12 Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

====[[Vintage (Walmart toyline)#Vintage Beast Wars|Vintage Beast Wars]]====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Rattrap]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

===TakaraTomy===


====[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]====
<ul class="icon-list">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP52|MP-52 Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MPM12|MPM-12 Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#MP52|MP-52+ Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skids (G1)#Masterpiece|MP-53 Skids]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Reboost#Masterpiece|MP-54 Reboost]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#MP52|MP-52+ Skywarp]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron: Siege#Siege (TakaraTomy)|Transformers Siege]]====
=====Exclusives=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[TakaraTomy Mall]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SG-EX [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|SG-EX Decepticon [[Phantomstrike Squadron]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Fracas#War for Cybertron: Siege|Decepticon Fracas]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Hairsplitter#War for Cybertron: Siege|Shrute]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Skywarp]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Terror-Daxtyl#Generations|Terror-Daxtyl]]}}
{{Bp-merc|SG-EX [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#S63|Soundblaster]]}}
{{Bp-d1|SG-EX [[Acid Storm (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Acid Storm]] & [[Ion Storm#Toys|Ion Storm]] & [[Nova Storm (G1)#Toys|Nova Storm]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise#Earthrise (TakaraTomy)|Transformers Earthrise]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' ([[January 20|Jan 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Fasttrack (G1)#Generations|Fasttrack]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|}
=====Exclusives=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[TakaraTomy Mall]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-15 [[Doublecrosser (Earthrise)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Doublecrosser]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-16 [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Skywarp]] & [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-17 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#AUOP|Alternate Universe Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-18 [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ironhide]] & [[Prowl (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-19 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ramjet]] & [[Dirge (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Dirge]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-20 [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ratchet]] & [[Lifeline (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Lifeline]]}}
{{Bp-a1|ER EX-21 [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Bluestreak]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-22 [[Centurion droid#Toys|Centurion Drone]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-23 [[Runabout (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Runabout]]}}
{{Bp-d1|ER EX-24 [[Thrust (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Thrust]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|ER EX-25 Dominus Criminal Pursuit ([[Barricade (IDW)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Barricade]] & [[Punch (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Punch-Counterpunch]])}}
{{Bp-merc|ER EX-26 [[Exhaust#Generations Selects|Exhaust]]}}
{{Bp-merc|ER EX-27 [[Bug Bite (G1)#Generations Selects|Bug Bite]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom#Kingdom (TakaraTomy)|Transformers Kingdom]]====
=====General retail=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[March 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|KD-01 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD-02 [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rattrap]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD-03 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cheetor]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[April 24]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|KD-04 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Megatron (Beast)]]}}
{{Bp-p1|KD-05 [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blackarachnia]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[May 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-06 [[Warpath (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Warpath]]}}
{{Bp-d1|KD-07 [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cyclonus]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' ([[June 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|KD-08 [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Generations|Dinobot]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD-09 [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' ([[July 31]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-10 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD-11 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[August 7]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-12 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rodimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[October 30]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|KD-13 [[Rhinox (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rhinox]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' ([[November 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|KD-15 [[Tracks (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tracks]]}}
</ul>
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' ([[December 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|KD-16 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Galvatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

=====Exclusives=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="30%" valign="top"|'''[[TakaraTomy Mall]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|KD EX-01 [[Paleotrex#Generations|Paleotrex]]}}
{{Bp-p1|KD EX-02 [[Vertebreak (Kingdom)#Generations|Vertebreak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD EX-03 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-p1|KD EX-04 [[Ractonite#toys|Ractonite]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD EX-05 [[Huffer (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Huffer]]}}
{{Bp-d1|KD EX-06 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|KD-EX-07 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-m1|KD EX-08 [[Wingfinger#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Wingfinger]]}}
{{Bp-a1|KD EX-09 [[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Ark]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Japanese release|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' ([[January 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-09 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-10 [[Elita One (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Elita-1]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[February 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-11 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-12 [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Wheeljack]]}}
{{Bp-a1|WFC-13 [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Red Alert]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-14 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[March 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-15 [[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Autobot Impactor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|WFC-16 [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Nemesis Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' ([[September 25]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|WFC-17 [[Deep Cover#Netflix|Deep Cover]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' ([[October 30]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-18 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Cheetor]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' ([[December 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-19 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Optimus Primal]] & [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Rattrap]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

====[[Generations Selects (toyline)#TakaraTomy|Selects]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''TakaraTomy originals'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TT-GS11 [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Selects|Volcanicus]] ([[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Selects|Grimlock]], [[Sludge (G1)#Selects|Sludge]], [[Slag (G1)/toys#Selects|Slag]], [[Snarl (G1)#Selects|Snarl]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Selects|Swoop]])}}
{{Bp-d1|TT-GS05 [[Abominus (G1)#Selects|Abominus]] ([[Sinnertwin (G1)#Selects|Sinnertwin]], [[Blot (G1)#Selects|Blot]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)#Selects|Rippersnapper]], [[Cutthroat (G1)#Selects|Cutthroat]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Selects|Hun-Gurrr]])}}
{{Bp-merc|TT-GS12 [[Soundblaster (G1)#Selects|Soundblaster]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]}}
</ul>
|}

{{-}}

====[[Studio Series#Studio Series (TakaraTomy)|Studio Series]]====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 20''' ([[April 20|Apr 20]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-59 [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Autobot Jazz]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-60 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Hot Rod]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-61 [[Kup (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Kup]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}} 
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 21''' ([[May 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|SS-62 [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Scourge]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-63 [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Blurr]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-64 [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]] & [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Autobot Wheelie]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 22''' ([[June 26|Jun 26]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-65 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS70|B-127]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 23''' ([[July 31|Jul 31]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-66 [[Dino#Studio Series|Autobot Dino]] (''Dark of the Moon'')}}
{{Bp-d1|SS-67 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SS72|Starscream]] (''Bumblebee'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 24''' ([[August 7|Aug 7]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-68 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BW74|Bumblebee]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 25''' ([[November 27|Nov 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-69 [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Studio Series|Wreck-Gar]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-qu2|SS-70 [[Gnaw (G1)#Studio Series|Gnaw]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-71 [[Slag (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Slug]] & [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Studio Series|Daniel Witwicky]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}}
</ul>
|
|}

=====[[Transformers Premium Finish|Premium Finish]]=====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[October 30]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|PFSS-01 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Premium Finish|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|PF WFC-01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Premium Finish|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[November 27]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|PFSS-02 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Premium Finish|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|PF WFC-02 [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Premium Finish|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[December 29]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|PFSS-03 [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Premium Finish|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|PF WFC-03 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Premium Finish|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fictional events by year]]

April 29

2022-01-15T05:03:55Z

Poonaroon:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|4|29}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1955]] —''' [[Richard Epcar]] (''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' writer and voice of [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] and voice of [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] from ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'') is born.
* '''[[1978]] —''' Cinematographer [[Jonathan Sela]] is born.
* '''[[1986]] —''' [[Gábor Joó]] (Hungarian voice of [[Graham Burns]]) is born.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' episode "[[Galvatron Revived]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2002]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]—[[Sony#United Kingdom|Original Series:]] [[Maverick Entertainment#Releases|Volume Two]]'' is released on DVD in the UK by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]].
* '''[[2008]] —''' ''[[Transformers Animated Volume 3]]'' is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2014]] —''' [[Shout! Factory]] releases the 30th Anniversary editions of [[The Transformers (cartoon)/home video#United States and Canada 3|all four seasons]] of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' on DVD in the US.
* '''[[2015]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|#40]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toy line|Adventure]]'' TAV 40 [[Ironjam]] & [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#MiniBattlePack|Bumblebee Kōtetsu Armor]], TAV 41 [[Gravity]] & [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#MiniBattlePack|Optimus Prime Jūryoku Armor]], TAV 42 [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]] & [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#MiniBattlePack|Grimlock Kazan Armor]], TAV 43 [[Barithunder]] & [[Sideswipe (RID)#MiniBattlePack|Sideswipe Dengeki Armor]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|TMC01 Jetstorm]], [[Slipstream (RID)|TMC02 Slipstream]], [[Divebomb (RID)|TMC03 Divebomb]], [[Airazor (RID)|TMC04 Airazor]], [[Windra|TMC05 Windra]] and [[Psychobat (RID)|TMC06 Psychobat]]. The ''Adventure'' promotional Micron [[Burn]] is also made available at [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan stores with the purchase of 3,000 yen or more's worth of ''Transformers'' toys.
*'''[[2017]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episodes "[[King of the Hill (Part 1)]]" and "[[King of the Hill (Part 2)]]" premiere on [[Cartoon Network]].
*'''[[2021]] —''' Voice actor [[Kazuo Oka]] dies.

Atlantis, Arise!

2022-01-09T16:30:29Z

Poonaroon: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=24
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=16
|prev2=The Immobilizer
|next2=Enter the Nightbird
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=15
|prev3=War of the Dinobots
|next3=Auto Berserk
|image=SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg
|caption=There's fire burning... underwater. Don't ask.
|title="Atlantis, Arise!"
|production code=#700-23
|airdate=[[October 3]], [[1985]]
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWnwAYPMf2A
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Atlantis Arise Sub-Atlanticans Decepticons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And when you see Aquaman, tell him his superpower sucks.]]
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] summons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to the control room, saying that [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] have detected massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate and encounter the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, a race who hope to conquer the surface world one day. Megatron negotiates a deal with [[Nergill]], King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their [[geothermal]] storehouses. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.

[[File:Atlantis Arise Autobots football.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|R U READY 4 SUM FOOTBALL?]]
Near the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] are playing a game of [[football]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] arrives before the Dinobots accidentally kill anyone, telling them there is a massive energy reading emanating from near the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatches Bumblebee, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack [[Washington, D.C.]] as a sign of their new alliance. Nergill communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory to develop weapons against the Autobots and Decepticons alike.

The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. Prime has Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack, while the Autobot leader takes the others to Washington. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a [[force field]] known as the [[Dome of Invulnerability]] over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. In Sub-Atlantica, Nergill has developed a [[magnetic dysfunction ray]] which will shut down [[Transformer]]s; he's tested it on Wheeljack, leaving him immobile. Starscream discovers this and is shot by Nergill, who learns that it is less effective on Decepticons. As Nergill leaves, Starscream attempts to drain power from Wheeljack, but Bumblebee and Spike stop arrive just in time to stop the Decepticon and restore Wheeljack.

[[File:Atlantis Arise Megs Lincoln memorial.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Four score and seven million years ago, I founded a [[Decepticon Empire|new nation]]...]]
Nergill strolls into Washington, with Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Spike sneaking in behind him. Nergill uses the disruptor to defeat Prime's team of Autobots, bringing the battle to an end. As the Sub-Atlanticans secure the Capitol building, his soldiers ask when to move against the Decepticons, but Nergill decides to wait a little while longer. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]) tells [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.

Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field and come to blows with the Decepticons. As Megatron and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] grapple, Nergill is on the verge of shooting them both until Starscream arrives and bashes Nergill aside, declaring that he is now an enemy. Grimlock grabs the disruptor and destroys it, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat back to their own city, with the Autobots in pursuit.

[[File:SubAtlantica Asplode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|But the others chose to stay, sitting in their porches with their shotguns, and eventually evolved into mermaids. And they would sing and dance, and ring in the new...]]
Back at Sub-Atlantica, Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergill, but Nergill informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and the Dinobots begin smashing everything in sight.

Nergill decides to destroy the city, hoping to destroy the Transformers as well. Spike, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee follow, hoping to stop Nergill, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] in pursuit. The two [[Mini-Cassette]]s realize Nergill's intentions, and Rumble tries to bury him in rubble, but it's not enough. Wheeljack likewise tries to stop the sub-aquatic king, but it's too late. Nergill throws a device into his energy containers, which starts a chain reaction that begins to destroy the city. The Decepticons retreat; Prime orders the Autobots to clear out, then rescues Wheeljack's team (and strangely finds Grimlock there as well). Prime and the others escape, watching from the nearby sea as the Sub-Atlanticans and their home disappear under the waves. Prime says they probably won't see Nergill again for a long time.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (10)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (11)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (12)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (13)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (14)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (15)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (18)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (19)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (22)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (23)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (25)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (26)
|c2=
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (1)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (2)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (6)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (7)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (27)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (28)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (9)
|c4=
*[[Nergill]] (8)
*Sub-Atlantican General (24)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Houndfootball.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"When I pick those balls out, at that point to me they are perfect."]]
"Are you sure humans do this for fun?"
:—'''Hound''', after playing a game of football with the Dinobots

"Did I do that?"
:—'''Bumblebee''', being suitably amazed after knocking down Starscream. Float like a butterfly- sting like a Bumblebee.

"No! That could ruin Wheeljack's function circuits!" 
"So... what? Ruining Autobots is my life!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"Autobots bite off more than they can chew, then send for Dinobots! Come, Snarl, Sludge. We go!"
:—'''Grimlock''', responding to the SOS call by Wheeljack. Apparently he does not want Slag or Swoop.

"Mmm, we are ''here''."
:—'''Grimlock''' is a master of subtle and astute observation

"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."
:—'''Grimlock''' is getting a little tired of rescuing Optimus Prime

"Okay, Grimlock. Time for you and the Dinobots to ''act'' prehistoric!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"You don't frighten me, you mechanico<ref>Dialogue script</ref> throwbacks!" 
"Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies!"
:—'''Grimlock''' has no grasp of irony.

"Starscream, see what you've done, you driveling dirt bucket!"
:—'''Megatron''', once again insulting Starscream -ironically enough after the latter saved him from being shot in the back by Nergill. And he wonders why Starscream is so disloyal.

"Starscream's right! Nergill is crazy!"
:—'''Rumble''' admits Starscream was right about something. And then the universe implodes.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Atlantis Arise Hound roof.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Whoops! Can't get my fancy cushions wet!]]
[[File:AtlantisArise Bumblebee spygear.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bumblebee had GPS before it existed!]]
*Starscream references [[zap-mice]], [[electro-toad]]s, and [[hydroweasel]]s. He's been reading his Cybertronic ZooBooks!
*Bumblebee references [[Units of time|astro-seconds]].
*Gadgets and powers:
**Two groups of Autobots drive on the water, using the water ski-like [[hydrofoil]]s that showed up in several other episodes. (At most points, the hydrofoils are not shown, but Bumblebee's can be glimpsed after the first commercial break.)
**Hound has a folding sunroof. That is awesome. His toy did not. That is not awesome. (His ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|toy]] gives him a detachable roof, though it is neither foldable nor the same design as the one in this episode.)
**Bumblebee has a bizarre direction calculator thing that comes out of his back.
**Shoulder artillery: Wheeljack uses a missile from his shoulder launcher to seal the cave shut behind the other Autobots. The only other time he actually fires missiles (instead of laser beams from the tip of the missile) is in "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]".
*Grimlock also grumbled about having to save the Autobots in "[[Day of the Machines]]". It'll finally come to a head in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]".
*Hey, that shot of Soundwave ejecting Laserbeak during the DC battle sure looks familiar... why, it's copied from "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]"! [[Changing Gears|Again!]]

===Real world references===
*As the obligatory "conquer Washington" episode (''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' had one too), "Atlantis, Arise!" features several D.C. landmarks, including the [[Washington Monument]], the [[White House]] (where the Decepticons first land), the US Capitol Building, and the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]] and its Reflecting Pool, as well as a mention of the Chesapeake Bay.
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**The gouts of fire that burst from the sea as Sub-Atlantica sinks are soundtracked with various explosions from the [[Death Star]] battle, possibly exploding [[X-wing Fighter]]s.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Someone mistook the strange glint of sunlight reflecting off of Buzzsaw for a laser beam, and inserted a Decepticon laser sound effect accordingly.
*Coloring errors:
**Soundwave has some extra black shading around his eyeband as he reports to Megatron inside Decepticon HQ.
**When the Decepticons leave their base, Starscream's [[alternate mode|jet mode]] has a yellow underbelly. For an animation error, it's unusually appropriate!
**As he orders Soundwave to unscramble Nergill's message, Starscream's left pectoral is colored gray instead of red, and isn't really drawn in correctly, almost as if the animators intended his arm to be covering it during the scene.
**Soundwave is drawn with a totally transparent tape door as Starscream has him unscramble Nergill's second message. It is obviously a deliberate choice to show the cassette mechanism within, but it conflicts with the usual white coloration of his chest panel.
**As Megatron makes his dramatic proclamation of Sub-Atlantica's destination, the bottom of Starscream's cockpit cowling is colored yellow instead of gray.
**When Megatron removes the President Abraham Lincoln statue from the chair, his Decepticon insignia is grey.
**The inside of Sludge's [[robot mode]] mouth is white when he says "Alright!"
**Slag's face is white instead of red as he exits Prime's trailer in Sub-Atlantica. In the next shot, his whole head is gray.
*As Megatron pontificates about "an underwater city of such size", a strangely-timed edit has the scene cut to an exterior shot of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]], as if ''that'' were supposed to be the underwater city in question. If it's meant to be an establishing shot, why isn't it at the beginning of the scene?
*The Decepticon Headquarters docking tower appears to be listing about 15 degrees or so as it emerges from the water, as if a stock view from one point-of-view angle was copied onto a new background drawn at a different point-of-view angle.
[[File:SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We shall swim out to that brooding reef in the sea and dive down through black abysses to Cyclopean and many-columned Sub-Atlantica....]]
*Considering how bright and well-lit everything is, Sub-Atlantica must be in about 25 feet of water.
*As Hound's camper roof unfolds, his turret gun clips right through it.
*Bumblebee appears to be using one of the Sub-Atlanticans' weapons as he fires at Starscream and company.
*During Wheeljack's "But nobody else is gonna follow you either" line, only the front side of his "ears" flash.
*Starscream is shown among the Decepticons leaving Sub-Atlantica to conquer D.C. The very next shot shows him lurking within the city as Nergill exposits to himself.
*As the Autobots drive toward Washington, Optimus mispronounces their foes' names as "Sub-[[Atlanta]]-cans".
*The "highway" that the Autobots use to drive to D.C. has an "exit" for the Chesapeake Bay that's more like a T-shaped intersection. Bumblebee somehow manages to negotiate it at full speed without flying out of control.
*The sign that the Autobots past says 'New York' (Right Arrow) 'Baltimore' (Forward Arrow) and Washington DC (Left Arrow), which would only really make sense if they were driving in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is also backwards.
*The animation is very inconsistent as to whether the little red bulb on the Sub-Atlanticans' headwear is supposed to flash when they talk.
*The [[Dome of Invulnerability]] guy is missing his telepathic waves as he refuses Megatron's order.
*Laser bolts bounce right off the Washington Monument without leaving so much as a burn mark. With weapons that ineffectual, it's no wonder nobody ever dies in this show!
*Laserbeak's attack on Hound is strangely truncated; Laserbeak fires non-glowing lasers, and then suddenly vanishes out of the shot.
*The shot that Hound fires at Laserbeak doesn't line up with his gun barrel.
*The electrical bolts enveloping Starscream right after Nergil blasts him are not animated to jigger for the first few seconds.
*While calling to warn Optimus about Nergil's weapon, the Autobot insignia on Wheeljack's roof/chest is upside-down.
*When the Dinobots break through the force field, Starscream is among the group fighting them off, even though he is still lying inert within Sub-Atlantica at this point.
[[File:Optimus prime doppelgaenger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime uses budding to hold up the Washington Monument.]]
*Before Megatron bashes the Washington Monument, Prime and Prowl are standing there watching. After Megatron bashes the Monument, the shot returns to the same Prowl-and-Prime angle. But Prowl is gone, and the earlier artwork of Prime is still there watching as ''another'' Prime runs to catch the monument!
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
**The Autobots shown entering the city and attacking Megatron include Prime, Hound, Brawn, Prowl, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. Sunstreaker and Ironhide disappear after the battle begins; only Hound, Brawn, Prowl and Prime are shown being disabled by Nergill and being revived later on. Ironhide finally shows up again after the battle is over; courtesy of some recycled transformation animation, Ratchet and Trailbreaker appear out of nowhere as the Autobots roll out of D.C. During the Sub-Atlantica battle, Sideswipe appears (also out of nowhere), and Sunstreaker finally reappears.
*A strangely angled shot, looking up from below the water, is supposed to show Prime, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Grimlock swimming out of Sub-Atlantica. It's ''very'' easy to mistake it for a shot showing them flying through the air. They don't move any of their limbs, they move across the screen very rapidly, and the water itself is backlit by the sunset colored sky.
*Spike's declaration that "Nergill's gone!" doesn't mean much, since the animation never actually makes it clear that Wheeljack carried him out of Sub-Atlantica.
*What are Prime and the others standing on after they evacuate Sub-Atlantica? Even Spike is above water almost to his waist!

===Continuity errors===
*If Nergill "communicates telepathically", as Soundwave claims, why is his mouth moving all the time?
[[File:Spike SemiNude.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Then again, look at how ripped his pecs are. Maybe he really ''is'' a superhuman!]]
*Superhuman Spike:
**Spike can survive in the "deepest part of the Atlantic ocean" wearing only a bathing suit and using a simple oxygen tank and goggles. Amazing that he isn't crushed under the weight of the ocean or frozen to death.
**Spike can somehow speak clearly to the Autobots without removing the mouthpiece for his breathing apparatus from his mouth; hell, he can even perform this trick ''underwater''.

[[File:SubAtlantican SurfaceGear.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*The Sub-Atlanticans have to wear aquatic masks over their faces when they're on dry land. Yet they don't wear them inside their city, which appears to be just as water-free as the surface.
*More an omission than an error, but it's never explained just what Starscream was trying to do to Wheeljack.
*Starscream's third appearance in DC isn't an animation error; he's central to the plot! How did he get free of the dysfunction ray?!
*How ''did'' Grimlock get into the energy supply room with Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and Spike? The last time we saw him, he was up in Sub-Atlantica fighting.

===District of Columbia errors===
[[File:Megatron hates lincoln.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It also survives being carelessly tossed aside without a scratch.]]
*Despite the Autobots being near the Chesapeake Bay, the backgrounds show huge rocks and expanses of sand, as if they were in the desert.
*As Hound fights near the reflecting pool, there's lots of tall buildings behind him. D.C. doesn't really have many tall buildings, certainly not near the Mall.
*Both the plot and the animation seem to imply that DC sits on a major body of water. Or did Sub-Atlantica just sail right up the Potomac?
*The Lincoln Memorial is strangely [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]-[[Scale|sized]]. Also, the statue part apparently just comes right off. Who knew?
*Somehow, the rotational forces involved in the Washington Monument's partial fall do not cause the masonry structure to snap like a dry twig.
*Apparently, damaged masonry structures like the Washington Monument can be ''melted'' back together. Who knew?

===Trivia===
[[File:Nergill & Troops.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*This episode is one of a handful that begins with a (rather pointless) narrative voiceover from [[Victor Caroli]].
*When played back at a slower speed, Nergill says telepathically to his people:
**"Never mind. Put your weapons away. We don't want to put them on guard."
**"Take no aggressive action. They suspect."
*While not as annoying as "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]" and "[[Heavy Metal War]]", the Shout! Factory release of this episode has most of the sound effects noticeably softer than the music and spoken lines.
*The scene of Megatron turning the Lincoln Memorial into a throne would later be homaged in ''[[Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers: The Game]]'', ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]],'' and ''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator]].''
*They have in fact seen the last of Nergill.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Atlantis apparaît'''" ("Atlantis appears")
:*''Title (European French DVD release):'' "'''L'apparition de l'Atlantis'''" ("The appearance of Atlantis")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast):'' "'''L'Atlantis'''" ("The Atlantis")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Die Unterwasserstadt'''" ("The Underwater City")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], [[1994]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il segreto di Atlantide'''" ("The Secret of Atlantis")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Atlantide risorge'''" ("Atlantis Arises")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Atlantis Fujō!'''" (アトランティス浮上!, "Atlantis, Arise!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], [[1985]]
:*Nearly all Japanese language episode guides, including those published in ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' and the fact booklet included with [[Pioneer]]'s DVD sets, [[Engrish|mistakenly]] list this episode's English language title as "At''r''antis, Arise!".
:*For the Japanese dub, Sub-Atlantica is renamed [[Atlantis]], intending it to actually be the sunken city of legend. This change would create some discontinuity later, when the more classical interpretation of Atlantis would appear in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]''.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hǎidǐ zhī Guó '''" (海底之国, "The Undersea Country")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Voskresshaya Atlantida'''" (Воскресшая Атлантида, "Atlantis Is Resurrected")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1994]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1998]] — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2002]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2003]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 5 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2007]] — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2008]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-23.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qYVdlfxXe_f2Z5G0_2g3tIy25Pg6p4qx Episode dialogue script]

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[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Traitor (episode)

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 cartoon episode|the Renegade from ''GoBots''|Renegade#Traitor}}
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|ep=21
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|ep2=13
|prev2=Changing Gears
|next2=Birth of the Transformers!
|image=Traitorcjaccusesmirage.jpg
|caption=J'accuse!
|title="Traitor"
|production code=#700-20
|airdate=[[September 27]], [[1985]]
|written by=[[George Hampton]] [[Mike Moore]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL_RPkuFnhQ
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Could Mirage have betrayed the Autobots?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Traitormegsgrabs.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Megatron got The Touch.]]

At the [[Experimental Energy Research Laboratory]], two scientists are working on the new [[electro-cell]]s that will hopefully solve [[Earth]]'s energy problems. Unfortunately, the cells won't be viable until they've been stabilized, which could result in a massive explosion. At that moment, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] break through the roof and take the cells. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] arrives to remove the cells carefully, as an explosion could be quite destructive, and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] are not known for being gentle. Having taken the cells, Megatron [[Transformation|transforms]] and has Starscream fire away, destroying the lab to prevent any more from being created.

Meanwhile, [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] is tearing toward the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]]. Heading into the control room, he informs [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] that he's found where the [[Decepticon]]s have placed the electro-cells—in the same place [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] patrolled yesterday. Mirage is shocked that he didn't get a reading on them, and Cliffjumper says that maybe Mirage ''did''. Before any formal accusations are made, Optimus Prime politely tells Cliffjumper to shut up. The Autobot leader then leads a team to recover the cells.

[[File:Traitorcjsmacksmirage.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Seriously, who wouldn't this guy beat up?]]
At a canyon, the Decepticons have hooked up a buffer device to the cells. Starscream uses it as a chance to call Megatron a coward for not turning on the cells and filling [[energon cube]]s, then he activates it. The cells fill the cubes rather quickly, but just as quickly drain the cubes and explode. Megatron walks over to show Starscream the business end of his [[fusion cannon]].

As he does so, the Autobots arrive, but are spotted by [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]], who tells [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. Megatron orders Soundwave to call in the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], with the promise of a special reward. A battle ensues, during which Mirage is injured by Skywarp, though he manages to tear off the Decepticon's [[insignia]]. The Insecticons then arrive, turning the tide of battle, but a stray shot by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] hits the buffer, risking an explosion. The Autobots take the Decepticons' distraction as a chance to retreat.

[[File:Traitormiragepunches.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Mirage's attempts to mimick ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s promotional material were less than successful.]]
At the base, Mirage is repaired, while Cliffjumper continues his accusations of treason. Mirage defends himself, and Optimus orders Cliffjumper on recon, with instructions to inform them if Megatron tries to move the cells. [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] tells Mirage to rest, but Mirage doesn't need rest. Leaving the base, he heads to the Insecticons' hideout, where they are discussing their "special reward"—two energon cubes. Going invisible and sneaking into the base, Mirage swipes the cubes while the Insecticons aren't looking, leaving the Decepticon insignia in their place, then drives to the valley. However, Cliffjumper spots him.

[[File:G1 Traitor Bombshell captures Mirage.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Do we really need to make a joke here?]]
Naturally assuming that Mirage is a Decepticon, Cliffjumper prepares to fire, only for the Insecticons to arrive. As Mirage slips away, Starscream discovers Cliffjumper, but the little guy is able to escape. Megatron comes to investigate, and they spot Mirage. They fire at him, but their lasers hit the ground near the Insecticons, who assume the Decepticons are firing at them. The Bugs and the Cons throw down, but Mirage is caught in the crossfire. [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] implants a [[cerebro-shell]] into Mirage and has him fire on the Decepticons as well. Megatron sees Mirage, puts two and two together, and convinces the Insecticons to stop fighting the Decepticons. Megatron also plans to use Mirage for a little trap of his own.

Heading back to the base, Cliffjumper tells Prime what he saw. Optimus, Ratchet, and Cliffjumper head to the valley, where Mirage greets them and explains his original plan, saying that the Insecticons fled from the battle and the Decepticons chased after them. Despite Cliffjumper's warnings, the Autobots head to retrieve the cells, only for the Decepticons to ambush them, with Mirage joining in on the fire. Cliffjumper attacks Mirage, throwing him some distance, which apparently deactivates him.

[[File:Traitormegatronfails.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Should have done those shoelaces up, Megatron.]]
Bombshell commands Mirage to continue, but gives up. Ratchet then investigates and notices the cerebro-shell. Removing it allows Mirage to regain control, and he rejoins the fight—on the side of the Autobots. Prime makes a run for the cells, but Megatron concludes that if he can't have them, no one can. Firing randomly, he explodes the buffer device, sending the Decepticons everywhere possible as the Insecticons and Autobots retreat. Emerging from the wreckage, Megatron laments his hasty action.

[[File:Traitormirageholddscj.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|O dark poison of my spark...]]
As Prime informs the scientists of what happened, Ratchet works to repair Mirage, while Cliffjumper laughingly admits that he may need some repairs as well—for having doubted his friend. Awwww.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (7)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (10)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (16)
|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (3)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (12)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (15)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (17)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (18)
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (19)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (20)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (21)
|c3=
*Scientists (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"I just ''love'' opening presents."
:—'''Skywarp''' as he breaks through the roof of a human research institute

"You fool! You'll destroy us all!" 
"Destroy us all, oh brave Megatron? Perhaps it's time the Decepticons looked elsewhere for direction, to someone prepared to make command decisions!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' argue over who is a better leader. Again.

"This time, you have dared too much, Starscream. You must pay the price for your insolence!"
:—'''Megatron''' threatens to terminate Starscream. Again.

"Try and remember which side you're on, Mirage." 
"Keep your mind on the Decepticons, Cliffjumper." 
"That's just what I'm doing!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' reprimands '''Cliffjumper''' for his suspicions.

"An electrocell! Come to papa..." 
"Not so fast, papa!"
:—'''Cliffjumper''' and '''Starscream''' have a moment.

"Release the electro-cells, Megatron. They don't belong to you." 
"I possess them. Therefore I ''own'' them!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' discuss the finer points of legal ownership

"Uh-oh. Sounds like I'm not alone." 
"You're not! And this is one of those times when you really need a friend."
:—'''Cliffjumper''' and '''Starscream''' have another moment.

"You wouldn't cheat us. You need us to get rid of the Autobots. Maybe after that, you'd rob us blind. But not now!"
:—'''Bombshell''' after hearing Megatron's explanation of Mirage's trickery

==Notes==

===Continuity notes===
*Ratchet uses a [[boltcapper]] to repair Mirage. Cliffjumper's "cybro-polygraph" screams that the mind-controlled Mirage is leading them into a trap.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Shrapnel makes use of his grenade launcher that fires spikes all around the target. It's nasty, as Mirage can attest. The animators got a little confused, though, and had him fire it as a spike-studded stream of liquid from his retracted hand socket, rather than from his hand held gun (as more correctly seen in "[[The Insecticon Syndrome]]".)
**Shoulder missiles: Mirage fires his shoulder launcher twice in this episode, each time blowing away one of the Seekers. It's only [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|the second]] but not [[Masquerade|the last]] time he uses this prominent weapon.
*Where's the trailer go?
**When Prime transforms to retreat, his trailer is already behind him, waiting for him, despite being nowhere in evidence in the preceding shots.

===Real world references===
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**The two energon cubes land in Mirage's driver seat to the sound of a [[lightsaber]] cutting through the air.
**The sound of lightsabers dueling can be heard in the first few seconds of the scene immediately after the one where Mirage is freed from the cerebro-shell.
*Megatron seems to understand human law well enough to reference the legal concept that "Possession is nine-tenths of the law"

===Animation or technical errors===
*Shrapnel's characteristic speech quirk of repeating the last word in each sentence is absent from several of his early lines.
[[File:Traitorlotsostarscreams.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...]]
*Coloring errors:
**Starscream and Skywarp both have their entire canopy cowlings colored yellow as Megatron hands off the electrocells to Skywarp. Both should have a metal-colored bit near the bottom. The same error occurs as Starscream steps away from his test of the electrocells.
**When Megatron is rushing to put out the fire on the electro-cells, there are two Starscreams beside him. One is probably supposed to be Skywarp, who was shown standing there in the preceding shot.
**Kickback's eyeband is black instead of red as he observes the fallen Skywarp.
**Rumble is red in one shot as he's firing at the Autobots. (It's probably not supposed to be [[Frenzy_(G1)|Frenzy]].)
**Ratchet's face is white instead of light gray as he laughs in the closing shot.
*Is that glowing pink stuff behind Megatron (after he blows up the energy institute) supposed to be fire? 'Cause fire don't look like that.
*The animators could never really decide what the back end of the Ark looks like, but it almost always has at least three engines. The first shot of Autobot Headquarters shows it with only two. It has three a few moments later.
*As Megatron turns toward the about-to-explode electro-cells, Starscream is behind him, despite being nowhere in evidence a second earlier.
*Ironhide is not shown retreating with the other Autobots.
*As Prime orders Cliffjumper to maintain surveillance of the electro-cells, a closeup shot shows the two of them at the same head height. Prime should be ''much'' taller than Cliffjumper.
*The Decepticon insignia that plays such a vital role in the plot appears to be printed on a piece of cloth, despite coming from a metal robot. It unfurls and rustles when released, and gently floats to the ground when dropped. There's also no visual evidence that Skywarp is missing an insignia at any point (pretty amazing, considering how often the animators tended to [[The Core|forget the Seekers' wing insignia]]).
*The Insecticons are standing right by their energon cubes when Mirage first arrives. When Mirage steals the cubes a second later, the room is unoccupied.
*Starscream's stray shot as he gets rammed by Cliffjumper has no sound effect.
*[[Wally Burr]] stands in for Hal Rayle as Shrapnel when he observes that the Decepticons are firing on them. His voice is missing its electronic processing, but he does have his last-word echo! echo.
*As Skywarp's arm reaches into the frame to aim at Kickback, the screen-side edge of it is missing!
*When Thundercracker gets hit by Mirage's missile, the cry of pain sounds more like Skywarp. Considering that the episode so far has very explicitly featured only Starscream and Skywarp, Thundercracker's appearance would almost seem to be a coloring mistake, but all three jets finally appear together near the episode's end. (Even without this hit, Skywarp suffers a huge amount of abuse in this episode.)
*While driving away from the electro-cell explosion, Optimus Prime's cab appears ridiculously small compared to his trailer.

===Continuity errors===
*As usual, cartoon humans are pretty much made of rubber. The two scientists fall at ''least'' fifty feet from the electrocell module, but recover almost instantly.
*Despite [[Fire in the Sky|being a scientist]], Starscream doesn't believe that any experimentation is needed with the cells. He apparently [[Kremzeek!|used up all his patience with tests]] back in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
*Cliffjumper is very quick to accuse Mirage of treachery, despite never showing any signs of mistrusting him before—e.g., "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".
*Megatron's awfully quick to declare that Optimus Prime has lost. They haven't even fired shots at each other yet! Prime repays the favor at episode's end, rather randomly declaring that Megatron has lost.
*While observing the Decepticon installation, Cliffjumper loses track of Mirage when the latter turns invisible, despite looking straight at a clear trail of Mirage's footprints.
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
**Ratchet isn't among the Autobots leaving Autobot Headquarters, but he arrives at the electrocell site with Prime and company. Jazz shows up a moment later. Bluestreak and Prowl, meanwhile, have disappeared.
**After the second commercial break, the only Autobots shown are Prime, Ratchet, Cliffjumper and Mirage. This strangely small casting choice becomes especially noticeable during the semi-final battle, when all four are gathered together, talking and not firing, yet the sounds of a raging firefight can still be heard in the background! Prime orders the trio to "join the others", perhaps implying that more Autobots should have been shown, but again, no other Autobots are anywhere in sight. At the final battle's end, the three Autobots somehow leave the battle to surround Megatron, leaving nobody to fight the rest of the Decepticons!
*The scientists' voices are inconsistent when comparing their scene at the end to the one at the start. Most noticeable is the fact that the fat one has a British accent at first, which has become American by the end.

===Trivia===
[[File:Traitor CliffjumperlovesMirage.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|WTF?]]
*Poor [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]. He (they?) doesn't (don't?) appear until the end of the battle, just long enough to be blown away by the explosion of the electro-cells.
*This episode ends with Cliffjumper jumping in Mirage's lap, and the two of them hugging and rolling over, while Ratchet laughs. This is the epitome of weird.
*This is not the only time that [[Mirage (RID)|a Mirage]] has been suspected of [[Mirage's Betrayal|treachery]]. In fact, this episode's Cliffjumper-Mirage dynamic is among the series' best-remembered aspects, coloring fans' perceptions of both characters and being obliquely referenced time and again in contemporary Generation 1 stories.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Traidor'''" ("The Traitor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Traître'''" ("The Traitor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Mistero è un traditore'''" ("Mirage Is a Traitor")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Il traditore'''" ("The Traitor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ligier no Uragiri'''" (リジェの裏切り, "Ligier's Betrayal")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 28]], [[1985]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pàntú '''" (叛徒, "Traitor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
{{--}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1994]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1998]] — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2002]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 1 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2003]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — La Course des Autobots ([[UFG Junior]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2007]] — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2008]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-20.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=18pEljEhHf5AGVtm9UK2FT0wudvRJ00Vt Episode dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Maximal, No More

2022-01-04T20:17:21Z

Poonaroon: I don't think we should blame Japan in general for that.

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=31
|image=Maximal No More Dinobot bow.jpg
|title="Maximal, No More"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 23]], 1997
|written by=[[Patrick Barry]]
|directed by=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''With the contents of the Golden Disks weighing heavily on his mind, Dinobot must decide which side of the conflict he truly belongs to.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Faster, Vermin! Toys "Я" Us closes at five!]]
Within the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] compares [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] installation locations with the symbols on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and observes that [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s "plan proceeds, even without the disk". He ponders his fate should Megatron succeed, and wonders if he is willing to betray his Predacon heritage. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] contacts him for a survey mission, and Dinobot puts his research aside for the moment.

Later, he rides [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] into Predacon territory, musing as he does that "there is always battle here". Rattrap ain't buyin' it, until [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] bursts out of the ground and attacks. Inferno and Dinobot square off, while Rattrap gets the drop on [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] moves to assist Dinobot, but [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] shoots him down, causing him to crash into Dinobot, deactivating them both.

Inferno carries Dinobot off to the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], but Rattrap takes out Waspinator before he can carry Silverbolt away.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot caged.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm bored.]]
At the Predacon base, Megatron is eager to chat with his former comrade-in-arms. Dinobot breaks free and reaches Megatron, sword in hand, but the guns of the other Predacons prevent him from doing any damage. Before the fight can continue, however, Dinobot offers to change sides. Unconvinced, the Predacons finally settle on a "Predacon challenge" to test Dinobot's loyalty. Quickstrike is selected as an opponent, an invitation he readily accepts.

Rattrap goes hunting for Dinobot, sending Silverbolt back to call in Optimus.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Quickstrike.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Quickstrike likes it rough.]]
After a brutal fight, Dinobot triumphs over Quickstrike. Megatron orders Dinobot to finish him, but Dinobot refuses, saying Quickstrike is an able fighter. Megatron accepts this, then demands that Dinobot return the golden disks. The [[Golden Disk (Vok)|alien disk]] is in [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s hands, but the other is hidden from both sides. Megatron orders it returned immediately.

Rattrap observes Megatron and Dinobot flying past, and follows. At the mountaintop grotto, Dinobot uncovers the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and, with some trepidation, returns it to Megatron, wondering as he does if he's dooming his race. Megatron is about to run him through when Rattrap arrives, blasting Megatron aside—but Dinobot in turn blasts Rattrap.

[[File:Maximal No More Megatron unhappy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|No more Mr. Nice Guy.]]
Megatron orders Dinobot to finish off Rattrap as a final test of loyalty. After a long moment of hesitation... Dinobot turns his sword on Megatron instead, telling him that his ambitions are insane and will destroy [[Maximal]] and Predacon alike. With Optimus and Silverbolt incoming, Megatron retreats.

Dinobot confesses his betrayal to Optimus Primal. Having foolishly believed he wanted to share in Megatron's imminent victory, he now wishes to fight with the Maximals till they win or are destroyed. Optimus accepts this, but leaves the final call up to Rattrap, who finally relents after some obligatory insults.

Dinobot tells Primal he has a matter of great importance to discuss... back at base. Dinobot's final punishment is having to hitch a ride on Rattrap back to base.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (3)
* [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (4)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (5)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (6)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (9)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"That 'bot sure does talk peculiar."
:—'''Quickstrike''' calling [[Inferno (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Waszzpinator not serve. Waszzpinator ''RULES''! Eheheheheheh!"
:—'''Waspinator''' in his manic phase.

"Treachery keeps the wits sharp." 
"Indeed—and yours are razor-sharp."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

'''Megatron''': Inferno, aid Quickstrike. 
'''Inferno''': Yes, my Queen. 
'''Dinobot''': I was not aware you had given yourself a new title. 
'''Megatron''': [''quickly''] The ant has some faulty programming.

[''Rattrap shoots Megatron''] "Looks like I got here just in time!" 
"Wrong, as usual!" [''Dinobot shoots Rattrap''] 
"...did I miss something?"
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s attempt to rescue '''Dinobot''' goes wildly awry.

"You can't trust him, and he smells bad. Then there's the teeth; you ever seen him eat?"
:—'''Rattrap''' also calling [[Dinobot (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Maximal taxi on the way home! You need a ride?" 
"So, I am to be punished after all!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Waspinator can be spotted without his stripes.
*Dinobot's [[beast mode]] texturing often appears to be very low resolution in this episode.

===Continuity errors===

* Whilst not [[A Prime Problem|"we must have a race!"]] levels of stupid, the idea of getting Dinobot to prove his allegiance to the Predacon cause by beating up another Predacon barely makes sense. Megatron would have been better served by just straight up asking for the Golden Disks the moment Dinobot asked to swap sides. Of course, you could read the whole situation as Megatron (and Blackarachnia) playing with Quickstrike and Dinobot, but still, you'd think Megs would want those Disks back as soon as possible.

===Continuity notes===
* This is the first episode that you can see [[Clone One]]'s skin hanging on the wall in Dinobot's quarters.
* Dinobot stole the Golden Disks back in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]".
* Lots of hint-dropping about Megatron's grand scheme in this episode. On the surface, it seems that Dinobot is dreading Megatron's plan to alter history. However, the matching locations of Predacon installations (presumably the same jamming towers seen in the previous episode) seems more related to the alien arrival which happens in the next episode, "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", as the jamming towers result in Tigatron and Airazor's abduction, and otherwise play little or no part in the history-altering scheme.
* The consequences of this episode will haunt Dinobot [[Code of Hero|until the day he dies]].
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap's massively-versatile forearm compartments carry over to his Transmetal body. This time, he tricks Waspinator into activating some kind of poisonous gas bomb.
** He also possesses infrared vision.

===Transformers references===
* Rattrap accuses Dinobot of trying to start "[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] 3".
* Dinobot references "those who came before" as potential victims of Megatron's scheme, a thinly veiled reference to the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot begins the episode by looking at a comparison of Megatron's outposts and the Golden Disk on a computer screen. Just after this, some [[Cybertronix]] text appears on the left. Translated to English, it reads "{{w|South Park|they killed kenny those bastards}}". That's some quick reaction, considering ''South Park'' just started its first season three months before the airing of this episode.
*Rattrap refers to Silverbolt as "{{w|Rin Tin Tin}}".
*The episode's title likely refers to "{{w|Spider-Man No More!}}"

===Trivia===
* Rattrap breaks the fourth wall during his encounter with Waspinator, talking to the "camera" several times.
* Even after changing his [[activation code]], Dinobot never actually says "terrorize" to transform into his [[robot mode]], although the voice of his internal computer changes to that of the feminine tone used by the Predacons.
* When the view through Rattrap's scanner is shown, a small wedge of cheese can be seen in the bottom right corner.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Retour aux Sources'''" ("Return to Origins")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal en Danger'''" (Canada, "Maximal in Danger")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il tradimento'''" ("The Betrayal")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yamemasu!'''" (やめます!, "I Quit!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3]] [[1999]]
::*When Optimus appears on the monitor to tell Dinobot he's needed for a mission, he informs him to "quit your mahjong game".
::*As Quickstrike clings to the ledge with his cobra-hand, the cobra proceeds to whine that it can't hold on, while Quickstrike encourages his hand to hang in there. As Rattrap shoots Quickstrike off the ledge, he shouts "Sayonara!" dramatically. Quickstrike's cobra-hand screeches "Bye byyyyyyyye!" as it plummets.
::*Beginning with this episode, the characters featured in the [[commercial bumper]]s now announce themselves to the audience, sounding off their names and their vocal tic.
::*As he struggles to lift Silverbolt, Waspinator develops a new pet name for Quickstrike: "Gicchon-chan". This is a pun on Quickstrike's verbal tic of chanting "gicchon-chon" ("snippity-snip") all the time.
::*Dinobot submitting himself before Megatron is played for laughs. As he bows, he says "Pleeeeeease!" in a goofy voice. The other Predacons all then react in bafflement in perfect unison. Megatron then proceeds with an inner monologue, expressing humorous shock at the situation. Whenever he talks to Megatron, he takes on a simpering, cowering voice, really hamming it up and making the insincerity of his switch all the more obvious to the audience.
::*After dispatching Silverbolt to find Dinobot, as Rattrap rolls away and sniffs the ground, he mumbles that he can smell "Yamada-san's meal".
::*As the Maximals and Predacons use the same command codes in the Japanese dub, the scene instead has Dinobot coyly asking [[Predacon computer|Naviko-chan]] to add him to the Predacon roster. She responds by saying that Dinobot is now considered a "friend".
::*After Dinobot fries him in battle, Quickstrike whimpers, "I'm all black..." before he passes out.
::*When Megatron tosses the sword into the arena and orders Dinobot to finish Quickstrike, his declaration of "Finish him" is humorously understated and done in a very goofy, un-Megatron-like voice and delivered more like a casual, friendly suggestion.
::*After the arena battle, when the story picks up with Rattrap, as he sniffs along the ground he mutters, "Ah, that's Sato-san's eel pie!"
::*As Rattrap watches Megatron and Dinobot fly overhead, the two Predacons can be heard carrying on a casual, prattling conversation in the "normal" voices of their actors.
::*While dramatically staring into his reflection on the Golden Disk, Dinobot sings to himself, "Mirror-san! Mirror-san! This is not meeee!".
::*After delivering his "I always knew you were a Predacon" line, rather than remain defiantly silent, Rattrap proceeds to make pathetic comments, "You have no virtue" and "Where is your kindness?" He then segues into a sexual euphemism, asking Dinobot to penetrate him gently, as he heard the first time can be painful (stay classy, [[Yoshikazu Iwanami|Iwanami]]).
::*When swooping in with Optimus, Silverbolt sings out at the top of his lungs, "Thaaaaaanks foooooor waaaaiiiiitiiiiiiing!"
::*As Dinobot removes himself from the Predacon roster and returns to the Maximals, Silverbolt whispers, "I'm happy! Are you happy?" Rattrap replies, "This is good!"
::*Another pet name between characters, Rattrap begins calling Dinobot by the name "Dinoboke" ("boke" meaning "fool" or "bonehead").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chega de Maximals'''" ("Enough Maximals")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" ("Maximal, No More")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" (America, "Maximal, No More")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bèipàn'''" (背叛, "Betray")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ({{w|Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment}}) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Quit! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]