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Toronto

2009-04-04T17:26:15Z

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'''Toronto''', Ontario, is the largest city in [[Canada]].

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Energon''====
Toronto was one of four [[Earth]] cities attacked by [[Alpha Quintesson]]. An [[Autobot]] unit led by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] defended it from hordes of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] clones. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}

==Trivia==
* Since 2004, Toronto has been the home of [[TFcon]] (formerly TransformersCon), the second-largest ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' convention in the world after [[BotCon]].

==External Links==
*[[Wikipedia:Toronto|Wikipedia's Entry for Toronto]]
*[http://www.tfcon.ca/ TFcon's homepage]

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[[Category:Cities on Earth]]

Canada

2009-04-04T17:24:30Z

Silly Dan: fixing formatting

[[Image:Canada.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A representative Canadian landscape, eh? (Not shown: milk in a bag.)]]
'''Canada''' is like the [[United States of America]], but bigger, politer, and health care-ier. In retaliation, the United States wears Canada like a hat, eh?

[[Toronto]] is Canada's largest city, eh? (Yes, there are cities littered aboot the country!)

==Non-fiction, eh?==
Canada has had a surprisingly large behind-the-scenes role in producing Transformers. It is home of [[Mainframe Entertainment]], who produced the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]] and [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]] television series. It was also home to the now-defunct [[Dreamwave Productions]] whose top-selling 2002 Generation 1 revival comic led directly to the production of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 movie]].

During the tail end of Generation 1, Canada received several toys the U.S. did not, like the [[Turbomasters]]. Generally speaking, U.S. exclusives tend to turn up at Canadian retail, with Wal-Mart keeping its exclusives and Target exclusives winding up at [[Wikipedia:Zellers|Zellers]], a Canadian chain.

Due to Canada being a bilingual country, it's always had [[multilingual packaging]]. The toys also required multilingual character names for a long time.

==Fiction, eh?==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
:''(Note: Events in italics occurred in UK-exclusive material.)''

''There are lots of polar bears, eh?''

When [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] blew up the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' like a shaken-up bottle of beer, it crashed somewhere in northern Canada. The ''Ark'', not the beer, 'cause that'd be a waste of good beer. But [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] survived the crash, and since he's like, a big [[Hosehead|hoser]], he killed a bunch of Canadian army guys. Then [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] came and beat him up and tossed him in a lake, and that was pretty much it for Galvatron. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?|The Last Autobot, eh?}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
The Autobot group led by [[Ginrai]] first met up with [[Ranger]] in the vast Canadian forests and [[Lightfoot]] at his father's motor company. Both learned aboot their ability to "God On" with their Transtectors soon after. {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}}

Lightfoot's father moved from [[United Kingdom|England]] to Canada to fulfill his dream of starting a car company, this apparently being more achievable in Canada. The resulting company is the prestigious [[British Motors]], which is a perfectly logical name for a company started in Canada. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics continuity===
[[Lazarus]] has a secret base there, eh? The Canadian army attacked the Autobots for trying to save them, eh? {{storylink|Prime Directive|Prime Directive}}

They have clone armies, eh?!

===Unicron Trilogy===
[[Kicker]] and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] work to install [[Base Unit 1]] with the [[Omnicon|Omnicons]] not really helping. {{storylink|Omni-Potent|Omni-Potent}}.

Later, an evil army of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] clones invade Toronto in a co-ordinated attack. {{storylink|Multiplicity|Multiplicity}} The Autobots defend the city, and when they reserves run low, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] comes to their rescue. After purging the world of the Terrocon clones, Megatron heads to planned site of Base Unit 1 for an intense battle against [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] {{storylink|No Exit|No Exit}}

[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] roams aboot the frozen wastelands like a pale blue force of nature, eh?

===Titan Magazines (2007 Movie)===

In an alternate universe, Canada ''may'' have been conquered and occupied by Decepticons for a brief period. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

===''Transformers Animated''===
Canada is very close to [[Detroit]]. However, despite what a certain [[Porter C. Powell|pompous windbag]] thinks, there are no "international" waters in [[Lake Erie]]. Just American and Canadian, eh? {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster|The Return of the Headmaster}}

==Trivia==
* Transformers Animated episodes air earlier in Canada, eh?

* There are no Target stores in Canada, eh?

* ''Transformers Animated'' toys were released a month sooner, eh?

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Canada|Wikipedia's entry for Canada]]
*[http://www.cytertron.ca Canadian-specific Transformers news and information]

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[[Category:Countries]]

Laurentian Abyss

2009-04-01T23:33:19Z

Silly Dan: fix wikipedia link

The '''Laurentian Abyss''' is the <s>second deepest</s> deepest part of the [[Earth]]'s ocean.

==Fiction==
===Transformers (2007)===
The [[United States government]] dropped all of the defeated Decepticons into the Laurentian Abyss. It was hoped that the extreme pressure and temperature of the Abyss would destroy bodies of the Decepticons, hiding the evidence from the [[Humans|unknowing populace]] of Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}

==Trivia==
* [[John Keller]] calls the abyss the deepest point on Earth... but in reality, this is untrue. The [[wikipedia:Mariana Trench|Mariana Trench]] is over twice as deep as the Laurentian.

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Laurentian Abyss|Laurentian Abyss]] at Wikipedia

[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Movie]]

John Keller

2009-04-01T23:31:39Z

Silly Dan: fixing wikipedia links

:''John Keller is a [[human]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Johnkeller.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Keller sidesteps comedy gold by not being the Vice President.]]
'''John Keller''' is [[wikipedia:United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] of the [[United States of America]]. He not only seems to pretty much run the country while the [[President of the United States]] binges on [[Ding Dong|Ding Dongs]], but he's also rather handy with a shotgun.

He doesn't want to hear any of this [[Transformer|alien robot]] crap.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Actor:'' [[Jon Voight]] (English), [[Minoru Hirano]] (Japanese dub voice)

[[Image:Movie2007 Keller newsconference.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Option one for scandal control: deny everything. Option two: blame it on the other party. Option three: start an incident with a foreign power to distract people.]]
After the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] was attacked by [[Blackout (Movie)|unknown hostiles]], Keller led a briefing on what they knew to a group of [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]]-computer technicians, informing them that someone had tried to hack the Defense Network during the attack. Later, when [[Air Force One]] was hacked by [[Frenzy (Movie)|another unknown hostile]], he ordered the President to be placed in the Presidential bunker.

When he was briefed on the possible countries that were capable of such hacks, [[Maggie Madsen]], who had led the team which discovered the second hack, informed him that those countries were incapable of such work. When she suggested that it might be a living organism behind it, Keller told her to find some evidence, or shut up. However, he was later informed that survivors of the base attack were under attack by a hostile. When the Pentagon received video feed, they saw that the hostile was [[Scorponok (Movie)|a never before seen creature]]. After the creature was driven off, Keller ordered the men to be returned to the states and debriefed.

[[Image:Movie2007 Keller OBVIOUSVISUALAID.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Both Keller and Banachek fail to realize that these photos are actually from last year's BotCon.]]
Later, a virus which had been uploaded by the second hacker led to a global communications shutdown. During that time, [[Tom Banachek]] arrived from [[Sector Seven]], an organization Keller had never heard of, with orders from the President to brief Keller. Taking him to the briefing room, Banachek showed Keller images of the [[Mars]] [[Beagle 2 Rover]]. Officially, the rover had crashed and been lost. Unofficially, thirteen seconds of information had been sent before the rover had been destroyed by a [[Decepticon|humanoid creature]]. Visibly horrified, Keller was then shown a picture of the Mars alien, as Banachek then compared that with images of the "weapons platform" the SOCCENT survivors had taken before their retreat. When Keller asked if the planet was under threat of invasion, Banachek told him to look out at the static filled screens. Keller ordered the dispatched naval fleets to be returned somehow, and had Madsen brought with him as his advisor, along with ''her'' advisor [[Glen Whitmann]].

Taken to [[Hoover Dam]], Keller met with [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]], CO of the SOCCENT survivors, and informed him that they were doing their best to load all gunships with sabot rounds. Going inside, he was shocked to see a frozen [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]], and was very upset that he had never been informed about it. This was made even worse when [[Sam Witwicky|some kid]] told them that N.B.E.-1, whose real name was [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], was the harbinger of death and planned to turn all of Earth's machines to conquer the galaxy with some device called the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]]. During a demonstration of the All Spark's power, [[Reggie Simmons|Agent Simmons]] brought Glen's Nokia produced cellphone [[Nokia robot|to life]], commenting that the Japanese were skilled inventors. When Maggie commented that Nokia was from Finland, Keller reminded her that Simmons was a strange man.

[[Image:Movie2007 Keller morsecode.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"Hurry up and download the trailer for Revenge of the Fallen or Simmons gets it in the butt!"]]
After [[Starscream (Movie)|a Decepticon]] attacked the Dam and Megatron began to unthaw, Keller accompanied the others to the armory. During the standoff between Agent Simmons and Captain Lennox over releasing [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the kid's Camaro]], Keller advised Simmons to listen to Lennox. After the Camaro shrank the All Spark, Keller, Simmons, Maggie, and Glen went to the archives room, where they attempted to send out a radio signal to support the soldiers taking the cube to [[Mission City]]. Sadly, the radio had no microphones, but Glen attempted to connect a computer to the radio. Their efforts were interrupted by a spastic little abomination that had hacked Air Force One. Keller provided cover fire with an old shotgun while Glen worked. Fortunately, the spastic abomination killed itself with one of its own razors. After contact was made, Keller used his authorization codes to send air support to Mission City.

After the Decepticons were destroyed, Keller informed the military that Sector Seven was to be shutdown, and that the Decepticon corpses were to be dropped in the [[Laurentian Abyss]], which Keller said was the deepest place on the planet. [[wikipedia:Mariana Trench|Oops]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Shortly after Megatron's death and the destruction of the All Spark, Simmons, Keller and Banachek were on their way to [[Mission City]] when [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] attacked Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream issue 2}}

A month later, after the Decepticon [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] was inadvertently reactivated and rampaged across Sector Seven's [[Nevada]] desert facility, Keller called Simmons and informed him that effective immediately, Sector Seven was dissolved and that he had put Captain Lennox in charge of the operation, ending Simmons's employment. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance issue 3}}

==Notes==
* Keller's accent makes it sound like he's calling the [[Transformers|robots]] "robits".

* Keller's appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Movie Adaptation]]'' did not look anything like Jon Voight, and the character was portrayed as a General instead of the Secretary of Defense. The former was due to the fact IDW was not (and still is not) allowed to use the likeness of several actors playing the secondary characters, and it is assumed the latter was due to IDW using an older version of the script.

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[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:United States of America]]

MediaWiki talk:Community Portal

2009-03-27T02:44:31Z

Silly Dan: /* News from Wookieepedia */ new section

__NEWSECTIONLINK__

This is the place for discussion of topics that affect the entire wiki. Some topics that would ordinarily be here have merited their own pages:

'''The move away from Wikia:'''
* [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Arriving]]
* [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving]]
* [[Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints]]

'''Our policy on having ads in the wiki:'''
* [[Transformers Wiki:Ads]]

'''The Bookworm database-crash:'''
* [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central]]
* [[Project:Bookworm Crash]]
* [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving2]]

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==So what now?==
I brought this general line of questioning up [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=56439&view=findpost&p=1161767 over at the Allspark too,] but that was really only because TFWiki.net was down at the time. Basically, in the wake of the Bookworm disaster, I'd like to know three things:
# '''How did this happen?''' All I know is that Bookworm updated the MediaWiki software, which caused... something... to happen to our data. The wiki was, what? Deleted? Corrupted? I don't know. But apparently this required a reversion to a backup, and the only available one was from June 2008. Why did that one even exist? Why not September? And, honestly, the "routine backups" made after September had ''all'' failed, with no one ever noticing? How did that happen?
# '''Has the backup process been fixed?''' This is pretty much the most important question of the moment. Every bit of our herculean recovery effort could vanish again if the June backup is ''still'' the only one on the server.
# '''Where are we going from here?''' Walky has said that [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central/Archive1#Hey hey, what can I do|he's looking for a new host, and he has asked for advice]]. I haven't seen much advice appear (maybe people have been communicating with him in private?), but if anyone has any suggestions, please air them. I wouldn't even know where to start, so I'm of little help.
- [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 18:03, 23 March 2009 (EDT)

:Bookworm has explained to me what he thinks happened to the backups, but I couldn't begin to regurgitate that information. This stuff is not English for me. (Some would say English is not English for me.) It involves complicated server moves and DNS stuff, I think, and the bottom line is none of the backups were confirmed to have resulted in working backups; they were merely scheduled to be made, automatic-like, and resulted in, from what I understand, data being thrown into the ether, never sticking to anything. '''WHOOPS''' --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:23, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

::All right, so does he have it working NOW? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 02:02, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Scout, according to a post on the Allspark, has been doing database downloads every afternoon. I don't know about Bookworm. If I asked him, he'd probably say yes, but he would have said yes before, too! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:46, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::::Is there any way we can be sure we're getting ANY service out of Bookworm?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 10:00, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

:I really have no concept of what to look for in a host. While I've managed to find decent hosting for my own site in the past, it's a static, relatively low-traffic site, nothing like here. A [http://webhostinggeeks.com/ quick search] reveals that there are plenty of hosts offering unlimited space and bandwidth for about $5/month, which sure seems like something we could afford. But I have no intuitive sense of how to identify a quality host for our kind of needs. Like, are these $5 guys the first level of low-grade vendors who have Google-statted their way up the search results, and you have to dig deeper to find the more heavy-duty kind of host we'd need? Are the recommended hosts on that page just there 'cause they paid for it? Or is $5 just the going rate for quality hosting these days? How do we distinguish a reseller from an actual host? How much software and setup support do we need?

:I mean, I guess I'd expect a serious host not to have [http://www.justhost.com/ cheap tarts on their front page], but ''anybody'' can make a [http://www.inmotionhosting.com/ serious, grey-toned, business-like web page]... even guys who provide crappy service. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:36, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

::They may say they offer unlimited space or bandwidth, but I'm betting that there's a clause in the T&C which limits it to "for some meanings of unlimited". The big Doctor Who fiction archive site I help run got bumped from the cheaper account it was on to a more expensive one because it was using too many "resources" (the software it runs on is not the most efficient), though it was using less than the maximum bandwidth/disk space. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:26, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

:::That's exactly the kind of thing I'm wary of with these cheap places. The front-line search result hosts really don't seem like they're marketing to processor-intensive clients like ourselves. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 20:06, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

::::What is our price limit, anyway? I mean, the account which the aforemented fanfiction site is on is extremely reliable, you get access to everything up to and including rebooting the server if you want. However drawback is that it costs $40 a month. Now it could be we could share costs by having several sites hosted on the same server (I'd have to check with the web host about that), but I don't know what our price range is. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:34, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::I would be very interested in hearing our budgetary constraints as well. The last time this was asked, Walky said that Bookworm was handling it and that the dude would let him know if what we were doing was costing more than the Project Wonderful ads were pulling in. At the time that was cool as school but in retrospect it seems... really skeevy. It also possibly says that Bookworm ''already'' has our ad revenue, and can effectively hold us hostage. I know that sounds paranoid, but I don't know what to think right now and would love some reassurance at the least.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:24, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::Bookworm absolutely cannot hold our ad revenue hostage. WE have our ad revenue. It is gathering in our Project Wonderful account, where it will remain until we can point it to a paypal account at some point in the future. Bookworm may have fucked over the wiki this past week, but he's not a jerky guy. He just loves webcomics, and basically hosts BLC at low-cost because it allows his favorite things to continue. Hosting the TF Wiki was an extension of that, and he did it because I asked him. Let's not demonify the guy any more than we have to. He's not going to screw us over, and I really doubt he has any bad intentions in mind. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:34, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Consider me reassured, then. Likely me just taking the earlier statement too far. Understandably, the concept of how the wiki is financed and how much it is costing us has been pretty black box up to now.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:36, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

My input:

I used [http://eperfect.net/ ePerfect] as my first webhost. I found them to be reliable and easy to administer, but we would have to negotiate our own package with them, as their standard plans are obviously way too small. (I do know a fellow who did such a negotiation for his website, so I know it was possible at least in the past, however I am not privy to what his costs ended up being.) I also have no idea how their tech support is, as I never had to talk with them for any reason.

My current webhost is [http://dreamhost.com/ Dreamhost]. For $10/month you get gobs of space, bandwidth, and options (and full control over your space), and they also have private virtual server options. They also will host one domain name for free if you have webspace with them. I find their tech support people have been quick on the response the few times I've needed to talk to them.

However, they have had some hardware goofs in the past, and I've never had personal experience with how they'd handle a no doubt high-bandwidth, high-CPU-usage site like this one. They are, however, very quick and open with any and all issues they have: [http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/ Dreamhost Status Blog]

So, there you have it, the only two webhosts I'm personally familiar with, and I admit I can't 100% recommend either, but they might be worth looking into. (And I shamelessly request that if you do end up with Dreamhost, you use my referrer code while signing up. :3 ) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 18:59, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

One of #wiigii!'s resident tech dudes recommends [http://www.slicehost.com/ Slicehost]. He immediately followed this up with a string of caveats -- it won't be perfect, we'd need someone to install Wikimedia, restoring from a backup would basically mean rolling back one day, etc etc -- but it sounds far better equipped to handle our needs than Bookworm, and it looks like exactly the kind of heavy-duty host which, as I said up above, I don't know how to search for. Some of it, I mean... ''no'' host is perfect, and we have to accept some compromise to keep things within our budget -- but reliable uptime and actual working backups would be a fantastic step up from our current situation. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:17, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

: I am that tech dude. Here's the deal, from what has been gathered and occasionally specified. The platform on which this wiki runs seems to need a half-gig of RAM, and under 10 gigs of diskspace, but it does apparently need dual CPUs at a decent clock speed. Fundamentally, it could be hosted on a mid-range desktop based on those specs, but the hardware, and even the bandwidth, is cheap. You either need a sysadmin to maintain everything, which is not a full-time job '''until something breaks,''' or you need a managed hosting option that knows how to run MediaWiki properly. The former gives you complete control over everything, though you may not get cPanel support and the like unless you build it yourself. The latter is what you had when Wikia didn't suck, which I'm sure had a lot less headaches in terms of the guts of the system, although it was obviously NOT a good solution based on how they presented your content. Personally, I think you're more likely to find a pool of competent techies within the fandom to handle the nuts and bolts on a volunteer basis, though you would be handing over ALL the keys to the castle to that person. -- [[User:McFly|McFly]] 22:23, 26 March 2009 (EDT)

I thought I'd weigh in with [http://www.hostforweb.com/ HostForWeb], who I've hosted my personal site with since January '04. Their tech support is pretty good, and even moved my site to a different server for me when the one it was on started having persistent problems running out of disk space. The only thing I can flaw them on is that they don't announce downtime in advance, so a few times I've found the site down, emailed them, and they've told me that the server was being rebooted or something.

The larger site which I help run which is hosted with them is [http://www.whofic.com/ A Teaspoon and an Open Mind]. It's been hosted there since September '06. Last month, it got an average 3,755 pageviews per day, and from user reports, it has very little in the way of downtime, but, as I mention, it's running on their $40-a-month VPS plan (you get a two-month discount if you pay for a year at a time). We started on one of the shared plans, but the site was using too many resources (The software we're using is not particularly efficient...) and we ended up being bumped to the VPS option. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:04, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Image aspect ratios ==

I notice a lot of ''Animated'' screencaps, like [[:Image:SariLayingDown1.jpg]], are out-of-aspect ratio, which is kinda annoying - neither NTSC (480i, typically 720x480, US/Japan) nor PAL (576i, typically 720x576, UK/Europe/Australia) use square pixels, while computers do. A screencap from a 4:3 NTSC source should really be resized to 640px wide for uploading here, while a screencap from a 4:3 PAL source should be resized to 768px wide. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 21:39, 26 March 2009 (EDT)

== News from Wookieepedia ==

A while back, one of the users here [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:SH_Archive/Site_Partnership_with_TFWiki suggested a partnership] between Wookieepedia and this wiki.
In case you're wondering what happened with that, the ongoing nomination process is [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Official_Friends_of_Wookieepedia/Nominations#TFWiki.net here]. [[User:Silly Dan|Silly Dan]] 22:44, 26 March 2009 (EDT)

The Rebirth, Part 1

2008-04-19T19:05:07Z

Silly Dan: /* Detailed synopsis */ sp

{{cleanup}}
[[Image:Rebirth 1 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"Guys, I'm serious, we need a water cooler in here to converse about."<br>"Damn it, Goldbug, we're robots. We don't drink water."]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=4|1|prev=The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|next=The Rebirth, Part 2}}

'''Galvatron invades Autobot City and then Cybertron with a plan to destroy the Autobots forever! This is something new?'''

'''Japanese title:''' "The Headmasters are Born"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Goldbug]] is talking with the [[Technobot]]s at [[Autobot City]]. Things have been quiet for the [[Autobot]]s in the months since the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Hate Plague]] crisis. Not a word has been heard of the [[Decepticon]]s in months. Who knows where they are. The answer? Right at their doorstep. Meanwhile, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] walks into a room to find Optimus on his knees. Optimus claims that he has been having visions since he opened the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and it's something big. Goldbug informs Optimus of the approaching Decepticon force, and Optimus realizes that what ever he's been sensing, it's starting right now.

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Autobots Decepticons fight.JPG|thumb|left|150px| A truly epic battle.]]
Leading the Autobots out, the Decepticons attack. The Technobots and the [[Throttlebot]]s take point, but the Decepticons have gotten some new raw power in [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon]], while [[Mindwipe]] has some fun with [[Lightspeed]]. However, [[Punch]] sees [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]] enter into Autobot City. [[Transformation|Transforming]] into Counterpunch, he follows to check up on their progress, where he sees them steal something from the vaults. They Clones quickly dispatch Punch, and take their prize to [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Having claimed what they wanted, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] orders a retreat. Optimus, realizing this was a diversion, runs into Autobot City, finding Punch and the vault. Horrified, Optimus orders everyone to board the ships and head for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

On Cybertron, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] is racing with [[Hot Rod]], with Daniel riding in Hot Rod. Blurr, however, loses control, while Daniel shoots several Decepticon targets and wins the race. [[Brainstorm]] claims that this is evidence of his theory that human partner's would be able to assist the Autobots in the war with the Decepticons. [[Hardhead]] and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] are unsure of the idea. However, Optimus contacts the Autobots, telling them Galvatron stole the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|Key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. This the was forge which was used to create the bodies of the original Autobots. Since the [[Quintesson]] rebellion, the key has been in the safekeeping of the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]s, who have been tasked with guarding the key with their [[spark|live]]s. However, Galvatron intends to open the chamber and destroy Cybertron. The Decepticons arrive, and chaos insues. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s are quickly taken down by [[Sixshot]].

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Plasma energy Scourge.JPG|thumb|150px| Scourge never gets a break.]]
During the onslaught, Kup and Hot Rod's team notice Scourge heading for the Plasma Energy Chamber. They pursue in an attempt to stop him, but when Scourge opens the chamber, he is nearly killed, but Spike and Cerebros manages to grab the key. The Autobots' ship is hit by a wave of energy from the Plasma Energy Chamber. Their ship is hurled off Cybertron itself. Discovering Scourge, the Decepticons reactivate him. Scrouge explains what happened, and a team under [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] heads out to find the Autobots with the key.

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Hive machines.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Oh, this is not going to end well...]]
Meanwhile, the Autobot ship crashes on Nebulon. With the engines fried, the Autobots and the Witwickys decide to look for civilization. However, they're captured by a resistance movement that thinks they're machines being controlled by the [[Hive]]. They plan to destroy the Autobots with magnetic bombs, even though Spike tries to talk them down. However, the Decepticons show up. Spike finally convinces the Nebulons to release the Autobots. In the subsequent battle, Daniel is injured by Snapdragon, and Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] are taken captive. Some of the Autobots persue them into the forest, but are quickly driven off by machines.

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Autobot heads.JPG|thumb|150px| "this will haunt me until the day i die..."]]
Returning to the cave, the Nebulons explain that the Hive is a tyrannical group of telekinetics who have used machines to enslave Nebulon. The resistance members know the weakpoints of the machines, but they just don't have the firepower. Spike thinks that Brainstorm's idea of organic partners just might be the ticket. The Autobots agree to allow the Nebulons to use their heads as suits, except for Cerebros, who walks out, tired of fighting. Arcee asks to be Daniel's partner, and Spike agrees. As they remove their heads, Spike declares that they are about to become [[Headmaster]]s.

[[The Rebirth, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:''' David Wise

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] (2)
*[[Lightspeed]] (3)
*[[Scattershot]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (7)
*[[Nosecone]] (8)
*[[Freeway]] (9)
*[[Wide Load (G1)|Wide Load]] (10)
*[[Searchlight]] (11)
*[[Chase]] (12)
*[[Rollbar]] (13)
*[[Punch]] (27)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (33)
*[[Hot Rod]] (34)
*[[Hardhead]] (37)
*[[Pointblank]] (38)
*[[Sureshot]] (39)
*[[Crosshairs]] (40)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (41)
*[[Brainstorm]] (42)
*[[Chromedome]] (43)
*[[Highbrow]] (44)
*[[Cerebros]] (45)
*[[Kup]] (46)
*[[Silverbolt]] (52)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (53)
*[[Fireflight]] (54)
*[[Slingshot]] (55)
*[[Skydive]] (56)
*[[Fastlane]] (60)
*[[Cloudraker]] (61)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Apeface]] (14)
*[[Mindwipe]] (15)
*[[Skullcruncher]] (16)
*[[Snapdragon]] (17)
*[[Weirdwolf]] (18)
*[[Abominus]] (19)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (20)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (21)
*[[Sweeps]] (22)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (23)
*[[Misfire]] (24)
*[[Wingspan]] (25)
*[[Pounce]] (26)
*[[Punch|Counterpunch]] (28)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (29)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (30)
*[[Cutthroat]] (31)
*[[Blot]] (32)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (47)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (48)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (49)
*[[Hook]] (50)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (51)
*[[Sixshot]] (57)
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (58)
*[[Triggerhappy]] (59)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Daniel Witwicky]] (35)
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (36)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Gort]] (62)
*[[Duros]] (63)
*[[Stylor]] (64)
*[[Arcana]] (65)
*[[Pinpointer]] (66)
*[[Firebolt]] (67)
*[[Recoil]] (68)
*[[Haywire]] (69)
*[[Peacemaker]] (70)
*[[Spoilsport]] (71)

|}
==Notable quotes==
"It's... starting."<br>
:-- '''Optimus Prime''', foreseeing the end.

"Back off, Snapdragon!"<br>
"NO!"<br>
:-- '''Freeway''' right before '''Snapdragon''' kicks him backwards.

"Fine. ''You'' deal with my Autobot counterpart. I've heard he's nearby."<br>
''[ducks around the corner, transforms to Punch]''<br>
"...''Real'' nearby."<br>
:-- '''Counterpunch''' becomes '''Punch''', uttering a classic line.

"I suppose it's the only meritorious way out of our meretricious situation."<br>
"Yeah, me too. Like he said."
:-- '''Highbrow''' and '''Hardhead''' on becoming Headmasters.

"My one wish... is to ''never'' fight again."
:-- '''Cerebros''', so pacifistic he won't even fight to help his friends.

==Notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* One of the Aerialbots is shown jumping with Goldbug.
* Daniel is gnawed and thrown around by Snapdragon, and yet, his uniform remains squeaky clean and show no signs of damage despite Daniel's injuries being described as 'severe'.

===Continuity errors===
* Goldbug and the Technobots reminisce about all the "loose parts" knocked from the Decepticons after Optimus Prime was resurrected. When did that happen, exactly?
* Scattershot claims there's "about a hundred" Decepticons heading towards Autobot City, but the attacking force shown on-screen is barely a quarter of that number.
* The outside of the city is already smoking (burning?) before the Decepticons start their attack or fire a single shot.
* Soooo.... why do the Autobots rush headlong to meet their attackers instead of [[The Transformers: The Movie|transforming the city to battle station mode]]?

===Transformers references===
* This episode takes place several months after [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]].

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* '''The Rebirth Part 1,''' was to be the fourth season premiere, but due to declining interest, it simply was the first of the three final episodes (originally conceived as a ''five''-part story), in which a slew of new characters and concepts were introduced, most notably the US animated version of the Headmasters.
* All these years of Blurr babbling when he panics...and ''Hardhead'' is the only one who thinks to cover his mouth?
** Then again, the animation makes it look like Hardhead is sweeping Blurr off his feet in a passionate French kiss instead of throttling him into silence, so who knows what's really going on?
* Okay. Whose bright idea was it to give Daniel a gun?

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==
*

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The Rebirth, Part 1

2008-04-19T19:04:45Z

Silly Dan: /* Detailed synopsis */ sp

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[[Image:Rebirth 1 title shot.JPG|thumb|350px|"Guys, I'm serious, we need a water cooler in here to converse about."<br>"Damn it, Goldbug, we're robots. We don't drink water."]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=4|1|prev=The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|next=The Rebirth, Part 2}}

'''Galvatron invades Autobot City and then Cybertron with a plan to destroy the Autobots forever! This is something new?'''

'''Japanese title:''' "The Headmasters are Born"

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Goldbug]] is talking with the [[Technobot]]s at [[Autobot City]]. Things have been quiet for the [[Autobot]]s in the months since the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Hate Plague]] crisis. Not a word has been heard of the [[Decepticon]]s in months. Who knows where they are. The answer? Right at their doorstep. Meanwhile, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] walks into a room to find Optimus on his knees. Optimus claims that he has been having visions since he opened the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and it's something big. Goldbug informs Optimus of the approaching Decepticon force, and Optimus realizes that what ever he's been sensing, it's starting right now.

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Autobots Decepticons fight.JPG|thumb|left|150px| A truly epic battle.]]
Leading the Autobots out, the Decepticons attack. The Technobots and the [[Throttlebot]]s take point, but the Decepticons have gotten some new raw power in [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon]], while [[Mindwipe]] has some fun with [[Lightspeed]]. However, [[Punch]] sees [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]] enter into Autobot City. [[Transformation|Transforming]] into Counterpunch, he follows to check up on their progress, where he sees them steal something from the vaults. They Clones quickly dispatch Punch, and take their prize to [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Having claimed what they wanted, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] orders a retreat. Optimus, realizing this was a diversion, runs into Autobot City, finding Punch and the vault. Horrified, Optimus orders everyone to board the ships and head for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

On Cybertron, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] is racing with [[Hot Rod]], with Daniel ridding in Hot Rod. Blurr, however, losses control, while Daniel shoots several Decepticon targets and wins the race. [[Brainstorm]] claims that this is evidence of his theory that human partner's would be able to assist the Autobots in the war with the Decepticons. [[Hardhead]] and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] are unsure of the idea. However, Optimus contacts the Autobots, telling them Galvatron stole the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|Key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. This the was forge which was used to create the bodies of the original Autobots. Since the [[Quintesson]] rebellion, the key has been in the safekeeping of the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]s, who have been tasked with guarding the key with their [[spark|live]]s. However, Galvatron intends to open the chamber and destroy Cybertron. The Decepticons arrive, and chaos insues. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s are quickly taken down by [[Sixshot]].

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Plasma energy Scourge.JPG|thumb|150px| Scourge never gets a break.]]
During the onslaught, Kup and Hot Rod's team notice Scourge heading for the Plasma Energy Chamber. They pursue in an attempt to stop him, but when Scourge opens the chamber, he is nearly killed, but Spike and Cerebros manages to grab the key. The Autobots' ship is hit by a wave of energy from the Plasma Energy Chamber. Their ship is hurled off Cybertron itself. Discovering Scourge, the Decepticons reactivate him. Scrouge explains what happened, and a team under [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] heads out to find the Autobots with the key.

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Hive machines.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Oh, this is not going to end well...]]
Meanwhile, the Autobot ship crashes on Nebulon. With the engines fried, the Autobots and the Witwickys decide to look for civilization. However, they're captured by a resistance movement that thinks they're machines being controlled by the [[Hive]]. They plan to destroy the Autobots with magnetic bombs, even though Spike tries to talk them down. However, the Decepticons show up. Spike finally convinces the Nebulons to release the Autobots. In the subsequent battle, Daniel is injured by Snapdragon, and Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] are taken captive. Some of the Autobots persue them into the forest, but are quickly driven off by machines.

[[Image:Rebirth 1 Autobot heads.JPG|thumb|150px| "this will haunt me until the day i die..."]]
Returning to the cave, the Nebulons explain that the Hive is a tyrannical group of telekinetics who have used machines to enslave Nebulon. The resistance members know the weakpoints of the machines, but they just don't have the firepower. Spike thinks that Brainstorm's idea of organic partners just might be the ticket. The Autobots agree to allow the Nebulons to use their heads as suits, except for Cerebros, who walks out, tired of fighting. Arcee asks to be Daniel's partner, and Spike agrees. As they remove their heads, Spike declares that they are about to become [[Headmaster]]s.

[[The Rebirth, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:''' David Wise

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] (2)
*[[Lightspeed]] (3)
*[[Scattershot]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (7)
*[[Nosecone]] (8)
*[[Freeway]] (9)
*[[Wide Load (G1)|Wide Load]] (10)
*[[Searchlight]] (11)
*[[Chase]] (12)
*[[Rollbar]] (13)
*[[Punch]] (27)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (33)
*[[Hot Rod]] (34)
*[[Hardhead]] (37)
*[[Pointblank]] (38)
*[[Sureshot]] (39)
*[[Crosshairs]] (40)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (41)
*[[Brainstorm]] (42)
*[[Chromedome]] (43)
*[[Highbrow]] (44)
*[[Cerebros]] (45)
*[[Kup]] (46)
*[[Silverbolt]] (52)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (53)
*[[Fireflight]] (54)
*[[Slingshot]] (55)
*[[Skydive]] (56)
*[[Fastlane]] (60)
*[[Cloudraker]] (61)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Apeface]] (14)
*[[Mindwipe]] (15)
*[[Skullcruncher]] (16)
*[[Snapdragon]] (17)
*[[Weirdwolf]] (18)
*[[Abominus]] (19)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (20)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (21)
*[[Sweeps]] (22)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (23)
*[[Misfire]] (24)
*[[Wingspan]] (25)
*[[Pounce]] (26)
*[[Punch|Counterpunch]] (28)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (29)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (30)
*[[Cutthroat]] (31)
*[[Blot]] (32)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (47)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (48)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (49)
*[[Hook]] (50)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (51)
*[[Sixshot]] (57)
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (58)
*[[Triggerhappy]] (59)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Daniel Witwicky]] (35)
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (36)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Gort]] (62)
*[[Duros]] (63)
*[[Stylor]] (64)
*[[Arcana]] (65)
*[[Pinpointer]] (66)
*[[Firebolt]] (67)
*[[Recoil]] (68)
*[[Haywire]] (69)
*[[Peacemaker]] (70)
*[[Spoilsport]] (71)

|}
==Notable quotes==
"It's... starting."<br>
:-- '''Optimus Prime''', foreseeing the end.

"Back off, Snapdragon!"<br>
"NO!"<br>
:-- '''Freeway''' right before '''Snapdragon''' kicks him backwards.

"Fine. ''You'' deal with my Autobot counterpart. I've heard he's nearby."<br>
''[ducks around the corner, transforms to Punch]''<br>
"...''Real'' nearby."<br>
:-- '''Counterpunch''' becomes '''Punch''', uttering a classic line.

"I suppose it's the only meritorious way out of our meretricious situation."<br>
"Yeah, me too. Like he said."
:-- '''Highbrow''' and '''Hardhead''' on becoming Headmasters.

"My one wish... is to ''never'' fight again."
:-- '''Cerebros''', so pacifistic he won't even fight to help his friends.

==Notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* One of the Aerialbots is shown jumping with Goldbug.
* Daniel is gnawed and thrown around by Snapdragon, and yet, his uniform remains squeaky clean and show no signs of damage despite Daniel's injuries being described as 'severe'.

===Continuity errors===
* Goldbug and the Technobots reminisce about all the "loose parts" knocked from the Decepticons after Optimus Prime was resurrected. When did that happen, exactly?
* Scattershot claims there's "about a hundred" Decepticons heading towards Autobot City, but the attacking force shown on-screen is barely a quarter of that number.
* The outside of the city is already smoking (burning?) before the Decepticons start their attack or fire a single shot.
* Soooo.... why do the Autobots rush headlong to meet their attackers instead of [[The Transformers: The Movie|transforming the city to battle station mode]]?

===Transformers references===
* This episode takes place several months after [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]].

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* '''The Rebirth Part 1,''' was to be the fourth season premiere, but due to declining interest, it simply was the first of the three final episodes (originally conceived as a ''five''-part story), in which a slew of new characters and concepts were introduced, most notably the US animated version of the Headmasters.
* All these years of Blurr babbling when he panics...and ''Hardhead'' is the only one who thinks to cover his mouth?
** Then again, the animation makes it look like Hardhead is sweeping Blurr off his feet in a passionate French kiss instead of throttling him into silence, so who knows what's really going on?
* Okay. Whose bright idea was it to give Daniel a gun?

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==
*

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Landfill (G1)

2008-04-05T17:37:24Z

Silly Dan: /* Generation 1 */ grammar fix on caption

{{disambig3|Landfill}}

:''Landfill is an [[Autobot]] [[Targetmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:landfill_g1_boxart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Picture this with stink-lines.]]

Why doesn't anybody like '''Landfill'''? Why do they step (very far) to the side when he passes by? He can't understand it. He's a really nice guy. He's always happy. He's good at his job, and he always does what he is told. Why, then, do his friends avoid him? This makes him very sad.

His comrades know the answer very well, but how do you tell a 'bot that he should clean his bodywork every once in a while, without upsetting him and making him think he's being insulted? It wouldn't help, anyway... he'd not see the need to clean up even if directly ordered to do so. It's a shame Landfill can't just realize on his own that if one is not to be selective about which cargoes he hauls, then one must be willing to use a little surfactant and solvent on occasion.

His [[Targetmaster]] partners [[Flintlock]] and [[Silencer]] try to make Landfill understand that if wants to make friends, he has to work on his hygiene, but this effort is to no avail.

:''('''Note''': Though the above may imply the contrary, Landfill is a robot and has probably never been to [[BotCon]]. You probably, ahem, detected somebody else).

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Décharge'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}

Landfill was a soldier under [[Emirate Xaaron]]'s command on Cybertron, first seen during the brief period where the [[Classic Pretender]]s rallied the resistance movement with several successful assaults on [[Thunderwing (G1)|Lord Thunderwing]]'s territory. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

When Galvatron and the heralds of [[Unicron]] assaulted Xaaron's camp, Landfill stayed behind to cover his leader's escape. He suffered some injuries battling [[Hook, Line, and Sinker|Hook]], but managed to survive thanks to Unicron calling off his dogs to hunt the errant Galvatron instead. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====

''In an alternate 1991, Landfill was working with [[Hot Rod]] and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] manipulated them into protecting him from harm during the Decepticon Civil War. While the Autobot Code compelled them to drive off his assassins, Scorponok made good his escape from all his enemies. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

===Animated continuity===

Landfill and his fellow [[Targetmaster|Double Targetmasters]] were the first Transformers ever depicted in the cartoon...at least, according to the [[Cybernet Space Cube]]. Outside of [[Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]], they never actually appeared in the cartoon.

===IDW comics continuity===

Several hundred years ago, Landfill was sharing a foxhole with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] on Cybertron, waiting for the latest broadcast from [[Blaster]], the Voice of the war movement.

The broadcast...never came. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Landfill with Flintlock and Silencer''' (Targetmaster, 1988)

[[Image:G1_Landfill_toy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hey, is it me or does the whole room stink?]]

:Landfill transforms into a beige and brown off-road earth-moving dump truck, with a non-functional dumping tray (can't even put anything in it) due to his unusual arm transformation sequence. His Targetmaster partners Flintlock and Silencer (or any other accessories with handle pegs of the correct size) can be stored in the two peg holes on either side of the dumping tray.

:In robot mode it is revealed that the reason why his tray is non funcional is because the arms are stored within two flip-over panels. As was the standard of smaller ''Generation 1'' toys of this era, Landfill has very limited articulation, located all in his ratcheting shoulder joints (and one has to hold the arm panels in place as you rotate the arms themselves). Flintlock and Silencer can become two separate handguns, or either can attach to the rear of the other gun to form a single rifle.

: No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Landfill/landfill.htm Landfill and his little bot-buddies at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Landfill Landfill's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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Saesee Tiin

2008-03-21T18:18:52Z

Silly Dan: reformat cross-wiki links

: ''Saesee Tiin is an alien in [[Star Wars]].''

[[Image:Saeseetiin.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I'm taking this ring to the fires of Mount Doom.]]

'''Saesee Tiin''' is a [[Jedi]] Master. He flies his customized starfighter to his homeworld as the planet is besieged by [[General Grievous]]' Separatist forces. Tiin soon blasts the enemy vessels in orbit into retreat. Landing on the planet, he converts his fighter into a robotic Jedi warrior, in hopes of striking down the army of [[Battle Droids]] that have landed on his homeworld's surface. <ref>Star Wars Transformer Saesee Tiin Episode 2 Starfighter package</ref>

[[w:c:starwars:Order 66|Wonder what happened to him after that...]]

==Toys==
===Star Wars Transformers===
*'''Saesee Tiin Starfighter''' (2007)
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==Footnotes==
<References/>

==External links==
*[[w:c:starwars:Saesee Tiin|Saesee Tiin at Wookieepedia]]
*[[w:c:starwars:Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor|Saesee Tiin's Starfighter at Wookieepedia]]

[[Category: Aliens|Tiin, Saesee]]
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Ballobot

2007-02-18T23:37:44Z

Silly Dan: piped link to Donny Finkleberg

'''Ballobots''' are used in the Cybertronic sport of [[basketrek]]. They are said to enjoy bouncing, the higher the better, unlike [[human]] [[Donny Finkleberg|comic book writers]], which don't bounce very well.

The alignment of ballobots is not known. Perhaps they are found to frequently shift their allegiances, as [[Earth|Earthen]] golf balls and other sports equipment are often accused of doing. Ideally, however, they should certainly remain neutral, in the interests of fair play.

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Donny Finkleberg

2007-02-18T23:36:34Z

Silly Dan: missing word "bounce"

[[Image:Donnyfinklebergsmoking.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Flattering.]]
{{disambig3|Robot Master}}

:''Donny Finkleberg, aka '''Robot-Master''', is a [[human]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity.''

'''Donny Finkleberg''' is an on-the-outs comic book writer. Although he claims he can "sell any story," most of his titles have flopped, and he sees a grim financial future for himself. To stave this off, Finkleberg will do pretty much anything for a buck. His strong sense of financial self-preservation wars with what small sense of morality he has. Finkleberg sees himself as a good guy and wants to be a good guy, but $50,000 checks from the government don't bounce. [[Ballobots|Nor does he bounce, at least not well]], according to [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Donnyfinklebergwriter.jpg|left|thumb|To his credit, not responsible whatsover for ''Heroes Reborn''.]]

====Comic book writer====

Finkleberg was originally a writer for a "famous comic book publishing company" in New York. His [[Robot-Master_(comic)|''Robot-Master'' comic book series]] had been cancelled, and his idea for a Potato Salad Man graphic novel titled ''This Man, This Mayonnaise'' did not fetch interest from his superiors, so Finkleberg was turned away.

====Supervillain====

It was at this low point point in his career that he was approached by the United States government. [[Intelligence and Information Institute|III]] needed a cover story to explain the presence of the Transformers on Earth to panicked American citizens. The idea that a human terrorist controlled the Transformers was decided to be less frightening than the truth, so Finkleberg was paid 50 thousand dollars to dress as Robot-Master and appear in public broadcasts.

[[Image:Robotmaster.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Rejected from Stan Lee's ''Who Wants to Be a Superhero?'']]
When [[Megatron_(G1)|Megatron]] had ceased movement at the bottom of a strip mine due to lack of fuel, III used this opportunity to claim ownership of the immobile Decepticon leader. Unfortunately, both the Autobots and Decepticons arrived, though the Autobots were forced away by human firepower. After Megatron was refueled by [[Soundwave_(G1)|Soundwave]], Finkleberg pleaded with Megatron to allow him to continue masquerading as their commander, for the purpose of convincing the public that the Autobots were also their enemies. Megatron agreed, since he saw the value in the plan, which was just about enough to overcome his distaste of humans, even though Finkleberg had repeatedly struck matches on Megatron to light his cigarettes.

Finkleberg resided in the Decepticon base until he decided it was in his best interest to escape and help the Autobots. He fled during an Autobot attack, though he was pursued by [[Ravage_(G1)|Ravage]]. After taking clothes from an absent campsite, he ran into the Autobot [[Skids_(G1)|Skids]] and [[Charlene]], but he brought Ravage with him. Ravage was dropped into a mine shaft, and Skids took Finkleberg with him back to the [[Ark]].

====Jerk====

While Finkleberg was a captive of the Decepticons, he had learned that seven Autobots had arrived on Earth over the [[Space Bridge]]. The travelling Autobots were nowhere to be found, but they did leave a fuel trail. Holding for ransom Finkleberg's cashiers check from III, [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Finkleberg and Skids to follow the trail and find the missing Autobots.

Finkleberg shut down Skids and sold him to III.

[[Rapid_Anti-robot_Assault_Team|RAAT]] (a military subdivision of III), in league with [[Circuit Breaker]], had captured not only the 7 missing Autobots, but also the [[Aerialbots]], and now added Skids to their number. Meanwhile, the [[Battlechargers]] had also arrived on Earth and were defacing public property across the United States. With the Autobots' ranks depleted, Finkleberg realized it was his fault there was no one available to stop the Decepticons' graffiti. He convinced Circuit Breaker to control a robot built from the bodies of the captured Autobots to defeat the Battlechargers in exchange for the Autobots' freedom. Although they defeated the two Decepticons, they were not able to stop them in time from writing "HUMANS ARE WIMPS" on the Statue of Liberty.

In a last-minute change of conscience, Finkleberg donated the 50 thousand dollars he earned for his treachery towards the clean-up efforts.

''According to a [[Letters Page (Marvel UK)|UK letters page]], Donny eventually got a job packaging at [[Hasbro]] after the Statue of Liberty incident. What this exactly entails is unclear, as their toys are presumably packaged in China.''

[[Image:DannyFingeroth.jpg|100px|right|thumb|The likeness is frightening.]]

==Trivia==
Donny Finkleberg is based on Marvel Comics writer and editor Danny Fingeroth.

What a dubious honor.

==External links==
* [http://transfans.net/popup.php?id=2227 Letter page mentioning Donny's later profession]

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