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Under Pressure

2014-04-21T13:36:16Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 2
|prev=Family of Heroes
|next=Hotshots
|image=UnderPressure Kade inside Heatwave.jpg
|title="Under Pressure"
|airdate=[[December 17]], [[2011]]
|production company= [[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio= [[Atomic Cartoons]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''A volcano threatens Griffin Rock, sending the Rescue Bots and Burns family into action.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:UnderPressure Boulder breaks pinball.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Big, green, sensitive, and clumsy. Sounds [[Bulkhead (Animated)|familiar]] enough...]]
While [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] pursue an out-of-control [[robo-landscaper]] through [[Griffin Rock]], [[Cody Burns]] reports that the rest of the team might be delayed, as his siblings are having trouble coming to terms with the fact that their rescue vehicles are [[Autobot|alien robots]]. Chase loses their quarry, only for Burns to realize the robo-landscaper is coming up behind them. Chase transforms, somersaults backward over it, and throws it into a dumpster while reading it its rights. That done, the rest of the team finally arrive, with the Burns family complaining that their Autobot teammates are too difficult to work with. [[Kade Burns|Kade]] is especially unimpressed when [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] transforms with him still inside. Cody promises to talk to his siblings.

Unfortunately, Kade, [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] aren't that interested in hearing about the Autobots' problems. Heatwave contacts [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], but Optimus is confident they'll learn to work with the humans. Cody tells the four bots he has a new plan to help them bond with their human partners. He lures his brothers and sister down to the bunker, but things don't go well; [[Boulder]] breaks the pinball machine, and Dani only wants to talk about flying with [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. Their bonding session comes to an abrupt end when Burns contacts them with the news that the sewers on Main and Park are overflowing with lava. The team scrambles.

[[Image:UnderPressure Chase saves motorist.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I shall call her Squishy, and she shall be my Squishy...]]
When one impatient woman drives right into the lava, Chase has to save her from her rapidly melting car. Cody's siblings continue to have trouble working with their partners. Kade even brings his own fire truck, though he inadvertently parks it over a manhole, and after a burst of lava causes it to explode, Heatwave saves him. Cody calls [[Doc Greene]], who is hanging upside-down. Greene reveals that the artificial [[Mount Magma]] is the likely source of the lava, and that the lava will cover the island in just under 5 hours. He recommends releasing the lava slowly to avoid an eruption. Once Burns briefs everyone, he asks if the Rescue Bots are willing to help, and, of course, they are.

[[Image:UnderPressure Blades escapes volcano.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Gesundheit!!"]]
Boulder and Graham reach the volcano's crater and work together to locate the controls. Elsewhere, Chase and Chief Burns clear nearby campers. Heatwave and Kade wait impatiently for something to happen, while Dani and Blades move into position over the volcano. After Boulder and Graham leave the crater, Blades uses his winch to operate the main switch, opening the volcano and releasing lava and ash. However, he's then caught in the ash cloud, and Dani has to cajole him into flying high enough to get out of it. As lava begins flowing, Heatwave and Kade hit it with streams of water. It looks like the crisis is over, and Cody announces he'll be waiting for everyone in the bunker. It turns out they declared mission accomplished too soon, however, as Dani spots the lava draining into one of the tunnels leading to the bunker.

Back at the bunker, Cody works on fixing the pinball machine, unaware of the incoming lava.

[[Image:UnderPressure Heatwave Kade fight lava.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"As long as a [[Transmetal 2|big, shiny]] [[Megatron (BW)|dragon]] doesn't [[Master Blaster|rise up]] out of this, I'm happy."]]
Boulder makes a map of the tunnels with his seismic sensors, locating a shortcut for Heatwave and Kade to take to cut off the lava. Dani spots a water tower, and Blades valiantly takes off to brave the ash and reach the tower. Heatwave and Kade are brought up short by a cave-in, but after a few moments of Kade trying to clear the rocks by hand, Heatwave simply smashes through in vehicle mode. They reach the intersection in time and start spraying the lava with water, but with little effect. As they run out of water, Dani and Blades dump the water tank, and its contents spill along the tunnel, cooling the lava. Kade and Heatwave return to the bunker, where Kade hugs his little brother.

The next day, Cody drags his siblings down to the bunker, where a huge Autobot [[insignia]] has been added to the wall.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (1)
* [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
* [[Boulder]] (7)
* [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (8)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)

|c3=
* [[Charlie Burns]] (2)
* [[Cody Burns]] (3)
* [[Kade Burns]] (5)
* [[Graham Burns]] (6)
* [[Dani Burns]] (9)
* [[Doc Greene]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"I did it, Dani! I did it!" *strange noise* "Um... excuse me? I think my rotor just hiccuped..."
:—'''Blades''' has his moment of triumph cut short by badly timed bodily functions.

"Anybody order a drink?" 
"What? No, we're taking this to the lava—oh I get it, Earth humor!"
:—'''Dani''' and '''Blades'''

"Don't you ever scare us like that again!" 
"Yeah, what... he said."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave''' finally agree on something, to the latter's distaste.

"I mean... this is their home now, too, right?" 
"Sure looks that way."
:—'''Cody''' and '''Kade'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* As Chase and Burns stand in front of the lava and the camera pans over to Haley's car, the fire and smoke behind them is animated backwards.
* Cody still seems to be having a little trouble keeping his comlink clipped to his jacket, though not nearly as much as he did in the previous episode.
* When Blades flies up to pull the volcano's on-switch, the switch is shown to be right near the split in the volcano's lid. However, when the lava begins to recede and drain several shots later, the switch is nowhere in sight. It's entirely possible that the lava melted it, but then why would the scientists who built the volcano place the switch so close to the edge in the first place?
* An awful lot of water comes out of the container that Blades drops on the lava.

===Continuity notes===
[[File:UnderPressure Boulder display screen.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
* Gadgets and powers:
** Heatwave can spray water from the headlights on the backs of his hands.
** Boulder has a seismic imaging system and can use his windshield as a display screen.

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime notes that young humans make the best allies. Because this show is part of the Aligned timeline, he may be referring to [[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], and [[Rafael Esquivel|Raf]].

===Real-world references===
* This episode title is ''[[wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]'' and [[wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]]'s [[wikipedia:Under Pressure|song title of the same name]].
* The [[1939]] [[World's Fair]] from which Mount Magma is said to originate was a [[Wikipedia:1939 New York World's Fair|real event held in New York]].

===Trivia===
* In something that's rarely seen in ''Transformers'' shows, Rescue Bots have no trouble transforming with humans remaining inside. Chase transforms with Chief Burns still inside, does acrobatics and throws the robo-landscaper around, and after he returns to vehicle mode, Burns pops out without any apparent ill effects. Heatwave also transforms with Kade still inside.
* According to Doc Greene, it would take 4.7 hours for the lava to cover the entire island.
* Among the people Chase and Chief Burns shoo away from the area are a couple of [[Lad Pioneer]]s.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Unter Druck'''" ("Under Pressure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 19|19 February]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' ''?''
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 8|8 February]] [[2013]]

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "2 Action-packed Episodes" ([[Toys"R"Us]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Roll to the Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Eine Familie von Helden" ([[EDEL:kids]]) — German and English audio 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Hot Shots" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])

[[Category: Rescue Bots episodes]]

Transformer romance

2014-04-14T23:09:05Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Prime */

[[Image:Orionpax.jpg|400px|right|thumb|"I'll spend the rest of my existence trying to save his afterburner, then he finally returns the favor by [[#Sex|plugging into me]] while I am unconscious. Ours is a healthy relationship."]]
Some will vehemently refuse to admit it exists. Others ''really'' don't care about [[Transformers brand|the brand]] beyond it. Regardless of [[Fandom|opinions]], [[Transformer]]s engaging in or pursuing interaction of a '''romantic nature''' is a well-established element in pretty much every continuity. For the most part, Transformers are observed searching for romantic partners amongst their own kind, but attraction to organic lifeforms and even non-living objects has been documented as well.

Some wonder why a species that likely does not [[Reproduction|reproduce]] sexually would participate in behavior that in other creatures exists as a means to promote sex and thereby new life. While a definitive answer to this has yet to be given, the question as to why Transformers become romantically involved with one another can be approached from a different angle. Transformers are a highly social species. This is shown through their very human-like society, interpersonal interactions, [[Relatives|familial relationships]], and even the fairly common practice of merging [[Combiner|bodies]] and minds. If these are not frowned upon, then why should social connections of the romantic kind be regarded much differently, if at all? Perhaps there is no reason for them to engage in romance, but then there is equally no reason for them not to.

Though rather obscure, there is even an official term for two Transformers in a relationship: "[[spark]]mates". Existing as a [[Fan fiction|fan term]] mostly, it has been used in two official sources, the end-of-game [[bio]] for [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], in reference to her and [[Tigatron]], in the Nintendo 64 version of the "[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]" video game<ref>''Beast Wars Transmetals'' end-of-game bios - [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/756a36c7076a7195?dmode=source transcription]</ref> and again in [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]]. In addition, [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]]'s [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code info]] appears to refer to Transformer marriage in stating that he and [[Downshift's lifebond partner|his lifebond partner]] "joined together under the [[Covenant of Primus]]".

Most recently, IDW's ongoing series, ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'', refers to a Transformer in a committed, intimate partnership as a "[[Conjunx Endura]]",

==Orientation==
[[Image:Gayforgalvatron.jpg|center|1000px|thumb|<center>[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|It will forever be a shame he wasn't in ''Cybertron'']].</center>]]

The most common observation of Cybertronian romance is between a male and a [[female Transformer]]. Considering the general scarcity of female Transformers, and perhaps the absence of [[Reproduction|sexual reproduction]], this is a rather interesting if odd situation. Second to that are the number of noted relations between a Transformer and an organic, equally so almost solely between a (nominally) male and female. These become more frequent as the gender balance becomes less even, even if that is a direct result of Transformers allegedly being genderless. Third in line come "couples" that consist of a Transformer fawning over a not-living object, often regarding it as of the opposite gender.

Until recently, same-gender interests were comparatively rare. The Japanese version of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' had [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] as a male, making ''his'' relation with [[Tigatron]] the first known instance of a homosexual Transformer couple.<ref name="Airazorboy">The reason the Japanese ''Beast Wars'' dub had Airazor male was because Takara hoped to increase toy sales that way. Therefore, the relationship with [[Tigatron]] was initially played off somewhat differently to avoid complaints of homosexuality. Tigatron was presented as a samurai retainer with protective feelings towards his young ward, their closeness addressed in a "brotherly" sort of way. Despite that, there was still enough innuendo left over for the gender-bending to become noticeable. The end of the matter came with the sequence in "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when Airazor and Tigatron stare into each other's eyes while holding hands and slowly leaning in for a kiss. Since little could be done with that scene, the dub team had Airazor fully "come out" and begin to express his affection for Tigatron just before the two of them were abducted by the Vok. Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained that "some people are just like that".</ref> At a distance follow ''Energon'' [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]], who had the (unrequited) hots for [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], and Generation 1 [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], who may have been gay in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]].<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/2ugos3 Matt Moylan reveals a little secret about Sunstreaker at tfw2005.com]</ref> ([[Dick Gautier]] jokingly "confirmed" that [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] is gay at [[BotCon 2002]], in response to panel-mate [[Michael McConnohie]] being asked if [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] was. This is obviously not canon.) The current IDW Ongoing Comic [[The_Transformers:_More_than_Meets_the_Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]] introduced several current and past romantic relationships that centred around mnemosurgeon [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], as well as floating the potential for other "canon couples" in the title.

Transformer/organic relations are not any richer in this regard. [[Paddles (character)|Paddles]] had a clear fondness of the humans [[Randall]] and [[Ed (student)|Ed]], and [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]] and [[Ga'mede]] ''might'' have something going between them, but that's about it. A note could be made on the fair chance that Tigatron's [[beast mode]] represents a female tiger and was scanned from his partner [[Snowstalker]], yet that is speculation at best.

[[File:2_Transformers_at_the_Ark-1_Memorial_Statue.jpg‎|left|thumb|300px|Bender from ''Futurama'' finds a friend at the Ark 1 Memorial Statue...]]

The real-world explanation for the overall scarcity of anything specific between two of the same gender is that ''Transformers'' above all exists [[to sell toys]] to children and so has to play in on the wishes and expectations of the assumed general audience. Even if attitude is improving, heterosexuality is still the default assumption and favoured option. A few same gender-relations may have appeared in fiction over time, at least the most prominent one by accident,<ref name="Airazorboy" /> but for the moment, writers still prefer to haul up Arcee or insert a new female (Transformer) to fill the romance niche than play up that sort of interaction in same gender context.

Due to the comic lines having a traditionally older audience, the glass ceiling was shattered with [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'', which depicted [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] in a millennia-long relationship, in which they were named as each other's "significant other"... and that this relationship is not the first either have had. The relationship is perhaps not out-and-out romance as humans would think or feel it, but author [[James Roberts]] has commented that this is because he imagines Transformers ''don't'' have relationships in exactly the same way humans do; he leaves no doubt that "Chromedome and Rewind each regard the other as the most important person in their life."<ref> [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=12651&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20 James Roberts on Chromedome and Rewind on the IDW forums]</ref> That Rewind out-and-out says "I love you" in a message to Chromedome only hammers it home.

(And yes, there is the fact that IDW has previously established that Transformers are genderless in their continuity, and there ''are'' no female Transformers as "options". But let's not kid ourselves about what we're seeing here.)
{{-}}

==Sex==
[[Image:KP001.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Oh, Convoy! Your shift lever is dirty," Marissa exclaims. "It must be from when I spilled soft serve ice cream on you before. I will wipe it clean for you now." (''NOTE: We didn't make that up. That actually, [[canon]]ically happened.'')]]

The [[Unofficial guidebooks#Prime Targets|hints]] are few and far between, but ''Transformers'' is not devoid of the possibility Transformers might engage in sexual activities (for recreational purposes). [[Kiss]]ing is a regularly observed sign of affection and in [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' episode]] "[[Return of the Immortal Emperor]]", [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] was rather thrilled he got to see [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] transform. Nevertheless, ''Beast Wars'' was the first to pick up the subject in a more direct manner: in the episode "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]", [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] offers to take [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] to what sounds like a Cybertronian version of a strip club, and later slyly makes a double entendre regarding Silverbolt's suspected kinky activities with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Meanwhile, the Japanese dub has Rattrap, thinking himself about to be stabbed by [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], ask his attacker to "be gentle, because I've heard the first time can hurt."

References and innuendoes have sporadically been appearing since. ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' featured the character [[Archadis]], who makes a sport out of coming up with double entendres. [[Scarlett]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] had a suggestive conversation about "riding" him in "[[Wolves]]", and in "[[The Art of War issue 3]]", Arcee promised Bumblebee to "rotate his tires" if he could beat her, to which he responded with a most enthusiastic "Wooo-Hooo!". In the Dreamwave issue "[[Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation]]", [[:Image:Infestation crotchrot.jpg|one remark from Sunstreaker]] might suggest the existence of Transformer S.T.D.'s. In the ever-questionable ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' double-entendres ran rife, with one of the most disturbing involving Optimus Prime deriving pleasure from [[Marissa Faireborn]] polishing his stick shift and rubbing the rim of his gas tank, which are pretty clear metaphors for... well... y'know.

And that's about it as far as canon is concerned. If you ''really'' want to know more on the matter of Transformer sex, an exciting world of [[Fan fiction|fan stories]] exploring that subject awaits you. Take note that doing so will be at your own risk, and [[Main Page|TFWiki]] accepts no liability for any psychological trauma incurred.

''See also: [[Reproduction#Sexual reproduction|Sexual Reproduction]]''

==Transformer - Transformer==
{{bigquote|But me Grimlock still taller than ''you''. That why Spider-Lady like me Grimlock best.|[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], making sure no one else tries a move on his love interest|"[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]"}}

Most commonly, Transformers stick to their own kind when becoming romantically entangled. This is to be expected, as those of their own kind share the cultural and bio-technological mindset that makes their personalities more likely to be compatible. Despite the low number of female Transformers, most relations seen thus far are between a female and a male. What this means for Transformer culture - Are relations something rare? Is there programming or something that only connects a male to a female and vice versa? And if so, why does it exist? - goes unexplained.

In one universe, a Transformer can designate another Transformer his [[Conjunx Endura]], or significant other.

===Cases===
====Generation 1====
[[Image:Disclosure CSSB-16 Devcon & co.jpg|300px|right|thumb|"I didn't know giant robots '''had''' testosterone."]]
*[[Elita One]] (Ariel) - [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (Orion Pax)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] - [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] - [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*Arcee - [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*Arcee - [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters}}
*Arcee - [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War|The Art of War}}
*[[Nancy]] - [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
*[[Octane (G1)|Octane]] once tried to tune in an image of a [[Cheesecake robot|disturbingly sexualized unnamed female robot]]. Make of that what you will. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}
*Technically or something, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] is married to [[Giga|him]]/[[Mega|her]]self. {{storylink|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce}}
*[[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] - [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deszaras]] who, unique to other Transformers relationships, are explicitly stated to be husband and wife. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|Victory}}
*[[Clipper (Victory)|Clipper]] - [[Holi]] {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory}}
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] blushed and was a little lost on words when Clipper complimented him. Holi didn't like this. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}
*[[Rescue Patrol Team|The rest of Holi's team]] is sad they don't have girlfriends. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}
*[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] found himself some [[Devcon's galpal|pleasant company]] on [[Spaceport CSSB-16]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}
*[[San D-Go]] once had plans to marry [[Discharge]], apparently directly inspired by that aspect of [[human]] culture. Whether there was an actual romantic relationship involved is unknown. {{storylink|San D-Go|San D-Go's Micromaster toy bio}}
*[[Raker]] is a shameless flirt to female robots. {{storylink|Raker|Raker's Micromaster toy bio}}
*[[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] is planning on getting himself a whole harem of girl-bots. {{Storylink|The Art of War issue 5}}
*[[Magnum]] has a [[:Image:Magnumsgirlfriend.jpg|girlfriend]]. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] had parents when he crashed on [[Quintessa]]. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] once dated [[Thunderblast (G1)|Thunderblast]], and is a bit of a skirt-chaser in general. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}
*[[Side Burn (G1)|Side Burn]] has a thing for fembots (specifically ones in red) and isn't above impersonating [[Dion|an elite guardsman]] to get sympathy. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}}
** And thinks [[Lyzack|a femicon with a sword]] is hot. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Pivot]] {{storylink|The Gloaming}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Mach]] {{storylink|The Gloaming}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Scattergun]] {{storylink|The Gloaming}}
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] - [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] {{storylink|Before & After}}

====Beast Era====
[[Image:ScyllaMolest1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Bad touch is good humor if done by a girl.]]
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] - [[Tigatron]]
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] - [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] all had crushes on [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] had feelings towards her that we'll leave to the imagination.
*[[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] - [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] - [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071202095128/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Wed_19_Jan_2000.html ''Transformers: Beast Machines Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)'' Wed, 19 Jan 2000], by [[Bob Skir]]</ref>
*[[Scylla]] and [[Artemis]] both fancy [[Scuba]]. In turn, [[Bighorn]] has a crush on Scylla, while Artemis also likes [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]].
*While technically not a Transformer, [[DNAVI]] is in love with [[Guiledart]].
*[[Rāge]] - [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] {{storylink|To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade}}

====Unicron Trilogy====
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] displays romantic interest in [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon}}
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] has a female [[Downshift's lifebond partner|lifebond partner]] whose name has yet to be revealed. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Downshift's Cyber Key Code info}}
*[[Shortround]] fancies [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]]. Naturally, she does not reciprocate.
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] - [[Megatron (Armada)|Just about anybody]] [[Starscream (Armada)|who's big and powerful]].
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] is quite the skirt chaser. He used to have a relation with a "cute scooter",<ref>From context, the best guess is [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] was talking about a Transformer.</ref> but eventually dumped her. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}} He also harbored a secret crush on [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Ransack's Cyber Key Code info}} and tried to win over Thunderblast by winning the [[Speedia 500]]. {{storylink|Beginning}}
*[[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]] tried to cheer up the ''[[Upstart]]'''s crew by reminding them of the perks of seeking out the colony worlds. Starting his list came "naive small planetoid femme-bots." ...Yes. Let's hope that when he closed his speech with "all of it untouched for centuries or more... until we show up," he was only talking about the energon reserves at the end of the list. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

====Live-action movies====
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] claims to have a mother and a father. Primus knows what [[Relatives|that]] means, but we might as well try to be complete about this list. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
* In her spare time, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] runs a lonely-hearts ad column called Arcee's soulmates. Many 'bots write letters in for it mostly expecting replies from other 'bots. {{storylink|Star Screams}}

====Transformers Animated====
[[Image:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In case you needed visual recognition that he has the hots for her.]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] used to date [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] until, [[Along Came a Spider|well...]] {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]], [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] and [[Wasp|Wasp/Waspinator]] each have (had) a one-sided crush on [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]].
*Blackarachnia and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] seem to have feelings for each other. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] flirted with [[Slipstream (Animated)|his female clone]] upon meeting her. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] once considered [[Afterburn]] dreamy. It is unclear if this opinion is to be attributed to her dormant Transformer half though. {{storylink|Transformers Animated (Titan)|Transformers Animated}}
*[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] - [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|Strika's tech spec bio}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] has an unnamed girlfriend from [[Crystal City]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] once believed [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] wanted to go steady with him. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] - [[Rattletrap]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] - [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] and [[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] used to date long ago. And Volks is something of a Ladiesbot217-type. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

====TransTech====
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] is obsessed (but very unlucky) with fembots. Among his unsuccessful projects are [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
*[[Crystal Widow]] had an unnamed lover before becoming stuck in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}
*One of the ways [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] can be bribed is by "providing her with a handsome companion", according to Crystal Widow. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

====Shattered Glass====
*[[Elita-One (SG)|Elita-One]] - [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
{{--}}

====Prime====
* [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] once expressed feelings for [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}} Looks like even [[Cybertronian]] love hurts too. {{storylink|Crossfire}}
* Ratchet, in an Energon-induced daze of strength and adrenaline, flirtatiously winked at Arcee. Causing a much awkward response from the latter. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] hinted at an infatuation between each other until [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] killed the moment. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

==Transformer - organic==
{{bigquote|We don't have to be the same outside to share the same feeling inside.|[[Alana]] speaks words every Autobot Commander dreads|"[[Sea Change]]"}}

Perhaps because [[reproduction]] does not seem to be a motivation for them to become romantically involved or perhaps because finding a proper partner among their own kind is not always an easy task, more than one Transformer at one point in their life made nice with an organic lifeform. However, virtually nothing is known about how the long-term cases worked out, what with physical differences such as size, [[Life cycle|lifespan and aging]], and [[Transformer#Culture|cultural differences]] - up front the constant influence of the war.

As to why organic lifeforms sometimes get head-over-heels for beings that can't fulfill the very reason they seek out partners, is another matter. In the case of humans, [[fan fiction|several authoritative works]] have been written on relevant aspects of their biology. Readers are advised to seek them out for further reference.

===Cases===
====Generation 1====
[[Image:Pgalove.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Powerglide (G1)|PG]][[Astoria Carlton-Ritz|A]] PDA]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Charlene (cowgirl)|Charlene]] {{storylink|Showdown!}}
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] took a deep liking to [[Joy Meadows]] {{storylink|The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK Marvel comics}}
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] believed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s care for [[Cindy Newell]] was of the "nudge. nudge. wink. wink." variety. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}
*[[:Image:Nomates.jpg|While Cloudburst clumsily tried to explain the First One ''why'' he wasn't interested in her]], [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] got cozy in the next room with several other [[Femax|Femaxians]]. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}
*[[Stranglehold]] had a dream involving two ladies there for his affections. They are supposedly organic-based, because while Stranglehold's humanoid appearance is his [[Pretender]] shell, female Transformers officially don't exist in the Marvel continuity, so it's not likely they are Pretenders. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] - [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] - [[Alana]] {{storylink|Sea Change}}
*[[Michelle]] totally got it on with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]. Though to be fair, he was human at the time. {{storylink|Only Human}}
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] had a thing for [[Papika (Headmasters)|Papika]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}
*[[Lander]] once was in the middle of a date but unceremoniously ditched [[Madonna (Masterforce)|his partner]] after he got an emergency-call from [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]]. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}}
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] quite fell for [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]]'s charms. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] - [[Marissa Faireborn]] {{storylink|Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave) |Generation One}}
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] - [[Scarlett]] {{storylink|Transformers/G.I. Joe}}
*[[Glide]] is known to pick up cute human girls and give them rides on his motorcycle mode. {{storylink|Glide|Glide's Micromaster toy bio}}
*[[Autorooper]] - [[Atari Hitotonari (KP)|Atari Hitotonari]] {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players}}
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] - [[Shaoshao Li (KP)|Shaoshao Li]] {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players}}
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] - [[Marissa Faireborn]] {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players}}
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] drives faster if he smells [[Junko Shiragami (BA)|Junko Shiragami]]'s marigold-scented hair. Make of that what you will. {{storylink|The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk}}
*[[Paddles (character)|Paddles]] took a deep liking to [[Randall]] and [[Ed (student)|Ed]]. {{storylink|Paddles (story)|Paddles}}

====Beast Era====
*[[Tigatron]] - [[Snowstalker]]
*''Possibly, [[Optimus Primal]] once fell for a female gorilla.'' {{storylink|A Greater Ape}}
*When [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] was singing, he attracted a lot of female frogs out of his expectation. {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

====Unicron Trilogy====
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] - [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada}}

====Live-action film series====
[[Image:ROTF-Wheeliedryhumpsaleg.jpg|right|thumb|300px|See it like this: rather a leghugger than a [[Matrixspawn|facehugger]].]]
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] thought that [[Mikaela Banes]] was hot. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*He later shifted his attentions to [[Carly Spencer]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

====''Prime''====
*In the Japanese dub, [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] is head-over-heels in love with [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]], even going so far as to aggressively propose marriage to him (Jack, incidentally, does not reciprocate the affection). {{storylink|Predatory#Foreign localization|Mystery Insect Transformation! Forest of the Spider Woman!}}

{{--}}

==Transformer - non-living object==
{{bigquote|And when we get back home, I want Bumblebee to meet my brother's convertible. We call her Juanita, and I think the two of them will get along just fine.|[[Luisa]], quite likely one of the very few humans who does not find this an awkward subject|"[[Fire on the Mountain]]"}}

While the ability to at least exchange thoughts can explain the interest some Transformers have for beings not belonging to their own kind, that pretty much doesn't go for the interest some of them have for non-living objects. Unless the fact they often treat them as if alive has something to do with it. This is possibly not as odd as it seems: Transformers are, after all, [[Alternate mode|part object themselves]], some even having been upgraded from a mere piece of machinery. In that sense, it is perhaps harder to understand why it doesn't happen more often. Fancy that sleek piece of car? Oh, so it's one of those ''not'' talking back? [[Sacred implement|Nothing that can't be helped!]] Or alternatively, it comes very close to the real thing and one can be certain not to be rejected by it.

===Cases===
====Generation 1====
*[[Luisa]] wanted to introduce [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to her brother's convertible "Juanita". Bumblebee seemed to appreciate that plan. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}}
*[[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] and [[Pretender|his own Pretender shell]] {{storylink|Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus's toy bio}}
*[[Rook (Universe)|Rook]] and the [[Running Cogs Award for Captivating Journalism]] {{storylink|Around Cybertron #17}}

====Robots in Disguise====
[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburntricycle.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'Burn tricycle]]
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] has a thing for pretty red sportcars.

====Unicron Trilogy====
*[[QuickFire]] - [[Starheart]] {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

====Live-action movies====
* Dialog from their [[trans-scan]] of new alternate modes may suggest [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] had sexual thoughts towards their new alternate modes.<ref>Mudflap: "This is my booty call right here. Time to get my sexy on with the green. (beatboxes)" {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}</ref>

====Transformers Animated====
*[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] like sportcars almost as much as Side Burn does. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}
{{--}}
==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Stronger, Faster

2013-10-26T01:56:27Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 22
|prev=T.M.I.
|next=One Shall Fall
|image=StrongerFaster-peekaboo.jpg
|caption=More alive.
|title="Stronger, Faster"
|airdate=[[August 14]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Ratchet 'finalizes' the synthetic energon formula and uses himself as a test subject, but it ends up having some negative side effects.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] checks out a sample of [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] he's created, watched by [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]]. Approving the stability of the energon, Ratchet tries it on a test engine, and it works fine. Raf's keen to try it on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], but Ratchet says it'll require more testing first. Meanwhile, the base sensors pick up [[energon]] movement, but before [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] gives the order to roll out, Ratchet warns him about the depleted state of their energon reserves. Once Prime's team departs, Ratchet has the idea to try the synthetic energon on himself. The injection causes him to lose consciousness, and Raf rouses him from lying on the floor shortly afterward. The synthetic energon appears to be a success, giving him more fuel efficiency and better motor functions.

[[Image:StrongerFaster-surrounded.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I need you to hurry up now, 'cause I can't wait much longer.]]

Meanwhile Prime's team chases [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] through an icy canyon. The Decepticons aren't in any hurry to bridge out, as they're trying to "help" the [[Autobot]]s run out of energon. Some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s flying overhead blast the sheer sides of canyon, causing a rock fall that blocks off the Autobots' path. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] manages to drive over it in her motorcycle mode, despite Prime's warnings, and races after the two Decepticons, only to be hit by missiles from the Vehicons. She is swiftly surrounded by Decepticons, and things look grim until Ratchet comes flying through the GroundBridge and begins laying into them with gusto. Knock Out and Breakdown assume that the Ratchet's a new Autobot, but are forced to retreat as Optimus, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and Bumblebee come into view, firing at them. Ratchet finishes off the last of the Vehicons, to stunned looks from his teammates.

Back at base, Ratchet reveals his secret to the other Autobots, but Optimus doesn't think it's a good idea to test the synthetic energon on Autobots, and he underlines the importance of Ratchet's job as medic. Some time later, Ratchet's retelling his fight to Bulkhead, and in demonstrating a move, manages to throw his fellow Autobot through a nearby wall. The other Autobots are startled at his new personality. Ratchet goes and injects more of the synthetic energon into himself. When the sensors light up once more, Prime prepares to roll out again, but Ratchet volunteers to go along.

[[Image:StrongerFaster-crouchbehindrock.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Work it make it do it makes us.]]

As they head through a mountainous area, Ratchet moves ninja-style at the front of the team. They soon find some Vehicons and a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]] drilling into a rock face, and Ratchet immediately moves in. When the miner makes a run for it, Ratchet gives chase and knocks him down with a well-thrown rock. The other Autobots find Ratchet forcibly interrogating the miner with his blowtorch. Optimus stops him from finishing off the prisoner and begins to lecture him on doing harm where none is necessary, but Ratchet is agitated, believing they should be more proactive. As the argument heats up, Ratchet even manages to antagonize Arcee by bringing up [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], and calls Prime out for his many missed opportunities to kill [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. Prime decides to confine Ratchet to base. Though Ratchet appears to go calmly through the GroundBridge, moments later, he charges back out, flattening Bulkhead and racing off. Prime's team returns to base, but is unable to get a fix on Ratchet's signal.

In a Decepticon energon mine, Breakdown is chatting with a miner when Ratchet walks into the cavern. Elsewhere, Megatron shouts at Knock Out for not finding a new energon source, but they're interrupted by Ratchet dropping Breakdown on the floor. Megatron scoffs at the newcomer, until a punch from Ratchet sends him flying. However, Megatron is made of sterner stuff, and he gives Ratchet a savage injury, telling Knock Out to take a sample of the resultant leaking fluids so they can find out how Ratchet got so amped up.

[[Image:StrongerFaster-KnockOutMegatronRatchet.jpg|left|thumb|300px|That that that that that don't kill me, can only make me stronger.]]

On the bright side, as the synthetic energon drains out, Ratchet is rendered visible to the sensors in the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], and Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead use the GroundBridge to attack the mine.

Knock Out completes taking his sample and moves in to finish Ratchet off with his circular saw. When the sound of approaching fighting distracts the Decepticon, Ratchet takes the opportunity to fight back, resulting in Knock Out's saw getting stuck in the wall. Ratchet promptly grabs the synthetic energon sample and smashes it. Knock Out is outraged, but once more has to retreat as the other Autobots arrive.

Ratchet is hooked up to a drip back at base, and he apologizes for his behavior. Optimus points out the new supply of energon they got from the mine, and Ratchet promises to do more testing on the synthetic stuff before using it on Autobots again. Optimus is just thankful they destroyed Knock Out's sample, unaware of the fact that back at the mine, Knock Out has found a single drop of synthetic energon.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==

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*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] (8) (flashback)
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*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (9)
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*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (12)
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==Quotes==
"HOOAAH!"
:—'''Ratchet''' gets a new catchphrase. He needed that.

'''Ratchet:''' (''clicks as he walks by'') How's it hummin'? 
'''Arcee:''' ...Did he just? 
'''Bulkhead:''' Stronger, faster, studlier.
:—Yeah, he did.

"It's all right! I'm an emergency vehicle!"
:—'''Ratchet''', engaging the Decepticons.

"Get melted, wheel-grinder!" 
"''Melted''? Now '''there's''' a concept. (''activates blowtorch'') I won't ask you a second time! ''Where? Is? Megatron?''"
:—A '''Vehicon Miner''''s insult to '''Ratchet''' backfires horribly.

"A direct assault on the Decepticons would only provoke retaliation...and lead to incalculable losses. I will not endanger innocent human lives." 
"Yet you seem to have no problem endangering ours! Just ask Cliffjumper! Oh, I forgot! He couldn't be here today!" 
''"That's it!"''
:— '''Ratchet''' objects to '''Optimus'''' principles, and pisses off '''Arcee''' while making his point.

"Yeah, she's kinda domineering and the extra arms are weird, but... I find myself intrigued by her."
:—'''Breakdown''' chats to a miner about his thoughts on [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]].

(''to Knock Out'') "''That'' is your fearsome new adversary? (''Chuckles'') He's Optimus Prime's medic!" 
(''to Megatron'') "Oh no, Megatron, I am your doctor of doom!" 
:—'''Ratchet''' boasts to '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*After Arcee continues to chase down Knock Out and Breakdown, air-support arrives. However, when they shoot Arcee, Knock Out and Breakdown have vanished from in front of her. Furthermore, when the other Autobots finally climb over the rock pile to help Arcee, she is only a few yards from the pile, whereas she should be several miles away.
*During his first fight with the Vehicons, Ratchet slices the arm off one and throws it to the ground, where it stays. When Ratchet moves on to his next opponent, the arm simply blinks out of existence.
*Bumblebee is shown returning with the other Autobots despite staying at base to operate the GroundBridge.
*The sample of synthetic energon Knock Out was holding was only about half full, but when Ratchet picked it up, it was completely full.
*Just before destroying the cylinder of synthetic energon, Ratchet's wound is not shown to be leaking. Mere moments after he's hit the ground, another puddle of energon has formed beneath him.
*Breakdown is knocked out by Ratchet just before he engages Megatron. When the Autobots show up at the end, however, Breakdown has vanished and he isn't shown fleeing with Knock Out.
*During Ratchet's first fight with the Vehicons, his shoulder pads clip into him several times.

===Other errors===
*Ratchet jumps onto and leaps off of a tree branch which seems totally capable of supporting all the weight of an SUV landing on top of it with all that force, then leaping off. Not so much as a wood chip or crack to be seen - though it does creak audibly.
*When Ratchet first injects himself, he drops the glass cylinder and it shatters on the ground. Later, when Knock Out collects a sample of the synthetic energon in a nearly identical cylinder, and Ratchet kicks it out of his hands, the cylinder flies ''across the entire room'' and lands without breaking. Then Ratchet throws it against a rock wall in the same room and it breaks instantly.
*When Arcee is hurt, she obviously couldn't move her leg, but when she walks through the GroundBridge she is magically healed.
* Even though Optimus said they don't harm servant class, upon entering the Decepticon mines, it would appear that he '''knocks the total mess out of a miner.''' He must really care about Ratchet. Though it may have also been in fact because the miners attacked them first.

===Continuity notes===
* The synthetic energon created in the episode is derived from the formula transcribed by Bulkhead in [[T.M.I.|the previous episode]].
* Ratchet's description of the Autobots having fought numerous battles recently is accompanied by flashbacks to various battles from the "[[Darkness Rising]]" five-part pilot among others, including "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" and "[[Partners]]".
* The engine Ratchet uses to test the synthetic energon is a larger version of the device Ratchet built for [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack's]] science project in "[[Masters & Students]]". Thankfully, it doesn't flip out like Jack's did.
* Knock Out confuses Ratchet for a "new" Autobot. Which makes sense, since he hasn't encountered him before. Ratchet ''was'' with the other Autobots when they charged in to rescue Bulkhead from Starscream and Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]", but it's entirely possible that Breakdown simply didn't see him, since he was focused on escaping and missing an eye at the time.

===Real-world references===
* Given that the plot centres on the idea of artificial enhancement, this episode's title is almost certainly a reference to the opening of the 1974 ''[[wikipedia:The Six Million Dollar Man|Six Million Dollar Man]]'' series, which promised a cybernetic secret agent who was "Better, stronger, faster."
** That said, there's also the possibility it could be a reference to the original [[Action Master]]s [[commercial/Generation 1#1990|commercial]], in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] described the new breed of Transformer as "Stronger, faster, more alive!"
** And we guess we wouldn't ''totally'' rule out the notion that it refers to ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' director/producer [[George Lucas]]'s desire for his actors to be "Stronger, faster— more intense!", or Daft Punk's 2009 [[Wikipedia:Grammy|Grammy]] winning song ''Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger''.
* It's also the same plot as about a billion after-school specials on the dangers of drugs.
* Ratchet referred to himself as Megatron's "[[Doctor Doom|Doctor of Doom]]." This goes without saying.
* Ratchet dabbling with a green liquid 'enhancement' is reminiscent of his voice actor, [[Jeffrey Combs]] in ''Re-Animator''.
* Ratchet's short-lived new catchphrase, "hooah", is the battle cry/general term of acknowledgement of the [[United States Army]].

===Trivia===
*The episode was first broadcast on Canada's Teletoon channel. It later first aired in the United States on [[September 17]], [[2011]].
*When Ratchet transforms to attack the Decepticon miners, his [[license plate]] reads "'''449·EPQ'''".
*This was the last stand-alone episode until "[[Loose Cannons]]" in Season 2. It was followed by a seven-part story arc, a two-parter, and massive delays between episode airings.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 2|2 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gegen die Vorschrift'''" ("Against the Rules")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 17|17 February]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Erősebb, gyorsabb'''" ("Stronger, Faster")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 7|7 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lebih Cepat, Lebih Kuat'''" ("Stronger, Faster")
:*''Original airdate:'' 28 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Più forte, più veloce'''" ("Stronger, Faster")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 10|10 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kindan Henkei!? Ratchet Saikyō Densetsu?'''" (禁断変形!?ラチェット最強伝説?, "Forbidden Transformation!? Ratchet's Strongest Legend?")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 1|1 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hapseong Eneojon'''" (합성 에너존, "Synthetic Energon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 3|3 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Más fuerte, más rápido'''" ("Stronger, Faster")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 14|14 July]] [[2012]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Judora (Go!)

2013-09-19T17:03:51Z

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:''Judora is a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] from the [[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)|Go!]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:GoJudora.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"What? I'm no [[Constructicon (WFC)|Constructicon]]! I swear!"]]

'''Judora''' (ジュドーラ ''Judōra'') is one of the [[Four Oni]].

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Atsushi Imaruoka]] (Japanese)}}
At some point, [[Bakudora]], [[Budora]], [[Gaidora]], and Judora entered stasis underground near [[Mount Fuji]] where the Evil Oni Emperor [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] was buried. After a boy unknowingly unearthed Predaking's head, the Emperor summoned his four servants to awaken from their sleep. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}} Judora and Bakudora immediately set out for [[Nagoya Castle]], where they detected the azure [[Legendisc]]. However, upon finding it, Judora lost the Legendisc to [[Tobio Fūma]], descendant of the ninja Fūma clan, who were tasked with protecting the "sacred mirror". Frustrated by the [[human]] boy, Judora began attacking bystanders in an attempt to get Tobio to turn over the Legendisc. This had an adverse effect, as the Legendisc summoned the [[Swordbot Shinobi Team]] from within Nagoya Castle in response to Tobio's stand against the Predacons. Faced with [[Autobot]]s, Judora summoned [[Jaki]] from random pieces of machinery and sicced them on the Swordbots. When the individual Jaki failed to make much of an impression, Judora had them combine into [[Goradora]]. But he too fell, this time against the might of GoGekisou, a combined form of the Shinobi Team. With the Jaki gone, GoGekisou attacked the two Predacons, sending them fleeing. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!}}

==Toys==
===Go!===
*'''Judora''' (Deluxe, [[September 28|9-28]]-[[2013|13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G21'''
**''Accessories'': Two discs, mace/tail

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' toys, Judora is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]], with a new head, that transforms into a winged dragon. The tip of his tail detaches to become a "mace" that can cover either robot hand. His wings also contain built-in pressure-launching disc launchers that can swing forward to be used in robot mode. His robot hands are compatible with [[5mm post]]s.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*Judora's name is short for "Curse Dragon" (呪・ドラ ''ju - dora''), as demonstrated in his function of "Curse Oni" (呪縛鬼 ''Jubakuki'').{{fact}} Both words can also be translated as simply "Spell".
*Judora speaks in feminine Japanese.

[[Category:Go! Predacons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]

Bakudora

2013-09-19T17:00:15Z

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:''Bakudora is a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] from the [[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)|Go!]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:GoBakudora.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"Do I look ridiculous or what?"]]

Among the demonic [[Four Oni]] Predacons, '''Bakudora''' (バクドーラ ''Bakudōra'') is both the fastest and perhaps the most fanatically devoted to his ruler [[Budora]]. The [[Siphon Claw]] on his tail allows him to replenish his own energy by stealing that of any living thing. He has four horns; now you know how to recognize him at the train station.

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)}}
At some point, Bakudora, [[Budora]], [[Gaidora]], and [[Judora]] entered stasis underground near [[Mount Fuji]] where the Evil Oni Emperor [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] was buried. After a boy unknowingly unearthed Predaking's head, the Emperor summoned [[Four Oni|his four servants]] to awaken from their sleep. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}} Bakudora and Judora immediately set out for [[Nagoya Castle]] to find the azure [[Legendisc]] located there. However, [[Tobio Fūma]], aware of the Legendisc's significance, managed to steal it from the Predacons. Angered, Judora attacked human bystanders, angering Tobio and causing the Legendisc to summon the [[Swordbot Shinobi Team]] from within Nagoya Castle in response to Tobio's needs. Judora attempted to summon the [[Jaki]] to take care of the Shinobi Team, but they were eventually defeated, despite combining into [[Goradora]]. The two Predacons were soon attacked by GoGekisou, the combined form of the Shinobi Team and sent into retreat. {{Storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!}}

When Budora discovered the Legendiscs' capability to time-travel, Bakudora joined his team leader in a trip to the past using [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s blue Legendisc. There, they stole the green Legendisc from [[Musashi Miyamoto]]. Bakudora was concerned with being able to return to their proper time and Budora's apparent desire to gain power for himself using the Legendiscs, but Budora alleviated his concerns. They were soon confronted with the [[Swordbot Samurai Team]] and Miyamoto; through the heroes' combined efforts, the Predacons' attempt to alter history was stopped short. {{storylink|Pursue! The Legendiscs!}}

==Toys==
===Go!===
*'''Bakudora''' (Deluxe, [[July 27|7-27]]-[[2013|13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G07'''
**''Accessories'': Siphon Claw

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' toys, Bakudora is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Ripclaw (Prime)|Ripclaw]], with a new head, and transforms into a winged dragon. His tail is a series of plastic segments housed around a long rubbery cord, and can either hang loose or be latched tightly to the torso. He comes with a clawed stinger, the "Siphon Claw", that snaps its spring-loaded claws shut when the stinger is depressed. It pegs via 5mm post into his hands and onto the tip of his tail.

==Notes==
*Bakudora's name is short for "Explosive Dragon" (爆・ドラ ''baku - dora''), as demonstrated in his function of "Explosive Speed Oni" (爆速鬼 ''Bakusokuki''). It's not "Backdoor", we swear.

[[Category:Go! Predacons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]

Sensuimaru

2013-09-19T16:24:34Z

RayxCreamMaker:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Sensuimaru is an [[Autobot]] [[Swordbot]] from the [[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)|Go!]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sensuimaru.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"You don't wanna try it!"]]

'''Sensuimaru''' (センスイマル) is part of the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Shinobi Team|Shinobi Team]]. He can combine with teammates [[Gekisoumaru]] and [[Hishoumaru]] in various configurations. With Sensuimaru as the top, the combined form is called '''GoSensui''' (ゴウセンスイ ''Gōsensui'').

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Junji Majima]] (Japanese)}}
{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Go!===
*'''Sensuimaru''' ([[September 28|9-28]]-[[2013|13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G10'''
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*''Sensui'' corresponds with 潜水, meaning "diving", while ''Maru'' corresponds with 丸 ("circle"), a common kanji in historical Japanese names that is still used in [[Wikipedia:Jidaigeki|period dramas]].
*The Japanese word "Gō" (used in GoSensui) means "strong" or "manly".

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Go! Autobots]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]

Hishoumaru

2013-09-19T16:23:20Z

RayxCreamMaker:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Hishoumaru is an [[Autobot]] [[Swordbot]] from the [[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)|Go!]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hishoumaru.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Soarin' high like an eagle!]]

'''Hishoumaru''' (ヒショウマル ''Hishōmaru'') is part of the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Shinobi Team|Shinobi Team]]. He can combine with [[Gekisoumaru]] and [[Sensuimaru]] in various configurations. With Hishōmaru as the top, the combined form is called '''GoHishou''' (ゴウヒショウ ''Gōhishō'').

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Daisuke Sakaguchi]] (Japanese)}}
{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Go!===
*'''Hishoumaru''' ([[August 31|8-31]]-[[2013|13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G20'''
{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*''Hishō'' corresponds with 飛翔, meaning "soaring", while ''maru'' corresponds with 丸 ("circle"), a common kanji in historical Japanese names that is still used in [[Wikipedia:Jidaigeki|period dramas]].
*The Japanese word "Gō" (used in GoHishou) means "strong" or "manly".

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Go! Autobots]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]

Hishoumaru

2013-09-19T16:23:00Z

RayxCreamMaker:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Hishoumaru is an [[Autobot]] [[Swordbot]] from the [[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)|Go!]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hishoumaru.jpg|right|thumb|400x|Soarin' high like an eagle!]]

'''Hishoumaru''' (ヒショウマル ''Hishōmaru'') is part of the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Shinobi Team|Shinobi Team]]. He can combine with [[Gekisoumaru]] and [[Sensuimaru]] in various configurations. With Hishōmaru as the top, the combined form is called '''GoHishou''' (ゴウヒショウ ''Gōhishō'').

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Daisuke Sakaguchi]] (Japanese)}}
{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Go!===
*'''Hishoumaru''' ([[August 31|8-31]]-[[2013|13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G20'''
{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*''Hishō'' corresponds with 飛翔, meaning "soaring", while ''maru'' corresponds with 丸 ("circle"), a common kanji in historical Japanese names that is still used in [[Wikipedia:Jidaigeki|period dramas]].
*The Japanese word "Gō" (used in GoHishou) means "strong" or "manly".

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Go! Autobots]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]

Gekisoumaru

2013-09-19T16:21:00Z

RayxCreamMaker:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Gekisoumaru is an [[Autobot]] [[Swordbot]] from the [[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)|Go!]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Gekisoumaru.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Who's king of the jungle now?]]

'''Gekisoumaru''' (ゲキソウマル ''Gekisōmaru'') is a part of the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Shinobi Team|Shinobi Team]]. He can combine with teammates [[Hishoumaru]] and [[Sensuimaru]] in various configurations. With Gekisoumaru as the top, the combined form is called '''GoGekisou''' (ゴウゲキソウ ''Gōgekisō'').

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Toshihiko Seki]] (Japanese)}}
{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Go!===
*'''Gekisoumaru''' ([[July 27|7-27]]-[[2013|13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G05'''
{{comingsoontoy}}

*'''Gekisomaru black version''' ([[November]])-[[2013|13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G05'''
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*''Gekisou'' corresponds with 激走, meaning "fast running", while ''Maru'' corresponds with 丸 ("circle"), a common kanji in historical Japanese names that is still used in [[Wikipedia:Jidaigeki|period dramas]].
*The Japanese word "Gō" (used in GoGekisou) means "strong" or "manly".

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Go! Autobots]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]

File:Sensuimaru.jpg

2013-09-19T16:17:59Z

RayxCreamMaker: Sensuimaru in the anime. Screencapture from ''Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!''

Sensuimaru in the anime. Screencapture from ''[[Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!]]''

File:Hishoumaru.jpg

2013-09-19T16:13:42Z

RayxCreamMaker: Hishoumaru in the anime. Screencapture from ''Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!''

Hishoumaru in the anime. Screencapture from ''[[Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!]]''

File:GoJudora.jpg

2013-09-19T16:12:34Z

RayxCreamMaker: Judora in the anime. Screencapture from ''Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!''

Judora in the anime. Screencapture from ''[[Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!]]''

File:GoBakudora.jpg

2013-09-19T16:10:29Z

RayxCreamMaker: Bakudora in the anime. Screencapture from ''Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!''

Bakudora in the anime. Screencapture from ''[[Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!]]''

File:Gekisoumaru.jpg

2013-09-19T16:09:32Z

RayxCreamMaker: Gekisoumaru in the anime. Screencapture from ''Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!''

Gekisoumaru in the anime. Screencapture from ''[[Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!]]''

Tobio FÅ«ma

2013-09-04T10:25:56Z

RayxCreamMaker:

:''Tobio Fūma is a [[human]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:TobioFuma.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Anyone want ninja training? Because I'm not a good teacher.]]

'''Tobio Fūma''' (風摩兎飛雄 ''Fūma Tobio'') is the latest descendant of the Fūma ninja clan.

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ayahi Takagaki]] (Japanese)}}

After [[Isami Tatewaki]]'s first encounter with the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] and the [[Swordbot Samurai Team]], Tobio contacted him to let him know that the [[Swordbot Shinobi Team]] and he were on Isami's side. {{Storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}}

{{charstubfiction}}

==Notes==
*Fūma is the name of [[Wikipedia:Fūma Kotarō|a well-known ninja clan]], although the clan's name uses different kanji compared to Tobio's surname.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuma, Tobio}}
[[Category:Go! humans]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]

Tobio FÅ«ma

2013-09-04T10:25:20Z

RayxCreamMaker:

:''Tobio Fūma is a [[human]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:TobioFuma.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Anyone want ninja training? Because I'm not a good teacher.]]

'''Tobio Fūma''' (風摩兎飛雄 ''Fūma Tobio'') is the latest descendant of the Fūma ninja clan.

==Fiction==
===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ayahi Takagaki]] (Japanese)}}

After [[Isami Tatewaki]]'s first encounter with the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] and the [[Swordbot Samurai Team]], Tobio contacted him to let him know that the [[Swordbot Shinobi Team]] and he were on Isami's side. {{Storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}}

{{charstubfiction}}

==Notes==
*Fūma is the name of [[Wikipedia:Fūma Kotarō|a well-known ninja clan]], although the clan's name uses different kanji compared to Tobio's surname.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuma, Tobio}}
[[Category:Go! humans]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]

File:TobioFuma.jpg

2013-09-04T10:21:25Z

RayxCreamMaker: Tobio ready for action. Screencapture from ''Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!''

Tobio ready for action.
Screencapture from ''[[Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!]]''

Predacon (Prime)

2013-09-02T23:57:27Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Prime cartoon */

{{disambig3|Predacon}}
[[Image:PredaconPrimeLogo.png|right|thumb|200px|Ooh, scary!]]
:''The Predacons are an ancient Cybertronian race from the [[Aligned continuity family]].

The '''Predacons''' are a faction/race of ancient Cybertronian beasts led by [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. Although rendered extinct through unknown circumstances, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] has discovered [[Hyperevolution Chamber|the trick]] to [[cloning]] them from preserved [[CNA]] samples, which doesn't bode well for ''anyone'', really... His experiments have even extended to splicing the CNA samples into normal [[Transformer|Cybertronians]], leading to hybrids like his devout disciple [[Ser-Ket]].

Members include:
{{collist|3|
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (leader)
*[[Abominus (Prime)|Abominus]]
**[[Blight (Prime)|Blight]]
**[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]]
**[[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]]
**[[Twinstrike (Prime)|Twinstrike]]
**[[Windrazor (Prime)|Windrazor]]
*[[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]]
*[[Bakudora]]
*[[Blackbeak]]
*[[Budora]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BS)|Buzzclaw]]
*[[Cindersaur (Prime)|Cindersaur]]
*[[Corhada]]
*[[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]]
*[[Dive Bomb]] (defected)
*[[Gaidora]]
*[[Goradora]]
**[[Barara]]
**[[Burara]]
**[[Dorara]]
**[[Garara]]
**[[Jurara]]
*[[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]]
*[[Hydrax]]
*[[Judora]]
*[[Lazerback]]
*[[Ripclaw (Prime)|Ripclaw]]
*[[Rot Gut]]
*[[Scourge (BS)|Scourge]]
*[[Ser-Ket]]
*[[Skylynx]]
*[[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]]
*[[Stormrazor]]
*[[Vertebreak]]
}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Aligned comics===
The Predacons had been extinct for eons, but in the period after the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' and ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] learned how to clone the creatures. One such clone was [[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]], who was subsequently put at the disposal of Shockwave's disciples, the [[Forged]]. When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] had his craft shot down during the final [[Autobot]] evacuation of the planet, the Forged leader Ser-Ket dispatched Backbite and a number of soldiers to retrieve the enemy commander. They were successful, and Backbite even managed to return with an extra prisoner in the form of the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]], whose team had also been investigating the crash. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:ProjectPredacon-Predacons.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
The Predacons once ruled Cybertron but became extinct at the beginning of Cybertronian history, in an apocalyptic wipe-out known as the [[Great Cataclysm]]. {{storylink|Evolution}} Many years later, Shockwave of the Decepticons discovered fossilized remains from which he was could extract cybernucleic acid and begin the process of cloning the ancient beasts. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} During the Great War, he cloned a small army of Predacons which [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] sent to [[Earth]] to destroy [[Autobot]]s and look for [[energon]]. After eliminating the Autobot presence on the planet, the Predacons stood a long vigil on Earth where they awaited the arrival of Megatron but ultimately perished where their fossilized bodies were buried at various points around the world. In time, the Predacons entered in human legends as various mythological monsters though the true nature of the creatures remained a mystery to the inhabitants of Earth, and was eventually forgotten. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

After suffering a setback with his [[space bridge]] work, leaving him stranded on Cybertron, Shockwave restarted his experiments and cloned a new [[Predaking (Prime)|Predacon]]. He activated it after rejoining Megatron's forces on Earth. {{storylink|Scattered}} The new Predacon proved formidable in battle against the Autobots {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} though it proved susceptible to the cold of the [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}. Following the destruction of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], the Decepticons began searching for the remains of Shockwave's earlier batch of clones, aided by the fact that the scientist had micro-chipped them. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

[[File:Evolution awakening Predacon.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
When Shockwave's cloning process neared fruition, the existing Predacon revealed that he had developed intelligence and discovered the ability to transform. Nominating himself leader of the future Predacons, Predaking affirmed his loyalty to Megatron. The Decepticons were suspicious that the Predacons would turn on them, so they arranged for the Autobots to find and destroy the cloning facility, knowing that it would strengthen their alliance with Predaking. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] indeed found the lab and destroyed the lab, killing the awakening Predacons and enraging Predaking. After the battle, Shockwave reported that none of the Predacon clones survived the blast. {{storylink|Evolution}}

Predaking still believed Megatron would uphold his promise to clone more Predacons once [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was destroyed. {{storylink|Minus One}} It wasn't until [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] revealed Megatron's treachery that Predaking realized the truth and confronted his former leader. Megatron managed to defeat him and force him out of a ''Nemesis'' airlock. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

Surviving, Predaking clung to the ship's hull and hopped off at Cybertron following the planet's rebirth. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
Shockwave cloned the Predacons using [[Hyperevolution Chamber]]s, {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 3}} the first one activated being [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 1}} Following [[Lazerback]]'s activation, the Predacon went rogue {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 3}} and made an apparently-successful assassination attempt on Megatron. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}} He also approached [[Ripclaw (Prime)|Ripclaw]] when she was activated, in an attempt to turn her against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 8}} The rebelliousness of the Predacons resulted in Shockwave making an attempt to shut down and destroy the laboratory. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 11}}

Further Predacons escaped from the lab, including [[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]] {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 12}} and [[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 15}} Shockwave and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] fled the chaos to Cybertron, taking the last two Predacons with them {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 22}} and waking [[Vertebreak]] on arrival. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 21}}

===''Go!'' cartoon===
At some point, the Evil Oni Emperor [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] was buried in [[Mount Fuji]], while his four attendants were buried in the land surrounding the volcano. Predaking awoke when a child kicked a small stone into the dormant caldera, inadvertently causing a rockslide that unburied his head. He called out for his [[Four Oni|four servants]] and their [[Jaki|minions]] to reactivate and retrieve the [[Legendisc]]s, but when they located the first disc, they were foiled by the by the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Samurai Team|Samurai Team]] that the Legendisc summoned. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}}

==Toys==
===Prime: Beast Hunters===
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)|Twinstrike]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Blight (Prime)|Blight]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Windrazor (Prime)|Windrazor]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Abominus (Prime)|Abominus]] Combiner 5-pack:
**Consists of translucent redecoes of all five Legions
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
*[[Lazerback]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Ripclaw (Prime)|Ripclaw]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Vertebreak]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Skylynx]] (Deluxe, 2013?)
*[[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]] (Voyager, 2013)
**Includes [[Blackbeak]]
*'''Predaking''' (Voyager, 2013)
*[[Darksteel (Prime) | Darksteel]] (Voyager, 2013?)
*'''Beast Fire Predaking''' (Ultimate, 2013)

===Bot Shots===
*[[Buzzclaw (BS)|Buzzclaw]]
*[[Cindersaur (BS)|Cindersaur]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (BS)|Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Hydrax]]
*[[Scourge (BS)|Scourge]]
*[[Skystalker (BS)|Skystalker]]
*[[Twinstrike (BS)|Twinstrike]]

{{comingsoontoy}}

===Kre-O===
*'''Battle Net Bumblebee''' (2013)
:Includes [[Stormrazor]].

*'''Dragon Assault''' (2013)
:Includes Kreon-scale [[Grimwing (Kre-O)|Grimwing]].

*'''Mech Venom Strike''' (2013)
:Includes Kreon-scale [[Corhada]].

*'''Ripclaw Strike''' (2013)
:Includes [[Ripclaw (Kre-O)|Ripclaw]] and Ripclaw Kreon.

*'''Beast Blade Optimus Prime'''
:Includes [[Lazerback (Kre-O)|Lazerback]]

===Go!===
*G04 [[Gaidora]]
*G07 [[Bakudora]]
*G08 [[Budora]]
*G09 [[Goradora|Goradora Set]]
**[[Dorara]]
**[[Barara]]
**[[Garara]]
**[[Jurara]]
**[[Burara]]
*G12 [[Predaking (Prime)|Dragotron]]
*G21 [[Judora]]
*G23 [[Predaking (Prime)|Dragotron Saishū Keitai]]
{{stub}}

==Notes==
[[File:Predacon Prime PrototypeInsignia.png|thumb|150px|The Prototype Insignia for the Predacons]]
*A very different faction insignia appeared on early promotional images of Lazerback and Twinstrike. The reason for the change is unknown.

[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Go!]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Prime Predacons| ]]

Other Voices, Part 2

2013-08-12T21:10:58Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=26
|image=Other_Voices_2_Optimus_pod.jpg
|caption=[[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Here we go again...]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 2
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[April 1]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''As the alien machine begins destroying the planet's energon, Optimus devises a desperate plan to destroy the device.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Other Voices 2 Tigatron Cheetor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Beautiful things never turn out good.]]
Out on patrol, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron]] stare in awe at "the light at the end of the world", as [[Planet Buster|the alien machine]] continues powering up in space. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] makes contact and orders them to return to base. [[Rattrap]] is pessimistic about their chances of survival, but Primal assures him that [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] will find a way for them to survive.

The [[Bio-Dome|alien bungalow]] finishes transferring power to the moon, and in a flash, [[Vok|the aliens]] depart: "Termination sequence engaged. Return to [[Nexus Zero]]."

[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] observe this from [[Darksyde|their base]]. Confronted with a machine intended to destroy them, Megatron activates a special program and scans the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], locating the spiders and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] within.

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is nearly finished converting a stored [[stasis pod]] into his escape ship. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] observes that it's a little cramped for two... but, weapon drawn, she has no intention of sharing the ride. Inferno arrives just then, blasts her, and sets Tarantulas on fire, knocking him out. Back at the Predacon base, Megatron detects the aborted flow of data to the stasis pod ship and reacts with fury.

[[Image:Other Voices 2 Blackarachnia Inferno.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A girl that can handle a gun, awesome!]]
Inferno starts to examine Tarantulas's work, but is attacked by Blackarachnia, who eludes him with a display of gymnastics before blasting him with his own gun. Picking up Tarantulas's cyber-link goggles, she forms a link with the unconscious Tarantulas to obtain the data needed to finish the pod ship—but finds that staring into the abyss of the spider's mind means that it also stares back...

The Maximals arrive at base, alarmed to find the shields down. Inside, they find Rhinox and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] cyber-webbed to the ceiling. Optimus Primal sends [[Rattrap]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to bring in their unwelcome visitors.

Megatron observes the data flow resuming, just as the altered moon opens fire on the planet with a broad, blinding power ray. Optimus Primal charges the Maximal base's shields as the external temperature begins climbing and deduces that the aliens intend to ignite the [[energon]] deposits. Megatron notes that this will obliterate the entire planet, an incredibly ruthless strategy that he rather admires. He assures his panicked troops that Tarantulas will save them, albeit inadvertently.

[[Image:Other Voices 2 Optimus Blackarachnia.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Stasis pod or coffin? At episode's end no one's sure.]]
Blackarachnia finishes the pod ship, only to be discovered and held at gunpoint by Rattrap and Airazor. With Rhinox still out of commission, Optimus Primal is beginning to despair, when Rattrap summons him to the stasis hold. Primal is impressed by the ship and immediately orders Blackarachnia to change the command codes to respond to him. He intends to fly the ship up to the [[Planet Buster]] and detonate the [[transwarp cell]] to destroy it. With little alternative, Blackarachnia complies.

[[Image:Other Voices 2 Megatron Optimus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Worst in-flight movie ever.]]
Soon all is ready, and Optimus Primal has poignant parting words with his worried crew before sealing the ship and launching it. Megatron scans the launch and notes with delight that Primal is flying the vessel. Primal soon reaches the Planet Buster, starts the ignition sequence, and gives the order to blow the hatch seals. But the hatch is sealed and locked! Megatron appears on his comm screen to gloat that he'd come up with the exact same plan—only in his version of events, the ship's pilot goes "up with the ship". As the timer counts down to zero, the Maximals frantically wait for Optimus Primal to make his escape. Primal pounds on the sealed hatch, to no avail. As the Maximals wonder what is going on, Blackarachnia tells them it's too late... in Tarantulas's voice.

The transwarp cell explodes, and high above the planet, the Planet Buster is annihilated... along with the pod ship and Optimus Primal.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Tigatron]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (5)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (13)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"Sufferin' circuits. What could it be?" 
"The light at the end of the world."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Tigatron''', watching the Planet Buster power up

"What is it?" 
"Well, I'd say it was the instrument of our destruction. Impressive, yesss..."
:—'''Scorponok''' and '''Megatron''' upon seeing the Planet Buster's true form.

'''Megatron''': Brilliant! They're causing a chain reaction which will rip this planet to atoms and destroy all traces of them—simply to deal with us! Such sheer ruthlessness. Such disregard for sentient life! ...I rather like these aliens. 
'''Terrorsaur''': Like them?! They're trying to ''destroy'' us! 
'''Waspinator''': Waspinator not want to be destroyed! Waspinator has ''plans''! 
'''Scorponok''': Megatron will save us! 
'''Megatron''': I think not. I've reserved ''that'' task for Tarantulas.
:—The Predacons react to the Planet Buster.

'''Blackarachnia''': We—I did it! 
'''Airazor''': ''Hooray'' for you. 
[''Blackarachnia finds herself held at gunpoint.''] 
'''Blackarachnia''': Did you know we have a truce?

"Cozy." 
"Just like a coffin."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Blackarachnia'''

"Oh, you [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Optimuses]] do love to sacrifice yourselves, don't you? Well, fortunately, this time your foolishness will destroy you and your Maximals. The Beast Wars are over, Optimus. You lose."
:—'''Megatron'''

"MEGATROOOOOON!"
:—'''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Blackarachnia grabs Inferno's gun, she clips into Inferno for a spit second.
* During Airazor and Rattrap's search for Blackarachnia, Airazor's gun floats in her hand when they jump into a hallway, and then gets "stuck" in her armpit as they walk towards the camera. Meawhile, her hands are posed grasping at nothing.
* As Optimus Primal lies back into the stasis pod, his shoulder pads are much smaller than they usually are. This was done to avoid clipping with the sides of the cramped stasis post model. It is an odd animation choice, however, given that simply folding his shoulder pads down is a normal part of his transformation, in much the same way he actually ''does'' do with his feet to allow the pod's canopy to close.
* When Megatron gloats to Optimus at the end of the episode, his hands seem to be switched, with his right arm ending in a normal hand instead of his beast-mode head. (It's easiest to see when Megatron is laughing triumphantly at the end of his speech.)

===Continuity errors===
* How exactly did anything organic survive the heating of the entire planet?
* When Blackarachia and Tarantulas attacked Dinobot in the previous episode, they caused him to fall through the glass of the elevator on the right hand side of the ''Axalon'''s command center (from Dinobot's perspective). In this episode, the smashed elevator glass has been switched to the other elevator on the other side of the room.
* The piece of cyber-webbing Airazor steps on when she exits the elevator was not present during the close up of Rattrap as he complained about the missing Rhinox and Dinobot.

===Transformers references===
*Megatron's line, "You Optimuses do enjoy sacrificing yourselves", is a reference to the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]] and [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|his numerous deaths]].
*When Tigatron volunteers to pilot the stasis pod ship, he says, "I owe this world." This refers to his grief over what happened in "[[Law of the Jungle]]". It may also refer to his decision to destroy the [[Vok]]'s self-propelled-completely-peaceful-heavily-armed-[[Brigadoon|floating-island]]-paradise-of-death in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 2e partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 2")

:*''Title:'' '''Les Voix 2''' (Canada, "The Voices 2")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 2'''" ("The Arrival - Part Two")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Heiwa o Mamoru Tame ni...'''" (平和を守るために・・・, "To Protect the Peace...")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 25|25 March]] [[1998]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 2'''" ("Other Voices Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' '''Otras Voces Primera Parte''' ("Other Voices Second Part")

===Trivia===
* At the script stage, this episode had the subtitle "Termination Day".
* When Tarantulas angrily dismisses Blackarachnia while attempting to work on the stasis pod, he is voiced by [[Scott McNeil]] (doing an impression of [[Alec Willows]]'s Tarantulas) for two lines.
* Inferno's got the moves in this episode! During his fight with Blackarachnia he pulls off all sorts of kung fu moves and even does a little Jet Li roundhouse kick. This still surprisingly doesn't keep her from blowing his head off though.
* This episode is the first of two where Inferno refers to Megatron by name rather than as "Royalty" or "my queen."
* A planned but never-produced Generation 1 cameo was planned for "Other Voices" Part 2. The intent was for Megatron to gloat to Primal while the latter was trapped in the stasis pod—by projecting an image of the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, on Primal's viewscreen as Primal raced for the false moon and met his demise.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22Optimus+Prime%22 Bob Forward interview on alt.toys.transformers]</ref>
* Optimus asks Rattrap for a 30 nano-click timer on the self-destruct charge, but it's a 60 nano-click countdown when he activates it. Perhaps Rattrap felt his estimate wasn't generous enough.
*When you see the little parts of Primal flying towards the camera near the end of the episode, you can see Optimus's head fly at the screen very quickly with a distressed look on his face.
* In [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD set, on a commentary track for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]], fellow story editor [[Bob Forward]] popped in to explain the significance of the slang term "[[Slag (slang)|slag]]". He explained that he looked up on refineries as he figured that robots would be made of steel, and one of the waste byproducts of creating steel was an unusable detritus called slag, which he thought would be an appropriate swear word for robots to use.
* Why couldn't Optimus just blast his way out instead of pounding the hatch? Firing his weapons might have damaged himself, but at that point it was better than the alternative.
** If one listens closely, just as the pod is entering the false moon, you can actually hear the sound of Optimus' arm-cannon firing, and glass shattering. It appears that he attempted to do just that, but too late to actually escape.
*The overall plot of this episode (and, to a lesser extent, the [[Other Voices, Part 1|previous episode]]), has several similarities to "Web World Wars", the season 2 finale of ''ReBoot'' (perhaps not coincidential, as both shows were produced by Mainframe):
**Both episodes feature the heroes and villains working against a common foe (The Vok in ''Beast Wars'', The Web in ''ReBoot'') who intends to destroy them all with a powerful weapon (The Planet Buster in ''Beast Wars'', a giant Web portal in ''ReBoot'').
**Both episodes involve the characters developing a plan to eliminate said foe's weapon (destroying the Planet Buster in ''Beast Wars'', closing the portal to The Web in ''ReBoot'').
**At the end of both episodes, the main villain betrays the heroes, shooting their leader into the enemy weapon right before its destruction (in ''Beast Wars'': Megatron traps Optimus Primal in the stasis pod-ship as it detonates in the Planet Buster; in ''ReBoot'': Megabyte traps Bob in a missile, firing it into the Web portal before using the Hardware to seal it).

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — To Protect the Peace... ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Double Jeopardy (episode)

2013-08-10T20:34:48Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|series=BWtoon
|ep=8
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=8
|next2=The Probe
|image=TerrorsaurcagedRT.jpg
|caption="It's not a Penis Mightier, Mr. Connery! There's no such thing!"
|title="Double Jeopardy"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 7]], 1996
|written by=[[Jesse Winfield]]
|directed by=[[Mark Schiemann]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Wolfang (Predacon)#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Wolfang]]
}}

'''After a series of failed missions, Rattrap's loyalty is brought into question.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Tarantulusdesignsba.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Aw, hell. Let's go nuts. Swords for $48,000!"]]
[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] explore one of the planet's frozen regions looking to retrieve the latest [[stasis pod]]. They find the pod overhead, hanging over the edge of a cliff, and protected by the three [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] goons. While [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] bomb the [[Maximal]] duo, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] grabs the pod to lift it back to the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]]. Primal sees the theft and flies after the bug, but is brought down by a shot in the back from Terrorsaur. With Primal downed, the Predacons scamper away.

At the Maximal base, Optimus Primal laments regarding the frequency of the Maximals being ambushed. Primal calls [[Rattrap]] into a private meeting, making it clear he suspects Rattrap has been feeding information to the Maximals' enemies. Rattrap denies this, and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] can't believe it. As a test of loyalty, Rattrap is sent on a mission into one of the [[Sector 12|more dangerous sectors]].

[[Image:BAintroduction.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"The day is mine! I'll take Famous Titties for $400!"]]
At the Predacon base, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] reveals the new Predacon made from the captured Maximal protoform: [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackrarachnia]]. Afterwards, they use their radio to eavesdrop on Rattrap's radio reports on how Rattrap's mission is going. Hearing that the rodent is by himself, Terrorsaur is sent to destroy Rattrap.

Terrorsaur and Rattrap battle, and with Rattrap unable to hit his target, Terrorsaur is able to stand over his enemy, his gun right in Rattrap's face. Desperate for his own survival, Rattrap bargains his own loyalty to Terrorsaur and the Predacons, while the rest of the Maximals listen, astonished by the change.

[[Image:Rattrappredicon.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Mister Reynolds has apparently changed his name to 'Turd Ferguson.'" "Yeah, that's right. Turd Ferguson. It's a funny name."]]
Back at the Predacon base, Terrorsaur introduces his new underling and, with said underling's aid, overthrows [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (who is placed into the Predacon brig). Because he still can't be trusted, Rattrap is also imprisoned. The two captives are placed in cages and suspended over a flow of lava. Of course, Megatron has anticipated his own imprisonment and escapes with a few simple computer commands. Once Megatron is out of sight, Rattrap picks the lock on his own cage and jumps over the lava to freedom (barely).

Sneaking through the base, Rattrap follows another, actual rat. He passes by a Predacon computer console and discovers it contains a Maximal computer chip, explaining how they were able to listen to Maximal radio frequencies and anticipate the Maximals' movement. After removing the chip, he continues his sneaking, but activates a security alarm and is caught in a security web. He escapes, but Tarantulas follows Rattrap back to the suspended cages, compromising Rattrap's operation, or so he would be, were it not for Rattrap silencing the arachnid with a gun shot.

[[Image:Double Jeopardy Rattrap point.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"You'll rue the day you crossed me, Trebek!"]]
The Maximals begin an attack on the Pred base to retrieve Rattrap. With the other Predacons looking to him for leadership, Terrorsaur panics—even more so when Megatron pops up right next to him, free from his cage. But he deigns to <strike>give Terrorsaur rope to hang himself</strike> follow Terrorsaur's leadership as the Predacons counter-attack. Rattrap is freed to help in the defense, and on Terrorsaur's order, he opens fire on Optimus Primal, scoring a direct hit on his former leader. After the two armies bounce off each other a bit, Megatron gives Rattrap the opportunity to destroy Dinobot, but Rattrap declines and shoots Terrorsaur instead, giving Dinobot the time to free himself by kicking out some of Megatron's teeth. The Maximals take Rattrap and retreat. With Terrorsaur's command shown to be a total frak-up, Megatron effortlessly resumes command of his forces and rubs in the defeat.

Back in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Optimus Primal explains to his friends that the entire betrayal was a charade—a ploy to let Rattrap into the Predacon base and find out how the Predacons have been listening to the Maximals' radio communications.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s |c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Rattrap]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (8)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (4)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (5)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (6)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"They're trapped! The pod is my trophy!"
:—'''Terrorsaur'''—shortly before looking up to see Waspinator flying off with the pod.

"Oh, be still my spinnerets."
:—'''Tarantulas''' after creating Blackarachnia.

"Will you still defend your friend, or will you see him for what he is—a traitor?!" 
"You're a fine one to talk."
:—'''Dinobot''' gets burned by '''Rhinox'''.

"The wise tyrant always ensures his prisons are designed for his personal escape."
:—'''Megatron''' after getting out of his cage.

"So, the juicy rat has been running his maze."
:—'''Tarantulas''' being creepy as usual.

"And thus ends the glorious reign of Terrorsaur: a lost battle, a missing Blackarachnia, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT DAMAGE inflicted by the Maximal spy!"
:—'''Megatron''' exposing Terrorsaur's blundering leadership abilities.

==Notes==
*This is the (not entirely auspicious) debut of Blackarachnia. After being introduced by Tarantulas, she transforms into robot mode, then spends a few minutes posing, preening, and doing karate moves in the background while Megatron talks. Later in the episode, she kicks Cheetor around (and admittedly, is a badass about it), then goes missing for no clear reason.
[[Image:DoubleJeopardy Blackarachnia protoform.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"SUCK IT, TREBEK!"]]
*Blackarachnia's protoform doesn't resemble those seen later in the series, instead using a modified form of the model used for pre-reformatting Megatron in "[[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]", but with Blackarachnia's head. The same model shows up with a different head as a [[:Image:Agendapt1 generic Predacons.jpg|generic Predacon]] in "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]".
*Throughout Terrorsaur's big speech to gain leadership, Rattrap is making gestures in the background to punctuate his remarks.
*While sneaking through the Predacons' ventilation duct, Rattrap encounters a small rat, which seems to acknowledge his presence with a nod. Later on, Rattrap inadvertently saves the same rat from being eaten by accidentally walking into Tarantulas' web and triggering his alarm.
*The Maximal chip is labeled in [[Cybertronix]]. It says "caution very hot".
*Other [[Silverbolt (BW)|Maximals]] or [[Dinobot (BW)|Predacons]] who changed allegiances either previous to this episode or afterward signified the switch by changing their [[activation code]]. Rattrap doesn't follow suit. He simply changes the Maximal symbol on his arm to a Predacon symbol. Perhaps this should have been Terrorsaur's first tip that Rattrap wasn't truly defecting.
*There was really no need to keep the plan from the other Maximals (none of them had any contact with the Predacons until ''after'' Rattrap recovered the chip) nor did it seem like there was any particular need to keep the deception going well into the battle in order to extract him from Predacon territory.
*When Rattrap blasts Tarantulas for discovering his escape, Tarantulas is shown to have [[ball joint]]s. It even matches his toy. Score one for [[show-accuracy|toy accuracy]]!
*When Terrorsaur laughs in beast mode, his eyebrows seem to bounce up and down, moving in unison with his beak. This may be a CGI error or an awkward decision on the animators' part to make him emote.
*The Female Black Widow Spider eating her tiny mate is a real life reference to the act after mating.
*For the first time in the series, Terrorsaur doesn't squawk when he orders the other Predacons to "Terrorize".

===Animation errors===
*As Dinobot realizes that Optimus and Rattrap planned the latter's defection, the stripes on his right arm are reversed.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Agent Double'''" ("Double Agent")

:*''Title:'' "'''Double Danger'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Doppia condanna'''" ("Double Jeopardy")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kumo Onna no Kick'''" (クモ女のキック, "Kick of the Spider Woman")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 19|19 November]] [[1997]]
*When Terrorsaur introduces Rattrap and makes his big speech, Rattrap's mannerisms are accompanied by sycophantic, supportive dialogue. For instance, when Terrorsaur nominates himself as the new leader of the Predacons, Rattrap suggests, "And President!"
*When Rattrap makes the jump from the cage to the vent shaft, he announces "Flying Body Attack!"
*In the scene where Rattrap spies the shadows of Scorponok and Terrorsaur arguing over whether Megatron is the true leader of the Predacons or not, Scorponok is heard to be weeping heavily. When Terrorsaur dismisses him, Scorponok runs away crying.
*With this episode, the Maximals fully embrace the (irritating) running gag of making noises every time they fire their weapons. Rhinox shouts "danananana", Cheetor shouts "utsumashi" ("shoot"), Rattrap shouts "kuna" and so one. Every. Single. Time.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Perigo Duplo'''" ("Double Jeopardy")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Riesgo Doble'''" (America, "Double Risk")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Beasties Escape ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Évasion (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Lonely Warrior Tigatron ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 3 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Other Voices, Part 1

2013-08-10T04:38:20Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=25
|image=VokUnicronHead.jpg
|caption=''[[It|Another]]'' [[Grand Mal|floating]] [[Unicron|head!?]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 1
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 31]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]] [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The plans of both Megatron and the mysterious aliens are coming to a head as one of the two moons transforms.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Other Voices 1 Blackarachnia Tarantulas.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Some women can't be trusted, especially spiders.]]
In a flash of light, a power anomaly emerges from a wormhole above the planet and descends to the surface. [[Vok|The aliens]] have arrived.

[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects the arrival and alerts [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], who hopes the truce is still holding. He flies off to meet [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Rattrap]] at the landing site located in [[Grid Trion]].

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is programming his stolen [[transwarp cell]], when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] pays him another visit. She tells him she can get them inside the Maximal base to steal a [[stasis pod]]. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] monitors the entire discussion between the two spiders and sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to the location the aliens are anticipated to arrive at.

Rattrap and Airazor reach the site, which is a large circular plaza of stone, pulsing with energy and containing a stable energon crystal. When Airazor tries to scan it, it zaps her, blasts Rattrap away, and engulfs the entire site inside an [[Bio-Dome|organic dome-like structure]] with Airazor inside

[[Image:Other Voices 1 Airazor bungalow.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The aliens don't like mimes in an invisible box.]]
Airazor awakens inside the "nutty alien bungalow", where a garbled alien voice speaks to her. She assures the aliens she means them no harm, but they have no such compunctions and painfully scan her until she converts to beast mode. After the scan ends, they are left with one word of information: "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]".

Outside, Waspinator arrives to "secure the area", but Rattrap drives him off with a vigorous bout of fisticuffs.

Optimus Primal arrives and surveys the situation. Rattrap's efforts to use a laser to cut through the dome structure are ineffective. Megatron then arrives with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]. He mocks Optimus for thinking that simple laser could get through the structure, commenting that the aliens can "create [[energon]] itself". He then has Scorponok fire a "toxic sting" that eats through the structure. Primal and Rattrap venture inside; Rattrap drags the semi-conscious Airazor out, while Primal stays to confront the aliens. A series of whip-like metal tentacles ensnare him and lift him up into an agonizing scanning grid.

Tarantulas and Blackarachnia have made their way to the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], where Blackarachnia activates a device that creates a small opening in the shields. The spiders move in, unaware that they are being followed by [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], who notes that they're up to no good and develops his own entry by digging a tunnel below ground.

Rattrap pulls Airazor out through Scorponok's opening just before it self-seals, to find himself facing Predacon guns. The truce is over.

[[Image:Other Voices 1 Primal bondage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Primal usually has to pay for this treatment.]]
Optimus Primal's scan ends, and to address him, the aliens (having no form he could comprehend) take the form of a "figure of authority"—the head of [[Unicron]]. The aliens tell him that the [[Transformer]]s have contaminated their experiment, which will be "sterilized". Primal pleads for a chance to fix the damage, and for the lives of the planet's native creatures, but the aliens are dismissive, citing greater dangers unknown to Primal. The conversation ends with the aliens activating a "termination sequence".

[[Image:Other Voices 1 Moon opening.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That can't be good...]]
The alien construct begins to pulse with building energy. The distraction proves enough for Rattrap and Airazor to overpower the Predacons. With renewed urgency, Optimus Primal breaks his bonds and flies right through the dome; the Maximals beat a hasty retreat—as the dome bursts open, spewing a directed geyser of energy into the sky. The energy activates hidden systems on [[Planet Buster|the second moon]], burning away its earthen surface to reveal an endless grid of weapon-like emplacements that begin powering up. The moon itself begins to change its shape, and the alien energies cause the orbiting stasis pods to tumble out of orbit.

Rhinox observes all this at the Maximal base, taking measures to track what's happening even as the sensors begin to fritz out. Thus engaged, he doesn't see the spiders coming up behind him till it's too late. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is likewise gunned down in short order. Staring at Rhinox's displays, Blackarachnia wonders what they're looking at, to which Tarantulas replies: "The beginning... of the end."

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]
|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (7)
*[[Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Not fair! Waspinator always gets slag assignments." 
"May I remind Waspinator that the current ceasefire applies only in reference to Maximals." 
(gulp) "Waspinator go."
:—'''Waspinator''' and '''Megatron''' discuss the fine print.

[''Rattrap has just brutalized Waspinator''] 
"I swear, I can't take you anywhere!" 
"Hey, e-heh, just keeping the peace."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Aah, would I could have that sound to lull me to sleep each night."
:—'''Megatron''' enjoying the soothing lullaby of Optimus Primal's agonized screams

"It is too late. You and your enemies have already contaminated the project. The harm has been done. That which does not become part of the one—shall become void." 
"No—wait! We can fix whatever damage was done." 
"We are not interested. The experiment will be sterilized." 
"You can't do that! There are living creatures here. You, with all your power—even you have no right!"
:—The '''Vok''' refuse to bargain with '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This is the first of several episodes centered on the aliens, all with "Other V*"-styled titles: "Other Voices", "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", "[[Other Victories]]".
*"Scan complete, this is the specimen we analyzed before."—The Vok previously analyzed Optimus in "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
*While the Vok claim to have a form we can't comprehend and that "there is more danger than you know" if they don't destroy Earth, neither idea ever came up again.

===Transformers references===
*Unicron is, of course, originally from "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]". The Vok's Unicron hologram is solely a visual reference, and is not meant to suggest any connection between the aliens and Unicron.
*The Unicron hologram's statement "That which does not become part of the one—shall become void" may be a reference to Unicron's quote from ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'': "That which does not become a part of me shall become one with the great void." It might also be a twisted reference to [['Til all are one|a certain Autobot mantra]], which wouldn't be the first or last of such references.
*In a line originally in the script but not included in the episode, after Rattrap says the Bio-Dome is "creepier than [[Crystal City]] on [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] day."

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 1re partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 1")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix 1'''" (Canada, "The Voices 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 1'''" ("The Arrival - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu no Daiō Arawareru!'''" (恐怖の大王現る!, "The Great King of Terror Arrives!")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 1'''" ("Other Voices Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Voces Primera Parte'''" ("Other Voices First Part")

===Trivia===
* The start of the audio commentary for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]] on the [[Madman Entertainment]] ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD is almost inaudible. As Larry DiTillio is trying to explain something, something happens that is very difficult to make out, with Ben Yee suggesting they start over.
*Bob Forward has said this was originally meant to be a 4-parter but the plans were changed at the last minute—"Apparently anything more than a two-parter is too hard to schedule".<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22anything%20more%20than%20a%20two-parter%20is%20too%20hard%20to%20schedule%22 Interview with Bob Forward on alt.toys.transformers]</ref>
*After Waspinator is defeated by Rattrap, he has exactly the voice you'd expect from someone who's been [[Humanization|kicked in the nards]].
*At the beginning of the episode, Tarantulas has a series of purple bars and a series of red bars on a computer screen. In [[Cybertronix]], they are labeled "bass" and "treble", a possible reference to two ''Mega Man'' characters, but could also be a mere coincidence.
* This is the last multi-parter to feature a "Next time on ''Beast Wars''" segment.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — To Protect the Peace... ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
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Call of the Wild

2013-08-09T23:37:35Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=19
|image=Call of the Wild Optimus scope.jpg
|caption=Scopes munky trial?
|title="Call of the Wild"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons steal the rectifier coil from the Maximal base, which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state.'''

==Synopsis==
A cheetah enthusiastically chases some antelopes, when the ground around it breaks up and it is sent falling into hot lava. Before the cat gets burned, the sequence ends, revealed to be a dream of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s. Cheetor awakens from his nightmare in time to hear the alarms triggered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] assault. As the other [[Maximal]]s prepare [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] drags Cheetor outside to battle.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Waspinator Terrorsaur.jpg|left|200px|thumb|What do we do about the slime?]]
[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Primal]] exits the Maximals' control room via the roof hatch, but is unable to prevent [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] from grabbing a piece of Maximal hardware off the roof and retreating with the other Predacons. A well-placed rocket from [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] prevents Primal from chasing the fliers. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is just able to catch the Maximal leader before he crashes into the ground, but lowering Primal after taking a hit from Terrorsaur seriously taxes Airazor's systems. On the upside, the Predacons are no longer attacking.

Inside the base, recuperating, the Maximals suddenly feel the harmful effects of [[energon]] build-up. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] explains that without the [[rectifier coil]] the Predacons stole, the Maximals will have to stay in Beast Mode. Meanwhile, the Predacons, after an uncharacteristically successful mission, enjoy a hearty laugh together.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Rhinox Optimus Rattrap.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Maximals look on as [[Michael Bay]] attempts to direct a scene.]]
Days later, Rhinox interrupts a dream Primal has (of being a real ape) to mention that Predacons are still haunting the local area. [[Rattrap]] suffers frustration from his Beast Mode's diminutive size and limb length. Primal and Rattrap almost get into a fight with each other, their minds suffering from bestial traits leaking into their personalities, but Rhinox lays down the line. Once the Preds leave, the Maximals take some much-needed rest.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Hunt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. We'ah hunting Maxies. Heheheheheh.]]
In his dreams, Primal is tormented by eyes glowing in the dark, Dinobot dreams of hunting surprisingly tiny hadrosaurs, and Rattrap dreams of rat stuff. The dreams overpower their respective dreamers, and the Maximals awaken, trapped in the mindsets of the creatures whose forms they wear. The animals all eventually exit [[Axalon (BW)|their base]]. Their foes' intellects gone, Megatron and the Predacons begin their hunt.

Airazor exits the [[CR chamber]] to meet [[Tigatron]] in the empty Maximal base. Tigatron resolves to reform his Maximal companions before they're killed, while Airazor has her own mission. She heads to the unoccupied [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], deftly dodging the automated defenses. Inside, the rectifier coil is under no protection she can't destroy.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Optimus Megatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Peter Jackson likely watched this episode.]]
In the jungle, Tigatron comes to face the feral Cheetor and Rhinox. The two follow him for reasons their animal minds don't comprehend. Next Tigatron recruits the primal Optimus into his party, and finally Dinobot and Rattrap. His friends gathered, Tigatron speaks to the dormant minds of his friends. He explains how the schism that exists between the Maximals' two modes is a side effect of a programming block, and as long as that program exists, the animal and Maximal identities will never reach cohesion. Now embracing the beasts within, the restored Maximals are ready to "Slag some bot!"

Primal swings Megatron off of his throne as the two Maximal cats tackle the two Predacon goons who were carrying their leader. Dinobot's raptor mode conquers [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Rhinox knocks over a tree to ground the Predacon fliers, and a ratball special puts Rattrap into position to pump gunfire into Terrorsaur. After the Predacons start to feel the effects of energon build-up, Megatron orders a retreat.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (5)
* [[Rattrap]] (6)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (7)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (12)
* [[Tigatron]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]](2)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Man, I swear them polka-dots go clear through to the brain."
:—'''Rattrap''' on Cheetor.

"Trouble with the neighbours again."
:—'''Airazor''' spots the ''Axalon'' under attack.

"Predacons, fall back!" 
"Now he tells me!"
:—'''Megatron''''s order comes a wee bit too late to save '''Tarantulas'''.

"Waspinator love it when prey cannot shoot back"
:-'''Waspinator''' in a rare moment of having the upper hand...it won't last.

"Hunting from the air with automatic weapons—now ''that's'' a sport!"
:—'''Terrorsaur'''

"She stoops to conquer!"
:—'''Airazor''' shows some wit.

"Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeahh, I ''like'' it!" 
"Hrmf, I do not see why."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* In one of the bigger continuity errors in ''Beast Wars''—because it is actually in the spoken dialogue and not a result of [[Code of Hero|careless animation]] or [[Transmutate (episode)|time-filling sound edits]]—Megatron says his plan is contingent on his research of Maximal programming, and Tigatron later confirms the existence of this specifically Maximal weakness. So ''why is Dinobot affected at all?'' Or is it perhaps due to him still having some Maximal programming due to his defection?

===Other errors===
* In his beast dream, Dinobot—supposedly experiencing the instincts of his beast mode, Asia's ''[[wikipedia:velociraptor|Velociraptor]]''—dreams of chasing what appears to be a ''[[wikipedia:parasaurolophus|Parasaurolophus]]'', which only lived in the Americas and which furthermore is portrayed as far too small. Since the creature is never actually named, it may be taken as representing a different dinosaur species as-yet-undiscovered.

===Real-world references===
* The episode was likely named after [[wikipedia:Jack London|Jack London's]] 1903 novel ''[[wikipedia:The Call of the Wild|The Call of the Wild]]''.
* Airazor's "she stoops to conquer" line is a ''double'' reference: first, and most obviously, to 1773 play ''[[wikipedia:She Stoops to Conquer|She Stoops to Conquer]]'', and secondly to a ''stoop'', which is the dive of a bird of prey. [[Ben Yee|Some people]] do not get it.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chassez le Naturel'''" ("Hunt the Natural")

:*''Title:'' "'''Appel Sauvage'''" ("Savage Calling")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il richiamo della foresta'''" ("The Call of the Wild")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yomigaere Beast Power!'''" (よみがえれビーストパワー!, "Revive, Beast Power!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 4|4 February]] [[1998]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Instinto Selvagem'''" ("Wild Instinct")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Llamado de la Bestia'''" (America, "The Call of the Beast")

===Trivia===
* This episode marks the only use of Megatron's right arm-mounted missile launcher, which fires from the same port the laser beam emanates from. What is with Transformers and the one-use weapons?
* When Optimus is dreaming in his quarters, the plant that Dinobot left for him at the end of "[[Gorilla Warfare]]" is still seen next to his bed.
* This episode explores many themes that several of the same characters would later explore in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. The idea of the Maximals taking on more bestial personalities because of their beast modes is used in the episode "[[Forbidden Fruit]]". A similar concept would have been touched on in the unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[A Greater Ape]]".
* When the Maximal computer announces that the Predacons are withdrawing from the area, text in the Maximal version of the Cybertronix [[Cybertronian languages|language]] scrolls by the bottom of the screen, and more text flashes in blue in the middle of the screen. The blue flashing text reads "area clear", and the text on the bottom reads "its been a long time since ive had sweet thistle pie".
* In Cheetor's dream, the cheetah falls into a pit of lava. [[Aftermath|Foreshadowing]] the death of a certain [[Scorponok (BW)|couple]] of [[Terrorsaur (BW)|characters]], perhaps?
* When Megatron "suggests" to his troops to laugh with him, Blackarachnia is the only one who refuses to pay him that courtesy. Clearly, Dinobot is not the only who's got some bearings of chrome steel.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Resurrected Beast Power ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

David Sobolov

2013-08-08T03:02:09Z

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[[Image:David-sobolov.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Depth Charge has gone bald after the Beast Wars.]]
'''David Sobolov''' (born [[October 23]], [[1964]]) is a Canadian voice actor and announcer. Among his better known roles are Spookie Jar in ''Sabrina: the Animated Series'', The Persuader in ''Legion of Super Heroes'', Blackheart in ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'', Robocop in ''Robocop: Alpha Commando'', Lobo in ''Young Justice'' and ''Injustice: Gods Among Us'', Darkseid in ''Justice Leauge: Heroes'' and Tatsurion the Unchained/Bob in ''Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters''.

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]
*[[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]]

===''Transformers The Game''===
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]

===''All Hail Megatron'' motion comic===
*[[Megatron (G1)| Megatron]]

===''Transformers: Prime''===
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2013]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811875/ David Sobolov at the Internet Movie Database]

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Along Came a Spider

2013-08-06T15:53:13Z

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{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|image=TFA Along Spider Blackarachnia introduction.JPG
|caption=[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee, you seem to have lubricated yourself]].
|ep=9
|ep2=10
|prev2=Nanosec (episode)
|next2=Lost and Found (episode)
|title="Along Came a Spider"
|airdate=[[February 16]], [[2008]]
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by=[[Matt Youngberg]] [[Irineo Maramba]] [[Yutaka Kagawa]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}

'''Bumblebee and Bulkhead's first Halloween turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon Blackarachnia.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] introduces [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] to the concept of [[Halloween]], starting with selecting pumpkins. As she explains the idea of choosing just the right costume, Optimus's attention is distracted by a large black widow spider decoration. He remembers back to his academy days….

[[Image:Alongcameaspiderthreefriends.jpg|left|210px|thumb|"So once again, we find that evil of the past seeps into the present like salad dressing through cheap wax paper, mixing memory and desire."]]

''On [[Archa Seven]], Optimus and his friend Elita-1 admire the strange webbing stretching across the high rocks, not knowing what it is, until [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] calls to them to hurry up. Optimus cautions that such worlds are normally considered off-limits to Autobots, but there's supposedly a real Decepticon [[Twilight (Animated)|ship]] somewhere in the area. Elita's there for the historical value, but Sentinel just wants to get his hands on the [[energon]] cache that must be in it. Optimus is still wary of potential punishment should they get caught, but figures he has to keep the other two from getting in over their heads. Sentinel insists that never happens—right before the ground crumbles under their feet, sending all three plunging into a deep cavern. Strange, skittering noises echo from its dark reaches. Optimus activates his shoulder-light to see….''

Bulkhead snaps Optimus's attention back to the present by donning a bedsheet (which just covers his head) and going "Boo," startling his leader. Optimus claims a ghost from his past just has him jumpy, then stalks off.

[[Image:TFA Along Spider Costume bots.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Bumblebee's decision to dress up as Count Blackula didn't go down well.]]

Back at the [[Autobot Earth Base|Autobot base]], Sari critiques Bumblebee and Bulkhead's costumes, but says her own costume is only one surprise planned for the night. Noticing Optimus lost in thought, she uses the [[AllSpark Key]] to activate one of the car plant's cranes, swinging another spider decoration in his face. The unexpected sight of it gives Optimus a bad flashback, and he quickly hacks the fake spider to bits. He admonishes Sari for making frivolous use of the Key, and she counters about him needlessly using his axe. Optimus stares down at the remains of the decoration, and his thoughts travel back again….

''As Optimus, Elita, and Sentinel walk through the cavern, Sentinel enthuses about the rich hoard of energon he's sure they'll find soon. Optimus shushes him as he hears something, and soon all three are casting their lights about, trying to pinpoint the skittering. The source reveals itself as an enormous, alien spider, which quickly traps Elita with some webbing. As Optimus fights it off, Sentinel frees her with his charged shield, but the spider abruptly takes him down. Elita starts using her special power-download ability, but Optimus, holding back the spider, tells her it won't work on organics. She instead borrows the unconscious Sentinel's shield power and shield itself, using them to defend herself, then to bring down a huge stalactite to impale the spider. As Sentinel wakes up and Elita returns his shield, Optimus says that it's not worth staying around, be it for history or energon. Sentinel still insists on one good reason to leave, and he gets three when another trio of giant spiders drop down to confront them. Sentinel quickly puts up his shield's energy barrier, covering Optimus and Elita's retreat. Optimus rolls out, and Elita follows, calling his name….''

[[Image:Saricostume.jpg|left|130px|thumb|Arise, Sarimus Prime.]]

Optimus suddenly becomes aware of Sari calling his name to show off her costume—a costume of him. He doesn't appreciate her vocal impersonation of him, and declines to join the trio on their trick-or-treat outing.

As Sari and the two Autobots progress though a local neighborhood, Bumblebee is a bit spooked by the atmosphere. Sari reminds him it's all pretend—unaware they're being tracked by an enormous spider traveling over the rooftops. As she coaches them through their first actual "trick or treat," Bumblebee spots the spider watching them and freaks out, but it's gone before anyone else sees it. Sari teases him for being more timid than Optimus, but 'Bee protests he knows the difference between a fake decoration and a real giant spider. Listening in from headquarters, Optimus has Bumblebee clarify what he saw, then heads out to meet them, advising them to stay put. As Optimus [[roll out|rolls out]], his thoughts roll back….

''Racing through the caverns, Optimus reaches the wreckage of a [[Decepticon]] warship. Separated from the other two, he heads inside, hoping to find them there. Instead, he finds an impressive stash of energon cubes, just as Sentinel predicted. He also finds an impressive stash of giant spider eggs. As the spiderlings hatch and start attacking, Optimus gets stuck on some webbing, but Elita shows up in time to help. As they fight to escape from more full-grown spiders, Optimus has Elita borrow his grappler ability. They bring down a huge stalactite through the ship's ruined overhead, grappling their way out as the energon detonates below them. However, Elita's download ability times out just then, and she goes plunging back too fast for Optimus to catch her. Sentinel arrives on top of the ship as she plummets into the hold, but knowing the energon is going to blow any second, Optimus grapples himself and Sentinel to safety rather than risk going after Elita just then. Once they break the surface, Optimus scans for Elita's energy signature, but doesn't find it. A furious Sentinel blames everything on Optimus.''

[[Image:Blackarach anim beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|All those eyes, and she still can't see why those kids like Cinnamon Toast Crunch.]]

In the present, still en route to Sari and company's location, Optimus swears he won't let it happen again. Meanwhile, Bumblebee stresses that they have to stay vigilant until Optimus arrives—even as Sari is yanked out from under them by the giant spider. Bumblebee quickly cuts Sari free, but as he and Bulkhead surround the spider, it transforms into a female robot who calls herself [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. Sari's not too surprised or impressed by her femininity, but it makes a much bigger impression on Bulkhead—right up to the point Blackarachnia stabs him with two of her spider legs, knocking him out. She quickly gives Bumblebee the same treatment, then tells Sari they should go, now that Sari's safe. Sari protests the two Autobots are her friends, and Blackarachnia apologizes, pretending she can't tell which robots are good or bad on Earth. As Sari futilely tries to revive Bulkhead with her AllSpark Key, Blackarachnia notes that the organic nature of her venom precludes that solution, since the All Spark doesn't affect organics. She offers to try helping the Autobots if Sari will just hand her the Key, but her ruse is interrupted when Optimus lassos her legs out from under her. Blackarachnia appears shocked to see him, but quickly frees herself and starts fighting back—using Bumblebee's stingers and Bulkhead's strength. Instead of borrowing any of Optimus's powers, though, she judo-throws him across the street, then kidnaps Sari.

Optimus desperately pursues the pair across the rooftops. He catches up, stuns Blackarachnia with a faceful of foam, then grapples Sari free. Despite this respite and Sari's warning, Blackarachnia still catches Optimus half-unaware. He fights back, but she dodges him constantly, claiming to know all his textbook Autobot Academy moves. Optimus wonders if he knows her, and she berates him for forgetting his friends—even if he remembered Sentinel. Optimus is horrified to realize he's facing Elita-1. She finally relates what really happened that day:

[[Image:TFA Elita-1 mutation.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Even Female Transformers have to worry about bloating.]]

''Trapped in the ship and surrounded by the spiders, Elita tries desperately to download their abilities. Instead, she is infected with their venom, and it mutates her into a freak, a half-organic, half-robotic being.''

Optimus realizes that her half-organic nature is what masked her energy signature from his scans. Blackarachnia sneers that if he'd known and saved her, she'd just have been dismantled and examined on some lab table on Cybertron. Optimus reproves her for joining the Decepticons, but she counters that at least she knows where she stands with them. She webs up Optimus and snatches the AllSpark Key, certain that if anything can purge her organic half, it can. She plugs it into herself, but the unleashed energies begin causing all organic life in range, including Sari, to wither and sicken. Optimus breaks free, but before he can stop Blackarachnia, she grabs up Sari and throws her off the roof. Sari snags a flagpole long enough for Bumblebee and Bulkhead to save her, leaving Optimus free to deal with Blackarachnia.

[[Image:TFA ep9 Optimus and Blackarachnia rooftop.jpg|right|205px|thumb|Never liked the [[Silverbolt (BW)|Bird-dog]] anyway.]]

However, Blackarachnia collapses on her own, though. Optimus surmises her spark can't survive without her organic half, but she's too weak to pull out the AllSpark Key and stop the reaction. Optimus forces through the energy barrier around her and removes it for her, restoring the organic life in the area to normal. As he helps her up, Blackarachnia asks him to go, not wanting to be seen like that. Still calling her Elita, Optimus asks her to come with them, promising his group will find a cure, and allow him to earn back her trust. She seems to respond positively, but it's another sham. Blackarachnia stabs him unconscious and leaves, vowing it will be a long time before she trusts another Autobot, especially him.

Later, Optimus returns Sari the AllSpark Key. She thanks him and admits he was right—maybe it's time she gave the Key a rest. Bumblebee trundles in painfully, still damaged from his fall after catching Sari, and asks if she could use it once more. Bulkhead asks who the bug-bot lady was, and Optimus responds it was someone he should never have left behind. Elsewhere, Blackarachnia stands on a rooftop, gazing at the moon and sobbing over her fate.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead ]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] (6) (Flashback)

|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1/Blackarachnia]] (5)

|c3=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Bumblebee''': ''[Bad Slavic accent]'' Velcome. I am Count Dracubot. I vant to drink your motor oil. 
'''Bulkhead''': Hey, guys! I finally found something big enough for my ghost costume. 
''[Fumes surround his feet, causing Sari to cough]'' 
'''Sari''': Bulkhead, where did you get that sheet? 
'''Bulkhead''': It was just draped over some house. Weird place for a bed sheet, huh? 
'''Sari''': Oh, that's not a bedsheet. That's a fumigation tent. 
'''Bulkhead''': Really…? What's a fumigation tent? 
''[As well as the fumes, Bulkhead's feet are now covered in dead cockroaches.]''
:—Sari sees the Autobots' costumes.

"I've got a good feeling about this. Any cycle now, we're gonna be overflowing with rich, All Spark-infused, energon-y goodness!" 
"Did you really just say 'energon-y goodness'?"
:—'''Sentinel''''s speech <strike>tick</strike>—er, tic bemuses '''Elita-1'''.

'''Sari''': Optimus! Check out my costume! 
''[Camera reveals that Sari is Optimus Prime]'' 
'''Sari''': ''[Imitating Optimus]'' Oh, look at me. I'm Optimus Prime. I'm scared of spiders. 
''[Bumblebee and Bulkhead chuckle]'' 
'''Optimus''': That's ''not'' what I sound like—is it? 
'''Bumblebee''': Last chance to join us, Boss Bot. 
'''Optimus''': Thanks, but I'll pass. Just be careful out there, all right? 
'''Sari''': Don't worry. I'll keep these two out of trouble. ''[Imitating Optimus]'' Transform and roll out! 
''[Optimus gives Sari a look]'' 
'''Sari''': Couldn't resist.
:—Sari and the Autobots roast Optimus Prime.

[[Image:Bee-AlongCameASpider.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A swarm of Bumblebees... And we're worried about a spider?!]]
'''Bumblebee''': Ahhh! Bulkhead! B-Bulkhead... BULKHEAD! 
'''Bulkhead''': ''[Costume falls over optics]'' What? 
'''Bumblebee''': ''[Climbing all over Bulkhead in a panic]'' Big, black, fangs! LEGS! Lots and lots of legs! 
'''Bulkhead''': I don't see anything... 
:— '''Bumblebee''' freaks out upon seeing a [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|giant black spider]].

'''Bumblebee''': Who are you? 
'''Bulkhead''': What are you? 
'''Sari''': Duh. She's a girl.
:—The gang meets Blackarachnia.

"So, who ''was'' that bug-bot lady?" 
"Someone I never should have left behind."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Optimus Prime''' talk some heavy stuff.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
* In the first flashback of Optimus' memories, Elita's skin color is teal, until to the moment when she falls into the underground caverns along with her teammates, being replaced by the same purple that she would later retain as Blackarachnia. It turns back to teal briefly, when Sentinel uses his shield to cut off the web binding her arms.
* Shortly after Sentinel says that he and Optimus should go back for Elita when the Decepticon ship explodes, his nose and forehead are painted silver, like Optimus.
* Sentinel's light blue markings can be seen several times during flashbacks.

===Continuity===
* Glitches
* A helmet can be seen sitting on the floor as Optimus walks into the room containing the energon cubes and spider eggs. As revealed in [[Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising]] Blackarachnia uses it to disguise her mutated face.

===Transformers references===
* In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], [[Elita One]] was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s paramour. The ''Animated'' incarnation of the character refrains from attempting to visually homage the original pink-and-white Elita, instead creating a blue-and-yellow pony-tailed character who bears a resemblance to Elita's earlier (pony-tailed) form, Ariel. Similarly, her relationship with Optimus is less distinct. As confirmed [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|later]], she used to be Sentinel's girlfriend, but present-day scenes do suggest ''some'' kind of personal tension (though that could be guilt on Optimus's part and anger on Elita's).
* Sentinel is depicted here as Optimus's friend and peer, whereas in all other series he's either been Optimus's mentor, a superior officer, or a predecessor. In this way, it seems the roles of Sentinel and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] have been reversed from past continuities.
* With this episode, [[energon cube]]s make their first appearance in Transformers cartoons since ''Beast Wars''. They look ''exactly'' like they did in the Generation 1 cartoon, which even ''Beast Wars'' didn't pull off.
* Bulkhead's jaw-drop is certain to remind some of when [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]'s jaw did practically the same thing in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Showdown]]."

===Foreign dubbing===
'''Brazil'''
:*''Title:'' "'''E lá vem uma Aranha'''" ("And Here Come a Spider")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Comme une araignée dans sa toile'''" ("Like a Spider in Her Web")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Im Netz der Spinne'''" ("In the Spider's Web")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 21|21 June]] [[2008]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kumo-onna no Kage'''" (クモ女の影, "Shadow of the Spider Woman")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 5|5 June]] [[2010]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''W Sieci Pająka'''" ("In the Spider's Web")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Spanish (Latin America)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Y llego la araña'''" ("And I get the spider")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

===Real-world references===
[[Image:TFA Along Spider Bulkhead jaw drop.JPG|right|200px|thumb|We've heard of jaw-droppers before, but this is ridiculous.]]
* Bulkhead's "ghost" costume, with its constant cloud of pesticides at the bottom, coincidentally resembles "Pig-Pen's" costume from ''[[wikipedia:It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown|It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''.
* Judging how Blackarachnia [[Spider-Man|can swing from a thread]], the Autobots had best take a look overhead.
* As Blackarachnia is stroking Bulkhead, his jaw falls off, then is seen re-attached to him the next cut—an obviously intentional, throw-away [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JawDrop animation joke.]
* "Little help for the vertically challenged?" Bulkhead throwing Bumblebee is better known to ''X-Men'' fans as the Fastball Special, usually performed by [[wikipedia:Colossus (comics)|Colossus]] and [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]].
* This episode's title is a reference to the James Patterson novel ''Along Came A Spider''...or possibly some nursery rhyme, but for coolness, we'll go with the novel.
* Blackarachnia's ability to temporarily use other 'Bots' powers is similar to the Capcom character, [[wikipedia:Mega Man|Mega Man]].

===Trivia===
* In a flashback, prior to Blackarachnia's transformation, a helmet can be seen sitting in a corner of the Decepticon ship. In the season 3 episode "[[Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising]]", it is confirmed that she starts wearing the helmet to conceal the extent of her transformation.
* This episode makes a point of how Sari has been overusing the AllSpark Key previously, and that it can't be used to cure every Transformer injury. The writers evidently anticipated that reaction from the audience.
* Referring to himself as "vertically challenged", Bumblebee seems to be over his height complex, which was such a major point in "[[Total Meltdown]]".
* This is the first time Sentinel has been fully on screen. When he appeared in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", all that was seen of him was his big jerk head.
* In the flashbacks, neither Sentinel nor Optimus is addressed as "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]". [[Endgame, Part I|Later events]] seem to confirm they hadn't attained that rank yet. (Sentinel is actually credited as just "Sentinel", not Sentinel Prime or Sentinel Minor, like he is in "[[Autoboot Camp]]", corroborating even at the time that the non-mention of their ranks was intentional.)
* On a related note, in the flashbacks, Sentinel's Autobot insignia (unsurprisingly) does not have the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] "[[:Image:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|wings]]" we see when he's introduced [[The Elite Guard|in the present]].
[[Image:TFA Along Spider Costume Bumblebee.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|Bumblebee attempts to get into character and fails.]]
* Blackarachnia claims that she's been waiting to be cured for "a thousand [[Units of time|stellar cycles]]", which gives us a rough time frame for when the flashbacks in this episode took place. Whether they occur before or after "[[Autoboot Camp]]" is unclear, but it's probably before if we assume that our favorite jerk was only going by "Sentinel", and not "Sentinel Minor" at that point.
* This episode gives us at least one reason why Sentinel hates Optimus. The incident is also later established as the cause of Optimus's expulsion from the Autobot Academy in "[[Endgame, Part I]]".
* The hand motions Bulkhead makes at the end of the episode when he says "So who was that Bug-Bot-Lady?" are...interesting, to say the least.
* While dressed up as Count Dracubot, Bumblebee states that he "wants to drink your motor oil." As we learn [[Rise of the Constructicons|later]], this is roughly the equivalent of a vampire saying he wants to bum a few beers off you. Bumblebee ''really'' needs to work on this whole Halloween thing.
* When we see Sari, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee together in the city, one of the kids in the bottom left of the screen is wearing a Bumblebee costume. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Two: Lost and Found (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Two: Lost and Found (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Zwei: Die Alten Waffen (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 3 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Changing of the Guard

2013-08-06T11:38:37Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=42
|series2=Metals
|ep2=16
|next2=Feral Scream Part 1
|image=Changing of the Guard title shot.JPG
|caption=Some days you just wish you hadn't gotten out of bed.
|title="Changing of the Guard"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 8]], 1998
|written by=[[Evan Somers]]
|directed by=[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''While trying to salvage the Sentinel module from the ruins of the Axalon, Rattrap finds himself caught between Depth Charge and Rampage.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] is in the process of engineering a way to use [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]]'s forcefield to protect the base. But mixing [[Autobot]] and [[Maximal]] tech is difficult, and the machinery fails. With that trick failed, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] puts together a plan to salvage the Maximals' old force field module, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], from the wreckage of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] refuses to respond to any contacts. So instead the Maximals will use a [[subaquatic stealth vessel]]—a single-occupant submarine developed by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. [[Rattrap]] is assigned to pilot the submersible, over his usual handful of whines and complaints.

[[Image:Rattrap-subaquatic2.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Rattrap makes a cameo in ''[[wikipedia:Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''.]]
[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] delivers the submarine to the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s resting site. Under the lake, Rattrap is surprised to find himself having a good time exploring the water and passing by schools of fish to the sound of a jolly tune. The tune changes as Rattrap finds the fallen corpse of what used to be the Maximals' home. He slowly enters, looking through the darkened hallways. He finds Sentinel, and carefully begins to extract it—and is suddenly frightened by an eel who was hiding in the machinery. As he calms down, his radar detects something else approaching, and he realizes it's time to panic for real. Rattrap frantically tries to escape the ''Axalon'', but a massive claw emerges from the darkness and seizes the submarine—[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] has found him.

Rampage squeezes the entire ship, threatening to crush it completely. Luckily, Depth Charge, still hunting Protoform X, shows up and blasts him away, freeing Rattrap. Depth Charge agrees to keep Rampage busy while Rattrap continues his mission. He escapes the ''Axalon'' just as shockwaves from the battle cause the ship to fall over a ledge and plunge deeper into the lake. Rattrap surfaces and finds a worried Silverbolt, who starts to carry the submarine home. But [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] arrives, causing doggybot to drop his passenger and cargo.

[[Image:Changing Guard Rampage Depthcharge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's crab rutting season again.]]
While Rampage and Depth Charge continue their match underwater, on the beach, [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] sends Waspinator to take Sentinel back to the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]] while the [[Fuzor]] takes care of the two Maximals. But Quickstrike ends up crushed by Rampage, tossed out of the water by Depth Charge. Silverbolt tries to convince Depth Charge to help recover Sentinel, but as usual, Depth Charge has no interest, wanting only to execute Protoform X, who has snuck away during the few seconds of conversation.

[[Image:Changing Guard Rattrap fleeing.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Burn rubber!]]
Together, using some incredible aerial acrobatics, Rattrap and Silverbolt steal back Sentinel from Waspinator. But [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] pushes a tree into Silverbolt's path. Silverbolt passes Sentinel to Rattrap, who races away with it. Depth Charge hears explosions in the distance and decides to go help.

Unrelenting, Inferno blows up a bridge in Rattrap's path, causing the rat to plunge—back into Silverbolt's arms. But the two Maximals crash into the incoming Depth Charge, and drop Sentinel into Inferno's hands. Thanks to Depth Charge's ill-timed arrival, the Maximals have lost.

[[Image:Changing Guard Megatron Sentinel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Why won't the red button work?]]
At the Maximal base, Rattrap and Optimus Primal chew out Depth Charge for getting in their way and handing another major strategic advantage to the Predacons—but he did save Rattrap's life (which Rattrap initially left out, and was ''very'' begrudging to admit). Primal offers Depth Charge a place with the Maximals so mistakes like this can be avoided in the future, and Depth Charge agrees to consider it.

Meanwhile, in the Predacon base, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] activates Sentinel, encasing his base in a protective force field.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Rattrap]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (5)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (6)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (8)

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

==Quotes==
[[Image:Changing Guard Cheetor cattoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He's a pinball wizard...]]
"What are you grinnin' about, litter-butt?" 
"I was just thinking; with you inside, this'd make a swell cat toy."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Cheetor''', who will always remain a <strike>cat</strike> kid at heart.

"We're approaching the target area. How you faring in there, Rattrap?" 
"I'm hot, I'm cramped, I'm airsick. Eh, the next time that big ape asks me to do something for him, man I am gonna shove my blaster so far up his—" 
"Target dead ahead! Prepare for drop."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Looks like that Pred friend of yours finally did something right!" 
"Yes, my beloved has... many skills."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Silverbolt''', who isn't about to let us know what those "other" skills might be.

"How droll. Rat in a can." 
:—'''Rampage''' finds himself a new toy.

"Waspinator having good day! Not get shot once." 
''*BLAM!*''
:—'''Waspinator''', not having such a good day after all

'''Depth Charge:''' I knew saving your hide was a mistake. 
'''Optimus Primal:''' Rattrap? 
'''Rattrap:''' Oh, well, yeah, technically, he did ''kinda'' do that... um eh, thanks.
:—Rattrap gives credit where credit is due, but only because he has to.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The writer is mistakenly credited as "Evan Sommers".
*When Rampage falls backward after yanking Depth Charge's tail out from under the wreckage, he inexplicably has Depth Charge's legs.
*When Silverbolt circles in on Rattrap, who has just surfaced, we can see Rattrap's water-reflection inside the vessel, as if it was halfway filled with water.
*Watch Waspinator getting shot in slow-motion. It reveals his insect head isn't connected to his neck. There is a small gap between the two.
*In the scene where Inferno pushes a tree in Silverbolt and Rattrap's way, Rattrap's comm system is on the wrong side of his chest, possibly due to an overall "flopped" shot.
*While Inferno tries to grab Sentinel, just before Rattrap snatches it away from him with his tail, the insect leg on his right lower leg is tilted backwards, clipping through the rest of his leg, and through his thorax-propeller too.

===Continuity errors===
*The submersible is supposed to have no energy signature. But if that's the case, where does it get the power to have a computerized heads-up-display for radar and damage assessment?

===Continuity notes===
*Since its last appearance in "[[A Better Mousetrap]]", Sentinel has gained a handle, presumably to make it easier for the characters to grab and hang onto it in this episode.
*Rattrap's successful attempt to shut down Sentinel in "A Better Mousetrap" is the reason he was chosen to retrieve it and not Blackarachnia, as Rattrap knew what to look for.

===Real-world references===
*When Megatron contacts his henchmen, Inferno can been seen spending his free time playing cards with Waspinator and Quickstrike.
* Jaunty music begins to play when Rattrap gets the hang of the submarine. At first, the audience is led to believe that this is just the score for the scene, until Silverbolt is seen hearing the music over his walkie talkie (with a raised eyebrow, to boot), demonstrating that the sound is actually diegetic.
* The jaunty sea shanty heard in this episode has a very similar tempo and chordal arrangement as the popular Beatles song ''[[wikipedia:We All Live in a Yellow Submarine|Yellow Submarine]].''
*This is the only episode in which Rampage uses his [[activation code]]. ("Rampage, terrorize!")
* The "Changing of the Guard" traditionally refers to a formal ceremony in Merry Ol' [[United Kingdom|England]] wherein the sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed.
* Rattrap's submarine bounces like a pinball after being dropped by Silverbolt (complete with pinball sound effects); after it comes to a halt, the word "TILT" flashes in each of Rattrap's eyes.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Protection'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uniti si vince'''" ("United We Win")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukubuku!'''" (ぶくぶくっ!, "Loose-Fitting!")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troca da Guarda'''" ("Changing of the Guard")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cambio de Guardia'''" ("Changing of the Guard")

:*''Title:'' "'''Cambio de Guardia'''" (America, "Changing of the Guard")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Rrray! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Equal Measures

2013-07-31T11:14:57Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=4
|image=Equal Measures Cheetor darksyde.jpg
|caption=Later they discovered Cheetor was sitting on the self-destruct button.
|title="Equal Measures"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[September 23]], 1996
|written by=[[Greg Johnson]]
|directed by=[[T.W. Peacocke]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Cheetor]], [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Megatron]]
}}

'''Dinobot manipulates both Maximals and Predacons around a teleporter that Cheetor has unintentionally developed between both bases.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] watches a bolt of lightning shatter a mountain, revealing a cache of [[energon]]. Because of the hazardous conditions, he radios to his team to abort their current operation. The storm garbles the transmission, though, preventing the other [[Maximal]]s from receiving it.

[[Image:Dinobotbulliescheetor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Something we've seen all too often.]]
The mission involves energon monitoring devices designed by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], who has just gotten done building the last of them. Impatient to get going, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] carelessly plays with one of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s projects, a ''time bomb'', and accidentally drops it out the floor hatch... where it's caught by a returning Optimus, who reiterates his order for the mission to be scrubbed. Everyone's clearly upset over the development, not believing the storm to be that severe yet, but Primal is adamant; it'll have to wait until later. Dejected, everyone returns to quarters to wait out the storm.

In Cheetor's quarters, Dinobot meets with the cat-bot and endorses the mission being continued regardless of the danger from the weather and the energon. He points out that Primal clearly treats Cheetor like a child, even though with his speed, the cat-bot could easily outrun the storm and plant the devices before it hits. This appeal to vanity works, and Cheetor sneaks out to complete the mission.

[[Image:Equal Measures Cheetor monitoring device.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This wireless Broadband box is rubbish!]]
In the field, Cheetor plants survey apparatuses in quick succession, but a bolt of lightning causes the cat accidentally to plant one of the posts dangerously close to an energon vein. He tries to remove the device and correct his mistake, but in the middle of his struggle, a second lightning bolt hits, and he finds himself suddenly teleported — onto a control panel in the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]]!

[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] "welcomes" Cheetor and attacks the Maximal, but Cheetor grabs a hover-platform and tries to escape. After being knocked off the platform, Cheetor lunges at Terrorsaur and pushes the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] onto the control panel he'd just arrived on, causing Terrorsaur to vanish. [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] arrive and chase Cheetor around the Predacon base, but lose him in the ventilation shafts.

[[Image:Cheetorsurprised.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Shouldn't have had the vindaloo last night.]]
Meanwhile, Terrorsaur finds himself in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' command center, where he's given a warm reception by Dinobot. However, the former Predacon is more concerned over how the pteranodon arrived, eventually working out that a freak combination of the survey devices, the storm, and the energon created a transporter link between the two bases. Using this to his advantage, Terrorsaur seems to convince Dinobot into forming an alliance, suggesting they scrap the Maximals, then take over the Predacons and rule together... until Dinobot drops the charade and unceremoniously flushes the Pred out of the ''Axalon'' through a waste disposal unit.

Back at the Predacon base, Cheetor continues to flee while avoiding fire from Waspinator. He sneaks away from the two long enough to hack the Predacons' data files, and determines that both bases sit on a common underground Energon vein, so an explosion at one base would cause a chain reaction that would obliterate both ships. Cheetor is discovered as soon as he downloads this data to a disk.

At the Maximal base, Optimus confronts Dinobot on Cheetor's whereabouts. Dinobot tells him about the link and how the cat-bot has "surely" been destroyed by now, but convinces him that they could use the link to annihilate the Predacon base with the bomb, a plan Primal only agrees to as long as the bomb's timer is set with enough time to allow the Preds to evacuate. Just as the bomb is sent, though, Cheetor tosses the disk with the energon vein data onto the console, transporting both items simultaneously.

[[Image:Crispyterrorsaur.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Would you like me original, or extra crispy?]]
The Predacons finally corner Cheetor, but the bomb has magnetically locked itself onto the Pred console, forcing Megatron to let him go so he can release it. With a few seconds left, Cheetor throws it up to Terrorsaur, who flies it out of the base (and is blown up with it), while Cheetor escapes through the link. The Predacons' errant shots destroy the console instead. Furthermore, his return trip to the ''Axalon'' shatters all of the survey posts he's planted, ensuring the link is severed for good.

Afterwards, Rhinox and [[Rattrap]] congratulate Cheetor's prevention of the Maximal base from being destroyed by their own explosive, while Dinobot is in a bad mood as usual and leaves—though Cheetor apparently didn't tell anyone that Dinobot talked him into the whole thing. Primal still commands Cheetor to take more care to obey direct orders. Cheetor says he will—except when he doesn't—and scampers off, leaving Optimus steamed up with Rhinox and Rattrap to have a jolly laugh. But Optimus figures out Cheetor was funny, and gets in the jolly laugh with Rhinox and Rattrap.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Rattrap]] (3)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (5)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (6)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (8)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"Defeating them does not mean we have to ''annihilate'' them. You seem to have trouble understanding that."
:—'''Optimus''' gently chides Dinobot for thinking like a Predacon.

"Shoulda known no Maximal'd be stupid enough to try anything on a day like this."
:—'''Terrorsaur''' underestimates the enemy again.

"Cheetor! Maximi— did that already."
:—'''Cheetor''' forgets that he already transformed.

"He's gone into the vents! You better report this to Megatron." 
"Me?! ''You're'' second-in-command!" 
"So make it an order!"
:—'''Scorponok''' and '''Waspinator''' establish the chain of command.

"Where'd he go?! Where'd ''I'' go?"
:—'''Terrorsaur''' realises he isn't in [[Kansas]] any more.

"Think of the cosmic magnificence. Together we'll overthrow these low-grade metal knock-offs you've joined, and then rule the Predacons with two iron fists! NOTHING CAN STOP US!"
:—'''Terrorsaur''' has such naive optimism.

"Hey! What are you doing? We're partners!" 
"In case you had not realized, Needlenose... I am ''not'' a team player."
:—'''Terrorsaur''', about to get launched over the horizon by '''Dinobot'''

"OK, OK, I'll never do that again! Until the next time."
:—'''Cheetor''' has learned nothing from this adventure.

==Notes==
* Dinobot is kind of a jerk this early on.
* And Cheetor needs obedience beat into him.
* And Rattrap just needs the snot beat ''out'' of him.
* This is the first episode where we get to hear Terrorsaur speak (Besides "Terrorsaur, terrorize!" that is).
* And natural Earth weather is ''extremely'' destructive. 2 bolts of lightning cause a mountain to implode.
* This episode marks the finalization of most of the Maximals' voices; Cheetor loses most of his whine, Rhinox gains a more expressive range, and Dinobot sounds a fair bit deeper.
* Plenty of alternate transformation schemes in this episode. Most of Cheetor's transformations involve his cheetah mode, splitting in two through the middle (even the tail), and his cheetah head flipping down to be the chest of a fully-formed robot that's curled up within this beast "shell", already wearing most of his beast kibble. Dinobot also shows off a pair of transformations radically different from – and even more cheaty than – his normal one.
* Waspinator speaks in first-person in this episode.

===Animation and technical errors===
* The collapsing mountain at the beginning of the episode seems to be sucked into the Energon cache after being hit with lightning.
* When Optimus is tossing the time bomb in one hand, it really doesn't move convincingly.
* As Cheetor jumps across the rocks, his feet don't always touch the terrain.
* Cheetor doesn't really grab the energon post's handle, his fist simply clips through it.
* When the lightning-bolt strikes him, you can tell by his shadow that Cheetor is actually floating a few inches above the ground.
* As he reaches for his gun while dangling from the Predacons' flying platform, Cheetor's left elbow briefly turns inside-out.
* When Cheetor transforms to beast mode to jump into the vent, his various robot and beast parts all seem to appear and disappear randomly, out of sync with his usual transformation.
* Scorponok's eyes are weirdly distorted as he arrives to the vent. Also in this shot, Waspinator's left wings don't seem to "flap up", only down.
* Before Terrorsaur begins pruning his wing, the right side of his pterosaur chest appears to be sunken into his body.
* After Cheetor escapes from the vents, he falls to the ground and his right forehead chevron kind of "twangs" forward. In the next scene he's in, it's back to normal against his head.
* When Optimus asks Dinobot if he's sure about the bomb's timer, his right arm seems to jump position between frames.

===Continuity errors===
* A major plot point is that due to an energon vein running beneath both ships, the destruction of either Predacon or Maximal bases would destroy the other. This is never mentioned again and frequently contradicted due to the repeated explosions at both. While most of the planet's energon was stabilized by the start of Season 2 (and thus wouldn't be an issue), the plot of Season 1 episode "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]" revolves around... a massive explosion at the Predacon base. Arguably, either side could have harvested some of the energon by then to sever the connection between the bases, but this is never established!

===Transformers references===
* When Cheetor appears before him, Terrorsaur greets him thus: "Welcome to the dark side!" The episode script reveals that this was simply Terrorsaur being dramatic. However, because [[fandom|Transformers fans]] can be ''incredibly'' literal, some fans speculatively latched on to the idea that Terrorsaur was welcoming Cheetor to the "''Dark Side''", supposedly giving the Predacon ship/base a proper name.
*This bit of [[fanon]] was made official by the video game ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]''. Years later, the ship's name was further codified by the [[BotCon 2006]] story "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", which dodged [[trademark]] issues by giving it the intentional misspelling "[[Darksyde]]".
* This is what happens when fans are allowed to run things. Seriously.
* Curiously, at no point has anybody interpreted Dinobot's line as suggesting the Maximal base is meant to be called "Enemy Arms".
* Just before he drops him through the waste disposal unit, Dinobot insults Terrorsaur's beaky (and geeky) beast mode by calling him [[Needlenose]], who was a G1 Decepticon Double-Targetmaster.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dos à Dos'''" ("Back to Back")

:*''Title:'' "'''Dos à Dos'''" (Canada, "Back to Back")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pari opportunità per i Biocombat'''" ("Equal Opportunities for the Biocombats")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jigen Bakudan Tensō Sakusen!'''" (時限爆弾転送作戦!, "Operation: Time Bomb Transfer!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[1997]]
:*Terrorsaur's line, "Welcome to the dark side!" was rendered, "Yōkoso, kaku!" or "Welcome, stranger!" (with plenty of ''caw caw caw'' noises added to the end, as is Terrorsaur's vocal tic in Japan). Thus, any silly ambiguity as to the proper noun status of his line is eliminated (not that it would matter, as the Predacon's ship received an official name in Japan long before it got one in the West: "Terror Crasher").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Medidas Iguais'''" ("Equal Measures")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Medidas Equitativas'''" (America, "Equal Measures")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1997 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Cheetus' Crisis ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 1 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes — Where the Beasties Began! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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The Transformers (G1 PS2)

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|title=''The Transformers''
|image=TF tatakai.jpg
|caption=My CG cinematic sequences are only as good as [[Transformers (PS2)|your]] in-game graphics!
|japanese=トランスフォーマー
|romaji=Transformer
|developer=[[Winkysoft]]
|publisher=[[Atlus]]
|date=[[October 30|30 October]] 2003
|platform=PlayStation 2
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'''''The Transformers''''' is a Japanese video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 based on the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' series]]. It was developed by [[Winkysoft]] and published by [[Atlus]] on [[October 30]], 2003. After choosing a side, you can take a squad of three Transformers on action missions, gathering numerous new troops along the way.

Even though all of the dialog in the game is in English with an option to set all of the text in the game to English as well, this game was never released in America. The two most likely reasons are [[Hasbro]]'s lack of involvement with the title, and the game's apparent unanimous panning by critics in Japan.

You know things are messed up when ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s'' voice actor pulls off a better [[Peter Cullen]] than the actor who plays [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

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==Gameplay==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai gamemechanics.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
{{bigquote|The invisible wall seems to have disappeared. Looks like we can't get rid of that wall unless we take care of all of them.|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]}}

Gameplay consists of punching and kicking your way through canyons, hillsides, and roadways where legions of cloned opponents await you. There is very little in the way of creative gameplay and everything gets very repetitive very fast. The environments are very small and closed in, so don't expect to go roaming around on any wayward adventure. You're there to duke it out with the enemy, and that's it. However, some environmental objects such as windmills and power coils can be interacted with, with no other way but to hit the objects with fists and feet even though the players are only willing to turn them off. Also in some levels, there will be multiple roads that can be taken but thanks to the game's repetitive nature, the player will end up in a very same situation no matter which road is taken.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Button_Sequence_Gameplay.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You don't say.]]

During battle, there are several combinations of the basic punch and kick buttons. Pushing both buttons in the same time will unleash a special attack, for example [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will perform a three-hit slashes using his [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]], while [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] will eject [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who will fly straight into enemies.

There is also a charge attack, which can be performed by holding the punch or kick button and fill up one charge meter. Releasing the press on the button in front of an enemy will send player into a button mashing sequence, requiring player to hit the punch or kick button repeatedly in order to deal more damage. The sequence will be ended with one final punch or kick depending on the last attack button the player pressed.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Truck_Attack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Should we play The Touch, or the Headmasters theme song?]]
The players are also able to transform the character at will during gameplay. While in their alternate modes, the characters basically have two attacks that will drain their energy points in use. While characters that transform into vehicles gain the advantage to move around faster, characters like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] instead move slower in their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], though are able to deal bigger damage in attacks.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Upgrade_Screen.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Fallen opponents will drop power-ups; health power-ups are in red, and energy power-ups are blue, as well as tiny Energon cubes. These Energon cubes can be collected by the player, and in each end of level will be accumulated. Later on, the collected cubes can be spent in the Garage sub-menu in the intermission menu after each level is finished. ''Machine Production'' is to upgrade the characters' stats and ''Equipments Upgrade'' is to upgrade the weapons wielded by the characters. However, the characters' stats will also be upgraded automatically when they earn a level-up on their own as the game progresses.
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==Setting==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai callofthefuture.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
The game's story, titled '''''The Transformers: Call of the Future''''', takes its cue from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], even specifically referring to the events of several episodes. It is (presumably) set in 2003, the year it was released, but, via [[time travel]], also features characters from an alternate future which branched off from cartoon continuity in late 2010 (after the events of "[[Webworld]]", but before "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"). It does not seem to be officially considered part of the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], however; it features several anachronistic appearances by characters who are ''not'' time-travelling (the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], for instance, are shown to be working with their respective factions, when they will not leave their homeworld to do so until 2011), and its events were not included in the painfully comprehensive [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 timeline]].

==Story==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai shockwave2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shockwave's reign of terror and destruction!]]
In the year 2010, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who has grown disgruntled with Galvatron's abusive leadership, discovers the [[Zel Quartz]] on [[Zel Samine]]. Realizing that it is a power source even greater than the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Shockwave implants the Quartz into himself. He stages a one-robot coup and becomes the leader of the Decepticons...until the surging power load fries his systems and he malfunctions, running amok. He destroys much of both the Autobot and Decepticon armies and eventually destroys [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself before setting out to raze many innocent planets.

Unable to stop Shockwave in the present, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] allies with the [[Quintesson]]s to send an elite cadre back in time to destroy the Quartz before Shockwave discovers it.

In 2003, both the Autobots and Decepticons detect an explosion caused by the arrival of visitors from the future over Zel Samine and send teams to investigate. Both sides lose contact with their teams. The Autobots send another team consisting of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to investigate, but their shuttle crashes, and Wheeljack learns that an abnormality in Zel Samine's sun causes electromechanical systems to malfunction and drains them of their power. The Decepticons likewise send [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arriving later by [[space bridge|Space Bridge]], a very bumpy ride).

The Space Bridge malfunctions, causing significant damage to the Decepticon ship. The Decepticons lure the Autobots away from their own shuttle in order to steal their supply of [[energon]] and use it to repair their own shuttle. Afterwards, both sides skirmish over a series of local power sources, including the wind-power facility on [[Mount Jaad]], the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]], and the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]]. Along the way, both sides encounter members of their missing reconnaissance teams.

Both sides also encounter their counterparts from the future: the Autobots Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]; and the Decepticons [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Galvatron reveals his identity to Megatron, but lies to him about the Zel Quartz, claiming he rules the universe in the future and it is part of an Autobot doomsday weapon that must be destroyed.

Pursuing stories of items that may be the Zel Quartz, both sides clash over the [[Gem of Mystery]] at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], a superhard mineral in a drill bit at [[Karzite mine]], and a giant crystal formation at the [[Atalstan gem mine]]. None of those leads pay off, but the planet's central archive includes reference to a "Zel Stone" which is part of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array, matching descriptions of the Zel Quartz exactly.

Both sides stage a climactic confrontation at ELTA (which is either destroyed or kept intact, depending on the winner) to capture the Quartz. After the battle is done, Starscream, who has overheard Galvatron and Cyclonus discussing the Quartz's true nature, rushes in to steal the Quartz for himself, jetting off into space with it.

Unbeknownst to Starscream, the physical structure of the quartz requires the atmospheric and electromagnetic properties of [[Zel Samine]] to maintain its integrity. Because he has fled into space rather than installing the Quartz on the planet as Shockwave had (and thus protecting it), the Quartz immediately degrades and becomes powerless. Outside of the atmosphere, exposed to the effects of Zel Samine's star without the Quartz's power to protect him, Starscream drifts powerless, left to contemplate his mistakes.

Their own timeline averted, the future Autobots and Decepticons vanish into sparkles of light, and Optimus Prime and Megatron are left to contemplate what they've learned from the experience.

===Autobot Story===
====Stage 1====
Wheeljack loses control of a shuttle and crash-lands on Zel Samine. There, Optimus Prime, Jazz, and himself attempt a rescue mission to find several missing Autobots that disappeared here a few days prior when they receive an SOS signal. Seeing it close by, the Autobots head out to investigate, but all they find is Soundwave. Just then, Megatron is heard from a transmitter, revealing the signal was a trap to lure them away from their shuttle and steal the energon on it. As Soundwave leaves, Wheeljack mourns about not staying behind to protect the shuttle, knowing that it wouldn't last long against Megatron's [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]].

As the Autobots get into formation, they notice an invisible barrier blocking them that only goes down when they defeat waves of Decepticon foot soldiers. After braving through Soundwave, several waves of enemies, and even a deadly minefield, the Autobots return to the shuttle to find it severely damaged, but Megatron still here. Optimus defeats Megatron but feels a strange feeling. He questions Megatron about the recent events on this planet, but is shocked to discover that Megatron himself is investigating these very same events.

Though not totally destroyed, their shuttle is really damaged from the Decepticon attack and will not be able to lift off for some time. Wheeljack establishes contact with the [[Paradius United Government]], whose power plants are under attack by the Decepticons and aren't able to handle them on their own. Jazz suggests contacting [[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]] to help bring the supplies, but Wheeljack reveals that he discovered that the system's sun emits electromagnetic waves that are harmful to Transformers. While the rays are not fatal, they will increase their consumption of energon and going into space or flying at high altitudes carries the risk of losing most of their energy and becoming stranded in space. The government's high official is an understanding person and will provide the Autobots with the necessary equipment needed to fix the ship, provided they help get rid of the Decepticons. Prime gratefully accepts and orders his men to prepare for battle.

====Stage 2====
Wheeljack tells Prime they are near ready for departure, but Optimus is more concerned of the events that were unfolding behind the missing Autobots and the UFO that happened a few days ago. He first thought that the space-time continuity event was some sort of accident, but when asking the Paradius home planet, they revealed that Zel Samine was used mainly for energy and resource mining, leaving this planet with few inhabitants, so no clues about the UFO or the missing Autobots. Wheeljack assumed that it may be a new Decepticon weapon but Optimus reminds him that Megatron is investigating it too. For now, though, their goals are set on keeping the planet safe from the Decepticons.

Jazz says that they are now fully ready for battle, and their first destination was [[Mount Jaad]], a wind power plant with harsh conditions. Wheeljack finds the stuff the Paradius system builds to be quite interesting. The Paradius people live in harmony with both nature and technology. Energy is developed onto this planet and sent to the Paradius home planet, allowing them to live in a way to protect the environment without polluting it on Zel. Wheeljack was about to do a history lesson, but Jazz reminded them of the Decepticons attacking the mountain, and Prime proceeds to select the team and formation.

As they reach the plant, they encounter heavy Decepticon resistance and some autogun cannons at the plant that don't seem to recognize the difference between friend and foe. They also encounter the Decepticon Headmaster, Mindwipe, determined to send them to their ancestors, but is soundly defeated. Optimus contemplates that with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they will always have the wisdom and knowledge of their ancestors by their side. They continue forth to the main station and have another encounter with Soundwave and defeat him. As the Autobots reach the main station, they encounter the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]] Blitzwing, who finds his comrades to be totally worthless for letting them get so far. The Autobots manage to beat him and drive him and the Decepticons away.

As they prepare to return to base, they find their old yellow friend, Bumblebee, and he is recruited back into the mission. When they return, Optimus and Jazz talk about how well they did against the enemy. Optimus wants to leave quickly, finding that he and his comrades are only doing more harm than help, until Wheeljack shows up and informs him that the Paradius government thanks the Autobots for help and that they aren't just contaminants.
{{note|If the player goes through a second time, instead of Bumblebee the Autobots will meet up with the Headmaster Brainstorm, ready to track down the Decepticons until his engines overheat.}}
====Stage 3====
Their next stop on their Decepticon hunt was the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]]. Fortunately, the facility is underground, which gives the Autobots a distinct advantage as they will not have to worry about any ambushes. The Decepticons were stealing energy from the main turbine, destabilizing the underground magma. This could result in a massive explosion. Optimus was determined to stop them now, selecting carefully the members and formation, even if it is an evil trap.

Optimus does note that it will get hotter as they move closer, and take on head-on hordes of Decepticon soldiers. Along the way, they encounter the Horrorcon, Snapdragon, and soundly defeat him. Optimus was not impressed, claiming that he lost his will to fight. Eventually, they came over a lava floor where the magma began to severely damage them if continuously traversing over it. When they reach the main turbine, they discover Megatron's faithful servant, Shockwave, in charge of the energy conversion. The Autobots manage to beat him and save the planet from crisis.

As they prepare to leave, they meet the Autobot scout and naturalist, Hound, who is ready to join the battle despite the tranquility on Zel Samine. The Autobots contemplate on how tough the battle was and wonders if it has hindered their ability to transform. Optimus suggests a full maintenance inspection when they return to Cybertron. Wheeljack isn't worried and doesn't seem the temperatures to be a big deal. The gang then begin joking around about their friendly bouts, but Optimus sadly has to cease the happy time as more of Zel Samine needs their help.
{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster, Chromedome instead of Hound.}}

====Stage 4====
Their next destination is the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]], where the Decepticons are using the generator at full speed to steal the most energy from it. Jazz realizes that if it keeps up, the generator could break down or even self-destruct, and break apart the dam. The plant is in the middle of a forest, so getting there won't be a problem. It is also a simplistic designed building so they will not get lost. Jazz recalls the time they woke up on Earth, when the Decepticons were stealing from the [[Sherman Dam]]. Optimus commands to go forth and select the right members to stop the Decepticons.

The forest was foggy and perfect for ambushes, but the Autobots had no time to lose and would not let this stop them. Making their way through the forest, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Weirdwolf, who Prime saw as nothing short of being a nuisance. They are able to barely defeat him, as Prime mocks how even his claws and fangs cannot hurt a heart filled with justice. They soon make it to the plant with incredible numbers of Decepticon minions, including Blitzwing and some autoguns that are unable to tell friend from foe. When they reach the generator, they encounter Blitzwing's partner-in-crime and Decepticon Astrotrain, asked to deliver the energy to Megatron. The Autobots manage to drive him away and save the dam.

On their way out, they meet up with the Autobot Headmaster Highbrow, who rejoins his comrades. Back at base, Wheeljack jokes on how he didn't want to swim if they failed. Jazz then boasts about surfing a tidal wave when Cybertron was close to Earth. This infuriated Optimus, who didn't want to joke about such war-like situations. He does admit that he does feel fear about falling, but as long as he remembers he is fighting for peace, his fear is no more. Jazz and Wheeljack apologize for their behavior.
{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter their chief medic, Ratchet instead of Highbrow.}}

====Stage 5====
Thanks to the efforts of the Autobots, the Decepticons had stopped their evil deeds for the time being. But Optimus knew that this moment of peace wouldn't last for long and must stay vigilant. According to the Autobots they recovered, there were two UFO's, but could not gain any information other than that as they were scattered out by the electromagnetic waves and the Decepticons found them, trying to defend themselves until help could arrive.

Just then, the Autobots received another SOS signal, asking for help. Optimus was opted to go and help, but Wheeljack asks for an investigation in case it was another Decepticon trap. Optimus still felt responsible for putting his comrades in danger before though, and decides not to send an investigation and head straight to the SOS signal, and prepare for departure. The shuttle's sensors indicates the presence of both Autobots ''and'' Decepticons. The team beats through several Decepticons and conveniently placed autoguns, as well as Shockwave and Snapdragon, and reaches the signal destination.

{{note|In this stage, the boss and end story cutscene will be totally different if playing through a second time. As such, two separate sections have been made dealing with both scenarios.}}

=====Normal Scenario=====
When they arrive, they encounter a mysterious new Decepticon who shares the same face as Megatron and recognizes Optimus Prime. The bot introduces himself as Galvatron, the leader of the "future Decepticons". Through a tough battle, the Autobots are somehow able to defeat Galvatron, but the new guy acts like a poor loser, transforming into cannon mode and blasting the team down before retreating. As the Autobots prepare to leave, they encounter...Hot Rod? No, he looks like him, and accompanied by an elderly war veteran and a lovely female. To add more confusion and surprise, "Hot Rod" introduces himself as Rodimus Prime, even though Optimus is the true Prime.

Optimus and his team takes Rodimus and his allies—Kup and Arcee—back to the shuttle to answer some questions. They are revealed to be from the future and that the UFO's they were chasing were shuttles they were in, and Galvatron is the future leader of the Decepticons. Jazz begins pushing Rodimus by asking what happens to Optimus and how he became from Hot Rod to Rodimus, but Optimus stops him, as he knows that time travel is possible, they don't need to know so much about their futures, and that he could feel the same Matrix of Leadership he carries within Rodimus, proving that it was true. The true story would be revealed the next day after a well-earned rest...

Meanwhile, the Decepticons have allied themselves with their future counterparts and allies, where it is revealed that Galvatron is Megatron's future self, much to the surprise of Starscream, but Megatron could feel the same metal impulse. Galvatron decides to lie to his former self by telling of how he is the new ruler of the entire universe, but the Autobots plan to use a doomsday device to destroy them. This was a conversation for the future...

The next day, Optimus becomes shocked by the news that Megatron's most faithful servant, Shockwave, had turned on him in the future. This is because after he became Galvatron, he became more violent and began losing his own authority. Observing his new leader, Shockwave deems himself a better choice as Decepticon leader and began a one-robot mutiny with an item known as [[Zel Quartz]] as Rodimus begins to tell the story of how this all happened...

''"'Zel Quartz was an energy mineral that Shockwave discovered. If the Quartz is set into the body of a being born on Cybertron—for example a Transformer—that being will experience a prodigious increase in power and strength. So, blessed with an inexhaustible supply of energy and destructive power, Shockwave made himself leader of the Decepticons. But he could not bear the extra power loads, his circuitry malfunctioned, and he began to run amok.

''"Of course, both the Autobots and the Decepticons tried to stop him, but fueled by the near infinite power resources of the Zel Quartz, Shockwave was unstoppable. Both sides suffered massive losses. Eventually, the planet Cybertron itself was destroyed! Rodimus Prime knew that Shockwave would not stop until the Earth and all other planets were bathed in fire. Rodimus sought help from the Quintessons, who were also under threat. They provided technology, which would enable Transformers to travel back in time through a timeslip, where they planned to stop Shockwave from ever unearthing the Zel Quartz!"''

The elite of the survivors boarded a shuttle and threw themselves into the timeslip. Unfortunately, the Decepticons discovered the Autobots' plans and secretly followed them through the timeslip to steal the Quartz for themselves. Because of this, a space energy destabilization occurred and both sides' groups were scattered, with no way to contact their friends, which explains everything that's happened. Realizing the danger the universe was in, Optimus and his Autobots agreed to help Rodimus find the Quartz and destroy it! But there was a problem...

No one knows where it is, because the mineral is called by another name in this timeline. What's even worse, the Decepticons are planning to steal the Quartz and fooling Megatron and his Decepticons into believing the doomsday weapon nonsense and the Zel Quartz was the power source of this weapon. Wheeljack contacts the Paradius United Government and discovers three possible locations as to where the Zel Quartz may be and begin to roll out.

=====Alternate Scenario=====
Unsurprisingly, it was another trap after all made by Megatron. Optimus simply laughs in relief, knowing that his Autobot comrades aren't in any sort of danger. However, his laughter turns to shock when Megatron unveils four [[Optimus Clone|Optimus Prime clones]], in case of an emergency. However, much to his surprise, Optimus and his Autobots are able to defeat them. Optimus tells Megatron that imitations are nothing without a heart and soul. Irritated, Megatron quickly retreats, vowing not to forget this humiliation and smash Optimus to bits.

Returning to base, Jazz was quite angered at Megatron's actions, but Optimus and Wheeljack were not so bothered by it, as there is and always will be on Optimus Prime in this universe. But now that the Decepticons were back and active, they were going to be busy. Just then, Rodimus and his allies appear, ready to help fight by their side again. Just then, Wheeljack takes out a small capsule which he picked up from one of the Decepticons they fought. Wheeljack begins examining it as everyone else rests up for the day.

Wheeljack urgently announces he discovered something. The capsule is actually a message from the future, explaining the UFO's that landed here. Though the message is low quality, Wheeljack surmises that the message came from the Quintessons. In the message, it says that in the future, the Decepticons had obtained the Zel Quartz and wiped out their entire race. Kup is quite shocked as he thought that it existed in stories. The Quartz exists on certain planets and if a Transformer installs it in his body, his body will increase to monstrous proportions. The senders obviously sent this in hoping that people of the past would find it, and the message encourages the receivers to destroy the Quartz.

Unfortunately, Wheeljack had already scoured through the database but found no record of the Zel Quartz. Rodimus assumes that the mineral is named something else in this timeline. Wheeljack did also find three minerals that may be the Quartz. Knowing the Decepticons had heard this message too, the Autobots hurried up and prepared to search for Zel Quartz and destroy it!

====Stage 6====
The first destination is the [[Lazalt Ruins]], which were just recently discovered. The Autobots arrived there personally for the briefing. These ruins were said to have been the remains of an ancient alien civilization, that arrived here before the first settlements of Zel Samine. Deep within the ruins is a temple where a magical [[Gem of Mystery|Jewel of Mystery]] is enshrined, thought to be the Zel Quartz. Jazz tried warning Kup about the dangers of the jungle, but Kup began recalling a time on [[Floron III]], surrounded by a horde of mech-eating plants. However, Optimus had to stop him, as the Decepticons were already ahead of teh Autobots, and Arcee prepared to choose the team and formation.

Optimus was correct, as the Decepticons were lurking and ready to strike in the jungle, including the Decepticon Headmaster Skullcruncher. Although they defeat him, the Autobots learn that without a key to a large door, they are unable to proceed. Realizing that Skullcruncher has the key, they pursue him and battle again. This time, they made sure to obtain the key needed to move forward. Continuing, they eventually run into the Horrorcon Apeface. They are able to take him down and eventually discover the Jewel of Mystery. However, unlucky for the Autobots, it was guarded by the Decepticon combiner, Predaking. After an extremely tough battle, Predaking is defeated and the Autobots obtain the Jewel of Mystery.

As they prepare to leave, the team encounters the Autobot Wrecker, Springer, who gladly joins the battle. After they analyze the Jewel of Mystery, it's sad to say that it wasn't Zel Quartz. Jazz makes sure that the jewel is returned to the ruins. Though Optimus tries questioning Wheeljack, but he is so wrapped up in Kup's stories that he doesn't hear him until Arcee screams at them. Though Kup and Wheeljack apologize, Optimus reflects on how valuable is a warrior with entertaining stories to share, but is as great an honor to be scolded by quite a beautiful woman like Arcee. This leaves Optimus thinking and remembering about his old comrade, [[Elita One|Elita-One]]....
{{note|If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet up with the Autobot Headmaster, Hardhead instead of Springer.}}

====Stage 7====
The next candidate is a drillbit in the [[Karzite mine]], a mine in the middle of the desert like Earth's oilfields. The mineral was an incredible specimen that is made of great materials. Even though it is a survey mission, Optimus knows the Decepticons will most likely be there and prepares to pick a team and formation. Out of nowhere, Rodimus asks Optimus what he would need to do to become a great leader like him. Optimus and the others were taken aback by this, but Optimus said he would gladly answer his question after the mission is completed.

When they arrive, they encounter Decepticons in the desert. Although the sand made it hard for the team to maneuver, the Decepticons had teh same exact trouble. The team also encountered more autoguns that once again did not discriminate. They would encounter and defeat Blitzwing once again as well as a small army of Sharkticons. No sooner than that, they find Octane, gathering energy for himself to usurp Galvatron as Decepticon leader. Rodimus isn't too impressed. The Autobots manage to defeat him and he runs away like a "thin-fuelled coward", as Rodimus puts it. However, when they finally find the drill, they have a nasty encounter with Trypticon, who is guarding the drillbit. After an extremely tough battle, Trypticon is defeated and the drillbit is obtained.

As they head back, they run into the speedy messenger Blurr, who joins up with the team. When they analyze it, the drill bit doesn't appear have any special effect on Transformers, meaning no Zel Quartz. Optimus orders his Autobots to return the drill bit back and then get their filters cleaned form the sand. Wheeljack has a new cleaner, but he can't find it in the storage—or ''anything'', for that matter—since the incident, so most of the others go to help. This leaves Optimus and Rodimus to have their private talk mentioned earlier. Rodimus asks again what he needs to do to be a leader. Optimus answers by reminiscing of the mission in the desert. The desert is scorching hot in the day, yet freezing cold in the night. If Rodimus is to be a great leader, he must remember the desert, not measure things by strictness, and believe in the justice in his heart and the answers will come naturally. Rodimus now feels much more confident and would be okay even after returning to the future.

{{note|If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet the Monsterbot Grotusque instead of Blurr.}}

====Stage 8====
The final possible location of the Zel Quartz is the [[Atalstan gem mine]], where energy is extracted and several jewels and fossils are situated there as well. When something out of the ordinary is found, a new shaft is created and mining begins there, and because of this the mine has grown to an enormous size. The final gem is a giant crystal recently discovered and polished up, much to Arcee's excitement. An investigation team was already sent, but Optimus asks Jazz to inform the civilians of the danger and evacuate immediately. Optimus begins the preparations.

Optimus already knew the Decepticons were here and the crystal was only half-buried. This meant they needed to hurry. Going through the mine, they found Mindwipe and beat him once again, before encountering Galvatron's right-hand-bot, Cyclonus. In a noble and heroic effort, the Autobots defeat him and progress forward even when knowing the Decepticons were waiting. As they made it through, they encountered the Sweep leader, Scourge, who first sends out his minions to deal with the Autobots. Even with the numbers game, he is unable to take them down and they finally arrive at the crystal. Unfortunately, it's here that the Autobots meet the six-changing ninja, Sixshot, guarding it. Through a rough and difficult battle, they defeat him and obtain the large crystal.

As they prepare to leave, they encounter the brave and honorable commander, Ultra Magnus, who gladly joins the group. But after they analyze it, guess what—it's not the Zel Quartz either! Although it is a new crystal and an amazing specimen, Arcee is quite upset it's not the Quartz and must be returned immediately. Optimus decides to return it, and Arcee volunteers to accompany him. Just then, Rodimus gives her a jewel that was mixed in with the dirt while carrying the crystal. Rodimus would have hoped she would like it and that it would help him get a better reputation with the ladies, but instead she scolds her commander for taking the jewel out without permission, much to Rodimus' embarassment and dismay. As a punishment, Optimus made Rodimus take his place in returning both gems to the mine.

{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will meet the Monsterbot Doublecross instead of Ultra Magnus, reuniting the entire Autobot squadron in both timelines.}}

====Stage 9====
Even though the Autobots have been keeping the Decepticons from plundering Zel Samine, they still haven't found the Zel Quartz and they are fresh out of good leads. Just then, Wheeljack and Arcee come back from looking at the old archives with good news. When the planet was first pioneered, a strange and powerful mineral was found, which would be the namesake of the planet: Zel Rock! It was no-doubt the Zel Quartz and it is located at the [[ELTA]], short for the "Enormous Laser Transmission Array", a facility where they convert the energy cultivated on Zel Samine into a laser beam for transmission back to the home planet of Paradius and is located at the central core. Unfortunately, as they prepare for departure, they learn from the Paradius United Government that the Decepticons beat them to ELTA already. The Autobots carefully began choosing the team. The final battle has begun....

As anticipated, the Decepticons were ready for the Autobots and also set up a mine field as well, but they were not willing to give up so soon. As they moved on, they had an encounter with Megatron's treasonous second-in-command, Starscream. A tough battle arose, but the Autobots came out on top, forcing Starscream to retreat, claiming discretion is the better part of valor. As the Autobots proceeded, they were forced to deal with minefields and automated guns that ''still'' do not know allies and enemies. After all that, they end up fighting both Scourge and Cyclonus together, but the team is able to win again. But just as they leave, the Decepticon combiner Abominus appears to stop them. After a tough-winded battle, they defeat Abominus and continue on. After defeating Snapdragon, Apeface, and Astrotrain one last time, they finally reach ELTA.

====Stage 10====
As they arrive inside, the alarm has sounded and the Decepticons have already breached the ELTA central core and an explosion is imminent. In a hurried rush, the Autobots quickly hurry to the core where after dashing through the halls they encounter Trypticon again but defeat him again. As they reach the center, they are greeted by Trypticon's partner, Full-Tilt, Soundwave, and his future self, Soundblaster. The trio are soundly defeated and the team encounters the Decepticon leaders, Megatron and Galvatron, now in possession of the Zel Quartz and bet the Quartz on a final battle. Within an arena surrounded by electric barriers, the final battle commenced!

It was a truly heart-stopping and difficult battle, but somehow, the Autobots pull through and finally obtain the Zel Quartz. However, ELTA was ready to self-destruct. Optimus commanded his Autobots to evacuate immediately and leave the Primes to handle the situation. Optimus realized that even if the Quartz was put back in place, it would still blow up and kill every Transformer here. Because of the energy concentrated on ELTA, a global catastrophe would occur with nothing left to do about it. Not even the Decepticons would be able to escape this, and all the talk of justice was all empty. It was then that Optimus realized how it could be stopped. He and Rodimus unveil their respective Matrixes and unleash their powers, stopping the energy flow and saving Zel Samine, much to the surprise of Megatron and Galvatron. The Decepticon leaders leave the planet, swearing revenge one day.

Reuniting with their Autobots, they learn that the Decepticons used the Space Bridge to return home, and Kup knows they will return one day, as the Decepticons were like cockroaches that don't die no matter how many times they're stepped on. With the full agreement and cooperation of the United Government, Optimus reaffirms his decision to destroy the Zel Quartz. In exchange of this, Wheeljack will help re-engineer ELTA's core apparatus. As they discuss a way to destroy the Zel Quartz, Starscream suddenly swoops in and swipes the Quartz, lying in wait for them to slip up. With the Quartz in his possession, Starscream flies away from the planet to install it somewhere he won't be interrupted. Optimus laughs, as Wheeljack reveals that the Quartz needs the planet's electromagnetic waves to be powerful and can only be properly installed in the planet's atmosphere. As the Autobots laugh about Starscream's incompetence, the shuttle had finally been repaired, but the future Autobots begin to disappear. Now that the Zel Quartz is gone, history has been remade and Rodimus and his friends were now returning to their era. Both sides salute each other and the Autobots roll on home as Starscream floats powerless and helplessly in space.....

{{gamestub}}

===Decepticon Story===
====Stage 1====
In a Decepticon shuttle that crashed in a cave on Zel Samine, Starscream and Soundwave finish making modifications to the Space Bridge to send their leader there, so that they could try an investigation of a mysterious flying object that landed there and the disappearance of the Decepticons sent to investigate before them. Though Soundwave was sure it would work, the Space Bridge backfires during transport and becomes severely damaged. But Megatron was being transported, and Starscream decides to lead Soundwave to his estimated location of arrival. But when they arrive, no one is around, leading them to believe he was destroyed in the transport.

Just as Starscream was about to name himself new leader, he was blasted back by none other than Megatron, alive and quite well. Soundwave apologizes for the inconvenience of the space bridge not working. However Megatron reveals that the Autobots—most notably Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, and Jazz—had also crash-landed on Zel Samine to investigate the mysterious flying object that landed here. They detected the space bridge signature, just as Megatron called Optimus, challenging him to a battle right in front of Prime's shuttle, which Optimus gladly accepted, though Wheeljack noted he wouldn't get past him. Starscream pondered why Megatron alerted them to their attack, with Megatron stating that the Autobots are merely "play-acting as heroes", and wondered if he could put in a good word for Starscream to [[Starscream (Armada)|become an Autobot]]. Starscream shouted he'd rather die and brushed off his previous claim, as the Decepticons prepared to select their mission team.

[[Image:Transformers Tatakai Megatron Surrounded.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Starscream looked suspiciously enthusiastic to join the beating of Megatron.]]
As they were about to move forward, however, they were stopped by an invisible wall which only goes down after defeating waves of Autobot troops. After dealing with hordes of enemies, Wheeljack, and even a deadly minefield that Wheeljack put up himself, Megatron and his troops finally reach Optimus Prime. After a long and hard-fought battle, Prime drives off in the opposite direction of his own shuttle. Megatron looks on frustrated, but nonetheless, the Decepticons take all the Energon aboard the shuttle.

Soundwave considers the mission still considered the battle a victory for the Energon they stole, but Starscream notes that the shuttle is inoperable due to the accident and they are unable to use the space bridge. Soundwave explains that the planet Zel Samine produces multiple energy sources for it to be transported to other planets within the Paradius system. Megatron devises a plan to steal the energy sources of Zel Samine to repair their shuttle and then investigate the truth behind the UFO's. Starscream wondered about the missing Decepticons, but Megatron knows they would join if they smelled a fight as the trio prepare for the battle ahead.

====Stage 2====
Megatron and Soundwave spoke of the mysterious UFO and the mystery behind everything that has been happening. According to sensors, the UFO appeared after an explosion in a space-time discontinuity event, and landed on Zel. The Decepticons sent to investigate mysteriously vanished, leading Soundwave to believe it was no mere accident. Megatron believes that Optimus Prime may be creating a new weapon, similar to the Immobilizer and Solar Tower. However, Soundwave reveals the dangerous electromagnetic rays emmitted from the planet's sun, Paradius, which are harmful to Transformers, most notably in high altitudes and in space, which was the cause of the Space Bridge's malfunction in the first place. This meant they were stuck on the planet and needed to get more energy so that the repairs could be done.

The first target is the wind power plant on Mount Jaad, though Starscream was not sure, as the outputs were quite feeble and gathering power over a wide area would be tedious. Soundwave notes that the energy outputs are much higher here than on Earth, and Megatron reveals the main target is the main power station, where the turbine energy is collected and stored. However, the Autobots were occupying the area, but Starscream notes he could destroy them all with one shot, as Megatron prepares to select the team and formation.

As they reach the power plant, they encounter heavy Autobot resistance and automated defense cannons, getting in the way of their progress. They also encounter the Autobot Headmaster, Brainstorm, who they soundly defeat, with Megatron finding him to be "all bark and no bite". As they continue towards the main station, they breach more defenses and defeat Wheeljack yet again. Finally reaching the main station, they are encountered by Hound, determined to keep "the beauty of this place". Needless to say, he was defeated and the Decepticons prepared to suck the plant dry.

As they prepared to leave, they encounter the Horrorcon Headmaster, Snapdragon, who rejoins the Decepticons on Zel. Returning to the shuttle with all the energy, they prepare to use it to repair the shuttle. As Starscream ponders to himself about how pointless the complexity of the operation was and that Megatron is not fit to lead, but his leader interrupts his train of thought with claiming to know about Starscream's thoughts, but revealed not to. Naivity like that was how Starscream would "never catch [Megatron] sleeping".

{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster Weirdwolf, instead of Snapdragon.}}

===Stage 3===
Their next stop is a Geothermal Power Plant, but once again, Starscream scoffs at the primitive resources that the planet has until Soundwave mentions the large volume of the energy. But Starscream also brings up that the facility is underground, making it difficult for him to fly. This gives Megatron an excuse to laugh at the one Decepticon who has constantly tried undermining him, for being unable to fly with a roof above him, but Starscream recomposes himself. Just then, Laserbeak returns and reports the Autobots taking up defensive positions, making the Decepticons prepare.

Megatron is astounded by the marvelous atmosphere of the plant as they move on, taking down any Autobots that get in their way. Along the way, they encounter the Mosterbot Grotusque and soundly defeat him. Megatron commented he was "as useless as he was ugly". Continuing their way, they encounter a hot magma panel floor that damages them if stayed on there for prolonged periods. As the reach the main power station, they are greeted by another Monsterbot Doublecross. They defeat him and take the energy.

As they get ready for departure, they encounter the Triple Changer, Blitzwing, who scolded his fellow Decepticons for being so late, but joined the party nonetheless. Returning to the shuttle with the energy, the Decepticons contemplate the mission's success and the Autobots uselessness and inability to stop them. However, they were unable to gain the neccessary amount of energy. Megatron knew that Soundwave was not responsible, though. Instead, it was Starscream, having been told by Laserbeak that he was pilfering the Energon cubes. As Megatron contemplates having Laserbeak to replace him, Starscream immediatly goes to return them and Megatron has him work on the shuttle as punishment, and quietly plans to have him face Optimus Prime as well.

{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster Skullcruncher, instead of Blitzwing.}}

==Characters==
Below is a list of some of the characters that appear in the game. Not all characters are unlocked when you beat a storyline for the first time. This encourages the player to go back and try again to get the rest. There are also some changes made to the story after beating it the first time.

[[Image:Doublecross mb.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Doublecross as seen in the video game.]]
[[Image:Ps2tatakai full-tilt.jpg|right|154px|thumb|I failed to transform in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]].]]
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|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]†
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Doublecross]]

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]†
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]†
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Octane]]†
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
*[[Full-Tilt]]
*[[Weirdwolf]]
*[[Skullcruncher]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]†
*[[Apeface]]†
*[[Sixshot]]†
*[[Dark Hot Rod]]

|h3=Non-player characters|c3=
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'''Autobots'''
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Skylynx]]
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Punch (G1)|Punch]]
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
*[[Pointblank]]
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Raiden]]
*[[Shōki|Shouki]]
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
*[[Suiken]]
*[[Kaen]]
*[[Megatron Clone]]

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'''Decepticons'''
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnell]] {{sic}}
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
*[[Triggerhappy]]
*[[Misfire|Missfire]] {{sic}}
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Flywheels]]
*[[Optimus Clone]]
{{!}}}
}}

†Characters with multiple alternate modes (such as [[Sixshot]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s) are presented as multiple characters, each having different alternate modes.

==Notes==
* Those who pre-ordered this game received a special "Matrix Disc" DVD containing all the Japanese [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] toy [[commercial]]s up to [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]].
* For all its flaws, this game comes with a whole lotta fanwank. Besides the sheer number of characters, both Autobots and Decepticons occasionally reference episodes of the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]].
** Considering the possibility that the Autobots were developing a new weapon, Megatron was initially dismissive, but recalled the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] and [[Solar Power Tower]] from the episodes "[[The Immobilizer]]" and "[[The Master Builders]]" as proof it was not out of the Autobots' capabilities.
** When learning they will have to battle the other faction at the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]], which generates energy through dams, Jazz and Megatron remarked it was just like when they woke up on Earth. They referred, of course, to the battle at [[Sherman Dam]] in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".
** Jazz claimed he surfed a giant tidal wave back when Cybertron came really close to the Earth, recalling the events in the episode "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]".
** Obviously, the Transformers who travel back from the future make numerous references to the events that transpired during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
** The Quintessons are said to have created the means for the future Transformers to reach the past, which would seem based on their creation of the [[Time Window]] in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
** Upon hearing that Rodimus Prime, Arcee and Kup are from the future, Optimus Prime talked about Spike traveling back in time when he entered old ruins and a time machine on Cybertron that saved his life. These are references to the episodes "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" wherein [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] traveled through time by means of the [[Dragon Mound]], and "[[War Dawn]]" wherein the [[Kronosphere]] brought the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to the past where they saved Optimus's previous persona Orion Pax.
** Wishing to illustrate he could take care of himself, Kup began recalling a story of when he and some others went to [[Floron III]] and encountered a horde of [[Morphobot|mech eatin' plants]]. This story deals with concepts introduced in the episode "[[Quest for Survival]]", but not events that actually happened in the cartoon.
** Considering the story of the Gem of Mystery, a stone of great power that lied within a recently discovered jungle temple, Megatron was reminded of the [[Crystal of Power]] which he had found within a temple on Earth in "[[Fire on the Mountain]]".
** During Wheeljack and Kup's talk of the old days, they talked about a battle against a giant black Decepticon{{fact|Who?}} and the beauty of [[Crystal City]]. Crystal City appeared in "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
** While sort of flirting with Arcee, Optimus Prime thought back on [[Elita One]], that he hadn't seen her in a long time and that he missed her. Elita One is Optimus Prime's life partner who appeared in the episodes "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]" and "[[War Dawn]]".
** At one point, Cyclonus noticed that Galvatron had been acting a lot saner ever since coming to Zel Samine and wondered if it was due to Paradius's radiation. It made him think back on times he had visited other places to 'cure' Galvatron, including the planet [[Torkulon]] which they visited in "[[Webworld]]".
** At another point, Cyclonus was able to restrain his temper against Starscream's insult by telling himself he would "turn into a pathetic ghost eventually," as per the events of "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" and "[[Ghost in the Machine]]".
** Soundwave compared the abilities of the Zel Quartz to the [[Heart of Cybertron]], the gem that powered the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and was temporarily retrieved in "[[Microbots]]".

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20100124003405/http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/takara/gameinfo/charactor/transformer.html ''The Transformers'' game page at Atlus.co.jp] (archive copy)
*[http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Sesq0 Gameplay videos on YouTube]
*Video game site [http://www.ign.com/ ''IGN''] did a [http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/01/transformers-vs-transformers humorous comparison] between the Atlus-developed Generation 1 game and the later [[Melbourne House]]-developed [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' game]] as a "battle between Japan and Australia". Australia won.
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/917923-transformers-japan/faqs/27448 GameFAQs' overview of the game]
* [http://pastebin.com/VaTnpAU2 A messy rip of in-game text and dialog from the game]

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[[Category:Generation 1 video games]]

Deadlock (episode)

2013-07-27T23:19:58Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{disambig2|the Prime episode|the Generation 1 Decepticon|Drift (G1)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 65
|prev=Synthesis
|next=Predacons Rising (Prime)
|image=Tfp deadlock omega lock.jpg
|caption=Take that to the secondary cargo hold. We need to make room for the Stargate.
|title="Deadlock"
|airdate=[[July 26]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots face the Decepticons for a last showdown.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Autobot]]s storm the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' via the outer hull, while [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] lets them know he's heading for the [[Omega Lock]]'s control station. As he approaches the ship, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s team to join Ratchet while [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Wrecker]]s take the bridge. Arcee asks if they should destroy the lock, but Optimus intends to use it to restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] has to be prompted to follow the others when he's momentarily distracted by the sight of [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] arriving on the top of the ship to face Prime. The Decepticon leader uses the [[Dark Star Saber]] to damage Optimus's jet pack. Optimus manages to land on one of the lower spires and starts climbing up.

Telling them he has something he needs to do, Smokescreen leaves Arcee and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Meanwhile, Ratchet reaches the control station and begins fighting [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. Arcee and Bumblebee approach the control station, as well, but they're cut off by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and a bunch of Seekers who open fire on them. While this is going on, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] packs for a sudden journey he has to make right now. Smokescreen soon reaches the warship's storage area and retrieves the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]].

Ultra Magnus and his team reach the bridge; however, their attempt is cut short by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], who [[GroundBridge]]s them to another part of the ship, where they're quickly surrounded. Ultra Magnus notifies everyone that his team has been delayed, which gives [[Jack Darby|Jack]] an idea. He asks [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] to bridge him onto the ''Nemesis'' bridge as he's come up with a plan.

On the warship, Shockwave finishes pummeling Ratchet, but is interrupted by the Omega Lock signalling that it's ready to fire. As he opens the huge portal to prepare for firing, he spots Optimus hanging out on the Omega Lock's structure and is forced to take cover as Optimus opens fire. Megatron soon arrives to engage Optimus directly and orders Shockwave to begin the firing sequence.

Knock Out, wandering the corridors, finds himself cut off by the fighting. The bridge, meanwhile, is invaded by Jack and an [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]-clad [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. She quickly finishes off the Vehicons on duty, but Soundwave advances on her with an open GroundBridge. Jack tells Raf to open a GroundBridge right next to Soundwave, and the conflicting bridge energies promptly transport Soundwave into the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]]. As Jack and Miko head to the controls, the Omega Lock begins powering up on the bottom of the ship. On its rim, Optimus and Megatron continue to battle, with Optimus knocking the Dark Star Saber from Megatron's grip and decking him. Megatron orders Shockwave to prepare to fire, but is interrupted by the ship lurching while under Jack's control.

[[File:Tfp bee down.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Cue the tears of children worldwide.]]

Down below, Smokescreen passes Arcee and Bumblebee, carrying the Star Saber into the Omega Lock control room. He attempts to throw the sword down to Optimus, only to be blasted by Shockwave. Arcee, Bumblebee, Starscream and Shockwave all run for the weapon, but Arcee takes out Starscream, and Bumblebee reaches it first, decking Shockwave before grabbing the saber in midair. Ratchet warns Optimus he must use the Star Saber to destroy the Omega Lock; however, as Bumblebee jumps to pass the weapon to Optimus, he's blasted repeatedly by Megatron. As other Autobots watch in horror, Bumblebee dies. He plunges lifelessly into the Omega Lock's energy field.

Outraged, Optimus smacks Megatron around, only to be knocked off the Omega Lock when Megatron recovers the Dark Star Saber. As Prime clings to the side, Megatron prepares to finish the Autobot off, only to turn around in response to someone calling his name. Bumblebee runs him through with the Star Saber, and as everyone looks on in shock, Megatron dies, his body falling from the Omega Lock and plunging Earthward. Bumblebee helps Optimus climb up as the remaining [[Decepticon]]s scramble to escape. As the Autobots reunite, they marvel at the fact that Bumblebee has his voice back, and Optimus passes on the news to Magnus's team and [[Hangar E]] that Megatron has perished. With the ship now under Autobot control, Optimus orders Magnus to set course for Cybertron. Bumblebee radios Raf to let him know to come up so he can be there for the restoration of Cybertron.

[[File:Tfp cybertron restored.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Peace.]]

As the ship passes through the [[space bridge]], Starscream and Shockwave reach the escape pods to find there's only one left. They cram into it and eject, though Starscream complains about the cramped conditions. Ratchet explains that he does not have the complete formula to synthesize cyber-matter, and the current amount was intended to cyberform Earth, not the much larger Cybertron. Optimus directs the ship to the [[Well of All Sparks]], so they can revitalize Cybertron's core. The beam of energy strikes Cybertron's core, and the planet is soon completely restored and glowing a healthy blue. On the bridge, Knock Out admires the planet's new luster, and claims to be "joining the winning team", only to be decked by Miko. [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], still clinging to the hull, looks out over Cybertron before transforming and flying off.

Back on Earth, Optimus gives a speech about how they're going to miss [[Earth]]. Fowler says the three kids will be members of Unit:E, June modifying it by mentioning that they'll be in a consulting capacity only until they're of age, and Ratchet takes the opportunity to announce he's staying on Earth. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee give a tearful farewell to their respective partners, while Fowler, Magnus, Wheeljack and Smokescreen share a mutual salute. As the Autobots head through the space bridge, Optimus gives Ratchet a last goodbye, and with a final lingering look at his human companions, strides through after his team.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (15)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (16)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (17)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (18)

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[Jack Darby]] (12)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (13)
*[[June Darby]] (20)

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

==Quotes==
"Pack light. Pack light! [''Finds his rotary buffer''] Oh! Pack ''smart''!"
:—'''Knock Out''', not needing to be told that [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|cowards survive]].

"You took my voice. You will never rob anyone, of anything, ever again."
:—'''Bumblebee''', getting payback at last.

"I will avenge you, Master!" 
[''Shockwave grabs him''] 
"Starscream, do not be a fool!" 
[''They flee as Starscream resists''] 
"Curse you and your logic!"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Shockwave''' debate the merits of revenge.

"Bumblebee..." 
"Your voice..." 
"My voice? What're you g-...My voice!" 
[''grabs '''Ratchet''' in a great big hug''] 
"Ratchet! I have my pipes back!" 
"Errhmm, y-yes! Yes we noticed!"
:—'''Arcee''', '''Bumblebee''', and '''Ratchet''' in a crazy-happy moment. Admit it, you smiled too.

"Optimus Prime to all units: Megatron is no more."
:—Recent news is announced by '''Optimus'''.

"Rrrgh, your elbow articulator is digging into my lateral flexer!" 
"Do you intend to whine for the duration of the voyage?" 
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Shockwave''' get used to each other's company. This is going to be a long trip.

"Ah, such luster." 
''[Autobots stare in disbelief]'' 
"What? I'm joining the winning team."
:—'''Knock Out''' proves once again just how self-important he really is, right before Miko shuts him up.

"Raf..." 
"I know Bee. You don't have to say anything." 
"I never did."
:—'''Raf''' and '''Bumblebee''' share their last exchange...for now.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Even though the ship is orbiting Earth, Transformers and objects fall at a rate consistent with Earth-normal gravity outside of the ship.
* How, exactly, did Bumblebee get back onto the platform after falling through the Omega Lock's healing field rather than falling to (another) death by burning up in Earth's atmosphere?
* On a similar note, how did anyone not notice Bumblebee coming back to life and grabbing the Star Saber when most optics were turned to him in the first place?

===Continuity notes===
* Jack, Miko, and Raf experienced the effects of crossed GroundBridges firsthand in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
* Bumblebee gets his voice back in this episode. His voicebox was destroyed in the events of Tyger Pax as explained in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]" and the novel, ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''. His voicebox, as well as his wounds, were restored through the energy field generated by the Omega Lock. It is rather fitting that he delivers the final blow to Megatron.
* Miko previously used the Apex Armor in "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]".
* The Star Saber was previously seen in the Decepticon vault in "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]". Despite not making a note of it then, that fact did not escape Smokescreen's notice.
* Ultra Magnus refers to Soundwave's combat GroundBridging as a "relocation trick", which he had used on Arcee in "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]", a Predacon bone fragment in "[[Project Predacon]]", and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and her [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] in "[[Thirst]]".
* Soundwave isn't the only [[Skyquake (Prime)|Decepticon who is trapped in the Shadowzone]].
* The Autobots fire the Omega Lock into the Well of All Sparks, last seen in flashback in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* Predaking is revealed to have survived Megatron's attack from the previous episode.
* The [[Immobilizer]] is seen in a stasis field in the vault, making all the Iacon relics left on Cybertron last season accounted for.

===Transformers references===
* This is not [[Megatron (Movie)|the]] [[Megatron (Animated)|first]] incarnation of Megatron to free fall through Earth's atmosphere.
* Likewise this is not the first time [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Mobile App)|is killed from behind by]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].
* Also this isn't the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|first time]] Bumblebee gets a fatal hole blown in his torso by Megatron.

===Real-world references===
* Raf refers to opening conflicting Space Bridge portals as 'crossing the streams', a term from ''Ghostbusters'' for a method of last resort with potentially devastating consequences.
* The Dark Star Saber makes a brief sound similar to a [[lightsaber]] from ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' as it falls from the ''Nemesis''.

===Trivia===
* Ratchet kept saying that he wanted to go back to Cybertron, and that he wouldn't forgive Optimus for leaving him on a planet with humans. Evidently, he has grown used to them, and stays behind anyway, claiming that he's needed in Unit:E.
* Ratchet's reasoning for remaining on Earth doesn't really make sense. Optimus states that though Cybertron can support life again, there's a lot of rebuilding to do. Being the most technically skilled Autobot known to still be alive, wouldn't his skills be more needed on Cybertron?
* Bumblebee was wearing a battle mask over his mouth for the whole series, which is revealed when he retracts it upon discovering he can speak again.
* Soundwave has his Spacebridge trump card used against him (at last). One has to wonder what purpose he will serve in the Shadowzone.
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Deadlock (episode)

2013-07-27T11:10:27Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the Prime episode|the Generation 1 Decepticon|Drift (G1)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 65
|prev=Synthesis
|next=Predacons Rising (Prime)
|image=Tfp deadlock omega lock.jpg
|caption=Take that to the secondary cargo hold. We need to make room for the Stargate.
|title="Deadlock"
|airdate=[[July 26]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots face the Decepticons for a last showdown.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Autobot]]s storm the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' via the outer hull, while [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] lets them know he's heading for the [[Omega Lock]]'s control station. As he approaches the ship, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s team to join Ratchet while [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Wrecker]]s take the bridge. Arcee asks if they should destroy the lock, but Optimus intends to use it to restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] has to be prompted to follow the others when he's momentarily distracted by the sight of [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] arriving on the top of the ship to face Prime. The Decepticon leader uses the [[Dark Star Saber]] to damage Optimus's jet pack. Optimus manages to land on one of the lower spires and starts climbing up.

Telling them he has something he needs to do, Smokescreen leaves Arcee and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Meanwhile, Ratchet reaches the control station and begins fighting [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. Arcee and Bumblebee approach the control station, as well, but they're cut off by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and a bunch of Seekers who open fire on them. While this is going on, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] packs for a sudden journey he has to make right now. Smokescreen soon reaches the warship's storage area and retrieves the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]].

Ultra Magnus and his team reach the bridge; however, their attempt is cut short by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], who [[GroundBridge]]s them to another part of the ship, where they're quickly surrounded. Ultra Magnus notifies everyone that his team has been delayed, which gives [[Jack Darby|Jack]] an idea. He asks [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] to bridge him onto the ''Nemesis'' bridge as he's come up with a plan.

On the warship, Shockwave finishes pummeling Ratchet, but is interrupted by the Omega Lock signalling that it's ready to fire. As he opens the huge portal to prepare for firing, he spots Optimus hanging out on the Omega Lock's structure and is forced to take cover as Optimus opens fire. Megatron soon arrives to engage Optimus directly and orders Shockwave to begin the firing sequence.

Knock Out, wandering the corridors, finds himself cut off by the fighting. The bridge, meanwhile, is invaded by Jack and an [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]-clad [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. She quickly finishes off the Vehicons on duty, but Soundwave advances on her with an open GroundBridge. Jack tells Raf to open a GroundBridge right next to Soundwave, and the conflicting bridge energies promptly transport Soundwave into the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]]. As Jack and Miko head to the controls, the Omega Lock begins powering up on the bottom of the ship. On its rim, Optimus and Megatron continue to battle, with Optimus knocking the Dark Star Saber from Megatron's grip and decking him. Megatron orders Shockwave to prepare to fire, but is interrupted by the ship lurching while under Jack's control.

[[File:Tfp bee down.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Cue the tears of children worldwide.]]

Down below, Smokescreen passes Arcee and Bumblebee, carrying the Star Saber into the Omega Lock control room. He attempts to throw the sword down to Optimus, only to be blasted by Shockwave. Arcee, Bumblebee, Starscream and Shockwave all run for the weapon, but Arcee takes out Starscream, and Bumblebee reaches it first, decking Shockwave before grabbing the saber in midair. Ratchet warns Optimus he must use the Star Saber to destroy the Omega Lock; however, as Bumblebee jumps to pass the weapon to Optimus, he's blasted repeatedly by Megatron. As other Autobots watch in horror, Bumblebee dies. He plunges lifelessly into the Omega Lock's energy field.

Outraged, Optimus smacks Megatron around, only to be knocked off the Omega Lock when Megatron recovers the Dark Star Saber. As Prime clings to the side, Megatron prepares to finish the Autobot off, only to turn around in response to someone calling his name. Bumblebee runs him through with the Star Saber, and as everyone looks on in shock, Megatron dies, his body falling from the Omega Lock and plunging Earthward. Bumblebee helps Optimus climb up as the remaining [[Decepticon]]s scramble to escape. As the Autobots reunite, they marvel at the fact that Bumblebee has his voice back, and Optimus passes on the news to Magnus's team and [[Hangar E]] that Megatron has perished. With the ship now under Autobot control, Optimus orders Magnus to set course for Cybertron. Bumblebee radios Raf to let him know to come up so he can be there for the restoration of Cybertron.

[[File:Tfp cybertron restored.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Peace.]]

As the ship passes through the [[space bridge]], Starscream and Shockwave reach the escape pods to find there's only one left. They cram into it and eject, though Starscream complains about the cramped conditions. Ratchet explains that he does not have the complete formula to synthesize cyber-matter, and the current amount was intended to cyberform Earth, not the much larger Cybertron. Optimus directs the ship to the [[Well of All Sparks]], so they can revitalize Cybertron's core. The beam of energy strikes Cybertron's core, and the planet is soon completely restored and glowing a healthy blue. On the bridge, Knock Out admires the planet's new luster, and claims to be "joining the winning team", only to be decked by Miko. [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], still clinging to the hull, looks out over Cybertron before transforming and flying off.

Back on Earth, Optimus gives a speech about how they're going to miss [[Earth]]. Fowler says the three kids will be members of Unit:E, and Ratchet takes the opportunity to announce he's staying on Earth. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee give a tearful farewell to their respective partners, while Fowler, Magnus, Wheeljack and Smokescreen share a mutual salute. As the Autobots head through the space bridge, Optimus gives Ratchet a last goodbye, and strides through after his team.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (15)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (16)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (17)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (18)

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[Jack Darby]] (12)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (13)
*[[June Darby]] (20)

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

==Quotes==
"You took my voice. You will never rob anyone, of anything, ever again."
:—'''Bumblebee''', getting payback at last.

"I will avenge you my master!" 
[''Shockwave grabs him''] 
"Starscream, do not be a fool!" 
[''They flee as Starscream resists''] 
"Curse you and your logic!"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Shockwave''' debate the merits of revenge.

"Rrrgh, your elbow articulator is digging into my lateral flexer!" 
"Do you intend to whine for the duration of the voyage?" 
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Shockwave''' get used to each other's company. This is going to be a long trip.

"Ah, such luster." 
''[Autobots stare in disbelief]'' 
"What? I'm joining the winning team."
:—'''Knock Out''' proves once again just how self-important he really is, right before Miko shuts him up.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Even though the ship is orbiting Earth, Transformers and objects fall at a rate consistent with Earth-normal gravity outside of the ship.

===Continuity notes===
* Jack, Miko, and Raf experienced the effects of crossed GroundBridges firsthand in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
* Bumblebee gets his voice back in this episode. His voicebox was destroyed in the events of Tyger Pax as explained in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]" and the novel, ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''. His voicebox, as well as his wounds, were restored through the energy field generated by the Omega Lock. It is rather fitting how it is he who delivers the final blow to destroy Megatron.
* Miko previously used the Apex Armor in "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]".
* The Star Saber was previously seen in the Decepticon vault in "[[Prey (episode)|Prey]]". Despite not making a note of it then, that fact did not escape Smokescreen's notice.
* Ultra Magnus refers to Soundwave's combat GroundBridging as a "relocation trick", which he had used on Arcee in "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]", a Predacon bone fragment in "[[Project Predacon]]", and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and her [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] in "[[Thirst]]".
* Soundwave isn't the only [[Skyquake (Prime)|Decepticon who is trapped in the Shadowzone]].
* The Autobots fire the Omega Lock into the Well of All Sparks, last seen in flashback in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* Predaking is revealed to have survived Megatron's attack from the previous episode.

===Transformers references===
* This is not [[Megatron (Movie)|the]] [[Megatron (Animated)|first]] incarnation of Megatron to free fall through Earth's atmosphere.

===Real-world references===
*The Dark Star Saber makes a brief sound familiar to Light Saber from Star Wars- saga as it falls off aboard the Nemesis.

===Trivia===
* Ratchet kept saying that he wanted to go back to Cybertron, and that he wouldn't forgive Optimus for leaving him on a planet with humans. Evidently, he has grown used to them, and stays behind anyway, claiming that he's needed in Unit:E.
* Ratchet's reasoning for remaining on Earth doesn't really make sense. Optimus states that though Cybertron can support life again, there's a lot of rebuilding to do. Being the most technically skilled Autobot known to still be alive, wouldn't his skills be more needed on Cybertron?
* Bumblebee was wearing a battle mask over his mouth for the whole series, which is revealed when he retracts it upon discovering he can speak again.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

The Immobilizer

2013-07-26T13:30:01Z

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{{disambig3|Immobilizer}}
{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=22
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=15
|prev2=Birth of the Transformers!
|next2=Atlantis, Arise!
|image=Immobilizerep6.jpg
|caption="See? We can shoot him right in the nads!" "Television doesn't work that way, you doofus."
|title="The Immobilizer"
|production code=#700-21
|airdate=[[September 24]], 1985
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Decepticons steal Wheeljack's latest invention, which immobilizes stuff, and Ironhide attempts to retrieve it.'''

==Synopsis==
At [[Autobot]] headquarters, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] gathers everyone around for a demonstration of his newest invention, the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer]]. Walking in late, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] sees [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]’s hologram of [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and, thinking it’s real, fires wildly at it, scattering the Autobots and nearly bringing down the roof. As Ironhide apologizes, Wheeljack reveals that the Immobilizer was damaged and needs a replacement [[polarizer]]. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] volunteer to go into town to retrieve it.

[[Image:Immbolizerep4.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Before ''Dance Dance Revolution'', there was...''Robot Resource''.]]

While on their mission, 'Bee and Spike stop for a few rounds of ''Robot Resource'' at the [[Robots Video Arcade|local arcade]]. A young woman named [[Carly]] introduces herself to the pair and admits her fondness for the "cute Autobot". A somewhat jealous and awkward Spike reminds Bumblebee that they need to leave, and the pair take off, only to be stopped a few moments later by a sarcastic policeman. As they are being busted for speeding, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] attacks Bumblebee and secretly plants a [[Micro-bug|miniature video camera]] on the Autobot. Spike electrocutes Ravage with jumper cables, and the [[Decepticon]] retreats. The officer lets the pair go with a warning.

With the Immobilizer repaired, Wheeljack starts the demonstration again, unaware his every word is being caught by the microbug camera on Bumblebee and relayed to [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. The Decepticons aren’t too keen on the idea of being permanently immobilized by the invention, and Megatron promises to steal it.

[[Image:Ladybreakeandfatjazzr.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Trailbreaker has a great ass. Who knew?]]

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] decides to move the test outdoors for safety. As the Autobots approach the location, Prime directs Ironhide to guard the perimeter. The rest proceed toward a fast-moving river, which Wheeljack immobilizes with the device. In the commotion caused by the success of the test, Spike messes with the Immobilizer and is almost zapped, but Wheeljack throws him out of the way, takes the blast himself, and winds up stiff as a board.

Still patrolling the perimeter, Ironhide catches a glimpse of a shadowy figure and fires his weapon. He discovers that the figure was Carly, whom he scolds for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The distant sound of gunfire cuts their conversation short, and Ironhide rushes off. He reaches the clearing to find the Decepticons have the Autobots at gunpoint, and blames the ambush on himself.

Megatron demands that Prime hand over the Immobilizer, and a battle ensues. The device gets knocked about and winds up in Megatron's hands, but just as he starts issuing another threat, the river, on which he and the Decepticons are now standing, re-mobilizes and sweeps them downstream.

[[Image:Immobilizerep7.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ratchet puts the finishing touches on his resin-cast Wheeljack model.]]

While undergoing repairs back at headquarters, Ironhide criticizes his performance in the field. Concluding that he’s too old to be of use, he resigns from active service, and nothing [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] or Prime says dissuades him. Carly blames herself for Ironhide's attitude and tries to convince him not to quit. Ironhide gives her a tour of the base, and she pockets a grenade when they visit the armory.

Some time later, Wheeljack unfreezes, and Spike notices that Carly is missing. Suspecting she’s emotional and going to do something rash ('cuz she ''is'' a girl), Spike and Bumblebee set out to look for her. Turns out he’s right. Carly has driven a boat out into the ocean and, using SCUBA gear, swims down to Decepticon headquarters to plant the stolen grenade on their outer wall. However, she’s detected by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], kidnapped by Laserbeak, and brought into the base to face Megatron’s judgment.

Luckily for Carly, her abduction was caught by the [[Sky Spy]]. Ironhide rushes off to find Spike and Bumblebee and start a rescue mission.

Back under the ocean, the grenade Carly planted earlier goes off, and seawater starts rushing into Decepticon headquarters. They manage to fix the damage and contain the water, except in the cell where Carly is being held. With disturbing glee, Megatron and the others watch Carly struggle as water fills the cell to the ceiling. Assuming she’s dead, they leave the cell unguarded. This lets Ironhide swim through the hole in the wall, grab the girl and bring her back to the surface.

[[Image:Immobilizerep8.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You hit me! Kong never hit me!]]

After thanking Ironhide for the rescue, Carly rides off with Spike and Bumblebee, but when Ironhide doesn’t follow, they realize that he’s been immobilized. The Decepticons and Autobots square off, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] in control of the Immobilizer and freezing most of the Autobot forces. Following a plan of Carly’s design, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] tunnels under the ground with her and Spike so they come up near the Immobilizer's position. As [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] distracts the Decepticons with a [[sound and light show]], Carly crosses some wires in the device and the trio escapes. When Rumble tries to immobilize Optimus Prime, the device starts to re-mobilize the frozen Autobots instead. Ironhide grabs the Immobilizer from Laserbeak, and when all the Autobots are unfrozen, he smashes the device. With his toy in pieces, Megatron swears to return, and the Decepticons retreat.

[[Image:Immobilizerep1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This early version of ''Thelma and Louise'' never took off.]]

Back at headquarters, Ironhide asks to return to active duty, and Optimus heartily welcomes him back. Carly explains how she switched around the wires in the Immobilizer, since she does have a science scholarship at [[MIT]]. Confronted by both brains and beauty, Spike has no choice but to ask Carly on a date. Sparkplug watches them drive off and smiles in approval, despite the fact that his son is going out with a college student while he's too young to have a driver’s license.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (3)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (4)
* [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (6)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (8)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (9)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (10)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (11)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (12)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (18)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (21)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (22)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] (27)

|c2=
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (14)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (15)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (16)
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (23)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (24)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (25)

|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (5)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (7)
* [[Carly]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"We should vaporize those Autobot fools and fuse their carcasses into slag!"
:—So, '''Starscream''', you're planning to, uh, fuse their vaporized carcasses? It'd be worth paying to see you attempt it.

"Give me the device now, Optimus Prime." 
"Try and take it, Mega-turkey!"
:—'''Megatron''' and the oh-so-witty '''Trailbreaker'''

"Starscream, retreat!" 
"A Decepticon ''never'' retreats!"
:—'''Megatron''' finds that '''Starscream''' is more of a prideful fool than he thought.

'''Optimus Prime''': "You’re losing your warriors, Megatron." 
'''Megatron''': "Warriors are expendable! The most important thing is I get what I deserve! And I always do." 
''[The river unfreezes; the Decepticons fall in and are swept away]'' 
'''Trailbreaker''': "You deserved ''that'', all right, Mega-jerk. Rust in peace!"
:—Megatron makes the mistake of tempting fate.

"This is where we store our ammo. Course, uh, we'd rather not have any of this stuff around. But until the Decepticons change, or we pacify 'em once and for all..." 
"Someone ''should'' pacify those Decepticons...''and'' their underwater headquarters."
:—'''Ironhide''' finds that '''Carly''' is a girl after his own heart

"The show’s over. Back to work."
:—A leering '''Megatron''' takes glee in Carly’s apparent drowning.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
* Gears's shoulders/torso is all blue as the Autobots gather around Wheeljack. Only his truck roof should be blue; the rest should be red.
* Wheeljack is missing the lines on his "ears" when they stop flashing during "a clever little creation I call..."
* Cliffjumper has a completely wrong voice as he asks what the Immobilizer does. It sounds like a professorial type or something. Same thing happened to him in "[[Changing Gears]]", too.
* Brawn is suddenly with the gathered Autobots as they duck from Ironhide's random firing, despite not being in any of the establishing shots of the group.
* Ironhide's arm is layered in front of Spike as Spike dusts himself off, making them appear the same size.
* Ironhide's helmet rim is partly light gray instead of red as Wheeljack speaks to him. The same error will recur throughout the episode.
* Bumblebee's arm is layered behind one of the onlookers in [[Robots Video Arcade|the arcade]] as he bows. Said onlooker and his buddies continue their huge-mouthed gaping long after the cheering has stopped.
* The background behind Bumblebee changes between shots; when he bows, there's just the Robot Resource game, but in the next shot, two consoles have appeared, neither of them Robot Resource.
[[Image:Arcade Front.jpg|thumb|right|250px|So the car and the characters are drawn at one scale, and the hydrant and the buildings are drawn at a completely different scale.]]
* Carly's car is just sitting there half on the sidewalk. It's next to a fire hydrant that's almost as big as the car. And Robots Video Arcade apparently has a ''huge'' front door.
* Bumblebee has two random black rectangles on the back of his VW Bug mode as he transforms outside the arcade.
* Ravage's eye is randomly glowing white before he attacks Bumblebee. It could be an intentional effect to show emotion or recognition or something, but it's an odd choice.
* Some have claimed that Trailbreaker and Jazz are off-model as they help clean up the mess in Autobot Headquarters (too thin and too fat, respectively). Others find this claim to be rather dubious.
* When Wheeljack screws the polarizer on his new doohickey, his hand and lower arm pass through the polarizer. He also has random orange on his shoulders where there should only be white.
* Megatron appears to have an extra right forearm segment as he speaks his first line.
* Ravage's rear paws are light grey instead of black as he leaps to transform.
* Bits of Brawn's helmet are yellow instead of gray during the bizarre sequence of partial transformations.
* Jazz is off-model during his sequence a second later, with no fenders, no stripes, and an extra window.
* As Prime orders Ironhide to take the first watch, his headlights aren't colored in. In the background, a whole line of misshapen Autobot cars is driving past, including what looks like an off-model Cliffjumper colored entirely blue.
* Prime has a huge crotch as the camera pans down to Bumblebee.
* Missing Seeker insignias:
** In the first pan of the Decepticons surrounding the Autobots, Starscream's missing his wing insignia, and Soundwave's visor is white instead of red (and again when the shot is recycled after the first commercial break.)
** Starscream is missing his wing emblems as he falls over from Ironhide's goop.
** As he wanders into the trees, Starscream only has one of his wing insignia.
** Thundercracker only has one insignia as he climbs out of the river.
* Starscream has an all-yellow nosecone as he transforms to fly over the force field.
* As he dives at the Autobots, Starscream's air intakes are the same light gray as the rest of him, instead of red.
* Megatron has no transformation sound effect as he transforms to destroy the [[bouncer bomb]].
* Prime's left exhaust stack disappears into thin air as he turns toward the falling tree. He also has a random white segment above his grille.
* Prime's thighs are red instead of silver as Trailbreaker makes his "rust in peace" gag.
* Trailbreaker's force field projector is missing as the Autobots prepare to return to base.
* Ironhide clips through the corner of the wall as he walks off to "retire".
* Bumblebee leaves base to look for Carly... then is shown in the very next shot with the Autobots gathered around Prime in the base.
* Prowl is shown rolling out, even though he hasn't been in a single shot so far. Ironhide is also shown rolling out even though he "retired", and more problematically, is still at the base when Sparkplug detects Carly's kidnapping.
* Improbable viewpoints:
** Sparkplug shows Ironhide a visual that's supposedly from the [[Sky Spy]]. Somehow, the ''orbital satellite'' shows a tracking pan view of Laserbeak that's ''right beside him'' — below him, in fact. If the entire sequence is taken as Sky Spy's footage, Laserbeak flies within ''inches'' of Sky Spy's camera, as Carly's face fills the screen at one point.
* Ironhide's observation that Laserbeak has taken Carly is muffled as if it were coming over a radio transmission.
* Skywarp's arm laser, and Soundwave's head vents, are both white after Starscream gives the order to attack.

===Continuity errors===
* For his initial Immobilizer demonstration, Wheeljack asked Hound to project a hologram. Was he actually going to immobilize the hologram? How's that even possible?
* Spike suddenly has a wristwatch when he needs to check the time in the arcade. The watch is never seen before or after.
* Megatron knows which one is Bumblebee. [[A Prime Problem|Later]], he doesn't.
* When Carly disappears, Spike and Bumblebee go after her. In the next shot, Bumblebee is back inside with the rest of the Autobots.
* Carly apparently knows where the Decepticon base is located. How she knows is anyone's guess.
* In addition to the Immobilizer, she also has a great understanding of technology she's seen for the first time in her life. In the armoury, Ironhide only refers to storing ammunition yet Carly seems to recognize a bomb, or had the knowledge to convert alien ammunition into a timed explosive. MIT obviously gave that scholarship to the right candidate!
* Would Ironhide really have prevented the Decepticon sneak attack if he hadn't moved the hundred feet or so from his station? Couldn't the 'cons have just come from the other direction?
* Carly's another pressure-proof super human, [[Atlantis, Arise!|just like Spike]]. She swims at least a few hundred feet underwater to Decepticon Headquarters with no pressurized diving equipment at all. At least the animators were kind enough to give her a wet suit!
* In addition, since Ironhide isn't shown to have any SCUBA gear for Carly, he had to have made an extremely rapid ascent to the surface so she wouldn't drown. However, an ascent that fast would have given her decompression sickness, or worse.
* "It's a theory I've had ever since I accepted my science scholarship at MIT," says Carly about Wheeljack's immobilizer, which she just encountered for the first time like, earlier that same day. Did she accept the scholarship while imprisoned in Decepticon Headquarters?

===Continuity notes===
* This episode is Carly's introduction to the series.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Brawn uses the same tunneling drill he had in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]".
** Ironhide has a jet pack that pretty much fills the back of his torso. That same space contained a missile launcher in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
** Ironhide fires one of his liquids out of his totally-retracted wrist. It's a brownish-red stuff which appears to act like glue — very different than the whitish glue stuff he fired from tri-barreled wrist weapons back in "[[Divide and Conquer]]".
* This episode marks the '''second time''' that Ratchet has threatened to shut Ironhide up by ''physically removing his ability to speak'' (the first was in [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]). Yeesh, someone needs to work on their bedside manner.
*If this episode's dialogue is taken seriously, it would mean that Spike is at least 13-15 years old (depending on the particular state). This raises disturbing questions about why Sparkplug allows his son to date a woman who's old enough to at least be starting college. Then again, Sparkplug had Spike working on a remote oil platform in the middle of the ocean, so family dynamics within the Witwickys are certainly... unconventional, Carly also could be clever enough to have graduated high school early.
* '''[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|< <]]''' What makes Starscream the leader? Megatron got shot and fell down! '''[[Dinobot Island, Part 2|> >]]'''

===Real-world references===
* It was the 80s. [[Robots Video Arcade|Video arcades]] were ''the'' hot thing.
** ''[[Robot Resource]]'' uses sounds from ''Galaga''.
* Carly is or will be a student at [[MIT]].
* Spike describes a chocolate soda as "an emulsified CO2 with lactic acid".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Imobilizador'''" ("The Immobilizer")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 2):'' '''L'immobilizzatore''' ("The Immobilizer")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
:*This episode was not originally broadcast in Italy during the 1980s. It was not dubbed until 2008.

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Immobilizer'''" (イモビライザー)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 18]], [[1985]]
:*'''Cut:''' All scenes featuring [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] have been removed (due to the fact that Takara were unsure about using Skyfire at the time because he was based on a [[Bandai]] toy). The cuts aren't made very well, either, as there are jumps in the background music. Skyfire-centric episodes were eventually aired near the end of the show's run when the legal matters had been resolved.

===Trivia===
* Stores on the street: [[Vincenzo's Pizza]], [[Rose Beauty Saloon]], Meat, and [[Robots Video Arcade]].
* Video games in the arcade: Pan!!, Oh!!, Chu, Ha Ha Ha, SFX, Hot, and [[Robot Resource]].
* No wonder the cops pull Bumblebee over. His entrance into traffic is ''terrible''; he swerves between lanes, and totally cuts off some poor driver.
* C'mon! Starscream walking into trees is hilarious!

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 1 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_immobilizer.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

The Transformers (G1 PS2)

2013-07-20T14:33:47Z

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{{cleanup|August 2009|Decepticon story section needs general cleanup.}}
{{videogame
|title=''The Transformers''
|image=TF tatakai.jpg
|caption=My CG cinematic sequences are only as good as [[Transformers (PS2)|your]] in-game graphics!
|japanese=トランスフォーマー
|romaji=Transformer
|developer=[[Winkysoft]]
|publisher=[[Atlus]]
|date=[[October 30|30 October]] 2003
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'''''The Transformers''''' is a Japanese video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 based on the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' series]]. It was developed by [[Winkysoft]] and published by [[Atlus]] on [[October 30]], 2003. After choosing a side, you can take a squad of three Transformers on action missions, gathering numerous new troops along the way.

Even though all of the dialog in the game is in English with an option to set all of the text in the game to English as well, this game was never released in America. The two most likely reasons are [[Hasbro]]'s lack of involvement with the title, and the game's apparent unanimous panning by critics in Japan.

You know things are messed up when ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s'' voice actor pulls off a better [[Peter Cullen]] than the actor who plays [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

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==Gameplay==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai gamemechanics.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
{{bigquote|The invisible wall seems to have disappeared. Looks like we can't get rid of that wall unless we take care of all of them.|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]}}

Gameplay consists of punching and kicking your way through canyons, hillsides, and roadways where legions of cloned opponents await you. There is very little in the way of creative gameplay and everything gets very repetitive very fast. The environments are very small and closed in, so don't expect to go roaming around on any wayward adventure. You're there to duke it out with the enemy, and that's it. However, some environmental objects such as windmills and power coils can be interacted with, with no other way but to hit the objects with fists and feet even though the players are only willing to turn them off. Also in some levels, there will be multiple roads that can be taken but thanks to the game's repetitive nature, the player will end up in a very same situation no matter which road is taken.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Button_Sequence_Gameplay.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You don't say.]]

During battle, there are several combinations of the basic punch and kick buttons. Pushing both buttons in the same time will unleash a special attack, for example [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will perform a three-hit slashes using his [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]], while [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] will eject [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who will fly straight into enemies.

There is also a charge attack, which can be performed by holding the punch or kick button and fill up one charge meter. Releasing the press on the button in front of an enemy will send player into a button mashing sequence, requiring player to hit the punch or kick button repeatedly in order to deal more damage. The sequence will be ended with one final punch or kick depending on the last attack button the player pressed.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Truck_Attack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Should we play The Touch, or the Headmasters theme song?]]
The players are also able to transform the character at will during gameplay. While in their alternate modes, the characters basically have two attacks that will drain their energy points in use. While characters that transform into vehicles gain the advantage to move around faster, characters like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] instead move slower in their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], though are able to deal bigger damage in attacks.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Upgrade_Screen.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Fallen opponents will drop power-ups; health power-ups are in red, and energy power-ups are blue, as well as tiny Energon cubes. These Energon cubes can be collected by the player, and in each end of level will be accumulated. Later on, the collected cubes can be spent in the Garage sub-menu in the intermission menu after each level is finished. ''Machine Production'' is to upgrade the characters' stats and ''Equipments Upgrade'' is to upgrade the weapons wielded by the characters. However, the characters' stats will also be upgraded automatically when they earn a level-up on their own as the game progresses.
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==Setting==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai callofthefuture.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
The game's story, titled '''''The Transformers: Call of the Future''''', takes its cue from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], even specifically referring to the events of several episodes. It is (presumably) set in 2003, the year it was released, but, via [[time travel]], also features characters from an alternate future which branched off from cartoon continuity in late 2010 (after the events of "[[Webworld]]", but before "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"). It does not seem to be officially considered part of the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], however; it features several anachronistic appearances by characters who are ''not'' time-travelling (the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], for instance, are shown to be working with their respective factions, when they will not leave their homeworld to do so until 2011), and its events were not included in the painfully comprehensive [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 timeline]].

==Story==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai shockwave2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shockwave's reign of terror and destruction!]]
In the year 2010, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who has grown disgruntled with Galvatron's abusive leadership, discovers the [[Zel Quartz]] on [[Zel Samine]]. Realizing that it is a power source even greater than the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Shockwave implants the Quartz into himself. He stages a one-robot coup and becomes the leader of the Decepticons...until the surging power load fries his systems and he malfunctions, running amok. He destroys much of both the Autobot and Decepticon armies and eventually destroys [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself before setting out to raze many innocent planets.

Unable to stop Shockwave in the present, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] allies with the [[Quintesson]]s to send an elite cadre back in time to destroy the Quartz before Shockwave discovers it.

In 2003, both the Autobots and Decepticons detect an explosion caused by the arrival of visitors from the future over Zel Samine and send teams to investigate. Both sides lose contact with their teams. The Autobots send another team consisting of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to investigate, but their shuttle crashes, and Wheeljack learns that an abnormality in Zel Samine's sun causes electromechanical systems to malfunction and drains them of their power. The Decepticons likewise send [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arriving later by [[space bridge|Space Bridge]], a very bumpy ride).

The Space Bridge malfunctions, causing significant damage to the Decepticon ship. The Decepticons lure the Autobots away from their own shuttle in order to steal their supply of [[energon]] and use it to repair their own shuttle. Afterwards, both sides skirmish over a series of local power sources, including the wind-power facility on [[Mount Jaad]], the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]], and the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]]. Along the way, both sides encounter members of their missing reconnaissance teams.

Both sides also encounter their counterparts from the future: the Autobots Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]; and the Decepticons [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Galvatron reveals his identity to Megatron, but lies to him about the Zel Quartz, claiming he rules the universe in the future and it is part of an Autobot doomsday weapon that must be destroyed.

Pursuing stories of items that may be the Zel Quartz, both sides clash over the [[Gem of Mystery]] at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], a superhard mineral in a drill bit at [[Karzite mine]], and a giant crystal formation at the [[Atalstan gem mine]]. None of those leads pay off, but the planet's central archive includes reference to a "Zel Stone" which is part of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array, matching descriptions of the Zel Quartz exactly.

Both sides stage a climactic confrontation at ELTA (which is either destroyed or kept intact, depending on the winner) to capture the Quartz. After the battle is done, Starscream, who has overheard Galvatron and Cyclonus discussing the Quartz's true nature, rushes in to steal the Quartz for himself, jetting off into space with it.

Unbeknownst to Starscream, the physical structure of the quartz requires the atmospheric and electromagnetic properties of [[Zel Samine]] to maintain its integrity. Because he has fled into space rather than installing the Quartz on the planet as Shockwave had (and thus protecting it), the Quartz immediately degrades and becomes powerless. Outside of the atmosphere, exposed to the effects of Zel Samine's star without the Quartz's power to protect him, Starscream drifts powerless, left to contemplate his mistakes.

Their own timeline averted, the future Autobots and Decepticons vanish into sparkles of light, and Optimus Prime and Megatron are left to contemplate what they've learned from the experience.

===Autobot Story===
====Stage 1====
Wheeljack loses control of a shuttle and crash-lands on Zel Samine. There, Optimus Prime, Jazz, and himself attempt a rescue mission to find several missing Autobots that disappeared here a few days prior when they receive an SOS signal. Seeing it close by, the Autobots head out to investigate, but all they find is Soundwave. Just then, Megatron is heard from a transmitter, revealing the signal was a trap to lure them away from their shuttle and steal the energon on it. As Soundwave leaves, Wheeljack mourns about not staying behind to protect the shuttle, knowing that it wouldn't last long against Megatron's [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]].

As the Autobots get into formation, they notice an invisible barrier blocking them that only goes down when they defeat waves of Decepticon foot soldiers. After braving through Soundwave, several waves of enemies, and even a deadly minefield, the Autobots return to the shuttle to find it severely damaged, but Megatron still here. Optimus defeats Megatron but feels a strange feeling. He questions Megatron about the recent events on this planet, but is shocked to discover that Megatron himself is investigating these very same events.

Though not totally destroyed, their shuttle is really damaged from the Decepticon attack and will not be able to lift off for some time. Wheeljack establishes contact with the [[Paradius United Government]], whose power plants are under attack by the Decepticons and aren't able to handle them on their own. Jazz suggests contacting [[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]] to help bring the supplies, but Wheeljack reveals that he discovered that the system's sun emits electromagnetic waves that are harmful to Transformers. While the rays are not fatal, they will increase their consumption of energon and going into space or flying at high altitudes carries the risk of losing most of their energy and becoming stranded in space. The government's high official is an understanding person and will provide the Autobots with the necessary equipment needed to fix the ship, provided they help get rid of the Decepticons. Prime gratefully accepts and orders his men to prepare for battle.

====Stage 2====
Wheeljack tells Prime they are near ready for departure, but Optimus is more concerned of the events that were unfolding behind the missing Autobots and the UFO that happened a few days ago. He first thought that the space-time continuity event was some sort of accident, but when asking the Paradius home planet, they revealed that Zel Samine was used mainly for energy and resource mining, leaving this planet with few inhabitants, so no clues about the UFO or the missing Autobots. Wheeljack assumed that it may be a new Decepticon weapon but Optimus reminds him that Megatron is investigating it too. For now, though, their goals are set on keeping the planet safe from the Decepticons.

Jazz says that they are now fully ready for battle, and their first destination was [[Mount Jaad]], a wind power plant with harsh conditions. Wheeljack finds the stuff the Paradius system builds to be quite interesting. The Paradius people live in harmony with both nature and technology. Energy is developed onto this planet and sent to the Paradius home planet, allowing them to live in a way to protect the environment without polluting it on Zel. Wheeljack was about to do a history lesson, but Jazz reminded them of the Decepticons attacking the mountain, and Prime proceeds to select the team and formation.

As they reach the plant, they encounter heavy Decepticon resistance and some autogun cannons at the plant that don't seem to recognize the difference between friend and foe. They also encounter the Decepticon Headmaster, Mindwipe, determined to send them to their ancestors, but is soundly defeated. Optimus contemplates that with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they will always have the wisdom and knowledge of their ancestors by their side. They continue forth to the main station and have another encounter with Soundwave and defeat him. As the Autobots reach the main station, they encounter the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]] Blitzwing, who finds his comrades to be totally worthless for letting them get so far. The Autobots manage to beat him and drive him and the Decepticons away.

As they prepare to return to base, they find their old yellow friend, Bumblebee, and he is recruited back into the mission. When they return, Optimus and Jazz talk about how well they did against the enemy. Optimus wants to leave quickly, finding that he and his comrades are only doing more harm than help, until Wheeljack shows up and informs him that the Paradius government thanks the Autobots for help and that they aren't just contaminants.
{{note|If the player goes through a second time, instead of Bumblebee the Autobots will meet up with the Headmaster Brainstorm, ready to track down the Decepticons until his engines overheat.}}
====Stage 3====
Their next stop on their Decepticon hunt was the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]]. Fortunately, the facility is underground, which gives the Autobots a distinct advantage as they will not have to worry about any ambushes. The Decepticons were stealing energy from the main turbine, destabilizing the underground magma. This could result in a massive explosion. Optimus was determined to stop them now, selecting carefully the members and formation, even if it is an evil trap.

Optimus does note that it will get hotter as they move closer, and take on head-on hordes of Decepticon soldiers. Along the way, they encounter the Horrorcon, Snapdragon, and soundly defeat him. Optimus was not impressed, claiming that he lost his will to fight. Eventually, they came over a lava floor where the magma began to severely damage them if continuously traversing over it. When they reach the main turbine, they discover Megatron's faithful servant, Shockwave, in charge of the energy conversion. The Autobots manage to beat him and save the planet from crisis.

As they prepare to leave, they meet the Autobot scout and naturalist, Hound, who is ready to join the battle despite the tranquility on Zel Samine. The Autobots contemplate on how tough the battle was and wonders if it has hindered their ability to transform. Optimus suggests a full maintenance inspection when they return to Cybertron. Wheeljack isn't worried and doesn't seem the temperatures to be a big deal. The gang then begin joking around about their friendly bouts, but Optimus sadly has to cease the happy time as more of Zel Samine needs their help.
{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster, Chromedome instead of Hound.}}

====Stage 4====
Their next destination is the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]], where the Decepticons are using the generator at full speed to steal the most energy from it. Jazz realizes that if it keeps up, the generator could break down or even self-destruct, and break apart the dam. The plant is in the middle of a forest, so getting there won't be a problem. It is also a simplistic designed building so they will not get lost. Jazz recalls the time they woke up on Earth, when the Decepticons were stealing from the [[Sherman Dam]]. Optimus commands to go forth and select the right members to stop the Decepticons.

The forest was foggy and perfect for ambushes, but the Autobots had no time to lose and would not let this stop them. Making their way through the forest, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Weirdwolf, who Prime saw as nothing short of being a nuisance. They are able to barely defeat him, as Prime mocks how even his claws and fangs cannot hurt a heart filled with justice. They soon make it to the plant with incredible numbers of Decepticon minions, including Blitzwing and some autoguns that are unable to tell friend from foe. When they reach the generator, they encounter Blitzwing's partner-in-crime and Decepticon Astrotrain, asked to deliver the energy to Megatron. The Autobots manage to drive him away and save the dam.

On their way out, they meet up with the Autobot Headmaster Highbrow, who rejoins his comrades. Back at base, Wheeljack jokes on how he didn't want to swim if they failed. Jazz then boasts about surfing a tidal wave when Cybertron was close to Earth. This infuriated Optimus, who didn't want to joke about such war-like situations. He does admit that he does feel fear about falling, but as long as he remembers he is fighting for peace, his fear is no more. Jazz and Wheeljack apologize for their behavior.
{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter their chief medic, Ratchet instead of Highbrow.}}

====Stage 5====
Thanks to the efforts of the Autobots, the Decepticons had stopped their evil deeds for the time being. But Optimus knew that this moment of peace wouldn't last for long and must stay vigilant. According to the Autobots they recovered, there were two UFO's, but could not gain any information other than that as they were scattered out by the electromagnetic waves and the Decepticons found them, trying to defend themselves until help could arrive.

Just then, the Autobots received another SOS signal, asking for help. Optimus was opted to go and help, but Wheeljack asks for an investigation in case it was another Decepticon trap. Optimus still felt responsible for putting his comrades in danger before though, and decides not to send an investigation and head straight to the SOS signal, and prepare for departure. The shuttle's sensors indicates the presence of both Autobots ''and'' Decepticons. The team beats through several Decepticons and conveniently placed autoguns, as well as Shockwave and Snapdragon, and reaches the signal destination.

{{note|In this stage, the boss and end story cutscene will be totally different if playing through a second time. As such, two separate sections have been made dealing with both scenarios.}}

=====Normal Scenario=====
When they arrive, they encounter a mysterious new Decepticon who shares the same face as Megatron and recognizes Optimus Prime. The bot introduces himself as Galvatron, the leader of the "future Decepticons". Through a tough battle, the Autobots are somehow able to defeat Galvatron, but the new guy acts like a poor loser, transforming into cannon mode and blasting the team down before retreating. As the Autobots prepare to leave, they encounter...Hot Rod? No, he looks like him, and accompanied by an elderly war veteran and a lovely female. To add more confusion and surprise, "Hot Rod" introduces himself as Rodimus Prime, even though Optimus is the true Prime.

Optimus and his team takes Rodimus and his allies—Kup and Arcee—back to the shuttle to answer some questions. They are revealed to be from the future and that the UFO's they were chasing were shuttles they were in, and Galvatron is the future leader of the Decepticons. Jazz begins pushing Rodimus by asking what happens to Optimus and how he became from Hot Rod to Rodimus, but Optimus stops him, as he knows that time travel is possible, they don't need to know so much about their futures, and that he could feel the same Matrix of Leadership he carries within Rodimus, proving that it was true. The true story would be revealed the next day after a well-earned rest...

Meanwhile, the Decepticons have allied themselves with their future counterparts and allies, where it is revealed that Galvatron is Megatron's future self, much to the surprise of Starscream, but Megatron could feel the same metal impulse. Galvatron decides to lie to his former self by telling of how he is the new ruler of the entire universe, but the Autobots plan to use a doomsday device to destroy them. This was a conversation for the future...

The next day, Optimus becomes shocked by the news that Megatron's most faithful servant, Shockwave, had turned on him in the future. This is because after he became Galvatron, he became more violent and began losing his own authority. Observing his new leader, Shockwave deems himself a better choice as Decepticon leader and began a one-robot mutiny with an item known as [[Zel Quartz]] as Rodimus begins to tell the story of how this all happened...

''"'Zel Quartz was an energy mineral that Shockwave discovered. If the Quartz is set into the body of a being born on Cybertron—for example a Transformer—that being will experience a prodigious increase in power and strength. So, blessed with an inexhaustible supply of energy and destructive power, Shockwave made himself leader of the Decepticons. But he could not bear the extra power loads, his circuitry malfunctioned, and he began to run amok.

''"Of course, both the Autobots and the Decepticons tried to stop him, but fueled by the near infinite power resources of the Zel Quartz, Shockwave was unstoppable. Both sides suffered massive losses. Eventually, the planet Cybertron itself was destroyed! Rodimus Prime knew that Shockwave would not stop until the Earth and all other planets were bathed in fire. Rodimus sought help from the Quintessons, who were also under threat. They provided technology, which would enable Transformers to travel back in time through a timeslip, where they planned to stop Shockwave from ever unearthing the Zel Quartz!"''

The elite of the survivors boarded a shuttle and threw themselves into the timeslip. Unfortunately, the Decepticons discovered the Autobots' plans and secretly followed them through the timeslip to steal the Quartz for themselves. Because of this, a space energy destabilization occurred and both sides' groups were scattered, with no way to contact their friends, which explains everything that's happened. Realizing the danger the universe was in, Optimus and his Autobots agreed to help Rodimus find the Quartz and destroy it! But there was a problem...

No one knows where it is, because the mineral is called by another name in this timeline. What's even worse, the Decepticons are planning to steal the Quartz and fooling Megatron and his Decepticons into believing the doomsday weapon nonsense and the Zel Quartz was the power source of this weapon. Wheeljack contacts the Paradius United Government and discovers three possible locations as to where the Zel Quartz may be and begin to roll out.

=====Alternate Scenario=====
Unsurprisingly, it was another trap after all made by Megatron. Optimus simply laughs in relief, knowing that his Autobot comrades aren't in any sort of danger. However, his laughter turns to shock when Megatron unveils four [[Optimus Clone|Optimus Prime clones]], in case of an emergency. However, much to his surprise, Optimus and his Autobots are able to defeat them. Optimus tells Megatron that imitations are nothing without a heart and soul. Irritated, Megatron quickly retreats, vowing not to forget this humiliation and smash Optimus to bits.

Returning to base, Jazz was quite angered at Megatron's actions, but Optimus and Wheeljack were not so bothered by it, as there is and always will be on Optimus Prime in this universe. But now that the Decepticons were back and active, they were going to be busy. Just then, Rodimus and his allies appear, ready to help fight by their side again. Just then, Wheeljack takes out a small capsule which he picked up from one of the Decepticons they fought. Wheeljack begins examining it as everyone else rests up for the day.

Wheeljack urgently announces he discovered something. The capsule is actually a message from the future, explaining the UFO's that landed here. Though the message is low quality, Wheeljack surmises that the message came from the Quintessons. In the message, it says that in the future, the Decepticons had obtained the Zel Quartz and wiped out their entire race. Kup is quite shocked as he thought that it existed in stories. The Quartz exists on certain planets and if a Transformer installs it in his body, his body will increase to monstrous proportions. The senders obviously sent this in hoping that people of the past would find it, and the message encourages the receivers to destroy the Quartz.

Unfortunately, Wheeljack had already scoured through the database but found no record of the Zel Quartz. Rodimus assumes that the mineral is named something else in this timeline. Wheeljack did also find three minerals that may be the Quartz. Knowing the Decepticons had heard this message too, the Autobots hurried up and prepared to search for Zel Quartz and destroy it!

====Stage 6====
The first destination is the [[Lazalt Ruins]], which were just recently discovered. The Autobots arrived there personally for the briefing. These ruins were said to have been the remains of an ancient alien civilization, that arrived here before the first settlements of Zel Samine. Deep within the ruins is a temple where a magical [[Gem of Mystery|Jewel of Mystery]] is enshrined, thought to be the Zel Quartz. Jazz tried warning Kup about the dangers of the jungle, but Kup began recalling a time on [[Floron III]], surrounded by a horde of mech-eating plants. However, Optimus had to stop him, as the Decepticons were already ahead of teh Autobots, and Arcee prepared to choose the team and formation.

Optimus was correct, as the Decepticons were lurking and ready to strike in the jungle, including the Decepticon Headmaster Skullcruncher. Although they defeat him, the Autobots learn that without a key to a large door, they are unable to proceed. Realizing that Skullcruncher has the key, they pursue him and battle again. This time, they made sure to obtain the key needed to move forward. Continuing, they eventually run into the Horrorcon Apeface. They are able to take him down and eventually discover the Jewel of Mystery. However, unlucky for the Autobots, it was guarded by the Decepticon combiner, Predaking. After an extremely tough battle, Predaking is defeated and the Autobots obtain the Jewel of Mystery.

As they prepare to leave, the team encounters the Autobot Wrecker, Springer, who gladly joins the battle. After they analyze the Jewel of Mystery, it's sad to say that it wasn't Zel Quartz. Jazz makes sure that the jewel is returned to the ruins. Though Optimus tries questioning Wheeljack, but he is so wrapped up in Kup's stories that he doesn't hear him until Arcee screams at them. Though Kup and Wheeljack apologize, Optimus reflects on how valuable is a warrior with entertaining stories to share, but is as great an honor to be scolded by quite a beautiful woman like Arcee. This leaves Optimus thinking and remembering about his old comrade, [[Elita One|Elita-One]]....
{{note|If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet up with the Autobot Headmaster, Hardhead instead of Springer.}}

====Stage 7====
The next candidate is a drillbit in the [[Karzite mine]], a mine in the middle of the desert like Earth's oilfields. The mineral was an incredible specimen that is made of great materials. Even though it is a survey mission, Optimus knows the Decepticons will most likely be there and prepares to pick a team and formation. Out of nowhere, Rodimus asks Optimus what he would need to do to become a great leader like him. Optimus and the others were taken aback by this, but Optimus said he would gladly answer his question after the mission is completed.

When they arrive, they encounter Decepticons in the desert. Although the sand made it hard for the team to maneuver, the Decepticons had teh same exact trouble. The team also encountered more autoguns that once again did not discriminate. They would encounter and defeat Blitzwing once again as well as a small army of Sharkticons. No sooner than that, they find Octane, gathering energy for himself to usurp Galvatron as Decepticon leader. Rodimus isn't too impressed. The Autobots manage to defeat him and he runs away like a "thin-fuelled coward", as Rodimus puts it. However, when they finally find the drill, they have a nasty encounter with Trypticon, who is guarding the drillbit. After an extremely tough battle, Trypticon is defeated and the drillbit is obtained.

As they head back, they run into the speedy messenger Blurr, who joins up with the team. When they analyze it, the drill bit doesn't appear have any special effect on Transformers, meaning no Zel Quartz. Optimus orders his Autobots to return the drill bit back and then get their filters cleaned form the sand. Wheeljack has a new cleaner, but he can't find it in the storage—or ''anything'', for that matter—since the incident, so most of the others go to help. This leaves Optimus and Rodimus to have their private talk mentioned earlier. Rodimus asks again what he needs to do to be a leader. Optimus answers by reminiscing of the mission in the desert. The desert is scorching hot in the day, yet freezing cold in the night. If Rodimus is to be a great leader, he must remember the desert, not measure things by strictness, and believe in the justice in his heart and the answers will come naturally. Rodimus now feels much more confident and would be okay even after returning to the future.

{{note|If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet the Monsterbot Grotusque instead of Blurr.}}

====Stage 8====
The final possible location of the Zel Quartz is the [[Atalstan gem mine]], where energy is extracted and several jewels and fossils are situated there as well. When something out of the ordinary is found, a new shaft is created and mining begins there, and because of this the mine has grown to an enormous size. The final gem is a giant crystal recently discovered and polished up, much to Arcee's excitement. An investigation team was already sent, but Optimus asks Jazz to inform the civilians of the danger and evacuate immediately. Optimus begins the preparations.

Optimus already knew the Decepticons were here and the crystal was only half-buried. This meant they needed to hurry. Going through the mine, they found Mindwipe and beat him once again, before encountering Galvatron's right-hand-bot, Cyclonus. In a noble and heroic effort, the Autobots defeat him and progress forward even when knowing the Decepticons were waiting. As they made it through, they encountered the Sweep leader, Scourge, who first sends out his minions to deal with the Autobots. Even with the numbers game, he is unable to take them down and they finally arrive at the crystal. Unfortunately, it's here that the Autobots meet the six-changing ninja, Sixshot, guarding it. Through a rough and difficult battle, they defeat him and obtain the large crystal.

As they prepare to leave, they encounter the brave and honorable commander, Ultra Magnus, who gladly joins the group. But after they analyze it, guess what—it's not the Zel Quartz either! Although it is a new crystal and an amazing specimen, Arcee is quite upset it's not the Quartz and must be returned immediately. Optimus decides to return it, and Arcee volunteers to accompany him. Just then, Rodimus gives her a jewel that was mixed in with the dirt while carrying the crystal. Rodimus would have hoped she would like it and that it would help him get a better reputation with the ladies, but instead she scolds her commander for taking the jewel out without permission, much to Rodimus' embarassment and dismay. As a punishment, Optimus made Rodimus take his place in returning both gems to the mine.

{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will meet the Monsterbot Doublecross instead of Ultra Magnus, reuniting the entire Autobot squadron in both timelines.}}

====Stage 9====
Even though the Autobots have been keeping the Decepticons from plundering Zel Samine, they still haven't found the Zel Quartz and they are fresh out of good leads. Just then, Wheeljack and Arcee come back from looking at the old archives with good news. When the planet was first pioneered, a strange and powerful mineral was found, which would be the namesake of the planet: Zel Rock! It was no-doubt the Zel Quartz and it is located at the [[ELTA]], short for the "Enormous Laser Transmission Array", a facility where they convert the energy cultivated on Zel Samine into a laser beam for transmission back to the home planet of Paradius and is located at the central core. Unfortunately, as they prepare for departure, they learn from the Paradius United Government that the Decepticons beat them to ELTA already. The Autobots carefully began choosing the team. The final battle has begun....

As anticipated, the Decepticons were ready for the Autobots and also set up a mine field as well, but they were not willing to give up so soon. As they moved on, they had an encounter with Megatron's treasonous second-in-command, Starscream. A tough battle arose, but the Autobots came out on top, forcing Starscream to retreat, claiming discretion is the better part of valor. As the Autobots proceeded, they were forced to deal with minefields and automated guns that ''still'' do not know allies and enemies. After all that, they end up fighting both Scourge and Cyclonus together, but the team is able to win again. But just as they leave, the Decepticon combiner Abominus appears to stop them. After a tough-winded battle, they defeat Abominus and continue on. After defeating Snapdragon, Apeface, and Astrotrain one last time, they finally reach ELTA.

====Stage 10====
As they arrive inside, the alarm has sounded and the Decepticons have already breached the ELTA central core and an explosion is imminent. In a hurried rush, the Autobots quickly hurry to the core where after dashing through the halls they encounter Trypticon again but defeat him again. As they reach the center, they are greeted by Trypticon's partner, Full-Tilt, Soundwave, and his future self, Soundblaster. The trio are soundly defeated and the team encounters the Decepticon leaders, Megatron and Galvatron, now in possession of the Zel Quartz and bet the Quartz on a final battle. Within an arena surrounded by electric barriers, the final battle commenced!

It was a truly heart-stopping and difficult battle, but somehow, the Autobots pull through and finally obtain the Zel Quartz. However, ELTA was ready to self-destruct. Optimus commanded his Autobots to evacuate immediately and leave the Primes to handle the situation. Optimus realized that even if the Quartz was put back in place, it would still blow up and kill every Transformer here. Because of the energy concentrated on ELTA, a global catastrophe would occur with nothing left to do about it. Not even the Decepticons would be able to escape this, and all the talk of justice was all empty. It was then that Optimus realized how it could be stopped. He and Rodimus unveil their respective Matrixes and unleash their powers, stopping the energy flow and saving Zel Samine, much to the surprise of Megatron and Galvatron. The Decepticon leaders leave the planet, swearing revenge one day.

Reuniting with their Autobots, they learn that the Decepticons used the Space Bridge to return home, and Kup knows they will return one day, as the Decepticons were like cockroaches that don't die no matter how many times they're stepped on. With the full agreement and cooperation of the United Government, Optimus reaffirms his decision to destroy the Zel Quartz. In exchange of this, Wheeljack will help re-engineer ELTA's core apparatus. As they discuss a way to destroy the Zel Quartz, Starscream suddenly swoops in and swipes the Quartz, lying in wait for them to slip up. With the Quartz in his possession, Starscream flies away from the planet to install it somewhere he won't be interrupted. Optimus laughs, as Wheeljack reveals that the Quartz needs the planet's electromagnetic waves to be powerful and can only be properly installed in the planet's atmosphere. As the Autobots laugh about Starscream's incompetence, the shuttle had finally been repaired, but the future Autobots begin to disappear. Now that the Zel Quartz is gone, history has been remade and Rodimus and his friends were now returning to their era. Both sides salute each other and the Autobots roll on home as Starscream floats powerless and helplessly in space.....

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===Decepticon Story===
====Stage 1====
In a Decepticon shuttle that crashed in a cave on Zel Samine, Starscream and Soundwave finish making modifications to the Space Bridge to send their leader there, so that they could try an investigation of a mysterious flying object that landed there and the disappearance of the Decepticons sent to investigate before them. Though Soundwave was sure it would work, the Space Bridge backfires during transport and becomes severely damaged. But Megatron was being transported, and Starscream decides to lead Soundwave to his estimated location of arrival. But when they arrive, no one is around, leading them to believe he was destroyed in the transport.

Just as Starscream was about to name himself new leader, he was blasted back by none other than Megatron, alive and quite well. Soundwave apologizes for the inconvenience of the space bridge not working. However Megatron reveals that the Autobots—most notably Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, and Jazz—had also crash-landed on Zel Samine to investigate the mysterious flying object that landed here. They detected the space bridge signature, just as Megatron called Optimus, challenging him to a battle right in front of Prime's shuttle, which Optimus gladly accepted, though Wheeljack noted he wouldn't get past him. Starscream pondered why Megatron alerted them to their attack, with Megatron stating that the Autobots are merely "play-acting as heroes", and wondered if he could put in a good word for Starscream to [[Starscream (Armada)|become an Autobot]]. Starscream shouted he'd rather die and brushed off his previous claim, as the Decepticons prepared to select their mission team.

[[Image:Transformers Tatakai Megatron Surrounded.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Starscream looked suspiciously enthusiastic to join the beating of Megatron.]]
As they were about to move forward, however, they were stopped by an invisible wall which only goes down after defeating waves of Autobot troops. After dealing with hordes of enemies, Wheeljack, and even a deadly minefield that Wheeljack put up himself, Megatron and his troops finally reach Optimus Prime. After a long and hard-fought battle, Prime drives off in the opposite direction of his own shuttle. Megatron looks on frustrated, but nonetheless, the Decepticons take all the Energon aboard the shuttle.

Soundwave considers the mission still considered the battle a victory for the Energon they stole, but Starscream notes that the shuttle is inoperable due to the accident and they are unable to use the space bridge. Soundwave explains that the planet Zel Samine produces multiple energy sources for it to be transported to other planets within the Paradius system. Megatron devises a plan to steal the energy sources of Zel Samine to repair their shuttle and then investigate the truth behind the UFO's. Starscream wondered about the missing Decepticons, but Megatron knows they would join if they smelled a fight as the trio prepare for the battle ahead.

====Stage 2====
Megatron and Soundwave spoke of the mysterious UFO and the mystery behind everything that has been happening. According to sensors, the UFO appeared after an explosion in a space-time discontinuity event, and landed on Zel. The Decepticons sent to investigate mysteriously vanished, leading Soundwave to believe it was no mere accident. Megatron believes that Optimus Prime may be creating a new weapon, similar to the Immobilizer and Solar Tower. However, Soundwave reveals the dangerous electromagnetic rays emmitted from the planet's sun, Paradius, which are harmful to Transformers, most notably in high altitudes and in space, which was the cause of the Space Bridge's malfunction in the first place. This meant they were stuck on the planet and needed to get more energy so that the repairs could be done.

The first target is the wind power plant on Mount Jaad, though Starscream was not sure, as the outputs were quite feeble and gathering power over a wide area would be tedious. Soundwave notes that the energy outputs are much higher here than on Earth, and Megatron reveals the main target is the main power station, where the turbine energy is collected and stored. However, the Autobots were occupying the area, but Starscream notes he could destroy them all with one shot, as Megatron prepares to select the team and formation.

As they reach the power plant, they encounter heavy Autobot resistance and automated defense cannons, getting in the way of their progress. They also encounter the Autobot Headmaster, Brainstorm, who they soundly defeat, with Megatron finding him to be "all bark and no bite". As they continue towards the main station, they breach more defenses and defeat Wheeljack yet again. Finally reaching the main station, they are encountered by Hound, determined to keep "the beauty of this place". Needless to say, he was defeated and the Decepticons prepared to suck the plant dry.

As they prepared to leave, they encounter the Horrorcon Headmaster, Snapdragon, who rejoins the Decepticons on Zel. Returning to the shuttle with all the energy, they prepare to use it to repair the shuttle. As Starscream ponders to himself about how pointless the complexity of the operation was and that Megatron is not fit to lead, but his leader interrupts his train of thought with claiming to know about Starscream's thoughts, but revealed not to. Naivity like that was how Starscream would "never catch [Megatron] sleeping".

{{note|If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster Weirdwolf, instead of Snapdragon.}}

==Characters==
Below is a list of some of the characters that appear in the game. Not all characters are unlocked when you beat a storyline for the first time. This encourages the player to go back and try again to get the rest. There are also some changes made to the story after beating it the first time.

[[Image:Doublecross mb.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Doublecross as seen in the video game.]]
[[Image:Ps2tatakai full-tilt.jpg|right|154px|thumb|I failed to transform in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]].]]
{{featuredcharacters|nonumbering=true
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]†
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Doublecross]]

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]†
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]†
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Octane]]†
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
*[[Full-Tilt]]
*[[Weirdwolf]]
*[[Skullcruncher]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]†
*[[Apeface]]†
*[[Sixshot]]†
*[[Dark Hot Rod]]

|h3=Non-player characters|c3=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
'''Autobots'''
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Skylynx]]
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Punch (G1)|Punch]]
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
*[[Pointblank]]
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Raiden]]
*[[Shōki|Shouki]]
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
*[[Suiken]]
*[[Kaen]]
*[[Megatron Clone]]

{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
'''Decepticons'''
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnell]] {{sic}}
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
*[[Triggerhappy]]
*[[Misfire|Missfire]] {{sic}}
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Flywheels]]
*[[Optimus Clone]]
{{!}}}
}}

†Characters with multiple alternate modes (such as [[Sixshot]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s) are presented as multiple characters, each having different alternate modes.

==Notes==
* Those who pre-ordered this game received a special "Matrix Disc" DVD containing all the Japanese [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] toy [[commercial]]s up to [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]].
* For all its flaws, this game comes with a whole lotta fanwank. Besides the sheer number of characters, both Autobots and Decepticons occasionally reference episodes of the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]].
** Considering the possibility that the Autobots were developing a new weapon, Megatron was initially dismissive, but recalled the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] and [[Solar Power Tower]] from the episodes "[[The Immobilizer]]" and "[[The Master Builders]]" as proof it was not out of the Autobots' capabilities.
** When learning they will have to battle the other faction at the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]], which generates energy through dams, Jazz and Megatron remarked it was just like when they woke up on Earth. They referred, of course, to the battle at [[Sherman Dam]] in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".
** Jazz claimed he surfed a giant tidal wave back when Cybertron came really close to the Earth, recalling the events in the episode "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]".
** Obviously, the Transformers who travel back from the future make numerous references to the events that transpired during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
** The Quintessons are said to have created the means for the future Transformers to reach the past, which would seem based on their creation of the [[Time Window]] in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
** Upon hearing that Rodimus Prime, Arcee and Kup are from the future, Optimus Prime talked about Spike traveling back in time when he entered old ruins and a time machine on Cybertron that saved his life. These are references to the episodes "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" wherein [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] traveled through time by means of the [[Dragon Mound]], and "[[War Dawn]]" wherein the [[Kronosphere]] brought the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to the past where they saved Optimus's previous persona Orion Pax.
** Wishing to illustrate he could take care of himself, Kup began recalling a story of when he and some others went to [[Floron III]] and encountered a horde of [[Morphobot|mech eatin' plants]]. This story deals with concepts introduced in the episode "[[Quest for Survival]]", but not events that actually happened in the cartoon.
** Considering the story of the Gem of Mystery, a stone of great power that lied within a recently discovered jungle temple, Megatron was reminded of the [[Crystal of Power]] which he had found within a temple on Earth in "[[Fire on the Mountain]]".
** During Wheeljack and Kup's talk of the old days, they talked about a battle against a giant black Decepticon{{fact|Who?}} and the beauty of [[Crystal City]]. Crystal City appeared in "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
** While sort of flirting with Arcee, Optimus Prime thought back on [[Elita One]], that he hadn't seen her in a long time and that he missed her. Elita One is Optimus Prime's life partner who appeared in the episodes "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]" and "[[War Dawn]]".
** At one point, Cyclonus noticed that Galvatron had been acting a lot saner ever since coming to Zel Samine and wondered if it was due to Paradius's radiation. It made him think back on times he had visited other places to 'cure' Galvatron, including the planet [[Torkulon]] which they visited in "[[Webworld]]".
** At another point, Cyclonus was able to restrain his temper against Starscream's insult by telling himself he would "turn into a pathetic ghost eventually," as per the events of "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" and "[[Ghost in the Machine]]".
** Soundwave compared the abilities of the Zel Quartz to the [[Heart of Cybertron]], the gem that powered the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and was temporarily retrieved in "[[Microbots]]".

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20100124003405/http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/takara/gameinfo/charactor/transformer.html ''The Transformers'' game page at Atlus.co.jp] (archive copy)
*[http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Sesq0 Gameplay videos on YouTube]
*Video game site [http://www.ign.com/ ''IGN''] did a [http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/01/transformers-vs-transformers humorous comparison] between the Atlus-developed Generation 1 game and the later [[Melbourne House]]-developed [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' game]] as a "battle between Japan and Australia". Australia won.
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/917923-transformers-japan/faqs/27448 GameFAQs' overview of the game]
* [http://pastebin.com/VaTnpAU2 A messy rip of in-game text and dialog from the game]

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[[Category:Generation 1 video games]]

Cybertron City (episode)

2013-07-18T15:32:27Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{disambig2|the first episode of the Energon cartoon|the Autobot bases in the Energon cartoon|Cybertron City (city)}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=1
|next=Energon Stars
|title="Cybertron City"
|japanese=浮上! オーシャンシティ
|romaji=Fujō! Ocean City
|translation=Arise! Ocean City
|image=E1_titlecard.jpg
|caption=You're going to wish Hot Shot had a trigger finger.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Yutaka Satō]], [[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 9|9 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[January 31]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, a new threat arises...'''

==Synopsis==
Deep within the shattered remains of [[Unicron]], [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—one of Unicron's many victims—is resurrected, to gather [[energon]] to revive Unicron. Alpha Q releases a horde of energon-eating [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, which will scavenge [[Earth]]'s abundant supplies of the power source.

[[File:Energon Ocean City rises.jpg|thumb|left|200px|We built this city on rock and roll!]]
As [[Ocean City]] and bridge rise and unfold from one of Earth's oceans, [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] narrates: it has been ten years since [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and Unicron disappeared in the depths of space. He and the other surviving [[Decepticon]]s have had to suffer through working with the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]s in search of energon, and he's ''not'' happy about it.

The city has surfaced so that the human known as [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] can go out on his motorbike and get some fresh air, much to Demolishor's consternation. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] shows up too, and berates Demolishor for neglecting his work before running off in pursuit of the wayward Kicker. Kicker's tired of being cooped up in the submerged city and taking orders from 'bots. Suddenly, his hair flashes golden.

Below the waves, the [[Omnicon]]s are hard at work mining; they suddenly hit a golden glowing seam.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Rad White|Rad]] pays a visit to Earth's [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center]], where he communicates briefly with [[Sally Jones|Sally]]. Rad tells Kicker's father, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]], that the Omnicons have hit a big vein of energon right where Dr. Jones predicted. Energon is a clean energy source, needed to get Earth through an energy crisis, as well as the Transformers' requirements for the repair of Cybertron.

[[File:Cybertron City Optimus and Ironhide train.jpg|thumb|200px|Primedouken!]]

On an asteroid colony, two 'bots give the stoic [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] a hard time about his terminal silence. Suddenly, a barrage of lights from the depths of space pound the colony, as the Terrorcon drones attack.

In a training arena, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] spars with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], and is ready to go again despite getting put down. Optimus comments that the young 'bot reminds him a lot of Hot Shot, which Ironhide regards as about the best compliment ever.

Rad and Dr. Jones report the attack to Optimus, telling him that their [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] depot is under attack, as reported by Carlos. Prime speaks with [[Primus|a great glowing light]] about the strange development. Prime rounds up [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] to check out the situation, and Ironhide insists on coming too. Rad activates a [[space bridge]] gate, and the four Autobots roll out.

Arriving on Mars, the four find the smoking ruins of [[Mars City|the planet's Cybertron city]]. The team detects no life, even though there were many Transformers working there. They quickly head to Earth.

[[File:E01 shinjiface.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is my "Shinji" face.]]
At Ocean City, Sally and [[Miranda Jones|her mother]] observe the Omnicons' energon research, and squabble with Kicker. Kicker recalls arriving on planet Cybertron as a very young boy with his father, and meeting the gargantuan and rather terrifying Autobots. Present-day Kicker grumbles that he doesn't need any [[Transformer]]s to protect him.

[[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] reports that the Mars base was destroyed by asteroids. Kicker urgently tells Hot Shot that they're under attack, and he must submerge the city. He and Hot Shot race outside.

[[File:E01 hentai iminent.jpg|200px|thumb|'''Finding God:''' Yer doing it wrong!]]
:''Optimus Prime searches for young Kicker, who, driven by his robot hatred, has run away and hidden in a restricted zone. Falling into a void, Kicker is snared by a glowing light. The voice of Primus speaks, wondering what energy source powers humans.''

And thus began Kicker's strange powers.

Hot Shot and Kicker observe as a huge swarm of Terrorcons appear in the sky, opening fire. Hot Shot returns fire. Demolishor soon finds himself against a pile of the creatures. The timely arrival of Optimus's crew saves Kicker from another group. Prime unleashes his [[Prime Force]] drones, then gives Hot Shot a [[Spark of Combination]], allowing him to [[Powerlinx]] with Inferno. Prime merges with his drones, and blows away ton of the Terrorcons.

Kicker leaps aboard Ironhide and makes good use of his cannon, but ultimately has to be saved by Prime, who grants him a suit from his father to protect him. Kicker is furious—this is his planet and nobody can tell him what to do!

Alpha Q observes that the first attack was a failure, but there are many hands yet to be played.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (7)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (8)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (14)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (16)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (17)

|c2=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (4)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (13)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (5)
* [[Rad White]] (10)
* [[Sally Jones]] (11)
* [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (12)
* [[Carlos Lopez]] (18)
* [[Miranda Jones]] (20)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (21)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (1)
* [[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (2)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (3)
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (6)
* [[Primus]] (19)
* [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"You're not the boss of me, Autobot!"
:—'''Demolishor''' apparently liked taking orders from [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|his last boss]] more.

"Tidal Wave like Asteroid Belt."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' enjoying the view on the moon.

"She said our Earth station has detected molecular activity at the precise coordinates where you suspected energon to be."
:—'''Rad''' begins the grand ''Energon'' tradition of things making no sense at all.

"Is that energon?" 
"Yes. It's the energy source that all Transformers need to survive, Sally." 
"I'm not sure I get it, Mom."
:—'''Sally''' and '''Mrs. Jones''', who doesn't know much about biology

"Kicker! Don't be an idiot!"
:—'''Hot Shot''' is a real optimist

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* There are two distinct English-language dubs of this episode—a version broadcast on television, which is a straight dub of the Japanese edition of the episode, and the substantially-altered version released on DVD. In addition to a ''heavily'' re-written script, the DVD version re-orders several scenes, chief among them the opening sequence with Alpha Q and Kicker's flashbacks, and inserts a new opening monologue from Optimus Prime, along with clips from ''Armada''.
* The prolonged sequence of Ocean City rising up from beneath the waves differs across the various editions of this episode. The original Japanese version features only music and sound effects. The English TV-broadcast version features a monologue from Demolishor touching upon the events of the last ten years, to cement the series as a continuation of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. The English DVD version replaces this monologue with an argument between Kicker and [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] about raising the city. Misha does not actually appear in the episode, though, and shouldn't actually ''be'' in Ocean City anyway.
* In the opening sequence of this episode, Alpha Q states that Unicron has brought him back on-line, in order to stop Unicron from going offline—a claim that is totally at odds with what we will learn of the character and his history as the series progresses. As an error, it's entirely confined to the English dub, but unlike the multitude of errors that would come to populate the dub, this one was ''not'' a product of stupidity, but instead, a very deliberately inserted line. This "minion of Unicron" role was Hasbro's intention for the character, and it's how he is portrayed in the [[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Dreamwave comic]], but the Japanese production staff wound up creating an entirely different story for the character that contradicted it. To get things back in order, the line was deleted from the DVD release of the dubbed episode.
* Curiously, the DVD version of this episode removed the cameos of young Alexis, Carlos and Rad departing the Autobot starship [[Axalon (Armada)|''Axalon'']] from Kicker's flashback sequence, instead jumping straight to Dr. Jones and Kicker leaving the vessel.

===Pain count===
The "Uh?"s start very early:

* "Uh?": 9
* Stock footage: just 2, but one of them is Prime's ultra-dull drone combination sequence.

===Animation and technical errors===
* In the version broadcast on television, there is an audio synch mistake when Rad and Dr. Jones watch Prime's Autobots depart for Mars; their dialogue begins too soon, cringingly causing their lip movements to lag behind it. Surprisingly, this was fixed for the DVD release.
* During the attack on Ocean City, Sally wonders where her brother is, and her mother adds "Where's Kicker?" in Sally's voice. Oops. This was not fixed for the DVD release.

===Continuity errors===
*In Optimus Prime's opening monologue on the DVD version of the episode, he refers to the series as taking place 20 years after the Unicron Battles of ''Armada'', rather than 10.
*Optimus Prime is somehow able to identify the Terrorcons by name, before he has any way to know what they are. Again, this line was not in the original Japanese version, and was removed for the DVD release of the dub.

===Transformers references===
*The corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] is briefly seen in the opening scene, when the camera is moving through Unicron's body.

===Trivia===
* According to the ''[[Unicron Trilogy guidebooks|Transformers Energon Official Guidebook]]'', the sparring match was Optimus Prime training the others in the martial arts discipline [[Kumite]].
* Compared to later episodes, this one is ''astonishingly'' well-animated and acted.
* Kicker is seriously annoying.
* Primus sounds ''creepily'' like the late Megatron.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Cybertron City (episode)

2013-07-18T15:11:11Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{disambig2|the first episode of the Energon cartoon|the Autobot bases in the Energon cartoon|Cybertron City (city)}}
{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=1
|next=Energon Stars
|title="Cybertron City"
|japanese=浮上! オーシャンシティ
|romaji=Fujō! Ocean City
|translation=Arise! Ocean City
|image=E1_titlecard.jpg
|caption=You're going to wish Hot Shot had a trigger finger.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Yutaka Satō]], [[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 9|9 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[January 31]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, a new threat arises...'''

==Synopsis==
Deep within the shattered remains of [[Unicron]], [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—one of Unicron's many victims—is resurrected, to gather [[energon]] to revive Unicron. Alpha Q releases a horde of energon-eating [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, which will scavenge [[Earth]]'s abundant supplies of the power source.

[[File:Energon Ocean City rises.jpg|thumb|left|200px|We built this city on rock and roll!]]
As [[Ocean City]] and bridge rise and unfold from one of Earth's oceans, [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] narrates: it has been ten years since [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and Unicron disappeared in the depths of space. He and the other surviving [[Decepticon]]s have had to suffer through working with the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]s in search of energon, and he's ''not'' happy about it.

The city has surfaced so that the human known as [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] can go out on his motorbike and get some fresh air, much to Demolishor's consternation. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] shows up too, and berates Demolishor for neglecting his work before running off in pursuit of the wayward Kicker. Kicker's tired of being cooped up in the submerged city and taking orders from 'bots. Suddenly, his hair flashes golden.

Below the waves, the [[Omnicon]]s are hard at work mining; they suddenly hit a golden glowing seam.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Rad White|Rad]] pays a visit to Earth's [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center]], where he communicates briefly with [[Sally Jones|Sally]]. Rad tells Kicker's father, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]], that the Omnicons have hit a big vein of energon right where Dr. Jones predicted. Energon is a clean energy source, needed to get Earth through an energy crisis, as well as the Transformers' requirements for the repair of Cybertron.

[[File:Cybertron City Optimus and Ironhide train.jpg|thumb|200px|Primedouken!]]

On an asteroid colony, two 'bots give the stoic [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] a hard time about his terminal silence. Suddenly, a barrage of lights from the depths of space pound the colony, as the Terrorcon drones attack.

In a training arena, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] spars with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], and is ready to go again despite getting put down. Optimus comments that the young 'bot reminds him a lot of Hot Shot, which Ironhide regards as about the best compliment ever.

Rad and Dr. Jones report the attack to Optimus, telling him that their [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] depot is under attack, as reported by Carlos. Prime speaks with [[Primus|a great glowing light]] about the strange development. Prime rounds up [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] to check out the situation, and Ironhide insists on coming too. Rad activates a [[space bridge]] gate, and the four Autobots roll out.

Arriving on Mars, the four find the smoking ruins of [[Mars City|the planet's Cybertron city]]. The team detects no life, even though there were many Transformers working there. They quickly head to Earth.

[[File:E01 shinjiface.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is my "Shinji" face.]]
At Ocean City, Sally and [[Miranda Jones|her mother]] observe the Omnicons' energon research, and squabble with Kicker. Kicker recalls arriving on planet Cybertron as a very young boy with his father, and meeting the gargantuan and rather terrifying Autobots. Present-day Kicker grumbles that he doesn't need any [[Transformer]]s to protect him.

[[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] reports that the Mars base was destroyed by asteroids. Kicker urgently tells Hot Shot that they're under attack, and he must submerge the city. He and Hot Shot race outside.

[[File:E01 hentai iminent.jpg|200px|thumb|'''Finding God:''' Yer doing it wrong!]]
:''Optimus Prime searches for young Kicker, who, driven by his robot hatred, has run away and hidden in a restricted zone. Falling into a void, Kicker is snared by a glowing light. The voice of Primus speaks, wondering what energy source powers humans.''

And thus began Kicker's strange powers.

Hot Shot and Kicker observe as a huge swarm of Terrorcons appear in the sky, opening fire. Hot Shot returns fire. Demolishor soon finds himself against a pile of the creatures. The timely arrival of Optimus's crew saves Kicker from another group. Prime unleashes his [[Prime Force]] drones, then gives Hot Shot a [[Spark of Combination]], allowing him to [[Powerlinx]] with Inferno. Prime merges with his drones, and blows away ton of the Terrorcons.

Kicker leaps aboard Ironhide and makes good use of his cannon, but ultimately has to be saved by Prime, who grants him a suit from his father to protect him. Kicker is furious—this is his planet and nobody can tell him what to do!

Alpha Q observes that the first attack was a failure, but there are many hands yet to be played.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (7)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (8)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (14)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (16)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (17)

|c2=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (4)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (13)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (5)
* [[Rad White]] (10)
* [[Sally Jones]] (11)
* [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (12)
* [[Carlos Lopez]] (18)
* [[Miranda Jones]] (20)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (21)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (1)
* [[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (2)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (3)
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (6)
* [[Primus]] (19)
* [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"You're not the boss of me, Autobot!"
:—'''Demolishor''' apparently liked taking orders from [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|his last boss]] more.

"She said our Earth station has detected molecular activity at the precise coordinates where you suspected energon to be."
:—'''Rad''' begins the grand ''Energon'' tradition of things making no sense at all.

"Is that energon?" 
"Yes. It's the energy source that all life forms need to survive, Sally." 
"I'm not sure I get it, Mom."
:—'''Sally''' and '''Mrs. Jones''', who doesn't know much about biology

"Kicker! Don't be an idiot!"
:—'''Hot Shot''' is a real optimist

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* There are two distinct English-language dubs of this episode—a version broadcast on television, which is a straight dub of the Japanese edition of the episode, and the substantially-altered version released on DVD. In addition to a ''heavily'' re-written script, the DVD version re-orders several scenes, chief among them the opening sequence with Alpha Q and Kicker's flashbacks, and inserts a new opening monologue from Optimus Prime, along with clips from ''Armada''.
* The prolonged sequence of Ocean City rising up from beneath the waves differs across the various editions of this episode. The original Japanese version features only music and sound effects. The English TV-broadcast version features a monologue from Demolishor touching upon the events of the last ten years, to cement the series as a continuation of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. The English DVD version replaces this monologue with an argument between Kicker and [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] about raising the city. Misha does not actually appear in the episode, though, and shouldn't actually ''be'' in Ocean City anyway.
* In the opening sequence of this episode, Alpha Q states that Unicron has brought him back on-line, in order to stop Unicron from going offline—a claim that is totally at odds with what we will learn of the character and his history as the series progresses. As an error, it's entirely confined to the English dub, but unlike the multitude of errors that would come to populate the dub, this one was ''not'' a product of stupidity, but instead, a very deliberately inserted line. This "minion of Unicron" role was Hasbro's intention for the character, and it's how he is portrayed in the [[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Dreamwave comic]], but the Japanese production staff wound up creating an entirely different story for the character that contradicted it. To get things back in order, the line was deleted from the DVD release of the dubbed episode.
* Curiously, the DVD version of this episode removed the cameos of young Alexis, Carlos and Rad departing the Autobot starship [[Axalon (Armada)|''Axalon'']] from Kicker's flashback sequence, instead jumping straight to Dr. Jones and Kicker leaving the vessel.

===Pain count===
The "Uh?"s start very early:

* "Uh?": 9
* Stock footage: just 2, but one of them is Prime's ultra-dull drone combination sequence.

===Animation and technical errors===
* In the version broadcast on television, there is an audio synch mistake when Rad and Dr. Jones watch Prime's Autobots depart for Mars; their dialogue begins too soon, cringingly causing their lip movements to lag behind it. Surprisingly, this was fixed for the DVD release.
* During the attack on Ocean City, Sally wonders where her brother is, and her mother adds "Where's Kicker?" in Sally's voice. Oops. This was not fixed for the DVD release.

===Continuity errors===
*In Optimus Prime's opening monologue on the DVD version of the episode, he refers to the series as taking place 20 years after the Unicron Battles of ''Armada'', rather than 10.
*Optimus Prime is somehow able to identify the Terrorcons by name, before he has any way to know what they are. Again, this line was not in the original Japanese version, and was removed for the DVD release of the dub.

===Transformers references===
*The corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] is briefly seen in the opening scene, when the camera is moving through Unicron's body.

===Trivia===
* According to the ''[[Unicron Trilogy guidebooks|Transformers Energon Official Guidebook]]'', the sparring match was Optimus Prime training the others in the martial arts discipline [[Kumite]].
* Compared to later episodes, this one is ''astonishingly'' well-animated and acted.
* Kicker is seriously annoying.
* Primus sounds ''creepily'' like the late Megatron.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Crisis in Jungle City

2013-07-18T15:00:27Z

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{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=12
|prev=The Legend of Rodimus
|next=Kicker Beware!
|title="Crisis in Jungle City"
|japanese=ジャングルシティの危機
|romaji=Jungle City no Kiki
|translation=Crisis of Jungle City
|image=E12_titlecard.jpg
|caption=But the Justice League isn't here to save the day.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Oyunamu]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[March 26|26 March]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[June 18]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''A massive attack on Jungle City drives the Autobots to carry out a desperate last-ditch plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] and [[Misha Miramond|Misha]] stand at the foot of some ancient jungle pyramids, reminiscing about coming there years before together. Suddenly three military helicopters fly past, bearing crates. Kicker has a premonition that something big is about to happen. The choppers arrive at an [[energon tower]] construction site, where the [[Autobot]]s are settling in.

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is delighted that [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]'s memory has been erased, though it does make him completely useless. Now Alpha Q will need more [[energon]] to get rid of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. He observes as his [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s on [[Earth]] approach a station.

Megatron questions Starscream. Starscream has no memories, and is under Megatron's direct command. [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] reports on the Earthly Terrorcons... which is just what Alpha Q wants.

[[File:Energon-Stealth-Terrorcons.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Remember these guys. You won't see them much.]]

Misha relates the history of the 13th century [[Maya]]n pyramids, and their subsequently vanished civilization. Kicker wonders if Megatron did it—after all, he's old. Misha... hadn't thought of that before. Suddenly a phalanx of Terrorcons arrives; Kicker and Misha report it in to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

The Autobots also detect a warp gate opening near [[Jungle City]]; Prime has the [[Omnicon]]s secure the mine. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] scouts and confirms Kicker's report. As the Autobots prepare to deploy, Misha begs for the ancient pyramids to be protected. Prime promises that they will be. Helicopters ferry Misha, Alexis and others away.

Megatron's fortress-ship emerges from a warp gate; Megatron observes that Alpha Q hasn't yet sent in his heavy artillery. He reasons that the Terrorcons will keep the Autobots busy while his troops grab the energon and destroy Jungle City.

The Autobots power up. The Terrorcon drones reach the energon and start devouring it. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] completes the mine evacuation, but when Inferno worries that everyone didn't get out, Kicker impulsively races back in to check it out.

On the surface, the battle is joined, as Autobots and automated defenses blast the Terrorcons out of the sky. The Decepticons arrive and head for the battle.

[[File:Energon-Command-Ravage-Feeding.jpg‎|230px|thumb|OM NOM NOM NOM.]]

Kicker and Ironhide find a [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] and a [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] who are stubbornly refusing to abandon their energon; despite prodding, a pair of Strongarms are caught when the Terrorcons break through.

Ironhide, [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]], and Kicker stage an ambush for the Terrorcons in the mine, though Ironhide seems to be missing a lot. Inferno gives him a short lesson in anticipating his foes' moves. Despite their efforts, the Terrorcons' sheer numbers are letting them continue to take the energon.

On the surface, Megatron engages Optimus Prime and sends Tidal Wave to destroy the tower. The Omnicons report as various sections of the mine are captured. The Autobots are being overwhelmed as more Terrorcons arrive; the drones blast the tower, whose top explodes. Strongarm reports that only the mobile ground section remains. Prime inquires if the tower fueling system still works.

The Decepticons arrive at the pyramids, searching for Prime. In the city, Optimus Prime has reached a shocking decision. Via video link, Misha tells him that she understands, and only demands that they all return safely. [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] says that humanity has survived the fall of civilizations before, and she's behind the plan.

The stump of the tower fills with energon, attracting Terrorcons. Megatron bursts into the city, still on the hunt. The dejected Autobots withdraw into the jungle. Inferno says that Ironhide can do the deed, but Prime steps up to do it instead. Ironhide insists, though, and takes careful aim.

[[File:Energon-Exploding-Tower.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Kablooey!]]

Megatron wonders where the Autobots could be; he's disappointed. [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] points out that it may be a trap, and an instant later, he's proven right as a shot from out of the blue destroys a Terrorcon and sends its husk crashing explosively into the tower's remains. The energon erupts, obliterating the Terrorcons and sending the irate Decepticons into retreat.

Explosions obliterate the entire area, forests, bluffs, city, pyramids and all. Ironhide is flabbergasted. Kicker is regretful.

Back at [[Ocean City]], Kicker stares out at the sea, when Misha finds him. Ironhide supports Prime in his decision, and Prime says that regardless of how they feel, it's the past now. Misha wonders if the Autobots will build a new tower. Suddenly, as they stare out at the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Kicker's hair does its finding-energon-flashy thing. It's [[Lunar City]], Kicker says; he's certain it has survived, and that's where the next energon tower will be built.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (14)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (15)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (16)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (17)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (9)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (10)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (11)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (12)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (1)
* [[Misha Miramond]] (2)
* Jungle City scientists (18)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang]] (19)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (7)
* [[Command Ravage|Battle Ravage stealth drones]] (13)
* [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Divebomb stealth drones]] (14)
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (13)
* [[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (20)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"I wish I could figure girls out."
:—'''Kicker''' gets nothing out of Misha.

'''Skyblast''': Hey, what's with the alarm? 
'''Strongarm''': It means we're supposed to shut down the mine. 
'''Ironhide''': ''[through loudspeaker]'' Secure the mine! Repeat, secure the mine! Enemy detected and we're now in Code Red! 
'''Strongarm''': I told you. 
'''Skyblast''': Ah, just zip it!
:—'''Strongarm''' is slaggin' psychic!

"Well, if you ask me, the future is WAY more important than the past is!" 
"That's up to Optimus."
:—'''Inferno''' overstates Prime's duties to '''Ironhide'''

"So many to choose from, so little time. But an experienced hunter is patient and waits for the right moment before he pulls the trigger!"
:—'''Inferno's''' rules of gunplay, Part 1.

"Try to anticipate his next move and that's where you should aim."
:—'''Inferno's''' rules of gunplay, Part 2.

"But they've got us completely pinned down, sir! If we stay put we're sitting [[Dynametal duck|ducks]]." 
"Our ''mission'' is to keep Megatron from ''taking our energon''."
:—'''Hot Shot''' is reminded by '''Optimus Prime''' that there's no difficulty that can't be overcome by re-stating the incredibly obvious!

"What's done is done and we can't look back. It was my decision and my decision alone. Now it's time to get on with our mission. Whether it was the right thing to do or not, it's in the past and now we must look to the future. History can't be changed, and there's no use in reliving what cannot be undone."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' reminisces on the destruction of Jungle City.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* The dub makes it seem like Kicker and Misha have no idea where the helicopters are going, when it's to the construction project that they're both involved with. ''Super Link'' merely features a comment from Misha that the choppers must have frightened the birds.
* ''Super Link'' Alpha Q doesn't express delight over Starscream's memory wipe, since, y'know, it's like a major setback for him. Of course, one ''could'' simply chalk this up to Alpha Q being totally nuts.
* The dub omits Alpha Q's explanation that the Earth Terrorcons are a special stealth breed, made to elude enemy sensors. It instead has him state that "in their stealth mode, they can easily slip through the Autobots' pathetic radar".
* Kicker merely wonders if Megatron might attack soon, rather than randomly blaming him for wiping out the Mayans.
* The dub omits Inferno telling Ironhide that the past is what the future is born from, as well as Kicker's offhanded comment that Ironhide wouldn't understand anything that complicated. Instead, Hot Shot and Inferno just make generic remarks about preparing for battle. Kicker gets a similarly empty line, which clearly clashes with his sarcastic pose.
* In ''Super Link'', the Omnicons more overtly disobey Prime's orders to evacuate the mine.
* Alexis's speech to Prime is shorter, simply saying that she leaves the matter to his judgment.
* The dub omits the fact that Jungle City is where Kicker and Misha first met.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 8
* Stock footage: 2
* We need/they want energon: 3
* Our mission is to: 1
* We've gotta: 1

===Animation and technical errors===
*When Optimus Prime is talking to Misha over the communicator, a regular-mode Optimus is shown with his super-mode head while in closeup.

===Continuity errors===
* Sooooo... what became of Scorponok and the Terrorcons on Mars? Rodimus started attacking them at the end of [[The Legend of Rodimus|last episode]], but now Scorponok's back with Megatron like nothing happened.

===Trivia===
*Alpha Q's Battle Ravage drones sport a different color scheme than the standard black, white and purple. Their colors are based on [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "Command Jaguar Desert-Type" toy, which was in turn the basis for [[Hasbro]]'s [[Command Ravage]] figure. Likewise Alpha Q's Divebomb drones are based on the Shadowhawk Cosmo Type figure.
*Ironhide's "huh?" after Inferno's training bit ''really'' makes him sound dull.
*Likewise for Prime's "Hehh?" response to Jetfire.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 003 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 3

2013-07-17T14:05:47Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 26
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|next=Orion Pax, Part 1
|image=OneShallRise3-together.jpg
|caption=Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 3"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Steven Melching]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Jack learns more about Optimus Prime's history on Cybertron while the Autobots continue their battle at the Earth's core.'''

==Synopsis==

As he leads the [[Autobot]]s further toward [[Earth]]'s core, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is again seized by a vision of the planet exploding. He notes how [[Unicron]]'s strength grows ever greater and continues on. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] both voice their mistrust of the [[Decepticon]] leader, though they have no choice but to follow him. Unbeknownst to them, several [[Unicron's antibodies|strange, mechanical creatures]] observe the intruders into their dark domain.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the [[human]]s watch a report that outlines how the planet's chaotic weather continues to spiral out of control. Despite [[June Darby|June]]'s efforts to lighten the mood, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] insists that something must be done—even if it means contacting his associates at the [[Pentagon]]. Fowler makes known his uneasiness about teaming up with Megatron, but Ratchet surprises the humans by explaining how such a situation has happened before. Ratchet relates how Optimus Prime and Megatron were once close friends, in the twilight hours of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]].

[[Image:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''Once, I called you "Brother".'' 
''Once, I thought the chance to make you laugh'' 
''Was all I ever wanted...'' 
''And even now,'' 
''I wish that [[Primus|God]] had chose another.'' 
''Serving as your foe on His behalf'' 
''Is the last thing that I wanted...!'']]
''The great Autobot leader was once named Orion Pax, a simple clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] Hall of Records. Learning of Cybertron's past, Orion grew concerned about the corruption affecting high places and the [[Caste system|state of inequity]] in society. He became inspired by the revolutionary words of Megatronus, a gladiator who took his name from [[The Fallen|one]] of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Primes]]. Megatronus gained a loyal following through his radical and innovative actions, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] chief among their number. Over time, Megatronus became a mentor figure to Orion Pax and chose to shorten his name as he left the gladiatorial arena for the political one. Megatron appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], voicing his ideas for shaping a new Cybertron by violent means, and demanded to be named the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Orion protested against Megatron's suggestions before the Council, moving their [[spark]]s and minds as he unknowingly revealed himself to be the one worthy of the title. Megatron severed his ties to Orion and the Council, taking his "Decepticon" followers to begin the [[Great War (Prime)|war]] that consumed Cybertron and vowing to claim the legendary [[Matrix of Leadership]] for himself. Hoping to reverse the damage that had poisoned the planet, Orion journeyed to Cybertron's [[Core]], where he found himself before the spark of [[Primus]], the creator of all [[Cybertronians]]. Primus sensed the purity of Orion's own spark and bestowed upon him the legendary Matrix, transforming him into Optimus Prime.''

In the present, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] question Optimus's plan to give the Matrix to the Earth's core, asking what could possibly stop Megatron from attempting to claim it for himself now. Ratchet darkly replies that Megatron only intends to save the Earth so that he may conquer it at a later date.

As they near Unicron's spark, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] begins to feel the draining effects of the [[Dark Energon]]. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee help him a short way across the catwalks, but Megatron soon comes to a halt ahead with the realization that Unicron is preparing to expel them. A huge number of Unicron's drones suddenly swarm into view, surrounding Megatron and the Autobots. They engage the drones in fierce battle, blasting and slashing through their attackers. Arcee is knocked to a lower level, not long before the Dark Energon clouds Bulkhead's vision. He stumbles from the catwalk but manages to grab hold of the edge, and is seized by Bumblebee before he can tumble to his death. Optimus and Megatron fight back-to-back, managing to hold their own against the drones in a spectacular display of effective—if uneasy—teamwork. Bumblebee struggles to hold onto Bulkhead, who insists that the scout lets him go. Optimus seizes Bulkhead just as Bumblebee loses his grip, and hauls him up to safety. As the group quickly becomes overwhelmed, Arcee hitches a ride on one of the drones to catch up with the others and beat a swift retreat with them.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Maybe Megatron should stop having seconds-in-command and just skip straight to thirds-in-command.]]
Aboard the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]], [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] outlines the questionable nature of their leader's recent behavior. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] asks whether she is suggesting that they abandon Lord Megatron. Airachnid explains how Megatron's undetectable signal implies that he is either offline or at the mercy of Unicron—neither scenario being in the best interests of the Decepticons. She suggests an exodus from Earth, and receives no protests from the surrounding [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. However, her order to retreat to [[Regulon Four]] is denied by Soundwave, who silently challenges her authority. When he refuses her demand to step aside, she leaps to attack him. Soundwave easily blocks every one of her blows, before lifting her clean into the air. He hurls her back, deploying [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] to stun Airachnid in a sudden sneak attack. Pinned under Soundwave's foot, much to Knock Out's amusement, Airachnid relinquishes command to the intelligence officer.

Back in the Autobot base, Ratchet notes he has lost the others' communication links and life signals, most likely caused by interference from the electromagnetic anomalies. Miko asks how they are supposed to know when the others are ready for pickup if contact is impossible, but Ratchet is prevented from responding by the sound of Jack tapping the [[GroundBridge]] key against a railing. Ratchet reveals that the object is actually the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]—one of Cybertron's most precious relics. Ratchet then realizes that Optimus entrusted the key to Jack because he did not plan on returning from the planet's core.

Megatron is gripped by yet another painful vision of Unicron whilst he and the Autobots are backed into an enclosed chamber by the attacking drones. Unicron orders him to destroy Optimus. Instead, Megatron saves the Autobot leader by blasting an oncoming drone. He then indicates a closed doorway nearby, stating that Unicron's spark lies just beyond. He explains that, to pass through, they must fool Unicron into believing that they pose no danger, and moves his Dark Energon-infused chest up to the door. It opens in response, and Optimus orders the others to remain outside and provide cover fire while he and Megatron advance.

The passageway beyond leads directly into Unicron's spark chamber, where Optimus prepares to expose the Matrix within his chest. Unicron's spark reacts, striking both invaders with its energy. Unicron again orders Megatron to kill Optimus, forcing him to unsheathe his blade and approach the weakened Prime. Megatron struggles against him, declaring himself to be under the command of no-one. His resistance provokes only an onslaught of pain and a furious reaction from the Chaos Bringer.

The volcano outside erupts violently, and the ground enclosing the Autobot base begins to quake. Ratchet tells the humans to take cover, and he moves to shield them from falling debris.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-unleash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Care Bear Stare!]]
Unicron's spark adopts the appearance of a face as Megatron is seemingly freed from his control. Optimus calls upon the power of the Matrix of Leadership, but hesitates as Unicron possesses Megatron's body in a veil of purple flame and declares his own invincibility. Optimus cuts short Unicron's desire to pull the Earth into chaos, and he rises to his feet as he becomes surrounded by a brilliant blue light. Optimus fires the power of the Matrix from his chest directly into Unicron's spark, the resulting wave of energy knocking Megatron back off his feet. His energy drained, Optimus falls to his knees, and Unicron's spark emits a final wail of pain before vanishing into oblivion.

The drones outside suddenly fall from the air, lifeless. The volcano, along with all of the Earth's other natural phenomena, subside back to normality. Ratchet and the humans watch as the monitors flicker online, rejoicing as their team's life signals are all safely re-established. Aboard the Nemesis, however, Soundwave also detects the signature of the Decepticon leader.

[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"You smell like my mom." "I smell like ''his'' mom!"]]
Megatron rights himself in Unicron's now-empty spark chamber, inspecting Optimus's steaming body for a moment before unsheathing his blade. Optimus gazes blearily up at the approaching Decepticon, then addresses him as "Megatronus" and asks where they are. Surprised, Megatron retracts his weapon and helps the Autobot to his feet. Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee soon burst through the wall to assist, but Optimus does not recognise them. A GroundBridge suddenly opens nearby; Megatron claims that the Autobots are their sworn enemies and provides cover fire as Optimus heads for the vortex. Optimus blankly meets Bumblebee's devastated gaze for a split second before disappearing through the Bridge. Megatron follows, leaving the shocked Autobots alone in the empty chamber.

[[Image:Megatroncamehome.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Honey, I'm home!]]

Ratchet GroundBridges the team back to base, but is anxious to see that Optimus is not with them. They explain that Optimus is still alive, but did not even know his own name. Ratchet realizes that surrendering the Matrix of Leadership caused their leader to lose not only the wisdom of the Primes, but his own memories as well.

Knock Out and the other Decepticons, minus Airachnid, welcome Megatron back aboard the Nemesis. Megatron steps aside to allow Optimus through, and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] automatically moves to attack. Megatron halts him, insisting that this is no way to treat a "long-lost comrade", and declares that Orion Pax is one of them.

[[Cliffhanger|To be continued…]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Autobot High Council|High Council]] (14–16)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (18)
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] (19)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (20)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (22)

|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[William Fowler]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (4)
*[[Core]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Raf:''' Megatron was an Autobot? 
'''Miko:''' Optimus was a 'Con?! 
'''Ratchet:''' No, on either count.
:—The kids get confused while Ratchet gets ready to tell a tale.

"Do you recall when I mentioned Optimus wasn't always a Prime? Well he wasn't always Optimus either. He was once a clerk, in the Iacon Hall of Records, named 'Orion Pax'. But as he learned more of Cybertron's past, he grew increasingly concerned about the present corruption in high places, and inequality among the masses. Orion became inspired by the words and ideas of a gladiator, one who had named himself after one of the Thirteen original Primes: Megatronus. Megatronus vowed to challenge Cybertron's leadership and demand that all Cybertronians be treated as equals. This gladiator-turned-revolutionary rapidly gathered a loyal following, Soundwave chief among them. Orion began corresponding with Megatronus, who came to become somewhat of a mentor to him. As Megatronus left that gladitorial arenas for the political, he saw fit to shorten his name. Before long, Megatron appeared before the High Council to propose his vision for a just society. And it was here he began to show his true colors, proclaiming the need to overthrow the old guard with force and arrogantly demanding to be named the next Prime. But Orion did not believe in violence as a means to achieving justice. The sparks and minds of the Council were moved by Orion's words. Here, for the first time since Cybertron's Golden Age, stood someone worthy of being a Prime. But that honor could only be truly achieved by earning the legendary Matrix of Leadership. His ambitions thwarted, Megatron spitefully severed all ties with Orion and the Council, and came to wage war on all who opposed him, through his growing army of followers which he named 'Decepticons'. He vowed to claim the Matrix for himself, wherever it might hide. In time, warfare consumed Cybertron, poisoning the planet to its core. Orion journeyed there, hoping to reverse the ill effects, and found himself before the very life-giver: Primus himself. The ailing Primus sensed the innate mobility within Orion and bestowed the Matrix upon him. It was thus that a surprised but humble Orion Pax came to be Optimus, the last of the Primes..."
:-'''Ratchet''' tells the story of Optimus and Megatron's storied history.

"You have something to say, Soundwave?"
:—'''Airachnid''' asking a rather ironic question to the silent bot.

"Watch out for the quiet ones…"
:—'''Knock Out''' after witnessing Soundwave "veto" Airachnid's motion to leave Earth.

"'''''Megatron! Destroy the Prime! I command you!'''''" 
"Megatron is commanded by NO ONE!"
:—'''Unicron''' and '''Megatron'''. [[The Transformers: The Movie|Déjà vu.]]

"'''''You cannot defeat me, disciple of Primus! I have transcended physical being! By my will alone, all upon this world shall fall into chaos!'''''" 
"Not while I still function, Unicron! The power of the Matrix shall light our darkest hour!" 
"'''''NOOOOO!'''''"
:—'''Unicron''' (possessing Megatron's body) is too late to stop '''Optimus Prime''' from using the Matrix on him.

"Where are we, Megatronus?" 
"Don't you remember, old friend?"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' with an unexpected twist.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*All of the natural disasters around the world abruptly stop when Unicron is beaten. While it might make sense for the earthquakes to stop, tidal waves wouldn't just suddenly fall apart. Forward momentum doesn't just vanish. Similar problems occur with the tornadoes dissipating and the sky clearing.
*At the Earth's core, the Autobots should experience very little gravity, as the total mass of Earth would be reasonably equally distributed around them and therefore the pull of gravity would be cancelled out.
*Despite entering the tunnel to Unicron's spark chamber only a few seconds before Optimus, Megatron still manages a very hefty lead. By the time Optimus navigates the tunnel that leads into the spark chamber, Megatron is already inside, standing in front of Unicron's spark.
*After defeating Unicron, both Megatron and Optimus are knocked unconscious: Megatron on his back and Optimus on the ground facing away from the other. However, when we see them wake up later, Megatron is on his stomach and Optimus is facing him now.

===Continuity errors===
*Ratchet's statement that Megatron started the war after not being made Prime contradicts the history given in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]", where Megatron is said to have split from Optimus ''during'' the war. Optimus could have believed that the war began with the initial movement of Megatronus, or Ratchet could be bringing continuity closer to ''Exodus''.
*Bulkhead is the only Autobot visibly affected by the Dark Energon; previously, Arcee felt dizzy from even a tiny amount on her arm.

===Continuity notes===
*The entire backstory given by Ratchet is an adaptation of the first half of ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''. Plot elements were changed, such as Orion Pax becoming Optimus when he found the Matrix of Leadership, as opposed to when he was assigned the position by the Cybertron High Council. Notably, although the Dark Energon infection of Cybertron's core as seen in ''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' is made clear to have happened, the episode only refers to it as "poison", probably to avoid highlighting the incongruity this creates with the characters' lack of familiarity with the substance back at the start of the series.
*Optimus's blade is still broken after the episode "[[One Shall Fall]]".
*The tail end of Unicron's final speech (while controlling Megatron's body) echoes Megatron's own words at the end of ''War for Cybertron'' Chapter 1: "By my will alone shall Cybertron be restored!"

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his namesake]] in the episode "[[War Dawn]]",
*The [[Key to Vector Sigma]] first appeared in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]" and later featured prominently in the first season of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Optimus calls upon the Matrix to "[[Darkest hour|light our darkest hour]]".
*For once, Optimus is the one who gets to say he "still functions", rather than Megatron.
*Airachnid wishes to "set course for [[Regulon Four]]".
*Unicron's mind-control on Megatron to destroy Optimus Prime is similar to how Unicron kept torturing [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] into destroying [[Hot Rod (G1)| Hot Rod]].
*When Unicron finally succeeds in possessing Megatron, the latter's body is enveloped in a purple, flame-like aura. This hearkens back to [[The Fallen|another of Unicron's servants]], as well as the power-up sequence of [[Megatron (Armada)#Cybertron|a different Megatron]].

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 30|30 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 3'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 3. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 13|13 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kejatuhan Kegelapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Fall of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 4 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Terza parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part Three")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 24|24 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fūin Henkei! Orion Pax no Nazo'''" (封印変形!オライオンパックスの謎, "Sealed Transformation! The Mystery of Orion Pax")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 29|29 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Optimeosu ui Gwageo'''" (옵티머스의 과거, "Optimus's Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22|22 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 9|9 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, tercera parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 3")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 11|11 August]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 4]], 2011, again preceding its American showing.
*Jack is clearly taking very good care of that Key Optimus gave him...by idly tapping it against a railing.
*This is the first time we've seen Soundwave "get his hands dirty". With how easily he trounces Airachnid, that's probably a good thing for the Autobots.
*According to the flashbacks, Megatron's optics are blue, his fingers, eyebrows, and shoulders less pointy, and his feet are also rather flat, until he is rejected by the Council and storms out angrily, obtaining the sharp teeth and red eyes.
*Fowler hugs June. Make of that what you will.
*Once more, the Thirteen Original Primes make an appearance, this time as statue busts in the walls of the High Council's chamber.
*Unlike all other Autobots thus far in the cartoon, Optimus has a distinct Cybertronian robot form, with different kibble, in the flashbacks. This is also true of Soundwave to an extent - in the image of him standing by Megatronus at the beginning of the latter's movement, his limbs are a fair bit bulkier than his modern form.
*A behind-scenes Internet video released by The Hub featured the voice actors recording the "Megatron was an Autobot? Optimus was a 'Con?" exchange, leading many (surprised) fans to believe this was truly the case.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 2

2013-07-17T13:38:04Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 25
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 3
|image=OneShallRise2-shake.jpg
|caption=One shall stand, one shall...also stand.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 2"
|airdate=[[October 8]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots team up with a surprising ally to save the Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OneShallRise2-bigdude.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Sure, he doesn't look quite planet-size here, but he's really [[:Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|not all that much smaller]] than he was in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].]]
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is battling a small army of [[Unicron]]s made from mountain rocks. Team Prime wishes to back him up, but Optimus belays the order, for as Prime, he is the one Unicron is after. Team Prime, against his orders, decide to reinforce him anyway, and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrive to the area by [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is angry that they disobeyed him, but Arcee reminds him that since he is Unicron's target, he should retreat back to base. Optimus tells them that Unicron can find him anywhere, so even if he hid at the base, it would only be a matter of time before the Chaos Bringer located him. Bulkhead then asks him to let them take the lead, which he allows after Ratchet's insistence. They fight the stone simulacra until a giant Unicron rises from the ground and comes close to killing Optimus, only to be felled when several blasts knock its head off. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] reveals himself to have fired those shots.

After Optimus and Megatron engage in their usual archnemesis banter, Megatron reveals the reason he's there: He wants to team up with the Autobots to destroy Unicron. The Autobots question this truce, but Megatron assures them that he is the only one who can lead them to Unicron and that Optimus, the last Prime, is the only one who can defeat him. Optimus deduces that since Unicron is at the center of the planet, they will have to GroundBridge to the Earth's core, much to Ratchet's dismay. This also means that they will need to GroundBridge Megatron to the base.

Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] tells [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] that it Megatron's protracted absence indicates he has abandoned them, and that they should begin looking at a future without him.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-Ratchethumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is as close to the action as any of them are going to get.]]

Listening back at base, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders if they can't just transport Unicron out of the core, but [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tell him that he '''is''' the Earth's core, so any such act could bring the destruction they're trying to avoid. Optimus agrees and believes that the only way to destroy Unicron is for him to unleash the full power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] onto Unicron's spark. Ratchet explains to Fowler and Jack that the Matrix is the combined power of all the Primes and that it exists within Optimus Prime himself.

Before they can discuss any further, another giant Unicron rises from the ground. Optimus calls for a GroundBridge, and Megatron stays behind to distract Unicron while the Autobots go back to their headquarters. They argue about the details of Megatron coming to base and finally decide to bridge him there. Jack wonders what will happen to Optimus when he unleashes the power of the Matrix; Optimus does not give him a direct answer, but tells them that he is willing to do what is needed and that the rest of the Autobots will carry on. Optimus then calls in Megatron, and the Decepticon finishes off Unicron's rock giant and transports to the Autobot base. After Megatron banters with the Autobots and the humans, everything is set for them to leave. But before they go, Optimus meets privately with Jack to express how impressed he is with how much Jack has grown since they first met. Optimus entrusts him with the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] that he claims controls the GroundBridge operations until he returns.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-inside.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Unicron]]'s Inside Story.]]Team Prime and Megatron leave for the core, arriving in a cavernous interior with crisscrossing constructs. Arcee wonders how long it will be before Unicron discovers them. Megatron tells her that he already knows. Unbeknownst to them, a giant optic watches overhead.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 3|To Be Concluded...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus! Have you uncovered any further sign of Unicron's emergence?" 
'''"Unicron is power incarnate, and you, the last of the Primes, shall perish!"''' 
"I take that as a yes."
:—'''Ratchet''' finds out that '''Unicron''' has awakened.

"It is rather ironic, considering our last encounter. If memory serves, you were desperately attempting to extinguish my spark." 
"That option remains very much in play." 
"I would expect nothing less!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' talk about the good times.

"Aligning with the lesser of two evils is still siding with evil!"
:-'''Ratchet''' objecting to Megatron's proposed truce.

''(GroundBridge opens up next to Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee)'' 
"Wait. We're opening up a direct path into our base with Megatron standing right there?!" 
"And seriously, he's gonna risk his own spark to save us?" 
"(Laughter) Hardly my nature!"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Bulkhead''' doubt '''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s motives, which he finds amusing.

"It appears our leader has abandoned us while this world erupts in chaos. I believe we must consider the possibility of a future without Megatron."
:—'''Airachnid''' fills the quota for scheming in Starscream's absence.

"So this is where the magic happens. Quaint."
:—'''Megatron''' enters the Autobot base.

"You double cross ANYONE, MINE is the face you'll never forget! NEVER!!!"
:—Melodramatic '''Miko''' mindlessly menaces Megatron. [[Hurt|Meaningful, maybe?]]

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Raf runs out to confront Megatron in the Autobot base, Arcee puts herself between the humans and the Decepticon leader to keep the humans from harm. However, when Jack and the rest are walking back a few screen cuts later, we see Megatron behind Jack, but no Arcee standing between them.
*The Autobots exit the GroundBridge into Unicron in the opposite order that they enter it in.
*When Unicron's head is suddenly destroyed, Ratchet asks what happened. Megatron then answers "I happened," as if he could hear Ratchet through Arcee's comm link frequency, even though it's an isolated signal that only she (or the Autobots in general) should be able to hear.
*One major sound mixing blunder exclusive to the Hungarian dubbed version of the episode, which surprisingly no one in the studio caught, is a permanent echo-effect layered on top of the entire audio track. This makes it really difficult to understand what's being said. Also, around the middle of the episode, and in the middle of Ratchet's ramblings, the sound randomly goes mute for several seconds. All reruns had these issues.

===Continuity errors===
*When Megatron enters the Autobot Base, his comment suggests that he hasn't been inside before. While he may not have been there in his own body, he spent a considerable amount of time there while inside Bumblebee's head during the events of "[[Out of His Head]]".

===Continuity notes===
*Ratchet comments that making a GroundBridge happen in space and a moving train is hard enough, recalling "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
*Megatron still remembers Jack's face from "[[Rock Bottom]]", though he has yet to "share the details of [their] little conversation" with Optimus, as he claimed he would.
*Raf hasn't forgotten what Megatron did to him in "[[One Shall Fall]]". Neither has Megatron, for that matter, who comments on how resilient humans are.
*Miko complains that she is the only one out of the three kids to have not seen Megatron before this episode. And once again, she displays her complete and utter lack of fear and rational thought by threatening Megatron to his face.
*Optimus being impressed with Jack's growth is similar to what Ratchet said about Jack back in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
*The [[Matrix of Leadership]] can harm Unicron, echoing ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. (This time around, however, they actually bother to explain the "how" and "why" of the issue.)
*Arcee mentions how Megatron's actions in the war destroyed Cybertron. Whilst this may be true across other continuities to varying degrees, in the [[Aligned continuity family]], Megatron ''is'' specifically the one who corrupted the [[Core]] with Dark Energon, causing the planet to shut down and become uninhabitable.

===Real-world references===
*Miko calls Megatron "[[King Kong|King 'Con]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 23|23 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 2'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 2. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 10|10 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kedatangan Kegelapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Coming of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 3 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Seconda parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part Two")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 18|18 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ryōyū Henkei! Saikyō Konbi Tanjō'''" (両雄変形!最強コンビ誕生, "Rivals Transformation! Birth of the Strongest Combination")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22|22 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lideosip ui Maeteurikseu'''" (리더십의 매트릭스, "Matrix of Leadership")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 21|21 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 6|6 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, segunda parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 4|4 August]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 3]], 2011, ahead of its American showing.
*As in previous episodes, Megatron makes no effort to ascertain [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s fate despite believing that the Autobots captured him back in "[[Partners]]". Considering he is in the Autobot base in this episode, one would think he'd at least be curious where they're keeping him...unless he's changed his mind off-screen or realized that Starscream jumped ship.
*When Raf runs out to Megatron, Jack brings him back and says that he isn't worth it. What did Raf expect to do to him, anyway?

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 1

2013-07-17T13:23:42Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 24
|prev=One Shall Fall
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|image=OneShallRise1-UnicronstalksCybertron.jpg
|caption=
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 1"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots discover that Dark Energon is responsible for an epidemic of natural disasters.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Dark Energon]] rains from the sky and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] prepares to deliver a killing blow to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], a [[GroundBridge]] opens and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tackles Megatron. While the big guy keeps Megatron busy, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] pull Optimus through the GroundBridge. Arcee calls out to Bulkhead, who races back through the GroundBridge just before it closes. Megatron, left alone, realizes he now has all of the Dark Energon he needs.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Optimus is glad to see that [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is OK, but [[June Darby|June]] reminds him that Raf's lucky to be alive. The [[Autobot]]s discuss why so much Dark Energon is on [[Earth]], though Ratchet is skeptical that it's literally the blood of [[Unicron]]. Sick of the kids being endangered, June decides to take Raf to a real hospital, and announces she's taking the other kids as well, since they don't belong in the Autobots' war. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] refuses to go, and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] decides to stay too. June takes off in her car with Raf. No sooner has she left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the Autobots to report that earthquakes have occurred simultaneously worldwide, and other disasters are springing up as well.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Bumblebeestorm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bumblebee keeps an eye out for flying cows.]]

As June drives away the base, lightning begins striking the ground near her car. She swerves to avoid it, and crashes into a power pole, though neither she nor Raf are hurt. The danger is not over, however, as a tornado begins bearing down on them. June tries to escape from it, but it begins to lift the car off the ground. Help arrives in the form of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who grabs the car's front end and prevents it from flying off into the storm, while Raf climbs onto him over the hood. There's a moment of alarm as the car is ripped away, but June manages to survive clinging to the hood which Bumblebee is still clutching. Bumblebee drives the relieved pair back to base.

Back at the volcano, the [[Decepticon]]s are busy gathering up Dark Energon and loading it aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. On the ship's bridge, Megatron is suddenly seized by a vision of the Earth exploding.

Bumblebee arrives back at base, and everyone's relieved to see Raf and June safe, though she grounds Jack for disobeying her orders of going home with her. At roughly the same time, Fowler arrives to find out if the Autobots have made any progress in finding answers. Ratchet has traced the source of the earthquakes to the Earth's core, and when he plays the tiny tremors as sound, everyone present hears a heartbeat. Meanwhile, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] plays the same sound to Megatron, who feels it resonating through his head.

Deep within the volcano, [[Unicron]] awakens.

Realizing that Unicron is at the Earth's core, Optimus explains to the humans present about the age-old war between [[Primus]] and Unicron, the creation of the [[Thirteen]], the [[Well of All Sparks]], and the defeat of Unicron. Fowler thinks they should find the hole Unicron crawled into the Earth through and fill it with explosives, but Optimus believes that the Earth formed around Unicron as he slept. Everyone wonders what will happen next.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Unicronaudience.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Nobody summons Unicron!" "Then it pleases me to be the fir- [[The Transformers: The Movie|Oh, wait."]]]]

[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] reports that the ''Nemesis'' hold is full of Dark Energon. Megatron places her in command while he goes to talk to Unicron. As the ship moves away, Megatron flies down to the lip of the volcano and beseeches Unicron to speak to him. Unicron is unimpressed with Megatron and senses the taint of Primus. Unicron is shocked that the last of the Primes still lives and tells Megatron he'll deal with it himself.

Optimus scouts one of the locations where a quake has struck and confirms that, like the others, it's rich in metals. Ratchet warns him of an increase in spark activity, and a few moments later, Unicron himself appears to Optimus as a huge, stone being. Optimus asks Unicron to consider the many [[human]]s inhabiting Earth who rely on Unicron, but Unicron considers them parasites and opts to strike Optimus with lightning instead. Optimus retaliates, blasting Unicron until the stone golem falls and crumbles into the ground. Optimus has not won, however, as more Unicrons burst out of the ground all around him.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[William Fowler]] (11)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
*The [[Thirteen]] (16-28, flashback)
}}

==Quotes==
"The ‘Cons killed a [[unicorn]]?" ''(Awkward silence)'' "White horse with a horn on its head... prances around all sparkly?"
:—'''Miko''' makes the first canon Unicron/unicorn joke in twenty-five years.

"Boogeyman?" 
"Make-believe creepy guy who hides in your closet?"
:-'''Ratchet''' is asking '''Miko''' for something....and that's never a good sign.

"It deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I will do everything in my power to ensure that no harm comes to our human friends or any human ever again." 
"Optimus…they’re children. They do not belong in your world. They should be worrying about grades, prom dates, pimples—not their own survival!"
:—A spark-to-heart in which '''Optimus''' and '''June''' don't quite see optic-to-eye.

(To June) "You're not my mother." 
"Miko..." 
"Neither are you!"
:—'''Miko''', asserting her independence—again, and '''Bulkhead''', wondering why he got the difficult partner.

"Don't tell me your 'Cons have built a weather machine." 
"One that powerful? Highly unlikely."
:-'''Fowler''' and '''Ratchet''', the weathermen of the future.

"Stop, Soundwave! Turn it off! I CAN STILL HEAR HIM POUNDING IN MY BRAIN!"
:-'''Megatron''' loses some sanity from hearing Unicron's heartbeat.

"Before the beginning...there was Primus. And there was Unicron. One, the incarnation of creation—the other...of destruction. For eons, Primus and Unicron battled, the balance of power shifting between them more times than could be counted. Only by creating the Thirteen—the original Primes who preceded me—was Primus finally able to defeat Unicron and cast him out. Primus became one with the very core of our planet, creating life through the Well of All Sparks, while Unicron was never to be heard from again...until now."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tells the tale.

"'''Silence, worm! I have no need of your lowly assistance.'''" 
"Please, my lord. I exist only to serve you." 
"'''What is this I sense? The taint of Primus? Here?!'''" 
"That is Optimus, the last of the Primes, our sworn enemy." 
"'''You profess loyalty to me, yet allow a disciple of Primus to live?!'''" 
"I will destroy him for you! His screams will be heard—" 
"'''I grow weary of your prattle. Surely if you had the power to destroy this Prime, you would have done so already. ''I'' will deal with him myself.'''"
:—Confronting '''Unicron''' himself, '''Megatron''' starts to feel a little like Starscream.

"'''Do you know me, disciple of Primus?'''" 
"Unicron, the Chaos Bringer." 
"'''Good. Now know as me as Unicron, your destroyer!'''" 
''(parries Unicron's attacks)'' "I humbly request your ear, Lord Unicron." 
"'''And what would a Prime be so compelled to say to me?'''" 
"I make this appeal not for myself, but for this planet which you constitute, and the beings who inhabit it. Humankind relies upon you, for life, for sustenance. Your resurrection will only result in the destruction of a species which evolved from the seeds of your very greatness." 
"'''So this humankind of whom you speak, you consider them my progeny?'''" 
"Indeed." 
"'''Parasites! They too shall know my rustful hand, once I am finished with you!'''"
:-Appealing to '''Unicron''' is practically impossible, as '''Optimus Prime''' learned–the hard way.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* A tornado with enough wind force to pull a car and the Autobot holding it should have sucked June and Raf in the second they exited the vehicle.
* When Optimus tries to reason with Unicron, the Chaos Bringer detaches his spikes to reveal his hands, but after Prime guns him down the spikes are back again.

===Continuity notes===
* The blade that forms from Optimus's right arm remains broken in this episode, having been damaged by Megatron in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
[[Image:OneShallRise1-TheThirteen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*[[Primus]] and his conflict with Unicron originated in [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers comic]] way back in the 1980s.
*The Thirteen first came into Transformers lore in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]].
*The [[Well of All Sparks]], meanwhile, originated in Dreamwave's 2003 ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' miniseries.
*When the Decepticon miners harvest Dark Energon from the volcano, it appears that some of it has been cut into [[Energon cube|cubes]].
*This episode gives direct confirmation that the [[Core]] of Cybertron ''is'' Primus. Furthermore, the appearance of the Core shown in the episode is almost identical to its appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''.
* If you look hard enough, you can see [[Solus Prime|one]] of The Thirteen wielding [[Forge of Solus Prime|a large hammer]], [[Prima|one wielding]] [[Star Saber (Prima)|a huge sword]], one with [[Vector Prime|a dial on his chest]], [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|one with a familiar bearded face]], and one wearing [[Amalgamous Prime|a helmet with large horns]].
* Whilst pledging allegiance to him, Megatron proclaims himself as Unicron's "[[Herald of Unicron|Herald]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 16|16 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 1'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 1. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9|9 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kebangkitan Kegalapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Rise of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 2 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Prima parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 17|17 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyoshin Henkei! Gaia Unicron no Shingeki'''" (巨神変形!ガイアユニクロンの進撃, "Giant God Transformation! The Advance of Gaia Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yunikeuron ui Buhwal'''" (유니크론의 부활, "Return of Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 15|15 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, primera parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
* This episode was initially intended to air on TeleToon on [[August 28]], 2011, but its broadcast was replaced at the last minute by a rerun of "[[Predatory]]". It aired in Singapore on [[September 29]], 2011.
* This episode's intro sequence is shorter than previous ones, skipping the shots of the kids with their respective partners.
* In a difference to the usual Primus/Unicron mythos, Unicron is shown physically stomping across Cybertron (and is later described as having shed his physical form completely) and Primus is said to have ''later'' become "one" with the planet as if it pre-exists him.
* The piece of music that plays during the scene with Jack's potential separation from Arcee is the one that can be heard back during the similar situations in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".
* As the Autobots watch a news report of various catastrophes around the globe, the corner of the ticker running across the bottom of the screen displays mostly positive financial growth. Man, corporations ''are'' evil!
* As of this episode, June dubs Jack grounded until the age of twenty-five. Let's see how long that lasts.
*In his confrontation with Unicron, Optimus does not reveal his mask once. Perhaps he doesn't consider this a real battle for his life.
*We get to see twelve of the Thirteen. It's the first time we've seen this many of them assembled on television.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 1

2013-07-17T13:22:02Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 24
|prev=One Shall Fall
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|image=OneShallRise1-UnicronstalksCybertron.jpg
|caption=
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 1"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots discover that Dark Energon is responsible for an epidemic of natural disasters.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Dark Energon]] rains from the sky and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] prepares to deliver a killing blow to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], a [[GroundBridge]] opens and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tackles Megatron. While the big guy keeps Megatron busy, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] pull Optimus through the GroundBridge. Arcee calls out to Bulkhead, who races back through the GroundBridge just before it closes. Megatron, left alone, realizes he now has all of the Dark Energon he needs.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Optimus is glad to see that [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is OK, but [[June Darby|June]] reminds him that Raf's lucky to be alive. The [[Autobot]]s discuss why so much Dark Energon is on [[Earth]], though Ratchet is skeptical that it's literally the blood of [[Unicron]]. Sick of the kids being endangered, June decides to take Raf to a real hospital, and announces she's taking the other kids as well, since they don't belong in the Autobots' war. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] refuses to go, and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] decides to stay too. June takes off in her car with Raf. No sooner has she left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the Autobots to report that earthquakes have occurred simultaneously worldwide, and other disasters are springing up as well.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Bumblebeestorm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bumblebee keeps an eye out for flying cows.]]

As June drives away the base, lightning begins striking the ground near her car. She swerves to avoid it, and crashes into a power pole, though neither she nor Raf are hurt. The danger is not over, however, as a tornado begins bearing down on them. June tries to escape from it, but it begins to lift the car off the ground. Help arrives in the form of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who grabs the car's front end and prevents it from flying off into the storm, while Raf climbs onto him over the hood. There's a moment of alarm as the car is ripped away, but June manages to survive clinging to the hood which Bumblebee is still clutching. Bumblebee drives the relieved pair back to base.

Back at the volcano, the [[Decepticon]]s are busy gathering up Dark Energon and loading it aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. On the ship's bridge, Megatron is suddenly seized by a vision of the Earth exploding.

Bumblebee arrives back at base, and everyone's relieved to see Raf and June safe, though she grounds Jack for disobeying her orders of going home with her. At roughly the same time, Fowler arrives to find out if the Autobots have made any progress in finding answers. Ratchet has traced the source of the earthquakes to the Earth's core, and when he plays the tiny tremors as sound, everyone present hears a heartbeat. Meanwhile, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] plays the same sound to Megatron, who feels it resonating through his head.

Deep within the volcano, [[Unicron]] awakens.

Realizing that Unicron is at the Earth's core, Optimus explains to the humans present about the age-old war between [[Primus]] and Unicron, the creation of the [[Thirteen]], the [[Well of All Sparks]], and the defeat of Unicron. Fowler thinks they should find the hole Unicron crawled into the Earth through and fill it with explosives, but Optimus believes that the Earth formed around Unicron as he slept. Everyone wonders what will happen next.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Unicronaudience.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Nobody summons Unicron!" "Then it pleases me to be the fir- [[The Transformers: The Movie|Oh, wait."]]]]

[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] reports that the ''Nemesis'' hold is full of Dark Energon. Megatron places her in command while he goes to talk to Unicron. As the ship moves away, Megatron flies down to the lip of the volcano and beseeches Unicron to speak to him. Unicron is unimpressed with Megatron and senses the taint of Primus. Unicron is shocked that the last of the Primes still lives and tells Megatron he'll deal with it himself.

Optimus scouts one of the locations where a quake has struck and confirms that, like the others, it's rich in metals. Ratchet warns him of an increase in spark activity, and a few moments later, Unicron himself appears to Optimus as a huge, stone being. Optimus asks Unicron to consider the many [[human]]s inhabiting Earth who rely on Unicron, but Unicron considers them parasites and opts to strike Optimus with lightning instead. Optimus retaliates, blasting Unicron until the stone golem falls and crumbles into the ground. Optimus has not won, however, as more Unicrons burst out of the ground all around him.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[William Fowler]] (11)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
*The [[Thirteen]] (16-28, flashback)
}}

==Quotes==
"The ‘Cons killed a [[unicorn]]?" ''(Awkward silence)'' "White horse with a horn on its head... prances around all sparkly?"
:—'''Miko''' makes the first canon Unicron/unicorn joke in twenty-five years.

"Boogeyman?" 
"Make-believe creepy guy who hides in your closet?"
:-'''Ratchet''' is asking '''Miko''' for something....and that's never a good sign.

"It deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I will do everything in my power to ensure that no harm comes to our human friends or any human ever again." 
"Optimus…they’re children. They do not belong in your world. They should be worrying about grades, prom dates, pimples—not their own survival!"
:—A spark-to-heart in which '''Optimus''' and '''June''' don't quite see optic-to-eye.

(To June) "You're not my mother." 
"Miko..." 
"Neither are you!"
:—'''Miko''', asserting her independence—again, and '''Bulkhead''', wondering why he got the difficult partner.

"Don't tell me your 'Cons have built a weather machine." 
"One that powerful? Highly unlikely."
:-'''Fowler''' and '''Ratchet''', the weathermen of the future.

"Stop, Soundwave! Turn it off! I CAN STILL HEAR HIM POUNDING IN MY BRAIN!"
:-'''Megatron''' loses some sanity from hearing Unicron's heartbeat.

"Before the beginning...there was Primus. And there was Unicron. One, the incarnation of creation—the other...of destruction. For eons, Primus and Unicron battled, the balance of power shifting between them more times than could be counted. Only by creating the Thirteen—the original Primes who preceded me—was Primus finally able to defeat Unicron and cast him out. Primus became one with the very core of our planet, creating life through the Well of All Sparks, while Unicron was never to be heard from again...until now."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tells the tale.

"'''Silence, worm! I have no need of your lowly assistance.'''" 
"Please, my lord. I exist only to serve you." 
"'''What is this I sense? The taint of Primus? Here?!'''" 
"That is Optimus, the last of the Primes, our sworn enemy." 
"'''You profess loyalty to me, yet allow a disciple of Primus to live?!'''" 
"I will destroy him for you! His screams will be heard—" 
"'''I grow weary of your prattle. Surely if you had the power to destroy this Prime, you would have done so already. ''I'' will deal with him myself.'''"
:—Confronting '''Unicron''' himself, '''Megatron''' starts to feel a little like Starscream.

"'''Do you know me, disciple of Primus?'''" 
"Unicron, the Chaos Bringer." 
"'''Good. Now know as me as Unicron, your destroyer!'''" 
''(parries Unicron's attacks)''"I humbly request your ear, Lord Unicron." 
"'''And what would a Prime be so compelled to say to me?'''" 
"I make this appeal not for myself, but for this planet which you constitute, and the beings who inhabit it. Humankind relies upon you, for life, for sustenance. Your resurrection will only result in the destruction of a species which evolved from the seeds of your very greatness." 
"'''So this humankind of whom you speak, you consider them progeny?'''" 
"Indeed." 
"'''Parasites! They too shall know my rustful hand, once I have finished with you!'''"
:-Appealing to '''Unicron''' is practically impossible, as '''Optimus Prime''' learned–the hard way.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* A tornado with enough wind force to pull a car and the Autobot holding it should have sucked June and Raf in the second they exited the vehicle.
* When Optimus tries to reason with Unicron, the Chaos Bringer detaches his spikes to reveal his hands, but after Prime guns him down the spikes are back again.

===Continuity notes===
* The blade that forms from Optimus's right arm remains broken in this episode, having been damaged by Megatron in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
[[Image:OneShallRise1-TheThirteen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*[[Primus]] and his conflict with Unicron originated in [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers comic]] way back in the 1980s.
*The Thirteen first came into Transformers lore in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]].
*The [[Well of All Sparks]], meanwhile, originated in Dreamwave's 2003 ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' miniseries.
*When the Decepticon miners harvest Dark Energon from the volcano, it appears that some of it has been cut into [[Energon cube|cubes]].
*This episode gives direct confirmation that the [[Core]] of Cybertron ''is'' Primus. Furthermore, the appearance of the Core shown in the episode is almost identical to its appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''.
* If you look hard enough, you can see [[Solus Prime|one]] of The Thirteen wielding [[Forge of Solus Prime|a large hammer]], [[Prima|one wielding]] [[Star Saber (Prima)|a huge sword]], one with [[Vector Prime|a dial on his chest]], [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|one with a familiar bearded face]], and one wearing [[Amalgamous Prime|a helmet with large horns]].
* Whilst pledging allegiance to him, Megatron proclaims himself as Unicron's "[[Herald of Unicron|Herald]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 16|16 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 1'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 1. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9|9 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kebangkitan Kegalapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Rise of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 2 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Prima parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 17|17 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyoshin Henkei! Gaia Unicron no Shingeki'''" (巨神変形!ガイアユニクロンの進撃, "Giant God Transformation! The Advance of Gaia Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yunikeuron ui Buhwal'''" (유니크론의 부활, "Return of Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 15|15 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, primera parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
* This episode was initially intended to air on TeleToon on [[August 28]], 2011, but its broadcast was replaced at the last minute by a rerun of "[[Predatory]]". It aired in Singapore on [[September 29]], 2011.
* This episode's intro sequence is shorter than previous ones, skipping the shots of the kids with their respective partners.
* In a difference to the usual Primus/Unicron mythos, Unicron is shown physically stomping across Cybertron (and is later described as having shed his physical form completely) and Primus is said to have ''later'' become "one" with the planet as if it pre-exists him.
* The piece of music that plays during the scene with Jack's potential separation from Arcee is the one that can be heard back during the similar situations in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".
* As the Autobots watch a news report of various catastrophes around the globe, the corner of the ticker running across the bottom of the screen displays mostly positive financial growth. Man, corporations ''are'' evil!
* As of this episode, June dubs Jack grounded until the age of twenty-five. Let's see how long that lasts.
*In his confrontation with Unicron, Optimus does not reveal his mask once. Perhaps he doesn't consider this a real battle for his life.
*We get to see twelve of the Thirteen. It's the first time we've seen this many of them assembled on television.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 1

2013-07-17T12:58:37Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 24
|prev=One Shall Fall
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|image=OneShallRise1-UnicronstalksCybertron.jpg
|caption=
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 1"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots discover that Dark Energon is responsible for an epidemic of natural disasters.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Dark Energon]] rains from the sky and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] prepares to deliver a killing blow to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], a [[GroundBridge]] opens and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tackles Megatron. While the big guy keeps Megatron busy, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] pull Optimus through the GroundBridge. Arcee calls out to Bulkhead, who races back through the GroundBridge just before it closes. Megatron, left alone, realizes he now has all of the Dark Energon he needs.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Optimus is glad to see that [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is OK, but [[June Darby|June]] reminds him that Raf's lucky to be alive. The [[Autobot]]s discuss why so much Dark Energon is on [[Earth]], though Ratchet is skeptical that it's literally the blood of [[Unicron]]. Sick of the kids being endangered, June decides to take Raf to a real hospital, and announces she's taking the other kids as well, since they don't belong in the Autobots' war. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] refuses to go, and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] decides to stay too. June takes off in her car with Raf. No sooner has she left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the Autobots to report that earthquakes have occurred simultaneously worldwide, and other disasters are springing up as well.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Bumblebeestorm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bumblebee keeps an eye out for flying cows.]]

As June drives away the base, lightning begins striking the ground near her car. She swerves to avoid it, and crashes into a power pole, though neither she nor Raf are hurt. The danger is not over, however, as a tornado begins bearing down on them. June tries to escape from it, but it begins to lift the car off the ground. Help arrives in the form of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who grabs the car's front end and prevents it from flying off into the storm, while Raf climbs onto him over the hood. There's a moment of alarm as the car is ripped away, but June manages to survive clinging to the hood which Bumblebee is still clutching. Bumblebee drives the relieved pair back to base.

Back at the volcano, the [[Decepticon]]s are busy gathering up Dark Energon and loading it aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. On the ship's bridge, Megatron is suddenly seized by a vision of the Earth exploding.

Bumblebee arrives back at base, and everyone's relieved to see Raf and June safe, though she grounds Jack for disobeying her orders of going home with her. At roughly the same time, Fowler arrives to find out if the Autobots have made any progress in finding answers. Ratchet has traced the source of the earthquakes to the Earth's core, and when he plays the tiny tremors as sound, everyone present hears a heartbeat. Meanwhile, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] plays the same sound to Megatron, who feels it resonating through his head.

Deep within the volcano, [[Unicron]] awakens.

Realizing that Unicron is at the Earth's core, Optimus explains to the humans present about the age-old war between [[Primus]] and Unicron, the creation of the [[Thirteen]], the [[Well of All Sparks]], and the defeat of Unicron. Fowler thinks they should find the hole Unicron crawled into the Earth through and fill it with explosives, but Optimus believes that the Earth formed around Unicron as he slept. Everyone wonders what will happen next.

[[Image:OneShallRise1-Unicronaudience.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Nobody summons Unicron!" "Then it pleases me to be the fir- [[The Transformers: The Movie|Oh, wait."]]]]

[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] reports that the ''Nemesis'' hold is full of Dark Energon. Megatron places her in command while he goes to talk to Unicron. As the ship moves away, Megatron flies down to the lip of the volcano and beseeches Unicron to speak to him. Unicron is unimpressed with Megatron and senses the taint of Primus. Unicron is shocked that the last of the Primes still lives and tells Megatron he'll deal with it himself.

Optimus scouts one of the locations where a quake has struck and confirms that, like the others, it's rich in metals. Ratchet warns him of an increase in spark activity, and a few moments later, Unicron himself appears to Optimus as a huge, stone being. Optimus asks Unicron to consider the many [[human]]s inhabiting Earth who rely on Unicron, but Unicron considers them parasites and opts to strike Optimus with lightning instead. Optimus retaliates, blasting Unicron until the stone golem falls and crumbles into the ground. Optimus has not won, however, as more Unicrons burst out of the ground all around him.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[William Fowler]] (11)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
*The [[Thirteen]] (16-28, flashback)
}}

==Quotes==
"The ‘Cons killed a [[unicorn]]?" ''(Awkward silence)'' "White horse with a horn on its head... prances around all sparkly?"
:—'''Miko''' makes the first canon Unicron/unicorn joke in twenty-five years.

"Boogeyman?" 
"Make-believe creepy guy who hides in your closet?"
:-'''Ratchet''' is asking '''Miko''' for something....and that's never a good sign.

"It deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I will do everything in my power to ensure that no harm comes to our human friends or any human ever again." 
"Optimus…they’re children. They do not belong in your world. They should be worrying about grades, prom dates, pimples—not their own survival!"
:—A spark-to-heart in which '''Optimus''' and '''June''' don't quite see optic-to-eye.

(To June) "You're not my mother." 
"Miko..." 
"Neither are you!"
:—'''Miko''', asserting her independence—again, and '''Bulkhead''', wondering why he got the difficult partner.

"Don't tell me your 'Cons have built a weather machine." 
"One that powerful? Highly unlikely."
:-'''Fowler''' and '''Ratchet''', the weathermen of the future.

"Before the beginning...there was Primus. And there was Unicron. One, the incarnation of creation—the other...of destruction. For eons, Primus and Unicron battled, the balance of power shifting between them more times than could be counted. Only by creating the Thirteen—the original Primes who preceded me—was Primus finally able to defeat Unicron and cast him out. Primus became one with the very core of our planet, creating life through the Well of All Sparks, while Unicron was never to be heard from again...until now."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tells the tale.

"'''Silence, worm! I have no need of your lowly assistance.'''" 
"Please, my lord. I exist only to serve you." 
"'''What is this I sense? The taint of Primus? Here?!'''" 
"That is Optimus, the last of the Primes, our sworn enemy." 
"'''You profess loyalty to me, yet allow a disciple of Primus to live?!'''" 
"I will destroy him for you! His screams will be heard—" 
"'''I grow weary of your prattle. Surely if you had the power to destroy this Prime, you would have done so already. ''I'' will deal with him myself.'''"
:—Confronting '''Unicron''' himself, '''Megatron''' starts to feel a little like Starscream.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* A tornado with enough wind force to pull a car and the Autobot holding it should have sucked June and Raf in the second they exited the vehicle.
* When Optimus tries to reason with Unicron, the Chaos Bringer detaches his spikes to reveal his hands, but after Prime guns him down the spikes are back again.

===Continuity notes===
* The blade that forms from Optimus's right arm remains broken in this episode, having been damaged by Megatron in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
[[Image:OneShallRise1-TheThirteen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*[[Primus]] and his conflict with Unicron originated in [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers comic]] way back in the 1980s.
*The Thirteen first came into Transformers lore in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]].
*The [[Well of All Sparks]], meanwhile, originated in Dreamwave's 2003 ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' miniseries.
*When the Decepticon miners harvest Dark Energon from the volcano, it appears that some of it has been cut into [[Energon cube|cubes]].
*This episode gives direct confirmation that the [[Core]] of Cybertron ''is'' Primus. Furthermore, the appearance of the Core shown in the episode is almost identical to its appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''.
* If you look hard enough, you can see [[Solus Prime|one]] of The Thirteen wielding [[Forge of Solus Prime|a large hammer]], [[Prima|one wielding]] [[Star Saber (Prima)|a huge sword]], one with [[Vector Prime|a dial on his chest]], [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|one with a familiar bearded face]], and one wearing [[Amalgamous Prime|a helmet with large horns]].
* Whilst pledging allegiance to him, Megatron proclaims himself as Unicron's "[[Herald of Unicron|Herald]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 16|16 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 1'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 1. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9|9 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kebangkitan Kegalapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Rise of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 2 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Prima parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 17|17 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyoshin Henkei! Gaia Unicron no Shingeki'''" (巨神変形!ガイアユニクロンの進撃, "Giant God Transformation! The Advance of Gaia Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yunikeuron ui Buhwal'''" (유니크론의 부활, "Return of Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 15|15 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, primera parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
* This episode was initially intended to air on TeleToon on [[August 28]], 2011, but its broadcast was replaced at the last minute by a rerun of "[[Predatory]]". It aired in Singapore on [[September 29]], 2011.
* This episode's intro sequence is shorter than previous ones, skipping the shots of the kids with their respective partners.
* In a difference to the usual Primus/Unicron mythos, Unicron is shown physically stomping across Cybertron (and is later described as having shed his physical form completely) and Primus is said to have ''later'' become "one" with the planet as if it pre-exists him.
* The piece of music that plays during the scene with Jack's potential separation from Arcee is the one that can be heard back during the similar situations in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".
* As the Autobots watch a news report of various catastrophes around the globe, the corner of the ticker running across the bottom of the screen displays mostly positive financial growth. Man, corporations ''are'' evil!
* As of this episode, June dubs Jack grounded until the age of twenty-five. Let's see how long that lasts.
*In his confrontation with Unicron, Optimus does not reveal his mask once. Perhaps he doesn't consider this a real battle for his life.
*We get to see twelve of the Thirteen. It's the first time we've seen this many of them assembled on television.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Fall

2013-07-17T12:33:22Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 23
|prev=Stronger, Faster
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|image=OneShallFall-visionfulfilled.jpg
|caption=''Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword!''
|title="One Shall Fall"
|airdate=[[August 21]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''A prophecy predicts dark times ahead, which Megatron intends to see through.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OneShallFall-MegatronKnockOut.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Miiiight not be the best time to examine your manicure, Knock Out.]]

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] recites a passage from the [[Covenant of Primus]], foretelling that a perpetual conflict will culminate when the forty-seven spheres align. Despite the other [[Autobot]]s' lack of faith, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] realizes that the "world forged of chaos" referred to in the prophecy is [[Earth]]—and that the alignment will occur in a matter of days.

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] explains to [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] that he sought the [[Dark Energon|blood]] of [[Unicron]] so that he could conquer worlds with [[Terrorcon (Prime)|undead armies]]. Knock Out assures him that more Dark Energon awaits amongst the stars, but advises him not to push himself, since he was in stasis. Megatron then claims that he is the "rising darkness" of which the prophecy speaks.

[[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] find a picture of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] while searching a conspiracy website. Raf replaces the image with a dancing cat, which makes Ratchet laugh. Jack then invites Optimus to take a look, but is flatly denied. Ratchet then states that, before he became a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus behaved quite similarly to Jack. [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] suddenly interrupts and reveals that the [[Decepticon]]s have been stealing components to build a second [[space bridge]]. Back aboard the ''Nemesis'', Knock Out and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] inform Megatron that the only item left on the list is an ample power source, which can be found in a heavily fortified human base. [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] could simply tunnel in, but Megatron rather angrily declares that the time for stealth is over, and he sends a massive squad of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] to retrieve it. Optimus warns Fowler to have his troops evacuate, for fear of human casualties.

[[Image:PrimeEp23-BumblebeeRaf.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Where is your BS&P now???]]

Optimus, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] arrive to fend off the Vehicons, and all goes well until Megatron himself heads out toward the battlefield. En route, he spots Bumblebee, who was taking Raf racing. Megatron opens fire, frying Bumblebee's systems and knocking Raf out cold. Megatron arrives at the base just as the Autobots disable the last of his drones, and he taunts Optimus as Bumblebee arrives whilst carrying a wounded Raf. Bulkhead restrains the enraged scout before Optimus orders Arcee to take him and Raf back to base. Megatron then ascends onto the ''Nemesis'' with the power source. Unbeknownst to Megatron, Optimus and Bulkhead climb aboard the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Ratchet panics that his tools are wrong for human examination, and Jack suggests that they call in [[June Darby|his mother]]. Meanwhile, Megatron has another vision in which he sees a [[Unicron|sinister face]] and a volcano. He then orders Knock Out and Airachnid to complete the space bridge, as there is something he must attend to. June arrives at the Autobot base and quickly unnerves Ratchet with the knowledge that Raf will die unless she can stabilize him immediately. Bumblebee vents his frustration on a nearby wall, but Arcee manages to calm him...a little. Ratchet regrets having not bothered to learn human science and medicine, despite accepting the children into their lives. He then states that he has grown to need Rafael, just as Raf needs him.

Bulkhead and Optimus storm the ''Nemesis'', and Optimus claims to have had a change of heart: He orders Bulkhead back to base with the power source, declaring that there is something he must do. He then muses grimly that he has realized that Autobots and Decepticons will never co-exist peacefully, and he vows to destroy Megatron.

As the planetary alignment nears, Megatron arrives at the volcano site, and Optimus uses a Vehicon comm link to challenge him. Optimus soon joins him at the base of the volcano, and the two exchange brief banter before engaging each other in fierce battle.

[[Image:PrimeEp23-PrimeMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Why throw away your life so recklessly?" "I keep [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|''trying'']] to, but Hasbro won't [[To sell toys|let me]] anymore!"]]

Meanwhile, Ratchet realizes that Raf has been infected with [[Dark Energon]] and theorizes that exposure to normal energon should cure him. He takes a sample from Bumblebee, placing Raf in a sealed chamber to test his theory as the others watch helplessly. Rafael soon opens his eyes, his pulse stabilizing.

Optimus appears to defeat Megatron and prepares to deal the final blow, but the Decepticon leader catches his sword with unusual strength as the volcano begins to erupt. Strange purple markings glow to life across his body, and he quickly overpowers Optimus. He realizes that the volcano is spewing forth Dark Energon, and he moves to kill Optimus, as he saw himself doing in a previous vision.

To be continued...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (6)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (13)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[William Fowler]] (10)
*[[June Darby]] (16)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"And it was written in the Covenant of Primus that 'when the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos. And the weak shall perish in the shadow of a rising darkness.'"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' recites a passage of ill tidings.

"Uh...crazy coincidence, right?"
:-'''Bulkhead''' notes the multiple connections to Earth and Cybertron throughout the show.

"Mars Cat says, 'Take me to your feeder!'"
:—'''Miko''' starts a new internet meme

"Um, Optimus! You wanna see something funny?" 
"No."
:—'''Jack''' learns of '''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s minimal sense of humor.

"It would seem I have swatted a bee and squashed a bug."
:-'''Megatron''' mocks Raf's condition with zero remorse.

"Does he seem to be...'losing it'?" 
"A bit..."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Airachnid''' discuss Megatron's state of mind.

"I have been foolish not to see what history has proven over and over again...that Autobots and Decepticons will never mend their ways. If there can be no diplomatic solution to this perpetual conflict, then I must not allow more darkness to fall upon this or any planet. Megatron must be destroyed!"
:—It's about slaggin' time, '''Optimus Prime'''.

"Your defeat was foreseen here by the ancients. What was it they wrote? 'The weak shall perish'?" 
"Do not believe everything you read."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''', unusually philosophical in the middle of a death match.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When the flying Vehicons arrive to help retrieve the power source from the military base, the Vehicon ground units which stole it in the first place vanish.
* When Megatron arrives at the volcano, the points of his helmet disappear through his neck armor.
* As Megatron extends his blade when Optimus leaps at him, the sound effect is that of his cannon firing.
* When Optimus tries to strike the finishing blow, he's standing on Megatron's chest. Once Megatron catches the blade, Optimus is standing much further back.

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron's jet-mode cannons score a direct hit on Bumblebee, yet do no apparent damage other than briefly stopping him. When Arcee was hit in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]", it nearly killed her. On a similar note, Bumblebee should have taken the brunt of the Dark Energon exposure, but only Raf shows any symptoms. Remember that Arcee was weakened by exposure to a few drops from [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s animated corpse in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]".
**However, Optimus tells Arcee to look after Raf AND Bumblebee; it's likely that Bee's just being strong for his partner's sake. Bumblebee also handled a shard of Dark Energon during "[[Out of His Head]]" without any ill effects, so maybe he's just resistant to the stuff.
*Bumblebee knows Raf is injured, so why does he drive nearly two miles (three klicks) to the battlefield instead of just calling for a [[GroundBridge]] immediately?
*Raf says he can't see without his glasses in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", but his first person shot is perfectly clear. This is a common thing for TV and movies, but still...

===Continuity notes===
*Megatron refers to his feeling by saying "it's as if" he can hear Unicron's thoughts, which he gibbered about back in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
*The story revolves around the idea that Dark Energon is out in space, another "Darkness Rising" plot point. Turns out that it's not as far out as the characters think...
*Agent Fowler's men at first thought it was [[MECH]] who stole the phase conductor until they found the security image of Soundwave.
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] demonstrated that energon does not agree with human physiology in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4|Part 4]]", which Ratchet confirms here. Apparently, Dark Energon has similar effects, but the two types cancel each other out (at least in a human).
*Arcee tells Bumblebee that she knows what it's like to see a partner <strike>killed</strike> harmed, referring to [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]'s death at Airachnid's claws in "[[Predatory]]". Her general speech seems to call back to the lesson she learned at the end of "[[Partners]]". Ironically, Bumblebee was the one who prevented Arcee from giving into her desire for vengeance in that episode.
*Ratchet extracts energon from Bumblebee with the same device that he used to inject himself with synthetic energon in [[Stronger, Faster|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Tfprime23 unicron.jpg|right|thumb|Hey look, it's Unicron! Wait, why does he have Cyclonus's helmet horns?]]
* The [[Covenant of Primus]] first appeared in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Nemesis Part 1]]".
* Megatron and Optimus punch each other in the style of the opening credits, only on opposite sides. This isn't [[Sick Mind|the first time]] the show has done this.
* Yeah, yeah, "[[The Transformers: The Movie|One shall stand, one shall fall]]." This is the third time in this series alone, following "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Sick Mind]]", and that's not even including the title of THIS episode. Megatron even completes the saying for Optimus, he's heard it plenty of times by now.
* Ratchet mentions that he has known Optimus for longer than any of the other Earth-stationed Autobots, even before he was a Prime. Taking the character's appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' into account, this would be true, as Ratchet was under the direct command of Optimus prior to, and at the start of the game's storyline.
**In comparison, the first cutscene of the Autobot campaign showed Bumblebee's first meeting with Optimus, and whilst Arcee was in the game, she never personally interacted with Optimus during the story. Bulkhead was mentioned as having joined Optimus during a later period of time.
* Megatron refers to Optimus as "the last of the Primes". He was also called this by the head of the [[Autobot High Council]] in ''War for Cybertron'', upon his ascension to the rank of Prime. It is also a term used to refer to his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action film]] counterpart.
*Megatron breaks Prime's sword in the same way as in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]."

===Real-world references===
*The picture on the conspiracy website of a supposed alien looking through a window is a reference to the famed "Denver Alien" sighting where a man called Jeff Peckman claimed he filmed an extra-terrestrial outside of his home.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 9|9 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung'''" ("The Prophecy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 24|24 February]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk elbukik'''" ("One of Us Falls")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 8|8 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Jatuh'''" ("One Shall Fall")
:*''Original airdate:'' 1 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'antica profezia!'''" ("The Ancient Prophecy!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 11|11 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ichigeki Henkei! Optimus Prime VS Megatron'''" (一撃変形!オプティマスプライムVSメガトロン, "One-Shot Transformation! Optimus Prime VS Megatron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 8|8 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Godae ui Yeeon'''" (고대의 예언, "The Ancient Prophecy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 14|14 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 4|4 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "Uno caerá'''" ("One Shall Fall")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 21|21 July]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
* The episode was first broadcast on Canada's Teletoon channel. It later first aired in the United States on [[September 24]], [[2011]].
* At the beginning of the episode, as Megatron explains why he sought out the blood of Unicron, Knock Out totally checks out his "nails" in the background. How vain can you get?
* Megatron laments that the only shard of Dark Energon he has is the one in his chest. It would seem that, despite his machinations being discovered, Starscream never gave Megatron's original shard back.
* Bulkhead states that he has never seen Optimus "laugh, cry or lose his cool". While it could just be an offhand expression, this inadvertently raises an interesting question as to whether Cybertronians actually have the ability to cry...[[Humanization#Crying|hmmmmmmmm]].
* Ratchet tells the kids that the title of Prime can only be earned, not inherited or born into. This is the inverse of what [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|a different Optimus]] told [[Megatron (Movie)|his archenemy]] in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|a different universe]].
* This is the first time in the series an Autobot weaponizes a part of their vehicle mode—in this case, Optimus's wheels on his legs.
*Ratchet actually ''laughs'' in this episode, and at a cartoon space cat, of all things!

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Fall

2013-07-17T12:21:44Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 23
|prev=Stronger, Faster
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|image=OneShallFall-visionfulfilled.jpg
|caption=''Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword!''
|title="One Shall Fall"
|airdate=[[August 21]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''A prophecy predicts dark times ahead, which Megatron intends to see through.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OneShallFall-MegatronKnockOut.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Miiiight not be the best time to examine your manicure, Knock Out.]]

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] recites a passage from the [[Covenant of Primus]], foretelling that a perpetual conflict will culminate when the forty-seven spheres align. Despite the other [[Autobot]]s' lack of faith, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] realizes that the "world forged of chaos" referred to in the prophecy is [[Earth]]—and that the alignment will occur in a matter of days.

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] explains to [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] that he sought the [[Dark Energon|blood]] of [[Unicron]] so that he could conquer worlds with [[Terrorcon (Prime)|undead armies]]. Knock Out assures him that more Dark Energon awaits amongst the stars, but advises him not to push himself, since he was in stasis. Megatron then claims that he is the "rising darkness" of which the prophecy speaks.

[[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] find a picture of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] while searching a conspiracy website. Raf replaces the image with a dancing cat, which makes Ratchet laugh. Jack then invites Optimus to take a look, but is flatly denied. Ratchet then states that, before he became a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus behaved quite similarly to Jack. [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] suddenly interrupts and reveals that the [[Decepticon]]s have been stealing components to build a second [[space bridge]]. Back aboard the ''Nemesis'', Knock Out and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] inform Megatron that the only item left on the list is an ample power source, which can be found in a heavily fortified human base. [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] could simply tunnel in, but Megatron rather angrily declares that the time for stealth is over, and he sends a massive squad of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] to retrieve it. Optimus warns Fowler to have his troops evacuate, for fear of human casualties.

[[Image:PrimeEp23-BumblebeeRaf.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Where is your BS&P now???]]

Optimus, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] arrive to fend off the Vehicons, and all goes well until Megatron himself heads out toward the battlefield. En route, he spots Bumblebee, who was taking Raf racing. Megatron opens fire, frying Bumblebee's systems and knocking Raf out cold. Megatron arrives at the base just as the Autobots disable the last of his drones, and he taunts Optimus as Bumblebee arrives whilst carrying a wounded Raf. Bulkhead restrains the enraged scout before Optimus orders Arcee to take him and Raf back to base. Megatron then ascends onto the ''Nemesis'' with the power source. Unbeknownst to Megatron, Optimus and Bulkhead climb aboard the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Ratchet panics that his tools are wrong for human examination, and Jack suggests that they call in [[June Darby|his mother]]. Meanwhile, Megatron has another vision in which he sees a [[Unicron|sinister face]] and a volcano. He then orders Knock Out and Airachnid to complete the space bridge, as there is something he must attend to. June arrives at the Autobot base and quickly unnerves Ratchet with the knowledge that Raf will die unless she can stabilize him immediately. Bumblebee vents his frustration on a nearby wall, but Arcee manages to calm him...a little. Ratchet regrets having not bothered to learn human science and medicine, despite accepting the children into their lives. He then states that he has grown to need Rafael, just as Raf needs him.

Bulkhead and Optimus storm the ''Nemesis'', and Optimus claims to have had a change of heart: He orders Bulkhead back to base with the power source, declaring that there is something he must do. He then muses grimly that he has realized that Autobots and Decepticons will never co-exist peacefully, and he vows to destroy Megatron.

As the planetary alignment nears, Megatron arrives at the volcano site, and Optimus uses a Vehicon comm link to challenge him. Optimus soon joins him at the base of the volcano, and the two exchange brief banter before engaging each other in fierce battle.

[[Image:PrimeEp23-PrimeMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Why throw away your life so recklessly?" "I keep [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|''trying'']] to, but Hasbro won't [[To sell toys|let me]] anymore!"]]

Meanwhile, Ratchet realizes that Raf has been infected with [[Dark Energon]] and theorizes that exposure to normal energon should cure him. He takes a sample from Bumblebee, placing Raf in a sealed chamber to test his theory as the others watch helplessly. Rafael soon opens his eyes, his pulse stabilizing.

Optimus appears to defeat Megatron and prepares to deal the final blow, but the Decepticon leader catches his sword with unusual strength as the volcano begins to erupt. Strange purple markings glow to life across his body, and he quickly overpowers Optimus. He realizes that the volcano is spewing forth Dark Energon, and he moves to kill Optimus, as he saw himself doing in a previous vision.

To be continued...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (6)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (13)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[William Fowler]] (10)
*[[June Darby]] (16)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"And it was written in the Covenant of Primus that 'when the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos. And the weak shall perish in the shadow of a rising darkness.'"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' recites a passage of ill tidings.

"Uh...crazy coincidence, right?"
:-'''Bulkhead''' notes the multiple connections to Earth and Cybertron throughout the show.

"Mars Cat says, 'Take me to your feeder!'"
:—'''Miko''' starts a new internet meme

"Um, Optimus! You wanna see something funny?" 
"No."
:—'''Jack''' learns of '''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s minimal sense of humor.

"Does he seem to be...'losing it'?" 
"A bit..."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Airachnid''' discuss Megatron's state of mind.

"I have been foolish not to see what history has proven over and over again...that Autobots and Decepticons will never mend their ways. If there can be no diplomatic solution to this perpetual conflict, then I must not allow more darkness to fall upon this or any planet. Megatron must be destroyed!"
:—It's about slaggin' time, '''Optimus Prime'''.

"Your defeat was foreseen here by the ancients. What was it they wrote? 'The weak shall perish'?" 
"Do not believe everything you read."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''', unusually philosophical in the middle of a death match.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When the flying Vehicons arrive to help retrieve the power source from the military base, the Vehicon ground units which stole it in the first place vanish.
* When Megatron arrives at the volcano, the points of his helmet disappear through his neck armor.
* As Megatron extends his blade when Optimus leaps at him, the sound effect is that of his cannon firing.
* When Optimus tries to strike the finishing blow, he's standing on Megatron's chest. Once Megatron catches the blade, Optimus is standing much further back.

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron's jet-mode cannons score a direct hit on Bumblebee, yet do no apparent damage other than briefly stopping him. When Arcee was hit in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]", it nearly killed her. On a similar note, Bumblebee should have taken the brunt of the Dark Energon exposure, but only Raf shows any symptoms. Remember that Arcee was weakened by exposure to a few drops from [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s animated corpse in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]".
**However, Optimus tells Arcee to look after Raf AND Bumblebee; it's likely that Bee's just being strong for his partner's sake. Bumblebee also handled a shard of Dark Energon during "[[Out of His Head]]" without any ill effects, so maybe he's just resistant to the stuff.
*Bumblebee knows Raf is injured, so why does he drive nearly two miles (three klicks) to the battlefield instead of just calling for a [[GroundBridge]] immediately?
*Raf says he can't see without his glasses in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", but his first person shot is perfectly clear. This is a common thing for TV and movies, but still...

===Continuity notes===
*Megatron refers to his feeling by saying "it's as if" he can hear Unicron's thoughts, which he gibbered about back in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
*The story revolves around the idea that Dark Energon is out in space, another "Darkness Rising" plot point. Turns out that it's not as far out as the characters think...
*Agent Fowler's men at first thought it was [[MECH]] who stole the phase conductor until they found the security image of Soundwave.
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] demonstrated that energon does not agree with human physiology in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4|Part 4]]", which Ratchet confirms here. Apparently, Dark Energon has similar effects, but the two types cancel each other out (at least in a human).
*Arcee tells Bumblebee that she knows what it's like to see a partner <strike>killed</strike> harmed, referring to [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]'s death at Airachnid's claws in "[[Predatory]]". Her general speech seems to call back to the lesson she learned at the end of "[[Partners]]". Ironically, Bumblebee was the one who prevented Arcee from giving into her desire for vengeance in that episode.
*Ratchet extracts energon from Bumblebee with the same device that he used to inject himself with synthetic energon in [[Stronger, Faster|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Tfprime23 unicron.jpg|right|thumb|Hey look, it's Unicron! Wait, why does he have Cyclonus's helmet horns?]]
* The [[Covenant of Primus]] first appeared in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Nemesis Part 1]]".
* Megatron and Optimus punch each other in the style of the opening credits, only on opposite sides. This isn't [[Sick Mind|the first time]] the show has done this.
* Yeah, yeah, "[[The Transformers: The Movie|One shall stand, one shall fall]]." This is the third time in this series alone, following "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Sick Mind]]", and that's not even including the title of THIS episode. Megatron even completes the saying for Optimus, he's heard it plenty of times by now.
* Ratchet mentions that he has known Optimus for longer than any of the other Earth-stationed Autobots, even before he was a Prime. Taking the character's appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' into account, this would be true, as Ratchet was under the direct command of Optimus prior to, and at the start of the game's storyline.
**In comparison, the first cutscene of the Autobot campaign showed Bumblebee's first meeting with Optimus, and whilst Arcee was in the game, she never personally interacted with Optimus during the story. Bulkhead was mentioned as having joined Optimus during a later period of time.
* Megatron refers to Optimus as "the last of the Primes". He was also called this by the head of the [[Autobot High Council]] in ''War for Cybertron'', upon his ascension to the rank of Prime. It is also a term used to refer to his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action film]] counterpart.
*Megatron breaks Prime's sword in the same way as in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]."

===Real-world references===
*The picture on the conspiracy website of a supposed alien looking through a window is a reference to the famed "Denver Alien" sighting where a man called Jeff Peckman claimed he filmed an extra-terrestrial outside of his home.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 9|9 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung'''" ("The Prophecy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 24|24 February]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk elbukik'''" ("One of Us Falls")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 8|8 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Jatuh'''" ("One Shall Fall")
:*''Original airdate:'' 1 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'antica profezia!'''" ("The Ancient Prophecy!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 11|11 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ichigeki Henkei! Optimus Prime VS Megatron'''" (一撃変形!オプティマスプライムVSメガトロン, "One-Shot Transformation! Optimus Prime VS Megatron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 8|8 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Godae ui Yeeon'''" (고대의 예언, "The Ancient Prophecy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 14|14 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 4|4 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "Uno caerá'''" ("One Shall Fall")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 21|21 July]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
* The episode was first broadcast on Canada's Teletoon channel. It later first aired in the United States on [[September 24]], [[2011]].
* At the beginning of the episode, as Megatron explains why he sought out the blood of Unicron, Knock Out totally checks out his "nails" in the background. How vain can you get?
* Megatron laments that the only shard of Dark Energon he has is the one in his chest. It would seem that, despite his machinations being discovered, Starscream never gave Megatron's original shard back.
* Bulkhead states that he has never seen Optimus "laugh, cry or lose his cool". While it could just be an offhand expression, this inadvertently raises an interesting question as to whether Cybertronians actually have the ability to cry...[[Humanization#Crying|hmmmmmmmm]].
* Ratchet tells the kids that the title of Prime can only be earned, not inherited or born into. This is the inverse of what [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|a different Optimus]] told [[Megatron (Movie)|his archenemy]] in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|a different universe]].
* This is the first time in the series an Autobot weaponizes a part of their vehicle mode—in this case, Optimus's wheels on his legs.
*Ratchet actually ''laughs'' in this episode, and at a cartoon space cat, of all things!

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Plus One (Prime)

2013-07-12T13:12:17Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 59
|prev=Chain of Command (Prime)
|next=Thirst
|image=PlusOne-notdating.jpg
|caption=So, you come here often? ''I'm getting so damn tired of that joke''!
|title="Plus One"
|airdate=[[May 31]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Greg Weisman]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''While on a mission to gather a Predacon bone relic, Agent Fowler finds himself in a tight squeeze with Jack's mother.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:PlusOne-surrounded.jpg|left|thumb|300px|You must be new here if you thought those guys would actually pose a threat.]]
[[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] picks up a signal from [[Scotland]] and [[GroundBridge]]s [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] back to the [[Autobot]] base. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] asks why he's returned alone, and Wheeljack disdainfully notes that the mission was a failure, and that the rest of his team will be returning via [[Ultra Magnus's ship]]. [[William Fowler|Fowler]] emerges from his office with reports of [[Decepticon]] activity in [[New Mexico]]. With [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime's]] team still in [[Texas]] and the rest of the [[Wrecker]]s still en route, that leaves Arcee and Wheeljack to continue the hunt for [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They bridge to Fowler's coordinates and end up right in the middle of a squadron of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. The two Autobots take them out quickly, impressing one another with their skills.

[[June Darby|June]] arrives at the Autobot base to pick up medical supplies being donated by Fowler, who asks her to call him "William". Raf announces that he's discovered a Predacon talon in a museum, kept in storage because scientists didn't know how to classify it. Fowler volunteers to retrieve the fossil, and invites June to accompany him. She's reluctant at first, but is angered by the hypocrisy in [[Jack Darby|Jack]] forbidding her from endangering herself, and agrees to go.

On the outer hull of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] praises his [[Predaking (Prime)|new pet]] for successfully retrieving the fossil from Scotland. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] reports the discovery of another Predacon energy signature, and Megatron orders him to acquire it. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] arrives to mock Knock Out, but Megatron halts their bickering by telling Starscream to take Knock Out's place on monitor duty. As Megatron and Knock Out return inside the ship, a frustrated Starscream kicks the Predacon's tail. The beast responds with a vicious tail swipe that narrowly misses Starscream and wrecks the ship's communications array.

In a cave in New Mexico, Arcee inquires as to Wheeljack's foul mood. Wheeljack tries to brush off her questions, but Arcee persists, claiming that she knows Wheeljack only pretends to prefer working solo.

Fowler and June emerge from the museum with the Predacon talon in tow, joking about the experience and comparing past relationships. Their bonding is interrupted by the arrival of Knock Out, who renders them unconscious with a beam of light. They awake in the [[Decepticon]]'s trunk moments before he speeds off into the desert, leaving June's cell phone crushed on the ground. Knock Out attempts to request a GroundBridge, but is unable to make contact with the base.

On the ''Nemesis'', Starscream rants about the Predacon disabling their communications network while a couple of Vehicons attempt to repair it. Starscream enters an override code into a nearby computer console to reboot the system, but this only produces a shower of sparks.

Jack is worrying about how long his mother is taking when he receives a call from [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. She says that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] is worried about Wheeljack, and Jack explains that he's on a mission with Arcee. Miko is annoyed that Wheeljack would replace Bulkhead so quickly, but also admits that she expected the two lone wolves to hook up.

June and Fowler bicker within Knock Out's trunk until the Decepticon tells them to stifle themselves. He continues to attempt communication with the ''Nemesis'', and June and Fowler begin devising an escape plan.

While digging in the cave walls, Wheeljack reveals to Arcee that Bulkhead, not [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], is the source of his current frustration. He feels his onetime partner has gone soft. Arcee tells him that people change and he has to either adapt or rust. She knows [[Tailgate (Prime)|from]] [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|experience]] the pain of losing a partner.

[[File:PlusOne-snatched.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Now kiss!]]

Fowler emerges from Knock Out's trunk and into his vehicle interior, forcing the startled Decepticon to stop at a railroad yard by twisting his steering wheel and slamming on the break. June races from the car with the Predacon talon and Fowler flees in the opposite direction. Knock Out transforms and quickly finds Fowler hiding amongst the freight cars. He grabs Fowler and threatens to kill him if June doesn't reveal herself and the talon.

Jack tries calling his mother and Fowler, but both of their phones go straight to voicemail. Raf innocently suggests they went to a movie.

As he lugs a Predacon spine out of the cave, Wheeljack admits that he was wrong to abandon Bulkhead like he did. Arcee receives a distress call from Jack, who is now in the museum parking lot holding his mother's crushed phone and watching a set of tire tracks lead into the desert.

At the train yard, Knock Out notices a railcar pull away, revealing a defiant June. She tells Knock Out that she hid the fossil in one of the cars, and will only tell him which after he's let Fowler go. Knock Out realizes the fossil is most likely on the departing train car, grabs June, and heads after it.

On the ''Nemesis'', a furious Megatron discovers that communications have been down for hours. No sooner does [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] get the network back online than Knock Out calls again, reporting that he has the Predacon bone in his sights and Wheeljack and Arcee on his tail.

A squad of [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] are GroundBridged to Knock Out's location and open fire on the pursuing Autobots. Wheeljack and Arcee fight back but continue to move forward. Knock Out reaches the freight car where the bone is hidden and launches himself into the air, transforming to robot mode as he does and letting June and Fowler drop. Below, Wheeljack transforms into robot mode, catches them, and transforms back into vehicle mode with the humans inside. Knock Out snatches the fossil and makes it through the Decepticon GroundBridge before Arcee can catch him.

At the Autobot base, Jack is relieved to see his mother, but less excited that she's taken to calling Fowler "Bill". Miko teases that Jack has also lost his Autobot partner to Wheeljack. But Wheeljack and Bulkhead quickly make up, much to Miko and Jack's delight.

Back at the ''Nemesis'', Megatron congratulates Knock Out and chastises Starscream. While Starscream again blames the Predacon's bestial stupidity, the so-called beast is busy entering Starscream's access code into the computer console from earlier, calling up the ship's information on Predacons.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (14)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (15)

|c2=
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (7)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (10)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (11)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (1)
*[[Jack Darby]] (2)
*[[William Fowler]] (6)
*[[June Darby]] (8)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"I wondered what was taking so long with those sodas."
:—'''Raf''' has gotten used to Miko's disappearances.

"I didn't choose 'emergency' as my vehicle mode for laughs."
:—'''Ratchet''', the Autobots' secret weapon.

'''Wheeljack''': Know what I love most about Vehicon troopers? 
'''Arcee''': They're easily distracted.
:—'''Wrecker Fact''' #[Insert Number Here] on henchbots.

"I'll have you know, Nurse Darby, I was an [[United States Army|Army Ranger]] and federal agent for [[Unit:E]] three decades before I ever heard the ''name'' 'Optimus Prime'."
:—'''Agent Fowler''' gives June his credentials.

'''Megatron''': Knock Out, do not return empty-handed. 
'''Knock Out''': Moi? Don't know the meaning of the word. 
'''Starscream''': Isn't 'empty-handed' two words? 
'''Knock Out''': You would know. Or did your [[Apex Armor (Prime)|missing armor]] turn up?
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' try to impress the boss with a game of "so there"s.

"I wondered how long it would take for our two lone wolves to hook up."
:-'''Miko''', playing cupid with Arcee and Wheeljack.

"Knock Out to Lord Megatron. I have secured one vintage Predacon talon. Plus, two of the Autobots' pets, for you to employ as hostages, lab experiments...well, any way you see fit. So go on, Big M, tell me you love me more than Starscream." 
''[Comm static]'' 
"My liege? Hello?" 
''[More static]'' 
"Too familiar?"
:—'''Knock Out''' gets the wrong idea from the communications blackout.

"Frankly, I find it ''repulsive''. The whole ''idea'' of you fleshies...''[[Reproduction|interfacing]]''." ''[Shudders]''
:—'''Knock Out''' does not approve of humans [[Powerlinx]]ing.

"*sigh* Ok, running from Bulk, shutting down like that, pretty spineless of me." 
"On the bright side, you have plenty of backbone now."
:—Guess what kind of fossil '''Wheeljack''' and '''Arcee''' found.

"Bromance trumps romance."
:— '''Jack''' has it figured out.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Knock Out's jump to grab the Predacon fossil is physically impossible. He rolls up the incline to the tracks, floats upward and rotates back into a level position, transforms to grab the talon while dropping June and Fowler, then transforms back and lands on level ground.
* June Darby's car only has one working headlight when she arrives at the base.

===Continuity errors===
* The communication dish on the flight deck of the ''Nemesis'' didn't exist prior to this episode. In addition, it is initially shown to be on the port side of the vessel, but is on the starboard side (and facing the opposite direction) when Soundwave is working on it.
* Predaking copies Starscream's override code to access the communication array, but he was on the wrong side of the dish to see it when Starscream first used it.

===Continuity notes===
* Optimus Prime's unit went to '[[Texas|oil country]]' in "[[Project Predacon]]".
* Wheeljack ditched his unit, the Decepticons recovered the Predacon fossil, and Starscream lost the Apex Armor in "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]".
* Jack traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], much to his mother's discomfort, in "[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]".
* The complex equation Ratchet refers to is more than likely the [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] formula, which he's been trying to recreate since "Project Predacon".
* Arcee still has the laser weapon she took from Ultra Magnus's arsenal in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".
* The files accessed by Predaking are the same primitive renditions of Predacons that Ratchet showed to the others in "Project Predacon".
* While bickering, Starscream calls Knock Out a "wheel-bound" something (before Megatron cuts him off). He showed disdain for Knock Out's choice of alt-mode back in "[[Deus ex Machina]]".
* The museum in which Fowler and June find the Predacon talon appears to be the same one in which the Autobots found the Energon Harvester in "[[Deus ex Machina]]".

===Transformers references===
* Megatron refers to his upcoming Predacon army as [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machine]] super-soldiers.

===Cultural references===
* [[Unit:E]] is a reference to an organization in a 2011 comic book titled "Unit:E" published by Hasbro, uniting characters from series such as ''[[Jem]]'', ''[[Micronauts]]'' and so on.
* Fowler refers to Warren Gamaliel Harding, who was [[President of the United States]] when the Predacon talon was excavated in 1922.
* The video game Jack is playing appears to be a knock-off of ''[[wikipedia:Galaga|Galaga]]''. Certainly a step-up from the [[generic racing game]] the kids played before.

===Trivia===
* This is the first (aired) Transformers story written by popular animation writer and producer Greg Weisman.
* Vehicons are named for the first time within the series.
* Pepper spray apparently works on [[Sensors#Optical sensors|optic sensors]], just not nearly as long as it does on humans.
* Wheeljack's and Arcee's claim that the Vehicons are easily distracted is more obvious than it first appears, since they have Arcee and Wheeljack trapped yet just stand there while the former slowly tosses the latter into the air. Even after this they seem to pay no attention to the fight, and appear to barely wish to engage in combat, with extremely sluggish attacks and little, if any, return fire.
* Knock Out seems to be extremely adept with human catchphrases and terms, even with those he finds 'repulsive'. He's also picked up some French.
* The Autobots have finally managed to keep a Predacon fossil or pieces of it from falling into Decepticon hands. It still doesn't stop Shockwave from cloning almost two dozen of the things, as seen in "[[Evolution]]".
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 2

2013-07-09T21:22:56Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 25
|prev=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 3
|image=OneShallRise2-shake.jpg
|caption=One shall stand, one shall...also stand.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 2"
|airdate=[[October 8]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots team up with a surprising ally to save the Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OneShallRise2-bigdude.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Sure, he doesn't look quite planet-size here, but he's really [[:Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|not all that much smaller]] than he was in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]].]]
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is battling a small army of [[Unicron]]s made from mountain rocks. Team Prime wishes to back him up, but Optimus belays the order, for as Prime, he is the one Unicron is after. Team Prime, against his orders, decide to reinforce him anyway, and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrive to the area by [[GroundBridge]]. Optimus is angry that they disobeyed him, but Arcee reminds him that since he is Unicron's target, he should retreat back to base. Optimus tells them that Unicron can find him anywhere, so even if he hid at the base, it would only be a matter of time before the Chaos Bringer located him. Bulkhead then asks him to let them take the lead, which he allows after Ratchet's insistence. They fight the stone simulacra until a giant Unicron rises from the ground and comes close to killing Optimus, only to be felled when several blasts knock its head off. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] reveals himself to have fired those shots.

After Optimus and Megatron engage in their usual archnemesis banter, Megatron reveals the reason he's there: He wants to team up with the Autobots to destroy Unicron. The Autobots question this truce, but Megatron assures them that he is the only one who can lead them to Unicron and that Optimus, the last Prime, is the only one who can defeat him. Optimus deduces that since Unicron is at the center of the planet, they will have to GroundBridge to the Earth's core, much to Ratchet's dismay. This also means that they will need to GroundBridge Megatron to the base.

Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] tells [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] that it Megatron's protracted absence indicates he has abandoned them, and that they should begin looking at a future without him.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-Ratchethumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is as close to the action as any of them are going to get.]]

Listening back at base, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] wonders if they can't just transport Unicron out of the core, but [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tell him that he '''is''' the Earth's core, so any such act could bring the destruction they're trying to avoid. Optimus agrees and believes that the only way to destroy Unicron is for him to unleash the full power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] onto Unicron's spark. Ratchet explains to Fowler and Jack that the Matrix is the combined power of all the Primes and that it exists within Optimus Prime himself.

Before they can discuss any further, another giant Unicron rises from the ground. Optimus calls for a GroundBridge, and Megatron stays behind to distract Unicron while the Autobots go back to their headquarters. They argue about the details of Megatron coming to base and finally decide to bridge him there. Jack wonders what will happen to Optimus when he unleashes the power of the Matrix; Optimus does not give him a direct answer, but tells them that he is willing to do what is needed and that the rest of the Autobots will carry on. Optimus then calls in Megatron, and the Decepticon finishes off Unicron's rock giant and transports to the Autobot base. After Megatron banters with the Autobots and the humans, everything is set for them to leave. But before they go, Optimus meets privately with Jack to express how impressed he is with how much Jack has grown since they first met. Optimus entrusts him with the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] that he claims controls the GroundBridge operations until he returns.

[[Image:OneShallRise2-inside.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Unicron]]'s Inside Story.]]Team Prime and Megatron leave for the core, arriving in a cavernous interior with crisscrossing constructs. Arcee wonders how long it will be before Unicron discovers them. Megatron tells her that he already knows. Unbeknownst to them, a giant optic watches overhead.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 3|To Be Concluded...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (8)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (10)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (12)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Optimus! Have you uncovered any further sign of Unicron's emergence?" 
'''"Unicron is power incarnate, and you, the last of the Primes, shall perish!"''' 
"I take that as a yes."
:—'''Ratchet''' finds out that '''Unicron''' has awakened.

"It is rather ironic, considering our last encounter. If memory serves, you were desperately attempting to extinguish my spark." 
"That option remains very much in play." 
"I would expect nothing less!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' talk about the good times.

''(GroundBridge opens up next to Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee)'' 
"Wait. We're opening up a direct path into our base with Megatron standing right there?!" 
"And seriously, he's gonna risk his own spark to save us?" 
"(Laughter) Hardly my nature!"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Bulkhead''' doubt '''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s motives, which he finds amusing.

"It appears our leader has abandoned us while this world erupts in chaos. I believe we must consider the possibility of a future without Megatron."
:—'''Airachnid''' fills the quota for scheming in Starscream's absence.

"So this is where the magic happens. Quaint."
:—'''Megatron''' enters the Autobot base.

"You double cross ANYONE, MINE is the face you'll never forget! NEVER!!!"
:—Melodramatic '''Miko''' mindlessly menaces Megatron. [[Hurt|Meaningful, maybe?]]

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Raf runs out to confront Megatron in the Autobot base, Arcee puts herself between the humans and the Decepticon leader to keep the humans from harm. However, when Jack and the rest are walking back a few screen cuts later, we see Megatron behind Jack, but no Arcee standing between them.
*The Autobots exit the GroundBridge into Unicron in the opposite order that they enter it in.
*When Unicron's head is suddenly destroyed, Ratchet asks what happened. Megatron then answers "I happened," as if he could hear Ratchet through Arcee's comm link frequency, even though it's an isolated signal that only she (or the Autobots in general) should be able to hear.
*One major sound mixing blunder exclusive to the Hungarian dubbed version of the episode, which surprisingly no one in the studio caught, is a permanent echo-effect layered on top of the entire audio track. This makes it really difficult to understand what's being said. Also, around the middle of the episode, and in the middle of Ratchet's ramblings, the sound randomly goes mute for several seconds. All reruns had these issues.

===Continuity errors===
*When Megatron enters the Autobot Base, his comment suggests that he hasn't been inside before. While he may not have been there in his own body, he spent a considerable amount of time there while inside Bumblebee's head during the events of "[[Out of His Head]]".

===Continuity notes===
*Ratchet comments that making a GroundBridge happen in space and a moving train is hard enough, recalling "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
*Megatron still remembers Jack's face from "[[Rock Bottom]]", though he has yet to "share the details of [their] little conversation" with Optimus, as he claimed he would.
*Raf hasn't forgotten what Megatron did to him in "[[One Shall Fall]]". Neither has Megatron, for that matter, who comments on how resilient humans are.
*Miko complains that she is the only one out of the three kids to have not seen Megatron before this episode. And once again, she displays her complete and utter lack of fear and rational thought by threatening Megatron to his face.
*Optimus being impressed with Jack's growth is similar to what Ratchet said about Jack back in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
*The [[Matrix of Leadership]] can harm Unicron, echoing ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. (This time around, however, they actually bother to explain the "how" and "why" of the issue.)
*Arcee mentions how Megatron's actions in the war destroyed Cybertron. Whilst this may be true across other continuities to varying degrees, in the [[Aligned continuity family]], Megatron ''is'' specifically the one who corrupted the [[Core]] with Dark Energon, causing the planet to shut down and become uninhabitable.

===Real-world references===
*Miko calls Megatron "[[King Kong|King 'Con]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 23|23 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 2'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 2. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 10|10 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kedatangan Kegelapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Coming of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 3 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Seconda parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part Two")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 18|18 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ryōyū Henkei! Saikyō Konbi Tanjō'''" (両雄変形!最強コンビ誕生, "Rivals Transformation! Birth of the Strongest Combination")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 22|22 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lideosip ui Maeteurikseu'''" (리더십의 매트릭스, "Matrix of Leadership")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 21|21 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 6|6 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, segunda parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 4|4 August]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
*This episode aired in Singapore on [[October 3]], 2011, ahead of its American showing.
*As in previous episodes, Megatron makes no effort to ascertain [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s fate despite believing that the Autobots captured him back in "[[Partners]]". Considering he is in the Autobot base in this episode, one would think he'd at least be curious where they're keeping him...unless he's changed his mind off-screen or realized that Starscream jumped ship.
*When Raf runs out to Megatron, Jack brings him back and says that he isn't worth it. What did Raf expect to do to him, anyway?

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Loose Cannons

2013-07-09T15:35:17Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 32
|prev=Operation Bumblebee, Part 2
|next=Crossfire
|image=LooseCannons Wheeljack Dreadwing splitscreen.jpg
|caption=Do we need to disambiguate with "[[Deep Metal]]"?
|title="Loose Cannons"
|airdate=[[March 24]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Wheeljack returns to Earth to look for a new Decepticon named Dreadwing.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:LooseCannons Wheeljack fires back.jpg|thumb|left|250px|If I'm coming back, I'm coming back with a BANG!]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] calls the Autobots, furious about a Transformer fight outside [[Omaha]] with possible collateral damage. As the Autobots are all at base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] suggests the [[Decepticon]]s are to blame, however a video feed reveals the combatants as a [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]-type Decepticon and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. Fowler demands that the situation be handled pronto.

Fowler reaches the battleground in [[Fowler's V-tol|his jet]] first and demands the pair stop, only to be fired on by Wheeljack. A [[GroundBridge]] opens up, and the Autobots step out to help Wheeljack. Outgunned, the Decepticon seizes the opportunity to scan Fowler's jet and make his escape. Wheeljack fires after him, blowing up a gas station. Though Wheeljack believes that [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] was to blame for the explosion, he's informed otherwise.

[[Image:LooseCannons Wheeljack undergoes repairs.jpg|thumb|right|250px|So... do I get a lollipop?]]
Back at base, Ratchet repairs Wheeljack, who apologizes for the damage and explains his pursuit of Dreadwing. He had found his fellow [[Wrecker]] [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]], only for his friend to be blown up by Dreadwing. After several solar systems worth of pursuit, Wheeljack caught up with the Decepticon on [[Earth]]. Optimus infers that Dreadwing has come to pay allegiance to Megatron. He tries to stem Wheeljack's hotheadedness, and Fowler arrives to admonish Wheeljack for nearly blowing their cover. Wheeljack doesn't take well to being called part of the team, and walks off, followed by Bulkhead who intends to placate him. Optimus does his best to smooth things over with Fowler.

Dreadwing rendezvous with the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] welcomes his loyalty, but Dreadwing reveals he has come to Earth to avenge his [[spark]]-twin Skyquake. When Megatron confirms Skyquake's death, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] vows to make every Autobot on Earth pay, but Megatron would rather Dreadwing follow his orders.

As Wheeljack works on his [[Jackhammer (Prime)|ship]], Bulkhead attempts to change his mind about the planet. Inside the Jackhammer, a challenge comes through over the commlink from Dreadwing. Wheeljack straps in to meet the 'Con, and convinces Bulkhead to come as well.

[[Image:LooseCannons Dreadwing tricks Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|250px|He's right behind me, isn't he?]]
Dreadwing faces off against Wheeljack, both determined to finish their business. They exchange fire, and Dreadwing runs, leading Wheeljack past a series of proximity bombs that the Autobot evades. Dreadwing runs into a dead end, but it turns out to be a trap—as Bulkhead appears atop the crevice, a last bomb on the cliff face explodes, burying the two Wreckers under rubble as Dreadwing flies clear.

At base, Ratchet finds Bulkhead's transmission over a thousand miles away. At Optimus's inquiry, he says that no response has been made.

In the crevice, Optimus helps Wheeljack out of a pile of boulders and reprimands him for endangering Bulkhead. Ratchet informs Optimus over comm that Bulkhead's signal has moved.

Wheeljack and Optimus fly to Bulkhead's location, a shipping depot. They find him in an unfortunate predicament, strapped to a crate with a bomb wired into his chest. Wheeljack gets to work defusing the bomb. From the top of a crane, Dreadwing looks on. He receives a transmission from Megatron, and reveals what he's doing. Meanwhile, Bulkhead tries to stop Wheeljack from continuing his attempts to defuse the bomb and the pair notice that Optimus is gone.

Megatron allows Dreadwing to continue his plan, though he muses to Soundwave that he does not expect Dreadwing to come back. At the depot, Dreadwing notices Optimus is missing in time for the Autobot leader to appear nearby and appeal to Dreadwing's sense of honor. Dreadwing refuses the offer of defection, and fires upon Prime, who escapes into the maze of containers.

[[Image:LooseCannons Optimus pins Dreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|What was that "safe word" again?]]
Realizing that Wheeljack is unlikely to defuse the bomb, Bulkhead takes matters into his own hands, punching out Wheeljack, tearing out of his restraints, and running away from his friend. Elsewhere, Dreadwing continues to spar with Optimus, but loses him from his sights. Bulkhead heads towards the water to muffle the explosion, but is stopped by Wheeljack, who has come to the realization that Optimus has the right idea—they need Dreadwing to defuse the bomb.

Searching the dock, Dreadwing is ambushed by Optimus crashing down on top of him with a shipping crane. Pinned, Dreadwing is surrounded by the three Autobots. Though he claims he would rather destroy himself if it will avenge his brother, Optimus calls his bluff, and he defuses the bomb. However, not about to leave empty handed, Dreadwing sets off the many bombs he had placed throughout the port, and flies off. Wheeljack wonders who will clean that up.

On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron gloats about Dreadwing's defeat, but seems mildly surprised that the Seeker still lives. Dreadwing, in the wake of his defeat, pledges his total loyalty to Megatron.

At the base, Wheeljack apologizes for his misjudgment about Optimus earlier. The Autobots, sans Ratchet, convince Wheeljack to stay on Earth, though he opts to explore the planet. He's soon driving away with a new alternate mode.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (8)
*[[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]] (11) (flashback)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (7)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (10)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (12)
*[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] (flashback) (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (flashback) (14)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"I don't care if [[Abraham Lincoln]] is back! We have to contain the situation before we all wind up on the eleven o'clock news."
:—'''Agent Fowler''' demands that the Autobots stop Wheeljack and Dreadwing.

"Not this again!"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' gets his vehicle scanned by a 'Con for a third time.

'''Wheeljack''': You know Wreckers don't call for backup. 
'''Wheeljack''' and '''Bulkhead''': They call for clean-up!
:—The remaining Wreckers provide an alternative to "Wreck and Rule!"

'''Optimus:''' "If you will not take orders from me, that is one thing. But when you place one of my Autobots in danger..." 
'''Wheeljack:''' "With all due respect sir, Bulkhead knew the risks; every Wrecker does. I'm sure he's just... uh... somewhere in this rubble."
:—'''Wheeljack''' reassures Optimus about Bulkhead's condition... well, sort of.

"I will be quite surprised if we ever set eyes upon Dreadwing again."
:—'''Megatron''' putting his faith into his soldier.

"Sorry, Jackie. It's 'cause I love ya."
:—'''Bulkhead''' shows the tough love.

"Sorry, fishies!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' runs towards water with a bomb attached.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Wheeljack faces Dreadwing in the forest, the scar on his left shoulder (that was inflicted by Dreadwing in their first showdown on Earth) seems to have disappeared. Few moments later it's there again.
* When Wheeljack is chasing Dreadwing through the chasm, his grenade can be seen on his hip, despite it having been used earlier.
* When Ratchet is fixing the scar on Wheeljack's arm, Wheeljack's shoulder clips through his chest.

===Continuity notes===
* This episode features the first on-screen use of the term [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]].
* Bulkhead brings up Optimus, Bee and Fowler's fight with Skyquake, and Arcee mentions his zombified resurrection at Starscream's hand which occurred in "[[Masters & Students]]" and "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
* Soundwave shows scenes of Optimus and Bumblebee's fight with Skyquake in "Masters & Students".
*It seems odd that Dreadwing could feel his twin Skyquake dying, but didn't sense his twin's resurrection at the hands of Starscream.

===Transformers references===
* Wheeljack namedrops former Wreckers [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]], [[Roadbuster (Prime)|Roadbuster]], [[Rotorstorm (Prime)|Rotorstorm]], and [[Pyro (Prime)|Pyro]]. The Generation 1 incarnations of these four characters are all Wreckers from various continuities: [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were original members of the group when it was first introduced in "[[Target: 2006]]", while [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] and [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] joined in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''. Like their ''Prime'' counterparts, all four characters have indeed been seen to die while serving as Wreckers in one continuity or another. Seaspray being a Wrecker, meanwhile, is a new addition.
* Wheeljack namedrops the [[Dromedon System]] and the planets [[Maderan]] and [[Sandokan]].
* Dreadwing is referred to as a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]].
* Dreadwing references [[Pit|The Pit]].
*Bulkhead called [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]] "ol' barnacle butt", which references the deceased Autobot's hovercraft-mode in the G1 continuity.
*Optimus explains how the [[Wrecker]]s are a sub-faction within the Autobots.

===Real-world references===
*Fowler compares the activities of the Wreckers to "black ops", a term for covert military operations. In popular culture, black ops are generally seen as being dirty business that regular soldiers aren't able to carry out, and units that carry them out are often independent of the normal chain of command. Describes the Wreckers pretty well.
*Fowler mentions [[Abraham Lincoln]].
*Wheeljack calls Earth a marble. One of Earth's nicknames is the Blue Marble.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das wandelnde Pulverfass'''" ("The walking Powder-Keg")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 30|30 October]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kenbaku Henkei! Wheeljack to Dreadwing'''" (剣爆変形!ホイルジャックとドレッドウイング, "Explosive Sword Transformation! Wheeljack and Dreadwing")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 10|10 November]] [[2012]]
:*The opening scene of Fowler contacting the Autobots about the fight between Dreadwing and Wheeljack is cut out.

===Trivia===
*Fowler ''really'' needs to stop flying that jet of his around Decepticons who look like they turn into jets. He seems to be getting tired of it.
*Wheeljack finally takes an Earth-based vehicle mode. Seems like he's on Earth to stay.
*Dreadwing's proximity bombs have plates resembling his wings.
*Optimus didn't look very comfortable in Wheeljack's ship.
*Megatron actually sounds irritated when he's warning Dreadwing against going after Optimus. Seems he's getting tired of 'cons getting themselves maimed or killed trying to go after Prime.
*This episode was available as a pack-in with packaging variants of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], [[Kup (Prime)|Kup]], [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. The figures themselves were unaltered.

[[Category:Pack-in material]]
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Transformers: Prime - The Game

2013-06-24T22:11:21Z

RayxCreamMaker:

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{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Prime - The Game''
|image=Prime the game boxart wii.jpg
|developers=[[Altron]] [[NOW Production]]
|publisher=[[Activision Blizzard|Activision]]
|writtenby=[[Dan Jolley]]
|date=NDS, N3DS, Wii: [[October 30]], [[2012]] WiiU: [[November 18]], [[2012]]
|platforms=[[Nintendo DS]] Nintendo 3DS Wii Wii U
|rating=ESRB: E10+
}}

'''''Transformers: Prime - The Game''''' is a video game developed by [[Altron]] and [[NOW Production]] for the Wii, Wii U, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.<ref>[http://www.transformersprimethegame.com/ Official website]</ref> platforms.<ref name="Press Release">[http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/transformers-prime-game-coming-to-nintendo-platforms/ Press Release]</ref> It is published by [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]], and was released on [[October 30]], [[2012]] for the DS, 3DS, and Nintendo Wii, and on [[November 18]], [[2012]] for the Nintendo Wii U, the first ''Transformers'' game on that console. <ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-prime-the-game-box/17874/news.html Transformers Prime: The Game Box Art Design Unveiled]</ref>

The game takes place alongside the events of the second season of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon (sorta, see below), and involves the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] battling over a mysterious meteor made of [[Dark Energon|Dark Energon]] and its legendary contents.<ref name="GearingUpforTransformersPrime"> [http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/09/gearing-up-for-transformers-prime Gearing Up for Transformers Prime]</ref>

{{TOCclear}}

==Gameplay==
The game mostly features third-person melee combat, although some shooter sections are included. Occasional driving sections are also included. The Wii version includes full voice acting and uses motion controls, while the 3DS version takes advantage of the 3D capabilities of the system and uses touch-based controls. The DS version features exclusive content. <ref name="GearingUpforTransformersPrime"/>

===Story Mode===
Story Mode gameplay for Wii and Wii U is broken into 13 stages, each with a varying number of segments. Unlike previous Transformers, the game has solely an Autobot campaign.
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===Multiplayer Mode===
It just ain't Transformers if "arena fight" isn't in there somehow, huh? This mode is a "fighter", where players pick one of the Transformers and attempts to pummel the scrap out of all the others inside a variety of special arenas, with a few different rulesets. Initially, only the five Autobots are available with only the ''Nemesis'' as an arena, but as more stages of the Story Mode are completed, the six "boss" Decepticons and four more arenas are added to the options. The Decepticons have the same control schemes as the Autobots, though most Decepticons play considerably differently, plus (sadly, if fairly) they lack many of the more impressive moves they display in Story Mode. Also, two players cannot pick the same bot; sadly, no quadruple-Knock-Out matches for us.

Despite its name, this mode can be played by a single player, going up against CPU-controlled opponents. In the Wii version, up to two human players can engage in bouts containing up to four bots at once.

There are three different match types:
*'''Brawl —''' The goal is to simply be the last bot standing. Once a combatant loses all their health, they are out of the match. If time runs out before there is a single victor, the remaining players enter "Showdown"; health is brought down into the red, everyone enters permanent Upgrade, and vehicle modes are disabled. Last one standing wins!
*'''Energon Match —''' A timed match where every bot has very little health but unlimited "lives", and an upgrade bar that fills faster than normal. Each time you finish an opponent you earn 10 points. Defeat the current top-ranked combatant (marked by a crown) and you get another 10 points. Every time you get scrapped, you lose 5 points. Once time has run out, the bot with the most points wins.
*'''Emblem Battle —''' Another timed match determined by point score. Combatants compete over a single Emblem; every second a combatant holds the Emblem, they earn a point. Getting sufficiently pummeled cause the combatant to lose the Emblem, and most likely transfer to another bot. The Emblem holder also cannot transform to vehicle mode in order to prevent them from simply evading attacks, especially fliers. Being destroyed causes a big reduction in earned points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the round wins.

There are ultimately five different arenas to play in:
*'''Nemesis —''' Fairly enclosed area with breakable containers.
*'''Desert —''' Wide open field with a central pyramid. Lots of room to run.
*'''Energon Mine —''' A large circular platform over a vast pit. The outer edges and space between central bridges are endless falls that drain energon from anyone who falls in.
*'''Grand Canyon —''' Wide arena with a lot of cover and uneven terrain.
*'''Volcano —''' Smallish arena with depressed center. Laser fire rains down from above in the center, damaging anyone caught in it.

There are also five Emblems that can only be obtained in Multiplayer matches:
*'''#46 Cybertron's All Stars —''' Rack up 1 Multiplayer win with every character.
*'''#47 ??? —''' Destroy an enemy's shield 5 times in any single match.
*'''#48 ??? —''' Win Brawl Showdowns with 4 different characters.
*'''#49 ??? —''' Win an Energon Match without having been defeated once.
*'''#50 Emblem Snatcher—''' Win an Emblem Battle having gained the Emblem at least 5 times.



==Story Mode Synopsis ==
===Stage 01: Into the Breach===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''6:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''6'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Optimus Prime''' (behind ship's tether)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#8 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A rank)
|}

The Decepticons have discovered a gigantic asteroid composed entirely of [[Dark Energon]], and the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has traveled into Earth's orbit to obtain it. Once the Autobots became aware of this development, Ratchet sends [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] onto the surface of the ''Nemesis'' via [[GroundBridge]] to stop them.

As the other Autobots take care of incoming [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon Jets]], Optimus fights his way along the ''Nemesis'' deck to the machinery tethering the asteroid. He quickly destroys the generator and the asteroid lags behind... until the Decepticon ship fires three more tethers from underneath. Unable to get a good firing angle on the tethers, the four Autobots leap to the rock in vehicle mode. Facing down a few more Vehicon Jets, Optimus destroys all three tethers quickly using a vehicle-mode ramming attack, but finds himself facing down [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. The vehicle-ram move breaks through Megatron's defenses, and by charging up his energy, his upgraded attacks send Megatron reeling.

Just as Optimus gain the upper hand, the asteroid begins to crumble. As Optimus stares into a deep fissure opening at his feet, two yellow dots look back... and the asteroid shatters, its pieces, and the Autobots, plummeting to Earth. Starscream gloats, mocking their inability to fly, but Megatron quickly rebukes him, demanding his minions hunt down both the Autobots to make ''certain'' they perished in the fall, as well as recover as many of the meteorites as possible.

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===Stage 02: Homecoming===
[[Image:PrimeGameArceeInsecticons.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Skids (ROTF)|Like a ninja]]...only better.]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" |Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''Arcee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''6:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''15'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''Characters: Arcee''' (on factory roof) '''Characters: Insecticon''' (over highway pit)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''#9 Arcee the Victor''' (S or A rank) '''#26 Partners Arcee and Jack''' (No damage in highway chase)
|}

Meanwhile, at [[Autobot Outpost Omega-1]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tries to contact the team. A single lifesign pops up, and he sets out via GroundBridge in the hopes of finding his teammates. But once Ratchet leaves, three more life signatures pop up. Unable to reach Ratchet, [[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] decide to retrieve the missing Autobots themselves.

Arcee awakens in a factory outside [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]], but is quickly set upon by a swarm of [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]]. Arcee manages to dispatch them, only to face down [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. The Decepticon tries to stick to the rooftops and launch blaster-bolts and webbing, but Arcee's long-range blasters bring her down. Unfortunately, both bots notice Jack, giving Airachnid the chance to break free and kidnap the human, bolting in copter mode.

Arcee gives chase in cycle mode, dodging blaster fire and blasting fallen highway signs. The chase continues into an unfinished section of road, with Airachnid detonating inconveniently-placed barrels to put big holes in the concrete. She even manages to collapse a section of road, but Arcee performs a vehicle jump and is able to free Jack.

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===Stage 03: Deserted===
[[Image:PrimeGameBulkheadStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Something about [[Starscream (Movie)|cowards surviving?]]]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bulkhead'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''10:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''54'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Bulkhead''' (temple side-tunnel) '''Characters: Miko''' (high canyon bridge) '''Characters: Vehicon (Tank)''' (Tank side of canyon)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#10 Bulkhead the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#27 Partners Bulkhead and Miko''' (No damage in ruins escape)
|}

Bulkhead wakes up to Miko's voice. He's fallen through the ceiling of an underground temple, and unfortunately, Starscream has found him mere moments after Miko did. Starscream's missile barrage sets the temple crumbling, and Bulkhead is forced to race through collapsing tunnels and over thin bridges while blasting fallen rocks to clear his path before the entire place can bury them forever.

Once outside, Bulkhead finds himself in a ravine. He fights off squads of Vehicon Cars and Jets, until a [[Vehicon Tank]] shows up, forcing Bulkhead to use a vehicle-mode bash-attack to break through its shields. Bulkhead makes his way through the ravine until he's forced to vehicle-mode jump a crevice to tackle another Tank. With the Vehicons in retreat, Bulkhead reconnoiters with Miko, who is proving very agile and adept at finding shortcuts.

Starscream attacks Bulkhead again as he enters an open-aired temple. Starscream launches missiles from atop several pillars, but Bulkhead's charged-up blaster knocks the Decepticon to the ground. Starscream cowers behind a shield, but a vehicle-mode charge breaks that handily. Starscream launches volleys of missiles in jet mode, but Bulkhead's shield handily deflects the explosions. Even being backed up by more Vehicon Jets doesn't keep Bulkhead from stomping all over Starscream.

However, Miko's been taking phone pictures, leaving her open to getting captured by a Vehicon Jet. Now with a hostage, Starscream can fly away with at least a partial victory....

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===Stage 04: Captured!===
[[Image:PrimeGameBeeBattle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Vehicon (Prime)|I]] don't think I'm even gonna ''try'' aiming this time.]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bumblebee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''12:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''124'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2800'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Bumblebee''' (ledge near elevator) '''Characters: Raf''' (Hidden room near 2nd tower)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#11 Bumblebee the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#28 Partners Bumblebee and Raf''' (>50% elevator door health left) '''#42 Energon Bomber''' (destroyed 5+ enemies w/ energon explosions)
|}

Bumblebee awakens suspended by energy shackles deep in a Decepticon energon mine. Raf has managed to GroundBridge his way in, and uses his laptop to free Bee and open up locked doors in their way. Bee tackles Vehicon Cars and Jets until he reaches a main shaft, where he meets a new breed of Vehicon, the laser-sniping [[Vehicon Helicopter]]. A few blaster bolts make the raw energon in carts into improv bombs to clear out hiding foes, and Bee charges up the ramp to an elevator that Raf has prepared.

The elevator stops short of ground level, thanks to security protocols. Rav can't hack the security server, forcing Bumblebee to explore the current floor and hunt down two separate computer towers that are blocking Raf's hacking attempts. Once each tower is destroyed, the hall to the security server is open, but guarded by laser beams. Bee's vehicle mode allows him to slip under and through most of them, with some well-timed car jumps to get over low beams. After fighting through swarm of Vehicon Cars, Jets and Helicopters in the server room, Bee is finally able to smash the server itself.

Unfortunately, just as he does, the Vehicons raise the alarm—they've found Raf! Bee charges back to the elevator in vehicle mode, dodging a mass of security lasers and quickly dispatching the Vehicons before they can break through the elevator shield.

Once at ground level, Bee cautions Raf to stay back as he scouts ahead, which proves prudent as Knock Out attempts to run the pair over. Raf shuts the elevator door as Bee takes on the Decepticon medic. Knock Out makes ample use of his vehicle mode attempting to dodge Bee's cannons, but skillful dodging and shooting lets Bumblebee take advantage of openings in Knock Out's attacks. After a while Knock Out reveals a new ability; creating pulsing energy spheres in the hall that do incredible damage when Bee runs into them. Knock Out tries to close the gap and attack at close-range, but throws up a shield as Bee pelts him with blaster fire, giving the Autobot an opening for shield-breaking moves that lead into vicious melee combos.

As Knock Out goes down, Bulkhead gets in radio contact with Bumblebee, alerting him to Miko's kidnapping and asking if Raf is all right. Knock Out runs for it, and Bee wrenches open the elevator blast door... but Raf is gone.

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===Stage 05: Dark Envoy===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''4:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''4'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Vehicon (Fighter Jet)''' (high ledge near Thunderwing) '''Characters: Vehicon (Car)''' (breakable wall at collapsed bridge)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#12 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#29 Threat From Space''' (No damage in Thunderwing fight) '''#30 Quick Retreat''' (>20 sec left on timer)
|}

Ratchet has located Optimus... under the claw of a monstrously huge robot half-buried in the Dark Energon meteorite. The beast awakens and swats Ratchet away, bellowing "Death to [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]!" as he tries to smash Optimus. Optimus recognizes the robot as [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]], agent of [[Unicron]], and tries to convince him that his master has fallen, thus he should give up his mission... which works about as well as you'd expect. Thunderwing uses his one free arm to hurl explosive bolts at Optimus, as well as cause energy shockwaves by smashing his fist into the ground. Optimus weakens Thunderwing by blasting away at his head, and pummeling his arm cannon with melee attacks when it's within range, until the cannon explodes.

Though Thunderwing has been weakened further, Optimus is unable to continue the battle as the ''Nemesis'' arrives and opens fire on them both. Arcee gets back in radio contact, and opens a GroundBridge for Optimus and Ratchet's escape... unfortunately, on the other side of some hillside ruins from the pair, and will only be open for three minutes!

The normally-straightforward path is blocked by debris thanks to the Decepticon warship's cannons, forcing Optimus to smash through a wall to get around the rubble. ''Nemesis'' cannon-fire, collapsing ledges and a few Vehicon Jets get in the way, but Optimus barrels through, making the final jump in vehicle mode to the GroundBridge portal.

Ratchet is just behind, but more cannon-fire sends him flying backwards. Optimus runs to retrieve his friend, but a stray shot from Thunderwing sends Optimus sailing back into the GroundBridge, which closes immediately after...

An unconscious Thunderwing is brought aboard the ''Nemesis'' and extracted from the meteorite. Knock Out explains that the giant Transformer is still missing parts of his body, perhaps embedded within other chunks of Dark Energon that had fallen to Earth. Megatron has Thunderwing revived, and the giant immediately makes threats. Megatron convinces Thunderwing that he's in no condition to continue his mission, but should he swear his loyalty to Megatron, he can be fully repaired. Thunderwing doesn't buy it, claiming the technology that built him is beyond their scope, but Megatron assures Thunderwing that the captive medic Ratchet can do the job. Ratchet refuses, until Megatron shows him that they have Raf and Miko hostage. Thunderwing agrees to Megatron's deal, saying once the Matrix is destroyed, his loyalty will once again belong only to Unicron... to which Megatron merely smirks and muses "We shall see..."

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===Stage 06: Shock and Dread===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bumblebee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''10:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''100'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2500'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Dreadwing''' (high ledge near start) '''Characters: Vehicon (Helicopter)''' (right-side ditch in canyon chase)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#01 Victory Over Dreadwing''' (beat Dreadwing) '''#13 Bumblebee the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#31 Persuer''' (No damage in Dreadwing chase)
|}

Bumblebee and Arcee converge on some Decepticon signals in hopes of discovering where their allies are held, with Bumblebee exploring a dark canyon. Bee quickly finds himself in the sights of several Vehicon Helicopters. Boulders strewn through the canyon floor provide cover from the snipers' blasts, allowing Bumblebee to pick them off from a distance. The two Autobots meet up and discover [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] blasting open a chunk of Dark Energon, revealing a piece of Thunderwing.

Dreadwing blasts off in jet mode, and Bumblebee gives chase in car mode, blasting the proximity mines and fallen rocks Dreadwing leaves in his wake. Bee is forced to jump across a ravine, and the two Autobots finally manage to bring Dreadwing down, with Bee clinging to the Decepticon's jet mode in what must be [[Masters & Students|a very familiar method for Bumblebee]]. Bee and Dreadwing fall into a deeper crevasse, and continue the battle on foot.

Dreadwing makes ample use of the valley's cover, attacking from a distance with his cannon. Shortly into the fight, he launches into the air, dropping a ton of proximity explosives into the field. His blaster cannon also grows progressively more powerful as the fight wears on, but thankfully he must frequently pause to adjust the weapon. The battle is largely a long-range one, as Dreadwing makes closing the gap between them tricky, and he is no slouch at hand-to hand combat either. Bumblebee's upgraded blaster attacks proving especially useful, and eventually, the Decepticon falls.

Dreadwing attempts a last-ditch attack that results in him being buried under several tons of rock. Arcee arrives, but both Autobots are too late as [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] arrives to take the Thunderwing component and fly away.

===Stage 07: Into Ruin===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''11:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''35'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Vehicon (Truck)''' (second level of second ruin) '''Characters: Jack''' (high plateau right of mine entrance)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#14 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}

Optimus Prime and Bulkhead meet up inside a partially-collapsed ruin along a seashore cliff, just as Megatron and Starscream are ready to pull Thunderwing's power core link from a Dark Energon chunk. Bulkhead's urge to throttle Starscream gets them noticed, and the Autobot charges after the retreating Starscream. Megatron, however, has no intention of letting Optimus get away.

The battle goes much the same as it did in space prior, but soon Mgeatron pulls some new moves, including a leaping ground-pound that sends an energy shockwave throughout the entire room, forcing Optimus to jump to avoid damage. As the fight carries on, however, Megatron engages a [[Synthetic Energon|SynthEn]] upgrade, extending his battle blade to chain together massive combo strikes, upping his running speed, switching to jet mode to begin a shield-breaking dive attack, and boosting his cannon's power. He also tends to jerk back out of range when hit with a melee move, making it incredibly difficult to get a combo attack on him. Optimus pelts him with cannon-fire as best he can, forcing Megatron to throw up a shield, allowing Optimus to use a shield-breaking vehicle mode attack that allows him to pull off a complete combo attack. Despite his power boost, Megatron is ultimately sent flying through a wall, and he jets away with the Thunderwing part. Optimus moves on the rendezvous with Bulkhead.

Outside, Optimus is immediately set upon by some Vehicon Jets. After they fall, he encounters a new enemy; the Vehicon Truck, a foe best tackled at a distance thanks to its stunning energy shield and brutal vehicle-mode ram attacks. As Optimus progresses up the mountain, taking out Jets and Trucks, the battlefield becomes more and more restrictive. Upon entering a second collapsed building, Optimus is forced to tackle several Trucks in close combat while a Tank lobs shots from an upper level. Once they're cleared, Optimus proceeds, but a weak bridge collapses under his weight, forcing him to take the long way up.

Having learned his lesson, Optimus races across similar bridges in truck mode, enabling him to cross before the bridges collapse. More Vehicon Trucks attack on the cliffs, as well as a sniping Helicopter. Just before he can reach the mine entrance leading to Bulkhead, Prime is ambushes by the dangerous combination of a Vehicon Tank, Helicopter and Truck, all while on a not-too-wide land bridge over a deep, deadly ravine.

Once inside the mine, Optimus begins climbing up the walls, only for Megatron to arrive, carrying the Thunderwing component. Megatron immediately blasts Optimus back to the ground and collapses the mountain, burying Optimus under tons of rock...

===Stage 08: The Escape!===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Ratchet'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''17:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''44'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3200'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Ratchet''' (room after fist time-lock door hall) '''Characters: Soundwave''' (back end of elevator platform)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#02 Victory over Soundwave''' (beat Soundwave) '''#15 Ratchet the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#32 Reliable Scientist''' (Keep elevator cells >30% heath) '''#33 Perfect Victory in Hacking Battle''' (drop Soundwave's shield within 4 hacks)
|}

Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron enters Ratchet's cell with the Thunderwing component, ready for him to complete the monster. A Vehicon alerts them of Starscream's return via Space Bridge... and security cameras show that Starscream is actually being held prisoner by Bulkhead. Ratchet uses Megatron's moment of rage to slip out of the cell and lock his captors in, making a break to rescue the kids.

With security now on high alert thanks to two Autobot intruders, Ratchet has to slip through halls full of moving laser beams. Inside Thunderwing's chamber, the giant is thankfully asleep, but the Vehicons and Vehicon Truck inside are very much on alert. The kids are in an alcove high above the room, forcing Ratchet to find another way up to them. The next hall has doorways that only stay open a short time after a yellow switch is activated by stepping into its light beam. Once activated, Ratchet must race through the doors in vehicle mode before they can slam shut. After clearing out a room full of Vehicons, the next hall proves to be a fakeout, as tripping the yellow switch not only opens the door, but activates more sliding laserbeams.

Ratchet arrives at a balcony on Thunderwing's side of the repair room. With the door switch on this side and the time-lock door on the other side of the room, Ratchet must leap across a series of hovering platforms to get to the other side in time, and up to the cell containing the kids.

Once rescued the trio take a long open-platform elevator to the main computer room. Between Miko's furious picture-taking and a serious design flaw Ratchet discovered while working on the giant, they have a lot of information they need to get to the others. However, swarms of Vehicon Helicopters swoop in and engage the Autobot. Charged shots bring down the flying ones, and the numerous storage crates provide cover to avoid the sniper-shots of the grounded troopers. After they've fallen, the lift shudders to a halt, and multiple Vehicon Cars and Tanks take their turn. Due to Ratchet's comparatively weaker combat skills, his best tactic is to force his foes off the platform, as the electrified rail instantly fries them. Ratchet's shield-breaking one-two combo is especially quick and effective at dropping foes off the lift fast, especially the hardy Tanks. The lift starts up again, but now the Decepticons prioritize taking out the power cells on each side. Cars, Tanks and even Helicopters take their turns at the cells. Ratchet manages to shoot the Helicopters out of the air, but the ground forces require more direct confrontation.

Finally, the trio reach the top of the shaft and the main control room, only to find Soundwave there, and behind a protective force field. Raf attempts to hack his way in, but the best he can do is drop the shielding that protects the four force field generators in the room, and only for a short period of time before Soundwave can get them back running. Ratchet has to fight his way through Vehicon Cars, Helicopters and Trucks until Raf can drop the shields, allowing him to attack the generators one by one until all four are down and Soundwave is exposed.

Soundwave is extraordinary evasive, using the Space Bridge to warp in and out of the room. Landing on higher-up platforms, he unleashes sonic wave attacks that can be evaded by ducking behind cover, or prevented by Ratchet's charged blaster attack, readied while Soundwave is outside the room. When he appears on the floor, though, he rushes in to try and slice Ratchet up with his arm-blades in brutal combo attacks. As the fight wears on, Soundwave teleports faster, his sonic attacks get wider, and he adds a brutal jet-mode charging attack then ends in a tornado-like blur of blades. But Ratchet's use of his charged shots to stun Soundwave and well-timed Upgraded attacks brings the communicator down, forcing him to retreat.

With Soundwave gone, Ratchet and Raf are able to use the control room to break the scramblers that are blocking Autobot transmissions and contact Bulkhead...

===Stage 09: The Spider's Web===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Arcee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''0'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Airachnid''' (over storage crates)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#3 Victory over Airachnid''' (beat Airachnid) '''#16 Arcee the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}

Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrate the ''Nemesis'' via GroundBridge, but their communicators are still scrambled, so they split up to find their teammates. Arcee ends up caught in Airachnid's webbing, and flung off the ship, but Arcee manages to free herself in time to land safely, and the two get down to pounding the hell out of each other.

Airachnid primarily tries to keep her distance, pelting Arcee with long-range pulse-blasts and webbing from atop the ship's high walls, but thankfully Arcee's blasters have the range to hit the spider-bot as she sidesteps, avoiding the web-traps left on the ground from missed web-balls. As Airachnid charges to ground level in copter mode, Arcee's charges her blaster and unleashes a blast as soon as Airachnid transforms, stunning her out of her followup attack and leaving her wide open for Arcee's combo kicks.

Airachnid soon retreats to one of the ''Nemesis'''s stabilizer fins, outside of Arcee's range. The Autobot can do little more than dodge Airachnid's firepower... until she notices some structural damage on the fin leftover from the battle with Thunderwing. Changing her target, Arcee unleashes a hail of blaster fire that brings the fin -and Airachnid- tumbling down.

Unwilling to give up, Airachnid calls a pair of Insecticons to aid her, but the weak drones fall quickly to Arcee's blasters. But their arrival gives Airachnid enough time to start a SynthEn upgrade, dramatically boosting her speed as she closes the gap on Arcee to try and tear her apart with brutal combos. Arcee's charged blaster still gives the Autobot an opening to slip in and pummel her opponent, and soon Airchnid is sent flying.

Another pair of Insecticons arrive to help their commander, but as Arcee disposes of them, Airachnid has vanished....

===Stage 10: Dangerous Vantage===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bumblebee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''5:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''0'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Knock Out''' (edge of platform)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#04 Victory over Knock Out''' (beat Knock Out) '''#17 Bumblebee the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}

Bumblebee and Knock Out are engaged in a vehicle-mode duel when Bee is forced through an exterior wall. Barely saving himself from a fall, Bumblebee manages to get back on stable footing despite Knock Out's attempts.

The two resume their duel from the mine in much the same manner, with Bumblebee's blasters forcing Knock Out to raise his shield, leaving him vulnerable to a vehicle-mode shield-breaking charge. He also creates his energy orbs again, but this time adds a new twist to the move by beginning an unstoppable tornado-like spin attack, caroming around the battlefield and slicing into Bumblebee should he get within range. Bee can do nothing but stay out of Knock Out's reach until the Decepticon exhausts himself, leaving him very open for a retaliatory strike.

Eventually Knock Out abandons his previous moves and engages his SynthEn upgrade, permanently unleashing his saw and drill weapons. He dashes around the battlefield in both modes, employing vehicle mode booster-rams and leaping attacks to cut into Bumblebee. Quick jumping and sidestepping leaves Knock Out briefly open as his attacks miss, eventually wearing him down.

His paint job grievously scuffed, Knock Out attempts one more ramming attack, but Bee leaps into the air, sending the Decepticon flying off the ship. With no sign of Knock Out anywhere, Bumblebee is able to continue his search of his allies.

===Stage 11: Retribution===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bulkhead '''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''7:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''44'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Starscream''' (ledge past exit, use vehicle-mode jump)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#05 Victory over Starscream''' (beat Starscream) '''#18 Bulkhead the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#34 Destroyer''' (escape storage room with >20 seconds left)
|}

Meanwhile, Starscream has led Bulkhead into a trap, siccing several Vehicon Helicopters on the Autobot inside a storage room. Starscream himself uses the same tactics he did in the ruins battle, but the addition of the painfully-accurate sniper shots puts Bulkhead at a disadvantage even with the cover. But charged shots and vehicle-mode shield-breakers do bring Starscream down, despite his own SynthEn upgrade. Starscream is soon forced to retreat, locking Bulkhead in the room.

Making his way to Thunderwing's room, Starscream attempts to revive the giant, but is stopped by Megatron, who is not exactly happy with Starscream right at this moment. Thunderwing awakens and takes the power core link back inside his chest, restoring him to full power. The giant immediately rebuffs Megatron's commands and launches a massive energy blast at the Decepticon leader. Starscream finds himself suddenly being used as a shield and bears the full brunt of the blast. Thunderwing launches himself from the ship, sending shockwaves and cascading damage throughout the ''Nemesis''.

Bulkhead soon finds himself in a room on the verge of collapse, one that will crush him withing mere minutes. As he knocks aside interfering Vehicons, Ratchet is finally able to get back in touch with his teammates and directs Bulkhead out. Following the marker on his radar, Bulkhead uses fallen rubble to make his way to the room's perimeter ledge, smashing through numerous storage crates that block his path. Finally making his way to the exit, he must bash through the partially-collapsed door to make his escape.

===Stage 12: One Shall Fall===
[[Image:PrimeGameOptimusMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|What the hell is ''Megatron'' doing in ''my'' corner?!]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''5:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''0'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Megatron''' (edge of battlefield)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#06 Victory over Megatron''' (beat Megatron) '''#19 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}
Back at base, Ratchet tries to lock in on Optimus's signal, but is having little luck. With Thunderwing loose, the Autobots decide they need to stop him no matter what. As the beast is composed primarily of Dark Energon, Ratchet is confident that he can build a device that can significantly dampen the Dark Energon's effects, leaving Thunderwing vulnerable to attack. Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead travel to Thunderwing's destination, a [[One Shall Fall|raging volcano plain]], ready to delay Thunderwing... but quickly fall to Megatron's brutal assault. The Decepticon leader is about to deliver a killing blow to Arcee when Optimus arrives via GroundBridge, knocking Megatron away and giving his teammates a chance to retreat.

Optimus and Megatron face off, though at first Megatron has not changed his tactics much since their last encounter. The wider field of battle also gives Optimus more opportunity to force Megatron into a defensive posture. Megatron soon reveals a new move; a powerful shield-breaking midair charge that is very hard to dodge at close range. He also engages his SynthEn upgrade, and begins using a vehicle-mode dive that ends in a colossal shockwave attack. Optimus carefully leaps over the ground-based blast, slipping in to pummel Megatron in the brief moment of recovery after the move. As the fight wears on, Megatron tries one more upgrade, boosting his power to incredible levels; but Optimus's quick thinking again lets him evade the moves and unleash his own flurry of attack that soon fell the Decepticon leader.

===Stage 13: The Last Stand===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player characters:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime, Arcee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''12:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''6'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3500'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Thunderwing''' (end of canyon)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#07 Victory over Thunderwing''' (beat Thunderwing) '''#20 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#35 Brave Courier''' (no damage during canyon ride) '''#36 Perfect Destruction''' (defeat Thunderwing in <10:00)
|}

Optimus offers Megatron one last chance to save his life by surrendering. Megatron readies his blade... and Thunderwing arrives, unleashing a powerful blast at Optimus. As Optimus dodges, the blast instead collides with Megatron, the force of the explosion sending the Autobots flying. Thunderwing has found what he's after; the bearer of the Matrix, Optimus Prime, and is ready to fulfill his mission and destroy both!

Thunderwing begins his assault using his arm-cannons, each one with different firing patterns. His left arm unleashes a steady stream of blasts that he sweeps the battelfield with; Optimus times his jumps carefully to get over the hail. Thunderwing's right arm, as it did in the first battle, unloads powerful single blasts that explode upon contact with the ground. Optimus must target each cannon, blasting away at each, and getting in close to poerform more powerful melee attacks during Thunderwing's pauses. However, staying too close too long proves dangerous, as Thunderwing slams his clawed hands into the dirt to try and smash Prime to pieces.

With both cannons inoperative, Thundering is done underestimating Optimus. The four Autobots seem to be having little effect on Thunderwing proper. Ratchet finally arrives, carrying a damper device, but informs Arcee that he only had enough time to make one that is only effective once ''inside'' Thunderwing. The situation looks hopeless, but Jack and Miko pipe up, having snuck through Ratchet's GroundBridge portal. Miko shows the Autobots a phone picture showing a small gap in Thunderwing's armor they could get the dampener through, but Arcee notes it's too small for even her to fit through. Jack, however, notes ''he'' can fit in there and place the dampener. None of the Autobots are willing to risk the kids' lives, but as Bulkhead and Bee are now down, and Jack pleads that this fight is as much theirs as it is the Autobots', Prime reluctantly agrees.

Arcee transforms to cycle mode, carrying Jack and the dampener through a narrow canyon, dodging Thunderwing's blaster shots and air attacks. Arcee keeps her blasters firing on full, breaking up fallen rocks in her path. As she gets near the beast, Thunderwing readies his energy-breath attack, forcing Arcee to hit her boosters to slip under the blast in time. Now under Thunderwing, Arcee lifts Jack into the gap in his armor. Thunderwing staggers as the dampener does its work, causing him to stagger. Jack falls but is saved again by Arcee. As reactors in Thunderwing's shoulders open up, Ratchet recognizes them as a weak point for Optimus to exploit.

Up close again, Optimus blasts away at each of the exposed reactors. Thunderwing tries to smash Optimus under his claws, but in his weakened state, each blow causes him to stagger, letting Prime rush in and unleash a flurry of melee attacks at the lowered generator. Thunderwing launches Dark Energon fireballs from his into the air which fall down and explode, but Optimus is able to avoid this by rushing in close to the beast. With both generators crippled, Thunderwing is prepared to expend every last drop of energy to destroy Prime and the Matrix... and Optimus is ready to unleash the Matrix's power to stop Thunderwing once and for all.

The Matrix power upgrades Optimus's attacks, letting him unleash full-powered attacks on Thunderwing's now-exposed core. Taking to the air, the giant spews Dark Energon fireballs in large numbers into the battlefield, forcing the Autobot leader to stay on his toes at all times. Back at close-range, Thunderwing unleashes a tongue of Dark Energon fire that he uses to scour every inch of the battlefield, gain forcing Optimus to run and leap while trying to land blasts on Thunderwing's core. The giant also tires good old-fashioned forearm smashes, though each time he misses, he is staggered, which allows Optimus to rush in and land numerous melee attacks on his core.

Weakened, Thunderwing staggers backwards, plummeting into a pool of lava below. The Autobots beat a hasty retreat as the nearby volcano erupts. spewing chunks of Dark Energon into the field.

Back at base, Optimus ruminates at how their human allies have saved them all, and proclaims again that the Earth is the Autobots' home, and they will defend it and its people against any Decepticon threat.
{{--}}

== Featured characters ==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] ([[Sumalee Montano]])
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]])
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] ([[Jeffrey Combs]])
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
* [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] ([[Frank Welker]])
* [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ([[Steve Blum]])
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] ([[Daran Norris]])
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon Cars]] ([[Josh Keaton]]/[[Steve Blum]])
* Vehicon Jets ([[Josh Keaton]])
* Vehicon Helicopters ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
* Vehicon Tanks ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
* Vehicon Trucks ([[Steve Blum]])
* [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]
* [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]] ([[Steve Blum]])
* [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
* [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] ([[Gina Torres]])

|c3=
* [[Jack Darby]] ([[Josh Keaton]])
* [[Miko Nakadai]] ([[Tania Gunadi]])
* [[Raf Esquivel]] ([[Andy Pessoa]])

|c4=
* [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] ([[Robin Atkin Downes]])
|nonumbering=true}}

== Quotes ==
"You know I'm going to stop you, Megatron!" 
"I know you're gonna try!"
:-'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' begin their first confrontation.

== Reception ==
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== Notes ==
===Continuity headache===
According to a producer at Activision, the game takes place alongside the second season of the cartoon, but could be "wedged in" anywhere in the season. <ref name="GearingUpforTransformersPrime"/> However, this is impossible thanks to the makeup of the Decepticon team:
* Starscream is the main problem here. He became a rogue agent back in "[[Partners]]", a first-season episode, and did not re-join Megatron's forces until "[[Patch (episode)|Patch]]", the ''twenty-fourth'' episode out of season two's twenty-six-episode run. Yyyyyeah.
** Let's pretend that they kept Starscream in the game as a rogue agent like in the show, which would really only require some cutscene tweaking, right? Well... Starscream lost his [[Transformation cog#Prime cartoon|T-cog]], stripping him of his ability to transform, in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", the episode ''before'' "[[Loose Cannons]]" (Dreadwing's first appearance), and did not get it back until "[[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]]", the episode after "Patch"... and also the episode where Dreadwing dies. Oops. This lack of a T-cog is ''workable'', but would severely strip his usefulness as a major "boss" character in a game.
** Even if you drop Starscream from the game roster altogether (which naturally they would never do), this still only allows the game to occur between the back-to-back episodes "Loose Cannons" and "[[Crossfire]]", where Airachnid bails on Megatron.
* Speaking of Airachnid, her Insecticon minions were only under her control while she too was an independent agent, and really only for the singular episode "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". This episode ends with her being locked in stasis (where she remained into season three) and losing control over the swarm to Megatron. And all this happened well before Starscream rejoined Megatron's forces. But if the Decepticons have some new Vehicons we've never seen before or since here, hey, a few smaller, lower-powered Insecticons from a different swarm aren't exactly a stretch.
* And just because we're pedantic like that, there's the lack of [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], thus it'd more or less have to happen before "[[New Recruit]]".

===Other notes===
* At [[BotCon 2012]], concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released.
* Unlike [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|other ''Transformers'' games]], the differences in the versions of ''Prime - The Game'' mostly involve presentation, not story.
* This could be considered the first game to have a playable human, yet it most likely is Arcee, considering Jack had a huge cylinder and lacks access to Arcee's guns.
* The "Cybertronian Artifacts" hidden throughout the levels bear great resemblance to the [[Spark extractor|Spark extractor]] from ''Prime.''

== Footnotes ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://www.transformersprimethegame.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AS5i8OkRNt0 Teaser Trailer]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLnnZ6CTk0&feature=player_embedded Debut Trailer]
*[http://tformers.com/transformers-new-transformers-prime-%E2%80%9Crivalries%E2%80%9D-game/18585/news.html "Rivalries" Trailer]

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The Transformers (G1 PS2)

2013-04-21T02:18:18Z

RayxCreamMaker: /* Autobot Story */

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{{videogame
|title=''The Transformers''
|image=TF tatakai.jpg
|caption=My CG cinematic sequences are only as good as [[Transformers (PS2)|your]] in-game graphics!
|japanese=トランスフォーマー
|romaji=Transformer
|developer=[[Winkysoft]]
|publisher=[[Atlus]]
|date=[[October 30|30 October]] 2003
|platform=PlayStation 2
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'''''The Transformers''''' is a Japanese video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 based on the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' series]]. It was developed by [[Winkysoft]] and published by [[Atlus]] on [[October 30]], 2003. After choosing a side, you can take a squad of three Transformers on action missions, gathering numerous new troops along the way.

Even though all of the dialog in the game is in English with an option to set all of the text in the game to English as well, this game was never released in America. The two most likely reasons are [[Hasbro]]'s lack of involvement with the title, and the game's apparent unanimous panning by critics in Japan.

You know things are messed up when ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s'' voice actor pulls off a better [[Peter Cullen]] than the actor who plays [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

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==Gameplay==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai gamemechanics.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
{{bigquote|The invisible wall seems to have disappeared. Looks like we can't get rid of that wall unless we take care of all of them.|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]}}

Gameplay consists of punching and kicking your way through canyons, hillsides, and roadways where legions of cloned opponents await you. There is very little in the way of creative gameplay and everything gets very repetitive very fast. The environments are very small and closed in, so don't expect to go roaming around on any wayward adventure. You're there to duke it out with the enemy, and that's it. However, some environmental objects such as windmills and power coils can be interacted with, with no other way but to hit the objects with fists and feet even though the players are only willing to turn them off. Also in some levels, there will be multiple roads that can be taken but thanks to the game's repetitive nature, the player will end up in a very same situation no matter which road is taken.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Button_Sequence_Gameplay.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You don't say.]]

During battle, there are several combinations of the basic punch and kick buttons. Pushing both buttons in the same time will unleash a special attack, for example [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will perform a three-hit slashes using his [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]], while [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] will eject [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who will fly straight into enemies.

There is also a charge attack, which can be performed by holding the punch or kick button and fill up one charge meter. Releasing the press on the button in front of an enemy will send player into a button mashing sequence, requiring player to hit the punch or kick button repeatedly in order to deal more damage. The sequence will be ended with one final punch or kick depending on the last attack button the player pressed.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Truck_Attack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Should we play The Touch, or the Headmasters theme song?]]
The players are also able to transform the character at will during gameplay. While in their alternate modes, the characters basically have two attacks that will drain their energy points in use. While characters that transform into vehicles gain the advantage to move around faster, characters like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] instead move slower in their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], though are able to deal bigger damage in attacks.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Upgrade_Screen.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Fallen opponents will drop power-ups; health power-ups are in red, and energy power-ups are blue, as well as tiny Energon cubes. These Energon cubes can be collected by the player, and in each end of level will be accumulated. Later on, the collected cubes can be spent in the Garage sub-menu in the intermission menu after each level is finished. ''Machine Production'' is to upgrade the characters' stats and ''Equipments Upgrade'' is to upgrade the weapons wielded by the characters. However, the characters' stats will also be upgraded automatically when they earn a level-up on their own as the game progresses.
{{-}}

==Setting==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai callofthefuture.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
The game's story, titled '''''The Transformers: Call of the Future''''', takes its cue from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], even specifically referring to the events of several episodes. It is (presumably) set in 2003, the year it was released, but, via [[time travel]], also features characters from an alternate future which branched off from cartoon continuity in late 2010 (after the events of "[[Webworld]]", but before "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"). It does not seem to be officially considered part of the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], however; it features several anachronistic appearances by characters who are ''not'' time-travelling (the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], for instance, are shown to be working with their respective factions, when they will not leave their homeworld to do so until 2011), and its events were not included in the painfully comprehensive [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 timeline]].

==Story==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai shockwave2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shockwave's reign of terror and destruction!]]
In the year 2010, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who has grown disgruntled with Galvatron's abusive leadership, discovers the [[Zel Quartz]] on [[Zel Samine]]. Realizing that it is a power source even greater than the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Shockwave implants the Quartz into himself. He stages a one-robot coup and becomes the leader of the Decepticons...until the surging power load fries his systems and he malfunctions, running amok. He destroys much of both the Autobot and Decepticon armies and eventually destroys [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself before setting out to raze many innocent planets.

Unable to stop Shockwave in the present, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] allies with the [[Quintesson]]s to send an elite cadre back in time to destroy the Quartz before Shockwave discovers it.

In 2003, both the Autobots and Decepticons detect an explosion caused by the arrival of visitors from the future over Zel Samine and send teams to investigate. Both sides lose contact with their teams. The Autobots send another team consisting of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to investigate, but their shuttle crashes, and Wheeljack learns that an abnormality in Zel Samine's sun causes electromechanical systems to malfunction and drains them of their power. The Decepticons likewise send [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arriving later by [[Space Bridge]], a very bumpy ride).

The Space Bridge malfunctions, causing significant damage to the Decepticon ship. The Decepticons lure the Autobots away from their own shuttle in order to steal their supply of [[energon]] and use it to repair their own shuttle. Afterwards, both sides skirmish over a series of local power sources, including the wind-power facility on [[Mount Jaad]], the [[Ranpas geothermal plant]], and the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]]. Along the way, both sides encounter members of their missing reconnaissance teams.

Both sides also encounter their counterparts from the future: the Autobots Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]; and the Decepticons [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Galvatron reveals his identity to Megatron, but lies to him about the Zel Quartz, claiming he rules the universe in the future and it is part of an Autobot doomsday weapon that must be destroyed.

Pursuing stories of items that may be the Zel Quartz, both sides clash over the [[Gem of Mystery]] at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], a superhard mineral in a drill bit at [[Karzite mine]], and a giant crystal formation at the [[Atalstan gem mine]]. None of those leads pay off, but the planet's central archive includes reference to a "Zel Stone" which is part of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array, matching descriptions of the Zel Quartz exactly.

Both sides stage a climactic confrontation at ELTA (which is either destroyed or kept intact, depending on the winner) to capture the Quartz. After the battle is done, Starscream, who has overheard Galvatron and Cyclonus discussing the Quartz's true nature, rushes in to steal the Quartz for himself, jetting off into space with it.

Unbeknownst to Starscream, the physical structure of the quartz requires the atmospheric and electromagnetic properties of [[Zel Samine]] to maintain its integrity. Because he has fled into space rather than installing the Quartz on the planet as Shockwave had (and thus protecting it), the Quartz immediately degrades and becomes powerless. Outside of the atmosphere, exposed to the effects of Zel Samine's star without the Quartz's power to protect him, Starscream drifts powerless, left to contemplate his mistakes.

Their own timeline averted, the future Autobots and Decepticons vanish into sparkles of light, and Optimus Prime and Megatron are left to contemplate what they've learned from the experience.

===Autobot Story===
====Stage 1====
Wheeljack loses control of a shuttle and crash-lands on Zel Samine. There, Optimus Prime, Jazz, and himself attempt a rescue mission to find several missing Autobots that disappeared here a few days prior when they receive an SOS signal. Seeing it closeby, the Autobots head out to investigate, but all they find is Soundwave. Just then, Megatron is heard from a transmitter, revealing the signal was a trap to lure them away from their shuttle and steal the energon on it. As Soundwave leaves, Wheeljack mourns about not staying behind to protect the shuttle, knowing that it wouldn't last long against Megatron's [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]].

As the Autobots get into formation, they notice an invisible barrier blocking them that only goes down when they defeat waves of Decepticon footsoldiers. After braving through Soundwave, several waves of enemies, and even a deadly minefield, the Autobots return to the shuttle to find it severly damaged, but Megatron still here. Optimus defeats Megatron but feels a strange feeling. He questions Megatron about the recent events on this planet, but is shocked to discover that Megatron himself is investigating these very same events.

Though not totally destroyed, their shuttle is really damaged from the Decepticon attack and will not be able to lift off for some time. Wheeljack establishes contact with the [[Paradius United Government]], whose power plants are under attack by the Decepticons and aren't able to handle them on their own. Jazz suggests contacting [[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]] to help bring the supplies, but Wheeljack reveals that he discovered that the system's sun emits electromagnetic waves that are harmful to Transformers. While the rays are not fatal, they will increase their consumption of energon and going into space or flying at high altitudes carries the risk of losing most of their energy and becoming stranded in space. The government's high official is an understanding person and will provide the Autobots with the necessary equipment needed to fix the ship, provided they help get rid of the Decepticons. Prime gratefully accepts and orders his men to prepare for battle.

====Stage 2====
Wheeljack tells Prime they are near ready for departure, but Optimus is more concerned of the events that were unfolding behind the missing Autobots and the UFO that happened a few days ago. He first thought that the space-time continuity event was some sort of accident, but when asking the Paradius home planet, they revealed that Zel Samine was used mainly for energy and resource mining, leaving this planet with few inhabitants, so no clues about the UFO or the missing Autobots. Wheeljack assumed that it may be a new Decepticon weapon but Optimus reminds him that Megatron is investigating it too. For now, though, their goals are set on keeping the planet safe from the Decepticons.

Jazz says that they are now fully ready for battle, and their first destination was [[Mount Jaad]], a wind power plant with harsh conditions. Wheeljack finds the stuff the Paradius system builds to be quite interesting. The Paradius people live in harmony with both nature and technology. Energy is developed onto this planet and sent to the Paradius home planet, allowing them to live in a way to protect the environment without polluting it on Zel. Wheeljack was about to do a history lesson, but Jazz reminded them of the Decepticons attacking the mountain, and Prime proceeds to select the team and formation.

As they reach the plant, they encounter heavy Decepticon resistance and some autogun cannons at the plant that don't seem to recognize the difference between friend and foe. They also encounter the Decepticon Headmaster, Mindwipe, determined to send them to their ancestors, but is soundly defeated. Optimus contemplates that with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they will always have the wisdom and knowledge of their ancestors by their side. They continue forth to the main station and have another encounter with Soundwave and defeat him. As the Autobots reach the main station, they encounter the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]] Blitzwing, who finds his comrades to be totally worthless for letting them get so far. The Autobots manage to beat him and drive him and the Decepticons away.

As they prepare to return to base, they find their old yellow friend, Bumblebee, and he is recruited back into the mission. If the player goes through a second time, the Autobots will meet up with the Headmaster Brainstorm, ready to track down the Decepticons until his engines overheat. When they return, Optimus and Jazz talk about how well they did against the enemy. Optimus wants to leave quickly, finding that he and his comrades are only doing more harm than help, until Wheeljack shows up and informs him that the Paradius government thanks the Autobots for help and that they aren't just contaminants.

====Stage 3====
Their next stop on their Decepticon hunt was the [[Ranpas geothermal plant|Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]]. Fortunately, the facility is underground, which gives the Autobots a distinct advantage as they will not have to worry about any ambushes. The Decepticons were stealing energy from the main turbine, destabilizing the underground magma. This could result in a massive explosion. Optimus was determined to stop them now, selecting carefully the members and formation, even if it is an evil trap.

Optimus does note that it will get hotter as they move closer, and take on head-on hordes of Decepticon soldiers. Along the way, they encounter the Horrorcon, Snapdragon, and soundly defeat him. Optimus was not impressed, claiming that he lost his will to fight. Eventually, they came over a lava floor where the magma began to severly damage them if continuously traversing over it. When they reach the main turbine, they discover Megatron's faithful servant, Shockwave, in charge of the energy conversion. The Autobots manage to beat him and save the planet from crisis.

As they prepare to leave, they meet the Autobot scout and naturalist, Hound, who is ready to join the battle despite the tranquility on Zel Samine. If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster, Chromedome. The Autobots contemplate on how tough the battle was and wonders if it has hindered their ability to transform. Optimus suggests a full maintenance inspection when they return to Cybertron. Wheeljack isn't worried and doesn't seem the temperatures to be a big deal. The gang then begin joking around about their friendly bouts, but Optimus sadly has to cease the happy time as more of Zel Samine needs their help.

====Stage 4====
Their next destination is the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]], where the Decepticons are using the generator at full speed to steal the most energy from it. Jazz realizes that if it keeps up, the generator could break down or even self-destruct, and break apart the dam. The plant is in the middle of a forest, so getting there won't be a problem. It is also a simplistic designed building so they will not get lost. Jazz recalls the time they woke up on Earth, when the Decepticons were stealing from the [[Sherman Dam]]. Optimus commands to go forth and select the right members to stop the Decepticons.

The forest was foggy and perfect for ambushes, but the Autobots had no time to lose and would not let this stop them. Making their way through the forest, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Weirdwolf, who Prime saw as nothing short of being a nuisance. They are able to barely defeat him, as Prime mocks how even his claws and fangs cannot hurt a heart filled with justice. They soon make it to the plant with incredible numbers of Decepticon minions, including Blitzwing and some autoguns that are unable to tell friend from foe. When they reach the generator, they encounter Blitzwing's partner-in-crime and Decepticon Astrotrain, asked to deliver the energy to Megatron. The Autobots manage to drive him away and save the dam.

On their way out, they meet up with the Autobot Headmaster Highbrow, who rejoins his comrades. If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter their chief medic, Ratchet. Back at base, Wheeljack jokes on how he didn't want to swim if they failed. Jazz then boasts about surfing a tidal wave when Cybertron was close to Earth. This infuriated Optimus, who didn't want to joke about such war-like situations. He does admit that he does feel fear about falling, but as long as he remembers he is fighting for peace, his fear is no more. Jazz and Wheeljack apologize for their behavior.

====Stage 5====
Thanks to the efforts of the Autobots, the Decepticons had stopped their evil deeds for the time being. But Optimus knew that this moment of peace wouldn't last for long and must stay vigilant. According to the Autobots they recovered, there were two UFO's, but could not gain any information other than that as they were scattered out by the electromagnetic waves and the Decepticons found them, trying to defend themselves until help could arrive.

Just then, the Autobots received another SOS signal, asking for help. Optimus was opted to go and help, but Wheeljack asks for an investigation in case it was another Decepticon trap. Optimus still felt responsible for putting his comrades in danger before though, and decides not to send an investigation and head straight to the SOS signal, and prepare for departure. The shuttle's sensors indicates the presense of both Autobots ''and'' Decepticons. The team beats through several Decepticons and conveniently placed autoguns, as well as Shockwave and Snapdragon, and reaches the signal destination.

{{note|In this stage, the boss and end story cutscene will be totally different if playing through a second time. As such, two separate sections have been made dealing with both scenarios}}

=====Normal Scenario=====
When they arrive, they encounter a mysterious new Decepticon who shares the same face as Megatron and recognizes Optimus Prime. The bot introduces himself as Galvatron, the leader of the "future Decepticons". Through a tough battle, the Autobots are somehow able to defeat Galvatron, but the new guy acts like a poor loser, transforming into cannon mode and blasting the team down before retreating. As the Autobots prepare to leave, they encounter...Hot Rod? No, he looks like him, and accompanied by an elderly war veteran and a lovely female. To add more confusion and surprise, "Hot Rod" introduces himself as Rodimus Prime, even though Optimus is the true Prime.

Optimus and his team takes Rodimus and his allies—Kup and Arcee—back to the shuttle to answer some questions. They are revealed to be from the future and that the UFO's they were chasing were shuttles they were in, and Galvatron is the future leader of the Decepticons. Jazz begins pushing Rodimus by asking what happens to Optimus and how he became from Hot Rod to Rodimus, but Optimus stops him, as he knows that time travel is possible, they don't need to know so much about their futures, and that he could feel the same Matrix of Leadership he carries within Rodimus, proving that it was true. The true story would be revealed the next day after a well-earned rest...

Meanwhile, the Decepticons have allied themselves with their future counterparts and allies, where it is revealed that Galvatron is Megatron's future self, much to the surprise of Starscream, but Megatron could feel the same metal impulse. Galvatron decides to lie to his former self by telling of how he is the new ruler of the entire universe, but the Autobots plan to use a doomsday device to destroy them. This was a conversation for the future...

The next day, Optimus becomes shocked by the news that Megatron's most faithful servant, Shockwave, had turned on him in the future. This is because after he became Galvatron, he became more violent and began losing his own authority. Observing his new leader, Shockwave deems himself a better choice as Decepticon leader and began a one-robot mutiny with an item known as [[Zel Quartz]] as Rodimus begins to tell the story of how this all happened...

''"'Zel Quartz was an energy mineral that Shockwave discovered. If the Quartz is set into the body of a being born on Cybertron—for example a Transformer—that being will experience a prodigious increase in power and strength. So, blessed with an inexhaustible supply of energy and destructive power, Shockwave made himself leader of the Decepticons. But he could not bear the extra power loads, his circuitry malfunctioned, and he began to run amok.

''"Of course, both the Autobots and the Decepticons tried to stop him. But fuelled by the near infinite power resources of the Zel Quartz, Shockwave was unstoppable. Both sides suffered massive losses. Eventually, the planet Cybertron itself was destroyed! Rodimus Prime knew that Shockwave would not stop until the Earth and all other planets were bathed in fire. Rodimus sought help from the Quintessons, who were also under threat. They provided technology, which would enable Transformers to travel back in time through a timeslip, where they planned to stop Shockwave from ever unearthing the Zel Quartz!"''

The elite of the survivors boarded a shuttle and threw themselves into the timeslip. Unfortunatly, the Decepticons discovered the Autobots' plans and secretly followed them through the timeslip to steal the Quartz for themselves. Because of this, a space energy destabilization occured and both sides' groups were scattered, with no way to contact their friends, which explains everything that's happened. Realizing the danger the universe was in, Optimus and his Autobots agreed to help Rodimus find teh Quartz and destroy it! But tehre was a problem...

No one knows where it is, because the mineral is called by another name in this timeline. What's even worse, the Decepticons are planning to steal the Quartz and fooling Megatron and his Decepticons into believing the doomsday weapon nonsense and the Zel Quartz was the power source of this weapon. Wheeljack contacts the Paradius United Government and discovers three possible locations as to where the Zel Quartz may be and begin to roll out.

=====Alternate Scenario=====
Unsurprisingly, it was another trap after all made by Megatron. Optimus simply laughs in relief, knowing that his Autobot comrades aren't in any sort of danger. However, his laughter turns to shock when Megatron unveils four Optimus Prime clones, in case of an emergency. However, much to his surprise, Optimus and his Autobots are able to defeat them. Optimus tells Megatron that imitations are nothing without a heart and soul. Irritated, Megatron quickly retreats, vowing not to forget this humiliation and smash Optimus to bits.

Returning to base, Jazz was quite angered at Megatron's actions, but Optimus and Wheeljack were not so botehred by it, as there is and always will be on Optimus Prime in this universe. But now that the Decepticons were back and active, they were going to be busy. Just then, Rodimus and his allies appear, ready to help fight by their side again. Just then, Wheeljack takes out a small capsule which he picked up from one of the Decepticons they fought. Wheeljack begins examining it as everyone else rests up for the day.

Wheeljack urgently announces he discovered something. The capsule is actually a message from the future, explaining the UFO's that landed here. Though the message is low quality, Wheeljack summizes that the message came from the Quintessons. In the message, it says that in the future, the Decepticons had obtained the Zel Quartz and wiped out their entire race. Kup is quite shocked as he thought that it existed in stories. The Quartz exists on certain planets and if a Transformer installs it in his body, his body will increase to monstrous proportions. The senders obviously sent this in hoping that people of the past would find it, and the message encourages the receivers to destroy the Quartz.

Unfortunatly, Wheeljack had already scourred through the database but found no record of the Zel Quartz. Rodimus assumes that the mineral is named something else in this timeline. Wheeljack did also find three minerals that may be teh Quartz. Knowing the Decepticons had heard this message too, the Autobots hurried up and prepared to search for Zel Quartz and destroy it!

====Stage 6====
The first destination is the [[Lazalt Ruins]], which were just recently discovered. The Autobots arrived there personally for the briefing. These ruins were said to have been the remains of an ancient alien civilization, that arrived here before the first settlements of Zel Samine. Deep within the ruins is a temple where a magical [[Gem of Mystery|Jewel of Mystery]] is enshrined, thought to be the Zel Quartz. Jazz tried warning Kup about the dangers of the jungle, but Kup began recalling a time on [[Floron III]], surrounded by a horde of mech-eating plants. However, Optimus had to stop him, as the Decepticons were already ahead of teh Autobots, and Arcee prepared to choose the team and formation.

Optimus was correct, as the Decepticons were lurking and ready to strike in the jungle, including the Decepticon Headmaster Skullcruncher. Although they defeat him, the Autobots learn that without a key to a large door, they are unable to proceed. Realizing that Skullcruncher has the key, they pursue him and battle again. This time, they made sure to obtain the key needed to move forward. Continuing, they eventually run into the Horrorcon Apeface. They are able to take him down and eventually discover the Jewel of Mystery. However, unlucky for the Autobots, it was guarded by the Decepticon combiner, Predaking. After an extremely tough battle, Predaking is defeated and the Autobots obtain the Jewel of Mystery.

As they prepare to leave, the team encounters the Autobot Wrecker, Springer, who gladly joins the battle. If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet up with the Autobot Headmaster, Hardhead. After they analyze the Jewel of Mystery, it's sad to say that it wasn't Zel Quartz. Jazz makes sure that the jewel is returned to the ruins. Though Optimus tries questioning Wheeljack, but he is so wrapped up in Kup's stories that he doesn't hear him until Arcee screams at them. Though Kup and Wheeljack apologize, Optimus reflects on how valuable is a warrior with entertaining stories to share, but is as great an honor to be scolded by quite a beautiful woman like Arcee. This leaves Optimus thinking and remembering about his old comrade, [[Elita-1 (G1)|Elita-1]]....

====Stage 7====
The next candidate is a drillbit in the [[Karzite mine]], a mine in the middle of the desert like Earth's oilfields. The mineral was an incredible specimen that is made of great materials. Even though it is a survey mission, Optimus knows the Decepticons will most likely be there and prepares to pick a team and formation. Out of nowhere, Rodimus asks Optimus what he would need to do to become a great leader like him. Optimus and the others were taken aback by this, but Optimus said he would gladly answer his question after the mission is completed.

When they arrive, they encounter Decepticons in the desert. Although the sand made it hard for the team to maneuver, the Decepticons had teh same exact trouble. The team also encountered more autobguns that once again did not discriminate. They would encounter and defeat Blitzwing once again as well as a small army of Sharkticons. No sooner than that, they find Octane, gathering energy for himself to upserd Galvatron as Decepticon leader, but Rodimus wasn't too impressed and the Autobots manage to defeat him and he runs away like a "thin-fuelled coward", as Rodimus put it. However, when they finally find the drill, they get a nasty encounter from Trypticon, guarding the drillbit. After an extremely tough battle, Trypticon is defeated and the drillbit is obtained.

As they head back, they run into the speedy messanger Blurr, who joins up with the team. If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet the Monsterbot Grotusque. When they analyzed it, the drillbit didn't reveal to have any special effect on Transformers, meaning no Zel Quartz. Optimus orders his Autobots to return the drillbit back and then get their filters cleaned form the sand. Wheeljack has a new cleaner, but he can't find it in the storage—or ''anything'', for that matter—since the incident, so most of the others go to help. This leaves Optimus and Rodimus to have their private talk mentioned earlier. Rodimus asks again what he needs to do to be a leader. Optimus answers by reminising of the mission in the desert. The desert is scorching hot in the day, yet freezing cold in the night. If Rodimus were to be a great leader, remember the desert, do not measure things by strictness, and believe in the justice in his heart and the answers will come naturally. Rodimus now felt much more confident and would be okay even after returning to the future.

====Chapter 8====
The final possible location of the Zel Quartz is the [[Atalstan gem mine]], where energy is extracted and several jewels and fossils are situated there as well. When something out of the ordinary is found, a new shaft is created and mining begins there, and because of this the mine has grown to an enormous size. The final gem is a giant crystal recently discovered and polished up, much to Arcee's excitement. An investigation team was already sent, but Optimus asks Jazz to inform the civilians of the danger and evacuate immediatly. Optimus begins the preparations.

Optimus already knew the Decepticons were here and the crystal was only half-buried. This meant they needed to hurry. Going through the mine, they found Mindwipe and beat him once again, before encountering Galvatron's right-hand-bot, Cyclonus. In a noble and heroic effort, the Autobots defeat him and progress forward even when knowing the Decepticons were waiting. As they made it through, they encountered the Sweep leader, Scourge, who first sends out his minions to deal with the Autobots. Even with the numbers game, he is unable to take them downand they finally arrive at the crystal. Unfortunatly, it's here that the Autobots meet the six-changing ninja, Sixshot, guarding it. Through a rough and difficult battle, they defeat him and obtain the large crystal.

As they prepare to leave, they encounter the brave and honorable commander, Ultra Magnus, who gladly joins the group. If the player goes through a second time, they will meet the Monsterbot Doublecross, reuniting the entire Autobot squadron in both timelines. But after they analyze it, guess what—it's not the Zel Quartz either! Although it is a new crystal and an amazing specimen, Arcee is quite upset it's not the Quartz and must be returned immediatly. Optimus decides to return it, and Arcee volunteers to accompany him. Just then, Rodimus gives her a jewel that was mixed in with the dirt while carrying the crystal. Rodimus would have hoped she would like it and that it would help him get a better reputation with the ladies, but instead she scolds her commander for taking the jewel out without permission, much to Rodimus' embarassment and dismay. As a punishment, Optimus made Rodimus take his place in returning both gems to the mine.

====Chapter 9====
Even though the Autobots had been keeping the Decepticons from plundering Zel Samine, they still haven't found the Zel Quartz and they were fresh out of good leads. Just then, Wheeljack and Arcee came back from looking at the old archives with good news. When the planet was first pioneered, a strange and powerful mineral was found, which would be the namesake of the planet: Zel Rock! It was no-doubt the Zel Quartz and it is located at the [[ELTA]], short for the "Enormous Laser Transmission Array", a facility where they convert the energy cultivated on Zel Samine into a laser beam for transmission back to the home planet of Paradius and is located at the central core. Unfortunatly, as they prepare for departure, they learn from the Paradius United Government that the Decepticons beat them to ELTA already. The Autobots carefully began choosing the team. The final battle has begun....

As anticipated, the Decepticons were ready for the Autobots and also set up a mine field as well, but they were not willing to give up so soon. As they moved on, they had an encounter with Megatron's treasonous second-in-command, Starscream. A tough battle arose, but the Autobots came out on top, forcing Starscream to retreat, claiming discretion is the better part of valor. As the Autobots proceeded, they were forced to deal with minefields and automated guns that ''still'' do not know allies and enemies. After all that, they end up fighting both Scourge and Cyclonus together, but the team is able to win again. But just as they leave, the Decepticon combiner Abominus appears to stop them. After a tough-winded battle, they defeat Abominus and continue on. After defeating Snapdragon, Apeface, and Astrotrain one last time, they finally reach ELTA.

====Stage 10====
As they arrive inside, the alarm has sounded and the Decepticons have already breached the ELTA central core and an explosion is imminent. In a hurried rush, the Autobots quickly hurry to the core where after dashing through the halls they encounter Trypticon again but defeat him again. As they reach the center, they are greeted by Trypticon's partner, Full-Tilt, Soundwave, and his future self, Soundblaster. The trio are soundly defeated and the team encounters the Decepticon leaders, Megatron and Galvatron, now in possession of the Zel Quartz and bet the Quartz on a final battle. Within an arena surrounded by electric barriers, the final battle commenced!

It was a truly heart-stopping and difficult battle, but somehow, the Autobots pull through and finally obtain the Zel Quartz. However, ELTA was ready to self-destruct. Optimus commanded his Autobots to evacuate immediatly and leave the Primes to handle the situation. Optimus realized that even if teh Quartz was put back in place, it would still blow up and kill every Transformer here. Because of the energy concentrated on ELTA, a global catastrophe would occur with nothing left to do about it. Not even the Decepticons would be able to escape this, and all the talk of justice was all empty. It was then that Optimus realized how it could be stopped. He and Rodimus unveil their respective Matrixes and unleash their powers, stopping the energy flow and saving Zel Samine, much to teh surprise of Megatron and Galvatron. The Decepticon leaders leave the planet, swearing revenge one day.

Reuniting with their Autobots, they learn that the Decepticons used the Space Bridge to return home, and Kup knows they will return one day, as the Decepticons were like cockroaches that don't die no matter how many times they're stepped on. With the full agreement and cooperation of the United Government, Optimus reaffirms his decision to destroy the Zel Quartz. In exchange of this, Wheeljack will help re-engineer ELTA's core apparatus. As they discuss a way to destroy the Zel Quartz, Starscream suddenly swoops in and swipes the Quartz, lying in wait for them to slip up. With the Quartz in his possession, Starscream flies away from the planet to install it somewhere he won't be interrupted. Optimus completely laughs, as Wheeljack reveals that the Quartz needs the planet's electromagnetic waves to be powerful and can only be properly installed in the planet's atmosphere. As the Autobots laugh about Starscream's incompetence, the shuttle had finally been repaired, but the future Autobots begin to disappear. Now that the Zel Quartz is gone, history has been remade and Rodimus and his friends were now returning to their era. Both sides salute each other and the Autobots roll on home as Starscream floats powerless and helplessly in space.....

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===Decepticon Story===
Starscream and Soundwave are in the shuttle, which has crash-landed in a cave on Zel. Megatron is absent, as he is on the Space Bridge. There were many instabilities in the route, but they believed it would work. However, when they tried it again, the Space Bridge was broken. Starscream, not wanting to wait for repairs, decides to go where Megatron was supposed to be and find him.

However, when they arrive at his estimated rendezvous point, there is no one there. They are a bit confused, but nevertheless, Starscream decides to pass the time and make himself new leader of the Decepticons. At that very moment, Megatron appears from out of nowhere. He announces that he went off-course, but found that the Autobots were here as well. Megatron then calls Optimus, Wheeljack, and Jazz, and announces that the Decepticons will arrive at their shuttle to destroy them once and for all. However, Wheeljack warns him that they will have to deal with ''him'' first. Starscream is confused as to why Megatron alerted the Autobots to their attack. Megatron just states that the Autobots won't try anything tricky if they fight fairly. He then asks if Starscream would like to become an Autobot, as he believes Starscream doesn't trust him. Starscream refuses, stating he'd "rather die". He also suggests that they pick a team and formation for the attack, and Megatron agrees.

[[Image:Transformers Tatakai Megatron Surrounded.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Starscream looked suspiciously enthusiastic to join the beating of Megatron.]]
Their initial progress across the planet is hindered by an invisible wall, however. Within its confines, they encounter Ironhide and two other Autobots. After the Autobots are defeated, the invisible wall disappears, and the Decepticons realize the direct causal connection: Defeat Autobots, and the invisible walls go away. Following more skirmishes, they encounter Wheeljack. After a long battle, he loses and withdraws, and the trio continue their route.

However, they see a mine field, possibly made by Wheeljack. They manage to get through it safely, scrap some Autobots and look good all at the same time.

After traveling a great distance, they encounter Optimus Prime. This leads to a long, tough brawl for the Decepticons, but they manage to defeat Prime and the Autobots. Megatron is on the verge of destroying Prime, but the Autobot retreats. Megatron is outraged, but decides to take the energon cubes instead.

Soundwave and Megatron later discuss their views on a U.F.O. Soundwave asks Megatron if he has felt something particularly odd since arriving on the planet. Megatron acknowledges he has, and Soundwave relates the unusual events that have occurred since arriving there. It's almost as if something was trying to cause them problems, so he made a study of the planet. According to his findings, the planet's sun is very dangerous to Transformers. It is constantly beaming electro-magnetic rays which can harm them greatly and cause their energon to evaporate when they are at high altitudes. To complete the repairs on the shuttle, they need to get some energy.

The Decepticons decide to go to the Jaad wind power plant. Starscream believes the mission to be absurd and a waste of time, but Soundwave explains it is not. He also notes the Autobots are already there, but Starscream says this will be no problem: He'll just blast them away. Soundwave, however, shows Starscream how a real subordinate should behave. Starscream eases off for now, believing he'll take care of Megatron soon enough. Soundwave suggests they select a team and formation for the mission.

They head for the power plant. Along the way, they encounter the Autobot Headmaster Brainstorm. Brainstorm retreats after they defeat him and a lot of other Autobots, but once the Decepticons arrive at the main station, they also encounter Hound. They then defeat him and take all the energy. While leaving with it, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Snapdragon, part of the exploration team. He joins the team, much to Megatron's enthusiasm. If the player goes through a second time, however, they encounter Weirdwolf, instead.

Soundwave suggests using the energy to repair the shuttle, while Starscream is still thinking about the mission. Megatron is somehow aware of his thoughts, but not their exact content. He notes that Starscream will never catch him sleeping and begins assigning the Decepticons to their next destination—a geothermal power plant. Starscream complains that it's primitive and, because it's underground, he can't fly within the facility. Then, Laserbeak returns and Soundwave reports that the Autobots are taking up defensive positions around the plant. Megatron decided to select the team and stop the idle chit-chat.

When they arrive, Megatron is surprised at the power. Unfortunately, the door up ahead is locked. They have to destroy the Autobots and blast the generator. They finally do so, but after a while, they encounter Grotusque. They defeat him, he retreats, and they move on, after Megatron insults him as ugly. Hey, who can blame him?

The more they continue fighting the Autobots, the closer they get to the main generator. And the closer they get, the more damage they take due to the magma. They finally makee it to the generator, but then encounter the Monsterbot, Doublecross. They defeat him and began to take the energy from the generator. Then, Blitzwing arrives, scoffing at them that it took them too long to get here, and joins the party. If the player is here a second time, they find Skullcruncher, instead.

They manage to draw out all the energon cubes, but are unable to program as much energy as planned. Soundwave apologizes; Megatron tells him that it was Starscream's fault, as he was doing something with the energon cubes, but Starscream denies it. Then, Laserbeak returns and Megatron notices the resemblance between him and Starscream, such as the ability to fly and the colors. He also points out that Laserbeak is very loyal. It was also Laserbeak who informed to Megatron about Starscream's activities. Starscream dismisses this and goes to get the energon cubes and repair the ship for a while. Megatron also warns him that his temper is the shortest in the universe. Megatron thinks to himself that he might have Starscream destroy Optimus Prime.

Their next objective is to go to a hydroelectric power station. Now it's Soundwave's turn to complain. He, knowing that the Autobots have taken defensive positions around the plant, asks for a less well-guarded person for the job. Megatron is dismayed, believing that he's afraid. He orders to send the troops out and never hear anything like this again. He then calls back to the time they arrived on Earth. Starscream remembers this and decides to teach those tin-minnows another lesson. They choose their team and formation.

They have to get through the forest first, though. And the fog is very dense. Nevertheless, they make their way through and, on the way, defeat Highbrow. They finally arrive at the power plant and defeat some Autobots. It takes a long time, but they reach the main power station, where they are stopped by Bumblebee. They easily defeat him and take most of the energy. Then, they find Astrotrain and he joins the team. If the player goes a second time, they will find Mindwipe, instead.

Later, Soundwave admits he was wrong to criticize the plans and Megatron suggests he shut up and listen to him, from now on.

Later, Laserbeak reports that the Autobots have made contact with the UFO. The Decepticons are in trouble now, but Megatron doesn't realize this. They send a team to their rendezvous point to stop them!

Unfortunately, when they arrive, no one is there. Just then, Rodimus Prime appears. Rodimus is surprised, but remembers it was from ''this'' era. Megatron recognizes him as Hot Rod, but then realizes he isn't. Rodimus remembers that he doesn't know him yet and introduces himself, explaining that he is from the future. He warns that if he destroys all the Autobots in this era, he won't be parting on friendly terms. He defeats him and asked some questions. But at that moment, a figure which looks like Megatron in a few ways appears and blasted Rodimus. It is revealed to be Galvatron. He notices the face resemblance. Galvatron is about to explain, but Rodimus escapes. Galvatron and Megatron are furious, as Megatron needed information. Galvatron knows it was the UFO. He asks him to take him and his companions to the Decepticon Headquarters and then, they can talk.

{{note|The boss is different during the second attempt. Instead, the player faces an army of Megatron clones, made by Wheeljack. After the battle, Wheeljack retreats and drops a capsule. The future Decepticons rejoins the player and Soundwave explains that the capsule contains a message from the Quintessons, which explains why they were here. Then, Dark Hot Rod appears and joins the team.}}

Later, they are talking about the events of the future. He lies about most of it, but revealed that Galvatron is really Megatron's future self. Starscream is very surprised, but Megatron can feel that he's right. Before Galvatron continues, he says to send Shockwave outside, if he's here. Then, they continue.

Meanwhile, at the Autobot Shuttle, Rodimus and his crew are talking of the events of the future. It was revealed that Shockwave, Megatron's faithful servant, turns traitor. He examines Galvatron and his changes in personality very carefully and becomes a one-robot mutiny, as Galvatron started to lose his authority. Rodimus tells Optimus about the story of Shockwave and an item known as Zel Quartz.

''Shockwave discovered that a being born on Cybertron would gain an extra power boost if the Quartz was installed in their body. So, he pulls a "Starscream Move" and makes himself leader of the Decepticons. However, his circuits could not stand the extra power loads and it malfunctioned. He ran amok and was unstoppable! Even the Autobots and Decepticons tried to stop him, but most of them were killed and Cybertron, along with other planets, were destroyed. He would not stop until all the planets were bathed in fire. So the elite of the survivors sought help from the Quintessons. They provided them a shuttle with a TransWarp signature, where they planned on keeping Shockwave from ever finding the Quartz and defeat him, once and for all!''

Unfortunately, a disruption in space-time occurred, as a result, and the forces were scattered. They have been unable to contact their comrades. The Autobots have to destroy the Quartz before the Decepticons do. When Optimus asks where it was.....well, that's the problem.

They don't know. It is called Zel Quartz in the future, but the name in this era is unknown. They tell them that it's material for an Autobot Doomsday Weapon. The Decepticons have to get the Quartz before they do. Galvatron agrees and decidedsto keep quiet about Shockwave and the Quartz's real power for a while, or it will be harder to get the Quartz for himself when the time is right.

Later, Cyclonus coordinates with Soundwave's information and determines three possible locations and tells Galvatron of this. He decides to search them one by one. Cyclonus wonders why they just go through the trouble of finding the Quartz. Galvatron tells him that if the truth was told, Megatron would try to take the Quartz for himself and might be able to defeat Unicron, thus erasing Galvatron, Scourge, and Cyclonus from existence. With that, they leave to tell Megatron of the possible locations. Unfortunately, Starscream overheard the entire conversation. As he suspected, the future Decepticons are up to no good. However, he decides to keep it a secret, as he will get the Quartz for himself!

The first location is the Lazalt Ruins. Starscream suspects that looters probably stole it years ago, even if it was here. However, Cyclonus notes that they were recently discovered. The structures are thought to be built by intelligent life forms from another planet. There are also rumors that local archaeologists unearthed an unknown crystal known as the "Gem of Mystery". It is a high possibility that it is the Zel Quartz. Confirmation of what Cyclonus says are recent human research. Megatron saw it very familiar to items found in the [[Andes Mountains]] in [[South America]]. It would not surprise him if such a thing also exists here. The Autobots, however, anticipated them and posted guards. Galvatron suggests a good team, but Megatron notes that this is ''his'' era and Galvatron will not give orders. They have a little argument about the team selection until Soundwave and Cyclonus are selected.

==Characters==
Below is a list of some of the characters that appear in the game:

[[Image:Doublecross mb.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Doublecross as seen in the Video game.]]
[[Image:Ps2tatakai full-tilt.jpg|right|154px|thumb|I failed to transform in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|TV show]]]]
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]*
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Doublecross]]
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*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]*
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]*
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]*
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
*[[Octane]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Weirdwolf]]
*[[Skullcruncher]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Dark Hot Rod]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Sixshot]]*
*[[Full-Tilt]]
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'''Autobots'''
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* [[Raiden]]
* [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
* [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]
* [[Kaen]]
* [[Shōki]]
* [[Suiken]]
* [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
* [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
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'''Decepticons'''
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnell]] {{sic}}
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
*[[Triggerhappy]]
*[[Misfire|Missfire]] {{sic}}
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Flywheels]]
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* The characters with multiple alternate modes (such as [[Sixshot]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s) are presented as multiple characters, each having different alternate modes.
* Not all characters are unlocked when you beat a storyline for the first time. This encourages the player to go back and try again to get the rest. There are also some changes made to the story after beating it the first time.

==Notes==
* Those who pre-ordered this game received a special "Matrix Disc" DVD containing all the Japanese [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] toy [[commercial]]s up to [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]].
* For all its flaws, this game comes with a whole lotta fanwank. Besides the sheer number of characters, both Autobots and Decepticons occasionally reference episodes of the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]].
** Considering the possibility that the Autobots were developing a new weapon, Megatron was initially dismissive, but recalled the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] and [[Solar Power Tower]] from the episodes "[[The Immobilizer]]" and "[[The Master Builders]]" as proof it was not out of the Autobots' capabilities.
** When learning they will have to battle the other faction at the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]], which generates energy through dams, Jazz and Megatron remarked it was just like when they woke up on Earth. They referred, of course, to the battle at [[Sherman Dam]] in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".
** Jazz claimed he surfed a giant tidal wave back when Cybertron came really close to the Earth, recalling the events in the episode "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]".
** Obviously, the Transformers who travel back from the future make numerous references to the events that transpired during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
** The Quintessons are said to have created the means for the future Transformers to reach the past, which would seem based on their creation of the [[Time Window]] in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
** Upon hearing that Rodimus Prime, Arcee and Kup are from the future, Optimus Prime talked about Spike traveling back in time when he entered old ruins and a time machine on Cybertron that saved his life. These are references to the episodes "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" wherein [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] traveled through time by means of the [[Dragon Mound]], and "[[War Dawn]]" wherein the [[Kronosphere]] brought the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to the past where they saved Optimus's previous persona Orion Pax.
** Wishing to illustrate he could take care of himself, Kup began recalling a story of when he and some others went to [[Floron III]] and encountered a horde of [[Morphobot|mech eatin' plants]]. This story deals with concepts introduced in the episode "[[Quest for Survival]]", but not events that actually happened in the cartoon.
** Considering the story of the Gem of Mystery, a stone of great power that lied within a recently discovered jungle temple, Megatron was reminded of the [[Crystal of Power]] which he had found within a temple on Earth in "[[Fire on the Mountain]]".
** During Wheeljack and Kup's talk of the old days, they talked about a battle against a giant black Decepticon{{fact|Who?}} and the beauty of [[Crystal City]]. Crystal City appeared in "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
** While sort of flirting with Arcee, Optimus Prime thought back on [[Elita One]], that he hadn't seen her in a long time and that he missed her. Elita One is Optimus Prime's life partner who appeared in the episodes "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]" and "[[War Dawn]]".
** At one point, Cyclonus noticed that Galvatron had been acting a lot saner ever since coming to Zel Samine and wondered if it was due to Paradius's radiation. It made him think back on times he had visited other places to 'cure' Galvatron, including the planet [[Torkulon]] which they visited in "[[Webworld]]".
** At another point, Cyclonus was able to restrain his temper against Starscream's insult by telling himself he would "turn into a pathetic ghost eventually," as per the events of "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" and "[[Ghost in the Machine]]".
** Soundwave compared the abilities of the Zel Quartz to the [[Heart of Cybertron]], the gem that powered the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and was temporarily retrieved in "[[Microbots]]".

==External links==
*[http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/takara/gameinfo/charactor/transformer.html ''The Transformers'' game page at Atlus.co.jp]
*[http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Sesq0 Gameplay videos on YouTube]
*Video game site [http://ign.com ''IGN''] did a [http://ps2.ign.com/articles/520/520165p1.html humorous comparison] between the Atlus-developed Generation 1 game and the later [[Melbourne House]]-developed [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' game]] as a "battle between Japan and Australia". Australia won.
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/917923/27448 GameFAQs' overview of the game]
* [http://pastebin.com/VaTnpAU2 A messy rip of in-game text and dialog from the game]

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Sixshot (G1)

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:''Sixshot is a [[Decepticon]] [[Six Changer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:SixshotBoxArt.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Determined to make bad where his [[Quickswitch|Autobot son]] went good, Sixshot joins the Decepticons!]]

Few Decepticons are as feared as '''Sixshot''', either by the Autobots or by their own comrades. As the first Transformer [[Six Changer]], able to assume six different modes, he is officially designated as a "Solo Transformer Assault Group" (or "S.T.A.G."), but is more colloquially known among those who know and fear him as a "one-robot army". Sixshot's destructive ability is the stuff of legend, a gleeful murderousness that is matched only in ferocity by the intensity with which he sets to the bloody tasks given him. He is not to be mistaken for a mindless weapon, however—he is fiercely intelligent, and not without honor of a warped sort. He grants due respect to any opponent he deems worthy, and always speaks well of them after he has inevitably dispatched them to, as he puts it, "the great junkyard in the sky". These attitudes are reflective of Sixshot's understanding of the inevitable end that waits for a warrior such as he, and the hope that when his own end eventually arrives he will be remembered in the same way. But that end will be long in coming, for although Sixshot believes that life is only worth living for as long as there are opponents who can challenge him, his mantra does not preclude his own allegiance changing in order to make new enemies and challenges where none existed before.

{{bigquote|He kills. He destroys. He eradicates. He doesn't negotiate!|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] sums up Sixshot|[[Devastation issue 5|''Devastation'' #5]]}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Neil Ross]] (English), [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] (Japanese), [[Bernd Simon]] (German)

[[Image:Rebirth1 CyclonusSixshot.jpg|left|thumb|]]

Sixshot was among the Decepticons who stormed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to seize control of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. When the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] barred the villains' way, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] called upon Sixshot to take them on, and he proceeded to effortlessly use each of his five alternate modes to down the five individual members of the team. In order, he shot down [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] while in tank mode, transformed to beast mode and flew up to destroy [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], landed and transformed to armored car mode to shoot down [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], transformed to jet mode to shoot [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and finally transformed into his gun mode which [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] used to shoot down [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Converting back to robot mode to survey his handiwork, Sixshot mirthfully dismissed the brief battle as being "like shooting [[cyber-duck]]s in a barrel." {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}
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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''The Battle of the Star Gate''====
[[Image:SGBattles4 sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|Just like a ninja, popping up where you don't expect him!]]
Sixshot was part of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s forces when he confronted two treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]s on the [[Trigger]]. When the [[Autobot]]s arrived, the Decepticons battled them, till the Starscream of the future interrupted the battle by merging with the Trigger. In the ensuing conflict, the Trigger was destroyed and the Transformers were sent falling to the [[Earth]], becoming lost. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
[[Image:SixshotGreatTransformersWar03.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

In the year 2011, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] made plans for an all-out assault on the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. These plans, however, required that the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] successfully escape from planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] and reach [[Chaar]]. With the Decepticon Headmasters being tailed by the Autobot Headmasters, Galvatron dispatched Sixshot to ensure that his newest recruits escape their pursuers. Arriving just in time, Sixshot easily defeated the Autobot Headmasters, then angrily ordered the Decepticon Headmasters to head for Chaar so they could participate in the assault on Cybertron. His mission successful, Sixshot left the defeated Autobots to lick their wounds. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michihiro Ikemizu|Michihiro Ikemizu]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Sixshot abel.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Sixshot, a member of the [[Six Clan]], had a long, bloody history of being a scoundrel and a killer. Millions of years prior to his becoming Decepticon [[City Commander]], Sixshot traveled to the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] and tried to rip off a mining operation. One of the miners, [[Abel]], stood up to him and Sixshot brutally murdered him. Abel happened to be a good friend of [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s, however, this was before he underwent the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster process]] and he was too weak to stop Sixshot. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[Image:Sixshot first app.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]

He debuted in 2011 with the function of "[[Trypticon (G1)|Decepticon City]] Ninja Commander".<ref>Infamously translated as "Ninja Consultant" in the [[Omni Productions|Omni Productions dub]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6jE-_AfZqc Ninja Consultant!! at Youtube.com]</ref> In this respect, he was something of an arch-enemy to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. They had their first encounter when Sixshot led [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s against the Autobots on Earth, trying to prevent reinforcements from reaching Cybertron. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Sixshot was immensely powerful and soon usurped [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] as Galvatron's bestest fwend. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} He personally guided Trypticon into battle on Earth in order to test Galvatron's [[Madmachine]] on Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Sixshot and Galvatron came up with a plan to steal energy from the six major nations on Earth. Using his until-then hidden ability to assume six different modes, combined with his ninja shadow powers, Sixshot would pose as a group of robots extorting energy from Earth, throwing the Autobots off-balance as he would not appear to be associated with the Decepticons. In his various modes, Sixshot made several terrorist strikes on the countries he was blackmailing. He made two vital mistakes, though: one, by not telling Scourge and Cyclonus about the plan, they recruited Trypticon to keep this "mystery robot" from muscling in on Decepticon turf. And two, he attacked Japan. Nobody attacks Japan on the [[Trainbot]]s' watch. Sixshot was swarmed with enemies in Japan, first the combiner [[Raiden]], then the misguided Decepticons leading Trypticon into the fray, and finally Chromedome and the Headmasters, who had finally recognized him as the evil ninja from Master millions of years before. All the ninja tricks in the world couldn't get Sixshot out of THAT ruckus unscathed. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[Image:Sixshot Scorponok.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Later, when Galvatron stormed Cybertron to capture the super-metal known as [[Cybertonuron]], Sixshot happened to let it slip to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] that Galvatron said he wouldn't need the Headmaster anymore once the Cybertonuron was his. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Coincidentally enough, Galvatron vanished in a huge explosion just hours later, and Scorponok assumed command of the Decepticons. He declared his new position before Sixshot, Soundblaster and the others, and began hatching evil schemes of his own. As Scorponok sent the Headmasters and Triple Changers to capture the energy-absorbing satellite [[Sol 1]], Sixshot occupied the Autobots on Earth so that they couldn't interfere. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Sixshot also coordinated Scorponok's scheme to distract the Autobots with a volcanic eruption in Peru. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

In order to keep the Autobots from interfering with Scorponok's plans on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Sixshot and Trypticon intercepted them as they left Autobot City. Sixshot used his six modes to keep the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s distracted and off-balance. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Later, he left for Chaar to attend the debut ceremony of MegaZarak, Scorponok's massive new [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} When a mysterious UFO appeared on Earth, Sixshot was swallowed up inside its luminescent form right before Soundblaster's optics. He reappeared with the UFO on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in the midst of a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, when it was revealed that the UFO was a starcruiser piloted by the returning Decepticon emperor, Galvatron. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

After learning the Autobots were going to stockpile large quantities of energon and send it to the needy planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Galvatron had Sixshot coordinate a raid on the relief mission. Sixshot and his leader joined the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s and [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s (and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) for an attack on the Trainbots before they could take off with the energon. The battle between the two forces stalemated, as the Decepticons failed to capture the energon, but also prevented the Trainbots from successfully fleeing with it. After shooting down the trains, Sixshot fought their Light-Speed Commander, [[Shōki]]. The stalemate eventually ended when the Autobots pulled back and sent the energon from their second base on [[Athenia]] instead. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[Image:Hm18 negotiating with galvatron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|You were right about one thing, Motormaster. The negotiators ''were'' short.]]

Sixshot was next seen using his ninja powers to disguise himself as Galvatron for a meeting with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. While "Galvatron" pretended to entertain the notion of a joint energy generating project with the Autobots, the real Galvatron gathered his forces to strike out at energy sources elsewhere in the universe. The Autobot double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] reported on the ruse to his superiors, and Sixshot was revealed. As he led the Decepticons on Earth in a retreat, Sixshot blew up the Space Bridge ring as they were departing, preventing Autobot pursuit. Furthermore, because the Space Bridge nexus was already destabilized after the destruction of Mars, the Space Bridges on Athenia and Cybertron were also destroyed thanks to Sixshot's attack. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

[[Image:Sixshot attacking.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

As the Decepticons flew out into deep space to raid new sources of energy, Sixshot clearly distinguished himself as Galvatron's right-hand man. On [[Hive (planet)|Hive]], Galvatron only took Sixshot and the [[Horrorcon]]s with him to force the entire planet to surrender to the Decepticon cause. They fought their way to the palace and its energy stockpile, but were blocked at the five yard line by Chromedome and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} On their next stop, the Decepticons attacked Sperity, the more developed of the [[Twin Star]] planets. Galvatron sent Sixshot and Soundblaster to uncover as much energon as they could, but the supply was drastically short. They could barely scrape together enough cubes to fill a room. The Decepticons learned too late that all of Sperity's people and energon had been diverted to the sister planet, Toruin. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} When the Decepticons came to [[Daros]] to stock up on "goodwill" energon from their ally, the corrupt governor, Galvatron sent out Sixshot and the Horrorcons to stall Fortress's men so that their refueling could be completed. Sixshot successfully kept the Autobot Headmasters occupied long enough for Scorponok to fill up. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} Next, on [[Paradise]], Sixshot was sent to occupy the Autobots alone while the other Decepticons gathered energy. He waged a solo Transformer assault (group) on the Battleship Maximus, challenging Fortress's massive vessel. Its weapon systems were inoperative at the time, but hey, it ''looked'' impressive. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} The Decepticon mission continued at full pace, and they succeeded in accumulating energon on roughly half of the thirteen worlds they visited. Finally, on the [[Pirate Planet]], Sixshot welcomed their new allies, the [[Clone (subgroup)|Decepticon Clones]]. The Clones and Sixshot aided Galvatron in the search for hidden proton energy on the planet before finally starting their return journey back to Chaar. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

[[Image:Sixshot modes.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I've got nothing to lose and I've got nothing to prove, so I'll be dancing with myself.]]

Back in our galaxy, Sixshot aided Galvatron in carrying forward his ultimate plan. Sixshot cautioned his leader that Scorponok would not sit idly by while Galvatron made himself all-powerful, but Galvatron dismissed the threat of Scorponok as ultimately insignificant. As the final prepations were being made, Sixshot led an army of Horrorcons, [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s in an assault on Earth. Once the Autobot energy facility in [[Miami]] was under siege, Sixshot returned to Autobot City with Trypticon to attack Ultra Magnus while his troops were scattered dealing with other threats. Sixshot and Ultra Magnus fought in personal combat, as Sixshot made full use of his Six-Changer and ninja multiplication powers. After a tireless barrage, Sixshot unveiled his hidden seventh mode, the '''Wingwolf''', possesssing the power of all his separate modes combined. The Wingwolf's assault was too much for Ultra Magnus, and he succumbed to his wounds. The enraged Autobot Headmasters arrived just in time to witness his fall, and they turned their anger on Sixshot, driving him from the murder scene. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

[[Image:Sixshot grand galvatron.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Flush with victory, Sixshot continued the war on Earth, unleashing [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and the Horrorcons to attack five different locations at once, stretching the Autobot forces to the breaking point. He also uncovered the secret location of Scorponok, who had gone AWOL earlier during the siege of Earth. Reporting back to his commander on Chaar, Sixshot informed Galvatron of his findings. During this meeting, Galvatron unveiled his full plan for the stockpiled energon—he wanted to become another [[Unicron]], incorporating Earth itself into his body to become the planet-sized [[Grand Galvatron]]. To do so, he would require..."donations" from the finest of Transformer warriors, using them as spare parts to assemble his massive new frame with the best transforming parts available. Galvatron informed Sixshot that his own impressive transforming powers would mark him as the first warrior Galvatron would honor by disassembling.

Less than thrilled with the idea of being scrapped for Galvatron's insane ambitions, Sixshot reported to Scorponok and forged an alliance with the Headmaster leader in order to hold off his grisly fate. When Galvatron came upon them, Sixshot and Scorponok faked a scuffle until the Autobots arrived on the scene as well. Sixshot was caught up in battle with Metroplex, who was seeking revenge for the death of Ultra Magnus. Fortunately for Sixshot, the Autobot Headmasters united against Galvatron and left him buried deep beneath the icefields of Alaska. Although Sixshot and Scorponok were forced to flee, Sixshot no longer had to worry about being incorporated into the "Grand Galvatron". {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

Sixshot devoted himself to the new leader, Scorponok, and continued his efforts to upset the Autobot activity on Earth. He and Trypticon staged another attack on Autobot City, injuring Spike Witwicky in the process. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} Scorponok was soon driven off Earth after the Autobots discovered the weak point on his MegaZarak Transtector, and so the Decepticons' new target was the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. When six robots escaped Master in an attempt to warn the Autobots, Sixshot pursued them along with [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], [[Misfire]] and [[Triggerhappy]]. They came across the Battleship Maximus in space, and Sixshot engaged the Autobot Headmasters in warfare, using his multiplication power to confuse them. Chromedome and his allies managed to hold their own, however, and the fighting continued until a massive explosion of plasma energy rocked the area. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

[[Image:Sixshot kidnap.jpg|thumb|left|225px]]

In the aftermath, Sixshot found Slugslinger and his men had been fused to the Master refugees in the plasma explosion. He brought them back to Master to recuperate, and these new [[Targetmaster]]s joined Scorponok's forces for the invasion. The Decepticons were forced to modify their plans once the Battleship Maximus arrived in defense of Master. At Scorponok's command, Sixshot used his ninja powers to cast an illusion disguising him as Chromedome. He used his disguise to get close to Chromedome's friend [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]] and kidnap him so that the Decepticons could learn about the [[Master Sword]] and the Headmasters' weaknesses. Sixshot tortured the poor scientist vigorously, but even [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnotic powers could not compel Jack to reveal what he didn't know. With his usefulness at an end, Sixshot concocted a cruel plan for using their prisoner against the Autobots. Jack was turned into a suicide bomber, implanted with a powerful explosive and hypnotically compelled to return to the Battleship Maximus and detonate. Chromedome was forced to shoot down his own friend in order to protect the others. Enraged over the deaths of Jack, Abel, and Ultra Magnus, Chromedome launched a furious assault on Sixshot with his fellow Headmasters. Sixshot's arms were blasted completely off his body in the fight, and he was forced to flee before the vengeful Autobot finished him off. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[Image:MasterSwordDanger Floppydisk.jpg|thumb|right|225px]]

In order to uncover the secret of the Master Sword, Sixshot had the young Autobot named Wheelie kidnapped and dangled above a pit of acid. He demanded that Fortress reveal the secrets within three hours or else Wheelie would die. Chromedome and Danny Witwicky managed to rescue Wheelie from the Decepticons, but Sixshot and his allies were able to steal the data they wanted from Fortress anyway. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} As Scorponok continued construction on his new super weapon, Sixshot led a group of Decepticons to distract Fortress Maximus, keeping him busy elsewhere while the final stages were being completed. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Eventually, the [[Zarak Shield]] was completed, and the Decepticons rose up from beneath the city center in a massive battle. Sixshot fought against Fortress's warriors and the junior soldiers Chromedome had been training. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

[[Image:Sixshot Daniel Daira.jpg|thumb|left|225px|So, uh...how about that Internet? Lotta stuff on that Internet...]]

As the Decepticons made their way back towards Earth, Scorponok recklessly carried the scorpion through an asteroid field against Sixshot's warnings, causing damage to the ship. After Sixshot pointed out his lord's error, Scorponok ordered him out of the ship to attack the pursuing Battleship Maximus alone. During the battle, one of the Autobots' main cannons was jettisoned, and both it and Sixshot were swept up in a space vortex, depositing them on the planet [[Daira]] far from the battle. After reviving, Sixshot discovered Danny Witwicky had been inside the turret when it was launched. Although the boy was initially frightened, Sixshot assured Danny it was beneath him to make war on small children. As the two began to separate, a group of rock-creatures rose from the ground to attack. Sixshot defended both himself and Danny, and the two formed a cautious alliance. "Uncle" Sixshot kept Danny alive on Daira until the Autobot Headmasters arrived to rescue him. Chromedome was spoiling for a fight, but Danny insisted they leave Sixhsot alone. {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

[[Image:Sixshot Juno.jpg|thumb|right|225px]]

Despite being abandoned on the field of battle, Sixshot returned to the Decepticons and presented himself before Lord Scorponok once again for service. Scorponok's ship was still in need of repairs, and so Sixshot prepared a distraction—he challenged Chromedome to single combat on [[Juno]]. He hoped that destroying Chromedome would cripple the Headmasters' effectiveness and keep all of the Autobots busy until the scorpion could be repaired. Hours later, the duel began, and both combatants fought furiously until Danny arrived, throwing himself between them. While Sixshot denied Danny's pleas to their friendship, he also could not bring himself to shoot the boy in order to get to Chromedome. The stalemate ended abruptly with a massive explosion: Scorponok had laid a series of bombs around Juno in the hopes of eliminated both Sixshot and the Autobots. With Danny in danger, Sixshot declared the duel over. He charged Chromedome with getting the boy to safety, and saved Danny from falling into a ravine just before seemingly being consumed by a blast of lava himself. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

[[Image:sixshot bye.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Sixshot survived the blast, and made his way to Earth by clinging to the outside of the Battleship Maximus as it returned. By this point, Sixshot had deemed Scorponok his enemy, and was searching for a way to even their score. With his falling out with Scorponok not common knowledge, he made contact with Bruticus and the Decepticon Clones to gather information about Scorponok's current plans, and their upcoming rendez-vous at the North Pole. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} After a battle with the Autobots in Egypt, Sixshot secretly followed Scorponok back to the underwater entrance to [[Lemuria (G1)|Lemuria]]. Seeing Sixshot, Scorponok once again tried to pretend he was overjoyed by the Ninja Commander's return. Sixshot played along long enough to learn about Scorponok's plans for the [[crysmagnetal]], and then attempted to depart. A suspicious Scorponok refused to allow him to leave and fired upon Sixshot, but only succeeded in hitting one of the ninja's holographic doubles. While at the North Pole, Sixshot intervened twice in the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, saving Danny from [[Battletrap]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. In the end, he swore not to return to the Decepticons, and bade Danny farewell. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''The Headmasters'' comic====
For the sake of proving how insanely ''evil'' he was, Sixshot one day just decided to up and steal a capsule of emergency food rations from a spaceship. The Autobot Headmasters and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] attempted to stop him, but they were no match for the ninja, who vanished in a cloud of smoke.

Applauding himself as the "Devil King of Space", Sixshot then swooped down to a nearby planet to relax. Basking in the beauty of nature, Sixshot decided to share his pic-a-nic basket with all the cute and cuddly forest creatures romping and playing on and around him. Suddenly, Daniel popped up behind him, noting that he was nothing more than a big ol' softy. As it turned out, Daniel had latched onto Sixshot as he was making his escape from the Headmasters. Daniel asked Sixshot to join the Autobots since he was actually just a total poser, but Sixshot explained that he owed a ninja debt of ninja loyalty to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and could do no such thing.

Then Daniel got shot in the arm. As the boy recovered, Sixshot recognized the group of gun-toting rednecks as [[Space Hunter]]s. Not about to let them kill all the cute animals (and Daniel), Sixshot transformed to all six of his modes, defeating the Hunters, and then to his Wingwolf mode just for the sake of overkill. With the Space Hunters fleeing, Sixshot saw to dressing Daniel's wound and then, with a speech about power, honor and loyalty (and after sending an SOS to [[Athenia]] to get Daniel a ride home), he zoomed off into space. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 4|The Headmasters #4}}

After the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]], when all the other Decepticons were driven from the planet, Sixshot chose to blaze a new path in his life. Sixshot's next goal was to travel the galaxy and become the greatest warrior in the Universe, learning new transformations from various creatures. His first task was to stay on [[Earth]] and learn how to transform into a human being. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

====''Super-God Masterforce Master File''====
Sixshot alerted the Autobots on [[Athenia]] about the existence of [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Sixshotg1marvel.jpg|left|100px|thumb|No slag, Sherlock.]]
Sixshot was one of the Decepticons who followed [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to the planet [[Nebulos]]. He acted as an air transport to an unidentifiable Decepticon. Upon greeting Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]'s faction of Nebulans, he noted, "Strange creatures await us." Maybe they were ''too'' strange because he was never seen again. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[Image:TFin3Dno3 sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|125px]]
While [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] was off looking for some new [[Energon]] source, Sixshot gathered volunteers for an unspecified mission to make [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s life interesting. He managed to rustle up [[Pounce]], [[Wingspan]], and [[Flywheels]]. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Sixshot took part in an attack on [[Tau-Ursa]], allowing Galvatron to pick up the last component needed for his [[Nullification Cannon]]. As a result of the attack, the Decepticons leveled the entire city. They then headed for Cybertron, where Sixshot led a group in creating a diversion. He took great delight in baiting [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], promising that he would reveal his other three alternate modes to the Autobot someday. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] realised that the diversion was to cover Galvatron's attack on the Energon plant, Sixshot's team retreated, their job done. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Sixshotg1dw.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Strange heads await us."]]

Once the [[Triple Changer]]s turned out to be a success, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] sought to create an even more impressive warrior that could transform into an unprecedented six modes. Shortly after finishing with the being he named Sixshot, Shockwave berated Blitzwing for acting out of rank, in response to which Astrotrain later suggested that Blitzwing (the first triple Changer) no longer was Shockwave's favourite. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Shockwave's short rule was ended by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] before his project could be unveiled, and so apparently passed under Megatron's radar. While Megatron had moved his attentions to [[Earth]], Sixshot was seen examining the remains of Blitzwing at the deserted site of Shockwave's former base. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{Note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] went out of business before Sixshot could be properly revealed. Earlier in the series, [[Octane]] is shown piloting a land vehicle that is clearly Sixshot's tank mode, which is later jacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. This vehicle never transforms or shows any signs of sentience, so whether or not it is '''actually''' Sixshot is debatable. [[James McDonough]] later noted in an interview that it was not some random [[easter egg]], and that its inclusion was deliberate foreshadowing of the future of Shockwave's experiments in multiple transformations.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers''===
[[Image:ArtofWar3_OmegaSupreme_Sixshot_Astrotrain.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
After [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] took control of the Decepticons, Sixshot led [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] in an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Sixshot targeted [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], only for the Autobot to jump onto his plane mode and steer him into crashing into [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]'s face. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers2-teleconference.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Sixshot, pre-angst.]]
Before the war, Sixshot attended a rally held by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] as the Decepticon movement was gathering speed. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} When the planet subsequently plunged into all-out warfare, Sixshot distinguished himself as one of the single-most powerful Decepticons, with armature composed of metals drawn from core of a black hole and a power core comprising a "self-regenerating dark matter fission cell" making him an untiring, unrelenting force of utter destruction. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} At some point, he underwent the same [[ununtrium]] coating process already applied to [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and [[Heretech]], and thus became one of the [[Warriors Elite]]. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] spoke out in fear of the power Sixshot commanded, but Megatron was not foolish, having had the six-changer fitted with a secret "off switch" that could shut him down if need be. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} Sixshot once commanded a [[Worldsweeper]] during the war. {{storylink| Rules of Disengagement}}

[[Image:IDW Spotlight Sixshotshootsstuff.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Sixshot is so powerful, he defies all laws of perspective.]]

As the war moved from Cybertron to other worlds, Megatron developed a multi-phase [[infiltration protocol]] for invading and conquering other worlds. Selected to be one of three "[[phase sixer]]s" deployed in the final stage of the protocol to bring utter devastation to any chosen worlds, Sixshot was informed of this fact in a teleconference with Megatron and his other two choices, [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], the latter proving far less enthusiastic than Sixshot and Black Shadow about their appointment. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

Over time, Sixshot's lethal nature and the sheer horror of his job resulted in his being ostracized by his fellow Decepticons, leaving only the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]—a troops of Decepticon warriors who looked up to Sixshot and aspired to be a powerful as he—as the closest he could consider to friends. Although not the most ''social'' of warriors, Sixshot did miss the camaraderie of battle, and eventually became tired of his role, losing the glee he used to have and becoming bored with it all.

[[Image:sixshot-devastation1a.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Trying to warn his boss that setting off this chain of events will only lead to ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''.]]

When the Terrorcons disappeared during a mission to the planet [[Mumu-Obscura]], Sixshot set out to rescue his "friends". Discovering that they were in the clutches of a group of destructive aliens known as the [[Reaper]]s, who had razed Mumu-Obscura of all life, Sixshot was offered a proposition by their leader [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]]: defeat the Reapers in battle, and the Terrorcons would live. Sixshot fought valiantly, but the Reapers proved to just be toying with him, and the battle concluded when Deathbringer revealed that the entire fight had been a test of Sixshot's power—the Reapers wanted the Decepticon to join them. Although tempted by the offer of a ''cause'' to fight for instead of the degrading, dull destruction of his job, Sixshot found that he could not pass Deathbringer's final test—to kill the Terrorcons himself—and Deathbringer allowed the Decepticons to all leave alive in the hope that when they crossed paths with Sixshot again, he would be ready. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

[[Image:sixshot-devastation3d.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Think the insurance company will cover those?]]

Sixshot was soon summoned to the planet Earth by Megatron after the Decepticon leader was bested in battle there by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}} As Earth was presently only in phase two of infiltration protocol, Sixshot was as confused by his early deployment as the other Decepticons were worried by it, but chose not to press the issue with the furious Megatron. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} Ordered to hunt down and destroy Optimus Prime's unit, Sixshot followed location co-ordinates relayed by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and intercepted the Autobots' ''[[Ark-19]]'', blowing it out of the sky with a single shot. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}} The craft crashed into the [[Gulf of Mexico]], and believing all aboard destroyed, Sixshot then turned his attention to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]], and [[Jimmy Pink]], who had ejected in an escape pod as the ship went down. Ratchet and his human allies got a head start when Sixshot was briefly distracted by some human fighter jets that he effortlessly destroyed, but the Decepticon soon tracked them to an ambulance pool in [[Pensacola]]. Unhindered by the local rules of engagement, Sixshot began destroying all the ambulances (in the process making himself the first Transformer witnessed by humanity at large), forcing Ratchet to reveal himself rather than cause human casualties.

[[Image:sixshot-devastation3e.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Some moron brought a cougar to a party and it went berserk.]]

The chase continued with Sixshot in wolf mode, pursing Ratchet out of town and to the Gulf of Mexico's edge, where he was prevented from killing him by the emergence of the still-living crew of the ''Ark-19'' from the water {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} Shrugging off their attacks, Sixshot took on the seven-strong team of Autobots single-handedly, badly wounding [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and forcing all save Optimus Prime to escape via [[orbital jump]]. Sixshot found that the Autobot leader gave him a considerable run for his money, but he was forced to break off the fight when he was summoned back to Decepticon headquarters to deal with a more urgent threat: the Reapers had arrived on Earth! {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}}
[[Image:sixshot-devastation5c.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Speedlines accompany Sixshot wherever he goes.]]
Engaging the Reapers in battle in [[Oregon]], Sixshot was again offered a place in the group by Deathbringer, this time with the promise that he would die if he refused: if not at the Reapers' hands, then at the hands of his own maddening isolation. Sixshot's struggle was suddenly resolved by the appearance of Starscream from the Decepticon base, challenging Sixshot to a duel to the death. His decision made for him, Sixshot changed sides, at which point Starscream activated Sixshot's "off switch", a verbal command of "Reset: pi-orion-actual-orbit. Enable." Sixshot immediately shut down and crashed. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}}

Sixshot's body was recovered by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}} and brought to the [[Dead Universe]] scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who repaired him but implanted a device in his brain which placed him under Jhiaxus's control. Operational again, Sixshot was deployed to the fourth moon of [[Bhul]], there to guard one of the [[Nega-Core]]s the Dead Universe Transformers required for their [[Expansion]]. Any attempt to get to the Nega-Core would've involved a vicious battle that an attacking force would lose, {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} so the Autobots snuck in through the back instead. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[Image:Squashed Sixshot.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Dehn-dehn-'''''DEHHHHHHHHHHH!''''']]

Freed of Jhiaxus's control following the defeat of the Dead Universe crew, Sixshot traded the scientist's technology to Megatron in exchange for his freedom. At last unencumbered by the weight of his duty as a phase sixer and able to enthusiastically enjoy himself in his work again, Sixshot went on a snatch-and-grab mission to recover secret Autobot scientific research, sneaking into [[Orvus Base]] and killing most of the crew before they knew what hit them. The [[Throttlebot]]s were stationed there, however, and were able to escape with the data to the planet Orvus Base orbited, [[Salvvatan VIII]]. Sixshot pursued the small Autobots to a mysterious deserted city on the planet, where their fight triggered some unusual alarms, prompting a giant arm to emerge from the city and crush Sixshot. This failed to incapacitate the Decepticon, so the city—in actuality, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]—completed its transformation and stomped on Sixshot, successfully putting him out of commission, if only temporarily. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}
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===''United''===
[[Image:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Sometimes I'm a Phase Sixer, and sometimes I'm just this guy, y'know?]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster]]s and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Sixshot and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Sixshot and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:Sixshot commercial.jpg|right|thumb|400px]]
*Sixshot swooped into battle in jet mode, sending the Autobots scattering as Galvatron assured Cyclonus that the six-changer was a one-robot army and could stop all their opponents. As Galvatron listed his modes and Cyclonus counted them off, Sixshot careened into Kup, Blurr and Wheelie with his car mode, opened fire in his tank mode, mauled Rodimus Prime in wolf mode and allowed Galvatron to fire him at the Autobot leader in gun mode before transforming into his robot form and declaring himself to all and sundry.
*Sixshot's son [[Quickswitch]] would later join the Autobots, determined not to go down the same evil path his father had.
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==Games==
===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
[[Image:HMvg sixshot.jpg|left|thumb]]
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Sixshot and Trypticon attacked the planet Earth. They were defeated and all the prisoners were rescued by Chromedome and the other freed Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[Image:TFPS2 sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Laity]]

===Autobot Story===
Sixshot was among the large Decepticon force who engaged the Autobots on the planet [[Zel Samine]] while both sides were searching for the fabled [[Zel Quartz]]. The six-changer ambushed a team of Autobots led by Optimus Prime in the [[Atalstan gem mine]], attempting to spook them by professing to have magical talents, and claiming that his body held more than one soul, before using his ninja powers to "verify" his claims by creating three duplicates of himself. Prime dismissed the display as an illusion, but despite his disbelief the clones were still able to join their robot-mode other self in battle in tank and wolf modes. Despite all his fancy tricks, Sixshot was defeated and fled in his car mode, swearing revenge. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Sixshot toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"No, I don't have a [[Megatron (G1)/toys|trigger between]] [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|my legs]]. Now will you buy me?"]]
*'''Sixshot''' (1987, 2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-98'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

:Unprecedented in his time, Sixshot transforms into six distinct modes: robot, tank, spaceship, laser gun, off-road vehicle, and winged wolf. Each mode features its own dedicated parts, including a springing trigger for his gun mode, though Sixshot is a complete [[Brick (term)|brick]], with articulation only in his shoulders. Evidently not thinking that six was enough, the production staff of the ''Headmasters'' animated series even created an absurd seventh mode—called "Wingwolf"— by fiddling around with the toy, placing it in a mid-transformation form that combines various portions of its different modes in one.

:Highlighting his landmark number of modes, Sixshot's instructions were sealed by a sticker, challenging the owner to figure out all the toy's modes without help. While not too hard with the packaging photos to help, the photos on the back of the box and the instructions themselves actually managed to get the car mode wrong, neglecting to include the additional rotation of the arms necessary to complete it. There is also a pair of extra holes inside Sixshot's legs into which his hypersonic concussion blasters can fit—presumably, this was the intended location for the weapons in gun mode, but the instructions and photos place them on the outside of the legs, in the same position as tank mode, which in turn was how the gun mode appeared in Sixshot's character models for his fictional appearances.

: Sixshot was not released in the UK, although Quickswitch would see a release the following year. The toy was later [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] in Japan in 2002 without changes, in a reproduction of his original packaging.

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Greatshot]], which was later used as the basis for the non-''Transformers'' series character '''Shadowmaru''' (see Notes).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Sixshot/sixshot.htm More information on Sixshot at TFU.info]
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[[Image:G1toy lucky draw sixshots.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot Stealth Mode''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2002)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

: When Sixshot was reissued, this special clear-colorless-plastic version of the toy, representing the character while invisible, as he was wont to be throughout ''The Headmasters'', was the prize in a contest held in the April 2002 issue of ''[[Hyper Hobby Magazine]]'' in Japan. Only 10 clear Sixshot Stealth Modes were awarded, making it one of the rarest Transformers toys in existence.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/clear+sixshot/1225/clear+sixshot.html More information on Sixshot Stealth Mode at LuckyDrawTransformers.com]''

*'''Sixshot Shadow Mode''' ([[Lucky Draw figure]], 2002)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

:A second Lucky Draw version of Sixshot, this all-black version of the toy represents the ninja in his entirely black "shadow" mode from the ''Headmasters'' episode "[[Terror! The Six Shadows]]". Ten Shadow Mode Sixshots were first offered as contest prizes in the June 2002 issue of ''Hyper Hobby Magazine'', with a further ten being awarded through a second contest held in ''[[Figure King]]'' magazine later that summer.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/black+sixshot/1224/black+sixshot.html More information on Sixshot Shadow Mode at LuckyDrawTransformers.com]''
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[[Image:G1toy encore sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot''' (reissue, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

:Initially promoted—incorrectly, by all appearances—as part of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' series of reissues, this edition of Sixshot was eventually released not as part of that line, but through Hasbro Asia as a high-end Asian-market exclusive first available at the "[[wikipedia:Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong|Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong]]" convention in July 2012. Coming in grandiose embossed leather "book-box" packaging, this version of the figure comes with all his stickers now pre-applied, and features a chromed teal chest, metallic red paint on his robot and wolf mode eyes, metallic silver paint on his tank treads, and silver chrome on his weapons as well as on... er... those nipple-things on his chest. He also includes a metallic collector's coin, contained in a card wallet illustrated with a silhouetted version of a piece of stylized Sixshot art created by fan artist [http://blitz-wing.deviantart.com/art/SixShot-262922241 Blitz-Wing] and used without the artist's permission. Oo-er.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[Image:Caramel_sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of Sixshot was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Sixshot's face and name on its underside.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[Image:TFGum_sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Hypersonic Concussion Blasters
:A snap-together model kit of Sixshot was released as part of the seventh wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s. Retaining the ability to transform into all six of his modes and even his "Wingwolf" form with only minimal simplification and omissions from his larger toy (for instance, the removal of his tank mode cockpit) despite standing at only 3.5" tall, Sixshot was composed of blue, grey and white plastic. Lacking in paint applications, he came with stickers for detail, and a stick of chewing gum.
::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/g1-kabaya-cybertrons-441/sixshot-gum-3418/ More information on Transformers Gum Sixshot at TFW2005]''
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[image:PVCSixshot.jpg|right|thumb|Sixshort]]
*'''Sixshot''' (2001)
**''Accessories:'' Display base
: Sixshot was released as part of the ''Headmasters''-centric third act of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line of PVC figurines. Like all pieces in the wave, he was available both in standard full-color and all-clear, colorless versions, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures. Additionally, in two out of every case cases, the colored version of Sixshot came packaged with the right leg of the wave's collectable Fortress Maximus "build-a-figure."
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Destron/Sixshot/sixshot.htm More information on Super Collection Figure Sixshot at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:BraveShadowmaruKagerouModels.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Go ninjas, go ninjas, go! Shadowmaru is on the left.]]
* Sixshot's appearance in "The Rebirth" is an extreme case of [[To sell toys|marketing influencing the fiction]], as he shows off his [[Six Changer|six modes]] and how cool and badass he is in the space of approximately forty seconds. Sadly, he was not seen again in any of the three parts, not even in the background, and only had one spoken line.
* According to a profile published in ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'', Sixshot owns the [[Matrix of Evil]] in Japanese Generation 1 continuity. What that ''is'' or what it does, we couldn't tell you, as this is the only place it's ever mentioned.
* The Sixshot (or, more accurately, Greatshot) mold was later retooled to make the heroic "Ninja Detective" '''[http://youtu.be/ZLYgYX7IxLA Shadowmaru]''' for Takara's ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]] Police J-Decker'' toyline. Amusingly, while the other 5 forms are of standard size for the series (assuming 5 meters in robot mode), his size for gun mode [http://youtu.be/9tRBr-FZZ0k was increased] to the point that, in ''Transformers'' terms, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] could use him for an oversized rifle. Shadowmaru also had a prototype "brother", '''Kagerō''', who could only change into three forms. He was not produced as a toy. [http://tfbaka.de-blog.jp/1dai/2010/02/post_66c9.html More on Shadowmaru at TF Baka-Ichidai.]
* Sixshot changes sizes often in IDW's Devastation mini-series. Sometimes he is shown being the size of a normal Transformer, but other times he is depicted as being about the size of a gestalt.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sixshot''' (シックスショット ''Sikkusu Shotto'')
*''French:'' '''Hexabot''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hatlövet'''
*''Italian:'' '''Iperbot''', '''Hyperbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shot''' (Taiwan, 夏特 ''Hsià Tè''), '''Sisha''' (Taiwan, 西夏 ''Hsī Hsià''), '''Liu Mian Shou''' (China, 六面獸, "Six-faced beast")
*''Russian:'' '''Shestizarjadnik''' (cartoon, Шестизарядник, "Sixcharge")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Shestystril''' (Шестистріл, "Sixshooter") (ICTV)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/586/58611_Sixshot_Profile1.jpg Page 1 and] [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/586/58612_Sixshot_Profile2.jpg 2 of Sixshot's MTMTE profile at Transformers-universe.com]

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Sixshot (G1)

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:''Sixshot is a [[Decepticon]] [[Six Changer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:SixshotBoxArt.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Determined to make bad where his [[Quickswitch|Autobot son]] went good, Sixshot joins the Decepticons!]]

Few Decepticons are as feared as '''Sixshot''', either by the Autobots or by their own comrades. As the first Transformer [[Six Changer]], able to assume six different modes, he is officially designated as a "Solo Transformer Assault Group" (or "S.T.A.G."), but is more colloquially known among those who know and fear him as a "one-robot army". Sixshot's destructive ability is the stuff of legend, a gleeful murderousness that is matched only in ferocity by the intensity with which he sets to the bloody tasks given him. He is not to be mistaken for a mindless weapon, however—he is fiercely intelligent, and not without honor of a warped sort. He grants due respect to any opponent he deems worthy, and always speaks well of them after he has inevitably dispatched them to, as he puts it, "the great junkyard in the sky". These attitudes are reflective of Sixshot's understanding of the inevitable end that waits for a warrior such as he, and the hope that when his own end eventually arrives he will be remembered in the same way. But that end will be long in coming, for although Sixshot believes that life is only worth living for as long as there are opponents who can challenge him, his mantra does not preclude his own allegiance changing in order to make new enemies and challenges where none existed before.

{{bigquote|He kills. He destroys. He eradicates. He doesn't negotiate!|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] sums up Sixshot|[[Devastation issue 5|''Devastation'' #5]]}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Neil Ross]] (English), [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] (Japanese), [[Bernd Simon]] (German)

[[Image:Rebirth1 CyclonusSixshot.jpg|left|thumb|]]

Sixshot was among the Decepticons who stormed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to seize control of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. When the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] barred the villains' way, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] called upon Sixshot to take them on, and he proceeded to effortlessly use each of his five alternate modes to down the five individual members of the team. In order, he shot down [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] while in tank mode, transformed to beast mode and flew up to destroy [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], landed and transformed to armored car mode to shoot down [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], transformed to jet mode to shoot [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and finally transformed into his gun mode which [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] used to shoot down [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. Converting back to robot mode to survey his handiwork, Sixshot mirthfully dismissed the brief battle as being "like shooting [[cyber-duck]]s in a barrel." {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}
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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''The Battle of the Star Gate''====
[[Image:SGBattles4 sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|Just like a ninja, popping up where you don't expect him!]]
Sixshot was part of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s forces when he confronted two treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]s on the [[Trigger]]. When the [[Autobot]]s arrived, the Decepticons battled them, till the Starscream of the future interrupted the battle by merging with the Trigger. In the ensuing conflict, the Trigger was destroyed and the Transformers were sent falling to the [[Earth]], becoming lost. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
[[Image:SixshotGreatTransformersWar03.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

In the year 2011, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] made plans for an all-out assault on the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. These plans, however, required that the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] successfully escape from planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] and reach [[Chaar]]. With the Decepticon Headmasters being tailed by the Autobot Headmasters, Galvatron dispatched Sixshot to ensure that his newest recruits escape their pursuers. Arriving just in time, Sixshot easily defeated the Autobot Headmasters, then angrily ordered the Decepticon Headmasters to head for Chaar so they could participate in the assault on Cybertron. His mission successful, Sixshot left the defeated Autobots to lick their wounds. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michihiro Ikemizu|Michihiro Ikemizu]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Sixshot abel.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Sixshot, a member of the [[Six Clan]], had a long, bloody history of being a scoundrel and a killer. Millions of years prior to his becoming Decepticon [[City Commander]], Sixshot traveled to the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] and tried to rip off a mining operation. One of the miners, [[Abel]], stood up to him and Sixshot brutally murdered him. Abel happened to be a good friend of [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s, however, this was before he underwent the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster process]] and he was too weak to stop Sixshot. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[Image:Sixshot first app.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]

He debuted in 2011 with the function of "[[Trypticon (G1)|Decepticon City]] Ninja Commander".<ref>Infamously translated as "Ninja Consultant" in the [[Omni Productions|Omni Productions dub]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6jE-_AfZqc Ninja Consultant!! at Youtube.com]</ref> In this respect, he was something of an arch-enemy to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. They had their first encounter when Sixshot led [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s against the Autobots on Earth, trying to prevent reinforcements from reaching Cybertron. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Sixshot was immensely powerful and soon usurped [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] as Galvatron's bestest fwend. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} He personally guided Trypticon into battle on Earth in order to test Galvatron's [[Madmachine]] on Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Sixshot and Galvatron came up with a plan to steal energy from the six major nations on Earth. Using his until-then hidden ability to assume six different modes, combined with his ninja shadow powers, Sixshot would pose as a group of robots extorting energy from Earth, throwing the Autobots off-balance as he would not appear to be associated with the Decepticons. In his various modes, Sixshot made several terrorist strikes on the countries he was blackmailing. He made two vital mistakes, though: one, by not telling Scourge and Cyclonus about the plan, they recruited Trypticon to keep this "mystery robot" from muscling in on Decepticon turf. And two, he attacked Japan. Nobody attacks Japan on the [[Trainbot]]s' watch. Sixshot was swarmed with enemies in Japan, first the combiner [[Raiden]], then the misguided Decepticons leading Trypticon into the fray, and finally Chromedome and the Headmasters, who had finally recognized him as the evil ninja from Master millions of years before. All the ninja tricks in the world couldn't get Sixshot out of THAT ruckus unscathed. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

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Later, when Galvatron stormed Cybertron to capture the super-metal known as [[Cybertonuron]], Sixshot happened to let it slip to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] that Galvatron said he wouldn't need the Headmaster anymore once the Cybertonuron was his. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Coincidentally enough, Galvatron vanished in a huge explosion just hours later, and Scorponok assumed command of the Decepticons. He declared his new position before Sixshot, Soundblaster and the others, and began hatching evil schemes of his own. As Scorponok sent the Headmasters and Triple Changers to capture the energy-absorbing satellite [[Sol 1]], Sixshot occupied the Autobots on Earth so that they couldn't interfere. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Sixshot also coordinated Scorponok's scheme to distract the Autobots with a volcanic eruption in Peru. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

In order to keep the Autobots from interfering with Scorponok's plans on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Sixshot and Trypticon intercepted them as they left Autobot City. Sixshot used his six modes to keep the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s distracted and off-balance. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Later, he left for Chaar to attend the debut ceremony of MegaZarak, Scorponok's massive new [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} When a mysterious UFO appeared on Earth, Sixshot was swallowed up inside its luminescent form right before Soundblaster's optics. He reappeared with the UFO on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in the midst of a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, when it was revealed that the UFO was a starcruiser piloted by the returning Decepticon emperor, Galvatron. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

After learning the Autobots were going to stockpile large quantities of energon and send it to the needy planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Galvatron had Sixshot coordinate a raid on the relief mission. Sixshot and his leader joined the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s and [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s (and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) for an attack on the Trainbots before they could take off with the energon. The battle between the two forces stalemated, as the Decepticons failed to capture the energon, but also prevented the Trainbots from successfully fleeing with it. After shooting down the trains, Sixshot fought their Light-Speed Commander, [[Shōki]]. The stalemate eventually ended when the Autobots pulled back and sent the energon from their second base on [[Athenia]] instead. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[Image:Hm18 negotiating with galvatron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|You were right about one thing, Motormaster. The negotiators ''were'' short.]]

Sixshot was next seen using his ninja powers to disguise himself as Galvatron for a meeting with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. While "Galvatron" pretended to entertain the notion of a joint energy generating project with the Autobots, the real Galvatron gathered his forces to strike out at energy sources elsewhere in the universe. The Autobot double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] reported on the ruse to his superiors, and Sixshot was revealed. As he led the Decepticons on Earth in a retreat, Sixshot blew up the Space Bridge ring as they were departing, preventing Autobot pursuit. Furthermore, because the Space Bridge nexus was already destabilized after the destruction of Mars, the Space Bridges on Athenia and Cybertron were also destroyed thanks to Sixshot's attack. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

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As the Decepticons flew out into deep space to raid new sources of energy, Sixshot clearly distinguished himself as Galvatron's right-hand man. On [[Hive (planet)|Hive]], Galvatron only took Sixshot and the [[Horrorcon]]s with him to force the entire planet to surrender to the Decepticon cause. They fought their way to the palace and its energy stockpile, but were blocked at the five yard line by Chromedome and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} On their next stop, the Decepticons attacked Sperity, the more developed of the [[Twin Star]] planets. Galvatron sent Sixshot and Soundblaster to uncover as much energon as they could, but the supply was drastically short. They could barely scrape together enough cubes to fill a room. The Decepticons learned too late that all of Sperity's people and energon had been diverted to the sister planet, Toruin. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} When the Decepticons came to [[Daros]] to stock up on "goodwill" energon from their ally, the corrupt governor, Galvatron sent out Sixshot and the Horrorcons to stall Fortress's men so that their refueling could be completed. Sixshot successfully kept the Autobot Headmasters occupied long enough for Scorponok to fill up. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} Next, on [[Paradise]], Sixshot was sent to occupy the Autobots alone while the other Decepticons gathered energy. He waged a solo Transformer assault (group) on the Battleship Maximus, challenging Fortress's massive vessel. Its weapon systems were inoperative at the time, but hey, it ''looked'' impressive. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} The Decepticon mission continued at full pace, and they succeeded in accumulating energon on roughly half of the thirteen worlds they visited. Finally, on the [[Pirate Planet]], Sixshot welcomed their new allies, the [[Clone (subgroup)|Decepticon Clones]]. The Clones and Sixshot aided Galvatron in the search for hidden proton energy on the planet before finally starting their return journey back to Chaar. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

[[Image:Sixshot modes.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I've got nothing to lose and I've got nothing to prove, so I'll be dancing with myself.]]

Back in our galaxy, Sixshot aided Galvatron in carrying forward his ultimate plan. Sixshot cautioned his leader that Scorponok would not sit idly by while Galvatron made himself all-powerful, but Galvatron dismissed the threat of Scorponok as ultimately insignificant. As the final prepations were being made, Sixshot led an army of Horrorcons, [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s in an assault on Earth. Once the Autobot energy facility in [[Miami]] was under siege, Sixshot returned to Autobot City with Trypticon to attack Ultra Magnus while his troops were scattered dealing with other threats. Sixshot and Ultra Magnus fought in personal combat, as Sixshot made full use of his Six-Changer and ninja multiplication powers. After a tireless barrage, Sixshot unveiled his hidden seventh mode, the '''Wingwolf''', possesssing the power of all his separate modes combined. The Wingwolf's assault was too much for Ultra Magnus, and he succumbed to his wounds. The enraged Autobot Headmasters arrived just in time to witness his fall, and they turned their anger on Sixshot, driving him from the murder scene. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

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Flush with victory, Sixshot continued the war on Earth, unleashing [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and the Horrorcons to attack five different locations at once, stretching the Autobot forces to the breaking point. He also uncovered the secret location of Scorponok, who had gone AWOL earlier during the siege of Earth. Reporting back to his commander on Chaar, Sixshot informed Galvatron of his findings. During this meeting, Galvatron unveiled his full plan for the stockpiled energon—he wanted to become another [[Unicron]], incorporating Earth itself into his body to become the planet-sized [[Grand Galvatron]]. To do so, he would require..."donations" from the finest of Transformer warriors, using them as spare parts to assemble his massive new frame with the best transforming parts available. Galvatron informed Sixshot that his own impressive transforming powers would mark him as the first warrior Galvatron would honor by disassembling.

Less than thrilled with the idea of being scrapped for Galvatron's insane ambitions, Sixshot reported to Scorponok and forged an alliance with the Headmaster leader in order to hold off his grisly fate. When Galvatron came upon them, Sixshot and Scorponok faked a scuffle until the Autobots arrived on the scene as well. Sixshot was caught up in battle with Metroplex, who was seeking revenge for the death of Ultra Magnus. Fortunately for Sixshot, the Autobot Headmasters united against Galvatron and left him buried deep beneath the icefields of Alaska. Although Sixshot and Scorponok were forced to flee, Sixshot no longer had to worry about being incorporated into the "Grand Galvatron". {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

Sixshot devoted himself to the new leader, Scorponok, and continued his efforts to upset the Autobot activity on Earth. He and Trypticon staged another attack on Autobot City, injuring Spike Witwicky in the process. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} Scorponok was soon driven off Earth after the Autobots discovered the weak point on his MegaZarak Transtector, and so the Decepticons' new target was the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. When six robots escaped Master in an attempt to warn the Autobots, Sixshot pursued them along with [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], [[Misfire]] and [[Triggerhappy]]. They came across the Battleship Maximus in space, and Sixshot engaged the Autobot Headmasters in warfare, using his multiplication power to confuse them. Chromedome and his allies managed to hold their own, however, and the fighting continued until a massive explosion of plasma energy rocked the area. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

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In the aftermath, Sixshot found Slugslinger and his men had been fused to the Master refugees in the plasma explosion. He brought them back to Master to recuperate, and these new [[Targetmaster]]s joined Scorponok's forces for the invasion. The Decepticons were forced to modify their plans once the Battleship Maximus arrived in defense of Master. At Scorponok's command, Sixshot used his ninja powers to cast an illusion disguising him as Chromedome. He used his disguise to get close to Chromedome's friend [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]] and kidnap him so that the Decepticons could learn about the [[Master Sword]] and the Headmasters' weaknesses. Sixshot tortured the poor scientist vigorously, but even [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnotic powers could not compel Jack to reveal what he didn't know. With his usefulness at an end, Sixshot concocted a cruel plan for using their prisoner against the Autobots. Jack was turned into a suicide bomber, implanted with a powerful explosive and hypnotically compelled to return to the Battleship Maximus and detonate. Chromedome was forced to shoot down his own friend in order to protect the others. Enraged over the deaths of Jack, Abel, and Ultra Magnus, Chromedome launched a furious assault on Sixshot with his fellow Headmasters. Sixshot's arms were blasted completely off his body in the fight, and he was forced to flee before the vengeful Autobot finished him off. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

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In order to uncover the secret of the Master Sword, Sixshot had the young Autobot named Wheelie kidnapped and dangled above a pit of acid. He demanded that Fortress reveal the secrets within three hours or else Wheelie would die. Chromedome and Danny Witwicky managed to rescue Wheelie from the Decepticons, but Sixshot and his allies were able to steal the data they wanted from Fortress anyway. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} As Scorponok continued construction on his new super weapon, Sixshot led a group of Decepticons to distract Fortress Maximus, keeping him busy elsewhere while the final stages were being completed. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Eventually, the [[Zarak Shield]] was completed, and the Decepticons rose up from beneath the city center in a massive battle. Sixshot fought against Fortress's warriors and the junior soldiers Chromedome had been training. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

[[Image:Sixshot Daniel Daira.jpg|thumb|left|225px|So, uh...how about that Internet? Lotta stuff on that Internet...]]

As the Decepticons made their way back towards Earth, Scorponok recklessly carried the scorpion through an asteroid field against Sixshot's warnings, causing damage to the ship. After Sixshot pointed out his lord's error, Scorponok ordered him out of the ship to attack the pursuing Battleship Maximus alone. During the battle, one of the Autobots' main cannons was jettisoned, and both it and Sixshot were swept up in a space vortex, depositing them on the planet [[Daira]] far from the battle. After reviving, Sixshot discovered Danny Witwicky had been inside the turret when it was launched. Although the boy was initially frightened, Sixshot assured Danny it was beneath him to make war on small children. As the two began to separate, a group of rock-creatures rose from the ground to attack. Sixshot defended both himself and Danny, and the two formed a cautious alliance. "Uncle" Sixshot kept Danny alive on Daira until the Autobot Headmasters arrived to rescue him. Chromedome was spoiling for a fight, but Danny insisted they leave Sixhsot alone. {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}

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Despite being abandoned on the field of battle, Sixshot returned to the Decepticons and presented himself before Lord Scorponok once again for service. Scorponok's ship was still in need of repairs, and so Sixshot prepared a distraction—he challenged Chromedome to single combat on [[Juno]]. He hoped that destroying Chromedome would cripple the Headmasters' effectiveness and keep all of the Autobots busy until the scorpion could be repaired. Hours later, the duel began, and both combatants fought furiously until Danny arrived, throwing himself between them. While Sixshot denied Danny's pleas to their friendship, he also could not bring himself to shoot the boy in order to get to Chromedome. The stalemate ended abruptly with a massive explosion: Scorponok had laid a series of bombs around Juno in the hopes of eliminated both Sixshot and the Autobots. With Danny in danger, Sixshot declared the duel over. He charged Chromedome with getting the boy to safety, and saved Danny from falling into a ravine just before seemingly being consumed by a blast of lava himself. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

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Sixshot survived the blast, and made his way to Earth by clinging to the outside of the Battleship Maximus as it returned. By this point, Sixshot had deemed Scorponok his enemy, and was searching for a way to even their score. With his falling out with Scorponok not common knowledge, he made contact with Bruticus and the Decepticon Clones to gather information about Scorponok's current plans, and their upcoming rendez-vous at the North Pole. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} After a battle with the Autobots in Egypt, Sixshot secretly followed Scorponok back to the underwater entrance to [[Lemuria (G1)|Lemuria]]. Seeing Sixshot, Scorponok once again tried to pretend he was overjoyed by the Ninja Commander's return. Sixshot played along long enough to learn about Scorponok's plans for the [[crysmagnetal]], and then attempted to depart. A suspicious Scorponok refused to allow him to leave and fired upon Sixshot, but only succeeded in hitting one of the ninja's holographic doubles. While at the North Pole, Sixshot intervened twice in the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, saving Danny from [[Battletrap]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. In the end, he swore not to return to the Decepticons, and bade Danny farewell. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''The Headmasters'' comic====
For the sake of proving how insanely ''evil'' he was, Sixshot one day just decided to up and steal a capsule of emergency food rations from a spaceship. The Autobot Headmasters and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] attempted to stop him, but they were no match for the ninja, who vanished in a cloud of smoke.

Applauding himself as the "Devil King of Space", Sixshot then swooped down to a nearby planet to relax. Basking in the beauty of nature, Sixshot decided to share his pic-a-nic basket with all the cute and cuddly forest creatures romping and playing on and around him. Suddenly, Daniel popped up behind him, noting that he was nothing more than a big ol' softy. As it turned out, Daniel had latched onto Sixshot as he was making his escape from the Headmasters. Daniel asked Sixshot to join the Autobots since he was actually just a total poser, but Sixshot explained that he owed a ninja debt of ninja loyalty to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and could do no such thing.

Then Daniel got shot in the arm. As the boy recovered, Sixshot recognized the group of gun-toting rednecks as [[Space Hunter]]s. Not about to let them kill all the cute animals (and Daniel), Sixshot transformed to all six of his modes, defeating the Hunters, and then to his Wingwolf mode just for the sake of overkill. With the Space Hunters fleeing, Sixshot saw to dressing Daniel's wound and then, with a speech about power, honor and loyalty (and after sending an SOS to [[Athenia]] to get Daniel a ride home), he zoomed off into space. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 4|The Headmasters #4}}

After the defeat of [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]], when all the other Decepticons were driven from the planet, Sixshot chose to blaze a new path in his life. Sixshot's next goal was to travel the galaxy and become the greatest warrior in the Universe, learning new transformations from various creatures. His first task was to stay on [[Earth]] and learn how to transform into a human being. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

====''Super-God Masterforce Master File''====
Sixshot alerted the Autobots on [[Athenia]] about the existence of [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Sixshotg1marvel.jpg|left|100px|thumb|No slag, Sherlock.]]
Sixshot was one of the Decepticons who followed [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to the planet [[Nebulos]]. He acted as an air transport to an unidentifiable Decepticon. Upon greeting Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]'s faction of Nebulans, he noted, "Strange creatures await us." Maybe they were ''too'' strange because he was never seen again. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
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While [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] was off looking for some new [[Energon]] source, Sixshot gathered volunteers for an unspecified mission to make [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s life interesting. He managed to rustle up [[Pounce]], [[Wingspan]], and [[Flywheels]]. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Sixshot took part in an attack on [[Tau-Ursa]], allowing Galvatron to pick up the last component needed for his [[Nullification Cannon]]. As a result of the attack, the Decepticons leveled the entire city. They then headed for Cybertron, where Sixshot led a group in creating a diversion. He took great delight in baiting [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], promising that he would reveal his other three alternate modes to the Autobot someday. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] realised that the diversion was to cover Galvatron's attack on the Energon plant, Sixshot's team retreated, their job done. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Sixshotg1dw.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Strange heads await us."]]

Once the [[Triple Changer]]s turned out to be a success, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] sought to create an even more impressive warrior that could transform into an unprecedented six modes. Shortly after finishing with the being he named Sixshot, Shockwave berated Blitzwing for acting out of rank, in response to which Astrotrain later suggested that Blitzwing (the first triple Changer) no longer was Shockwave's favourite. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Shockwave's short rule was ended by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] before his project could be unveiled, and so apparently passed under Megatron's radar. While Megatron had moved his attentions to [[Earth]], Sixshot was seen examining the remains of Blitzwing at the deserted site of Shockwave's former base. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{Note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] went out of business before Sixshot could be properly revealed. Earlier in the series, [[Octane]] is shown piloting a land vehicle that is clearly Sixshot's tank mode, which is later jacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. This vehicle never transforms or shows any signs of sentience, so whether or not it is '''actually''' Sixshot is debatable. [[James McDonough]] later noted in an interview that it was not some random [[easter egg]], and that its inclusion was deliberate foreshadowing of the future of Shockwave's experiments in multiple transformations.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers''===
[[Image:ArtofWar3_OmegaSupreme_Sixshot_Astrotrain.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
After [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] took control of the Decepticons, Sixshot led [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] in an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Sixshot targeted [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], only for the Autobot to jump onto his plane mode and steer him into crashing into [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]'s face. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers2-teleconference.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Sixshot, pre-angst.]]
Before the war, Sixshot attended a rally held by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] as the Decepticon movement was gathering speed. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} When the planet subsequently plunged into all-out warfare, Sixshot distinguished himself as one of the single-most powerful Decepticons, with armature composed of metals drawn from core of a black hole and a power core comprising a "self-regenerating dark matter fission cell" making him an untiring, unrelenting force of utter destruction. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} At some point, he underwent the same [[ununtrium]] coating process already applied to [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and [[Heretech]], and thus became one of the [[Warriors Elite]]. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] spoke out in fear of the power Sixshot commanded, but Megatron was not foolish, having had the six-changer fitted with a secret "off switch" that could shut him down if need be. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} Sixshot once commanded a [[Worldsweeper]] during the war. {{storylink| Rules of Disengagement}}

[[Image:IDW Spotlight Sixshotshootsstuff.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Sixshot is so powerful, he defies all laws of perspective.]]

As the war moved from Cybertron to other worlds, Megatron developed a multi-phase [[infiltration protocol]] for invading and conquering other worlds. Selected to be one of three "[[phase sixer]]s" deployed in the final stage of the protocol to bring utter devastation to any chosen worlds, Sixshot was informed of this fact in a teleconference with Megatron and his other two choices, [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], the latter proving far less enthusiastic than Sixshot and Black Shadow about their appointment. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

Over time, Sixshot's lethal nature and the sheer horror of his job resulted in his being ostracized by his fellow Decepticons, leaving only the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]—a troops of Decepticon warriors who looked up to Sixshot and aspired to be a powerful as he—as the closest he could consider to friends. Although not the most ''social'' of warriors, Sixshot did miss the camaraderie of battle, and eventually became tired of his role, losing the glee he used to have and becoming bored with it all.

[[Image:sixshot-devastation1a.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Trying to warn his boss that setting off this chain of events will only lead to ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''.]]

When the Terrorcons disappeared during a mission to the planet [[Mumu-Obscura]], Sixshot set out to rescue his "friends". Discovering that they were in the clutches of a group of destructive aliens known as the [[Reaper]]s, who had razed Mumu-Obscura of all life, Sixshot was offered a proposition by their leader [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]]: defeat the Reapers in battle, and the Terrorcons would live. Sixshot fought valiantly, but the Reapers proved to just be toying with him, and the battle concluded when Deathbringer revealed that the entire fight had been a test of Sixshot's power—the Reapers wanted the Decepticon to join them. Although tempted by the offer of a ''cause'' to fight for instead of the degrading, dull destruction of his job, Sixshot found that he could not pass Deathbringer's final test—to kill the Terrorcons himself—and Deathbringer allowed the Decepticons to all leave alive in the hope that when they crossed paths with Sixshot again, he would be ready. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

[[Image:sixshot-devastation3d.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Think the insurance company will cover those?]]

Sixshot was soon summoned to the planet Earth by Megatron after the Decepticon leader was bested in battle there by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}} As Earth was presently only in phase two of infiltration protocol, Sixshot was as confused by his early deployment as the other Decepticons were worried by it, but chose not to press the issue with the furious Megatron. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} Ordered to hunt down and destroy Optimus Prime's unit, Sixshot followed location co-ordinates relayed by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and intercepted the Autobots' ''[[Ark-19]]'', blowing it out of the sky with a single shot. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}} The craft crashed into the [[Gulf of Mexico]], and believing all aboard destroyed, Sixshot then turned his attention to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]], and [[Jimmy Pink]], who had ejected in an escape pod as the ship went down. Ratchet and his human allies got a head start when Sixshot was briefly distracted by some human fighter jets that he effortlessly destroyed, but the Decepticon soon tracked them to an ambulance pool in [[Pensacola]]. Unhindered by the local rules of engagement, Sixshot began destroying all the ambulances (in the process making himself the first Transformer witnessed by humanity at large), forcing Ratchet to reveal himself rather than cause human casualties.

[[Image:sixshot-devastation3e.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Some moron brought a cougar to a party and it went berserk.]]

The chase continued with Sixshot in wolf mode, pursing Ratchet out of town and to the Gulf of Mexico's edge, where he was prevented from killing him by the emergence of the still-living crew of the ''Ark-19'' from the water {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} Shrugging off their attacks, Sixshot took on the seven-strong team of Autobots single-handedly, badly wounding [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and forcing all save Optimus Prime to escape via [[orbital jump]]. Sixshot found that the Autobot leader gave him a considerable run for his money, but he was forced to break off the fight when he was summoned back to Decepticon headquarters to deal with a more urgent threat: the Reapers had arrived on Earth! {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}}
[[Image:sixshot-devastation5c.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Speedlines accompany Sixshot wherever he goes.]]
Engaging the Reapers in battle in [[Oregon]], Sixshot was again offered a place in the group by Deathbringer, this time with the promise that he would die if he refused: if not at the Reapers' hands, then at the hands of his own maddening isolation. Sixshot's struggle was suddenly resolved by the appearance of Starscream from the Decepticon base, challenging Sixshot to a duel to the death. His decision made for him, Sixshot changed sides, at which point Starscream activated Sixshot's "off switch", a verbal command of "Reset: pi-orion-actual-orbit. Enable." Sixshot immediately shut down and crashed. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}}

Sixshot's body was recovered by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}} and brought to the [[Dead Universe]] scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who repaired him but implanted a device in his brain which placed him under Jhiaxus's control. Operational again, Sixshot was deployed to the fourth moon of [[Bhul]], there to guard one of the [[Nega-Core]]s the Dead Universe Transformers required for their [[Expansion]]. Any attempt to get to the Nega-Core would've involved a vicious battle that an attacking force would lose, {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} so the Autobots snuck in through the back instead. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[Image:Squashed Sixshot.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Dehn-dehn-'''''DEHHHHHHHHHHH!''''']]

Freed of Jhiaxus's control following the defeat of the Dead Universe crew, Sixshot traded the scientist's technology to Megatron in exchange for his freedom. At last unencumbered by the weight of his duty as a phase sixer and able to enthusiastically enjoy himself in his work again, Sixshot went on a snatch-and-grab mission to recover secret Autobot scientific research, sneaking into [[Orvus Base]] and killing most of the crew before they knew what hit them. The [[Throttlebot]]s were stationed there, however, and were able to escape with the data to the planet Orvus Base orbited, [[Salvvatan VIII]]. Sixshot pursued the small Autobots to a mysterious deserted city on the planet, where their fight triggered some unusual alarms, prompting a giant arm to emerge from the city and crush Sixshot. This failed to incapacitate the Decepticon, so the city—in actuality, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]—completed its transformation and stomped on Sixshot, successfully putting him out of commission, if only temporarily. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}
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===''United''===
[[Image:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Sometimes I'm a Phase Sixer, and sometimes I'm just this guy, y'know?]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster]]s and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Sixshot and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Sixshot and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:Sixshot commercial.jpg|right|thumb|400px]]
*Sixshot swooped into battle in jet mode, sending the Autobots scattering as Galvatron assured Cyclonus that the six-changer was a one-robot army and could stop all their opponents. As Galvatron listed his modes and Cyclonus counted them off, Sixshot careened into Kup, Blurr and Wheelie with his car mode, opened fire in his tank mode, mauled Rodimus Prime in wolf mode and allowed Galvatron to fire him at the Autobot leader in gun mode before transforming into his robot form and declaring himself to all and sundry.
*Sixshot's son [[Quickswitch]] would later join the Autobots, determined not to go down the same evil path his father had.
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==Games==
===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
[[Image:HMvg sixshot.jpg|left|thumb]]
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Sixshot and Trypticon attacked the planet Earth. They were defeated and all the prisoners were rescued by Chromedome and the other freed Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[Image:TFPS2 sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Laity]]

Sixshot was among the large Decepticon force who engaged the Autobots on the planet [[Zel Samine]] while both sides were searching for the fabled [[Zel Quartz]]. The six-changer ambushed a team of Autobots led by Optimus Prime in the [[Atalstan gem mine]], attempting to spook them by professing to have magical talents, and claiming that his body held more than one soul, before using his ninja powers to "verify" his claims by creating three duplicates of himself. Prime dismissed the display as an illusion, but despite his disbelief the clones were still able to join their robot-mode other self in battle in tank and wolf modes. Despite all his fancy tricks, Sixshot was defeated and fled in his car mode, swearing revenge. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Sixshot toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"No, I don't have a [[Megatron (G1)/toys|trigger between]] [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|my legs]]. Now will you buy me?"]]
*'''Sixshot''' (1987, 2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-98'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

:Unprecedented in his time, Sixshot transforms into six distinct modes: robot, tank, spaceship, laser gun, off-road vehicle, and winged wolf. Each mode features its own dedicated parts, including a springing trigger for his gun mode, though Sixshot is a complete [[Brick (term)|brick]], with articulation only in his shoulders. Evidently not thinking that six was enough, the production staff of the ''Headmasters'' animated series even created an absurd seventh mode—called "Wingwolf"— by fiddling around with the toy, placing it in a mid-transformation form that combines various portions of its different modes in one.

:Highlighting his landmark number of modes, Sixshot's instructions were sealed by a sticker, challenging the owner to figure out all the toy's modes without help. While not too hard with the packaging photos to help, the photos on the back of the box and the instructions themselves actually managed to get the car mode wrong, neglecting to include the additional rotation of the arms necessary to complete it. There is also a pair of extra holes inside Sixshot's legs into which his hypersonic concussion blasters can fit—presumably, this was the intended location for the weapons in gun mode, but the instructions and photos place them on the outside of the legs, in the same position as tank mode, which in turn was how the gun mode appeared in Sixshot's character models for his fictional appearances.

: Sixshot was not released in the UK, although Quickswitch would see a release the following year. The toy was later [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] in Japan in 2002 without changes, in a reproduction of his original packaging.

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Greatshot]], which was later used as the basis for the non-''Transformers'' series character '''Shadowmaru''' (see Notes).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Sixshot/sixshot.htm More information on Sixshot at TFU.info]
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[[Image:G1toy lucky draw sixshots.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot Stealth Mode''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2002)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

: When Sixshot was reissued, this special clear-colorless-plastic version of the toy, representing the character while invisible, as he was wont to be throughout ''The Headmasters'', was the prize in a contest held in the April 2002 issue of ''[[Hyper Hobby Magazine]]'' in Japan. Only 10 clear Sixshot Stealth Modes were awarded, making it one of the rarest Transformers toys in existence.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/clear+sixshot/1225/clear+sixshot.html More information on Sixshot Stealth Mode at LuckyDrawTransformers.com]''

*'''Sixshot Shadow Mode''' ([[Lucky Draw figure]], 2002)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

:A second Lucky Draw version of Sixshot, this all-black version of the toy represents the ninja in his entirely black "shadow" mode from the ''Headmasters'' episode "[[Terror! The Six Shadows]]". Ten Shadow Mode Sixshots were first offered as contest prizes in the June 2002 issue of ''Hyper Hobby Magazine'', with a further ten being awarded through a second contest held in ''[[Figure King]]'' magazine later that summer.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/black+sixshot/1224/black+sixshot.html More information on Sixshot Shadow Mode at LuckyDrawTransformers.com]''
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[[Image:G1toy encore sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot''' (reissue, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

:Initially promoted—incorrectly, by all appearances—as part of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' series of reissues, this edition of Sixshot was eventually released not as part of that line, but through Hasbro Asia as a high-end Asian-market exclusive first available at the "[[wikipedia:Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong|Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong]]" convention in July 2012. Coming in grandiose embossed leather "book-box" packaging, this version of the figure comes with all his stickers now pre-applied, and features a chromed teal chest, metallic red paint on his robot and wolf mode eyes, metallic silver paint on his tank treads, and silver chrome on his weapons as well as on... er... those nipple-things on his chest. He also includes a metallic collector's coin, contained in a card wallet illustrated with a silhouetted version of a piece of stylized Sixshot art created by fan artist [http://blitz-wing.deviantart.com/art/SixShot-262922241 Blitz-Wing] and used without the artist's permission. Oo-er.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[Image:Caramel_sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of Sixshot was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Sixshot's face and name on its underside.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[Image:TFGum_sixshot.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sixshot''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Hypersonic Concussion Blasters
:A snap-together model kit of Sixshot was released as part of the seventh wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s. Retaining the ability to transform into all six of his modes and even his "Wingwolf" form with only minimal simplification and omissions from his larger toy (for instance, the removal of his tank mode cockpit) despite standing at only 3.5" tall, Sixshot was composed of blue, grey and white plastic. Lacking in paint applications, he came with stickers for detail, and a stick of chewing gum.
::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/g1-kabaya-cybertrons-441/sixshot-gum-3418/ More information on Transformers Gum Sixshot at TFW2005]''
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[image:PVCSixshot.jpg|right|thumb|Sixshort]]
*'''Sixshot''' (2001)
**''Accessories:'' Display base
: Sixshot was released as part of the ''Headmasters''-centric third act of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line of PVC figurines. Like all pieces in the wave, he was available both in standard full-color and all-clear, colorless versions, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures. Additionally, in two out of every case cases, the colored version of Sixshot came packaged with the right leg of the wave's collectable Fortress Maximus "build-a-figure."
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Destron/Sixshot/sixshot.htm More information on Super Collection Figure Sixshot at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:BraveShadowmaruKagerouModels.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Go ninjas, go ninjas, go! Shadowmaru is on the left.]]
* Sixshot's appearance in "The Rebirth" is an extreme case of [[To sell toys|marketing influencing the fiction]], as he shows off his [[Six Changer|six modes]] and how cool and badass he is in the space of approximately forty seconds. Sadly, he was not seen again in any of the three parts, not even in the background, and only had one spoken line.
* According to a profile published in ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'', Sixshot owns the [[Matrix of Evil]] in Japanese Generation 1 continuity. What that ''is'' or what it does, we couldn't tell you, as this is the only place it's ever mentioned.
* The Sixshot (or, more accurately, Greatshot) mold was later retooled to make the heroic "Ninja Detective" '''[http://youtu.be/ZLYgYX7IxLA Shadowmaru]''' for Takara's ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]] Police J-Decker'' toyline. Amusingly, while the other 5 forms are of standard size for the series (assuming 5 meters in robot mode), his size for gun mode [http://youtu.be/9tRBr-FZZ0k was increased] to the point that, in ''Transformers'' terms, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] could use him for an oversized rifle. Shadowmaru also had a prototype "brother", '''Kagerō''', who could only change into three forms. He was not produced as a toy. [http://tfbaka.de-blog.jp/1dai/2010/02/post_66c9.html More on Shadowmaru at TF Baka-Ichidai.]
* Sixshot changes sizes often in IDW's Devastation mini-series. Sometimes he is shown being the size of a normal Transformer, but other times he is depicted as being about the size of a gestalt.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sixshot''' (シックスショット ''Sikkusu Shotto'')
*''French:'' '''Hexabot''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hatlövet'''
*''Italian:'' '''Iperbot''', '''Hyperbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shot''' (Taiwan, 夏特 ''Hsià Tè''), '''Sisha''' (Taiwan, 西夏 ''Hsī Hsià''), '''Liu Mian Shou''' (China, 六面獸, "Six-faced beast")
*''Russian:'' '''Shestizarjadnik''' (cartoon, Шестизарядник, "Sixcharge")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Shestystril''' (Шестистріл, "Sixshooter") (ICTV)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/586/58611_Sixshot_Profile1.jpg Page 1 and] [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/586/58612_Sixshot_Profile2.jpg 2 of Sixshot's MTMTE profile at Transformers-universe.com]

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'''''The Transformers''''' is a Japanese video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 based on the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' series]]. It was developed by [[Winkysoft]] and published by [[Atlus]] on [[October 30]], 2003. After choosing a side, you can take a squad of three Transformers on action missions, gathering numerous new troops along the way.

Even though all of the dialog in the game is in English with an option to set all of the text in the game to English as well, this game was never released in America. The two most likely reasons are [[Hasbro]]'s lack of involvement with the title, and the game's apparent unanimous panning by critics in Japan.

You know things are messed up when ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s'' voice actor pulls off a better [[Peter Cullen]] than the actor who plays [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

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==Gameplay==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai gamemechanics.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
{{bigquote|The invisible wall seems to have disappeared. Looks like we can't get rid of that wall unless we take care of all of them.|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]}}

Gameplay consists of punching and kicking your way through canyons, hillsides, and roadways where legions of cloned opponents await you. There is very little in the way of creative gameplay and everything gets very repetitive very fast. The environments are very small and closed in, so don't expect to go roaming around on any wayward adventure. You're there to duke it out with the enemy, and that's it. However, some environmental objects such as windmills and power coils can be interacted with, with no other way but to hit the objects with fists and feet even though the players are only willing to turn them off. Also in some levels, there will be multiple roads that can be taken but thanks to the game's repetitive nature, the player will end up in a very same situation no matter which road is taken.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Button_Sequence_Gameplay.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You don't say.]]

During battle, there are several combinations of the basic punch and kick buttons. Pushing both buttons in the same time will unleash a special attack, for example [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will perform a three-hit slashes using his [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]], while [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] will eject [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who will fly straight into enemies.

There is also a charge attack, which can be performed by holding the punch or kick button and fill up one charge meter. Releasing the press on the button in front of an enemy will send player into a button mashing sequence, requiring player to hit the punch or kick button repeatedly in order to deal more damage. The sequence will be ended with one final punch or kick depending on the last attack button the player pressed.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Truck_Attack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Should we play The Touch, or the Headmasters theme song?]]
The players are also able to transform the character at will during gameplay. While in their alternate modes, the characters basically have two attacks that will drain their energy points in use. While characters that transform into vehicles gain the advantage to move around faster, characters like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] instead move slower in their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], though are able to deal bigger damage in attacks.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Upgrade_Screen.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Fallen opponents will drop power-ups; health power-ups are in red, and energy power-ups are blue, as well as tiny Energon cubes. These Energon cubes can be collected by the player, and in each end of level will be accumulated. Later on, the collected cubes can be spent in the Garage sub-menu in the intermission menu after each level is finished. ''Machine Production'' is to upgrade the characters' stats and ''Equipments Upgrade'' is to upgrade the weapons wielded by the characters. However, the characters' stats will also be upgraded automatically when they earn a level-up on their own as the game progresses.
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==Setting==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai callofthefuture.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
The game's story, titled '''''The Transformers: Call of the Future''''', takes its cue from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], even specifically referring to the events of several episodes. It is (presumably) set in 2003, the year it was released, but, via [[time travel]], also features characters from an alternate future which branched off from cartoon continuity in late 2010 (after the events of "[[Webworld]]", but before "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"). It does not seem to be officially considered part of the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], however; it features several anachronistic appearances by characters who are ''not'' time-travelling (the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], for instance, are shown to be working with their respective factions, when they will not leave their homeworld to do so until 2011), and its events were not included in the painfully comprehensive [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 timeline]].

==Story==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai shockwave2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shockwave's reign of terror and destruction!]]
In the year 2010, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who has grown disgruntled with Galvatron's abusive leadership, discovers the [[Zel Quartz]] on [[Zel Samine]]. Realizing that it is a power source even greater than the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Shockwave implants the Quartz into himself. He stages a one-robot coup and becomes the leader of the Decepticons...until the surging power load fries his systems and he malfunctions, running amok. He destroys much of both the Autobot and Decepticon armies and eventually destroys [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself before setting out to raze many innocent planets.

Unable to stop Shockwave in the present, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] allies with the [[Quintesson]]s to send an elite cadre back in time to destroy the Quartz before Shockwave discovers it.

In 2003, both the Autobots and Decepticons detect an explosion caused by the arrival of visitors from the future over Zel Samine and send teams to investigate. Both sides lose contact with their teams. The Autobots send another team consisting of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to investigate, but their shuttle crashes, and Wheeljack learns that an abnormality in Zel Samine's sun causes electromechanical systems to malfunction and drains them of their power. The Decepticons likewise send [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arriving later by [[Space Bridge]], a very bumpy ride).

The Space Bridge malfunctions, causing significant damage to the Decepticon ship. The Decepticons lure the Autobots away from their own shuttle in order to steal their supply of [[energon]] and use it to repair their own shuttle. Afterwards, both sides skirmish over a series of local power sources, including the wind-power facility on [[Mount Jaad]], the [[Ranpas geothermal plant]], and the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]]. Along the way, both sides encounter members of their missing reconnaissance teams.

Both sides also encounter their counterparts from the future: the Autobots Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]; and the Decepticons [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Galvatron reveals his identity to Megatron, but lies to him about the Zel Quartz, claiming he rules the universe in the future and it is part of an Autobot doomsday weapon that must be destroyed.

Pursuing stories of items that may be the Zel Quartz, both sides clash over the [[Gem of Mystery]] at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], a superhard mineral in a drill bit at [[Karzite mine]], and a giant crystal formation at the [[Atalstan gem mine]]. None of those leads pay off, but the planet's central archive includes reference to a "Zel Stone" which is part of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array, matching descriptions of the Zel Quartz exactly.

Both sides stage a climactic confrontation at ELTA (which is either destroyed or kept intact, depending on the winner) to capture the Quartz. After the battle is done, Starscream, who has overheard Galvatron and Cyclonus discussing the Quartz's true nature, rushes in to steal the Quartz for himself, jetting off into space with it.

Unbeknownst to Starscream, the physical structure of the quartz requires the atmospheric and electromagnetic properties of [[Zel Samine]] to maintain its integrity. Because he has fled into space rather than installing the Quartz on the planet as Shockwave had (and thus protecting it), the Quartz immediately degrades and becomes powerless. Outside of the atmosphere, exposed to the effects of Zel Samine's star without the Quartz's power to protect him, Starscream drifts powerless, left to contemplate his mistakes.

Their own timeline averted, the future Autobots and Decepticons vanish into sparkles of light, and Optimus Prime and Megatron are left to contemplate what they've learned from the experience.

===Autobot Story===
====Stage 1====
Wheeljack loses control of a shuttle and crash-lands on Zel Samine. There, Optimus Prime, Jazz, and himself attempt a rescue mission to find several missing Autobots that disappeared here a few days prior when they receive an SOS signal. Seeing it closeby, the Autobots head out to investigate, but all they find is Soundwave. Just then, Megatron is heard from a transmitter, revealing the signal was a trap to lure them away from their shuttle and steal the energon on it. As Soundwave leaves, Wheeljack mourns about not staying behind to protect the shuttle, knowing that it wouldn't last long against Megatron's [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]].

As the Autobots get into formation, they notice an invisible barrier blocking them that only goes down when they defeat waves of Decepticon footsoldiers. After braving through Soundwave, several waves of enemies, and even a deadly minefield, the Autobots return to the shuttle to find it severly damaged, but Megatron still here. Optimus defeats Megatron but feels a strange feeling. He questions Megatron about the recent events on this planet, but is shocked to discover that Megatron himself is investigating these very same events.

Though not totally destroyed, their shuttle is really damaged from the Decepticon attack and will not be able to lift off for some time. Wheeljack establishes contact with the [[Paradius United Government]], whose power plants are under attack by the Decepticons and aren't able to handle them on their own. Jazz suggests contacting [[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]] to help bring the supplies, but Wheeljack reveals that he discovered that the system's sun emits electromagnetic waves that are harmful to Transformers. While the rays are not fatal, they will increase their consumption of energon and going into space or flying at high altitudes carries the risk of losing most of their energy and becoming stranded in space. The government's high official is an understanding person and will provide the Autobots with the necessary equipment needed to fix the ship, provided they help get rid of the Decepticons. Prime gratefully accepts and orders his men to prepare for battle.

====Stage 2====
Wheeljack tells Prime they are near ready for departure, but Optimus is more concerned of the events that were unfolding behind the missing Autobots and the UFO that happened a few days ago. He first thought that the space-time continuity event was some sort of accident, but when asking the Paradius home planet, they revealed that Zel Samine was used mainly for energy and resource mining, leaving this planet with few inhabitants, so no clues about the UFO or the missing Autobots. Wheeljack assumed that it may be a new Decepticon weapon but Optimus reminds him that Megatron is investigating it too. For now, though, their goals are set on keeping the planet safe from the Decepticons.

Jazz says that they are now fully ready for battle, and their first destination was [[Mount Jaad]], a wind power plant with harsh conditions. Wheeljack finds the stuff the Paradius system builds to be quite interesting. The Paradius people live in harmony with both nature and technology. Energy is developed onto this planet and sent to the Paradius home planet, allowing them to live in a way to protect the environment without polluting it on Zel. Wheeljack was about to do a history lesson, but Jazz reminded them of the Decepticons attacking the mountain, and Prime proceeds to select the team and formation.

As they reach the plant, they encounter heavy Decepticon resistance and some autogun cannons at the plant that don't seem to recognize the difference between friend and foe. They also encounter the Decepticon Headmaster, Mindwipe, determined to send them to their ancestors, but is soundly defeated. Optimus contemplates that with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they will always have the wisdom and knowledge of their ancestors by their side. They continue forth to the main station and have another encounter with Soundwave and defeat him. As the Autobots reach the main station, they encounter the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]] Blitzwing, who finds his comrades to be totally worthless for letting them get so far. The Autobots manage to beat him and drive him and the Decepticons away.

As they prepare to return to base, they find their old yellow friend, Bumblebee, and he is recruited back into the mission. If the player goes through a second time, the Autobots will meet up with the Headmaster Brainstorm, ready to track down the Decepticons until his engines overheat. When they return, Optimus and Jazz talk about how well they did against the enemy. Optimus wants to leave quickly, finding that he and his comrades are only doing more harm than help, until Wheeljack shows up and informs him that the Paradius government thanks the Autobots for help and that they aren't just contaminants.

====Stage 3====
Their next stop on their Decepticon hunt was the [[Ranpas geothermal plant|Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]]. Fortunately, the facility is underground, which gives the Autobots a distinct advantage as they will not have to worry about any ambushes. The Decepticons were stealing energy from the main turbine, destabilizing the underground magma. This could result in a massive explosion. Optimus was determined to stop them now, selecting carefully the members and formation, even if it is an evil trap.

Optimus does note that it will get hotter as they move closer, and take on head-on hordes of Decepticon soldiers. Along the way, they encounter the Horrorcon, Snapdragon, and soundly defeat him. Optimus was not impressed, claiming that he lost his will to fight. Eventually, they came over a lava floor where the magma began to severly damage them if continuously traversing over it. When they reach the main turbine, they discover Megatron's faithful servant, Shockwave, in charge of the energy conversion. The Autobots manage to beat him and save the planet from crisis.

As they prepare to leave, they meet the Autobot scout and naturalist, Hound, who is ready to join the battle despite the tranquility on Zel Samine. If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster, Chromedome. The Autobots contemplate on how tough the battle was and wonders if it has hindered their ability to transform. Optimus suggests a full maintenance inspection when they return to Cybertron. Wheeljack isn't worried and doesn't seem the temperatures to be a big deal. The gang then begin joking around about their friendly bouts, but Optimus sadly has to cease the happy time as more of Zel Samine needs their help.

====Stage 4====
Their next destination is the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]], where the Decepticons are using the generator at full speed to steal the most energy from it. Jazz realizes that if it keeps up, the generator could break down or even self-destruct, and break apart the dam. The plant is in the middle of a forest, so getting there won't be a problem. It is also a simplistic designed building so they will not get lost. Jazz recalls the time they woke up on Earth, when the Decepticons were stealing from the [[Sherman Dam]]. Optimus commands to go forth and select the right members to stop the Decepticons.

The forest was foggy and perfect for ambushes, but the Autobots had no time to lose and would not let this stop them. Making their way through the forest, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Weirdwolf, who Prime saw as nothing short of being a nuisance. They are able to barely defeat him, as Prime mocks how even his claws and fangs cannot hurt a heart filled with justice. They soon make it to the plant with incredible numbers of Decepticon minions, including Blitzwing and some autoguns that are unable to tell friend from foe. When they reach the generator, they encounter Blitzwing's partner-in-crime and Decepticon Astrotrain, asked to deliver the energy to Megatron. The Autobots manage to drive him away and save the dam.

On their way out, they meet up with the Autobot Headmaster Highbrow, who rejoins his comrades. If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter their chief medic, Ratchet. Back at base, Wheeljack jokes on how he didn't want to swim if they failed. Jazz then boasts about surfing a tidal wave when Cybertron was close to Earth. This infuriated Optimus, who didn't want to joke about such war-like situations. He does admit that he does feel fear about falling, but as long as he remembers he is fighting for peace, his fear is no more. Jazz and Wheeljack apologize for their behavior.

====Stage 5====
Thanks to the efforts of the Autobots, the Decepticons had stopped their evil deeds for the time being. But Optimus knew that this moment of peace wouldn't last for long and must stay vigilant. According to the Autobots they recovered, there were two UFO's, but could not gain any information other than that as they were scattered out by the electromagnetic waves and the Decepticons found them, trying to defend themselves until help could arrive.

Just then, the Autobots received another SOS signal, asking for help. Optimus was opted to go and help, but Wheeljack asks for an investigation in case it was another Decepticon trap. Optimus still felt responsible for putting his comrades in danger before though, and decides not to send an investigation and head straight to the SOS signal, and prepare for departure. The shuttle's sensors indicates the presense of both Autobots ''and'' Decepticons. The team beats through several Decepticons and conveniently placed autoguns, as well as Shockwave and Snapdragon, and reaches the signal destination.

{{note|In this stage, the boss and end story cutscene will be totally different if playing through a second time. As such, two separate sections have been made dealing with both scenarios}}

=====Normal Scenario=====
When they arrive, they encounter a mysterious new Decepticon who shares the same face as Megatron and recognizes Optimus Prime. The bot introduces himself as Galvatron, the leader of the "future Decepticons". Through a tough battle, the Autobots are somehow able to defeat Galvatron, but the new guy acts like a poor loser, transforming into cannon mode and blasting the team down before retreating. As the Autobots prepare to leave, they encounter...Hot Rod? No, he looks like him, and accompanied by an elderly war veteran and a lovely female. To add more confusion and surprise, "Hot Rod" introduces himself as Rodimus Prime, even though Optimus is the true Prime.

Optimus and his team takes Rodimus and his allies—Kup and Arcee—back to the shuttle to answer some questions. They are revealed to be from the future and that the UFO's they were chasing were shuttles they were in, and Galvatron is the future leader of the Decepticons. Jazz begins pushing Rodimus by asking what happens to Optimus and how he became from Hot Rod to Rodimus, but Optimus stops him, as he knows that time travel is possible, they don't need to know so much about their futures, and that he could feel the same Matrix of Leadership he carries within Rodimus, proving that it was true. The true story would be revealed the next day after a well-earned rest...

Meanwhile, the Decepticons have allied themselves with their future counterparts and allies, where it is revealed that Galvatron is Megatron's future self, much to the surprise of Starscream, but Megatron could feel the same metal impulse. Galvatron decides to lie to his former self by telling of how he is the new ruler of the entire universe, but the Autobots plan to use a doomsday device to destroy them. This was a conversation for the future...

The next day, Optimus becomes shocked by the news that Megatron's most faithful servant, Shockwave, had turned on him in the future. This is because after he became Galvatron, he became more violent and began losing his own authority. Observing his new leader, Shockwave deems himself a better choice as Decepticon leader and began a one-robot mutiny with an item known as [[Zel Quartz]] as Rodimus begins to tell the story of how this all happened...

''"'Zel Quartz was an energy mineral that Shockwave discovered. If the Quartz is set into the body of a being born on Cybertron—for example a Transformer—that being will experience a prodigious increase in power and strength. So, blessed with an inexhaustible supply of energy and destructive power, Shockwave made himself leader of the Decepticons. But he could not bear the extra power loads, his circuitry malfunctioned, and he began to run amok.

''"Of course, both the Autobots and the Decepticons tried to stop him. But fuelled by the near infinite power resources of the Zel Quartz, Shockwave was unstoppable. Both sides suffered massive losses. Eventually, the planet Cybertron itself was destroyed! Rodimus Prime knew that Shockwave would not stop until the Earth and all other planets were bathed in fire. Rodimus sought help from the Quintessons, who were also under threat. They provided technology, which would enable Transformers to travel back in time through a timeslip, where they planned to stop Shockwave from ever unearthing the Zel Quartz!"''

The elite of the survivors boarded a shuttle and threw themselves into the timeslip. Unfortunatly, the Decepticons discovered the Autobots' plans and secretly followed them through the timeslip to steal the Quartz for themselves. Because of this, a space energy destabilization occured and both sides' groups were scattered, with no way to contact their friends, which explains everything that's happened. Realizing the danger the universe was in, Optimus and his Autobots agreed to help Rodimus find teh Quartz and destroy it! But tehre was a problem...

No one knows where it is, because the mineral is called by another name in this timeline. What's even worse, the Decepticons are planning to steal the Quartz and fooling Megatron and his Decepticons into believing the doomsday weapon nonsense and the Zel Quartz was the power source of this weapon. Wheeljack contacts the Paradius United Government and discovers three possible locations as to where the Zel Quartz may be and begin to roll out.

=====Alternate Scenario=====
Unsurprisingly, it was another trap after all made by Megatron. Optimus simply laughs in relief, knowing that his Autobot comrades aren't in any sort of danger. However, his laughter turns to shock when Megatron unveils four Optimus Prime clones, in case of an emergency. However, much to his surprise, Optimus and his Autobots are able to defeat them. Optimus tells Megatron that imitations are nothing without a heart and soul. Irritated, Megatron quickly retreats, vowing not to forget this humiliation and smash Optimus to bits.

Returning to base, Jazz was quite angered at Megatron's actions, but Optimus and Wheeljack were not so botehred by it, as there is and always will be on Optimus Prime in this universe. But now that the Decepticons were back and active, they were going to be busy. Just then, Rodimus and his allies appear, ready to help fight by their side again. Just then, Wheeljack takes out a small capsule which he picked up from one of the Decepticons they fought. Wheeljack begins examining it as everyone else rests up for the day.

Wheeljack urgently announces he discovered something. The capsule is actually a message from the future, explaining the UFO's that landed here. Though the message is low quality, Wheeljack summizes that the message came from the Quintessons. In the message, it says that in the future, the Decepticons had obtained the Zel Quartz and wiped out their entire race. Kup is quite shocked as he thought that it existed in stories. The Quartz exists on certain planets and if a Transformer installs it in his body, his body will increase to monstrous proportions. The senders obviously sent this in hoping that people of the past would find it, and the message encourages the receivers to destroy the Quartz.

Unfortunatly, Wheeljack had already scourred through the database but found no record of the Zel Quartz. Rodimus assumes that the mineral is named something else in this timeline. Wheeljack did also find three minerals that may be teh Quartz. Knowing the Decepticons had heard this message too, the Autobots hurried up and prepared to search for Zel Quartz and destroy it!

====Stage 6====
The first destination is the [[Lazalt Ruins]], which were just recently discovered. The Autobots arrived there personally for the briefing. These ruins were said to have been the remains of an ancient alien civilization, that arrived here before the first settlements of Zel Samine. Deep within the ruins is a temple where a magical [[Gem of Mystery|Jewel of Mystery]] is enshrined, thought to be the Zel Quartz. Jazz tried warning Kup about the dangers of the jungle, but Kup began recalling a time on [[Floron 3]], surrounded by a horde of mech-eating plants. However, Optimus had to stop him, as the Decepticons were already ahead of teh Autobots, and Arcee prepared to choose the team and formation.

Optimus was correct, as the Decepticons were lurking and ready to strike in the jungle, including the Decepticon Headmaster Skullcruncher. Although they defeat him, the Autobots learn that without a key to a large door, they are unable to proceed. Realizing that Skullcruncher has the key, they pursue him and battle again. This time, they made sure to obtain the key needed to move forward. Continuing, they eventually run into the Horrorcon Apeface. They are able to take him down and eventually discover the Jewel of Mystery. However, unlucky for the Autobots, it was guarded by the Decepticon combiner, Predaking. After an extremely tough battle, Predaking is defeated and the Autobots obtain the Jewel of Mystery.

As they prepare to leave, the team encounters the Autobot Wrecker, Springer, who gladly joins the battle. If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet up with the Autobot Headmaster, Hardhead. After they analyze the Jewel of Mystery, it's sad to say that it wasn't Zel Quartz. Jazz makes sure that the jewel is returned to the ruins. Though Optimus tries questioning Wheeljack, but he is so wrapped up in Kup's stories that he doesn't hear him until Arcee screams at them. Though Kup and Wheeljack apologize, Optimus reflects on how valuable is a warrior with entertaining stories to share, but is as great an honor to be scolded by quite a beautiful woman like Arcee. This leaves Optimus thinking and remembering about his old comrade, [[Elita-One (G1)|Elita-One]]....

====Stage 7====
The next candidate is a drillbit in the [[Karzite mine]], a mine in the middle of the desert like Earth's oilfields. The mineral was an incredible specimen that is made of great materials. Even though it is a survey mission, Optimus knows the Decepticons will most likely be there and prepares to pick a team and formation. Out of nowhere, Rodimus asks Optimus what he would need to do to become a great leader like him. Optimus and the others were taken aback by this, but Optimus said he would gladly answer his question after the mission is completed.

When they arrive, they encounter Decepticons in the desert. Although the sand made it hard for the team to maneuver, the Decepticons had teh same exact trouble. The team also encountered more autobguns that once again did not discriminate. They would encounter and defeat Blitzwing once again as well as a small army of Sharkticons. No sooner than that, they find Octane, gathering energy for himself to upserd Galvatron as Decepticon leader, but Rodimus wasn't too impressed and the Autobots manage to defeat him and he runs away like a "thin-fuelled coward", as Rodimus put it. However, when they finally find the drill, they get a nasty encounter from Trypticon, guarding the drillbit. After an extremely tough battle, Trypticon is defeated and the drillbit is obtained.

As they head back, they run into the speedy messanger Blurr, who joins up with the team. If the player goes through the game a second time, they will meet the Monsterbot Grotusque. When they analyzed it, the drillbit didn't reveal to have any special effect on Transformers, leaving no Zel Quartz.

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===Decepticon Story===
Starscream and Soundwave are in the shuttle, which has crash-landed in a cave on Zel. Megatron is absent, as he is on the Space Bridge. There were many instabilities in the route, but they believed it would work. However, when they tried it again, the Space Bridge was broken. Starscream, not wanting to wait for repairs, decides to go where Megatron was supposed to be and find him.

However, when they arrive at his estimated rendezvous point, there is no one there. They are a bit confused, but nevertheless, Starscream decides to pass the time and make himself new leader of the Decepticons. At that very moment, Megatron appears from out of nowhere. He announces that he went off-course, but found that the Autobots were here as well. Megatron then calls Optimus, Wheeljack, and Jazz, and announces that the Decepticons will arrive at their shuttle to destroy them once and for all. However, Wheeljack warns him that they will have to deal with ''him'' first. Starscream is confused as to why Megatron alerted the Autobots to their attack. Megatron just states that the Autobots won't try anything tricky if they fight fairly. He then asks if Starscream would like to become an Autobot, as he believes Starscream doesn't trust him. Starscream refuses, stating he'd "rather die". He also suggests that they pick a team and formation for the attack, and Megatron agrees.

[[Image:Transformers Tatakai Megatron Surrounded.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Starscream looked suspiciously enthusiastic to join the beating of Megatron.]]
Their initial progress across the planet is hindered by an invisible wall, however. Within its confines, they encounter Ironhide and two other Autobots. After the Autobots are defeated, the invisible wall disappears, and the Decepticons realize the direct causal connection: Defeat Autobots, and the invisible walls go away. Following more skirmishes, they encounter Wheeljack. After a long battle, he loses and withdraws, and the trio continue their route.

However, they see a mine field, possibly made by Wheeljack. They manage to get through it safely, scrap some Autobots and look good all at the same time.

After traveling a great distance, they encounter Optimus Prime. This leads to a long, tough brawl for the Decepticons, but they manage to defeat Prime and the Autobots. Megatron is on the verge of destroying Prime, but the Autobot retreats. Megatron is outraged, but decides to take the energon cubes instead.

Soundwave and Megatron later discuss their views on a U.F.O. Soundwave asks Megatron if he has felt something particularly odd since arriving on the planet. Megatron acknowledges he has, and Soundwave relates the unusual events that have occurred since arriving there. It's almost as if something was trying to cause them problems, so he made a study of the planet. According to his findings, the planet's sun is very dangerous to Transformers. It is constantly beaming electro-magnetic rays which can harm them greatly and cause their energon to evaporate when they are at high altitudes. To complete the repairs on the shuttle, they need to get some energy.

The Decepticons decide to go to the Jaad wind power plant. Starscream believes the mission to be absurd and a waste of time, but Soundwave explains it is not. He also notes the Autobots are already there, but Starscream says this will be no problem: He'll just blast them away. Soundwave, however, shows Starscream how a real subordinate should behave. Starscream eases off for now, believing he'll take care of Megatron soon enough. Soundwave suggests they select a team and formation for the mission.

They head for the power plant. Along the way, they encounter the Autobot Headmaster Brainstorm. Brainstorm retreats after they defeat him and a lot of other Autobots, but once the Decepticons arrive at the main station, they also encounter Hound. They then defeat him and take all the energy. While leaving with it, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Snapdragon, part of the exploration team. He joins the team, much to Megatron's enthusiasm. If the player goes through a second time, however, they encounter Weirdwolf, instead.

Soundwave suggests using the energy to repair the shuttle, while Starscream is still thinking about the mission. Megatron is somehow aware of his thoughts, but not their exact content. He notes that Starscream will never catch him sleeping and begins assigning the Decepticons to their next destination—a geothermal power plant. Starscream complains that it's primitive and, because it's underground, he can't fly within the facility. Then, Laserbeak returns and Soundwave reports that the Autobots are taking up defensive positions around the plant. Megatron decided to select the team and stop the idle chit-chat.

When they arrive, Megatron is surprised at the power. Unfortunately, the door up ahead is locked. They have to destroy the Autobots and blast the generator. They finally do so, but after a while, they encounter Grotusque. They defeat him, he retreats, and they move on, after Megatron insults him as ugly. Hey, who can blame him?

The more they continue fighting the Autobots, the closer they get to the main generator. And the closer they get, the more damage they take due to the magma. They finally makee it to the generator, but then encounter the Monsterbot, Doublecross. They defeat him and began to take the energy from the generator. Then, Blitzwing arrives, scoffing at them that it took them too long to get here, and joins the party. If the player is here a second time, they find Skullcruncher, instead.

They manage to draw out all the energon cubes, but are unable to program as much energy as planned. Soundwave apologizes; Megatron tells him that it was Starscream's fault, as he was doing something with the energon cubes, but Starscream denies it. Then, Laserbeak returns and Megatron notices the resemblance between him and Starscream, such as the ability to fly and the colors. He also points out that Laserbeak is very loyal. It was also Laserbeak who informed to Megatron about Starscream's activities. Starscream dismisses this and goes to get the energon cubes and repair the ship for a while. Megatron also warns him that his temper is the shortest in the universe. Megatron thinks to himself that he might have Starscream destroy Optimus Prime.

Their next objective is to go to a hydroelectric power station. Now it's Soundwave's turn to complain. He, knowing that the Autobots have taken defensive positions around the plant, asks for a less well-guarded person for the job. Megatron is dismayed, believing that he's afraid. He orders to send the troops out and never hear anything like this again. He then calls back to the time they arrived on Earth. Starscream remembers this and decides to teach those tin-minnows another lesson. They choose their team and formation.

They have to get through the forest first, though. And the fog is very dense. Nevertheless, they make their way through and, on the way, defeat Highbrow. They finally arrive at the power plant and defeat some Autobots. It takes a long time, but they reach the main power station, where they are stopped by Bumblebee. They easily defeat him and take most of the energy. Then, they find Astrotrain and he joins the team. If the player goes a second time, they will find Mindwipe, instead.

Later, Soundwave admits he was wrong to criticize the plans and Megatron suggests he shut up and listen to him, from now on.

Later, Laserbeak reports that the Autobots have made contact with the UFO. The Decepticons are in trouble now, but Megatron doesn't realize this. They send a team to their rendezvous point to stop them!

Unfortunately, when they arrive, no one is there. Just then, Rodimus Prime appears. Rodimus is surprised, but remembers it was from ''this'' era. Megatron recognizes him as Hot Rod, but then realizes he isn't. Rodimus remembers that he doesn't know him yet and introduces himself, explaining that he is from the future. He warns that if he destroys all the Autobots in this era, he won't be parting on friendly terms. He defeats him and asked some questions. But at that moment, a figure which looks like Megatron in a few ways appears and blasted Rodimus. It is revealed to be Galvatron. He notices the face resemblance. Galvatron is about to explain, but Rodimus escapes. Galvatron and Megatron are furious, as Megatron needed information. Galvatron knows it was the UFO. He asks him to take him and his companions to the Decepticon Headquarters and then, they can talk.

{{note|The boss is different during the second attempt. Instead, the player faces an army of Megatron clones, made by Wheeljack. After the battle, Wheeljack retreats and drops a capsule. The future Decepticons rejoins the player and Soundwave explains that the capsule contains a message from the Quintessons, which explains why they were here. Then, Dark Hot Rod appears and joins the team.}}

Later, they are talking about the events of the future. He lies about most of it, but revealed that Galvatron is really Megatron's future self. Starscream is very surprised, but Megatron can feel that he's right. Before Galvatron continues, he says to send Shockwave outside, if he's here. Then, they continue.

Meanwhile, at the Autobot Shuttle, Rodimus and his crew are talking of the events of the future. It was revealed that Shockwave, Megatron's faithful servant, turns traitor. He examines Galvatron and his changes in personality very carefully and becomes a one-robot mutiny, as Galvatron started to lose his authority. Rodimus tells Optimus about the story of Shockwave and an item known as Zel Quartz.

''Shockwave discovered that a being born on Cybertron would gain an extra power boost if the Quartz was installed in their body. So, he pulls a "Starscream Move" and makes himself leader of the Decepticons. However, his circuits could not stand the extra power loads and it malfunctioned. He ran amok and was unstoppable! Even the Autobots and Decepticons tried to stop him, but most of them were killed and Cybertron, along with other planets, were destroyed. He would not stop until all the planets were bathed in fire. So the elite of the survivors sought help from the Quintessons. They provided them a shuttle with a TransWarp signature, where they planned on keeping Shockwave from ever finding the Quartz and defeat him, once and for all!''

Unfortunately, a disruption in space-time occurred, as a result, and the forces were scattered. They have been unable to contact their comrades. The Autobots have to destroy the Quartz before the Decepticons do. When Optimus asks where it was.....well, that's the problem.

They don't know. It is called Zel Quartz in the future, but the name in this era is unknown. They tell them that it's material for an Autobot Doomsday Weapon. The Decepticons have to get the Quartz before they do. Galvatron agrees and decidedsto keep quiet about Shockwave and the Quartz's real power for a while, or it will be harder to get the Quartz for himself when the time is right.

Later, Cyclonus coordinates with Soundwave's information and determines three possible locations and tells Galvatron of this. He decides to search them one by one. Cyclonus wonders why they just go through the trouble of finding the Quartz. Galvatron tells him that if the truth was told, Megatron would try to take the Quartz for himself and might be able to defeat Unicron, thus erasing Galvatron, Scourge, and Cyclonus from existence. With that, they leave to tell Megatron of the possible locations. Unfortunately, Starscream overheard the entire conversation. As he suspected, the future Decepticons are up to no good. However, he decides to keep it a secret, as he will get the Quartz for himself!

The first location is the Lazalt Ruins. Starscream suspects that looters probably stole it years ago, even if it was here. However, Cyclonus notes that they were recently discovered. The structures are thought to be built by intelligent life forms from another planet. There are also rumors that local archaeologists unearthed an unknown crystal known as the "Gem of Mystery". It is a high possibility that it is the Zel Quartz. Confirmation of what Cyclonus says are recent human research. Megatron saw it very familiar to items found in the [[Andes Mountains]] in [[South America]]. It would not surprise him if such a thing also exists here. The Autobots, however, anticipated them and posted guards. Galvatron suggests a good team, but Megatron notes that this is ''his'' era and Galvatron will not give orders. They have a little argument about the team selection until Soundwave and Cyclonus are selected.

==Characters==
Below is a list of some of the characters that appear in the game:

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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]*
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Doublecross]]
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*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]*
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]*
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]*
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
*[[Octane]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Weirdwolf]]
*[[Skullcruncher]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Dark Hot Rod]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Sixshot]]*
*[[Full-Tilt]]
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'''Autobots'''
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* [[Raiden]]
* [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
* [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]
* [[Kaen]]
* [[Shōki]]
* [[Suiken]]
* [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
* [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
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'''Decepticons'''
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnell]] {{sic}}
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
*[[Triggerhappy]]
*[[Misfire|Missfire]] {{sic}}
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Flywheels]]
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* The characters with multiple alternate modes (such as [[Sixshot]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s) are presented as multiple characters, each having different alternate modes.
* Not all characters are unlocked when you beat a storyline for the first time. This encourages the player to go back and try again to get the rest. There are also some changes made to the story after beating it the first time.

==Notes==
* Those who pre-ordered this game received a special "Matrix Disc" DVD containing all the Japanese [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] toy [[commercial]]s up to [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]].
* For all its flaws, this game comes with a whole lotta fanwank. Besides the sheer number of characters, both Autobots and Decepticons occasionally reference episodes of the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]].
** Considering the possibility that the Autobots were developing a new weapon, Megatron was initially dismissive, but recalled the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] and [[Solar Power Tower]] from the episodes "[[The Immobilizer]]" and "[[The Master Builders]]" as proof it was not out of the Autobots' capabilities.
** When learning they will have to battle the other faction at the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]], which generates energy through dams, Jazz and Megatron remarked it was just like when they woke up on Earth. They referred, of course, to the battle at [[Sherman Dam]] in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".
** Jazz claimed he surfed a giant tidal wave back when Cybertron came really close to the Earth, recalling the events in the episode "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]".
** Obviously, the Transformers who travel back from the future make numerous references to the events that transpired during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
** The Quintessons are said to have created the means for the future Transformers to reach the past, which would seem based on their creation of the [[Time Window]] in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
** Upon hearing that Rodimus Prime, Arcee and Kup are from the future, Optimus Prime talked about Spike traveling back in time when he entered old ruins and a time machine on Cybertron that saved his life. These are references to the episodes "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" wherein [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] traveled through time by means of the [[Dragon Mound]], and "[[War Dawn]]" wherein the [[Kronosphere]] brought the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to the past where they saved Optimus's previous persona Orion Pax.
** Wishing to illustrate he could take care of himself, Kup began recalling a story of when he and some others went to [[Floron III]] and encountered a horde of [[Morphobot|mech eatin' plants]]. This story deals with concepts introduced in the episode "[[Quest for Survival]]", but not events that actually happened in the cartoon.
** Considering the story of the Gem of Mystery, a stone of great power that lied within a recently discovered jungle temple, Megatron was reminded of the [[Crystal of Power]] which he had found within a temple on Earth in "[[Fire on the Mountain]]".
** During Wheeljack and Kup's talk of the old days, they talked about a battle against a giant black Decepticon{{fact|Who?}} and the beauty of [[Crystal City]]. Crystal City appeared in "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
** While sort of flirting with Arcee, Optimus Prime thought back on [[Elita One]], that he hadn't seen her in a long time and that he missed her. Elita One is Optimus Prime's life partner who appeared in the episodes "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]" and "[[War Dawn]]".
** At one point, Cyclonus noticed that Galvatron had been acting a lot saner ever since coming to Zel Samine and wondered if it was due to Paradius's radiation. It made him think back on times he had visited other places to 'cure' Galvatron, including the planet [[Torkulon]] which they visited in "[[Webworld]]".
** At another point, Cyclonus was able to restrain his temper against Starscream's insult by telling himself he would "turn into a pathetic ghost eventually," as per the events of "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" and "[[Ghost in the Machine]]".
** Soundwave compared the abilities of the Zel Quartz to the [[Heart of Cybertron]], the gem that powered the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and was temporarily retrieved in "[[Microbots]]".

==External links==
*[http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/takara/gameinfo/charactor/transformer.html ''The Transformers'' game page at Atlus.co.jp]
*[http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Sesq0 Gameplay videos on YouTube]
*Video game site [http://ign.com ''IGN''] did a [http://ps2.ign.com/articles/520/520165p1.html humorous comparison] between the Atlus-developed Generation 1 game and the later [[Melbourne House]]-developed [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' game]] as a "battle between Japan and Australia". Australia won.
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/917923/27448 GameFAQs' overview of the game]
* [http://pastebin.com/VaTnpAU2 A messy rip of in-game text and dialog from the game]

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The Transformers (G1 PS2)

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'''''The Transformers''''' is a Japanese video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 based on the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' series]]. It was developed by [[Winkysoft]] and published by [[Atlus]] on [[October 30]], 2003. After choosing a side, you can take a squad of three Transformers on action missions, gathering numerous new troops along the way.

Even though all of the dialog in the game is in English with an option to set all of the text in the game to English as well, this game was never released in America. The two most likely reasons are [[Hasbro]]'s lack of involvement with the title, and the game's apparent unanimous panning by critics in Japan.

You know things are messed up when ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s'' voice actor pulls off a better [[Peter Cullen]] than the actor who plays [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

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==Gameplay==
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{{bigquote|The invisible wall seems to have disappeared. Looks like we can't get rid of that wall unless we take care of all of them.|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]}}

Gameplay consists of punching and kicking your way through canyons, hillsides, and roadways where legions of cloned opponents await you. There is very little in the way of creative gameplay and everything gets very repetitive very fast. The environments are very small and closed in, so don't expect to go roaming around on any wayward adventure. You're there to duke it out with the enemy, and that's it. However, some environmental objects such as windmills and power coils can be interacted with, with no other way but to hit the objects with fists and feet even though the players are only willing to turn them off. Also in some levels, there will be multiple roads that can be taken but thanks to the game's repetitive nature, the player will end up in a very same situation no matter which road is taken.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Button_Sequence_Gameplay.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You don't say.]]

During battle, there are several combinations of the basic punch and kick buttons. Pushing both buttons in the same time will unleash a special attack, for example [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will perform a three-hit slashes using his [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]], while [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] will eject [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who will fly straight into enemies.

There is also a charge attack, which can be performed by holding the punch or kick button and fill up one charge meter. Releasing the press on the button in front of an enemy will send player into a button mashing sequence, requiring player to hit the punch or kick button repeatedly in order to deal more damage. The sequence will be ended with one final punch or kick depending on the last attack button the player pressed.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Truck_Attack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Should we play The Touch, or the Headmasters theme song?]]
The players are also able to transform the character at will during gameplay. While in their alternate modes, the characters basically have two attacks that will drain their energy points in use. While characters that transform into vehicles gain the advantage to move around faster, characters like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] instead move slower in their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], though are able to deal bigger damage in attacks.

[[Image:Transformers_Tatakai_Optimus_Upgrade_Screen.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Fallen opponents will drop power-ups; health power-ups are in red, and energy power-ups are blue, as well as tiny Energon cubes. These Energon cubes can be collected by the player, and in each end of level will be accumulated. Later on, the collected cubes can be spent in the Garage sub-menu in the intermission menu after each level is finished. ''Machine Production'' is to upgrade the characters' stats and ''Equipments Upgrade'' is to upgrade the weapons wielded by the characters. However, the characters' stats will also be upgraded automatically when they earn a level-up on their own as the game progresses.
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==Setting==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai callofthefuture.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
The game's story, titled '''''The Transformers: Call of the Future''''', takes its cue from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], even specifically referring to the events of several episodes. It is (presumably) set in 2003, the year it was released, but, via [[time travel]], also features characters from an alternate future which branched off from cartoon continuity in late 2010 (after the events of "[[Webworld]]", but before "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"). It does not seem to be officially considered part of the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], however; it features several anachronistic appearances by characters who are ''not'' time-travelling (the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], for instance, are shown to be working with their respective factions, when they will not leave their homeworld to do so until 2011), and its events were not included in the painfully comprehensive [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 timeline]].

==Story==
[[Image:Ps2tatakai shockwave2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Shockwave's reign of terror and destruction!]]
In the year 2010, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who has grown disgruntled with Galvatron's abusive leadership, discovers the [[Zel Quartz]] on [[Zel Samine]]. Realizing that it is a power source even greater than the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Shockwave implants the Quartz into himself. He stages a one-robot coup and becomes the leader of the Decepticons...until the surging power load fries his systems and he malfunctions, running amok. He destroys much of both the Autobot and Decepticon armies and eventually destroys [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself before setting out to raze many innocent planets.

Unable to stop Shockwave in the present, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] allies with the [[Quintesson]]s to send an elite cadre back in time to destroy the Quartz before Shockwave discovers it.

In 2003, both the Autobots and Decepticons detect an explosion caused by the arrival of visitors from the future over Zel Samine and send teams to investigate. Both sides lose contact with their teams. The Autobots send another team consisting of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to investigate, but their shuttle crashes, and Wheeljack learns that an abnormality in Zel Samine's sun causes electromechanical systems to malfunction and drains them of their power. The Decepticons likewise send [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arriving later by [[Space Bridge]], a very bumpy ride).

The Space Bridge malfunctions, causing significant damage to the Decepticon ship. The Decepticons lure the Autobots away from their own shuttle in order to steal their supply of [[energon]] and use it to repair their own shuttle. Afterwards, both sides skirmish over a series of local power sources, including the wind-power facility on [[Mount Jaad]], the [[Ranpas geothermal plant]], and the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]]. Along the way, both sides encounter members of their missing reconnaissance teams.

Both sides also encounter their counterparts from the future: the Autobots Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]; and the Decepticons [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Galvatron reveals his identity to Megatron, but lies to him about the Zel Quartz, claiming he rules the universe in the future and it is part of an Autobot doomsday weapon that must be destroyed.

Pursuing stories of items that may be the Zel Quartz, both sides clash over the [[Gem of Mystery]] at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], a superhard mineral in a drill bit at [[Karzite mine]], and a giant crystal formation at the [[Atalstan gem mine]]. None of those leads pay off, but the planet's central archive includes reference to a "Zel Stone" which is part of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array, matching descriptions of the Zel Quartz exactly.

Both sides stage a climactic confrontation at ELTA (which is either destroyed or kept intact, depending on the winner) to capture the Quartz. After the battle is done, Starscream, who has overheard Galvatron and Cyclonus discussing the Quartz's true nature, rushes in to steal the Quartz for himself, jetting off into space with it.

Unbeknownst to Starscream, the physical structure of the quartz requires the atmospheric and electromagnetic properties of [[Zel Samine]] to maintain its integrity. Because he has fled into space rather than installing the Quartz on the planet as Shockwave had (and thus protecting it), the Quartz immediately degrades and becomes powerless. Outside of the atmosphere, exposed to the effects of Zel Samine's star without the Quartz's power to protect him, Starscream drifts powerless, left to contemplate his mistakes.

Their own timeline averted, the future Autobots and Decepticons vanish into sparkles of light, and Optimus Prime and Megatron are left to contemplate what they've learned from the experience.

===Autobot Story===
====Stage 1====
Wheeljack loses control of a shuttle and crash-lands on Zel Samine. There, Optimus Prime, Jazz, and himself attempt a rescue mission to find several missing Autobots that disappeared here a few days prior when they receive an SOS signal. Seeing it closeby, the Autobots head out to investigate, but all they find is Soundwave. Just then, Megatron is heard from a transmitter, revealing the signal was a trap to lure them away from their shuttle and steal the energon on it. As Soundwave leaves, Wheeljack mourns about not staying behind to protect the shuttle, knowing that it wouldn't last long against Megatron's [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]].

As the Autobots get into formation, they notice an invisible barrier blocking them that only goes down when they defeat waves of Decepticon footsoldiers. After braving through Soundwave, several waves of enemies, and even a deadly minefield, the Autobots return to the shuttle to find it severly damaged, but Megatron still here. Optimus defeats Megatron but feels a strange feeling. He questions Megatron about the rcent events on this planet, but is shocked to discover that Megatron himself is investigating these very same events.

Though not totally destroyed, their shuttle is really damaged from the Decepticon attack and will not be able to lift off for some time. Wheeljack establishes contact with the [[Paradius United Government]], whose power plants are under attack by the Decepticons and aren't able to handle them on their own. Jazz suggests contacting [[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]] to help bring the supplies, but Wheeljack reveals that he discovered that the system's sun emmits electromagnetic waves that are harmful to Transformers. While the rays are not fatal, they will increase their consumption of energon and going into space or flying at high altitudes carries the risk of losing most of their energy and becoming stranded in space. The government's high official is an understanding person and will provide the Autobots with the necessary equipment needed to fix the ship, provided they help get rid of the Decepticons. Prime gratefully accepts and orders his men to prepare for battle.

====Stage 2====
Wheeljack tells Prime they are near ready for depature, but Optimus is more concerned of the events that were unfolding behind the missing Autobots and the UFO that happened a few days ago. He first thought that the space-time continuity event was some sort of accident, but when asking the Paradius home planet, they revealed that Zel Samine was used mainly for energy and resource mining, leaving this planet with few inhabitants, so no clues about the UFO or the missing Autobots. Wheeljack assumed that it may be a new Decepticon weapon but Optimus reminds him that Megatron is investigating it too. For now, though, their goals are set on keeping the planet safe from the Decepticons.

Jazz says that they are now fully ready for battle, and their first destination was [[Mount Jaad]], a wind power plant with harsh conditions. Wheeljack finds the stuff the Paradius system builds to be quite interesting. The Paradius people live in harmony with both nature and technology. Energy is developed onto this planet and sent to the Paradius home planet, allowing them to live in a way to protect the environment without polluting it on Zel. Wheeljack was about to do a history lesson, but Jazz reminded them of the Decepticons attacking the mountain, and Prime proceeds to select the team and formation.

As they reach the plant, they encounter heavy Decepticon resistance and some autogun cannons at the plant that don't seem to recognize the difference between friend and foe. They also encounter the Decepticon Headmaster, Mindwipe, determined to send them to their ancestors, but is soundly defeated. Optimus contemplatres that with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they will always have the wisdom and knowledge of their ancestors by their side. They continue forth to the main station and have another encounter with Soundwave and defeat him. As the Autobots reach the main station, they encounter the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]] Blitzwing, who finds his comrades to be totally worthless for letting them get so far. The Autobots manage to beat him and drive him and the Decepticons away.

As they prepare to return to base, they find their old yellow friend, Bumblebee, and is recruited back into the mission. If the player goes through a second time, the Autobots will meet up with the Headmaster Brainstorm, ready to track down the Decepticons until his engines overheat. When they return, Optimus and Jazz talk about how well they did against the enemy. Optimus wants to leave quickly, finding that he and his comrades are only doing more harm than help, until Wheeljack shows up and informs him that the Paradius government thanks the Autobots for help and that they aren't just contaminants.

====Stage 3====
Their next stop on their Decepticon hunt was the [[Ranpas geothermal plant|Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]]. Fortunately, the facility is underground, which gives the Autobots a distinct advantage as they will not have to worry about any ambushes. The Decepticons were stealing energy from the main turbine, destabilizing the underground magma. This could result in a massive explosion. Optimus was determined to stop them now, selecting carefully the members and formation, even if it is an evil trap.

Optimus does note that it will get hotter as they move closer, and take on head-on hordes of Decepticon soldiers. Along the way, they encounter the Horrorcon, Snapdragon, and soundly defeat him. Optimus was not impressed, claiming that he lost his will to fight. Eventually, they came over a lava floor where the magma began to severly damage them if continuosly traversing over it. When they reach the main turbine, they discover Megatron's faithful servant, Shockwave, in charge of the energy conversion. The Autobots manage to beat him and save the planet from crisis.

As they prepare to leave, they meet the Autobot scout and naturalist, Hound, who is ready to join the battle despite the tranquility on Zel Samine. If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter the Headmaster, Chromedome. The Autobots contemplate on how tough the battle was and wonders if it has hindered their ability to transform. Optimus suggests a full maintenance inspection when they return to Cybertron. Wheeljack isn't worried and doesn't seem the temperatures to be a big deal. The gang then begin joking around about their friendly bouts, but Optimus sadly has to cease the happy time as more of Zel Samine needs their help.

====Stage 4====
Their next destination is the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]], where the Decepticons are using the generator at full speed to steal the most energy from it. Jazz realises that if it keeps up, the generator could break down or even self-destruct, and break apart the dam. The plant is in the middle of a forest, so getting there won't be a problem. It is also a simplistic designed building so they will not get lost. Jazz recalls the time they woke up on Earth, when the Decepticons were stealing from the [[Sherman Dam]]. Optimus commands to go forth and select the right members to stop the Decepticons.

The forest was foggy and perfect for ambushes, but the Autobots had no time to lose and would not let this stop them. Making their way through the forest, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Weirdwolf, who Prime saw as nothing short of being a nuisance. They are able to barely defeat him, as Prime mocks how even his claws and fangs cannot hurt a heart filled with justice. They soon make it to the plant with incredible numbers of Decepticon minions, including Blitzwing and some autoguns that are unable to tell friend from foe. When they reach the generator, they encounter Blitzwing's partner-in-crime and Decepticon Astrotrain, asked to deliver the energy to Megatron. The Autobots manage to drive him away and save the dam.

On their way out, they meet up with the Autobot Headmaster Highbrow, who rejoins his comrades. If the player goes through a second time, they will encounter their chief medic, Ratchet. Back at base, Wheeljack jokes on how he didn't want to swim if they failed. Jazz then boasts about surfing a tidal wave when Cybertron was close to Earth. This infuriated Optimus, who didn't want to joke about such war-like situations. He does admit that he does feel fear about falling, but as long as he remembers he is fighting for peace, his fear is no more. Jazz and Wheeljack apologize for their behavior.

====Stage 5====
Thanks to the efforts of the Autobots, the Decepticons had stopped their evil deeds for the time being. But Optimus knew that this moment of peace wouldn't last for long and must stay vigilant. According to the Autobots they recovered, there were two UFO's, but could not gain any information other than that as they were scattered out by the electromagnetic waves and the Decepticons found them, trying to defend themselves until help could arrive.

Just then, the Autobots received another SOS signal, asking for help. Optimus was opted to go and help, but Wheeljack asks for an investigation in case it was another Decepticon trap. Optimus still felt responsible for putting his comrades in danger before though, and decides not to send an investigation and head straight to the SOS signal, and prepare for departure. The shuttle's sensors indicates the pressense of both Autobots ''and'' Decepticons. The team beats through several Decepticons and convinetntly placed autoguns, as well as Shockwave and Snapdragon, and reaches the signal destination.

{{note|In this stage, the boss and end story cutscene will be totally different if playing through a second time. As such, two separate sections have been made dealing with both scenarios}}

=====Normal Scenario=====
When they arrive, they encounter a mysterious new Decepticon who shares the same face as Megatron and recognizes Optimus Prime. The bot introduces himself as Galvatron, the leader of the "future Decepticons". Through a tough battle, the Autobots are somehow able to defeat Galvatron, but the new guy acts like a poor loser, transforming into cannon mode and blasting the team down before retreating. As the Autobots prepare to leave, they encounter...Hot Rod? No, he looks like him, and accompanied by an elderly war veteran and a lovely female. To add more confusion and surprise, "Hot Rod" introduces himself as Rodimus Prime, even though Optimus is the true Prime.

Optimus and his team takes Rodimus and his allies—Kup and Arcee—back to the shuttle to answer some questions. They are revealed to be from the future and that the UFO's they were chasing were shuttles they were in, and Galvatron is the future leader of the Decepticons. Jazz begins pushing Rodimus by asking what happens to Optimus and how he became from Hot Rod to Rodimus, but Optimus stops him, as he knows that time travel is possible, they don't need to know so much about their futures, and that he could feel the same Matrix of Leadership he carries within Rodimus, proving that it was true. The true story would be revealed the next day after a well-earned rest...

Meanwhile, the Decepticons have allied themselves with their future counterparts and allies, where it is revealed that Galvatron is Megatron's future self, much to the surprise of Starscream, but Megatron could feel the same metal impulse. Galvatron decides to lie to his former self by telling of how he is the new ruler of the entire universe, but the Autobots plan to use a doomsday device to destroy them. This was a conversation for the future...

The next day, Optimus becomes shocked by the news that Megatron's most faithful servant, Shockwave, had turned on him in the future. This is because after he became Galvatron, he became more violent and began losing his own authority. Observing his new leader, Shockwave deems himself a better choice as Decepticon leader and began a one-robot mutiny with an item known as [[Zel Quartz]] as Rodimus begins to tell the story of how this all happened...

''"'Zel Quartz was an energy mineral that Shockwave discovered. If the Quartz is set into the body of a being born on Cybertron—for example a Transformer—that being will experience a prodigious increase in power and strength. So, blessed with an inexhaustible supply of energy and destructive power, Shockwave made himself leader of the Decepticons. But he could not bear the extra power loads, his circuitry malfunctioned, and he began to run amok.

''"Of course, both the Autobots and the Decepticons tried to stop him. But fuelled by the near infinite power resources of the Zel Quartz, Shockwave was unstoppable. Both sides suffered massive losses. Eventually, the planet Cybertron itself was destroyed! Rodimus Prime knew that Shockwave would not stop until the Earth and all other planets were bathed in fire. Rodimus sought help from the Quintessons, who were also under threat. They provided technology, which would enable Transformers to travel back in time through a timeslip, where they planned to stop Shockwave from ever unearthing the Zel Quartz!"''

The elite of the survivors boarded a shuttle and threw themselves into the timeslip. Unfortunatly, the Decepticons discovered the Autobots' plans and secretly followed them through the timeslip to steal the Quartz for themselves. Because of this, a space energy destabilization occured and both sides' groups were scattered, with no way to contact their friends, which explains everything that's happened. Realizing the danger the universe was in, Optimus and his Autobots agreed to help Rodimus find teh Quartz and destroy it! But tehre was a problem...

No one knows where it is, because the mineral is called by another name in this timeline. What's even worse, the Decepticons are planning to steal the Quartz and fooling Megatron and his Decepticons into believing the doomsday weapon nonsense and the Zel Quartz was the power source of this weapon. Wheeljack contacts the Paradius United Government and discovers three possible locations as to where the Zel Quartz may be and begin to roll out.

=====Alternate Scenario=====
Unsurprisingly, it was another trap after all made by Megatron. Optimus simply laughs in relief, knowing that his Autobot comrades aren't in any sort of danger. However, his laughter turns to shock when Megatron unveils four Optimus Prime clones, in case of an emergency. However, much to his surprise, Optimus and his Autobots are able to defeat them. Optimus tells Megatron that imitations are nothing without a heart and soul. Irritated, Megatron quickly retreats, vowing not to forget this humiliation and smash Optimus to bits.

Returning to base, Jazz was quite angered at Megatron's actions, but Optimus and Wheeljack were not so botehred by it, as there is and always will be on Optimus Prime in this universe. But now that the Decepticons were back and active, they were going to be busy. Just then, Rodimus and his allies appear, ready to help fight by their side again. Just then, Wheeljack takes out a small capsule which he picked up from one of the Decepticons they fought. Wheeljack begins examining it as everyone else rests up for the day.

Wheeljack urgently announces he discovered something. The capsule is actually a message from the future, explaining the UFO's that landed here. Though the message is low quality, Wheeljack summizes that the message came from the Quintessons. In the message, it says that in the future, the Decepticons had obtained the Zel Quartz and wiped out their entire race. Kup is quite shocked as he thought that it existed in stories. The Quartz exists on certain planets and if a Transformer installs it in his body, his body will increase to monstrous proportions. The senders obviously sent this in hoping that people of the past would find it, and the message encourages the receivers to destroy the Quartz.

Unfortunatly, Wheeljack had already scourred through the database but found no record of the Zel Quartz. Rodimus assumes that the mineral is named something else in this timeline. Wheeljack did also find three minerals that may be teh Quartz. Knowing the Decepticons had heard this message too, the Autobots hurried up and prepared to search for Zel Quartz and destroy it!

====Stage 6====

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===Decepticon Story===
Starscream and Soundwave are in the shuttle, which has crash-landed in a cave on Zel. Megatron is absent, as he is on the Space Bridge. There were many instabilities in the route, but they believed it would work. However, when they tried it again, the Space Bridge was broken. Starscream, not wanting to wait for repairs, decides to go where Megatron was supposed to be and find him.

However, when they arrive at his estimated rendezvous point, there is no one there. They are a bit confused, but nevertheless, Starscream decides to pass the time and make himself new leader of the Decepticons. At that very moment, Megatron appears from out of nowhere. He announces that he went off-course, but found that the Autobots were here as well. Megatron then calls Optimus, Wheeljack, and Jazz, and announces that the Decepticons will arrive at their shuttle to destroy them once and for all. However, Wheeljack warns him that they will have to deal with ''him'' first. Starscream is confused as to why Megatron alerted the Autobots to their attack. Megatron just states that the Autobots won't try anything tricky if they fight fairly. He then asks if Starscream would like to become an Autobot, as he believes Starscream doesn't trust him. Starscream refuses, stating he'd "rather die". He also suggests that they pick a team and formation for the attack, and Megatron agrees.

[[Image:Transformers Tatakai Megatron Surrounded.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Starscream looked suspiciously enthusiastic to join the beating of Megatron.]]
Their initial progress across the planet is hindered by an invisible wall, however. Within its confines, they encounter Ironhide and two other Autobots. After the Autobots are defeated, the invisible wall disappears, and the Decepticons realize the direct causal connection: Defeat Autobots, and the invisible walls go away. Following more skirmishes, they encounter Wheeljack. After a long battle, he loses and withdraws, and the trio continue their route.

However, they see a mine field, possibly made by Wheeljack. They manage to get through it safely, scrap some Autobots and look good all at the same time.

After traveling a great distance, they encounter Optimus Prime. This leads to a long, tough brawl for the Decepticons, but they manage to defeat Prime and the Autobots. Megatron is on the verge of destroying Prime, but the Autobot retreats. Megatron is outraged, but decides to take the energon cubes instead.

Soundwave and Megatron later discuss their views on a U.F.O. Soundwave asks Megatron if he has felt something particularly odd since arriving on the planet. Megatron acknowledges he has, and Soundwave relates the unusual events that have occurred since arriving there. It's almost as if something was trying to cause them problems, so he made a study of the planet. According to his findings, the planet's sun is very dangerous to Transformers. It is constantly beaming electro-magnetic rays which can harm them greatly and cause their energon to evaporate when they are at high altitudes. To complete the repairs on the shuttle, they need to get some energy.

The Decepticons decide to go to the Jaad wind power plant. Starscream believes the mission to be absurd and a waste of time, but Soundwave explains it is not. He also notes the Autobots are already there, but Starscream says this will be no problem: He'll just blast them away. Soundwave, however, shows Starscream how a real subordinate should behave. Starscream eases off for now, believing he'll take care of Megatron soon enough. Soundwave suggests they select a team and formation for the mission.

They head for the power plant. Along the way, they encounter the Autobot Headmaster Brainstorm. Brainstorm retreats after they defeat him and a lot of other Autobots, but once the Decepticons arrive at the main station, they also encounter Hound. They then defeat him and take all the energy. While leaving with it, they encounter the Decepticon Headmaster Snapdragon, part of the exploration team. He joins the team, much to Megatron's enthusiasm. If the player goes through a second time, however, they encounter Weirdwolf, instead.

Soundwave suggests using the energy to repair the shuttle, while Starscream is still thinking about the mission. Megatron is somehow aware of his thoughts, but not their exact content. He notes that Starscream will never catch him sleeping and begins assigning the Decepticons to their next destination—a geothermal power plant. Starscream complains that it's primitive and, because it's underground, he can't fly within the facility. Then, Laserbeak returns and Soundwave reports that the Autobots are taking up defensive positions around the plant. Megatron decided to select the team and stop the idle chit-chat.

When they arrive, Megatron is surprised at the power. Unfortunately, the door up ahead is locked. They have to destroy the Autobots and blast the generator. They finally do so, but after a while, they encounter Grotusque. They defeat him, he retreats, and they move on, after Megatron insults him as ugly. Hey, who can blame him?

The more they continue fighting the Autobots, the closer they get to the main generator. And the closer they get, the more damage they take due to the magma. They finally makee it to the generator, but then encounter the Monsterbot, Doublecross. They defeat him and began to take the energy from the generator. Then, Blitzwing arrives, scoffing at them that it took them too long to get here, and joins the party. If the player is here a second time, they find Skullcruncher, instead.

They manage to draw out all the energon cubes, but are unable to program as much energy as planned. Soundwave apologizes; Megatron tells him that it was Starscream's fault, as he was doing something with the energon cubes, but Starscream denies it. Then, Laserbeak returns and Megatron notices the resemblance between him and Starscream, such as the ability to fly and the colors. He also points out that Laserbeak is very loyal. It was also Laserbeak who informed to Megatron about Starscream's activities. Starscream dismisses this and goes to get the energon cubes and repair the ship for a while. Megatron also warns him that his temper is the shortest in the universe. Megatron thinks to himself that he might have Starscream destroy Optimus Prime.

Their next objective is to go to a hydroelectric power station. Now it's Soundwave's turn to complain. He, knowing that the Autobots have taken defensive positions around the plant, asks for a less well-guarded person for the job. Megatron is dismayed, believing that he's afraid. He orders to send the troops out and never hear anything like this again. He then calls back to the time they arrived on Earth. Starscream remembers this and decides to teach those tin-minnows another lesson. They choose their team and formation.

They have to get through the forest first, though. And the fog is very dense. Nevertheless, they make their way through and, on the way, defeat Highbrow. They finally arrive at the power plant and defeat some Autobots. It takes a long time, but they reach the main power station, where they are stopped by Bumblebee. They easily defeat him and take most of the energy. Then, they find Astrotrain and he joins the team. If the player goes a second time, they will find Mindwipe, instead.

Later, Soundwave admits he was wrong to criticize the plans and Megatron suggests he shut up and listen to him, from now on.

Later, Laserbeak reports that the Autobots have made contact with the UFO. The Decepticons are in trouble now, but Megatron doesn't realize this. They send a team to their rendezvous point to stop them!

Unfortunately, when they arrive, no one is there. Just then, Rodimus Prime appears. Rodimus is surprised, but remembers it was from ''this'' era. Megatron recognizes him as Hot Rod, but then realizes he isn't. Rodimus remembers that he doesn't know him yet and introduces himself, explaining that he is from the future. He warns that if he destroys all the Autobots in this era, he won't be parting on friendly terms. He defeats him and asked some questions. But at that moment, a figure which looks like Megatron in a few ways appears and blasted Rodimus. It is revealed to be Galvatron. He notices the face resemblance. Galvatron is about to explain, but Rodimus escapes. Galvatron and Megatron are furious, as Megatron needed information. Galvatron knows it was the UFO. He asks him to take him and his companions to the Decepticon Headquarters and then, they can talk.

{{note|The boss is different during the second attempt. Instead, the player faces an army of Megatron clones, made by Wheeljack. After the battle, Wheeljack retreats and drops a capsule. The future Decepticons rejoins the player and Soundwave explains that the capsule contains a message from the Quintessons, which explains why they were here. Then, Dark Hot Rod appears and joins the team.}}

Later, they are talking about the events of the future. He lies about most of it, but revealed that Galvatron is really Megatron's future self. Starscream is very surprised, but Megatron can feel that he's right. Before Galvatron continues, he says to send Shockwave outside, if he's here. Then, they continue.

Meanwhile, at the Autobot Shuttle, Rodimus and his crew are talking of the events of the future. It was revealed that Shockwave, Megatron's faithful servant, turns traitor. He examines Galvatron and his changes in personality very carefully and becomes a one-robot mutiny, as Galvatron started to lose his authority. Rodimus tells Optimus about the story of Shockwave and an item known as Zel Quartz.

''Shockwave discovered that a being born on Cybertron would gain an extra power boost if the Quartz was installed in their body. So, he pulls a "Starscream Move" and makes himself leader of the Decepticons. However, his circuits could not stand the extra power loads and it malfunctioned. He ran amok and was unstoppable! Even the Autobots and Decepticons tried to stop him, but most of them were killed and Cybertron, along with other planets, were destroyed. He would not stop until all the planets were bathed in fire. So the elite of the survivors sought help from the Quintessons. They provided them a shuttle with a TransWarp signature, where they planned on keeping Shockwave from ever finding the Quartz and defeat him, once and for all!''

Unfortunately, a disruption in space-time occurred, as a result, and the forces were scattered. They have been unable to contact their comrades. The Autobots have to destroy the Quartz before the Decepticons do. When Optimus asks where it was.....well, that's the problem.

They don't know. It is called Zel Quartz in the future, but the name in this era is unknown. They tell them that it's material for an Autobot Doomsday Weapon. The Decepticons have to get the Quartz before they do. Galvatron agrees and decidedsto keep quiet about Shockwave and the Quartz's real power for a while, or it will be harder to get the Quartz for himself when the time is right.

Later, Cyclonus coordinates with Soundwave's information and determines three possible locations and tells Galvatron of this. He decides to search them one by one. Cyclonus wonders why they just go through the trouble of finding the Quartz. Galvatron tells him that if the truth was told, Megatron would try to take the Quartz for himself and might be able to defeat Unicron, thus erasing Galvatron, Scourge, and Cyclonus from existence. With that, they leave to tell Megatron of the possible locations. Unfortunately, Starscream overheard the entire conversation. As he suspected, the future Decepticons are up to no good. However, he decides to keep it a secret, as he will get the Quartz for himself!

The first location is the Lazalt Ruins. Starscream suspects that looters probably stole it years ago, even if it was here. However, Cyclonus notes that they were recently discovered. The structures are thought to be built by intelligent life forms from another planet. There are also rumors that local archaeologists unearthed an unknown crystal known as the "Gem of Mystery". It is a high possibility that it is the Zel Quartz. Confirmation of what Cyclonus says are recent human research. Megatron saw it very familiar to items found in the [[Andes Mountains]] in [[South America]]. It would not surprise him if such a thing also exists here. The Autobots, however, anticipated them and posted guards. Galvatron suggests a good team, but Megatron notes that this is ''his'' era and Galvatron will not give orders. They have a little argument about the team selection until Soundwave and Cyclonus are selected.

==Characters==
Below is a list of some of the characters that appear in the game:

[[Image:Doublecross mb.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Doublecross as seen in the Video game.]]
[[Image:Ps2tatakai full-tilt.jpg|right|154px|thumb|I failed to transform in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|TV show]]]]
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]*
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Doublecross]]
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*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]*
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]*
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]*
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
*[[Octane]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Weirdwolf]]
*[[Skullcruncher]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Dark Hot Rod]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Sixshot]]*
*[[Full-Tilt]]
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'''Autobots'''
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* [[Raiden]]
* [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
* [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]
* [[Kaen]]
* [[Shōki]]
* [[Suiken]]
* [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
* [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
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'''Decepticons'''
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnell]] {{sic}}
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
*[[Triggerhappy]]
*[[Misfire|Missfire]] {{sic}}
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Flywheels]]
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* The characters with multiple alternate modes (such as [[Sixshot]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s) are presented as multiple characters, each having different alternate modes.
* Not all characters are unlocked when you beat a storyline for the first time. This encourages the player to go back and try again to get the rest. There are also some changes made to the story after beating it the first time.

==Notes==
* Those who pre-ordered this game received a special "Matrix Disc" DVD containing all the Japanese [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] toy [[commercial]]s up to [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]].
* For all its flaws, this game comes with a whole lotta fanwank. Besides the sheer number of characters, both Autobots and Decepticons occasionally reference episodes of the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]].
** Considering the possibility that the Autobots were developing a new weapon, Megatron was initially dismissive, but recalled the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] and [[Solar Power Tower]] from the episodes "[[The Immobilizer]]" and "[[The Master Builders]]" as proof it was not out of the Autobots' capabilities.
** When learning they will have to battle the other faction at the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]], which generates energy through dams, Jazz and Megatron remarked it was just like when they woke up on Earth. They referred, of course, to the battle at [[Sherman Dam]] in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".
** Jazz claimed he surfed a giant tidal wave back when Cybertron came really close to the Earth, recalling the events in the episode "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]".
** Obviously, the Transformers who travel back from the future make numerous references to the events that transpired during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
** The Quintessons are said to have created the means for the future Transformers to reach the past, which would seem based on their creation of the [[Time Window]] in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
** Upon hearing that Rodimus Prime, Arcee and Kup are from the future, Optimus Prime talked about Spike traveling back in time when he entered old ruins and a time machine on Cybertron that saved his life. These are references to the episodes "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" wherein [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] traveled through time by means of the [[Dragon Mound]], and "[[War Dawn]]" wherein the [[Kronosphere]] brought the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to the past where they saved Optimus's previous persona Orion Pax.
** Wishing to illustrate he could take care of himself, Kup began recalling a story of when he and some others went to [[Floron III]] and encountered a horde of [[Morphobot|mech eatin' plants]]. This story deals with concepts introduced in the episode "[[Quest for Survival]]", but not events that actually happened in the cartoon.
** Considering the story of the Gem of Mystery, a stone of great power that lied within a recently discovered jungle temple, Megatron was reminded of the [[Crystal of Power]] which he had found within a temple on Earth in "[[Fire on the Mountain]]".
** During Wheeljack and Kup's talk of the old days, they talked about a battle against a giant black Decepticon{{fact|Who?}} and the beauty of [[Crystal City]]. Crystal City appeared in "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
** While sort of flirting with Arcee, Optimus Prime thought back on [[Elita One]], that he hadn't seen her in a long time and that he missed her. Elita One is Optimus Prime's life partner who appeared in the episodes "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]" and "[[War Dawn]]".
** At one point, Cyclonus noticed that Galvatron had been acting a lot saner ever since coming to Zel Samine and wondered if it was due to Paradius's radiation. It made him think back on times he had visited other places to 'cure' Galvatron, including the planet [[Torkulon]] which they visited in "[[Webworld]]".
** At another point, Cyclonus was able to restrain his temper against Starscream's insult by telling himself he would "turn into a pathetic ghost eventually," as per the events of "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" and "[[Ghost in the Machine]]".
** Soundwave compared the abilities of the Zel Quartz to the [[Heart of Cybertron]], the gem that powered the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and was temporarily retrieved in "[[Microbots]]".

==External links==
*[http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/takara/gameinfo/charactor/transformer.html ''The Transformers'' game page at Atlus.co.jp]
*[http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Sesq0 Gameplay videos on YouTube]
*Video game site [http://ign.com ''IGN''] did a [http://ps2.ign.com/articles/520/520165p1.html humorous comparison] between the Atlus-developed Generation 1 game and the later [[Melbourne House]]-developed [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' game]] as a "battle between Japan and Australia". Australia won.
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/917923/27448 GameFAQs' overview of the game]
* [http://pastebin.com/VaTnpAU2 A messy rip of in-game text and dialog from the game]

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