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Too Many Kades

2022-03-30T13:43:33Z

Radix: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 55
|prev=Big Game
|next=Phantom of the Sea
|image=TooManyKades too many Kades.jpg
|caption=''It takes a lot to make a stew'' ''a pinch of salt and laughter too'' ''a scoop of kids to add the spice'' ''A dash of love to make it nice, and you’ve got''...
|title="Too Many Kades"
|airdate=[[November 8]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J5Jko0mpE8
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Cody and the Rescue Bots show Kade a valuable lesson in teamwork after Doc's imaging chamber creates exact replicas of him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TooManyKades tree full of cats.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Drives us cats!'' ''[[Charlie Burns|World's greatest detective]]!'' ''Drives us cats!'' ''Thwarting Doc's crazy schemes!'' ]]
The Burns family plays a round of [[basketball]] in preparation for an upcoming charity match between the teachers and rescue workers, however [[Kade Burns|Kade]] has a problem with passing the ball, making all the shots himself. [[Hayley]], who's been watching them practice, is disappointed with his attitude since she was hoping the children would learn something about teamwork, and departs on her hovermoped. The rest of the family walks off as well, however Cody gets an emergency call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] about her cat. Resigned, the team rolls to the rescue, and finds Mrs. Neederlander's tree is filled with copies of [[Mister Pettypaws]]. As they try to round up the cats, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] arrives with a timely explanation — he's been experimenting with boosting the power on his [[Nightmare Imaging Device|Imaging Device]], causing it to be able to replicate his waking thoughts, and he was thinking about Mister Pettypaws. The cats are able to survive outside the imaging chamber by virtue of the collar power sources they're all wearing. As they try to round up the cats, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his water jets, "accidentally" shorting out Kade's comlink in the process. Once the collars are removed, the clones vanish and the real Mister Pettypaws emerges from the house where he's been hiding.

[[File:TooManyKades Kade cloned.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Everyone heads back to the lab for a demonstration of the Imaging Device's new capability. Kade grabs a doughnut to eat before Doc has him lie in the machine for the demonstration, however a fuse blows before the device can produce anything. The rescue team is called away to [[Old Canyon Road]] where a rock slide has hit a bridge. While Kade continues to be at his most obnoxious, the team clears the rocks and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Boulder]] extract [[Mrs. Rubio]] from her car, though not without a near miss from some more falling rocks. Meanwhile Doc Greene replaces the fuse at the lab, and the Imagine Device reactivates, spitting out four more Kades. The rescue team returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], where Heatwave tries unsuccessfully to get Kade to help buff out a scratch he sustained during the rescue. Dani and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] play a video game and are bemused when Kade seems to make two very large sandwiches in a short space of time. Heatwave is weirded out when Kade suddenly wants to help him buff, and downstairs Kade also joins in with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] quizzing [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] on police codes. One Kade has a brief and strange phone conversation with Hayley, while outside another throws his back out trying to lift a barbell.

[[File:TooManyKades basketball team.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh, I never learn the names of basketball players, they're all the same!]]
With Kade continuing to act oddly, the rest of the team have a meeting in the bunker. The situation finally becomes apparent when all five Kades turn up to see what's happening. Luckily Doc Greene chooses this moment to call with an explanation, though he's surprised the Kades can continue to exist without an apparent power source. Kade's just thrilled to finally have a whole basketball team made up of himself, and as he tries to get them to work like a team, Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] observe that the clones each seem to reflect a different part of Kade's psyche. The party's broken up by an emergency call about a broken gas main, and the team, including all of the Kades, head out there. When Kade and one of his clones start fighting over Heatwave's steering wheel, causing an accident that knocks Boulder off the road, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] orders the Kades back to the fire house. Since Heatwave refuses to take them, they end up flying back in a very unhappy Blades. Meanwhile Hayley also turns up at the fire station looking for an apology. Though Kade tries to get his more pleasant clone to go apologize for him, he ends up doing it himself, successfully.

[[File:TooManyKades driving to emergency.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The team at the broken gas main are about to start work when a falling power cable ignites the gas, quickly surrounding the team. Back at the fire station, the Kades and Cody talk to Doc Greene and they realize that the clones are each carrying a copy of the doughnut Kade picked up at the lab. As it turns out, they're being powered by the shorted-out comlink. Before Kade can farewell his clones by taking away the comlinks, they get a distress call from Chief Burns, resulting in Blades and the Kades heading over to help. Blades attempts to fly the human team members out, only to be brought down by a falling tree, however with some teamwork, the Kades manage to extinguish the fire and save everyone. The Kade clones finally hand over their comlinks and disappear a puff of smoke. Though Dani confesses she'll miss the other Kades, Kade promises that they'll still be around, though the others are skeptical that he'll share the basketball.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (1)
*[[Dani Burns]] (2)
*[[Graham Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Hayley]] (10)
*[[Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (13)
*[[Mrs. Rubio]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Everything in the fridge between two slices of bread. I call it '[[The Kade]]'." 
"Where's the spaghetti?!" 
"Under the pudding."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Cody'''

"Kade must have been thinking about himself!" 
"There's a shock!"
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Dani'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Imaging Device was previously introduced in "[[Blame the Gremlins]]". The gremlins in that story were the same purple color as the "smoke" the device formed them from, but in this story the constructs are colored like the real thing.
* The computer game Cody and Dani are playing appears to be ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]'', previously seen as a VR game in "[[A Virtual Disaster]]".

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

===Real-world references===
* Graham's pose when Boulder is painting him is that of classic Greek sculpture ''{{w|Discobolus}}''.
* Doc Greene makes reference to real-life physicist {{w|Enrico Fermi}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
* There are several scenes where clones are seen without their jackets, yet the faulty comm link powering them is supposed to be in the right jacket pocket. How do they sustain themselves without it?

===Trivia===
* Vehicle registration request is actually a 10-28, 10-27 is a driver's license request. Kade gets the high five anyway.
* Livestock on highway is a 10-54.
* [[My Little Pony|Where have I seen this plot and title before...]]
* Two of the clones ate sandwiches which were not created by the device, so when the clones disappeared some matter should stay behind afterwards. Eyuw.
* The clones are told apart by armbands matching the bots and their respective personalities.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Invités surprise'''" ("Surprise Guests")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túl sok Kade'''" ("Too Many Kades")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troppi Kade!'''" ("Too many Kades!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Clones'''" ("The Clones")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Warp

2019-01-27T21:27:30Z

Radix: /* Real-world references */

{{disambig2|the episode of [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]|the transportation technology|warp drive}}
{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=38
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=39
|image=Cyb_ep38_warp.jpg
|caption=Attack of the ''Super Friends'' Scene Change
|title="Warp"
|japanese=超時空トンネル突破
|romaji=Chōjikū Tunnel Toppa
|translation=Breaking Through the Super Space-Time Tunnel
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Matsuo Asami]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 12]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots head for the warp-hole leading to the alternate universe where Gigantion rests.'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep38 not depressed honestly.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Give Optimus a shirt to rip off, and this could be straight from Superdickery.com.]]

In the [[Autobot]] base on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (which is still in the form of [[Primus]]'s [[robot mode]]), [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is working on a deactivated [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] checks in on him, and Coby enthusiastically replies he's been tinkering...though Optimus knows he's doing it to keep from being depressed about his brother [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], who is stranded along with [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] aboard the missing ''[[Atlantis]]'' starship. Presently, [[Vector Prime]] contacts them, calling them up to the command room so that he can tell the assembled Autobots about the space-time tunnel he has discovered in the [[Skeleton Nebula]], which leads to the alternate universe where [[Gigantion]] and the final [[Cyber Planet Key]] wait. He explains that the tunnel is only open for a few days before closing down for an entire year. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] warns that travelling through the unstable, constantly warping tunnel could separate their minds from their bodies, a prospect that scares Jetfire considerably, though Red assures them all that they've created a vaccine program to keep them safe. Coby and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] express some concern over their own well-being, but Vector Prime reminds them that [[human]] children and [[Mini-Con]]s are already immune to the tunnel's effects.

[[File:Ogygia-landing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|You wanna get that thing outta my driveway? I gotta get to work!]]
[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] is ready and raring to go, but the Autobots have no ship capable of getting the non-flying Autobots there (or, as Leobreaker quips, a "really big slingshot"). [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] grins that it's not going to be a problem, as he patches in a communication from [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] who has returned to Cybertron with a surprise...the colony-ship that brought [[Ancient|her ancestors]] and a Cyber Planet Key to [[Velocitron]], the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]''. She recounts that [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] and [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] had been searching for the legendary craft and finally uncovered it recently. As the Autobots prep the ''Ogygia'' and load it with supplies, Coby, Lori and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] pique [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]'s curiosity with a large crate that they are pushing into the bay. Coby simply says it's a surprise.

[[File:Cyb ep38 this may sting.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|That's the look my dentist gives me all the time.]]

With the ship ready, the Autobots line up to install Red Alert's vaccine program, which apparently is done via injection. Leobreaker is apprehensive about needles, but not as much as Jetfire, the last Autobot in line. To try and avoid the shot, Jetfire suggests that he should stay behind to keep watch over the power-drained Primus...and then Primus steps in via glowing orb, saying his power levels are rising and he'll be just fine, thank you, so you can all go on to Gigantion. Shut down by god, Jetfire hems and haws a lot, then finally admits defeat and gets the shot, which Red Alert takes a mild sadistic pleasure in administering.

With everyone all shot up, the ''Ogygia'' takes off for the tunnel. Vector Prime warns everyone that the tunnel is unstable, and that even the psychic imprints formed by doubts, fears, etc. might distort the warp and basically destroy them. Coby grips Lori's hand to reassure her (aww). However, as they enter the tunnel, they come under attack from behind by the ''Atlantis''! The Autobots realize they can't shoot back, because of their comrades trapped aboard the ship.

Speaking of, Bud peers out a window to see the ''Ogygia'', confused by the appearance of what looks like another ''Atlantis''. Jolt picks up Six-Speed's energy signature coming from it, which gets Bud excited and ready to act! He encourages the Mini-Cons to follow him: Jolt is scared, but Reverb doesn't hesitate.

[[File:WarpBudWrench.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Bud has been reading too many comics.]]

Another blast takes out the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main engine, and the ship starts to sink towards the edges of the tunnel. Coby volunteers his mechanical skills to fix the engines, and Optimus sends Red Alert and Six-Speed to help him. The trio speed to the engine room, where Coby hits on the idea of re-routing the power from the weapons, which they are unable to use, to the engines. He and Six-Speed re-patch the cables and hit the activation switch at the last moment, bringing the engines back online and allowing the ''Ogygia'' to pull away from the tunnel edge. The celebration is short-lived, however, when Scattorshot reports that a gigantic asteroid is now right in the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s path, with no room to dodge and no weapon power to blast it! Things are looking bad, until Coby gets a communication from Bud on the ''Atlantis'', who has a plan of his own.

[[File:Cyb ep38 full blast.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Care Bears stare!]]

Bud, Jolt and Reverb start smashing up the engine room, which causes the ship to lag behind and give the Autobots some breathing room. Optimus Prime decides the only way to get past the asteroid is to get up close and personal with it, and all of the available Autobots with projectile [[Cyber Key]]s exit the ship and stand on its bow. As one, the Autobots unleash a mighty combined blast upon the asteroid, the power of their attack actually ''melting'' a hole clean through the gigantic space rock, which allows the ''Ogygia'' to fly through it safely.

A little later, Coby wakes up, having been knocked out by a jolt of a feedback when the asteroid was blasted, to find they have safely traversed the tunnel and are now in the alternate universe. The Autobots thank Coby for saving them, and they head for Gigantion...

...but they are not the first to get there. Guided through the [[fire dimension]] by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s have made it to Gigantion first! Megatron surveys the planet and vows to obtain the fourth Cyber Planet Key and become ruler of the universe!
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Vector Prime]] (3)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (4)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (5)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (6)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (7)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (8)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (10)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (11)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (12)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (13)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (14)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (15)
*[[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (17)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (18)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (19)
*[[Primus]] (20)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (22)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (25)
*[[Nemesis Breaker]] (26)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (27)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (28)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (29)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (30)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (34)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (1)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (9)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (23)

|c4=
*[[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (16)
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (24)
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (32)
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] (33)
}}

==Quotes==
"What matters is not how you ''start'' a race, but how you ''finish'' it."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

'''Leobreaker''': Would you cool your turbines, Wing Saber?! Some of us can't just take off, y'know! 
'''Wing Saber''': Uh, I almost forgot! Not all Transformers know how to fly. 
'''Snarl''': That doesn't mean flying Autobots are better. 
'''Hot Shot''': Yeah, but where are we gonna find a spaceship? 
'''Leobreaker''': Or a really big slingshot? 
'''Snarl''': (falls over) Will you get serious?!
:—The Autobots' "strategy" on how to get to Gigantion

"Hey, Big Sister! Where you been?" 
"Well, I took your advice, Lori...and went ''shopping''."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Override''' as the latter returns with the ''Ogygia''
[[File:Coby-plug.jpg|thumb|So many quips, so little space.]]

'''Red Alert''': This may sting a little. 
'''Jetfire''': All right, enough giggles. Just do it before I rust. DOOOOOOWWWWW!!! 
:—Pretty much one of the very few funny moments in this series.

"Are you Auto''bots'' or Auto''nots''?"
:—'''Bud'''

"I've learned from the Autobots that sometimes one must save the moment before he can save the whole day!"
:—'''Coby'''
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment that summarizes the events of "[[Titans]]".
*The Skeleton Nebula is not named in ''Galaxy Force''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Leobreaker wonders what the odds are of another ship crashing nearby, causing Snarl to facefault. Like Bud's crack about the possibility of Cybertron transforming back in "[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]", this is terribly on the nose (and Snarl's reaction is a bit excessive), so ''Cybertron'' replaces it with the slingshot gag quoted above.
*In ''Cybertron'', Coby guesses the name of the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]'s starship as "Brigadoon" (see "Real-world references," below). In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he (correctly, somehow!) guesses it as "[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]". For the ''Cybertron'' dub, "Lemuria" was made the name of the Gigantion starship; the Jungle Planet's ship is later named the ''[[Hyperborea (Cybertron)|Hyperborea]]''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Coby responds to Vector Prime's warning to not let his emotions rule him by pointing out that he would not have been able to pass through the tunnel if he was not focused. In ''Cybertron'', he instead makes the "save the day" remark quoted above.
*The Velocitronian ship is named "Mu" in ''Galaxy Force'', another legendary continent. ''Cybertron'' calls it the "Ogygia" instead, mainly because "Mu" would have led to a number of bad jokes (sounding similar to the onomatopoeia of a cow's call).

===Animation or technical errors===
*When Override asks Jetfire why he thinks he should stay behind, it's Hot Shot who steps forward. Of course, we don't see anyone's lips moving...but characters in this series tend not to move unless they have lines...so take whichever way it works out that makes you happier.
*When Lori shields her eyes from the combined blast, her black sleeves seem to be missing.

===Continuity or plotting errors===
*Why doesn't Red Alert push the toggle switch to restart the engines, being right there and not apparently doing much, rather than have the two tiny beings that are ''smaller'' than the switch do it? Other than laziness, that is.

===Continuity notes===
*Red Alert's work on the vaccine program was introduced back in "[[Family]]".
*Sideways obtained the data on the location of the warp tunnel from Jolt's memory in "[[Memory (Cybertron)|Memory]]".

===Real-world references===
*Vector Prime says "We have a long way to go and a short time to get there", referencing the popular {{w|Jerry Reed}} song "{{w|East Bound and Down}}" which was featured in the equally as popular action film ''{{w|Smokey and the Bandit}}'' starring {{w|Burt Reynolds}}.

*Just as the ''Atlantis'' is named after a "real" mythical lost land, so too is the {{w|Ogygia}}.

*Coby guesses "Brigadoon" as the name of another colony-ship. "{{w|Brigadoon}}" is actually a musical play from 1947, about a (made-up) town in Scotland that only appears one day every hundred years. [[Brigadoon]] is also the Japanese-given name of the Vok island seen in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' two-parter, "[[The Trigger, Part 1|The]] [[The Trigger, Part 2|Trigger]]".

*Optimus gives the order "Second star to the right, then straight on 'til Gigantion!", referencing the directions for flying to {{w|Neverland}} in the "{{w|Peter Pan}}" stories. ("Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning!") In a way, this mirrors Vector Prime's whole "happy thoughts" deal in the warp-hole later...intentional?

*Bud muses "Do Mini-Cons dream of electric ships?" This is a play on the title of the {{w|Philip K. Dick}} novel ''{{w|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?}}'', which was adapted into the movie ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''.

*This is one reference-heavy episode! Wing Saber quips "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that Wing!", a play on the jazz hit "{{w|It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)}}".

===Trivia===
*Dirt Boss is barely seen in the flashback to the ''Ogygia'''s uncovering; he's got his back to the camera in the slow pan across the crew. Apparently, he turned over a new leaf. (Hence his being listed as an "Other" in the cast list above.)
*Nemesis Breaker makes one of his two exceedingly rare robot-mode, non-stock-footage appearances here. The other is in [[Escape (episode)|"Escape"]].
*When Vector Prime used his Cyber Key back in [[Haven]] it resulted in the green "Tachyon Shield" followed by a red cannon blast. In this episode it only fires the cannon blast, while back in [[Critical]] it only created the shield.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 10 ([[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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Warp

2019-01-27T21:16:05Z

Radix: /* Real-world references */

{{disambig2|the episode of [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]|the transportation technology|warp drive}}
{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=38
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=39
|image=Cyb_ep38_warp.jpg
|caption=Attack of the ''Super Friends'' Scene Change
|title="Warp"
|japanese=超時空トンネル突破
|romaji=Chōjikū Tunnel Toppa
|translation=Breaking Through the Super Space-Time Tunnel
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Matsuo Asami]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 12]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots head for the warp-hole leading to the alternate universe where Gigantion rests.'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep38 not depressed honestly.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Give Optimus a shirt to rip off, and this could be straight from Superdickery.com.]]

In the [[Autobot]] base on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (which is still in the form of [[Primus]]'s [[robot mode]]), [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is working on a deactivated [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] checks in on him, and Coby enthusiastically replies he's been tinkering...though Optimus knows he's doing it to keep from being depressed about his brother [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], who is stranded along with [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] aboard the missing ''[[Atlantis]]'' starship. Presently, [[Vector Prime]] contacts them, calling them up to the command room so that he can tell the assembled Autobots about the space-time tunnel he has discovered in the [[Skeleton Nebula]], which leads to the alternate universe where [[Gigantion]] and the final [[Cyber Planet Key]] wait. He explains that the tunnel is only open for a few days before closing down for an entire year. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] warns that travelling through the unstable, constantly warping tunnel could separate their minds from their bodies, a prospect that scares Jetfire considerably, though Red assures them all that they've created a vaccine program to keep them safe. Coby and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] express some concern over their own well-being, but Vector Prime reminds them that [[human]] children and [[Mini-Con]]s are already immune to the tunnel's effects.

[[File:Ogygia-landing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|You wanna get that thing outta my driveway? I gotta get to work!]]
[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] is ready and raring to go, but the Autobots have no ship capable of getting the non-flying Autobots there (or, as Leobreaker quips, a "really big slingshot"). [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] grins that it's not going to be a problem, as he patches in a communication from [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] who has returned to Cybertron with a surprise...the colony-ship that brought [[Ancient|her ancestors]] and a Cyber Planet Key to [[Velocitron]], the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]''. She recounts that [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] and [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] had been searching for the legendary craft and finally uncovered it recently. As the Autobots prep the ''Ogygia'' and load it with supplies, Coby, Lori and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] pique [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]'s curiosity with a large crate that they are pushing into the bay. Coby simply says it's a surprise.

[[File:Cyb ep38 this may sting.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|That's the look my dentist gives me all the time.]]

With the ship ready, the Autobots line up to install Red Alert's vaccine program, which apparently is done via injection. Leobreaker is apprehensive about needles, but not as much as Jetfire, the last Autobot in line. To try and avoid the shot, Jetfire suggests that he should stay behind to keep watch over the power-drained Primus...and then Primus steps in via glowing orb, saying his power levels are rising and he'll be just fine, thank you, so you can all go on to Gigantion. Shut down by god, Jetfire hems and haws a lot, then finally admits defeat and gets the shot, which Red Alert takes a mild sadistic pleasure in administering.

With everyone all shot up, the ''Ogygia'' takes off for the tunnel. Vector Prime warns everyone that the tunnel is unstable, and that even the psychic imprints formed by doubts, fears, etc. might distort the warp and basically destroy them. Coby grips Lori's hand to reassure her (aww). However, as they enter the tunnel, they come under attack from behind by the ''Atlantis''! The Autobots realize they can't shoot back, because of their comrades trapped aboard the ship.

Speaking of, Bud peers out a window to see the ''Ogygia'', confused by the appearance of what looks like another ''Atlantis''. Jolt picks up Six-Speed's energy signature coming from it, which gets Bud excited and ready to act! He encourages the Mini-Cons to follow him: Jolt is scared, but Reverb doesn't hesitate.

[[File:WarpBudWrench.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Bud has been reading too many comics.]]

Another blast takes out the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main engine, and the ship starts to sink towards the edges of the tunnel. Coby volunteers his mechanical skills to fix the engines, and Optimus sends Red Alert and Six-Speed to help him. The trio speed to the engine room, where Coby hits on the idea of re-routing the power from the weapons, which they are unable to use, to the engines. He and Six-Speed re-patch the cables and hit the activation switch at the last moment, bringing the engines back online and allowing the ''Ogygia'' to pull away from the tunnel edge. The celebration is short-lived, however, when Scattorshot reports that a gigantic asteroid is now right in the ''Ogygia''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s path, with no room to dodge and no weapon power to blast it! Things are looking bad, until Coby gets a communication from Bud on the ''Atlantis'', who has a plan of his own.

[[File:Cyb ep38 full blast.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Care Bears stare!]]

Bud, Jolt and Reverb start smashing up the engine room, which causes the ship to lag behind and give the Autobots some breathing room. Optimus Prime decides the only way to get past the asteroid is to get up close and personal with it, and all of the available Autobots with projectile [[Cyber Key]]s exit the ship and stand on its bow. As one, the Autobots unleash a mighty combined blast upon the asteroid, the power of their attack actually ''melting'' a hole clean through the gigantic space rock, which allows the ''Ogygia'' to fly through it safely.

A little later, Coby wakes up, having been knocked out by a jolt of a feedback when the asteroid was blasted, to find they have safely traversed the tunnel and are now in the alternate universe. The Autobots thank Coby for saving them, and they head for Gigantion...

...but they are not the first to get there. Guided through the [[fire dimension]] by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s have made it to Gigantion first! Megatron surveys the planet and vows to obtain the fourth Cyber Planet Key and become ruler of the universe!
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Vector Prime]] (3)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (4)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (5)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (6)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (7)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (8)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (10)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (11)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (12)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (13)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (14)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (15)
*[[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (17)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (18)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (19)
*[[Primus]] (20)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (22)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (25)
*[[Nemesis Breaker]] (26)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (27)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (28)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (29)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (30)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (34)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (1)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (9)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (23)

|c4=
*[[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (16)
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (24)
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (32)
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] (33)
}}

==Quotes==
"What matters is not how you ''start'' a race, but how you ''finish'' it."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

'''Leobreaker''': Would you cool your turbines, Wing Saber?! Some of us can't just take off, y'know! 
'''Wing Saber''': Uh, I almost forgot! Not all Transformers know how to fly. 
'''Snarl''': That doesn't mean flying Autobots are better. 
'''Hot Shot''': Yeah, but where are we gonna find a spaceship? 
'''Leobreaker''': Or a really big slingshot? 
'''Snarl''': (falls over) Will you get serious?!
:—The Autobots' "strategy" on how to get to Gigantion

"Hey, Big Sister! Where you been?" 
"Well, I took your advice, Lori...and went ''shopping''."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Override''' as the latter returns with the ''Ogygia''
[[File:Coby-plug.jpg|thumb|So many quips, so little space.]]

'''Red Alert''': This may sting a little. 
'''Jetfire''': All right, enough giggles. Just do it before I rust. DOOOOOOWWWWW!!! 
:—Pretty much one of the very few funny moments in this series.

"Are you Auto''bots'' or Auto''nots''?"
:—'''Bud'''

"I've learned from the Autobots that sometimes one must save the moment before he can save the whole day!"
:—'''Coby'''
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment that summarizes the events of "[[Titans]]".
*The Skeleton Nebula is not named in ''Galaxy Force''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Leobreaker wonders what the odds are of another ship crashing nearby, causing Snarl to facefault. Like Bud's crack about the possibility of Cybertron transforming back in "[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]", this is terribly on the nose (and Snarl's reaction is a bit excessive), so ''Cybertron'' replaces it with the slingshot gag quoted above.
*In ''Cybertron'', Coby guesses the name of the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]'s starship as "Brigadoon" (see "Real-world references," below). In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he (correctly, somehow!) guesses it as "[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]". For the ''Cybertron'' dub, "Lemuria" was made the name of the Gigantion starship; the Jungle Planet's ship is later named the ''[[Hyperborea (Cybertron)|Hyperborea]]''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Coby responds to Vector Prime's warning to not let his emotions rule him by pointing out that he would not have been able to pass through the tunnel if he was not focused. In ''Cybertron'', he instead makes the "save the day" remark quoted above.
*The Velocitronian ship is named "Mu" in ''Galaxy Force'', another legendary continent. ''Cybertron'' calls it the "Ogygia" instead, mainly because "Mu" would have led to a number of bad jokes (sounding similar to the onomatopoeia of a cow's call).

===Animation or technical errors===
*When Override asks Jetfire why he thinks he should stay behind, it's Hot Shot who steps forward. Of course, we don't see anyone's lips moving...but characters in this series tend not to move unless they have lines...so take whichever way it works out that makes you happier.
*When Lori shields her eyes from the combined blast, her black sleeves seem to be missing.

===Continuity or plotting errors===
*Why doesn't Red Alert push the toggle switch to restart the engines, being right there and not apparently doing much, rather than have the two tiny beings that are ''smaller'' than the switch do it? Other than laziness, that is.

===Continuity notes===
*Red Alert's work on the vaccine program was introduced back in "[[Family]]".
*Sideways obtained the data on the location of the warp tunnel from Jolt's memory in "[[Memory (Cybertron)|Memory]]".

===Real-world references===
*Vector Prime says "We have got a long way to go and a short time to get there", referencing the popular Jerry Reed song "East Bound and Down" which was featured in the equally as popular action film Smokey and the Bandit starring Burt Reynolds.

*Just as the ''Atlantis'' is named after a "real" mythical lost land, so too is the {{w|Ogygia}}.

*Coby guesses "Brigadoon" as the name of another colony-ship. "{{w|Brigadoon}}" is actually a musical play from 1947, about a (made-up) town in Scotland that only appears one day every hundred years. [[Brigadoon]] is also the Japanese-given name of the Vok island seen in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' two-parter, "[[The Trigger, Part 1|The]] [[The Trigger, Part 2|Trigger]]".

*Optimus gives the order "Second star to the right, then straight on 'til Gigantion!", referencing the directions for flying to {{w|Neverland}} in the "{{w|Peter Pan}}" stories. ("Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning!") In a way, this mirrors Vector Prime's whole "happy thoughts" deal in the warp-hole later...intentional?

*Bud muses "Do Mini-Cons dream of electric ships?" This is a play on the title of the {{w|Philip K. Dick}} novel ''{{w|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?}}'', which was adapted into the movie ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''.

*This is one reference-heavy episode! Wing Saber quips "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that Wing!", a play on the jazz hit "{{w|It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)}}".

===Trivia===
*Dirt Boss is barely seen in the flashback to the ''Ogygia'''s uncovering; he's got his back to the camera in the slow pan across the crew. Apparently, he turned over a new leaf. (Hence his being listed as an "Other" in the cast list above.)
*Nemesis Breaker makes one of his two exceedingly rare robot-mode, non-stock-footage appearances here. The other is in [[Escape (episode)|"Escape"]].
*When Vector Prime used his Cyber Key back in [[Haven]] it resulted in the green "Tachyon Shield" followed by a red cannon blast. In this episode it only fires the cannon blast, while back in [[Critical]] it only created the shield.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 10 ([[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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Critical

2019-01-16T02:01:00Z

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{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=27
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=28
|title="Critical"
|japanese=転生!バンガードチーム
|romaji=Tensei! Vanguard Team
|translation=Reincarnation! Vanguard Team
|image=Cyb_ep27_birth_of_def_team.jpg
|caption=Arise, Cybertron Defense Team
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kenji Sugihara]]
|director=[[Matsuo Asami]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[July 16]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[March 11]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Just as things look their darkest, Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot get a new lease on life!'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep27 megs vs planet leaders.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"It's... a wheel on a stick. I see."]]

Horrified at the sight of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] being cut down by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s new [[Cyber Key]] power, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] charges at his old enemy, but finds his way barred by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Prime and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] quickly merge into Savage Claw Mode and dispose of Scourge, but Megatron then uses his new machine gun to collapse a cliff in Prime's path, buying more time to finish off the three wounded Autobots. [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] come to their rescue, occupying Megatron long enough for [[Vector Prime]] to carry the three injured warriors away to safety through a [[dimension gate]]. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Lucy Suzuki]] and [[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]] meet Vector Prime as he emerges, and Coby immediately tries to repair the Autobots himself, until Franklin stops him and suggests taking them to an air force base for expert mechanical care.

[[File:Cyb ep27 parts delivery.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|You don't take care of your toys, this happens.]]

On the volcanic island serving as [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s headquarters, the 'bot himself is in the process of absorbing the power of [[Primus]] through the [[Omega Lock]]. As all the [[Ancient Decepticon]]s watch and cheer, [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] grows bored and goes outside to look for some fun. She spots a navy ship and taunts it wickedly, ducking in and out of the [[Camouflage Shield]] surrounding the island to make it appear that she is appearing and disappearing, until it turns tail.

Back at the battle, Evac and Override continue to get Megatron a run for his money, so he attempts to cut and run through a dimension gate. Optimus Prime refuses to let him escape, and douses the flaming portal with his water cannons, causing it to fade out. As the fight between the two continues, Vector Prime returns, and reports that things do not look good for Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot. Optimus Prime, however, does not believe that three of his best soldiers would give up so easily!

[[File:Cyb ep27 downer red.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"I'll beeee bckkk---"]]

Transported to an air force base by a larger cargo plane, Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot undergo extensive "surgery" at the hands of the base mechanics, under the direction of Coby. As they work, however, Red Alert regains consciousness, and tells them that it is pointless: as a doctor, he knows they are too badly damaged to repair. Scattorshot is equally pessimistic, bringing Bud to tears, but when Hot Shot wakes up, he is much more optimistic than his two comrades, even when he realizes that he has been blinded and his engine won't run. Spurred on by Hot Shot's never-say-die attitude, Coby dives back into his work, even as Red Alert insists that it is pointless. Lori refuses to take any more of the medi-bot's guff, accusing him of giving up in the face of a challenge. As Scattorshot and Hot Shot proudly announce their desire to survive and fight another day, Red Alert realises that he too has much left to fight for.

[[File:Cyb ep27 burning justice.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Burning justice|Buuuuurning Juuusticccce!]]]]

Their hearts burning as one, all three Autobots begin to glow red as the sound of the [[Omega Frequency]] rips through the air, and energy snakes from their bodies to a satellite dish on a nearby building. The dish fires a bolt of energy through the [[space bridge]] in the sky above, straight to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself. The planet in turn shoots a beam back to Earth, right at the Omega Lock, which surges with power, much to the shock of Starscream. Finally, the Lock launches one final beam into the sky, which loops the planet and strikes the damaged forms of Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot, filling them with life and energy once more. Restored and empowered by the energy of Primus himself, the trio scan three new [[alternate mode]]s from nearby military vehicles as the overjoyed kids watch.

[[File:Cyb ep27 cyb def team.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Cybertron Second Amendment Team.]]

Simultaneously, Megatron is able to break through Evac and Override's defense and strike down Optimus Prime with a blast of energy. As Megatron and Scourge bear down on the Autobots, however, a warp gate appears overhead courtesy of [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], through which the all-new, all-different Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot appear. Shocking their teammates with their new forms and new Cyber Key powers, the new-born "[[Cybertron Defense Team]]" keep the Decepticons at bay while Optimus receives a communique from Jolt: the Air Force base has been able to track the location of the energy surge that revived the three Autobots, pinpointing the location of Starscream and the Omega Lock! Vector Prime opens a dimension gate to Starscream's island base, and Optimus, Evac and Override leap through as Red Alert covers their escape.

On Starscream's island, nonchalant Ancient Decepticon hipster [[Lugnutz]] is driving around feeling bored when he observes the opening of a dimension gate overheard. As Optimus, Evac and Override emerge and descend towards the island, Thunderblast arrives at Lugnutz's side, sure that the Autobots' arrival will herald a lot more fun...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (1)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (2)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (3)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (4)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (5)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (7)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (10)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (12)
*[[Vector Prime]] (14)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (17)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (18)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (20)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (25)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (27)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (6)
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (8)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (13)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (22)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (24)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (26)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (28)
*[[Lugnutz]] (29)
*Hundreds of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (14)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (15)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (16)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (19)
*[[Lucy Suzuki]] (21)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (23)

}}

==Quotes==

'''Starscream:''' It's incredible! I've never felt so much power! And I'm only getting a ''portion'' of the power of Primus! Once I have all four Cyber Planet Keys, I'll be unstoppable! Soon, I will rule the ENTIRE UNIVERSE! With this power, and my army, NO-ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP ME! 
'''Sideways:''' Uhhh... 
'''Thunderblast:''' Hmph. 
''[Thunderblast turns to leave.]'' 
'''Sideways:''' Where are ''you'' going? 
'''Thunderblast:''' It's getting stuffy in here 'cause of all the hot air... and I'm not talking about the volcano!

'''Hot Shot:''' Well, I've been better but I'll make it. 
'''Lori:''' All right, Hot Shot! That's what we like to hear! 
'''Coby:''' That's Hot Shot for ya! He never gives up, no matter what! 
'''Hot Shot:''' Got ''that'' right. But I do have a question: where are we, anyway? And why is it so ''dark'' in here? 
'''Coby:''' ... I-it's your eyes, Hot Shot. 
'''Lori:''' They suffered some damage. 
'''Hot Shot:''' Oh, that's no big deal. I'll just fire up my engine and run a repair program to fix the problem. *revs, fails* That's funny, I can't seem to get it going.
:—You cried. Admit it.

'''Lori:''' You can't just give up! 
'''Red Alert:''' I'm not. I'm just giving an objective analysis of the facts. 
'''Lori:''' You're not being objective, you're being negative!

"We owe you some payback, Megatron. No, I take that back: we owe you a ''lot'' of payback!"
:—''You're'' going home in a '''Red Alert'''!

"Aw, man, this place is totally dullsville."
:—'''Lugnutz''' has been watching too much Unicron Trilogy.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*''Galaxy Force'' features a "previously on" segment that sums up the final minutes of "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]".
*''Cybertron'' has Thunderblast talking smack about Starscream as she exits the volcanic chamber by stating she's tired of all the "hot air" in there (ooo, burn!), while in ''Galaxy Force'' she more soberly claims to be going outside to do reconnaissance since everyone else is inside watching the glowing-Starscream show at the moment.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Thunderblast sings as she taunts the navy ship, causing one of the sailors to think that she is [[Lorelei]], a [[Siren (creature)|siren]] from German myth. Thunderblast giggles that she has been called that name before, indicating that her mischief in ancient times was responsible for originating the myth of Lorelei in the first place. In ''Cybertron'', this is replaced with the navy personnel marvelling at the technology on display, and Thunderblast commenting how much fun she is having.
*Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot's situation is, generally speaking, treated as being a lot more hopeless in ''Galaxy Force'', with talk of how they will only regain 50% of their functionality at best. Although both shows do make it clear that the trio are in dire straits, ''Cybertron'' gently touches up the kids' dialogue so they switch from being downcast to enthusiastic to try anything that will help. Most notably, as Coby surges back to work, ''Cybertron'' replaces the wistful, teary background music that has been playing throughout the scene with some "determined" music to bring the mood up.
*As ever, ''Cybertron'' adds the [[Omega Frequency]] as the Omega Lock powers up the Cybertron Defense Team.
*As usual, ''Cybertron'' adds dialogue to stock footage. This especially works in its favour with the Cybertron Defense Team's debut: where ''Galaxy Force'' had them announce "[name] TRANSFORM!", ''Cybertron'' has them making promises of retribution over the guy that almost killed them.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Cyb ep27 giant vector.jpg|thumb|It does not help that you can see most of Vector Prime's body...]]
*While [[scale]] problems are hardly remarkable in Transformers fiction by this point, ''Cybertron'' frequently shows a penchant for oversized [[robot mode]]s, with your average human frequently shown to be barely the size of your average robot mode car-bot's wheel. It's best seen in this episode, with the humans helping to repair the future [[Cybertron Defense Team]] shown as practically insect-sized compared to the Autobots. In the inverse is also on fine display, too, as Vector Prime is able to carry the suddenly-tiny Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot, all lying in a line, on his nosecone in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].
*When Optimus is about to hit Scourge when he is in the sky, Leobreaker clips with Optimus's backpack strap.

===Continuity notes===
*Bud recalls when he and Scattorshot travelled into space, in the appropriately-named episode, "[[Space (episode)|Space]]".

===Transformers references===
*When Scourge activates his Cyber-Key, you can hear the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|classic]] [[Transformation]] Sound. This is also a [[To sell toys|reference]] to Scourge's [[Toy]], which makes the same sound when you plug in his [[Cyber Key]], and is referenced in other episodes.

===Real-world references===
*As he unveils his new cannon, Red Alert invites the Decepticons to "Say hello to my little friend!", a famous quote from the movie ''{{w|Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface}}''.

===Trivia===
*''Galaxy Force'' introduces its fourth [[title sequence|opening sequence]] with this episode, accompanied by the debut of its second opening song, "[[Ignition!]]". The opening remains almost entirely composed of clips from the show itself (taken almost exclusively from the preceding four episodes, plus a tantalizing glimpse of the birth of the Cybertron Defense Team from this episode itself) and features no new original animation, save for the reuse of the new scenes created for the show's [[Ice|third opening]].
*Also introduced is ''Galaxy Force'''s second ending sequence, along with the new ending song "[[Growing Up!!]]". The sequence depicts various Transformers grouped together within their factions, some groupings representing the relationship between each other (such as Megatron and Starscream). Several characters are blacked out, due to them not having appeared yet.
*This was the first new ''Cybertron'' episode of 2006, after a five-month gap between the airing of the preceding episode in October 2005. It also marked the return of new ''Cybertron'' episodes to [[Cartoon Network]], where the remainder of the series would consistently premiere.
*This episode is a sparing instance of ''Cybertron'' failing to logically justify the [[burning justice]] of ''Galaxy Force''. Sure, the power that reformats the team comes from Primus and the Omega Lock, but what's the deal with them glowing red, bleeding energy into a satellite dish and beaming it into space? Burning Justice at its finest, folks.
*As Optimus calls out the names of his fallen men at the start of this episode, he says [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s name again when the camera switches to [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. Guess no-one cares about Red Alert.

==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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Trust (Cybertron)

2019-01-14T12:44:22Z

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{{disambig2|the Cybertron episode|the Armada episode|Trust (Armada)}}
{{episode|
|series=cybertron
|ep=22
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=23
|title="Trust"
|japanese=決戦! アニマトロス
|romaji=Kessen! Animatros
|translation=Climatic Battle! Animatros
|image=Cyb_ep22_autobots_together.jpg
|caption=Who would like to share their feelings first?
|production code=k
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Oyunamu]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[June 11]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[October 18]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Optimus Prime's trust in Leobreaker is all that stands between the Decepticons and Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep22 shell game.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|One for you, and one for you...]]

Galled at both [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]'s decision to give [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]'s [[Cyber Planet Key]] to the [[Autobot]]s and his change of heart in his attitude toward subordinates, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] leads [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] on an air raid of Scourge's temple. While the Autobots try to fight them off, [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] petitions Scourge for his aid in the battle, but the dragon-bot has no desire to get involved in their war. To keep the Cyber Planet Key out of the [[Decepticon]]s' clutches, [[Vector Prime]] and [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] follow [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s instructions to conceal the key within a box, and then distribute it and several dummy boxes among the Autobots. With none of the Autobots aware which of them is carrying the real key, they break into teams and head off in different directions, splintering the pursuing Decepticon forces.

[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] have to deal with the wild terrain of Jungle Planet as they are pursued by [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], who manage to get ahold of their box. When Ransack opens it, however, he is met with a spring-loaded boxing glove to the face. At the same time, [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] engages Vector Prime, using his newly revealed ability to warp to keep the elderly Transformer at bay, then using his [[insignia]]-switching power to dupe [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] and snatch Vector Prime's box. He has as much luck as Ransack, though, finding only a rock inside. As these two clashes play out, Optimus Prime tries to douse the fires around the temple started by Thundercracker, and Scourge comes to his aid in the interest of protecting his planet, taking Thundercracker out with a blast of his own flame.

[[File:Cyb ep22 eets your grave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Back Simba! Back Akela!]]

Snarl and Leobreaker, meanwhile, have escaped to a nearby shoreline, drawing attention to themselves deliberately by eschewing the cover of the jungle, based on Leobreaker's belief that there is no way Optimus would trust him with the real Key. The pair suddenly fall into a pit dug by [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]], but are able to quickly extricate themselves and overpower Mudflap, hurling him into the ocean. Leobreaker is then given pause to reconsider his tactic, debating the possibility that he does indeed have the real key, and after conferring with Snarl, the pair decide to head into the jungle.

Elsewhere, Megatron confronts Optimus Prime, who is carrying the one remaining box. The two enemies attack simultaneously, but Prime's blast is the one that finds its mark, and Megatron is laid low. Megatron mocks Prime for being too weak to deliver a killing blow, and when Prime turns to leave, Megatron quickly transforms to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and drives into him, causing him to drop the box. This one, too, contains only a rock, meaning that Leobreaker ''is'' actually carrying the real key! Megatron is surprised that Prime has that much trust in any of his troops, but Prime merely finds it sad that Megatron can't trust any of ''his'' men that much. Dismissing the issue, Megatron and Starscream head after the key with all due haste.

[[File:Cyb ep22 key and matrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Even in the most unflattering of positions, Optimus still saves the day.]]

The two Decepticons catch up to Snarl and Leobreaker in the jungle, and Starscream locks swords with Snarl while Megatron stalks Leobreaker through greenery. Megatron's taunts draw Leobreaker out of hiding, but before the two can battle, Optimus Prime arrives to back his friend up. The pair combine into Savage Claw Mode, only to be cut down from behind by Starscream. As the merged pair fall, they drop the box containing the Cyber Planet Key, and Megatron seizes it, before preparing to deliver the final blow. Before he can, Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] shines with energy, interacting with the Cyber Planet Key and causing a beam of energy to shoot into the sky. At first, nothing seems to come of it, and Megatron returns to the matter at hand... when he is suddenly hit by a barrage of a laser fire! Looking heavenward, everyone sees that the Matrix and the Key have opened a [[space bridge]] to [[Earth]], and all the other Autobots, [[Mini-Con]]s and humans have come to join their comrades! Surrounded by Autobots, Megatron tries to muscle his way through, but Prime is able to muster enough strength for a final attack, taking out Megatron and reacquiring the Cyber Planet Key.

[[File:Cyb ep22 crosswise emerges.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Cue ''"Knight Rider"'' Theme]]

After the Decepticons retreat, the heroes all regroup back at Scourge's temple, where Lori greets them. [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] is especially impressed with Scourge's fearsome dragon form, but the Jungle Planet leader is now thoroughly tired of outsiders and strange little creatures cluttering up his planet, and orders them all to leave. With the Key now in their hands, the Autobots comply and head back to Earth through the space bridge. On their journey, Vector Prime asks the Mini-Cons how the "secret mission" he assigned them was going, and [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] attempts to tell him about their new alliance with [[Lucy Suzuki]], only to be drowned out by some shouts from Coby, who worries what the other Autobots will think about another human knowing of their existence.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Lucy Suzuki's ears would probably be burning, if she wasn't in the middle of a freezing blizzard, still carrying on her research in the Arctic. When some of her fellow scientists discover a [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|huge object]] frozen in a wall of ice, Lucy is called in to examine, but none of the assembled men and women of science expect a beam to burst from the ice and scan the car that brought her! The ice wall crumbles, and a perfect replica of the car bursts out and spins to face them, much to everyone's shock... except, perhaps, that of the [[Mike Franklin|government agent]] watching through binoculars from nearby, who announces that at last, he has seen a robot in disguise with his own eyes....

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (4)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (6)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (7)
*[[Vector Prime]] (8)
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (9)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (18)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (19)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (20)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (23)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (24)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (28)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (3)
*[[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]] (10)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (12)
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (15)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (16)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (13)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (25)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (26)
*[[Lucy Suzuki]] (27)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (29)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Starscream:''' I still can't believe Scourge sold out to the Autobots! 
'''Megatron:''' Bah! He has decided to act like Optimus Prime! 
'''Thundercracker:''' What'cha mean, big guy? 
'''Megatron:''' He considers himself a leader who protects his subordinates at potential cost to his own welfare. Such noble sentiments are only held by the weak and foolish...it makes me sick! 
'''Thundercracker:''' Ah get it! 
''[pause]'' 
'''Thundercracker:''' Hold the relish! Does that mean in a pickle, you'd forget about me? 
''[Megatron ignores him and banks left]'' 
'''Thundercracker:''' [to Starscream] You too?! 
''[Scream similarly ignores him and banks to follow Megs. Starscream and Megatron silently fly off out of shot]'' 
'''Thundercracker:''' Wait! Wait up! Why d' y'all skeedaddle whenever Ah talk?!

"You wanna rumble in my jungle?! That's all right by me!" 
"Sorry...but I'm hungry like the ''wooooolf''!"
:—'''Leobreaker''' and '''Snarl''' unleash their dreaded puns on Mudflap.

'''Starscream:''' Luckily, you still have me. 
'''Megatron:''' Hm. Yes. But do I really trust you? 
'''Starscream:''' No, I don't think you do. 
:--'''Starscream''' tells it like it is

"You should visit Earth! You have friends there now!" 
"By the Spark of the Ancients, don't you ever give up?!"
:—'''Lori''' is going to make '''Scourge''' nice whether he likes it or not.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*In ''Galaxy Force'', as Vector Prime hands out the boxes, he sagely states: "To fool your enemies, you must first fool your allies." In ''Cybertron'', he doesn't say this, and it isn't replaced with anything, leading to an odd moment of noticeable silence.
*As Hot Shot and Override race off with their box, ''Galaxy Force'' has them comment on how difficult Jungle Planet is to drive on (which is why Override has to blast the tree stump). ''Cybertron'' replaces the exchange (for no apparent reason) with some general banter about the scenery.
*Crumplezone waxes metaphysical in ''Cybertron'', wondering aloud if felling an Autobots in the forest makes a sound if no one is around to hear it. In ''Galaxy Force'' this segment is devoid of dialogue.
*In ''Cybertron'', Lori briefly believes the final box is her responsibility, when actually, it is Optimus Prime's. In ''Galaxy Force'', she's not so deluded.
*''Cybertron'' has Leobreaker unsure of what to do following his battle with Mudflap, and sees him consider the possibility that he does have the real key. In ''Galaxy Force'', hesitance doesn't enter into it; he immediately decides that making themselves an easy target will only help convince the Decepticons they do ''not'' have the real key, so he has to start thinking and acting like ''does'' have it, even though, unlike ''Cybertron'', he genuinely never believes Optimus trusts him that much.
*As he stalks Leobreaker through the jungle, ''Galaxy Force'' has Megatron insult both his bravery and that of Optimus Prime. It is the insult against his commander that Leobreaker cannot brook, causing him to reveal himself. In ''Cybertron'', Megatron only insults Leobreaker himself, and that's enough to make the lion-bot snap.
*When Lori greets Coby and Bud, ''Cybertron'' merely has her ask what took them so long. In ''Galaxy Force'', she is miffed to see Coby, because that means he has been allowed to go to two different planets, when she and Bud have only been to one.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Cyb ep22 maskless ransack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Lone Ranger revealed!]]
*For the entirety of this episode, Ransack is missing the black "mask" that normally surrounds his eyes.
*Footage of Optimus Prime dousing the fire from the air is recycled from "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]".
*When Optimus and Override are shooting at the Decepticons, Override's weapon can be seen both on her back and in her hand.

===Continuity or plotting errors===
*Megatron is struck by a laser blast from the Autobots...before the space bridge is actually shown to open.
*Scourge questions what a dragon is despite having told Megatron to "witness the three-headed dragon" back in [[Search (episode)|Search]].

===Continuity notes===
*Leobreaker is still combining with Optimus Prime as his left arm, after the damage their normal right-armed combination suffered in the previous episode.
*The kids met Lucy Suzuki in "[[Race]]". She was carrying out research in the Arctic, and discovered the truth about the Transformers, when they met her again in "[[Ice]]".
*By now familiar to regular audiences, the mysterious government agent has previously appeared in "[[Hidden]]", "[[Collapse]]" and "[[Race]]". He's about to stop being mysterious soon, we promise!

===Transformers references===
*As Megatron transforms before engaging Optimus Prime in battle, he declares that he has "waited an eternity for this," paraphrasing [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 Megatron]]'s famous line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. This is the first instance of ''Cybertron'' homaging a line from the movie...but it will not be the last!

===Real-world references===
*Vector Prime describes the Autobots' gambit with the boxes as a {{w|shell game}}.
*Crumplezone paraphrases the classic philosophical riddle about a {{w|If a tree falls in a forest|tree falling in a forest}}, except he's talking about Autobots.
*As Leobreaker leaps at Mudflap, he declares: "You wanna rumble in my jungle? That's all right by me!", a seeming fusion of two different references. The line is apparently derived from the 1974 {{w|Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull}} song "{{w|Bungle in the Jungle}}" (which features the lyrics "Let's bungle in my jungle/Well, that's all right by me!"), incorporating a reference to {{w|The Rumble in the Jungle|The ''Rumble'' in the Jungle}}, the famous boxing match between {{w|Muhammad Ali}} and {{w|George Foreman}} from the same year.
*The musical reference Snarl makes right afterward is a lot more clear, as he announces himself to be "hungry like the wolf," quoting the 1982 [[Duran Duran]] {{w|Hungry Like the Wolf|song of the same name}}.
*Megatron mocks Leobreaker by calling him a {{w|Cowardly Lion}}, a character from ''{{w|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}''.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 06 ([[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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Speed

2018-12-24T20:46:13Z

Radix:

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=7
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=8
|title="Speed"
|japanese=激闘! スタースクリーム
|romaji=Gekitō! Starscream
|translation=Fierce Fighting! Starscream
|image=Cyb ep7 embossed starscream.jpg
|caption="I think it was called 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.'"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Genki Yoshimura]]
|director=[[Atsushi Takeyama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[February 26]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 30]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The search for the Cyber Planet Keys proceeds apace... but neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons are aware of the treachery quietly brewing at the heart of the conflict!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep7 oil dont stink.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] stands in the [[fire dimension]], ready to do battle with [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]], and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. As the [[Decepticon]] swordsman makes short work of the two smaller [[Autobot]]s, Optimus Prime silently converts to [[Super Mode]], but Starscream effortlessly dodges his cannon blast and takes him down. Suddenly, the three defeated Autobots fade out of existence, revealing the battle as some sort of training exercise. [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] compliments Starscream on his victory, but Starscream ignores him and stalks off through a warp gate.

On Earth, [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] and [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] are watching a horror movie in a theater. Horror movies, it turns out, are not exactly Coby's favourite thing in the world, and after the movie ends, Lori and Bud tease and scare him about it as they head to the Autobot base. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] and Optimus Prime all find this story terribly amusing, as does [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], who suggests that he join them on their next trip to the movies. The Autobots don't think this is such a great idea, but Bud and Lori suggest the Autobots could pretend to be dressing as characters, like [[fandom|fanboys]] at anime [[convention]]s. Optimus contemplates the idea for a moment, but Jetfire makes him realize that they're a little tall for that. Landmine and [[Vector Prime]] then enter, back from their latest fruitless search for more information about the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s.

[[File:Cyb ep7 starscream prostrates.jpg|thumb||upright=1.2]]

As night settles in, elsewhere on Earth, Megatron meets with Starscream over a body to water to ask if Starscream has located the [[Omega Lock]] yet. When Starscream responds that he hasn't, Megatron accuses him of slacking off, while at the same time casually mentioning his new subordinates [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], who could, he alleges, replace Starscream at any moment. Megatron shows off the [[Planet Map]] and takes off through a warp gate, but behind his back, Starscream pulls out a copy of the map and declares himself more worthy of getting the Keys!

[[File:Cyb ep7 lousy dancer.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|MY MOTHERBOARD!]]

While drinking tea with her parents and staring up at the stars, Lori is shocked to see the [[Atlantis Pattern]] being projected into the sky from some nearby mountains. She quickly contacts the Autobots to inform them, and the heroic robots immediately [[roll out|roll]] into action, only to discover—surprise!—it's a Decepticon trap set up by Thundercracker with a spotlight. As he opens fire on the Autobots, the explosions are observed by the town sheriff and his deputy, who decide to head for the mountains to check it out. Landmine foils Thundercracker's attempt to cause an avalanche, and Optimus Prime takes out the spotlight with his [[trailer]]'s cannons. Just then, Starscream arrives, distinctly displeased about Thundercracker acting without his permission, but nonetheless willing to battle the Autobots and putting his training to the test. When Optimus goes to Super Mode, Starscream executes the same move he trained with, but Optimus blocks and counters it, to Starscream's shock. Starscream decides to call the battle off when Jolt radios Prime to inform him of the approach of the sheriff, advocating that the Transformers' existence remain a secret. Optimus is surprised to hear such talk coming from one of Megatron's men, and Starscream takes offense to being lumped in with Megatron, bashing Prime a few more times before making a hasty exit with Thundercracker. The Autobots return to base, victorious, while the sheriff and his deputy are left baffled at the sight of the now-deserted battlefield.

[[File:Cyb ep7 hotshot cyberkey.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]

Meanwhile, on [[Velocitron]], [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] and [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] are helping [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] tune himself up in preparation for his next race with [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] worries that Hot Shot has removed his entire self-analysis system, but before he can raise any objections, Override arrives and the race begins in earnest. Override even gives Hot Shot a big lead, but catches up with and passes him in no time. His heart burning for victory, Hot Shot taps into the Cyber Planet Key of Velocitron, at last awakening a [[Cyber Key]] power within himself. With this new "Accelewing" upgrade, Hot Shot soars by Override in the blink of an eye and seems sure to win... until his entire system blows out, thanks to a fault that he couldn't detect after removing his diagnostic system. He crashes through the guard-wall of the track and falls to the ground below, but fortunately, avoids serious injury. Override silently departs, but admits to herself that Hot Shot's new pace was impressive.

[[File:Cyb ep7 your turn starscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Once Red Alert reaches 55 miles per hour, the bomb is armed.]]

Elsewhere on Velocitron, Starscream has joined Megatron on the planet and is introduced to Ransack and Crumplezone. Starscream asks if he can borrow the duo for a while, and leads them to a junkyard, where they surprise a scavenging Red Alert. The resultant battle doesn't go well for Red, and after Crumplezone fires his flamethrower at him, the Decepticons assume he's finished. However, Red Alert leaps out of the flames in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and uses his Cyber Key power to take out the surprised Ransack and Crumplezone, blasting them off into the sky. He prepares to turn his guns on Starscream, but without even flinching, Starscream deploys his chest cannons and takes Red Alert out with one shot. Leaving the unconscious Autobot lying in the junkyard. Starscream flies away, musing about beginning the "age of Starscream" with the help of his copy of the Planet Map...
{{-}}

==Featured Characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (2)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (3)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (10)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (11)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (12)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (13)
* [[Vector Prime]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (18)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (19)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (20)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (21)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (22)
|c2=
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (5)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (23)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (24)
|c3=
* [[Bud Hansen]] (6)
* [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (7)
* [[Coby Hansen]] (8)
* [[Ernesto Jiménez|Ernesto]] (16)
* [[Gloria Jiménez|Lori's mother]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==

"Huh! Thinks his oil don't stink! Hoo-wee! Well stink it do!"
:—The ever-eloquent '''Thundercracker''' comments on Starscream's snobbishness.

'''Optimus Prime:''' Humans! 
'''Starscream:''' Bad timing. We'd better call it a night. You're a lousy dancer anyway! 
'''Optimus Prime:''' That's a sober suggestion coming from one of Megatron's lackeys! 
'''Starscream:''' I'm not Megatron's lackey! I BOW TO '''NO-ONE!!''' 
:—Prime knows how to push Starscream's buttons.

"I ''hate'' always being right!"
:—'''Red Alert''' on his lot in life

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Cybertron'', as Lori looks up at the stars, she speaks in veiled terms to her father about the Autobots, asking him what he would do if he ever met aliens. In ''Galaxy Force'', she merely thinks about the Autobots to herself, and comments aloud on the romantic night sky.
*In ''Cybertron'', the sheriff decides to investigate the explosion in the mountains because he doesn't believe it to be the result of fireworks. In ''Galaxy Force'', he does so because he takes issue with fireworks being set off illegally.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power:" 7
*"Super Mode:" 2 (one anomalously named, see below)

===Animation or technical errors===
* Optimus erroneously cries out "Cyber Key power!" instead of "Super Mode!" when shifting to his more powerful form. The error is not in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the episode.

===Real-world references===

*Thundercracker congratulates Starscream on his completion of the training exercise with a cry of "Way to git 'r' done!", paraphrasing the catchphrase of popular hick-comedian {{w|Larry The Cable Guy}}. It's not the last time the joke will be made in the course of the series.
===Trivia===
*The Autobots rush awfully carelessly to the site of a mysterious light that has a very big chance of being a Decepticon trap.
*Optimus Prime uses his trailer's artillery emplacement mode for the first  time in the series.
*Red Alert is awfully resilient in this episode, able to withstand a point blank blast from Crumplezone's enormous flamethrowers without so much as a scratch.
*So... when exactly ''did'' Starscream get his hands on the planet map to copy it? In fact, later episodes indicate that the map in Megatron's clutches is the copy, created (and altered) by Starscream, while Starscream himself has the original!

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 02 ([[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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Rush (episode)

2018-12-24T20:45:02Z

Radix: /* Pain Count */

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the Transcendent Technomorph|Rush (TransTech)}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=6
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=7
|title="Rush"
|japanese=最速の勇者ニトロコンボイ
|romaji=Saisoku no Yūsha Nitro Convoy
|translation=The Fastest Hero, Nitro Convoy
|image=Cyb ep6 neck and neck.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kazuhisa Sakaguchi]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Kawasaki]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[February 19]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 23]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Hot Shot and Red Alert meet the Velocitron locals.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep6 defending brakedown.jpg|left|thumb|225px|A modern day warrior/Mean, mean stride/Today's Tom Sawyer/Mean, mean pride...]]

Having saved [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] and [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] from abuse at the hands of [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is now faced with the fact that he has disobeyed [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s orders to stay undercover. Before the two [[Velocitron]]ians can press him too hard on his identity, however, Ransack and Crumplezone recover from Hot Shot's attack and open fire. The battle shifts into a [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] demolition derby, and Hot Shot is on the ropes until [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] comes to his aid. With some impressive agility, Hot Shot tricks the two goons into shooting each other, and the humiliated aggressors retreat. Red Alert checks Brakedown over, and he and Hot Shot pretend to be Velocitron natives to try and maintain their cover. Brakedown and Clocker soon depart, and Red Alert gives Hot Shot a dressing down for disobeying orders. As the discussion gets heated, Red Alert brings up the fact that they don't even understand the customs of the new world they are on... at which point the two Autobots turn around and discover that Clocker has returned, stunned at the revelation that they are from another planet!

On [[Earth]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] overhear [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] petitioning Optimus Prime to let him take either Red Alert or Hot Shot's place on Velocitron. Prime refuses, and the kids wonder if Jetfire has something against the other two Autobots, prompting [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] to explain that it's not that Jetfire doesn't like them: he's just worried about their ability to work together, given that they're polar opposites.

[[File:Cyb ep6 autobots meet velocitronians.jpg|thumb|225px|Though his mind is not for rent/Don't put him down as arrogant...]]

Back on Velocitron, Red Alert and Hot Shot have abandoned all attempts at maintaining their cover, and have explained their mission on the planet to Brakedown and Clocker. Brakedown is readily willing to trust the two based on their previous examples of kindness, but has unfortunately never heard of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]. Clocker enthusiastically volunteers to help them in any way he can, and Brakedown approves of the idea, much to Red Alert's chagrin. The spunky young Velocitronian gives the pair a lesson in the way things work on Velocitron, including an encounter with a massive automated machine designed to repair Velocitron's roads. He also tells the pair about the planet's leader, [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], and takes them to [[Mount Stargaze]], in hopes that they'll be able to spot the great racer from the mountain's peak.

Meanwhile, in skies over Earth, Jetfire is attacked by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and has his wing clipped by the Decepticon. Optimus Prime comes soaring to his aid, ordering him to return to base while he deals with Starscream. Starscream opts for what appears to be retreat, but in truth, he is just providing a distraction, as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] follows Jetfire back to the Autobots' secret base. As Jetfire enters the base, Thundercracker opens fire and destroys the base, hoping that the rebuilding effort will keep the Autobots busy while the Decepticons search for the Cyber Planet Keys. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they don't realize that they have been tricked by the Autobots, and that Thundercracker has destroyed a fake base.

[[File:Cyb ep6 overrides challenge.jpg|left|thumb|225px|What you say about his company/Is what you say about society...]]

On Velocitron, at Override's private race track, the planet leader is again approached by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who is still attempting to pry any information that he can on the whereabouts of the [[Cyber Planet Key]] from her. In the course of the conversation, Override brings up the [[Planet Cup]], the greatest racing trophy on Velocitron, piquing Megatron's interest. Suspecting the cup may be related to the key, he tries to convince her to surrender it so that it might help him defeat the "evil Autobots", but Override is only interested in a race, and agrees to hand the cup over if Megatron can beat her. Just before the race begins, Hot Shot—who, along with Red Alert and Clocker, has overheard the entire conversation—joins in, seeking to secure the cup for the Autobots. Megatron has to use his [[Cyber Key]] to keep up with the two speedsters, but ultimately, his greater bulk cannot handle the twists and turns of Override's track. Hot Shot manages to pull ahead of Override and has the race in the bag... until Crumplezone opens fire on him, knocking him out of the lead and allowing Override to win. Enraged at their interference, Override bears down on the two Decepticons, and they follow Megatron's command to retreat. Override then turns her attentions back to Hot Shot, and promises that they will race again. As she speeds into the distance, Red Alert again scolds Hot Shot, accusing him of racing for the sake of his own ego. Offended by the accusation, Hot Shot races off in anger, intent on proving that he can carry out the Autobots' mission on his own.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (3)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (6)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (7)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (8)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (12)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (13)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (14)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (18)

|c2=
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (1)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (2)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (15)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (16)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (9)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (10)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Wow, this guy's good! He might actually give us a run for our money!" 
"I thought you said not to compliment the guys we fight." 
"Zip it, Crumplezone."
:—'''Ransack''' and '''Crumplezone'''

'''Brakedown:''' "Well, why have you come to the Speed Planet anyway?" 
'''Red Alert:''' "We're looking for something called a Cyber Planet Key. Do know where we might find it by chance?" 
'''Brakedown:''' "Cyber Planet Key? No, I've never heard of such a thing? <Hot Shot and Red Alert exchange nervous glances> Maybe I could help you if you tell me what this thing looks like," 
'''Red Alert:''' "Well, we don't really know," 
'''Clocker:''' "Can you at least tell us what color it is?" 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Sorry, no idea!" 
'''Brakedown:''' "Maybe we'd know what it is if you'd tell us what it does?" 
'''Red Alert:''' "We don't know that either!" 
'''Brakedown:''' "Boy, oh boy! You boys sure don't know much, do ya?"
:—Not much of an inquiry, is it?

"Gee, thanks for reminding me, Optimus." 
"You must get whiplash from changing moods so fast."
:—'''Bud''' and '''Jolt'''

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Galaxy Force'', Override is a little curious about what the Cyber Planet Keys are, and Megatron makes grand and glorious statements about how he will use it to save Velocitron and the universe, trying to pry information from her with this magnanimity. In ''Cybertron'', Override could not be less interested, and Megatron tries offering monetary reward for her aid. This is a somewhat necessary modification needed to bring the Planet Cup into the mix; in ''Galaxy Force'', Override brings it up because of its similar name to the Planet Force (the Japanese name for the Cyber Planet Keys), but that doesn't work that well in English, so in ''Cybertron'', she claims that there's nothing more valuable than the cup, and hence nothing Megatron could pay her.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power:" 3

===Animation or technical glitches===
* In the original broadcast version of this episode, after he finds the fake base, a dubbing glitch sees all of Thundercracker's dialogue delivered by Starscream's actor, [[Michael Dobson]], as if the character actually ''were'' Starscream (he actually ''says'', "Starscream, transform!") This error was fixed for the Paramount DVD release of the series in 2008, with Thundercracker's actor [[Mark Oliver]] picking up the corrected lines.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsIsBDGmKmg View the original, erroneous version of this scene at 9:05]</ref> The Shout! Factory release uses the original broadcast mistake.

===Continuity errors===

*The dialogue in (the ''Cybertron'' version of) the opening recap scene of Hot Shot saving Brakedown and Clocker from Ransack and Crumplezone is different from that used in the previous episode.

===Real world references===
* Red Alert refers to himself and Hot Shot as {{w|Stranger in a Strange Land|"Strangers in a Strange Land"}}.
==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 02 ([[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]]

Space (episode)

2018-12-24T19:59:24Z

Radix: /* Pain count */

{{disambig2|the episode of ''Cybertron''|outer space|Space (the place)}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=5
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=6
|title="Space"
|japanese=脅威の惑星スピーディア
|romaji=Kyōi no Wakusei Speedia
|translation=Wondrous Planet Speedia
|image=Cyb ep5 space bridge.jpg
|caption="Space. Trial. Puttin’ the system on trial. In space. Space system. On trial. Guilty. Of being in space! Going to space jail!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Fumiharu Kamanaka]], [[Megumi Sakai]] (asst. dir.)
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[February 12]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 16]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Scattorshot and Bud use the space bridge to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere, but a Decepticon attack could spell their doom!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep5 megatron vs override.jpg|left|thumb|225px|You're gonna regret tailgating me...]]
In the [[Autobot]]s' base on [[Earth]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] loudly announces his desire to follow in [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s footsteps and travel into space. He manages to talk [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] into thinking it's a good idea, and Jolt in turn convinces [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] to take Bud above the Earth's atmosphere and into space using the [[space bridge]]. As [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] has taken most of the other Autobots to look for the [[Omega Lock]] in the [[United Kingdom|British Isles]], nobody is around to tell him what a crazy idea this is; by the time [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] realize that Bud and Scattorshot are not where they should be, the pair are already above the clouds.

Concurrently, on [[Velocitron]], Hot Shot is in awe of the planet's huge race tracks, while Red Alert can't see any point in them. But they are not the only offworlders on the Speed Planet: [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is also there, and locates the planet's leader, [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], just as she wins yet another race. Megatron directly questions her on the whereabouts of Velocitron's [[Cyber Planet Key]], but Override informs him that he will have to beat her in a race before she will tell him. Despite Megatron's use of his [[Cyber Key]] Power, Override still wins the race, but confesses to Megatron that she has never heard of the Cyber Planet Key, and just wanted a challenge.

[[File:Cyb ep5 in space.jpg|thumb|225px|No, no worries about lack of gravity! Not to mention temperature, radiation, pressure...]]

Back on Earth—or rather, over it—Bud is having the time of his life on the space bridge. He and Scattorshot, encased in a gravity bubble, look down upon the Earth, but Bud's elation is cut short when Scattorshot spots [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] approaching the British Isles. The two [[Decepticon]]s attack Optimus Prime's team, and a stray missile flies into space and knocks Scattorshot and Bud off the bridge, sending them floating off into space. Unaware of the drama unfolding above, the Autobots down below continue their battle, and call on Jetfire to back them up. Just as Jetfire deploys from the Autobot base, however, Coby and Lori finally manage to wring Scattorshot and Bud's location out of Jolt, and they promptly flip out. Coby triangulates their position and finds that they're drifting helplessly, so they call on Jetfire to go to their aid. Jetfire wastes no time in breaching the atmosphere and locating his comrades, but just as he is about to take them to safety, a passing satellite collides with them, knocking the gravity bubble from Jetfire's hands and sending Scattorshot and Bud plummeting down through the atmosphere.

[[File:Cyb ep5 reentry.jpg|left|thumb|225px|I just hope this is covered by my burn insurance!]]

Back with the battle, Optimus Prime and Vector Prime attempt to lure Starscream and Thundercracker down to ground level, but Starscream isn't falling for it, and seizes the two Autobots before they can get too low. However, they ''have'' managed to bring the Decepticons into range of [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]]'s Cyber Key-powered "Slam Attack" missile, and the small Autobot blasts Thundercracker, sending him spiralling into Starscream, who loses his grip on the two Primes. The Decepticons opt for retreat as the Primes, Jetfire and Jolt all try to reach Scattorshot and Bud as they come falling through the sky, their forcefield burning up as they hurtle downward. Suddenly, in a burst of white light, Scattorshot and Bud vanish, and rematerialize inside the Autobot base. Jolt almost offhandedly reveals that Vector Prime has taught him how to open [[dimension gate]]s, which he used to teleport them to safety.

[[File:Cyb ep5 hot shot collision.jpg|thumb|225px|Taken out by a smaller car - how embarrassing.]]

Meanwhile, on Velocitron, Hot Shot and Red Alert watch from a distance as [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] summons his Cyber Key, piquing Red Alert's curiosity. As the medical Autobot muses on the fact that all the Velocitronians have Cyber Keys that are the same color, in contrast to the differently-colored keys the Autobots themselves use, Hot Shot's attention is caught by the sight of [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]]. The dastardly duo are terrorizing two Velocitronian natives: the youthful [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] and his wise, elderly mentor [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], who Megatron has ordered them to shake down in hopes of gaining information on the Cyber Planet Key. Red Alert attempts to stop Hot Shot from getting involved, reminding him of Optimus Prime's order not to interact with the locals, but when Crumplezone and Ransack draw their weapons on their two victims, the younger Autobot can't hold himself back, and leaps to their rescue. As Brakedown thanks him for his help, Hot Shot realizes the folly of what he has done...
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (1)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (3)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (4)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (5)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (7)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (8)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (11)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (13)
* [[Vector Prime]] (14)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (15)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (22)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (23)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (16)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (18)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (19)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (20)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Coby Hansen]] (9)
* [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"Aw, what a drag!" 
"Is something wrong, Master Bud?" 
"I'm not a master, I told you that!" 
"Right, sorry. Bud. Dude."
:—'''Bud''' and '''Jolt'''.

"How come everyone thinks I'm going to mess up, just 'cause I like to drive fast? I'd never break Optimus's orders!"
:—'''Hot Shot,''' who breaks Optimus's orders before the sun sets.

"One more second, and I'd have knocked you down like a bowling pin!" 
"Hmph. Keep dreaming."
:—'''Override''' and '''Megatron'''

"Nice view! You know, there was a scene like this in ''Mutants From Beyond''." 
"That's a movie, this is real life!" 
"Yeah, what's your point?"
:—'''Bud''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Crumplezone:''' "You raced against Override? Wow, did you win?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Never mind! She doesn't know anything about the Cyber Planet Key, so it doesn't matter!" 
'''Ransack:''' "In other words, you lost."
:—'''Ransack''' is either very brave or very stupid.

'''Coby and Lori:''' "He's in ''space?!''" 
'''Lori:''' "What do you mean?" 
'''Jolt:''' "He wanted to see space, and he seemed upset when I said no, so I finally said yes, and I talked Scattorshot into it...?" 
'''Lori:''' "So he got to go and ''we didn't?!''" 
'''Coby:''' "That's ''not'' the point."

"This is all my fault! I'm a worthless excuse for a [[Mini-Con]]!"
:—'''Jolt''''s not entirely wrong.

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*This episode gives our first solid look at one of the biggest, not to mention most random, differences between ''Cybertron'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In ''Cybertron'', [[Override_(Cybertron)|Override]] is depicted as female (is referred to as "she" and has a female voice actor), while in ''Galaxy Force'', Override (Nitro Convoy) is male. This change in the English dub script was done at the request of Cartoon Network on which ''Cybertron'' had been contracted to air, and was approved by Hasbro.
*When Megatron and Override first meet, in ''Cybertron'', Megatron is unaware of who he is addressing until Override tells him. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, Megatron already knows who Override is, and Override's part of the conversation is instead an expression of disbelief that life exists beyond Velocitron.
*In ''Cybertron'', Megatron believes Override has cheated to win their race; in ''Galaxy Force'', he is stoic in defeat.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Stonehenge is incorrectly located in Ireland. ''Cybertron'' fixes this mistake by placing it in England, but it's never really named.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber key power": 8
*"Super Mode": 1 (anomalously named "Massive Attack Mode")

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* In the opening scene, the tentacles Jolt is using to run the computer disappear between shots. As does the computer. (The chunk of metal he appears to be standing in front of in later shots is actually some distance away.)
* When Starscream launches his "Pulse Attack", he speaks with Vector Prime's voice.

===Continuity errors===
* The space bridge's relationship to Earth geography is fluid; the lower terminus is in the American Rockies, but in one scene, Scattorshot is clearly passing east-to-west over Mexico, while later he's close enough to the British Isles to get hit by a stray missile. Later yet, he's over Florida.
* When Thundercracker begins his attack on the Autobots, he says that he's taking "both" of them out. Apparently, he's completely ignoring Landmine and Overhaul in his headcount.
*So a missile flies off into the unfathomably huge void of space and just ''happens'' to hit Scattorshot and Bud? How convenient.

===Transformers references===
* Ransack invites Clocker to "[[Slag (slang)|Slag off!]]", dropping ''Cybertron'''s first use of the Transformer swear word that ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' made famous.

===Trivia===
*As with Starscream and Thundercracker in the previous episode, Megatron now displays his Cyber Key Power for the first time, with no explanation ever being given for how he obtains the ability. On Velocitron, however, Brakedown, Crumplezone, Dirt Boss, and Ransack all summon Cyber Keys at various points in the episode, so it's clearly a widely-known ability there.
*Three episodes ago, there was one Cyber Key invocation. Two episodes ago, there were two. Last episode, there were four. This episode, there were ''eight.'' Thank [[Primus]] this progression didn't continue.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 02 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Rush (episode)

2018-12-24T19:06:04Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the Transcendent Technomorph|Rush (TransTech)}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=6
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=7
|title="Rush"
|japanese=最速の勇者ニトロコンボイ
|romaji=Saisoku no Yūsha Nitro Convoy
|translation=The Fastest Hero, Nitro Convoy
|image=Cyb ep6 neck and neck.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kazuhisa Sakaguchi]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Kawasaki]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[February 19]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 23]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Hot Shot and Red Alert meet the Velocitron locals.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep6 defending brakedown.jpg|left|thumb|225px|A modern day warrior/Mean, mean stride/Today's Tom Sawyer/Mean, mean pride...]]

Having saved [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] and [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] from abuse at the hands of [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is now faced with the fact that he has disobeyed [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s orders to stay undercover. Before the two [[Velocitron]]ians can press him too hard on his identity, however, Ransack and Crumplezone recover from Hot Shot's attack and open fire. The battle shifts into a [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] demolition derby, and Hot Shot is on the ropes until [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] comes to his aid. With some impressive agility, Hot Shot tricks the two goons into shooting each other, and the humiliated aggressors retreat. Red Alert checks Brakedown over, and he and Hot Shot pretend to be Velocitron natives to try and maintain their cover. Brakedown and Clocker soon depart, and Red Alert gives Hot Shot a dressing down for disobeying orders. As the discussion gets heated, Red Alert brings up the fact that they don't even understand the customs of the new world they are on... at which point the two Autobots turn around and discover that Clocker has returned, stunned at the revelation that they are from another planet!

On [[Earth]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] overhear [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] petitioning Optimus Prime to let him take either Red Alert or Hot Shot's place on Velocitron. Prime refuses, and the kids wonder if Jetfire has something against the other two Autobots, prompting [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] to explain that it's not that Jetfire doesn't like them: he's just worried about their ability to work together, given that they're polar opposites.

[[File:Cyb ep6 autobots meet velocitronians.jpg|thumb|225px|Though his mind is not for rent/Don't put him down as arrogant...]]

Back on Velocitron, Red Alert and Hot Shot have abandoned all attempts at maintaining their cover, and have explained their mission on the planet to Brakedown and Clocker. Brakedown is readily willing to trust the two based on their previous examples of kindness, but has unfortunately never heard of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]. Clocker enthusiastically volunteers to help them in any way he can, and Brakedown approves of the idea, much to Red Alert's chagrin. The spunky young Velocitronian gives the pair a lesson in the way things work on Velocitron, including an encounter with a massive automated machine designed to repair Velocitron's roads. He also tells the pair about the planet's leader, [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], and takes them to [[Mount Stargaze]], in hopes that they'll be able to spot the great racer from the mountain's peak.

Meanwhile, in skies over Earth, Jetfire is attacked by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and has his wing clipped by the Decepticon. Optimus Prime comes soaring to his aid, ordering him to return to base while he deals with Starscream. Starscream opts for what appears to be retreat, but in truth, he is just providing a distraction, as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] follows Jetfire back to the Autobots' secret base. As Jetfire enters the base, Thundercracker opens fire and destroys the base, hoping that the rebuilding effort will keep the Autobots busy while the Decepticons search for the Cyber Planet Keys. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they don't realize that they have been tricked by the Autobots, and that Thundercracker has destroyed a fake base.

[[File:Cyb ep6 overrides challenge.jpg|left|thumb|225px|What you say about his company/Is what you say about society...]]

On Velocitron, at Override's private race track, the planet leader is again approached by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who is still attempting to pry any information that he can on the whereabouts of the [[Cyber Planet Key]] from her. In the course of the conversation, Override brings up the [[Planet Cup]], the greatest racing trophy on Velocitron, piquing Megatron's interest. Suspecting the cup may be related to the key, he tries to convince her to surrender it so that it might help him defeat the "evil Autobots", but Override is only interested in a race, and agrees to hand the cup over if Megatron can beat her. Just before the race begins, Hot Shot—who, along with Red Alert and Clocker, has overheard the entire conversation—joins in, seeking to secure the cup for the Autobots. Megatron has to use his [[Cyber Key]] to keep up with the two speedsters, but ultimately, his greater bulk cannot handle the twists and turns of Override's track. Hot Shot manages to pull ahead of Override and has the race in the bag... until Crumplezone opens fire on him, knocking him out of the lead and allowing Override to win. Enraged at their interference, Override bears down on the two Decepticons, and they follow Megatron's command to retreat. Override then turns her attentions back to Hot Shot, and promises that they will race again. As she speeds into the distance, Red Alert again scolds Hot Shot, accusing him of racing for the sake of his own ego. Offended by the accusation, Hot Shot races off in anger, intent on proving that he can carry out the Autobots' mission on his own.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (3)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (6)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (7)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (8)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (12)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (13)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (14)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (18)

|c2=
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (1)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (2)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (15)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (16)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (9)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (10)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Wow, this guy's good! He might actually give us a run for our money!" 
"I thought you said not to compliment the guys we fight." 
"Zip it, Crumplezone."
:—'''Ransack''' and '''Crumplezone'''

'''Brakedown:''' "Well, why have you come to the Speed Planet anyway?" 
'''Red Alert:''' "We're looking for something called a Cyber Planet Key. Do know where we might find it by chance?" 
'''Brakedown:''' "Cyber Planet Key? No, I've never heard of such a thing? <Hot Shot and Red Alert exchange nervous glances> Maybe I could help you if you tell me what this thing looks like," 
'''Red Alert:''' "Well, we don't really know," 
'''Clocker:''' "Can you at least tell us what color it is?" 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Sorry, no idea!" 
'''Brakedown:''' "Maybe we'd know what it is if you'd tell us what it does?" 
'''Red Alert:''' "We don't know that either!" 
'''Brakedown:''' "Boy, oh boy! You boys sure don't know much, do ya?"
:—Not much of an inquiry, is it?

"Gee, thanks for reminding me, Optimus." 
"You must get whiplash from changing moods so fast."
:—'''Bud''' and '''Jolt'''

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Galaxy Force'', Override is a little curious about what the Cyber Planet Keys are, and Megatron makes grand and glorious statements about how he will use it to save Velocitron and the universe, trying to pry information from her with this magnanimity. In ''Cybertron'', Override could not be less interested, and Megatron tries offering monetary reward for her aid. This is a somewhat necessary modification needed to bring the Planet Cup into the mix; in ''Galaxy Force'', Override brings it up because of its similar name to the Planet Force (the Japanese name for the Cyber Planet Keys), but that doesn't work that well in English, so in ''Cybertron'', she claims that there's nothing more valuable than the cup, and hence nothing Megatron could pay her.

===Pain Count===
*"Cyber Key Power:" 3

===Animation or technical glitches===
* In the original broadcast version of this episode, after he finds the fake base, a dubbing glitch sees all of Thundercracker's dialogue delivered by Starscream's actor, [[Michael Dobson]], as if the character actually ''were'' Starscream (he actually ''says'', "Starscream, transform!") This error was fixed for the Paramount DVD release of the series in 2008, with Thundercracker's actor [[Mark Oliver]] picking up the corrected lines.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsIsBDGmKmg View the original, erroneous version of this scene at 9:05]</ref> The Shout! Factory release uses the original broadcast mistake.

===Continuity errors===

*The dialogue in (the ''Cybertron'' version of) the opening recap scene of Hot Shot saving Brakedown and Clocker from Ransack and Crumplezone is different from that used in the previous episode.

===Real world references===
* Red Alert refers to himself and Hot Shot as {{w|Stranger in a Strange Land|"Strangers in a Strange Land"}}.
==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 02 ([[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]]

Space (episode)

2018-12-23T13:45:57Z

Radix: /* Quotes */

{{disambig2|the episode of ''Cybertron''|outer space|Space (the place)}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=5
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=6
|title="Space"
|japanese=脅威の惑星スピーディア
|romaji=Kyōi no Wakusei Speedia
|translation=Wondrous Planet Speedia
|image=Cyb ep5 space bridge.jpg
|caption="Space. Trial. Puttin’ the system on trial. In space. Space system. On trial. Guilty. Of being in space! Going to space jail!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Fumiharu Kamanaka]], [[Megumi Sakai]] (asst. dir.)
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[February 12]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 16]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Scattorshot and Bud use the space bridge to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere, but a Decepticon attack could spell their doom!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep5 megatron vs override.jpg|left|thumb|225px|You're gonna regret tailgating me...]]
In the [[Autobot]]s' base on [[Earth]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] loudly announces his desire to follow in [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s footsteps and travel into space. He manages to talk [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] into thinking it's a good idea, and Jolt in turn convinces [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] to take Bud above the Earth's atmosphere and into space using the [[space bridge]]. As [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] has taken most of the other Autobots to look for the [[Omega Lock]] in the [[United Kingdom|British Isles]], nobody is around to tell him what a crazy idea this is; by the time [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] realize that Bud and Scattorshot are not where they should be, the pair are already above the clouds.

Concurrently, on [[Velocitron]], Hot Shot is in awe of the planet's huge race tracks, while Red Alert can't see any point in them. But they are not the only offworlders on the Speed Planet: [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is also there, and locates the planet's leader, [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], just as she wins yet another race. Megatron directly questions her on the whereabouts of Velocitron's [[Cyber Planet Key]], but Override informs him that he will have to beat her in a race before she will tell him. Despite Megatron's use of his [[Cyber Key]] Power, Override still wins the race, but confesses to Megatron that she has never heard of the Cyber Planet Key, and just wanted a challenge.

[[File:Cyb ep5 in space.jpg|thumb|225px|No, no worries about lack of gravity! Not to mention temperature, radiation, pressure...]]

Back on Earth—or rather, over it—Bud is having the time of his life on the space bridge. He and Scattorshot, encased in a gravity bubble, look down upon the Earth, but Bud's elation is cut short when Scattorshot spots [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] approaching the British Isles. The two [[Decepticon]]s attack Optimus Prime's team, and a stray missile flies into space and knocks Scattorshot and Bud off the bridge, sending them floating off into space. Unaware of the drama unfolding above, the Autobots down below continue their battle, and call on Jetfire to back them up. Just as Jetfire deploys from the Autobot base, however, Coby and Lori finally manage to wring Scattorshot and Bud's location out of Jolt, and they promptly flip out. Coby triangulates their position and finds that they're drifting helplessly, so they call on Jetfire to go to their aid. Jetfire wastes no time in breaching the atmosphere and locating his comrades, but just as he is about to take them to safety, a passing satellite collides with them, knocking the gravity bubble from Jetfire's hands and sending Scattorshot and Bud plummeting down through the atmosphere.

[[File:Cyb ep5 reentry.jpg|left|thumb|225px|I just hope this is covered by my burn insurance!]]

Back with the battle, Optimus Prime and Vector Prime attempt to lure Starscream and Thundercracker down to ground level, but Starscream isn't falling for it, and seizes the two Autobots before they can get too low. However, they ''have'' managed to bring the Decepticons into range of [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]]'s Cyber Key-powered "Slam Attack" missile, and the small Autobot blasts Thundercracker, sending him spiralling into Starscream, who loses his grip on the two Primes. The Decepticons opt for retreat as the Primes, Jetfire and Jolt all try to reach Scattorshot and Bud as they come falling through the sky, their forcefield burning up as they hurtle downward. Suddenly, in a burst of white light, Scattorshot and Bud vanish, and rematerialize inside the Autobot base. Jolt almost offhandedly reveals that Vector Prime has taught him how to open [[dimension gate]]s, which he used to teleport them to safety.

[[File:Cyb ep5 hot shot collision.jpg|thumb|225px|Taken out by a smaller car - how embarrassing.]]

Meanwhile, on Velocitron, Hot Shot and Red Alert watch from a distance as [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] summons his Cyber Key, piquing Red Alert's curiosity. As the medical Autobot muses on the fact that all the Velocitronians have Cyber Keys that are the same color, in contrast to the differently-colored keys the Autobots themselves use, Hot Shot's attention is caught by the sight of [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]]. The dastardly duo are terrorizing two Velocitronian natives: the youthful [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] and his wise, elderly mentor [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], who Megatron has ordered them to shake down in hopes of gaining information on the Cyber Planet Key. Red Alert attempts to stop Hot Shot from getting involved, reminding him of Optimus Prime's order not to interact with the locals, but when Crumplezone and Ransack draw their weapons on their two victims, the younger Autobot can't hold himself back, and leaps to their rescue. As Brakedown thanks him for his help, Hot Shot realizes the folly of what he has done...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (1)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (3)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (4)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (5)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (7)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (8)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (11)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (13)
* [[Vector Prime]] (14)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (15)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (22)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (23)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (16)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (18)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (19)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (20)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Coby Hansen]] (9)
* [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"Aw, what a drag!" 
"Is something wrong, Master Bud?" 
"I'm not a master, I told you that!" 
"Right, sorry. Bud. Dude."
:—'''Bud''' and '''Jolt'''.

"How come everyone thinks I'm going to mess up, just 'cause I like to drive fast? I'd never break Optimus's orders!"
:—'''Hot Shot,''' who breaks Optimus's orders before the sun sets.

"One more second, and I'd have knocked you down like a bowling pin!" 
"Hmph. Keep dreaming."
:—'''Override''' and '''Megatron'''

"Nice view! You know, there was a scene like this in ''Mutants From Beyond''." 
"That's a movie, this is real life!" 
"Yeah, what's your point?"
:—'''Bud''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Crumplezone:''' "You raced against Override? Wow, did you win?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Never mind! She doesn't know anything about the Cyber Planet Key, so it doesn't matter!" 
'''Ransack:''' "In other words, you lost."
:—'''Ransack''' is either very brave or very stupid.

'''Coby and Lori:''' "He's in ''space?!''" 
'''Lori:''' "What do you mean?" 
'''Jolt:''' "He wanted to see space, and he seemed upset when I said no, so I finally said yes, and I talked Scattorshot into it...?" 
'''Lori:''' "So he got to go and ''we didn't?!''" 
'''Coby:''' "That's ''not'' the point."

"This is all my fault! I'm a worthless excuse for a [[Mini-Con]]!"
:—'''Jolt''''s not entirely wrong.

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*This episode gives our first solid look at one of the biggest, not to mention most random, differences between ''Cybertron'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In ''Cybertron'', [[Override_(Cybertron)|Override]] is depicted as female (is referred to as "she" and has a female voice actor), while in ''Galaxy Force'', Override (Nitro Convoy) is male. This change in the English dub script was done at the request of Cartoon Network on which ''Cybertron'' had been contracted to air, and was approved by Hasbro.
*When Megatron and Override first meet, in ''Cybertron'', Megatron is unaware of who he is addressing until Override tells him. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, Megatron already knows who Override is, and Override's part of the conversation is instead an expression of disbelief that life exists beyond Velocitron.
*In ''Cybertron'', Megatron believes Override has cheated to win their race; in ''Galaxy Force'', he is stoic in defeat.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Stonehenge is incorrectly located in Ireland. ''Cybertron'' fixes this mistake by placing it in England, but it's never really named.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber key power": 8
*"Super Mode": One (anomalously named "Massive Attack Mode")

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* In the opening scene, the tentacles Jolt is using to run the computer disappear between shots. As does the computer. (The chunk of metal he appears to be standing in front of in later shots is actually some distance away.)
* When Starscream launches his "Pulse Attack", he speaks with Vector Prime's voice.

===Continuity errors===
* The space bridge's relationship to Earth geography is fluid; the lower terminus is in the American Rockies, but in one scene, Scattorshot is clearly passing east-to-west over Mexico, while later he's close enough to the British Isles to get hit by a stray missile. Later yet, he's over Florida.
* When Thundercracker begins his attack on the Autobots, he says that he's taking "both" of them out. Apparently, he's completely ignoring Landmine and Overhaul in his headcount.
*So a missile flies off into the unfathomably huge void of space and just ''happens'' to hit Scattorshot and Bud? How convenient.

===Transformers references===
* Ransack invites Clocker to "[[Slag (slang)|Slag off!]]", dropping ''Cybertron'''s first use of the Transformer swear word that ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' made famous.

===Trivia===
*As with Starscream and Thundercracker in the previous episode, Megatron now displays his Cyber Key Power for the first time, with no explanation ever being given for how he obtains the ability. On Velocitron, however, Brakedown, Crumplezone, Dirt Boss, and Ransack all summon Cyber Keys at various points in the episode, so it's clearly a widely-known ability there.
*Three episodes ago, there was one Cyber Key invocation. Two episodes ago, there were two. Last episode, there were four. This episode, there were ''eight.'' Thank [[Primus]] this progression didn't continue.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 02 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Space (episode)

2018-12-23T03:54:33Z

Radix: /* Pain count */

{{disambig2|the episode of ''Cybertron''|outer space|Space (the place)}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=5
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=6
|title="Space"
|japanese=脅威の惑星スピーディア
|romaji=Kyōi no Wakusei Speedia
|translation=Wondrous Planet Speedia
|image=Cyb ep5 space bridge.jpg
|caption="Space. Trial. Puttin’ the system on trial. In space. Space system. On trial. Guilty. Of being in space! Going to space jail!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Fumiharu Kamanaka]], [[Megumi Sakai]] (asst. dir.)
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[February 12]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 16]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Scattorshot and Bud use the space bridge to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere, but a Decepticon attack could spell their doom!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep5 megatron vs override.jpg|left|thumb|225px|You're gonna regret tailgating me...]]
In the [[Autobot]]s' base on [[Earth]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] loudly announces his desire to follow in [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s footsteps and travel into space. He manages to talk [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] into thinking it's a good idea, and Jolt in turn convinces [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] to take Bud above the Earth's atmosphere and into space using the [[space bridge]]. As [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] has taken most of the other Autobots to look for the [[Omega Lock]] in the [[United Kingdom|British Isles]], nobody is around to tell him what a crazy idea this is; by the time [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] realize that Bud and Scattorshot are not where they should be, the pair are already above the clouds.

Concurrently, on [[Velocitron]], Hot Shot is in awe of the planet's huge race tracks, while Red Alert can't see any point in them. But they are not the only offworlders on the Speed Planet: [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is also there, and locates the planet's leader, [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], just as she wins yet another race. Megatron directly questions her on the whereabouts of Velocitron's [[Cyber Planet Key]], but Override informs him that he will have to beat her in a race before she will tell him. Despite Megatron's use of his [[Cyber Key]] Power, Override still wins the race, but confesses to Megatron that she has never heard of the Cyber Planet Key, and just wanted a challenge.

[[File:Cyb ep5 in space.jpg|thumb|225px|No, no worries about lack of gravity! Not to mention temperature, radiation, pressure...]]

Back on Earth—or rather, over it—Bud is having the time of his life on the space bridge. He and Scattorshot, encased in a gravity bubble, look down upon the Earth, but Bud's elation is cut short when Scattorshot spots [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] approaching the British Isles. The two [[Decepticon]]s attack Optimus Prime's team, and a stray missile flies into space and knocks Scattorshot and Bud off the bridge, sending them floating off into space. Unaware of the drama unfolding above, the Autobots down below continue their battle, and call on Jetfire to back them up. Just as Jetfire deploys from the Autobot base, however, Coby and Lori finally manage to wring Scattorshot and Bud's location out of Jolt, and they promptly flip out. Coby triangulates their position and finds that they're drifting helplessly, so they call on Jetfire to go to their aid. Jetfire wastes no time in breaching the atmosphere and locating his comrades, but just as he is about to take them to safety, a passing satellite collides with them, knocking the gravity bubble from Jetfire's hands and sending Scattorshot and Bud plummeting down through the atmosphere.

[[File:Cyb ep5 reentry.jpg|left|thumb|225px|I just hope this is covered by my burn insurance!]]

Back with the battle, Optimus Prime and Vector Prime attempt to lure Starscream and Thundercracker down to ground level, but Starscream isn't falling for it, and seizes the two Autobots before they can get too low. However, they ''have'' managed to bring the Decepticons into range of [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]]'s Cyber Key-powered "Slam Attack" missile, and the small Autobot blasts Thundercracker, sending him spiralling into Starscream, who loses his grip on the two Primes. The Decepticons opt for retreat as the Primes, Jetfire and Jolt all try to reach Scattorshot and Bud as they come falling through the sky, their forcefield burning up as they hurtle downward. Suddenly, in a burst of white light, Scattorshot and Bud vanish, and rematerialize inside the Autobot base. Jolt almost offhandedly reveals that Vector Prime has taught him how to open [[dimension gate]]s, which he used to teleport them to safety.

[[File:Cyb ep5 hot shot collision.jpg|thumb|225px|Taken out by a smaller car - how embarrassing.]]

Meanwhile, on Velocitron, Hot Shot and Red Alert watch from a distance as [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] summons his Cyber Key, piquing Red Alert's curiosity. As the medical Autobot muses on the fact that all the Velocitronians have Cyber Keys that are the same color, in contrast to the differently-colored keys the Autobots themselves use, Hot Shot's attention is caught by the sight of [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]]. The dastardly duo are terrorizing two Velocitronian natives: the youthful [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] and his wise, elderly mentor [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], who Megatron has ordered them to shake down in hopes of gaining information on the Cyber Planet Key. Red Alert attempts to stop Hot Shot from getting involved, reminding him of Optimus Prime's order not to interact with the locals, but when Crumplezone and Ransack draw their weapons on their two victims, the younger Autobot can't hold himself back, and leaps to their rescue. As Brakedown thanks him for his help, Hot Shot realizes the folly of what he has done...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (1)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (3)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (4)
* [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (5)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (7)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (8)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (11)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (13)
* [[Vector Prime]] (14)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (15)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (22)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (23)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (16)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (18)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (19)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (20)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Coby Hansen]] (9)
* [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"Aw, what a drag!" 
"Is something wrong, Master Bud?" 
"I'm not a master, I told you that!" 
"Right, sorry. Bud. Dude."
:—'''Bud''' and '''Jolt'''.

"How come everyone thinks I'm going to mess up, just 'cause I like to drive fast? I'd never break Optimus's orders!"
:—'''Hot Shot,''' who breaks Optimus's orders before the sun sets.

"One more second, and I'd have knocked you down like a bowling pin!" 
"Hmph. Keep dreaming."
:—'''Override''' and '''Megatron'''

"Nice view! You know, there was a scene like this in ''Mutants From Beyond''." 
"That's a movie, this is real life!" 
"Yeah, what's your point?"
:—'''Bud''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Crumplezone:''' "You raced against Override? Wow, did you win?" 
'''Megatron:''' "Never mind! She doesn't know anything about the Cyber Planet Key, so it doesn't matter!" 
'''Ransack:''' "In other words, you lost."
:—Ransack is either very brave or very stupid.

'''Coby and Lori:''' "He's in ''space?!''" 
'''Lori:''' "What do you mean?" 
'''Jolt:''' "He wanted to see space, and he seemed upset when I said no, so I finally said yes, and I talked Scattorshot into it...?" 
'''Lori:''' "So he got to go and ''we didn't?!''" 
'''Coby:''' "That's ''not'' the point."

"This is all my fault! I'm a worthless excuse for a [[Mini-Con]]!"
:—'''Jolt''''s not entirely wrong.

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*This episode gives our first solid look at one of the biggest, not to mention most random, differences between ''Cybertron'' and ''Galaxy Force''. In ''Cybertron'', [[Override_(Cybertron)|Override]] is depicted as female (is referred to as "she" and has a female voice actor), while in ''Galaxy Force'', Override (Nitro Convoy) is male. This change in the English dub script was done at the request of Cartoon Network on which ''Cybertron'' had been contracted to air, and was approved by Hasbro.
*When Megatron and Override first meet, in ''Cybertron'', Megatron is unaware of who he is addressing until Override tells him. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, Megatron already knows who Override is, and Override's part of the conversation is instead an expression of disbelief that life exists beyond Velocitron.
*In ''Cybertron'', Megatron believes Override has cheated to win their race; in ''Galaxy Force'', he is stoic in defeat.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Stonehenge is incorrectly located in Ireland. ''Cybertron'' fixes this mistake by placing it in England, but it's never really named.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber key power": 8
*"Super Mode": One (anomalously named "Massive Attack Mode")

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* In the opening scene, the tentacles Jolt is using to run the computer disappear between shots. As does the computer. (The chunk of metal he appears to be standing in front of in later shots is actually some distance away.)
* When Starscream launches his "Pulse Attack", he speaks with Vector Prime's voice.

===Continuity errors===
* The space bridge's relationship to Earth geography is fluid; the lower terminus is in the American Rockies, but in one scene, Scattorshot is clearly passing east-to-west over Mexico, while later he's close enough to the British Isles to get hit by a stray missile. Later yet, he's over Florida.
* When Thundercracker begins his attack on the Autobots, he says that he's taking "both" of them out. Apparently, he's completely ignoring Landmine and Overhaul in his headcount.
*So a missile flies off into the unfathomably huge void of space and just ''happens'' to hit Scattorshot and Bud? How convenient.

===Transformers references===
* Ransack invites Clocker to "[[Slag (slang)|Slag off!]]", dropping ''Cybertron'''s first use of the Transformer swear word that ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' made famous.

===Trivia===
*As with Starscream and Thundercracker in the previous episode, Megatron now displays his Cyber Key Power for the first time, with no explanation ever being given for how he obtains the ability. On Velocitron, however, Brakedown, Crumplezone, Dirt Boss, and Ransack all summon Cyber Keys at various points in the episode, so it's clearly a widely-known ability there.
*Three episodes ago, there was one Cyber Key invocation. Two episodes ago, there were two. Last episode, there were four. This episode, there were ''eight.'' Thank [[Primus]] this progression didn't continue.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 02 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Landmine (episode)

2018-12-23T03:31:27Z

Radix:

{{disambig3|Landmine}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=4
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=5
|title="Landmine"
|japanese=チップスクエアを探せ!
|romaji=Chip Square wo Sagase!
|translation=Find the Chip Square!
|image=Cyb ep4 optimus and landmine.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Genki Yoshimura]]
|director=[[Kunitoshi Okajima]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[February 5]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 9]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''The Autobots investigate their first clue to the Omega Lock, and Landmine reveals there's more to him than meets the eye.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep4 megatron in pursuit.jpg|left|thumb|225px|You two seem useless and inept enough. Welcome to the club.]]
On [[Velocitron]], native racers [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] are driving along, minding their own business, when they suddenly find [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] standing in their paths. The Decepticon leader attacks the pair, and they opt for flight over fight, but Megatron has no intentions of letting them escape. The pair transform to [[robot mode]] to try and give a decent account of themselves, but Megatron slaps them around with ease and informs them they now work for him. The defeated duo can do little but obey.

Meanwhile, on [[Earth]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] is feeling useless due to the fact that he is still recovering from his injuries at the hands of [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] reassures him he'll be back up to fighting strength again soon. Soon, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] arrive to cheer Landmine up, and Optimus leaves them alone, departing for a meeting with the other Autobots to discuss a plan of action for finding the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. They agree that more info on the [[Atlantis Pattern]] and the [[Omega Lock]] is needed, so [[Vector Prime]] begins analyzing the pattern while the others head out to gather intel. Lori and Bud go too, with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], respectively. Optimus, meanwhile, goes looking for [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], and finds him goofing off at a local race track. Optimus reprimands him for being reckless when discretion is needed, and the apologetic Hot Shot swears it won't happen again.

[[File:Cyb ep4 landmine altmode.jpg|thumb|225px|With the kibble he exposes in robot mode, it's hard to imagine what Landmine transformed into before he chose this.]]

Back at the base, Coby is giving Landmine a checkup. He tells him he's not completely healed yet, but Landmine is eager to help look for info, so Coby agrees to let him go out, so long as he picks an Earth vehicle mode, first. They head out to a construction site, where Landmine chooses a front loader as his [[alternate mode]], then he and Coby start their search.

Elsewhere, Bud has been surfing the net from within Jolt, and has discovered a report of an archaeological artifact bearing the Atlantis Pattern at a museum in [[Mexico]]. Jolt passes the news to Optimus, who orders the whole team to the museum. Unfortunately, Starscream and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] spot them en route, and follow them to Mexico.

[[File:Cyb ep4 landmine vs starscream.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

The Autobots arrive at the museum first, under cover of night, but it isn't long before the two Decepticons show up. Thundercracker shows off his new [[Cyber Key]], blasting Jetfire, and the two airborne nemeses take off to duel in the skies. The [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] and the kids clear the battlefield, and Vector Prime heads inside to check out the pattern, covered by Hot Shot and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] while Optimus Prime faces down Starscream. The treacherous Decepticon unveils his own Cyber Key Power, but before a fight can begin between the two, Landmine comes charging in, determined to get a piece of the Decepticon. Prime orders him to stand back, as he's not ready for combat, but Landmine hesitates, and Starscream takes the opportunity to shoot at him. Optimus takes the shot for Landmine, and Landmine charges at Starscream with righteous fury, but the Decepticon knocks him down, and flies toward the museum to take out Vector Prime. Scattorshot and Hot Shot hold him off, but as they battle, Jetfire and Thundercracker appear overhead, still dogfighting. One of Thundercracker's shots goes wide, heading for the kids and Mini-Cons, and Landmine leaps to defend them. Summoning his Cyber Key for the first time, Landmine activates his "Cyber Tempest" attack to detonate the incoming fire, proving that he's ready for action again.

[[File:Cyb ep4 velocitron landscape.jpg|thumb|225px|Something that is ''never'' seen in a normal city.]]

At this point, Vector Prime emerges and declares that the object inside is not the Omega Lock, but rather an imitation. With the object of their search proven a fake, and with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] arriving to reinforce the Autobots, Starscream calls for a retreat.

Back at base, Landmine and Coby share a moment, as Landmine tells him that their friendship has made saving Earth just as important to him as saving Cybertron. As the Autobots lament that they appear to be back to square one, Vector Prime reveals that while the object at the base was an imitation, it did contain a star map giving the location of Velocitron, where one of the Cyber Planet Keys is located. Optimus dispatches Hot Shot and Red Alert to Velocitron, with orders to be discreet and make no contact with the locals. Vector Prime combines the power of his [[Rhisling|sword]] with Optimus's [[Matrix of Leadership]] to open a dimension gate to Velocitron, and the pair waste no time in heading through. Hot Shot is agog at the endless speedways of the planet...and aghast when he is suddenly passed by the speeding form of a [[Override (Cybertron)|female Velocitronian]], who seems to be even faster than him.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Vector Prime]] (9)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (10)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (11)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (12)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (13)
*Generic sports cars (14, 15)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (16)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (20)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (21)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (21)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (22)

|c2=
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (1)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (2)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (18)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (6)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (7)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (8)
*Museum guard (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hey, there's [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|some big guy]] parked up on the road! So, you think he's friendly?" 
"Ah . . ." [''Megatron fires on them''] "No, ''not'' friendly!" 
"AAAAAHHH! Make tracks, buddy!" [''They scamper.''] 
"What's with him?" 
"I don't know, maybe he's related to that cute scooter you dumped. You should have been ''nicer'' to her." 
:—'''Crumplezone''' and '''Ransack'''

"Jolt! Jetfire and Lori just burned us! Can't you fly any faster?" 
"If you wanted to fly fast, you picked the wrong Mini-Con."
:—'''Bud''' and '''Jolt'''

"Man, wha'cha reckon this Omega Lock thing looks like? Where exactly ''are'' we headed? Gotta picture of it?" 
"Oh, quit ''whining'' and keep searching." 
"Aww, whining?! I'm ''thinking!'' Out ''loud!'' [''Starscream accelerates away.''] Hey, I was talking to you!"
:—'''Thundercracker''' and '''Starscream''' keep up the Decepticon army's record of jovial camaraderie.

"So, Atlantis is in Mexico?" 
"Can't say that for sure, but I do love tacos!"
:—'''Jolt''' and '''Bud'''

"I don't wanna work!" 
"Ah, it's an offer we can't refuse, Crumplezone." 
"But this guy is mean! He kinda scares the [[oil]] out of me." 
"Eh, go with the flow."
:—'''Crumplezone''' and '''Ransack''' having been recruited into the Decepticon army.

"Got it. Keepin' it on the down-low. The D.L." 
"Oh, be still my beating heart. A secret mission with Hot Shot? I'm dizzy..."
:—'''Hot Shot''' x '''Red Alert''' OTP!

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[File:Cyb ep4 deleted scene.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*Rather inexplicably, ''Cybertron'' cuts off the short sequence which precedes the title card of the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the episode, in which Crumplezone and Ransack are racing along, discussing the weather. They run a white car off the road, then drive into the mouth of a tunnel, which is where we rejoin them after the title card, and where the ''Cybertron'' episode begins.
*Crumplezone and Ransack's reaction to Megatron's proclamation that they work for him is reversed; in ''Galaxy Force'', Crumplezone immediately agrees to work for him, prompting an irritated Ransack to ask why he's speaking for him, while in ''Cybertron'', it is Crumplezone who turns Megatron down, with Ransack claiming it's an offer they can't refuse.
*During Landmine's talk with Coby at episode's end, ''Galaxy Force'' has Landmine refer to Cybertron being swallowed up by the black hole, a plot point consistently excised from the ''Cybertron'' dub. In its place, Landmine talks about how he was not initially interested in saving Earth, but that his new friendship with Coby has convinced him otherwise.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power!": 4
*"Super mode!": 1

===Animation or technical errors===
*When Optimus, Hot Shot and Reverb leave the base to go for the supposed Omega Lock in Mexico, Optimus is missing his rear end, with his legs in plain view, and his back pack missing a the middle piece.
*Upon arrival, Optimus's hands are open in truck mode. Grabbing the tail end of a cute little sedan or what?
*When Starscream and Thundercracker arrive at the museum, they both announce their own names...but the cry of "Transform!" that should follow is absent.
*When Thundercracker says, "I just love parties, don't you, Starscream?" his mouth is not moving.
*While the Autobots are planning near the beginning of the episode, the doors on Overhaul's shoulders are closed.

===Continuity notes===
*Landmine is still recovering from injuries he took back in "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]".

===Transformers references===
*The generic sports car Autobots based on [[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]]'s bodyform appear again in this episode, having previously been seen in "[[Hidden]]". The white Velocitronian sports car cut from the ''Cybertron'' version of this episode is also a Blurr-type.
*In the first scene [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is seen in this episode, he refers to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus]] as "[[Cheetor (BW)|Big Bot]]".

===Trivia===
*Landmine takes an Earth [[Alternate mode|altmode]] in this episode. However, he pretty clearly had a lot of [[kibble]] from this altmode before he acquired it (as the animators didn't have the budget to design a pre-Earth body... but couldn't they at least have removed the shovels before then? 'Course, he could have been a ''Cybertronian'' loader).
*Thundercracker and Starscream can now summon Cyber Keys, despite the fact that back in "[[Haven]]", the Autobots could not do so before Vector Prime awoke the ability within them. It is never explained how these two Decepticons (as well as Megatron, who will soon get in on the act) obtained the ability. On the colony worlds the Transformers will go on to visit through the series, however, Cyber Key Powers are common knowledge, and all the Transformers there have always had them.
*Landmine's transformation to [[robot mode]] is awfully ''balletic'' for a rough, tough, front loader.
*Landmine can use his shovel halves as shields, capable of blocking Starscream's Null Cannons, hence his ''Galaxy Force'' name 'Guardshell'.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 02 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Hidden (Cybertron)

2018-12-09T23:11:39Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the IDW comic story|All Hail Megatron issue 16}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=3
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=4
|title="Hidden"
|japanese=地球での暮らし方、教えます
|romaji=Chikyū de no Kurashikata, Oshiemasu
|translation=A Lesson in Living on Earth
|image=Cyb_ep3_you_go_less.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Jun'ichi Watanabe]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 2]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''The Autobots learn that being robots in disguise is more complicated than they thought.'''

==Synopsis==

At sea, [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] is riding aboard one of two Autobots who have taken on colorful submarine [[alternate mode]]s. He declares this to be totally awesome, until a ship from the real Navy shows up, and the crew demands that the two Autobots identify themselves. When they don't respond, the Navy prepares to fire on them, and the Autobots dive beneath the waves to escape the danger (much more energetically than a real sub could). The captain of the ship decides to pretend the whole thing never happened.

[[File:Cyb ep3 coby cars.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm lonely...]]

In a suburban parking lot, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is attempting to teach an assortment of sports car Autobots how to behave like real Earth cars, including parallel parking. Unfortunately, the hot-rodding Autobots' tendency to show off draws a crowd of spectators who begin admiring the cars, and Coby begins extemporizing about how he designed them. A police officer then points out that the cars aren't street legal, so Coby quickly declares that they're not real cars, but actually ''voice-activated remote-controlled'' cars. A quick demonstration of the cars' remarkable abilities (e.g., ''dancing'') befuddles the officer, and Coby escapes in one of the cars.

Deep in the desert, an old man driving a truck stops at a red traffic light. He comments to himself that there's no conceivable need for a light here, and a disembodied voice tells him to not even think about running the light. It then turns green, and the same voice tells him he can go. Well and truly freaked, he speeds away. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] comes out from behind a rock, and advises the traffic light—actually an [[Signal Lancer|Autobot]] in disguise—that traffic lights don't usually talk.

[[File:Cyb ep3 collapsing the black hole.jpg|thumb|225px| Suddenly, just as the movie started to get good, the screen conked out for the fifth time that evening.]]

Later, back at the Autobots' base, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] admonishes the kids that they need to pick the Autobots' altmodes a little more carefully, since they don't want to call attention to themselves. The kids begin to squabble among themselves over who screwed up worst, while the exasperated Jetfire leaves to join the other Autobots in the command center, where they are teleconferencing with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. From his position on a remote station, Red Alert is about to initiate an attempt to collapse the universe-devouring [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] in on itself with a [[gravitron grid]], thus ending the threat to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Jetfire gripes about how unhelpful the kids have been, but [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] tells him to give them a chance, and they all turn their attention to Red Alert's efforts. Alas, the power of the black hole is too much for the graviton grid, and Vector Prime again states that the only real solution is to find the Cyber Planet Keys. The Autobots are skeptical, but Red Alert speaks up on Vector Prime's behalf, and the team decides to make the search for the Keys their top priority.

[[File:Cyb ep3 jetfire vs thundercracker.jpg|left|thumb|225px|This is no Blue Angels performance.]]

Jetfire meets with the kids again, and discovers that they're now buckling down and discussing the practical aspects of hiding the Autobots on Earth. His new feeling of reassurance is quickly shunted aside by [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who informs him that he has just picked up some Air Force transmissions regarding an unidentified bogey. Scattorshot identifies it as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], and Jetfire quickly speeds into action with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Vector Prime to save the two military planes that have tried to engage the Decepticon. Jetfire swoops in to protect the planes, shielding them from 'Cracker's missiles with his body. For a moment, he appears to be destroyed, but then he emerges from the explosion, and instinctively summons his [[Cyber Key]] for the first time. His powered-up attack easily disposes of Thundercracker's next salvo, and Vector Prime opens a [[dimension gate]] to teleport the Air Force planes to the [[Bermuda Triangle]], well beyond Thundercracker's reach. Thundercracker flees, and Jetfire pursues him, clashing in an aerial, vehicle mode duel that Jetfire is winning, until Scattorshot shoots Thundercracker down.

[[File:Cyb ep3 optimus cyber key.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Optimus Prime, meanwhile, is confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and laid out by a swipe of the Decepticon leader's arm. As Optimus and Vector Prime demand the return of the [[Planet Map]], Megatron just stands there looking smug and refuses. Optimus hurls Starscream aside and switches to Super Mode, but as he charges towards Megatron, Starscream slashes him across the back. His [[Burning justice|heart burning]], Optimus summons his own Cyber Key for the first time and knocks Starscream down with a double cannon blast. Megatron still refuses to surrender the map and trades a few punches with Optimus, but when Autobot reinforcements arrive, Megatron declares it's time to leave. He brags about having already located the first Cyber Planet Key, then warps away with Starscream.

One of the Air Force pilots reports in to his [[Mike Franklin|superior officer]] about their strange encounter with giant robots. The officer doesn't seem particularly surprised, and seems to know about Transformers. He tells the pilot that everything about his encounter is classified.

Back at the Autobot base, Coby is setting the refugees up with sensible, inconspicuous altmodes, Bud is providing them with templates for holographic drivers, and Lori is teaching them the traffic laws. Jetfire comments that this may work out after all.

And, deep in space, Megatron stares down at [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet, location of the first Cyber Planet Key...

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*Two unnamed submarine Autobots (1,2)
*Assorted generic sports car Autobots (6)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (9)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (11)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (12)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (16)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (17)
*[[Vector Prime]] (18)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (23)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (24)
*Assorted refugees (25)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (3)
*Navy personnel (4)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (5)
*Parking lot spectators (7)
*Police officer (8)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
*Air Force personnel (19)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"But... I never got a chance to ask him where I could ''get'' one of those."
:—The friendly neighborhood '''police officer''', after Coby makes his getaway in one of those supercool cars.

'''Signal Lancer:''' "I'm supposed to do this all day long?" 
'''Lori:''' "Either that, or go home and get sucked into a black hole." 
'''Signal Lancer:''' "That's a good point."
:—'''Signal Lancer''' and '''Lori''' discuss the upside of being a traffic light.

'''Lori:''' "That's way better than a square dance for cars in a parking lot!" 
'''Coby:''' "Ha! Shows what you know! They were ''break''-dancing!"
:—'''Lori''' and '''Coby'''

'''Jetfire:''' "Unidentified flying object? Is it an Autobot or a Decepticon? Can you tell who it is?" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Just a second... good guy, bad guy, good guy, bad guy... bad guy! It's Thundercracker!"
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Thundercracker:''' "You're a stone-cold fool, Jetfire." 
'''Jetfire:''' "Coming from you, that's a compliment." 
'''Thundercracker:''' "Tell you what. Here's another little something coming from me!" 
[''Launches missiles.'']
:—'''Thundercracker''' and '''Jetfire'''

'''Optimus Prime:''' "You're nothing better than a common thief." 
'''Megatron:''' "Soon enough I'll be ruler of the Universe! I care not what vermin like you think of me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron'''

'''Mysterious government agent:''' "It's classified. Top secret. If you tell anyone, the only flying you'll ever do... is at an amusement park. Got it?" 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
'''Mysterious government agent:''' "It's classified. Top secret." 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir. I know. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
'''Mysterious government agent:''' "It was nothing at all, pilot, understand?" 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir! I do."
:—The '''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]''' gives an '''Air Force pilot''' his orders...and us painful ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' flashbacks.

'''Lori:''' "I'm going to teach you guys all the traffic laws. We're going to start with traffic lights, okay? So, what do you do when you see this color?" 
[''Green light.''] 
'''unnamed Autobots:''' "You go!" 
'''Lori:''' "And this color?" 
[''Red light.''] 
'''unnamed Autobots:''' "You go less!" 
'''Lori:''' "Very funny. Come on..."
:—'''Lori''' and assorted '''unnamed Autobots'''

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Cybertron'', the cop who inspects the Autobot cars tells Coby that the drafting fins on the cars make them illegal to drive on the road. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he suspects them of being stolen. As Coby denies it, ''Galaxy Force'' also sees him backpedal on his previous claim of designing them, as he states they're new on the market.
*While the Autobots remain unsure of whether to follow Vector Prime's plan in both versions of the show, ''Galaxy Force'' puts a little more emphasis on the fact that the Autobots are not entirely convinced that the Cyber Planet Keys even ''exist''. During Optimus and Megatron's battle towards the end of the episode, Megatron even questions why Prime wants the map back if he doesn't believe in the Keys.
*In a small change, ''Galaxy Force'' has the pilots that engage Thundercracker note that he has not responded to their hails. ''Cybertron'' makes it appear they're shooting at him without attempting contact!

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power!": 2
*"Super mode!": 1

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*How are those Blurr-like cars moving around upright when their wheels aren't touching the ground? Shouldn't their back ends be throwing up sparks and scraping asphalt?
*During the close-up of Jetfire while he and Hot Shot are talking, Jetfire's yellow cheek-vent is visibly clipping into his dark green collar.
*When Starscream says Optimus should get used to the Decepticons having the map, his shoulder is visibly clipping into his collar.
*While Optimus and Megatron are arguing over Optimus not winning, Optimus's ear-fins clip into his backpack. Those dramatic poses are nothing but trouble.

===Continuity errors===
*One of the Air Force pilots asks how Thundercracker got behind them, when he's clearly still in front of them.
*Vector Prime says that Jetfire's Cyber Key came without him needing to call it forth, before the key actually arrives.

===Transformers references===

*The Autobot cars under Coby's watch all use the bodyform of [[Blurr (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Blurr]], and one of them has his color scheme. Whether or not this ''is'' Blurr is a loaded question; check out the character's article for an in-depth examination.

===Trivia===
*With the first two episodes of the series having been skipped over when ''Cybertron'' debuted on American television, this episode was the first aired, dropping viewers right into the middle of things with no explanation in what must surely be one of the most fumble-fingered launches of a television program ''ever''.
*Let's face it. The scene in the parking lot is terribly silly on many levels.
*While it's quixotic to expect the physics of the universe-devouring black hole to make much sense, it may be worth pointing out that making a black hole "collapse in on itself" is redundant, and could actually make the problem ''worse''.
*The two Air Force jets are very similar in model to Thundercracker himself, but in a basic gray color scheme. However, the model of fighter jet is of ''[[Russia]]n'' make, while the pilots are American.
*When Optimus charges Megatron, then spins and falls down, it's really unclear why he fell.
[[File:Cyb ep3 blue traffic light.jpg|thumb|"THERE ARE ''GREEN'' LIGHTS!"]]
*Did Megatron come to Earth just to brag about possessing the Map and finding the first Key? Why?
*A blocking issue: At 18:20, part of Optimus's face is hidden by the fire engine light bar on his shoulder. It looks very odd, and a slightly different angle would have solved the problem.
*When Signal Lancer (as he will later be named) switches his light colors, and when Lori teaches the Autobots the rules of the road, the green traffic light is ''blue''. As you will be aware if you watch much anime, however, this is ''not'' actually a mistake. This color conundrum is an odd Japanese cultural tic based on the fact that for a large portion of the language's history, they used the same word, "ao" (青), for both blue and green. Although a separate word meaning green has since been established in the language (''midori'' 緑), "ao" is still widely used to describe both shades of blue and green: the blue sky can be "ao", but so is a green traffic light. As a befuddling consequence of this quirk of language, illustrations of traffic lights, be they in driving manuals or animated cartoons about robots from space, are ''actually colored blue'', despite the fact that the real, tangible physical traffic lights on streets in Japan ''are actually green''. You get all that? Okay, now forget it and go play outside, or something. Life's too short, man.
*This episode was packaged in-disc with toys from the line such as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Hidden (Cybertron)

2018-12-09T23:09:19Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the IDW comic story|All Hail Megatron issue 16}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=3
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=4
|title="Hidden"
|japanese=地球での暮らし方、教えます
|romaji=Chikyū de no Kurashikata, Oshiemasu
|translation=A Lesson in Living on Earth
|image=Cyb_ep3_you_go_less.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Jun'ichi Watanabe]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 2]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''The Autobots learn that being robots in disguise is more complicated than they thought.'''

==Synopsis==

At sea, [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] is riding aboard one of two Autobots who have taken on colorful submarine [[alternate mode]]s. He declares this to be totally awesome, until a ship from the real Navy shows up, and the crew demands that the two Autobots identify themselves. When they don't respond, the Navy prepares to fire on them, and the Autobots dive beneath the waves to escape the danger (much more energetically than a real sub could). The captain of the ship decides to pretend the whole thing never happened.

[[File:Cyb ep3 coby cars.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm lonely...]]

In a suburban parking lot, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is attempting to teach an assortment of sports car Autobots how to behave like real Earth cars, including parallel parking. Unfortunately, the hot-rodding Autobots' tendency to show off draws a crowd of spectators who begin admiring the cars, and Coby begins extemporizing about how he designed them. A police officer then points out that the cars aren't street legal, so Coby quickly declares that they're not real cars, but actually ''voice-activated remote-controlled'' cars. A quick demonstration of the cars' remarkable abilities (e.g., ''dancing'') befuddles the officer, and Coby escapes in one of the cars.

Deep in the desert, an old man driving a truck stops at a red traffic light. He comments to himself that there's no conceivable need for a light here, and a disembodied voice tells him to not even think about running the light. It then turns green, and the same voice tells him he can go. Well and truly freaked, he speeds away. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] comes out from behind a rock, and advises the traffic light—actually an [[Signal Lancer|Autobot]] in disguise—that traffic lights don't usually talk.

[[File:Cyb ep3 collapsing the black hole.jpg|thumb|225px| Suddenly, just as the movie started to get good, the screen conked out for the fifth time that evening.]]

Later, back at the Autobots' base, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] admonishes the kids that they need to pick the Autobots' altmodes a little more carefully, since they don't want to call attention to themselves. The kids begin to squabble among themselves over who screwed up worst, while the exasperated Jetfire leaves to join the other Autobots in the command center, where they are teleconferencing with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. From his position on a remote station, Red Alert is about to initiate an attempt to collapse the universe-devouring [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] in on itself with a [[gravitron grid]], thus ending the threat to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Jetfire gripes about how unhelpful the kids have been, but [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] tells him to give them a chance, and they all turn their attention to Red Alert's efforts. Alas, the power of the black hole is too much for the graviton grid, and Vector Prime again states that the only real solution is to find the Cyber Planet Keys. The Autobots are skeptical, but Red Alert speaks up on Vector Prime's behalf, and the team decides to make the search for the Keys their top priority.

[[File:Cyb ep3 jetfire vs thundercracker.jpg|left|thumb|225px|This is no Blue Angels performance.]]

Jetfire meets with the kids again, and discovers that they're now buckling down and discussing the practical aspects of hiding the Autobots on Earth. His new feeling of reassurance is quickly shunted aside by [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who informs him that he has just picked up some Air Force transmissions regarding an unidentified bogey. Scattorshot identifies it as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], and Jetfire quickly speeds into action with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Vector Prime to save the two military planes that have tried to engage the Decepticon. Jetfire swoops in to protect the planes, shielding them from 'Cracker's missiles with his body. For a moment, he appears to be destroyed, but then he emerges from the explosion, and instinctively summons his [[Cyber Key]] for the first time. His powered-up attack easily disposes of Thundercracker's next salvo, and Vector Prime opens a [[dimension gate]] to teleport the Air Force planes to the [[Bermuda Triangle]], well beyond Thundercracker's reach. Thundercracker flees, and Jetfire pursues him, clashing in an aerial, vehicle mode duel that Jetfire is winning, until Scattorshot shoots Thundercracker down.

[[File:Cyb ep3 optimus cyber key.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Optimus Prime, meanwhile, is confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and laid out by a swipe of the Decepticon leader's arm. As Optimus and Vector Prime demand the return of the [[Planet Map]], Megatron just stands there looking smug and refuses. Optimus hurls Starscream aside and switches to Super Mode, but as he charges towards Megatron, Starscream slashes him across the back. His [[Burning justice|heart burning]], Optimus summons his own Cyber Key for the first time and knocks Starscream down with a double cannon blast. Megatron still refuses to surrender the map and trades a few punches with Optimus, but when Autobot reinforcements arrive, Megatron declares it's time to leave. He brags about having already located the first Cyber Planet Key, then warps away with Starscream.

One of the Air Force pilots reports in to his [[Mike Franklin|superior officer]] about their strange encounter with giant robots. The officer doesn't seem particularly surprised, and seems to know about Transformers. He tells the pilot that everything about his encounter is classified.

Back at the Autobot base, Coby is setting the refugees up with sensible, inconspicuous altmodes, Bud is providing them with templates for holographic drivers, and Lori is teaching them the traffic laws. Jetfire comments that this may work out after all.

And, deep in space, Megatron stares down at [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet, location of the first Cyber Planet Key...

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*Two unnamed submarine Autobots (1,2)
*Assorted generic sports car Autobots (6)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (9)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (11)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (12)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (16)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (17)
*[[Vector Prime]] (18)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (23)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (24)
*Assorted refugees (25)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (3)
*Navy personnel (4)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (5)
*Parking lot spectators (7)
*Police officer (8)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
*Air Force personnel (19)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"But... I never got a chance to ask him where I could ''get'' one of those."
:—The friendly neighborhood '''police officer''', after Coby makes his getaway in one of those supercool cars.

'''Signal Lancer:''' "I'm supposed to do this all day long?" 
'''Lori:''' "Either that, or go home and get sucked into a black hole." 
'''Signal Lancer:''' "That's a good point."
:—'''Signal Lancer''' and '''Lori''' discuss the upside of being a traffic light.

'''Lori:''' "That's way better than a square dance for cars in a parking lot!" 
'''Coby:''' "Ha! Shows what you know! They were ''break''-dancing!"
:—'''Lori''' and '''Coby'''

'''Jetfire:''' "Unidentified flying object? Is it an Autobot or a Decepticon? Can you tell who it is?" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Just a second... good guy, bad guy, good guy, bad guy... bad guy! It's Thundercracker!"
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Thundercracker:''' "You're a stone-cold fool, Jetfire." 
'''Jetfire:''' "Coming from you, that's a compliment." 
'''Thundercracker:''' "Tell you what. Here's another little something coming from me!" 
[''Launches missiles.'']
:—'''Thundercracker''' and '''Jetfire'''

'''Optimus Prime:''' "You're nothing better than a common thief." 
'''Megatron:''' "Soon enough I'll be ruler of the Universe! I care not what vermin like you think of me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron'''

'''Mysterious government agent:''' "It's classified. Top secret. If you tell anyone, the only flying you'll ever do... is at an amusement park. Got it?" 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
'''Mysterious government agent:''' "It's classified. Top secret." 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir. I know. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
'''Mysterious government agent:''' "It was nothing at all, pilot, understand?" 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir! I do."
:—The '''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]''' gives an '''Air Force pilot''' his orders...and us painful ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' flashbacks.

"I'm going to teach you guys all the traffic laws. We're going to start with traffic lights, okay? So, what do you do when you see this color?" 
[''Green light.''] 
"You go!" 
"And this color?" 
[''Red light.''] 
"You go less!" 
"Very funny. Come on..."
:—'''Lori''' and assorted '''unnamed Autobots'''

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Cybertron'', the cop who inspects the Autobot cars tells Coby that the drafting fins on the cars make them illegal to drive on the road. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he suspects them of being stolen. As Coby denies it, ''Galaxy Force'' also sees him backpedal on his previous claim of designing them, as he states they're new on the market.
*While the Autobots remain unsure of whether to follow Vector Prime's plan in both versions of the show, ''Galaxy Force'' puts a little more emphasis on the fact that the Autobots are not entirely convinced that the Cyber Planet Keys even ''exist''. During Optimus and Megatron's battle towards the end of the episode, Megatron even questions why Prime wants the map back if he doesn't believe in the Keys.
*In a small change, ''Galaxy Force'' has the pilots that engage Thundercracker note that he has not responded to their hails. ''Cybertron'' makes it appear they're shooting at him without attempting contact!

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power!": 2
*"Super mode!": 1

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*How are those Blurr-like cars moving around upright when their wheels aren't touching the ground? Shouldn't their back ends be throwing up sparks and scraping asphalt?
*During the close-up of Jetfire while he and Hot Shot are talking, Jetfire's yellow cheek-vent is visibly clipping into his dark green collar.
*When Starscream says Optimus should get used to the Decepticons having the map, his shoulder is visibly clipping into his collar.
*While Optimus and Megatron are arguing over Optimus not winning, Optimus's ear-fins clip into his backpack. Those dramatic poses are nothing but trouble.

===Continuity errors===
*One of the Air Force pilots asks how Thundercracker got behind them, when he's clearly still in front of them.
*Vector Prime says that Jetfire's Cyber Key came without him needing to call it forth, before the key actually arrives.

===Transformers references===

*The Autobot cars under Coby's watch all use the bodyform of [[Blurr (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Blurr]], and one of them has his color scheme. Whether or not this ''is'' Blurr is a loaded question; check out the character's article for an in-depth examination.

===Trivia===
*With the first two episodes of the series having been skipped over when ''Cybertron'' debuted on American television, this episode was the first aired, dropping viewers right into the middle of things with no explanation in what must surely be one of the most fumble-fingered launches of a television program ''ever''.
*Let's face it. The scene in the parking lot is terribly silly on many levels.
*While it's quixotic to expect the physics of the universe-devouring black hole to make much sense, it may be worth pointing out that making a black hole "collapse in on itself" is redundant, and could actually make the problem ''worse''.
*The two Air Force jets are very similar in model to Thundercracker himself, but in a basic gray color scheme. However, the model of fighter jet is of ''[[Russia]]n'' make, while the pilots are American.
*When Optimus charges Megatron, then spins and falls down, it's really unclear why he fell.
[[File:Cyb ep3 blue traffic light.jpg|thumb|"THERE ARE ''GREEN'' LIGHTS!"]]
*Did Megatron come to Earth just to brag about possessing the Map and finding the first Key? Why?
*A blocking issue: At 18:20, part of Optimus's face is hidden by the fire engine light bar on his shoulder. It looks very odd, and a slightly different angle would have solved the problem.
*When Signal Lancer (as he will later be named) switches his light colors, and when Lori teaches the Autobots the rules of the road, the green traffic light is ''blue''. As you will be aware if you watch much anime, however, this is ''not'' actually a mistake. This color conundrum is an odd Japanese cultural tic based on the fact that for a large portion of the language's history, they used the same word, "ao" (青), for both blue and green. Although a separate word meaning green has since been established in the language (''midori'' 緑), "ao" is still widely used to describe both shades of blue and green: the blue sky can be "ao", but so is a green traffic light. As a befuddling consequence of this quirk of language, illustrations of traffic lights, be they in driving manuals or animated cartoons about robots from space, are ''actually colored blue'', despite the fact that the real, tangible physical traffic lights on streets in Japan ''are actually green''. You get all that? Okay, now forget it and go play outside, or something. Life's too short, man.
*This episode was packaged in-disc with toys from the line such as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Hidden (Cybertron)

2018-12-09T23:08:20Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the IDW comic story|All Hail Megatron issue 16}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=3
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=4
|title="Hidden"
|japanese=地球での暮らし方、教えます
|romaji=Chikyū de no Kurashikata, Oshiemasu
|translation=A Lesson in Living on Earth
|image=Cyb_ep3_you_go_less.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Jun'ichi Watanabe]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 2]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''The Autobots learn that being robots in disguise is more complicated than they thought.'''

==Synopsis==

At sea, [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] is riding aboard one of two Autobots who have taken on colorful submarine [[alternate mode]]s. He declares this to be totally awesome, until a ship from the real Navy shows up, and the crew demands that the two Autobots identify themselves. When they don't respond, the Navy prepares to fire on them, and the Autobots dive beneath the waves to escape the danger (much more energetically than a real sub could). The captain of the ship decides to pretend the whole thing never happened.

[[File:Cyb ep3 coby cars.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm lonely...]]

In a suburban parking lot, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is attempting to teach an assortment of sports car Autobots how to behave like real Earth cars, including parallel parking. Unfortunately, the hot-rodding Autobots' tendency to show off draws a crowd of spectators who begin admiring the cars, and Coby begins extemporizing about how he designed them. A police officer then points out that the cars aren't street legal, so Coby quickly declares that they're not real cars, but actually ''voice-activated remote-controlled'' cars. A quick demonstration of the cars' remarkable abilities (e.g., ''dancing'') befuddles the officer, and Coby escapes in one of the cars.

Deep in the desert, an old man driving a truck stops at a red traffic light. He comments to himself that there's no conceivable need for a light here, and a disembodied voice tells him to not even think about running the light. It then turns green, and the same voice tells him he can go. Well and truly freaked, he speeds away. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] comes out from behind a rock, and advises the traffic light—actually an [[Signal Lancer|Autobot]] in disguise—that traffic lights don't usually talk.

[[File:Cyb ep3 collapsing the black hole.jpg|thumb|225px| Suddenly, just as the movie started to get good, the screen conked out for the fifth time that evening.]]

Later, back at the Autobots' base, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] admonishes the kids that they need to pick the Autobots' altmodes a little more carefully, since they don't want to call attention to themselves. The kids begin to squabble among themselves over who screwed up worst, while the exasperated Jetfire leaves to join the other Autobots in the command center, where they are teleconferencing with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. From his position on a remote station, Red Alert is about to initiate an attempt to collapse the universe-devouring [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] in on itself with a [[gravitron grid]], thus ending the threat to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Jetfire gripes about how unhelpful the kids have been, but [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] tells him to give them a chance, and they all turn their attention to Red Alert's efforts. Alas, the power of the black hole is too much for the graviton grid, and Vector Prime again states that the only real solution is to find the Cyber Planet Keys. The Autobots are skeptical, but Red Alert speaks up on Vector Prime's behalf, and the team decides to make the search for the Keys their top priority.

[[File:Cyb ep3 jetfire vs thundercracker.jpg|left|thumb|225px|This is no Blue Angels performance.]]

Jetfire meets with the kids again, and discovers that they're now buckling down and discussing the practical aspects of hiding the Autobots on Earth. His new feeling of reassurance is quickly shunted aside by [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who informs him that he has just picked up some Air Force transmissions regarding an unidentified bogey. Scattorshot identifies it as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], and Jetfire quickly speeds into action with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Vector Prime to save the two military planes that have tried to engage the Decepticon. Jetfire swoops in to protect the planes, shielding them from 'Cracker's missiles with his body. For a moment, he appears to be destroyed, but then he emerges from the explosion, and instinctively summons his [[Cyber Key]] for the first time. His powered-up attack easily disposes of Thundercracker's next salvo, and Vector Prime opens a [[dimension gate]] to teleport the Air Force planes to the [[Bermuda Triangle]], well beyond Thundercracker's reach. Thundercracker flees, and Jetfire pursues him, clashing in an aerial, vehicle mode duel that Jetfire is winning, until Scattorshot shoots Thundercracker down.

[[File:Cyb ep3 optimus cyber key.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Optimus Prime, meanwhile, is confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and laid out by a swipe of the Decepticon leader's arm. As Optimus and Vector Prime demand the return of the [[Planet Map]], Megatron just stands there looking smug and refuses. Optimus hurls Starscream aside and switches to Super Mode, but as he charges towards Megatron, Starscream slashes him across the back. His [[Burning justice|heart burning]], Optimus summons his own Cyber Key for the first time and knocks Starscream down with a double cannon blast. Megatron still refuses to surrender the map and trades a few punches with Optimus, but when Autobot reinforcements arrive, Megatron declares it's time to leave. He brags about having already located the first Cyber Planet Key, then warps away with Starscream.

One of the Air Force pilots reports in to his [[Mike Franklin|superior officer]] about their strange encounter with giant robots. The officer doesn't seem particularly surprised, and seems to know about Transformers. He tells the pilot that everything about his encounter is classified.

Back at the Autobot base, Coby is setting the refugees up with sensible, inconspicuous altmodes, Bud is providing them with templates for holographic drivers, and Lori is teaching them the traffic laws. Jetfire comments that this may work out after all.

And, deep in space, Megatron stares down at [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet, location of the first Cyber Planet Key...

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*Two unnamed submarine Autobots (1,2)
*Assorted generic sports car Autobots (6)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (9)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (11)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (12)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (16)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (17)
*[[Vector Prime]] (18)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (23)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (24)
*Assorted refugees (25)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (3)
*Navy personnel (4)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (5)
*Parking lot spectators (7)
*Police officer (8)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
*Air Force personnel (19)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"But... I never got a chance to ask him where I could ''get'' one of those."
:—The friendly neighborhood '''police officer''', after Coby makes his getaway in one of those supercool cars.

'''Signal Lancer:''' "I'm supposed to do this all day long?" 
'''Lori:''' "Either that, or go home and get sucked into a black hole." 
'''Signal Lancer:''' "That's a good point."
:—'''Signal Lancer''' and '''Lori''' discuss the upside of being a traffic light.

'''Lori:''' "That's way better than a square dance for cars in a parking lot!" 
'''Coby:''' "Ha! Shows what you know! They were ''break''-dancing!"
:—'''Lori''' and '''Coby'''

'''Jetfire:''' "Unidentified flying object? Is it an Autobot or a Decepticon? Can you tell who it is?" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Just a second... good guy, bad guy, good guy, bad guy... bad guy! It's Thundercracker!"
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Thundercracker:''' "You're a stone-cold fool, Jetfire." 
'''Jetfire:''' "Coming from you, that's a compliment." 
'''Thundercracker:''' "Tell you what. Here's another little something coming from me!" 
[''Launches missiles.'']
:—'''Thundercracker''' and '''Jetfire'''

'''Optimus Prime:''' "You're nothing better than a common thief." 
'''Megatron:''' "Soon enough I'll be ruler of the Universe! I care not what vermin like you think of me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron'''

'''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]:''' "It's classified. Top secret. If you tell anyone, the only flying you'll ever do... is at an amusement park. Got it?" 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
'''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]:''' "It's classified. Top secret." 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir. I know. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
'''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]:''' "It was nothing at all, pilot, understand?" 
'''Air Force pilot:''' "Yes sir! I do."
:—The '''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]''' gives an '''Air Force pilot''' his orders...and us painful ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' flashbacks.

"I'm going to teach you guys all the traffic laws. We're going to start with traffic lights, okay? So, what do you do when you see this color?" 
[''Green light.''] 
"You go!" 
"And this color?" 
[''Red light.''] 
"You go less!" 
"Very funny. Come on..."
:—'''Lori''' and assorted '''unnamed Autobots'''

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Cybertron'', the cop who inspects the Autobot cars tells Coby that the drafting fins on the cars make them illegal to drive on the road. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he suspects them of being stolen. As Coby denies it, ''Galaxy Force'' also sees him backpedal on his previous claim of designing them, as he states they're new on the market.
*While the Autobots remain unsure of whether to follow Vector Prime's plan in both versions of the show, ''Galaxy Force'' puts a little more emphasis on the fact that the Autobots are not entirely convinced that the Cyber Planet Keys even ''exist''. During Optimus and Megatron's battle towards the end of the episode, Megatron even questions why Prime wants the map back if he doesn't believe in the Keys.
*In a small change, ''Galaxy Force'' has the pilots that engage Thundercracker note that he has not responded to their hails. ''Cybertron'' makes it appear they're shooting at him without attempting contact!

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power!": 2
*"Super mode!": 1

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*How are those Blurr-like cars moving around upright when their wheels aren't touching the ground? Shouldn't their back ends be throwing up sparks and scraping asphalt?
*During the close-up of Jetfire while he and Hot Shot are talking, Jetfire's yellow cheek-vent is visibly clipping into his dark green collar.
*When Starscream says Optimus should get used to the Decepticons having the map, his shoulder is visibly clipping into his collar.
*While Optimus and Megatron are arguing over Optimus not winning, Optimus's ear-fins clip into his backpack. Those dramatic poses are nothing but trouble.

===Continuity errors===
*One of the Air Force pilots asks how Thundercracker got behind them, when he's clearly still in front of them.
*Vector Prime says that Jetfire's Cyber Key came without him needing to call it forth, before the key actually arrives.

===Transformers references===

*The Autobot cars under Coby's watch all use the bodyform of [[Blurr (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Blurr]], and one of them has his color scheme. Whether or not this ''is'' Blurr is a loaded question; check out the character's article for an in-depth examination.

===Trivia===
*With the first two episodes of the series having been skipped over when ''Cybertron'' debuted on American television, this episode was the first aired, dropping viewers right into the middle of things with no explanation in what must surely be one of the most fumble-fingered launches of a television program ''ever''.
*Let's face it. The scene in the parking lot is terribly silly on many levels.
*While it's quixotic to expect the physics of the universe-devouring black hole to make much sense, it may be worth pointing out that making a black hole "collapse in on itself" is redundant, and could actually make the problem ''worse''.
*The two Air Force jets are very similar in model to Thundercracker himself, but in a basic gray color scheme. However, the model of fighter jet is of ''[[Russia]]n'' make, while the pilots are American.
*When Optimus charges Megatron, then spins and falls down, it's really unclear why he fell.
[[File:Cyb ep3 blue traffic light.jpg|thumb|"THERE ARE ''GREEN'' LIGHTS!"]]
*Did Megatron come to Earth just to brag about possessing the Map and finding the first Key? Why?
*A blocking issue: At 18:20, part of Optimus's face is hidden by the fire engine light bar on his shoulder. It looks very odd, and a slightly different angle would have solved the problem.
*When Signal Lancer (as he will later be named) switches his light colors, and when Lori teaches the Autobots the rules of the road, the green traffic light is ''blue''. As you will be aware if you watch much anime, however, this is ''not'' actually a mistake. This color conundrum is an odd Japanese cultural tic based on the fact that for a large portion of the language's history, they used the same word, "ao" (青), for both blue and green. Although a separate word meaning green has since been established in the language (''midori'' 緑), "ao" is still widely used to describe both shades of blue and green: the blue sky can be "ao", but so is a green traffic light. As a befuddling consequence of this quirk of language, illustrations of traffic lights, be they in driving manuals or animated cartoons about robots from space, are ''actually colored blue'', despite the fact that the real, tangible physical traffic lights on streets in Japan ''are actually green''. You get all that? Okay, now forget it and go play outside, or something. Life's too short, man.
*This episode was packaged in-disc with toys from the line such as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Fallen (episode)

2018-12-09T23:05:04Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the episode of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon|the ancient evil dude who's '''totally on fire'''|The Fallen}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=1
|prev=The Sun
|series2=Transformers: Galaxy Force
|ep2=1 & 2
|next2=Inferno (episode)
|title="Fallen"
|japanese=聖なる故郷セイバートロン星崩壊!?
|romaji=Seinaru Kokyō Cybertron-sei Hōkai?!
|translation=The Sacred Homeworld, Planet Cybertron, Destroyed?!
|image=Cybep1landmine.JPG
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 8]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 19]], 2005 (English) 
|continuity=
}}
'''A massive black hole forces the Autobots to evacuate Cybertron. And to make matters worse, Megatron is back...'''

==Synopsis==
{{note|This episode consists of lots of flashbacks intercut with present-day stuff, and some present-day stuff that happens concurrently with some of those flashbacks...so...errrr...yeah, we're just going to recount the plot chronologically here.}}

[[File:Unicronsingularity.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Galactic grade masshole.]]
The destruction of [[Unicron]] has resulted in the formation of a colossal [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that now threatens the safety of Cybertron and the entire universe. Reporting from a remote station, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] informs the [[Autobot]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] of the black hole's continued expansion and the resultant destruction of the planet [[Moriturus]], forcing [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to issue a drastic command: the complete evacuation of Cybertron. The Autobots arrange to relocate to [[Earth]] and adopt vehicular forms scanned from the planet by [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to hide in plain sight among humans.

A little later, as the population is transported via [[space bridge]] to Earth, the Autobots' headquarters is rocked by a tremor, caused by the appearance of a strange portal above the planet. From out of the portal emerges an ancient spaceship which suddenly transforms, revealing itself to be [[Vector Prime]], "keeper of space and time." Vector Prime wastes no time in explaining his purpose on the planet, informing the Autobots of the lost [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, tiny fragments of the power of the Transformers' creator, [[Primus]], that were lost to the far reaches of space eons ago. The Autobots must now find the keys and restore Primus's power in order to stop the black hole, but as Vector Prime synchronizes the map that will lead them on their journey, [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] launches an attack on the base.

[[File:Cyb ep1 prime vs megs.jpg|thumb|225px|Falcon PAWNCH!]]

The Autobots retaliate, but Optimus Prime realizes that Starscream is simply serving as a distraction; while they have been busy fighting, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has infiltrated the base. Prime returns just as Megatron overpowers the ancient Transformer and steals his map. Meanwhile, Starscream goes one-on-one outside with [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], but the fight takes a turn in the Decepticon's favor when the crumbling surface of Cybertron shifts under Landmine's feet. Starscream exploits this momentary distraction to blast Landmine into the air, where he is caught in the pull of the black hole. As the villains escape, Vector Prime opens a portal in Landmine's path, teleporting him across space and time to safety.

Across the galaxy, on Earth, the Hansen family are picnicking in the [[Rocky Mountains]]. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and his father ride dirt bikes through the forest, much to the consternation of Coby's friend [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], whose family have moved to the Hansens' [[Rockville|sleepy country town]] for the peace and quiet, which the Hansens are now disturbing. Before a full-scale argument can break out between Coby and Lori, Coby's younger brother, [[Bud Hansen]], steps in and calms things down, and the three kids go for a walk. A strange glow in the sky attracts the kids' attention, and they watch as something comes crashing down nearby. That something, as they soon discover, is Landmine.

[[File:Cyb ep1 loris shirt.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Oh my God, Bebe, you got boobs!"]]

The kids drag Landmine out of the crater he has made for himself, and Coby puts some of his mechanical knowledge to work repairing an injury in the Autobot's arm. As Coby goes to work, Lori and Bud polish Landmine's armor, and he recounts to them the events that led to his arrival on Earth. Little does Landmine know, however, that Megatron has ordered [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] to follow Landmine to Earth, and the loud-mouthed Decepticon soon tracks him down and opens fire. Landmine and the kids are saved when Thundercracker is knocked out of the sky by the sudden arrival of Optimus Prime, who lures him into a narrow cavern and uses the cramped space to explode Thundercracker's missiles in his own face. Thundercracker flees, and the Autobots all gather at Prime's location, where they are reunited with Landmine and introduce themselves to Coby, Bud and Lori. Vector Prime's [[Mini-Con]] companions, [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]], also introduce themselves, at which point Jolt recognizes the symbol on Lori's shirt. Although Lori insists that it is simply a rock group album cover, supposedly an image from [[Atlantis]], Vector Prime explains that it is the symbol of the [[Omega Lock]], the focusing device for the Cyber Planet Keys...meaning that the ancient device must be hidden somewhere on Earth!
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (1)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (4)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Vector Prime]] (7)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (16)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (17)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (18)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (8)
*[[Robert Hansen]] (9)
*[[Mrs. Hansen]] (10)
*[[Tim Hansen]] (11)
*Tim's girlfriend (12)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (13)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Hot Shot:''' "I can't believe this, Jetfire. I can't believe we're abandoning Cybertron." 
'''Jetfire:''' "You can't think like that, Hot Shot. We'll come back and beat this thing." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "But how? Hey, ''now'' what's it doing? Look out!" 
'''Starscream:''' "Target practice!"
:—'''Hot Shot''', '''Jetfire''', and '''Starscream''' with the opening dialog of the first episode of the series. Apparently, showing things blowing up is more important than conveying ''what the hell is happening.''

'''Bud:''' "Lori, Lori. When life gives you lemons... Make orange [[soft drink|soda]]!" 
'''Lori:''' "Orange... soda?" 
:—'''Bud''' hilariously mangles a classic phrase.

'''Thundercracker:''' (After his airstrike misses Landmine) "Oh, man! That was a waste of perfectly good missiles! I'll get him this time!" 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "I hope you don't mind if I ''butt in''!" (rams Thundercracker) 
'''Thundercracker:''' "Where the heck did ''he'' come from?!" 
:—'''Optimus''' makes a dramatic entrance

'''Optimus Prime:''' (After appearing in Super Mode, completely unharmed by Thundercracker's missiles) "''That'' was your best shot, Thundercracker? That's just sad." [''brings his heavy cannons to firing position''] "Here's mine." 
'''Thundercracker:''' "How's this?!" [''Angrily fires off another missile volley]'' 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "Gee, nice fireworks." [''shoots the missiles, blowing them up in Thundercracker's face and sending him flying''] "Decepticon in the corner pocket!"
:—Thus begins the practice of '''Thundercracker''' channeling the spirit of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
This episode is a composite of the first two Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' episodes, "The Sacred Homeworld, Planet Cybertron, Destroyed?!" and "Encounter with the Transformers". This is effectively accomplished by beginning the episode ''in medias res'', kicking off with the Transformers already in the process of evacuating Cybertron and Landmine being warped to Earth. The opening and closing scenes of the first episode (the family having their barbecue and the kids finding Landmine) are then presented back-to-back, and all the other events of the first episode are presented in heavily truncated form as flashbacks told by Landmine. No real plot points or important actions from the first episode are lost in this manner—things are just more condensed—but removed footage includes:

*Lori complaining over the phone to a friend of hers back in the city about boring country life, then getting angry when she hears the noise of the Hansens' bikes.
*Coby actually winning the bike race, only to find that his family doesn't congratulate him, but instead commiserates with his father. This scene and a few others like it peppered throughout the first quarter of the series (for example, the opening scene of "[[Search (episode)|Search]]") suggest that Coby's relationship with the rest of his family is not the greatest, but it never actually ''goes'' anywhere, and ''Cybertron'' elects to omit this facet of the boy's character.
*Lori spilling a drop of the juice Bud gives her on Coby's bike, prompting the boy to go off on a rant about how machines are alive. Lori incredulously asks if the plane flying overhead is alive as well...not realizing that it's Jetfire, who is on Earth scanning the machines that he proceeds to take back to Cybertron for use as disguises by his fellow Autobots. It is over whether machines are "tools" or "lifeforms" that Coby and Lori are arguing when we rejoin the characters a little later, right before they find Landmine, whereas they squabble over ice cream flavors in the Cybertron version.
*The Autobots constructing a huge "Cyber Cannon", with which they blast the black hole. It briefly appears to succeed in destroying the singularity before the black hole reasserts itself.
*Starscream and Megatron spying on Vector Prime's address to the Autobots from within the [[fire dimension]].
*The first appearance of Starscream's vehicle mode transformation [[stock footage]].
*The Autobots regrouping after Megatron and Starscream escape. The team believes that Landmine has been sucked into the black hole, and Optimus Prime vows to find him, but first they have to take the space bridge to Earth, as Cybertron vanishes into the depths of the black hole and disappears in a flash of light. In particular, the notion that Cybertron was sucked into the black hole was very deliberately omitted from the ''Cybertron'' dub, and when the characters return to the planet in the second half of the series, it is likewise claimed to be not within the singularity, but merely near it.

In one notable piece of changed dialogue, ''Cybertron'' has Lori refer to a brother that did not exist in ''Galaxy Force''. Naturally, this brother would never appear or be mentioned again.

Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', despite that version of the series not being intended to follow ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]'', Bud somehow knows of the existence of Transformers before anyone tells him.

To incorporate these flashbacks, it was the second ''Galaxy Force'' episode which really received a chopping. Long scenes removed from this episode include:

*Autobots pursuing Megatron through space and battling him and Starscream for possession of Vector Prime's map.
*The revelation that the map is based on an older layout of the universe and not especially helpful.
*The Autobots searching for Landmine on Earth, including Scattorshot scanning his alternate mode from a billboard.
*Humans following Landmine's trail of massive footprints, thinking he's [[Bigfoot]].
*Thundercracker's blasts starting a forest fire that the Autobots have to fight.

The second episode was later dubbed in its entirety to make up the numbers, as "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]", a "lost episode" that aired as the 52nd and final of the series. Check out that episode's article for a more detailed run-down of its contents.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:GalaxyForcevsCybertron.jpg|thumb|90px|Weird. Just weird.]]
Strangely, this episode features some scenes using different animation from their Japanese counterparts.

*When listening to Red Alert's report, and later, while addressing the Autobots before the evacuation, Optimus Prime features a noticeably different color scheme, with different coloration on his helmet, midriff, pelvis and forearms. This colour scheme (likely test colours) was featured in Japanese hobby and character magazines a few months before the ''Galaxy Force'' series aired in Japan in late December 2004.
*The animation which accompanies Vector Prime's recounting of the history of the Cyber Planet Keys is completely different between versions, with the Japanese version simply featuring four glowing lights on a black background, and the American version actually displaying the keys against a spinning map of space.

===Continuity errors===
*As a result of the episodes being cut up and stuck back together, Vector Prime seems to appear in two places at once. He clashes with Megatron inside the base, but when Megatron breaks out, he immediately escapes atop Starscream. However, Starscream was present when Vector Prime opened the warp gate to send Landmine to Earth, meaning that Vector Prime would had to have been outside already.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus drops one of the franchise's most famous taglines: "Robots in disguise".
* This would not be the first time [[Key to Vector Sigma|a key]], or in this case, [[Cyber Planet Key|multiple keys]], has/have been presented as (a) super powerful plot-important Cybertronian artifact(s).

===Trivia===
*For an unknown reason, this episode was skipped when the ''Cybertron'' series began airing, even in foreign markets like the UK, suggesting that the decision to combine the two episodes may have been a late one. The second episode, "[[Haven]]", was also skipped domestically, and neither aired in the U.S. until ''Cybertron'' moved to the [[Kids' WB]] afternoon programming block, several months after the series had debuted. The second episode saw a VHS release, at least.
*Megatron is not voiced in this episode by his regular voice actor, [[David Kaye]], but by [[Trevor Devall]], doing his best Kaye impression.
*Speaking of voices, Coby's is a heck of a lot reedier and whinier in this episode than in all others. He's still being voiced by his regular actor, [[Sam Vincent]], but holy hell, he constantly sounds like he's about to burst into tears.
*"Moriturus" is Latin for "[I] am going to die," likely derived from the famous phrase "''Morituri te salutant''"—"We who are about to die salute you"—spoken by Roman gladiators saluting the Emperor prior to combat. Or perhaps someone on staff is a fan of the hapless "wizzard" Rincewind of the ''{{w|Discworld}}'' series...
* Optimus' vehicle transformation does not match up entirely with the fire truck he scanned, only the cab is the same. The truck he scanned looks more like a normal fire truck of the variety with a "cherry-picker" bucket-lift. Said truck would also appear to be based on early designs for his toy. The other Autobots' vehicle modes also deviate slightly from the scans (to accommodate their Cyber Key slots), but not to the same extent.
* Optimus is apparently familiar with the game of billiards, or pool.
* This is the first appearance of (among others) Optimus's Super Mode stock footage sequence, though the final segment where he poses against. Admit it, it's pretty bad ass the first couple times.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force — Sound Pack 1'' ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Limited edition, Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 (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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Haven

2018-12-09T23:00:10Z

Radix:

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=2
|series2=Transformers: Galaxy Force
|ep2=3
|prev2=Inferno (episode)
|title="Haven"
|japanese=秘密基地を守れ!
|romaji=Himitsu Kichi wo Mamore!
|translation=Protect the Secret Base!
|image=Cyb ep3 base hologram.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Masashi Nagao]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 22]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 20]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Can the Autobots finish protecting their base before the Decepticons discover it?'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep3 construction.jpg|left|thumb|''{{w|Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement}}'' has NOTHING on these guys.]]

With the [[Autobot]]s needing to establish a base on [[Earth]], [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] offers up a chunk of canyon that her father was going to use for a housing development, but is currently going unused. [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] gives the site a technical appraising and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] approves the location. The Autobots begin going over the blueprints for the base, but Lori is loudly unimpressed by the cold, inefficient layout, and quickly redesigns the whole shebang. The Autobots don't really see the difference, but they all agree with her, rather than bring on her infamous wrath. As the Autobots begin blasting out the canyon wall to begin construction, Vector Prime returns his attention to the [[Atlantis Pattern]] and the search for the [[Omega Lock]], prompting the three kids to clutch their ears and demand he knock off the racket. Vector Prime realizes that they are hearing the trans-sonic signal given off by the Omega Lock, while the Transformers are unable to detect, and that the three humans are going to be even more important than he realized.

In the [[fire dimension]], [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] urges [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to forget the Autobots and initiate the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. Megatron, however, is concerned that the Autobots are up to something on Earth, and is determined to find out what.

[[File:Cyb ep3 overhaul stealthbeam.jpg|225px|thumb|That's mine... that's mine... oh, that's mine...]]

Back on Earth, the Autobots have hollowed out the canyon walls and initiated building work. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is drafted in to help set up the computer systems when he impresses [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] with his intuitive knowledge of machines, while [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] proposes the installation of a catapult to launch the flying Autobots into action at high speeds. While the boys are busy being hands-on, Lori ropes [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] into helping her feng shui the base, and everyone's combined efforts gets the base successfully finished before sundown. Unfortunately, as soon as the base systems are brought online, alarms begin blaring as the approach of Megatron and Starscream through Earth's atmosphere is detected. With the [[stealth beam coating]] that will protect the base from external detection incomplete, Optimus Prime, Hot Shot, [[Vector Prime]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] head out to hold the two Decepticons off while the other Autobots finish the coating to keep their base hidden from the villlains.

After deploying from the base in prolonged dramatic fashion, the flying Autobots engage the Decepticons in the upper atmosphere, where Vector Prime attempts to reclaim his map from Megatron, only to be blasted out of the sky. The fight moves down closer to the planet's surface, but the Autobots' weapons have little effect on the Decepticons, and Starscream soon realizes that the Autobots have formed a defensive line to keep them away from something. The nefarious duo break through the Autobots' line.

[[File:Cyb ep3 tachyon shield.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"I want my key lime energon goodies, fraggit!" "I told you, they're not ready yet!"]]

At the base, Overhaul races over to D Block to finish the stealth coating alone as Megatron gets closer and closer. Moments before Megatron reaches the base perimeter, Vector Prime suddenly teleports in front of him. With a mighty roar, Vector Prime glows with shimmering blue light that extends in a column from his body into the skies above. With a cry of "CYBER KEY POWER!", Vector Prime summons a [[Cyber Key]], activating his "Tachyon Shield" power and generating a force shield that stops Megatron cold. Optimus uses this opportunity to switch to [[Super Mode]], and blasts Megatron, wounding the Decepticon leader and forcing him and Starscream to retreat through a [[warp gate]]. Seconds later, Overhaul announces that the stealth coating is complete.

As the sun sets, the Autobots thank Vector Prime for stopping Megatron, and ask him what the heck a Cyber Key actually is. Bemused that the Autobots are unaware of the existence of the Keys, he explains that they are a small part of the power of [[Primus]]. With a wave of his [[Rhisling|sword]], Vector Prime grants all the Autobots Keys of their own, telling them they have earned their powers this day.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (6)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (7)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (8)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Vector Prime]] (11)

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

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (3)
* [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
[''The kids and the Autobots are examining the proposed blueprints.''] 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Looks like we got everything." 
'''Lori:''' "What? Are you serious? I just think you could use a more efficient design, that's all." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "So, what's wrong?" 
'''Lori:''' "Are you kidding? There's no workflow, no ventilation, and if you haven't noticed, there aren't even any bathrooms! You gotta work smarter, not harder. That's my dad's first rule of business. Catch my drift? You should organize everything around a central hub, with easy access to all the other work areas." 
:-'''Scattorshot''' and '''Lori'''

'''Coby:''' "Hey, ahh, Hot Shot? How come you use a crystal oscillator?" 
'''Hot Shot:''' "That's, uh, kinda technical..." 
'''Coby:''' "'Cause, I just thought that a phase-locked loop would be, ah, much more stable." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Hmm. [''Pause.''] Hey, uh, how would you like to help me set up the transmitter?" 
'''Coby:''' "You got it!"
:-'''Coby''' and '''Hot Shot'''

'''Bud:''' "You need to shoot out of here at top speed, just like a catapult!" 
'''Jetfire:''' "A catapult?" 
'''Jolt:''' "Humans use them to launch planes off ships." 
'''Bud:''' "All you have to do is step on the platform, and then—blam! You're in the stratosphere!" 
'''Jetfire:''' "Look kid, I don't know what the heck..." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "No, Jetfire, I think the kid's got the right idea." 
'''Jetfire:''' "''What'' idea?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "The catapult thing! You could reach maximum velocity ''before'' you leave the base! With''out'' using extra energon." 
'''Jetfire:''' "Really? Well, why didn't you say that in the first place?" 
'''Bud and Jolt:''' "We did!"
:-'''Bud''', '''Jetfire''', and '''Jolt'''

'''Bud:''' "Hey, good job, you guys! This totally looks like a ''real'' secret headquarters!" 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Gee, maybe 'cause it ''is'' one!"
:—'''Bud''' and '''Hot Shot'''

'''Scattorshot:''' "Okay, nobody panic, it's probably just a glitch." 
'''All:''' "Huh?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Just let me tie this down here... gimme a second... adjusting frequency..." 
[''Two blips are approaching Earth.''] 
'''Coby:''' "What is that?" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Hang on! Let me see if I can boost the resolution. They're still pretty far away." 
[''The screen reveals the blips are Megatron and Starscream.''] 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Oh no." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Hmm?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "''Now'' you can panic!"
:-'''Scattorshot''', '''Coby''', and '''Hot Shot'''

'''Vector Prime:''' "VILLAIN, RETURN MY MAP!"
:—'''Vector Prime''' holds grudges

'''Scattorshot:''' "Okay, stealth-beam coating is completed on A Block, B Block, and C Block. And now it's all up to Overhaul... We are so doomed!"
:—'''Scattorshot's''' faith in his teammate warms the heart, doesn't it?

'''Lori:''' "We made it!" 
'''Scattershot:''' "Yeah, I knew we would."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Scattershot''', who's a big ol' fibber.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

In addition to simple re-writing and addition of dialogue, notable changes from the ''Galaxy Force'' version of this episode include:

*Among the additions Lori insists the Autobots make to their base is a kitchen. This is why the plans that she is seen holding during the construction montage are clearly those of an ordinary human kitchen.
*This episode introduces the concept of the [[Omega Frequency]], a "trans-sonic signal" emitted by the Omega Lock that only the human kids can hear. This signal does not exist in ''Galaxy Force'', and is a rather clever addition by the ''Cybertron'' dub in order to justify the continued presence of Coby, Bud and Lori, after their usefulness in helping the Autobots hide on Earth effectively comes to an end in a few episodes' time. References to the Omega Frequency are consistently added to ''Cybertron'' episodes where pertinent for the rest of the series.
*''Cybertron'' amps up Coby's technical know-how in his scene with Hot Shot during the construction of the base; while in ''Galaxy Force'', Hot Shot is simply impressed that he is able to identify the hunk of machinery he is lugging around, in ''Cybertron'', Coby offers opinions on ways to make it better.
*Optimus Prime and Vector Prime's brief exchange before heading out to battle the Decepticons is flip-flopped: in ''Galaxy Force'', Vector Prime tells Optimus that he will join the fight even if Optimus orders him not to, while in ''Cybertron'', he ''asks'' Optimus if ''he'' is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', the minimum safe distance from the Autobot base is 150 kilometers; in ''Cybertron'', it is 150 ''miles''.
*In ''Cybertron'', Vector Prime unlocks the ability of the Autobots to summon Cyber Keys. In ''Galaxy Force'' he merely tests to see whether they have the slots for them.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber key power!": One, but it's early days yet. We also get one "super mode", and a half-dozen special dirtmoving attacks.

===Continuity errors===
* On the display graphics on Scattorshot's screens, the progress of the blips representing the Decepticons resets itself backward at least once.
**Similarly at one point, the percentage progress of Overhaul's coating in D Block briefly jumps back about 20% between shots.
* Scattorshot says Meg's sensor range will be "240 kilometres max", then Optimus says "150 miles". Why does Optimus change the measurement? Does he just hate the metric system?
* Why is Overhaul the only one who can work in D Block?
** And why didn't he do the previous block so quickly?
* Scattorshot announces that they have "less than 50 seconds" left at 16:40 or so, and tells Overhaul "there's still almost a minute" after spending twenty seconds talking. Megatron isn't stopped until about 18:18, over 90 seconds later.

===Transformers references===

* Optimus Prime swears "by the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] of Cybertron!"
* Bud bets Optimus he can't hit a boulder up on the ridge. Sounds like someone's been watching [[A Prime Problem|the original series]].
* Hot Shot calls Optimus [[Cheetor (BW)|Big Bot]].

===Trivia===
*This episode was, for unknown reasons, initially skipped over when the series began airing in America, along with the [[Fallen (episode)|first episode]], and did not air until a few months after the series was underway. The first episode was also skipped in international markets such as the [[United Kingdom]], but this episode was ''not'', making it the first broadcast in those regions.
*After declaring the mountains as being the perfect location for a secret base for its hard and thick rock and ability to jam magnetic fields, the Autobots shoot and kick the rock as to be able to build the base—basically this means the base is vulnerable to any form of attack, barring reinforcement by the base components. And it's certainly hidden from humans.
*The Autobots can build a gigantic secret base in one day?
*Three normal Earth kids apparently know better than the Autobots how to construct a high-tech secret headquarters. While frankly quite ridiculous, this ability for design and detail ''does'' foreshadow some story developments with the [[Mini-Con]]s that come much later in the series. And, admittedly, they ''would'' know more about human-required amenities than Autobots. (In addition, the Autobots may have not had to build their base on Cybertron. And it is likely none of their areas of expertise extend to Architecture)
*So to make the base invisible to the radar they have to spray "stealth paint" on the ''inside'' of the base? (Given, that is where all the metal and equipment is.)
*Overhaul. Is. Spraying. Liquid. From. His. ''Groin''.
** ''White'' Liquid.
*They give the minimum safe distance as 240 kilometers, then as 150 miles. Pleasantly, this conversion is correct. (Jetfire also gives it as "a lightyear", but he's being hyperbolic.)
*This episode introduces the Autobots' over-dramatic (and over-''long'') "roll out" sequence, as they launch from their base through a series of extensive mechanisms. This footage will be [[stock footage|recycled]] many, ''many'' times before the series is out. This episode plays it fairly straight, with Scattorshot simply making technical announcements over a loudspeaker as everyone gets into position, but starting with "[[Time (episode)|Time]]" and running for pretty much the rest of the series, the writers start to have fun with the sequence, inserting lots of additional comedic dialogue to liven up the proceedings.
*Most of the sequence of Vector Prime summoning his Cyber Key is ''not'' stock footage, as it specifically shows the canyon he's in. Apparently the [[Thirteen|Firstforged]] get special treatment.
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] is briefly mentioned in this episode, but is not seen...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Haven

2018-12-09T22:57:42Z

Radix:

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=2
|series2=Transformers: Galaxy Force
|ep2=3
|prev2=Inferno (episode)
|title="Haven"
|japanese=秘密基地を守れ!
|romaji=Himitsu Kichi wo Mamore!
|translation=Protect the Secret Base!
|image=Cyb ep3 base hologram.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Masashi Nagao]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 22]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 20]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Can the Autobots finish protecting their base before the Decepticons discover it?'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep3 construction.jpg|left|thumb|''{{w|Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement}}'' has NOTHING on these guys.]]

With the [[Autobot]]s needing to establish a base on [[Earth]], [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] offers up a chunk of canyon that her father was going to use for a housing development, but is currently going unused. [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] gives the site a technical appraising and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] approves the location. The Autobots begin going over the blueprints for the base, but Lori is loudly unimpressed by the cold, inefficient layout, and quickly redesigns the whole shebang. The Autobots don't really see the difference, but they all agree with her, rather than bring on her infamous wrath. As the Autobots begin blasting out the canyon wall to begin construction, Vector Prime returns his attention to the [[Atlantis Pattern]] and the search for the [[Omega Lock]], prompting the three kids to clutch their ears and demand he knock off the racket. Vector Prime realizes that they are hearing the trans-sonic signal given off by the Omega Lock, while the Transformers are unable to detect, and that the three humans are going to be even more important than he realized.

In the [[fire dimension]], [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] urges [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to forget the Autobots and initiate the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. Megatron, however, is concerned that the Autobots are up to something on Earth, and is determined to find out what.

[[File:Cyb ep3 overhaul stealthbeam.jpg|225px|thumb|That's mine... that's mine... oh, that's mine...]]

Back on Earth, the Autobots have hollowed out the canyon walls and initiated building work. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is drafted in to help set up the computer systems when he impresses [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] with his intuitive knowledge of machines, while [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] proposes the installation of a catapult to launch the flying Autobots into action at high speeds. While the boys are busy being hands-on, Lori ropes [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] into helping her feng shui the base, and everyone's combined efforts gets the base successfully finished before sundown. Unfortunately, as soon as the base systems are brought online, alarms begin blaring as the approach of Megatron and Starscream through Earth's atmosphere is detected. With the [[stealth beam coating]] that will protect the base from external detection incomplete, Optimus Prime, Hot Shot, [[Vector Prime]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] head out to hold the two Decepticons off while the other Autobots finish the coating to keep their base hidden from the villlains.

After deploying from the base in prolonged dramatic fashion, the flying Autobots engage the Decepticons in the upper atmosphere, where Vector Prime attempts to reclaim his map from Megatron, only to be blasted out of the sky. The fight moves down closer to the planet's surface, but the Autobots' weapons have little effect on the Decepticons, and Starscream soon realizes that the Autobots have formed a defensive line to keep them away from something. The nefarious duo break through the Autobots' line.

[[File:Cyb ep3 tachyon shield.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"I want my key lime energon goodies, fraggit!" "I told you, they're not ready yet!"]]

At the base, Overhaul races over to D Block to finish the stealth coating alone as Megatron gets closer and closer. Moments before Megatron reaches the base perimeter, Vector Prime suddenly teleports in front of him. With a mighty roar, Vector Prime glows with shimmering blue light that extends in a column from his body into the skies above. With a cry of "CYBER KEY POWER!", Vector Prime summons a [[Cyber Key]], activating his "Tachyon Shield" power and generating a force shield that stops Megatron cold. Optimus uses this opportunity to switch to [[Super Mode]], and blasts Megatron, wounding the Decepticon leader and forcing him and Starscream to retreat through a [[warp gate]]. Seconds later, Overhaul announces that the stealth coating is complete.

As the sun sets, the Autobots thank Vector Prime for stopping Megatron, and ask him what the heck a Cyber Key actually is. Bemused that the Autobots are unaware of the existence of the Keys, he explains that they are a small part of the power of [[Primus]]. With a wave of his [[Rhisling|sword]], Vector Prime grants all the Autobots Keys of their own, telling them they have earned their powers this day.
{{-}}

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (6)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (7)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (8)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Vector Prime]] (11)

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

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (3)
* [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
[''The kids and the Autobots are examining the proposed blueprints.''] 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Looks like we got everything." 
'''Lori:''' "What? Are you serious? I just think you could use a more efficient design, that's all." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "So, what's wrong?" 
'''Lori:''' "Are you kidding? There's no workflow, no ventilation, and if you haven't noticed, there aren't even any bathrooms! You gotta work smarter, not harder. That's my dad's first rule of business. Catch my drift? You should organize everything around a central hub, with easy access to all the other work areas." 
:-'''Scattorshot''' and '''Lori'''

'''Coby:''' "Hey, ahh, Hot Shot? How come you use a crystal oscillator?" 
'''Hot Shot:''' "That's, uh, kinda technical..." 
'''Coby:''' "'Cause, I just thought that a phase-locked loop would be, ah, much more stable." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Hmm. [''Pause.''] Hey, uh, how would you like to help me set up the transmitter?" 
'''Coby:''' "You got it!"
:-'''Coby''' and '''Hot Shot'''

'''Bud:''' "You need to shoot out of here at top speed, just like a catapult!" 
'''Jetfire:''' "A catapult?" 
'''Jolt:''' "Humans use them to launch planes off ships." 
'''Bud:''' "All you have to do is step on the platform, and then—blam! You're in the stratosphere!" 
'''Jetfire:''' "Look kid, I don't know what the heck..." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "No, Jetfire, I think the kid's got the right idea." 
'''Jetfire:''' "''What'' idea?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "The catapult thing! You could reach maximum velocity ''before'' you leave the base! With''out'' using extra energon." 
'''Jetfire:''' "Really? Well, why didn't you say that in the first place?" 
'''Bud and Jolt:''' "We did!"
:-'''Bud''', '''Jetfire''', and '''Jolt''

'''Bud:''' "Hey, good job, you guys! This totally looks like a ''real'' secret headquarters!" 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Gee, maybe 'cause it ''is'' one!"
:—'''Bud''' and '''Hot Shot'''

'''Scattorshot:''' "Okay, nobody panic, it's probably just a glitch." 
'''All:''' "Huh?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Just let me tie this down here... gimme a second... adjusting frequency..." 
[''Two blips are approaching Earth.''] 
'''Coby:''' "What is that?" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Hang on! Let me see if I can boost the resolution. They're still pretty far away." 
[''The screen reveals the blips are Megatron and Starscream.''] 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Oh no." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "Hmm?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "''Now'' you can panic!"
:-'''Scattorshot''', '''Coby''', and '''Hot Shot'''

'''Vector Prime:''' "VILLAIN, RETURN MY MAP!"
:—'''Vector Prime''' holds grudges

'''Scattorshot:''' "Okay, stealth-beam coating is completed on A Block, B Block, and C Block. And now it's all up to Overhaul... We are so doomed!"
:—'''Scattorshot's''' faith in his teammate warms the heart, doesn't it?

'''Lori:''' "We made it!" 
'''Scattershot:''' "Yeah, I knew we would."
:—'''Lori''' and '''Scattershot''', who's a big ol' fibber.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

In addition to simple re-writing and addition of dialogue, notable changes from the ''Galaxy Force'' version of this episode include:

*Among the additions Lori insists the Autobots make to their base is a kitchen. This is why the plans that she is seen holding during the construction montage are clearly those of an ordinary human kitchen.
*This episode introduces the concept of the [[Omega Frequency]], a "trans-sonic signal" emitted by the Omega Lock that only the human kids can hear. This signal does not exist in ''Galaxy Force'', and is a rather clever addition by the ''Cybertron'' dub in order to justify the continued presence of Coby, Bud and Lori, after their usefulness in helping the Autobots hide on Earth effectively comes to an end in a few episodes' time. References to the Omega Frequency are consistently added to ''Cybertron'' episodes where pertinent for the rest of the series.
*''Cybertron'' amps up Coby's technical know-how in his scene with Hot Shot during the construction of the base; while in ''Galaxy Force'', Hot Shot is simply impressed that he is able to identify the hunk of machinery he is lugging around, in ''Cybertron'', Coby offers opinions on ways to make it better.
*Optimus Prime and Vector Prime's brief exchange before heading out to battle the Decepticons is flip-flopped: in ''Galaxy Force'', Vector Prime tells Optimus that he will join the fight even if Optimus orders him not to, while in ''Cybertron'', he ''asks'' Optimus if ''he'' is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', the minimum safe distance from the Autobot base is 150 kilometers; in ''Cybertron'', it is 150 ''miles''.
*In ''Cybertron'', Vector Prime unlocks the ability of the Autobots to summon Cyber Keys. In ''Galaxy Force'' he merely tests to see whether they have the slots for them.

===Pain count===
*"Cyber key power!": One, but it's early days yet. We also get one "super mode", and a half-dozen special dirtmoving attacks.

===Continuity errors===
* On the display graphics on Scattorshot's screens, the progress of the blips representing the Decepticons resets itself backward at least once.
**Similarly at one point, the percentage progress of Overhaul's coating in D Block briefly jumps back about 20% between shots.
* Scattorshot says Meg's sensor range will be "240 kilometres max", then Optimus says "150 miles". Why does Optimus change the measurement? Does he just hate the metric system?
* Why is Overhaul the only one who can work in D Block?
** And why didn't he do the previous block so quickly?
* Scattorshot announces that they have "less than 50 seconds" left at 16:40 or so, and tells Overhaul "there's still almost a minute" after spending twenty seconds talking. Megatron isn't stopped until about 18:18, over 90 seconds later.

===Transformers references===

* Optimus Prime swears "by the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] of Cybertron!"
* Bud bets Optimus he can't hit a boulder up on the ridge. Sounds like someone's been watching [[A Prime Problem|the original series]].
* Hot Shot calls Optimus [[Cheetor (BW)|Big Bot]].

===Trivia===
*This episode was, for unknown reasons, initially skipped over when the series began airing in America, along with the [[Fallen (episode)|first episode]], and did not air until a few months after the series was underway. The first episode was also skipped in international markets such as the [[United Kingdom]], but this episode was ''not'', making it the first broadcast in those regions.
*After declaring the mountains as being the perfect location for a secret base for its hard and thick rock and ability to jam magnetic fields, the Autobots shoot and kick the rock as to be able to build the base—basically this means the base is vulnerable to any form of attack, barring reinforcement by the base components. And it's certainly hidden from humans.
*The Autobots can build a gigantic secret base in one day?
*Three normal Earth kids apparently know better than the Autobots how to construct a high-tech secret headquarters. While frankly quite ridiculous, this ability for design and detail ''does'' foreshadow some story developments with the [[Mini-Con]]s that come much later in the series. And, admittedly, they ''would'' know more about human-required amenities than Autobots. (In addition, the Autobots may have not had to build their base on Cybertron. And it is likely none of their areas of expertise extend to Architecture)
*So to make the base invisible to the radar they have to spray "stealth paint" on the ''inside'' of the base? (Given, that is where all the metal and equipment is.)
*Overhaul. Is. Spraying. Liquid. From. His. ''Groin''.
** ''White'' Liquid.
*They give the minimum safe distance as 240 kilometers, then as 150 miles. Pleasantly, this conversion is correct. (Jetfire also gives it as "a lightyear", but he's being hyperbolic.)
*This episode introduces the Autobots' over-dramatic (and over-''long'') "roll out" sequence, as they launch from their base through a series of extensive mechanisms. This footage will be [[stock footage|recycled]] many, ''many'' times before the series is out. This episode plays it fairly straight, with Scattorshot simply making technical announcements over a loudspeaker as everyone gets into position, but starting with "[[Time (episode)|Time]]" and running for pretty much the rest of the series, the writers start to have fun with the sequence, inserting lots of additional comedic dialogue to liven up the proceedings.
*Most of the sequence of Vector Prime summoning his Cyber Key is ''not'' stock footage, as it specifically shows the canyon he's in. Apparently the [[Thirteen|Firstforged]] get special treatment.
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] is briefly mentioned in this episode, but is not seen...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Inferno (episode)

2018-12-09T22:49:16Z

Radix:

{{disambig3|Inferno}}
{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=52
|series2=Transformers: Galaxy Force
|ep2=2
|prev2=Fallen (episode)
|next2=Haven
|title="Inferno"
|japanese=トランスフォーマーとの遭遇
|romaji=Transformer no Sōgū
|translation=Encounter with the Transformers
|image=Cyb_ep52_burning_down_the_house.jpg
|caption=Fool! Pain is my friend...allow [[Inferno (BW)|me]] to introduce ''you'' to it!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Kahoru Igusa]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 15]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[October 2]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Some other things happen.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep52 hauling landmine.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]

[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s take a [[space bridge]] to [[Earth]], though [[Vector Prime]] warns that the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is only delaying the inevitable; the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] will eventually consume all of reality if they do not stop it. To this end, the Autobots split into two teams: [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] are assigned to accompany Vector Prime in pursuit of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], to recover the [[Planet Map]] the [[Decepticon]] leader stole, while Optimus and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] search Earth for the missing [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]].

Meanwhile, on Earth, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] rushes to the garage of his engineering mentor Mr. [[Stanton]], looking for tools to help repair the injured Landmine. Coby claims he is going to "mine for gold", and the amused Stanton lets Coby borrow the tools, plus his ATV. Coby uses the ATV to help pull Landmine out of the impact crater he left when he fell to Earth, and he and his brother [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] proceed to lead the Autobot into the cover of the forest, where they meet with their friend [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] and begin repairing his injuries and polishing his armor.

Elsewhere on Earth, Optimus is waiting for Scattorshot to scan a new [[alternate mode]]. He spies a billboard with what might be a war-movie advertisement on it and scans the vehicle from that: a half-track tank. Optimus is dubious, but Scattorshot gets suitably lippy and the two drive off.

[[File:Cyb ep52 planet map.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Remember, using chaff or entering Alert status will disable your map.]]

In outer space, Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] arrive in an asteroid field, guided by the stolen map to the location of one of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. When Megatron breaks open the largest asteroid, however, he finds nothing, and almost crushes the map in anger, until Starscream stops him and points out that the map itself is ancient, and that the universe is constantly moving. Megatron muses that some adjustments need to be made, but then the Autobot strike team arrives. Vector Prime and Jetfire tackle Starscream while Overhaul and Hot Shot pile on Megatron. They put up a good fight, but even two-to-one, the Autobots are unable to take down the Decepticons.

[[File:LandmineFootprints.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|I sure hope somebody needs a forest ranger around here sometime.]]
Back on Earth, the town sheriff and a crowd of people discover the giant footprints Landmine left behind, and begin searching the woods in search of the "[[Bigfoot]]" that has left the tracks. Word of this discovery travels fast, and Optimus Prime happens to overhear two gas station attendants talking about it. The Autobot leader quickly reads between the lines, and sets off for the forest to investigate.

Elsewhere, the Decepticon [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] arrives on Earth and scans a military jet for his alternate mode. Thundercracker soon spies Landmine and the kids, fleeing through the woods with the search party hot on their heels, and launches a volley of missiles at the Autobot. The fires that result from Thundercracker's incendiary attack send the rangers fleeing, at which point Optimus Prime arrives on the scene! Thundercracker lands and fires on Optimus, but can't take the heat, and returns to the air. Optimus follows in his flying form, and the two play cat-and-mouse in a nearby canyon until Optimus gets the upper hand and blows up a battery of Thundercracker's missiles right in the Decepticon's face, sending him hurtling away through a [[dimension gate]].

[[File:Cyb ep52 fire fighting.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Tay Zonday|Chocolate rain... some stay dry, while others feel the pain. Chocolate rain...]]]]

With Thundercracker disposed of, the Autobots have to turn their attention to the fire, and the humans trapped within the flames. Optimus Prime sucks up water from the nearby lake, and converts to [[Super Mode]], using his cannons to douse the inferno with a hyper-ionized blast of water. That to the Autobot leader's careful tactics, the humans think that it is simply raining, and walk away happy after the flames die out.

The other Autobots soon arrive on the scene, and more introductions are made between them and the kids. The Autobots are loathe to involve the human children in their mission, but that doesn't stop Bud from cozying up to Vector Prime inspecting his impressive clockwork inner workings. As Bud touches the ancient Transformers' armor, the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] spring forth and scan their alternate modes from Coby's spilled books and magazines. Jolt recognizes the image on Lori's rock-band T-shirt is that of the [[Omega Lock]], one of the keys to stopping the black hole. Vector Prime muses that if that pattern is appearing on Earth, then maybe one of the Cyber Planet Keys is here...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (2)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (4)
*[[Vector Prime]] (5)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (6)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (7)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (11)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (18)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (19)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (16)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (8)
*[[Stanton]] (9)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (10)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (12)
*[[Luke]] (13)
*Sheriff (14)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Coby:''' "Just one question... are you standard or metric?" 
'''Landmine:''' "You know, I never really thought about it."
:—'''Coby''' and '''Landmine'''

'''Optimus:''' "A ''tank''?! Are you ''trying'' to draw attention to us?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "As opposed to a firetruck with giant ''cannons''? Yeah, 'cuz that blends in ''so'' well with the scenery. Where'd you go? Oh, ''there'' you are, I didn't see you for a second! Huh. A tank is perfect! No parking tickets, they'll all get out of my way, ''and'' I can get up to sixty miles per hour on rough terrain!" 
'''Optimus:''' "Yes... but a fire truck is bigger." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "''Wanna race?''"
:—'''Optimus''' and '''Scattorshot''' discuss their alternate modes' disguise value

"Bigfoot in platform shoes?"
:—'''Random witness''' to the footprints Landmine left behind

"It's been real, gentlemen."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

'''Lori:''' "If the Earth is in danger..." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Not ''if'', ''when''!"
:—'''Lori''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Jolt:''' "Um, where are we, anyway?" 
'''Lori:''' "This is Earth." 
'''Jolt:''' "Ooh-hoo-hoo! ''Earth!''" 
'''Coby:''' "You know it?" 
'''Jolt:''' "Never heard of it."
:—'''Jolt''' doesn't actually know which planet he, '''Lori''', and '''Coby''' are on

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment that summarizes the events of the first episode, which ''Cybertron'' drops. This sequence featured the revelation that Landmine had not been sucked into the black hole, but had in fact been warped to Earth by Vector Prime, but American audiences already knew this, so its removal meant nothing.
*While ''Cybertron'' has the characters talking about a "search party", ''Galaxy Force'' has them discuss the consumption of Cybertron by the black hole, a plot point consistently excised from the English version of the show.
*In both ''Galaxy Force'' and the first ''Cybertron'' version of the scene (in the episode "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", see below), Vector Prime suspects that the presence of the symbol of the Omega Lock means the device may be on the Earth. Rather inexplicably, in this ''Cybertron'' episode, he suspects it may mean a Cyber Planet Key is here (of course, both suppositions eventually prove correct, but still...)

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[File:Cyb ep52 wing clip.jpg|thumb|A bad case of ingrown tailfin]]

*When Landmine is flexing his recently repaired hand, the support strut for his right arm's shovel-half is actually phasing through the shovel.
*When Optimus Prime thanks the gas station attendant, and later when he meets up with Landmine, his headlights do not flash as he speaks. You might think it's a dubbing error, but the effect is missing in ''Galaxy Force'' too.
*After Thundercracker transforms to [[robot mode]], as he fires at Optimus, his tail fin clips through his leg (see image at right).

===Continuity errors===
*A running error throughout these early episodes (well, early-continuity) is that characters have blatant Earth-[[alternate mode]] [[kibble]] on them before they scan an Earth alternate mode. Scattorshot and the Mini-Cons scan theirs this episode... and Landmine won't get ''his'' until his [[Landmine (episode)|titular episode]], quite a few down the line.
*Despite getting a second chance to correct the error they made regarding it in "Fallen", ''Cybertron'' persists in claiming that the old T-shirt Lori wears in this episode is her brother's, when she doesn't ''have'' a brother.

===Transformers references===
*Optimus uses the old catchphrase "robots in disguise" when telling Scattorshot to hurry up and scan an alternate mode.

===Real-world references===
*The military jet scanned by Thundercracker is referred to as "Oceanic Flight 815", after the doomed airliner from the TV series ''{{w|Lost (TV series)|Lost}}''.
*Thundercracker hoots "Time to git 'r' done!", the catchphrase of popular hick-comedian {{w|Larry The Cable Guy}}.

===Trivia===
[[File:Cyb ep52 flying autobots.jpg|thumb|This year's Thanksgiving Day parade is sure to be an interesting one]]
*This episode originally aired in Japan as the second episode of ''Galaxy Force'', but was combined with the first episode to create "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", the first episode of the ''Cybertron'' dub. To fill out the full run of 52 dubbed episodes, this episode was dubbed as a "lost" episode that served as the 52nd and final episode of the series. When ''Cybertron'' was released on DVD in Malaysia, the episode was included as the second of the series, but when the series was released in the United States, it retained its iffy 52nd placement.
*This episode is the first in which several land-based Autobots fly under their own power in robot mode. It's not a feat they will repeat often.
*In this episode, as well as "[[Retreat]]" and "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]", actress [[Chiara Zanni]] stands in for [[Sarah Edmondson]] as Lori.
*Vector Prime is capable of using his toes as laser cannons in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Inferno (episode)

2018-12-09T22:48:37Z

Radix:

{{disambig3|Inferno}}
{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=52
|series2=Transformers: Galaxy Force
|ep2=2
|prev2=Fallen (episode)
|next2=Haven
|title="Inferno"
|japanese=トランスフォーマーとの遭遇
|romaji=Transformer no Sōgū
|translation=Encounter with the Transformers
|image=Cyb_ep52_burning_down_the_house.jpg
|caption=Fool! Pain is my friend...allow [[Inferno (BW)|me]] to introduce ''you'' to it!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Kahoru Igusa]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 15]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[October 2]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Some other things happen.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyb ep52 hauling landmine.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]

[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s take a [[space bridge]] to [[Earth]], though [[Vector Prime]] warns that the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is only delaying the inevitable; the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] will eventually consume all of reality if they do not stop it. To this end, the Autobots split into two teams: [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] are assigned to accompany Vector Prime in pursuit of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], to recover the [[Planet Map]] the [[Decepticon]] leader stole, while Optimus and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] search Earth for the missing [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]].

Meanwhile, on Earth, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] rushes to the garage of his engineering mentor Mr. [[Stanton]], looking for tools to help repair the injured Landmine. Coby claims he is going to "mine for gold", and the amused Stanton lets Coby borrow the tools, plus his ATV. Coby uses the ATV to help pull Landmine out of the impact crater he left when he fell to Earth, and he and his brother [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] proceed to lead the Autobot into the cover of the forest, where they meet with their friend [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] and begin repairing his injuries and polishing his armor.

Elsewhere on Earth, Optimus is waiting for Scattorshot to scan a new [[alternate mode]]. He spies a billboard with what might be a war-movie advertisement on it and scans the vehicle from that: a half-track tank. Optimus is dubious, but Scattorshot gets suitably lippy and the two drive off.

[[File:Cyb ep52 planet map.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Remember, using chaff or entering Alert status will disable your map.]]

In outer space, Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] arrive in an asteroid field, guided by the stolen map to the location of one of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. When Megatron breaks open the largest asteroid, however, he finds nothing, and almost crushes the map in anger, until Starscream stops him and points out that the map itself is ancient, and that the universe is constantly moving. Megatron muses that some adjustments need to be made, but then the Autobot strike team arrives. Vector Prime and Jetfire tackle Starscream while Overhaul and Hot Shot pile on Megatron. They put up a good fight, but even two-to-one, the Autobots are unable to take down the Decepticons.

[[File:LandmineFootprints.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|I sure hope somebody needs a forest ranger around here sometime.]]
Back on Earth, the town sheriff and a crowd of people discover the giant footprints Landmine left behind, and begin searching the woods in search of the "[[Bigfoot]]" that has left the tracks. Word of this discovery travels fast, and Optimus Prime happens to overhear two gas station attendants talking about it. The Autobot leader quickly reads between the lines, and sets off for the forest to investigate.

Elsewhere, the Decepticon [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] arrives on Earth and scans a military jet for his alternate mode. Thundercracker soon spies Landmine and the kids, fleeing through the woods with the search party hot on their heels, and launches a volley of missiles at the Autobot. The fires that result from Thundercracker's incendiary attack send the rangers fleeing, at which point Optimus Prime arrives on the scene! Thundercracker lands and fires on Optimus, but can't take the heat, and returns to the air. Optimus follows in his flying form, and the two play cat-and-mouse in a nearby canyon until Optimus gets the upper hand and blows up a battery of Thundercracker's missiles right in the Decepticon's face, sending him hurtling away through a [[dimension gate]].

[[File:Cyb ep52 fire fighting.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Tay Zonday|Chocolate rain... some stay dry, while others feel the pain. Chocolate rain...]]]]

With Thundercracker disposed of, the Autobots have to turn their attention to the fire, and the humans trapped within the flames. Optimus Prime sucks up water from the nearby lake, and converts to [[Super Mode]], using his cannons to douse the inferno with a hyper-ionized blast of water. That to the Autobot leader's careful tactics, the humans think that it is simply raining, and walk away happy after the flames die out.

The other Autobots soon arrive on the scene, and more introductions are made between them and the kids. The Autobots are loathe to involve the human children in their mission, but that doesn't stop Bud from cozying up to Vector Prime inspecting his impressive clockwork inner workings. As Bud touches the ancient Transformers' armor, the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] spring forth and scan their alternate modes from Coby's spilled books and magazines. Jolt recognizes the image on Lori's rock-band T-shirt is that of the [[Omega Lock]], one of the keys to stopping the black hole. Vector Prime muses that if that pattern is appearing on Earth, then maybe one of the Cyber Planet Keys is here...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (2)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (4)
*[[Vector Prime]] (5)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (6)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (7)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (11)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (18)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (19)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (20)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (16)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (8)
*[[Stanton]] (9)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (10)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (12)
*[[Luke]] (13)
*Sheriff (14)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Coby:''' "Just one question... are you standard or metric?" 
'''Landmine:''' "You know, I never really thought about it."
:—'''Coby''' and '''Landmine'''

'''Optimus:''' "A ''tank''?! Are you ''trying'' to draw attention to us?!" 
'''Scattorshot:''' "As opposed to a firetruck with giant ''cannons''? Yeah, 'cuz that blends in ''so'' well with the scenery. Where'd you go? Oh, ''there'' you are, I didn't see you for a second! Huh. A tank is perfect! No parking tickets, they'll all get out of my way, ''and'' I can get up to sixty miles per hour on rough terrain!" 
'''Optimus:''' "Yes... but a fire truck is bigger." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "''Wanna race?''"
:—'''Optimus''' and '''Scattorshot''' discuss their alternate modes' disguise value

"Bigfoot in platform shoes?"
:—'''Random witness''' to the footprints Landmine left behind

"It's been real, gentlemen."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

'''Lori:''' "If the Earth is in danger..." 
'''Scattorshot:''' "Not ''if'', ''when''!"
:—'''Lori''' and '''Scattorshot'''

'''Jolt:''' "Um, where are we, anyway?" 
'''Lori:''' "This is Earth." 
''Jolt:''' "Ooh-hoo-hoo! ''Earth!''" 
'''Coby:''' "You know it?" 
'''Jolt:''' "Never heard of it."
:—'''Jolt''' doesn't actually know which planet he, '''Lori''', and '''Coby''' are on

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Galaxy Force'' includes a "previously on" segment that summarizes the events of the first episode, which ''Cybertron'' drops. This sequence featured the revelation that Landmine had not been sucked into the black hole, but had in fact been warped to Earth by Vector Prime, but American audiences already knew this, so its removal meant nothing.
*While ''Cybertron'' has the characters talking about a "search party", ''Galaxy Force'' has them discuss the consumption of Cybertron by the black hole, a plot point consistently excised from the English version of the show.
*In both ''Galaxy Force'' and the first ''Cybertron'' version of the scene (in the episode "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", see below), Vector Prime suspects that the presence of the symbol of the Omega Lock means the device may be on the Earth. Rather inexplicably, in this ''Cybertron'' episode, he suspects it may mean a Cyber Planet Key is here (of course, both suppositions eventually prove correct, but still...)

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
[[File:Cyb ep52 wing clip.jpg|thumb|A bad case of ingrown tailfin]]

*When Landmine is flexing his recently repaired hand, the support strut for his right arm's shovel-half is actually phasing through the shovel.
*When Optimus Prime thanks the gas station attendant, and later when he meets up with Landmine, his headlights do not flash as he speaks. You might think it's a dubbing error, but the effect is missing in ''Galaxy Force'' too.
*After Thundercracker transforms to [[robot mode]], as he fires at Optimus, his tail fin clips through his leg (see image at right).

===Continuity errors===
*A running error throughout these early episodes (well, early-continuity) is that characters have blatant Earth-[[alternate mode]] [[kibble]] on them before they scan an Earth alternate mode. Scattorshot and the Mini-Cons scan theirs this episode... and Landmine won't get ''his'' until his [[Landmine (episode)|titular episode]], quite a few down the line.
*Despite getting a second chance to correct the error they made regarding it in "Fallen", ''Cybertron'' persists in claiming that the old T-shirt Lori wears in this episode is her brother's, when she doesn't ''have'' a brother.

===Transformers references===
*Optimus uses the old catchphrase "robots in disguise" when telling Scattorshot to hurry up and scan an alternate mode.

===Real-world references===
*The military jet scanned by Thundercracker is referred to as "Oceanic Flight 815", after the doomed airliner from the TV series ''{{w|Lost (TV series)|Lost}}''.
*Thundercracker hoots "Time to git 'r' done!", the catchphrase of popular hick-comedian {{w|Larry The Cable Guy}}.

===Trivia===
[[File:Cyb ep52 flying autobots.jpg|thumb|This year's Thanksgiving Day parade is sure to be an interesting one]]
*This episode originally aired in Japan as the second episode of ''Galaxy Force'', but was combined with the first episode to create "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", the first episode of the ''Cybertron'' dub. To fill out the full run of 52 dubbed episodes, this episode was dubbed as a "lost" episode that served as the 52nd and final episode of the series. When ''Cybertron'' was released on DVD in Malaysia, the episode was included as the second of the series, but when the series was released in the United States, it retained its iffy 52nd placement.
*This episode is the first in which several land-based Autobots fly under their own power in robot mode. It's not a feat they will repeat often.
*In this episode, as well as "[[Retreat]]" and "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]", actress [[Chiara Zanni]] stands in for [[Sarah Edmondson]] as Lori.
*Vector Prime is capable of using his toes as laser cannons in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Fallen (episode)

2018-12-09T22:38:20Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the episode of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon|the ancient evil dude who's '''totally on fire'''|The Fallen}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=1
|prev=The Sun
|series2=Transformers: Galaxy Force
|ep2=1 & 2
|next2=Inferno (episode)
|title="Fallen"
|japanese=聖なる故郷セイバートロン星崩壊!?
|romaji=Seinaru Kokyō Cybertron-sei Hōkai?!
|translation=The Sacred Homeworld, Planet Cybertron, Destroyed?!
|image=Cybep1landmine.JPG
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 8]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 19]], 2005 (English) 
|continuity=
}}
'''A massive black hole forces the Autobots to evacuate Cybertron. And to make matters worse, Megatron is back...'''

==Synopsis==
{{note|This episode consists of lots of flashbacks intercut with present-day stuff, and some present-day stuff that happens concurrently with some of those flashbacks...so...errrr...yeah, we're just going to recount the plot chronologically here.}}

[[File:Unicronsingularity.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Galactic grade masshole.]]
The destruction of [[Unicron]] has resulted in the formation of a colossal [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that now threatens the safety of Cybertron and the entire universe. Reporting from a remote station, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] informs the [[Autobot]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] of the black hole's continued expansion and the resultant destruction of the planet [[Moriturus]], forcing [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to issue a drastic command: the complete evacuation of Cybertron. The Autobots arrange to relocate to [[Earth]] and adopt vehicular forms scanned from the planet by [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to hide in plain sight among humans.

A little later, as the population is transported via [[space bridge]] to Earth, the Autobots' headquarters is rocked by a tremor, caused by the appearance of a strange portal above the planet. From out of the portal emerges an ancient spaceship which suddenly transforms, revealing itself to be [[Vector Prime]], "keeper of space and time." Vector Prime wastes no time in explaining his purpose on the planet, informing the Autobots of the lost [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, tiny fragments of the power of the Transformers' creator, [[Primus]], that were lost to the far reaches of space eons ago. The Autobots must now find the keys and restore Primus's power in order to stop the black hole, but as Vector Prime synchronizes the map that will lead them on their journey, [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] launches an attack on the base.

[[File:Cyb ep1 prime vs megs.jpg|thumb|225px|Falcon PAWNCH!]]

The Autobots retaliate, but Optimus Prime realizes that Starscream is simply serving as a distraction; while they have been busy fighting, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has infiltrated the base. Prime returns just as Megatron overpowers the ancient Transformer and steals his map. Meanwhile, Starscream goes one-on-one outside with [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], but the fight takes a turn in the Decepticon's favor when the crumbling surface of Cybertron shifts under Landmine's feet. Starscream exploits this momentary distraction to blast Landmine into the air, where he is caught in the pull of the black hole. As the villains escape, Vector Prime opens a portal in Landmine's path, teleporting him across space and time to safety.

Across the galaxy, on Earth, the Hansen family are picnicking in the [[Rocky Mountains]]. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and his father ride dirt bikes through the forest, much to the consternation of Coby's friend [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], whose family have moved to the Hansens' [[Rockville|sleepy country town]] for the peace and quiet, which the Hansens are now disturbing. Before a full-scale argument can break out between Coby and Lori, Coby's younger brother, [[Bud Hansen]], steps in and calms things down, and the three kids go for a walk. A strange glow in the sky attracts the kids' attention, and they watch as something comes crashing down nearby. That something, as they soon discover, is Landmine.

[[File:Cyb ep1 loris shirt.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Oh my God, Bebe, you got boobs!"]]

The kids drag Landmine out of the crater he has made for himself, and Coby puts some of his mechanical knowledge to work repairing an injury in the Autobot's arm. As Coby goes to work, Lori and Bud polish Landmine's armor, and he recounts to them the events that led to his arrival on Earth. Little does Landmine know, however, that Megatron has ordered [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] to follow Landmine to Earth, and the loud-mouthed Decepticon soon tracks him down and opens fire. Landmine and the kids are saved when Thundercracker is knocked out of the sky by the sudden arrival of Optimus Prime, who lures him into a narrow cavern and uses the cramped space to explode Thundercracker's missiles in his own face. Thundercracker flees, and the Autobots all gather at Prime's location, where they are reunited with Landmine and introduce themselves to Coby, Bud and Lori. Vector Prime's [[Mini-Con]] companions, [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]], also introduce themselves, at which point Jolt recognizes the symbol on Lori's shirt. Although Lori insists that it is simply a rock group album cover, supposedly an image from [[Atlantis]], Vector Prime explains that it is the symbol of the [[Omega Lock]], the focusing device for the Cyber Planet Keys...meaning that the ancient device must be hidden somewhere on Earth!
{{-}}

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (1)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (4)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Vector Prime]] (7)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (16)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (17)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (18)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (8)
*[[Robert Hansen]] (9)
*[[Mrs. Hansen]] (10)
*[[Tim Hansen]] (11)
*Tim's girlfriend (12)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (13)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Hot Shot:''' "I can't believe this, Jetfire. I can't believe we're abandoning Cybertron." 
'''Jetfire:''' "You can't think like that, Hot Shot. We'll come back and beat this thing." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "But how? Hey, ''now'' what's it doing? Look out!" 
'''Starscream:''' "Target practice!"
:—'''Hot Shot''', '''Jetfire''', and '''Starscream''' with the opening dialog of the first episode of the series. Apparently, showing things blowing up is more important than conveying ''what the hell is happening.''

'''Bud:''' "Lori, Lori. When life gives you lemons... Make orange [[soft drink|soda]]!" 
'''Lori:''' "Orange... soda?" 
:—'''Bud''' hilariously mangles a classic phrase.

'''Thundercracker:''' (After his airstrike misses Landmine) "Oh, man! That was a waste of perfectly good missiles! I'll get him this time!" 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "I hope you don't mind if I ''butt in''!" (rams Thundercracker) 
'''Thundercracker:''' "Where the heck did ''he'' come from?!" 
:—'''Optimus''' makes a dramatic entrance

'''Optimus Prime:''' (After appearing in Super Mode, completely unharmed by Thundercracker's missiles) "''That'' was your best shot, Thundercracker? That's just sad." *brings his heavy cannons to firing position* "Here's mine." 
'''Thundercracker:''' "How's this?!" *Angrily fires off another missile volley* 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "Gee, nice fireworks." *shoots the missiles, blowing them up in Thundercracker's face and sending him flying* "Decepticon in the corner pocket!"
:—Thus begins the practice of '''Thundercracker''' channeling the spirit of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
This episode is a composite of the first two Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' episodes, "The Sacred Homeworld, Planet Cybertron, Destroyed?!" and "Encounter with the Transformers". This is effectively accomplished by beginning the episode ''in medias res'', kicking off with the Transformers already in the process of evacuating Cybertron and Landmine being warped to Earth. The opening and closing scenes of the first episode (the family having their barbecue and the kids finding Landmine) are then presented back-to-back, and all the other events of the first episode are presented in heavily truncated form as flashbacks told by Landmine. No real plot points or important actions from the first episode are lost in this manner—things are just more condensed—but removed footage includes:

*Lori complaining over the phone to a friend of hers back in the city about boring country life, then getting angry when she hears the noise of the Hansens' bikes.
*Coby actually winning the bike race, only to find that his family doesn't congratulate him, but instead commiserates with his father. This scene and a few others like it peppered throughout the first quarter of the series (for example, the opening scene of "[[Search (episode)|Search]]") suggest that Coby's relationship with the rest of his family is not the greatest, but it never actually ''goes'' anywhere, and ''Cybertron'' elects to omit this facet of the boy's character.
*Lori spilling a drop of the juice Bud gives her on Coby's bike, prompting the boy to go off on a rant about how machines are alive. Lori incredulously asks if the plane flying overhead is alive as well...not realizing that it's Jetfire, who is on Earth scanning the machines that he proceeds to take back to Cybertron for use as disguises by his fellow Autobots. It is over whether machines are "tools" or "lifeforms" that Coby and Lori are arguing when we rejoin the characters a little later, right before they find Landmine, whereas they squabble over ice cream flavors in the Cybertron version.
*The Autobots constructing a huge "Cyber Cannon", with which they blast the black hole. It briefly appears to succeed in destroying the singularity before the black hole reasserts itself.
*Starscream and Megatron spying on Vector Prime's address to the Autobots from within the [[fire dimension]].
*The first appearance of Starscream's vehicle mode transformation [[stock footage]].
*The Autobots regrouping after Megatron and Starscream escape. The team believes that Landmine has been sucked into the black hole, and Optimus Prime vows to find him, but first they have to take the space bridge to Earth, as Cybertron vanishes into the depths of the black hole and disappears in a flash of light. In particular, the notion that Cybertron was sucked into the black hole was very deliberately omitted from the ''Cybertron'' dub, and when the characters return to the planet in the second half of the series, it is likewise claimed to be not within the singularity, but merely near it.

In one notable piece of changed dialogue, ''Cybertron'' has Lori refer to a brother that did not exist in ''Galaxy Force''. Naturally, this brother would never appear or be mentioned again.

Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', despite that version of the series not being intended to follow ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]'', Bud somehow knows of the existence of Transformers before anyone tells him.

To incorporate these flashbacks, it was the second ''Galaxy Force'' episode which really received a chopping. Long scenes removed from this episode include:

*Autobots pursuing Megatron through space and battling him and Starscream for possession of Vector Prime's map.
*The revelation that the map is based on an older layout of the universe and not especially helpful.
*The Autobots searching for Landmine on Earth, including Scattorshot scanning his alternate mode from a billboard.
*Humans following Landmine's trail of massive footprints, thinking he's [[Bigfoot]].
*Thundercracker's blasts starting a forest fire that the Autobots have to fight.

The second episode was later dubbed in its entirety to make up the numbers, as "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]", a "lost episode" that aired as the 52nd and final of the series. Check out that episode's article for a more detailed run-down of its contents.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:GalaxyForcevsCybertron.jpg|thumb|90px|Weird. Just weird.]]
Strangely, this episode features some scenes using different animation from their Japanese counterparts.

*When listening to Red Alert's report, and later, while addressing the Autobots before the evacuation, Optimus Prime features a noticeably different color scheme, with different coloration on his helmet, midriff, pelvis and forearms. This colour scheme (likely test colours) was featured in Japanese hobby and character magazines a few months before the ''Galaxy Force'' series aired in Japan in late December 2004.
*The animation which accompanies Vector Prime's recounting of the history of the Cyber Planet Keys is completely different between versions, with the Japanese version simply featuring four glowing lights on a black background, and the American version actually displaying the keys against a spinning map of space.

===Continuity errors===
*As a result of the episodes being cut up and stuck back together, Vector Prime seems to appear in two places at once. He clashes with Megatron inside the base, but when Megatron breaks out, he immediately escapes atop Starscream. However, Starscream was present when Vector Prime opened the warp gate to send Landmine to Earth, meaning that Vector Prime would had to have been outside already.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus drops one of the franchise's most famous taglines: "Robots in disguise".
* This would not be the first time [[Key to Vector Sigma|a key]], or in this case, [[Cyber Planet Key|multiple keys]], has/have been presented as (a) super powerful plot-important Cybertronian artifact(s).

===Trivia===
*For an unknown reason, this episode was skipped when the ''Cybertron'' series began airing, even in foreign markets like the UK, suggesting that the decision to combine the two episodes may have been a late one. The second episode, "[[Haven]]", was also skipped domestically, and neither aired in the U.S. until ''Cybertron'' moved to the [[Kids' WB]] afternoon programming block, several months after the series had debuted. The second episode saw a VHS release, at least.
*Megatron is not voiced in this episode by his regular voice actor, [[David Kaye]], but by [[Trevor Devall]], doing his best Kaye impression.
*Speaking of voices, Coby's is a heck of a lot reedier and whinier in this episode than in all others. He's still being voiced by his regular actor, [[Sam Vincent]], but holy hell, he constantly sounds like he's about to burst into tears.
*"Moriturus" is Latin for "[I] am going to die," likely derived from the famous phrase "''Morituri te salutant''"—"We who are about to die salute you"—spoken by Roman gladiators saluting the Emperor prior to combat. Or perhaps someone on staff is a fan of the hapless "wizzard" Rincewind of the ''{{w|Discworld}}'' series...
* Optimus' vehicle transformation does not match up entirely with the fire truck he scanned, only the cab is the same. The truck he scanned looks more like a normal fire truck of the variety with a "cherry-picker" bucket-lift. Said truck would also appear to be based on early designs for his toy. The other Autobots' vehicle modes also deviate slightly from the scans (to accommodate their Cyber Key slots), but not to the same extent.
* Optimus is apparently familiar with the game of billiards, or pool.
* This is the first appearance of (among others) Optimus's Super Mode stock footage sequence, though the final segment where he poses against. Admit it, it's pretty bad ass the first couple times.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force — Sound Pack 1'' ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Limited edition, Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 (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]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Hidden (Cybertron)

2018-12-09T14:18:29Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the IDW comic story|All Hail Megatron issue 16}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=3
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=4
|title="Hidden"
|japanese=地球での暮らし方、教えます
|romaji=Chikyū de no Kurashikata, Oshiemasu
|translation=A Lesson in Living on Earth
|image=Cyb_ep3_you_go_less.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Jun'ichi Watanabe]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 2]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''The Autobots learn that being robots in disguise is more complicated than they thought.'''

==Synopsis==

At sea, [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] is riding aboard one of two Autobots who have taken on colorful submarine [[alternate mode]]s. He declares this to be totally awesome, until a ship from the real Navy shows up, and the crew demands that the two Autobots identify themselves. When they don't respond, the Navy prepares to fire on them, and the Autobots dive beneath the waves to escape the danger (much more energetically than a real sub could). The captain of the ship decides to pretend the whole thing never happened.

[[File:Cyb ep3 coby cars.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm lonely...]]

In a suburban parking lot, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is attempting to teach an assortment of sports car Autobots how to behave like real Earth cars, including parallel parking. Unfortunately, the hot-rodding Autobots' tendency to show off draws a crowd of spectators who begin admiring the cars, and Coby begins extemporizing about how he designed them. A police officer then points out that the cars aren't street legal, so Coby quickly declares that they're not real cars, but actually ''voice-activated remote-controlled'' cars. A quick demonstration of the cars' remarkable abilities (e.g., ''dancing'') befuddles the officer, and Coby escapes in one of the cars.

Deep in the desert, an old man driving a truck stops at a red traffic light. He comments to himself that there's no conceivable need for a light here, and a disembodied voice tells him to not even think about running the light. It then turns green, and the same voice tells him he can go. Well and truly freaked, he speeds away. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] comes out from behind a rock, and advises the traffic light—actually an [[Signal Lancer|Autobot]] in disguise—that traffic lights don't usually talk.

[[File:Cyb ep3 collapsing the black hole.jpg|thumb|225px| Suddenly, just as the movie started to get good, the screen conked out for the fifth time that evening.]]

Later, back at the Autobots' base, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] admonishes the kids that they need to pick the Autobots' altmodes a little more carefully, since they don't want to call attention to themselves. The kids begin to squabble among themselves over who screwed up worst, while the exasperated Jetfire leaves to join the other Autobots in the command center, where they are teleconferencing with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. From his position on a remote station, Red Alert is about to initiate an attempt to collapse the universe-devouring [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] in on itself with a [[gravitron grid]], thus ending the threat to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Jetfire gripes about how unhelpful the kids have been, but [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] tells him to give them a chance, and they all turn their attention to Red Alert's efforts. Alas, the power of the black hole is too much for the graviton grid, and Vector Prime again states that the only real solution is to find the Cyber Planet Keys. The Autobots are skeptical, but Red Alert speaks up on Vector Prime's behalf, and the team decides to make the search for the Keys their top priority.

[[File:Cyb ep3 jetfire vs thundercracker.jpg|left|thumb|225px|This is no Blue Angels performance.]]

Jetfire meets with the kids again, and discovers that they're now buckling down and discussing the practical aspects of hiding the Autobots on Earth. His new feeling of reassurance is quickly shunted aside by [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who informs him that he has just picked up some Air Force transmissions regarding an unidentified bogey. Scattorshot identifies it as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], and Jetfire quickly speeds into action with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Vector Prime to save the two military planes that have tried to engage the Decepticon. Jetfire swoops in to protect the planes, shielding them from 'Cracker's missiles with his body. For a moment, he appears to be destroyed, but then he emerges from the explosion, and instinctively summons his [[Cyber Key]] for the first time. His powered-up attack easily disposes of Thundercracker's next salvo, and Vector Prime opens a [[dimension gate]] to teleport the Air Force planes to the [[Bermuda Triangle]], well beyond Thundercracker's reach. Thundercracker flees, and Jetfire pursues him, clashing in an aerial, vehicle mode duel that Jetfire is winning, until Scattorshot shoots Thundercracker down.

[[File:Cyb ep3 optimus cyber key.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Optimus Prime, meanwhile, is confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and laid out by a swipe of the Decepticon leader's arm. As Optimus and Vector Prime demand the return of the [[Planet Map]], Megatron just stands there looking smug and refuses. Optimus hurls Starscream aside and switches to Super Mode, but as he charges towards Megatron, Starscream slashes him across the back. His [[Burning justice|heart burning]], Optimus summons his own Cyber Key for the first time and knocks Starscream down with a double cannon blast. Megatron still refuses to surrender the map and trades a few punches with Optimus, but when Autobot reinforcements arrive, Megatron declares it's time to leave. He brags about having already located the first Cyber Planet Key, then warps away with Starscream.

One of the Air Force pilots reports in to his [[Mike Franklin|superior officer]] about their strange encounter with giant robots. The officer doesn't seem particularly surprised, and seems to know about Transformers. He tells the pilot that everything about his encounter is classified.

Back at the Autobot base, Coby is setting the refugees up with sensible, inconspicuous altmodes, Bud is providing them with templates for holographic drivers, and Lori is teaching them the traffic laws. Jetfire comments that this may work out after all.

And, deep in space, Megatron stares down at [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet, location of the first Cyber Planet Key...

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*Two unnamed submarine Autobots (1,2)
*Assorted generic sports car Autobots (6)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (9)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (11)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (12)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (16)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (17)
*[[Vector Prime]] (18)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (23)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (24)
*Assorted refugees (25)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (3)
*Navy personnel (4)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (5)
*Parking lot spectators (7)
*Police officer (8)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
*Air Force personnel (19)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"But... I never got a chance to ask him where I could ''get'' one of those."
:—The friendly neighborhood '''police officer''', after Coby makes his getaway in one of those supercool cars.

"I'm supposed to do this all day long?" 
"Either that, or go home and get sucked into a black hole." 
"That's a good point."
:—'''Signal Lancer''' and '''Lori''' discuss the upside of being a traffic light.

"That's way better than a square dance for cars in a parking lot!" 
"Ha! Shows what you know! They were ''break''-dancing!"
:—'''Lori''' and '''Coby'''

"Unidentified flying object? Is it an Autobot or a Decepticon? Can you tell who it is?" 
"Just a second... good guy, bad guy, good guy, bad guy... bad guy! It's Thundercracker!"
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Scattorshot'''

"You're a stone-cold fool, Jetfire." 
"Coming from you, that's a compliment." 
"Tell you what. Here's another little something coming from me!" 
[''Launches missiles.'']
:—'''Thundercracker''' and '''Jetfire'''

"You're nothing better than a common thief." 
"Soon enough I'll be ruler of the Universe! I care not what vermin like you think of me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron'''

"It's classified. Top secret. If you tell anyone, the only flying you'll ever do... is at an amusement park. Got it?" 
"Yes sir. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
"It's classified. Top secret." 
"Yes sir. I know. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
"It was nothing at all, pilot, understand?" 
"Yes sir! I do."
:—The '''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]''' gives an '''Air Force pilot''' his orders...and us painful ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' flashbacks.

"I'm going to teach you guys all the traffic laws. We're going to start with traffic lights, okay? So, what do you do when you see this color?" 
[''Green light.''] 
"You go!" 
"And this color?" 
[''Red light.''] 
"You go less!" 
"Very funny. Come on..."
:—'''Lori''' and assorted '''unnamed Autobots'''

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Cybertron'', the cop who inspects the Autobot cars tells Coby that the drafting fins on the cars make them illegal to drive on the road. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he suspects them of being stolen. As Coby denies it, ''Galaxy Force'' also sees him backpedal on his previous claim of designing them, as he states they're new on the market.
*While the Autobots remain unsure of whether to follow Vector Prime's plan in both versions of the show, ''Galaxy Force'' puts a little more emphasis on the fact that the Autobots are not entirely convinced that the Cyber Planet Keys even ''exist''. During Optimus and Megatron's battle towards the end of the episode, Megatron even questions why Prime wants the map back if he doesn't believe in the Keys.
*In a small change, ''Galaxy Force'' has the pilots that engage Thundercracker note that he has not responded to their hails. ''Cybertron'' makes it appear they're shooting at him without attempting contact!

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power!": 2
*"Super mode!": 1

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*How are those Blurr-like cars moving around upright when their wheels aren't touching the ground? Shouldn't their back ends be throwing up sparks and scraping asphalt?
*During the close-up of Jetfire while he and Hot Shot are talking, Jetfire's yellow cheek-vent is visibly clipping into his dark green collar.
*When Starscream says Optimus should get used to the Decepticons having the map, his shoulder is visibly clipping into his collar.
*While Optimus and Megatron are arguing over Optimus not winning, Optimus's ear-fins clip into his backpack. Those dramatic poses are nothing but trouble.

===Continuity errors===
*One of the Air Force pilots asks how Thundercracker got behind them, when he's clearly still in front of them.
*Vector Prime says that Jetfire's Cyber Key came without him needing to call it forth, before the key actually arrives.

===Transformers references===

*The Autobot cars under Coby's watch all use the bodyform of [[Blurr (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Blurr]], and one of them has his color scheme. Whether or not this ''is'' Blurr is a loaded question; check out the character's article for an in-depth examination.

===Trivia===
*With the first two episodes of the series having been skipped over when ''Cybertron'' debuted on American television, this episode was the first aired, dropping viewers right into the middle of things with no explanation in what must surely be one of the most fumble-fingered launches of a television program ''ever''.
*Let's face it. The scene in the parking lot is terribly silly on many levels.
*While it's quixotic to expect the physics of the universe-devouring black hole to make much sense, it may be worth pointing out that making a black hole "collapse in on itself" is redundant, and could actually make the problem ''worse''.
*The two Air Force jets are very similar in model to Thundercracker himself, but in a basic gray color scheme. However, the model of fighter jet is of ''[[Russia]]n'' make, while the pilots are American.
*When Optimus charges Megatron, then spins and falls down, it's really unclear why he fell.
[[File:Cyb ep3 blue traffic light.jpg|thumb|"THERE ARE ''GREEN'' LIGHTS!"]]
*Did Megatron come to Earth just to brag about possessing the Map and finding the first Key? Why?
*A blocking issue: At 18:20, part of Optimus's face is hidden by the fire engine light bar on his shoulder. It looks very odd, and a slightly different angle would have solved the problem.
*When Signal Lancer (as he will later be named) switches his light colors, and when Lori teaches the Autobots the rules of the road, the green traffic light is ''blue''. As you will be aware if you watch much anime, however, this is ''not'' actually a mistake. This color conundrum is an odd Japanese cultural tic based on the fact that for a large portion of the language's history, they used the same word, "ao" (青), for both blue and green. Although a separate word meaning green has since been established in the language (''midori'' 緑), "ao" is still widely used to describe both shades of blue and green: the blue sky can be "ao", but so is a green traffic light. As a befuddling consequence of this quirk of language, illustrations of traffic lights, be they in driving manuals or animated cartoons about robots from space, are ''actually colored blue'', despite the fact that the real, tangible physical traffic lights on streets in Japan ''are actually green''. You get all that? Okay, now forget it and go play outside, or something. Life's too short, man.
*This episode was packaged in-disc with toys from the line such as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Hidden (Cybertron)

2018-12-09T14:14:32Z

Radix:

{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the IDW comic story|All Hail Megatron issue 16}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=3
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=4
|title="Hidden"
|japanese=地球での暮らし方、教えます
|romaji=Chikyū de no Kurashikata, Oshiemasu
|translation=A Lesson in Living on Earth
|image=Cyb_ep3_you_go_less.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Jun'ichi Watanabe]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 29]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[July 2]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''The Autobots learn that being robots in disguise is more complicated than they thought.'''

==Synopsis==

At sea, [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] is riding aboard one of two Autobots who have taken on colorful submarine [[alternate mode]]s. He declares this to be totally awesome, until a ship from the real Navy shows up, and the crew demands that the two Autobots identify themselves. When they don't respond, the Navy prepares to fire on them, and the Autobots dive beneath the waves to escape the danger (much more energetically than a real sub could). The captain of the ship decides to pretend the whole thing never happened.

[[File:Cyb ep3 coby cars.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm lonely...]]

In a suburban parking lot, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] is attempting to teach an assortment of sports car Autobots how to behave like real Earth cars, including parallel parking. Unfortunately, the hot-rodding Autobots' tendency to show off draws a crowd of spectators who begin admiring the cars, and Coby begins extemporizing about how he designed them. A police officer then points out that the cars aren't street legal, so Coby quickly declares that they're not real cars, but actually ''voice-activated remote-controlled'' cars. A quick demonstration of the cars' remarkable abilities (e.g., ''dancing'') befuddles the officer, and Coby escapes in one of the cars.

Deep in the desert, an old man driving a truck stops at a red traffic light. He comments to himself that there's no conceivable need for a light here, and a disembodied voice tells him to not even think about running the light. It then turns green, and the same voice tells him he can go. Well and truly freaked, he speeds away. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] comes out from behind a rock, and advises the traffic light—actually an [[Signal Lancer|Autobot]] in disguise—that traffic lights don't usually talk.

[[File:Cyb ep3 collapsing the black hole.jpg|thumb|225px| Suddenly, just as the movie started to get good, the screen conked out for the fifth time that evening.]]

Later, back at the Autobots' base, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] admonishes the kids that they need to pick the Autobots' altmodes a little more carefully, since they don't want to call attention to themselves. The kids begin to squabble among themselves over who screwed up worst, while the exasperated Jetfire leaves to join the other Autobots in the command center, where they are teleconferencing with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. From his position on a remote station, Red Alert is about to initiate an attempt to collapse the universe-devouring [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] in on itself with a [[gravitron grid]], thus ending the threat to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Jetfire gripes about how unhelpful the kids have been, but [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] tells him to give them a chance, and they all turn their attention to Red Alert's efforts. Alas, the power of the black hole is too much for the graviton grid, and Vector Prime again states that the only real solution is to find the Cyber Planet Keys. The Autobots are skeptical, but Red Alert speaks up on Vector Prime's behalf, and the team decides to make the search for the Keys their top priority.

[[File:Cyb ep3 jetfire vs thundercracker.jpg|left|thumb|225px|This is no Blue Angels performance.]]

Jetfire meets with the kids again, and discovers that they're now buckling down and discussing the practical aspects of hiding the Autobots on Earth. His new feeling of reassurance is quickly shunted aside by [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who informs him that he has just picked up some Air Force transmissions regarding an unidentified bogey. Scattorshot identifies it as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], and Jetfire quickly speeds into action with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Vector Prime to save the two military planes that have tried to engage the Decepticon. Jetfire swoops in to protect the planes, shielding them from 'Cracker's missiles with his body. For a moment, he appears to be destroyed, but then he emerges from the explosion, and instinctively summons his [[Cyber Key]] for the first time. His powered-up attack easily disposes of Thundercracker's next salvo, and Vector Prime opens a [[dimension gate]] to teleport the Air Force planes to the [[Bermuda Triangle]], well beyond Thundercracker's reach. Thundercracker flees, and Jetfire pursues him, clashing in an aerial, vehicle mode duel that Jetfire is winning, until Scattorshot shoots Thundercracker down.

[[File:Cyb ep3 optimus cyber key.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Optimus Prime, meanwhile, is confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and laid out by a swipe of the Decepticon leader's arm. As Optimus and Vector Prime demand the return of the [[Planet Map]], Megatron just stands there looking smug and refuses. Optimus hurls Starscream aside and switches to Super Mode, but as he charges towards Megatron, Starscream slashes him across the back. His [[Burning justice|heart burning]], Optimus summons his own Cyber Key for the first time and knocks Starscream down with a double cannon blast. Megatron still refuses to surrender the map and trades a few punches with Optimus, but when Autobot reinforcements arrive, Megatron declares it's time to leave. He brags about having already located the first Cyber Planet Key, then warps away with Starscream.

One of the Air Force pilots reports in to his [[Mike Franklin|superior officer]] about their strange encounter with giant robots. The officer doesn't seem particularly surprised, and seems to know about Transformers. He tells the pilot that everything about his encounter is classified.

Back at the Autobot base, Coby is setting the refugees up with sensible, inconspicuous altmodes, Bud is providing them with templates for holographic drivers, and Lori is teaching them the traffic laws. Jetfire comments that this may work out after all.

And, deep in space, Megatron stares down at [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet, location of the first Cyber Planet Key...

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*Two unnamed submarine Autobots (1,2)
*Assorted generic sports car Autobots (6)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (9)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (11)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (12)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (16)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (17)
*[[Vector Prime]] (18)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (23)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (24)
*Assorted refugees (25)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (21)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (3)
*Navy personnel (4)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (5)
*Parking lot spectators (7)
*Police officer (8)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (10)
*Air Force personnel (19)
*[[Mike Franklin]] (26)
}}

==Quotes==
"But... I never got a chance to ask him where I could ''get'' one of those."
:—The friendly neighborhood '''police officer''', after Coby makes his getaway in one of those supercool cars.

"I'm supposed to do this all day long?" 
"Either that, or go home and get sucked into a black hole." 
"That's a good point."
:—'''Signal Lancer''' and '''Lori''' discuss the upside of being a traffic light.

"That's way better than a square dance for cars in a parking lot!" 
"Ha! Shows what you know! They were ''break''-dancing!"
:—'''Lori''' and '''Coby'''

"Unidentified flying object? Is it an Autobot or a Decepticon? Can you tell who it is?" 
"Just a second... good guy, bad guy, good guy, bad guy... bad guy! It's Thundercracker!"
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Scattorshot'''

"You're a stone-cold fool, Jetfire." 
"Coming from you, that's a compliment." 
"Tell you what. Here's another little something coming from me!" 
[''Launches missiles.'']
:—'''Thundercracker''' and '''Jetfire'''

"You're nothing better than a common thief." 
"Soon enough I'll be ruler of the Universe! I care not what vermin like you think of me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron'''

"It's classified. Top secret. If you tell anyone, the only flying you'll do... is at an amusement park. Got it?" 
"Yes sir. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
"It's classified. Top secret." 
"Yes sir. I know. But, what was that thing, anyway?" 
"It was nothing at all, pilot, understand?" 
"Yes sir! I do."
:—The '''[[Mike Franklin|mysterious government agent]]''' gives an '''Air Force pilot''' his orders...and us painful ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' flashbacks.

"I'm going to teach you guys all the traffic laws. We're going to start with traffic lights, okay? So, what do you do when you see this color?" 
[''Green light.''] 
"You go!" 
"And this color?" 
[''Red light.''] 
"You go less!" 
"Very funny. Come on..."
:—'''Lori''' and assorted '''unnamed Autobots'''

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*In ''Cybertron'', the cop who inspects the Autobot cars tells Coby that the drafting fins on the cars make them illegal to drive on the road. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, he suspects them of being stolen. As Coby denies it, ''Galaxy Force'' also sees him backpedal on his previous claim of designing them, as he states they're new on the market.
*While the Autobots remain unsure of whether to follow Vector Prime's plan in both versions of the show, ''Galaxy Force'' puts a little more emphasis on the fact that the Autobots are not entirely convinced that the Cyber Planet Keys even ''exist''. During Optimus and Megatron's battle towards the end of the episode, Megatron even questions why Prime wants the map back if he doesn't believe in the Keys.
*In a small change, ''Galaxy Force'' has the pilots that engage Thundercracker note that he has not responded to their hails. ''Cybertron'' makes it appear they're shooting at him without attempting contact!

===Pain count===
*"Cyber Key Power!": 2
*"Super mode!": 1

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*How are those Blurr-like cars moving around upright when their wheels aren't touching the ground? Shouldn't their back ends be throwing up sparks and scraping asphalt?
*During the close-up of Jetfire while he and Hot Shot are talking, Jetfire's yellow cheek-vent is visibly clipping into his dark green collar.
*When Starscream says Optimus should get used to the Decepticons having the map, his shoulder is visibly clipping into his collar.
*While Optimus and Megatron are arguing over Optimus not winning, Optimus's ear-fins clip into his backpack. Those dramatic poses are nothing but trouble.

===Continuity errors===
*One of the Air Force pilots asks how Thundercracker got behind them, when he's clearly still in front of them.
*Vector Prime says that Jetfire's Cyber Key came without him needing to call it forth, before the key actually arrives.

===Transformers references===

*The Autobot cars under Coby's watch all use the bodyform of [[Blurr (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Blurr]], and one of them has his color scheme. Whether or not this ''is'' Blurr is a loaded question; check out the character's article for an in-depth examination.

===Trivia===
*With the first two episodes of the series having been skipped over when ''Cybertron'' debuted on American television, this episode was the first aired, dropping viewers right into the middle of things with no explanation in what must surely be one of the most fumble-fingered launches of a television program ''ever''.
*Let's face it. The scene in the parking lot is terribly silly on many levels.
*While it's quixotic to expect the physics of the universe-devouring black hole to make much sense, it may be worth pointing out that making a black hole "collapse in on itself" is redundant, and could actually make the problem ''worse''.
*The two Air Force jets are very similar in model to Thundercracker himself, but in a basic gray color scheme. However, the model of fighter jet is of ''[[Russia]]n'' make, while the pilots are American.
*When Optimus charges Megatron, then spins and falls down, it's really unclear why he fell.
[[File:Cyb ep3 blue traffic light.jpg|thumb|"THERE ARE ''GREEN'' LIGHTS!"]]
*Did Megatron come to Earth just to brag about possessing the Map and finding the first Key? Why?
*A blocking issue: At 18:20, part of Optimus's face is hidden by the fire engine light bar on his shoulder. It looks very odd, and a slightly different angle would have solved the problem.
*When Signal Lancer (as he will later be named) switches his light colors, and when Lori teaches the Autobots the rules of the road, the green traffic light is ''blue''. As you will be aware if you watch much anime, however, this is ''not'' actually a mistake. This color conundrum is an odd Japanese cultural tic based on the fact that for a large portion of the language's history, they used the same word, "ao" (青), for both blue and green. Although a separate word meaning green has since been established in the language (''midori'' 緑), "ao" is still widely used to describe both shades of blue and green: the blue sky can be "ao", but so is a green traffic light. As a befuddling consequence of this quirk of language, illustrations of traffic lights, be they in driving manuals or animated cartoons about robots from space, are ''actually colored blue'', despite the fact that the real, tangible physical traffic lights on streets in Japan ''are actually green''. You get all that? Okay, now forget it and go play outside, or something. Life's too short, man.
*This episode was packaged in-disc with toys from the line such as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — A New Beginning (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

A New Hero

2018-05-11T11:35:52Z

Radix: /* Real-world references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 72
|prev=Rescue Bots Academy
|next=Four-Legged Hero
|image=ANewHero Blurr in captain chair.jpg
|caption=Yeah, he's just waiting for his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru to serve him his fried Gungan.
|title="A New Hero"
|airdate=[[May 9]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''A solar flare knocks out power in Griffin Rock; Blurr deserts the Rescue Bots and steals the ship.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:ANewHero Cody in trouble.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Guys, I got a whole lot thinner!]]
[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] relaxes aboard the ''[[Sigma]]'' until [[ERVIS]] alerts him to a situation back in the launch hanger. Blurr is disinterested and instead asks ERVIS to set course for [[Hydrus Four]], where he knows he'll be able to do some racing.

Down on [[Earth]], the rescue team hunts [[Griffin Rock]] fruitlessly for Blurr, and even [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] is unable to pick up a scent. As they're discussing where Blurr might have gone, an energy wave hits the Bots. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] explains that solar flares from the [[Sun]] are causing mechanical problems. [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] tries to contact [[Cody Burns|Cody]] to no avail, as Cody's trapped under scaffolding and can't reach his comm. With the scaffolding in imminent danger of collapse, Cody uses Servo's whistle. Responding, Servo leads the team back to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], where they open up the hanger and discover Cody's predicament. Once Salvage extracts him from under the scaffolding, Cody fills in the others on how Blurr stole the ''Sigma''. They discuss Blurr's actions, until another solar flare hits. Heatwave reports to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] who promises to try and find the ship — Optimus still holds out hope Blurr will change though Heatwave is skeptical.

[[File:ANewHero Blurr views report.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Help me Blurr, you're my only hope!" *Blurr deletes it*]]
As the ''Sigma'' heads away from Earth, ERVIS plays events in the hanger to Blurr, who feels suitably guilty over Cody's endangerment. ERVIS is just telling him about the pending messages from Optimus when the ship is hit by another solar flare and shuts down.

The flare also affects things on the ground, knocking out the power in Griffin Rock. Graham and Boulder explain the latest event is a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection. Assuming that the rest of town has been similarly affected, the rescue team splits up to patrol, with Chief and Chase going to consult [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] immediately spot a plane in trouble and use a glow stick to guide it to the airport runway. At the docks, Salvage and Cody find the [[Griffin Rock ferry]] is drifting directly towards rocks, and Salvage manages to rope it and pull it to the dock. At the laboratory, Doc Greene's using a potato-powered calculator to work out when the CME's effects will end.

[[File:ANewHero Salvage builds transmitter.jpg|thumb|left|250px|And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base.]]
Blurr uses a jetpack to reach the underside of the ''Sigma'', and pulls the ship's reset lever. No sooner is the ship back online than ERVIS warns Blurr about the satellite bearing down on them at high speed. Though the ship dodges the satellite, ERVIS points out that the satellite is on a direct course for Griffin Rock.

On the ground, Doc Greene has also spotted the incoming satellite and estimates they have thirty minutes until it hits. The [[Mayor Luskey Dome|island's dome]] can't be raised without a power source. Comms are back up, so Chief orders everyone to organize an evacuation of the town. Salvage heads to the junkyard where he builds a powerful transmitter out of junk.

[[File:ANewHero Sigma vs satellite.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!]]
On the ''Sigma'', Blurr asks for an update on Griffin Rock, but ERVIS is unable to detect any signals from there. Blurr orders ERVIS to resume course to Hydrus Four, but remembers how Cody believed in him. Checking with ERVIS whether the ''Sigma'' has laser blasters, Blurr has the ship turn around to intercept the satellite. Unfortunately it turns out that the laser's power isn't hooked up. Blurr's despair is interrupted by an incoming transmission from Salvage. Salvage puts Blurr through to the rest of the team and Boulder and Graham are able to instruct him on powering up the laser. Unfortunately it's only operating at minimal power, so Blurr has to steer the ship dangerously close to the satellite. With half a minute to go, the team watches the ship move in and blast the satellite, disappearing in a massive explosion. For a moment everyone thinks the ''Sigma'' has been destroyed, but Blurr reveals the explosion just triggered the ship's cloaking device, and lands nearby. Heatwave admits Blurr's earned another chance, however Optimus arrives to reveal he has other plans for Blurr and Salvage. The pair are to serve as Rescue Bots elsewhere on Earth and Optimus presents them both with new insignia. As Cody says goodbye to Blurr and Salvage, the power station comes back online and the town lights up once again.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (3)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Boulder]] (7)
*[[Servo (RB)|Servo]] (8)
*[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] (9)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (4)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Dani Burns]] (11)
*[[Cody Burns]] (13)
*Pilot (15)
*[[Arthur Shaw]] (16)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (17)

|c4=
*[[ERVIS]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Grand theft, endangerment of a minor, and I would wager that Blurr did not even buckle up before lift off."
:—'''Chase''' lists Blurr's crimes.

"Hey, look on the bright side. It means we're finally rid of Mr. Look-At-Me Show-Off. Ah, I just can't stand guys like that." ''[everyone looks at Kade]'' "What?"
:—'''Kade Burns'''

"Tell me something I don't know!" 
"All right. You now have ten unread messages from Optimus Prime."
:—'''Blurr''' and '''ERVIS'''

"I don't know whether to hug you or yell at you." 
"Is there a third option?" 
"Yes. Court-martial, for Grand Theft Spaceship."
:—'''Heatwave''', '''Blurr''' and '''Chase'''

"As I said, being a Rescue Bot is not a destiny, but a choice. I am glad that you've made yours."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"We go where we're needed, kid. We're Rescue Bots."
:—'''Blurr'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The drive-in is screening a [[Humungado]] movie, as seen in "[[The Attack of Humungado]]".
* The protective dome Chief and Doc discuss raising was first seen in "[[No Place Like Dome]]".
* The townspeople evacuate to the [[Sanctuary Plan]] cavern first seen in "[[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]".

===Transformers references===
* [[Hydrus Four]] originates in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Transformers'' comics]], where it was the origin of [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]].

===Real-world references===
[[File:ANewHero Peter Graves.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"]]

* The pilot of the airplane Dani and Blades help is drawn as Peter Graves from the 1980 film ''Airplane''.
* The ''Sigma'' targeting computer is has identical graphics to those featured on the [[X-wing Fighter|X-wing]]s in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.
* Chase says Blurr's third option for taking the ''Sigma'' is a court-martial, for Grand Theft Spaceship, referring to the game Grand Theft Auto.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Servo sits up while Chief is hugging Cody, the insignia on his dog collar switches to a plain Autobot symbol.

===Trivia===
* The Cybertronian text next to the big red button on the panel Blurr opens on the Sigma reads "SELF DESTRUCT" in ''War for Cybertron'' font.

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Az új hős'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un nuovo eroe'''" ("A new hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18|18 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Novo Herói'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Hero}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

A New Hero

2018-05-10T11:36:01Z

Radix: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 72
|prev=Rescue Bots Academy
|next=Four-Legged Hero
|image=ANewHero Blurr in captain chair.jpg
|caption=Yeah, he's just waiting for his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru to serve him his fried Gungan.
|title="A New Hero"
|airdate=[[May 9]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''A solar flare knocks out power in Griffin Rock; Blurr deserts the Rescue Bots and steals the ship.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:ANewHero Cody in trouble.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Guys, I got a whole lot thinner!]]
[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] relaxes aboard the ''[[Sigma]]'' until [[ERVIS]] alerts him to a situation back in the launch hanger. Blurr is disinterested and instead asks ERVIS to set course for [[Hydrus Four]], where he knows he'll be able to do some racing.

Down on [[Earth]], the rescue team hunts [[Griffin Rock]] fruitlessly for Blurr, and even [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] is unable to pick up a scent. As they're discussing where Blurr might have gone, an energy wave hits the Bots. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] explains that solar flares from the [[Sun]] are causing mechanical problems. [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] tries to contact [[Cody Burns|Cody]] to no avail, as Cody's trapped under scaffolding and can't reach his comm. With the scaffolding in imminent danger of collapse, Cody uses Servo's whistle. Responding, Servo leads the team back to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], where they open up the hanger and discover Cody's predicament. Once Salvage extracts him from under the scaffolding, Cody fills in the others on how Blurr stole the ''Sigma''. They discuss Blurr's actions, until another solar flare hits. Heatwave reports to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] who promises to try and find the ship — Optimus still holds out hope Blurr will change though Heatwave is skeptical.

[[File:ANewHero Blurr views report.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Help me Blurr, you're my only hope!" *Blurr deletes it*]]
As the ''Sigma'' heads away from Earth, ERVIS plays events in the hanger to Blurr, who feels suitably guilty over Cody's endangerment. ERVIS is just telling him about the pending messages from Optimus when the ship is hit by another solar flare and shuts down.

The flare also affects things on the ground, knocking out the power in Griffin Rock. Graham and Boulder explain the latest event is a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection. Assuming that the rest of town has been similarly affected, the rescue team splits up to patrol, with Chief and Chase going to consult [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] immediately spot a plane in trouble and use a glow stick to guide it to the airport runway. At the docks, Salvage and Cody find the [[Griffin Rock ferry]] is drifting directly towards rocks, and Salvage manages to rope it and pull it to the dock. At the laboratory, Doc Greene's using a potato-powered calculator to work out when the CME's effects will end.

[[File:ANewHero Salvage builds transmitter.jpg|thumb|left|250px|And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base.]]
Blurr uses a jetpack to reach the underside of the ''Sigma'', and pulls the ship's reset lever. No sooner is the ship back online than ERVIS warns Blurr about the satellite bearing down on them at high speed. Though the ship dodges the satellite, ERVIS points out that the satellite is on a direct course for Griffin Rock.

On the ground, Doc Greene has also spotted the incoming satellite and estimates they have thirty minutes until it hits. The [[Mayor Luskey Dome|island's dome]] can't be raised without a power source. Comms are back up, so Chief orders everyone to organize an evacuation of the town. Salvage heads to the junkyard where he builds a powerful transmitter out of junk.

[[File:ANewHero Sigma vs satellite.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!]]
On the ''Sigma'', Blurr asks for an update on Griffin Rock, but ERVIS is unable to detect any signals from there. Blurr orders ERVIS to resume course to Hydrus Four, but remembers how Cody believed in him. Checking with ERVIS whether the ''Sigma'' has laser blasters, Blurr has the ship turn around to intercept the satellite. Unfortunately it turns out that the laser's power isn't hooked up. Blurr's despair is interrupted by an incoming transmission from Salvage. Salvage puts Blurr through to the rest of the team and Boulder and Graham are able to instruct him on powering up the laser. Unfortunately it's only operating at minimal power, so Blurr has to steer the ship dangerously close to the satellite. With half a minute to go, the team watches the ship move in and blast the satellite, disappearing in a massive explosion. For a moment everyone thinks the ''Sigma'' has been destroyed, but Blurr reveals the explosion just triggered the ship's cloaking device, and lands nearby. Heatwave admits Blurr's earned another chance, however Optimus arrives to reveal he has other plans for Blurr and Salvage. The pair are to serve as Rescue Bots elsewhere on Earth and Optimus presents them both with new insignia. As Cody says goodbye to Blurr and Salvage, the power station comes back online and the town lights up once again.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (3)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Boulder]] (7)
*[[Servo (RB)|Servo]] (8)
*[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] (9)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (4)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Dani Burns]] (11)
*[[Cody Burns]] (13)
*Pilot (15)
*[[Arthur Shaw]] (16)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (17)

|c4=
*[[ERVIS]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Grand theft, endangerment of a minor, and I would wager that Blurr did not even buckle up before lift off."
:—'''Chase''' lists Blurr's crimes.

"Hey, look on the bright side. It means we're finally rid of Mr. Look-At-Me Show-Off. Ah, I just can't stand guys like that." ''[everyone looks at Kade]'' "What?"
:—'''Kade Burns'''

"Tell me something I don't know!" 
"All right. You now have ten unread messages from Optimus Prime."
:—'''Blurr''' and '''ERVIS'''

"I don't know whether to hug you or yell at you." 
"Is there a third option?" 
"Yes. Court-martial, for Grand Theft Spaceship."
:—'''Heatwave''', '''Blurr''' and '''Chase'''

"As I said, being a Rescue Bot is not a destiny, but a choice. I am glad that you've made yours."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"We go where we're needed, kid. We're Rescue Bots."
:—'''Blurr'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The drive-in is screening a [[Humungado]] movie, as seen in "[[The Attack of Humungado]]".
* The protective dome Chief and Doc discuss raising was first seen in "[[No Place Like Dome]]".
* The townspeople evacuate to the [[Sanctuary Plan]] cavern first seen in "[[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]".

===Transformers references===
* [[Hydrus Four]] originates in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Transformers'' comics]], where it was the origin of [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]].

===Real-world references===
[[File:ANewHero Peter Graves.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"]]

* The pilot of the airplane Dani and Blades help is drawn as Peter Graves from the 1980 film ''Airplane''.
* The ''Sigma'' targeting computer is has identical graphics to those featured on the [[X-wing Fighter|X-wing]]s in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.
* Chase suggests that Blurr's third option for taking the ''Sigma'' is a court martial for "Grand Theft Spaceship", referring to the game Grand Theft Auto.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Servo sits up while Chief is hugging Cody, the insignia on his dog collar switches to a plain Autobot symbol.

===Trivia===
* The Cybertronian text next to the big red button on the panel Blurr opens on the Sigma reads "SELF DESTRUCT" in ''War for Cybertron'' font.

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Az új hős'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un nuovo eroe'''" ("A new hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18|18 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Novo Herói'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Hero}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

A New Hero

2018-05-10T11:35:33Z

Radix: /* Real-world references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 72
|prev=Rescue Bots Academy
|next=Four-Legged Hero
|image=ANewHero Blurr in captain chair.jpg
|caption=Yeah, he's just waiting for his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru to serve him his fried Gungan.
|title="A New Hero"
|airdate=[[May 9]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''A solar flare knocks out power in Griffin Rock; Blurr deserts the Rescue Bots and steals the ship.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:ANewHero Cody in trouble.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Guys, I got a whole lot thinner!]]
[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] relaxes aboard the ''[[Sigma]]'' until [[ERVIS]] alerts him to a situation back in the launch hanger. Blurr is disinterested and instead asks ERVIS to set course for [[Hydrus Four]], where he knows he'll be able to do some racing.

Down on [[Earth]], the rescue team hunts [[Griffin Rock]] fruitlessly for Blurr, and even [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] is unable to pick up a scent. As they're discussing where Blurr might have gone, an energy wave hits the Bots. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] explains that solar flares from the [[Sun]] are causing mechanical problems. [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] tries to contact [[Cody Burns|Cody]] to no avail, as Cody's trapped under scaffolding and can't reach his comm. With the scaffolding in imminent danger of collapse, Cody uses Servo's whistle. Responding, Servo leads the team back to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], where they open up the hanger and discover Cody's predicament. Once Salvage extracts him from under the scaffolding, Cody fills in the others on how Blurr stole the ''Sigma''. They discuss Blurr's actions, until another solar flare hits. Heatwave reports to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] who promises to try and find the ship — Optimus still holds out hope Blurr will change though Heatwave is skeptical.

[[File:ANewHero Blurr views report.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Help me Blurr, you're my only hope!" *Blurr deletes it*]]
As the ''Sigma'' heads away from Earth, ERVIS plays events in the hanger to Blurr, who feels suitably guilty over Cody's endangerment. ERVIS is just telling him about the pending messages from Optimus when the ship is hit by another solar flare and shuts down.

The flare also affects things on the ground, knocking out the power in Griffin Rock. Graham and Boulder explain the latest event is a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection. Assuming that the rest of town has been similarly affected, the rescue team splits up to patrol, with Chief and Chase going to consult [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] immediately spot a plane in trouble and use a glow stick to guide it to the airport runway. At the docks, Salvage and Cody find the [[Griffin Rock ferry]] is drifting directly towards rocks, and Salvage manages to rope it and pull it to the dock. At the laboratory, Doc Greene's using a potato-powered calculator to work out when the CME's effects will end.

[[File:ANewHero Salvage builds transmitter.jpg|thumb|left|250px|And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base.]]
Blurr uses a jetpack to reach the underside of the ''Sigma'', and pulls the ship's reset lever. No sooner is the ship back online than ERVIS warns Blurr about the satellite bearing down on them at high speed. Though the ship dodges the satellite, ERVIS points out that the satellite is on a direct course for Griffin Rock.

On the ground, Doc Greene has also spotted the incoming satellite and estimates they have thirty minutes until it hits. The [[Mayor Luskey Dome|island's dome]] can't be raised without a power source. Comms are back up, so Chief orders everyone to organize an evacuation of the town. Salvage heads to the junkyard where he builds a powerful transmitter out of junk.

[[File:ANewHero Sigma vs satellite.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!]]
On the ''Sigma'', Blurr asks for an update on Griffin Rock, but ERVIS is unable to detect any signals from there. Blurr orders ERVIS to resume course to Hydrus Four, but remembers how Cody believed in him. Checking with ERVIS whether the ''Sigma'' has laser blasters, Blurr has the ship turn around to intercept the satellite. Unfortunately it turns out that the laser's power isn't hooked up. Blurr's despair is interrupted by an incoming transmission from Salvage. Salvage puts Blurr through to the rest of the team and Boulder and Graham are able to instruct him on powering up the laser. Unfortunately it's only operating at minimal power, so Blurr has to steer the ship dangerously close to the satellite. With half a minute to go, the team watches the ship move in and blast the satellite, disappearing in a massive explosion. For a moment everyone thinks the ''Sigma'' has been destroyed, but Blurr reveals the explosion just triggered the ship's cloaking device, and lands nearby. Heatwave admits Blurr's earned another chance, however Optimus arrives to reveal he has other plans for Blurr and Salvage. The pair are to serve as Rescue Bots elsewhere on Earth and Optimus presents them both with new insignia. As Cody says goodbye to Blurr and Salvage, the power station comes back online and the town lights up once again.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (3)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Boulder]] (7)
*[[Servo (RB)|Servo]] (8)
*[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] (9)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (4)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Dani Burns]] (11)
*[[Cody Burns]] (13)
*Pilot (15)
*[[Arthur Shaw]] (16)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (17)

|c4=
*[[ERVIS]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Grand theft, endangerment of a minor, and I would wager that Blurr did not even buckle up before lift off."
:—'''Chase''' lists Blurr's crimes.

"Hey, look on the bright side. It means we're finally rid of Mr. Look-At-Me Show-Off. Ah, I just can't stand guys like that." ''[everyone looks at Kade]'' "What?"
:—'''Kade Burns'''

"Tell me something I don't know!" 
"All right. You now have ten unread messages from Optimus Prime."
:—'''Blurr''' and '''ERVIS'''

"I don't know whether to hug you or yell at you." 
"Is there a third option?"
"Yes. Court-martial, for Grand Theft Spaceship."
:—'''Heatwave''', '''Blurr''' and '''Chase'''

"As I said, being a Rescue Bot is not a destiny, but a choice. I am glad that you've made yours."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"We go where we're needed, kid. We're Rescue Bots."
:—'''Blurr'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The drive-in is screening a [[Humungado]] movie, as seen in "[[The Attack of Humungado]]".
* The protective dome Chief and Doc discuss raising was first seen in "[[No Place Like Dome]]".
* The townspeople evacuate to the [[Sanctuary Plan]] cavern first seen in "[[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]".

===Transformers references===
* [[Hydrus Four]] originates in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Transformers'' comics]], where it was the origin of [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]].

===Real-world references===
[[File:ANewHero Peter Graves.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"]]

* The pilot of the airplane Dani and Blades help is drawn as Peter Graves from the 1980 film ''Airplane''.
* The ''Sigma'' targeting computer is has identical graphics to those featured on the [[X-wing Fighter|X-wing]]s in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.
* Chase suggests that Blurr's third option for taking the ''Sigma'' is a court martial for "Grand Theft Spaceship", referring to the game Grand Theft Auto.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Servo sits up while Chief is hugging Cody, the insignia on his dog collar switches to a plain Autobot symbol.

===Trivia===
* The Cybertronian text next to the big red button on the panel Blurr opens on the Sigma reads "SELF DESTRUCT" in ''War for Cybertron'' font.

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Az új hős'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un nuovo eroe'''" ("A new hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18|18 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Novo Herói'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Hero}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

A New Hero

2018-05-10T11:32:31Z

Radix: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 72
|prev=Rescue Bots Academy
|next=Four-Legged Hero
|image=ANewHero Blurr in captain chair.jpg
|caption=Yeah, he's just waiting for his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru to serve him his fried Gungan.
|title="A New Hero"
|airdate=[[May 9]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''A solar flare knocks out power in Griffin Rock; Blurr deserts the Rescue Bots and steals the ship.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:ANewHero Cody in trouble.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Guys, I got a whole lot thinner!]]
[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] relaxes aboard the ''[[Sigma]]'' until [[ERVIS]] alerts him to a situation back in the launch hanger. Blurr is disinterested and instead asks ERVIS to set course for [[Hydrus Four]], where he knows he'll be able to do some racing.

Down on [[Earth]], the rescue team hunts [[Griffin Rock]] fruitlessly for Blurr, and even [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] is unable to pick up a scent. As they're discussing where Blurr might have gone, an energy wave hits the Bots. [[Graham Burns|Graham]] explains that solar flares from the [[Sun]] are causing mechanical problems. [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] tries to contact [[Cody Burns|Cody]] to no avail, as Cody's trapped under scaffolding and can't reach his comm. With the scaffolding in imminent danger of collapse, Cody uses Servo's whistle. Responding, Servo leads the team back to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], where they open up the hanger and discover Cody's predicament. Once Salvage extracts him from under the scaffolding, Cody fills in the others on how Blurr stole the ''Sigma''. They discuss Blurr's actions, until another solar flare hits. Heatwave reports to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] who promises to try and find the ship — Optimus still holds out hope Blurr will change though Heatwave is skeptical.

[[File:ANewHero Blurr views report.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Help me Blurr, you're my only hope!" *Blurr deletes it*]]
As the ''Sigma'' heads away from Earth, ERVIS plays events in the hanger to Blurr, who feels suitably guilty over Cody's endangerment. ERVIS is just telling him about the pending messages from Optimus when the ship is hit by another solar flare and shuts down.

The flare also affects things on the ground, knocking out the power in Griffin Rock. Graham and Boulder explain the latest event is a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection. Assuming that the rest of town has been similarly affected, the rescue team splits up to patrol, with Chief and Chase going to consult [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] immediately spot a plane in trouble and use a glow stick to guide it to the airport runway. At the docks, Salvage and Cody find the [[Griffin Rock ferry]] is drifting directly towards rocks, and Salvage manages to rope it and pull it to the dock. At the laboratory, Doc Greene's using a potato-powered calculator to work out when the CME's effects will end.

[[File:ANewHero Salvage builds transmitter.jpg|thumb|left|250px|And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base.]]
Blurr uses a jetpack to reach the underside of the ''Sigma'', and pulls the ship's reset lever. No sooner is the ship back online than ERVIS warns Blurr about the satellite bearing down on them at high speed. Though the ship dodges the satellite, ERVIS points out that the satellite is on a direct course for Griffin Rock.

On the ground, Doc Greene has also spotted the incoming satellite and estimates they have thirty minutes until it hits. The [[Mayor Luskey Dome|island's dome]] can't be raised without a power source. Comms are back up, so Chief orders everyone to organize an evacuation of the town. Salvage heads to the junkyard where he builds a powerful transmitter out of junk.

[[File:ANewHero Sigma vs satellite.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!]]
On the ''Sigma'', Blurr asks for an update on Griffin Rock, but ERVIS is unable to detect any signals from there. Blurr orders ERVIS to resume course to Hydrus Four, but remembers how Cody believed in him. Checking with ERVIS whether the ''Sigma'' has laser blasters, Blurr has the ship turn around to intercept the satellite. Unfortunately it turns out that the laser's power isn't hooked up. Blurr's despair is interrupted by an incoming transmission from Salvage. Salvage puts Blurr through to the rest of the team and Boulder and Graham are able to instruct him on powering up the laser. Unfortunately it's only operating at minimal power, so Blurr has to steer the ship dangerously close to the satellite. With half a minute to go, the team watches the ship move in and blast the satellite, disappearing in a massive explosion. For a moment everyone thinks the ''Sigma'' has been destroyed, but Blurr reveals the explosion just triggered the ship's cloaking device, and lands nearby. Heatwave admits Blurr's earned another chance, however Optimus arrives to reveal he has other plans for Blurr and Salvage. The pair are to serve as Rescue Bots elsewhere on Earth and Optimus presents them both with new insignia. As Cody says goodbye to Blurr and Salvage, the power station comes back online and the town lights up once again.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (3)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Boulder]] (7)
*[[Servo (RB)|Servo]] (8)
*[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] (9)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (4)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Dani Burns]] (11)
*[[Cody Burns]] (13)
*Pilot (15)
*[[Arthur Shaw]] (16)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (17)

|c4=
*[[ERVIS]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Grand theft, endangerment of a minor, and I would wager that Blurr did not even buckle up before lift off."
:—'''Chase''' lists Blurr's crimes.

"Hey, look on the bright side. It means we're finally rid of Mr. Look-At-Me Show-Off. Ah, I just can't stand guys like that." ''[everyone looks at Kade]'' "What?"
:—'''Kade Burns'''

"Tell me something I don't know!" 
"All right. You now have ten unread messages from Optimus Prime."
:—'''Blurr''' and '''ERVIS'''

"I don't know whether to hug you or yell at you." 
"Is there a third option?"
"Yes. Court-martial, for Grand Theft Spaceship."
:—'''Heatwave''', '''Blurr''' and '''Chase'''

"As I said, being a Rescue Bot is not a destiny, but a choice. I am glad that you've made yours."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"We go where we're needed, kid. We're Rescue Bots."
:—'''Blurr'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The drive-in is screening a [[Humungado]] movie, as seen in "[[The Attack of Humungado]]".
* The protective dome Chief and Doc discuss raising was first seen in "[[No Place Like Dome]]".
* The townspeople evacuate to the [[Sanctuary Plan]] cavern first seen in "[[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]".

===Transformers references===
* [[Hydrus Four]] originates in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Transformers'' comics]], where it was the origin of [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]].

===Real-world references===
[[File:ANewHero Peter Graves.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"]]

* The pilot of the airplane Dani and Blades help is drawn as Peter Graves from the 1980 film ''Airplane''.
* The ''Sigma'' targeting computer is has identical graphics to those featured on the [[X-wing Fighter|X-wing]]s in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As Servo sits up while Chief is hugging Cody, the insignia on his dog collar switches to a plain Autobot symbol.

===Trivia===
* The Cybertronian text next to the big red button on the panel Blurr opens on the Sigma reads "SELF DESTRUCT" in ''War for Cybertron'' font.

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Az új hős'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 2|2 October]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un nuovo eroe'''" ("A new hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18|18 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Novo Herói'''" ("The New Hero")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Hero}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Bots and Robbers

2018-05-10T11:30:13Z

Radix: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 43
|prev=In Search of the Griffin's Nest
|next=Rescue Dog
|image=BotsAndRobbers noir Chase.jpg
|title="Bots and Robbers"
|airdate=[[June 14]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writers=[[Kevin Burke]] and [[Chris Wyatt|Chris "Doc" Wyatt]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''After watching waaaaaaaaay too many pulp detective movies, Chase goes undercover to discover Evan and Myles's latest plan, making the rest of the team wonder if he's turned against them.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BotsAndRobbers Bots caught by claws.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
With [[Crawfish Week]] in full swing, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Boulder]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] are watching a crawfish race commentated by [[Huxley Prescott]], unaware that a shadowy figure is creeping up on them. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] grabs the figure, only to find it's [[Cody Burns|Cody]] in disguise. Cody explains he's playing the villain in the school play, a concept that confuses Chase, so Cody suggests watching some detective movies. Their crawfish race viewing is interrupted by the news of a break-in at the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|museum]]. [[Evan (RB)|Evan]] and [[Myles]] are in the process of stealing a chunk of rock when the team arrives. The two thieves jump on their [[hoverboard]]s, and when Heatwave activates the anti-theft system, Myles uses a remote to turn the robotic claws against the rescue team. As the pair escape, Chase cuts himself free and smashes the claw holding Heatwave, but the two Bots are kept busy by the security system. Boulder manages to pull out the pneumatic cabling, deactivating the claws, and the team begins to search for the two criminals. Graham identifies the material they took as [[mechanite]].

[[File:BotsAndRobbers Evan and Myles steal dish.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Evan and Myles arrive at a remote abandoned building, where they plug the piece of mechanite into their [[Tech Wrecker]]. As Myles demonstrates with a calculator, it disables anything with circuits. That night, Heatwave finds Chase watching old detective movies and too busy for training maneuvers. In the morning, Cody looks for Chase, whom he thinks would benefit from practicing the play. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] finds Chase sitting in a darkened room, narrating everything pulp detective style and wearing a hat. Cody alerts everyone to the fact that someone's interfering with Huxley's broadcast, as Evan and Myles are stealing the satellite dish from atop his van. The rescue team rolls out, with Chase continuing to narrate. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] doesn't think much of Blades's suggestion Evan and Myles just want to see the ''[[Pets on Ice]]'' marathon, and wonders aloud what they're up to. The Bots try to create a road block, but the getaway car is only stopped by a tire-bursting laser. Evan and Myles promptly pile into Chase, whom Chief has left unattended. The others are surprised when Chase compliantly allows the pair to drive him off. Chief is unable to raise Chase on the comm, and Cody reports that they've driven into an area with deactivated cameras.

[[File:BotsAndRobbers Chase plays chicken.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The two criminals reach their hideout and take the satellite dish to add to their Tech Wrecker. While they do that, Chase checks out their base and finds a plan suggesting they're going to hit the laboratory next, however he finds his comm has been jammed fo he's unable to alert the rest of the team. He's interrupted from investigating further by Evan and Myles, but he manages to convince the pair that he is obliged to follow their orders by hopping up and down like a chicken and repeating "Evan and Myles rule. The Burnses just drool." The trio head to the lab, where Evan and Myles send Chase inside to steal [[Floatium]]. He's able to bypass [[Trex]] simply because the dinosaur knows him, but accidentally trips a silent alarm. When he emerges with the Floatium and they head back down the road, they're met with a road block of Rescue Bots. On the pair's instructions, Chase repeats the insult they taught him earlier and crashes the roadblock. The confused team wonder if Chase has turned against them, though Cody thinks he's emulating the detective movies.

[[File:BotsAndRobbers Bots head for warehouse.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
At the abandoned warehouse, Evan and Myles turn on their Tech Wrecker and spray it with Floatium, causing it to rise into the air. They activate a shield to protect Chase and their other electronic equipment. As the light from the Tech Wrecker spreads across town, it knocks out anything electric, and the two criminals head out to do some petty theft. Chase grabs the shield generator and heads for home. At the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], emergency calls start coming in, and the team emerges to see the Tech Wrecker's beam coming closer. Chase arrives in time to shield the other Rescue Bots, though Kade's game of pinball is interrupted just as he's beating Graham's high score. The human portion of the team starts heading downtown on scooters to rescue people and stop the crime spree Evan and Myles have now embarked on, while the Rescue Bots, trapped in a bubble little bigger than they are, make their way awkwardly to the abandoned warehouse. Chief and Dani help [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] out of a tree and Kade extracts people from a lift, while Graham and Cody are attending to a crashed car when they spot the two petty criminals. The pair quickly apprehended. The Rescue Bots reach the warehouse, and after a brief discussion about trying to think like criminals, hit on the idea of using the Floatium reach the Tech Wrecker. The device is soon deactivated.

As Evan and Myles are marched into the jail, Heatwave tells Chase to let the rest of them in on his plan next time, and Chase announces he's going to help Cody practice his play.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (6)

|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (5)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (7)
*[[Evan (RB)|Evan]] (8)
*[[Myles]] (9)
*[[Kade Burns]] (10)
*[[Graham Burns]] (11)
*[[Dani Burns]] (12)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (13)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Harrison]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Trex]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"The air was heavy. Heavy with the fog of lawlessness. That's when she walked in... and asked me the one question I wasn't prepared to answer." 
"Why is it so dark in here? Chase, is there a reason you're in here with the lights off?"
:—'''Chase''', who has been overdosing on film noir, and '''Dani'''

"The sound of my squealing tires echoed across the landscape." 
"Chase, are you... narrating?"
:—'''Chase''' and '''Chief Burns'''

"Chief, do something! Chase is the victim of Grand Theft Autobot!"
:—'''Blades'''

"And like a swimming pool in winter, the case was closed." 
"Who are you talking to?"
:—'''Chase''' and '''Boulder'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The abandoned cannery was previously seen in "[[Feed the Beast]]".
* According to Heatwave, it wouldn't be the first time a Cybertronian has changed sides.

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

===Real-world references===
* Heatwave's question about the sharks being busy is likely a reference to the annual [[wikipedia:Shark week|"Shark Week"]] television event presented by [[Wikipedia:Discovery Communications|Discovery Communications]] (the co-owner of the [[Hub Network]]) on their various networks.
* The character model used for the detective in the film Chase watches is based on actor [[Wikipedia:Kirk Douglas|Kirk Douglas]].[http://bighuggableteddybear.deviantart.com/art/Transformers-Rescue-Bots-Designs-Part-1-304386931]
*Blades mentions that Chase is a victim of "Grand Theft Autobot", referring to the game Grand Theft Auto.

===Animation and technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* We will now never know what to do when we find an unattended crawfish, thanks to Evan and Myles cutting off the interview with Mayor Luskey.

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Botok és tolvajok'''" ("Bots and Robbers")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 25|25 November]] [[2014]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rescue Bot e Ladri'''" ("Rescue Bots and Robbers")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 16|16 July]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Missão'''" ("The Mission")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 1|1 April]] [[2015]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Unfinished Business

2018-05-04T19:57:06Z

Radix: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 57
|prev=Phantom of the Sea
|next=No Place Like Dome
|image=UnfinishedBusiness energon eater has Chase.jpg
|title="Unfinished Business"
|airdate=[[November 22]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''Recalling a mission left unaccomplished prior to their arrival on Earth, Chase and Boulder return to space to complete the rescue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:UnfinishedBusiness energon eater menaces Blades.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
:''The ''[[Sigma]]'' flies through space, with the crew keen to get back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], however they soon receive a distress signal. Unable to reach HQ, the [[Rescue Bot]]s engage the ship's max velocity drive and head off to investigate. They soon reach the damaged ship and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Boulder]] head out using jetpacks to check on the stricken ship, only to be confronted by an [[Energon eater]].''

[[Cody Burns]] complains that Heatwave stopped in the middle of the story he's telling. As Heatwave continues, Blades excitedly wants to know what happens next, despite him having actually been there.

:''The three Bots head back for the ''Sigma'', and Heatwave's attempt at self-sacrifice to allow the others to escape is averted when Chase uses the ship to ram the Energon eater. Once everyone's safely inside, they find another problem - the max velocity drive hasn't yet recharged, so instead they engage the cloaking shield. Unfortunately this isn't enough to put off the Energon eater, so Heatwave hits on the idea of putting themselves in stasis so the beast can't smell their flowing energon. Though Chase is reluctant to abandon the mission, the four Bots pile into the [[stasis pod]]s and the ship shuts down, programmed to reactivate when it gets a priority prime message.''

[[File:UnfinishedBusiness Mrs. Neederlander's damp cat.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Cody is impressed with tonight's story, mentioning that he didn't know there were [[vampire]]s in space. Chase admits he still feels bad about not having completed that mission, but before he can get further, there's an emergency: The river is flooding, endangering [[Griffin Rock]]. The team swings into action. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Blades spot people trapped on a roof, and since Blades can't carry them all, instead they pick up a car which they instruct the trapped citizens to climb into. Chase and [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] attempt to get people evacuated from near the river while Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] work on building a water break to block the flood. Cody sends Heatwave and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] to rescue [[Levy|Mr. Levy]], who's in danger of being swept away, however partway through that rescue, Heatwave has to fling Kade and Mr. Levy onto the shore so that he can stop a house from toppling into the river. No sooner is this done, than Heatwave is swept downriver with a car, and ends up having to save [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] and [[Mister Pettypaws|her cat]] from a wall of water. With much of town flooded, the team sets about setting up a new water break.

[[File:UnfinishedBusiness Heatwave helps.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
That night, the team returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]] to the news that all the townsfolk are safe. Chase is upset that they failed the mission and the town got flooded, but the Chief assures him they did all they could. Cody subsequently finds Chase trying to contact the stricken transport ship from Heatwave's story and tries to tell the Rescue Bot that it's likely too late, however they're both surprised when they receive the same distress message from the ship. Chase decides they must again go to try and rescue the crew, and Heatwave reluctantly approves Chase and Boulder's mission. With a new odor blocking shield installed, the pair board the ''Sigma'' and take off. The other two Bots attempt to cover for them while they're gone with varying degrees of success. Blades is watching television when Chief commandeers him to go out on patrol, and is irritated when Blades chatters incessantly throughout. Dani finds Heatwave can't drive her to the airfield because he's busy "helping" Graham. Said help results in the destruction of a piece of equipment, so Graham opts instead to do his homework which Heatwave isn't very helpful with either. As night again falls, Chief Burns finds Cody on the roof, looking through the telescope, though he admits Chase and Boulder will be too far away to see.

[[File:UnfinishedBusiness Optimus cameo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Why do I hear someone screaming like a little girl in the background?" 
"Sorry Heatwave, I forgot to tell Bulkhead about Chase and Boulder's... gift."]]
Out in space, the ''Sigma'' reaches a debris field which has formed around the damaged transport and the pair move in to look. Boarding the ship, they find the main computer powered up, and discover that a Captain's log stating that the crew abandoned ship long before the Rescue Bots' original visit. The ship's computer, as it turns out, is being powered by the Energon eater which is using it to lure ships to the area. The pair use their jetpacks to escape as the creature comes after them, however it swiftly drains their ship's power core, leaving them unable to head back to Earth. They quickly realize that the only source of power is the Energon eater itself, so Chase lures it into one of the larger pieces of debris. He's grabbed before he can escape the cage, but transforms and drives free of the creature's mouth before Boulder seals it in. The beast is soon powering the ''Sigma'', and they prepare to return home.

The ''Sigma'' touches down outside the fire station, where the triumphant pair emerge to a happy welcome from the rest of the team and Boulder displays a hologram of them delivering the Energon eater to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (1)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (3)
*[[Boulder]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Cody Burns]] (5)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Dani Burns]] (7)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (8)
*[[Levy|Mr. Levy]] (9)
*[[Kade Burns]] (10)
*[[Graham Burns]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ooh, I've seen vampires on TV. Energon eaters are way more scary. They don't brood handsomely."
:—'''Blades'''

'''Graham:''' Remember Boulder, as soon as you're in space, turn on Doc's odor blocking shield. 
'''Dani:''' Hey, can we get some of that technology for Kade's feet? 
'''Kade:''' My feet don't smell. Much.
:—'''Graham''', '''Dani''', and '''Kade'''.

"This is the Rescue Bots. We are here to assist. I am Chase. If you are in need of help, please respond. We are not selling anything."
:—'''Chase''' on board the damaged ship.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Heatwave's story details the Rescue Bots' adventure immediately before they went into stasis, later to be awakened as seen in "[[Family of Heroes]]".

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

===Real-world references===
* The debris around the stricken ship includes [[R2-D2]] parts.
* Blades' line about brooding vampires is likely a nod to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(series) "Twilight" franchise].

===Animation and technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* The Cybertronian text on the ship's computer as Boulder reads the captain's log actually reads "ITS A TRAP. LOVE, [[Frank Molieri|FRANK]], [[Brian Hohlfeld|BRIAN]], [[Nathan Chew|NATHAN]], [[Frank Squillace|FRANK SP]], [[Kevin Altieri|KEVIN]], [[‎Jeremiah Regan|JERRY]], [[Tim Wolkiewicz|TIM]], [[Lemon Krasny Levy|LEMON]], [[Eric Skala|ERIC]] AND [[Matt Barrios|MATT]]" in [[Cybertronian language|Autobot font]].
* As the screen breaks up a few shots later, more text is briefly seen - this time it's the alphabet used in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'' and its related media, though it's just fragments of alphabet.

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kísért a múlt'''" ("The Past is Haunting")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 17|17 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Una missione incompleta'''" ("An uncomplete mission")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 13|13 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Missão'''" ("The Mission")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)
::*This is the second ''Rescue Bots'' episode to be titled "The Mission" in Portuguese, the first being "[[Bots and Robbers]]".

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Too Many Kades

2018-05-04T19:17:53Z

Radix: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 55
|prev=Big Game
|next=Phantom of the Sea
|image=TooManyKades too many Kades.jpg
|caption=''It takes a lot to make a stew'' ''a pinch of salt and laughter too'' ''a scoop of kids to add the spice'' ''A dash of love to make it nice, and you’ve got''...
|title="Too Many Kades"
|airdate=[[November 8]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
}}

'''Cody and the Rescue Bots show Kade a valuable lesson in teamwork after Doc's imaging chamber creates exact replicas of him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TooManyKades tree full of cats.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Drives us cats!'' ''[[Charlie Burns|World's greatest detective]]!'' ''Drives us cats!'' ''Thwarting Doc's crazy schemes!'' ]]
The Burns family plays a round of [[basketball]] in preparation for an upcoming charity match between the teachers and rescue workers, however [[Kade Burns|Kade]] has a problem with passing the ball, making all the shots himself. [[Hayley]], who's been watching them practice, is disappointed with his attitude since she was hoping the children would learn something about teamwork, and departs on her hovermoped. The rest of the family walks off as well, however Cody gets an emergency call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] about her cat. Resigned, the team rolls to the rescue, and finds Mrs. Neederlander's tree is filled with copies of [[Mister Pettypaws]]. As they try to round up the cats, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] arrives with a timely explanation — he's been experimenting with boosting the power on his [[Nightmare Imaging Device|Imaging Device]], causing it to be able to replicate his waking thoughts, and he was thinking about Mister Pettypaws. The cats are able to survive outside the imaging chamber by virtue of the collar power sources they're all wearing. As they try to round up the cats, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his water jets, "accidentally" shorting out Kade's comlink in the process. Once the collars are removed, the clones vanish and the real Mister Pettypaws emerges from the house where he's been hiding.

[[File:TooManyKades Kade cloned.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Everyone heads back to the lab for a demonstration of the Imaging Device's new capability. Kade grabs a doughnut to eat before Doc has him lie in the machine for the demonstration, however a fuse blows before the device can produce anything. The rescue team is called away to [[Old Canyon Road]] where a rock slide has hit a bridge. While Kade continues to be at his most obnoxious, the team clears the rocks and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Boulder]] extract [[Mrs. Rubio]] from her car, though not without a near miss from some more falling rocks. Meanwhile Doc Greene replaces the fuse at the lab, and the Imagine Device reactivates, spitting out four more Kades. The rescue team returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], where Heatwave tries unsuccessfully to get Kade to help buff out a scratch he sustained during the rescue. Dani and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] play a video game and are bemused when Kade seems to make two very large sandwiches in a short space of time. Heatwave is weirded out when Kade suddenly wants to help him buff, and downstairs Kade also joins in with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] quizzing [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] on police codes. One Kade has a brief and strange phone conversation with Hayley, while outside another throws his back out trying to lift a barbell.

[[File:TooManyKades basketball team.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh, I never learn the names of basketball players, they're all the same!]]
With Kade continuing to act oddly, the rest of the team have a meeting in the bunker. The situation finally becomes apparent when all five Kades turn up to see what's happening. Luckily Doc Greene chooses this moment to call with an explanation, though he's surprised the Kades can continue to exist without an apparent power source. Kade's just thrilled to finally have a whole basketball team made up of himself, and as he tries to get them to work like a team, Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] observe that the clones each seem to reflect a different part of Kade's psyche. The party's broken up by an emergency call about a broken gas main, and the team, including all of the Kades, head out there. When Kade and one of his clones start fighting over Heatwave's steering wheel, causing an accident that knocks Boulder off the road, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] orders the Kades back to the fire house. Since Heatwave refuses to take them, they end up flying back in a very unhappy Blades. Meanwhile Hayley also turns up at the fire station looking for an apology. Though Kade tries to get his more pleasant clone to go apologize for him, he ends up doing it himself, successfully.

[[File:TooManyKades driving to emergency.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The team at the broken gas main are about to start work when a falling power cable ignites the gas, quickly surrounding the team. Back at the fire station, the Kades and Cody talk to Doc Greene and they realize that the clones are each carrying a copy of the doughnut Kade picked up at the lab. As it turns out, they're being powered by the shorted-out comlink. Before Kade can farewell his clones by taking away the comlinks, they get a distress call from Chief Burns, resulting in Blades and the Kades heading over to help. Blades attempts to fly the human team members out, only to be brought down by a falling tree, however with some teamwork, the Kades manage to extinguish the fire and save everyone. The Kade clones finally hand over their comlinks and disappear a puff of smoke. Though Dani confesses she'll miss the other Kades, Kade promises that they'll still be around, though the others are skeptical that he'll share the basketball.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (1)
*[[Dani Burns]] (2)
*[[Graham Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Hayley]] (10)
*[[Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (13)
*[[Mrs. Rubio]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Everything in the fridge between two slices of bread. I call it '[[The Kade]]'." 
"Where's the spaghetti?!" 
"Under the pudding."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Cody'''

"Kade must have been thinking about himself!" 
"There's a shock!"
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Dani'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Imaging Device was previously introduced in "[[Blame the Gremlins]]". The gremlins in that story were the same purple color as the "smoke" the device formed them from, but in this story the constructs are colored like the real thing.
* The computer game Cody and Dani are playing appears to be ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]'', previously seen as a VR game in "[[A Virtual Disaster]]".

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

===Real-world references===
* Graham's pose when Boulder is painting him is that of classic Greek sculpture ''[[w:Discobolus|Discobolus]]''.
* Doc Greene makes reference to real-life physicist [[w:Enrico Fermi|Enrico Fermi]].

===Animation and technical errors===
* There are several scenes where clones are seen without their jackets, yet the faulty comm link powering them is supposed to be in the right jacket pocket. How do they sustain themselves without it?

===Trivia===
* Vehicle registration request is actually a 10-28, 10-27 is a driver's license request. Kade gets the high five anyway.
* Livestock on highway is a 10-54.
* [[My Little Pony|Where have I seen this plot and title before...]]
* Two of the clones ate sandwiches which were not created by the device, so when the clones disappeared some matter should stay behind afterwards. Eyuw.
* The sound used when Boulder tumbles down the side of the mountain is from ''[[w:Thomas and Friends|Thomas and Friends]]''.

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túl sok Kade'''" ("Too Many Kades")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troppi Kade!'''" ("Too many Kades!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Clones'''" ("The Clones")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Too Many Kades

2018-05-04T18:35:45Z

Radix: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 55
|prev=Big Game
|next=Phantom of the Sea
|image=TooManyKades too many Kades.jpg
|caption=''It takes a lot to make a stew'' ''a pinch of salt and laughter too'' ''a scoop of kids to add the spice'' ''A dash of love to make it nice, and you’ve got''...
|title="Too Many Kades"
|airdate=[[November 8]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
}}

'''Cody and the Rescue Bots show Kade a valuable lesson in teamwork after Doc's imaging chamber creates exact replicas of him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TooManyKades tree full of cats.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Drives us cats!'' ''[[Charlie Burns|World's greatest detective]]!'' ''Drives us cats!'' ''Thwarting Doc's crazy schemes!'' ]]
The Burns family plays a round of [[basketball]] in preparation for an upcoming charity match between the teachers and rescue workers, however [[Kade Burns|Kade]] has a problem with passing the ball, making all the shots himself. [[Hayley]], who's been watching them practice, is disappointed with his attitude since she was hoping the children would learn something about teamwork, and departs on her hovermoped. The rest of the family walks off as well, however Cody gets an emergency call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] about her cat. Resigned, the team rolls to the rescue, and finds Mrs. Neederlander's tree is filled with copies of [[Mister Pettypaws]]. As they try to round up the cats, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] arrives with a timely explanation — he's been experimenting with boosting the power on his [[Nightmare Imaging Device|Imaging Device]], causing it to be able to replicate his waking thoughts, and he was thinking about Mister Pettypaws. The cats are able to survive outside the imaging chamber by virtue of the collar power sources they're all wearing. As they try to round up the cats, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his water jets, "accidentally" shorting out Kade's comlink in the process. Once the collars are removed, the clones vanish and the real Mister Pettypaws emerges from the house where he's been hiding.

[[File:TooManyKades Kade cloned.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Everyone heads back to the lab for a demonstration of the Imaging Device's new capability. Kade grabs a doughnut to eat before Doc has him lie in the machine for the demonstration, however a fuse blows before the device can produce anything. The rescue team is called away to [[Old Canyon Road]] where a rock slide has hit a bridge. While Kade continues to be at his most obnoxious, the team clears the rocks and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Boulder]] extract [[Mrs. Rubio]] from her car, though not without a near miss from some more falling rocks. Meanwhile Doc Greene replaces the fuse at the lab, and the Imagine Device reactivates, spitting out four more Kades. The rescue team returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], where Heatwave tries unsuccessfully to get Kade to help buff out a scratch he sustained during the rescue. Dani and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] play a video game and are bemused when Kade seems to make two very large sandwiches in a short space of time. Heatwave is weirded out when Kade suddenly wants to help him buff, and downstairs Kade also joins in with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] quizzing [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] on police codes. One Kade has a brief and strange phone conversation with Hayley, while outside another throws his back out trying to lift a barbell.

[[File:TooManyKades basketball team.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh, I never learn the names of basketball players, they're all the same!]]
With Kade continuing to act oddly, the rest of the team have a meeting in the bunker. The situation finally becomes apparent when all five Kades turn up to see what's happening. Luckily Doc Greene chooses this moment to call with an explanation, though he's surprised the Kades can continue to exist without an apparent power source. Kade's just thrilled to finally have a whole basketball team made up of himself, and as he tries to get them to work like a team, Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] observe that the clones each seem to reflect a different part of Kade's psyche. The party's broken up by an emergency call about a broken gas main, and the team, including all of the Kades, head out there. When Kade and one of his clones start fighting over Heatwave's steering wheel, causing an accident that knocks Boulder off the road, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] orders the Kades back to the fire house. Since Heatwave refuses to take them, they end up flying back in a very unhappy Blades. Meanwhile Hayley also turns up at the fire station looking for an apology. Though Kade tries to get his more pleasant clone to go apologize for him, he ends up doing it himself, successfully.

[[File:TooManyKades driving to emergency.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The team at the broken gas main are about to start work when a falling power cable ignites the gas, quickly surrounding the team. Back at the fire station, the Kades and Cody talk to Doc Greene and they realize that the clones are each carrying a copy of the doughnut Kade picked up at the lab. As it turns out, they're being powered by the shorted-out comlink. Before Kade can farewell his clones by taking away the comlinks, they get a distress call from Chief Burns, resulting in Blades and the Kades heading over to help. Blades attempts to fly the human team members out, only to be brought down by a falling tree, however with some teamwork, the Kades manage to extinguish the fire and save everyone. The Kade clones finally hand over their comlinks and disappear a puff of smoke. Though Dani confesses she'll miss the other Kades, Kade promises that they'll still be around, though the others are skeptical that he'll share the basketball.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (1)
*[[Dani Burns]] (2)
*[[Graham Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Hayley]] (10)
*[[Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (13)
*[[Mrs. Rubio]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Everything in the fridge between two slices of bread. I call it '[[The Kade]]'." 
"Where's the spaghetti?!" 
"Under the pudding."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Cody'''

"Kade must have been thinking about himself!" 
"There's a shock!"
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Dani'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Imaging Device was previously introduced in "[[Blame the Gremlins]]". The gremlins in that story were the same purple color as the "smoke" the device formed them from, but in this story the constructs are colored like the real thing.
* The computer game Cody and Dani are playing appears to be ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]'', previously seen as a VR game in "[[A Virtual Disaster]]".

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

===Real-world references===
* Graham's pose when Boulder is painting him is that of classic Greek sculpture ''[[w:Discobolus|Discobolus]]''.
* Doc Greene makes reference to real-life physicist [[w:Enrico Fermi|Enrico Fermi]].

===Animation and technical errors===
* There are several scenes where clones are seen without their jackets, yet the faulty comm link powering them is supposed to be in the right jacket pocket. How do they sustain themselves without it?

===Trivia===
* Vehicle registration request is actually a 10-28, 10-27 is a driver's license request. Kade gets the high five anyway.
* Livestock on highway is a 10-54.
* [[My Little Pony|Where have I seen this plot and title before...]]
* Two of the clones ate sandwiches which were not created by the device, so when the clones disappeared some matter should stay behind afterwards. Eyuw.
* The sound used when Boulder tumbles down the side of the mountain is from ''[[w:Thomas and Friends|Thomas and Friends]]''

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túl sok Kade'''" ("Too Many Kades")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troppi Kade!'''" ("Too many Kades!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Clones'''" ("The Clones")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Too Many Kades

2018-05-04T18:35:12Z

Radix: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 55
|prev=Big Game
|next=Phantom of the Sea
|image=TooManyKades too many Kades.jpg
|caption=''It takes a lot to make a stew'' ''a pinch of salt and laughter too'' ''a scoop of kids to add the spice'' ''A dash of love to make it nice, and you’ve got''...
|title="Too Many Kades"
|airdate=[[November 8]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
}}

'''Cody and the Rescue Bots show Kade a valuable lesson in teamwork after Doc's imaging chamber creates exact replicas of him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TooManyKades tree full of cats.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Drives us cats!'' ''[[Charlie Burns|World's greatest detective]]!'' ''Drives us cats!'' ''Thwarting Doc's crazy schemes!'' ]]
The Burns family plays a round of [[basketball]] in preparation for an upcoming charity match between the teachers and rescue workers, however [[Kade Burns|Kade]] has a problem with passing the ball, making all the shots himself. [[Hayley]], who's been watching them practice, is disappointed with his attitude since she was hoping the children would learn something about teamwork, and departs on her hovermoped. The rest of the family walks off as well, however Cody gets an emergency call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] about her cat. Resigned, the team rolls to the rescue, and finds Mrs. Neederlander's tree is filled with copies of [[Mister Pettypaws]]. As they try to round up the cats, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] arrives with a timely explanation — he's been experimenting with boosting the power on his [[Nightmare Imaging Device|Imaging Device]], causing it to be able to replicate his waking thoughts, and he was thinking about Mister Pettypaws. The cats are able to survive outside the imaging chamber by virtue of the collar power sources they're all wearing. As they try to round up the cats, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his water jets, "accidentally" shorting out Kade's comlink in the process. Once the collars are removed, the clones vanish and the real Mister Pettypaws emerges from the house where he's been hiding.

[[File:TooManyKades Kade cloned.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Everyone heads back to the lab for a demonstration of the Imaging Device's new capability. Kade grabs a doughnut to eat before Doc has him lie in the machine for the demonstration, however a fuse blows before the device can produce anything. The rescue team is called away to [[Old Canyon Road]] where a rock slide has hit a bridge. While Kade continues to be at his most obnoxious, the team clears the rocks and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Boulder]] extract [[Mrs. Rubio]] from her car, though not without a near miss from some more falling rocks. Meanwhile Doc Greene replaces the fuse at the lab, and the Imagine Device reactivates, spitting out four more Kades. The rescue team returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], where Heatwave tries unsuccessfully to get Kade to help buff out a scratch he sustained during the rescue. Dani and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] play a video game and are bemused when Kade seems to make two very large sandwiches in a short space of time. Heatwave is weirded out when Kade suddenly wants to help him buff, and downstairs Kade also joins in with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] quizzing [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] on police codes. One Kade has a brief and strange phone conversation with Hayley, while outside another throws his back out trying to lift a barbell.

[[File:TooManyKades basketball team.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh, I never learn the names of basketball players, they're all the same!]]
With Kade continuing to act oddly, the rest of the team have a meeting in the bunker. The situation finally becomes apparent when all five Kades turn up to see what's happening. Luckily Doc Greene chooses this moment to call with an explanation, though he's surprised the Kades can continue to exist without an apparent power source. Kade's just thrilled to finally have a whole basketball team made up of himself, and as he tries to get them to work like a team, Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] observe that the clones each seem to reflect a different part of Kade's psyche. The party's broken up by an emergency call about a broken gas main, and the team, including all of the Kades, head out there. When Kade and one of his clones start fighting over Heatwave's steering wheel, causing an accident that knocks Boulder off the road, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] orders the Kades back to the fire house. Since Heatwave refuses to take them, they end up flying back in a very unhappy Blades. Meanwhile Hayley also turns up at the fire station looking for an apology. Though Kade tries to get his more pleasant clone to go apologize for him, he ends up doing it himself, successfully.

[[File:TooManyKades driving to emergency.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The team at the broken gas main are about to start work when a falling power cable ignites the gas, quickly surrounding the team. Back at the fire station, the Kades and Cody talk to Doc Greene and they realize that the clones are each carrying a copy of the doughnut Kade picked up at the lab. As it turns out, they're being powered by the shorted-out comlink. Before Kade can farewell his clones by taking away the comlinks, they get a distress call from Chief Burns, resulting in Blades and the Kades heading over to help. Blades attempts to fly the human team members out, only to be brought down by a falling tree, however with some teamwork, the Kades manage to extinguish the fire and save everyone. The Kade clones finally hand over their comlinks and disappear a puff of smoke. Though Dani confesses she'll miss the other Kades, Kade promises that they'll still be around, though the others are skeptical that he'll share the basketball.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (1)
*[[Dani Burns]] (2)
*[[Graham Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Hayley]] (10)
*[[Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (13)
*[[Mrs. Rubio]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Everything in the fridge between two slices of bread. I call it '[[The Kade]]'." 
"Where's the spaghetti?!" 
"Under the pudding."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Cody'''

"Kade must have been thinking about himself!" 
"There's a shock!"
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Dani'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Imaging Device was previously introduced in "[[Blame the Gremlins]]". The gremlins in that story were the same purple color as the "smoke" the device formed them from, but in this story the constructs are colored like the real thing.
* The computer game Cody and Dani are playing appears to be ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]'', previously seen as a VR game in "[[A Virtual Disaster]]".

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

===Real-world references===
* Graham's pose when Boulder is painting him is that of classic Greek sculpture ''[[w:Discobolus|Discobolus]]''.
* Doc Greene makes reference to real-life physicist [[w:Enrico Fermi|Enrico Fermi]].

===Animation and technical errors===
* There are several scenes where clones are seen without their jackets, yet the faulty comm link powering them is supposed to be in the right jacket pocket. How do they sustain themselves without it?

===Trivia===
* Vehicle registration request is actually a 10-28, 10-27 is a driver's license request. Kade gets the high five anyway.
* Livestock on highway is a 10-54.
* [[My Little Pony|Where have I seen this plot and title before...]]
* Two of the clones ate sandwiches which were not created by the device, so when the clones disappeared some matter should stay behind afterwards. Eyuw.
* The sound used when Boulder tumbles down the side of the mountain is from ''[[w:Thomas the Tank Engine|Thomas and Friends]]''

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túl sok Kade'''" ("Too Many Kades")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troppi Kade!'''" ("Too many Kades!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Clones'''" ("The Clones")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Too Many Kades

2018-05-04T18:34:48Z

Radix: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 55
|prev=Big Game
|next=Phantom of the Sea
|image=TooManyKades too many Kades.jpg
|caption=''It takes a lot to make a stew'' ''a pinch of salt and laughter too'' ''a scoop of kids to add the spice'' ''A dash of love to make it nice, and you’ve got''...
|title="Too Many Kades"
|airdate=[[November 8]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
}}

'''Cody and the Rescue Bots show Kade a valuable lesson in teamwork after Doc's imaging chamber creates exact replicas of him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TooManyKades tree full of cats.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Drives us cats!'' ''[[Charlie Burns|World's greatest detective]]!'' ''Drives us cats!'' ''Thwarting Doc's crazy schemes!'' ]]
The Burns family plays a round of [[basketball]] in preparation for an upcoming charity match between the teachers and rescue workers, however [[Kade Burns|Kade]] has a problem with passing the ball, making all the shots himself. [[Hayley]], who's been watching them practice, is disappointed with his attitude since she was hoping the children would learn something about teamwork, and departs on her hovermoped. The rest of the family walks off as well, however Cody gets an emergency call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] about her cat. Resigned, the team rolls to the rescue, and finds Mrs. Neederlander's tree is filled with copies of [[Mister Pettypaws]]. As they try to round up the cats, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] arrives with a timely explanation — he's been experimenting with boosting the power on his [[Nightmare Imaging Device|Imaging Device]], causing it to be able to replicate his waking thoughts, and he was thinking about Mister Pettypaws. The cats are able to survive outside the imaging chamber by virtue of the collar power sources they're all wearing. As they try to round up the cats, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his water jets, "accidentally" shorting out Kade's comlink in the process. Once the collars are removed, the clones vanish and the real Mister Pettypaws emerges from the house where he's been hiding.

[[File:TooManyKades Kade cloned.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Everyone heads back to the lab for a demonstration of the Imaging Device's new capability. Kade grabs a doughnut to eat before Doc has him lie in the machine for the demonstration, however a fuse blows before the device can produce anything. The rescue team is called away to [[Old Canyon Road]] where a rock slide has hit a bridge. While Kade continues to be at his most obnoxious, the team clears the rocks and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Boulder]] extract [[Mrs. Rubio]] from her car, though not without a near miss from some more falling rocks. Meanwhile Doc Greene replaces the fuse at the lab, and the Imagine Device reactivates, spitting out four more Kades. The rescue team returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], where Heatwave tries unsuccessfully to get Kade to help buff out a scratch he sustained during the rescue. Dani and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] play a video game and are bemused when Kade seems to make two very large sandwiches in a short space of time. Heatwave is weirded out when Kade suddenly wants to help him buff, and downstairs Kade also joins in with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] quizzing [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] on police codes. One Kade has a brief and strange phone conversation with Hayley, while outside another throws his back out trying to lift a barbell.

[[File:TooManyKades basketball team.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh, I never learn the names of basketball players, they're all the same!]]
With Kade continuing to act oddly, the rest of the team have a meeting in the bunker. The situation finally becomes apparent when all five Kades turn up to see what's happening. Luckily Doc Greene chooses this moment to call with an explanation, though he's surprised the Kades can continue to exist without an apparent power source. Kade's just thrilled to finally have a whole basketball team made up of himself, and as he tries to get them to work like a team, Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] observe that the clones each seem to reflect a different part of Kade's psyche. The party's broken up by an emergency call about a broken gas main, and the team, including all of the Kades, head out there. When Kade and one of his clones start fighting over Heatwave's steering wheel, causing an accident that knocks Boulder off the road, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] orders the Kades back to the fire house. Since Heatwave refuses to take them, they end up flying back in a very unhappy Blades. Meanwhile Hayley also turns up at the fire station looking for an apology. Though Kade tries to get his more pleasant clone to go apologize for him, he ends up doing it himself, successfully.

[[File:TooManyKades driving to emergency.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The team at the broken gas main are about to start work when a falling power cable ignites the gas, quickly surrounding the team. Back at the fire station, the Kades and Cody talk to Doc Greene and they realize that the clones are each carrying a copy of the doughnut Kade picked up at the lab. As it turns out, they're being powered by the shorted-out comlink. Before Kade can farewell his clones by taking away the comlinks, they get a distress call from Chief Burns, resulting in Blades and the Kades heading over to help. Blades attempts to fly the human team members out, only to be brought down by a falling tree, however with some teamwork, the Kades manage to extinguish the fire and save everyone. The Kade clones finally hand over their comlinks and disappear a puff of smoke. Though Dani confesses she'll miss the other Kades, Kade promises that they'll still be around, though the others are skeptical that he'll share the basketball.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (1)
*[[Dani Burns]] (2)
*[[Graham Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Hayley]] (10)
*[[Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (13)
*[[Mrs. Rubio]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Everything in the fridge between two slices of bread. I call it '[[The Kade]]'." 
"Where's the spaghetti?!" 
"Under the pudding."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Cody'''

"Kade must have been thinking about himself!" 
"There's a shock!"
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Dani'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Imaging Device was previously introduced in "[[Blame the Gremlins]]". The gremlins in that story were the same purple color as the "smoke" the device formed them from, but in this story the constructs are colored like the real thing.
* The computer game Cody and Dani are playing appears to be ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]'', previously seen as a VR game in "[[A Virtual Disaster]]".

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

===Real-world references===
* Graham's pose when Boulder is painting him is that of classic Greek sculpture ''[[w:Discobolus|Discobolus]]''.
* Doc Greene makes reference to real-life physicist [[w:Enrico Fermi|Enrico Fermi]].

===Animation and technical errors===
* There are several scenes where clones are seen without their jackets, yet the faulty comm link powering them is supposed to be in the right jacket pocket. How do they sustain themselves without it?

===Trivia===
* Vehicle registration request is actually a 10-28, 10-27 is a driver's license request. Kade gets the high five anyway.
* Livestock on highway is a 10-54.
* [[My Little Pony|Where have I seen this plot and title before...]]
* Two of the clones ate sandwiches which were not created by the device, so when the clones disappeared some matter should stay behind afterwards. Eyuw.
* The sound used when Boulder tumbles down the side of the mountain is from ''[[w:Thomas the Tank Engine|Thomas the Tank Engine]]''

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túl sok Kade'''" ("Too Many Kades")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troppi Kade!'''" ("Too many Kades!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Clones'''" ("The Clones")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Too Many Kades

2018-05-04T18:33:28Z

Radix: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 55
|prev=Big Game
|next=Phantom of the Sea
|image=TooManyKades too many Kades.jpg
|caption=''It takes a lot to make a stew'' ''a pinch of salt and laughter too'' ''a scoop of kids to add the spice'' ''A dash of love to make it nice, and you’ve got''...
|title="Too Many Kades"
|airdate=[[November 8]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Brian Hohlfeld]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
}}

'''Cody and the Rescue Bots show Kade a valuable lesson in teamwork after Doc's imaging chamber creates exact replicas of him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TooManyKades tree full of cats.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Drives us cats!'' ''[[Charlie Burns|World's greatest detective]]!'' ''Drives us cats!'' ''Thwarting Doc's crazy schemes!'' ]]
The Burns family plays a round of [[basketball]] in preparation for an upcoming charity match between the teachers and rescue workers, however [[Kade Burns|Kade]] has a problem with passing the ball, making all the shots himself. [[Hayley]], who's been watching them practice, is disappointed with his attitude since she was hoping the children would learn something about teamwork, and departs on her hovermoped. The rest of the family walks off as well, however Cody gets an emergency call from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] about her cat. Resigned, the team rolls to the rescue, and finds Mrs. Neederlander's tree is filled with copies of [[Mister Pettypaws]]. As they try to round up the cats, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] arrives with a timely explanation — he's been experimenting with boosting the power on his [[Nightmare Imaging Device|Imaging Device]], causing it to be able to replicate his waking thoughts, and he was thinking about Mister Pettypaws. The cats are able to survive outside the imaging chamber by virtue of the collar power sources they're all wearing. As they try to round up the cats, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] uses his water jets, "accidentally" shorting out Kade's comlink in the process. Once the collars are removed, the clones vanish and the real Mister Pettypaws emerges from the house where he's been hiding.

[[File:TooManyKades Kade cloned.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Everyone heads back to the lab for a demonstration of the Imaging Device's new capability. Kade grabs a doughnut to eat before Doc has him lie in the machine for the demonstration, however a fuse blows before the device can produce anything. The rescue team is called away to [[Old Canyon Road]] where a rock slide has hit a bridge. While Kade continues to be at his most obnoxious, the team clears the rocks and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Boulder]] extract [[Mrs. Rubio]] from her car, though not without a near miss from some more falling rocks. Meanwhile Doc Greene replaces the fuse at the lab, and the Imagine Device reactivates, spitting out four more Kades. The rescue team returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|fire station]], where Heatwave tries unsuccessfully to get Kade to help buff out a scratch he sustained during the rescue. Dani and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] play a video game and are bemused when Kade seems to make two very large sandwiches in a short space of time. Heatwave is weirded out when Kade suddenly wants to help him buff, and downstairs Kade also joins in with [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] quizzing [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] on police codes. One Kade has a brief and strange phone conversation with Hayley, while outside another throws his back out trying to lift a barbell.

[[File:TooManyKades basketball team.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh, I never learn the names of basketball players, they're all the same!]]
With Kade continuing to act oddly, the rest of the team have a meeting in the bunker. The situation finally becomes apparent when all five Kades turn up to see what's happening. Luckily Doc Greene chooses this moment to call with an explanation, though he's surprised the Kades can continue to exist without an apparent power source. Kade's just thrilled to finally have a whole basketball team made up of himself, and as he tries to get them to work like a team, Boulder and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] observe that the clones each seem to reflect a different part of Kade's psyche. The party's broken up by an emergency call about a broken gas main, and the team, including all of the Kades, head out there. When Kade and one of his clones start fighting over Heatwave's steering wheel, causing an accident that knocks Boulder off the road, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] orders the Kades back to the fire house. Since Heatwave refuses to take them, they end up flying back in a very unhappy Blades. Meanwhile Hayley also turns up at the fire station looking for an apology. Though Kade tries to get his more pleasant clone to go apologize for him, he ends up doing it himself, successfully.

[[File:TooManyKades driving to emergency.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The team at the broken gas main are about to start work when a falling power cable ignites the gas, quickly surrounding the team. Back at the fire station, the Kades and Cody talk to Doc Greene and they realize that the clones are each carrying a copy of the doughnut Kade picked up at the lab. As it turns out, they're being powered by the shorted-out comlink. Before Kade can farewell his clones by taking away the comlinks, they get a distress call from Chief Burns, resulting in Blades and the Kades heading over to help. Blades attempts to fly the human team members out, only to be brought down by a falling tree, however with some teamwork, the Kades manage to extinguish the fire and save everyone. The Kade clones finally hand over their comlinks and disappear a puff of smoke. Though Dani confesses she'll miss the other Kades, Kade promises that they'll still be around, though the others are skeptical that he'll share the basketball.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Boulder]] (8)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (1)
*[[Dani Burns]] (2)
*[[Graham Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Hayley]] (10)
*[[Neederlander]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (13)
*[[Mrs. Rubio]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Everything in the fridge between two slices of bread. I call it '[[The Kade]]'." 
"Where's the spaghetti?!" 
"Under the pudding."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Cody'''

"Kade must have been thinking about himself!" 
"There's a shock!"
:—'''Boulder''' and '''Dani'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Imaging Device was previously introduced in "[[Blame the Gremlins]]". The gremlins in that story were the same purple color as the "smoke" the device formed them from, but in this story the constructs are colored like the real thing.
* The computer game Cody and Dani are playing appears to be ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]'', previously seen as a VR game in "[[A Virtual Disaster]]".

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

===Real-world references===
* Graham's pose when Boulder is painting him is that of classic Greek sculpture ''[[w:Discobolus|Discobolus]]''.
* Doc Greene makes reference to real-life physicist [[w:Enrico Fermi|Enrico Fermi]].

===Animation and technical errors===
* There are several scenes where clones are seen without their jackets, yet the faulty comm link powering them is supposed to be in the right jacket pocket. How do they sustain themselves without it?

===Trivia===
* Vehicle registration request is actually a 10-28, 10-27 is a driver's license request. Kade gets the high five anyway.
* Livestock on highway is a 10-54.
* [[My Little Pony|Where have I seen this plot and title before...]]
* Two of the clones ate sandwiches which were not created by the device, so when the clones disappeared some matter should stay behind afterwards. Eyuw.
* The sound used when Boulder tumbles down the side of the mountain is from ''[[w:Thomas The Tank Engine|Thomas the Tank Engine]]''

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túl sok Kade'''" ("Too Many Kades")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troppi Kade!'''" ("Too many Kades!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Clones'''" ("The Clones")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]