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Megatron (disambiguation)

2018-07-03T01:00:41Z

Surnis: /* Not to be confused with... */

Across the [[multiverse]] the name '''Megatron''' invokes fear and terror, exuding raw power with an unslakable thirst for more. A warlord intent on domination, not just of their homeworld but of all worlds... and for some, all of ''existence''.

Some versions of Megatron [[Reformatting|take on]] [[New body|new bodies]] and change their name to '''[[Galvatron (disambiguation)|Galvatron]]''' in the process.

{{bigquote|I am alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was and is yet to come... and you will know my name is Megatron when I lay my vengeance upon you!|The [[Covenant of Primus]]|"[[Nemesis Part 2]]"}}

==Major Megatrons==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:Megatronguido.jpg|[[Megatron (G1)|"Generation 1" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel]] • [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] • [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Toys]] • [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise|Merchandise]]''
File:MegatronBWsourcebook.jpg|[[Megatron (BW)|"Beast Era" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Toys]]''
File:RIDMegatronGrippy.jpg|[[Megatron (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001) Megatron]]
File:UnicronTrilogyMegatron cartoon bodies.jpg|[[Megatron (Armada)|"Unicron Trilogy" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Movie Megatron Defiance3.jpg|[[Megatron (Movie)|"Movie series" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (Movie)/games|Games]] • [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Megatronanimated.jpg|[[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' Megatron]]
File:PrimeMegatron.jpg|[[Megatron (WFC)|"Aligned" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (WFC)/toys|Toys]]''
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Megatrons==
{{disamb|y=[[1984]]|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], leader and sometimes founder of the [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}
**For this character in [[Marvel Comics continuity]], see [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity]].
**For this character in [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], see [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].
**For this character in [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]], see [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity]].
**For toys of this character see [[Megatron (G1)/toys]].
**For merchandise of this character see [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise]].
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|The [[Megatron Corps]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s legion of Megatron [[Cloning|clones]] from [[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers|''The Transformers'' manga]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1996]]|[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], the leader of a group of renegade [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and later the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] from ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''. Yeesss.
**For this character in the cartoons, see [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Megatron (BW)/toys]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1999]]|[[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]], a mythological figure in the [[Covenant of Primus]].}}
{{disamb|y=1999|[[Megatron X]], a mysterious silver-colored version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron from ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2000]]|[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] [[Six Changer|six-changing]] galactic conqueror from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], yet another Decepticon commander and a pivotal figure in the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
**For his [[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|cartoon incarnation]], see [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Megatron (Armada)/toys]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the former [[Lord High Protector]] of Cybertron who gets a jonesing for the [[AllSpark]] and sparks [[Transformers (film)|a motion picture]].
**For this character in video games, see [[Megatron (Movie)/games]].
**For toys and other merchandise of this character, see [[Megatron (Movie)/toys]]}}
{{disamb|y=2007|[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the (glorious) Decepticon leader from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]], the morally ambiguous leader of the Decepticons in ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|[[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], the heroic leader of the Decepticon resistance in ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], the leader of the Decepticons from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Megatron (WFC)/toys]]}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Master Megatron]], the other Decepticon-allied Megatron from ''Animated''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Megatron (SG Animated)|Megatron]], the heroic Decepticon from ''Shattered Glass Animated''.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|[[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the Decepticon brick-based being and [[Kreon]] from ''[[Kre-O]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|[[Darkside Megatron]], the living embodiment of Generation 1 Megatron's insanity.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2012]]|[[Megatron Cannon]], the Decepticon [[Arms Micron]] from ''Prime''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2013]]|[[Megatron (BWSG)|Megatron]], the heroic leader of the Predacons in ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Megatron (KOU)|Megatron]], the Decepticon guitarist from ''[[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2014|[[Megatron (Battle Masters)|Megatron]], the Decepticon leader from ''[[Battle Masters]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2015]]|[[Megatron (human)|Megatron]], the [[human]] football player who may or may not have Cybertronian origins.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Megatron (SG TransTech)|Megatron]], the heroic Decepticon from ''Shattered Glass TransTech''.}}

==Fictions with "Megatron" in the title==
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Megatron's Master Plan]]", the 3-part episode of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'']].}}
{{disamb|y=1985|"[[Megatron's Fight for Power]]", from [[Ladybird Books]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1995]]|''[[Megatron Set Special CD]]'', the soundtrack album available with [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s second {{w|LaserDisc}} set of the cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|"[[Megatron's Sword]]", an episode from the ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' series.}}
{{disamb|y=2004|"[[Megatron Resurrected]]", another episode from the ''Energon'' series.}}
{{disamb|y=2004|"[[Megatron Raid]]", a further episode from the ''Energon'' series.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|"[[Megatron Ondo]]", the song included on [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|DVD volume 7]] of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Returns]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2007|''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', the 4-issue comic series from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|"[[Transformers Comic issue 2#Prelude: Megatron|Prelude: Megatron]]", the story featured in issue #2 of the [[Titan Books|Titan]] [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|comic]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|"[[Destron Leader Megatron Black Ver.]]", the [[e-HOBBY]] [[pack-in material]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|"[[Megatron Chapter]]", part of the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|"[[Megatron Rising - Part 1|Megatron Rising]]", the 2-part episode of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', the 16-issue "soft reboot" of the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]].}}
{{disamb|y=2008|"[[Starscream Heckles Megatron]]", the ''Animated'' short.}}
{{disamb|y=2008?|"[[Meet Megatron]]", another ''Animated'' short.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|"[[Transformers Comic issue 24#Megatron's Revenge|Megatron's Revenge]]", the story featured in issue #24 of the Titan comic.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|''[[The Transformers: Best of Megatron|Best of Megatron]]'', the trade paperback collection from IDW.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|"[[A Gift For Megatron]]", the Kre-O animated short.}}
{{disamb|y=2012|"[[Megatron's Revenge]]", the Kre-O animated short.}}
{{disamb|y=2012|"[[Megatron Returns]]", the storybook from [[Bantam Children]].}}
{{disamb|y=2013|"[[Spotlight: Megatron]]", the 28th issue of ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2016|"[[Not All Megatrons]]", the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' prose story.}}

There are also numerous fictions titled something like "[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime vs Megatron]]".

==See also==
{{disamb|y=[[1989]]|[[Megatron's base]] from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' comics]].}}
{{disamb|y=2004|[[Megatron's castle]] from the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Generation One]]'' comics.}}
{{disamb|y=2012|The Nike Calvin Johnson Megatron collection, a line of sports equipment inspired by Megatron the human.[http://www.nikeblog.com/2012/11/22/nike-calvin-johnson-megatron-collection/]}}

==Not to be confused with...==
*[[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], a Decepticon commander who temporarily inhabited Megatron's body (or a version of it, it's complicated) from the ''Generation 1'' comics.
*[[Archforce]], the [[Europe]]an ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Decepticon whose toy was released in North America as "Hero" Megatron.
*[[Megatronia]], the combined form of [[Megaempress]] and her [[4 Guards]] from [[Japan]]ese Generation 1 continuity.
*The [[Megatron statue]], a massive stone statue of the Unicron Trilogy character.
*[[Megaplex]], a duplicate of Megatron designed to fool his enemies from the ''Generation 1'' continuity.
*[[Mechatron]], a [[Beast Rider]] from ''Beast Machines''.
*[[Gigatron (disambiguation)|Gigatron]], a different name for Megatron most notably in the [[Viron]] [[universal cluster]].
*[[Megabolt]], a Decepticon fashioned from Megatron's corpse from ''Robots in Disguise'' 2001.
*[[Megazarak (disambiguation)|Characters named Megazarak]].
*[[Metatron]], the angel mentioned in both ancient Cybertronian texts and real-life Talmud, even if at least one Megatron has ''claimed'' to be him.
*Megatron, the real name of Peter Griffin's daughter from Family Guy.
*Megatronus, the original name of [[The Fallen]], one of the [[thirteen]] [[Dynasty of Primes|original Transformers]] who some Megatrons took their name from.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
As the leader of one of two main factions of Cybertronians, any given reality's Megatron generally posed a problem for the dimension-hopping destroyer [[Unicron]], and therefore Megatron was a priority target for [[Herald of Unicron|Unicron's heralds]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} While grappling with the [[Megatron (Armada)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Megatron]] of [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma]], lead herald [[Galvatron (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Galvatron]] noted to his adversary that he had killed "many" Megatrons. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}}

===''TransTech''===
In one of the oldest dimensions in the [[multiverse]], one [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian city]], [[Axiom Nexus]], is a hub for travelers from other dimensions. The city maintains its relative harmony through a strict principle of "[[Dux non Intruitus]]": all Megatrons, as well as [[Prime (disambiguation)|Primes]], miscellaneous faction leaders and [[:Category:MacGuffins|MacGuffins]] from other universes, are considered illegal. This hasn't stopped a few [[Megatron (BW)|sneaky]] [[Megatron (Movie)|offworlders]] from circumventing the ban. {{storylink|Bee in the City}} {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
[[Megalligator]] wanted to kill all Megatrons in the multiverse. {{storylink|Cybertron Convobat}}

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[[Category:Power Core Combiners Decepticons]]

Megatron (BW)/toys

2018-07-03T00:57:48Z

Surnis: /* Beast Machines */

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[[File:BWMegatronSticker.jpg|thumb|275px|A smile that launched a thousand schemes.]]
The '''[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]''' from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' has many toys, yeeess.

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It appears to be a harmless Earth creature!]]
*'''Optimus Primal VS Megatron''' (Basic 2-pack, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-6'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail

: The initial version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron transformes into a green alligator. The toy is a [[retool]] of [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] with new alligator and robot heads, and no frill. The screw hole for the frill bracket remains. Both toys were released at roughly the same time.

:Whether this toy can be considered the ''Beast Wars'' Megatron character as seen in the primary fiction is a matter of debate. Released before the beginning of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|animated series]], which established Megatron as a separate entity from [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]], the accompanying profiles and mini-comic seem to assume that the Beast Wars are a progression of the same characters from the Autobot/Decepticon war.

:This mold was additionally used to make the purple-recolored [[Megatron (G1)/toys#CDgator|Megaligator]] (indicated to be Generation 1 Megatron), and the Iguanus version was used for [[Crazybolt (BWN)|Crazybolt]]. It was also proposed for [[Albitron]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/MegatronGator/megatron.htm More information on Megatron (alligator) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bwmegatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't call him Barney.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-1'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

: This Megatron transformes into a purple organic ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. He has limited articulation in [[beast mode]], but his dinosaur head can [[Water-squirting gimmick|shoot water]]. In [[robot mode]], he has no hands, as his right arm ends with his dinosaur head, and his tail, folded into a pincer, forms his left arm. The outer shells of his dinosaur thighs conceal spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles.

:His robot head features two bat-like wing adornments that fold to become a [[mutant head]].

:The Takara release features no changes from the Hasbro version. This mold was also used to make the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] [[T-Wrecks#Beast Machines|T-Wrecks]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron (''T. rex'') at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWtoy takara megaligator.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megaligator''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-6'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail

:In Japan, the gator Megatron toy was also sold as an individual toy, as well as in a VS pack with Optimus. The individual release is identical to the two-pack version, which is in turn identical to the Hasbro version.

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*'''Arachnid''' ([[MicroVerse]], 1997)

:A small, non-transforming micro-figure of Megatron in his alligator body came with the [[MicroVerse]] [[Arachnid]] playset.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Arachnid/arachnid.htm More information on Arachnid (including Megatron figure) at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, 199?)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''?'''
**''Accessories:'' Two misslies, water squirter

:A gold chrome redeco of Ultra-class ''Tyrannosaurus'' Megatron. It was a Japanese exclusive [[Lucky Draw figure]], and at least ten were made.

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[[File:BWtoy-MegatronTM.jpg|upright=1.88|thumb|Ducky not included. Bummer. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronMetals.jpg|upright=1.88|thumb|I'm the one that doesn't crumble in your hands. ''(Takara version pictured)'']]
*'''Megatron''' (Transmetal Mega, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-40'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail/whip

: The third ''Beast Wars'' Megatron toy transforms from a mechanical ''Tyrannosaurus'' to an organic robot mode. As with all Transmetal toys, he has a 'third' vehicle mode; roller skates fold out of his feet and his turbines flip open. These modifications can also be deployed in robot mode. In robot mode, his tail becomes a flexible, segmented cutlass weapon. He can either hold it or it can be stored at his side on the connector piece it was attached to when in beast mode.

:The Hasbro release of this figure was in gold, dark brown, and silver. The Hasbro release is known for being remarkably fragile — the deep brown plastic used for Megatron's waist and torso is prone to eventual breakage due to stress fractures. This has often been mistaken for a form of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], but is really more of a design flaw coupled with weak plastics. The Takara version, which used a different plastic, does not have this problem. The Hasbro version had three different variants all based on the shade used for the transmetal parts, some were pink, some purple and others a darker blue purple.

: The Japanese version, "Metals Megatron", is slightly different. The Japanese version uses black instead of the brown of the Hasbro version, a light gray for the beast mode hands, tail, and skates instead of the metallic silver of the Hasbro release, and the copper has a darker, more reddish tint as well.

:This mold was retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Predacon (Armada)#Armada|Predacon]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Transmetal Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metals Convoy VS Metals Megatron''' (VS pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-40'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail/whip

: In Japan, Metals Megatron was available both individually and in a two-pack with [[Optimus Primal/toys|Mega Transmetal Optimus Primal]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BWdragonmegs toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't call him Puff, either.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Transmetal 2 Ultra, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-47'''
**''Accessories:'' Three missiles

: The final version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron transforms into a mostly mechanical dragon, with articulation in his legs, little dragon arms and his flexible, rubber neck with vacuum metallized overlapping plates attached on top. The neck is flexible and controlled via a small lever located at its base. This lever was apparently installed backwards due to factory error - it can be used to lock the dragon neck in place, but must first be unscrewed and reattached correctly. The projectiles stored in his wings can be fired from a spring-loaded launcher inside his dragon's mouth.

:In robot mode, Megatron resembles a winged demon, appropriate given his characterization. His chest is dominated by a small cockpit with a control chair inside (see Notes). Megatron's dragon neck and head replaces his left arm, with an additional missile launcher above his helmet. His spark crystal, colored purple, is located on his dragon mode's right pectoral.

:Transmetal 2 Megatron has a half-hearted "transportation" mode, little more than an afterthought, which involves deploying wheels from his heels, then folding his legs up parallel with his body, so that he can roll around on the ground. Presumably this is what the aforementioned neck-locking mechanism was intended for, so the dragon can look straight ahead as it rolls. The original commercial for the toy [[:File:TM2 Ultras Commercial.jpg|mistransformed]] this mode, making it instead look like Megatron scooted around on his knees.

:The Takara "Metals Dragon Megatron" version features no differences to the Hasbro release. This mold was also used to make [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Cryotek (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Cryotek]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Megatron at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Machines===
[[File:BMtoy-MegatronMega.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's a flasher! Mangle!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Mega, 2000)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Mega-class toys, the first ''Beast Machines'' incarnation of Megatron was based on his Transmetal 2 dragon form, but with cues from his ''Beast Machines'' design added, specifically the gilded control helmet and the wrapping cape. A compartment on his chest can be lifted to reveal a [[spark]] chamber with a Vehicon spark crystal, similar to other Beast Machines toys. Other than a robot and dragon mode, a third mode, one that wraps and closes the dragon wings around the robot, mimics the shrouded appearance seen on the television show.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Beast Machines Megatron (Mega) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BMtoy-MegatronMcD.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Looks good enough to drink.]]
*'''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2000)
**''McNumber'': '''3'''

: Transforms from a thrash can to a very weak dragon mode. Much of the toy is made of translucent plastic, and he uses light piping to light up the spark crystal on his dragon mode's tummy. He doesn't do it very well, though—you sorta have to hold him up sideways to the light and hope it's working.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/McMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Beast Machines Megatron (Mcdonald's) at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megatron''' (Little Red Rooster Meal, 2001)

: The McDonald's Happy Meal Megatron was also released in Australia through the Red Rooster restaurant chain. Like the other three toys, it came in four color schemes. He was also retooled to remove the light piping on the original. Strangely enough, the toy was labeled as "Nightscream" on the plastic baggy it came in.

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[[File:BM-toy BeastChanger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Changer''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Wings (left & right)

: The Beast Changer (so called due to [[Hasbro]]'s inability to secure the [[Trademark]] on "[[Noble (BM)|Savage Noble]]") transforms from wolf-creature to dragon-creature (the packaging announces a conversion from "savage beast to noble wolf," a reference to the name Hasbro wasn't able to trademark). A spring-loaded tab on the dragon's head opens his jaws. The toy's [[spark crystal]] has its own unique symbol, a merger of the ''Beast Machines'' Maximal and Vehicon logos. Its spark-action [[gimmick]] is a wind-up spinning claw attack.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/BeastChanger/beastchanger.htm More information on "Beast Changer" at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megatron''' (Jollibee Kids Meal, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Con Pencil Point Vise, wing unit

: Megatron was available as one of three figures in a Jollibee promotion. The toy is a greatly simplified version of his ''Beast Machines'' Mega toy. The dragon mode is him wearing his wings as a silly hat.

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*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, <s>2001</s>)

:Around December of 2000, the online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]] put up a list of upcoming ''Transformers'' product from Hasbro<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20001206140100/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/news.asp</ref>. Although the main point of interest was a ''[[Transtech]]'' assortment listing, it revealed several tail-end and unreleased ''Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark'' toys, including an Ultra-Class Megatron. And that is literally all we know about it. The end.

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===Robotmasters===
[[File:RMtoy-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"''Utahraptor'', maybe in an alternate timeline I'm being less of a jerk right now, but that's just rampant speculation, okay?"]]
*'''Beast Megatron''' (2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Claw/tail, missile launcher, missile

: ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' Beast Megatron is a simplified version of the 1996 Ultra ''Beast Wars'' Megatron. Much smaller, having a very similar transformation and a sculpt resembling the television series CGI model, but a paint scheme similar to the original toy. The tail/claw weapon was now removeable, revealing a robot fist which the tail/claw weapon could clamp around. He also came with a small laser rifle.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/BeastMegatron/beastmegatron.htm More information on Beast Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Beast Megatron Limited Black Version''' (2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Claw/tail, missile launcher, missile, Sacred-Cut Sword "Gazan" blade

: Available only via mail-order through ''Hyper Hobby'' magazine, the "Limited Black Version" of Beast Megatron is just that: a straight [[black repaint]] of the Beast Megatron toy. He comes with all his original accessories, appropriately redecoed, as well as a gold-chromed version of the "Sacred-Cut Sword 'Gazan'" [[Solitarium]] weapon that came with [[Air Hunter]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/HHBeastMegatron/beastmegatron.htm More information on Beast Megatron Limited Black Version at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars Returns===
*'''Megatron''' (Mega, 2004-[[November 18|11-18]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-05'''

:This release is the same as the American ''Beast Machines'' Mega toy.

*'''Noble Savage''' (Deluxe, 2005-[[April 14|04-14]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-11'''

: A toy version of [[Noble (BM)|Savage/Noble]] and a redeco of Beast Changer, he transforms from a wolf-creature to a dragon creature, with no robot mode. The difference lies in that select red plastic parts were changed to a blue color.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/BeastChanger/beastchanger.htm More information on Noble/Savage at TFU.info (scroll down)]''

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*'''Megahead Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2005-04-14)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-12'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: This is a Japanese-[[exclusive]] redeco of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Megatron (RID)#Megabolt|Megabolt Megatron]] and transforms into a head-shaped spider tank, based on the [[Grand Mal]] design. A gear-wheel mechanism moves the legs up and down as the tank mode is pushed along. Pressing the [[spark crystal]] on the tank's top opens its jaw and fires a spring-loaded missile. In robot mode, this swings the entire cannon assembly up over the robot's head, along with a "battle mask".

: If one removes the toy's spider-legs in head mode, it fits into the head socket to the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]] main body. Though this is likely unintended, it is pointed out here as an extra play feature.

: This mold was also used to make [[Megabolt]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/MegaboltMegatron/megaboltmegatron.htm More information on Megahead Megatron at TFU.info (scroll down)]''

===Timelines===
*'''Darksyde Megatron''' (Ultra-class, 2006)

[[File:Timelinestoy-MegatronDoFP.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My face defies all photographic lighting!]]
:''Accessories'': Large missile, projectile, spring-loaded shield/multi-tool arm, claw attachment, hammer attachment, [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]] key

: Representing Megatron before his crash on [[Earth]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' Megatron is a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''-series [[Cybertron Defense Team|Cybertron Defense]] [[Red Alert (Armada)#CybCD|Red Alert]] toy, and transforms into a large, purple military vehicle similar to a cross between a Russian {{w|R-400 Oka|R-400 Oka mobile ballistic missile launcher}} and a {{w|BTR-90|BTR-90 armoured personnel carrier}}. The missile can be slid off from its holder, and the left side of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] has a flip-up non-firing double-blaster, which can also be "used" in robot mode. Inserting the Golden Disk key (that's marked with the [[Insignia|Predacon symbol]]) into the rear of the missile pops it in half and exposes the inner spring-loaded projectile-launching "laser cannon".

: Megatron comes with a shield that can be mounted on either arm, and when a Key is inserted into the top, a cannon barrel/multi-tool arm flips out that can be equipped with several tools stored in his shins (a spring-loaded hammer-head or a gripping claw). He has two (nonfunctional) [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] hardpoints in vehicle mode, and two ''different'' hardpoints in robot mode. The electronics that were previously present in this mold were removed for this release, and all samples of this toy have the space for the robot-mode head manually (and sometimes messily) carved open wider at the top in order to allow the new head to move freely between modes.

: Megatron was an at-show souvenir for [[BotCon 2006]], coming in a two-pack with [[Waspinator (BW)#Timelines 2|Waspinator]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Countdown (G1)#Universe 2008|Countdown]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/BCMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Darksyde Megatron at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
[[File:BW 10th Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Grape-faces don't give up, they conquer!"]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail, missile, Jungle Planet Key

: For the 10th Anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', [[Hasbro]] created an all-new Deluxe-size tooling based mostly upon his original 1996 ''Tyrannosaurus'' form, but with technorganic detailing. When a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted into his <s>ass</s> tail, it opens up to reveal a missile launcher.

: He is also packaged with a mini-comic-sized reprinting of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' #1, a small ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' ship figurine, and a [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] style Cyber Key ''without'' a [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] stamped on it. On its packaging, "Predacon" is misspelled as "Preadcon", but a sticker was placed over it with the proper spelling.<ref name="predaconsticker">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/beast-wars-10th-anniversary/megatron/963/2/8/ Sticker covering a typo on ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' Megatron's packaging with correct "Predacon" spelling].</ref> The sculpts for both leader toys were intentionally designed to blend in with the Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" they didn't get a Beast Wars Anniversary release (according to [[Aaron Archer]]'s statements at [[BotCon 2005]]).

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed and released as [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] and [[BotCon 2010]] [[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on 10th Anniversary Megatron at TFU.info]''
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*'''Optimus Primal vs. Megatron''' (multipack, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

: The same figures as the ''Beast Wars Reborn'' two-pack released in the United States as a Toys "R" Us exclusive and packaged with "[[Possession]]". (Oddly, the box art is a re-use from that of the previous 10th Anniversary new-mold deluxe, an entirely different body design.)
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/TRUMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron (Toys "R" Us Exclusive) at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars Reborn===
[[File:BW Megatron BWReborn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Is it me, or does his tail-weapon-thing have teeth?]]
*'''Convoy vs Megatron''' (2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BWR-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

: For the 10th Anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] retooled the original 1996 Ultra-sized Megatron toy, giving him a new head sculpt and a new paint scheme based upon the appearance of the CGI model used in the ''Beast Wars'' television series.

: The 1996 Ultra-sized Optimus Primal was also retooled and redecoed in the same manner.

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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Claw/tail
[[File:BW Telemocha Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
: A redeco of ''Robotmasters'' Megatron, with extensive paint details based upon the larger Ultra class ''Beast Wars Reborn'' reissue. He came packed with a DVD of the Japanese dub version of "[[Equal Measures]]".
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Destron/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Telemocha Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWTelemochaMegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Running out of caption ideas for same boring things rehashed over and over!]]
*'''DX Megatron''' (Ultra, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-SP'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

:An extensive show-accurate redeco of the original Ultra-class Megatron mold, even more so than the ''Reborn'' toy—''without'' the recently remolded show-accurate head. He came with a DVD containing the Japanese dub version of the two-part episode "[[The Trigger, Part 1|The Trigger]]".

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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-BeastMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Megatron''' (Deluxe, [[2012]]-[[February 25|02-25]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-31'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail, missile, Jungle Planet Key

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toys, "Beast Megatron" is a dark purple redeco of the Deluxe-sized ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' Megatron toy, and is the first release of the mold in Japan. It was packaged in a Voyager-class box with a Japanese sticker slapped on that said "limited quantity".

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===Generations===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This nonsense body.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultra Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles, 2 launchers

:Released as a souvenir figure for [[BotCon 2016]], ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Megatron is a redeco/retool of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Megatron (RID)#Toys|Megatron/Galvatron]] mold, which was based on an unused concept by [[3H Productions]]. It features a new head and paint scheme based on Transmetal 2 Megatron from the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. The snout piece which folds out from under the robot mode head for the original release's bat mode was removed in order to provide clearance for the new head, effectively reducing by one the number of modes to which this release is capable of converting. Despite this, the bat mode is still represented in the (microscopically tiny) instructions.

:The robot mode chest sports a [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] [[spark crystal]] instead of a Predacon one, possibly because the Dinobot spark crystal is the only version of that tooling which remains. Additionally, the factory neglected to paint the dragon mode's eyes—while accidental, this is fitting since the last time Megatron had a red dragon body, as "Beast Changer" (see above), he was also eyeless in dragon mode. [[Fun Publications]] provided eye stickers and a spark crystal-sized Predacon symbol sticker on that year's [[Magnaboss (BW)#Generations|Magnaboss]] sticker sheet.

:This mold was also used to make ''Timelines'' [[Deathsaurus (Victory)#Timelines|Deathsaurus]].
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===Legends===
[[File:Legendstoy-LG63-G2Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|]]
*'''G2 Megatron''' ([[2018]]-[[February 24|02-24]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG63'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, rifle, Headmaster, [[Noble (BM)#Legends|Noble]] Partner Drone

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' G2 Megatron a redeco of the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Voyager Class figure]] in ''Generation 2'' Megatron's "[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero|Hero]]" colors. It transforms from robot to tank to plane reminiscent of his [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|''Machine Wars'' counterpart]] and back. Megatron comes with a Headmaster who becomes his head.

:Like all Voyager Class ''Titans Return'' molds, he has a pair of pop-up parts to fill in the area around his head; in this case, a pair of missile racks. This version of the mold retains the retooling that includes a pivoting assembly for better range of movement. Due to the nature of his transformation, it is possible to transform Megatron into tank mode without removing his head.

:His fusion cannon can plug into the short barrel of the tank turret or the rifle/Headmaster vehicle weapon. In an undocumented additional feature, the rifle can be inserted into the front end of the fusion cannon. The fusion cannon can be mounted on his forearm or held by any figure with 5mm hands. It also has a peg hole that an accessory such as his rifle can plug into, with extra square peg holes specifically to hold the rifle in place.

:He comes with [[Noble (BM)#Legends|Noble]], who is redecoed from [[Fangry (G1)#Generations|Fangry]]'s drone accessory.
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===Masterpiece===
*'''Megatron (Beast Wars)''' (201?)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MP-43'''
**''Accessories'': Laser effect part, smiling face, grinning face, rifle, toothbrush, dinosaur tail/weapon, 2 dinosaur thighs/hip armor pieces, 2 shoulderpads, dinosaur belly/backplate, , base A, base B, base arm, base adapter (beast mode) base adapter (robot mode), base adapter (robot back)
: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Megatron transforms to a show accurate robot to a show accurate ''Tyrannosaurus Rex''.
: For accessories, he comes first with extra faceplates: alongside his regular, serious face, he can also have a grinning face and a smiling face. His T-Rex head, similarly to [[Dinobot (BW)#Masterpiece|Dinobot]]'s raptor head, haves two pair of interchangeable eyes, one being full red and the other featuring show-accurate yellow irises and pupils. He also comes with a laser effect part that plugs into the T-Rex mouth, a sniper rifle (as seen in "[[Call of the Wild]]"), and a toothbrush to recreate the scene in "[[Before the Storm]]" where he is seen brushing his T-Rex head/right hand's teeth. To furter recreate the scene, all his dinosaur mode [[kibble]] can be stripped off to complete Megatron's not-fighting look. Finally, he comes with the same stand that came with Dinobot, but with different arm attachments: two are for Megatron's robot and dinosaur modes, while the third is to recreate the scene in "Call of the Wild" where [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] lifts him up, attaching on his back to help keeping him balanced in Optimus's arms.
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==Merchandise==
[[File:Megatronmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Megatron was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===Kabaya candy toys===
*'''Megatron''' (candy toy kit, 1997)

: A tiny plastic Megatron figurine molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 2 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Dinobot, Cheetor, Rattrap, Optimus Primal, and Rhinox. As always, terrible candy is included.

===Metal Monument===
*'''Metal Monument Megatron''' (TAKARA, 1999)

: As the name suggests, the product is a [[die-cast]] statue of Megatron. The head is convertible/removable in order to change the normal one with the battle mask/mutant head. The [[box art]] and the design of the product are both done by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]].

===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titanium RM BWMegatron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|I have two heads: My robot mode one, and my dino, who looks really hungry.]]
*'''Beast Wars Megatron''' (3" Robot Master, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Stand

: For the ''Titanium Series'', the initial 3" Megatron toy was based off his 1996 Ultra version. He's kind of squat.

:The toy features five points of articulation, including shoulders and head articulation. His dino-arm even features a 'wrist' and an articulated jaw. Despite his waist being a connection point it does not swivel.

:Megatron features an enormous amount of paint for such a small toy, including cute little red eyes, and paint washes on most of his dinosaur features.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/TITMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Titanium Series Megatron at TFU.info]''

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:Megatron Predacon Battle Card.jpg|80px|thumb|"I dare you not to make fun of me."]]
*'''Predacon Megatron''' (2007)

: A 52-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Megatron "transforms" into a purple approximation of a ''T. rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]] and [[Cruellock]], although his robot mode is assembled differently. Megatron is nominally the leader of the Decepticons in the set.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Rattrap vs. Megatron''' (2008)

[[File:Robotheroesmegatronrattrap.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Such a cute megalomaniac.]]
:Part of the "Beast Wars Series," Megatron comes packaged with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Robot Heroes Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Silverbolt vs. Megatron''' (2008)

[[File:Robotheroessilverboltmegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He has the Golden Disk, he has the power to change the future, and the only obstacle in the way of his path to unimaginable glory... is being two inches tall.]]
:Part of the "Beast Wars Series," Megatron (based on his Transmetal form) comes packaged with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]. Megatron holds the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] in a special tail attachment seen in the episode "[[Code of Hero]]". He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Predacon/RHMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Robot Heroes Transmetal Megatron at TFU.info]''

===Tiny Titans===
*'''Beast Wars Megatron''' (2015)
: Part of the third series of Tiny Titans, Beast Wars Megatron is a super-deformed, minimally-painted static figurine that renders Megatron in the artstyle of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|newer RID cartoon]].
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==Notes==
[[File:BWRConcept35.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Transmetal 2 Megatron's control art. Look! Spark figure! Painful amounts of detail!]]

[[File:OTFCC05-Megatronunused.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Everyone wished this happened. And it has!]]

*Primal's gorilla mode, paired against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s ''T. rex'' mode, was inspired by the showdown in ''{{w|King Kong}}''.
*The concept art for the original Ultra class figure was largely the same, except in one minor difference: The left arm would have housed an open three clawed hand. The idea of that wouldn't be revisited until the 10th anniversary Deluxe Megatron.
*In a bit of little known trivia, Hasbro originally intended Inferno to be the new body for Megatron. According to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b334d45514e26ab4/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&lnk=st&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron&rnum=1#bc8e54e9165e0823 a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX], Bob Forward stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno."
*Originally, Transmetal 2 Megatron, along with [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimal Optimus]] and [[Tigerhawk]] were to have small driver-like figures sitting on control chairs located in cockpits on their bodies. These drivers were meant to represent their sparks. But [[Hasbro]] later realized that kids might confuse these spark representations as drivers controlling the robots, so they were abandoned, but the cockpits remain. The spark pilot was eventually used in the Japanese release of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].
*A retool of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Megatron (RID)#Toys|Megatron]] as a post-''Beast Machines'' Megatron was proposed by [[3H Productions|3H]] for OTFCC 2005, but this idea was lost when 3H forfeited the license to [[Fun Publications]]. It would have had a [[Rubber Ducky]] accessory. No, seriously. It would have been that awesome...and then BotCon revived the concept as a pre-''Beast Wars'' Megatron, and the figure was available at [[BotCon 2016]]!
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==References==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Vehicons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:BotCon exclusives]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Fast food exclusives]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Robotmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Transmetals]]
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Megatron (disambiguation)

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Surnis: /* Not to be confused with... */

Across the [[multiverse]] the name '''Megatron''' invokes fear and terror, exuding raw power with an unslakable thirst for more. A warlord intent on domination, not just of their homeworld but of all worlds... and for some, all of ''existence''.

Some versions of Megatron [[Reformatting|take on]] [[New body|new bodies]] and change their name to '''[[Galvatron (disambiguation)|Galvatron]]''' in the process.

{{bigquote|I am alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was and is yet to come... and you will know my name is Megatron when I lay my vengeance upon you!|The [[Covenant of Primus]]|"[[Nemesis Part 2]]"}}

==Major Megatrons==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:Megatronguido.jpg|[[Megatron (G1)|"Generation 1" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel]] • [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] • [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Toys]] • [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise|Merchandise]]''
File:MegatronBWsourcebook.jpg|[[Megatron (BW)|"Beast Era" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Toys]]''
File:RIDMegatronGrippy.jpg|[[Megatron (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001) Megatron]]
File:UnicronTrilogyMegatron cartoon bodies.jpg|[[Megatron (Armada)|"Unicron Trilogy" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Movie Megatron Defiance3.jpg|[[Megatron (Movie)|"Movie series" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (Movie)/games|Games]] • [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Megatronanimated.jpg|[[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' Megatron]]
File:PrimeMegatron.jpg|[[Megatron (WFC)|"Aligned" Megatron]] <hr>''[[Megatron (WFC)/toys|Toys]]''
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Megatrons==
{{disamb|y=[[1984]]|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], leader and sometimes founder of the [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}
**For this character in [[Marvel Comics continuity]], see [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity]].
**For this character in [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], see [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].
**For this character in [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]], see [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity]].
**For toys of this character see [[Megatron (G1)/toys]].
**For merchandise of this character see [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise]].
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|The [[Megatron Corps]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s legion of Megatron [[Cloning|clones]] from [[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers|''The Transformers'' manga]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1996]]|[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], the leader of a group of renegade [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and later the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] from ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''. Yeesss.
**For this character in the cartoons, see [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Megatron (BW)/toys]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1999]]|[[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]], a mythological figure in the [[Covenant of Primus]].}}
{{disamb|y=1999|[[Megatron X]], a mysterious silver-colored version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron from ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2000]]|[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] [[Six Changer|six-changing]] galactic conqueror from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], yet another Decepticon commander and a pivotal figure in the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
**For his [[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|cartoon incarnation]], see [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Megatron (Armada)/toys]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the former [[Lord High Protector]] of Cybertron who gets a jonesing for the [[AllSpark]] and sparks [[Transformers (film)|a motion picture]].
**For this character in video games, see [[Megatron (Movie)/games]].
**For toys and other merchandise of this character, see [[Megatron (Movie)/toys]]}}
{{disamb|y=2007|[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the (glorious) Decepticon leader from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]], the morally ambiguous leader of the Decepticons in ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|[[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], the heroic leader of the Decepticon resistance in ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], the leader of the Decepticons from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
**For toys of this character, see [[Megatron (WFC)/toys]]}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Master Megatron]], the other Decepticon-allied Megatron from ''Animated''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Megatron (SG Animated)|Megatron]], the heroic Decepticon from ''Shattered Glass Animated''.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|[[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the Decepticon brick-based being and [[Kreon]] from ''[[Kre-O]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|[[Darkside Megatron]], the living embodiment of Generation 1 Megatron's insanity.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2012]]|[[Megatron Cannon]], the Decepticon [[Arms Micron]] from ''Prime''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2013]]|[[Megatron (BWSG)|Megatron]], the heroic leader of the Predacons in ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Megatron (KOU)|Megatron]], the Decepticon guitarist from ''[[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2014|[[Megatron (Battle Masters)|Megatron]], the Decepticon leader from ''[[Battle Masters]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2015]]|[[Megatron (human)|Megatron]], the [[human]] football player who may or may not have Cybertronian origins.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Megatron (SG TransTech)|Megatron]], the heroic Decepticon from ''Shattered Glass TransTech''.}}

==Fictions with "Megatron" in the title==
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Megatron's Master Plan]]", the 3-part episode of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'']].}}
{{disamb|y=1985|"[[Megatron's Fight for Power]]", from [[Ladybird Books]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1995]]|''[[Megatron Set Special CD]]'', the soundtrack album available with [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s second {{w|LaserDisc}} set of the cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|"[[Megatron's Sword]]", an episode from the ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' series.}}
{{disamb|y=2004|"[[Megatron Resurrected]]", another episode from the ''Energon'' series.}}
{{disamb|y=2004|"[[Megatron Raid]]", a further episode from the ''Energon'' series.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|"[[Megatron Ondo]]", the song included on [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|DVD volume 7]] of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Returns]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2007|''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', the 4-issue comic series from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|"[[Transformers Comic issue 2#Prelude: Megatron|Prelude: Megatron]]", the story featured in issue #2 of the [[Titan Books|Titan]] [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|comic]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|"[[Destron Leader Megatron Black Ver.]]", the [[e-HOBBY]] [[pack-in material]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|"[[Megatron Chapter]]", part of the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|"[[Megatron Rising - Part 1|Megatron Rising]]", the 2-part episode of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', the 16-issue "soft reboot" of the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]].}}
{{disamb|y=2008|"[[Starscream Heckles Megatron]]", the ''Animated'' short.}}
{{disamb|y=2008?|"[[Meet Megatron]]", another ''Animated'' short.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|"[[Transformers Comic issue 24#Megatron's Revenge|Megatron's Revenge]]", the story featured in issue #24 of the Titan comic.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|''[[The Transformers: Best of Megatron|Best of Megatron]]'', the trade paperback collection from IDW.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|"[[A Gift For Megatron]]", the Kre-O animated short.}}
{{disamb|y=2012|"[[Megatron's Revenge]]", the Kre-O animated short.}}
{{disamb|y=2012|"[[Megatron Returns]]", the storybook from [[Bantam Children]].}}
{{disamb|y=2013|"[[Spotlight: Megatron]]", the 28th issue of ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2016|"[[Not All Megatrons]]", the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' prose story.}}

There are also numerous fictions titled something like "[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime vs Megatron]]".

==See also==
{{disamb|y=[[1989]]|[[Megatron's base]] from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' comics]].}}
{{disamb|y=2004|[[Megatron's castle]] from the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Generation One]]'' comics.}}
{{disamb|y=2012|The Nike Calvin Johnson Megatron collection, a line of sports equipment inspired by Megatron the human.[http://www.nikeblog.com/2012/11/22/nike-calvin-johnson-megatron-collection/]}}

==Not to be confused with...==
*[[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], a Decepticon commander who temporarily inhabited Megatron's body (or a version of it, it's complicated) from the ''Generation 1'' comics.
*[[Archforce]], the [[Europe]]an ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Decepticon whose toy was released in North America as "Hero" Megatron.
*[[Megatronia]], the combined form of [[Megaempress]] and her [[4 Guards]] from [[Japan]]ese Generation 1 continuity.
*The [[Megatron statue]], a massive stone statue of the Unicron Trilogy character.
*[[Megaplex]], a duplicate of Megatron designed to fool his enemies from the ''Generation 1'' continuity.
*[[Mechatron]], a [[Beast Rider]] from ''Beast Machines''.
*[[Gigatron (disambiguation)|Gigatron]], a different name for Megatron most notably in the [[Viron]] [[universal cluster]].
*[[Megabolt]], a Decepticon fashioned from Megatron's corpse from ''Robots in Disguise'' 2001.
*[[Megazarak (disambiguation)|Characters named Megazarak]].
*[[Metatron]], the angel mentioned in both ancient Cybertronian texts and real-life Talmud, even if at least one Megatron has ''claimed'' to be him.
*Megatron, the daughter of Peter Griffin (family guy)
*Megatronus, the original name of [[The Fallen]], one of the [[thirteen]] [[Dynasty of Primes|original Transformers]] who some Megatrons took their name from.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
As the leader of one of two main factions of Cybertronians, any given reality's Megatron generally posed a problem for the dimension-hopping destroyer [[Unicron]], and therefore Megatron was a priority target for [[Herald of Unicron|Unicron's heralds]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} While grappling with the [[Megatron (Armada)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Megatron]] of [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma]], lead herald [[Galvatron (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Galvatron]] noted to his adversary that he had killed "many" Megatrons. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}}

===''TransTech''===
In one of the oldest dimensions in the [[multiverse]], one [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian city]], [[Axiom Nexus]], is a hub for travelers from other dimensions. The city maintains its relative harmony through a strict principle of "[[Dux non Intruitus]]": all Megatrons, as well as [[Prime (disambiguation)|Primes]], miscellaneous faction leaders and [[:Category:MacGuffins|MacGuffins]] from other universes, are considered illegal. This hasn't stopped a few [[Megatron (BW)|sneaky]] [[Megatron (Movie)|offworlders]] from circumventing the ban. {{storylink|Bee in the City}} {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
[[Megalligator]] wanted to kill all Megatrons in the multiverse. {{storylink|Cybertron Convobat}}

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Megatron (BW)/toys

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Surnis: /* Beast Machines */

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[[File:BWMegatronSticker.jpg|thumb|275px|A smile that launched a thousand schemes.]]
The '''[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]''' from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' has many toys, yeeess.

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It appears to be a harmless Earth creature!]]
*'''Optimus Primal VS Megatron''' (Basic 2-pack, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-6'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail

: The initial version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron transformes into a green alligator. The toy is a [[retool]] of [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] with new alligator and robot heads, and no frill. The screw hole for the frill bracket remains. Both toys were released at roughly the same time.

:Whether this toy can be considered the ''Beast Wars'' Megatron character as seen in the primary fiction is a matter of debate. Released before the beginning of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|animated series]], which established Megatron as a separate entity from [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]], the accompanying profiles and mini-comic seem to assume that the Beast Wars are a progression of the same characters from the Autobot/Decepticon war.

:This mold was additionally used to make the purple-recolored [[Megatron (G1)/toys#CDgator|Megaligator]] (indicated to be Generation 1 Megatron), and the Iguanus version was used for [[Crazybolt (BWN)|Crazybolt]]. It was also proposed for [[Albitron]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/MegatronGator/megatron.htm More information on Megatron (alligator) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bwmegatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't call him Barney.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-1'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

: This Megatron transformes into a purple organic ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. He has limited articulation in [[beast mode]], but his dinosaur head can [[Water-squirting gimmick|shoot water]]. In [[robot mode]], he has no hands, as his right arm ends with his dinosaur head, and his tail, folded into a pincer, forms his left arm. The outer shells of his dinosaur thighs conceal spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles.

:His robot head features two bat-like wing adornments that fold to become a [[mutant head]].

:The Takara release features no changes from the Hasbro version. This mold was also used to make the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] [[T-Wrecks#Beast Machines|T-Wrecks]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron (''T. rex'') at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWtoy takara megaligator.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megaligator''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-6'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail

:In Japan, the gator Megatron toy was also sold as an individual toy, as well as in a VS pack with Optimus. The individual release is identical to the two-pack version, which is in turn identical to the Hasbro version.

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*'''Arachnid''' ([[MicroVerse]], 1997)

:A small, non-transforming micro-figure of Megatron in his alligator body came with the [[MicroVerse]] [[Arachnid]] playset.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Arachnid/arachnid.htm More information on Arachnid (including Megatron figure) at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, 199?)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''?'''
**''Accessories:'' Two misslies, water squirter

:A gold chrome redeco of Ultra-class ''Tyrannosaurus'' Megatron. It was a Japanese exclusive [[Lucky Draw figure]], and at least ten were made.

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[[File:BWtoy-MegatronTM.jpg|upright=1.88|thumb|Ducky not included. Bummer. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronMetals.jpg|upright=1.88|thumb|I'm the one that doesn't crumble in your hands. ''(Takara version pictured)'']]
*'''Megatron''' (Transmetal Mega, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-40'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail/whip

: The third ''Beast Wars'' Megatron toy transforms from a mechanical ''Tyrannosaurus'' to an organic robot mode. As with all Transmetal toys, he has a 'third' vehicle mode; roller skates fold out of his feet and his turbines flip open. These modifications can also be deployed in robot mode. In robot mode, his tail becomes a flexible, segmented cutlass weapon. He can either hold it or it can be stored at his side on the connector piece it was attached to when in beast mode.

:The Hasbro release of this figure was in gold, dark brown, and silver. The Hasbro release is known for being remarkably fragile — the deep brown plastic used for Megatron's waist and torso is prone to eventual breakage due to stress fractures. This has often been mistaken for a form of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], but is really more of a design flaw coupled with weak plastics. The Takara version, which used a different plastic, does not have this problem. The Hasbro version had three different variants all based on the shade used for the transmetal parts, some were pink, some purple and others a darker blue purple.

: The Japanese version, "Metals Megatron", is slightly different. The Japanese version uses black instead of the brown of the Hasbro version, a light gray for the beast mode hands, tail, and skates instead of the metallic silver of the Hasbro release, and the copper has a darker, more reddish tint as well.

:This mold was retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Predacon (Armada)#Armada|Predacon]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Transmetal Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metals Convoy VS Metals Megatron''' (VS pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-40'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail/whip

: In Japan, Metals Megatron was available both individually and in a two-pack with [[Optimus Primal/toys|Mega Transmetal Optimus Primal]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BWdragonmegs toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't call him Puff, either.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Transmetal 2 Ultra, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-47'''
**''Accessories:'' Three missiles

: The final version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron transforms into a mostly mechanical dragon, with articulation in his legs, little dragon arms and his flexible, rubber neck with vacuum metallized overlapping plates attached on top. The neck is flexible and controlled via a small lever located at its base. This lever was apparently installed backwards due to factory error - it can be used to lock the dragon neck in place, but must first be unscrewed and reattached correctly. The projectiles stored in his wings can be fired from a spring-loaded launcher inside his dragon's mouth.

:In robot mode, Megatron resembles a winged demon, appropriate given his characterization. His chest is dominated by a small cockpit with a control chair inside (see Notes). Megatron's dragon neck and head replaces his left arm, with an additional missile launcher above his helmet. His spark crystal, colored purple, is located on his dragon mode's right pectoral.

:Transmetal 2 Megatron has a half-hearted "transportation" mode, little more than an afterthought, which involves deploying wheels from his heels, then folding his legs up parallel with his body, so that he can roll around on the ground. Presumably this is what the aforementioned neck-locking mechanism was intended for, so the dragon can look straight ahead as it rolls. The original commercial for the toy [[:File:TM2 Ultras Commercial.jpg|mistransformed]] this mode, making it instead look like Megatron scooted around on his knees.

:The Takara "Metals Dragon Megatron" version features no differences to the Hasbro release. This mold was also used to make [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Cryotek (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Cryotek]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Megatron at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Machines===
[[File:BMtoy-MegatronMega.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's a flasher! Mangle!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Mega, 2000)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Mega-class toys, the first ''Beast Machines'' incarnation of Megatron was based on his Transmetal 2 dragon form, but with cues from his ''Beast Machines'' design added, specifically the gilded control helmet and the wrapping cape. A compartment on his chest can be lifted to reveal a [[spark]] chamber with a Vehicon spark crystal, similar to other Beast Machines toys. Other than a robot and dragon mode, a third mode, one that wraps and closes the dragon wings around the robot, mimics the shrouded appearance seen on the television show.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Beast Machines Megatron (Mega) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BMtoy-MegatronMcD.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Looks good enough to drink.]]
*'''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2000)
**''McNumber'': '''3'''

: Transforms from a trash can to a very weak dragon mode. Much of the toy is made of translucent plastic, and he uses light piping to light up the spark crystal on his dragon mode's tummy. He doesn't do it very well, though—you sorta have to hold him up sideways to the light and hope it's working.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/McMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Beast Machines Megatron (Mcdonald's) at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megatron''' (Little Red Rooster Meal, 2001)

: The McDonald's Happy Meal Megatron was also released in Australia through the Red Rooster restaurant chain. Like the other three toys, it came in four color schemes. He was also retooled to remove the light piping on the original. Strangely enough, the toy was labeled as "Nightscream" on the plastic baggy it came in.

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[[File:BM-toy BeastChanger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Changer''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Wings (left & right)

: The Beast Changer (so called due to [[Hasbro]]'s inability to secure the [[Trademark]] on "[[Noble (BM)|Savage Noble]]") transforms from wolf-creature to dragon-creature (the packaging announces a conversion from "savage beast to noble wolf," a reference to the name Hasbro wasn't able to trademark). A spring-loaded tab on the dragon's head opens his jaws. The toy's [[spark crystal]] has its own unique symbol, a merger of the ''Beast Machines'' Maximal and Vehicon logos. Its spark-action [[gimmick]] is a wind-up spinning claw attack.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/BeastChanger/beastchanger.htm More information on "Beast Changer" at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megatron''' (Jollibee Kids Meal, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Con Pencil Point Vise, wing unit

: Megatron was available as one of three figures in a Jollibee promotion. The toy is a greatly simplified version of his ''Beast Machines'' Mega toy. The dragon mode is him wearing his wings as a silly hat.

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*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, <s>2001</s>)

:Around December of 2000, the online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]] put up a list of upcoming ''Transformers'' product from Hasbro<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20001206140100/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/news.asp</ref>. Although the main point of interest was a ''[[Transtech]]'' assortment listing, it revealed several tail-end and unreleased ''Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark'' toys, including an Ultra-Class Megatron. And that is literally all we know about it. The end.

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===Robotmasters===
[[File:RMtoy-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"''Utahraptor'', maybe in an alternate timeline I'm being less of a jerk right now, but that's just rampant speculation, okay?"]]
*'''Beast Megatron''' (2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Claw/tail, missile launcher, missile

: ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' Beast Megatron is a simplified version of the 1996 Ultra ''Beast Wars'' Megatron. Much smaller, having a very similar transformation and a sculpt resembling the television series CGI model, but a paint scheme similar to the original toy. The tail/claw weapon was now removeable, revealing a robot fist which the tail/claw weapon could clamp around. He also came with a small laser rifle.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/BeastMegatron/beastmegatron.htm More information on Beast Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Beast Megatron Limited Black Version''' (2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Claw/tail, missile launcher, missile, Sacred-Cut Sword "Gazan" blade

: Available only via mail-order through ''Hyper Hobby'' magazine, the "Limited Black Version" of Beast Megatron is just that: a straight [[black repaint]] of the Beast Megatron toy. He comes with all his original accessories, appropriately redecoed, as well as a gold-chromed version of the "Sacred-Cut Sword 'Gazan'" [[Solitarium]] weapon that came with [[Air Hunter]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/HHBeastMegatron/beastmegatron.htm More information on Beast Megatron Limited Black Version at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars Returns===
*'''Megatron''' (Mega, 2004-[[November 18|11-18]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-05'''

:This release is the same as the American ''Beast Machines'' Mega toy.

*'''Noble Savage''' (Deluxe, 2005-[[April 14|04-14]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-11'''

: A toy version of [[Noble (BM)|Savage/Noble]] and a redeco of Beast Changer, he transforms from a wolf-creature to a dragon creature, with no robot mode. The difference lies in that select red plastic parts were changed to a blue color.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/BeastChanger/beastchanger.htm More information on Noble/Savage at TFU.info (scroll down)]''

{{anchor|MegaheadMegatron}}[[File:BeastWarsReturnstoy-MegaheadMegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You will have to pay a lot for this, yessss...]]
*'''Megahead Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2005-04-14)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-12'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: This is a Japanese-[[exclusive]] redeco of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Megatron (RID)#Megabolt|Megabolt Megatron]] and transforms into a head-shaped spider tank, based on the [[Grand Mal]] design. A gear-wheel mechanism moves the legs up and down as the tank mode is pushed along. Pressing the [[spark crystal]] on the tank's top opens its jaw and fires a spring-loaded missile. In robot mode, this swings the entire cannon assembly up over the robot's head, along with a "battle mask".

: If one removes the toy's spider-legs in head mode, it fits into the head socket to the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]] main body. Though this is likely unintended, it is pointed out here as an extra play feature.

: This mold was also used to make [[Megabolt]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/MegaboltMegatron/megaboltmegatron.htm More information on Megahead Megatron at TFU.info (scroll down)]''

===Timelines===
*'''Darksyde Megatron''' (Ultra-class, 2006)

[[File:Timelinestoy-MegatronDoFP.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My face defies all photographic lighting!]]
:''Accessories'': Large missile, projectile, spring-loaded shield/multi-tool arm, claw attachment, hammer attachment, [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]] key

: Representing Megatron before his crash on [[Earth]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' Megatron is a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''-series [[Cybertron Defense Team|Cybertron Defense]] [[Red Alert (Armada)#CybCD|Red Alert]] toy, and transforms into a large, purple military vehicle similar to a cross between a Russian {{w|R-400 Oka|R-400 Oka mobile ballistic missile launcher}} and a {{w|BTR-90|BTR-90 armoured personnel carrier}}. The missile can be slid off from its holder, and the left side of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] has a flip-up non-firing double-blaster, which can also be "used" in robot mode. Inserting the Golden Disk key (that's marked with the [[Insignia|Predacon symbol]]) into the rear of the missile pops it in half and exposes the inner spring-loaded projectile-launching "laser cannon".

: Megatron comes with a shield that can be mounted on either arm, and when a Key is inserted into the top, a cannon barrel/multi-tool arm flips out that can be equipped with several tools stored in his shins (a spring-loaded hammer-head or a gripping claw). He has two (nonfunctional) [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] hardpoints in vehicle mode, and two ''different'' hardpoints in robot mode. The electronics that were previously present in this mold were removed for this release, and all samples of this toy have the space for the robot-mode head manually (and sometimes messily) carved open wider at the top in order to allow the new head to move freely between modes.

: Megatron was an at-show souvenir for [[BotCon 2006]], coming in a two-pack with [[Waspinator (BW)#Timelines 2|Waspinator]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Countdown (G1)#Universe 2008|Countdown]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/BCMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Darksyde Megatron at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
[[File:BW 10th Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Grape-faces don't give up, they conquer!"]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail, missile, Jungle Planet Key

: For the 10th Anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', [[Hasbro]] created an all-new Deluxe-size tooling based mostly upon his original 1996 ''Tyrannosaurus'' form, but with technorganic detailing. When a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted into his <s>ass</s> tail, it opens up to reveal a missile launcher.

: He is also packaged with a mini-comic-sized reprinting of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' #1, a small ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' ship figurine, and a [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] style Cyber Key ''without'' a [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] stamped on it. On its packaging, "Predacon" is misspelled as "Preadcon", but a sticker was placed over it with the proper spelling.<ref name="predaconsticker">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/beast-wars-10th-anniversary/megatron/963/2/8/ Sticker covering a typo on ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' Megatron's packaging with correct "Predacon" spelling].</ref> The sculpts for both leader toys were intentionally designed to blend in with the Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" they didn't get a Beast Wars Anniversary release (according to [[Aaron Archer]]'s statements at [[BotCon 2005]]).

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed and released as [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] and [[BotCon 2010]] [[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on 10th Anniversary Megatron at TFU.info]''
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*'''Optimus Primal vs. Megatron''' (multipack, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

: The same figures as the ''Beast Wars Reborn'' two-pack released in the United States as a Toys "R" Us exclusive and packaged with "[[Possession]]". (Oddly, the box art is a re-use from that of the previous 10th Anniversary new-mold deluxe, an entirely different body design.)
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/TRUMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron (Toys "R" Us Exclusive) at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars Reborn===
[[File:BW Megatron BWReborn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Is it me, or does his tail-weapon-thing have teeth?]]
*'''Convoy vs Megatron''' (2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BWR-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

: For the 10th Anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] retooled the original 1996 Ultra-sized Megatron toy, giving him a new head sculpt and a new paint scheme based upon the appearance of the CGI model used in the ''Beast Wars'' television series.

: The 1996 Ultra-sized Optimus Primal was also retooled and redecoed in the same manner.

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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Claw/tail
[[File:BW Telemocha Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
: A redeco of ''Robotmasters'' Megatron, with extensive paint details based upon the larger Ultra class ''Beast Wars Reborn'' reissue. He came packed with a DVD of the Japanese dub version of "[[Equal Measures]]".
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Destron/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Telemocha Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWTelemochaMegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Running out of caption ideas for same boring things rehashed over and over!]]
*'''DX Megatron''' (Ultra, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-SP'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

:An extensive show-accurate redeco of the original Ultra-class Megatron mold, even more so than the ''Reborn'' toy—''without'' the recently remolded show-accurate head. He came with a DVD containing the Japanese dub version of the two-part episode "[[The Trigger, Part 1|The Trigger]]".

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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-BeastMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Megatron''' (Deluxe, [[2012]]-[[February 25|02-25]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-31'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail, missile, Jungle Planet Key

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toys, "Beast Megatron" is a dark purple redeco of the Deluxe-sized ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' Megatron toy, and is the first release of the mold in Japan. It was packaged in a Voyager-class box with a Japanese sticker slapped on that said "limited quantity".

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===Generations===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This nonsense body.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultra Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles, 2 launchers

:Released as a souvenir figure for [[BotCon 2016]], ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Megatron is a redeco/retool of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Megatron (RID)#Toys|Megatron/Galvatron]] mold, which was based on an unused concept by [[3H Productions]]. It features a new head and paint scheme based on Transmetal 2 Megatron from the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. The snout piece which folds out from under the robot mode head for the original release's bat mode was removed in order to provide clearance for the new head, effectively reducing by one the number of modes to which this release is capable of converting. Despite this, the bat mode is still represented in the (microscopically tiny) instructions.

:The robot mode chest sports a [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] [[spark crystal]] instead of a Predacon one, possibly because the Dinobot spark crystal is the only version of that tooling which remains. Additionally, the factory neglected to paint the dragon mode's eyes—while accidental, this is fitting since the last time Megatron had a red dragon body, as "Beast Changer" (see above), he was also eyeless in dragon mode. [[Fun Publications]] provided eye stickers and a spark crystal-sized Predacon symbol sticker on that year's [[Magnaboss (BW)#Generations|Magnaboss]] sticker sheet.

:This mold was also used to make ''Timelines'' [[Deathsaurus (Victory)#Timelines|Deathsaurus]].
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===Legends===
[[File:Legendstoy-LG63-G2Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|]]
*'''G2 Megatron''' ([[2018]]-[[February 24|02-24]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG63'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, rifle, Headmaster, [[Noble (BM)#Legends|Noble]] Partner Drone

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' G2 Megatron a redeco of the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Voyager Class figure]] in ''Generation 2'' Megatron's "[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero|Hero]]" colors. It transforms from robot to tank to plane reminiscent of his [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|''Machine Wars'' counterpart]] and back. Megatron comes with a Headmaster who becomes his head.

:Like all Voyager Class ''Titans Return'' molds, he has a pair of pop-up parts to fill in the area around his head; in this case, a pair of missile racks. This version of the mold retains the retooling that includes a pivoting assembly for better range of movement. Due to the nature of his transformation, it is possible to transform Megatron into tank mode without removing his head.

:His fusion cannon can plug into the short barrel of the tank turret or the rifle/Headmaster vehicle weapon. In an undocumented additional feature, the rifle can be inserted into the front end of the fusion cannon. The fusion cannon can be mounted on his forearm or held by any figure with 5mm hands. It also has a peg hole that an accessory such as his rifle can plug into, with extra square peg holes specifically to hold the rifle in place.

:He comes with [[Noble (BM)#Legends|Noble]], who is redecoed from [[Fangry (G1)#Generations|Fangry]]'s drone accessory.
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===Masterpiece===
*'''Megatron (Beast Wars)''' (201?)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MP-43'''
**''Accessories'': Laser effect part, smiling face, grinning face, rifle, toothbrush, dinosaur tail/weapon, 2 dinosaur thighs/hip armor pieces, 2 shoulderpads, dinosaur belly/backplate, , base A, base B, base arm, base adapter (beast mode) base adapter (robot mode), base adapter (robot back)
: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Megatron transforms to a show accurate robot to a show accurate ''Tyrannosaurus Rex''.
: For accessories, he comes first with extra faceplates: alongside his regular, serious face, he can also have a grinning face and a smiling face. His T-Rex head, similarly to [[Dinobot (BW)#Masterpiece|Dinobot]]'s raptor head, haves two pair of interchangeable eyes, one being full red and the other featuring show-accurate yellow irises and pupils. He also comes with a laser effect part that plugs into the T-Rex mouth, a sniper rifle (as seen in "[[Call of the Wild]]"), and a toothbrush to recreate the scene in "[[Before the Storm]]" where he is seen brushing his T-Rex head/right hand's teeth. To furter recreate the scene, all his dinosaur mode [[kibble]] can be stripped off to complete Megatron's not-fighting look. Finally, he comes with the same stand that came with Dinobot, but with different arm attachments: two are for Megatron's robot and dinosaur modes, while the third is to recreate the scene in "Call of the Wild" where [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] lifts him up, attaching on his back to help keeping him balanced in Optimus's arms.
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==Merchandise==
[[File:Megatronmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Megatron was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===Kabaya candy toys===
*'''Megatron''' (candy toy kit, 1997)

: A tiny plastic Megatron figurine molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 2 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Dinobot, Cheetor, Rattrap, Optimus Primal, and Rhinox. As always, terrible candy is included.

===Metal Monument===
*'''Metal Monument Megatron''' (TAKARA, 1999)

: As the name suggests, the product is a [[die-cast]] statue of Megatron. The head is convertible/removable in order to change the normal one with the battle mask/mutant head. The [[box art]] and the design of the product are both done by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]].

===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titanium RM BWMegatron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|I have two heads: My robot mode one, and my dino, who looks really hungry.]]
*'''Beast Wars Megatron''' (3" Robot Master, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Stand

: For the ''Titanium Series'', the initial 3" Megatron toy was based off his 1996 Ultra version. He's kind of squat.

:The toy features five points of articulation, including shoulders and head articulation. His dino-arm even features a 'wrist' and an articulated jaw. Despite his waist being a connection point it does not swivel.

:Megatron features an enormous amount of paint for such a small toy, including cute little red eyes, and paint washes on most of his dinosaur features.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Predacon/TITMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Titanium Series Megatron at TFU.info]''

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:Megatron Predacon Battle Card.jpg|80px|thumb|"I dare you not to make fun of me."]]
*'''Predacon Megatron''' (2007)

: A 52-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Megatron "transforms" into a purple approximation of a ''T. rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]] and [[Cruellock]], although his robot mode is assembled differently. Megatron is nominally the leader of the Decepticons in the set.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Rattrap vs. Megatron''' (2008)

[[File:Robotheroesmegatronrattrap.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Such a cute megalomaniac.]]
:Part of the "Beast Wars Series," Megatron comes packaged with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Robot Heroes Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Silverbolt vs. Megatron''' (2008)

[[File:Robotheroessilverboltmegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He has the Golden Disk, he has the power to change the future, and the only obstacle in the way of his path to unimaginable glory... is being two inches tall.]]
:Part of the "Beast Wars Series," Megatron (based on his Transmetal form) comes packaged with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]. Megatron holds the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] in a special tail attachment seen in the episode "[[Code of Hero]]". He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Predacon/RHMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Robot Heroes Transmetal Megatron at TFU.info]''

===Tiny Titans===
*'''Beast Wars Megatron''' (2015)
: Part of the third series of Tiny Titans, Beast Wars Megatron is a super-deformed, minimally-painted static figurine that renders Megatron in the artstyle of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|newer RID cartoon]].
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==Notes==
[[File:BWRConcept35.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Transmetal 2 Megatron's control art. Look! Spark figure! Painful amounts of detail!]]

[[File:OTFCC05-Megatronunused.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Everyone wished this happened. And it has!]]

*Primal's gorilla mode, paired against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s ''T. rex'' mode, was inspired by the showdown in ''{{w|King Kong}}''.
*The concept art for the original Ultra class figure was largely the same, except in one minor difference: The left arm would have housed an open three clawed hand. The idea of that wouldn't be revisited until the 10th anniversary Deluxe Megatron.
*In a bit of little known trivia, Hasbro originally intended Inferno to be the new body for Megatron. According to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b334d45514e26ab4/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&lnk=st&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron&rnum=1#bc8e54e9165e0823 a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX], Bob Forward stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno."
*Originally, Transmetal 2 Megatron, along with [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimal Optimus]] and [[Tigerhawk]] were to have small driver-like figures sitting on control chairs located in cockpits on their bodies. These drivers were meant to represent their sparks. But [[Hasbro]] later realized that kids might confuse these spark representations as drivers controlling the robots, so they were abandoned, but the cockpits remain. The spark pilot was eventually used in the Japanese release of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].
*A retool of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Megatron (RID)#Toys|Megatron]] as a post-''Beast Machines'' Megatron was proposed by [[3H Productions|3H]] for OTFCC 2005, but this idea was lost when 3H forfeited the license to [[Fun Publications]]. It would have had a [[Rubber Ducky]] accessory. No, seriously. It would have been that awesome...and then BotCon revived the concept as a pre-''Beast Wars'' Megatron, and the figure was available at [[BotCon 2016]]!
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Ottoman Confederacy

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{{disambig2|the Earth nation in Shattered Glass|the multi-planet breakway state in Star Wars|Confederacy}}

:''The Ottoman Confederacy is a great power on [[Earth]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

Along with the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] and the [[United Kingdom|British]], the '''Ottoman Confederacy''' is one of three great powers capable of challenging the hegemony of the [[United States of America]]. They are apparently in this world's "nuclear club", yet [[Colton|President Colton]] considers them the least likely threat, owing to the professed pacifism of its leader, [[Abdul Fakkadi (SG)|Abdul Fakkadi]]. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

The [[Decepticon]] [[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]] was granted honourary citizenship for saving Fakkadi's life. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

==Notes==
*In our non-mirror Quadwal universe, the {{w|Ottoman Empire}} held, at its peak, much of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (where [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] lies in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon) and collapsed shortly after World War I, leading to the formation of modern Turkey. How much of this territory is comparably held by the Ottoman Confederacy in ''Shattered Glass'' is nigh-impossible to determine (given the significant differences in geography and history that we have so far glimpsed), but the mentions so far suggest a (very rough) analogy.
*Similarly, we can likely presume that the [[Wikipedia:House of Osman|House of Osman]] was important in some historical capacity (as the state is ''named'' for them), but they are presumably not in charge now (owing to the mentions of Fakkadi as President).
*Ottomans vs Autobots, perfect fit of man vs machine!

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Ottoman Confederacy

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{{disambig2|the Earth nation in Shattered Glass|the multi-planet breakway state in Star Wars|Confederacy}}

:''The Ottoman Confederacy is a great power on [[Earth]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

Along with the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] and the [[United Kingdom|British]], the '''Ottoman Confederacy''' is one of three great powers capable of challenging the hegemony of the [[United States of America]]. They are apparently in this world's "nuclear club", yet [[Colton|President Colton]] considers them the least likely threat, owing to the professed pacifism of its leader, [[Abdul Fakkadi (SG)|Abdul Fakkadi]]. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

The [[Decepticon]] [[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]] was granted honourary citizenship for saving Fakkadi's life. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

==Notes==
*In our non-mirror Quadwal universe, the {{w|Ottoman Empire}} held, at its peak, much of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (where [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] lies in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon) and collapsed shortly after World War I, leading to the formation of modern Turkey. How much of this territory is comparably held by the Ottoman Confederacy in ''Shattered Glass'' is nigh-impossible to determine (given the significant differences in geography and history that we have so far glimpsed), but the mentions so far suggest a (very rough) analogy.
*Similarly, we can likely presume that the [[Wikipedia:House of Osman|House of Osman]] was important in some historical capacity (as the state is ''named'' for them), but they are presumably not in charge now (owing to the mentions of Fakkadi as President).
*Ottomans and Autobots, perfect fit!

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Steeljaw (G1)

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:''Steeljaw is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Steeljawboxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Ravage may get more screentime, but Steeljaw always beats Ravage to the catnip.]]
Where [[Ravage (G1)|the Decepticon cassette with a cat-mode]] is a master of moving about undetected, it is fitting that his Autobot counterpart is one of the best at tracking down robots who don't want to be found. '''Steeljaw''' is a tenacious tracker of unmatched skill, whose [[Sensors|olfactory sensors]] can track even the faintest scent for a range of 800 miles. All business when on the job, he can come off as cold, even rude to others, but that's just his professionalism and determination getting the better of him. Off the clock, he loves to investigate odors of all shapes and sizes, and Earth has many new and unusual smells for him to enjoy - the perfume of young women being one of his favorites. Steeljaw has a nearly unbreakable bite, from which he takes his name, and is armed with two solar-powered pellet guns. He can electromagnetize himself to stick to surfaces in cassette mode. His only real weakness is a tendency to [[rust]].

{{bigquote|My man Steeljaw can sniff out any trail — if it's hot or if it's not.|[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]|"[[Madman's Paradise]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|N/A (English, see [[#Notes|Notes]]), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}

In 2005, during Megatron's attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] ejected several of his cassette warriors to prevent Blaster from sending a radio transmission to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] on [[Moonbase One]]. To fend off Soundwave's cassettes, Blaster ejected his own force, including Steeljaw. Blaster's cassettes and Soundwave's cassettes appeared to be evenly matched, and Steeljaw had no small bit of fun gnawing on [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Steeljaw’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]].”}}

[[File:SteeljawRamhornCallPrimitives.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess which band he has recorded on himself]]
In the year 2006, Steeljaw was summoned by [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] to help track down [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], after he vanished from a dignitary's party on Cybertron. Steeljaw tracked the boy and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to an old abandoned corridor and a hidden chamber, where the [[Quintesson]]s had once exiled their unwanteds into other dimensions. Along with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Blaster and the other cassettes, Steeljaw followed the trail into [[Menonia]]. He ultimately found Daniel trying to free a great sorcerer known as the [[Golden One]] from a tomb. With [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]'s help, they broke open the mouth of the cave, and the Golden One helped the Autobots defeat the Quintesson exile who had enslaved the locals. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

Steeljaw also helped recover a lost Quintesson journal, {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}, briefly fought alongside Rodimus Prime and Ultra Magnus in Europe {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}, and was chosen as a "Primitive" by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's Assistant]] to face the threat of [[Tornedron]]. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====Scramble City OVA=====
Megatron sent [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to find the secret location of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s construction site. Blaster ejected his own cassette troops, Steeljaw among them, to counter the Decepticon threat. His cassette army failed, allowing Ratbat to slip through and discover the location of Metroplex. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{note|In this series, Steeljaw had the power to talk in normal Japanese.}}

[[File:GreatCassetteOperation sad Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Sleeping on a hard surface always makes Steeljaw's neck feel stiff. That and that fact that 85% of his upper back is a damned metal box.]]
Steeljaw and the Mini-Cassettes journeyed to the Arctic with Blaster to help [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in the search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. They confronted the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and Steeljaw battled the tiger, [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]. Tragedy struck when Blaster was killed in battle with his arch-foe, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. Steeljaw tried to recover whatever remnants of his friend that he could. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Steeljaw and the Cassettes mourned the loss of their friend so greatly that they couldn't even go on missions. Eventually, Rodimus Prime had Blaster rebuilt using [[Master (planet)|Master]] technology as [[Twincast]]. Reunited, Steeljaw and Twincast infiltrated [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the planet [[Chaar]] to stop Galvatron's [[Madmachine]] from being used against the Autobots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} Later, in a form of stealth mission usually reserved for ''Decepticon'' Cassettes, Ramhorn and Steeljaw somehow managed to reach Chaar on their own and spy on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], learning all about his plans for [[plasma energy]]. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

After the Decepticons abandoned the solar system to seek out more energy, Twincast, Steeljaw and the Mini-Cassettes joined Fortress' crew in hunting them down. On [[Paradise]], Steeljaw was dispatched on a scouting mission, and learned [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] had been kidnapped by the Decepticons. He alerted Twincast to what he had discovered. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

[[File:GreatCassetteOperation cassette walkoff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Back on Earth, Steeljaw and the Mini-Cassettes ejected to help Twincast gather information on the recent upsurge of Decepticon activity. Steeljaw and Twincast went to investigate a non-responsive outpost in Alaska, only to discover Scorponok had eliminated all the Autobots stationed there. They were spotted by [[Sixshot]], and Twincast commanded Steeljaw to flee back to Autobot City with their report. Steeljaw remained behind, hidden by a rocky outcrop, long enough to see his commander shot down by the Ninja Commander, and vowed to return with help. True to his silent vow, Steeljaw, eventually came back with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Metroplex. Now ''that's'' a cavalry. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Steeljaw and his fellow Mini-Cassettes did some investigating to make sure they were gone. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

In the final battle at the North Pole, Steeljaw and the Mini-Cassettes were unleashed on [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] to save the Headmasters. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}}}

=====''15 Go! Go!''=====
[[File:TGGSteeljaw.jpg|thumb|Both a noble protector and apparently rather creepy.]]
As [[Teletraan 15]] recovered from her injuries at the hands (and mouth) of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] gave her a cassette tape to cheer her up, saying, "A princess like you deserves happier music." When she listened to it, she discovered that it was in fact entirely full of depressing songs. {{storylink|Blaster Volume}}

It was also apparently Steeljaw, who became her companion in her next adventure, when she visited the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' timeframe and encountered the [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] of that era. Steeljaw commented that the Autobot smelled "like a warrior I know" and asked if he was the same person in a new body. {{storylink|Steeljaw Volume}} {{storylink|Battle Convoy Volume}}

Steeljaw accompanied and protected Teletraan 15 on her journey as she filled his recording space with data on the Transformers whom she had been sent to study. {{storylink|Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go! Volume 14}} The observing [[Teletraan 10]], on the other hand, was more than perturbed by Steeljaw's fondness for the smell of young women, and threatened to reveal publicly his tendency to rust. When the pair returned to the artificial satellite [[Nana]], Teletraan 15 was suddenly possessed by the disembodied spirit of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]... and Steeljaw was not seen in her company again. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume}}

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===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:Arcee rewind steeljaw.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Hold the Quintessons' what?]]
====Marvel UK future timelines====
In an alternate timeline of the year 2008, Steeljaw was stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when it was sacked by [[Quintesson]]s. He survived, hidden within [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]'s tape compartment, and was activated by [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to help them fight off the invaders. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Steeljaw was part of a team sent by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] to stop a [[Cobra]]-rebuilt [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Steeljaw was killed rather abruptly, being the first victim of Megatron's new [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

====''Classics''====
[[File:Recordicons13-Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|150px]]
Steeljaw looked forward to meeting negative-polarity [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], but was taken aback when Ravage socked him and announced they would be enemies forever. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #13|Recordicons #13}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Steeljaw was depicted among Blaster and the cassettes as part of the resistance movement organized against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron by Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. He participated in the final conflict against the Decepticons and the [[Guardian robot]]s, bringing the planet back under Autobot control. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Steeljaw squared off against Ravage as the carnage of a savage Autobot-Decepticon battle raged around them. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Before&After Overkill vs Autobots.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Steeljaw joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' on their search for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. He and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] battled [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] on [[Sensensica]] where a group of Decepticons were practicing [[pink alchemy]] on the inhabitants. {{storylink|Before & After}}

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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Steeljaw was among Blaster's team which infiltrated a human base in an attempt to prevent the Decepticons raiding the technology there. Unfortunately they discovered that [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his tapes had beaten them to it. {{storylink|Espionage}}
===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{note|Steeljaw appears as a wearable accessory in the game.}}
{{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
{{charstubgame|Who is he an accessory for? Does he do anything, game-play wise? How about adding to the note how much it costs?}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Imagine this toy had stickers instead of tampos.]]
*'''Rewind & Steeljaw''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1986/1987)
**''Accessories'': Left and right "Solar-Powered Pellet Guns"

: Steeljaw transforms from a microcassette into a robotic lion. His cassette mold can fit in the tape compartments of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]. For the [[Hasbro]] line, he was only available in a two-pack with [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]].

: There is a notable [[Variant|variation]] concerning Steeljaw's add-on weapons; initial releases have gold-colored chrome, while later (and more common) versions have silver-chromed weapons.

: It is commonly assumed that the sticker design for his details in cassette mode was originally intended to go on the other side; not only would the "sunburst" line up perfectly with the seams that way, it would also give the impression of a lion's "mane" in robot mode. The most likely reason for the reversal is the fact that it matches the orientation of [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ravage]]'s sticker details.

: This mold was later used to make [[Nightstalker]].

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*'''Steeljaw''' (Cassettebot, 1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-65''', '''C-120'''
**''Accessories'': Left and right "Solar-Powered Pellet Guns"

: In Japan, Steeljaw — like most of the "Cassettebots" and "Cassettetrons" — was only (originally) individually available, and was released again in the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]''. He was only ever released with silver weapons in Japan.
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*'''Twincast''' (Autobot, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-116'''
**''Accessories'': Left and right "Solar-Powered Pellet Guns"

: Steeljaw was later packed in with [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]], the "reborn" version of Blaster. This release added a special decal to his "tape window", which showed the weak point of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] when viewed through Twincast's chestplate-window, in a manner like the [[Tech Spec]] decoders. Also, this version is made of two slightly different colored yellow plastic. His body is the same color as other releases, however, his legs, feet, head, and tail are a shade lighter.

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===Transformers Collection===
*'''Broadcast''' (Autobot, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TFC-21'''
**''Accessories'': Left and right "Solar-Powered Pellet Guns", tape case

: Although he had originally been packed in with Twincast in Japan, for the [[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]] series, Steeljaw came with plain old Blaster instead; his place in the Twincast re-release taken by [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]]. He also came with a clear-plastic cassette case to be "stored" in, which was originally available only with the first three individual Cassettetrons: [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys|Laserbeak]], and [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]. This version of Steeljaw featured gold weapons, one yellow plastic color, and stickers for his tape details.

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===Encore===
*'''Great Cassette Operation 2''' (2009)
**''Encore number'': '''17'''
**''Accessories'': Left and right "Solar-Powered Pellet Guns"

: As part of the [[Transformers Encore|Encore]] Generation 1 [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] line, Steeljaw was released with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], and [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]. His add-on weapons are gold-colored. As with the version released with the Twincast reissue, the feet, legs, and tail are a much lighter color of yellow plastic than the rest of the body. The metal on his legs are a bright silver and his stickers are now tampographs, yet the cassette details are still on the wrong side.
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 SDCC G1Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[wikipedia:Silverhawks|Wings of silver, jaws of steel.]]]]
*'''Autobot Blaster''' (2010)
**''Accessories'': Left and right "Solar-Powered Pellet Guns"

:Steeljaw was available in this [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] reissue of Blaster (originally available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2010) alongside [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. Released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' toyline]], the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case. This release has the gold-colored weapons and consistent yellow color throughout his body, similar to the Transformers Collection release, but tampographed tape details, like the Encore release, only darker in color. The cassette details are still on the wrong side, alas.

:This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010.
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===Platinum Edition===
*'''Autobot Intel Ops''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': Concussion rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles, 6 slides, slide holder

:Hasbro again released Blaster in 2015 in the [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|''Platinum Edition'']] toyline. He was co-packed with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] in a box with an opening front cover.
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==Notes==
*For the original draft of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and several revisions, Steeljaw was going to be called "'''Cubbie'''".<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/heritaage-auctions-transformers-movie.html TFTM script draft at Disciples of Boltax]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/transformers.html Early script for ''The Transformers: The Movie'' at dailyscript.com]</ref> Between the original draft and actual product, Cubbie/Steeljaw is the only [[Autobot Mini-Cassette]] whose concept did not change.
*Where Ravage and Laserbeak were fortunate enough to have a dedicated vocal performer in the animated series, the noises Steeljaw makes are mostly library sound effects of growling, hissing cats and metallic "wronk wonk" sounds, with the occasional human-made sniff or snort that was probably delivered by whatever actor was handy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Steeljaw''' (スチールジョー ''Suchīrujō'')
*''French:'' '''Machoire''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Fender'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kāng È''' (Taiwan, 鋼顎, "Steel Jaw"), '''Gāngqián''' (China, 钢钳, "Steel Clamp")
*''Russian:'' '''Stal'noj''' (Стальной, "Made of Steel")
*''Spanish:'' '''Carter''' (America ''The Headmasters'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Steeljaw/steeljaw.htm Steeljaw on TFU.info]

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Trackers]]

Talk:Personal canon

2016-05-26T02:24:29Z

Surnis: /* Cluster Name */

:I am so disappointed that no Transformer has an 'anti-personnel cannon' we can disambig this with. Missiles, mines, shredders-- but no anti-personnel cannons.
:So sad. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

This article is soo not-condescending enough, it totally breaks the theme all our other fandom articles have, and whats worse is that personal cannon is more deserving of ridicule

: Except that there is nothing inherently wrong or bad about personal canon as a concept. Just because some people have ridiculous personal canons doesn't mean EVERY personal canon is. Oscar Wilde is dead, but not all dead people are Oscar Wilde.
: The problem becomes when people substitute personal canon for actual canon in arguments, discussions and informative articles. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:40, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

:Also, *every fan* has a personal canon. It is impossible to avoid. One cannot consume any story without constructing an internal mental representation of what happened, what things mean, etc.. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 14:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
:Is that you, X-Bob? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Why does my request keep getting removed without answer? Am I breaking a rule, or something? If I am, sorry, I was just trying to make a simple request, you could always just say no. - [[User:SoundWave|SoundWave]] 23:15, 19 October 2013 (EDT)

There should be an "official" (at least on tfwiki) name for an universal cluster that would link all fan-fiction and personal canon. That would allow me to name my group's universe that we use when playing with the toys. Most likely, the name would be (something)685.04-SB Theta (or possibly Zeta, since we are turning the stories into a comic. We'll see.)

Of course, I could invent (something) for myself, but it would be cooler if there was an actual name for all fan made stuff, otherwise, my continuity is all alone in its "cluster" and that's kinda sad...

In case it was intended that Theta and Zeta should only encompass official media (since fan stuff is not mentioned) we would also need a new final greek letter. Continuing the Greek alphabet, the next one would be Mu, but sounds kinda lame (and so do Nu and Xi). Omicron sounds awesome, so to get it for "personal canon" we would need three more filler media to pass these letters. I suggest Mu: Mime (as theta, but no words) nu: Sky writing (you know, with planes leaving fumes) Xi: telepathy (in case some alien wants to tell us about the transformers...) These forms would rarely be used, but are there just so "Personal canon" can get Omicron! Though seriously, Theta is fine by me if allowed for unofficial product.

The real trouble is for the first name, since our toys come from many of the continuities, but are all bunched together for us. So were not Primax ou Aurex, etc.

Any suggestions from you guys?

== Cluster Name ==

There should be an "official" (at least on tfwiki) name for an universal cluster that would link all fan-fiction and personal canon. That would allow me to name my group's universe that we use when playing with the toys. Most likely, the name would be (something)685.04-SB Theta (or possibly Zeta, since we are turning the stories into a comic. We'll see.)

Of course, I could invent (something) for myself, but it would be cooler if there was an actual name for all fan made stuff, otherwise, my continuity is all alone in its "cluster" and that's kinda sad...

In case it was intended that Theta and Zeta should only encompass official media (since fan stuff is not mentioned) we would also need a new final greek letter. Continuing the Greek alphabet, the next one would be Mu, but sounds kinda lame (and so do Nu and Xi). Omicron sounds awesome, so to get it for "personal canon" we would need three more filler media to pass these letters. I suggest Mu: Mime (as theta, but no words) nu: Sky writing (you know, with planes leaving fumes) Xi: telepathy (in case some alien wants to tell us about the transformers...) These forms would rarely be used, but are there just so "Personal canon" can get Omicron! Though seriously, Theta is fine by me if allowed for unofficial product.

The real trouble is for the first name, since our toys come from many of the continuities, but are all bunched together for us. So were not Primax ou Aurex, etc.

Any suggestions from you guys?

PS: It seems my text somehow removed and replaced part of the above text when I tried to sign with my user name. I'm truly sorry about that. I don't know how to undo this. I hope the wiki can restore these other guys texts! My sincerest apologies.

Talk:Personal canon

2016-05-26T02:20:43Z

Surnis: /* Cluster Name */ new section

Talk:Personal canon

2016-05-26T02:19:46Z

Surnis: Personal Canon

Talk:Personal canon

2016-05-26T02:18:20Z

Surnis:

Talk:Personal canon

2016-05-26T02:14:48Z

Surnis: /* universal cluster */

:I am so disappointed that no Transformer has an 'anti-personnel cannon' we can disambig this with. Missiles, mines, shredders-- but no anti-personnel cannons.
:So sad. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

This article is soo not-condescending enough, it totally breaks the theme all our other fandom articles have, and whats worse is that personal cannon is more deserving of ridicule

: Except that there is nothing inherently wrong or bad about personal canon as a concept. Just because some people have ridiculous personal canons doesn't mean EVERY personal canon is. Oscar Wilde is dead, but not all dead people are Oscar Wilde.
: The problem becomes when people substitute personal canon for actual canon in arguments, discussions and informative articles. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:40, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

:Also, *every fan* has a personal canon. It is impossible to avoid. One cannot consume any story without constructing an internal mental representation of what happened, what things mean, etc.. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 14:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
:Is that you, X-Bob? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Why does my request keep getting removed without answer? Am I breaking a rule, or something? If I am, sorry, I was just trying to make a simple request, you could always just say no. - [[User:SoundWave|SoundWave]] 23:15, 19 October 2013 (EDT)

== List of examples ==

Am I the only one who feels that the list is getting too long again? And also sort of overly precise, several of these examples seem redundant. For example, the "first two seasons of G1", "BW, but not BM", and "Cybertron is not part of UT" all seem to be about the same TYPE of personal canon: accepting some seasons of a continuing story, but not others. Similarly, the "deaths in TFTM didn't happen" and "Nightbeat didn't die in Marvel G2" are the same sort of situation: accepting a story except for one detail. The "Megatron is misguided" and "Decepticons aren't intrinsically evil" notes also seem to cover the same ground. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 10:08, 17 September 2015 (EDT)

[[User:Surnis|Surnis]] ([[User talk:Surnis|talk]]) 22:14, 25 May 2016 (EDT)== universal cluster ==

There should be an "official" (at least on tfwiki) name for an universal cluster that would link all fan-fiction and personal canon. That would allow me to name my group's universe that we use when playing with the toys. Most likely, the name would be (something)685.04-SB Theta (or possibly Zeta, since we are turning the stories into a comic. We'll see.)

Of course, I could invent (something) for myself, but it would be cooler if there was an actual name for all fan made stuff, otherwise, my continuity is all alone in its "cluster" and that's kinda sad...

In case it was intended that Theta and Zeta should only encompass official media (since fan stuff is not mentioned) we would also need a new final greek letter. Continuing the Greek alphabet, the next one would be Mu, but sounds kinda lame (and so do Nu and Xi). Omicron sounds awesome, so to get it for "personal canon" we would need three more filler media to pass these letters. I suggest Mu: Mime (as theta, but no words) nu: Sky writing (you know, with planes leaving fumes) Xi: telepathy (in case some alien wants to tell us about the transformers...) These forms would rarely be used, but are there just so "Personal canon" can get Omicron! Though seriously, Theta is fine by me if allowed for unofficial product.

The real trouble is for the first name, since our toys come from many of the continuities, but are all bunched together for us. So were not Primax ou Aurex, etc.

Any suggestions from you guys?

Talk:Personal canon

2016-05-26T02:14:05Z

Surnis: /* universal cluster */ new section

:I am so disappointed that no Transformer has an 'anti-personnel cannon' we can disambig this with. Missiles, mines, shredders-- but no anti-personnel cannons.
:So sad. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

This article is soo not-condescending enough, it totally breaks the theme all our other fandom articles have, and whats worse is that personal cannon is more deserving of ridicule

: Except that there is nothing inherently wrong or bad about personal canon as a concept. Just because some people have ridiculous personal canons doesn't mean EVERY personal canon is. Oscar Wilde is dead, but not all dead people are Oscar Wilde.
: The problem becomes when people substitute personal canon for actual canon in arguments, discussions and informative articles. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:40, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

:Also, *every fan* has a personal canon. It is impossible to avoid. One cannot consume any story without constructing an internal mental representation of what happened, what things mean, etc.. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 14:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
:Is that you, X-Bob? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Why does my request keep getting removed without answer? Am I breaking a rule, or something? If I am, sorry, I was just trying to make a simple request, you could always just say no. - [[User:SoundWave|SoundWave]] 23:15, 19 October 2013 (EDT)

== List of examples ==

Am I the only one who feels that the list is getting too long again? And also sort of overly precise, several of these examples seem redundant. For example, the "first two seasons of G1", "BW, but not BM", and "Cybertron is not part of UT" all seem to be about the same TYPE of personal canon: accepting some seasons of a continuing story, but not others. Similarly, the "deaths in TFTM didn't happen" and "Nightbeat didn't die in Marvel G2" are the same sort of situation: accepting a story except for one detail. The "Megatron is misguided" and "Decepticons aren't intrinsically evil" notes also seem to cover the same ground. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 10:08, 17 September 2015 (EDT)

== universal cluster ==

There should be an "official" (at least on tfwiki) name for an universal cluster that would link all fan-fiction and personal canon. That would allow me to name my group's universe that we use when playing with the toys. Most likely, the name would be (something)685.04-SB Theta (or possibly Zeta, since we are turning the stories into a comic. We'll see.)

Of course, I could invent (something) for myself, but it would be cooler if there was an actual name for all fan made stuff, otherwise, my continuity is all alone in its "cluster" and that's kinda sad...

In case it was intended that Theta and Zeta should only encompass official media (since fan stuff is not mentioned) we would also need a new final greek letter. Continuing the Greek alphabet, the next one would be Mu, but sounds kinda lame (and so do Nu and Xi). Omicron sounds awesome, so to get it for "personal canon" we would need three more filler media to pass these letters. I suggest Mu: Mime (as theta, but no words) nu: Sky writing (you know, with planes leaving fumes) Xi: telepathy (in case some alien wants to tell us about the transformers...) These forms would rarely be used, but are there just so "Personal canon" can get Omicron! Though seriously, Theta is fine by me if allowed for unofficial product.

The real trouble is for the first name, since our toys come from many of the continuities, but are all bunched together for us. So were not Primax ou Aurex, etc.

Any suggestions from you guys?

Depth Charge (BW)

2014-10-18T15:44:09Z

Surnis: /* Timelines */

{{factions|maximal|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Depth Charge}}

:''Depth Charge is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:BWDepthChargeCGIModel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm Batmanta.]]
'''Depth Charge''' was once an [[Imperial Peace Marshal]] whose territory was completely destroyed, and every robot under his protection slaughtered, by the malicious entity known as [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]]. Since that fateful day, Depth Charge has lived for no other purpose than to [[Punisher|enact justice]] (or vengeance) on X. His single-mindedness makes him a relentless hunter, stopping at nothing to prevent X from taking any more lives. His quest has more than taken its toll on Depth Charge, though; whatever he was before, he is now a joyless, hollow shell of a being. While he sometimes expresses sympathy for other beings and lends aid to his fellow Maximals, Depth Charge has clearly been consumed by his mission, and the destruction of Protoform X is now more important to him than the original reasons behind his quest.

He is sometimes known as '''Depthcharge'''.

{{quote|It's not revenge I'm looking for. It's justice.|Depth Charge quoting somebody else|"[[Deep Metal]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Depth Charge would rather study military strategies then execute them, and he was commissioned by Optimus Primal to be the first line of defense against undersea aggressors. He is described as an inspired leader and dedicated warrior who battles ahead alongside his faithful platoon. {{storylink|#Toys|Depth Charge bio}} [[Cybershark]] serves under him. {{storylink|Cybershark#toys|Transmetal 2 Cybershark toy bio}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[David Sobolov]] (English), [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]] (Japanese)|[[Afonso Amajones]] (Portuguese), [[Eduardo Borja]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Enrico Bertorelli]] (Italian)}}

[[File:DeepMetal DepthCharge transmetalisation.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Huh...suddenly, my hand smells like fish.]]
Depth Charge was in charge of security for [[Colony Omicron]] and had friends on [[Starbase Rugby]], a place he rarely spent time on. All of this changed when Protoform X broke free on Omicron and went on a rampage. As the colony's sole survivor, Depth Charge made hunting down "X" his only mission in life. He spent four years hunting X across the galaxy, witnessing several of the maniac's massacres along the way - including at Starbase Rugby, where his friends were all ''devoured'' - before he finally captured him and turned him over to the [[Maximal High Council]]. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}{{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} He wanted them to destroy Protoform X but the Council decided that Protoform X should be placed in stasis aboard the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']] and dumped on an uninhabited world.

Believing (and telling them) that [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] would "blow it", Depth Charge continued to monitor the universe for any trace of Protoform X. The sensors on his [[Starhopper]] picked up traces of X just as Depth Charge was pulled through a temporal anomaly. The strange radiation of the wormhole-like disturbance sucked in his ship and [[Transmetal]]ized his superstructure. The resulting crash left him on prehistoric [[Earth]] with a Transmetal manta ray body and put him right in the middle of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. His new body gave him a Cybershark drone, which he used to track down Protoform X, now known as [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]].

[[File:DeepMetal DepthCharge manta.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The original Blu-ray.]]
His first battle with Rampage did not end particularly well, as Depth Charge did not expect that Rampage had joined up with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] trapped on this world. Rescued and repaired by Optimus Primal's Maximals, Depth Charge was shocked by the presence of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and acknowledged the grimness of their situation, but nonetheless disregarded Primal's request that he join them, so obsessive was his pursuit of Protoform X. In any case, Rampage decided Depth Charge's stay would be permanent by destroying the Starhopper. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

His single-minded obsession soon ended up costing the Maximals a major strategic advantage. Optimus Primal had sent [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] to the bottom of the lake where the wreck of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' lay in an attempt to retrieve the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] defense system. Though Depth Charge initially helped Rattrap escape an attack from Rampage, he refused to help [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] when the latter asked for assistance in recovering Sentinel from the Predacons. Depth Charge declared that it was their war, and he had his own war with Rampage to deal with. When he finally decided to help out, the lack of Maximal coordination led to Sentinel being seized for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Optimus Primal hauled Depth Charge into line for his unwitting interference, and they came to an agreement that the rogue Maximal would no longer operate purely as a free agent. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

Depth Charge made good on his allegiance to Primal's crew when Megatron led an attack against the Ark while most of the Maximals were elsewhere. Just as the Predacon leader was about to secure his victory, Depth Charge burst into the volcano and almost single-handedly drove the attackers into retreat. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

[[File:CuttingEdge DepthCharge guns.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Where does he get those wonderful bath toys?]]
However, Depth Charge's obsessive nature resurfaced when he came across Cheetor trying to dig out a badly damaged Optimus Primal. Disobeying orders, he followed his scanners to the coordinates of Rampage's indestructible spark, not realizing that he was actually detecting the half of Rampage's spark that Megatron was using in his organic [[Transmetal 2]] experiment. Only when he faced [[Dinobot II]], a Transmetal clone of the original [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], did he learn that Rampage's spark inhabited two bodies. Cheetor and Depth Charge worked together to take the alien [[Transmetal driver]] from the organic Transmetal apparatus, but were blown away in a massive explosion when Cheetor was caught in the device's overload. Recovering only a small piece of Cheetor's chest plate, Depth Charge assumed his ally had been destroyed and reported to Optimus Primal that the young 'bot had "gone out fighting". Leaving Optimus to deal with his grief, Depth Charge had the alien transmetal driver scanned, then, determined to not allow Megatron to conduct his experiments again, threw it into the lava of the Ark's volcano. Soon afterward, the duality of Rampage's spark once again proved to be Depth Charge's downfall when he was lured into a trap by Dinobot II. Megatron demanded the Driver device back, but only received sarcasm for his trouble. Before the Predacons could make good on their threats to destroy Depth Charge, a strange, feral beast attacked and easily bested them all before being chased off by Optimus Primal's arrival. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}

When Cheetor returned and Optimus Primal determined that the strange beast ''was'' Cheetor, changed somehow, the Maximal leader called Depth Charge in for a little chat, demanding to know what really happened on the mountaintop. As usual, Depth Charge told him where he could stick his questions, forcing Primal to resort to his impressive physical strength and size. Depth Charge finally relented when Primal threatened to extract the data personally from the former's core processor, and apologised that he had destroyed the alien device, not knowing what Cheetor had become. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

[[File:GowiththeFlow DepthCharge flight.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hi-ho Silverfish! Away!]]
Later, Megatron and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] teamed up for their latest crazy scheme: a new disruptor ray cannon powered by a "bi-polar energon source", capable of destroying the Maximals in their base from afar without harming the ''Ark''. However, as the energy source was installed without adequate shielding, the Predacons couldn't get near the machine they had erected. In order to complete the weapon, Tarantulas suggested "recruiting" the two educated [[protohuman]]s on whom he happened to have been spying. Depth Charge arrived to assist Cheetor just as [[Una]] was captured by [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], and he was forced to go on a rescue mission with Rattrap to retrieve the protohuman girl. However, Depth Charge was blasted out of the sky by a low-power test of the disruptor array and had to sit out the rest of the mission on the side of a hill. After Rattrap returned with Una, Depth Charge still hadn't recovered from his damage and had to be pushed into the water so he could transform into beast mode and escape. When Megatron attempted to fire the disruptor cannon, Rattrap and Depth Charge discovered that Una had removed the stabilizer crystal from the cannon, thus rendering it dangerously unstable and causing the destruction of the weapon. In the aftermath, Depth Charge suggested going back to finish off the helpless Predacons, but Rattrap pointed out that they weren't in any condition to pick a fight. As they floated home, Rattrap jokingly pointed his gun at Depth Charge and asked Una if Cheetor ever showed her his recipe for "fried flounder", earning him a bonk on the head from Depth Charge's tail. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}}

Depth Charge was on patrol when the Predacons attacked the Maximal base with a remote-controlled Optimus Primal. Megatron sent Dinobot II out to dispose of him. {{storylink|Master Blaster}} Obviously, he failed.

[[File:BWNemesisPt1 DepthCharge Rampage.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|You've sung "Under the Sea" for the last time!]]
After the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]] was destroyed by [[Tigerhawk]], {{storylink|Other Victories}} Depth Charge spotted the Predacons skulking around the late [[Tarantulas's lair]]. His lust for vengeance again came to the detriment of the Maximals when he disobeyed Optimus Primal's orders and opened a booby-trapped hatch, resulting in Silverbolt being severely damaged. However, when he was called forth to stop Megatron from launching the legendary [[Decepticon]] warship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', he followed the order instantly, for even he knew how important it was to stop Megatron. Ironically, it was Rampage who found Depth Charge on this mission and forced him into battle. They fought, their battle intensified by nearby raw [[Energon crystal]]s throughout the terrain.

{{quote|Raw Energon! Right through your twisted spark! Take it! Take it straight to the Pit, you sickening piece of slag!|Depth Charge, to Rampage|"[[Nemesis Part 1]]"}}

As Depth Charge attempted to shove an energon shard into Rampage's spark, Rampage released Depth Charge's hands and laughed maniacally, allowing his rival to impale his spark, detonating it and destroying the both of them. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}
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====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[File:Depthchargebw.jpg|thumb|Fresh off an outrageous adventure with Aquaman, we hope.]]
Depth Charge was observed emerging from the water by [[Magmatron]] and [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]. Due to their [[Chronal phase|chronal displacement]], they could see him, but he could not see them. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

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====3H comics====
[[File:Homecoming-depthchargevsblackarachnia.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|DO I LOOK LIKE A COP?!]]
When Optimus Primal was brought before [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Primus]] and told to select any Cybertronians, past or present, to form the foundations of a new army that would take the fight for the multiverse to [[Unicron]] himself, Depth Charge was chosen by Primal, along with Rhinox. Depth Charge was less than thrilled about being brought back to life, telling Primal that after his long years of torment, he had finally found peace within the Matrix, only to be dragged back into the fray. He departed from the chamber of Primus, wanting nothing to do with the coming conflict.

Depth Charge was stunned to see the recently reformatted technorganic surface of Cybertron, which he reckoned was finally at peace with itself. Of course, seconds later, he found [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] in the [[Undercity]] at the mercy of the Unicron-corrupted [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Depth Charge drove the spider off, but, now sickened by violence, refused to help any further, despite Rattrap pointing out that something big was clearly afoot.

Retreating into the [[Rust Sea]], Depth Charge found that he wasn't going to have much choice, as he found himself face-to-face with a legion of Blackarachnia's [[Piranacon (Universe)|Piranacons]]... {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

Depth Charge apparently changed his mind at some point and joined [[King Atlas]] in running a secret refugee network within Unicron's body.<ref>Depth Charge's ''Universe'' bio, published in [[Homecoming (Universe)|''Universe'' #3]].</ref>

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===Fun Publications comics===
The Autobot Depth Charge was sent out to hunt and capture [[Rampage (BW)#TransTech|Protoform X]]. When he accomplished his task, he returned to a Cybertron where the Autobots and Decepticons had grown too decrepit to carry on the Great War and had constructed proxy armies in the form of the Maximals and Predacons. After the Maximals [[Blackarachnia (BW)#TransTech|Blackarachnia]] and [[Nightscream (BM)#TransTech|Nightscream]] killed their commander, [[Optimus Primal#TransTech|Optimus Primal]], Depth Charge was sent to pursue the two fugitives. Following their [[transwarp]] journey with his own transwarp device, Depth Charge ended up at [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{Storylink|#Timelines|Timelines Depth Charge bio}}

After settling in the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]'s universe, Depth Charge played cards with a number of other assorted Transformers. He was soon asked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] for his help and the use of his tracking skills. He accepted. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

Jumping from Axiom Nexus to [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]], Depth Charge arrived on prehistoric [[Earth]] in time to join [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his team in battle with the [[Decepticon]]s. Though Depth Charge's contribution to the fight started well, he was blasted to the ground by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Before the Decepticon leader could finish him off, Ultra Magnus came to Depth Charge's aid, and as they retreated, Depth Charge informed them that he was there to discuss saving the [[Multiverse]]. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

As they were pursued by the Decepticons, Depth Charge was ready to stand and fight with Ultra Magnus, but joined the other Autobots in traversing a narrow rock bridge while Magnus dealt with Megatron. Back at the [[Graviton (Classics)|Autobots' ship]], Depth Charge explained he had come in search of a certain Matrix. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} Depth Charge's probes were tied in to the "Maximal" ship sensors, though he was disgruntled about them being used to search for the missing energy purifier as well as the Matrix. While the other Maximals went to get the purifier, Depth Charge remained on the ship and was monitoring the probe readings when they detected the Matrix. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}}

Leaving a message for the others, he went to investigate and ran afoul of the security system protecting the Matrix. The Maximals arrived in time to help, and they held off the attacking security system while Magnus retrieved the Matrix, only to find themselves confronted by Megatron in a huge mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} During the ensuing battle, the Maximals were temporarily taken out of action by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. Ultra Magnus was forced to create a dimensional rift that sucked the combatants through, however Depth Charge opted to stay on prehistoric Earth, as he had [[Axalon (BWSG)|two]] [[Darksyde (BWSG)|new]] problems to deal with. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Depth Charge stumbled upon Waspinator and Terrorsaur fighting Rampage, newly emerged from his stasis pod. Seeking revenge over the slaughter of his old friends, Depth Charge joined the fray. When Blackarachnia and Silverbolt, who had previously been blown away by Rampage's attack rejoined the battle as well, the ensemble of bots managed to defeat Rampage. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Depth Charge''' (Ultra Transmetal, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-46'''
**''Accessories:'' Torpedo Launcher/Cybershark Drone, 7 "Shrapnel Grenades", 2 "Proton Torpedoes" and Manta Tail/Energon-Cutlass

[[File:BW-toy Depthcharge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Eh. Still smells like fish.]]
: Depth Charge transforms into a robotic manta ray and a third mode called a "space-cruiser"<ref>Depth Charge's toy [[bio]].</ref> or "air skimmer"{{fact}}. The very end of his tail detaches to form a sword/harpoon. In all modes, his robot chest/manta mouth is a spring-loaded, gravity-fed disc launcher with 7 "Shrapnel Grenade" disks. ("Power pizzas", as [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] calls them.) He comes with a "cybershark" drone-unit that has two spring-loaded missile launchers in its mouth. This drone can attach to Depth Charge's manta/space-cruiser modes or be used as a hand-held weapon in robot mode. Due to his back [[kibble]], he is difficult to balance.

: Unlike many of the toys in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''Beast Wars Metals'' line, the "DEPTHCHARGE" [[tampograph]] was allowed to remain.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/DepthCharge/depthcharge.htm More information on Depth Charge at TFU.info]''

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*'''Showdown at the Ocean Bottom: Metals Depth Charge Vs. Metals Inferno''' (Multi-pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-46'''
**''Accessories:'' Torpedo Launcher/Cybershark Drone, 7 "Shrapnel Grenades", 2 "Proton Torpedoes" and Manta Tail/Energon-Cutlass

: During ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]'', Depth Charge was available both individually and in a double-pack with Metals [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

===Universe===
[[File:Depthcharge-universe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Boba Wett.]]
*'''Depthcharge''' (Ultra, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' Torpedo Launcher/Cybershark Drone, 5 discs, 2 missiles and Manta Tail/Energon-Cutlass

: Depthcharge was [[redeco]]ed for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line into a series of dark drab greens, maroons, and black, with paint-wash effects on his wings. The toy had several small changes made for safety reasons. On the main toy, the cephalic lobes (the front manta-ray-mouth thingies) were cast in a much more pliable plastic. The tail of his cybershark drone was also changed to pop off as a separate piece; this also allows it to spin and makes it easier for Depthcharge to hold it in robot mode. The discs were given a much thicker, rounder border as well, and their number was reduced from 7 to 5.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Depthcharge/depthcharge.htm More information on Universe Depth Charge at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-depthcharge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nebulos and 'round the Devastator Winds and 'round the Pit's flames before I give him up."]]
*'''Depth Charge''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Trident/Spear

: Depth Charge is a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Terradive (TF 2010)|Terradive]], and transforms into a forward-swept wing fighter jet based on the [[wikipedia:Sukhoi Su-47|Sukhoi Su-47]]. In robot mode, he is armed with a polearm weapon, which can transform between a trident and a spear and stores via [[C joint]] clip on his underside in jet mode, or on the back of his left shoulder in robot mode. (This clip is a bit of a reversal from the norm, as the clip is permanently attached to the robot, and the spear weapon is the 3mm bar.) As his jet thrusters swing around to become his hands, they can be left in vehicle configuration to simulate blasters.

: Depth Charge is the [[2013]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in before the deadline of March 16, 2013. He came boxed or carded.

: This toy was [[retool]]ed to make [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Maximal/DepthCharge/depthcharge.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Depth Charge at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* In the jovial Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', nearly all the characters were given bizarre quirks with the intention of inserting extra "comedy" elements. Depth Charge had a habit of singing "Ito Maki-maki", a Japanese folk song, while transforming. The words translate to "Wind the Thread" (it's a fishing song, ''get it''?), although it doubly refers to his Manta Ray alt-mode, called ''[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4 (Oni) Itomaki Ei]''.
* Depth Charge's severed head can be seen in the junkyard in the "[[Spark of Darkness]]" episode of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', precisely 5 minutes and 3 seconds into the episode.
* Depth Charge's "air skimmer" mode resembles a [[wikia:starwars:TIE/In interceptor|TIE/In interceptor]] from ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' franchise, also held at the time by Kenner.<ref>Page 66, Toy database section in ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Depth Charge''' (デプスチャージ ''Depusu Chāji'')
*''French:'' '''Deathcharge''' (France), '''Torpille''' (Canada, "Torpedo")
*''Italian:'' '''Mantas''' (toy), '''Abysses''' (cartoon)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Mó-guěi Yǘ''' (Taiwan, 魔鬼魚, "Manta Ray", lit. "Devil Fish")
*''Polish:'' '''Głębinobot''' ("Abyssalbot")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Profundeza''' (Brazil, "Depth")
*''Spanish:'' '''Manta Raya'''

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Security officers]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Transmetals]]
[[Category:TransTech Maximals]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]
[[Category:Undersea specialists]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]

Surprise Party

2014-09-04T01:58:33Z

Surnis: /* Animation or technical glitches */

{{episode|
|series=G1toon
|series2=2010
|ep=77
|ep2=13
|prev2=Madman's Paradise
|next2=Carnage in C-Minor
|image=Danielvsshadows.jpg
|caption=
|title="Surprise Party"
|production code=700-97
|airdate=[[October 9]], 1986
|written by=[[Steve Mitchell]] [[Barbara Petty]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Daniel and Wheelie's first team-up! Oh noes!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Firstaidfixesmultramagnus.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It's a good thing you called me, they've stolen your cyber-kidney.]]

Spike and the Autobots throw a surprise party for Daniel, but it is interrupted by an attack from the Combaticons. Wheelie gets caught in the crossfire and Ultra Magnus throws himself over the boy Autobot to save him from being shot. After hitting the shuttle bay and destroying several ships, the Combaticons retreat. The attack was a coordinated effort by Galvatron to disrupt a peace conference to be hosted on Cybertron the next day.

[[Image:Nafromlibrarianbot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That's a karaoke machine. Right now it's playing the end of "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" by Journey.]]

Daniel and Wheelie want to throw Ultra Magnus a surprise party, but no one knows the date of his creation and it isn’t on file in the [[Hall of Records]]. An annoying and clumsy [[Custodiobot]] tells them that the information must be stored on the lost Autobot storage asteroid. Daniel and Wheelie steal a garbage ship and head out to find the asteroid and the info. Unbeknownst to them, their movements are being watched by Cyclonus, who evidently doesn’t have anything better to do than spy on garbage ships. Galvatron orders his troops to follow it.

Stuck in a meteor shower, Daniel and Wheelie crash on an asteroid that—surprise!—happens to be the asteroid they were looking for. While they are exploring they are attacked by scaly flying eels and take refuge in a cave, which turns out to be the opening to the records. Inside, sentry robots attack them for asking for the wrong file name. To make matters worse, the eels have found their way inside and attach themselves to Wheelie. Just as they are about to be shot by the drones and eaten by the eels, both menaces are destroyed by Cyclonus and the Sweeps, who take the pair hostage and interrogate them.

[[Image:Cyclonus%26daniel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Apparently Deathsaurus isn't the only Decepticon who likes small children.]]

Cyclonus reprograms the asteroid into a collision course for Cybertron and then sends Spike a message that he’s holding Daniel hostage. The Autobots have two choices: destroy the asteroid and kill Daniel, or let the asteroid hit the planet and kill all the peace delegates.

Ultra Magnus takes Sky Lynx to the asteroid. The Sweeps attack, but Magnus makes short work of them, then heads after Cyclonus. They pound on each other as Wheelie sneaks by and presses the convenient self-destruct button. Cyclonus runs off and the Autobots and Daniel escape in Sky Lynx as the asteroid blows up.

Safe on Cybertron, Daniel explains how they got into this mess, looking for Ultra Magnus’ birthday. Spike declares today as Ultra Magnus’ birthday and everyone cheers.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (2)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (3)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (5)
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (6)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (7)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (17)
* [[Custodiobot]] (18)
* Sentry drones (20)
* [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (22)
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (23)
|c2=
* [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (9)
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (11)
* [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]
** [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (12)
** [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (13)
** [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (14)
** [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (15)
** [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (16)
* [[Sweep]]s (21)
|c3=
* [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (1)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (8)
* Old peace delegate (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"I don't know, Wheelie. This seems an awful lot like stealing to me." 
"A ship we'll only borrow! We'll have it back tomorrow."
:—'''Daniel''' is led into a life of crime by '''Wheelie'''.

"Invalid file name! Invalid file name! Invalid file name!"
:—The asteroid '''security drones''' are pissed over Daniel's use of incorrect syntax.

"You are insolent, Earth boy." 
"Heh, thanks."
:—'''Cyclonus''' vs. '''Daniel Witwicky'''

"If my superb physique would pass through the tunnels I would join you." 
"Forget it."
:—'''Sky Lynx''' and '''Ultra Magnus'''

"Happy birthday, Ultra Magnus! Ha ha ha ha ha!"
:—The Autobots and humans make merry.

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

[[image:TommysBirthday.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]

[[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy]] and [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] meet in the barren wasteland and Optimus offers to tell Tommy any kind of story he wants. Tommy asks if he knows any ''birthday'' stories... specifically, stories about ''forgetting'' somebody's birthday. Hmm? ''HMMM?'' Seemingly not getting the hint, Optimus says he has just such a story...

After concluding the story, Prime notices that Tommy looks sullen and asks him what's wrong. Tommy asks Prime how he could forget his birthday. Prime then surprises him with a birthday cake, saying that it's from all the Autobots. As Tommy blows out the candles (15 of them, for the record), several other Autobots cheer him on.

{{note|By recycling animation from the episode, the cake appears to be presented to Tommy by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]].}}

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==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:Supriseparty 2rodimuses.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Hi, I'm Rodimus, and this is my twin, Not-Optimus"]]
* The "CONTROL ROOM" door Spike opens at the beginning has circular yellow buttons beside it (in the long shot) that change to square red buttons (when he presses them).
* When Spike opens the door, space is seen behind him, even though he was just in an enclosed hallway.
* Ultra Magnus is missing the white circles on his waist during the surprise party.
* As the Autobots fire on the Decepticons and vice versa, First Aid's chest is colored mostly white.
* In a few Combaticon shots, Swindle is colored green. Since he's in jeep mode, it makes him look just like [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]!
* When the Combaticons retreat, Bruticus is seen running with them instead of Onslaught.
* As Daniel asks if the shuttle can still fly, Wheelie is missing his Autobot symbol.
* As Daniel talks to Wheelie about setting up the party for Magnus, the white circles on Magnus' waist are red.
* As Daniel and Wheelie ask him about Magnus' birthday, Perceptor's chin is white.
* During Daniel and Wheelie's conversation with the librarian bot, Wheelie makes their request but it's Daniel's mouth and hands that are moving.
* Early in the season, Cyclonus' chin and eyebrows were grey (the same color as his face). In "[[Starscream's Ghost]]", they were both purple. Here, his chin is purple and his eyebrows are grey.
* As Daniel and Wheelie enter the cave, a [[scene transition]] runs, but the background music and sound effects play over it instead of the usual flip-change music.
* As he shoots the sentry-bots, Cyclonus' gun uses the sound effect from Galvatron's cannon.
* As Cyclonus pounds a control panel, his chin ''is'' the same color as his face.
* In one shot of Blaster and Spike talking to Daniel, Blaster's helmet is almost completely white.
* When Ultra Magnus points at Cyclonus through the monitor he has six fingers.
* Just before Ultra Magnus enlists Sky Lynx's help in finding Daniel, two Rodimus Primes can be seen guarding the entrance to the Peace Conference.
* While Ultra Magnus and Sky Lynx are fighting the eels, Sky Lynx has a red Decepticon logo—twice.
* Sky Linx also seems to suffer some sort of skin rash, with black spots over his face.
* The first shot fired by Ultra Magnus at the Sweeps uses the sound effect from Optimus/Rodimus Prime's rifle. The subsequent shots have the usual Autobot laser sound. Then Magnus fires his shoulder rockets, and they too use Prime's rifle sound (they had their own distinct "fwoosh" earlier in the show).
* As Ultra Magnus fights Cyclonus, his shoulder missiles appear and disappear between shots.
* When Wheelie blasts through the cell door, it's missing the line down its the middle.
*On the asteroid, as Wheelie, Daniel, and Sky Lynx wait for Ultra Magnus, Sky Lynx speaks but it's Wheelie whose mouth is moving.
* The word "welcome" is spelt "wellcome" over the entrance to the peace conference, and later Wheelie activates the asteroid's "auto destrut sequences".
* Right after Wheelie presses the button, Ultra Magnus' head is all-white. As he stoops over, his face morphs into an indistinct shape (Cyclonus is missing his Decepticon symbol during this shot).
* Cyclonus' eyebrows are missing as he comments on Wheelie activating the auto destruct.
* Since Ultra Magnus's mouth is moving at the end of the episode, it looks like he's wishing himself a happy birthday!

===Continuity errors===
* The Combaticons fire at the Autobots from some kind of rocky outcropping next to the shuttle hangar. A rocky outcropping on a machine planet.
* First Aid, the pacifist, sure loves shooting guns!
* The Hall of Records on Cybertron has stacks of human-looking books inside.
* Wheelie just flies the shuttle right into a meteor shower. Was he not paying attention at the controls?
* Does the asteroid have an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Because Daniel doesn't have a space suit...and neither the vacuum of space, nor a lack of oxygen if there is air, seem to have an effect. Maybe it's part of those superhuman abilities those Witwickys have...
* Sky Lynx flies over to the asteroid, but his top section disappears when he lands, and doesn't reappear until the Autobots escape from the asteroid.
* Cyclonus's hostage-taking plan isn't executed very well. He puts Wheelie and Daniel in a cell that Wheelie can escape from by just ''driving through the door''. Cyclonus is totally unaware of their escape, not having assigned a guard or anything to watch them.
* Not only does Cyclonus spend his time watching garbage ships, but the fact that one of them is off course is apparently reason to alert Galvatron. Okay...
* Apparently no one is sad that the storage asteroid has been destroyed. How many priceless pieces of information have been lost?

===Trivia===
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].

===Foreign localization===

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Geburtstagsparty"'''" ("The Birthdayparty")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' ビックリパーティー (''Surprise Party'')
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 13]], [[1987]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "La fiesta de cumpleaños" (''The Birthday Party'') (America)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1991 — ''Transformers'' — Thief in the Night / Surprise Party ([[Tempo Video]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1 ([[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 UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (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'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

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

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

2014-08-24T15:06:18Z

Surnis: /* Season 5 */

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

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

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FFOD5 Decepticons attack.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Galvatron, can he join my armada?]]

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

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

[[Image:FFOD5 Predacons.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Know that there are five Predacons. The other guys are posers!]]

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

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

[[Image:FFOD5 Metroplex Trypticon.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Godzilla vs. Megazord!]]

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

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

[[Image:FFOD5 Rodimus victory speech.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Optimus would have given a more rousing speech.]]

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

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

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

|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (7)
* [[Marissa Faireborn]] (25)

|c4=
* [[Quintesson]]s (10)
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] (35)

}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[image:PrimeEmergencyBeaconMohawk.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Prime's mohawk has many practical functions you never knew about.]]

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

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

{{--}}

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:Cyclonus oddity armadaesque.jpg|thumb|right|150px| ]]
* During the recap, Galvatron's "Very well, Junkions" line is not flanged.
* In the opening pan, the entire Decepticon army seems to be made up of randomly recoloured Sweeps and Cyclonuses. Among the more visible examples are Sweeps colored like Breakdown and Wildrider.
* Rodimus's spoiler ridge is colored yellow instead of orange as Kup laments the loss of the defense system.
* Springer changes places between shots, going from Magnus's right to directly behind him (and back again when the first shot is recycled.)
* As Magnus turns to open fire, the foreshortening of his arm is bizarrely misdrawn.
* As Galvatron continues to descend and fire, an extra Cyclonus appears in Dirge's colors, alongside the actual Cyclonus.
** A Dirge-colored Cyclonus strafes Cybertron after the first commercial break.

* The click sound of the button pushed by the Quintesson to activate his monitor doesn't coincide with the actual push of the button.
* The Quintessons' view of Earth initially shows partly cloudy skies... then Trypticon just appears out of nowhere against the same sky. We'll be kind and not count this monitor view under "Improbable Viewpoints".
* Warpath neither moves his faceplate nor flashes his cheek blinkers when he speaks.
[[Image:FFoD5 MiniVehicles.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* From shot to shot, Swerve's head goes from pink helmet and visor, to pink helmet and blue visor, to red helmet and blue visor.
* Swerve disappears after the initial shot of the Autobot ambush, and is replaced by Beachcomber.
*
* The view of Trypticon smoking and damaged is set against a starry night sky, despite the scene occurring during the daytime.
[[Image:Giantscamper.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* An establishing shot of Metroplex shows him sitting in the desert all by himself, without [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] anywhere in sight. He also has Scamper sitting in his "garage", drawn to toy-based scale... which means he'd be a hundred foot long car.
* Sky Lynx flies behind a smooth, featureless reddish celestial body. If it's supposed to be Io, it's ''waaaaaay'' too small, not more than a couple hundred feet across. In fact it's too small to be a regular round body.
* Io has changed colors; an establishing shot shows it to be red instead of the gray it was last time. Of course, the ''real'' Io actually ''is'' red.
* In the first shot of Blurr, Wheelie, and Marissa fighting the lipoles, none of them is standing on Io's surface; they're floating several feet above it.
* Also, Marissa's ship is intact, but it was blown up in the previous episode.
* Improbable viewpoints:
** How does Blaster get an eye-level view of Marissa fighting on Io?
* When Wheelie loses the transforming cog, three of the next four shots are shown against a blue sky with clouds, rather than the night sky of Io.
* Once again, the animation fails to convey that the lipoles are an actual threat.
* "We have no choice but to make our stand here" - one of Bumblebee's horns is drawn and colored as though it was part of Swerve's leg, which is behind it.
* In the second shot of Warpath's team of [[Mini Vehicle]]s outside Autobot Headquarters, Beachcomber is colored like Wildrider.
* Powerglide gets a descending-pitch transformation sound as he changes to his plane mode and takes off. Launching aerial Transformers normally get the rising-pitch version.
* The Constructicons watching Trypticon on the hill are much larger than they should be.
* Scrapper's faceplate changes from grey to red as he listens to Bonecrusher.
* Five Autobots drive toward Trypticon, but the next shot shows only three getting kicked away.
* Pipes and Swerve seem to be firing lasers right out of their windshields.
* As Trypticon approaches the Ark, it only has two engines sticking out rather than three.
* As the Autobots watch Trypticon walk off, Warpath's back is grey rather than red.
* The sound effect for the shot that Trypticon fires at the camera lags behind the shot itself.
[[Image:Cycloni ffod5.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* Cyclonus and his Armada:
** Four Cyclonuses are shown strafing Cybertron after the first commercial break.
** The next shot shows two Cycloni.
** While retreating from Cybertron, there are five Cyclonuses flying with Galvatron.
* Ultra Magnus punches Ramjet, who spirals out of control. When he hits a wall and explodes, he's colored like Dirge. The error is particular visible since Dirge himself gets the same punch-and-explode treatment a second later.
* When Galvatron transforms to fire on Ultra Magnus, his arm cannon flies off screen, and a new one comes out of his head to take its place in cannon mode. (Again!)
* Magnus and Galvatron's voices are muffled as if they were speaking by radio, even though there's no reason for them to do so. Dirge and Ramjet suffer from a similar though less obvious effect in the same scene.
* Bumblebee and Powerglide are briefly visible fighting alongside Perceptor against the Sweeps on Cybertron, despite being on Earth at the time.
* Streetwise has a red chest (Red Alert's color scheme?) as he stands next to Perceptor and Slingshot, firing.
* As he delivers the "Meet your fate valiantly, Autobots!" line, Perceptor's Autobot logo is all grey rather than just a grey outline.
* Blitzwing's voice isn't properly flanged as he acknowledges Galvatron's command to report to the Quintessons.
* Throughout the episode, the area around Blitzwing's Decepticon symbol changes. Sometimes it has lines above and below it, sometimes only above, sometimes none. Sometimes red, sometimes purple.
* In the establishing shot before Sky Lynx arrives, Marissa and the 'bots aren't even trying to fight off the lipoles! Incidentally, Io's gone back to being gray.
* Sky Lynx's first transformation sequence lacks any transformation sound.
* The squawks that Sky Lynx lets loose after transforming are not by his voice actor! (The whole animal noise shtick for him would be dropped after this episode.)
* The Predacons get some bizarre use of the transformation noise. It plays as they emerge from the balls of fire that carried them to Io (a means of transport that they never used again.)
* Headstrong and Tantrum arrive carrying their guns, but a second later they charge into battle with their swords. They then proceed not to use either weapon.
* Sky Lynx's transporter section transforms to lynx mode, but is back in transporter mode when Blurr and Marissa run away from it.
* Headstrong's beast mode head has a huge swath of black on it in two different shots.
* Blurr lacks a transformation noise as he changes modes to cross the canyon.
* Predaking gets the transformation sound ''every time he moves''.
* Sky Lynx's transporter section lacks the transformation sound as it converts to lynx mode again. Apparently, Predaking sucked up all the transformation noises from the whole scene.
* When Predaking fires his foot weapons, a laser emerges. The weapon's effect, however, is shown as a windstorm.
* Sky Lynx's combining sequence is a little messed up; his lynx legs are shown unfolding, but since his lower half was already in lynx mode, they should be unfolded already.
* Predaking's head is on backwards as Sky Lynx wraps his tail around it.
* As Trypticon approaches Autobot City, the city is shown in a barren desert. It had [[The Transformers: The Movie|previously been shown]] to be located in a lush mountain valley, and is shown that way again at the end of the episode.
* Slingshot is seen running about in Autobot City as it transforms, even though he was last seen on Cybertron with Perceptor.
* As Blaster despairs over Sky Lynx's absence, his helmet is white instead of red.
* Scrapper's mouthplate continues moving even as Mixmaster gives the order to fire. (And why is Mixmaster giving the orders, anyway?)
* As the Autobots exit Sky Lynx, the transforming cog is shown as a large gear wheel, instead of an orb-shaped device. Sky Lynx's windows aren't colored in, either.
* Night sky is shown behind Marissa as she orders Blurr to "stop babbling"...
** And again behind Blurr as he prepares for his "lateral"...
** And again behind the cog as Wheelie throws it to Sky Lynx...
** And again behind Sky Lynx as he flattens the Decepticon lineup...
* As Blurr throws the cog, Thrust flies past in Laserbeak's colors. This was probably intended to be Laserbeak himself, since Thrust just got swatted.
* As the Constructicons try to tackle Wheelie, they're shown on a metal floor, despite the preceding and following shots being shown in the desert. Motormaster likewise goes from desert to metal floor as he accidentally tackles Bonecrusher.
[[Image:FFOD5_Insecticons.png|right|thumb|200px|Maybe Cyclonus ''was'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Or [[Insecticon clone|a clone.]]]]
* When Wheelie faces off against the big line of Decepticon troops, all three Insecticons are present, including two Shrapnels. Bombshell's eyes aren't colored in. Blast Off and Swindle are also in the lineup, despite appearing on Cybertron at the start of the attack there.
** When Sky Lynx jumps over/through the lined up Decepticons, the second Shrapnel is replaced by Soundwave.
* It's an AKOM episode, so watch for Soundwave's white backpack as Sky Lynx flattens him.
* Sky Lynx clearly throws the cog horizontally, yet it somehow arcs so high that Trypticon can't catch it. As Trypticon lunges for the cog, it's the size of his fist -- the same fist that easily held Outback earlier in the episode.
* When the Autobots are celebrating the safety of the transformation cog after the little game of catch with the Decepticons, two Constructicons and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] are seen "raising the roof" along with them. Slingshot shows up again, too, along with a generic model colored like Dead End.
* Metroplex is back in city mode as Trypticon prepares to stomp him.
* The hand that topples Trypticon does not come from the actual location where Metroplex's arms are stored in city mode.
* When Metroplex transforms, Autobot City is nowhere in sight.
* Metroplex's single line is delivered in a different voice than that of his later appearances.
* Who knew Trypticon was so aerodynamic? After Metroplex throws him, he falls ''up'' in the second shot of him sailing over the landscape.
* The late Ratchet is among the Autobots cheering Metroplex's victory, in Blaster's colors. And is that ''another'' Ratchet in the background?
* The [[large switch]] stops glowing after the Sharkticons arrive.
* For some reason, a view of Cybertron is used as an establishing shot for Earth.
[[Image:FFoD Part5 Frozen Metroplex.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* Blitzwing is shown with a purple Autobot insignia while being offered membership in their ranks by Rodimus Prime.
* Spinger and Arcee are shown among the frozen Autobots on Earth, despite being on Cybertron. Sludge is shown in the same shot in Grimlock's colors (and possibly with Grimlock's head.)
* As the Quintessons venture onto Cybertron, a frozen Sweep is shown with red (pink?) wings.
* A second later, the Quintessons walk past a frozen [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (or [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]), drawn at the size of an ordinary Transformer and colored like [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]].
* The energy beams of the fleeing Quintessons don't line up with their bodies.
* As the Quintessons blast off in the escape pod, we see a group of generic Transformers who look a lot like those seen in Rodimus's flashback during the previous episode!
* Mixmaster and Scrapper are seen on Cybertron as the Quintessons escape, despite the Constructicons being on Earth.
* Sky Lynx is far too small as he and the others watch Rodimus on screen.
* Although both the [[Kid Rhino]] and [[Shout! Factory]] versions of this episode contain the correct unique opening titles for the story (one of only two parts of "Five Faces of Darkness" on DVD that do), the Shout! version incorrectly uses the soundtrack to the standard season three opening as now found on the broadcast masters to all five parts.

===Continuity errors===
* The opening pan over Cybertron shows it with two moons, even though Unicron ostensibly devoured both of Cybertron's moons during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. One moon appears again as the Quintessons make their battle projection.
* Kup says that "that blast took out the whole defense system". But it wasn't a ''blast''; it was a crashing space ship.
* Spike retains his superhuman capabilities, surviving a blast that trashes the room he's in and sends his Autobot friends flying.
* Powerglide notes that Trypticon has "''another'' transform," but at this point he's only seen it in the battle platform mode.
* So if everyone actually retreated to Level 2, per Rodimus's order, then who are all those Decepticons firing at? How long would it take them to gang up and overpower Magnus, if he's really the only one left?
* The answer comes a moment later, when Perceptor and company are seen to have ignored that order.
[[Image:G1 FFODPart5 UltraMagnus punch Dirge.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* Dirge and Ramjet both appear to explode rather fatally after Magnus punches them. Both will nevertheless show up alive and well in later episodes. Considering they were already seen eaten by Unicron in the Movie, this is not so surprising.
* Despite the absence of the transforming cog, both Autobot City ''and'' Metroplex are showing transforming to their respective battle station modes. Apparently, Metroplex only needs the cog to change into robot mode.
* Most of the battle on Cybertron is shown happening on the surface, with no ceilings and blue night skies, despite Rodimus's order to retreat below ground. Yet Blitzwing still flies underground to report to Galvatron.
* Most of the Constructicon's appearances shows that Scrapper leads the team, so why the hell is Mixmaster giving the orders?
* There appears to be a human city quite close to Autobot city, but previously in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|Movie]], there were no signs or suggestions of a human city being nearby. In addition, this poses the question of why the Autobots or humans built their cities so near to each other despite the fact that Autobot City is often under attack by Decepticons.
* Superhuman Spike has amazingly little trouble hoisting Rodimus's gun onto his shoulder.
* Speaking of which, the gun disappears after Spike shoots the switch, but several shots later Rodimus suddenly has it again.

===Continuity notes===
* Pipes cites the late Optimus Prime and quotes his catchphrase, "Transform and [[roll out]]!"
* Gadgets and powers:
** Bumblebee is shown with a rooftop cannon in vehicle mode during the first attack run on Trypticon. The weapon appears to be based on that of Outback.
* Galvatron makes reference to his last meeting with Ultra Magnus, on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].
* This episode is the first and only appearance of Tailgate. Swerve would later reappear briefly in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
* [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] would apparently survive destruction, in Japanese continuity, anyway. It would appear one final time in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' episode "[[Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!]]".

===Real-world references===
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** Laserbeak and Thrust emerge from Trypticon's chest with the sound of the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'''s engine burst.
*It must be more than coincidence that the force attacking the city-scale Trypticon is made up entirely of characters from the Mini Vehicle range (plugging the new Decepticon's playset potential).

===Trivia===
* Just from the episode alone, it's impossible to tell who the line "It'll be passing above us soon" is being spoken by, as it doesn't correspond to any of the known voices of the Autobots present. This just left Swerve and Tailgate as possible candidates for the line (since neither was ever seen to speak any other lines, it could have been either of them). The episode's script would later confirm that the line belonged to Tailgate, and was delivered by the eternally overlooked [[Ted Schwartz]].
* This episode is the first appearance of the Predacons, and the last appearance of the volcano and the Ark.

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

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' クインテッサ星人の陰謀 (''Quintessa Seijin no Inbō'', "Conspiracy of the Quintessons")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 12]], [[1986]]
:*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|Part 3]] of the ''Transformers 2010'' [[story page]]s published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' crafts an origin to explain the sudden existence of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s in this episode. According to the story page, the Predacons were built by the [[Quintesson]]s during their brief alliance with the Decepticons to aid their allies in battle.

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

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/five_faces_of_darkness_part_5.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

2014-08-24T14:58:52Z

Surnis: /* Season 5 */

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

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

==Synopsis==
[[Image:FFOD5 Decepticons attack.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Galvatron, can he join my armada?]]

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

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

[[Image:FFOD5 Predacons.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Know that there are five Predacons. The other guys are posers!]]

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

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

[[Image:FFOD5 Metroplex Trypticon.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Godzilla vs. Megazord!]]

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

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

[[Image:FFOD5 Rodimus victory speech.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Optimus would have given a more rousing speech.]]

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

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

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

|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (7)
* [[Marissa Faireborn]] (25)

|c4=
* [[Quintesson]]s (10)
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] (35)

}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[image:PrimeEmergencyBeaconMohawk.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Prime's mohawk has many practical functions you never knew about.]]

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

In the end, Tommy is thrilled to hear that it took a ''human'' to ultimately save the day. Optimus says that the Autobots owe the humans their lives and Tommy volunteers to help him out next time there are any Decepticons to fight. Suddenly, Prime's flashing red emergency mohawk beacon goes off: The Decepticons are back! Optimus tells Tommy to get ready for battle and Tommy begins to renege on his offer to help fight. Prime accuses Tommy of being frightened which spurs the youth into declaring "let's do it!" Together, they blast off into space to meet the Decepticons in deadliest combat. Tommy is never seen again, so we have an idea how it went. Good job goading him into battle, Prime!

{{--}}

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:Cyclonus oddity armadaesque.jpg|thumb|right|150px| ]]
* During the recap, Galvatron's "Very well, Junkions" line is not flanged.
* In the opening pan, the entire Decepticon army seems to be made up of randomly recoloured Sweeps and Cyclonuses. Among the more visible examples are Sweeps colored like Breakdown and Wildrider.
* Rodimus's spoiler ridge is colored yellow instead of orange as Kup laments the loss of the defense system.
* Springer changes places between shots, going from Magnus's right to directly behind him (and back again when the first shot is recycled.)
* As Magnus turns to open fire, the foreshortening of his arm is bizarrely misdrawn.
* As Galvatron continues to descend and fire, an extra Cyclonus appears in Dirge's colors, alongside the actual Cyclonus.
** A Dirge-colored Cyclonus strafes Cybertron after the first commercial break.

* The click sound of the button pushed by the Quintesson to activate his monitor doesn't coincide with the actual push of the button.
* The Quintessons' view of Earth initially shows partly cloudy skies... then Trypticon just appears out of nowhere against the same sky. We'll be kind and not count this monitor view under "Improbable Viewpoints".
* Warpath neither moves his faceplate nor flashes his cheek blinkers when he speaks.
[[Image:FFoD5 MiniVehicles.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* From shot to shot, Swerve's head goes from pink helmet and visor, to pink helmet and blue visor, to red helmet and blue visor.
* Swerve disappears after the initial shot of the Autobot ambush, and is replaced by Beachcomber.
*
* The view of Trypticon smoking and damaged is set against a starry night sky, despite the scene occurring during the daytime.
[[Image:Giantscamper.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* An establishing shot of Metroplex shows him sitting in the desert all by himself, without [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] anywhere in sight. He also has Scamper sitting in his "garage", drawn to toy-based scale... which means he'd be a hundred foot long car.
* Sky Lynx flies behind a smooth, featureless reddish celestial body. If it's supposed to be Io, it's ''waaaaaay'' too small, not more than a couple hundred feet across. In fact it's too small to be a regular round body.
* Io has changed colors; an establishing shot shows it to be red instead of the gray it was last time. Of course, the ''real'' Io actually ''is'' red.
* In the first shot of Blurr, Wheelie, and Marissa fighting the lipoles, none of them is standing on Io's surface; they're floating several feet above it.
* Also, Marissa's ship is intact, but it was blown up in the previous episode.
* Improbable viewpoints:
** How does Blaster get an eye-level view of Marissa fighting on Io?
* When Wheelie loses the transforming cog, three of the next four shots are shown against a blue sky with clouds, rather than the night sky of Io.
* Once again, the animation fails to convey that the lipoles are an actual threat.
* "We have no choice but to make our stand here" - one of Bumblebee's horns is drawn and colored as though it was part of Swerve's leg, which is behind it.
* In the second shot of Warpath's team of [[Mini Vehicle]]s outside Autobot Headquarters, Beachcomber is colored like Wildrider.
* Powerglide gets a descending-pitch transformation sound as he changes to his plane mode and takes off. Launching aerial Transformers normally get the rising-pitch version.
* The Constructicons watching Trypticon on the hill are much larger than they should be.
* Scrapper's faceplate changes from grey to red as he listens to Bonecrusher.
* Five Autobots drive toward Trypticon, but the next shot shows only three getting kicked away.
* Pipes and Swerve seem to be firing lasers right out of their windshields.
* As Trypticon approaches the Ark, it only has two engines sticking out rather than three.
* As the Autobots watch Trypticon walk off, Warpath's back is grey rather than red.
* The sound effect for the shot that Trypticon fires at the camera lags behind the shot itself.
[[Image:Cycloni ffod5.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* Cyclonus and his Armada:
** Four Cyclonuses are shown strafing Cybertron after the first commercial break.
** The next shot shows two Cycloni.
** While retreating from Cybertron, there are five Cyclonuses flying with Galvatron.
* Ultra Magnus punches Ramjet, who spirals out of control. When he hits a wall and explodes, he's colored like Dirge. The error is particular visible since Dirge himself gets the same punch-and-explode treatment a second later.
* When Galvatron transforms to fire on Ultra Magnus, his arm cannon flies off screen, and a new one comes out of his head to take its place in cannon mode. (Again!)
* Magnus and Galvatron's voices are muffled as if they were speaking by radio, even though there's no reason for them to do so. Dirge and Ramjet suffer from a similar though less obvious effect in the same scene.
* Bumblebee and Powerglide are briefly visible fighting alongside Perceptor against the Sweeps on Cybertron, despite being on Earth at the time.
* Streetwise has a red chest (Red Alert's color scheme?) as he stands next to Perceptor and Slingshot, firing.
* As he delivers the "Meet your fate valiantly, Autobots!" line, Perceptor's Autobot logo is all grey rather than just a grey outline.
* Blitzwing's voice isn't properly flanged as he acknowledges Galvatron's command to report to the Quintessons.
* Throughout the episode, the area around Blitzwing's Decepticon symbol changes. Sometimes it has lines above and below it, sometimes only above, sometimes none. Sometimes red, sometimes purple.
* In the establishing shot before Sky Lynx arrives, Marissa and the 'bots aren't even trying to fight off the lipoles! Incidentally, Io's gone back to being gray.
* Sky Lynx's first transformation sequence lacks any transformation sound.
* The squawks that Sky Lynx lets loose after transforming are not by his voice actor! (The whole animal noise shtick for him would be dropped after this episode.)
* The Predacons get some bizarre use of the transformation noise. It plays as they emerge from the balls of fire that carried them to Io (a means of transport that they never used again.)
* Headstrong and Tantrum arrive carrying their guns, but a second later they charge into battle with their swords. They then proceed not to use either weapon.
* Sky Lynx's transporter section transforms to lynx mode, but is back in transporter mode when Blurr and Marissa run away from it.
* Headstrong's beast mode head has a huge swath of black on it in two different shots.
* Blurr lacks a transformation noise as he changes modes to cross the canyon.
* Predaking gets the transformation sound ''every time he moves''.
* Sky Lynx's transporter section lacks the transformation sound as it converts to lynx mode again. Apparently, Predaking sucked up all the transformation noises from the whole scene.
* When Predaking fires his foot weapons, a laser emerges. The weapon's effect, however, is shown as a windstorm.
* Sky Lynx's combining sequence is a little messed up; his lynx legs are shown unfolding, but since his lower half was already in lynx mode, they should be unfolded already.
* Predaking's head is on backwards as Sky Lynx wraps his tail around it.
* As Trypticon approaches Autobot City, the city is shown in a barren desert. It had [[The Transformers: The Movie|previously been shown]] to be located in a lush mountain valley, and is shown that way again at the end of the episode.
* Slingshot is seen running about in Autobot City as it transforms, even though he was last seen on Cybertron with Perceptor.
* As Blaster despairs over Sky Lynx's absence, his helmet is white instead of red.
* Scrapper's mouthplate continues moving even as Mixmaster gives the order to fire. (And why is Mixmaster giving the orders, anyway?)
* As the Autobots exit Sky Lynx, the transforming cog is shown as a large gear wheel, instead of an orb-shaped device. Sky Lynx's windows aren't colored in, either.
* Night sky is shown behind Marissa as she orders Blurr to "stop babbling"...
** And again behind Blurr as he prepares for his "lateral"...
** And again behind the cog as Wheelie throws it to Sky Lynx...
** And again behind Sky Lynx as he flattens the Decepticon lineup...
* As Blurr throws the cog, Thrust flies past in Laserbeak's colors. This was probably intended to be Laserbeak himself, since Thrust just got swatted.
* As the Constructicons try to tackle Wheelie, they're shown on a metal floor, despite the preceding and following shots being shown in the desert. Motormaster likewise goes from desert to metal floor as he accidentally tackles Bonecrusher.
[[Image:FFOD5_Insecticons.png|right|thumb|200px|Maybe Cyclonus ''was'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Or [[Insecticon clone|a clone.]]]]
* When Wheelie faces off against the big line of Decepticon troops, all three Insecticons are present, including two Shrapnels. Bombshell's eyes aren't colored in. Blast Off and Swindle are also in the lineup, despite appearing on Cybertron at the start of the attack there.
** When Sky Lynx jumps over/through the lined up Decepticons, the second Shrapnel is replaced by Soundwave.
* It's an AKOM episode, so watch for Soundwave's white backpack as Sky Lynx flattens him.
* Sky Lynx clearly throws the cog horizontally, yet it somehow arcs so high that Trypticon can't catch it. As Trypticon lunges for the cog, it's the size of his fist -- the same fist that easily held Outback earlier in the episode.
* When the Autobots are celebrating the safety of the transformation cog after the little game of catch with the Decepticons, two Constructicons and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] are seen "raising the roof" along with them. Slingshot shows up again, too, along with a generic model colored like Dead End.
* Metroplex is back in city mode as Trypticon prepares to stomp him.
* The hand that topples Trypticon does not come from the actual location where Metroplex's arms are stored in city mode.
* When Metroplex transforms, Autobot City is nowhere in sight.
* Metroplex's single line is delivered in a different voice than that of his later appearances.
* Who knew Trypticon was so aerodynamic? After Metroplex throws him, he falls ''up'' in the second shot of him sailing over the landscape.
* The late Ratchet is among the Autobots cheering Metroplex's victory, in Blaster's colors. And is that ''another'' Ratchet in the background?
* The [[large switch]] stops glowing after the Sharkticons arrive.
* For some reason, a view of Cybertron is used as an establishing shot for Earth.
[[Image:FFoD Part5 Frozen Metroplex.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* Blitzwing is shown with a purple Autobot insignia while being offered membership in their ranks by Rodimus Prime.
* Spinger and Arcee are shown among the frozen Autobots on Earth, despite being on Cybertron. Sludge is shown in the same shot in Grimlock's colors (and possibly with Grimlock's head.)
* As the Quintessons venture onto Cybertron, a frozen Sweep is shown with red (pink?) wings.
* A second later, the Quintessons walk past a frozen [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (or [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]), drawn at the size of an ordinary Transformer and colored like [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]].
* The energy beams of the fleeing Quintessons don't line up with their bodies.
* As the Quintessons blast off in the escape pod, we see a group of generic Transformers who look a lot like those seen in Rodimus's flashback during the previous episode!
* Mixmaster and Scrapper are seen on Cybertron as the Quintessons escape, despite the Constructicons being on Earth.
* Sky Lynx is far too small as he and the others watch Rodimus on screen.
* Although both the [[Kid Rhino]] and [[Shout! Factory]] versions of this episode contain the correct unique opening titles for the story (one of only two parts of "Five Faces of Darkness" on DVD that do), the Shout! version incorrectly uses the soundtrack to the standard season three opening as now found on the broadcast masters to all five parts.

===Continuity errors===
* The opening pan over Cybertron shows it with two moons, even though Unicron ostensibly devoured both of Cybertron's moons during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. One moon appears again as the Quintessons make their battle projection.
* Kup says that "that blast took out the whole defense system". But it wasn't a ''blast''; it was a crashing space ship.
* Spike retains his superhuman capabilities, surviving a blast that trashes the room he's in and sends his Autobot friends flying.
* Powerglide notes that Trypticon has "''another'' transform," but at this point he's only seen it in the battle platform mode.
* So if everyone actually retreated to Level 2, per Rodimus's order, then who are all those Decepticons firing at? How long would it take them to gang up and overpower Magnus, if he's really the only one left?
* The answer comes a moment later, when Perceptor and company are seen to have ignored that order.
[[Image:G1 FFODPart5 UltraMagnus punch Dirge.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ]]
* Dirge and Ramjet both appear to explode rather fatally after Magnus punches them. Both will nevertheless show up alive and well in later episodes. Considering they were already seen eaten by Unicron in the Movie, this is not so surprising.
* Despite the absence of the transforming cog, both Autobot City ''and'' Metroplex are showing transforming to their respective battle station modes. Apparently, Metroplex only needs the cog to change into robot mode.
* Most of the battle on Cybertron is shown happening on the surface, with no ceilings and blue night skies, despite Rodimus's order to retreat below ground. Yet Blitzwing still flies underground to report to Galvatron.
* Most of the Constructicon's appearances shows that Scrapper leads the team, so why the hell is Mixmaster giving the orders?
* There appears to be a human city quite close to Autobot city, but previously in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|Movie]], there were no signs or suggestions of a human city being nearby. In addition, this poses the question of why the Autobots or humans built their cities so near to each other despite the fact that Autobot City is often under attack by Decepticons.
* Superhuman Spike has amazingly little trouble hoisting Rodimus's gun onto his shoulder.
* Speaking of which, the gun disappears after Spike shoots the switch, but several shots later Rodimus suddenly has it again.

===Continuity notes===
* Pipes cites the late Optimus Prime and quotes his catchphrase, "Transform and [[roll out]]!"
* Gadgets and powers:
** Bumblebee is shown with a rooftop cannon in vehicle mode during the first attack run on Trypticon. The weapon appears to be based on that of Outback.
* Galvatron makes reference to his last meeting with Ultra Magnus, on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].
* This episode is the first and only appearance of Tailgate. Swerve would later reappear briefly in "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".
* [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] would apparently survive destruction, in Japanese continuity, anyway. It would appear one final time in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' episode "[[Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!]]".

===Real-world references===
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** Laserbeak and Thrust emerge from Trypticon's chest with the sound of the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'''s engine burst.
*It must be more than coincidence that the force attacking the city-scale Trypticon is made up entirely of characters from the Mini Vehicle range (plugging the new Decepticon's playset potential).

===Trivia===
* Just from the episode alone, it's impossible to tell who the line "It'll be passing above us soon" is being spoken by, as it doesn't correspond to any of the known voices of the Autobots present. This just left Swerve and Tailgate as possible candidates for the line (since neither was ever seen to speak any other lines, it could have been either of them). The episode's script would later confirm that the line belonged to Tailgate, and was delivered by the eternally overlooked [[Ted Schwartz]].
* This episode is the first appearance of the Predacons, and the last appearance of the volcano and the Ark.

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

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' クインテッサ星人の陰謀 (''Quintessa Seijin no Inbō'', "Conspiracy of the Quintessons")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 12]], [[1986]]
:*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|Part 3]] of the ''Transformers 2010'' [[story page]]s published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' crafts an origin to explain the sudden existence of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s in this episode. According to the story page, the Predacons were built by the [[Quintesson]]s during their brief alliance with the Decepticons to aid their allies in battle.

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

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/five_faces_of_darkness_part_5.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

The Revenge of Bruticus

2014-08-09T02:23:37Z

Surnis: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|image=Revenge of bruticus 2 threratenShockwave.jpg
|caption=I asked you a question, buddy—what's the square root of 5,248?
|series=G1toon
|ep=63
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=54
|prev2=Starscream's Brigade
|next2=War Without End (episode)
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=20
|prev3=Starscream's Brigade
|next3=Masquerade
|title="The Revenge of Bruticus"
|written by=[[Larry Strauss]]
|production code=700-62
|airdate=[[January 8]], 1986
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Even though Starscream and the Combaticons are banished to space, they are still a threat—a threat returning to destroy both the Decepticons and the Autobots...'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Revenge of bruticus 4 changing course.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|Okay, boys...we get those scrambled channels now.]]

Stuck in a cosmic "time out" with the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] decides to book it, declaring the Combaticons incompetent. Unfazed, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] has developed a plan of revenge; [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] is towing their asteroid to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Combaticons' arrival on Cybertron interrupts a little target practice [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is holding for the [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel drones]]. The Combaticons merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], decimate the Sentinels, and launch gun-mode Shockwave into deep space. Onslaught declares that Operation: Revenge has begun.

On [[Earth]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is overseeing the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] army, as they devour a city one building at a time. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s arrive, but the Insecticons are moving into a nearby neighborhood that is still inhabited. Prime is unwilling to risk civilian casualties, so the Autobot leader sends in the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to evacuate the civilians.

At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] is giving [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] a little astronomy lesson about shooting stars, noting that the odds of an ''actual'' star colliding with the Earth are slim...

[[File:RevengeOfBruticus TracksSideswipeProwl.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|<del>Huey, Dewey and Louie</del> Tracks, Sideswipe and Prowl to the rescue.]]

Meanwhile, out in space, Starscream literally runs into Shockwave. Apparently unaware that Starscream has been exiled, Shockwave enlists his help to rescue Cybertron.

At Shockwave's base, [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] is itching for a fight, Blast Off advises calm, as Onslaught is sure to have a plan. That plan involves the [[Space bridge]]. Though it is far ahead of any Decepticon technology Onslaught has previously seen, he manages to rig the space bridge to move Earth into its [[sun]], which will destroy the Decepticons and the Autobots at the same time!

On Earth, the humans have been successfully evacuated from the city, and the Autobots begin blasting the Insecticons to bits. However, Spike and Perceptor arrive, [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] dropping them off, having learned of Earth's altered orbit, and inform Prime of the peril. The Autobots head for the space bridge, and Megatron orders [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] to remove the space bridge's control console and evacuate.

[[File:RevengeofBruticus Primefiringguns.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|Alright, who wants a taste of sheer firepower?]]

On Cybertron, Starscream and Shockwave use a [[holographic projector]] to make the Combaticons believe that they are under attack. Shockwave discovers Onslaught's space bridge modifications, but Starscream shoots him, then sends Megatron an ultimatum: Surrender leadership of the Decepticons, or everything on Earth, including Megatron and the Decepticons, will fry. However, the Combaticons eventually figure out the ruse, and they imprison Starscream and Shockwave.

Megatron sends [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] to locate the Insecticons, but they discover that the bug-bots have chewed up the console. The Autobots, who have also tracked down the Decepticons, offered to assist Megatron and the Decepticons. Perceptor repairs the console with parts from Prime and Megatron. Prime insists that the Autobots be included in the trip to Cybertron, which Megatron relents to, and the united teams head to Cybertron, leaving the Protectobots to struggle with rising temperatures and find a way to keep the human race from being wiped out.

[[File:Revege of Bruticus Prime Bruticus.JPG|upright=0.85|thumb|The only way to keep that chestplate on.]]

The two teams free Starscream and Shockwave, the former loudly protesting that he was forced to threaten Megatron by the Combaticons, and the latter immediately denouncing the story as lies. Before anyone can do anything else, the Combaticons attack, merging into Bruticus when the fight turns against them. Starscream reveals that Bruticus has one weak point on his back that, if blasted, will shut him down. Prime manages to shoot the weak point, and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] reverses the space bridge, returning Earth to its proper orbit.

Prime and Megatron agree to destroy Bruticus, and Megatron allows the Autobots to leave unharmed. However, the Decepticons have faked Bruticus' destruction, and reprogrammed the real Bruticus to serve Megatron. Megatron pardons Starscream and restores him to the Decepticon ranks.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (18)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (19)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (21)
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (22)
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (23)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (24)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (25)
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (26)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (27)
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (29)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (30)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (32)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (33)
|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (2)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (3)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (4)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (5)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (6)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (7)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (8)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (9)
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (10)
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (11)
* [[Insecticon clone]]s (12)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (13)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (14)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (15)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (21)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (34)
|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (28)
|c4=
* [[Sentinel (G1)|Sentinel drone]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:G1toon starscream asteroid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
"I can't stand it! I can't stand it! This is a cosmic prison!" 
"Shaddup!" [''blasts him'']
:—'''Starscream'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s mewling is too much for '''Brawl''' to take.

"Look, Perceptor, a shooting star!" 
"Of course that's not really a shooting star. It's really a meteorite entering Earth's atmosphere." 
"I know. I'd hate to imagine a real star shooting into the Earth." 
"Well, the chances of this planet colliding with a real star are remote." 
"I'd hope so. It would mean the end of everything!" 
:—'''Spike''' being taught about shooting stars by '''Perceptor''', only for...

"I can direct the movement of planet Earth and send it on a direct course into the Sun."
:—... '''Onslaught''' to take the idea.

'''Brawl:'''' "Hey! We annihilated 'em." 
'''Swindle:''' "Looks more to me like they vanished! ...Wait. Look! More invaders!" 
'''Vortex:''' "Where did they come from?!" 
'''Brawl:''' "Who cares! Let's annihilate 'em!" 
:— Life is simple when you're a bot named Brawl.

'''Optimus:''' "I will donate some of the needed parts from my own components, Perceptor, ''if'' Megatron agrees to do the same." 
'''Megatron:''' "Never! I am autonomic perfection!" 
'''Spike:''' "You'll be ''evaporated'' perfection if we don't get to Cybertron and stop Starscream!" 
:—Megatron gets schooled by a human.

"Ramjet, if this Autobot quack does anything suspicious, shatter his lenses... from the ''inside''."
:—'''Megatron''' delivers an indirect warning to Perceptor as the latter takes components from him and Optimus Prime to repair the Space Bridge.

"Not until you relinquish control over the Decepticons." 
"Don't be a fool." 
"Then let the Earth ''burn''!"
:— '''Starscream''' tries to blackmail '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
* The sound effect for Brawl's pot shot at Starscream lags behind the shot itself.
*As he says, "I can't stand it!," Starscream is missing the Decepticon insignia on his wings.
*Brawl, Onslaught and Swindle's relative positions change multiple times between shots as they argue with Starscream.
* As Starscream flees the asteroid, we get a ''very'' long time to look at the underside of his jet mode, wherein his folded-up feet, which are blue in robot mode, are colored gray. His underside wing insignia are also missing.
* Throughout his encounter with the Combaticons, Shockwave's voice lacks its robotic flanging.
* The shot of Blast Off transforming to robot mode is cut off before he finishes, jumping to a shot of the other four Combaticons walking toward Shockwave.
* As he and the others begin to merge, Swindle somersaults backwards into the air (and Vortex reacts - making it look like Swindle is about to turn into a gun for Vortex to use!) The shot then cuts to Swindle in jeep mode, flying ''forwards'' as he turns into Bruticus's leg.
* Bruticus's mouthplate doesn't move as he introduces himself.
*When Bruticus is holding Shockwave, and Shockwave transforms to gun mode, his arms transform directly into the barrel, rather than the arms folding up and the barrel attaching out of nowhere. His barrel is colored the same purple as the rest of him, rather than its correct gray.
* Before Bruticus uses Vortex's blades to slice some Sentinels, the blades are gray instead of black.
* Onslaught's missing his backpack cannons after Bruticus separates. Not yet, guys!
* Brawl is mostly gray instead of mostly olive green as the Combaticons carry off the defeated Sentinels.
*When [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] take [[energon cube]]s to the [[space bridge]], Thundercracker is colored with Starscream's colors. Megatron's gun barrel is missing in the same shot.
* Prime has gray tires as he rolls toward the Insecticon horde.
* Megatron's barrel is missing again as he takes his first shot at Optimus.
[[File:Blitzsnel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* Several Insecticons aren't fully colored as Prime observes them spreading to a new neighborhood.
*When [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] drives out of the [[Protectobots' headquarters]], he has the word "POLISE" written on his side.
* Spike's "shooting star" looks more like a comet. And it has a rocket engine, according to the sound effect.
*As he says, "I'm that close to Cybertron?," one of Starscream's Decepticon insignia is white instead of purple.
* In the first closeup of Blast Off and Brawl sitting atop [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]], Blast Off's optic is brown instead of gray.
* During the fight with the Insecticons, Powerglide arrives and lands with no sound effect.
* Perceptor disembarks from Powerglide off-camera. Was he in microscope mode, or did Powerglide suddenly grow a much bigger interior?
* Then as Prime drives toward three retreating Insecticons, a quick transformation sound is heard, but nobody on-screen is transforming.
* In the pan across the space bridge site, the crackling energy over the energon transfer tubes isn't animated or lit to glow.
* As Onslaught reports to the other Combaticons, Blast Off's head is all gray instead of brown, and Brawl's optic visor is gray instead of yellow. However, we must give due credit: the animators not only remembered that Onslaught doesn't have his backpack, they actually included the three magic spots on Onslaught's exposed back!
* In a closeup shot of Onslaught, only the center of his mouthplate is gray; the sides are blue.
*Shockwave changes the projector to show gargoyles, but as he and Starscream walk away, the Combaticons are still fighting the giant squid things.
[[File:Ratchet weirdhead.PNG|upright=1.1|thumb|Look familiar?]]
*Ratchet's helmet is colored black shortly after Prowl finds the space bridge control panel. The groans that are supposed to be Powerglide, Ratchet and Prime don't actually sound like them.
* As Starscream first contacts Megatron, Megatron's chest symbol and gun barrel are missing.
* Improbable viewpoints:
** Kicking back in Decepticon HQ, Starscream gets a full torso view of Megatron, who is hanging out in the desert. Where's the camera?
** Dirge and Ramjet get the same view of Megatron in Decepticon HQ on Earth.
* It took a while, but the animators finally forgot that Onslaught's not supposed to have his backpack. It shows up in a brief shot right before he says "We can't stop them!", and again as Blast Off lands.
* Blast Off is a couple of heads taller than everyone else as the Combaticons react to Swindle's revelation.
* Swindle is shown with the team as Blast Off lands, but in the next shot he's shown to have been elsewhere, checking out the holo projector.
* As the Combaticons walk in on Shockwave and Starscream, Blast Off is again much taller than the others. And Onslaught's got his backpack cannons yet again.
* Huge Blast Off ''again'' as he and Brawl shove the prisoners into their cell.
* Some strange audio editing as Inferno, Red Alert and Blades fight the fires. A radio voice says "A fire's broken out at the" then cuts off. Another voice says "We got a blaze that's -" and then continues, but submerged under Inferno's line. The effect was probably supposed to be a sort of montage of numerous reports, but it... doesn't really work.
* Red Alert is drawn mouthing the second part of Inferno's line.
*Ramjet is missing the transformation sound effect as he finds the Insecticons in the parking garage.
* "You'll be evaporated perfection" - Perceptor is ''much'' shorter than Megatron. He should be a couple of heads shorter.
*The building the meat freezer is located in is labelled "Metro Meat '''Pacing'''"
* As is common for group ad libs, the heat groans from the assembled Autobots and Decepticons don't resemble their actual voices.
*When the space bridge ring closes, there's ''no one inside''.
* Ramjet's cockpit isn't colored as he reacts to Starscream's cry for help.
*Skywarp and Ramjet enter the space bridge, but Thundercracker appears on Cybertron as well. All three basically disappear after the rescue of Starscream and Shockwave.
*When Starscream and Shockwave are rescued from prison, a second Megatron steps out from inside the first one.
*Brawl comes through a hole in the wall and blasts Starscream and Megatron, but the next shot shows Swindle in his place.
*When Blast Off is on his bombing run at the beginning of the final battle, the bombs are shown falling in ''front'' of him, instead of directly below.
* Prowl and Sideswipe get part of the Decepticon laser effect as they fire on Blast Off.
* Onslaught, Brawl & Swindle get no transformation sound effect as they drive up to Megatron. When Megatron blasts them, the sound of the blast hits is coming from the right channel instead of the left. It's also modulated with the same effect that would later be used for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s cannon.
*Vortex is animated giving Onslaught's command for the Combaticons to merge into Bruticus.
*Bruticus rips away the doors of the teleportation chamber to throw at the sentinel guards, but the doors are still there. The big gaping hole does show up in the next shot, allowing Prime to see that the space bridge has been altered.
* The push-Earth-into-the-sun beams should be visible behind Bruticus, but they're not.
* The animation of Bruticus flexing and then bending down is used a second time, however there's nothing where his hands are reaching.
*As Optimus discovers the altered space bridge on Cybertron, the crest on his helmet is drawn much larger than usual.
*A shot later, we see Prime standing rather prominently alone, with Sideswipe, Prowl and Sunstreaker running toward him. The next shot shows only Sideswipe standing next to Prime, but Megatron and Starscream have appeared behind him.
* The animation would have us believe that 1) Earth was about two seconds from falling into the sun, and that 2) the sun is only 4-5 times bigger than the Earth. 1) would mean everything on Earth was already long dead; 2) is just flat out wrong.
* Furthermore, in no shot of the moving Earth do we see the move-the-Earth beams.
*As Megatron agrees to destroy Bruticus, Starscream's cockpit is colored all yellow when it should have white stripes.
* Bruticus's visor is white instead of red as the jets scoop him up. Starscream's air intakes and wing stripes are also white instead of red in the same shot.
*When the Autobots are preparing to leave Cybertron at the end, Sideswipe is drawn speaking Sunstreaker's line.
* Starscream's missing his air intakes as Megatron tells him he is redeemed.
* Megatron is still shown laughing and shaking after his short chuckle has ended.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:RevengeOfBruticus Shockwave on Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Oh well. Worth it just to get this image.]]
* The asteroid Starscream was banished to is a ''lot'' larger in this episode than shown at the end of "[[Starscream's Brigade]]".
* Likewise, Blast Off is supposed to be towing the asteroid toward Cybertron the whole time, but he's not shown in the establishing shot of the asteroid.
* The towed asteroid just sets down light as a feather on Cybertron's surface. Shouldn't it have come plummeting in at terminal velocity, since the Combaticons have no way to slow it down?
* Why even tow the asteroid and not just board Blast-Off and leave?
* Bruticus's description of the guard robots as "giant Sentinels" is a bit odd, considering they're not even as tall as the individual Combaticons.
* Using a microscope to enlarge an image on a computer screen does not work that way. Spike would be looking at individual pixels.
* How improbable is it that in the infinite vastness of space, underlined by Perceptor just seconds before, with Starscream only heading in the general direction of Cybertron and Shockwave being randomly tossed off its surface and out of its orbit, that the two randomly crash into each other?
[[File:RevengeBruticus BlastOff Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Like a what?" "Y'know. Like one of those guys we've never met and don't know about." "Oh, them! Yes, yes, of course."]]
* While waiting for Onslaught to implement his plan, Brawl mentions to Blast Off how he'd like to "attack the Earth now and crush Megatron like an Insecticon". The Insecticons were actually the only Decepticons that the Combaticons never encountered on Earth.
* Shockwave appears completely unaware that Starscream was an exile. Has Megatron never heard of memos?
* If the sun is so close that it makes crops spontaneously combust, how has humanity not burned alive?
[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus Blades savinghumans.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* Blades flies over at least 20 people stranded in the burning village, yet leaves after 7 people get in his rescue "basket". Even if the basket was packed (which it clearly wasn't), couldn't he have rescued more by letting them ride in his cabin? Even more disturbing, we see several '''children''' in the fly-over, but the adults just abandon them in their rush to save themselves!
* Why don't the Autobots just fly Omega Supreme over to Cybertron?
* The Combaticons lock up Starscream and Shockwave by closing a door and activating a force field. When Megatron frees them, there's only a force field (the door is nowhere to be seen).
* Optimus suddenly has a second gun (for about two seconds) in the battle against the Combaticons.
* The Decepticons and Autobots travel to Cybertron by way of the Space Bridge, arriving in the normal teleportation chamber. However, nobody notices the alterations to the Space Bridge until Bruticus rips a hole in the wall while they're all outside fighting.
* Boy, it sure was convenient of Onslaught to remove his backpack, exposing those three spots just when they needed to be visible, huh?
* Megatron comes up with the idea of reprogramming Bruticus for loyalty. Why didn't he just do this last time, when Bruticus was defeated by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]?

===Continuity notes===
[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus HotSpotfightfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Just a miscolored Inferno, right?]]
[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus FirstAid Streetwise help.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Just a miscolored Prowl and Ratchet, right?]]
[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus Groove Streetwise freezer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Oh hey, look! New guys!]]
[[File:TRoB-Sentinels.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* This is the Protectobots' first appearance in the series, yet there is absolutely no mention of where they came from. While this does put them in the company of most of the rest of the new season-two cast, it's the first time a combiner team wasn't given a special origin episode. The reason for this, as noted in the show's [[production bible]], was that the information on the team was not delivered to the cartoon's production staff before the episode plots for the rest of the series had been finalized. Consequently, there were no open slots left to give the Protectobots an episode dedicated to their origin, but they were inserted into some of the predetermined stories (namely, this episode and "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]") to appease Hasbro.
**That said, it's not the greatest advertisement. Only First Aid is identified by name; and Blades, First Aid and Hot Spot aren't even shown in robot mode.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Prowl, Tracks and Optimus all display hood-mounted laser cannons. Tracks also launches a couple of missiles from his hood. No more repeats of "[[The Autobot Run]]" for these guys!
** Megatron has a fold-out chest-mounted communicator that rather resembles the wrist communicators some characters use.
** Starscream and Ramjet deploy grappling hooks and cables to scoop up Bruticus. Starscream had a similar device in "[[Enter the Nightbird]]".
* '''[[Starscream's Brigade|< <]]''' What makes Starscream the leader? Nothing, but that doesn't stop him from trying to extort Megatron into giving up his leadership position in return for saving the Earth. '''[[The Transformers: The Movie|> >]]'''
*This episode marks the second and last appearance of the Sentinel robots, and the last appearance of [[Autobot]] [[Security Director]] [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. (It was a conspiracy. A CONSPIRACY I TELL YOU! HE KNEW TOO MUCH!)

===Real-world references===
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine roar as Starscream takes off from the asteroid
** [[X-wing Fighter]] whine and [[TIE Fighter]] roar as Starscream and Shockwave head for Cybertron.
** ''Falcon'' engine burst as Blast Off lands at the end of the hologram battle.

===Trivia===
===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Vingança de Bruticus'''" ("The Vengeance of Bruticus")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Bruticus Rache'''" ("Bruticus's Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 10]], [[1994]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Battaglia nel deserto'''" ("Battle in the Desert")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''La vendetta di Bruticus'''" ("The Revenge of Bruticus")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bruticus no Kōgeki'''" (ブルーティカスの攻撃, "The Attack of Bruticus")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 25]], [[1986]]

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mestj Grubikusa'''" (Месть Грубикуса, "The Revenge of Bruticus")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Dinobot Island, also includes The Revenge of Bruticus ([[St. Michael Video Library]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1987 — ''Transformers'' — 1: The Revenge of Bruticus / 2: Dinobot Island (Parts 1 and 2) ([[Entertainment UK|Starvision]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — The Revenge of Bruticus and Dinobot Island Parts 1 & 2 ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1991 — ''Transformers'' — 1: The Revenge of Bruticus / 2: Dinobot Island (Parts 1 and 2) ([[Entertainment UK|The Fun House]])
;Laserdisc
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 8 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Revenge of Bruticus}}
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[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Big Red (G1)

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:''Big Red is an unnamed [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Bigred.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|''Grab jets a little longer! Crush 'Cons a little longer! Kick ass a little longer! Longer with Big Red!'']]
"'''Big Red'''" is big and he's red, and he can grab you out of the sky if he wants to. He doesn't have a known name, but some fans of the Transformers call him Big Red. There is an Autobot who looks just like Big Red only he's yellow and his name is either [[Pulsar]] or [[Tempest]]. But we don't care about him because Big Red is red and he's awesome.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
Big Red is one of the Autobot combatants seen in the beginning throes of the Autobot/[[Decepticon]] war. He just grabs a Decepticon jet out of the sky with one hand and crushes him right there with only his fingers. Big Red is hardcore. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Bigredkhanna.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''That Big Red Robot gets down to it! Your fresh breath goes on and on while you... chew it...?'']]
Big Red is one of the Transformers seen in the early days of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron history]], before the war. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}} What specific continuity this version of Big Red inhabited is unknown, as the dimension-hopping [[Vector Prime]] narrates the scene without identifying his home dimension.

==Notes==
* Big Red is a bit of a mash-up of parts from other [[character model]]s. His legs from the knees down are from [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], while his head is very much [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s. Overall, he looks like an early [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] model.

[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]

War Dawn (episode)

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{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Legends]]'' event|War Dawn (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=WarDawn title.jpg
|caption=''Masterpiece'' Megatron and ''Smallest'' Optimus Prime face off.
|series=G1toon
|ep=59
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=60
|prev2=B.O.T. (episode)
|next2=Masquerade
|title="War Dawn"
|written by=[[David Wise]]
|production code=700-58
|airdate=[[December 25]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Trapped in Cybertron's past, the Aerialbots learn the truth about Megatron and the rise of Optimus Prime.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:WarDawn Silverboltairways.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Do yourself a favor; don't fly coach on Autobot Airways.]]
[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] are racing through the skies with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in hot pursuit. They have kidnapped human dignitaries for unknown, but certainly nefarious, purposes. The Aerialbots are debating amongst themselves in pretty stark terms if humans are worth saving. After they outmaneuver the Decepticons, Starscream dumps the hostages in mid-air. He and the others escape as the Aerialbots break off to save the humans.

Back at Autobot headquarters, the Aerialbots talk amongst themselves about their admiration of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], to the ire of the other Autobots. [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] breaks in before the argument gets out of hand and alerts [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to strange energy readings emanating from Cybertron. They board [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and head into the stratosphere to investigate.

Under the ocean, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] gripes about the Aerialbots and losing air supremacy. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports in that the Autobots have left earth, and Megatron goes after them across the [[space bridge]]. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron explains that he has a time machine called a [[Kronosphere]] that he planned on using to steal energy from the past. Now, he wants to set a trap for the Aerialbots and send them back into the past.

[[Image:Slingshot war dawn 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|As tradition dictates, Slingshot and Starscream greet one another by pulling each other's finger.]]

The Autobots arrive on a dark and dingy Cybertron, and are attacked by Starscream and the others. [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] tries to get the Decepticons to stop attacking and talk to them. Starscream and the others drop down for a chat while [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] frets. After gaining their trust, Starscream leads them right onto Megatron's Kronosphere. Silverbolt tries to warn them that it's a trap but it's too late. Megatron activates the device, intending to send them back to the beginning of time. The Aerialbots are encased in a purple bubble and disappear.

Seconds later, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots ram through the wall of the building and attack. Prime shoots the machine in order to stop it from trapping the Aerialbots in the past. The Decepticons retreat and Optimus orders the machine repaired. He estimates it has sent the Aerialbots 9 million years into the past to Cybertron's [[Golden Age]].

[[Image:OrionPax Ariel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hi, I'm Machobot... who are you?"]]

The bubble bursts and the five planes reappear on Cybertron, but it's a different world than the one they left. This Cybertron is bright and alive. The Aerialbots admire the scenery and argue about whose fault it was that the planet was trashed. Slingshot isn't ready to blame the Decepticons and says they are misunderstood. They are interrupted by a small 'bot who introduces himself as Orion Pax. He works at [[storage yard 67|the docks]] unloading energy shipments. Orion's friend [[Dion]] and girlfriend [[Ariel]] introduce themselves too. Dion alerts them to come outside and see the new type of flying robot that everyone is talking about. The Aerialbots go out and see Megatron, Soundwave and Shockwave flying overheard. Orion and Dion admire the flying robots, and Silverbolt warns them away from their hero worship. But does anybody listen to him? Nooooo.

After Orion goes back to work unloading ships, he is approached by a visitor who introduces himself as Megatron. Orion shows him around but when they reach the energy storehouse Megatron orders [[Transport drone|the Decepticons concealed outside]] to attack. When Orion tries to stop him, Megatron mercilessly shoots him and his two friends. The Aerialbots arrive after the battle to find the three Autobots inoperative.

Back in the present, Megatron is planning a counterattack to regain the Kronosphere. In nearby wreckage, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] spots the body of a [[Guardian Robot]], sans head, and Megatron plans to reactivate it. Meanwhile, Optimus, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] are still trying to repair the device.

[[Image:WarDawn Prime killingmachine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hot lead is the right of all sentient beings!]]

In the past, the Aerialbots are carrying Orion's lifeless body to someone who can help. Slingshot is singing a very different tune now; he swears revenge on Megatron. A [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mustached figure]] from a doorway calls to them and suggests they go someplace else for help. Decepticon attacks have caused severe casualties among the Autobots. After the Aerialbots ask again, he agrees to fix Orion. After an unknown amount of time, the stranger emerges with a rebuilt Orion Pax, now going by the name Optimus Prime. Prime and the Aerialbots rush off to join the battle, while the stranger muses about rebuilding Ariel into a female warrior named [[Elita One]].

Just as the tide of battle is turning in the Decepticons' favor, Megatron is confronted by Optimus Prime, who takes out the entire Decepticon front line by himself. Meanwhile, the Aerialbots have returned to the docks to find the Decepticons raiding the energy stores.

Flashing to the present, the time machine has been fixed, but Megatron and the Decepticons attack. To further complicate things, they let loose the Guardian Robot against the Autobots.

Back in the past, the Aerialbots set [[energy pack]] charges to blow up the storehouse in order to keep the energy out of Megatron's hands. Unfortunately, they are trapped inside because Decepticon warriors are blocking the exits. Silverbolt orders Slingshot to blow up the storehouse anyway. Just as the charges go off, the Kronosphere scoops them up and brings them back to the present. They merge into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and take out the Guardian Robot. Megatron retreats and an enraged Slingshot yells after him.

As they head back to Omega Supreme, Silverbolt describes their adventures in the past, and Optimus finally recognizes the Aerialbots as the ones who saved him. Ratchet demands to know what's going on and Optimus starts to tell the tale.

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==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (4)
* [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (5)
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (6)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (7)
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (10)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]] (11)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (13)
* [[Dion]] (16)
* [[Elita One|Ariel]] (17)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (21)
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (2)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (3)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (14)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (15)
* [[Transport drone|Transport drones & warriors]] (18)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (20)

|c4=
* [[Guardian robot]]s (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"There's only one way to get those Aerialbots off our tails and that's to... dump the chumps!”
:—'''Starscream''' right before he dumps the chumps, er, humans.

"Are those guys crazy?" 
"Crazy, or even dumber than I suspected."
:—'''Skywarp''' and '''Starscream''' talking about the Aerialbots who stopped fighting and want to "talk" to the Seekers.

'''Starscream''': Okay ''buddies'', we'll talk. What do you want to know? 
'''Slingshot''': I want to know why Optimus Prime thinks you're evil. 
'''Starscream''': That old rust bucket doesn't know a thing about Decepticons. Stick with me. I'll teach you some things about the Decepticons, all right. 
'''Silverbolt''': I don't believe this!
:—Starscream prepares to school the Aerialbots.

"Those little twerps. They're tryin' to switch sides!"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the dubious loyalty of the Aerialbots.

"The Decepticons. Boy, this'd be a great time to get to know 'em!" 
"You've just ''got'' to learn things the hard way, don'tcha?"
:—'''Slingshot''' and '''Silverbolt'''

"A warrior doesn't need a head! Just a good, strong body."
:—'''Megatron''' reveals one of his guiding philosophies, re: the downed Guardian Robot

"You may not recognize him. He is no longer Orion Pax. He is the first of our new defenders... Optimus Prime." 
"I was wrong, my friends. I admired Megatron merely because he was powerful. I failed to see how he used that power."
:—'''Alpha Trion''' introducing '''Optimus Prime'''.

'''Optimus Prime''': You've caused enough destruction for one day, Megatron! 
'''Megatron''': I haven't even ''started!'' 
''[Megatron fires several shots at Optimus Prime, all of which bounce off harmlessly]'' 
'''Megatron''': ''[shocked]'' You, who are you?! 
'''Optimus Prime''': Your worst nightmare!
:—Megatron and Optimus Prime confront each other for the first time.

"It all began about nine million years ago..." 
"Oh, great! It's gonna be one of those ''long'' stories!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ratchet''', after the latter demands to know what's going on.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[File:Orionpax.jpg|thumb|right|200px|More like Orion ''Lips'', huh huh?]]
[[File:WarDawn-SilverboltAndOP.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Orion Succulent Luscious Lips. And his buddy, Silipsverbolt.]]
[[File:WarDawn superion combination.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Aerialbots! Unite, and transform into... each other!"]]
* Throughout the episode, the characters' colors are somewhat grayed out and desaturated.
* The quality of the character artwork is noticably low. Throughout the episode, characters frequently have odd proportions, imprecise delineation, fat necks, curves where they should have straight lines... and the animators display a real fondness for putting big round juicy lips on just about everybody, from the Aerialbots to Orion and company to Megatron. Despite all this, a few random closeups are drawn at a much higher level of quality, in the distinctive [[Toei]] style.
* Rather than count all the times it happens, we'll simply note that Starscream is missing his wing Decepticon insignias in many, many shots.
* In the close-up shot of jet-mode Silverbolt, he's flying with his landing gear down (odd in itself, plus it wasn't there in the shot immediately before), and his Autobot symbol is just a featureless red rectangle.
*The air battle is filled with errors:
** Slingshot is coloured like Air Raid when Skywarp is bearing down upon him
** Skydive fires purple lasers, instead of the usual Autobot orange, at Skywarp. When the lasers hit Skywarp in the next shot, they're orange.
** The black panels on Thundercracker's hull are mis-aligned as he flees from Slingshot and Fireflight.
** When Slingshot and Fireflight fly past the camera, Fireflight has three thrusters.
** Slingshot's cockpit is unpainted as they climb after Thundercracker.
** Starscream's air intakes are gray instead of red as he prepares to dump the humans.
** The same set of cries is recycled three times in a row as the hostages fall, and later on ''again'' for the Aerialbots as they're launched back in time.
** Starscream initially dumps 7 hostages. In the next shot, 14 hostages fall past the Aerialbots. In the shot after that, the Aerialbots rescue 10 hostages.
** And those "dignitaries" sure dress quite casual, especially the two that seem to sport mohawks! They must not have been at work when captured!
*The top of Slingshot's head is consistently colored white in this episode, where it was orange in "The Key to Vector Sigma."
* Omega's tank component just flies off-screen when he transforms to base mode, and doesn't reappear (and it likewise flies in from off-screen when the same sequence is used in reverse on Cybertron.)
* The Autobots enter Omega's rocket component ''through the thruster'', which ignites like 1 second after they all walk in. Autobot flambé, anyone?
*While Megatron berates the Seekers for allowing the Aerialbots to defeat them, Starscream's lower right arm is coloured red instead of blue.
* Megatron's gun barrel is drawn bulbous and rounded as he communicates with Soundwave.
* The Decepticons exit the space bridge elevator not into Shockwave's spic and span [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]] complex, but into a beat-up abandoned green building. Possibly the animators conflated 'con HQ with the warehouse where the Kronosphere is set up.
*Omega Supreme disappears in a couple of frames during his transformation sequence. A second later, the animation skips backwards so that Omega is shown lowering his arms to his side twice in a row.
* "Those Autobots are weird" - Skydive, Air Raid and Fireflight are all flying with their nose landing gear down.
*When Silverbolt notifies Prime about the other Aerialbots leaving with Starscream, Prime's smokestacks are drawn totally wrong (they're white instead of gray and are sort of melting into his trailer).
* "I don't buy that story about everything being the Decepticons' fault" - Slingshot's chest is too wide, and his arms and head are too small.
*When Fireflight asks Orion what he does, Orion is drawn mouthing the words.
*The bottom of the screen has thin black lines on it for several shots just after the Aerialbots meet Orion.
*When Orion and the Aerialbots enter the loading bay for the first time, we see a vehicle that shares Dion's vehicle mode and colors unloading cargo. Right after that, Dion drives into the hangar from outside.
* Shockwave's chest window is colored the same purple as the rest of him as he flies over the loading docks.
*Skydive explains to Fireflight why Megatron wouldn't recognize them 9 million years in the past. Skydive is then shown mouthing Fireflight's "Huh?" reaction to his own statement. Huh?
* The next few shots suffer from some choppy editing. The scene abruptly cuts away from Slingshot asking "So what's the big deal?" to Megatron and Orion at the warehouse. Dion's line "Oh wow, it's one of those flying robots" gets cut off by a shot change, as does the background music.
* The cube-bots take off into the air, but their flight sound effect gets cut off half-way through the shot.
*Ariel is shown with the Aerialbots running back to the warehouse, but she's already in it (and gets shot down by Megatron) before they arrive. That was reused from the scene when Silverbolt said "That was Megatron".
*When Ariel is shot by Megatron, her cel is not properly aligned with the background, so one of her legs floats over the energon cubes.
*After all the fuss over those "new robots who can fly", Orion gets a jet sound effect as he jumps up to attack Megatron.
*As Megatron flies out of the warehouse, his cannon is on his left arm.
[[File:WarDawn-ThundercrackerPounding.jpg|thumb|right|200px| ]]
*Thundercracker (in addition to having the wrong voice) is missing the metallic flange in his voice as he notes how the guardian robots used to give the Decepticons "a pounding back in the old days." In the same shot, Skywarp's helmet seems to be drooping.
[[File:Wardawn wheeljack fixes kronosphere.jpg|thumb|right|200px| ]]
* As Wheeljack works on the Kronosphere, the inside rims of Optimus's chest-windows are glass blue instead of red, and Wheeljack's "ears" are curved when they should be straight.
*As Alpha Trion decides to rename Ariel into Elita One, his chin is white rather than gray.
*In the aerial shot of Megatron's transport drones entering the warehouse, they disappear before reaching the doorway.
*As the Aerialbots observe the drones entering the warehouse, the drones are colored like Dion rather than their correct olive green and purple. The error repeats a moment later as the last drones enter the warehouse.
* "...Then, blow it up." - the drones are shown driving in to the warehouse, in front of the cubes, but they're mislayered, miscolored and misplaced.

*When the Aerialbots return, they appear a few seconds apart for some reason. Silverbolt transforms immediately and is missing his side windows. The rest of the Aerialbots simply run out of the energy field, but they're also given transformation sounds (which doesn't make sense as they were already in their robot modes in the past).
*As the Aerialbots start to form Superion, Slingshot and Fireflight form Superion's legs while Skydive and Air Raid form his arms. While this is different to their traditional placement, as Scramble City-type limbs, not altogether "wrong". However, once Superion is complete, Slingshot and Skydive have morphed into each other, likewise for Fireflight and Air Raid, resulting in the "normal" Superion.
*Megatron and the Decepticons fly out of the building, but the next shot shows them flying ''over'' the hole on the roof rather than ''through'' it.
* As the Autobots walk off into the sunset, Slingshot's canopy disappears.
*The original broadcast version of the episode had the entirety of act two's soundtrack incorrectly played back at too slow a speed, noticeably pitching down the dialogue and music. This was corrected for the [[Kid Rhino]] DVDs, but when [[Shout! Factory]] went back to the broadcast masters for their original audio tracks, this error was re-introduced to their DVD of the episode in order to restore it to its original broadcast version.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:WarDawn Silverboltairways.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Splat'']]
[[File:Chronosphere.jpg|thumb|right|200px|It's a chaise lounge, but from... THE FUTURE!]]
* Superhuman hostages:
** The humans the Seekers dump at the beginning of the episode somehow don't die after plummeting several hundred feet and landing on the metal bodies of the Aerialbots. Your wiki editors are [[Attack of the Autobots (episode)|somehow]] [[A Prime Problem|unsurprised]] [[A Plague of Insecticons|by this.]]
* It is unclear why the Aerialbots (bar Silverbolt) are so impressed by the Seekers considering the ease with which the Decepticons were defeated.
*Optimus Prime somehow knows exactly what the Kronosphere is doing despite the fact he was out of earshot when Megatron said it.
* Silverbolt's line "That was Megatron...I'm sure of it" makes no sense - Fireflight and Skydive already identified him several scenes earlier.
* Speaking of these scenes, it's not clear at all why the Aerialbots are rushing back to the docks because of Megatron - they were ''at the docks'' when Megatron flew past, and were never shown leaving; and why is Ariel with them? Did the animators think she was supposed to be included with the... Aerialbots?
* In "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]", Optimus Prime had no idea that Alpha Trion was his creator, despite the fact he has a direct interaction with him here.
* Skydive's assertion that "there's no way we can get out of here" seems dubious - they're a combiner team!
* Flashbacks in this episode depict the Autobots on Cybertron nine million years ago using [[energon cube]]s, despite the pre-movie cartoon's otherwise-consistent presentation of the cubes as the province of Decepticons alone, about which the Autobots knew nothing before 1984. The actual term "energon" is never used to refer to the cubes in this episode, however, so it may be an error on the animation level, rather than the scripting level.

===Continuity notes===
*This takes place "a few weeks" after "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]", according to Optimus Prime.
* Starscream is seen effecting repairs on Skywarp.
*This episode introduces a lot of major mythological elements from the ''Generation 1'' cartoon, including the origin of Optimus Prime and [[Elita One]] and showing the start of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Great War]].
* While the Decepticons often threaten or injure humans, this is the first time they are shown explicitly trying to kill them via a direct act (Starscream dropping them from the sky).
*Coincidental or not, this episode marks the return of Starscream after a three episode hiatus, after Megatron seriously injured him in "Hoist Goes Hollywood".
* Cybertron has a river!
*The Aerialbots essentially succumb to that old time travel cliché of becoming their own grandfather, as they're instrumental in the (re-)creation of their own creator, Optimus Prime.
[[File:DieDionDie.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dion, dyin'.]]
*Dion's fate is never revealed. Fans have speculated that he was also rebuilt and reformatted by Alpha Trion into a familiar character, with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] being the two most popular suspects. Of course, it's entirely possible he simply died. ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' presented yet another outcome: he was rebuilt into... Dion.
*This episode is one of the two episodes before the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] featuring a genuine [[female Transformer]].
*The headless guardian robot reactivated by Megatron and co. is totally the same one Megatron decapitated in the past, and the ruined building housing the Kronosphere is the very same warehouse the Aerialbots destroyed.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Starscream's interior apparently has enough room for <strike>7</strike> <strike>14</strike> 10 humans.
** Shockwave repairs the Guardian Robot with beams from his eye.
*The events of the minicomic "[[64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP]]" take place around this time period, showing Megatron raiding more energon storage facilities.
*Dion's profile in ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' #4, "[[Wings of Honor]]", gave a name to the specific area of the docks which Orion and the others worked. [[Storage yard 67]] was named for [[e-HOBBY]] Orion Pax and Dion's [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese identification number]].

===Real-world references===
* Megatron asks who Optimus Prime is, and Optimus replies, "Your worst nightmare." A nod to Rambo, perhaps?
* The sound effect in the opening shot, as the three Decepticon jets swoop past the camera, is a common one used in many Loony Toons cartoons, particularly for the Roadrunner.
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effect:
** ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst as Silverbolt explains the importance of the "stupid humans".
** ''Falcon'' engine burst again as the Aerialbots take off on Cybertron.
** ''Falcon'' engine burst again as Orion (one of those old bots who can't fly) flies up to attack Megatron.
** Clashing [[lightsaber]]s as the fuel warehouse explodes.

===Trivia===
*In an interview on the [[Kid Rhino]] DVD set, writer David Wise says that the meeting between Orion Pax and Megatron happened differently in the original version of the script. Megatron was to blast Orion's arm off and then use it to decapitate him. Sunbow, fearing the scene was too violent, had it changed.
*For whatever reason, voice actor [[John Stephenson]] wasn't in this episode and thus Thundercracker and Alpha Trion had different voices; Alpha Trion's voice was [[Corey Burton]]'s, and Thundercracker's was that of voice director [[Wally Burr]]. Burr also filled in as [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] in "[[Kremzeek!]]" and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in "[[Masquerade]]".
* When Skywarp gets shot down, he transforms to robot mode. The same animation is used again, recolored, when Thundercracker gets shot down... and two more times on Cybertron when the jets approach the Aerialbots to talk. Hey, who would ever notice?
*Footage from this episode was used to represent a historical video in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", the opening movie for ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''. Most notably, a shot of Dion shielding his eyes with his hand was used out of context to represent an Autobot saluting.

===Foreign localization===

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Viaggio nel passato'''" ("Journey into the Past")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''L'alba della guerra'''" ("The Dawn of the War")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hikiokosa re ta Sensō'''" (ひきおこされた戦争, "The Caused War")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 12]], [[1986]]

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Na zarye voiny'''" (На заре войны, "At the Dawn of the War")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 12: "The Secret of Omega Supreme", "War Dawn", "A Plague of Insecticons" ([[Family Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn ([[Video Gems|A.M.T. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 5: Return to Cybertron ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[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]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (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'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

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

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Bumblebee (G1)

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He was known as '''Goldbug''' for a time in some continuities, when that wasn't a different guy.''
[[File:BumblebeeRIC.jpg|275px|thumb|Ahoy-hoy!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is one of the smallest and physically weakest Autobots. While his stature allows him to do his job better than most Autobots could manage, he is self-conscious about his size. Maybe this is why he makes fast friends among the humans. He looks up (so to speak) to the other Autobots, especially [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but what he doesn't realize is that ''they'' look up to ''him''. He may be small, but he's brave, and he's one of the most well-liked Autobots around. Bumblebee already has the respect he craves.

As '''Goldbug''' (or '''Goldfire''') —his [[Renaming|rebuilt]] and "matured" form—Bumblebee retains most of his earlier strengths and weaknesses, but without his crippling need for approval. (This is true of some "matured" versions of Bumblebee without new names or bodies, as well, but is quite markedly associated with the change to Goldbug).

His nicknames are '''Bee''' and '''Beeper'''.<ref>According to [[Jim Sorenson]], Bumblebee had Bee and Beeper listed as his nicknames in [[Bob Budiansky]]'s personal Transformers comic bible. Nicknames for other characters could be found in early ''[[The Transformers Universe|Universe]]''-style profiles published in [[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]. In the Marvel Comics, Blackrock referred to him as Bum.</ref>

{{quote|Some of my best friends are humans.|Bumblebee, on his kid-friendly nature|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:Bumblebeeplight.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|This iteration's not too fond of freelance peacekeeping agents.]]
{{Main|Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}

Bumblebee was one of the several [[Autobot]]s who were carving a path through space for their planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their spacecraft, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], forcing them to crash-land on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the [[human]] teenager [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]].

A few years later, Bumblebee was destroyed either by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] or [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] and rebuilt into a more formidable form, Goldbug. In this form he joined [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s and exiled the Autobots while they were under the rule of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. After being destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and the [[Underbase]], Goldbug was rebuilt by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] into a [[Pretender]] form and was restored as Bumblebee. He participated in the [[Matrix Quest]] and survived their race's united battle against the Chaos Bringer, [[Unicron]].
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:PlagueOfInsecticons Bumblebee and Spike hide.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|I wonder if he wanted a job as a mechanic?]]
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Bumblebee was one of the several [[Autobot]]s who were searching for energy when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their [[Ark (G1)|spacecraft]], forcing them to crash-land on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the [[human]] teenager [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]].

Bumblebee and Spike would remain friends up through Spike's adulthood, and were stationed on one of Cybertron's moons in 2005 after the Decepticons conquered Cybertron. Bumblebee survived [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron, and remained in action during the leadership of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]].

When Bumblebee was damaged badly during the [[Hate Plague]] outbreak in 2006, he had to be rebuilt into a new form, Goldbug. Goldbug would live to see the next Cybertronian Golden Age.
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===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:SearchForTreasure Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Bumblebee overheard the Decepticons plotting to raid sunken ships and warned the Autobots. The Autobots headed out in a ship built by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and Bumblebee was sent on an underwater scouting mission. Unfortunately he ran into [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who took him prisoner. The Autobots prevailed anyway. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}} On another occasion, Bumblebee was the only Autobot to escape being captured and put in a [[special Autobot prison]]. With [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s help, he created a diversion for the Decepticons in the form of a [[giant fake Autobot]] so he could rescue the others. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] sent Bumblebee and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] out scouting, and they spotted [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] mistaking a factory for an Autobot production plant. {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}} After rescuing Sparkplug and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] from the Decepticons, Bumblebee and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] were sent scouting and spotted the Decepticons attacking [[Hoover Dam]]. The pair went and alerted the other Autobots, and the dam was eventually saved. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}} When the Decepticons started draining gasoline using their [[molecular transfer device]], Bumblebee was one of the Autobots who broke into the Decepticon stronghold. He turned the weapon on the Decepticons, disabling them. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

Bumblebee was left guarding the base one day when he had to respond to a call from a rescue mission soon to arrive on Earth, leaving the base unguarded. He discovered too late that it was a diversion so the Decepticons could conquer the Ark and had to get the other Autobots to help him retake the base. {{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}} Bumblebee and the other Autobots were on vacation in the forest when they stumbled on the Decepticons wrecking the place. After a short battle, including Bumblebee causing [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to plunge off a cliff, the Decepticons retreated and the Autobots started cleaning up the forest. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

Upset at being dismissed by the other Autobots, Bumblebee drove into the nearby mountains. There, he spotted some incoming Decepticons who were using jet engine silencers, and rushed back to warn the others. Though [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] ignored his worries, Optimus Prime paid attention and the Decepticon attack was routed. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}}

{{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}} {{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}

Some Autobots, including Bumblebee and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], were out driving when they stopped for a break and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] told a story about a lost shipment of [[energon cube]]s. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}
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===Big Looker storybooks===
[[File:Battle For Cybertron SCALE.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] called for volunteers to help save their endangered world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bumblebee was the first to speak up. Their ship was attacked by [[Decepticon]]s and crashed on [[Earth]], where the [[Transformer]]s lay dormant for four million years. When they were finally repaired by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Bumblebee ventured outside and ran into [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and persuaded them to help repair the rest of the [[Autobot]]s. When the Autobots subsequently had to go into battle, the two humans were left in Bumblebee's care. The trio were able to warn the other Autobots when the Decepticons tried to flank them. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

[[File:GreatCarRally Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|150px]]
When the Autobots entered the [[Big Car Rally]], Bumblebee and Optimus waited at the finish line. Bumblebee spotted the fact that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was interfering with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], enabling the Autobot leader to lend a hand. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}} Bumblebee was one of the Autobots who responded when the Decepticons tried to hi-jack a truck, and drove the confused drivers back to the city. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

Bumblebee saw some Decepticons driving through a mountain pass, but waited until the next day when he, Optimus and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] were sitting under a tree to mention it. When [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] was captured by the Decepticons, Bumnblebee was among the Autobots who attacked the Decepticon base. Afterwards he joked that the Decepticons must have worse headaches than Grapple. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}} Bumblebee and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] took part in building work on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] stumbled on a Decepticon plan, Bumblebee and the other Autobots entered a car show and turned the tables on their foe. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===Ladybird Books===
[[File:AutobotsFightBack Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
Assigned a scouting mission by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]], Bumblebee sneaked into the Decepticon mountain stronghold and spied on them discussing plans to test their ion drive. Though he was spotted, he eluded [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] by blinding the cat in his headlights and returned to base to report to Prime. Bumblebee's subsequent scouting mission revealed that the Decepticons had already relocated to a testing site. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}} After a Decepticon attack on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Bumblebee and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] tailed [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] as he carried away his wounded comrades. While spying on the Decepticons, Bumblebee had to evade [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] by hiding in his Volkswagen form. While hiding, he was so deep in thought that he was almost picked up by a magnet, but Spike managed to save him and he reported back to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

===Colorforms audiobooks continuity===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Bumblebee and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to plant false information indicating that the Autobots had located a new source of energy in order to mislead the Decepticons. Unfortunately the Autobots were still left with the problem that they actually needed to locate a new source of energy. {{storylink|Sun Raid}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
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When the Autobots discovered that the Decepticons were kidnapping humans, Bumblebee volunteered to be the one to scout the enemy base. After sneaking inside thanks to the carelessness of [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], he spotted the missing humans being used for slave labor, and also managed to steal the [[global crystal]] from the Decepticons' computer. He managed to escape the Decepticon base and hid at the bottom of a lake while the Decepticons searched fruitlessly. Bumblebee's report and the stolen global crystal allowed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to force the Decepticons to free their prisoners. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

Bumblebee, along with [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] maintained a 24-hour watch on the Decepticon base in shifts. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} He didn't like the very idea of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defecting to the Autobots. Bumblebee spied on the Decepticon base until he saw Megatron's forces leaving on the wild goose chase which Optimus and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had tricked Starscream into sending them on. The Autobots were then able to destroy the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
{{Note|As the following stories are [[multipath adventure]]s, details will vary depending on the path taken. See individual pages for information on alternate paths.}}
====Dinobots Strike Back====
[[File:DinobotsStrikeBackBumbleandSkidsinSub.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In a path where Mirage used a hologram of Optimus Prime to lure the four [[cerebro-shell]]-controlled [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] over the edge of [[Bandit's Bluff]] and into the ocean, Bumblebee was one of the Autobots crewing [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray's]] that helped haul the unconscious quartet aboard for safe transport back to the Ark.

In an alternate path, Optimus Prime assigned [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and Bumblebee to investigate suspicious activity in [[Dolphin's Bay]] using [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] [[star mini-submarine|new mini-sub]]. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], considering himself the best water-fighter, also wanted in on the mission, but Optimus could tell that Bumblebee and Skids didn't want him along.

If Optimus sent the pair without Sludge, they faced the option of detouring down a suspicious trail through the woods. If they did, a trap landed them in a cell in a supermodern lab, where [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Gravedigger]] disassembled them and used their remains as the first components of the [[Autobot Memorial Power Plant]].

If they continued to Dolphin's Bay and the sub, they traced electromagnetic waves back to some [[black coral]]. Bumblebee exited the hatch to break a piece off, triggering an explosion which trapped him in a canyon beneath broken columns of crimson coral. Without underwater gear, Skids's only options were to use the computer to translate some nearby dolphins' language and ask them for help, or go back to the channel where he could radio Seaspray. If he went back for help, Seaspray used his laser to free Bumblebee, but then [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] blew all three of them up with a cluster bomb. If Skids tried translating the dolphins' language, he succeeded in five minutes, talking the three largest dolphins into moving the broken coral. Bumblebee brought the black coral and his report back to Optimus Prime, ensuring an Autobot victory.

If Prime ''did'' include Sludge on Bumblebee and Skids's mission, Bumblebee used an underwater cave to infiltrate [[Mount Lomas]], where he heard [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] making a speech about Operation Black Coral vanquishing the Autobots in less than a day. He radioed the info to Skids, but [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] intercepted the transmission. Bumblebee dove back into the water, only to be paralyzed by the sonic attack of [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. From that point, there are four possible endings, all of which include an Autobot victory and Bumblebee's rescue. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}
====Battle Drive====
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{{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Attack of the Insecticons====
Bumblebee was present while Ironhide was testing a new device of Sparkplug's invention, the Sun-Pak. When the Decepticons subsequently ambushed the Autubots' underground testing facility to steal the Sun-Pak, Bumble found a tunnel and possible escape route for the Autobots to use. He informed Optimus Prime of this passage, and awaited his leader's decision on whether to use the escape route, or continue to fight the Decepticons, despite the Autobots' waning power levels.

If the Optimus decides to not only fight the Decepticons, but have all the Autobots concentrate their fire upon Starscream, refusing the Decepticon's surrender even once the odds have turned against the leader of the Decepticons' raiding party, the Decepticons manage to kidnap Sparkplug. Bumblebee, alongside Blaster and Buster, are sent on a rescue mission while the rest of the Autobots return to base to recharge. Tracking Starscream's location to a museum in the suburbs, Bumblebee is forced to wait outside, in the museum's parking lot, while Buster and a disguised Blaster investigate. If Blaster and Buster later return to Bumblebee for assistance, informing the little yellow Autobot that Starscream and Bombshell are alone in the museum with their captive, and intend to use a Cerebro-Shell to mind-control Sparkplug, Bumblebee formulates a plan. Using Bumblebee's speed and Blaster's Electro-Scramblers, the Autobots spoil Bombshell's aim and have him hit Starscream with his Cerebro-Shell in-lieu of Sparkplug. The easily manipulated Seeker is then tricked by the Autobots to release Sparkplug and forestall Bombshell, as Bumblebee, Blaster, Buster and Sparkplug make their way to Autobot base, laughing all the way at the Decepticons' misfortune.

If Optimus decides to have his Autobots follow Bumblebee into the tunnel the little yellow Autobot discovered at any point during their initial encounter with the Decepticon forces, Bumblebee encounters a fork in the tunnel that he admits was not there when he first discovered the tunnel. Not knowing which leads to the surface, the Autobots are once again forced to make a choice. And though one tunnel does indeed lead to the surface, the other leads to the Insecticons' nest!

In the event that the Autobots choose the tunnel leading to the surface, the Autobots lose possession of the Sun-Pak to the Insecticons nonetheless. If Optimus decides to have the Autobots return to base to refuel in light of these events, Bumblebee is the one to discover the booby-trapped Sun-Pak in Decepticon territory once the Autobots have ventured there in an attempt to diplomatically retrieve the device from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

===''Legends'' anthology===
Bumblebee, Spike, and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] happened upon a badly damaged [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] while out racing. Bumblebee convinced the others to bring Starscream back to the Ark for repairs, under the rationale that while Starscream wouldn't have done the same for them, they weren't Decepticons. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

Bumblebee dropped Spike off at school and waited around in the carpark, where he was stolen by two car thieves, [[Jack (thief)|Jack]] and [[Rick (thief)|Rick]]. The Autobot let them have some fun for a while before taking control and giving them the ride of their lives. After letting them out, Bumblebee went back to pick up Spike, who wondered why the seat was wet. {{storylink|Joyride (story)|Joyride}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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At the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee was part of an Autobot unit defending [[Altihex]] from the Decepticons, but it was ultimately declared a lost cause. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] had to pull him aboard the shuttle once they realized there was nothing left to do. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ordered him, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and others to the ruins of [[Praxus]], where Grimlock declared that if the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was unable to lead successfully, they would take control of the war's leadership... and take out the Prime. Bumblebee was among the group that was present for the Matrix transfer ceremony, where Optronix became [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. When a Decepticon assassination squad arrived and Optimus kicked some exhaust port, Bumblebee declared that he was "awesome". However, Prime then ordered the Autobots to prepare an evacuation of Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} When Prime went underground looking for Megatron, Bumblebee was surprised he'd gone alone, but the Autobots suddenly had bigger problems, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with a host of Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During the attack, Bumblebee manned a turret in the [[Decagon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Eventually, Prowl ordered the Autobots to take them on individually, and Bumblebee went out carrying a cannon that was as [[Scale|big]] as him. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Bumblebee survived the destruction of Iacon, and Prime reversed his order of evacuation. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} During the Dark Ages and the disappearance of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee remained with Prowl's faction of Autobots, huddled in the ruins of Iacon. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

[[File:DWPrimeDirective2 Bumblebee destruction.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Someone has to pay for the little things.]]
Bumblebee was one of the Ark crew that crashed on Earth and awoke in 1984. During that time, he met Spike Witwicky, becoming close friends with the human. In 1999, the Autobots and humans allied and managed to capture the Decepticons, taking them in the ''[[Ark II]]'' back to Cybertron, along with [[Magnificent Seven|seven humans]], including [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], Spike's father. However, the ''Ark II'' was sabotaged by rogue elements of the United States military (apparently as part of a plan by Shockwave). {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} The humans were all killed, but a number of Transformers, including Bumblebee, survived, but in [[stasis lock]]. Bumblebee's body was recovered by [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], but Rook stole Bumblebee and a number of other Transformers, selling them to various terrorists. Megatron broke free, and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], being dicks, disassembled and played with Bumblebee's various components. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

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Optimus Prime's team later rescued him and the remaining Autobots, and they were all put to work in combating Megatron's techno-virus. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} Unfortunately, the [[Canada|Canadian]] military, skittish over the recent Transformer violence, attacked the Autobots. Despite this, Bumblebee tried to save as many of the soldiers as he could before the virus could kill them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

''In the following weeks, the Autobots tried their best to re-establish good relations with the people of Earth, but had little luck. After Optimus Prime, Megatron, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] vanished from the streets of Tokyo with roughly 200 human civilians, the public was understandably critical of the Transformers and their war. Bumblebee didn't help any when [[Chris Killah]], a reporter for MNT, interviewed him on the scene while he and Prowl were looking for clues to the disappearance. Bumblebee's knowledge of Earth idioms and slang normally worked to the Autobots' benefit, but he got "stage fright" in front of the TV cameras and referred to the massive property damage and loss of human life as a "bummer". Duuuuude...no. ''

''With both sides effectively leaderless at first, Bumblebee and Prowl did their best to contain the fallout of Megatron and Prime's disappearance. Acting on a tip, they tracked [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to an airport in [[Mesa Verde]], [[Mexico]], where he was running guns with some human terrorists. The battle was memorable, but brief, thanks largely to the arrival of the renegade Autobot known as Grimlock. Having heard the Starscream had taken over the human city of [[Las Vegas]], Grimlock had commissioned a human black ops army and invited Bumblebee and Prowl to join him in assaulting the Decepticon position. Already frustrated at the [[United Nations]]' orders to stay out of Vegas, for fear of civilian casualties, Bumblebee and Prowl accepted the offer. After fighting their way through [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the other [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] on the outskirts of town, the Autobots managed to make it to the center of the Strip to confront Soundwave. Fortunately, the Autobots had long since developed internal jammers to prevent Soundwave from reading their thoughts during a battle, but that didn't make things easy. Fighting their way around the casinos, Bumblebee finally collapsed a massive neon sign on top of Soundwave, temporarily ending the fight. Bumblebee and Prowl's luck turned sour, though, with the arrival of Starscream and the mighty Devastator. The sudden appearance of a spatial gateway depositing Optimus and the other lost Transformers, along with their captors the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], was just one set of complications on top of another. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

Sometime later, the Autobots received visitors from Cybertron. Representing a united Cybertronian government of both Autobots and Decepticons, they claimed the Transformers on Earth were a throwback to darker days, and wanted to take them into custody to prevent their "anachronistic" feud from upsetting Cybertron's populace. The Autobots under Optimus Prime split into two groups, with Bumblebee and several others joining their leader in surrendering to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s forces, while Jazz led a small group away from the Ark to continue monitoring activities on Earth. Once they arrived on Cybertron, it became clear that there was a rotten core to the new government, namely [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Bumblebee and the other Autobots from Earth joined up with a resistance movement and helped overthrow Shockwave's reign, reinstating Autobot rule over Cybertron. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

[[File:Bumblebeebattlemask.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|25 years before someone realized his toy has no face.]]
After Cybertron settled down, Bumblebee commanded the Autobot Shuttle ''[[Orion]]'' and a small crew, travelling back to Earth with supplies for Jazz's team at the Ark. Starscream and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were in the midst of an attack on the Ark when the ''Orion'' arrived. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The little ship managed to damage [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] significantly before the super-powerful zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] shorted out its engines and it crashed. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} After [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sacrificed himself to stop Sunstorm, Bumblebee deserted the Autobot army (for no stated reason). {{storylink|Atonement}} He headed to Spike's house, but Spike, resentful of the death of Sparkplug, lashed out at him. Afterward, Spike finally realized he was being harsh on his old friend, and the two went for a night on the town, where they stopped a mugging. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
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{{note|The closure of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] means we will never know if Bumblebee returned to the Autobots or if he and Spike formed a crime-fighting duo.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
Bumblebee was aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on Earth millions of years in the past, leaving its passengers deactivated. Along with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], he was sealed off from the rest of the crew in the crash, and therefore avoided capture when [[Cobra]] broke into the ship and stole the dormant Transformers therein. Bumblebee and Wheeljack were eventually revived by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletran-One]], only to find their friends missing. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Attempting to find the missing Transformers, Bumblebee disguised himself as a Volkswagen Beetle, an altmode that really got on his nerves after months of fruitless searching. Eventually, Wheeljack came up with some leads on Cobra's next target, while Bumblebee just grumbled that Wheeljack got all the good [[Hologram|holographic]] drivers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} When Cobra attacked the [[SPS Research Facility]], the Autobots were waiting for them, and Bumblebee punched out a brainwashed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] before helping [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s [[Laser Squad]] get out of some rubble. Unfortunately, the humans didn't quite trust the giant robots, and [[Cover Girl]] fired a missile at 'Bee, who ''grabbed the projectile in mid-air'' and threw it at Rumble instead. He and Wheeljack eventually convinced G.I. Joe they were good guys, and the humans provided them with the information needed to undo Cobra's reprogramming of the other Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

As G.I. Joe prepared to attack [[Cobra Island]], Bumblebee and Wheeljack came with them. However, the United States government preferred nuke the island and dissect the two aliens at [[Area 51]], and Bumblebee was struck with a magnetic pulse and incapacitated. Luckily, Wheeljack convinced [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] that a nuclear strike on Cobra's [[energon]] stockpile would lead to worldwide devastation, so G.I. Joe broke orders and took the Autobots with them to attack Cobra Island anyway. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Upon arrival, Bumblebee watched as the [[SPS Satellite]]'s energy beam struck an energy-gathering dish on the island, then helped G.I. Joe take down [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] after the giant Decepticon killed [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

It soon transpired that the United States government were sending the nukes regardless of G.I. Joe's presence on the island, so the Autobots and humans made their way to the SPS Satellite's controls, where Bumblebee found a cowering [[Doctor Mindbender]]. While Mindbender was forced to calibrate the satellite's beams to shoot down the approaching nuclear warheads, the facility came under attack by [[Storm Shadow]], [[Firefly]] and various Cobra troopers. During the battle, Bumblebee defeated Storm Shadow and his heavily damaged [[S.N.A.K.E.]] suit. He then cheered as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] defeated Megatron and shot down the SPS Satellite, and he later returned to Cybertron aboard a new ''Ark''. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Two years later, Bumblebee was sent back through time to [[1970]]'s [[San Francisco]] by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], and was left dormant in the form of a Ford Pinto. He was found and reactivated by several G.I. Joes and Cobra members sent to get him back to the future, but both Bumblebee and [[Zartan]] were disappointed with his altmode compared to the much fancier car his fellow time-lost Autobot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] turned into. After hunting down [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in the same era, the team returned to their own time. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Back on present-day Cybertron, Bumblebee and the others had no choice but to wait inside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s force field until the three other teams returned with more lost Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} When the whole affair was over, Bumblebee curiously inspected Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

An agreement was made between the Autobots and G.I. Joe to decommission any Cybertronian technology left on Earth, and Bumblebee was sent back to Earth along with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], the last of whom he was very flirty with. When [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] came under attack from Cobra, Bumblebee noticed that [[Cobra Commander]] was using the attack as a diversion to infiltrate the facility's lower levels. He pursued the Commander, but was rendered unconscious when Zartan planted an electromagnetic scrambler on him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Just when Cobra Commander was about to smash the robot's face in with a lead pipe, the other Autobots and G.I. Joes arrived and saved him. While Arcee was worried about his low energy levels, Bumblebee assured her that seeing her was all the recharge he needed. However, it was soon revealed what Cobra Commander had come for: [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], a biotechnological weapon created from Megatron's remains. He was also just as power-hungry as Megatron, and took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joe's battle suits]] and pitted them against the four Autobots to distract them while he warped to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

[[File:GIJoevsTFArtofwar3 BumblebeeDeath.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Crossovers are not kind to Bumblebee.]]

[[File:JoeTF ArtofWar5 BumblebeeMemorial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Here Lies 'Bee / Only Time He Had A Girl In Any Continui-ty]]

Along with a group of Joes, the Autobots followed Serpent O.R. to their home planet, and ended up getting attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s in a junkyard. As they retreated to avoid human casualties, Bumblebee tried to extort a kiss from Arcee if he could outrace her, but she upped the bet by offering to rotate his tires if he could pull it off. Bumblebee accelerated in anticipation... and drove straight into [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], who stomped him unconscious. Serpent O.R., who had recruited Predaking alongside various other Decepticons, complimented the little Autobot's courage and resilience, noting that he could probably survive with the proper medical attention. Then he crushed Bumblebee to death with his tentacles. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the defeat of Serpent O.R., a funeral was held for Bumblebee and a statue was built in his honor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

Bumblebee's death had a large impact on Optimus Prime, who blamed himself for his friend's death. Unwilling to send anyone else to their death, he went on a dangerous mission on Earth all by himself. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|Black Horizon, Part 1}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
After laying dormant among the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years, Bumblebee and his friends were reactivated in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attacked [[Cobra]]'s headquarters in the archipelago. He was reformatted into a [[World War II]]-era motorcycle, complete with sidecar, and thought Optimus Prime was a bit pessimistic when he worried that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] might no longer exist. {{storylink|Transformed}} The Autobots subsequently joined G.I. Joe on their mission to eliminate Cobra and their Decepticon allies. Bumblebee overheard [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] discussing that [[Snake-Eyes]] had vanished, and tried to reassure [[Scarlett]] that the missing Joe would show up eventually. Before long, the group came under attack from Cobra paratroopers, but the bullets merely bounced off Bumblebee, who happily suggested that the Autobots should try out their new bodies in action. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}}

Upon entering combat, the Autobots were faced with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who was easily taking out the larger tank Autobots with his earthquakes. While Bumblebee was busy explaining who Rumble was, Scarlett commandeered him (noting how "sweet" it was that he had never been driven before) and drove into action, jumping above the Decepticon and destroying him with a grenade. Bumblebee felt that he and Scarlett made a nice team, and sheepishly told her that she could drive him anytime. How cheeky! {{storylink|Wolves}} When they reached Cobra's fortress, the [[Terrordrome]], the Autobots were attacked by a raging [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], whom Bumblebee noted that he had never seen before. In the end, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] had to be destroyed in order to stop Bruticus, which killed Bumblebee and all the other Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{note|For information pertaining to Goldbug, a separate individual in the IDW continuity, see [[Goldbug (IDW)]].}}
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Having been part of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax's]] team during the latter days of the Decepticon uprising and [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s reign, millions of years later, Bumblebee was a member of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl's]] tactical response unit, stationed on Earth, and aided [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] in tracking down the original Decepticon [[infiltration protocol|infiltration bunker]], while noting that the doctor's human friends were ultimately "acceptable losses" if it came to it.

After the Decepticon [[Surge (event)|Surge]] and their subsequent retreat from Earth, Optimus Prime gave himself up to [[Skywatch]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] took a splinter group with the aim of getting off the planet by any means necessary, Bumblebee was elected leader by the remaining Autobots. What followed was a leadership in a constant state of crisis, as few respected his authority, with many continuing to defer to the returned Optimus Prime. After the Chaos War, Bumblebee found himself in nominal charge of the reborn Cybertron as Optimus Prime once again departed, this time in the face of a hostile [[NAIL|civilian population]], and the renamed "Rodimus" again took a splinter group of Autobots elsewhere, this time on a quixotic quest for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. Played by all, an uprising led by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] proved the final straw for the civilian "NAILs" with both factions, and with [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] renouncing his faction and grasping the opportunity, both Bumblebee's Autobots and the Decepticons were exiled to the Cybertronian wilderness.

===''Hearts of Steel''===
In an alternate universe, the Transformers landed on Earth before the Ice Age, taking on the forms of dinosaurs and giant insects. When the climate became too cold for [[Ice Age Wars|the war]] to continue, Bumblebee and the other Autobots entered into [[stasis lock]] to prevent further damage. Thousands of years later, Bumblebee awoke to the age of humans from the noise of John Henry's hammering. Bumblebee was impressed by the humans' industriousness, and disguised himself as a small steam locomotive with no control cab, and a built in steam-hammer for driving spikes. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Initially, 'Bee directly competed with steel-driving legend [[John Henry]]. After Bumblebee revealed himself in robot form to Henry, Henry set aside his mistrust of automation after realizing that Bumblebee was a living being (not just a machine) who wanted to put in a fair day's work. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

Bumblebee woke several of his fellow Autobots, who soon discovered that the Decepticons were also active in this era. After taking on locomotive alt modes themselves, {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Bumblebee, the Autobots, and their new human friends worked together to prevent the Decepticons' mighty [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] from reaching [[New York City]]. With the Decepticons defeated, Bumblebee and the Autobots returned to their slumber. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

As the Autobots learned of the rise of an [[Elder God]], they realized they needed the power of Optimus Prime, but didn't have enough energy to awaken him from stasis lock. Disguising himself in a new streetcar mode, Bumblebee made contact with [[Tobias Muldoon]], an inventor he had befriended during his earlier adventure, and requested his help in gathering electricity. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1}}

{{note|Bumblebee's pre-locomotive "Ice Age Wars" [[Alternate mode|altmode]] appears to be a spiky dinosaur, possibly a [[Wikipedia:Gastonia (dinosaur)|Gastonia]]. He also has a transitional body, while he is preparing to take on his locomotive form, which is similar to his dinosaur body, but with no spikes.}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Timelines-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|You know you want me, baby.]]
Having been on the trail of the Decepticon agent [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] for a long, long time, now-[[espionage director]] Bumblebee made his move, interrupting a supposedly-secure secret communication between Flamewar and the [[Tripredacus Council]]. He revealed that his agent, [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] had installed a degenerating virus into [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Virulent Clone|clone army]]. Oh, and that since the Autobots now ''knew'' Flamewar's whereabouts and who she was working for, the Tripredacus Council would certainly consider her a liability. Which they did. So they blew [[Flamewar's ship|her ship]] up. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}

That's cold, Bee. Real cold.

{{note|Bumblebee appears in his unreleased [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]] body.}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===

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When [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Megatron]] and the Decepticons attacked Earth in the 21st century, Bumblebee and the Autobots were there to stop them. During a battle in Tokyo, Bumblebee got the drop on [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Starscream]], dousing him with a fire engine's hose and leaving him open for a thrashing from [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}}

Later, Bumblebee helped shield human bystanders from injury when [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Astrotrain]] went on a rampage, {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} and cheered when they were joined in their fight by [[Hot Rod (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

Bumblebee was last seen helping to once more protect humans when the Decepticons attacked a power plant with their newest member, the reluctant [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===

[[File:Henkei chpt 01 first meeting.jpg|thumb|During Autobot gymnastics tryouts for the 2012 Olympics: DISQUALIFIED.]]

Bumblebee was part of a small Autobot team led by Optimus Prime who left Cybertron to pursue the [[Energon Cube]] through space. When the giant energy source crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Bumblebee and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater, and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities. Despite their attempts at remaining unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s Roswell.

[[File:Henkei bumblebee and wataru.jpg|left|thumb|20 years later, Wataru still has this hanging on his wall.]]

Eleven years later, the driverless vehicle-mode Bumblebee was spotted by a schoolchild in the vicinity of the [[Star Dome]], a building since constructed over the Cube crater. Hearing the story from this witness, fame-seeking schoolboy [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] ditched school to investigate the Star Dome, only for coincidence to lead him to step right in front of the speeding Bumblebee! Bumblebee was forced to transform and vault over the boy to prevent injuring him, but was able to make his escape before Wataru got a good look at him. Bumblebee hastily continued on his way to the Star Dome, and arrived to find it under attack by [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ramjet]]. Wataru, too, had made it to the Dome, and Bumblebee saved him from Starscream before realizing with surprise that he was the same boy from earlier. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} The other Autobots soon arrived to join the fight, and Bumblebee tried to protect Wataru from injury by scooping him up and tossing him to the relative safety of the stands. For his trouble, the small Autobot was pinned by Starscream, but Wataru returned the favor by blinding the Decepticon with a fire extinguisher. The battle was then joined by the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Megatron]], who attempted to make an example of Bumblebee and Wataru by blasting them with his fusion cannon, but at the last second, Optimus Prime was apparently able to deflect Megatron's shot with one of his own. Megatron covered the Decepticons' subsequent retreat by collapsing a part of the Star Dome, but Bumblebee protected Wataru from the rubble by shielding him with his own body. The pair then properly introduced themselves to one another, and Wataru was invited into the Autobots' base for an explanation. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}}

[[File:Henkei bumblebee medical treatment.jpg|thumb|Who knew alien-robots can be [[Wikipedia:Trypanophobia|trypanophobic]].]]

Bumblebee and Prime showed Wataru through their base on their way to the medical bay, where Bumblebee was to be treated for repairs. Bumblebee did not relish Optimus's medical ministrations, and the two Autobots were so busy trying to get through the process that they did not notice Wataru touching the large shard of the Energon Cube that they had recovered in their time on Earth. A bizarre energy discharge resulted that not only showed the Autobots images of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|another time and place]], but also healed all of Bumblebee's wounds. Prime pulled Wataru away from the shard and things returned to normal, leaving Bumblebee and the boy to marvel over what had occurred, and Prime to ponder what it might mean. Bumblebee then took Wataru back to school, but when he nearly blabbed everything that had happened to him to the assembled teachers, students and police, Bumblebee was forced to bump into him from behind shut him up. Unfortunately for 'Bee, he then had to beat a hast retreat as the police came chasing after him for his "hit and run" offense! {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

Bumblebee was next called into action when Starscream attacked a hydro-electric power plant with the help of his brainwashed comrade, [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} Once again, Bumblebee tried to save Wataru from the Decepticons and was blasted as a result. This time, however, the pair were both saved by Skyfire, who was struggling against the mind-controlling influence of the helmet Starscream had placed on his head. All the combatants were shocked when a surge of familiar surge of energy erupted from Wataru's body; again, Bumblebee's wounds were healed, and Skyfire was empowered to overcome the helmet. Skyfire helped fend the Decepticons off and joined the Autobots, returning with them to their base where Prime explained to Bumblebee what he had come to understand about Wataru: he was a being known as a "[[Booster]]", born with the ability to control the energies of the Energon Cube. Both Bumblebee and Wataru were very excited at the idea that Wataru would now be able to help the Autobots in their fight. {{storylink|Wataru's Power}}

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{{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}} {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}} {{storylink|The Threat of Galvatron}} {{storylink|Revenge (Henkei)|Revenge}} {{storylink|A Nightmare, Once Again}} {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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==="Universe" cartoon===
[[File:FfE Bumblebee.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Is he Schwarzebee… or Bumblenegger?]]
Bumblebee and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] were out for a drive when they discovered [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] mining fuel near an abandoned [[Rock-It Fuel|gas station]]. Bumblebee wanted to rush in but Optimus Prime suggested they create a diversion. They caused an explosion which distracted Cyclonus. Bumblebee attacked and kept him busy while Optimus Prime snuck up and hit him over the head with his [[energon-axe]]. Megatron chose to blow up the mining operation and retreat with Cyclonus. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee drove off leaving the flaming wreckage of the mining operation behind. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}
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===Bee in the City 2: Electric Boogaloo===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Dan Gilvezan]]

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===''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''===
[[File:Mars Attacks The Transformers - Bumblebee translates.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66]]
In the aftermath of another battle, Bumblebee sat on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. When the city was abruptly invaded by [[Martian]]s, he sought cover with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], but opted not to translate what the Martians were saying for his human friend. The Autobots and Decepticons formed an alliance to escape a Martian force field, during which Bumblebee suggested maybe Megatron could ease up on the attitude a tad. Once they'd seen off the Martian invaders, Bumblebee and the other Autobots quickly realized that the Decepticons regarded the truce as over. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}

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==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
Bumblebee was amongst the Autobots abducted and held captive by the Decepticons, prompting Optimus Prime to enter the Decepticons' maze-like base in a rescue operation. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}
===The Transformers (1985)===
Bumblebee was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth===
[[File:C64Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Along with his fellow Autobots, Bumblebee protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}
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===Transformers: Mystery of Convoy===
Bumblebee could come to Ultra Magnus's (or Rodimus Prime's) aid under special circumstances at certain points during the mission to uncover Optimus Prime's whereabouts. Upon destroying a red, white and orange seeker, Ultra Magnus/Rodimus Prime would be escorted by Bumblebee to another location, allowing to bypass entire areas that the Autobot would have to otherwise battled their way through. The first possible instance of this occurring is in the [[Temple Ruins]], with Bumblebee leading the Autobot warrior to the [[Subspace Zone]]. Bumblebee could come to the Autobot's aid once more in the [[Glacier Zone]], leading them directly to the [[Underground Machine City]].{{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
Bumblebee was one of [[Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon army. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Jack Merluzzi]]

Bumblebee was one of the Autobots present on [[Zel Samine]] during the Decepticon attacks. He joined up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s party after they secured the wind power plant from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Sector Seven'' game===
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===Transformers G1: Awakening===
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Bumblebee was among the Autobots who left Cybertron in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after the ship crashed on Earth thanks to a Decepticon attack. When he woke up, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] gave him the news that most of the other Autobots were damaged and needed [[energon]] to wake them up. Bumblebee was soon put to work gathering energy from nearby power plants. He was soon overjoyed when Optimus Prime was recovered enough to lead them again. After discovering the Decepticon [[space bridge]], the Autobots used it to return to Cybertron, only to find that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered it. Stripped of their weapons, they were imprisoned, but Bumblebee and Ratchet soon escaped and freed their fellows, leading to an escape back to Earth.

Following more adventures on Earth, including helping [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and repelling an assault on the Ark, Bumblebee and the other Autobots returned to Cybertron, intending to free their enslaved fellows there. Bumblebee scouted the fortress, allowing them to take out the defenses by taking out the power generators. After fighting their way through more Decepticons, Optimus and Bumblebee found themselves confronting Shockwave himself. Though Prime ordered Bumblebee to go free as many Autobots as possible, Bumblebee staunchly stood by his leader, and they soon defeated Shockwave with Grimlock's help. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===Transformers Legends===
In the early days of the war, Bumblebee and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] battled [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], who were under orders to breach Iacon's defences. The Autobots emerged victorious when [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] awakened and joined the fray. {{storylink|Assault on Iacon}}

Bumblebee, having received impressive new upgrades making him capable of "incredible feats of bravery and heroism", recruited Gears, Huffer, and Beachcomber to form the [[Bee Team]], a secret strike force. The Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], led by [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], managed to stop them attacking Decepticon bases. {{storylink|The Bee Team}} Bumblebee took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} Bumblebee led a team including [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to hunt down the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] before they could do too much damage to the Autobot forces. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives (Legends)|Call of the Primitives}} Bumblebee and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] spent a night out testing [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s new sound system, only to return to base and find that the other Autobots had been turned evil thanks to Megatron's sabotage of the [[recharging chamber]]. While Sparkplug worked on an antidote, Bumblebee and Jazz went to halt the Autobot attack on [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his minions set their sights on the secrets of [[Gravitronic Energy]], Bumblebee and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] had to save the human scientists and their research. {{storylink|Box Trap}}

====Dark Cybertron====
{{note|As a tie-in with the IDW [[Dark Cybertron|crossover]], it's unclear if the happenings in this event are meant to fit in with mainstream ''Legends'' continuity.}}
Bumblebee was among the Transformers who attempted to make contact with the [[Necrotitan]], and subsequently had to battle it. {{storylink|Revelation (Legends)|Revalation}}

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
* The original Bumblebee toy was taken from the Japanese ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' line, where it was available in yellow, red, and blue versions.
* Bumblebee appeared in one of five [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[public service announcement]]s, informing children that they shouldn't run away from home because it's "mean". This from the guy who ditched the Autobots for no real reason.
[[File:PretenderBumblebeeModel.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Bumblebee's rarely-seen Classic Pretenders character model. (Optimus Prime wants Goldbug back.)]]
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Bumblebee the alternate French language name "Bonnebille". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown. No such thing in Quebec for sure.
* When Bumblebee reappeared in the Marvel Comics as a [[Classic Pretender]], he returned to his original toy's [[character model]], rather than one based on his new form. A new character model did appear in various toy commercials, however. These included one which introduced him and the other Classic Pretenders, and one where he and Jazz stupidly drag [[Micromaster]] bases into Autobot headquarters, causing everyone to flee when they transform and attack.
* According to [[Battle for Cybertron]], Bumblebee is a code-name.
* Bumblebee/Goldbug was clearly a "top-tier" character in the first decade of ''Transformers'': he was the only 1984 Autobot still shipping in 1986; he received more toys during Generation 1 than any other character; he had a toy shipping during seven of Generation 1's eight-year run. However, [[Hasbro]] lost the right to use "Bumblebee" as a toy [[trademark]] during the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' years, when Generation 1 names were in disuse. That's right, the name "Bumblebee" was lost during the years everyone turned into animals.
* The ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Mini-Con]], [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] is pretty clearly an [[homage]] to Bumblebee, from the coloration, placement of car-parts in robot mode, segmented-pipe biceps and even the head design.
* A robot using Bumblebee's character model is shown in a still-shot flashback as a member of the Autobot group led by [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Whether this robot is an alternate-universe incarnation of Bumblebee or simply a similar-looking robot is—like all [[Unicron Trilogy]] character-model cameos—left to conjecture.
* Goldbug was actually a preliminary name for Bumblebee during early treatments for the Marvel Comics!<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2010-bob-budiansky-panel-coverage-170041/ Bob Budiansky BotCon Panel Coverage]</ref>
* In the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]], [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] is a separate character who co-exists with Bumblebee.
*A vehicle resembling Bumblebee's alternate mode appears at the end of ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumble''' (バンブル ''Banburu''), '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī''), '''Goldback''' (Goldbug, ゴールドバック ''Gōrudobakku''), '''Goldbug''' (ゴールドバグ ''Gōrudobagu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Czech:'' '''Čmelák''' ("Bumblebee")
*''French:'' '''Bourdon''' (Canada, "Bumblebee"), '''Coccinelle''' (Canada, "Ladybug" or "Beetle")<ref>The Volkswagen Beetle was called "Coccinelle" in French areas, which is the French word for ladybug.</ref>
*''Hebrew:'' '''Dabúr''' (דבור, "Hornet")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrdongó''' ("Space-bumblebee"), '''Dongó''' (''The Movie'', "Bumblebee"), '''Aranybogár''' ("Goldbug")
*''Italian:'' '''Maggiolino''' ("Beetle"), '''Wagenbot''' (Goldbug), '''Saetta''' ("Set Commandos" four-pack)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dà-huáng-fēng''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Polish:'' '''Trzmiel''' ("Bumblebee")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Moscardo''' (Portugal comics, "Hornet"), '''Furão''' (Brazil comics, "Ferret")
*''Russian:'' '''Shershen'''' (dub, Шершень, "Hornet")
*''South American:'' '''Volks'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Dzhmil"''' (ICTV, Джміль, "Bumblebee")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Bumblebee Bumblebee's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Goldbug Goldbug's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=whitemexbee White Mexican Bumblebee gallery at TF-1.com]

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Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1

2014-07-23T11:18:14Z

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|image=DesertionDinobots1 resignation.JPG
|caption=Like nobody saw this coming miles away.
|title="Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1"
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|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
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'''The Dinobots abandon the Autobots as both the Autobots and Decepticons begin to suffer malfunctions.'''

==Synopsis==
At a laboratory, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s are being shown [[Ultra Plane|a new drone fighter]] by a human professor. However, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is out to steal the fighter's blueprints from the laboratory. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who are inside [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], provide a distraction, while [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] destroys the drone. Prime orders the Autobots to inspect the wreckage for any clues. Shortly after this, the [[Decepticon]]s attack the lab, but the Autobots arrive and are able to send them packing.

[[Image:G1 Grimlock Megs bite.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock want to munch Megatron!]]

After some fun at the [[Fun A Rama Park]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Carly]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] go to pick [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] up at the airport. While there, they discover a Decepticon base in an [[Hangar|airplane hangar]]. Bumblebee calls Prime for reinforcements, but the Autobots with Prime are too far away. Contacting the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] sends the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to assist. The Dinobots quickly trash the Decepticons. In retaliation, Megatron orders the Decepticons to blast the planes, causing a massive explosion that damages the Dinobots and allows the Decepticons to retreat. [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] arrive to put out the fires and take the Dinobots back to base. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Wheeljack begin repairs on the Dinobots, while the other Autobots rebuild the airport.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Rumble Megs.JPG|right|200px|thumb|What is it, little buddy? Are you lost? Timmy fell down the well?]]

Meanwhile, the Decepticons are flying through the air back to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|their base]]. All of a sudden, Ravage ejects from Soundwave, transforms and lands on the ground below. Megatron demands an explanation, but Soundwave says that Ravage initiated the ejection without a reason. Soon, however, the Decepticons fall from the sky, and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] begins attacking Megatron, though he doesn't know why and he can't stop himself. Megatron flicks him away and concludes that they are suffering from bad [[energon]]. The group heads off to get some new [[Energon cube|cubes]] from a powerplant to refuel themselves.

At the Autobot base, the Dinobots are repaired, and Prime, still rebuilding the airport, tries to send them to stop the Decepticons. [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] angrily refuses, saying he's tired of taking the Autobot leader's orders and saving the Autobots whenever they need help. The Dinobots leave the base, intending to fight whenever they want to. At the power plant, the Autobots arrive to stop the Decepticons, but both factions begin to suffer from debilitating malfunctions. After an indecisive battle, Megatron orders the Decepticons to retreat.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Autobots tired.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Cybertonium chairs seemed like a good idea at the time, but now...]]

Back at the base, the Autobots are suffering power failures now, as well as other problems (Wheeljack can't move, [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]'s legs are stuck in [[alternate mode]], and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] is holding his own severed head!). [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] concludes that they are suffering from [[Cybertonium]] depletion. However, Cybertonium only exists on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Fortunately, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is sending a shipment over the [[space bridge]], but the Autobots are in no condition to retrieve it themselves. Sparkplug, Spike, and Carly decide to track down the Dinobots.

As the three look for the Dinobots, they find that they have been discovered by the Dinobots. Grimlock is less than pleased to have been followed by the humans, and decides to crush them. Sparkplug lays it on thick when he says they need the Dinobots' "brilliant help." [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], however, saves the humans from getting smushed because he wants to hear about the "brilliant" part. Sparkplug explains the situation, but Grimlock doesn't care. However, when Spike mentions Cybertonium, Grimlock realizes the Cybertron connection, and decides to help (despite [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]'s refusal and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]'s confusion). The Dinobots attack the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who are retrieving the Cybertonium, but the Dinobots simply get into the space bridge and head for Cybertron. Shockwave attempts to stop them. Guess what happens.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 car fly.JPG|right|200px|thumb|WHEEEEE!]]

At the Autobot base, Sparkplug contacts Grimlock, who refuses to return and help the "bossy Autobots". Carly resolves that she and Spike must head for Cybertron themselves. Prime attempts to stop them, but finally succumbs to the effects of Cybertonium depletion. Sparkplug stays to man [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to help the kids. Spike and Carly manage to drive past [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] using Carly's car, but Shockwave is waiting for the two humans on the other side.

[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (6)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (19)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (20)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (21)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (22)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (23)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (27)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (28)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (29)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (30)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (31)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (32)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (33)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (17)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (24)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (25)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (26)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (34)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (35)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (36)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (37)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (38)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (39)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (40)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (41)

|c3=
*[[Greene]] (5)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (12)
*[[Carly]] (14)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"I'll be through in no time!" 
"You're through NOW, Megatron!"
:-'''Megatron''', surprised by '''Optimus''' while piercing through a vault.

'''Wheeljack''': Dinobots, we got a job for you. 
'''Grimlock''': Me Grimlock no like orders. 
'''Slag''': Me Slag no like ''anything''. 
'''Wheeljack''': We really need your help. Why won't you give us a hand? 
'''Grimlock''': Me don't know why not. So we help. This time. 
'''Wheeljack''': I've ''got'' to work on their personality circuits. 
:—Wheeljack learns that even the Dinobots don't know why they have a bad attitude.

"So much for your secret hideout, Megatron; even the moronic Dinobots found it!"
:—'''Starscream''' as the Dinobots attack the Decepticons' airbase.

"Decepticons, CHARGE!"
:—'''Megatron''' decides to try a new tactic when losing.

"I warned you guys there was trouble!" 
"You always say there's trouble, Red."
:—'''Red Alert''' and '''Hoist'''

'''Megatron''': "It's the Aurobrroughs... THE AURRROOBBRRURURRUGHRRR!!!!" 
'''Starscream''': "Too bad! He's blown his vocal components. I guess that makes me the new leader!"
:—'''Megatron''' after the effects of Cybertonium depletion damage his vocal circuits. '''Starscream''' proceeds to make his most ridiculous bid for leadership to date.

"Hey, I'm stuck! I can't transform! [''Ironhide kicks him; Jazz transforms''] OW! Thanks...I think."
:—'''Jazz'''

'''Sparkplug''': The Autobots are dying, and only you can save them. 
'''Grimlock''': No care about Autobots! Me Grimlock Dinobot! 
'''Spike''': If you don't help, the Decepticons will get all the Cybertonium they need. 
'''Grimlock''': Cybertonium? Cybertron! Okay, us do it! 
'''Slag''': No! Us no want to. 
'''Sludge''': What he say? 
'''Grimlock''': Me Grimlock. Me leader! Me say us do it!
:—Grimlock's unassailable logic convinces the Dinobots.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Shockwave Dinobots.JPG|right|150px|thumb|You Shockwave not so tough without black sticky stuff.]]
"Stowaways?! Stand back!" 
"WE NO STAND BACK!"
:—'''Shockwave''' and '''Grimlock''', right before the Dinobots kick Shockwave's [[Diode|diodes]].

"It's...too...risky! Ohh..."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' warns Spike and Carly of the danger of traveling to Cybertron alone, right before he nearly crushes them while passing out.

"I feel kinda stupid talking into my thumb."
: —'''Spike''' in agreement with the audience for the first and last time.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
* Despite the variety of engine sound effects, the experimental plane is just flying in a straight line in the first shot.
* Coloring errors:
** Blaster's forehead is red (like the rest of his helmet) instead of white as Optimus gives the order to [[roll out]].
** Starscream's face is white instead of medium gray as he enters the lab facility.
** Slag's face and head are gray instead of red as he says his "no like anything" line.
** The top of Starscream's cockpit cowling is yellow instead of gray as he scolds Megatron for retreating.
** Blitzwing's head is purple instead of yellow just before he transforms to attack Bumblebee.
*** And again after he falls out of the sky.
**** And again as Soundwave ejects Ravage at the power plant.
***** And ''again'' as the Decepticons try to retreat from the power plant. Was this an alternate color scheme or something?
** Thundercracker is miscolored as Starscream when Swoop attacks him.
** Slag's head guards are white instead of red as he agrees with Grimlock's refusal of orders. (Should they be white? Yes, yes, no!)
** The energon cubes at the power plant are semi-glowing in a strange purple color, rather than the usual bright pink.
** Jazz is colored as Red Alert when the other Autobots transform at the power station.
** Megatron's gun mode is entirely white when Starscream is about to shoot Optimus.
** Red Alert has white tires on his shoulders in the first pan of the disabled Autobots at Autobot Headquarters.
** As Wheeljack says that Cybertonium is only found on Cybertron, his whole helmet is light gray instead of dark gray, rather than just his three "fins".
* Mirage's transformation is somewhat "cheated", as he simply melds into car mode instead of turning around at the waist like he is supposed to.
* Superhuman humans:
** The scientist that Starscream tosses aside gets up and runs away, despite having been ''thrown'' a good 15 or 20 feet to the floor.
* Blaster's arm phases through Mirage's box-of-turning-invisible. While not physically impossible, he appears to be standing far enough in front of Mirage that the box should be behind him.
* After grabbing Megatron's cannon, Mirage reappears without his customary energy sound effect.
* The merry-go-round at the fair features horses that are suspended from the roof, rather than attached to floor-to-ceiling posts like a real carousel.
* The outside of the airport, where Bumblebee discharges his passengers and transforms, is ''completely deserted''. They seem to have wandered into the loading docks or something.
* Snarl appears to tear the entire hangar door apart, but after he moves past the "camera", we see that half the door is still intact.
* As Slag tears though the hangar door, by rights his hind end should be visible through the hole Snarl just made, but it only magically becomes visible as he walks through the hole he made.
* Megatron's audio appears to drop out for a second or two as he tosses Rumble aside; he says "Get... ...fool!" with timing that would be just right for the more explicable "Get off me, fool!"
* Spike and Sparkplug have teeny tiny pupils throughout this episode.
* Spike, Carly and Sparkplug are inside the terminal when Megatron gets thrown into it. A second later, they're back on the flightline with the Dinobots.
* The sound crew missed the part where Hoist is ''towing'' the derelict airliner carrying the Dinobots; they applied what sounds like an idling jet engine noise over the scene.
* The building that Powerglide and Ironhide construct changes shape between shots, and doesn't appear to have any doors or windows. There's also a parked airplane practically on top of the foundation before they start laying bricks. Ironhide's method of brick-laying fails to put any mortar into the vertical brick joints. The bricks also go from regular bricks to concrete blocks between shots.
* Megatron's Decepticon symbol is missing after he bashes Rumble aside in the desert.
* Prime clips through the concrete fence at the power plant as the Autobots arrive to stop the Decepticons.
[[Image:Dotd1 sparkplug repairs wheeljack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Just one little vertical line. Supposed to be over there on the right.]]
* Wheeljack is missing the little windshield line on the top/side of his chest as Prime answers Ironhide's question about what is happening to them. It's missing again as Sparkplug repairs him in the next scene.
* Scrapper's vehicle mode ''bends'' like rubber as he backs away from the Dinobots.
* Scrapper has two eyes instead of his usual single visor as he turns to track Swoop.
* Long Haul's portion of Devastator is shown plopping into place... long after both he and Hook (who forms the part that comes ''after'' Long Haul) have already driven up and transformed.
*When the Dinobots first appear on Cybertron, Shockwave has both his hands. In the next scene, however, his left hand blaster is there. He was last seen with two hands back in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
* Improbable viewpoints:
** Teletraan I kindly provides Sparkplug with a view of Grimlock ''inside [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]] on Cybertron''!
* So... the sound guys have never seen a car before? They don't know what a car does? 'Cause they put in a flight sound effect as Carly's car vaults over Devastator's foot and into the space bridge ring.
* The animation of Shockwave reacting to and turning toward the space bridge elevator is recycled when Spike and Carly arrive. Not an explicit error by itself, but it creates a continuity disjoint with the next shot, as Shockwave abruptly goes from empty-handed to holding a blaster.
* There's nothing in the space bridge elevator when Shockwave blasts it.

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:Dotd1 sneakiest soundwave.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seriously, Blaster doesn't recognize this guy by now?]]
[[Image:DesertionDinos1 BlastergrabsRavage.jpg|thumb|right|200px|And yet he doesn't seem surprised at all when this happens.]]
* The opening scene is bizarre. Soundwave is sitting in Ironhide's cargo compartment. Ironhide somehow failed to notice Soundwave climbing into him, and continues to fail to notice him sitting there. Blaster somehow fails to notice Soundwave sitting ''right in front of him''. Of particular note, in "[[Heavy Metal War]]" Ironhide is apparently able to detect the Decepticons by himself, without relying on Teletraan I.
* Considering the ultra plane was in full view of the Autobots and Dr. Green the whole time, how did none of them see Starscream flying over the fighter and dropping a bomb on top of it?
* We never do find out where Sparkplug is coming home from or what he was doing there in his snazzy blue suit.
* Bumblebee and Spike apparently just wander onto the airport's flightline, unquestioned, to investigate the Decepticon hangar.
* Superhumans Spike, Carly, and Sparkplug:
**Neither Spike nor Carly and Sparkplug are harmed by Megatron flying through a huge plate glass window right in front of them. (As noted above, they shouldn't even be there.)
* On a related note, though Bumblebee and the three humans are standing right next to the Dinobots, none of them are harmed by the planes exploding, while the Dinobots get blown to kingdom come.
* The Autobots lament having to repair the Dinobots using only tools available to them on Earth, despite having easily built them on Earth with those same tools.
* For some reason, Blitzwing blasting Jazz in the side causes a huge crevasse to open up beneath Jazz.
* The space bridge must have been seriously fine-tuned since its first appearance. The Dinobots make the trip just fine, despite appearing to flail about randomly as they make the trip. Even an Earthly automobile makes it through (and its human passengers survive, which means the space bridge portal has a pressurized atmosphere.) Previously, an unpiloted test vehicle vanished into the ether because it lacked guidance.
* Shockwave blasts the elevator door as Spike and Carly arrive on Cybertron, creating a huge explosion. They are only saved by power of retcon, as the next episode decides that the immediate firing and huge explosion simply didn't happen.
* Why exactly was Devastator just standing guard at the Space Bridge which was still clearly full of rocks instead of the Constructicons trying to clear it?

===Kid Rhino release===
*On the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] DVDs, the visuals drop out completely for a second or so, replaced by a black screen, after Blaster's fight with Ravage. This error is also on the Madman Region 4 DVD.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode throws some confusion on the origin of the newer second-season characters such as Perceptor, Blaster, Blitzwing, etc. Previously it could be assumed they had simply arrived from Cybertron or some other planet. But the fact that their Cybertonium deteriorates in exact sync with the earlier characters suggests that they were also aboard the Ark and went through the same four million year slumber as the 1984 characters. Why we didn't see any of them for the first year is therefore a bit of a mystery within the context of the stories.
* The Dinobots' discontent was previously hinted at in "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]" and "[[Day of the Machines]]". They seemed much happier in the later two-parter "[[Dinobot Island, Part 1|Dinobot Island]]".
* Apparently the Dinobots just stand around in their own little cubby hole in the Ark, waiting patiently for someone to open the door and talk to them. This is strangely placid of them, but well-established by the time of this episode.
[[Image:Dotd1 malfunctioning ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|200px|You've got the touch! ]]
[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Powerglide no head.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Some parts are made to detach if excessive force is applied. ]]
[[Image:G1Cartoon37 Generic.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A [[generic]] Transformer from Mirage's flashback. Perhaps one of his [[Mirage's friends|friends]]?]]
* Gadgets and powers:
** To prepare the viewer for the forthcoming mechanical failures of the Autobots, several of them use their stock powers, such as Jazz's [[sound and light show]] and Mirage's invisibility.
** To inspect the vault door, Soundwave retracts his hand and brings forth a three-pronged wirey sensor thing. It's only [[Soundwave (ROTF)|slightly creepy]].
** Carly switches off Bumblebee's equilibrium circuits by pressing a button inside his chest armor (which sure pops open easily. Bee had better hope the Decepticons don't find out about that feature.)
** Bumblebee uses a wrist communicator to radio Optimus. Though a common device for both sides, this one looks different than the more rectangular ones Bumblebee has used in the past—spheroid and with a little antenna on top.
** Inferno fires [[fire-retardant foam]] (or something like it) from a nozzle that emerges from a hatch on his cab (even though Inferno already sports several ''visible'' nozzles designed to serve the same purpose.)
** The deterioration of the Transformers' [[cybertonium]] leads to a series of mechanical failures:
*** Grapple apparently loses his fine motor control.
*** Megatron's audio circuits malfunction.
*** Soundwave spontaneously ejects Ravage.
*** The Decepticons lose their flight abilities.
*** Rumble can't stop himself from attacking Megatron.
*** Jazz can't transform, and later winds up half-car, half-robot.
*** Ironhide's hand won't retract to fire his liquid nitrogen.
*** Mirage only becomes black and white instead of invisible.
*** Ravage spontaneously returns to cassette mode in mid-battle.
*** Jazz's sound and light show fails to activate.
*** Blitzwing can't stop his own forward motion in tank mode.
*** Powerglide's head... falls off??
*The Constructicons appear to be functioning perfectly well in this episode. What this says about their origin controversy is unknown.
* We get treated to the one-time appearance of a uniquely designed Transformer on Cybertron. He's medium brown and appears to have Snarl's dinosaur tail halves on his back; he transforms to a purple flying saucer-like thing.
[[Image:ShockwaveDesertionOfTheDinobots1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It is not logical to not have a blaster when you turn into that model of blaster.]]
*In the final scene, Shockwave fires a gun that looks exactly like his own [[alternate mode]]. (Presumably, the animators mistook his weapon mode for a hand-held weapon.) He also is shown with two hands in one shot, just like his very first appearance. Can he retract one and replace it with his familiar gun arm? Or is it just an animation screwup? You be the judge!
*This episode establishes that the Dinobots are better-armored in their beast modes.
* '''[[Dinobot Island, Part 2|< <]]''' What makes Starscream the leader? Megatron's blown his vocal components! '''[[Triple Takeover|> >]]'''

===Real world references===
* EJK, the facility where all the information on the Ultraplane is stored, is named for episode writer Earl J. Kress.
* This episode contains enough ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects to make you think you're watching events in a galaxy far, far away:
** The opening shots of the experimental jet are soundtracked with diving [[X-wing Fighter|X-Wings]] and the [[TIE Fighter]] engine roar.
** After exiting Ironhide's cargo compartment, Soundwave launches with the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst.
** Some ''Falcon'' ambient engine noise (flying over the surface of Yavin IV) is heard as Starscream flies toward the ultra plane.
** The ultra plane explosion is soundtracked with the [[Death Star]] firing sequence noise.
** ''Falcon'' engine burst as Megatron retreats from the lab.
** Death Star firing/Alderaan exploding again, as Thundercracker and Thrust take off to attack the Dinobots, followed by more X-Wings diving.
** ''Falcon'' engine burst again as the Transformer on Cybertron that Mirage watches on a monitor takes off.
** ''Falcon'' engine roar as Swoop dives to snatch Carly's car out from under Grimlock's foot.

===Trivia===
* The hangar that the Decepticons are hiding in is labeled "hangar" in huge white letters. This is so you know that it is, indeed, a hangar and not a [[Temporary Decepticon base|well hidden Decepticon base]].
* Mirage totally goes toe-to-toe with Megatron and manages to hold his own for a bit. Impressive!
* Slag sounds strangely ''upbeat'' when he says "Me Slag no like anything." It seems more that he's trying to one-up the other Dinbots than that he actually means it.
* When the Dinobots leave the Autobot base, Sludge and Snarl appear much shorter than the others. If the Dinobots were at all consistent with the dinosaurs they are based on, Sludge should be much larger than the others (foreshortening perhaps?).

===Foreign localization===

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''I Dinorobots disertano-Parte 1'''" ("The Deserting Dinobots-Part 1")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''La diserzione dei Dinobots - I'''" ("The Desertion of the Dinobots - I")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinobot no Tōbō PART I'''" (ダイノボットの逃亡 PART I, "Desertion of the Dinobots PART I")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 24]], [[1986]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Deserção dos Dinobots Parte 1'''" ("The Desertion of the Dinobots Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:''

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Video Gems|A.M.T. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Channel 5]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots 3-D (Channel 5) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''The Transformers: Generation 2'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Malofilm|Behaviour]])
;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. 4 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[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 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[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/desertion_of_the_dinobots_part_1.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1

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'''The Dinobots abandon the Autobots as both the Autobots and Decepticons begin to suffer malfunctions.'''

==Synopsis==
At a laboratory, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s are being shown [[Ultra Plane|a new drone fighter]] by a human professor. However, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is out to steal the fighter's blueprints from the laboratory. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who are inside [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], provide a distraction, while [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] destroys the drone. Prime orders the Autobots to inspect the wreckage for any clues. Shortly after this, the [[Decepticon]]s attack the lab, but the Autobots arrive and are able to send them packing.

[[Image:G1 Grimlock Megs bite.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock want to munch Megatron!]]

After some fun at the [[Fun A Rama Park]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Carly]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] go to pick [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] up at the airport. While there, they discover a Decepticon base in an [[Hangar|airplane hangar]]. Bumblebee calls Prime for reinforcements, but the Autobots with Prime are too far away. Contacting the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] sends the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to assist. The Dinobots quickly trash the Decepticons. In retaliation, Megatron orders the Decepticons to blast the planes, causing a massive explosion that damages the Dinobots and allows the Decepticons to retreat. [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] arrive to put out the fires and take the Dinobots back to base. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Wheeljack begin repairs on the Dinobots, while the other Autobots rebuild the airport.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Rumble Megs.JPG|right|200px|thumb|What is it, little buddy? Are you lost? Timmy fell down the well?]]

Meanwhile, the Decepticons are flying through the air back to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|their base]]. All of a sudden, Ravage ejects from Soundwave, transforms and lands on the ground below. Megatron demands an explanation, but Soundwave says that Ravage initiated the ejection without a reason. Soon, however, the Decepticons fall from the sky, and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] begins attacking Megatron, though he doesn't know why and he can't stop himself. Megatron flicks him away and concludes that they are suffering from bad [[energon]]. The group heads off to get some new [[Energon cube|cubes]] from a powerplant to refuel themselves.

At the Autobot base, the Dinobots are repaired, and Prime, still rebuilding the airport, tries to send them to stop the Decepticons. [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] angrily refuses, saying he's tired of taking the Autobot leader's orders and saving the Autobots whenever they need help. The Dinobots leave the base, intending to fight whenever they want to. At the power plant, the Autobots arrive to stop the Decepticons, but both factions begin to suffer from debilitating malfunctions. After an indecisive battle, Megatron orders the Decepticons to retreat.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Autobots tired.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Cybertonium chairs seemed like a good idea at the time, but now...]]

Back at the base, the Autobots are suffering power failures now, as well as other problems (Wheeljack can't move, [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]'s legs are stuck in [[alternate mode]], and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] is holding his own severed head!). [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] concludes that they are suffering from [[Cybertonium]] depletion. However, Cybertonium only exists on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Fortunately, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is sending a shipment over the [[space bridge]], but the Autobots are in no condition to retrieve it themselves. Sparkplug, Spike, and Carly decide to track down the Dinobots.

As the three look for the Dinobots, they find that they have been discovered by the Dinobots. Grimlock is less than pleased to have been followed by the humans, and decides to crush them. Sparkplug lays it on thick when he says they need the Dinobots' "brilliant help." [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], however, saves the humans from getting smushed because he wants to hear about the "brilliant" part. Sparkplug explains the situation, but Grimlock doesn't care. However, when Spike mentions Cybertonium, Grimlock realizes the Cybertron connection, and decides to help (despite [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]'s refusal and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]'s confusion). The Dinobots attack the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who are retrieving the Cybertonium, but the Dinobots simply get into the space bridge and head for Cybertron. Shockwave attempts to stop them. Guess what happens.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 car fly.JPG|right|200px|thumb|WHEEEEE!]]

At the Autobot base, Sparkplug contacts Grimlock, who refuses to return and help the "bossy Autobots". Carly resolves that she and Spike must head for Cybertron themselves. Prime attempts to stop them, but finally succumbs to the effects of Cybertonium depletion. Sparkplug stays to man [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to help the kids. Spike and Carly manage to drive past [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] using Carly's car, but Shockwave is waiting for the two humans on the other side.

[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2|To be continued...]]
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (6)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (19)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (20)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (21)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (22)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (23)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (27)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (28)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (29)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (30)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (31)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (32)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (33)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (17)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (24)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (25)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (26)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (34)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (35)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (36)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (37)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (38)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (39)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (40)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (41)

|c3=
*[[Greene]] (5)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (12)
*[[Carly]] (14)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"I'll be through in no time!"
"You're through NOW, Megatron!"
:-'''Megatron''', surprised by '''Optimus''' while piercing through a vault.

'''Wheeljack''': Dinobots, we got a job for you. 
'''Grimlock''': Me Grimlock no like orders. 
'''Slag''': Me Slag no like ''anything''. 
'''Wheeljack''': We really need your help. Why won't you give us a hand? 
'''Grimlock''': Me don't know why not. So we help. This time. 
'''Wheeljack''': I've ''got'' to work on their personality circuits. 
:—Wheeljack learns that even the Dinobots don't know why they have a bad attitude.

"So much for your secret hideout, Megatron; even the moronic Dinobots found it!"
:—'''Starscream''' as the Dinobots attack the Decepticons' airbase.

"Decepticons, CHARGE!"
:—'''Megatron''' decides to try a new tactic when losing.

"I warned you guys there was trouble!" 
"You always say there's trouble, Red."
:—'''Red Alert''' and '''Hoist'''

'''Megatron''': "It's the Aurobrroughs... THE AURRROOBBRRURURRUGHRRR!!!!" 
'''Starscream''': "Too bad! He's blown his vocal components. I guess that makes me the new leader!"
:—'''Megatron''' after the effects of Cybertonium depletion damage his vocal circuits. '''Starscream''' proceeds to make his most ridiculous bid for leadership to date.

"Hey, I'm stuck! I can't transform! [''Ironhide kicks him; Jazz transforms''] OW! Thanks...I think."
:—'''Jazz'''

'''Sparkplug''': The Autobots are dying, and only you can save them. 
'''Grimlock''': No care about Autobots! Me Grimlock Dinobot! 
'''Spike''': If you don't help, the Decepticons will get all the Cybertonium they need. 
'''Grimlock''': Cybertonium? Cybertron! Okay, us do it! 
'''Slag''': No! Us no want to. 
'''Sludge''': What he say? 
'''Grimlock''': Me Grimlock. Me leader! Me say us do it!
:—Grimlock's unassailable logic convinces the Dinobots.

[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Shockwave Dinobots.JPG|right|150px|thumb|You Shockwave not so tough without black sticky stuff.]]
"Stowaways?! Stand back!" 
"WE NO STAND BACK!"
:—'''Shockwave''' and '''Grimlock''', right before the Dinobots kick Shockwave's [[Diode|diodes]].

"It's...too...risky! Ohh..."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' warns Spike and Carly of the danger of traveling to Cybertron alone, right before he nearly crushes them while passing out.

"I feel kinda stupid talking into my thumb."
: —'''Spike''' in agreement with the audience for the first and last time.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
* Despite the variety of engine sound effects, the experimental plane is just flying in a straight line in the first shot.
* Coloring errors:
** Blaster's forehead is red (like the rest of his helmet) instead of white as Optimus gives the order to [[roll out]].
** Starscream's face is white instead of medium gray as he enters the lab facility.
** Slag's face and head are gray instead of red as he says his "no like anything" line.
** The top of Starscream's cockpit cowling is yellow instead of gray as he scolds Megatron for retreating.
** Blitzwing's head is purple instead of yellow just before he transforms to attack Bumblebee.
*** And again after he falls out of the sky.
**** And again as Soundwave ejects Ravage at the power plant.
***** And ''again'' as the Decepticons try to retreat from the power plant. Was this an alternate color scheme or something?
** Thundercracker is miscolored as Starscream when Swoop attacks him.
** Slag's head guards are white instead of red as he agrees with Grimlock's refusal of orders. (Should they be white? Yes, yes, no!)
** The energon cubes at the power plant are semi-glowing in a strange purple color, rather than the usual bright pink.
** Jazz is colored as Red Alert when the other Autobots transform at the power station.
** Megatron's gun mode is entirely white when Starscream is about to shoot Optimus.
** Red Alert has white tires on his shoulders in the first pan of the disabled Autobots at Autobot Headquarters.
** As Wheeljack says that Cybertonium is only found on Cybertron, his whole helmet is light gray instead of dark gray, rather than just his three "fins".
* Mirage's transformation is somewhat "cheated", as he simply melds into car mode instead of turning around at the waist like he is supposed to.
* Superhuman humans:
** The scientist that Starscream tosses aside gets up and runs away, despite having been ''thrown'' a good 15 or 20 feet to the floor.
* Blaster's arm phases through Mirage's box-of-turning-invisible. While not physically impossible, he appears to be standing far enough in front of Mirage that the box should be behind him.
* After grabbing Megatron's cannon, Mirage reappears without his customary energy sound effect.
* The merry-go-round at the fair features horses that are suspended from the roof, rather than attached to floor-to-ceiling posts like a real carousel.
* The outside of the airport, where Bumblebee discharges his passengers and transforms, is ''completely deserted''. They seem to have wandered into the loading docks or something.
* Snarl appears to tear the entire hangar door apart, but after he moves past the "camera", we see that half the door is still intact.
* As Slag tears though the hangar door, by rights his hind end should be visible through the hole Snarl just made, but it only magically becomes visible as he walks through the hole he made.
* Megatron's audio appears to drop out for a second or two as he tosses Rumble aside; he says "Get... ...fool!" with timing that would be just right for the more explicable "Get off me, fool!"
* Spike and Sparkplug have teeny tiny pupils throughout this episode.
* Spike, Carly and Sparkplug are inside the terminal when Megatron gets thrown into it. A second later, they're back on the flightline with the Dinobots.
* The sound crew missed the part where Hoist is ''towing'' the derelict airliner carrying the Dinobots; they applied what sounds like an idling jet engine noise over the scene.
* The building that Powerglide and Ironhide construct changes shape between shots, and doesn't appear to have any doors or windows. There's also a parked airplane practically on top of the foundation before they start laying bricks. Ironhide's method of brick-laying fails to put any mortar into the vertical brick joints. The bricks also go from regular bricks to concrete blocks between shots.
* Megatron's Decepticon symbol is missing after he bashes Rumble aside in the desert.
* Prime clips through the concrete fence at the power plant as the Autobots arrive to stop the Decepticons.
[[Image:Dotd1 sparkplug repairs wheeljack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Just one little vertical line. Supposed to be over there on the right.]]
* Wheeljack is missing the little windshield line on the top/side of his chest as Prime answers Ironhide's question about what is happening to them. It's missing again as Sparkplug repairs him in the next scene.
* Scrapper's vehicle mode ''bends'' like rubber as he backs away from the Dinobots.
* Scrapper has two eyes instead of his usual single visor as he turns to track Swoop.
* Long Haul's portion of Devastator is shown plopping into place... long after both he and Hook (who forms the part that comes ''after'' Long Haul) have already driven up and transformed.
*When the Dinobots first appear on Cybertron, Shockwave has both his hands. In the next scene, however, his left hand blaster is there. He was last seen with two hands back in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
* Improbable viewpoints:
** Teletraan I kindly provides Sparkplug with a view of Grimlock ''inside [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]] on Cybertron''!
* So... the sound guys have never seen a car before? They don't know what a car does? 'Cause they put in a flight sound effect as Carly's car vaults over Devastator's foot and into the space bridge ring.
* The animation of Shockwave reacting to and turning toward the space bridge elevator is recycled when Spike and Carly arrive. Not an explicit error by itself, but it creates a continuity disjoint with the next shot, as Shockwave abruptly goes from empty-handed to holding a blaster.
* There's nothing in the space bridge elevator when Shockwave blasts it.

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:Dotd1 sneakiest soundwave.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seriously, Blaster doesn't recognize this guy by now?]]
[[Image:DesertionDinos1 BlastergrabsRavage.jpg|thumb|right|200px|And yet he doesn't seem surprised at all when this happens.]]
* The opening scene is bizarre. Soundwave is sitting in Ironhide's cargo compartment. Ironhide somehow failed to notice Soundwave climbing into him, and continues to fail to notice him sitting there. Blaster somehow fails to notice Soundwave sitting ''right in front of him''. Of particular note, in "[[Heavy Metal War]]" Ironhide is apparently able to detect the Decepticons by himself, without relying on Teletraan I.
* Considering the ultra plane was in full view of the Autobots and Dr. Green the whole time, how did none of them see Starscream flying over the fighter and dropping a bomb on top of it?
* We never do find out where Sparkplug is coming home from or what he was doing there in his snazzy blue suit.
* Bumblebee and Spike apparently just wander onto the airport's flightline, unquestioned, to investigate the Decepticon hangar.
* Superhumans Spike, Carly, and Sparkplug:
**Neither Spike nor Carly and Sparkplug are harmed by Megatron flying through a huge plate glass window right in front of them. (As noted above, they shouldn't even be there.)
* On a related note, though Bumblebee and the three humans are standing right next to the Dinobots, none of them are harmed by the planes exploding, while the Dinobots get blown to kingdom come.
* The Autobots lament having to repair the Dinobots using only tools available to them on Earth, despite having easily built them on Earth with those same tools.
* For some reason, Blitzwing blasting Jazz in the side causes a huge crevasse to open up beneath Jazz.
* The space bridge must have been seriously fine-tuned since its first appearance. The Dinobots make the trip just fine, despite appearing to flail about randomly as they make the trip. Even an Earthly automobile makes it through (and its human passengers survive, which means the space bridge portal has a pressurized atmosphere.) Previously, an unpiloted test vehicle vanished into the ether because it lacked guidance.
* Shockwave blasts the elevator door as Spike and Carly arrive on Cybertron, creating a huge explosion. They are only saved by power of retcon, as the next episode decides that the immediate firing and huge explosion simply didn't happen.
* Why exactly was Devastator just standing guard at the Space Bridge which was still clearly full of rocks instead of the Constructicons trying to clear it?

===Kid Rhino release===
*On the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] DVDs, the visuals drop out completely for a second or so, replaced by a black screen, after Blaster's fight with Ravage. This error is also on the Madman Region 4 DVD.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode throws some confusion on the origin of the newer second-season characters such as Perceptor, Blaster, Blitzwing, etc. Previously it could be assumed they had simply arrived from Cybertron or some other planet. But the fact that their Cybertonium deteriorates in exact sync with the earlier characters suggests that they were also aboard the Ark and went through the same four million year slumber as the 1984 characters. Why we didn't see any of them for the first year is therefore a bit of a mystery within the context of the stories.
* The Dinobots' discontent was previously hinted at in "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]" and "[[Day of the Machines]]". They seemed much happier in the later two-parter "[[Dinobot Island, Part 1|Dinobot Island]]".
* Apparently the Dinobots just stand around in their own little cubby hole in the Ark, waiting patiently for someone to open the door and talk to them. This is strangely placid of them, but well-established by the time of this episode.
[[Image:Dotd1 malfunctioning ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|200px|You've got the touch! ]]
[[Image:DesertionDinobots1 Powerglide no head.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Some parts are made to detach if excessive force is applied. ]]
[[Image:G1Cartoon37 Generic.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A [[generic]] Transformer from Mirage's flashback. Perhaps one of his [[Mirage's friends|friends]]?]]
* Gadgets and powers:
** To prepare the viewer for the forthcoming mechanical failures of the Autobots, several of them use their stock powers, such as Jazz's [[sound and light show]] and Mirage's invisibility.
** To inspect the vault door, Soundwave retracts his hand and brings forth a three-pronged wirey sensor thing. It's only [[Soundwave (ROTF)|slightly creepy]].
** Carly switches off Bumblebee's equilibrium circuits by pressing a button inside his chest armor (which sure pops open easily. Bee had better hope the Decepticons don't find out about that feature.)
** Bumblebee uses a wrist communicator to radio Optimus. Though a common device for both sides, this one looks different than the more rectangular ones Bumblebee has used in the past—spheroid and with a little antenna on top.
** Inferno fires [[fire-retardant foam]] (or something like it) from a nozzle that emerges from a hatch on his cab (even though Inferno already sports several ''visible'' nozzles designed to serve the same purpose.)
** The deterioration of the Transformers' [[cybertonium]] leads to a series of mechanical failures:
*** Grapple apparently loses his fine motor control.
*** Megatron's audio circuits malfunction.
*** Soundwave spontaneously ejects Ravage.
*** The Decepticons lose their flight abilities.
*** Rumble can't stop himself from attacking Megatron.
*** Jazz can't transform, and later winds up half-car, half-robot.
*** Ironhide's hand won't retract to fire his liquid nitrogen.
*** Mirage only becomes black and white instead of invisible.
*** Ravage spontaneously returns to cassette mode in mid-battle.
*** Jazz's sound and light show fails to activate.
*** Blitzwing can't stop his own forward motion in tank mode.
*** Powerglide's head... falls off??
*The Constructicons appear to be functioning perfectly well in this episode. What this says about their origin controversy is unknown.
* We get treated to the one-time appearance of a uniquely designed Transformer on Cybertron. He's medium brown and appears to have Snarl's dinosaur tail halves on his back; he transforms to a purple flying saucer-like thing.
[[Image:ShockwaveDesertionOfTheDinobots1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It is not logical to not have a blaster when you turn into that model of blaster.]]
*In the final scene, Shockwave fires a gun that looks exactly like his own [[alternate mode]]. (Presumably, the animators mistook his weapon mode for a hand-held weapon.) He also is shown with two hands in one shot, just like his very first appearance. Can he retract one and replace it with his familiar gun arm? Or is it just an animation screwup? You be the judge!
*This episode establishes that the Dinobots are better-armored in their beast modes.
* '''[[Dinobot Island, Part 2|< <]]''' What makes Starscream the leader? Megatron's blown his vocal components! '''[[Triple Takeover|> >]]'''

===Real world references===
* EJK, the facility where all the information on the Ultraplane is stored, is named for episode writer Earl J. Kress.
* This episode contains enough ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects to make you think you're watching events in a galaxy far, far away:
** The opening shots of the experimental jet are soundtracked with diving [[X-wing Fighter|X-Wings]] and the [[TIE Fighter]] engine roar.
** After exiting Ironhide's cargo compartment, Soundwave launches with the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst.
** Some ''Falcon'' ambient engine noise (flying over the surface of Yavin IV) is heard as Starscream flies toward the ultra plane.
** The ultra plane explosion is soundtracked with the [[Death Star]] firing sequence noise.
** ''Falcon'' engine burst as Megatron retreats from the lab.
** Death Star firing/Alderaan exploding again, as Thundercracker and Thrust take off to attack the Dinobots, followed by more X-Wings diving.
** ''Falcon'' engine burst again as the Transformer on Cybertron that Mirage watches on a monitor takes off.
** ''Falcon'' engine roar as Swoop dives to snatch Carly's car out from under Grimlock's foot.

===Trivia===
* The hangar that the Decepticons are hiding in is labeled "hangar" in huge white letters. This is so you know that it is, indeed, a hangar and not a [[Temporary Decepticon base|well hidden Decepticon base]].
* Mirage totally goes toe-to-toe with Megatron and manages to hold his own for a bit. Impressive!
* Slag sounds strangely ''upbeat'' when he says "Me Slag no like anything." It seems more that he's trying to one-up the other Dinbots than that he actually means it.
* When the Dinobots leave the Autobot base, Sludge and Snarl appear much shorter than the others. If the Dinobots were at all consistent with the dinosaurs they are based on, Sludge should be much larger than the others (foreshortening perhaps?).

===Foreign localization===

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''I Dinorobots disertano-Parte 1'''" ("The Deserting Dinobots-Part 1")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''La diserzione dei Dinobots - I'''" ("The Desertion of the Dinobots - I")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinobot no Tōbō PART I'''" (ダイノボットの逃亡 PART I, "Desertion of the Dinobots PART I")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 24]], [[1986]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Deserção dos Dinobots Parte 1'''" ("The Desertion of the Dinobots Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:''

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Video Gems|A.M.T. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Channel 5]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Desertion of the Dinobots 3-D (Channel 5) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''The Transformers: Generation 2'' — Desertion of the Dinobots ([[Malofilm|Behaviour]])
;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. 4 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[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 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[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/desertion_of_the_dinobots_part_1.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Crater Critters

2014-07-21T12:47:58Z

Surnis: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #29
|prev=Mechanical Difficulties!
|next=The Cure!
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #123–124
|prev2=Mechanical Difficulties!
|next2=Ancient Relics!
|title="Crater Critters"
|image=MarvelUS-29.jpg
|caption=Hoooooobgoblins. Hoooooobgoblins. What'cha gonna do with those hoooooobgoblins.
|publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]
|date=February [[1987]]
|coverdate=June 1987
|writer= [[Bob Budiansky]]
|breakdowns= [[Don Perlin]]
|finishes= [[Ian Akin]] & [[Brian Garvey]]
|penciler=
|inker=
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''A secret shipment from the Decepticons carries an infection that threatens Decepticon and Autobot alike.'''

==Synopsis==
Believing that they can better fight the [[Decepticon]]s on their own,
[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] seek information from [[G.B. Blackrock]] that might lead them to Decepticon activity. After some torture, Blackrock tells them of a mysterious meteor that crash-landed in Northern [[Arizona]]. The [[Autobot]] pair goes to investigate.

The meteor was actually a space freighter sent by the Decepticons from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as part of a secret scheme to steal [[Earth]]'s energy, but the [[freighter pilot]] did not contact Cybertron upon arrival as planned. [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] sends the [[Triple Changer]]s [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Octane (G1)|Octane]], and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to investigate. They arrive on Earth near a crater caused by the crash, and frighten away a group of scientists who had planned to study the "meteor". The Decepticons find the freighter, but learn only too late why the freighter crashed: the pilot was infected with [[scraplet]]s, a group of tiny [[Transformer]]-like robots who can change into innocent-looking nuts, bolts, screws and the like, but which attach themselves to mechanical lifeforms and replicate quickly, causing great damage to the larger robot.

One of the scientists, [[Charlie Fong]], doesn't scare away easily, and when he meets Goldbug and Blaster, they work out a plan to get to the crater and find out what's going on. When they arrive, they are quickly attacked by the Decepticons, and Goldbug and Fong are separated from Blaster. Although Goldbug is able to escape infection from the Scraplets, Blaster is not so lucky.

[[File:ScrapletMarvel.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Don't get them wet or feed them Autobots after midnight.]]
Although Blaster, noting that the Triple Changers are weakened more by the Scraplets than he is, wishes to fight the Decepticons with Goldbug's help, Goldbug is convinced by Fong that Blaster's only hope now is to find a cure for the Scraplets. Fong proposes taking a crushed Scraplet out of the crater for experimentation, and Goldbug reluctantly agrees. As Goldbug leaves the crater, Blaster, believing himself abandoned, swears revenge. Goldbug pauses out of guilt, only to become infected himself. Now he has no choice. He and Fong ''must'' find a cure, or they are all lost...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] (3)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (4)
*''[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'' (8)
*''[[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]'' (9)
|c2=
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (10)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (11)
*[[Octane (G1)|Octane]] (12)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (13)
|c3=
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (5)
*[[Felicia]] (6)
*[[Jenkins]] (7)
*[[Charlie Fong]] (14)
*[[Walter Huddleston]] (15)
|c4=
*[[Freighter pilot]] (1)
*[[Scraplet]]s (2)
}}

==Notes==
[[File:Scraplets.jpg|200px|thumb|Do I have something on my face?]]
[[File:Budianskyscrapletsconcept.jpg|left|200px|thumb|MONDAY FIRM AT THE LATEST! AND FOR THE LAST TIME, WE ARE *NOT* DOING A 'THIS MAN, THIS MAYONNAISE' GRAPHIC NOVEL SO *QUIT* *PITCHING* *IT*!]]
*In this issue, the little Autobot [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]], is seen in a flashback. Scrounge is shown carrying a rifle — he never used a gun in his original appearance.
*This issue features the debut appearance of the Decepticon Triple Changers.
*While this was the Triple Changers' debut story for the US market, the Decepticon and Autobot Triple-changers were both introduced way back in "[[Target: 2006]]" in the UK.
*This issue was reprinted by [[IDW Publishing]] as ''[[The Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' #10. It featured a new cover by [[Nick Roche]].
*In an unusual mixture of standard sci-fi faster-than light technologies, the freighter in this story can "warp" into "hyper-light speed".
*''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:''
:*On page 5, Blaster remembers the sacrifice of his friend Scrounge, from "[[The Smelting Pool!]]".
:*On page 6, Blackrock mentions "some suspicious activity in the Caribbean lately," no doubt the Decepticons at their new base of operations, where they relocated to in "[[Gone but Not Forgotten!]]".
*The corner box image of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], first used on the cover of issue [[The New Order|#5]], makes its last appearance on the US covers for a while; the next issue replaces it with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock's]] alt-mode [[Character model|character model]]. It does appear next month on ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' issue [[Ring of Hate!|#1]], before going away completely; Prime would return to the corner box with issue [[Dark Star|#50]].
*UK issue #124 featured ''[[Transformers AtoZ]]'' profiles for [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]].

===Errors===
*Halfway through this issue, Goldbug is finally drawn correctly, where previously he was Bumblebee with Goldbug's head. After the switch, Goldbug's windows on his chest randomly appear and reappear.

===Covers (3)===
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-29.jpg|'''US issue #29''' - In Japan, this is a ''fetish''.
File:MarvelUK-123.jpg|'''UK issue #123''' - Octane's the camp one...
File:MarvelUK-124.jpg|'''UK issue #124''' - He looks SO happy!
</gallery>
*'''US cover:''' Scraplets attacking Blaster by [[Bob Budiansky]], [[Ian Akin]], and [[Brian Garvey]].
*'''UK issue #123 cover:''' Triple Changers, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #124 cover:''' Blaster beating eaten by Scraplets, by [[Will Simpson]].

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*[[2004]] — ''[[Transformers: Breakdown]]''
*[[2006]] — ''[[The Transformers: Generations]]'' #10
*[[2007]] — ''[[The Transformers: Generations]]''
*[[2008]] — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 2]]''
*[[2012]] — ''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3]]''

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Big City - Underground Terror

2014-07-20T22:15:57Z

Surnis: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|series=Victory
|ep=8
|title="Big City - Underground Terror"
|japanese=大都会・地下の恐怖
|romaji=Daitokai - Chika no Kyōfu
|image=Bigcityundergroundterror.jpg
|caption="Dude, call him off!!!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|airdate=[[May 16|16 May]] 1989
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Deathsaurus and the Breastforce invade American subway tunnels to steal electrical energy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BigCityTerror Killbison scouting.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]
Aboard the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] hands down his newest set of orders to the [[Breastforce]], instructing them to steal electrical energy from a major American subway system. [[Leozack]] advocates concern over potential [[Autobot]] interference, but Deathsaurus coolly silences him, telling him that it is not his place to worry about it. As the Breastforce depart, Leozack sulks about the fact that their plan leaves them scurrying around underground, and blows up at his teammates when they suggest that he might wants to keep his voice down in case Deathsaurus hears. A little later, the Breastforce arrive in American and [[Drillhorn]] burrows a path for them into the city's subway system. [[Jallguar]] manages to avoid a collision with a train, and a large trail of rubble left by Drillhorn derails another.

At the [[Rocket Base|Shuttle Base]], [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] and the [[Brainmaster]]s process reports from the [[Multiforce]], who are patrolling the globe for Decepticon activity. The lack of a report from America prompts them to move the Shuttle Base, after which [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] and the [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]] go outside to practise their speedy rescue tactics. The drill is soon interrupted by the sound of a klaxon, signalling to Jean and the Rescues that the Brainmasters have discovered the Decepticons' activities in America. Despite realizing the limitations that they will be subjected to by attempting to fight within a subway (and realizing that the Decepticons likely planned it that way), Star Saber orders the Autobots into action. The Brainmasters and Rescue Team board the [[Galaxy Shuttle]], and Jean sneaks aboard to join in the battle.

[[Image:BigCityTerror Star Saber arrives.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
Back in the subway, Leozack is too busy being pissy to focus on his job, and decides to disobey orders and just do things the most direct way—which for him involves opening fire on the tunnel walls to expose the various electrical systems. It's not long before the rest of the Breastforce follow his lead, causing explosions that begin tearing through the streets above as Star Saber and the Autobots arrive. Analyzing the Decepticons' tactics, Star Saber deduces that their target is the subway's power center, and he prepares to head there himself while the Rescue Team help in the damaged areas and the Brainmasters take on the Breastforce. Jean almost manages to sneak aboard Holi without being seen, but even though Star Saber spots him, he convinces the Supreme Commander to allow him to help.

[[Image:BigCityTerror Blacker vs Killbison.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hump that tank!]]
Star Saber heads into the power distribution center (in his small robot form of Saber, with the [[V-Star]] hovering along behind him), and after some searching, discovers that he is not alone. What he does not expect, however, is to find that the Decepticon in the center is Deathsaurus himself! With Star Saber unable to open fire for fear of damaging the equipment, Deathsaurus unleashes his [[Breast Animal]]s, and the intelligence of his scheme is revealed—in the cramped quarters of the subway, the Autobots are no match for the small, nimble Breast Animals! [[Laster]] and [[Blacker]] have also discovered this fact in their battles with Drillhorn and [[Killbison]]; Killbison even leaves his Bisonbreast to tackle Blacker, but Leozack shows up to criticize him for running. Leozack unleashes his own Breast Animal, and he, it and the Bisonbreast take on Blacker together.

[[Image:BigCityTerror Deathsaurus stab.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
Back with Star Saber and Deathsaurus, the Autobot leader has spotted the flaw in Deathsaurus's plan, and targets the Decepticon's now-unprotected chest plate. Deathsaurus's Breast Animals continue to interfere, so Star Saber calls on his own little friend, instructing the V-Star to crash into Deathsaurus. The villain raises his shield to block the oncoming craft, but this results in him leaving his chest open, and Star Saber hurls his sword, impaling Deathsaurus on its blade. Thusly wounded, Deathsaurus recalls his Breast Animals and flees with what energy he has managed to gather. The news of his retreat quickly reaches Jallguar, and he informs Killbison and Leozack of the situation. Leozack has no desire to back down from the fight, but when Killbison and Jallguar flee, he is left on his own and with no choice but to pull out.

With the Decepticons driven off, Star Saber and the Brainmasters emerge from the tunnels, and meet up with Jean and the Rescue Team, who have been busy helping civilians escape from a collapsed subway station. Star Saber credits his team with performing well under disadvantageous circumstances, and the Autobots set about rebuilding the damaged city.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (6)
*[[Braver]] (7)
*[[Laster]] (8)
*[[Blacker]] (9)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (10)
*[[Pīpō]] (12)
*[[Fire]] (13)
*[[Holi]] (14)
*[[Boater]] (15)

|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (1)
*[[Leozack]] (2)
*[[Drillhorn]] (3)
*[[Jallguar]] (4)
*[[Killbison]] (5)
*[[Lionbreast]] (16)
*[[Hornbreast]] (17)
*[[Tigerbreast]] (18)
*[[Eaglebreast]] (19)
*[[Bisonbreast]] (20)

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (11)
*[[Cathy (Victory)|Cathy]] (21)
*[[Cathy's mother]] (22)

}}

==Quotes==
"Move, you Autobot punk! If you don't, I'll put a hole in your guts with my drill!" 
"Hah! The only thing you could put a hole in with that weak drill is tofu!"
:—'''Drillhorn''' and '''Laster'''

"Tasukete! Herupu Mii!"
:-'''Jean''', practicing his english in a rescue simulation.

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

"I can't stand it any more! I am a destroyer; I shall destroy!"
:—'''Leozack''', having had enough of all this sneaking around.

"I don't understand one thing: Why didn't the Decepticons do any damage at the beginning? Are they playing some kind of game?"
:—'''Star Saber''' is confused by the plot.

"Who's grabbing me from behind?!"
:—'''Killbison'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Blacker's head is ''tiny'' when he bends Killbison's cannons, and again later when Leozack is refusing to retreat.

===Continuity Errors===
* Although Deathsaurus is still depicted as being bigger than the normal mode Star Saber, he's still a lot smaller than in the rest of the series where he's depicted as being the size of a combiner.
* In the Omni Productions dub, the city being attacked is first named by the narrator as "Metropolis City", then later the Autobots look at a subway map for "[[Los Angeles]]". The city goes unnamed in the Japanese version, however an onscreen map the Autobots view points pretty conclusively to it being "[[New York City]]".

===Trivia===
* As Galaxy Shuttle swoops into the city, one building is topped with an advert reading "TRANSFORMER" with a large "V" through it, and "ANIME STUDIO". As Star Saber descends towards the rail tunnels, another building with a similar sign is visible behind him.
* This episode unusually includes a line of dialogue in the preview shown before the title card. Specifically, Jallguar's line "Swiftly, discretely, and precisely...", uttered as he pops up in the subway station.
** Ever conscientious, the English dub also inserts a line at the same point in the preview—"We need that energy!"—however it doesn't match the line Jaguar speaks when we reach that scene in the episode! For the record, the actual line is "Thank heavens for that!"

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Terror Under the Metropolis'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
::* Rather than being dissatisfied with Deathsaurus's plan involving sneaking around, Leozack complains that the Dinoforce should be sent instead as the Breastforce are soldiers, not sneaky thieves.
::* Rather than musing to himself that it wouldn't be good if the train hits him, Jallguar appears to talk to the train.
::* Drillhorn's threat to Laster is toned down considerably!
::* Star Saber's relief at the energy theft being minimised becomes relief that the damage had been minimised. This line is immediately followed by a pan down a completely devastated street. All mention of the Autobots repairing the damage is also gone.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.

[[Category:Victory episodes]]

Big City - Underground Terror

2014-07-20T21:56:45Z

Surnis: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|series=Victory
|ep=8
|title="Big City - Underground Terror"
|japanese=大都会・地下の恐怖
|romaji=Daitokai - Chika no Kyōfu
|image=Bigcityundergroundterror.jpg
|caption="Dude, call him off!!!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|airdate=[[May 16|16 May]] 1989
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Deathsaurus and the Breastforce invade American subway tunnels to steal electrical energy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BigCityTerror Killbison scouting.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]
Aboard the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] hands down his newest set of orders to the [[Breastforce]], instructing them to steal electrical energy from a major American subway system. [[Leozack]] advocates concern over potential [[Autobot]] interference, but Deathsaurus coolly silences him, telling him that it is not his place to worry about it. As the Breastforce depart, Leozack sulks about the fact that their plan leaves them scurrying around underground, and blows up at his teammates when they suggest that he might wants to keep his voice down in case Deathsaurus hears. A little later, the Breastforce arrive in American and [[Drillhorn]] burrows a path for them into the city's subway system. [[Jallguar]] manages to avoid a collision with a train, and a large trail of rubble left by Drillhorn derails another.

At the [[Rocket Base|Shuttle Base]], [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] and the [[Brainmaster]]s process reports from the [[Multiforce]], who are patrolling the globe for Decepticon activity. The lack of a report from America prompts them to move the Shuttle Base, after which [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] and the [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]] go outside to practise their speedy rescue tactics. The drill is soon interrupted by the sound of a klaxon, signalling to Jean and the Rescues that the Brainmasters have discovered the Decepticons' activities in America. Despite realizing the limitations that they will be subjected to by attempting to fight within a subway (and realizing that the Decepticons likely planned it that way), Star Saber orders the Autobots into action. The Brainmasters and Rescue Team board the [[Galaxy Shuttle]], and Jean sneaks aboard to join in the battle.

[[Image:BigCityTerror Star Saber arrives.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
Back in the subway, Leozack is too busy being pissy to focus on his job, and decides to disobey orders and just do things the most direct way—which for him involves opening fire on the tunnel walls to expose the various electrical systems. It's not long before the rest of the Breastforce follow his lead, causing explosions that begin tearing through the streets above as Star Saber and the Autobots arrive. Analyzing the Decepticons' tactics, Star Saber deduces that their target is the subway's power center, and he prepares to head there himself while the Rescue Team help in the damaged areas and the Brainmasters take on the Breastforce. Jean almost manages to sneak aboard Holi without being seen, but even though Star Saber spots him, he convinces the Supreme Commander to allow him to help.

[[Image:BigCityTerror Blacker vs Killbison.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hump that tank!]]
Star Saber heads into the power distribution center (in his small robot form of Saber, with the [[V-Star]] hovering along behind him), and after some searching, discovers that he is not alone. What he does not expect, however, is to find that the Decepticon in the center is Deathsaurus himself! With Star Saber unable to open fire for fear of damaging the equipment, Deathsaurus unleashes his [[Breast Animal]]s, and the intelligence of his scheme is revealed—in the cramped quarters of the subway, the Autobots are no match for the small, nimble Breast Animals! [[Laster]] and [[Blacker]] have also discovered this fact in their battles with Drillhorn and [[Killbison]]; Killbison even leaves his Bisonbreast to tackle Blacker, but Leozack shows up to criticize him for running. Leozack unleashes his own Breast Animal, and he, it and the Bisonbreast take on Blacker together.

[[Image:BigCityTerror Deathsaurus stab.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
Back with Star Saber and Deathsaurus, the Autobot leader has spotted the flaw in Deathsaurus's plan, and targets the Decepticon's now-unprotected chest plate. Deathsaurus's Breast Animals continue to interfere, so Star Saber calls on his own little friend, instructing the V-Star to crash into Deathsaurus. The villain raises his shield to block the oncoming craft, but this results in him leaving his chest open, and Star Saber hurls his sword, impaling Deathsaurus on its blade. Thusly wounded, Deathsaurus recalls his Breast Animals and flees with what energy he has managed to gather. The news of his retreat quickly reaches Jallguar, and he informs Killbison and Leozack of the situation. Leozack has no desire to back down from the fight, but when Killbison and Jallguar flee, he is left on his own and with no choice but to pull out.

With the Decepticons driven off, Star Saber and the Brainmasters emerge from the tunnels, and meet up with Jean and the Rescue Team, who have been busy helping civilians escape from a collapsed subway station. Star Saber credits his team with performing well under disadvantageous circumstances, and the Autobots set about rebuilding the damaged city.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (6)
*[[Braver]] (7)
*[[Laster]] (8)
*[[Blacker]] (9)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (10)
*[[Pīpō]] (12)
*[[Fire]] (13)
*[[Holi]] (14)
*[[Boater]] (15)

|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (1)
*[[Leozack]] (2)
*[[Drillhorn]] (3)
*[[Jallguar]] (4)
*[[Killbison]] (5)
*[[Lionbreast]] (16)
*[[Hornbreast]] (17)
*[[Tigerbreast]] (18)
*[[Eaglebreast]] (19)
*[[Bisonbreast]] (20)

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (11)
*[[Cathy (Victory)|Cathy]] (21)
*[[Cathy's mother]] (22)

}}

==Quotes==
"Move, you Autobot punk! If you don't, I'll put a hole in your guts with my drill!" 
"Hah! The only thing you could put a hole in with that weak drill is tofu!"
:—'''Drillhorn''' and '''Laster'''

"Tasukete! Herupu Mii!"
:-'''Jan''', practicing his english in a rescue simulation.

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

"I can't stand it any more! I am a destroyer; I shall destroy!"
:—'''Leozack''', having had enough of all this sneaking around.

"I don't understand one thing: Why didn't the Decepticons do any damage at the beginning? Are they playing some kind of game?"
:—'''Star Saber''' is confused by the plot.

"Who's grabbing me from behind?!"
:—'''Killbison'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Blacker's head is ''tiny'' when he bends Killbison's cannons, and again later when Leozack is refusing to retreat.

===Continuity Errors===
* Although Deathsaurus is still depicted as being bigger than the normal mode Star Saber, he's still a lot smaller than in the rest of the series where he's depicted as being the size of a combiner.
* In the Omni Productions dub, the city being attacked is first named by the narrator as "Metropolis City", then later the Autobots look at a subway map for "[[Los Angeles]]". The city goes unnamed in the Japanese version, however an onscreen map the Autobots view points pretty conclusively to it being "[[New York City]]".

===Trivia===
* As Galaxy Shuttle swoops into the city, one building is topped with an advert reading "TRANSFORMER" with a large "V" through it, and "ANIME STUDIO". As Star Saber descends towards the rail tunnels, another building with a similar sign is visible behind him.
* This episode unusually includes a line of dialogue in the preview shown before the title card. Specifically, Jallguar's line "Swiftly, discretely, and precisely...", uttered as he pops up in the subway station.
** Ever conscientious, the English dub also inserts a line at the same point in the preview—"We need that energy!"—however it doesn't match the line Jaguar speaks when we reach that scene in the episode! For the record, the actual line is "Thank heavens for that!"

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Terror Under the Metropolis'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
::* Rather than being dissatisfied with Deathsaurus's plan involving sneaking around, Leozack complains that the Dinoforce should be sent instead as the Breastforce are soldiers, not sneaky thieves.
::* Rather than musing to himself that it wouldn't be good if the train hits him, Jallguar appears to talk to the train.
::* Drillhorn's threat to Laster is toned down considerably!
::* Star Saber's relief at the energy theft being minimised becomes relief that the damage had been minimised. This line is immediately followed by a pan down a completely devastated street. All mention of the Autobots repairing the damage is also gone.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.

[[Category:Victory episodes]]

Gigascouter

2014-07-15T02:56:55Z

Surnis: /* Beast Wars */

{{faction|predacon}}
:''Gigascouter is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] drone from the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:GigascouterSourcebook.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He's a size 3400 DDDD]]

'''Gigascouter''' (ギガスカウター ''Gigasukautā'') is [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]'s personal recon drone, created from his power. Gigascouter has the capability to travel at speeds up to 240 mph.
{{-}}
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:GigascouterToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Nothing witty comes to mind...]]
*'''Gigastorm''' (Destron, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-22'''

: Gigascouter is a [[redeco]] of [[Full-Tilt]], transforming into a Cybertronic car. Unlike Full-Tilt, he does not have any accessories. (Already-lost gun for your convenience!) Available only with Gigastorm (in fact, he's the ''only'' thing that comes with Gigastorm), he pegs onto Giga's dino-mode chestplate.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Destron/Gigastorm/gigastorm.htm More information on Gigascouter (with Gigastorm) at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=1464 More information on Gigascouter at Transformers-Universe.com]''

[[Category:Beast Wars II Predacons]]
[[Category:Destrons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Gigascouter

2014-07-15T02:22:00Z

Surnis: /* Beast Wars */

{{faction|predacon}}
:''Gigascouter is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] drone from the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:GigascouterSourcebook.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He's a size 3400 DDDD]]

'''Gigascouter''' (ギガスカウター ''Gigasukautā'') is [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]'s personal recon drone, created from his power. Gigascouter has the capability to travel at speeds up to 240 mph.
{{-}}
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:GigascouterToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Nothing witty comes to mind...]]
*'''Gigastorm''' (Destron, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-22'''

: Gigascouter is a [[redeco]] of [[Full-Tilt]], transforming into a Cybertronic car. Unlike Full-Tilt, he does not have any accessories. (Already lost gun for your convenience!) Available only with Gigastorm (in fact, he's the ''only'' thing that comes with Gigastorm), he pegs onto Giga's dino-mode chestplate.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Destron/Gigastorm/gigastorm.htm More information on Gigascouter (with Gigastorm) at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=1464 More information on Gigascouter at Transformers-Universe.com]''

[[Category:Beast Wars II Predacons]]
[[Category:Destrons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]