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User:Tetris King

2013-04-15T23:30:13Z

Tetris King:

Sometimes I talk too much about Transformers. I will most likely just be editing minor tidbits and whatnot.

[[User:EHeroFlareNeos|EHeroFlareNeos]] is my brother.

Darkness Rising, Part 2

2013-04-15T05:49:00Z

Tetris King: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 2
|prev=Darkness Rising, Part 1
|next=Darkness Rising, Part 3
|image=DarknessRising2-letsgetyouhome.jpg
|caption=Ohh, Dark Energon brings back the dead, so ''that's'' how they're getting out of killiOH GOD ARRRRGGG!
|title="Darkness Rising, Part 2"
|airdate=[[November 26]], [[2010]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|directed by=[[Dave Hartman|David Hartman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots try to get Cliffjumper back, unaware of what the Decepticons have done to him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] shows off the massive [[energon]] deposit that the [[Decepticon]]s have located. After [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] reminds his subordinate who's boss, he shows off what ''he's'' found — [[Dark Energon]], the blood of [[Unicron]], which Starscream claims is said to have the power to resurrect the dead. Megatron inquires if Starscream is willing to volunteer to try it out, but it turns out they still have [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s corpse handy.

[[Image:DarknessRising2-Fowler.jpg|left|thumb|200px|He's not taking the words of a group of unaccountable aliens with their own agenda as gospel. ''Bastards!'']]
At Autobot HQ, Optimus Prime tells the kids that the Autobots will have to protect them, as the Decepticons will likely be interested in the Autobots' new allies. A proximity alert lets the Autobots know that Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], their liaison with the US government, is paying them a visit. Fowler is not happy with the Autobots' antics during the recent freeway chase, but [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] points out no humans were hurt. After Prime's assurances that the Autobots will take care of things, Fowler leaves.

Megatron uses the Dark Energon on Cliffjumper, who revives as a snarling, savage beast and immediately attacks a couple of Decepticon soldiers. The thing that was Cliffjumper then turns on Megatron, who slices him in two and announces that the Dark Energon is the key to a vast, indestructible army.

[[Image:Autobots Battle Darkness Rising 2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Starscream, this is the police! We have you surrounded!" "Oh crud!"]]

Ratchet reports that he's detected Cliffjumper's signal, and the chance that Cliffjumper's alive is too much for the Autobots to resist. Leaving the kids with Ratchet, they take the [[GroundBridge]] out. Ratchet explains the ground bridge to the amazed kids and threatens to send them to Tokyo. Meanwhile, the rest of the Autobots arrive in the energon mine and start fighting Decepticon drones. Starscream alerts Megatron, who feels he needs more time to prepare to face Optimus and orders the ship made ready for departure. He also orders Starscream to blow up the mine. As the battle rages, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] spots Cliffjumper. The other Autobots cover her, and she reaches her fellow Autobot, or what's left of him, only to discover what the Decepticons have done. Starscream stops by to drop off a bomb before making a rapid exit. The Autobots race through the mine ahead of the explosion, back to their entry point, as Optimus radios Ratchet to order the opening of the ground bridge.

[[Image:DarknessRising2-girltrouble.jpg|thumb|250px|left|"That ''better'' not be Barry Manilow you're playing, Jack."]]

After the team arrives back at base, Arcee tells the others what she saw. She becomes dizzy, and Ratchet scans her and finds contamination on her wrist. While Arcee goes and gets cleaned up, the kids explain to Optimus that they really need to get home, or their relatives will send the cops out looking for them. Prime assigns Bulkhead to take [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] home, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to take care of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], and Arcee to [[Jack Darby|Jack]]. Arcee and Jack arrive home shortly before [[June Darby|Jack's mother]] hauls up in her car. Mom's less than impressed that Jack appears to have bought a motorcycle, but Jack talks her around. The next morning, despite Jack's protests that it's a Saturday, Arcee insists that they need to get to HQ.

On the Decepticon ship, Megatron is skeptical that Optimus perished in the destruction of the energon mine. Starscream is concerned that Megatron is being affected by too much exposure to the Dark Energon, but Megatron responds by taking a sliver of the substance and plunging it into his own spark.

Ratchet's analysis of the Dark Energon sample he retrieved from Arcee is incomplete due to his lack of the necessary technology. As he moves the sample to another part of the lab, some of it drips on the [[manipulator arm]] Bulkhead broke earlier. Unseen by Ratchet, the arm twitches into life, turning into a one-eyed, spider-like creature.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)

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*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (2)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)

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*[[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (12)
*[[William Fowler]] (13)
*[[June Darby]] (14)

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*[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] (4)
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==Quotes==
"Then, as your humble servant, shall I ready the space bridge to bring forth the Decepticon army you have surely gathered during your three years in space?"
:—'''Starscream''' drips with sarcasm.

"They have no protective shell! If they get underfoot, they will go...squish."
:—'''Ratchet''' on humans.

"Team Prime knows ''when'' to use force, and how ''much'' to use!" 
"Bulkhead, I ''NEEDED THAT''!"
:—'''Bulkhead''' destroys '''Ratchet'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s medical claw and starts a running gag.

"[[Maximum overdrive|MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!]]"
:—'''Optimus''' utters a soon-to-be infamous phrase.

"Blood of Unicron, how I might fathom the depths of your mystery, become worthy of wielding your astonishing power!"
:—'''Megatron''' in a private moment with his prize.

"Robots who get dizzy?" 
"Robots with emotions." 
"Robots who can [[death|die]]."
:—'''Miko''', '''Raf''' and '''Jack''' recognize the lasting appeal of Transformers.

"Well, if I don't call my mom, like, now, I'm pretty sure the cops will be out looking for me." 
"Have you broken a law?"
:—'''Jack''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"You can watch cartoons back at base with Bumblebee." 
"Cartoons? I'm sixteen."
:—'''Arcee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s suggestion of weekend entertainment meets '''Jack'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s disapproval.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* The Autobots have no shadows when they walk into the main mine.
* June parks her car in the driveway and goes to bed. In the morning it is moved. It could be explained by her going to work except that Jack says that she is still sleeping.
* When the Autobots reach the energon mine and Bulkhead says, "Energon mine" whilst his blaster transforms back to his hand, part of the blaster remains floating over his hand.

===Transformers references===
*Dark Energon is a central MacGuffin for Megatron in this continuity, first being used in the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' games, as well as in the ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'' novel. Megatron and Starscream's introductory conversation about the substance is ''very'' expository for the benefit of viewers who haven't read the book or played the game, to the extent that it sounds like neither of them has encountered it before, and neither Arcee nor Ratchet is indicated to have any familiarity with the substance, despite having seen it first-hand back during the war. And yet, Arcee does compare Decepticon experiments during the war on Cybertron to the substance's effect on Cliffjumper, without explicitly naming the stuff (though previously it didn't make anyone crazed zombies.... On the other hand, it was never used on a dead guy before (that we know of) - in fact, it always left deceased users and sought for living ones, which is kinda weird for a substance which could merely rise the user from the dead. Sorry, Cliff, them's the breaks). It's all a bit wobbly; while the cartoon almost certainly seems to have been written as if it is the characters' first encounter with Dark Energon, the dialogue does have enough wiggle room if you're obstinate, like us!
*The purple goo shares the property of changing ordinary machines into Transformers with the [[AllSpark]].

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die dunkle Macht erhebt sicht, Teil 2'''" (The Dark Force Rises, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 30|30 September]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Közeleg a sötétség, 2. rész'''" ("The Darkness Is Nearing, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 10|10 January]] [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La rimonta delle tenebre, seconda parte'''" ("Darkness Rising, Second Part")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 17|17 September]] [[2011]]

'''Indonesia'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kegelapan Bangkit, Bagian 2'''" ("Darkness Rising, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' 4 September [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ankoku Henkei!? Dark Energon'''" (暗黒変形!? ダークエネルゴン, "Dark Transformation!? Dark Energon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 14|14 April]] [[2012]]
:**At the end of the episode, when the manipulator arm turns into the spider-like creature and begins crawling around, a self-aware joke was added to the script: Ratchet mentions that he thinks he hears the kids in the audience telling him to watch his back, but brushes their concerns off as unimportant.

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ak ui Buhwal 2'''" (악의 부활 2, "Return of the Evil, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 30|30 August]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 6|6 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El regreso del mal, Parte 2'''" ("The Return of Evil, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

===Trivia===
* The energon mine is in Nebraska as Fowler will point out in the next episode.
* When this episode premiered on the [[Vortexx]] block, Jack's line about "robots who can die" was cut.
* Adaptations of this episode include a prose version as part of ''[[Megatron Returns]]'', and a screen-capture-style comic as part of ''[[Transformers Prime: A Rising Darkness| A Rising Darkness]]''.

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Natural Selection, Part Five

2013-04-14T15:06:30Z

Tetris King: "hachi" means "8"

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|prev=Natural Selection, Part 4
|next=Destiny, Part 1
|title="Natural Selection" Part 5
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 10]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=April 2013
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|color assists=[[James Stayte]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
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'''As subterfuge from within brings his plan crashing down, Scorponok faces off against Grimlock in final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
Deep within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] holds the [[Sword of Primus]] above the head of a cowering [[Demon]], and announces that the will of Primus decrees he use the blade to exterminate all of the creature's kind so the next step in the evolution of the [[Transformer]] race can begin. But after a moment's hesitation, Hot Rod concludes that Primus' will is not ''his'' will, and he will not further the grievous wrong their creator committed, on which their race is built. Taking the [[Covenant of Primus]] as well, Hot Rod exits the chamber—the gashes on his chest healing closed as he does so—and, vowing to return, heads back to the surface, the Demons all parting before him, genuflecting in fear of the light of Primus's artifacts.

In [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Grapple]]'s united teams storm the [[Civil Defense Hub]]. Grimlock catches [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]] and [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] unaware and stomps them flat, prompting [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] to insist that they be careful to disable, rather than destroy, the guards, since many of them are [[Gene Key]]-reprogrammed Autobots. [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s speed allows him to prevent the sealing off of the hub's lower levels, and the team bursts into the control room, where [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]] wisely surrender immediately. A quick scan of the computer by Grapple reveals that the data on Scorponok's new technologies is intact, which will allow [[Nucleon]] suffers to be cured, but also that the planet's orbital defenses have targeted the approaching ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' cruiser, returning from [[Earth]], and that the [[Clone (subgroup)|clones]] have locked the system. Grimlock and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] leave to confront [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] at the [[Sonic Canyons]], while Blurr puts his speed to use racing through all possible passcodes for the computer... but even his prodigious pace is not fast enough to stop the missiles launching. [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] demands the abort code from Pounce at gunpoint, but the clone does not believe his threats... until Crosshairs shoots Wingspan dead. The terrified Pounce immediately hands over the code, allowing the missiles to be safely detonated before they strike the ''Valiant''.

On [[Earth]], in the Yukon, [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] monologues on the bridge of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], as the craft grows nearer and nearer to being spaceworthy. Down in the lower decks, meanwhile, the lobotomized [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sits slumped by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s immobile body. Starscream is shocked to hear a voice suddenly speak to him.. and even ''more'' shocked to discover that he can speak again! The voice is that of Shockwave, speaking through the Ark, who explains that he has removed the blocks [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] placed in Starscream's mind. Awoken by the destruction of [[Aunty|Auntie]], Shockwave is one with the ship now, but does not have complete autonomy: the Ark still requires a pilot, and that role would be much better filled by Starscream than by Galvatron...

At the Sonic Canyons, Scorponok rages as [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] announces another delay caused by a minor technical difficulty, and knocks [[Roadblock (G2)|Roadblock]] into the canyons in anger. The other Decepticons watch with silent concern as Scorponok continues to rant, until Grimlock arrives on a [[Sky-sled]] and opens fire, lecturing Scorponok on loyalty, and how it must be won through action. Glad of a target, Scorponok transforms and blasts Grimlock out of the sky, subduing him with his failsafe crystal and ordering Perceptor to activate the Gene Key. Scorponok continues to pontificate about the true unification of Cybertron and his role in it as the key hums to life... but when its effects tear through all present, the result is highly unexpected: everyone is back to normal! It is revealed that Grimlock never used the Gene Key on Perceptor, and that the scientist has been the Autobots' "inside man" all along, pretending to work with Scorponok in order to sabotage the Gene Key. Scorponok turns on Perceptor, but Grimlock tackles him from behind before he can fire, and calls for the other Dinobots, in hiding nearby, to strike. The remaining few Decepticons quickly flee, leaving Scorponok to face Grimlock alone on the bridge over the canyons. As they battle, [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] blasts out a support strut, and the structure begins to collapse. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] flies in on a sky-sled and offers Grimlock his hand, but the Dinobot leader refuses: thanks to Scorponok, he went too far over the line, and knows there can be no going back. Locked in battle, both Scorponok and Grimlock tumble into the bottomless darkness of the canyons as the other Dinobots look on in horror.

Back on Earth, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrives at the Ark site... just as the giant vessel takes off! Looking up at the bridge window, Optimus sees Galvatron staring back, and believes that Megatron has returned!

==Featured characters==
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*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (1)
*[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (6)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (7)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (8)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (9)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (10)
*[[Grapple]] (11)
*[[Hosehead]] (12)
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*[[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] (13)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (21)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (22)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (23)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (28)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (29)
*[[Brainstorm]] (30)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (35)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (36)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (37)
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (38)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (39)
*[[Override (G1)|Override]] (40)
*[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (41)
*[[Dogfight]]? (42)
*[[Skram (G2)|Skram]] (43)
*[[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] (44)
*''[[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]]'' (45)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (46)
{{!}}}
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*[[Roadblock (G1)|G1 Roadblock]] (3)
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (14)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (15)
*Purple-and-black (16)
*Green-and-black (17)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (18)
*[[Pounce]] (19)
*[[Wingspan]] (20)
*[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] (24)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (25)
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*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (26)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (27)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (31)
*[[Roadblock (G2)|G2 Roadblock]] (32)
*[[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] (33)
*[[Needlenose]] (34)
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*[[Demon]]s (2)
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==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Transformers references===

*Guzzle and Roadblock are chatting about the [[Mecannibal]]s when Grimlock so rudely interrupts them.
*[[Sky-sled]]s make a reappearance in Marvel continuity after debuting in [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue #75]].

===Real world-references===
*For some head-scratching reason, the passcode Pounce provides is in [[Japan]]ese: "juu-kyuu-hachi-juushi-nijuu-juu-yon" is "10-9-8-14-20-10-4." Any significance those numbers might have, we haven't sussed it out yet.

===Errors===
*On page 13, Highbrow is colored like Needlenose.
*The Ark is drawn to match its [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] appearance instead of its unique Marvel shape, but is still colored in traditional Marvel silver.

===Trivia===
*Shockwave says he has "destricted" Starscream's blocks. "Destriction" is in fact a word, from "striction", meaning "binding", but is marked as both obsolete and rare by the Oxford English dictionary.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Grimlock vs. Scorponok on the bridge above the Sonic Canyons, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' Grimlock in scorpion-mode Scorponok's grip, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Scorponok fires on Grimlock's sky-sled, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
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