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<div>{{disambig2|the episode of the Generation 1 cartoon|issue #35 of the Marvel US comic|Child's Play (issue)}}<br />
{{episode<br />
|image=Child's Play Aron Autobots telescope.jpg<br />
|caption=Aron soon realised he was addicted to collecting Robot Heroes. He later took up the daunting hobby of collecting Decoys and Tiny Titans. <br />
|series=G1toon<br />
|ep=44<br />
|series2=SRLFtoon<br />
|ep2=40<br />
|prev2=Triple Takeover<br />
|next2=The Search for Alpha Trion<br />
|title="Child's Play"<br />
|written by=[[Beth Bornstein]]<br />
|production code=700-43<br />
|airdate=[[November 7]], 1985<br />
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation]]<br />
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]<br />
}}<br />
'''The Transformers find themselves on an alien planet where they're no bigger than toys to the inhabitants!'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Child's Play Decepticons catch.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|There's nothing in the rule book that says a Decepticon can't pitch!]]<br />
At a baseball stadium on [[Earth]], the [[Decepticon]]s are setting up a [[space bridge]], over the objections of the [[human]]s. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] decides to let his troops have some fun: [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] fires baseballs at people from his cannons, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] play catch (using a human), [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] chases a player around the field, and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] starts grabbing people in [[Alternate mode|jet mode]]. The unwholesome family fun is ended when the [[Autobot]]s arrive. As [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots attack, [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] tries to run a scan on the space bridge, but Megatron shoots the controls. However, Optimus Prime, Perceptor, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], Soundwave, Ravage, Thrust, and Starscream are within the space bridge's confines at the time, and they are sucked into a portal along with the [[energon cube]]s. As Megatron laments the loss of the energon (and fails to notice the bright side of Optimus and Starscream probably being dead), the space bridge self-destructs. [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] leads the remaining Autobots back to the [[Ark (G1)|base]], hoping that [[Teletraan I]] can figure out where the others were sent.<br />
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Meanwhile, the lost Transformers awaken to find themselves [[Brobdingnag|somewhere else]]. All of a sudden, a large sphere lands atop Starscream. Then a monster attacks, chasing Soundwave. Thrust tries to fly away, but lands in a body of water. Also, Ravage is caught by some plant life. Convinced the Decepticons are no longer a threat, Optimus has the Autobots load the energon into his trailer, and they roll out. They find a building made of relatively poor materials, only to discover something quite shocking: They're in the bedroom of a gargantuan alien child.<br />
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[[File:Child's Play Aron Decepticons bowl.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"If you let us out, we'll give you free candy! Decepticon promise!"]]<br />
The boy, [[Aron]], places Starscream, Soundwave, Ravage, and Thrust in a small bowl, while [[Nitro]] (his pet and the creature that was chasing Soundwave) smells the Autobots. As Aron tells him to stop, the Decepticons escape. Thrust is tied down with a piece of string, Ravage is chased down like a mouse and locked in a small cage with [[Booper|a rodent-like pet]] to run on a wheel (how embarrassing), and Soundwave is locked in a toy box. Starscream manages to hide in the small toy building and sees the Autobots. Naturally, Starscream fires his [[null-ray]] at the [[energon]], causing a fire. Starscream is quickly recaptured, and Inferno douses the fire. Optimus introduces the Autobots to Aron, when the boy's parents arrive. Hiding the Autobots in a desk drawer, Aron shows the Decepticons to his parents. However, Aron is also compelled to show the Autobots.<br />
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The Transformers are taken to a lab, where [[Brobdingnag scientist|scientists]] intend to dissect them (starting with the Decepticons). However, Aron steals the Autobots away, with the authorities in pursuit. Aron hides behind a trash can, dodging his pursuers, but a local bully named [[Marty]] comes along. The Autobots hide within a trashcan, and Marty wanders off. Meanwhile, Ravage has picked his locks and frees the other Decepticons. Aron is still being chased by the authorities, so he intends to hide the Autobots at his house. However, Optimus tells Aron that they have to return to Earth, a planet far from this one. Aron wonders if he could see it through his telescope, and Perceptor happens upon an idea. However, Soundwave has overheard them. <br />
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[[File:Child's Play Autobots sewer ride.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''Mr. Toad's Wildrider''—er, ''Wild Ride'']]<br />
The authorities spot Aron, so the Autobots decide to escape by traveling to Aron's house through the sewers. The Decepticons see the Autobots and follow them below. As the two groups fight it out within the sewer, a wave comes along. (Let's not ponder what the wave is made of.) The Decepticons hightail it out, while the Autobots ride the wave in a teacup. Escaping out through a drainage pipe, the Autobots head to Aron's house.<br />
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[[File:Child's Play Starscream alligators.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Crikey! They're REALLY mad now!]]<br />
Using Nitro as a way into Aron's room, Perceptor explains that they can use the energon, along with modifications to his [[light cannon]], to propel them to Earth through the telescope. Once he's ready, however, the Decepticons arrive and grab Bumblebee. Starscream orders Optimus to let them pass, and just as the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] is prepared to let them go, Nitro pounces, freeing Bumblebee but allowing the Decepticons to escape back to Earth...and land right in a lake filled with alligators. <br />
Back on...whatever Aron's planet is called, Aron suggests using his toy rocket ship to go home. Perceptor is able to modify it for interstellar transport, and the Autobots depart, with Optimus telling Aron that whenever he looks into the sky, he'll be seeing them.<br />
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{{note|The five Autobots' adventures continue in "[[The Gambler]]".}}<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (9)<br />
*[[Brawn (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Brawn]] (10)<br />
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (11)<br />
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (12)<br />
*[[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (13)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (14)<br />
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (15)<br />
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (16)<br />
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (18)<br />
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (21)<br />
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (22)<br />
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (23)<br />
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (24)<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)<br />
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (4)<br />
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (5)<br />
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (6)<br />
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (7)<br />
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (8)<br />
|c3=<br />
*Spectators (1)<br />
*Baseball players (2)<br />
*[[Chip Chase]] (25)<br />
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (26)<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Nitro]] (17)<br />
*[[Aron]] (19)<br />
*[[Aron's parents]] (20)<br />
*[[Brobdingnag scientist|Scientist]] (27)<br />
*[[Marty]] (28)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Skywarp, think fast!"<br />
:—'''Soundwave''' playing catch with Skywarp...using a human.<br />
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"Strike three, Megatron. You're out."<br />
:—'''Optimus Prime''', umpire.<br />
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[[File:Child's Play Nitro Soundwave.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
"Alert, alert: Assistance required."<br />
:—'''Soundwave''' running away from Nitro, alien kitty cat.<br />
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''[The Decepticons return to Earth, landing in a lake]''<br><br />
'''Thrust''': This isn't the type of welcome I had in mind.<br><br />
'''Starscream''': Who cares, as long as there aren't any green monsters around.<br><br />
''[Alligators converge and attack the Decepticons]''<br><br />
'''Starscream''': AHHH! GET THESE THINGS OFF OF ME! AHHHH!<br><br />
:—Starscream just can't win.<br />
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'''Smokescreen''': A rocket ship!<br><br />
'''Inferno''': A ''toy'' rocket ship.<br><br />
'''Perceptor''' Well, anything's worth a try. With some modifications to the propulsion core—<br><br />
'''Optimus''': Perceptor, just do it.<br><br />
:—Perceptor exhausts Optimus Prime's patience.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Perceptor demonstrates his rarely-used ability to roll along as a giant vehicular microscope.<br />
*When the Decepticons are flying through the air, Ravage is shown to be "running" next to them. So cute.<br />
*Gadgets and powers:<br />
**Inferno deploys a human-catching net from the top of his ladder.<br />
*[[Enter the Nightbird|<<]] '''Brawn vs. Soundwave''', Round 6: Brawn grabs Soundwave by the feet and hurls him into Starscream. Brawn 5, Soundwave 1. Final winner: the nigh-invulnerable Brawn!<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
*The planet that the Transformers travel to is not named in the episode, and would have to wait more than two decades before finally receiving a name — "[[Brobdingnag]]" — in [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]. This, of course, is a reference to the famous island of {{w|Brobdingnag}} in ''{{w|Gulliver's Travels}}'', also inhabited by a race of giants.<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
More than most, this episode suffers from ''really'' error-laden animation, much of it seemingly unfinished. Throughout the episode, layering errors make hash of both physics and the characters' interactions, characters are repeatedly colored as other characters, and everybody's got the wrong sound effects.<br />
*Megatron's opening lines ("Since the humans are so eager to play, this stadium will make a perfect space bridge. Why don't you accommodate them?") don't quite flow together, as if something got cut after the first part of the first sentence, or as if the first two clauses should be switched around.<br />
*Coloring errors:<br />
**When Skywarp flies up to catch the human Soundwave just threw, he is colored as Starscream.<br />
**Starscream's face is the same dark gray as his helmet after he's crushed by the giant ball, rather than its usual light gray.<br />
**Starscream has Skywarp's colors when Aron drops him in the glass jar. And again when Soundwave joins him. And ''again'' as he and Soundwave break out. <br />
**As Soundwave runs away from Nitro and says, "Get us out of here", he is colored red like Perceptor.<br />
**As Perceptor is knocked down by Soundwave, the rim of his chest is grey instead of white.<br />
**Smokescreen is presented in Grimlock's colors when Perceptor starts talking about building a transportation beam.<br />
**As the Decepticons fly to Aron's house, Starscream is colored like Thundercracker.<br />
**As Inferno blasts the energon cubes, his energy beam isn't given a proper glow effect; it's colored black instead.<br />
**Starscream is colored like Thundercracker (''again'') as they fly up to the light beam.<br />
**Smokescreen's head crest is colored blue instead of yellow as Bumblebee asks about the cubes.<br />
*Though both of the people Starscream picks up at the baseball game are male, one of the voices screaming for help is distinctly female.<br />
*As Starscream is flying around, the stands keep switching back and forth from being completely full to completely empty.<br />
*As Optimus arrives at the stadium and transforms, his trailer simply vanishes into thin air, with Inferno appearing in its place.<br />
*When Optimus says, "Strike Two...", his raised right arm actually covers part of his head.<br />
*Thrust makes no transformation noise after he's swatted out of the air by the cat creature.<br />
*The Autobots driving across Aron's floor are moving ''incredibly'' slowly.<br />
*The Autobots make the "wrong" transformation noise (descending pitch) as they arrive at the "building" and convert to [[robot mode]]. <br />
*As Inferno knocks on the "building"'s walls, the intended comedic effect of the wall falling and hitting him and Perceptor is animated as if it were a tidal wave bursting through the wall. After about 1/2 of the "metallic clang" sound effect, the scene instantly cuts to the Autobots walking along as if nothing happened. The wall Inferno knocks on does not appear to match the walls seen in earlier shots.<br />
**Despite the fact they are animated as walking, the background behind the Autobots does not move in any way.<br />
**Thanks to a strange cut, the Autobots all instantly stop walking as soon as Optimus Prime decides to sprint ahead.<br />
*Starscream swats Ravage aside after Aron drops him in the jar, but Ravage just hangs in mid-air, unmoving. <br />
*Aron's sock (shoe?) re-appears a few times on his foot after he's thrown it at Nitro.<br />
*As Soundwave is being dropped into the cylinder, some parts of his head are white when they should be dark blue.<br />
*As the Decepticons fly over the city, Starscream's face is obscured by his left arm blaster. But since the view is from the right, the blaster should be ''behind'' his head. The layers are corrected when the shot is re-used a few scenes later, as the Decepticons hunt for Aron's house.<br />
*Wrong weapon sound effects:<br />
**Thrust gets Optimus Prime's laser sound effect when he's firing baseballs from his arm guns.<br />
**Like Thrust before him, Starscream gets Prime's laser sound effect when he fires on the Autobots inside the building set.<br />
**In fact, ''nobody'' gets the right sound effects. Ravage has the same 1950s-sounding blast effect used all over the place in "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]" (when he, uh, fires lasers out of his missiles.) So does Prime when he blasts the sewer rat. Inferno gets a Decepticon sound effect when he blasts Starscream in the sewer.<br />
*The spinning animation of the razor the aliens try to dissect Ravage with is screwed up. While there are clear spinning effects on the side of the blade, the teeth around the edge remain motionless.<br />
[[File:ChildsPlay Starscream's magic leg.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|I summon... Falcon kick!]]<br />
*As Optimus reaches the sewer and finds Starscream standing atop the pipe he's coming out of, a number of odd things happen: his nose disappears for a moment. He grabs at Starscream, who stands motionless, and his hands disappear as though they're meant to be blocked by something. Then he starts falling spontaneously, and a moment later a giant half-drawn leg kicks him. It seems as though this shot was meant to be animated with a different background.<br />
*Bumblebee falls into a whirlpool and it stops moving towards the end of the shot.<br />
*As Inferno rushes to save Bumblebee, the water has not been animated around the characters, thus making them look like half-robots floating in midair.<br />
*Inferno's ladder changes from hollow bars to filled-in (all gray) as he lifts Bumblebee over.<br />
*Flying Autobots:<br />
**The Autobots emit a rocket sound effect as they leap from the tea cup, as if they had flight capabilities.<br />
*The Autobots are supposed to be running toward Nitro, but they aren't actually shown to be moving forward.<br />
*When Aron removes the energon cubes from his drawer, his head and left arm disappear. This error is only present on the DVD release of the series, as it was corrected before the episode was broadcast. <br />
*Bumblebee vanishes from the shot as the Decepticons flee from Nitro.<br />
*As the alligators approach the Decepticons, the back of Starscream's head is the same light gray as his body, instead of its usual dark gray.<br />
*The alligators of the lake the Decepticons landed in are unnaturally huge. They seem as big as Starscream, who is over twenty feet tall, mind you.<br />
*As the Autobots board the rocket from Aron's hands, the cel layering is ''completely'' screwed up. The Autobots just appear out of nowhere in Aron's hands. Bumblebee appears to be growing right out of Aron's skin. Prime walks ''past'' the rocket rather than into it, then phases through its skin to enter it (there's no actual hatchway shown.) Nitro ''also'' phases through the rocket to lick Bumblebee, and both of them sit there, half-submerged in the rocket. Wow!<br />
*The audio seems to slow down for a second as the rocket lifts off.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
*Although continuity sets this directly before "[[The Gambler]]", the next episode broadcast was "[[Quest for Survival]]". Strange, that is.<br />
*Megatron's line, "...this stadium '''will''' make a perfect Space Bridge," along with the General Manager's request to let them play ball seem to suggest that the Decepticons have only just decided to build a Space Bridge here. However, even as the episode begins (and in fact as Megatron is ''delivering'' that line) the Decepticons are shown standing on the already completed Space Bridge. This means that either the Decepticons built the bridge while the game was ''in play'', or that none of the humans in the stadium noticed the giant robots and their Space Bridge as they came in.<br />
*Nobody thinks to ''flee in a panic'' when the stadium is taken over by giant evil alien robots?<br />
*Thrust confidently declares that "one of my missiles can stop anything!", while firing his... lasers.<br />
*Awful convenient that the Transformers landed on a distant alien planet where the locals speak English. There's not the slightest attempt to explain how the two races [[universal translator|can instantly communicate]].<br />
*Since they can all fly, there's no particularly good reason for the Decepticons to be "trapped" in Aron's glass bowl. Rather than simply fly out, Thrust is shown to be ''climbing'' out, while Starscream and Soundwave ''smash'' their way out.<br />
*Why doesn't Soundwave shrink when he transforms inside Aron's cylindrical box? He'd have been undetectable!<br />
*The Aliens recognize the Autobots' alt-modes; strange that they have the same vehicles as we do. Aron even calls Inferno a "fire truck." (Then again, Cybertronian vehicles are usually recognisable as the same vehicle as their Earth counterparts, so maybe all intelligent races hit upon the same concepts when designing vehicles.)<br />
[[File:ChildsPlay scientist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Who's ready for a little bit of SCIENCE?]]<br />
*A representative of Aron's seemingly modestly-advanced civilization decides that, to figure out ''where'' the Transformers came from, they'll have to ''cut them open''? They thought of this before, say... ''asking them''?<br />
*The physics of Perceptor's improvised space bridge seem a little dodgy. For one thing, shooting energon cubes usually causes them to ''blow up''; in fact, that's exactly what happens earlier in the episode. Second, there doesn't seem to be any mechanism for channeling their energy into the telescope, or for controlling when the beam launches. Third, could that dinky little telescope really be reliably sighted ''exactly'' on Earth, a small (and moving!) planet that's a minimum of several light years away?<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*Somebody ''must'' have been killed when Thrust knocks the huge (and explosive) scoreboard into the stands.<br />
*Right before Brawn throws him, Soundwave appears to be... stomping on one of the bases?<br />
*Optimus forgets to name Smokescreen when he introduces the Autobots to Aron. Smokescreen doesn't seem to mind. In fact, Smokescreen barely speaks in this episode and disappears at times. Perhaps he was written in at the last minute in order to tie the story into "[[The Gambler]]"?<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Italian''' <br />
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il pianeta di Gulliver'''" ("The Planet of Gulliver")<br />
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Giocattoli per bambini'''" ("Children's Toys")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Children Play'''" (チルドレン・プレイ)<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 18]], [[1986]]<br />
:*'''Cut:''' A good amount of the Decepticon horseplay on the baseball field was cut for time.<br />
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'''Mandarin'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Jùrén-guó Qíyù '''" (巨人国奇遇, "Adventures in Brobdingnag")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''Russian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Detskiye igry'''" (Детские игры, "Child's Plays")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
{{homevidnote}}<br />
;VHS<br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 12: Size Matters ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])<br />
;{{w|LaserDisc}}<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br />
;DVD<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 5 (Rhino Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 05: Stagione Due Parte Terza ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-43.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]<br />
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[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]</div>TheQuazzhttps://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=War_of_the_Dinobots&diff=1028642War of the Dinobots2015-11-30T07:26:26Z<p>TheQuazz: /* Rhino DVD release */</p>
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<div>{{episode<br />
|series=G1toon<br />
|ep=10<br />
|series2=SRLFtoon<br />
|ep2=8<br />
|prev2=S.O.S. Dinobots<br />
|next2=Countdown to Extinction (episode)<br />
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''<br />
|ep3=14<br />
|prev3=Prime Target (episode)<br />
|next3=Atlantis, Arise!<br />
|image=FHE-WarOfTheDinobots.jpg<br />
|caption="For God's sake, I didn't eat your damn pudding!"<br />
|title="War of the Dinobots"<br />
|production code=#700-07<br />
|airdate=[[November 24]], 1984<br />
|written by=[[Donald F. Glut]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Toei]]<br />
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]<br />
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Snarl and Swoop are added to the Dinobot roster... and just in time!'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:WaroftheDinos Meteorite.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Meteorini Chipper—ah, forget it.]]<br />
At an observatory, [[Chip Chase]] and his colleague [[Jeff (astronomer)|Jeff]] spot an [[Meteorini Chipperoni|unidentified meteor]] through the telescope. Its strange readings cause Chip to call in the [[Autobot]]s, who soon arrive. Chip's already calculated when and where the meteor will land, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] decides that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] will be useful backup when it does.<br />
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At Decepticon headquarters, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is watching video footage of the Dinobots and raging about how the dim-witted robots have defeated his warriors. Though [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] protests that the Dinobots are brilliant as warriors, Megatron insists they must have weaknesses and orders [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to find them. <br />
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Soundwave finds the Autobots in a derelict area waiting for the meteor to arrive. The Autobots take cover as the meteor crashes down. Once it has crash-landed, Optimus announces that they must analyze it, and blasts a clunk off for [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to take back to [[Ark (G1)|headquarters]]. Leaving the Dinobots to guard the meteorite, the Autobots roll out for home. As they drive, Optimus announces that he's decided to get [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Wheeljack to build two more Dinobots, and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and Chip offer to help. Back at base, Chip selects a ''Stegosaurus'' and a ''Pteranodon'' for the [[alternate mode]]s of the new Dinobots.<br />
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[[File:War of the dinos 1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock say "Pull!"]]<br />
At the meteor site, Soundwave scans the Dinobots' brains while in hiding and reports back to Megatron. The Decepticon leader declares [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] is arrogant, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] is hostile, and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] is stupid. He vows to use those weaknesses against the Dinobots. <br />
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Megatron's forces arrive at the meteorite's location, and after the Dinobots trash the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], Megatron comes forth and feigns humility. He wonders aloud why the Dinobots, as powerful as they are, follow a weaker leader such as Optimus Prime. The Dinobots debate Megatron's logic and conclude that Grimlock should be leader and they need to destroy Optimus Prime. The three seekers spirit away the meteorite, and Megatron suggests a plan to the Dinobots which will help them eliminate Optimus.<br />
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[[File:WaroftheDinos construction.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Dinobots—built to rule!]]<br />
At the Autobot base, Prime and Ratchet oversee construction of two new Dinobots: [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. During this, Wheeljack discovers the meteorite's energy is highly unstable. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] manages to encase the fragment in a force field just before it detonates. Fearing a huge explosion, Optimus Prime rushes out alone to warn the Dinobots. <br />
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At the base, Ratchet and Wheeljack have Snarl and Swoop do a test run of their powers. [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] attempt to stop the new Dinobots, but get their cans soundly kicked, though Bluestreak claims the Autobots would have won if the fight was for real.<br />
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Prime arrives at the crash site to find the meteorite gone. As he attempts to contact headquarters, the Dinobots attack him and he reluctantly fights back. Though he puts up a good fight, Optimus is unable to defeat the Dinobots by himself. Despite his pleas that they're friends, the Dinobots blast him unconscious, however, Grimlock stops Slag from finishing their former leader off, a restraint that Prime attributes to their Autobot training. The Dinobots instead take Prime to the Decepticons. In a nearby canyon, the Decepticons are draining energy from the meteorite, though Starscream's warning that the energy appears unstable is dismissed by Megatron. The Decepticon leader is outraged when the Dinobots turn up with Optimus. When Starscream asserts that Grimlock won't destroy Optimus because he's soft, the Dinobot leader shoots Starscream. Optimus attempts to warn Megatron about the unstable nature of the meteorite, but Megatron believes he's lying.<br />
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[[File:Grimlockapologize.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Um... please let go. That hurts."<br>"yOu MiNe NoW..."]]<br />
At Autobot headquarters, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and Chip are concerned because Optimus hasn't reported in. [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] alerts Wheeljack that the meteorite has been moved and is about ready to blow. Snarl and Swoop are sent to stop it.<br />
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Megatron finally notices that the energon cubes they've been filling are unstable, moments before the pile of cubes explodes, throwing the nearby Decepticons aside. Starscream is in mid "I told you so" when Swoop and Snarl arrive. A vicious battle ensues, during which the two new Dinobots appear to be equal to the three original Dinobots and the evenly-match fight shows no sign of abating. A blow from Snarl sends Grimlock dangerously near the destabilized meteorite, and as the Decepticons flee, Prime pushes Grimlock to safety, shielding his body as the meteorite explodes.<br />
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Realizing that Prime is both strong and has concern for his troops, Grimlock orders the Dinobots to attack Megatron. The Decepticons retreat, and Grimlock asks for Prime's forgiveness as the other Autobots arrive. However, Optimus Prime merely declares that the meteorite menace is over and they should go home.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
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* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)<br />
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (4)<br />
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (5)<br />
* [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (6)<br />
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (7)<br />
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (14)<br />
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (15)<br />
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (16)<br />
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (19)<br />
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (20)<br />
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (21)<br />
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (22)<br />
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (23)<br />
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (24)<br />
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (25)<br />
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (26)<br />
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (27)<br />
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|c2=<br />
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8) <br />
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (9)<br />
* [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (10)<br />
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (11)<br />
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (12)<br />
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (13)<br />
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (18)<br />
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|c3=<br />
* [[Chip Chase]] (1)<br />
* [[Jeff (astronomer)|Jeff]] (2)<br />
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (7)<br />
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (17)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Well, meteor or no meteor, Optimus Prime, it's great not worrying about the Decepticons for a change."<br><br />
"I always worry about the Decepticons, Spike."<br />
:—'''Spike Witwicky''' learns that '''Optimus Prime''' ''really'' needs a vacation.<br />
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"I’ve seen enough! My finest warriors defeated by those primitive, pea-brained beasts. Revolting!"<br />
:—'''Megatron''' on the Decepticons' failure to defeat the Dinobots.<br />
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"No matter how many times I see it, it's always outrageous."<br />
:—'''Chip Chase''', wondering if they are [[Jem|truly truly outrageous]].<br />
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'''Grimlock''': "We destroy Optimus Prime!"<br><br />
'''Slag''': "And him, Grimlock, be new leader!"<br><br />
'''Sludge''': "Hail him, Grimlock!"<br />
:—The Dinobots plan their coup.<br />
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"Great! I'm finally gonna get in a fight!"<br />
:—'''Sideswipe''', finally seeing some action after being largely ignored for several episodes.<br />
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"In a ''real'' fight, we'd've creamed 'em! ...mmm, maybe."<br />
:—'''Bluestreak''', after getting pummeled by the new Dinobots<br />
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"I do not want to fight you, but you leave me no choice."<br />
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s warning to the Dinobots.<br />
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"You, Megatron, tricked us! Make us fight good leader, Optimus Prime. Prime risk own life to save us. Bad Megatron!"<br><br />
"Decepticons, retreat now, quick, at once!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' switches allegiances again and puts the fear of God into '''Megatron'''.<br />
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"Optimus Prime, can you forgive? Me Grimlock was jealous of you."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''', actually showing humility for once.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Animation or technical glitches===<br />
* During the scene in Decepticon headquarters when Megatron is watching footage of the Dinobots, there's a short line above and below his fist as if to make it appear to be shaking in anger. Perhaps a shortcut note for the animators that never got carried out?<br />
* Coloring errors:<br />
** Reflector's center bot is missing his green coloration as he turns toward the deactivated viewscreen.<br />
** Soundwave is missing his yellow stripes as he lands in the city.<br />
** Soundwave's cheek guards are blue instead of white as he edges toward the Autobots.<br />
** In our first shot of the Dinobots, Slag's chest plate is red instead of white.<br />
** In the first shot of the Autobots awaiting the meteorite, Hound is colored as [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]].[[File:GrimSlagSludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Okay, sure, Slag's cheekguards are the wrong color, but it's still a totally sweet shot.]]<br />
** Slag's head is miscolored (as it so frequently is):<br />
*** As Optimus prepares to blast off a fragment of the meteorite (gray).<br />
*** As he transforms to listen to Megatron, and again as he points out that Prime will resist Grimlock (white sides).<br />
*** As the Dinobots turn around after the first commercial break (starts red, turns gray).<br />
*** As Megatron humbly offers a strategy (red helmet, white face).<br />
*** As the three Dinobots form up to confront Optimus Prime (gray with red forehead).<br />
*** When the Dinobots investigate Prime's body after blasting him (gray with a red dot - he's a Hindu!).<br />
*** As Slag proposes melting down Optimus (white sides, red face, a combo that happens so frequently it might be an alternate color model.)<br />
*** As the Dinobots land at the new meteorite site (gray).<br />
*** In the shot after Grimlock shoots Starscream.<br />
*** At the beginning of the battle between old and new Dinobots, as Slag and Sludge transform to their dino mode (and again when this clip is replayed in reverse, minus Grimlock, after the meteorite exploded).<br />
** Grimlock and Sludge's heads are light gray instead of black after Prime blasts the meteorite fragment.<br />
** After the Seekers' second pass over the Dinobots, two Thundercrackers fly over the Dinobots, both with wrongly-colored air intakes.<br />
** Thundercracker still has blue air intakes in the diving shot after the Dinobots transform.<br />
** "You are stronger than ''all'' the Autobots!" Megatron's waist-sides are gray instead of red, and one of his buttons is blue instead of red.<br />
** "Optimus Prime is leader now. He will ''fight'' if Grimlock lead!" - in addition to his miscolored helmet, Slag has somehow acquired Sludge's already inexplicable glowing orange mouth interior.<br />
** Grimlock's hands are yellow as the Dinobots watch the Decepticons haul the meteorite off.<br />
** The Ark is silver-gray instead of orange in the first establishing shot of Autobot Headquarters.<br />
** As the Autobots are finalizing construction of Snarl and Swoop, Brawn (who is working on Swoop) is colored with a yellow back, a light blue side, and gray limbs.<br />
** Bluestreak's center head crest is red instead of gray at two points during his fight with the Dinobots.<br />
** As the Dinobots prepare to unleash their final attack on Optimus Prime, Grimlock's torso is colored gray instead of yellow.<br />
** Sludge's helmet-sides are once again light gray as the Dinobots carry Optimus toward Megatron.<br />
** As Grimlock tells Megatron that he'll terminate Optimus at his discretion, only the center of Grimlock's visor eyes was colored. <br />
** Soundwave's visor is blue, and his forehead is visor-red, as he recoils from the about-to-explode energon cubes.<br />
** As Grimlock transforms to start the battle, the end of Prime's rifle is colored gold, as if it were one of Grimlock's claws.<br />
** Slag's horns are yellow instead of red as Swoop drops his tail.<br />
** Optimus has a blue square around his neck as he runs to save Grimlock.<br />
** Thundercracker is shown crashing alongside Megatron as the meteorite explodes. As Thundercracker hasn't been shown in this scene at all, and Starscream was last seen taking off alongside Megatron, it probably should have been Starscream.<br />
* As he acknowledges Megatron's order, Soundwave's visor splits into two separate eyes, then reforms. Throughout the shot, he's missing his eject button and waist belt control buttons.<br />
* When Spike "sees" the meteoroid, it's streaking across the sky as if heading somewhere else entirely, yet somehow it lands almost right on top of them. <br />
*Optimus blasts a fragment off of the meteor at night, transforms during the day (courtesy of a shot recycled, unaltered, from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"), leaves the scene around dawn, and drives off into the dead of night.<br />
* In the first shot of the Dinobots guarding the meteorite, Slag's eyes are the same red as the rest of his face, and Sludge's helmet is largely white instead of black.<br />
[[File:WaroftheDinobots Sparkplug with plans.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|" 'Down the breast by the arrow direction' ?"]]<br />
[[File:WarDinobots Chip warning Autobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He ''does'' have some buttons on the arm rest, but nothing for them to control.]]<br />
* As Megatron rants about the Dinobots' weakenesses, Soundwave is missing his insignia.<br />
* As usual, the stock animation of the docking tower of Decepticon Headquarters emerging from the water makes it look like it's tilted about 30 degrees from vertical.<br />
* As the Dinobots prepare to fend off the Decepticon attack, Slag's Autobot insignia is missing as he exults about getting to fight.<br />
* As Megatron starts to talk down the Dinobots from fighting, Grimlock and Sludge's flame breath is layered behind Megatron, despite their being in the background.<br />
* An oddly edited shot has Sludge's face filling the frame, just as Slag answers Grimlock's question about liking to fight.<br />
* "Hail him Grimlock!" - the Dinobot cel layers shift back and forth making them appear to be shaking. Or perhaps highly caffeinated. Just prior to this, Grimlock's back/dino mode head is black. As Slag starts to speak, his face turns white.<br />
* No wonder Sparkplug is puzzled by the blueprints. They're labeled with a rather [[Engrish]]y title of "Out Line Plan Desge".<br />
* After his bizarre force field use, Trailbreaker is nowhere to be seen in Wheeljack's workshop.<br />
* When Snarl first introduces himself, his chest is missing the Autobot insignia. When Swoop lands next to Snarl to make his introduction, Snarl's insignia is present.<br />
* When Grimlock fires Prime's rifle at Starscream, it gets the normal Autobot sound effect, instead of its own unique sound.<br />
* Chip doesn't appear to be doing anything to roll his wheelchair as he and Sparkplug run through Autobot Headquarters.<br />
* Only one of Wheeljack's "ears" flashes as he reports the meteorite's location.<br />
* Improbable viewpoints:<br />
** The meteorite is on-screen ''before'' Chip has asked Wheeljack to "get a fix on it".<br />
** Teletraan then provides a ground shot of the valley (minus the Decepticons, Dinobots, energon cubes, etc.)<br />
* Megatron's gun barrel is bigger than his head as he gets to his feet after the explosion.<br />
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===Rhino DVD release===<br />
* When Wheeljack says "I can't wait to get to work on this", his side light things do not flash.<br />
* When the Dinobots talk of rebelling against Prime, Slag's face is miscolored, Sludge's mouth moves to Slag's line, and after Grimlock raises his arm there is a zoom take on Slag.<br />
* As Snarl is introduced, Swoop is entirely too dark.<br />
* The energon cubes are miscolored in one scene.<br />
* When the Dinobots carry Optimus, Slag is miscolored again.<br />
* When Starscream says Grimlock will never betray Prime, he is colored as Thundercracker.<br />
* At two points, Starscream's fingers are colored grey instead of blue.<br />
* As Swoop carries Snarl, Snarl's torso is colored like Swoop's body.<br />
* When Megatron and Starscream land, Starscream is miscolored again.<br />
* When Slag and Sludge transform back to [[robot mode]], their transformations are reversed. They start in robot mode but transform into dinosaur mode.<br />
* As Grimlock confronts Megatron and Starscream, Starscream is once again colored as Thundercracker.<br />
* When the Dinobots take Optimus to Megatron, Starscream is in Thundercracker's colors. <br />
* When asking for forgiveness from Optimus, Grimlock's eyes are not colored.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
* Chip calls the Autobots, because "they're the only ones who can save the Earth". Despite being charged with this awesome responsibility, the Autobots don't actually ''do'' anything to ward off or contain the meteorite. It's okay, though, because its actual explosion isn't even enough to damage Optimus and Grimlock, who are maybe fifty feet away when it goes up.<br />
[[File:Wotd wheeljack meteorite.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Gee, Prime, thanks for the fifty pounds of GLOWING EXPLOSIVE DEATH ROCK."]]<br />
* Optimus Prime is amazingly cavalier about blasting the supposedly dangerous, glowing, energy-laden meteorite with his laser rifle.<br />
* In the long shot of the Autobots standing on the mountain about to test the new Dinobots, Optimus can be seen in the distance driving away from Autobot HQ, despite the implication that some time has passed since he left.<br />
* Slag can be clearly seen wearing a [[jet pack]] on his back when the Dinobots leave to deliver Optimus Prime to Megatron, despite it being previously established that the Dinobots can fly without such equipment. The jet pack appears to be based on Skyfire, complete with a blue "cockpit", white body and red thruster modules!<br />
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===Astronomical errors===<br />
[[File:WaroftheDinos Meteorite.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It's Pizza the Hut's home planet!]]<br />
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* A ''meteor'' is a chunk of rock that's in the process of burning up in Earth's atmosphere, a process that rarely takes more than a few seconds. As Chip has plenty of time to observe the incoming projectile, it's clearly still a ''meteoroid'', a chunk of rock that's just floating around in space.<br />
* Despite this, the meteor(oid) is trailing a flaming tail, as if it were already entering Earth's atmosphere. To the writers' credit, Prime refers to it as a ''meteorite'' once it's landed.<br />
* Assuming our first view of the meteor/oid is meant to represent what Chip sees (there is a barely-visible telescopic outline around it), the object would have to be ''huge'' to be so highly detailed in a distant view from Earth. Such a huge object would be catastrophic for humankind if it hit Earth.<br />
* We later learn that the thing is only about 30 feet across, though, which makes it way too small to be such a regular round body.<br />
* Chip's telescope is apparently so sophisticated it can pick up the ''sound'' of the meteorite from across the vacuum of space, including its jet engines.<br />
* A celestial impactor on Earth typically leaves a crater about 10 times its own diameter and annihilates both itself and pretty much everything in a much larger radius around it. Our meteorite here smacks into the middle of an urban downtown area, remains completely intact, and leaves no damage more substantial than a flattened Quonset hut and a largeish pothole.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* The footage of the Dinobots that the Decepticons watch doesn't match up with any scene from their previous appearance ("[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"), implying that the Decepticons have had at least one more run-in with the Dinobots since then.<br />
* Gadgets and powers:<br />
** Prime can... make his fist crackle with energy??<br />
** Soundwave can snake out a long tentacle-like listening bud, to cover whatever distances between him and his subject he can't cover.<br />
** He can also (in accord with his [[bio]]) remotely mind-read other Transformers, this time by means of a little widget that pops out of his head with a doofy-sounding ''DOING!'' noise.<br />
** The Seekers can deploy grappling claws at the end of long cables.<br />
** Ironhide creates metal by spraying it out of his fingertips onto the floor.<br />
** Prowl uses a laser fired from his retracted wrist to slice the metal into smaller pieces.<br />
** This may be the most bizarre implementation of Trailbreaker's force field ever. To contain the meteorite fragment's explosion, he starts ''spinning'', disappearing into a black blur. One might presume that this is done to invert the force field, keeping the damaging forces inside instead of outside. (Using this ability causes him to vanish from the animation!)<br />
** When he first appears Snarl is seen holding his sword, the first of the very rare times ''any'' of the Dinobots' swords appear.<br />
** Swoop can extend his robot arms in dino mode if he needs to give somebody a good shove.<br />
*The derelict area where the meteor lands is shown to be across the river from a somewhat largish city which goes unidentified during the course of the episode.<br />
* Huffer has evidently changed his tune about the Dinobots, as he helps build Snarl and Swoop in this episode.<br />
[[File:WarOfDinobots SnarlDebut.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]<br />
* Snarl, in a rare move for a Dinobot, actually uses the word "I". All the others always say "me", with the exceptions of Sludge from "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", and that time Grimlock [[Grimlock's New Brain|was a genius]].<br />
* The energon cube that Soundwave fills is a bit odd; after he creates it, it just floats in mid-air. He then fires his gun into the meteorite, which obligingly sends a stream of energy into the cube. How the heck does that work, exactly?<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:<br />
** [[Luke Skywalker|Luke]] deflecting seeker ball bolts is repurposed as Slag powering up his horn lasers to fire on Optimus. A [[lightsaber]] ignition is used in the same sequence as Prime loses his laser rifle, followed by [[Darth Vader]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] cutting into some machinery during their duel on the Death Star.<br />
** [[Death Star]] firing/Alderaan exploding, + [[X-wing Fighter|X-Wings]] diving, as the Dinobots take off to return to Megatron.<br />
** ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst as Snarl and Swoop take off from Autobot HQ.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
[[File:Grimhead.JPG|thumb|"Me Grimlock before, me Grimlock after. Head no matter, always sexpot."]]<br />
*Grimlock's head has been redesigned, though the old version still crops up in a few future episodes. However, the old design remained predominant in the comics all the way until Grimlock evolved into an [[Action Master]] in "[[Still Life!]]". The second head design would be used in all incarnations from then on.<br />
* In an earlier draft of this episode's script, it was not Chip who discovered the meteorite, but an original character named Doctor Lynn Hyashi. In a deleted subplot, Sparkplug's jealousy of her technical expertise would have paralleled Grimlock's jealousy of Prime's leadership. <br />
*When Megatron orders the footage of the Decepticons' defeat by the Dinobots turned off, there's a lingering shot of Reflector looking a little alarmed; this is an artifact of the original script for the episode, in which the footage was supposed to be showing a rather detailed, gruesome battering the three-in-one Decepticon received from the Dinobots. <br />
*This episode marks the only occasion in the entire series that a normally functioning Autobot willingly battles a normally functioning Optimus Prime ("[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]" and "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime]]" don't count, as Prime was a zombie in the former and Rodimus was infected with the Hate Plague in the latter). The Dinobots have quite a bit of success, too...I know [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|somebody]] who could have used some lessons from them.<br />
*This was one of the six episodes featured on the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' console game. However, it was erroneously named "War '''on''' the Dinobots". It was also, unfortunately, the Kid Rhino remaster.<br />
* Seriously, Optimus Prime does not forgive Grimlock at all.<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''Brazilian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Guerra dos Dinobots'''" ("War of the Dinobots")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''German'''<br />
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Krieg der Dinobots'''" ("War of the Dinobots")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 30]], [[1994]]<br />
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'''Italian''' <br />
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il meteorite'''" ("The Meteor")<br />
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''La guerra dei Dinobots'''" ("War of the Dinobots")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Nazo no Kyodai Inseki'''" (謎の巨大隕石, "The Mysterious Giant Meteorite")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 24]], [[1985]]<br />
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'''Serbian'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Rat Dinobota'''" (Рат Динобота, "War of the Dinobots")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
{{homevidnote}}<br />
;VHS<br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1985 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 9: "War of the Dinobots" ([[Family Home Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1997 — ''The Transformers'' — War of the Dinobots ([[Malofilm]])<br />
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br />
;DVD<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Original Series: Volume One ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition (Sony Wonder)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — First Season Collector's Edition ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume Two (Rhino Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Metrodome]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome)<br><br />
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[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]</div>TheQuazzhttps://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Shrapnel_(G1)&diff=1026502Shrapnel (G1)2015-11-24T12:32:30Z<p>TheQuazz: /* Attack of the Insecticons */</p>
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:''Shrapnel is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]], family.''<br />
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[[File:Shrapnelg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My kingdom for better electrical insulation... insulation.]]<br />
The eccentric way in which '''Shrapnel''' parses his dialogue may seem endearing at first, first. Others are soon to discover that his seemingly benign tic is merely the gateway to a frighteningly twisted and perverse mind, even for a Decepticon, Decepticon. A master of electricity, his dark desires put this skill to use on his victims, victims. Nothing delights him more than to see how they squirm from his touch, touch.<br />
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He is sometimes known as '''Sharpshot''' or '''Skrapnel''', Skrapnel.<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br />
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br />
{{voiceactor|[[Hal Rayle]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "Traitor"), [[Yoku Shioya]], (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, ''The Movie'')|[[Galina Kristenskaya]] (Russian), [[Edgar Wald]] (American Spanish), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV dub and ''Generation 2'')}}<br />
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[[File:ShrapnelG1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Flash before my eyes, now it's time to die, die!]]<br />
The mercenary Insecticons landed on earth in their own space pod before the Ark crashed to [[Earth]]. ''(It is unclear whether this pod was launched from the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] or not, as the dialogue seems to suggest maybe it was, but the Insecticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s Decepticons do not seem to know each other.)'' Their pod crashed into the region that would become known as "[[Demon Swamp]]" and their [[idento-computer]]s adapted them to transform into insects and eat organic food to survive. Though they were largely communal, Shrapnel was a leader among then, usually alternating with [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] ([[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] was out of luck). The "Insecticons" apparently lived in the swamp for millions of years until discovered by Megatron's Decepticons. They form an uneasy alliance with Megatron, never coming fully under his command but working with the Decepticons when they could be convinced there was something (usually food) in it for them. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}<br />
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When the Autobots were attacking the Decepticons, the Insecticons were conveniently in the same area, and helped the Decepticon cause during the battle. Shrapnel fought [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], but failed to hit him and instead damaged the buffer where Megatron was keeping the [[electro-cell]]s. Still, they were given a reward of energon cubes... a grand total of ''two'', being exact. Though Kickback was optimistic, Shrapnel and Bombshell were understandably disappointed considering Megatron had so many more. They were even ''more'' enraged when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] stole the cubes and framed the Decepticons for it. When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] showed up and got in a fight with Cliffjumper (who was spying on Mirage nearby), Shrapnel thought that the Decepticons had ambushed them and a huge fight broke out, with Shrapnel grazing and exposing the invisible Mirage. Shrapnel wanted to kill Mirage, but Bombshell decided it'd be better if they made the Autobot into their slave. When Megatron saw Bombshell controlling Mirage, he revealed to the Insecticons that no Decepticon stole the cubes; it was Mirage after all. During an Autobot attack, Megatron destroyed the electro-cells in frustration, and Shrapnel commanded the Insecticons to retreat. {{storylink|Traitor}}<br />
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[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Shrapnel explode.jpg|thumb|Frustration will blow you up, up!]]<br />
Even after the Insecticons devoured a huge forest, they discovered they were hungry again. Bombshell announced that it was snack time, and Shrapnel decided that they should eat the redwoods next. A park ranger, [[Mike]] spotted the Insecticons and reported it to fellow park ranger [[Jeff (ranger)|Jeff]]. When Jeff, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] arrived, Shrapnel used his grenade launcher to scatter them, but they recovered and Bumblebee knocked Shrapnel down. The Insecticons got rid of their enemies by sending a huge tree down the river, sending them down the waterfall (or so they thought; their "demise" was actually one of Hound's holograms). After that, Megatron arrived and struck a deal with the Insecticons, taking them to the [[Nova Power Plant]], a place rife with energy. Shrapnel commended Megatron's taste in appetizers and the Insecticons feasted, but the [[Nova Power Core]] within the plant caused them to grow rapidly. Shrapnel decided that the Insecticons would use their new size to seize control of the Decepticons from Megatron, hypnotizing [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to do their bidding. Defeating the [[Autobot]] opposition, the Insecticons had become invincible and were now vital to Megatron's plan to control the world, but the Autobots discovered that the Nova Power Core, incompatible with the Insecticons' [[Trilithium stomach|stomachs]], would soon destroy them from within. Later Shrapnel infiltrated [[Iron Mountain]] using the humans' defense system against them, and helped himself to the data Soundwave took from the computer. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived with an antidote for the Nova Power Core, and using Megatron's gun mode blasted it at Kickback and Bombshell, curing and resizing them. Shrapnel, however, was not so lucky, as despite Spike's warnings (and jamming the cure into him), he was blown to pieces. Luckily, Bombshell was able to repair Shrapnel and the Insecticons made their escape. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}<br />
Shrapnel was later seen among Megatron's forces parading through the streets on "Decepitcon Day". {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}<br />
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The Insecticons later created a new army of clones which nearly devastated the planet Earth. Luckily, they were destroyed by the [[Morphobot]]s and the Insecticons barely escaped uneaten, uneaten. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}<br />
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[[File:TFTM RundownShrapnel.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Great, now there's bug guts all over his windshield, windshield.]]<br />
During the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' attempt at destroying Earth by sending it into the sun, the Insecticons were seen in large numbers, numbers, again and Shrapnel was responsible for taking apart the [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] controls. He would later be tracked, tracked, by the combined Autobots and Decepticons after which he relinquished the controls. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}<br />
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Shrapnel, along with his Insecticon colleagues, [[Battle of Autobot City|attacked]] [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, where he was badly damaged and dumped into space from [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. His floating body would be reformatted by [[Unicron]] into one of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s minions. But that didn't stop him from showing up later on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and threatening [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}<br />
{{note|Shrapnel’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]].”}}<br />
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He also somehow appeared on [[Chaar]] after the Decepticons' defeat to nibble on some energon cubes {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}. Shrapnel was seen assisting the Quintesson-planned attack on the Autobots on [[Goo 8739B |Goo]] {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} and he later tried to stop [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] from returning [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} Much later, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] briefly spoke using Shrapnel's voice and speech pattern for no reason. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}<br />
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====<br />
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}}}<br />
Shrapnel, along with the other Insecticons, took part in an attack on [[Kyushu]] that attracted the attention of the Autobots. The [[Four-Wheel Drive Corps]] responded, but the attack turned out to be an ambush as the Insecticons trapped the Autobots in a volcanic crater. Luckily, the Four-Wheel Drive Corps was able to "combine" and perform the fearsome "Four-Wheel Drive Robo Combination Scrumbuster" attack. The blast of energy was so powerful that it sent the Insecticons fleeing in terror. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}<br />
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====''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''====<br />
[[File:Mars attacks the insecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]<br />
The three Insecticons were among Decepticon forces who formed an alliance with the Autobots during a [[Martian]] invasion. They saved [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] from some of the Martians' giant ants. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}<br />
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===Marvel Comics continuity===<br />
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====<br />
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[[File:Straxusholdscourt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Why don't I get a caption, caption?]]<br />
Shrapnel was one of the top lieutenants of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] on Cybertron, acting as his Executive Officer and supervising both the technicians that translated [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|Soundwave's message from Earth]] & assisting on the Space Bridge project. He was also was responsible for capturing Autobot spy [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] before he could report back on the whereabouts of [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]]. Despite his rank, Straxus used Shrapnel's face as a stress ball when things went wrong {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and was willing to send him on a suicidal janitorial mission once simply out of petty spite, but Shrapnel managed to talk his way out of it. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} <br />
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[[File:Shrapnel aerialbots over america.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|ANTENNAE!]]<br />
''In addition to his high rank, he was one of the [[Ten Deadliest Killers|most feared and dangerous killers]] on Cybertron, a key target for the Autobot resistance. The rebel plan [[Operation: Volcano]] was kicked off when Shrapnel tortured the information of a (fake) rebel meeting out of an [[Autobot traitor|informant]], but was ruined by Megatron calling the Insecticons to Earth.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} Shrapnel arrived on Earth to play a key role in the [[Hoover Dam]] battle, and afterwards served on Earth under Megatron permanently. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} <br />
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Then he served under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], possibly [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], Megatron again... all while doing absolutely nothing of note besides being uncommonly easy to spot in crowd shots. He may have been killed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], or alternatively he could've just been really lazy and not gotten involved with things—he's one of Cybertron's deadliest killers, what does he have to prove?<br />
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=====Earthforce=====<br />
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[[File:Earthforce insecticons.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|This page is basically colorless, colorless]]<br />
Shrapnel and his Insecticon buddies served under [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in the [[Decepticon Civil War]], but their spying mission against Shockwave was foiled by Starscream. Shrapnel got in a good electrified shot at Starscream's bum first, but then he caught them in a [[rustbug hoop]]. The treacherous [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] then drafted them into helping him set up a clash between the two leaders. {{storylink|Bugged!}}<br />
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Fallen Angel}} {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} {{storylink|Totaled!}} {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} {{storylink|Judgment Day!}} {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}}}<br />
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===Find Your Fate Junior===<br />
{{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.}}<br />
====Attack of the Insecticons====<br />
[[File:AttackoftheInsecticonstheSunPak.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|By the power of Grayskull, Grayskull!]]<br />
Shrapnel was stationed at the Insecticons' nest, an underground cavern located near to another cavern the Autobots used to test the Sun-Pak, an energy device that could power a Cybertronian for twenty-four hours after being charged for only an hour in sunlight.<br />
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If the Autobots flee their testing site after having been discovered by the Decepticons and confused their escape route for a tunnel that led them deeper underground instead of towards the surface, they would come upon Shrapnel and his Electro-Disrupter, which all-but paralyzed the Autobots. After taking the time to mock his captives, Shrapnel briefly left the Autobots unattended in order to contact Megatron. If the Autobots attempt to use the Sun-Pak as a bargaining chip for their release, Shrapnel informs them that once his fellow Insecticon Bombshell arrives on their coordinates, the Insecticons will use Cerebro-Shells to mentally enslave all of the Autobots, rendering any attempt at negotiations moot. Before the Insecticons are able to follow through with their plan, however, the human Buster is able to sneak up on the pair and turn the Insecticons' Electro-Disrupter on them, allowing the Autobots to escape.<br />
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If the Autobots flee their testing site and choose the correct path to the surface, Shrapnel encounters the convoy nonetheless and is able to sneak up on [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and snatch away the Sun-Pak while the Autobot struggles with the tunnel's cramped confines. Once the Sun-Pak's absence is discovered, if the Autobots decide to send Mirage and Buster as advanced scouts to go after the Insecticons immediately, the pair find Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback hiding out in a rotting forest. The Sun-Pak having given him delusions of grandeur, Shrapnel gloats that he will use its power to take control of the Decepticons from Megatron, unaware that Ravage is nearby, reporting the Insecticon's boasts to his master.<br />
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If Mirage and Buster act quickly and decide to take on the Insecticon trio in light of this situation, Mirage successfully confuses all three Insecticons with his holographic powers, while Buster snatches the Sun-Pak, leaving the Insecticons empty handed for all the scheming.<br />
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If Mirage and Buster call for reinforcements before confronting the Decepticons, Megatron arrives on-scene and berates Shrapnel for keeping the Sun-Pak from him. Shrapnel attempts weasel his way out of being punished by denying the Sun-Pak's existence, only for Megatron to blast him for his duplicity. When Megatron hears the approaching Autobot convoy, he orders Shrapnel along with the rest of his troops to hide in order to ambush their enemies. This leads to nothing more for the Decepticons but being sprayed by Ironhide's acid-dispenser, forcing the lot of them to retreat. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}<br />
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===<br />
While temporarily out of his mind (well, more than usual, anyway), the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] believed himself to actually be Shrapnel, and adopted his mannerisms and speech pattern, pattern. {{storylink|Dark Designs}}<br />
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br />
[[File:Bombshell kickback shrapnel soundwave ravage war within 1-2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Oy with the speechifying, ing! When do we get to shoot someone, one??]]<br />
Shrapnel was part of an assassination unit alongside Kickback, Bombshell, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] shortly after the rise of Optimus Prime. He and his partners were assigned to eliminate the new Prime, steal the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and bring it to Megatron so that he could turn Cybertron into a cosmic dreadnought and conquer the universe. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Spoiler alert—it didn't work. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} During the Dark Ages after Megatron's disappearance, Shrapnel served with the main Decepticon faction under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command. One time [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] sucker-punched him so hard, Shrapnel's colors went wrong. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Shrapnel was also present at [[Tyger Pax]] during the aborted peace treaty between the Autobots, Decepticons and [[Ultracon]]s. Megatron's sudden arrival with the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] put a quick stop to those peace talks. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}<br />
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Shrapnel was part of a unit sent to Earth by Shockwave to guide the planet's development and prepare it for invasion. He and his team changed their [[alternate mode]]s to giant insects (from his original "jet with antennae" mode). They were beaten up by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] on arrival, then played dead until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] got bored and wandered off. {{storylink|Extermination}}<br />
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{{note|Shrapnel and the Insecticons made a brief appearance in the second ''[[The Transformers Trilogy|Transformers Trilogy]]'' novel, ''[[Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation]]'', as troops under Starscream's command on Earth. This appearance is contradicted by later Dreamwave stories. Also, in the novel the Insecticons shrink down to insect-size as they did in Marvel Comics, whereas later Dreamwave issues showed them retaining their full size, like their cartoon versions.}}<br />
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[[File:Shrapnel extermination.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]<br />
Millions of years later, they were discovered by both the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] and Autobots after kidnapping an entire town. Over the preceding few thousand vorns, Shrapnel had apparently lost control of the Insecticons unit, with Bombshell gathering more and more power for himself without Shrapnel even recognizing it. Kickback pointed this out, but the Autobot incursion prevented the conversation from going any farther. Shrapnel was last seen getting a building dropped on him by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Extermination}}<br />
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===<br />
In an alternate future where the Decepticons had conquered Earth, swarms of Insecticons, including Shrapnel-type ones, was a constant menace. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}<br />
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In the regular timeline, as part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Shrapnel defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}<br />
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===''The Beast Within''===<br />
Shrapnel participated in a brutal battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. His corpse would be one of many that littered the battlefield as Autobot survivors tried to escape [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]].{{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}<br />
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===<br />
[[File:AllHailMegatron8-Insecticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Yeah, well you're the ones sitting on a pile of manure, manure.]]<br />
Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback were created by [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]], under supervision by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. The Insecticons joined Megatron's forces on Earth, where they helped defeat and capture the local Autobots. The Decepticons then shipped their prisoners off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] via [[space bridge]], intending to feed them to the failed Insecticon creations known as the [[Insecticon swarm|swarm]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}<br />
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The Insecticons then participated in the attack on [[New York City]], during which Shrapnel took part in destroying some human jets. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} One of the humans caught in the devastation was [[Marissa Faireborn]], who witnessed the Insecticons' battle with the jets. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} After listening to Megatron's victory speech {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}}, the Insecticons traveled to [[China]] and helped wreck [[Beijing]]. There, Shrapnel and Kickback sided with Bombshell when he picked a fight with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], but the three bugs decided to drop the subject and run away when faced with Skywarp's [[teleportation]] ability. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} After returning to New York, the Insecticons were approached by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], and Shrapnel demanded to know what the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] wanted with them, although Bombshell chastised him for being rude to a superior officer. Starscream apologized to the three for their treatment at Skywarp and Thundercracker's hands, then decided it was time to tell them about his vision of the future. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}<br />
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[[File:UneasyLiesTheHead-Shrapnel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]<br />
The Insecticons subsequently joined Starscream as he rebelled against Megatron, and Shrapnel blasted his former leader with lightning. Unfortunately, this did minimal damage to Megatron, who responded by shooting Shrapnel with his [[fusion cannon]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} The revolt was cut short when human jets from [[Europe]] attacked and the Autobots returned from Cybertron unharmed, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} leading to the Decepticons' defeat. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} As they fled the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Shrapnel showed Starscream that Megatron was still functioning, which did not please the Seeker in the least. Shrapnel volunteered to stealthily kill Megatron by siphoning his energon, but Starscream felt assassination wouldn't work in his favor. When he saw that Starscream was going to throw the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] down a garbage chute, Shrapnel was shocked and convinced him to keep the artifact as a symbol of leadership. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}<br />
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[[File:Needlenose kickback shrapnel all his engines.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]<br />
Unfortunately, Starscream turned out to be a less-than-competent leader, stranding his troops on a desolate asteroid where they had to resort to strict rations or even cannibalism to survive. Upon learning that [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] had been stealing precious fuel for himself, Shrapnel, Kickback and [[Needlenose]] hunted him down and executed him for his crime. As they proceeded to loot their victim's corpse, Shrapnel was particularly interested in getting his hands on an afterburner. {{storylink|All His Engines}} [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] watched their behavior with curiosity from a nearby building. {{storylink|Shockpoint}}<br />
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Shrapnel was controlling the base's defenses with [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] when the latter detected an incoming Autobot vessel. While Acid Storm was busy panicking, Shrapnel calmly fired missiles at the intruder... not realizing that the wreckage of the ship would come crashing down on top of them afterward. After getting to safety, he returned to scavenge the remains of the ship, and found a weapons locker. An ''empty'' weapons locker. Then [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] shot him in the back with its contents. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}} He survived and was present when a repaired Megatron took back control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}<br />
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Megatron would later use [[space bridge]] technology built into in his new body to summon Shrapnel and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. At first they did battle with the Autobots, but were soon mind-controlled by [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] into combining with his [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army and forming a [[Deceptigod|huge monster]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} Following Galvatron's defeat and the reformatting of Cybertron, Shrapnel and the other Decepticons had their fair share of trouble integrating into post-war society. Thankfully Megatron finally showed up, giving them an excuse to riot and cause chaos once more. {{storylink|City on Fire}} He and a group of other Decepticons immediately marched on the Autobot prison and freed Megatron so that he could lead them again. {{storylink|The Verge}}<br />
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===''Hearts of Steel''===<br />
[[File:HeartsofSteel2 Shrapnel safes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Where the scrap have my colors gone, gone?]]<br />
The Decepticons, including Shrapnel, fought against the Autobots in Earth's distant past until an Ice Age forced them to shut down and wait it out. They awoke in the late 19th century when a failed human submarine crashed onto their submerged ship. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As the Decepticons' [[Tobias Muldoon|human ally]] required money to help them, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ordered the Insecticons to provide some. Shrapnel disguised himself as one end of the "[[Insectrain]]", providing the combined mode with a pair of giant scissor blades to destroy other trains on the railway. The Insecticons robbed a train carrying cash and bullion from the Denver Mint, and despite not seeing the value in human currency, they stuffed Shrapnel's chest cavity full of money and [[gold]]. They delivered the stolen property to Starscream and Tobias Muldoon the following morning. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Shrapnel was later present when Starscream announced to his troops that the Autobots had awakened as well. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}<br />
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===<br />
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Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback acted as bounty hunters for Megatron. The Insecticon trio brought their king four of the human invaders that had recently been pestering him, after picking them up in the middle of a firefight between G.I. Joe and the Decepticons. The fleshlings escaped, along with a couple of Autobot captives, when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] tricked Megatron with a holographic projection of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}}<br />
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==Games==<br />
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===<br />
{{Note|Shrapnel is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}<br />
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)}}<br />
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===Transformers Legends===<br />
Sharpshot and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] helped [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] defeat [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Within}}<br />
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Chafing under Megatron's rule, Sharpshot and his fellow Insecticons began raiding energy storage and high-energy research facilities worldwide. The energy gave them increased size and power, and it was only when the Autobots and Decepticons formed an alliance that they were able to be stopped. {{storylink|Harvest of the Insecticons}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] returned to Earth with new troops in the form of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the Insecticons managed to ambush them. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}<br />
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===<br />
[[File:BattleTacticsSkrapnel.jpg|thumb|300px|left|]]<br />
Shrapnel participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}<br />
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===<br />
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==Toys==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
[[File:G1Shrapnel toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't have two left hands, hands.]]<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (Insecticon, 1985)<br />
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''42'''<br />
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:Shrapnel is a redeco of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' Waruder Insecter Robo "Kuwagatrer" toy. Shrapnel transforms into a robotic [[Popular beast alternate modes#Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)|stag beetle]] and doesn't do a whole lot more than that. Like the other Insecticons, he has a variation on his chromed parts, but this one is on his gun. Some Shrapnels have "fins" on the very back-end of the rifle and a more detailed main barrel, while others (obviously) lack those details. The extra-detail versions appear to be a later run.<br />
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:In Japan, Shrapnel and the other Insecticons were "re-released" as mail-order items from 1987 through 1988. They each cost 880 yen (their normal retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.<br />
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:This mold was used to make the [[Zaptrap]] drones.<br />
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::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-insecticons-shrapnel/878/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Shrapnel at Transformerland.com]''<br />
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shrapnel/shrapnel.htm More information on Shrapnel at TFU.info]''<br />
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===The Transformers Collection===<br />
*'''Insectrons''' (Multi-pack, 2004)<br />
**''Japanese ID number'': '''16''' (full set)<br />
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:Shrapnel was released as part of the Japanese [[The Transformers Collection]] series in a set with [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. This set also included three [[energon cube]] accessories that fit inside their chest compartments.<br />
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:The Shrapnel in this set has the lower-detail rifle, probably in order to keep it closer to the original-original release, particularly for the redeco.<br />
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===Universe (2008)===<br />
*'''Insecticons''' (Toys"R"Us exclusive multi-pack, 2009)<br />
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:Shrapnel was re-released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] in the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, in a set with his Insecticon pals. Like with his 2007 ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' incarnation (see below), Shrapnel has been renamed for [[trademark]] reasons, this time to "Sharpshot". Likewise, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s name has been changed to "Hardshell", a name previously used for his Robot Hero.<br />
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:This version uses the more detailed version of the gun.<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/CSSharpshot/sharpshot.htm More information on ''Universe'' Sharpshot at TFU.info.]''<br />
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===Generations===<br />
[[File:Generationstoy-SkrapnelReflector.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shutterbug, bug.]]<br />
*'''Skrapnel & Reflector''' (Legends Class, 2014)<br />
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #008'''<br />
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: Part of the sixth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' "Skrapnel" (so renamed for trademark reasons... again) is a new mold that is roughly the size of a ''[[Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy, and is thus roughly the same size as his original toy. He generally resembles his original G1 character model, once again transforming into a robotic interpretation of a stag beetle. He is partnered with [[Reflector (G1)#Generations|Reflector]], a smaller robot that mixes elements of [[Viewfinder]]'s character model with his toy. Reflector can transform into a camera or a weapon modeled after Shrapnel's grenade launcher, both of which Skrapnel can wield via its [[5mm post]], or mount onto Skrapnel's back in insect mode.<br />
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: Skrapnel was redecoed into [[BotCon 2015]] [[Zaptrap (Diaclone)|Zaptrap]] and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Shrapnel (Adventure)|Shrapnel]] and retooled into [[Chop Shop (G1)#Generations|Chop Shop]].<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenSkrapnel/skrapnel.htm More information on ''Generations'' Skrapnel at TFU.info]''<br />
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==Merchandise==<br />
===Decoy===<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (Decoy, 1987)<br />
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:Shrapnel was one of the Decepticon [[Decoy]]s packed in with smaller carded ''Transformers'' toys. While the normal purple version could be included with any Decepticon toy, the rarer red version was available ''only'' on [[Throttlebot]] cards and only for a short while before the switch to purple.<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Shrapnel/shrapnel.htm More information on Decoy Shrapnel at tfu.info.]''<br />
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*'''Destron Hero Collection-22 Set''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1987)<br />
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:The entire run of twenty-two Decepticon Decoys were sold as a single boxed set in Japan, only in purple.<br />
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===Hard Hero===<br />
[[File:HardHero Shrapnel statue.JPG|upright=0.85|thumb|Stop! In the name of love, love.]]<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (2003)<br />
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:The second installment of [[Hard Hero]]'s "Insecticon Series", Shrapnel is a 9-inch cold-cast porcelain statue sculpted by [[Jason Ray]]. Only 1000 pieces of the statue were produced.<br />
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===Robot Heroes===<br />
*'''Rodimus Vs. Insecticon''' (2007)<br />
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[[File:G1 RobotHeroes RodimusVsInsecticon.jpg|thumb|The world's cutest psycho, psycho.]]<br />
:As part of the [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] line of PVC figurines, "Insecticon" (so named because Hasbro was unable to acquire the [[trademark]] to "Shrapnel") is a two-inch tall soft-plastic figurine in an adorable "super-deformed" style. He has swivels at the shoulders and neck.<br />
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:"Insecticon" was only available in a two-pack with fellow trademark-loss refugee, [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus]].<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHInsecticon/insecticon.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Insecticon at TFU.info.]''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Shrapnel—like the other Insecticons—was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Waruder" evil-alien-piloted mech in different colors... which were eventually used when the trio were [[redeco]]ed for [[e-HOBBY]] release. Specifically, Shrapnel was the Kuwagattler (or Kuwagatra) mecha. This is also the genesis of those opening chest compartments.<br />
*In the cartoon, Shrapnel was often shown as something of a leader among the Insecticons, while [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] is the official leader in other portions of Generation 1. <br />
*Shrapnel's Executive Officer rank would never come up again after ''The Bridge to Nowhere!'', and he ended up as just some guy. Presumably, Budiansky (and later Furman) just forgot about it. <br />
*Shrapnel's alt mode is devoid of wings yet he [[Flight#Levitation|still manages to fly]] while transformed as an insect.<br />
*In ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this guy got shot by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (thanks to [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]), knocked into a moat by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], AND run over by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. THEN he proceeded to get THROWN INTO SPACE by his fellow Decepticons. He was killed by [[Unicron]] and his body was used to make a [[Sweep]]. Later, he somehow came back to life on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] only to get run over by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. Poor guy sure had an off-day.<br />
*Shrapnel, along with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], had his gender switched from male to female in the French dub of ''The Transformers: The Movie''. It is unknown why this change was effected, but it's most likely because of the character's high-pitched voice. The change did not happen in the cartoon, as it had used a different dubbing team from the movie. The change is especially ironic, given that only male stag beetles have the large pincers of Shrapnel's alt-mode. <br />
**His gender was also switched in the Russian dub, mainly because Shrapnel is a feminine noun in Russian.<br />
*In the Japanese dub of ''The Transformers'', Shrapnel retained his speech quirk of repeating words and phrases (as well as his gender). However, the dub was less consistent with the quirk and he only repeated himself from time to time. Also, Shrapnel's lightning blasting abilities were given a name, the "Thunder Attack", in true anime special move fashion.<br />
*Shrapnel's [[package art]] for his Hasbro and [[Milton Bradley]] releases hilariously depicts him with two left hands. For Takara's Japanese release, this error was corrected.<br />
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===Foreign names===<br />
*''Japanese:'' '''Sharpnel''' (シャープネル ''Shāpuneru'')<ref>In Japan, "Shrapnel" is transliterated as シュラプネル, ''Shurapuneru'', suggesting his name-change was deliberate.</ref><br />
*''French:'' '''Éclats D'Obus''' (Canada)<br />
*''Hebrew:'' '''Mitsrár''' (מצרר, "Cluster Bomb")<br />
*''Italian:'' '''Rantrox'''<br />
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dànpiàn''' (弹片, "Shrapnel")<br />
*''Portuguese:'' '''Estilhaço''' (Portugal comic), '''Metralha''' (Brazil comic), '''Estilhaço''' (Brazil comic), '''Granada''' (Brazil Beast Wars)<br />
*''Russian:'' '''Shrapnel''' (Шрапнель ''Shrapnel<nowiki>'</nowiki>'')<br />
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Shrapnel''' (ICTV, Шрапнель ''Shrapnel"'')<br />
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:''Shrapnel is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]], family.''<br />
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[[File:Shrapnelg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My kingdom for better electrical insulation... insulation.]]<br />
The eccentric way in which '''Shrapnel''' parses his dialogue may seem endearing at first, first. Others are soon to discover that his seemingly benign tic is merely the gateway to a frighteningly twisted and perverse mind, even for a Decepticon, Decepticon. A master of electricity, his dark desires put this skill to use on his victims, victims. Nothing delights him more than to see how they squirm from his touch, touch.<br />
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He is sometimes known as '''Sharpshot''' or '''Skrapnel''', Skrapnel.<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br />
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br />
{{voiceactor|[[Hal Rayle]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "Traitor"), [[Yoku Shioya]], (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, ''The Movie'')|[[Galina Kristenskaya]] (Russian), [[Edgar Wald]] (American Spanish), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV dub and ''Generation 2'')}}<br />
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[[File:ShrapnelG1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Flash before my eyes, now it's time to die, die!]]<br />
The mercenary Insecticons landed on earth in their own space pod before the Ark crashed to [[Earth]]. ''(It is unclear whether this pod was launched from the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] or not, as the dialogue seems to suggest maybe it was, but the Insecticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s Decepticons do not seem to know each other.)'' Their pod crashed into the region that would become known as "[[Demon Swamp]]" and their [[idento-computer]]s adapted them to transform into insects and eat organic food to survive. Though they were largely communal, Shrapnel was a leader among then, usually alternating with [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] ([[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] was out of luck). The "Insecticons" apparently lived in the swamp for millions of years until discovered by Megatron's Decepticons. They form an uneasy alliance with Megatron, never coming fully under his command but working with the Decepticons when they could be convinced there was something (usually food) in it for them. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}<br />
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When the Autobots were attacking the Decepticons, the Insecticons were conveniently in the same area, and helped the Decepticon cause during the battle. Shrapnel fought [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], but failed to hit him and instead damaged the buffer where Megatron was keeping the [[electro-cell]]s. Still, they were given a reward of energon cubes... a grand total of ''two'', being exact. Though Kickback was optimistic, Shrapnel and Bombshell were understandably disappointed considering Megatron had so many more. They were even ''more'' enraged when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] stole the cubes and framed the Decepticons for it. When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] showed up and got in a fight with Cliffjumper (who was spying on Mirage nearby), Shrapnel thought that the Decepticons had ambushed them and a huge fight broke out, with Shrapnel grazing and exposing the invisible Mirage. Shrapnel wanted to kill Mirage, but Bombshell decided it'd be better if they made the Autobot into their slave. When Megatron saw Bombshell controlling Mirage, he revealed to the Insecticons that no Decepticon stole the cubes; it was Mirage after all. During an Autobot attack, Megatron destroyed the electro-cells in frustration, and Shrapnel commanded the Insecticons to retreat. {{storylink|Traitor}}<br />
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[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Shrapnel explode.jpg|thumb|Frustration will blow you up, up!]]<br />
Even after the Insecticons devoured a huge forest, they discovered they were hungry again. Bombshell announced that it was snack time, and Shrapnel decided that they should eat the redwoods next. A park ranger, [[Mike]] spotted the Insecticons and reported it to fellow park ranger [[Jeff (ranger)|Jeff]]. When Jeff, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] arrived, Shrapnel used his grenade launcher to scatter them, but they recovered and Bumblebee knocked Shrapnel down. The Insecticons got rid of their enemies by sending a huge tree down the river, sending them down the waterfall (or so they thought; their "demise" was actually one of Hound's holograms). After that, Megatron arrived and struck a deal with the Insecticons, taking them to the [[Nova Power Plant]], a place rife with energy. Shrapnel commended Megatron's taste in appetizers and the Insecticons feasted, but the [[Nova Power Core]] within the plant caused them to grow rapidly. Shrapnel decided that the Insecticons would use their new size to seize control of the Decepticons from Megatron, hypnotizing [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to do their bidding. Defeating the [[Autobot]] opposition, the Insecticons had become invincible and were now vital to Megatron's plan to control the world, but the Autobots discovered that the Nova Power Core, incompatible with the Insecticons' [[Trilithium stomach|stomachs]], would soon destroy them from within. Later Shrapnel infiltrated [[Iron Mountain]] using the humans' defense system against them, and helped himself to the data Soundwave took from the computer. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived with an antidote for the Nova Power Core, and using Megatron's gun mode blasted it at Kickback and Bombshell, curing and resizing them. Shrapnel, however, was not so lucky, as despite Spike's warnings (and jamming the cure into him), he was blown to pieces. Luckily, Bombshell was able to repair Shrapnel and the Insecticons made their escape. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}<br />
Shrapnel was later seen among Megatron's forces parading through the streets on "Decepitcon Day". {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}<br />
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The Insecticons later created a new army of clones which nearly devastated the planet Earth. Luckily, they were destroyed by the [[Morphobot]]s and the Insecticons barely escaped uneaten, uneaten. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}<br />
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[[File:TFTM RundownShrapnel.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Great, now there's bug guts all over his windshield, windshield.]]<br />
During the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' attempt at destroying Earth by sending it into the sun, the Insecticons were seen in large numbers, numbers, again and Shrapnel was responsible for taking apart the [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] controls. He would later be tracked, tracked, by the combined Autobots and Decepticons after which he relinquished the controls. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}<br />
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Shrapnel, along with his Insecticon colleagues, [[Battle of Autobot City|attacked]] [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, where he was badly damaged and dumped into space from [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. His floating body would be reformatted by [[Unicron]] into one of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s minions. But that didn't stop him from showing up later on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and threatening [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}<br />
{{note|Shrapnel’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]].”}}<br />
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He also somehow appeared on [[Chaar]] after the Decepticons' defeat to nibble on some energon cubes {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}. Shrapnel was seen assisting the Quintesson-planned attack on the Autobots on [[Goo 8739B |Goo]] {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} and he later tried to stop [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] from returning [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} Much later, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] briefly spoke using Shrapnel's voice and speech pattern for no reason. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}<br />
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====<br />
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}}}<br />
Shrapnel, along with the other Insecticons, took part in an attack on [[Kyushu]] that attracted the attention of the Autobots. The [[Four-Wheel Drive Corps]] responded, but the attack turned out to be an ambush as the Insecticons trapped the Autobots in a volcanic crater. Luckily, the Four-Wheel Drive Corps was able to "combine" and perform the fearsome "Four-Wheel Drive Robo Combination Scrumbuster" attack. The blast of energy was so powerful that it sent the Insecticons fleeing in terror. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}<br />
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====''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''====<br />
[[File:Mars attacks the insecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]<br />
The three Insecticons were among Decepticon forces who formed an alliance with the Autobots during a [[Martian]] invasion. They saved [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] from some of the Martians' giant ants. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}<br />
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===Marvel Comics continuity===<br />
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====<br />
{{noteukonly}}<br />
[[File:Straxusholdscourt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Why don't I get a caption, caption?]]<br />
Shrapnel was one of the top lieutenants of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] on Cybertron, acting as his Executive Officer and supervising both the technicians that translated [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|Soundwave's message from Earth]] & assisting on the Space Bridge project. He was also was responsible for capturing Autobot spy [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] before he could report back on the whereabouts of [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]]. Despite his rank, Straxus used Shrapnel's face as a stress ball when things went wrong {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and was willing to send him on a suicidal janitorial mission once simply out of petty spite, but Shrapnel managed to talk his way out of it. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} <br />
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[[File:Shrapnel aerialbots over america.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|ANTENNAE!]]<br />
''In addition to his high rank, he was one of the [[Ten Deadliest Killers|most feared and dangerous killers]] on Cybertron, a key target for the Autobot resistance. The rebel plan [[Operation: Volcano]] was kicked off when Shrapnel tortured the information of a (fake) rebel meeting out of an [[Autobot traitor|informant]], but was ruined by Megatron calling the Insecticons to Earth.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} Shrapnel arrived on Earth to play a key role in the [[Hoover Dam]] battle, and afterwards served on Earth under Megatron permanently. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} <br />
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Then he served under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], possibly [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], Megatron again... all while doing absolutely nothing of note besides being uncommonly easy to spot in crowd shots. He may have been killed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], or alternatively he could've just been really lazy and not gotten involved with things—he's one of Cybertron's deadliest killers, what does he have to prove?<br />
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=====Earthforce=====<br />
{{earthforcefiction}}<br />
[[File:Earthforce insecticons.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|This page is basically colorless, colorless]]<br />
Shrapnel and his Insecticon buddies served under [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in the [[Decepticon Civil War]], but their spying mission against Shockwave was foiled by Starscream. Shrapnel got in a good electrified shot at Starscream's bum first, but then he caught them in a [[rustbug hoop]]. The treacherous [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] then drafted them into helping him set up a clash between the two leaders. {{storylink|Bugged!}}<br />
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Fallen Angel}} {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} {{storylink|Totaled!}} {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}} {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} {{storylink|Judgment Day!}} {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}}}<br />
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===Find Your Fate Junior===<br />
{{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.}}<br />
====Attack of the Insecticons====<br />
[[File:AttackoftheInsecticonstheSunPak.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]<br />
Shrapnel was stationed at the Insecticons' nest, an underground cavern located near to another cavern the Autobots used to test the Sun-Pak, an energy device that could power a Cybertronian for twenty-four hours after being charged for only an hour in sunlight.<br />
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If the Autobots flee their testing site after having been discovered by the Decepticons and confused their escape route for a tunnel that led them deeper underground instead of towards the surface, they would come upon Shrapnel and his Electro-Disrupter, which all-but paralyzed the Autobots. After taking the time to mock his captives, Shrapnel briefly left the Autobots unattended in order to contact Megatron. If the Autobots attempt to use the Sun-Pak as a bargaining chip for their release, Shrapnel informs them that once his fellow Insecticon Bombshell arrives on their coordinates, the Insecticons will use Cerebro-Shells to mentally enslave all of the Autobots, rendering any attempt at negotiations moot. Before the Insecticons are able to follow through with their plan, however, the human Buster is able to sneak up on the pair and turn the Insecticons' Electro-Disrupter on them, allowing the Autobots to escape.<br />
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If the Autobots flee their testing site and choose the correct path to the surface, Shrapnel encounters the convoy nonetheless and is able to sneak up on [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and snatch away the Sun-Pak while the Autobot struggles with the tunnel's cramped confines. Once the Sun-Pak's absence is discovered, if the Autobots decide to send Mirage and Buster as advanced scouts to go after the Insecticons immediately, the pair find Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback hiding out in a rotting forest. The Sun-Pak having given him delusions of grandeur, Shrapnel gloats that he will use its power to take control of the Decepticons from Megatron, unaware that Ravage is nearby, reporting the Insecticon's boasts to his master.<br />
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If Mirage and Buster act quickly and decide to take on the Insecticon trio in light of this situation, Mirage successfully confuses all three Insecticons with his holographic powers, while Buster snatches the Sun-Pak, leaving the Insecticons empty handed for all the scheming.<br />
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If Mirage and Buster call for reinforcements before confronting the Decepticons, Megatron arrives on-scene and berates Shrapnel for keeping the Sun-Pak from him. Shrapnel attempts weasel his way out of being punished by denying the Sun-Pak's existence, only for Megatron to blast him for his duplicity. When Megatron hears the approaching Autobot convoy, he orders Shrapnel along with the rest of his troops to hide in order to ambush their enemies. This leads to nothing more for the Decepticons but being sprayed by Ironhide's acid-dispenser, forcing the lot of them to retreat. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}<br />
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===<br />
While temporarily out of his mind (well, more than usual, anyway), the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] believed himself to actually be Shrapnel, and adopted his mannerisms and speech pattern, pattern. {{storylink|Dark Designs}}<br />
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br />
[[File:Bombshell kickback shrapnel soundwave ravage war within 1-2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Oy with the speechifying, ing! When do we get to shoot someone, one??]]<br />
Shrapnel was part of an assassination unit alongside Kickback, Bombshell, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] shortly after the rise of Optimus Prime. He and his partners were assigned to eliminate the new Prime, steal the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and bring it to Megatron so that he could turn Cybertron into a cosmic dreadnought and conquer the universe. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Spoiler alert—it didn't work. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} During the Dark Ages after Megatron's disappearance, Shrapnel served with the main Decepticon faction under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command. One time [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] sucker-punched him so hard, Shrapnel's colors went wrong. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Shrapnel was also present at [[Tyger Pax]] during the aborted peace treaty between the Autobots, Decepticons and [[Ultracon]]s. Megatron's sudden arrival with the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] put a quick stop to those peace talks. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}<br />
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Shrapnel was part of a unit sent to Earth by Shockwave to guide the planet's development and prepare it for invasion. He and his team changed their [[alternate mode]]s to giant insects (from his original "jet with antennae" mode). They were beaten up by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] on arrival, then played dead until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] got bored and wandered off. {{storylink|Extermination}}<br />
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{{note|Shrapnel and the Insecticons made a brief appearance in the second ''[[The Transformers Trilogy|Transformers Trilogy]]'' novel, ''[[Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation]]'', as troops under Starscream's command on Earth. This appearance is contradicted by later Dreamwave stories. Also, in the novel the Insecticons shrink down to insect-size as they did in Marvel Comics, whereas later Dreamwave issues showed them retaining their full size, like their cartoon versions.}}<br />
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[[File:Shrapnel extermination.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]<br />
Millions of years later, they were discovered by both the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] and Autobots after kidnapping an entire town. Over the preceding few thousand vorns, Shrapnel had apparently lost control of the Insecticons unit, with Bombshell gathering more and more power for himself without Shrapnel even recognizing it. Kickback pointed this out, but the Autobot incursion prevented the conversation from going any farther. Shrapnel was last seen getting a building dropped on him by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Extermination}}<br />
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===<br />
In an alternate future where the Decepticons had conquered Earth, swarms of Insecticons, including Shrapnel-type ones, was a constant menace. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}<br />
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In the regular timeline, as part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Shrapnel defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}<br />
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===''The Beast Within''===<br />
Shrapnel participated in a brutal battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. His corpse would be one of many that littered the battlefield as Autobot survivors tried to escape [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]].{{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}<br />
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===<br />
[[File:AllHailMegatron8-Insecticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Yeah, well you're the ones sitting on a pile of manure, manure.]]<br />
Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback were created by [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]], under supervision by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. The Insecticons joined Megatron's forces on Earth, where they helped defeat and capture the local Autobots. The Decepticons then shipped their prisoners off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] via [[space bridge]], intending to feed them to the failed Insecticon creations known as the [[Insecticon swarm|swarm]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}<br />
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The Insecticons then participated in the attack on [[New York City]], during which Shrapnel took part in destroying some human jets. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} One of the humans caught in the devastation was [[Marissa Faireborn]], who witnessed the Insecticons' battle with the jets. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} After listening to Megatron's victory speech {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}}, the Insecticons traveled to [[China]] and helped wreck [[Beijing]]. There, Shrapnel and Kickback sided with Bombshell when he picked a fight with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], but the three bugs decided to drop the subject and run away when faced with Skywarp's [[teleportation]] ability. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} After returning to New York, the Insecticons were approached by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], and Shrapnel demanded to know what the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] wanted with them, although Bombshell chastised him for being rude to a superior officer. Starscream apologized to the three for their treatment at Skywarp and Thundercracker's hands, then decided it was time to tell them about his vision of the future. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}<br />
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[[File:UneasyLiesTheHead-Shrapnel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]<br />
The Insecticons subsequently joined Starscream as he rebelled against Megatron, and Shrapnel blasted his former leader with lightning. Unfortunately, this did minimal damage to Megatron, who responded by shooting Shrapnel with his [[fusion cannon]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} The revolt was cut short when human jets from [[Europe]] attacked and the Autobots returned from Cybertron unharmed, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} leading to the Decepticons' defeat. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} As they fled the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Shrapnel showed Starscream that Megatron was still functioning, which did not please the Seeker in the least. Shrapnel volunteered to stealthily kill Megatron by siphoning his energon, but Starscream felt assassination wouldn't work in his favor. When he saw that Starscream was going to throw the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] down a garbage chute, Shrapnel was shocked and convinced him to keep the artifact as a symbol of leadership. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}<br />
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[[File:Needlenose kickback shrapnel all his engines.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]<br />
Unfortunately, Starscream turned out to be a less-than-competent leader, stranding his troops on a desolate asteroid where they had to resort to strict rations or even cannibalism to survive. Upon learning that [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] had been stealing precious fuel for himself, Shrapnel, Kickback and [[Needlenose]] hunted him down and executed him for his crime. As they proceeded to loot their victim's corpse, Shrapnel was particularly interested in getting his hands on an afterburner. {{storylink|All His Engines}} [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] watched their behavior with curiosity from a nearby building. {{storylink|Shockpoint}}<br />
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Shrapnel was controlling the base's defenses with [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] when the latter detected an incoming Autobot vessel. While Acid Storm was busy panicking, Shrapnel calmly fired missiles at the intruder... not realizing that the wreckage of the ship would come crashing down on top of them afterward. After getting to safety, he returned to scavenge the remains of the ship, and found a weapons locker. An ''empty'' weapons locker. Then [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] shot him in the back with its contents. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}} He survived and was present when a repaired Megatron took back control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}<br />
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Megatron would later use [[space bridge]] technology built into in his new body to summon Shrapnel and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. At first they did battle with the Autobots, but were soon mind-controlled by [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] into combining with his [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army and forming a [[Deceptigod|huge monster]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} Following Galvatron's defeat and the reformatting of Cybertron, Shrapnel and the other Decepticons had their fair share of trouble integrating into post-war society. Thankfully Megatron finally showed up, giving them an excuse to riot and cause chaos once more. {{storylink|City on Fire}} He and a group of other Decepticons immediately marched on the Autobot prison and freed Megatron so that he could lead them again. {{storylink|The Verge}}<br />
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===''Hearts of Steel''===<br />
[[File:HeartsofSteel2 Shrapnel safes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Where the scrap have my colors gone, gone?]]<br />
The Decepticons, including Shrapnel, fought against the Autobots in Earth's distant past until an Ice Age forced them to shut down and wait it out. They awoke in the late 19th century when a failed human submarine crashed onto their submerged ship. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As the Decepticons' [[Tobias Muldoon|human ally]] required money to help them, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ordered the Insecticons to provide some. Shrapnel disguised himself as one end of the "[[Insectrain]]", providing the combined mode with a pair of giant scissor blades to destroy other trains on the railway. The Insecticons robbed a train carrying cash and bullion from the Denver Mint, and despite not seeing the value in human currency, they stuffed Shrapnel's chest cavity full of money and [[gold]]. They delivered the stolen property to Starscream and Tobias Muldoon the following morning. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Shrapnel was later present when Starscream announced to his troops that the Autobots had awakened as well. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}<br />
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===<br />
{{ongoing}}<br />
Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback acted as bounty hunters for Megatron. The Insecticon trio brought their king four of the human invaders that had recently been pestering him, after picking them up in the middle of a firefight between G.I. Joe and the Decepticons. The fleshlings escaped, along with a couple of Autobot captives, when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] tricked Megatron with a holographic projection of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}}<br />
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==Games==<br />
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===<br />
{{Note|Shrapnel is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}<br />
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===Transformers Legends===<br />
Sharpshot and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] helped [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] defeat [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Within}}<br />
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Chafing under Megatron's rule, Sharpshot and his fellow Insecticons began raiding energy storage and high-energy research facilities worldwide. The energy gave them increased size and power, and it was only when the Autobots and Decepticons formed an alliance that they were able to be stopped. {{storylink|Harvest of the Insecticons}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] returned to Earth with new troops in the form of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the Insecticons managed to ambush them. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}<br />
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===<br />
[[File:BattleTacticsSkrapnel.jpg|thumb|300px|left|]]<br />
Shrapnel participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}<br />
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===<br />
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==Toys==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
[[File:G1Shrapnel toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't have two left hands, hands.]]<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (Insecticon, 1985)<br />
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''42'''<br />
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:Shrapnel is a redeco of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' Waruder Insecter Robo "Kuwagatrer" toy. Shrapnel transforms into a robotic [[Popular beast alternate modes#Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)|stag beetle]] and doesn't do a whole lot more than that. Like the other Insecticons, he has a variation on his chromed parts, but this one is on his gun. Some Shrapnels have "fins" on the very back-end of the rifle and a more detailed main barrel, while others (obviously) lack those details. The extra-detail versions appear to be a later run.<br />
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:In Japan, Shrapnel and the other Insecticons were "re-released" as mail-order items from 1987 through 1988. They each cost 880 yen (their normal retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.<br />
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:This mold was used to make the [[Zaptrap]] drones.<br />
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::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-insecticons-shrapnel/878/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Shrapnel at Transformerland.com]''<br />
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shrapnel/shrapnel.htm More information on Shrapnel at TFU.info]''<br />
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===The Transformers Collection===<br />
*'''Insectrons''' (Multi-pack, 2004)<br />
**''Japanese ID number'': '''16''' (full set)<br />
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:Shrapnel was released as part of the Japanese [[The Transformers Collection]] series in a set with [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. This set also included three [[energon cube]] accessories that fit inside their chest compartments.<br />
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:The Shrapnel in this set has the lower-detail rifle, probably in order to keep it closer to the original-original release, particularly for the redeco.<br />
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===Universe (2008)===<br />
*'''Insecticons''' (Toys"R"Us exclusive multi-pack, 2009)<br />
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:Shrapnel was re-released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] in the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, in a set with his Insecticon pals. Like with his 2007 ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' incarnation (see below), Shrapnel has been renamed for [[trademark]] reasons, this time to "Sharpshot". Likewise, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s name has been changed to "Hardshell", a name previously used for his Robot Hero.<br />
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:This version uses the more detailed version of the gun.<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/CSSharpshot/sharpshot.htm More information on ''Universe'' Sharpshot at TFU.info.]''<br />
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===Generations===<br />
[[File:Generationstoy-SkrapnelReflector.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shutterbug, bug.]]<br />
*'''Skrapnel & Reflector''' (Legends Class, 2014)<br />
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #008'''<br />
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: Part of the sixth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' "Skrapnel" (so renamed for trademark reasons... again) is a new mold that is roughly the size of a ''[[Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy, and is thus roughly the same size as his original toy. He generally resembles his original G1 character model, once again transforming into a robotic interpretation of a stag beetle. He is partnered with [[Reflector (G1)#Generations|Reflector]], a smaller robot that mixes elements of [[Viewfinder]]'s character model with his toy. Reflector can transform into a camera or a weapon modeled after Shrapnel's grenade launcher, both of which Skrapnel can wield via its [[5mm post]], or mount onto Skrapnel's back in insect mode.<br />
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: Skrapnel was redecoed into [[BotCon 2015]] [[Zaptrap (Diaclone)|Zaptrap]] and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Shrapnel (Adventure)|Shrapnel]] and retooled into [[Chop Shop (G1)#Generations|Chop Shop]].<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenSkrapnel/skrapnel.htm More information on ''Generations'' Skrapnel at TFU.info]''<br />
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==Merchandise==<br />
===Decoy===<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (Decoy, 1987)<br />
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:Shrapnel was one of the Decepticon [[Decoy]]s packed in with smaller carded ''Transformers'' toys. While the normal purple version could be included with any Decepticon toy, the rarer red version was available ''only'' on [[Throttlebot]] cards and only for a short while before the switch to purple.<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Shrapnel/shrapnel.htm More information on Decoy Shrapnel at tfu.info.]''<br />
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*'''Destron Hero Collection-22 Set''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1987)<br />
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:The entire run of twenty-two Decepticon Decoys were sold as a single boxed set in Japan, only in purple.<br />
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===Hard Hero===<br />
[[File:HardHero Shrapnel statue.JPG|upright=0.85|thumb|Stop! In the name of love, love.]]<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (2003)<br />
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:The second installment of [[Hard Hero]]'s "Insecticon Series", Shrapnel is a 9-inch cold-cast porcelain statue sculpted by [[Jason Ray]]. Only 1000 pieces of the statue were produced.<br />
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===Robot Heroes===<br />
*'''Rodimus Vs. Insecticon''' (2007)<br />
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[[File:G1 RobotHeroes RodimusVsInsecticon.jpg|thumb|The world's cutest psycho, psycho.]]<br />
:As part of the [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] line of PVC figurines, "Insecticon" (so named because Hasbro was unable to acquire the [[trademark]] to "Shrapnel") is a two-inch tall soft-plastic figurine in an adorable "super-deformed" style. He has swivels at the shoulders and neck.<br />
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:"Insecticon" was only available in a two-pack with fellow trademark-loss refugee, [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus]].<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHInsecticon/insecticon.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Insecticon at TFU.info.]''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Shrapnel—like the other Insecticons—was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Waruder" evil-alien-piloted mech in different colors... which were eventually used when the trio were [[redeco]]ed for [[e-HOBBY]] release. Specifically, Shrapnel was the Kuwagattler (or Kuwagatra) mecha. This is also the genesis of those opening chest compartments.<br />
*In the cartoon, Shrapnel was often shown as something of a leader among the Insecticons, while [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] is the official leader in other portions of Generation 1. <br />
*Shrapnel's Executive Officer rank would never come up again after ''The Bridge to Nowhere!'', and he ended up as just some guy. Presumably, Budiansky (and later Furman) just forgot about it. <br />
*Shrapnel's alt mode is devoid of wings yet he [[Flight#Levitation|still manages to fly]] while transformed as an insect.<br />
*In ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this guy got shot by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (thanks to [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]), knocked into a moat by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], AND run over by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. THEN he proceeded to get THROWN INTO SPACE by his fellow Decepticons. He was killed by [[Unicron]] and his body was used to make a [[Sweep]]. Later, he somehow came back to life on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] only to get run over by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. Poor guy sure had an off-day.<br />
*Shrapnel, along with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], had his gender switched from male to female in the French dub of ''The Transformers: The Movie''. It is unknown why this change was effected, but it's most likely because of the character's high-pitched voice. The change did not happen in the cartoon, as it had used a different dubbing team from the movie. The change is especially ironic, given that only male stag beetles have the large pincers of Shrapnel's alt-mode. <br />
**His gender was also switched in the Russian dub, mainly because Shrapnel is a feminine noun in Russian.<br />
*In the Japanese dub of ''The Transformers'', Shrapnel retained his speech quirk of repeating words and phrases (as well as his gender). However, the dub was less consistent with the quirk and he only repeated himself from time to time. Also, Shrapnel's lightning blasting abilities were given a name, the "Thunder Attack", in true anime special move fashion.<br />
*Shrapnel's [[package art]] for his Hasbro and [[Milton Bradley]] releases hilariously depicts him with two left hands. For Takara's Japanese release, this error was corrected.<br />
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===Foreign names===<br />
*''Japanese:'' '''Sharpnel''' (シャープネル ''Shāpuneru'')<ref>In Japan, "Shrapnel" is transliterated as シュラプネル, ''Shurapuneru'', suggesting his name-change was deliberate.</ref><br />
*''French:'' '''Éclats D'Obus''' (Canada)<br />
*''Hebrew:'' '''Mitsrár''' (מצרר, "Cluster Bomb")<br />
*''Italian:'' '''Rantrox'''<br />
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dànpiàn''' (弹片, "Shrapnel")<br />
*''Portuguese:'' '''Estilhaço''' (Portugal comic), '''Metralha''' (Brazil comic), '''Estilhaço''' (Brazil comic), '''Granada''' (Brazil Beast Wars)<br />
*''Russian:'' '''Shrapnel''' (Шрапнель ''Shrapnel<nowiki>'</nowiki>'')<br />
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Shrapnel''' (ICTV, Шрапнель ''Shrapnel"'')<br />
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:''Shrapnel is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]], family.''<br />
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[[File:Shrapnelg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My kingdom for better electrical insulation... insulation.]]<br />
The eccentric way in which '''Shrapnel''' parses his dialogue may seem endearing at first, first. Others are soon to discover that his seemingly benign tic is merely the gateway to a frighteningly twisted and perverse mind, even for a Decepticon, Decepticon. A master of electricity, his dark desires put this skill to use on his victims, victims. Nothing delights him more than to see how they squirm from his touch, touch.<br />
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He is sometimes known as '''Sharpshot''' or '''Skrapnel''', Skrapnel.<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br />
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br />
{{voiceactor|[[Hal Rayle]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "Traitor"), [[Yoku Shioya]], (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, ''The Movie'')|[[Galina Kristenskaya]] (Russian), [[Edgar Wald]] (American Spanish), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV dub and ''Generation 2'')}}<br />
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[[File:ShrapnelG1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Flash before my eyes, now it's time to die, die!]]<br />
The mercenary Insecticons landed on earth in their own space pod before the Ark crashed to [[Earth]]. ''(It is unclear whether this pod was launched from the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] or not, as the dialogue seems to suggest maybe it was, but the Insecticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s Decepticons do not seem to know each other.)'' Their pod crashed into the region that would become known as "[[Demon Swamp]]" and their [[idento-computer]]s adapted them to transform into insects and eat organic food to survive. Though they were largely communal, Shrapnel was a leader among then, usually alternating with [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] ([[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] was out of luck). The "Insecticons" apparently lived in the swamp for millions of years until discovered by Megatron's Decepticons. They form an uneasy alliance with Megatron, never coming fully under his command but working with the Decepticons when they could be convinced there was something (usually food) in it for them. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}<br />
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When the Autobots were attacking the Decepticons, the Insecticons were conveniently in the same area, and helped the Decepticon cause during the battle. Shrapnel fought [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], but failed to hit him and instead damaged the buffer where Megatron was keeping the [[electro-cell]]s. Still, they were given a reward of energon cubes... a grand total of ''two'', being exact. Though Kickback was optimistic, Shrapnel and Bombshell were understandably disappointed considering Megatron had so many more. They were even ''more'' enraged when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] stole the cubes and framed the Decepticons for it. When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] showed up and got in a fight with Cliffjumper (who was spying on Mirage nearby), Shrapnel thought that the Decepticons had ambushed them and a huge fight broke out, with Shrapnel grazing and exposing the invisible Mirage. Shrapnel wanted to kill Mirage, but Bombshell decided it'd be better if they made the Autobot into their slave. When Megatron saw Bombshell controlling Mirage, he revealed to the Insecticons that no Decepticon stole the cubes; it was Mirage after all. During an Autobot attack, Megatron destroyed the electro-cells in frustration, and Shrapnel commanded the Insecticons to retreat. {{storylink|Traitor}}<br />
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[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Shrapnel explode.jpg|thumb|Frustration will blow you up, up!]]<br />
Even after the Insecticons devoured a huge forest, they discovered they were hungry again. Bombshell announced that it was snack time, and Shrapnel decided that they should eat the redwoods next. A park ranger, [[Mike]] spotted the Insecticons and reported it to fellow park ranger [[Jeff (ranger)|Jeff]]. When Jeff, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] arrived, Shrapnel used his grenade launcher to scatter them, but they recovered and Bumblebee knocked Shrapnel down. The Insecticons got rid of their enemies by sending a huge tree down the river, sending them down the waterfall (or so they thought; their "demise" was actually one of Hound's holograms). After that, Megatron arrived and struck a deal with the Insecticons, taking them to the [[Nova Power Plant]], a place rife with energy. Shrapnel commended Megatron's taste in appetizers and the Insecticons feasted, but the [[Nova Power Core]] within the plant caused them to grow rapidly. Shrapnel decided that the Insecticons would use their new size to seize control of the Decepticons from Megatron, hypnotizing [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to do their bidding. Defeating the [[Autobot]] opposition, the Insecticons had become invincible and were now vital to Megatron's plan to control the world, but the Autobots discovered that the Nova Power Core, incompatible with the Insecticons' [[Trilithium stomach|stomachs]], would soon destroy them from within. Later Shrapnel infiltrated [[Iron Mountain]] using the humans' defense system against them, and helped himself to the data Soundwave took from the computer. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived with an antidote for the Nova Power Core, and using Megatron's gun mode blasted it at Kickback and Bombshell, curing and resizing them. Shrapnel, however, was not so lucky, as despite Spike's warnings (and jamming the cure into him), he was blown to pieces. Luckily, Bombshell was able to repair Shrapnel and the Insecticons made their escape. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}<br />
Shrapnel was later seen among Megatron's forces parading through the streets on "Decepitcon Day". {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}<br />
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The Insecticons later created a new army of clones which nearly devastated the planet Earth. Luckily, they were destroyed by the [[Morphobot]]s and the Insecticons barely escaped uneaten, uneaten. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}<br />
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[[File:TFTM RundownShrapnel.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Great, now there's bug guts all over his windshield, windshield.]]<br />
During the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' attempt at destroying Earth by sending it into the sun, the Insecticons were seen in large numbers, numbers, again and Shrapnel was responsible for taking apart the [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] controls. He would later be tracked, tracked, by the combined Autobots and Decepticons after which he relinquished the controls. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}<br />
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Shrapnel, along with his Insecticon colleagues, [[Battle of Autobot City|attacked]] [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, where he was badly damaged and dumped into space from [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. His floating body would be reformatted by [[Unicron]] into one of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s minions. But that didn't stop him from showing up later on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and threatening [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}<br />
{{note|Shrapnel’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]].”}}<br />
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He also somehow appeared on [[Chaar]] after the Decepticons' defeat to nibble on some energon cubes {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}, and he tried to stop [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] from returning [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} Much later, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] briefly spoke using Shrapnel's voice and speech pattern for no reason. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}<br />
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====<br />
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Shrapnel, along with the other Insecticons, took part in an attack on [[Kyushu]] that attracted the attention of the Autobots. The [[Four-Wheel Drive Corps]] responded, but the attack turned out to be an ambush as the Insecticons trapped the Autobots in a volcanic crater. Luckily, the Four-Wheel Drive Corps was able to "combine" and perform the fearsome "Four-Wheel Drive Robo Combination Scrumbuster" attack. The blast of energy was so powerful that it sent the Insecticons fleeing in terror. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}<br />
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====''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''====<br />
[[File:Mars attacks the insecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]<br />
The three Insecticons were among Decepticon forces who formed an alliance with the Autobots during a [[Martian]] invasion. They saved [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] from some of the Martians' giant ants. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}<br />
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===Marvel Comics continuity===<br />
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====<br />
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[[File:Straxusholdscourt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Why don't I get a caption, caption?]]<br />
Shrapnel was one of the top lieutenants of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] on Cybertron, acting as his Executive Officer and supervising both the technicians that translated [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|Soundwave's message from Earth]] & assisting on the Space Bridge project. He was also was responsible for capturing Autobot spy [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] before he could report back on the whereabouts of [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]]. Despite his rank, Straxus used Shrapnel's face as a stress ball when things went wrong {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and was willing to send him on a suicidal janitorial mission once simply out of petty spite, but Shrapnel managed to talk his way out of it. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} <br />
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[[File:Shrapnel aerialbots over america.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|ANTENNAE!]]<br />
''In addition to his high rank, he was one of the [[Ten Deadliest Killers|most feared and dangerous killers]] on Cybertron, a key target for the Autobot resistance. The rebel plan [[Operation: Volcano]] was kicked off when Shrapnel tortured the information of a (fake) rebel meeting out of an [[Autobot traitor|informant]], but was ruined by Megatron calling the Insecticons to Earth.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} Shrapnel arrived on Earth to play a key role in the [[Hoover Dam]] battle, and afterwards served on Earth under Megatron permanently. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} <br />
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Then he served under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], possibly [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], Megatron again... all while doing absolutely nothing of note besides being uncommonly easy to spot in crowd shots. He may have been killed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], or alternatively he could've just been really lazy and not gotten involved with things—he's one of Cybertron's deadliest killers, what does he have to prove?<br />
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=====Earthforce=====<br />
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[[File:Earthforce insecticons.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|This page is basically colorless, colorless]]<br />
Shrapnel and his Insecticon buddies served under [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in the [[Decepticon Civil War]], but their spying mission against Shockwave was foiled by Starscream. Shrapnel got in a good electrified shot at Starscream's bum first, but then he caught them in a [[rustbug hoop]]. The treacherous [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] then drafted them into helping him set up a clash between the two leaders. {{storylink|Bugged!}}<br />
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===Find Your Fate Junior===<br />
{{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.}}<br />
====Attack of the Insecticons====<br />
[[File:AttackoftheInsecticonstheSunPak.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]<br />
Shrapnel was stationed at the Insecticons' nest, an underground cavern located near to another cavern the Autobots used to test the Sun-Pak, an energy device that could power a Cybertronian for twenty-four hours after being charged for only an hour in sunlight.<br />
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If the Autobots flee their testing site after having been discovered by the Decepticons and confused their escape route for a tunnel that led them deeper underground instead of towards the surface, they would come upon Shrapnel and his Electro-Disrupter, which all-but paralyzed the Autobots. After taking the time to mock his captives, Shrapnel briefly left the Autobots unattended in order to contact Megatron. If the Autobots attempt to use the Sun-Pak as a bargaining chip for their release, Shrapnel informs them that once his fellow Insecticon Bombshell arrives on their coordinates, the Insecticons will use Cerebro-Shells to mentally enslave all of the Autobots, rendering any attempt at negotiations moot. Before the Insecticons are able to follow through with their plan, however, the human Buster is able to sneak up on the pair and turn the Insecticons' Electro-Disrupter on them, allowing the Autobots to escape.<br />
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If the Autobots flee their testing site and choose the correct path to the surface, Shrapnel encounters the convoy nonetheless and is able to sneak up on [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and snatch away the Sun-Pak while the Autobot struggles with the tunnel's cramped confines. Once the Sun-Pak's absence is discovered, if the Autobots decide to send Mirage and Buster as advanced scouts to go after the Insecticons immediately, the pair find Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback hiding out in a rotting forest. The Sun-Pak having given him delusions of grandeur, Shrapnel gloats that he will use its power to take control of the Decepticons from Megatron, unaware that Ravage is nearby, reporting the Insecticon's boasts to his master.<br />
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If Mirage and Buster act quickly and decide to take on the Insecticon trio in light of this situation, Mirage successfully confuses all three Insecticons with his holographic powers, while Buster snatches the Sun-Pak, leaving the Insecticons empty handed for all the scheming.<br />
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If Mirage and Buster call for reinforcements before confronting the Decepticons, Megatron arrives on-scene and berates Shrapnel for keeping the Sun-Pak from him. Shrapnel attempts weasel his way out of being punished by denying the Sun-Pak's existence, only for Megatron to blast him for his duplicity. When Megatron hears the approaching Autobot convoy, he orders Shrapnel along with the rest of his troops to hide in order to ambush their enemies. This leads to nothing more for the Decepticons but being sprayed by Ironhide's acid-dispenser, forcing the lot of them to retreat. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}<br />
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===<br />
While temporarily out of his mind (well, more than usual, anyway), the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] believed himself to actually be Shrapnel, and adopted his mannerisms and speech pattern, pattern. {{storylink|Dark Designs}}<br />
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br />
[[File:Bombshell kickback shrapnel soundwave ravage war within 1-2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Oy with the speechifying, ing! When do we get to shoot someone, one??]]<br />
Shrapnel was part of an assassination unit alongside Kickback, Bombshell, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] shortly after the rise of Optimus Prime. He and his partners were assigned to eliminate the new Prime, steal the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and bring it to Megatron so that he could turn Cybertron into a cosmic dreadnought and conquer the universe. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Spoiler alert—it didn't work. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} During the Dark Ages after Megatron's disappearance, Shrapnel served with the main Decepticon faction under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command. One time [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] sucker-punched him so hard, Shrapnel's colors went wrong. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Shrapnel was also present at [[Tyger Pax]] during the aborted peace treaty between the Autobots, Decepticons and [[Ultracon]]s. Megatron's sudden arrival with the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] put a quick stop to those peace talks. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}<br />
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Shrapnel was part of a unit sent to Earth by Shockwave to guide the planet's development and prepare it for invasion. He and his team changed their [[alternate mode]]s to giant insects (from his original "jet with antennae" mode). They were beaten up by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] on arrival, then played dead until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] got bored and wandered off. {{storylink|Extermination}}<br />
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{{note|Shrapnel and the Insecticons made a brief appearance in the second ''[[The Transformers Trilogy|Transformers Trilogy]]'' novel, ''[[Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation]]'', as troops under Starscream's command on Earth. This appearance is contradicted by later Dreamwave stories. Also, in the novel the Insecticons shrink down to insect-size as they did in Marvel Comics, whereas later Dreamwave issues showed them retaining their full size, like their cartoon versions.}}<br />
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[[File:Shrapnel extermination.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]<br />
Millions of years later, they were discovered by both the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] and Autobots after kidnapping an entire town. Over the preceding few thousand vorns, Shrapnel had apparently lost control of the Insecticons unit, with Bombshell gathering more and more power for himself without Shrapnel even recognizing it. Kickback pointed this out, but the Autobot incursion prevented the conversation from going any farther. Shrapnel was last seen getting a building dropped on him by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Extermination}}<br />
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===<br />
In an alternate future where the Decepticons had conquered Earth, swarms of Insecticons, including Shrapnel-type ones, was a constant menace. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}<br />
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In the regular timeline, as part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Shrapnel defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}<br />
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===''The Beast Within''===<br />
Shrapnel participated in a brutal battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. His corpse would be one of many that littered the battlefield as Autobot survivors tried to escape [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]].{{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}<br />
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===<br />
[[File:AllHailMegatron8-Insecticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Yeah, well you're the ones sitting on a pile of manure, manure.]]<br />
Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback were created by [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]], under supervision by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. The Insecticons joined Megatron's forces on Earth, where they helped defeat and capture the local Autobots. The Decepticons then shipped their prisoners off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] via [[space bridge]], intending to feed them to the failed Insecticon creations known as the [[Insecticon swarm|swarm]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}<br />
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The Insecticons then participated in the attack on [[New York City]], during which Shrapnel took part in destroying some human jets. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} One of the humans caught in the devastation was [[Marissa Faireborn]], who witnessed the Insecticons' battle with the jets. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} After listening to Megatron's victory speech {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}}, the Insecticons traveled to [[China]] and helped wreck [[Beijing]]. There, Shrapnel and Kickback sided with Bombshell when he picked a fight with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], but the three bugs decided to drop the subject and run away when faced with Skywarp's [[teleportation]] ability. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} After returning to New York, the Insecticons were approached by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], and Shrapnel demanded to know what the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] wanted with them, although Bombshell chastised him for being rude to a superior officer. Starscream apologized to the three for their treatment at Skywarp and Thundercracker's hands, then decided it was time to tell them about his vision of the future. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}<br />
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[[File:UneasyLiesTheHead-Shrapnel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]<br />
The Insecticons subsequently joined Starscream as he rebelled against Megatron, and Shrapnel blasted his former leader with lightning. Unfortunately, this did minimal damage to Megatron, who responded by shooting Shrapnel with his [[fusion cannon]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} The revolt was cut short when human jets from [[Europe]] attacked and the Autobots returned from Cybertron unharmed, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} leading to the Decepticons' defeat. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} As they fled the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Shrapnel showed Starscream that Megatron was still functioning, which did not please the Seeker in the least. Shrapnel volunteered to stealthily kill Megatron by siphoning his energon, but Starscream felt assassination wouldn't work in his favor. When he saw that Starscream was going to throw the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] down a garbage chute, Shrapnel was shocked and convinced him to keep the artifact as a symbol of leadership. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}<br />
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[[File:Needlenose kickback shrapnel all his engines.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]<br />
Unfortunately, Starscream turned out to be a less-than-competent leader, stranding his troops on a desolate asteroid where they had to resort to strict rations or even cannibalism to survive. Upon learning that [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] had been stealing precious fuel for himself, Shrapnel, Kickback and [[Needlenose]] hunted him down and executed him for his crime. As they proceeded to loot their victim's corpse, Shrapnel was particularly interested in getting his hands on an afterburner. {{storylink|All His Engines}} [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] watched their behavior with curiosity from a nearby building. {{storylink|Shockpoint}}<br />
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Shrapnel was controlling the base's defenses with [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] when the latter detected an incoming Autobot vessel. While Acid Storm was busy panicking, Shrapnel calmly fired missiles at the intruder... not realizing that the wreckage of the ship would come crashing down on top of them afterward. After getting to safety, he returned to scavenge the remains of the ship, and found a weapons locker. An ''empty'' weapons locker. Then [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] shot him in the back with its contents. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}} He survived and was present when a repaired Megatron took back control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}<br />
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Megatron would later use [[space bridge]] technology built into in his new body to summon Shrapnel and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. At first they did battle with the Autobots, but were soon mind-controlled by [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] into combining with his [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army and forming a [[Deceptigod|huge monster]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} Following Galvatron's defeat and the reformatting of Cybertron, Shrapnel and the other Decepticons had their fair share of trouble integrating into post-war society. Thankfully Megatron finally showed up, giving them an excuse to riot and cause chaos once more. {{storylink|City on Fire}} He and a group of other Decepticons immediately marched on the Autobot prison and freed Megatron so that he could lead them again. {{storylink|The Verge}}<br />
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===''Hearts of Steel''===<br />
[[File:HeartsofSteel2 Shrapnel safes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Where the scrap have my colors gone, gone?]]<br />
The Decepticons, including Shrapnel, fought against the Autobots in Earth's distant past until an Ice Age forced them to shut down and wait it out. They awoke in the late 19th century when a failed human submarine crashed onto their submerged ship. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} As the Decepticons' [[Tobias Muldoon|human ally]] required money to help them, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ordered the Insecticons to provide some. Shrapnel disguised himself as one end of the "[[Insectrain]]", providing the combined mode with a pair of giant scissor blades to destroy other trains on the railway. The Insecticons robbed a train carrying cash and bullion from the Denver Mint, and despite not seeing the value in human currency, they stuffed Shrapnel's chest cavity full of money and [[gold]]. They delivered the stolen property to Starscream and Tobias Muldoon the following morning. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Shrapnel was later present when Starscream announced to his troops that the Autobots had awakened as well. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}<br />
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===<br />
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Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback acted as bounty hunters for Megatron. The Insecticon trio brought their king four of the human invaders that had recently been pestering him, after picking them up in the middle of a firefight between G.I. Joe and the Decepticons. The fleshlings escaped, along with a couple of Autobot captives, when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] tricked Megatron with a holographic projection of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}}<br />
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==Games==<br />
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===<br />
{{Note|Shrapnel is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}<br />
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===Transformers Legends===<br />
Sharpshot and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] helped [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] defeat [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Within}}<br />
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Chafing under Megatron's rule, Sharpshot and his fellow Insecticons began raiding energy storage and high-energy research facilities worldwide. The energy gave them increased size and power, and it was only when the Autobots and Decepticons formed an alliance that they were able to be stopped. {{storylink|Harvest of the Insecticons}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] returned to Earth with new troops in the form of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the Insecticons managed to ambush them. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}<br />
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===<br />
[[File:BattleTacticsSkrapnel.jpg|thumb|300px|left|]]<br />
Shrapnel participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}<br />
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===<br />
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==Toys==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
[[File:G1Shrapnel toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't have two left hands, hands.]]<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (Insecticon, 1985)<br />
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''42'''<br />
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:Shrapnel is a redeco of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' Waruder Insecter Robo "Kuwagatrer" toy. Shrapnel transforms into a robotic [[Popular beast alternate modes#Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)|stag beetle]] and doesn't do a whole lot more than that. Like the other Insecticons, he has a variation on his chromed parts, but this one is on his gun. Some Shrapnels have "fins" on the very back-end of the rifle and a more detailed main barrel, while others (obviously) lack those details. The extra-detail versions appear to be a later run.<br />
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:In Japan, Shrapnel and the other Insecticons were "re-released" as mail-order items from 1987 through 1988. They each cost 880 yen (their normal retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.<br />
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:This mold was used to make the [[Zaptrap]] drones.<br />
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::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-insecticons-shrapnel/878/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Shrapnel at Transformerland.com]''<br />
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shrapnel/shrapnel.htm More information on Shrapnel at TFU.info]''<br />
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===The Transformers Collection===<br />
*'''Insectrons''' (Multi-pack, 2004)<br />
**''Japanese ID number'': '''16''' (full set)<br />
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:Shrapnel was released as part of the Japanese [[The Transformers Collection]] series in a set with [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. This set also included three [[energon cube]] accessories that fit inside their chest compartments.<br />
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:The Shrapnel in this set has the lower-detail rifle, probably in order to keep it closer to the original-original release, particularly for the redeco.<br />
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===Universe (2008)===<br />
*'''Insecticons''' (Toys"R"Us exclusive multi-pack, 2009)<br />
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:Shrapnel was re-released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] in the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, in a set with his Insecticon pals. Like with his 2007 ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' incarnation (see below), Shrapnel has been renamed for [[trademark]] reasons, this time to "Sharpshot". Likewise, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s name has been changed to "Hardshell", a name previously used for his Robot Hero.<br />
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:This version uses the more detailed version of the gun.<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/CSSharpshot/sharpshot.htm More information on ''Universe'' Sharpshot at TFU.info.]''<br />
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===Generations===<br />
[[File:Generationstoy-SkrapnelReflector.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shutterbug, bug.]]<br />
*'''Skrapnel & Reflector''' (Legends Class, 2014)<br />
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #008'''<br />
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: Part of the sixth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' "Skrapnel" (so renamed for trademark reasons... again) is a new mold that is roughly the size of a ''[[Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy, and is thus roughly the same size as his original toy. He generally resembles his original G1 character model, once again transforming into a robotic interpretation of a stag beetle. He is partnered with [[Reflector (G1)#Generations|Reflector]], a smaller robot that mixes elements of [[Viewfinder]]'s character model with his toy. Reflector can transform into a camera or a weapon modeled after Shrapnel's grenade launcher, both of which Skrapnel can wield via its [[5mm post]], or mount onto Skrapnel's back in insect mode.<br />
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: Skrapnel was redecoed into [[BotCon 2015]] [[Zaptrap (Diaclone)|Zaptrap]] and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Shrapnel (Adventure)|Shrapnel]] and retooled into [[Chop Shop (G1)#Generations|Chop Shop]].<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenSkrapnel/skrapnel.htm More information on ''Generations'' Skrapnel at TFU.info]''<br />
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==Merchandise==<br />
===Decoy===<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (Decoy, 1987)<br />
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:Shrapnel was one of the Decepticon [[Decoy]]s packed in with smaller carded ''Transformers'' toys. While the normal purple version could be included with any Decepticon toy, the rarer red version was available ''only'' on [[Throttlebot]] cards and only for a short while before the switch to purple.<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Shrapnel/shrapnel.htm More information on Decoy Shrapnel at tfu.info.]''<br />
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*'''Destron Hero Collection-22 Set''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1987)<br />
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:The entire run of twenty-two Decepticon Decoys were sold as a single boxed set in Japan, only in purple.<br />
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===Hard Hero===<br />
[[File:HardHero Shrapnel statue.JPG|upright=0.85|thumb|Stop! In the name of love, love.]]<br />
*'''Shrapnel''' (2003)<br />
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:The second installment of [[Hard Hero]]'s "Insecticon Series", Shrapnel is a 9-inch cold-cast porcelain statue sculpted by [[Jason Ray]]. Only 1000 pieces of the statue were produced.<br />
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===Robot Heroes===<br />
*'''Rodimus Vs. Insecticon''' (2007)<br />
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[[File:G1 RobotHeroes RodimusVsInsecticon.jpg|thumb|The world's cutest psycho, psycho.]]<br />
:As part of the [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] line of PVC figurines, "Insecticon" (so named because Hasbro was unable to acquire the [[trademark]] to "Shrapnel") is a two-inch tall soft-plastic figurine in an adorable "super-deformed" style. He has swivels at the shoulders and neck.<br />
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:"Insecticon" was only available in a two-pack with fellow trademark-loss refugee, [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus]].<br />
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHInsecticon/insecticon.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Insecticon at TFU.info.]''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Shrapnel—like the other Insecticons—was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Waruder" evil-alien-piloted mech in different colors... which were eventually used when the trio were [[redeco]]ed for [[e-HOBBY]] release. Specifically, Shrapnel was the Kuwagattler (or Kuwagatra) mecha. This is also the genesis of those opening chest compartments.<br />
*In the cartoon, Shrapnel was often shown as something of a leader among the Insecticons, while [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] is the official leader in other portions of Generation 1. <br />
*Shrapnel's Executive Officer rank would never come up again after ''The Bridge to Nowhere!'', and he ended up as just some guy. Presumably, Budiansky (and later Furman) just forgot about it. <br />
*Shrapnel's alt mode is devoid of wings yet he [[Flight#Levitation|still manages to fly]] while transformed as an insect.<br />
*In ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this guy got shot by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (thanks to [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]), knocked into a moat by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], AND run over by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. THEN he proceeded to get THROWN INTO SPACE by his fellow Decepticons. He was killed by [[Unicron]] and his body was used to make a [[Sweep]]. Later, he somehow came back to life on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] only to get run over by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. Poor guy sure had an off-day.<br />
*Shrapnel, along with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], had his gender switched from male to female in the French dub of ''The Transformers: The Movie''. It is unknown why this change was effected, but it's most likely because of the character's high-pitched voice. The change did not happen in the cartoon, as it had used a different dubbing team from the movie. The change is especially ironic, given that only male stag beetles have the large pincers of Shrapnel's alt-mode. <br />
**His gender was also switched in the Russian dub, mainly because Shrapnel is a feminine noun in Russian.<br />
*In the Japanese dub of ''The Transformers'', Shrapnel retained his speech quirk of repeating words and phrases (as well as his gender). However, the dub was less consistent with the quirk and he only repeated himself from time to time. Also, Shrapnel's lightning blasting abilities were given a name, the "Thunder Attack", in true anime special move fashion.<br />
*Shrapnel's [[package art]] for his Hasbro and [[Milton Bradley]] releases hilariously depicts him with two left hands. For Takara's Japanese release, this error was corrected.<br />
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===Foreign names===<br />
*''Japanese:'' '''Sharpnel''' (シャープネル ''Shāpuneru'')<ref>In Japan, "Shrapnel" is transliterated as シュラプネル, ''Shurapuneru'', suggesting his name-change was deliberate.</ref><br />
*''French:'' '''Éclats D'Obus''' (Canada)<br />
*''Hebrew:'' '''Mitsrár''' (מצרר, "Cluster Bomb")<br />
*''Italian:'' '''Rantrox'''<br />
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dànpiàn''' (弹片, "Shrapnel")<br />
*''Portuguese:'' '''Estilhaço''' (Portugal comic), '''Metralha''' (Brazil comic), '''Estilhaço''' (Brazil comic), '''Granada''' (Brazil Beast Wars)<br />
*''Russian:'' '''Shrapnel''' (Шрапнель ''Shrapnel<nowiki>'</nowiki>'')<br />
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Shrapnel''' (ICTV, Шрапнель ''Shrapnel"'')<br />
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'''Madman Entertainment''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored ''Transformers'' [[home video|DVD sets]]. Their sets are typified by an ''enthusiastic'' array of extras and exclusive features (which are often a little on the dodgy side).<br />
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==Releases==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (AU [[March 12]], 2003)<br />
:Extras include a "creation of the cover" gallery, theatrical trailer, [[commercial]]s, cast and crew biographies and the music video for "[[The Touch]]" by [[Stan Bush]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1''' (AU [[November 11]], 2003 / NZ [[December 30]], 2003)<br />
:This set is notable for featuring the original broadcast masters previously used by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]], licensed from [[TV-Loonland]], but uses the 5.1 soundtrack put together by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]]. They were ''so close''.<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1''' (AU [[April 21]], 2004 / NZ [[May 21]], 2004) <br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 24 episodes from season two: "[[Autobot Spike]]" through to "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2''' (AU [[July 21]], 2004 / NZ [[August 19]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 25 episodes from season two: "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]" through to "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".<br />
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File:Madman G1 1986Movie DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'''''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection1 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 1'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection2 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 2'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection3 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 3'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1''' (AU [[October 20]], 2004 / NZ [[November 12]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 16 episodes from season three: "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" through to "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2''' (AU [[December 8]], 2004 / NZ [[January 20]], 2005)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 14 episodes from season three: "[[Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine]]" through to "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 6: Series 4''' (AU [[July 20]], 2005 / NZ [[August 16]], 2005)<br />
:Two-disc set containing the three-part episode "[[The Rebirth]]", plus interviews, [[public service announcement|PSAs]], [[commercial|trailers]] and scripts.<br />
*'''The Best of ''The Transformers''''' (AU [[November 8]], 2006)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the 10 "best" episodes of Generation 1, as voted by Australian fans.<br />
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]", "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", "[[Heavy Metal War]]", "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[Call of the Primitives]]", "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "Ghost in the Machine".<br />
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File:Madman G1 Collection4 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 4'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection5 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 5'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection6 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 6'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Bestof DVD.jpg|'''The Best of...'''<br />
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*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 27]], 2007 / NZ [[July 11]], 2007)<br />
:17-disc set compiling the previous six "Collection" sets, released to take advantage of the nostalgia and interest generated by the [[Transformers (film)|live action movie]], also including [[The Transformers (Madman)|an exclusive mini-comic]] set in 2001 before the animated movie, as well as a piece of artwork featuring Prime's Matrix chamber illustrated by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]].<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition''' (AU June 27, 2007 / NZ [[July 13]], 2007)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the movie in both full- and widescreen, the "Scramble City" OVA with its original Japanese audio track, an interview [[Flint Dille]], Q&A with [[Peter Cullen]], commercials, TV spots and trailers, "The Touch" music video, cast and crew biographies, and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' ("[[Optimal Situation]]").<br />
*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:Madman's previous ''Complete Collection'' 17-disc set was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the live-action sequel, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this time in a Decepticon-themed packaging.<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' Blu-ray (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986MovieSE DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'' Special Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection2009 DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection Decepticon Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie Blu-ray.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (Blu-ray release)<br />
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*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 1 Collection''' (AU [[June 20]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 1 "remastered". Includes Special Featurette: original cast reunion, Ep 1 commentary with Voice Director [[Wally Burr]], Eight Transformers creator interviews, Character Profiles, TVCs, Easter Eggs and Episode One previews of ''Transformers Prime'', ''Headmasters'' and ''Beast Wars''. Unlike previous Madman releases, the "Remastered" sets do not use the Rhino DVD audio track.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.1 Collection''' (AU [[August 1]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 1 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Triple Changer]], Featurette - The [[Combiner]], Historical [[Commercial|Trailers]] and Toy ads, Concept Art 1, Fan Film, and Opening and Closing Animations. The opening and closing animations have a few interesting features, including the Japanese Victory theme, the incorrect "Transformers Theme is Japanese" from the Rhino DVDs, and the season one opening uses the incorrect season two footage overlapped with the Rhino DVD season one theme. This is noteworthy for being the opening used for some season one episodes on Madman's old DVD releases, despite the Remastered DVD using the correct version. Well, we guess they had to their unique opening ''somewhere''.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.2 Collection''' (AU [[September 12]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 2 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Bob Budiansky]], Featurette - [[Fandom|Fans]], Original TV [[Commercial bumper|Bumps]] x 19, Concept Art 2 and Fan Art, and Atari Transformer Game Promo Materials x 3.<br />
:World Exclusive cover by Transformers artist [[Marcelo Matere]].<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Seasons 3+4 Collection''' (AU [[October 3]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Seasons 3 and 4 "remastered". Includes [[Character model]] Sheets, Storyboards, Scripts and DVD ROM content.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Complete Collection''' (AU [[October 2]], 2013)<br />
:Re-release of the entire series "remastered". Contains the same four previously released DVDs, special features only include those previously mentioned.<br />
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===Japanese G1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Headmasters''''' (AU [[November 7]], 2007 / NZ [[December 20]], 2007)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series available in the original Japanese and the [[Omni Productions]] English dub, with optional English subtitles replicated from [[Metrodome]]'s previous release, complete with errors.<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries (taken from Seibertron.com) and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce''''' (AU [[February 13]], 2008 / NZ [[March 25]], 2008)<br />
:Five-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on episodes [[Rise Up!! Pretenders|1]], [[Birth! Headmaster Jrs|4]], [[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z|41]] and [[A Battle... and Then...|42]].<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Victory''''' (AU [[May 14]], 2008 / NZ [[July 4]], 2008)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on all episodes, plus the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].<br />
:Extras include box art galleries, toy galleries (with pictures from seibertron.com and transformerstoys.co.uk) and Japanese commercials (which are all for Zone toys, and include what appears to be an industry pitch reel used to demonstrate the toys to retailers), as well as scans of the [[TV Magazine]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story pages]] available via DVD-ROM.<br />
:In keeping with Madman's dodgy enthusiasm there's a bunch of seemingly random (sometimes translated, sometimes not) scans of manga and story-page material for ''[[Battlestars]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]]'' included in the set as well.<br />
:Cover art by E.J. Su.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:To capitalize on the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', all three of the Japanese Generation 1 sets were re-released in one package at a lower price point ($99.95 AUD versus $150-odd AUD).<br />
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File:MadmanHeadmasters.jpg|'''''Headmasters'''''<br />
File:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|'''''Super God Masterforce'''''<br />
File:MadmanVictory.jpg|'''''Victory'''''<br />
File:Madman JapanG1 Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Beast Wars''===<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1''' (AU [[March 15]], 2006 / NZ [[March 31]], 2006)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' series, plus exclusive audio commentary tracks by [[Bob Forward]], [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Ben Yee]], interviews with Forward and DiTillio, toy galleries, commercials, character profiles and a reproduction of the original "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]" comic.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2''' (AU [[July 26]], 2006 / NZ [[August 14]], 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the second season of ''Beast Wars'', plus more exclusive audio commentary tracks by Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee, an hour-long featurette on the "Soul of ''Beast Wars''", convention panel footage of [[David Kaye]] and [[Garry Chalk]], animation test footage, production models and more toy galleries and commercials.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3''' (AU November 8, 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the third season of ''Beast Wars'', with even more interviews and commentary tracks with [[Simon Furman]], David Kaye, Garry Chalk, [[Scott McNeil]], [[Alec Willows]] and key [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] staff, plus much much more including a "Making of ''Beast Wars''" documentary from 1996, outtakes, galleries and scripts.<br />
*'''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection''' (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
:Combined re-release of the three previous ''Beast Wars'' sets.<br />
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File:Madman BW S1 DVD.jpg|'''Season 1'''<br />
File:Madman BW S2 DVD.jpg|'''Season 2'''<br />
File:Madman BW S3 DVD.jpg|'''Season 3'''<br />
File:Madman BW Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Prime''===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 1 - Darkness Rising''' (AU/NZ [[June 20]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[Darkness Rising]]'' parts 1-5. <br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Masters & Students]]" to "[[Deus ex Machina]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 3 - Alien Threat''' (AU/NZ [[September 12]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Speed Metal]]" to "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers''' (AU/NZ [[October 3]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" to "[[Partners]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise''' (AU/NZ [[November 7]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the final six episodes of season 1, "[[T.M.I.]]" to "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - Season 1''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features season 1 in its entirety with commentaries on selected episodes.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:TFPMadmanVol1.jpg|'''Volume 1 - Darkness Rising'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol2.jpg|'''Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol3Final.jpg|'''Volume 3 - Alien Threat'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol4.jpg|'''Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol5.jpg|'''Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise'''<br />
File:TPSeason1-dvd.jpg|'''Season One DVD collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 1) - Orion Pax''' (AU/NZ [[June 19]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of season 2, "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" to "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 2) - Battle for Supremacy''' (AU/NZ [[August 7]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Loose Cannons]]" to "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 3) - Weapons of Choice''' ([[November 6]], 2013)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Flying Mind]]" to "[[Toxicity]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 4) - Unclear Objectives''' ([[February 5]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Hurt]]" to "[[Legacy]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 5) - Advance on Cybertron''' ([[May 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Alpha/Omega]]" to "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol6.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol7.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol8.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount''' (AU/NZ [[June 4]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first four episodes of season 3 "[[Darkmount, NV]]" to "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 2) - Race for Salvation''' (AU/NZ [[August 6]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next four episodes, "[[Project Predacon]]" to "[[Thirst]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 3) - Omega Lock''' ([[October 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the final episodes from "[[Evolution]]" to "[[Deadlock]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''' ([[November 12]], 2014)<br />
:The feature-length conclusion to the series.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol11.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol12.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol13.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
File:MadmanTFP-PR.jpg|'''Predacons Rising'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Operation Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[January 7]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:Features four episodes centered on the title character: "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Triangulation]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[March 4]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:"Everyone's favourite Autobot shows what he can across three popular Transformers series. The plucky 'Goldbug' is in full voice as he takes on the evil Decepticons in Generation 1, Animated and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Optimus''' (March 4, 2015)<br />
:"Take a look back at the leader of the Autobots and the defender of Earth in this special DVD release. Featuring episodes from Generation 1, Unicron, Animated, and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Megatron''' (July 8, 2015)<br />
:Episodes centered around Megatron from Generation 1, Energon and Prime: "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]", "[[Megatron's Sword]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Rock Bottom]]", and "[[Flying Mind]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFP-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: Prime - Operation Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Optimus.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Optimus'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Megatron.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Megatron'''<br />
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===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season One''' ([[November 20]], 2013)<br />
:Features 16 episodes, two shorts, season 2 sneak peek.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Two''' ([[April 9]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, two shorts, character gallery, commentary on two episodes.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Three''' ([[June 18]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, comic gallery, toy gallery.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonOne.jpg|'''Season One'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonTwo.jpg|'''Season Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonThree.jpg|'''Season Three'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Unicron Trilogy''===<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Collection One''' ([[December 4]], 2013)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries, comic book cover galleries and video game profiles.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Armada'' Collection Two''' ([[January 15]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' Collection One''' ([[February 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Energon'' Collection Two''' ([[March 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 25 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator [[Guido Guidi]].<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]] '' Collection One''' ([[April 16]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator Marcelo Matere.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Cybertron '' Collection Two''' ([[May 21]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Cover art by Marcelo Matere.<br />
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<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-1.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-2.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-1.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-2.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-1.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-2.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part Two'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The video quality on the original Madman release of ''Transformers: The Movie'' is decidedly worse than most other DVD versions released. The special features also suffer from quality problems — they look bloody terrible. Stan Bush's "The Touch" in particular is very yellow, looking like it was transferred from a 7th generation VCR copy. Remember when we said before that the Madman special features were enthusiastic but dodgy? Well, that's what we meant, mate.<br />
*According to [http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12112 an interview on Seibertron.com] with [[Frank Welker]], a representative of Madman gave Mr. Welker a pre-release version of the 2007 ''Complete Collection'' DVD set in the hopes of securing an interview to be included on the final version of the set. This did not evidently pan out as the disc content is the same as Madman's 2004 Generation 1 releases.<br />
*In the wake of 2009's ''Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition'' set, Madman's previous G1 ''Complete Collection'' set has been retroactively labelled the "Autobot Edition".<br />
*While the Madman releases of Generation 1 up to their "Remastered" sets use original broadcast video previously used in the Maverick Entertainment DVD release, the audio track used was the 5.1 track composed by Magno Sound and Video for the Rhino DVD release. The unaltered audio track was used for the "Remastered" releases, however. <br />
*The features on the ''Beast Wars'' sets, in keeping with Madman's enthusiastic but low-budget approach, get better with each release. The first set's commentary tracks feature some of the worst audio ever used on a DVD commentary — with the voices barely audible and sometimes completely drowned out by traffic noises. The other sets are not quite so bad, with the third the most polished (and rich) in special features.<br />
*No, seriously mate, Madman is awesome. Dodgy, but enthusiastic. They couldn't be more Aussie.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.madman.com.au/ Madman Entertainment's homepage]<br />
* [http://www.botchthecrab.com/replies.asp?index=402 A review of the ''Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set at Botch the Crab.com]<br />
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'''Madman Entertainment''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored ''Transformers'' [[home video|DVD sets]]. Their sets are typified by an ''enthusiastic'' array of extras and exclusive features (which are often a little on the dodgy side).<br />
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==Releases==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (AU [[March 12]], 2003)<br />
:Extras include a "creation of the cover" gallery, theatrical trailer, [[commercial]]s, cast and crew biographies and the music video for "[[The Touch]]" by [[Stan Bush]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1''' (AU [[November 11]], 2003 / NZ [[December 30]], 2003)<br />
:This set is notable for featuring the original broadcast masters previously used by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]], licensed from [[TV-Loonland]], but uses the 5.1 soundtrack put together by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1''' (AU [[April 21]], 2004 / NZ [[May 21]], 2004) <br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 24 episodes from season two: "[[Autobot Spike]]" through to "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2''' (AU [[July 21]], 2004 / NZ [[August 19]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 25 episodes from season two: "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]" through to "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'''''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection1 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 1'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection2 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 2'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection3 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 3'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1''' (AU [[October 20]], 2004 / NZ [[November 12]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 16 episodes from season three: "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" through to "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2''' (AU [[December 8]], 2004 / NZ [[January 20]], 2005)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 14 episodes from season three: "[[Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine]]" through to "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 6: Series 4''' (AU [[July 20]], 2005 / NZ [[August 16]], 2005)<br />
:Two-disc set containing the three-part episode "[[The Rebirth]]", plus interviews, [[public service announcement|PSAs]], [[commercial|trailers]] and scripts.<br />
*'''The Best of ''The Transformers''''' (AU [[November 8]], 2006)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the 10 "best" episodes of Generation 1, as voted by Australian fans.<br />
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]", "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", "[[Heavy Metal War]]", "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[Call of the Primitives]]", "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "Ghost in the Machine".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 Collection4 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 4'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection5 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 5'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection6 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 6'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Bestof DVD.jpg|'''The Best of...'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 27]], 2007 / NZ [[July 11]], 2007)<br />
:17-disc set compiling the previous six "Collection" sets, released to take advantage of the nostalgia and interest generated by the [[Transformers (film)|live action movie]], also including [[The Transformers (Madman)|an exclusive mini-comic]] set in 2001 before the animated movie, as well as a piece of artwork featuring Prime's Matrix chamber illustrated by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]].<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition''' (AU June 27, 2007 / NZ [[July 13]], 2007)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the movie in both full- and widescreen, the "Scramble City" OVA with its original Japanese audio track, an interview [[Flint Dille]], Q&A with [[Peter Cullen]], commercials, TV spots and trailers, "The Touch" music video, cast and crew biographies, and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' ("[[Optimal Situation]]").<br />
*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:Madman's previous ''Complete Collection'' 17-disc set was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the live-action sequel, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this time in a Decepticon-themed packaging.<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' Blu-ray (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986MovieSE DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'' Special Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection2009 DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection Decepticon Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie Blu-ray.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (Blu-ray release)<br />
</gallery></center><br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 1 Collection''' (AU [[June 20]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 1 "remastered". Includes Special Featurette: original cast reunion, Ep 1 commentary with Voice Director [[Wally Burr]], Eight Transformers creator interviews, Character Profiles, TVCs, Easter Eggs and Episode One previews of ''Transformers Prime'', ''Headmasters'' and ''Beast Wars''. Unlike previous Madman releases, the "Remastered" sets do not use the Rhino DVD audio track.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.1 Collection''' (AU [[August 1]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 1 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Triple Changer]], Featurette - The [[Combiner]], Historical [[Commercial|Trailers]] and Toy ads, Concept Art 1, Fan Film, and Opening and Closing Animations. The opening and closing animations have a few interesting features, including the Japanese Victory theme, the incorrect "Transformers Theme is Japanese" from the Rhino DVDs, and the season one opening theme uses the incorrect season two footage overlapped with the Rhino DVD season one opening theme. This is noteworthy for being the opening used for some season one episodes on Madman's old DVD releases, despite the Remastered DVD using the correct version. Well, we guess they had to their unique opening ''somewhere''.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.2 Collection''' (AU [[September 12]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 2 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Bob Budiansky]], Featurette - [[Fandom|Fans]], Original TV [[Commercial bumper|Bumps]] x 19, Concept Art 2 and Fan Art, and Atari Transformer Game Promo Materials x 3.<br />
:World Exclusive cover by Transformers artist [[Marcelo Matere]].<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Seasons 3+4 Collection''' (AU [[October 3]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Seasons 3 and 4 "remastered". Includes [[Character model]] Sheets, Storyboards, Scripts and DVD ROM content.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Complete Collection''' (AU [[October 2]], 2013)<br />
:Re-release of the entire series "remastered". Contains the same four previously released DVDs, special features only include those previously mentioned.<br />
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===Japanese G1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Headmasters''''' (AU [[November 7]], 2007 / NZ [[December 20]], 2007)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series available in the original Japanese and the [[Omni Productions]] English dub, with optional English subtitles replicated from [[Metrodome]]'s previous release, complete with errors.<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries (taken from Seibertron.com) and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce''''' (AU [[February 13]], 2008 / NZ [[March 25]], 2008)<br />
:Five-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on episodes [[Rise Up!! Pretenders|1]], [[Birth! Headmaster Jrs|4]], [[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z|41]] and [[A Battle... and Then...|42]].<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Victory''''' (AU [[May 14]], 2008 / NZ [[July 4]], 2008)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on all episodes, plus the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].<br />
:Extras include box art galleries, toy galleries (with pictures from seibertron.com and transformerstoys.co.uk) and Japanese commercials (which are all for Zone toys, and include what appears to be an industry pitch reel used to demonstrate the toys to retailers), as well as scans of the [[TV Magazine]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story pages]] available via DVD-ROM.<br />
:In keeping with Madman's dodgy enthusiasm there's a bunch of seemingly random (sometimes translated, sometimes not) scans of manga and story-page material for ''[[Battlestars]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]]'' included in the set as well.<br />
:Cover art by E.J. Su.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:To capitalize on the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', all three of the Japanese Generation 1 sets were re-released in one package at a lower price point ($99.95 AUD versus $150-odd AUD).<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanHeadmasters.jpg|'''''Headmasters'''''<br />
File:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|'''''Super God Masterforce'''''<br />
File:MadmanVictory.jpg|'''''Victory'''''<br />
File:Madman JapanG1 Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Beast Wars''===<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1''' (AU [[March 15]], 2006 / NZ [[March 31]], 2006)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' series, plus exclusive audio commentary tracks by [[Bob Forward]], [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Ben Yee]], interviews with Forward and DiTillio, toy galleries, commercials, character profiles and a reproduction of the original "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]" comic.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2''' (AU [[July 26]], 2006 / NZ [[August 14]], 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the second season of ''Beast Wars'', plus more exclusive audio commentary tracks by Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee, an hour-long featurette on the "Soul of ''Beast Wars''", convention panel footage of [[David Kaye]] and [[Garry Chalk]], animation test footage, production models and more toy galleries and commercials.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3''' (AU November 8, 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the third season of ''Beast Wars'', with even more interviews and commentary tracks with [[Simon Furman]], David Kaye, Garry Chalk, [[Scott McNeil]], [[Alec Willows]] and key [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] staff, plus much much more including a "Making of ''Beast Wars''" documentary from 1996, outtakes, galleries and scripts.<br />
*'''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection''' (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
:Combined re-release of the three previous ''Beast Wars'' sets.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman BW S1 DVD.jpg|'''Season 1'''<br />
File:Madman BW S2 DVD.jpg|'''Season 2'''<br />
File:Madman BW S3 DVD.jpg|'''Season 3'''<br />
File:Madman BW Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Prime''===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 1 - Darkness Rising''' (AU/NZ [[June 20]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[Darkness Rising]]'' parts 1-5. <br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Masters & Students]]" to "[[Deus ex Machina]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 3 - Alien Threat''' (AU/NZ [[September 12]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Speed Metal]]" to "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers''' (AU/NZ [[October 3]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" to "[[Partners]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise''' (AU/NZ [[November 7]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the final six episodes of season 1, "[[T.M.I.]]" to "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - Season 1''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features season 1 in its entirety with commentaries on selected episodes.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:TFPMadmanVol1.jpg|'''Volume 1 - Darkness Rising'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol2.jpg|'''Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol3Final.jpg|'''Volume 3 - Alien Threat'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol4.jpg|'''Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol5.jpg|'''Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise'''<br />
File:TPSeason1-dvd.jpg|'''Season One DVD collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 1) - Orion Pax''' (AU/NZ [[June 19]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of season 2, "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" to "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 2) - Battle for Supremacy''' (AU/NZ [[August 7]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Loose Cannons]]" to "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 3) - Weapons of Choice''' ([[November 6]], 2013)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Flying Mind]]" to "[[Toxicity]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 4) - Unclear Objectives''' ([[February 5]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Hurt]]" to "[[Legacy]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 5) - Advance on Cybertron''' ([[May 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Alpha/Omega]]" to "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol6.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol7.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol8.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount''' (AU/NZ [[June 4]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first four episodes of season 3 "[[Darkmount, NV]]" to "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 2) - Race for Salvation''' (AU/NZ [[August 6]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next four episodes, "[[Project Predacon]]" to "[[Thirst]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 3) - Omega Lock''' ([[October 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the final episodes from "[[Evolution]]" to "[[Deadlock]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''' ([[November 12]], 2014)<br />
:The feature-length conclusion to the series.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol11.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol12.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol13.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
File:MadmanTFP-PR.jpg|'''Predacons Rising'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Operation Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[January 7]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:Features four episodes centered on the title character: "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Triangulation]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[March 4]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:"Everyone's favourite Autobot shows what he can across three popular Transformers series. The plucky 'Goldbug' is in full voice as he takes on the evil Decepticons in Generation 1, Animated and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Optimus''' (March 4, 2015)<br />
:"Take a look back at the leader of the Autobots and the defender of Earth in this special DVD release. Featuring episodes from Generation 1, Unicron, Animated, and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Megatron''' (July 8, 2015)<br />
:Episodes centered around Megatron from Generation 1, Energon and Prime: "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]", "[[Megatron's Sword]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Rock Bottom]]", and "[[Flying Mind]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFP-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: Prime - Operation Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Optimus.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Optimus'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Megatron.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Megatron'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season One''' ([[November 20]], 2013)<br />
:Features 16 episodes, two shorts, season 2 sneak peek.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Two''' ([[April 9]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, two shorts, character gallery, commentary on two episodes.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Three''' ([[June 18]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, comic gallery, toy gallery.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonOne.jpg|'''Season One'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonTwo.jpg|'''Season Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonThree.jpg|'''Season Three'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Unicron Trilogy''===<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Collection One''' ([[December 4]], 2013)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries, comic book cover galleries and video game profiles.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Armada'' Collection Two''' ([[January 15]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' Collection One''' ([[February 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Energon'' Collection Two''' ([[March 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 25 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator [[Guido Guidi]].<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]] '' Collection One''' ([[April 16]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator Marcelo Matere.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Cybertron '' Collection Two''' ([[May 21]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Cover art by Marcelo Matere.<br />
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<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-1.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-2.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-1.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-2.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-1.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-2.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part Two'''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The video quality on the original Madman release of ''Transformers: The Movie'' is decidedly worse than most other DVD versions released. The special features also suffer from quality problems — they look bloody terrible. Stan Bush's "The Touch" in particular is very yellow, looking like it was transferred from a 7th generation VCR copy. Remember when we said before that the Madman special features were enthusiastic but dodgy? Well, that's what we meant, mate.<br />
*According to [http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12112 an interview on Seibertron.com] with [[Frank Welker]], a representative of Madman gave Mr. Welker a pre-release version of the 2007 ''Complete Collection'' DVD set in the hopes of securing an interview to be included on the final version of the set. This did not evidently pan out as the disc content is the same as Madman's 2004 Generation 1 releases.<br />
*In the wake of 2009's ''Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition'' set, Madman's previous G1 ''Complete Collection'' set has been retroactively labelled the "Autobot Edition".<br />
*While the Madman releases of Generation 1 up to their "Remastered" sets use original broadcast video previously used in the Maverick Entertainment DVD release, the audio track used was the 5.1 track composed by Magno Sound and Video for the Rhino DVD release. The unaltered audio track was used for the "Remastered" releases, however. <br />
*The features on the ''Beast Wars'' sets, in keeping with Madman's enthusiastic but low-budget approach, get better with each release. The first set's commentary tracks feature some of the worst audio ever used on a DVD commentary — with the voices barely audible and sometimes completely drowned out by traffic noises. The other sets are not quite so bad, with the third the most polished (and rich) in special features.<br />
*No, seriously mate, Madman is awesome. Dodgy, but enthusiastic. They couldn't be more Aussie.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.madman.com.au/ Madman Entertainment's homepage]<br />
* [http://www.botchthecrab.com/replies.asp?index=402 A review of the ''Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set at Botch the Crab.com]<br />
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|next2=Enter the Nightbird<br />
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|prev3=War of the Dinobots<br />
|next3=Auto Berserk<br />
|image=SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg<br />
|caption=There's fire burning... underwater. Don't ask.<br />
|title="Atlantis, Arise!"<br />
|production code=#700-23<br />
|airdate=[[October 3]], 1985<br />
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]<br />
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Toei]] (maybe)<br />
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]<br />
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'''The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Sub-Atlanticans Decepticons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And when you see Aquaman, tell him his superpower sucks.]]<br />
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[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] summons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to the control room, saying that [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] have detected massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate and encounter the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, a race who hope to conquer the surface world one day. Megatron negotiates a deal with [[Nergill]], King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their [[geothermal]] storehouses. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Autobots football.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|R U READY 4 SUM FOOTBALL?]]<br />
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Near the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are playing a game of [[football]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] arrives before the Dinobots accidentally kill anyone, telling them there is a massive energy reading emanating from near the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatches Bumblebee, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack [[Washington, D.C.]] as a sign of their new alliance. Nergill communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory to develop weapons against the Autobots and Decepticons alike. <br />
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The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. Prime has Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack, while the Autobot leader takes the others to Washington. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a [[force field]] known as the [[Dome of Invulnerability]] over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. In Sub-Atlantica, Nergill has developed a [[magnetic dysfunction ray]] which will shut down [[Transformer]]s; he's tested it on Wheeljack, leaving him immobile. Starscream discovers this and is shot by Nergill, who learns that it is less effective on Decepticons. As Nergill leaves, Starscream attempts to drain power from Wheeljack, but Bumblebee and Spike stop arrive just in time to stop the Decepticon and restore Wheeljack.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Megs Lincoln memorial.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Four score and seven million years ago, I founded a [[Decepticon Empire|new nation]]...]]<br />
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Nergill strolls into Washington, with Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Spike sneaking in behind him. Nergill uses the disruptor to defeat Prime's team of Autobots, bringing the battle to an end. As the Sub-Atlanticans secure the Capitol building, his soldiers ask when to move against the Decepticons, but Nergill decides to wait a little while longer. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]) tells [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.<br />
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Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field and come to blows with the Decepticons. As Megatron and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] grapple, Nergill is on the verge of shooting them both until Starscream arrives and bashes Nergill aside, declaring that he is now an enemy. Grimlock grabs the disruptor and destroys it, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat back to their own city, with the Autobots in pursuit. <br />
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[[File:SubAtlantica Asplode.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|But the others chose to stay, sitting in their porches with their shotguns, and eventually evolved into mermaids. And they would sing and dance, and ring in the new...]]<br />
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Back at Sub-Atlantica, Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergill, but Nergill informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and the Dinobots begin smashing everything in sight. <br />
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Nergill decides to destroy the city, hoping to destroy the Transformers as well. Spike, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee follow, hoping to stop Nergill, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in pursuit. The two [[Mini-Cassette]]s realize Nergill's intentions, and Rumble tries to bury him in rubble, but it's not enough. Wheeljack likewise tries to stop the sub-aquatic king, but it's too late. Nergill throws a device into his energy containers, which starts a chain reaction that begins to destroy the city. The Decepticons retreat; Prime orders the Autobots to clear out, then rescues Wheeljack's team (and strangely finds Grimlock there as well). Prime and the others escape, watching from the nearby sea as the Sub-Atlanticans and their home disappear under the waves. Prime says they probably won't see Nergill again for a long time.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{Featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (10)<br />
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (11)<br />
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (12)<br />
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (13)<br />
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (14)<br />
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (15)<br />
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (16)<br />
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)<br />
* [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (18)<br />
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (19)<br />
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)<br />
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)<br />
* [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (22)<br />
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (23)<br />
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)<br />
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (26)<br />
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|c2=<br />
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (1)<br />
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (2)<br />
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)<br />
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (4)<br />
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (5)<br />
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (6)<br />
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (7)<br />
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (27)<br />
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)<br />
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|c3=<br />
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (9)<br />
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|c4=<br />
*[[Nergill]] (8)<br />
*Sub-Atlantican General (24)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:Houndfootball.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
"Are you sure humans do this for fun?"<br />
:—'''Hound''', after playing a game of football with the Dinobots<br />
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"Did I do that?"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''', being suitably amazed after knocking down Starscream. Float like a butterfly- sting like a Bumblebee.<br />
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"No! That could ruin Wheeljack's function circuits!"<br><br />
"So... what? Ruining Autobots is my life!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''<br />
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"Autobots bite off more than they can chew, then send for Dinobots! Come, Snarl, Sludge. We go!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''', responding to the SOS call by Wheeljack. Apparently he does not want Slag or Swoop.<br />
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"Mmm, we are ''here''."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is a master of subtle and astute observation<br />
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"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is getting a little tired of rescuing Optimus Prime<br />
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"Okay, Grimlock. Time for you and the Dinobots to ''act'' prehistoric!"<br />
:—'''Optimus Prime'''<br />
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"You don't frighten me, you mechanical throwbacks!"<br><br />
"Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' has no grasp of irony.<br />
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"Starscream, see what you've done you dribbling dirtbucket!"<br />
:—'''Megatron''', once again insulting Starscream -ironically enough after the latter saved him from being shot in the back by Nergill. And he wonders why Starscream is so disloyal.<br />
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"Starscream's right! Nergill is crazy!"<br />
:—'''Rumble''' admits Starscream was right about something. And then the universe implodes.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Animation or technical glitches===<br />
* Someone mistook the strange glint of sunlight reflecting off of Buzzsaw for a laser beam, and inserted a Decepticon laser sound effect accordingly.<br />
* Coloring errors:<br />
** Soundwave has some extra black shading around his eyeband as he reports to Megatron inside Decepticon HQ.<br />
**When the Decepticons leave their base, Starscream's [[alternate mode|jet mode]] has a yellow underbelly. For an animation error, it's unusually appropriate!<br />
** As he orders Soundwave to unscramble Nergill's message, Starscream's left pectoral is colored gray instead of red, and isn't really drawn in correctly, almost as if the animators intended his arm to be covering it during the scene.<br />
** Soundwave is drawn with a totally transparent tape door as Starscream has him unscramble Nergill's second message. It is obviously a deliberate choice to show the cassette mechanism within, but it conflicts with the usual white coloration of his chest panel.<br />
** As Megatron makes his dramatic proclamation of Sub-Atlantica's destination, the bottom of Starscream's cockpit cowling is colored yellow instead of gray.<br />
** When Megatron removes the President Abraham Lincoln statue from the chair, his Decepticon insignia is grey. <br />
** The inside of Sludge's [[robot mode]] mouth is white when he says "Alright!"<br />
** Slag's face is white instead of red as he exits Prime's trailer in Sub-Atlantica. In the next shot, his whole head is gray.<br />
* As Megatron pontificates about "an underwater city of such size", a strangely-timed edit has the scene cut to an exterior shot of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]], as if ''that'' were supposed to be the underwater city in question. If it's meant to be an establishing shot, why isn't it at the beginning of the scene?<br />
* The Decepticon Headquarters docking tower appears to be listing about 15 degrees or so as it emerges from the water, as if a stock view from one point-of-view angle was copied onto a new background drawn at a different point-of-view angle.<br />
[[File:SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* Considering how bright and well-lit everything is, Sub-Atlantica must be in about 25 feet of water.<br />
* As Hound's camper roof unfolds, his turret gun clips right through it.<br />
* Bumblebee appears to be using one of the Sub-Atlanticans' weapons as he fires at Starscream and company.<br />
* During Wheeljack's "But nobody else is gonna follow you either" line, only the front side of his "ears" flash.<br />
* Starscream is shown among the Decepticons leaving Sub-Atlantica to conquer D.C. The very next shot shows him lurking within the city as Nergill exposits to himself.<br />
* As the Autobots drive toward Washington, Optimus mispronounces their foes' names as "Sub-[[Atlanta]]-cans".<br />
* The "highway" that the Autobots use to drive to D.C. has an "exit" for the Chesapeake Bay that's more like a T-shaped intersection. Bumblebee somehow manages to negotiate it at full speed without flying out of control.<br />
* The sign that the Autobots past says 'New York' (Right Arrow) 'Baltimore' (Forward Arrow) and Washington DC (Left Arrow), which would only really make sense if they were driving in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is also backwards.<br />
* The animation is very inconsistent as to whether the little red bulb on the Sub-Atlanticans' headwear is supposed to flash when they talk.<br />
* The [[Dome of Invulnerability]] guy is missing his telepathic waves as he refuses Megatron's order.<br />
* Laser bolts bounce right off the Washington Monument without leaving so much as a burn mark. With weapons that ineffectual, it's no wonder nobody ever dies in this show!<br />
* Laserbeak's attack on Hound is strangely truncated; Laserbeak fires non-glowing lasers, and then suddenly vanishes out of the shot.<br />
* The shot that Hound fires at Laserbeak doesn't line up with his gun barrel.<br />
* The electrical bolts enveloping Starscream right after Nergil blasts him are not animated to jigger for the first few seconds.<br />
* While calling to warn Optimus about Nergil's weapon, the Autobot insignia on Wheeljack's roof/chest is upside-down.<br />
* When the Dinobots break through the force field, Starscream is among the group fighting them off, even though he is still lying inert within Sub-Atlantica at this point.<br />
[[File:Optimus prime doppelgaenger.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime uses [[budding]] to hold up the Washington Monument.]]<br />
* Before Megatron bashes the Washington Monument, Prime and Prowl are standing there watching. After Megatron bashes the Monument, the shot returns to the same Prowl-and-Prime angle. But Prowl is gone, and the earlier artwork of Prime is still there watching as ''another'' Prime runs to catch the monument!<br />
* Appearing/disappearing Autobots:<br />
** The Autobots shown entering the city and attacking Megatron include Prime, Hound, Brawn, Prowl, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. Sunstreaker and Ironhide disappear after the battle begins; only Hound, Brawn, Prowl and Prime are shown being disabled by Nergill and being revived later on. Ironhide finally shows up again after the battle is over; courtesy of some recycled transformation animation, Ratchet and Trailbreaker appear out of nowhere as the Autobots roll out of D.C. During the Sub-Atlantica battle, Sideswipe appears (also out of nowhere), and Sunstreaker finally reappears.<br />
* A strangely angled shot, looking up from below the water, is supposed to show Prime, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Grimlock swimming out of Sub-Atlantica. It's ''very'' easy to mistake it for a shot showing them flying through the air. They don't move any of their limbs, they move across the screen very rapidly, and the water itself is backlit by the sunset colored sky.<!-- In fact, this editor for many years thought it was supposed to be the other four Dinobots flying out of the city. --><br />
* Spike's declaration that "Nergill's gone!" doesn't mean much, since the animation never actually makes it clear that Wheeljack carried him out of Sub-Atlantica.<br />
* What are Prime and the others standing on after they evacuate Sub-Atlantica? Even Spike is above water almost to his waist!<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
* If Nergill "communicates telepathically", as Soundwave claims, why is his mouth moving all the time?<br />
* The deflated football that Hound holds is astoundingly large, practically as large as Spike.<br />
[[File:Spike SemiNude.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Then again, look at how ripped his pecs are. Maybe he really ''is'' a superhuman!]]<br />
* Superhuman Spike:<br />
** Spike can survive in the "deepest part of the Atlantic ocean" wearing only a bathing suit and using a simple oxygen tank and goggles. Amazing that he isn't crushed under the weight of the ocean or frozen to death.<br />
** Spike can somehow speak clearly to the Autobots without removing the mouthpiece for his breathing apparatus from his mouth; hell, he can even perform this trick ''underwater''.<br />
* How can Bumblebee calculate Sub-Atlantica's destination from watching it sail along the coast for like two seconds? It could be going anywhere!<br />
* The "conquest" of Washington is incredibly half-hearted. The Decepticons and the squiddy guys run around in the street for a bit, scare some tourists, blow up a couple of cars, and put up a force field. About the only conquery thing they do is set up a giant vacuum tube computer in the capital building.<br />
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[[File:SubAtlantican SurfaceGear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* The Sub-Atlanticans have to wear aquatic masks over their faces when they're on dry land. Yet they don't wear them inside their city, which appears to be just as water-free as the surface.<br />
* The water-based Sub-Atlanticans don't think to create a force field that extends under the water?<br />
* More an omission than an error, but it's never explained just what Starscream was trying to do to Wheeljack.<br />
* Wheeljack says that they'd better warn Prime about the dysfunction ray... then proceeds to say something totally vague and uninformative ("There is great danger! Nergill must be stopped!")<br />
* [[Microbots|How]] [[The Agenda (Part III)|many]] times do cartoons have to be told that it's not a ''force field'' if it ''shatters like glass''? (Does this mean that the streets of D.C. are now covered with piles of shattered force field bits?)<br />
* Some "[[Dome of Invulnerability|dome of ''invulnerability'']]". The Dinobots get through it in about five seconds flat.<br />
* Starscream's third appearance in DC isn't an animation error; he's central to the plot! How did he get free of the dysfunction ray?!<br />
* How did Grimlock get to the Washington Monument before Prime?<br />
* Who knew that destroying a gun could un-shoot the gun's prior victims? That's exactly what happens — Grimlock destroys the dysfunction gun, and suddenly the Autobots are un-dysfunctionalized!<br />
* How ''did'' Grimlock get into the energy supply room with Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and Spike? The last time we saw him, he was up in Sub-Atlantica fighting.<br />
* Fire under water? ''Really?<br />
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===District of Columbia errors===<br />
[[File:Megatron hates lincoln.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|It also survives being carelessly tossed aside without a scratch.]]<br />
* Despite the Autobots being near the Chesapeake Bay, the backgrounds show huge rocks and expanses of sand, as if they were in the desert.<br />
* As Hound fights near the reflecting pool, there's lots of tall buildings behind him. D.C. doesn't really have many tall buildings, certainly not near the Mall.<br />
* Both the plot and the animation seem to imply that DC sits on a major body of water. Or did Sub-Atlantica just sail right up the Potomac? <br />
* The Lincoln Memorial is strangely [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]-[[Scale|sized]]. Also, the statue part apparently just comes right off. Who knew?<br />
* Somehow, the rotational forces involved in the Washington Monument's partial fall do not cause the masonry structure to snap like a dry twig.<br />
* Apparently, damaged masonry structures like the Washington Monument can be ''melted'' back together. Who knew?<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Hound roof.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Whoops! Can't get my fancy cushions wet!]]<br />
[[File:AtlantisArise Bumblebee spygear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Bumblebee had GPS before it existed!]]<br />
* Gadgets and powers:<br />
** Two groups of Autobots drive on the water, using the water ski-like [[hydrofoil]]s that showed up in several other episodes. (At most points, the hydrofoils are not shown, but Bumblebee's can be glimpsed after the first commercial break.)<br />
** [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] has a folding sunroof. That is awesome. His toy did not. That is not awesome.<br />
** Bumblebee has a bizarre direction calculator thing that comes out of his back.<br />
** Shoulder artillery: Wheeljack uses a missile from his shoulder launcher to seal the cave shut behind the other Autobots. The only other time he actually fires missiles (instead of laser beams from the tip of the missile) is in "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]".<br />
* Grimlock also grumbled about having to save the Autobots in "[[Day of the Machines]]". It'll finally come to a head in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]".<br />
* Hey, that shot of Soundwave ejecting Laserbeak during the DC battle sure looks familiar... why, it's copied from "[[Transport to Oblivion]]"! [[Changing Gears|Again!]]<br />
* In the Decepticon campaign of ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also takes the Lincoln Memorial throne as his own.<br />
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===Real world references===<br />
* As the obligatory "conquer Washington" episode (''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' had one too), "Atlantis, Arise!" features several D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the White House (where the Decepticons first land), the US Capitol Building, and the Lincoln Memorial and its Reflecting Pool, as well as a mention of the Chesapeake Bay.<br />
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:<br />
** The gouts of fire that burst from the sea as Sub-Atlantica sinks are soundtracked with various explosions from the [[Death Star]] battle, possibly exploding [[X-wing Fighter]]s.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
[[File:Nergill & Troops.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* This episode is one of a handful that begins with a (rather pointless) narrative voiceover from [[Victor Caroli]].<br />
*When played back at a slower speed, Nergill says telepathically to his people:<br />
** "Never mind. Put your weapons away. We don't want to put them on guard."<br />
** "Take no aggressive action. They suspect."<br />
* While not as annoying as [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] and [[Heavy Metal War]], the Shout! Factory release of this episode has most of the sound effects noticeably softer than the music and spoken lines. <br />
* They have in fact seen the last of Nergill.<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Die Unterwasserstadt'''" ("The Underwater City")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], [[1994]]<br />
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'''Italian''' <br />
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il segreto di Atlantide'''" ("The Secret of Atlantis")<br />
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Atlantide risorge'''" ("Atlantis Arises")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Atlantis Fujō!'''" (アトランティス浮上!, "Atlantis, Arise!")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], [[1985]]<br />
:*Nearly all Japanese language episode guides, including those published in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' and the fact booklet included with [[Pioneer]]'s DVD sets, [[Engrish|mistakenly]] list this episode's English language title as "At''r''antis, Arise!".<br />
:*For the Japanese dub, Sub-Atlantica is renamed [[Atlantis]], intending it to actually be the sunken city of legend. This change would create some discontinuity later, when the more classical interpretation of Atlantis would appear in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]''.<br />
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'''Russian''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Voskresshaya Atlantida'''" (Воскресшая Атлантида, "Atlantis Is Resurrected")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
{{homevidnote}}<br />
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br />
;DVD<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/atlantis_arise.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]<br />
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[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]<br />
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]</div>TheQuazzhttps://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Atlantis,_Arise!&diff=1026494Atlantis, Arise!2015-11-24T09:09:43Z<p>TheQuazz: Please confirm this.</p>
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<div>{{episode<br />
|series=G1toon<br />
|ep=24<br />
|series2=SRLFtoon<br />
|ep2=16<br />
|prev2=The Immobilizer<br />
|next2=Enter the Nightbird<br />
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''<br />
|ep3=15<br />
|prev3=War of the Dinobots<br />
|next3=Auto Berserk<br />
|image=SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg<br />
|caption=There's fire burning... underwater. Don't ask.<br />
|title="Atlantis, Arise!"<br />
|production code=#700-23<br />
|airdate=[[October 3]], 1985<br />
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]<br />
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Toei]] (maybe)<br />
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Sub-Atlanticans Decepticons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And when you see Aquaman, tell him his superpower sucks.]]<br />
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[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] summons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to the control room, saying that [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] have detected massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate and encounter the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, a race who hope to conquer the surface world one day. Megatron negotiates a deal with [[Nergill]], King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their [[geothermal]] storehouses. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Autobots football.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|R U READY 4 SUM FOOTBALL?]]<br />
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Near the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are playing a game of [[football]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] arrives before the Dinobots accidentally kill anyone, telling them there is a massive energy reading emanating from near the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatches Bumblebee, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack [[Washington, D.C.]] as a sign of their new alliance. Nergill communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory to develop weapons against the Autobots and Decepticons alike. <br />
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The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. Prime has Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack, while the Autobot leader takes the others to Washington. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a [[force field]] known as the [[Dome of Invulnerability]] over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. In Sub-Atlantica, Nergill has developed a [[magnetic dysfunction ray]] which will shut down [[Transformer]]s; he's tested it on Wheeljack, leaving him immobile. Starscream discovers this and is shot by Nergill, who learns that it is less effective on Decepticons. As Nergill leaves, Starscream attempts to drain power from Wheeljack, but Bumblebee and Spike stop arrive just in time to stop the Decepticon and restore Wheeljack.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Megs Lincoln memorial.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Four score and seven million years ago, I founded a [[Decepticon Empire|new nation]]...]]<br />
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Nergill strolls into Washington, with Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Spike sneaking in behind him. Nergill uses the disruptor to defeat Prime's team of Autobots, bringing the battle to an end. As the Sub-Atlanticans secure the Capitol building, his soldiers ask when to move against the Decepticons, but Nergill decides to wait a little while longer. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]) tells [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.<br />
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Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field and come to blows with the Decepticons. As Megatron and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] grapple, Nergill is on the verge of shooting them both until Starscream arrives and bashes Nergill aside, declaring that he is now an enemy. Grimlock grabs the disruptor and destroys it, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat back to their own city, with the Autobots in pursuit. <br />
<br />
[[File:SubAtlantica Asplode.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|But the others chose to stay, sitting in their porches with their shotguns, and eventually evolved into mermaids. And they would sing and dance, and ring in the new...]]<br />
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Back at Sub-Atlantica, Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergill, but Nergill informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and the Dinobots begin smashing everything in sight. <br />
<br />
Nergill decides to destroy the city, hoping to destroy the Transformers as well. Spike, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee follow, hoping to stop Nergill, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in pursuit. The two [[Mini-Cassette]]s realize Nergill's intentions, and Rumble tries to bury him in rubble, but it's not enough. Wheeljack likewise tries to stop the sub-aquatic king, but it's too late. Nergill throws a device into his energy containers, which starts a chain reaction that begins to destroy the city. The Decepticons retreat; Prime orders the Autobots to clear out, then rescues Wheeljack's team (and strangely finds Grimlock there as well). Prime and the others escape, watching from the nearby sea as the Sub-Atlanticans and their home disappear under the waves. Prime says they probably won't see Nergill again for a long time.<br />
{{-}}<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{Featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (10)<br />
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (11)<br />
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (12)<br />
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (13)<br />
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (14)<br />
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (15)<br />
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (16)<br />
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)<br />
* [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (18)<br />
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (19)<br />
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)<br />
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)<br />
* [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (22)<br />
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (23)<br />
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)<br />
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (26)<br />
<br />
|c2=<br />
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (1)<br />
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (2)<br />
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)<br />
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (4)<br />
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (5)<br />
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (6)<br />
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (7)<br />
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (27)<br />
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (9)<br />
<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Nergill]] (8)<br />
*Sub-Atlantican General (24)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:Houndfootball.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
"Are you sure humans do this for fun?"<br />
:—'''Hound''', after playing a game of football with the Dinobots<br />
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<br />
"Did I do that?"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''', being suitably amazed after knocking down Starscream. Float like a butterfly- sting like a Bumblebee.<br />
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<br />
"No! That could ruin Wheeljack's function circuits!"<br><br />
"So... what? Ruining Autobots is my life!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Autobots bite off more than they can chew, then send for Dinobots! Come, Snarl, Sludge. We go!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''', responding to the SOS call by Wheeljack. Apparently he does not want Slag or Swoop.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Mmm, we are ''here''."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is a master of subtle and astute observation<br />
<br />
<br />
"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is getting a little tired of rescuing Optimus Prime<br />
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<br />
"Okay, Grimlock. Time for you and the Dinobots to ''act'' prehistoric!"<br />
:—'''Optimus Prime'''<br />
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<br />
"You don't frighten me, you mechanical throwbacks!"<br><br />
"Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' has no grasp of irony.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Starscream, see what you've done you dribbling dirtbucket!"<br />
:—'''Megatron''', once again insulting Starscream -ironically enough after the latter saved him from being shot in the back by Nergill. And he wonders why Starscream is so disloyal.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Starscream's right! Nergill is crazy!"<br />
:—'''Rumble''' admits Starscream was right about something. And then the universe implodes.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Animation or technical glitches===<br />
* Someone mistook the strange glint of sunlight reflecting off of Buzzsaw for a laser beam, and inserted a Decepticon laser sound effect accordingly.<br />
* Coloring errors:<br />
** Soundwave has some extra black shading around his eyeband as he reports to Megatron inside Decepticon HQ.<br />
**When the Decepticons leave their base, Starscream's [[alternate mode|jet mode]] has a yellow underbelly. For an animation error, it's unusually appropriate!<br />
** As he orders Soundwave to unscramble Nergill's message, Starscream's left pectoral is colored gray instead of red, and isn't really drawn in correctly, almost as if the animators intended his arm to be covering it during the scene.<br />
** Soundwave is drawn with a totally transparent tape door as Starscream has him unscramble Nergill's second message. It is obviously a deliberate choice to show the cassette mechanism within, but it conflicts with the usual white coloration of his chest panel.<br />
** As Megatron makes his dramatic proclamation of Sub-Atlantica's destination, the bottom of Starscream's cockpit cowling is colored yellow instead of gray.<br />
** When Megatron removes the President Abraham Lincoln statue from the chair, his Decepticon insignia is grey. <br />
** The inside of Sludge's [[robot mode]] mouth is white when he says "Alright!"<br />
** Slag's face is white instead of red as he exits Prime's trailer in Sub-Atlantica. In the next shot, his whole head is gray.<br />
* As Megatron pontificates about "an underwater city of such size", a strangely-timed edit has the scene cut to an exterior shot of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]], as if ''that'' were supposed to be the underwater city in question. If it's meant to be an establishing shot, why isn't it at the beginning of the scene?<br />
* The Decepticon Headquarters docking tower appears to be listing about 15 degrees or so as it emerges from the water, as if a stock view from one point-of-view angle was copied onto a new background drawn at a different point-of-view angle.<br />
[[File:SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* Considering how bright and well-lit everything is, Sub-Atlantica must be in about 25 feet of water.<br />
* As Hound's camper roof unfolds, his turret gun clips right through it.<br />
* Bumblebee appears to be using one of the Sub-Atlanticans' weapons as he fires at Starscream and company.<br />
* During Wheeljack's "But nobody else is gonna follow you either" line, only the front side of his "ears" flash.<br />
* Starscream is shown among the Decepticons leaving Sub-Atlantica to conquer D.C. The very next shot shows him lurking within the city as Nergill exposits to himself.<br />
* As the Autobots drive toward Washington, Optimus mispronounces their foes' names as "Sub-[[Atlanta]]-cans".<br />
* The "highway" that the Autobots use to drive to D.C. has an "exit" for the Chesapeake Bay that's more like a T-shaped intersection. Bumblebee somehow manages to negotiate it at full speed without flying out of control.<br />
* The sign that the Autobots past says 'New York' (Right Arrow) 'Baltimore' (Forward Arrow) and Washington DC (Left Arrow), which would only really make sense if they were driving in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is also backwards.<br />
* The animation is very inconsistent as to whether the little red bulb on the Sub-Atlanticans' headwear is supposed to flash when they talk.<br />
* The [[Dome of Invulnerability]] guy is missing his telepathic waves as he refuses Megatron's order.<br />
* Laser bolts bounce right off the Washington Monument without leaving so much as a burn mark. With weapons that ineffectual, it's no wonder nobody ever dies in this show!<br />
* Laserbeak's attack on Hound is strangely truncated; Laserbeak fires non-glowing lasers, and then suddenly vanishes out of the shot.<br />
* The shot that Hound fires at Laserbeak doesn't line up with his gun barrel.<br />
* The electrical bolts enveloping Starscream right after Nergil blasts him are not animated to jigger for the first few seconds.<br />
* While calling to warn Optimus about Nergil's weapon, the Autobot insignia on Wheeljack's roof/chest is upside-down.<br />
* When the Dinobots break through the force field, Starscream is among the group fighting them off, even though he is still lying inert within Sub-Atlantica at this point.<br />
[[File:Optimus prime doppelgaenger.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime uses [[budding]] to hold up the Washington Monument.]]<br />
* Before Megatron bashes the Washington Monument, Prime and Prowl are standing there watching. After Megatron bashes the Monument, the shot returns to the same Prowl-and-Prime angle. But Prowl is gone, and the earlier artwork of Prime is still there watching as ''another'' Prime runs to catch the monument!<br />
* Appearing/disappearing Autobots:<br />
** The Autobots shown entering the city and attacking Megatron include Prime, Hound, Brawn, Prowl, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. Sunstreaker and Ironhide disappear after the battle begins; only Hound, Brawn, Prowl and Prime are shown being disabled by Nergill and being revived later on. Ironhide finally shows up again after the battle is over; courtesy of some recycled transformation animation, Ratchet and Trailbreaker appear out of nowhere as the Autobots roll out of D.C. During the Sub-Atlantica battle, Sideswipe appears (also out of nowhere), and Sunstreaker finally reappears.<br />
* A strangely angled shot, looking up from below the water, is supposed to show Prime, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Grimlock swimming out of Sub-Atlantica. It's ''very'' easy to mistake it for a shot showing them flying through the air. They don't move any of their limbs, they move across the screen very rapidly, and the water itself is backlit by the sunset colored sky.<!-- In fact, this editor for many years thought it was supposed to be the other four Dinobots flying out of the city. --><br />
* Spike's declaration that "Nergill's gone!" doesn't mean much, since the animation never actually makes it clear that Wheeljack carried him out of Sub-Atlantica.<br />
* What are Prime and the others standing on after they evacuate Sub-Atlantica? Even Spike is above water almost to his waist!<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
* If Nergill "communicates telepathically", as Soundwave claims, why is his mouth moving all the time?<br />
* The deflated football that Hound holds is astoundingly large, practically as large as Spike.<br />
[[File:Spike SemiNude.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Then again, look at how ripped his pecs are. Maybe he really ''is'' a superhuman!]]<br />
* Superhuman Spike:<br />
** Spike can survive in the "deepest part of the Atlantic ocean" wearing only a bathing suit and using a simple oxygen tank and goggles. Amazing that he isn't crushed under the weight of the ocean or frozen to death.<br />
** Spike can somehow speak clearly to the Autobots without removing the mouthpiece for his breathing apparatus from his mouth; hell, he can even perform this trick ''underwater''.<br />
* How can Bumblebee calculate Sub-Atlantica's destination from watching it sail along the coast for like two seconds? It could be going anywhere!<br />
* The "conquest" of Washington is incredibly half-hearted. The Decepticons and the squiddy guys run around in the street for a bit, scare some tourists, blow up a couple of cars, and put up a force field. About the only conquery thing they do is set up a giant vacuum tube computer in the capital building.<br />
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[[File:SubAtlantican SurfaceGear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* The Sub-Atlanticans have to wear aquatic masks over their faces when they're on dry land. Yet they don't wear them inside their city, which appears to be just as water-free as the surface.<br />
* The water-based Sub-Atlanticans don't think to create a force field that extends under the water?<br />
* More an omission than an error, but it's never explained just what Starscream was trying to do to Wheeljack.<br />
* Wheeljack says that they'd better warn Prime about the dysfunction ray... then proceeds to say something totally vague and uninformative ("There is great danger! Nergill must be stopped!")<br />
* [[Microbots|How]] [[The Agenda (Part III)|many]] times do cartoons have to be told that it's not a ''force field'' if it ''shatters like glass''? (Does this mean that the streets of D.C. are now covered with piles of shattered force field bits?)<br />
* Some "[[Dome of Invulnerability|dome of ''invulnerability'']]". The Dinobots get through it in about five seconds flat.<br />
* Starscream's third appearance in DC isn't an animation error; he's central to the plot! How did he get free of the dysfunction ray?!<br />
* How did Grimlock get to the Washington Monument before Prime?<br />
* Who knew that destroying a gun could un-shoot the gun's prior victims? That's exactly what happens — Grimlock destroys the dysfunction gun, and suddenly the Autobots are un-dysfunctionalized!<br />
* How ''did'' Grimlock get into the energy supply room with Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and Spike? The last time we saw him, he was up in Sub-Atlantica fighting.<br />
* Fire under water? really?<br />
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===District of Columbia errors===<br />
[[File:Megatron hates lincoln.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|It also survives being carelessly tossed aside without a scratch.]]<br />
* Despite the Autobots being near the Chesapeake Bay, the backgrounds show huge rocks and expanses of sand, as if they were in the desert.<br />
* As Hound fights near the reflecting pool, there's lots of tall buildings behind him. D.C. doesn't really have many tall buildings, certainly not near the Mall.<br />
* Both the plot and the animation seem to imply that DC sits on a major body of water. Or did Sub-Atlantica just sail right up the Potomac? <br />
* The Lincoln Memorial is strangely [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]-[[Scale|sized]]. Also, the statue part apparently just comes right off. Who knew?<br />
* Somehow, the rotational forces involved in the Washington Monument's partial fall do not cause the masonry structure to snap like a dry twig.<br />
* Apparently, damaged masonry structures like the Washington Monument can be ''melted'' back together. Who knew?<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Hound roof.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Whoops! Can't get my fancy cushions wet!]]<br />
[[File:AtlantisArise Bumblebee spygear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Bumblebee had GPS before it existed!]]<br />
* Gadgets and powers:<br />
** Two groups of Autobots drive on the water, using the water ski-like [[hydrofoil]]s that showed up in several other episodes. (At most points, the hydrofoils are not shown, but Bumblebee's can be glimpsed after the first commercial break.)<br />
** [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] has a folding sunroof. That is awesome. His toy did not. That is not awesome.<br />
** Bumblebee has a bizarre direction calculator thing that comes out of his back.<br />
** Shoulder artillery: Wheeljack uses a missile from his shoulder launcher to seal the cave shut behind the other Autobots. The only other time he actually fires missiles (instead of laser beams from the tip of the missile) is in "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]".<br />
* Grimlock also grumbled about having to save the Autobots in "[[Day of the Machines]]". It'll finally come to a head in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]".<br />
* Hey, that shot of Soundwave ejecting Laserbeak during the DC battle sure looks familiar... why, it's copied from "[[Transport to Oblivion]]"! [[Changing Gears|Again!]]<br />
* In the Decepticon campaign of ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also takes the Lincoln Memorial throne as his own.<br />
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===Real world references===<br />
* As the obligatory "conquer Washington" episode (''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' had one too), "Atlantis, Arise!" features several D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the White House (where the Decepticons first land), the US Capitol Building, and the Lincoln Memorial and its Reflecting Pool, as well as a mention of the Chesapeake Bay.<br />
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:<br />
** The gouts of fire that burst from the sea as Sub-Atlantica sinks are soundtracked with various explosions from the [[Death Star]] battle, possibly exploding [[X-wing Fighter]]s.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
[[File:Nergill & Troops.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* This episode is one of a handful that begins with a (rather pointless) narrative voiceover from [[Victor Caroli]].<br />
*When played back at a slower speed, Nergill says telepathically to his people:<br />
** "Never mind. Put your weapons away. We don't want to put them on guard."<br />
** "Take no aggressive action. They suspect."<br />
* While not as annoying as [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] and [[Heavy Metal War]], the Shout! Factory release of this episode has most of the sound effects noticeably softer than the music and spoken lines. <br />
* They have in fact seen the last of Nergill.<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Die Unterwasserstadt'''" ("The Underwater City")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], [[1994]]<br />
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'''Italian''' <br />
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il segreto di Atlantide'''" ("The Secret of Atlantis")<br />
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Atlantide risorge'''" ("Atlantis Arises")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Atlantis Fujō!'''" (アトランティス浮上!, "Atlantis, Arise!")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], [[1985]]<br />
:*Nearly all Japanese language episode guides, including those published in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' and the fact booklet included with [[Pioneer]]'s DVD sets, [[Engrish|mistakenly]] list this episode's English language title as "At''r''antis, Arise!".<br />
:*For the Japanese dub, Sub-Atlantica is renamed [[Atlantis]], intending it to actually be the sunken city of legend. This change would create some discontinuity later, when the more classical interpretation of Atlantis would appear in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]''.<br />
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'''Russian''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Voskresshaya Atlantida'''" (Воскресшая Атлантида, "Atlantis Is Resurrected")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
{{homevidnote}}<br />
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br />
;DVD<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/atlantis_arise.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]<br />
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[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]<br />
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]</div>TheQuazzhttps://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Atlantis,_Arise!&diff=1026493Atlantis, Arise!2015-11-24T09:06:15Z<p>TheQuazz: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{episode<br />
|series=G1toon<br />
|ep=24<br />
|series2=SRLFtoon<br />
|ep2=16<br />
|prev2=The Immobilizer<br />
|next2=Enter the Nightbird<br />
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''<br />
|ep3=15<br />
|prev3=War of the Dinobots<br />
|next3=Auto Berserk<br />
|image=SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg<br />
|caption=There's fire burning... underwater. Don't ask.<br />
|title="Atlantis, Arise!"<br />
|production code=#700-23<br />
|airdate=[[October 3]], 1985<br />
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]<br />
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Toei]] (maybe)<br />
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]<br />
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'''The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Sub-Atlanticans Decepticons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And when you see Aquaman, tell him his superpower sucks.]]<br />
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[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] summons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to the control room, saying that [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] have detected massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate and encounter the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, a race who hope to conquer the surface world one day. Megatron negotiates a deal with [[Nergill]], King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their [[geothermal]] storehouses. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Autobots football.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|R U READY 4 SUM FOOTBALL?]]<br />
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Near the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are playing a game of [[football]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] arrives before the Dinobots accidentally kill anyone, telling them there is a massive energy reading emanating from near the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatches Bumblebee, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack [[Washington, D.C.]] as a sign of their new alliance. Nergill communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory to develop weapons against the Autobots and Decepticons alike. <br />
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The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. Prime has Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack, while the Autobot leader takes the others to Washington. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a [[force field]] known as the [[Dome of Invulnerability]] over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. In Sub-Atlantica, Nergill has developed a [[magnetic dysfunction ray]] which will shut down [[Transformer]]s; he's tested it on Wheeljack, leaving him immobile. Starscream discovers this and is shot by Nergill, who learns that it is less effective on Decepticons. As Nergill leaves, Starscream attempts to drain power from Wheeljack, but Bumblebee and Spike stop arrive just in time to stop the Decepticon and restore Wheeljack.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Megs Lincoln memorial.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Four score and seven million years ago, I founded a [[Decepticon Empire|new nation]]...]]<br />
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Nergill strolls into Washington, with Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Spike sneaking in behind him. Nergill uses the disruptor to defeat Prime's team of Autobots, bringing the battle to an end. As the Sub-Atlanticans secure the Capitol building, his soldiers ask when to move against the Decepticons, but Nergill decides to wait a little while longer. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]) tells [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.<br />
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Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field and come to blows with the Decepticons. As Megatron and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] grapple, Nergill is on the verge of shooting them both until Starscream arrives and bashes Nergill aside, declaring that he is now an enemy. Grimlock grabs the disruptor and destroys it, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat back to their own city, with the Autobots in pursuit. <br />
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[[File:SubAtlantica Asplode.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|But the others chose to stay, sitting in their porches with their shotguns, and eventually evolved into mermaids. And they would sing and dance, and ring in the new...]]<br />
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Back at Sub-Atlantica, Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergill, but Nergill informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and the Dinobots begin smashing everything in sight. <br />
<br />
Nergill decides to destroy the city, hoping to destroy the Transformers as well. Spike, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee follow, hoping to stop Nergill, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in pursuit. The two [[Mini-Cassette]]s realize Nergill's intentions, and Rumble tries to bury him in rubble, but it's not enough. Wheeljack likewise tries to stop the sub-aquatic king, but it's too late. Nergill throws a device into his energy containers, which starts a chain reaction that begins to destroy the city. The Decepticons retreat; Prime orders the Autobots to clear out, then rescues Wheeljack's team (and strangely finds Grimlock there as well). Prime and the others escape, watching from the nearby sea as the Sub-Atlanticans and their home disappear under the waves. Prime says they probably won't see Nergill again for a long time.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{Featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (10)<br />
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (11)<br />
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (12)<br />
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (13)<br />
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (14)<br />
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (15)<br />
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (16)<br />
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)<br />
* [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (18)<br />
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (19)<br />
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)<br />
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)<br />
* [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (22)<br />
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (23)<br />
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)<br />
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (26)<br />
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|c2=<br />
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (1)<br />
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (2)<br />
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)<br />
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (4)<br />
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (5)<br />
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (6)<br />
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (7)<br />
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (27)<br />
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (9)<br />
<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Nergill]] (8)<br />
*Sub-Atlantican General (24)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:Houndfootball.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
"Are you sure humans do this for fun?"<br />
:—'''Hound''', after playing a game of football with the Dinobots<br />
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"Did I do that?"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''', being suitably amazed after knocking down Starscream. Float like a butterfly- sting like a Bumblebee.<br />
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"No! That could ruin Wheeljack's function circuits!"<br><br />
"So... what? Ruining Autobots is my life!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''<br />
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"Autobots bite off more than they can chew, then send for Dinobots! Come, Snarl, Sludge. We go!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''', responding to the SOS call by Wheeljack. Apparently he does not want Slag or Swoop.<br />
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"Mmm, we are ''here''."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is a master of subtle and astute observation<br />
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"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is getting a little tired of rescuing Optimus Prime<br />
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<br />
"Okay, Grimlock. Time for you and the Dinobots to ''act'' prehistoric!"<br />
:—'''Optimus Prime'''<br />
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"You don't frighten me, you mechanical throwbacks!"<br><br />
"Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' has no grasp of irony.<br />
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"Starscream, see what you've done you dribbling dirtbucket!"<br />
:—'''Megatron''', once again insulting Starscream -ironically enough after the latter saved him from being shot in the back by Nergill. And he wonders why Starscream is so disloyal.<br />
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<br />
"Starscream's right! Nergill is crazy!"<br />
:—'''Rumble''' admits Starscream was right about something. And then the universe implodes.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Animation or technical glitches===<br />
* Someone mistook the strange glint of sunlight reflecting off of Buzzsaw for a laser beam, and inserted a Decepticon laser sound effect accordingly.<br />
* Coloring errors:<br />
** Soundwave has some extra black shading around his eyeband as he reports to Megatron inside Decepticon HQ.<br />
**When the Decepticons leave their base, Starscream's [[alternate mode|jet mode]] has a yellow underbelly. For an animation error, it's unusually appropriate!<br />
** As he orders Soundwave to unscramble Nergill's message, Starscream's left pectoral is colored gray instead of red, and isn't really drawn in correctly, almost as if the animators intended his arm to be covering it during the scene.<br />
** Soundwave is drawn with a totally transparent tape door as Starscream has him unscramble Nergill's second message. It is obviously a deliberate choice to show the cassette mechanism within, but it conflicts with the usual white coloration of his chest panel.<br />
** As Megatron makes his dramatic proclamation of Sub-Atlantica's destination, the bottom of Starscream's cockpit cowling is colored yellow instead of gray.<br />
** When Megatron removes the President Abraham Lincoln statue from the chair, his Decepticon insignia is grey. <br />
** The inside of Sludge's [[robot mode]] mouth is white when he says "Alright!"<br />
** Slag's face is white instead of red as he exits Prime's trailer in Sub-Atlantica. In the next shot, his whole head is gray.<br />
* As Megatron pontificates about "an underwater city of such size", a strangely-timed edit has the scene cut to an exterior shot of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]], as if ''that'' were supposed to be the underwater city in question. If it's meant to be an establishing shot, why isn't it at the beginning of the scene?<br />
* The Decepticon Headquarters docking tower appears to be listing about 15 degrees or so as it emerges from the water, as if a stock view from one point-of-view angle was copied onto a new background drawn at a different point-of-view angle.<br />
[[File:SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* Considering how bright and well-lit everything is, Sub-Atlantica must be in about 25 feet of water.<br />
* As Hound's camper roof unfolds, his turret gun clips right through it.<br />
* Bumblebee appears to be using one of the Sub-Atlanticans' weapons as he fires at Starscream and company.<br />
* During Wheeljack's "But nobody else is gonna follow you either" line, only the front side of his "ears" flash.<br />
* Starscream is shown among the Decepticons leaving Sub-Atlantica to conquer D.C. The very next shot shows him lurking within the city as Nergill exposits to himself.<br />
* As the Autobots drive toward Washington, Optimus mispronounces their foes' names as "Sub-[[Atlanta]]-cans".<br />
* The "highway" that the Autobots use to drive to D.C. has an "exit" for the Chesapeake Bay that's more like a T-shaped intersection. Bumblebee somehow manages to negotiate it at full speed without flying out of control.<br />
* The sign that the Autobots past says 'New York' (Right Arrow) 'Baltimore' (Forward Arrow) and Washington DC (Left Arrow), which would only really make sense if they were driving in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is also backwards.<br />
* The animation is very inconsistent as to whether the little red bulb on the Sub-Atlanticans' headwear is supposed to flash when they talk.<br />
* The [[Dome of Invulnerability]] guy is missing his telepathic waves as he refuses Megatron's order.<br />
* Laser bolts bounce right off the Washington Monument without leaving so much as a burn mark. With weapons that ineffectual, it's no wonder nobody ever dies in this show!<br />
* Laserbeak's attack on Hound is strangely truncated; Laserbeak fires non-glowing lasers, and then suddenly vanishes out of the shot.<br />
* The shot that Hound fires at Laserbeak doesn't line up with his gun barrel.<br />
* The electrical bolts enveloping Starscream right after Nergil blasts him are not animated to jigger for the first few seconds.<br />
* While calling to warn Optimus about Nergil's weapon, the Autobot insignia on Wheeljack's roof/chest is upside-down.<br />
* When the Dinobots break through the force field, Starscream is among the group fighting them off, even though he is still lying inert within Sub-Atlantica at this point.<br />
[[File:Optimus prime doppelgaenger.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime uses [[budding]] to hold up the Washington Monument.]]<br />
* Before Megatron bashes the Washington Monument, Prime and Prowl are standing there watching. After Megatron bashes the Monument, the shot returns to the same Prowl-and-Prime angle. But Prowl is gone, and the earlier artwork of Prime is still there watching as ''another'' Prime runs to catch the monument!<br />
* Appearing/disappearing Autobots:<br />
** The Autobots shown entering the city and attacking Megatron include Prime, Hound, Brawn, Prowl, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. Sunstreaker and Ironhide disappear after the battle begins; only Hound, Brawn, Prowl and Prime are shown being disabled by Nergill and being revived later on. Ironhide finally shows up again after the battle is over; courtesy of some recycled transformation animation, Ratchet and Trailbreaker appear out of nowhere as the Autobots roll out of D.C. During the Sub-Atlantica battle, Sideswipe appears (also out of nowhere), and Sunstreaker finally reappears.<br />
* A strangely angled shot, looking up from below the water, is supposed to show Prime, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Grimlock swimming out of Sub-Atlantica. It's ''very'' easy to mistake it for a shot showing them flying through the air. They don't move any of their limbs, they move across the screen very rapidly, and the water itself is backlit by the sunset colored sky.<!-- In fact, this editor for many years thought it was supposed to be the other four Dinobots flying out of the city. --><br />
* Spike's declaration that "Nergill's gone!" doesn't mean much, since the animation never actually makes it clear that Wheeljack carried him out of Sub-Atlantica.<br />
* What are Prime and the others standing on after they evacuate Sub-Atlantica? Even Spike is above water almost to his waist!<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
* If Nergill "communicates telepathically", as Soundwave claims, why is his mouth moving all the time?<br />
* The deflated football that Hound holds is astoundingly large, practically as large as Spike.<br />
[[File:Spike SemiNude.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Then again, look at how ripped his pecs are. Maybe he really ''is'' a superhuman!]]<br />
* Superhuman Spike:<br />
** Spike can survive in the "deepest part of the Atlantic ocean" wearing only a bathing suit and using a simple oxygen tank and goggles. Amazing that he isn't crushed under the weight of the ocean or frozen to death.<br />
** Spike can somehow speak clearly to the Autobots without removing the mouthpiece for his breathing apparatus from his mouth; hell, he can even perform this trick ''underwater''.<br />
* How can Bumblebee calculate Sub-Atlantica's destination from watching it sail along the coast for like two seconds? It could be going anywhere!<br />
* The "conquest" of Washington is incredibly half-hearted. The Decepticons and the squiddy guys run around in the street for a bit, scare some tourists, blow up a couple of cars, and put up a force field. About the only conquery thing they do is set up a giant vacuum tube computer in the capital building.<br />
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[[File:SubAtlantican SurfaceGear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* The Sub-Atlanticans have to wear aquatic masks over their faces when they're on dry land. Yet they don't wear them inside their city, which appears to be just as water-free as the surface.<br />
* The water-based Sub-Atlanticans don't think to create a force field that extends under the water?<br />
* More an omission than an error, but it's never explained just what Starscream was trying to do to Wheeljack.<br />
* Wheeljack says that they'd better warn Prime about the dysfunction ray... then proceeds to say something totally vague and uninformative ("There is great danger! Nergill must be stopped!")<br />
* [[Microbots|How]] [[The Agenda (Part III)|many]] times do cartoons have to be told that it's not a ''force field'' if it ''shatters like glass''? (Does this mean that the streets of D.C. are now covered with piles of shattered force field bits?)<br />
* Some "[[Dome of Invulnerability|dome of ''invulnerability'']]". The Dinobots get through it in about five seconds flat.<br />
* Starscream's third appearance in DC isn't an animation error; he's central to the plot! How did he get free of the dysfunction ray?!<br />
* How did Grimlock get to the Washington Monument before Prime?<br />
* Who knew that destroying a gun could un-shoot the gun's prior victims? That's exactly what happens — Grimlock destroys the dysfunction gun, and suddenly the Autobots are un-dysfunctionalized!<br />
* How ''did'' Grimlock get into the energy supply room with Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and Spike? The last time we saw him, he was up in Sub-Atlantica fighting.<br />
* Fire under water? really?<br />
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===District of Columbia errors===<br />
[[File:Megatron hates lincoln.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|It also survives being carelessly tossed aside without a scratch.]]<br />
* Despite the Autobots being near the Chesapeake Bay, the backgrounds show huge rocks and expanses of sand, as if they were in the desert.<br />
* As Hound fights near the reflecting pool, there's lots of tall buildings behind him. D.C. doesn't really have many tall buildings, certainly not near the Mall.<br />
* Both the plot and the animation seem to imply that DC sits on a major body of water. Or did Sub-Atlantica just sail right up the Potomac? <br />
* The Lincoln Memorial is strangely [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]-[[Scale|sized]]. Also, the statue part apparently just comes right off. Who knew?<br />
* Somehow, the rotational forces involved in the Washington Monument's partial fall do not cause the masonry structure to snap like a dry twig.<br />
* Apparently, damaged masonry structures like the Washington Monument can be ''melted'' back together. Who knew?<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Hound roof.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Whoops! Can't get my fancy cushions wet!]]<br />
[[File:AtlantisArise Bumblebee spygear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Bumblebee had GPS before it existed!]]<br />
* Gadgets and powers:<br />
** Two groups of Autobots drive on the water, using the water ski-like [[hydrofoil]]s that showed up in several other episodes. (At most points, the hydrofoils are not shown, but Bumblebee's can be glimpsed after the first commercial break.)<br />
** [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] has a folding sunroof. That is awesome. His toy did not. That is not awesome.<br />
** Bumblebee has a bizarre direction calculator thing that comes out of his back.<br />
** Shoulder artillery: Wheeljack uses a missile from his shoulder launcher to seal the cave shut behind the other Autobots. The only other time he actually fires missiles (instead of laser beams from the tip of the missile) is in "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]".<br />
* Grimlock also grumbled about having to save the Autobots in "[[Day of the Machines]]". It'll finally come to a head in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]".<br />
* Hey, that shot of Soundwave ejecting Laserbeak during the DC battle sure looks familiar... why, it's copied from "[[Transport to Oblivion]]"! [[Changing Gears|Again!]]<br />
* In the Decepticon campaign of ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also takes the Lincoln Memorial throne as his own.<br />
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===Real world references===<br />
* As the obligatory "conquer Washington" episode (''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' had one too), "Atlantis, Arise!" features several D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the White House (where the Decepticons first land), the US Capitol Building, and the Lincoln Memorial and its Reflecting Pool, as well as a mention of the Chesapeake Bay.<br />
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:<br />
** The gouts of fire that burst from the sea as Sub-Atlantica sinks are soundtracked with various explosions from the [[Death Star]] battle, possibly exploding [[X-wing Fighter]]s.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
[[File:Nergill & Troops.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* This episode is one of a handful that begins with a (rather pointless) narrative voiceover from [[Victor Caroli]].<br />
*When played back at a slower speed, Nergill says telepathically to his people:<br />
** "Never mind. Put your weapons away. We don't want to put them on guard."<br />
** "Take no aggressive action. They suspect."<br />
* While not as annoying as Countdown to Extinction and Heavy Metal War, the Shout! Factory release of this episode has most of the sound effects noticeably softer than the music and spoken lines. <br />
* They have in fact seen the last of Nergill.<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Die Unterwasserstadt'''" ("The Underwater City")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], [[1994]]<br />
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'''Italian''' <br />
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il segreto di Atlantide'''" ("The Secret of Atlantis")<br />
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Atlantide risorge'''" ("Atlantis Arises")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Atlantis Fujō!'''" (アトランティス浮上!, "Atlantis, Arise!")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], [[1985]]<br />
:*Nearly all Japanese language episode guides, including those published in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' and the fact booklet included with [[Pioneer]]'s DVD sets, [[Engrish|mistakenly]] list this episode's English language title as "At''r''antis, Arise!".<br />
:*For the Japanese dub, Sub-Atlantica is renamed [[Atlantis]], intending it to actually be the sunken city of legend. This change would create some discontinuity later, when the more classical interpretation of Atlantis would appear in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]''.<br />
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'''Russian''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Voskresshaya Atlantida'''" (Воскресшая Атлантида, "Atlantis Is Resurrected")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
{{homevidnote}}<br />
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br />
;DVD<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/atlantis_arise.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]<br />
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[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]<br />
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]</div>TheQuazzhttps://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Atlantis,_Arise!&diff=1026492Atlantis, Arise!2015-11-24T09:05:50Z<p>TheQuazz: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{episode<br />
|series=G1toon<br />
|ep=24<br />
|series2=SRLFtoon<br />
|ep2=16<br />
|prev2=The Immobilizer<br />
|next2=Enter the Nightbird<br />
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''<br />
|ep3=15<br />
|prev3=War of the Dinobots<br />
|next3=Auto Berserk<br />
|image=SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg<br />
|caption=There's fire burning... underwater. Don't ask.<br />
|title="Atlantis, Arise!"<br />
|production code=#700-23<br />
|airdate=[[October 3]], 1985<br />
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]<br />
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Toei]] (maybe)<br />
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]<br />
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'''The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Sub-Atlanticans Decepticons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And when you see Aquaman, tell him his superpower sucks.]]<br />
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[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] summons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to the control room, saying that [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] have detected massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate and encounter the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, a race who hope to conquer the surface world one day. Megatron negotiates a deal with [[Nergill]], King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their [[geothermal]] storehouses. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Autobots football.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|R U READY 4 SUM FOOTBALL?]]<br />
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Near the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are playing a game of [[football]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] arrives before the Dinobots accidentally kill anyone, telling them there is a massive energy reading emanating from near the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatches Bumblebee, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack [[Washington, D.C.]] as a sign of their new alliance. Nergill communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory to develop weapons against the Autobots and Decepticons alike. <br />
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The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. Prime has Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack, while the Autobot leader takes the others to Washington. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a [[force field]] known as the [[Dome of Invulnerability]] over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. In Sub-Atlantica, Nergill has developed a [[magnetic dysfunction ray]] which will shut down [[Transformer]]s; he's tested it on Wheeljack, leaving him immobile. Starscream discovers this and is shot by Nergill, who learns that it is less effective on Decepticons. As Nergill leaves, Starscream attempts to drain power from Wheeljack, but Bumblebee and Spike stop arrive just in time to stop the Decepticon and restore Wheeljack.<br />
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[[File:Atlantis Arise Megs Lincoln memorial.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Four score and seven million years ago, I founded a [[Decepticon Empire|new nation]]...]]<br />
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Nergill strolls into Washington, with Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Spike sneaking in behind him. Nergill uses the disruptor to defeat Prime's team of Autobots, bringing the battle to an end. As the Sub-Atlanticans secure the Capitol building, his soldiers ask when to move against the Decepticons, but Nergill decides to wait a little while longer. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]) tells [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.<br />
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Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field and come to blows with the Decepticons. As Megatron and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] grapple, Nergill is on the verge of shooting them both until Starscream arrives and bashes Nergill aside, declaring that he is now an enemy. Grimlock grabs the disruptor and destroys it, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat back to their own city, with the Autobots in pursuit. <br />
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[[File:SubAtlantica Asplode.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|But the others chose to stay, sitting in their porches with their shotguns, and eventually evolved into mermaids. And they would sing and dance, and ring in the new...]]<br />
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Back at Sub-Atlantica, Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergill, but Nergill informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and the Dinobots begin smashing everything in sight. <br />
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Nergill decides to destroy the city, hoping to destroy the Transformers as well. Spike, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee follow, hoping to stop Nergill, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in pursuit. The two [[Mini-Cassette]]s realize Nergill's intentions, and Rumble tries to bury him in rubble, but it's not enough. Wheeljack likewise tries to stop the sub-aquatic king, but it's too late. Nergill throws a device into his energy containers, which starts a chain reaction that begins to destroy the city. The Decepticons retreat; Prime orders the Autobots to clear out, then rescues Wheeljack's team (and strangely finds Grimlock there as well). Prime and the others escape, watching from the nearby sea as the Sub-Atlanticans and their home disappear under the waves. Prime says they probably won't see Nergill again for a long time.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{Featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (10)<br />
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (11)<br />
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (12)<br />
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (13)<br />
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (14)<br />
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (15)<br />
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (16)<br />
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)<br />
* [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (18)<br />
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (19)<br />
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)<br />
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)<br />
* [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (22)<br />
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (23)<br />
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)<br />
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (26)<br />
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|c2=<br />
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (1)<br />
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (2)<br />
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)<br />
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (4)<br />
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (5)<br />
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (6)<br />
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (7)<br />
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (27)<br />
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (9)<br />
<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Nergill]] (8)<br />
*Sub-Atlantican General (24)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:Houndfootball.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
"Are you sure humans do this for fun?"<br />
:—'''Hound''', after playing a game of football with the Dinobots<br />
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"Did I do that?"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''', being suitably amazed after knocking down Starscream. Float like a butterfly- sting like a Bumblebee.<br />
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"No! That could ruin Wheeljack's function circuits!"<br><br />
"So... what? Ruining Autobots is my life!"<br />
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''<br />
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"Autobots bite off more than they can chew, then send for Dinobots! Come, Snarl, Sludge. We go!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''', responding to the SOS call by Wheeljack. Apparently he does not want Slag or Swoop.<br />
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"Mmm, we are ''here''."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is a master of subtle and astute observation<br />
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"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' is getting a little tired of rescuing Optimus Prime<br />
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"Okay, Grimlock. Time for you and the Dinobots to ''act'' prehistoric!"<br />
:—'''Optimus Prime'''<br />
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"You don't frighten me, you mechanical throwbacks!"<br><br />
"Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies!"<br />
:—'''Grimlock''' has no grasp of irony.<br />
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"Starscream, see what you've done you dribbling dirtbucket!"<br />
:—'''Megatron''', once again insulting Starscream -ironically enough after the latter saved him from being shot in the back by Nergill. And he wonders why Starscream is so disloyal.<br />
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<br />
"Starscream's right! Nergill is crazy!"<br />
:—'''Rumble''' admits Starscream was right about something. And then the universe implodes.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Animation or technical glitches===<br />
* Someone mistook the strange glint of sunlight reflecting off of Buzzsaw for a laser beam, and inserted a Decepticon laser sound effect accordingly.<br />
* Coloring errors:<br />
** Soundwave has some extra black shading around his eyeband as he reports to Megatron inside Decepticon HQ.<br />
**When the Decepticons leave their base, Starscream's [[alternate mode|jet mode]] has a yellow underbelly. For an animation error, it's unusually appropriate!<br />
** As he orders Soundwave to unscramble Nergill's message, Starscream's left pectoral is colored gray instead of red, and isn't really drawn in correctly, almost as if the animators intended his arm to be covering it during the scene.<br />
** Soundwave is drawn with a totally transparent tape door as Starscream has him unscramble Nergill's second message. It is obviously a deliberate choice to show the cassette mechanism within, but it conflicts with the usual white coloration of his chest panel.<br />
** As Megatron makes his dramatic proclamation of Sub-Atlantica's destination, the bottom of Starscream's cockpit cowling is colored yellow instead of gray.<br />
** When Megatron removes the President Abraham Lincoln statue from the chair, his Decepticon insignia is grey. <br />
** The inside of Sludge's [[robot mode]] mouth is white when he says "Alright!"<br />
** Slag's face is white instead of red as he exits Prime's trailer in Sub-Atlantica. In the next shot, his whole head is gray.<br />
* As Megatron pontificates about "an underwater city of such size", a strangely-timed edit has the scene cut to an exterior shot of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]], as if ''that'' were supposed to be the underwater city in question. If it's meant to be an establishing shot, why isn't it at the beginning of the scene?<br />
* The Decepticon Headquarters docking tower appears to be listing about 15 degrees or so as it emerges from the water, as if a stock view from one point-of-view angle was copied onto a new background drawn at a different point-of-view angle.<br />
[[File:SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* Considering how bright and well-lit everything is, Sub-Atlantica must be in about 25 feet of water.<br />
* As Hound's camper roof unfolds, his turret gun clips right through it.<br />
* Bumblebee appears to be using one of the Sub-Atlanticans' weapons as he fires at Starscream and company.<br />
* During Wheeljack's "But nobody else is gonna follow you either" line, only the front side of his "ears" flash.<br />
* Starscream is shown among the Decepticons leaving Sub-Atlantica to conquer D.C. The very next shot shows him lurking within the city as Nergill exposits to himself.<br />
* As the Autobots drive toward Washington, Optimus mispronounces their foes' names as "Sub-[[Atlanta]]-cans".<br />
* The "highway" that the Autobots use to drive to D.C. has an "exit" for the Chesapeake Bay that's more like a T-shaped intersection. Bumblebee somehow manages to negotiate it at full speed without flying out of control.<br />
* The sign that the Autobots past says 'New York' (Right Arrow) 'Baltimore' (Forward Arrow) and Washington DC (Left Arrow), which would only really make sense if they were driving in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is also backwards.<br />
* The animation is very inconsistent as to whether the little red bulb on the Sub-Atlanticans' headwear is supposed to flash when they talk.<br />
* The [[Dome of Invulnerability]] guy is missing his telepathic waves as he refuses Megatron's order.<br />
* Laser bolts bounce right off the Washington Monument without leaving so much as a burn mark. With weapons that ineffectual, it's no wonder nobody ever dies in this show!<br />
* Laserbeak's attack on Hound is strangely truncated; Laserbeak fires non-glowing lasers, and then suddenly vanishes out of the shot.<br />
* The shot that Hound fires at Laserbeak doesn't line up with his gun barrel.<br />
* The electrical bolts enveloping Starscream right after Nergil blasts him are not animated to jigger for the first few seconds.<br />
* While calling to warn Optimus about Nergil's weapon, the Autobot insignia on Wheeljack's roof/chest is upside-down.<br />
* When the Dinobots break through the force field, Starscream is among the group fighting them off, even though he is still lying inert within Sub-Atlantica at this point.<br />
[[File:Optimus prime doppelgaenger.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime uses [[budding]] to hold up the Washington Monument.]]<br />
* Before Megatron bashes the Washington Monument, Prime and Prowl are standing there watching. After Megatron bashes the Monument, the shot returns to the same Prowl-and-Prime angle. But Prowl is gone, and the earlier artwork of Prime is still there watching as ''another'' Prime runs to catch the monument!<br />
* Appearing/disappearing Autobots:<br />
** The Autobots shown entering the city and attacking Megatron include Prime, Hound, Brawn, Prowl, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. Sunstreaker and Ironhide disappear after the battle begins; only Hound, Brawn, Prowl and Prime are shown being disabled by Nergill and being revived later on. Ironhide finally shows up again after the battle is over; courtesy of some recycled transformation animation, Ratchet and Trailbreaker appear out of nowhere as the Autobots roll out of D.C. During the Sub-Atlantica battle, Sideswipe appears (also out of nowhere), and Sunstreaker finally reappears.<br />
* A strangely angled shot, looking up from below the water, is supposed to show Prime, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Grimlock swimming out of Sub-Atlantica. It's ''very'' easy to mistake it for a shot showing them flying through the air. They don't move any of their limbs, they move across the screen very rapidly, and the water itself is backlit by the sunset colored sky.<!-- In fact, this editor for many years thought it was supposed to be the other four Dinobots flying out of the city. --><br />
* Spike's declaration that "Nergill's gone!" doesn't mean much, since the animation never actually makes it clear that Wheeljack carried him out of Sub-Atlantica.<br />
* What are Prime and the others standing on after they evacuate Sub-Atlantica? Even Spike is above water almost to his waist!<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
* If Nergill "communicates telepathically", as Soundwave claims, why is his mouth moving all the time?<br />
* The deflated football that Hound holds is astoundingly large, practically as large as Spike.<br />
[[File:Spike SemiNude.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Then again, look at how ripped his pecs are. Maybe he really ''is'' a superhuman!]]<br />
* Superhuman Spike:<br />
** Spike can survive in the "deepest part of the Atlantic ocean" wearing only a bathing suit and using a simple oxygen tank and goggles. Amazing that he isn't crushed under the weight of the ocean or frozen to death.<br />
** Spike can somehow speak clearly to the Autobots without removing the mouthpiece for his breathing apparatus from his mouth; hell, he can even perform this trick ''underwater''.<br />
* How can Bumblebee calculate Sub-Atlantica's destination from watching it sail along the coast for like two seconds? It could be going anywhere!<br />
* The "conquest" of Washington is incredibly half-hearted. The Decepticons and the squiddy guys run around in the street for a bit, scare some tourists, blow up a couple of cars, and put up a force field. About the only conquery thing they do is set up a giant vacuum tube computer in the capital building.<br />
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[[File:SubAtlantican SurfaceGear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* The Sub-Atlanticans have to wear aquatic masks over their faces when they're on dry land. Yet they don't wear them inside their city, which appears to be just as water-free as the surface.<br />
* The water-based Sub-Atlanticans don't think to create a force field that extends under the water?<br />
* More an omission than an error, but it's never explained just what Starscream was trying to do to Wheeljack.<br />
* Wheeljack says that they'd better warn Prime about the dysfunction ray... then proceeds to say something totally vague and uninformative ("There is great danger! Nergill must be stopped!")<br />
* [[Microbots|How]] [[The Agenda (Part III)|many]] times do cartoons have to be told that it's not a ''force field'' if it ''shatters like glass''? (Does this mean that the streets of D.C. are now covered with piles of shattered force field bits?)<br />
* Some "[[Dome of Invulnerability|dome of ''invulnerability'']]". The Dinobots get through it in about five seconds flat.<br />
* Starscream's third appearance in DC isn't an animation error; he's central to the plot! How did he get free of the dysfunction ray?!<br />
* How did Grimlock get to the Washington Monument before Prime?<br />
* Who knew that destroying a gun could un-shoot the gun's prior victims? That's exactly what happens — Grimlock destroys the dysfunction gun, and suddenly the Autobots are un-dysfunctionalized!<br />
* How ''did'' Grimlock get into the energy supply room with Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and Spike? The last time we saw him, he was up in Sub-Atlantica fighting.<br />
* Fire under water? really?<br />
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===District of Columbia errors===<br />
[[File:Megatron hates lincoln.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|It also survives being carelessly tossed aside without a scratch.]]<br />
* Despite the Autobots being near the Chesapeake Bay, the backgrounds show huge rocks and expanses of sand, as if they were in the desert.<br />
* As Hound fights near the reflecting pool, there's lots of tall buildings behind him. D.C. doesn't really have many tall buildings, certainly not near the Mall.<br />
* Both the plot and the animation seem to imply that DC sits on a major body of water. Or did Sub-Atlantica just sail right up the Potomac? <br />
* The Lincoln Memorial is strangely [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]-[[Scale|sized]]. Also, the statue part apparently just comes right off. Who knew?<br />
* Somehow, the rotational forces involved in the Washington Monument's partial fall do not cause the masonry structure to snap like a dry twig.<br />
* Apparently, damaged masonry structures like the Washington Monument can be ''melted'' back together. Who knew?<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
[[File:Atlantis Arise Hound roof.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Whoops! Can't get my fancy cushions wet!]]<br />
[[File:AtlantisArise Bumblebee spygear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Bumblebee had GPS before it existed!]]<br />
* Gadgets and powers:<br />
** Two groups of Autobots drive on the water, using the water ski-like [[hydrofoil]]s that showed up in several other episodes. (At most points, the hydrofoils are not shown, but Bumblebee's can be glimpsed after the first commercial break.)<br />
** [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] has a folding sunroof. That is awesome. His toy did not. That is not awesome.<br />
** Bumblebee has a bizarre direction calculator thing that comes out of his back.<br />
** Shoulder artillery: Wheeljack uses a missile from his shoulder launcher to seal the cave shut behind the other Autobots. The only other time he actually fires missiles (instead of laser beams from the tip of the missile) is in "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]".<br />
* Grimlock also grumbled about having to save the Autobots in "[[Day of the Machines]]". It'll finally come to a head in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]".<br />
* Hey, that shot of Soundwave ejecting Laserbeak during the DC battle sure looks familiar... why, it's copied from "[[Transport to Oblivion]]"! [[Changing Gears|Again!]]<br />
* In the Decepticon campaign of ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also takes the Lincoln Memorial throne as his own.<br />
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===Real world references===<br />
* As the obligatory "conquer Washington" episode (''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' had one too), "Atlantis, Arise!" features several D.C. landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the White House (where the Decepticons first land), the US Capitol Building, and the Lincoln Memorial and its Reflecting Pool, as well as a mention of the Chesapeake Bay.<br />
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:<br />
** The gouts of fire that burst from the sea as Sub-Atlantica sinks are soundtracked with various explosions from the [[Death Star]] battle, possibly exploding [[X-wing Fighter]]s.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
[[File:Nergill & Troops.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
* This episode is one of a handful that begins with a (rather pointless) narrative voiceover from [[Victor Caroli]].<br />
*When played back at a slower speed, Nergill says telepathically to his people:<br />
** "Never mind. Put your weapons away. We don't want to put them on guard."<br />
** "Take no aggressive action. They suspect."<br />
* While not as annoying as [[Countdown to Extinction](Episode)] and Heavy Metal War, the Shout! Factory release of this episode has most of the sound effects noticeably softer than the music and spoken lines. <br />
* They have in fact seen the last of Nergill.<br />
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===Foreign localization===<br />
'''German'''<br />
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Die Unterwasserstadt'''" ("The Underwater City")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], [[1994]]<br />
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'''Italian''' <br />
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il segreto di Atlantide'''" ("The Secret of Atlantis")<br />
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Atlantide risorge'''" ("Atlantis Arises")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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'''Japanese'''<br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Atlantis Fujō!'''" (アトランティス浮上!, "Atlantis, Arise!")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], [[1985]]<br />
:*Nearly all Japanese language episode guides, including those published in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' and the fact booklet included with [[Pioneer]]'s DVD sets, [[Engrish|mistakenly]] list this episode's English language title as "At''r''antis, Arise!".<br />
:*For the Japanese dub, Sub-Atlantica is renamed [[Atlantis]], intending it to actually be the sunken city of legend. This change would create some discontinuity later, when the more classical interpretation of Atlantis would appear in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]''.<br />
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'''Russian''' <br />
:*''Title:'' "'''Voskresshaya Atlantida'''" (Воскресшая Атлантида, "Atlantis Is Resurrected")<br />
:*''Original airdate:'' ?<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
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;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]<br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br />
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[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio.<br><br />
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment)<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]])<br><br />
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/atlantis_arise.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]<br />
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'''Madman Entertainment''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored ''Transformers'' [[home video|DVD sets]]. Their sets are typified by an ''enthusiastic'' array of extras and exclusive features (which are often a little on the dodgy side).<br />
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==Releases==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (AU [[March 12]], 2003)<br />
:Extras include a "creation of the cover" gallery, theatrical trailer, [[commercial]]s, cast and crew biographies and the music video for "[[The Touch]]" by [[Stan Bush]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1''' (AU [[November 11]], 2003 / NZ [[December 30]], 2003)<br />
:This set is notable for featuring the original broadcast masters previously used by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]], licensed from [[TV-Loonland]], but uses the 5.1 soundtrack put together by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1''' (AU [[April 21]], 2004 / NZ [[May 21]], 2004) <br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 24 episodes from season two: "[[Autobot Spike]]" through to "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2''' (AU [[July 21]], 2004 / NZ [[August 19]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 25 episodes from season two: "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]" through to "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'''''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection1 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 1'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection2 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 2'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection3 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 3'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1''' (AU [[October 20]], 2004 / NZ [[November 12]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 16 episodes from season three: "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" through to "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2''' (AU [[December 8]], 2004 / NZ [[January 20]], 2005)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 14 episodes from season three: "[[Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine]]" through to "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 6: Series 4''' (AU [[July 20]], 2005 / NZ [[August 16]], 2005)<br />
:Two-disc set containing the three-part episode "[[The Rebirth]]", plus interviews, [[public service announcement|PSAs]], [[commercial|trailers]] and scripts.<br />
*'''The Best of ''The Transformers''''' (AU [[November 8]], 2006)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the 10 "best" episodes of Generation 1, as voted by Australian fans.<br />
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]", "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", "[[Heavy Metal War]]", "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[Call of the Primitives]]", "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "Ghost in the Machine".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 Collection4 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 4'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection5 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 5'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection6 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 6'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Bestof DVD.jpg|'''The Best of...'''<br />
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*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 27]], 2007 / NZ [[July 11]], 2007)<br />
:17-disc set compiling the previous six "Collection" sets, released to take advantage of the nostalgia and interest generated by the [[Transformers (film)|live action movie]], also including [[The Transformers (Madman)|an exclusive mini-comic]] set in 2001 before the animated movie, as well as a piece of artwork featuring Prime's Matrix chamber illustrated by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]].<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition''' (AU June 27, 2007 / NZ [[July 13]], 2007)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the movie in both full- and widescreen, the "Scramble City" OVA with its original Japanese audio track, an interview [[Flint Dille]], Q&A with [[Peter Cullen]], commercials, TV spots and trailers, "The Touch" music video, cast and crew biographies, and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' ("[[Optimal Situation]]").<br />
*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:Madman's previous ''Complete Collection'' 17-disc set was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the live-action sequel, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this time in a Decepticon-themed packaging.<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' Blu-ray (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986MovieSE DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'' Special Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection2009 DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection Decepticon Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie Blu-ray.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (Blu-ray release)<br />
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*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 1 Collection''' (AU [[June 20]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 1 "remastered". Includes Special Featurette: original cast reunion, Ep 1 commentary with Voice Director [[Wally Burr]], Eight Transformers creator interviews, Character Profiles, TVCs, Easter Eggs and Episode One previews of ''Transformers Prime'', ''Headmasters'' and ''Beast Wars''. Unlike previous Madman releases, the "Remastered" sets do not use the Rhino DVD audio track.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.1 Collection''' (AU [[August 1]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 1 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Triple Changer]], Featurette - The [[Combiner]], Historical [[Commercial|Trailers]] and Toy ads, Concept Art 1, Fan Film, and Opening and Closing Animations. The opening and closing animations have a few interesting features, including the Japanese Victory theme, the incorrect "Transformers Theme is Japanese" from the Metrodome DVDs, and the season one opening theme uses the incorrect season two footage overlapped with the Rhino DVD season one opening theme, noteworthy for being the opening used for some season one episodes on Madman's old DVD releases, despite the Remastered DVD using the correct version. Well, we guess they had to their unique opening somewhere.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.2 Collection''' (AU [[September 12]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 2 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Bob Budiansky]], Featurette - [[Fandom|Fans]], Original TV [[Commercial bumper|Bumps]] x 19, Concept Art 2 and Fan Art, and Atari Transformer Game Promo Materials x 3.<br />
:World Exclusive cover by Transformers artist [[Marcelo Matere]].<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Seasons 3+4 Collection''' (AU [[October 3]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Seasons 3 and 4 "remastered". Includes [[Character model]] Sheets, Storyboards, Scripts and DVD ROM content.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Complete Collection''' (AU [[October 2]], 2013)<br />
:Re-release of the entire series "remastered". Contains the same four previously released DVDs, special features only include those previously mentioned.<br />
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===Japanese G1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Headmasters''''' (AU [[November 7]], 2007 / NZ [[December 20]], 2007)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series available in the original Japanese and the [[Omni Productions]] English dub, with optional English subtitles replicated from [[Metrodome]]'s previous release, complete with errors.<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries (taken from Seibertron.com) and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce''''' (AU [[February 13]], 2008 / NZ [[March 25]], 2008)<br />
:Five-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on episodes [[Rise Up!! Pretenders|1]], [[Birth! Headmaster Jrs|4]], [[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z|41]] and [[A Battle... and Then...|42]].<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Victory''''' (AU [[May 14]], 2008 / NZ [[July 4]], 2008)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on all episodes, plus the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].<br />
:Extras include box art galleries, toy galleries (with pictures from seibertron.com and transformerstoys.co.uk) and Japanese commercials (which are all for Zone toys, and include what appears to be an industry pitch reel used to demonstrate the toys to retailers), as well as scans of the [[TV Magazine]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story pages]] available via DVD-ROM.<br />
:In keeping with Madman's dodgy enthusiasm there's a bunch of seemingly random (sometimes translated, sometimes not) scans of manga and story-page material for ''[[Battlestars]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]]'' included in the set as well.<br />
:Cover art by E.J. Su.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:To capitalize on the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', all three of the Japanese Generation 1 sets were re-released in one package at a lower price point ($99.95 AUD versus $150-odd AUD).<br />
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File:MadmanHeadmasters.jpg|'''''Headmasters'''''<br />
File:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|'''''Super God Masterforce'''''<br />
File:MadmanVictory.jpg|'''''Victory'''''<br />
File:Madman JapanG1 Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
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===''Beast Wars''===<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1''' (AU [[March 15]], 2006 / NZ [[March 31]], 2006)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' series, plus exclusive audio commentary tracks by [[Bob Forward]], [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Ben Yee]], interviews with Forward and DiTillio, toy galleries, commercials, character profiles and a reproduction of the original "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]" comic.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2''' (AU [[July 26]], 2006 / NZ [[August 14]], 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the second season of ''Beast Wars'', plus more exclusive audio commentary tracks by Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee, an hour-long featurette on the "Soul of ''Beast Wars''", convention panel footage of [[David Kaye]] and [[Garry Chalk]], animation test footage, production models and more toy galleries and commercials.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3''' (AU November 8, 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the third season of ''Beast Wars'', with even more interviews and commentary tracks with [[Simon Furman]], David Kaye, Garry Chalk, [[Scott McNeil]], [[Alec Willows]] and key [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] staff, plus much much more including a "Making of ''Beast Wars''" documentary from 1996, outtakes, galleries and scripts.<br />
*'''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection''' (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
:Combined re-release of the three previous ''Beast Wars'' sets.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman BW S1 DVD.jpg|'''Season 1'''<br />
File:Madman BW S2 DVD.jpg|'''Season 2'''<br />
File:Madman BW S3 DVD.jpg|'''Season 3'''<br />
File:Madman BW Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
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===''Prime''===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 1 - Darkness Rising''' (AU/NZ [[June 20]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[Darkness Rising]]'' parts 1-5. <br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Masters & Students]]" to "[[Deus ex Machina]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 3 - Alien Threat''' (AU/NZ [[September 12]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Speed Metal]]" to "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers''' (AU/NZ [[October 3]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" to "[[Partners]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise''' (AU/NZ [[November 7]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the final six episodes of season 1, "[[T.M.I.]]" to "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - Season 1''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features season 1 in its entirety with commentaries on selected episodes.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:TFPMadmanVol1.jpg|'''Volume 1 - Darkness Rising'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol2.jpg|'''Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol3Final.jpg|'''Volume 3 - Alien Threat'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol4.jpg|'''Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol5.jpg|'''Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise'''<br />
File:TPSeason1-dvd.jpg|'''Season One DVD collection'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 1) - Orion Pax''' (AU/NZ [[June 19]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of season 2, "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" to "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 2) - Battle for Supremacy''' (AU/NZ [[August 7]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Loose Cannons]]" to "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 3) - Weapons of Choice''' ([[November 6]], 2013)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Flying Mind]]" to "[[Toxicity]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 4) - Unclear Objectives''' ([[February 5]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Hurt]]" to "[[Legacy]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 5) - Advance on Cybertron''' ([[May 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Alpha/Omega]]" to "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol6.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol7.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol8.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount''' (AU/NZ [[June 4]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first four episodes of season 3 "[[Darkmount, NV]]" to "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 2) - Race for Salvation''' (AU/NZ [[August 6]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next four episodes, "[[Project Predacon]]" to "[[Thirst]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 3) - Omega Lock''' ([[October 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the final episodes from "[[Evolution]]" to "[[Deadlock]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''' ([[November 12]], 2014)<br />
:The feature-length conclusion to the series.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol11.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol12.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol13.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
File:MadmanTFP-PR.jpg|'''Predacons Rising'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Operation Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[January 7]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:Features four episodes centered on the title character: "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Triangulation]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[March 4]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:"Everyone's favourite Autobot shows what he can across three popular Transformers series. The plucky 'Goldbug' is in full voice as he takes on the evil Decepticons in Generation 1, Animated and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Optimus''' (March 4, 2015)<br />
:"Take a look back at the leader of the Autobots and the defender of Earth in this special DVD release. Featuring episodes from Generation 1, Unicron, Animated, and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Megatron''' (July 8, 2015)<br />
:Episodes centered around Megatron from Generation 1, Energon and Prime: "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]", "[[Megatron's Sword]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Rock Bottom]]", and "[[Flying Mind]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFP-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: Prime - Operation Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Optimus.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Optimus'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Megatron.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Megatron'''<br />
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===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season One''' ([[November 20]], 2013)<br />
:Features 16 episodes, two shorts, season 2 sneak peek.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Two''' ([[April 9]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, two shorts, character gallery, commentary on two episodes.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Three''' ([[June 18]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, comic gallery, toy gallery.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonOne.jpg|'''Season One'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonTwo.jpg|'''Season Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonThree.jpg|'''Season Three'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Unicron Trilogy''===<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Collection One''' ([[December 4]], 2013)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries, comic book cover galleries and video game profiles.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Armada'' Collection Two''' ([[January 15]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' Collection One''' ([[February 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Energon'' Collection Two''' ([[March 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 25 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator [[Guido Guidi]].<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]] '' Collection One''' ([[April 16]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator Marcelo Matere.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Cybertron '' Collection Two''' ([[May 21]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Cover art by Marcelo Matere.<br />
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<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-1.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-2.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-1.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-2.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-1.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-2.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part Two'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The video quality on the original Madman release of ''Transformers: The Movie'' is decidedly worse than most other DVD versions released. The special features also suffer from quality problems — they look bloody terrible. Stan Bush's "The Touch" in particular is very yellow, looking like it was transferred from a 7th generation VCR copy. Remember when we said before that the Madman special features were enthusiastic but dodgy? Well, that's what we meant, mate.<br />
*According to [http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12112 an interview on Seibertron.com] with [[Frank Welker]], a representative of Madman gave Mr. Welker a pre-release version of the 2007 ''Complete Collection'' DVD set in the hopes of securing an interview to be included on the final version of the set. This did not evidently pan out as the disc content is the same as Madman's 2004 Generation 1 releases.<br />
*In the wake of 2009's ''Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition'' set, Madman's previous G1 ''Complete Collection'' set has been retroactively labelled the "Autobot Edition".<br />
*While the Madman releases of Generation 1 up to their "Remastered" sets use original broadcast video previously used in the Maverick Entertainment DVD release, the audio track used was the 5.1 track composed by Magno Sound and Video for the Rhino DVD release. The unaltered audio track was used for the "Remastered" releases, however. <br />
*The features on the ''Beast Wars'' sets, in keeping with Madman's enthusiastic but low-budget approach, get better with each release. The first set's commentary tracks feature some of the worst audio ever used on a DVD commentary — with the voices barely audible and sometimes completely drowned out by traffic noises. The other sets are not quite so bad, with the third the most polished (and rich) in special features.<br />
*No, seriously mate, Madman is awesome. Dodgy, but enthusiastic. They couldn't be more Aussie.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.madman.com.au/ Madman Entertainment's homepage]<br />
* [http://www.botchthecrab.com/replies.asp?index=402 A review of the ''Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set at Botch the Crab.com]<br />
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'''Madman Entertainment''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored ''Transformers'' [[home video|DVD sets]]. Their sets are typified by an ''enthusiastic'' array of extras and exclusive features (which are often a little on the dodgy side).<br />
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==Releases==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (AU [[March 12]], 2003)<br />
:Extras include a "creation of the cover" gallery, theatrical trailer, [[commercial]]s, cast and crew biographies and the music video for "[[The Touch]]" by [[Stan Bush]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1''' (AU [[November 11]], 2003 / NZ [[December 30]], 2003)<br />
:This set is notable for featuring the original broadcast masters previously used by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]], licensed from [[TV-Loonland]], but uses the 5.1 soundtrack put together by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1''' (AU [[April 21]], 2004 / NZ [[May 21]], 2004) <br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 24 episodes from season two: "[[Autobot Spike]]" through to "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2''' (AU [[July 21]], 2004 / NZ [[August 19]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 25 episodes from season two: "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]" through to "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'''''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection1 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 1'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection2 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 2'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection3 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 3'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1''' (AU [[October 20]], 2004 / NZ [[November 12]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 16 episodes from season three: "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" through to "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2''' (AU [[December 8]], 2004 / NZ [[January 20]], 2005)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 14 episodes from season three: "[[Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine]]" through to "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 6: Series 4''' (AU [[July 20]], 2005 / NZ [[August 16]], 2005)<br />
:Two-disc set containing the three-part episode "[[The Rebirth]]", plus interviews, [[public service announcement|PSAs]], [[commercial|trailers]] and scripts.<br />
*'''The Best of ''The Transformers''''' (AU [[November 8]], 2006)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the 10 "best" episodes of Generation 1, as voted by Australian fans.<br />
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]", "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", "[[Heavy Metal War]]", "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[Call of the Primitives]]", "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "Ghost in the Machine".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 Collection4 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 4'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection5 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 5'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection6 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 6'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Bestof DVD.jpg|'''The Best of...'''<br />
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*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 27]], 2007 / NZ [[July 11]], 2007)<br />
:17-disc set compiling the previous six "Collection" sets, released to take advantage of the nostalgia and interest generated by the [[Transformers (film)|live action movie]], also including [[The Transformers (Madman)|an exclusive mini-comic]] set in 2001 before the animated movie, as well as a piece of artwork featuring Prime's Matrix chamber illustrated by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]].<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition''' (AU June 27, 2007 / NZ [[July 13]], 2007)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the movie in both full- and widescreen, the "Scramble City" OVA with its original Japanese audio track, an interview [[Flint Dille]], Q&A with [[Peter Cullen]], commercials, TV spots and trailers, "The Touch" music video, cast and crew biographies, and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' ("[[Optimal Situation]]").<br />
*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:Madman's previous ''Complete Collection'' 17-disc set was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the live-action sequel, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this time in a Decepticon-themed packaging.<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' Blu-ray (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986MovieSE DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'' Special Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection2009 DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection Decepticon Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie Blu-ray.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (Blu-ray release)<br />
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*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 1 Collection''' (AU [[June 20]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 1 "remastered". Includes Special Featurette: original cast reunion, Ep 1 commentary with Voice Director [[Wally Burr]], Eight Transformers creator interviews, Character Profiles, TVCs, Easter Eggs and Episode One previews of ''Transformers Prime'', ''Headmasters'' and ''Beast Wars''. Unlike previous Madman releases, the "Remastered" sets do not use the Rhino DVD audio track.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.1 Collection''' (AU [[August 1]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 1 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Triple Changer]], Featurette - The [[Combiner]], Historical [[Commercial|Trailers]] and Toy ads, Concept Art 1, Fan Film, and Opening and Closing Animations.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.2 Collection''' (AU [[September 12]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 2 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Bob Budiansky]], Featurette - [[Fandom|Fans]], Original TV [[Commercial bumper|Bumps]] x 19, Concept Art 2 and Fan Art, and Atari Transformer Game Promo Materials x 3.<br />
:World Exclusive cover by Transformers artist [[Marcelo Matere]].<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Seasons 3+4 Collection''' (AU [[October 3]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Seasons 3 and 4 "remastered". Includes [[Character model]] Sheets, Storyboards, Scripts and DVD ROM content.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Complete Collection''' (AU [[October 2]], 2013)<br />
:Re-release of the entire series "remastered". Contains the same four previously released DVDs, special features only include those previously mentioned.<br />
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===Japanese G1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Headmasters''''' (AU [[November 7]], 2007 / NZ [[December 20]], 2007)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series available in the original Japanese and the [[Omni Productions]] English dub, with optional English subtitles replicated from [[Metrodome]]'s previous release, complete with errors.<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries (taken from Seibertron.com) and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce''''' (AU [[February 13]], 2008 / NZ [[March 25]], 2008)<br />
:Five-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on episodes [[Rise Up!! Pretenders|1]], [[Birth! Headmaster Jrs|4]], [[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z|41]] and [[A Battle... and Then...|42]].<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Victory''''' (AU [[May 14]], 2008 / NZ [[July 4]], 2008)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on all episodes, plus the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].<br />
:Extras include box art galleries, toy galleries (with pictures from seibertron.com and transformerstoys.co.uk) and Japanese commercials (which are all for Zone toys, and include what appears to be an industry pitch reel used to demonstrate the toys to retailers), as well as scans of the [[TV Magazine]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story pages]] available via DVD-ROM.<br />
:In keeping with Madman's dodgy enthusiasm there's a bunch of seemingly random (sometimes translated, sometimes not) scans of manga and story-page material for ''[[Battlestars]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]]'' included in the set as well.<br />
:Cover art by E.J. Su.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:To capitalize on the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', all three of the Japanese Generation 1 sets were re-released in one package at a lower price point ($99.95 AUD versus $150-odd AUD).<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanHeadmasters.jpg|'''''Headmasters'''''<br />
File:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|'''''Super God Masterforce'''''<br />
File:MadmanVictory.jpg|'''''Victory'''''<br />
File:Madman JapanG1 Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Beast Wars''===<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1''' (AU [[March 15]], 2006 / NZ [[March 31]], 2006)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' series, plus exclusive audio commentary tracks by [[Bob Forward]], [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Ben Yee]], interviews with Forward and DiTillio, toy galleries, commercials, character profiles and a reproduction of the original "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]" comic.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2''' (AU [[July 26]], 2006 / NZ [[August 14]], 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the second season of ''Beast Wars'', plus more exclusive audio commentary tracks by Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee, an hour-long featurette on the "Soul of ''Beast Wars''", convention panel footage of [[David Kaye]] and [[Garry Chalk]], animation test footage, production models and more toy galleries and commercials.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3''' (AU November 8, 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the third season of ''Beast Wars'', with even more interviews and commentary tracks with [[Simon Furman]], David Kaye, Garry Chalk, [[Scott McNeil]], [[Alec Willows]] and key [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] staff, plus much much more including a "Making of ''Beast Wars''" documentary from 1996, outtakes, galleries and scripts.<br />
*'''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection''' (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
:Combined re-release of the three previous ''Beast Wars'' sets.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman BW S1 DVD.jpg|'''Season 1'''<br />
File:Madman BW S2 DVD.jpg|'''Season 2'''<br />
File:Madman BW S3 DVD.jpg|'''Season 3'''<br />
File:Madman BW Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
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===''Prime''===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 1 - Darkness Rising''' (AU/NZ [[June 20]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[Darkness Rising]]'' parts 1-5. <br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Masters & Students]]" to "[[Deus ex Machina]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 3 - Alien Threat''' (AU/NZ [[September 12]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Speed Metal]]" to "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers''' (AU/NZ [[October 3]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" to "[[Partners]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise''' (AU/NZ [[November 7]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the final six episodes of season 1, "[[T.M.I.]]" to "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - Season 1''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features season 1 in its entirety with commentaries on selected episodes.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:TFPMadmanVol1.jpg|'''Volume 1 - Darkness Rising'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol2.jpg|'''Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol3Final.jpg|'''Volume 3 - Alien Threat'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol4.jpg|'''Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol5.jpg|'''Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise'''<br />
File:TPSeason1-dvd.jpg|'''Season One DVD collection'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 1) - Orion Pax''' (AU/NZ [[June 19]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of season 2, "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" to "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 2) - Battle for Supremacy''' (AU/NZ [[August 7]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Loose Cannons]]" to "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 3) - Weapons of Choice''' ([[November 6]], 2013)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Flying Mind]]" to "[[Toxicity]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 4) - Unclear Objectives''' ([[February 5]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Hurt]]" to "[[Legacy]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 5) - Advance on Cybertron''' ([[May 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Alpha/Omega]]" to "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol6.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol7.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol8.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount''' (AU/NZ [[June 4]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first four episodes of season 3 "[[Darkmount, NV]]" to "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 2) - Race for Salvation''' (AU/NZ [[August 6]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next four episodes, "[[Project Predacon]]" to "[[Thirst]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 3) - Omega Lock''' ([[October 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the final episodes from "[[Evolution]]" to "[[Deadlock]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''' ([[November 12]], 2014)<br />
:The feature-length conclusion to the series.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol11.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol12.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol13.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
File:MadmanTFP-PR.jpg|'''Predacons Rising'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Operation Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[January 7]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:Features four episodes centered on the title character: "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Triangulation]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[March 4]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:"Everyone's favourite Autobot shows what he can across three popular Transformers series. The plucky 'Goldbug' is in full voice as he takes on the evil Decepticons in Generation 1, Animated and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Optimus''' (March 4, 2015)<br />
:"Take a look back at the leader of the Autobots and the defender of Earth in this special DVD release. Featuring episodes from Generation 1, Unicron, Animated, and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Megatron''' (July 8, 2015)<br />
:Episodes centered around Megatron from Generation 1, Energon and Prime: "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]", "[[Megatron's Sword]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Rock Bottom]]", and "[[Flying Mind]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFP-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: Prime - Operation Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Optimus.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Optimus'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Megatron.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Megatron'''<br />
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===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season One''' ([[November 20]], 2013)<br />
:Features 16 episodes, two shorts, season 2 sneak peek.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Two''' ([[April 9]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, two shorts, character gallery, commentary on two episodes.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Three''' ([[June 18]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, comic gallery, toy gallery.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonOne.jpg|'''Season One'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonTwo.jpg|'''Season Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonThree.jpg|'''Season Three'''<br />
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===''Unicron Trilogy''===<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Collection One''' ([[December 4]], 2013)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries, comic book cover galleries and video game profiles.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Armada'' Collection Two''' ([[January 15]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' Collection One''' ([[February 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Energon'' Collection Two''' ([[March 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 25 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator [[Guido Guidi]].<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]] '' Collection One''' ([[April 16]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator Marcelo Matere.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Cybertron '' Collection Two''' ([[May 21]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Cover art by Marcelo Matere.<br />
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<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-1.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-2.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-1.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-2.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-1.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-2.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part Two'''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The video quality on the original Madman release of ''Transformers: The Movie'' is decidedly worse than most other DVD versions released. The special features also suffer from quality problems — they look bloody terrible. Stan Bush's "The Touch" in particular is very yellow, looking like it was transferred from a 7th generation VCR copy. Remember when we said before that the Madman special features were enthusiastic but dodgy? Well, that's what we meant, mate.<br />
*According to [http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12112 an interview on Seibertron.com] with [[Frank Welker]], a representative of Madman gave Mr. Welker a pre-release version of the 2007 ''Complete Collection'' DVD set in the hopes of securing an interview to be included on the final version of the set. This did not evidently pan out as the disc content is the same as Madman's 2004 Generation 1 releases.<br />
*In the wake of 2009's ''Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition'' set, Madman's previous G1 ''Complete Collection'' set has been retroactively labelled the "Autobot Edition".<br />
*While the Madman releases of Generation 1 up to their "Remastered" sets use original broadcast video previously used in the Maverick Entertainment DVD release, the audio track used was the 5.1 track composed by Magno Sound and Video for the Rhino DVD release. The unaltered audio track was used for the "Remastered" releases, however. <br />
*The features on the ''Beast Wars'' sets, in keeping with Madman's enthusiastic but low-budget approach, get better with each release. The first set's commentary tracks feature some of the worst audio ever used on a DVD commentary — with the voices barely audible and sometimes completely drowned out by traffic noises. The other sets are not quite so bad, with the third the most polished (and rich) in special features.<br />
*No, seriously mate, Madman is awesome. Dodgy, but enthusiastic. They couldn't be more Aussie.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.madman.com.au/ Madman Entertainment's homepage]<br />
* [http://www.botchthecrab.com/replies.asp?index=402 A review of the ''Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set at Botch the Crab.com]<br />
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'''Madman Entertainment''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored ''Transformers'' [[home video|DVD sets]]. Their sets are typified by an ''enthusiastic'' array of extras and exclusive features (which are often a little on the dodgy side).<br />
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==Releases==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (AU [[March 12]], 2003)<br />
:Extras include a "creation of the cover" gallery, theatrical trailer, [[commercial]]s, cast and crew biographies and the music video for "[[The Touch]]" by [[Stan Bush]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1''' (AU [[November 11]], 2003 / NZ [[December 30]], 2003)<br />
:This set is notable for featuring the original broadcast masters previously used by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]], licensed from [[TV-Loonland]], but uses the 5.1 soundtrack put together by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1''' (AU [[April 21]], 2004 / NZ [[May 21]], 2004) <br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 24 episodes from season two: "[[Autobot Spike]]" through to "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2''' (AU [[July 21]], 2004 / NZ [[August 19]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 25 episodes from season two: "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]" through to "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'''''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection1 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 1'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection2 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 2'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection3 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 3'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1''' (AU [[October 20]], 2004 / NZ [[November 12]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 16 episodes from season three: "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" through to "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2''' (AU [[December 8]], 2004 / NZ [[January 20]], 2005)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 14 episodes from season three: "[[Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine]]" through to "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 6: Series 4''' (AU [[July 20]], 2005 / NZ [[August 16]], 2005)<br />
:Two-disc set containing the three-part episode "[[The Rebirth]]", plus interviews, [[public service announcement|PSAs]], [[commercial|trailers]] and scripts.<br />
*'''The Best of ''The Transformers''''' (AU [[November 8]], 2006)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the 10 "best" episodes of Generation 1, as voted by Australian fans.<br />
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]", "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", "[[Heavy Metal War]]", "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[Call of the Primitives]]", "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "Ghost in the Machine".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 Collection4 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 4'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection5 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 5'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection6 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 6'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Bestof DVD.jpg|'''The Best of...'''<br />
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*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 27]], 2007 / NZ [[July 11]], 2007)<br />
:17-disc set compiling the previous six "Collection" sets, released to take advantage of the nostalgia and interest generated by the [[Transformers (film)|live action movie]], also including [[The Transformers (Madman)|an exclusive mini-comic]] set in 2001 before the animated movie, as well as a piece of artwork featuring Prime's Matrix chamber illustrated by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]].<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition''' (AU June 27, 2007 / NZ [[July 13]], 2007)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the movie in both full- and widescreen, the "Scramble City" OVA with its original Japanese audio track, an interview [[Flint Dille]], Q&A with [[Peter Cullen]], commercials, TV spots and trailers, "The Touch" music video, cast and crew biographies, and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' ("[[Optimal Situation]]").<br />
*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:Madman's previous ''Complete Collection'' 17-disc set was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the live-action sequel, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this time in a Decepticon-themed packaging.<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' Blu-ray (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986MovieSE DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'' Special Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection2009 DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection Decepticon Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie Blu-ray.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (Blu-ray release)<br />
</gallery></center><br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 1 Collection''' (AU [[June 20]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 1 "remastered". Includes Special Featurette: original cast reunion, Ep 1 commentary with Voice Director [[Wally Burr]], Eight Transformers creator interviews, Character Profiles, TVCs, Easter Eggs and Episode One previews of ''Transformers Prime'', ''Headmasters'' and ''Beast Wars''. Unlike previous Madman releases, the "Remastered" sets do not use the Rhino DVD audio track.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.1 Collection''' (AU [[August 1]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 1 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Triple Changer]], Featurette - The [[Combiner]], Historical [[Commercial|Trailers]] and Toy ads, Concept Art 1, Fan Film, and Opening and Closing Animations.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.2 Collection''' (AU [[September 12]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 2 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Bob Budiansky]], Featurette - [[Fandom|Fans]], Original TV [[Commercial bumper|Bumps]] x 19, Concept Art 2 and Fan Art, and Atari Transformer Game Promo Materials x 3.<br />
:World Exclusive cover by Transformers artist [[Marcelo Matere]].<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Seasons 3+4 Collection''' (AU [[October 3]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Seasons 3 and 4 "remastered". Includes [[Character model]] Sheets, Storyboards, Scripts and DVD ROM content.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Complete Collection''' (AU [[October 2]], 2013)<br />
:Re-release of the entire series "remastered". Extras unknown, but may include the material from previous sets.<br />
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===Japanese G1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Headmasters''''' (AU [[November 7]], 2007 / NZ [[December 20]], 2007)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series available in the original Japanese and the [[Omni Productions]] English dub, with optional English subtitles replicated from [[Metrodome]]'s previous release, complete with errors.<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries (taken from Seibertron.com) and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce''''' (AU [[February 13]], 2008 / NZ [[March 25]], 2008)<br />
:Five-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on episodes [[Rise Up!! Pretenders|1]], [[Birth! Headmaster Jrs|4]], [[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z|41]] and [[A Battle... and Then...|42]].<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Victory''''' (AU [[May 14]], 2008 / NZ [[July 4]], 2008)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on all episodes, plus the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].<br />
:Extras include box art galleries, toy galleries (with pictures from seibertron.com and transformerstoys.co.uk) and Japanese commercials (which are all for Zone toys, and include what appears to be an industry pitch reel used to demonstrate the toys to retailers), as well as scans of the [[TV Magazine]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story pages]] available via DVD-ROM.<br />
:In keeping with Madman's dodgy enthusiasm there's a bunch of seemingly random (sometimes translated, sometimes not) scans of manga and story-page material for ''[[Battlestars]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]]'' included in the set as well.<br />
:Cover art by E.J. Su.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:To capitalize on the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', all three of the Japanese Generation 1 sets were re-released in one package at a lower price point ($99.95 AUD versus $150-odd AUD).<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanHeadmasters.jpg|'''''Headmasters'''''<br />
File:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|'''''Super God Masterforce'''''<br />
File:MadmanVictory.jpg|'''''Victory'''''<br />
File:Madman JapanG1 Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
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===''Beast Wars''===<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1''' (AU [[March 15]], 2006 / NZ [[March 31]], 2006)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' series, plus exclusive audio commentary tracks by [[Bob Forward]], [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Ben Yee]], interviews with Forward and DiTillio, toy galleries, commercials, character profiles and a reproduction of the original "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]" comic.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2''' (AU [[July 26]], 2006 / NZ [[August 14]], 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the second season of ''Beast Wars'', plus more exclusive audio commentary tracks by Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee, an hour-long featurette on the "Soul of ''Beast Wars''", convention panel footage of [[David Kaye]] and [[Garry Chalk]], animation test footage, production models and more toy galleries and commercials.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3''' (AU November 8, 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the third season of ''Beast Wars'', with even more interviews and commentary tracks with [[Simon Furman]], David Kaye, Garry Chalk, [[Scott McNeil]], [[Alec Willows]] and key [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] staff, plus much much more including a "Making of ''Beast Wars''" documentary from 1996, outtakes, galleries and scripts.<br />
*'''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection''' (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
:Combined re-release of the three previous ''Beast Wars'' sets.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman BW S1 DVD.jpg|'''Season 1'''<br />
File:Madman BW S2 DVD.jpg|'''Season 2'''<br />
File:Madman BW S3 DVD.jpg|'''Season 3'''<br />
File:Madman BW Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
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===''Prime''===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 1 - Darkness Rising''' (AU/NZ [[June 20]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[Darkness Rising]]'' parts 1-5. <br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Masters & Students]]" to "[[Deus ex Machina]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 3 - Alien Threat''' (AU/NZ [[September 12]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Speed Metal]]" to "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers''' (AU/NZ [[October 3]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" to "[[Partners]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise''' (AU/NZ [[November 7]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the final six episodes of season 1, "[[T.M.I.]]" to "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - Season 1''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features season 1 in its entirety with commentaries on selected episodes.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:TFPMadmanVol1.jpg|'''Volume 1 - Darkness Rising'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol2.jpg|'''Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol3Final.jpg|'''Volume 3 - Alien Threat'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol4.jpg|'''Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol5.jpg|'''Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise'''<br />
File:TPSeason1-dvd.jpg|'''Season One DVD collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 1) - Orion Pax''' (AU/NZ [[June 19]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of season 2, "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" to "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 2) - Battle for Supremacy''' (AU/NZ [[August 7]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Loose Cannons]]" to "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 3) - Weapons of Choice''' ([[November 6]], 2013)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Flying Mind]]" to "[[Toxicity]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 4) - Unclear Objectives''' ([[February 5]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Hurt]]" to "[[Legacy]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 5) - Advance on Cybertron''' ([[May 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Alpha/Omega]]" to "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol6.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol7.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol8.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount''' (AU/NZ [[June 4]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first four episodes of season 3 "[[Darkmount, NV]]" to "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 2) - Race for Salvation''' (AU/NZ [[August 6]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next four episodes, "[[Project Predacon]]" to "[[Thirst]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 3) - Omega Lock''' ([[October 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the final episodes from "[[Evolution]]" to "[[Deadlock]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''' ([[November 12]], 2014)<br />
:The feature-length conclusion to the series.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol11.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol12.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol13.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
File:MadmanTFP-PR.jpg|'''Predacons Rising'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Operation Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[January 7]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:Features four episodes centered on the title character: "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Triangulation]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[March 4]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:"Everyone's favourite Autobot shows what he can across three popular Transformers series. The plucky 'Goldbug' is in full voice as he takes on the evil Decepticons in Generation 1, Animated and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Optimus''' (March 4, 2015)<br />
:"Take a look back at the leader of the Autobots and the defender of Earth in this special DVD release. Featuring episodes from Generation 1, Unicron, Animated, and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Megatron''' (July 8, 2015)<br />
:Episodes centered around Megatron from Generation 1, Energon and Prime: "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]", "[[Megatron's Sword]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Rock Bottom]]", and "[[Flying Mind]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFP-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: Prime - Operation Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Optimus.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Optimus'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Megatron.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Megatron'''<br />
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===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season One''' ([[November 20]], 2013)<br />
:Features 16 episodes, two shorts, season 2 sneak peek.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Two''' ([[April 9]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, two shorts, character gallery, commentary on two episodes.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Three''' ([[June 18]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, comic gallery, toy gallery.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonOne.jpg|'''Season One'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonTwo.jpg|'''Season Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonThree.jpg|'''Season Three'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Unicron Trilogy''===<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Collection One''' ([[December 4]], 2013)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries, comic book cover galleries and video game profiles.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Armada'' Collection Two''' ([[January 15]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' Collection One''' ([[February 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Energon'' Collection Two''' ([[March 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 25 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator [[Guido Guidi]].<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]] '' Collection One''' ([[April 16]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator Marcelo Matere.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Cybertron '' Collection Two''' ([[May 21]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Cover art by Marcelo Matere.<br />
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<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-1.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-2.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-1.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-2.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-1.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-2.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part Two'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The video quality on the original Madman release of ''Transformers: The Movie'' is decidedly worse than most other DVD versions released. The special features also suffer from quality problems — they look bloody terrible. Stan Bush's "The Touch" in particular is very yellow, looking like it was transferred from a 7th generation VCR copy. Remember when we said before that the Madman special features were enthusiastic but dodgy? Well, that's what we meant, mate.<br />
*According to [http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12112 an interview on Seibertron.com] with [[Frank Welker]], a representative of Madman gave Mr. Welker a pre-release version of the 2007 ''Complete Collection'' DVD set in the hopes of securing an interview to be included on the final version of the set. This did not evidently pan out as the disc content is the same as Madman's 2004 Generation 1 releases.<br />
*In the wake of 2009's ''Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition'' set, Madman's previous G1 ''Complete Collection'' set has been retroactively labelled the "Autobot Edition".<br />
*While the Madman releases of Generation 1 up to their "Remastered" sets use original broadcast video previously used in the Maverick Entertainment DVD release, the audio track used was the 5.1 track composed by Magno Sound and Video for the Rhino DVD release. The unaltered audio track was used for the "Remastered" releases, however. <br />
*The features on the ''Beast Wars'' sets, in keeping with Madman's enthusiastic but low-budget approach, get better with each release. The first set's commentary tracks feature some of the worst audio ever used on a DVD commentary — with the voices barely audible and sometimes completely drowned out by traffic noises. The other sets are not quite so bad, with the third the most polished (and rich) in special features.<br />
*No, seriously mate, Madman is awesome. Dodgy, but enthusiastic. They couldn't be more Aussie.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.madman.com.au/ Madman Entertainment's homepage]<br />
* [http://www.botchthecrab.com/replies.asp?index=402 A review of the ''Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set at Botch the Crab.com]<br />
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'''Madman Entertainment''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored ''Transformers'' [[home video|DVD sets]]. Their sets are typified by an ''enthusiastic'' array of extras and exclusive features (which are often a little on the dodgy side).<br />
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==Releases==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (AU [[March 12]], 2003)<br />
:Extras include a "creation of the cover" gallery, theatrical trailer, [[commercial]]s, cast and crew biographies and the music video for "[[The Touch]]" by [[Stan Bush]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1''' (AU [[November 11]], 2003 / NZ [[December 30]], 2003)<br />
:This set is notable for featuring the original broadcast masters previously used by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]], licensed from [[TV-Loonland]], but uses the 5.1 soundtrack put together by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1''' (AU [[April 21]], 2004 / NZ [[May 21]], 2004) <br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 24 episodes from season two: "[[Autobot Spike]]" through to "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2''' (AU [[July 21]], 2004 / NZ [[August 19]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 25 episodes from season two: "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]" through to "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'''''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection1 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 1'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection2 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 2'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection3 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 3'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1''' (AU [[October 20]], 2004 / NZ [[November 12]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 16 episodes from season three: "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" through to "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2''' (AU [[December 8]], 2004 / NZ [[January 20]], 2005)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 14 episodes from season three: "[[Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine]]" through to "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 6: Series 4''' (AU [[July 20]], 2005 / NZ [[August 16]], 2005)<br />
:Two-disc set containing the three-part episode "[[The Rebirth]]", plus interviews, [[public service announcement|PSAs]], [[commercial|trailers]] and scripts.<br />
*'''The Best of ''The Transformers''''' (AU [[November 8]], 2006)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the 10 "best" episodes of Generation 1, as voted by Australian fans.<br />
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]", "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", "[[Heavy Metal War]]", "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[Call of the Primitives]]", "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "Ghost in the Machine".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 Collection4 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 4'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection5 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 5'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection6 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 6'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Bestof DVD.jpg|'''The Best of...'''<br />
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*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 27]], 2007 / NZ [[July 11]], 2007)<br />
:17-disc set compiling the previous six "Collection" sets, released to take advantage of the nostalgia and interest generated by the [[Transformers (film)|live action movie]], also including [[The Transformers (Madman)|an exclusive mini-comic]] set in 2001 before the animated movie, as well as a piece of artwork featuring Prime's Matrix chamber illustrated by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]].<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition''' (AU June 27, 2007 / NZ [[July 13]], 2007)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the movie in both full- and widescreen, the "Scramble City" OVA with its original Japanese audio track, an interview [[Flint Dille]], Q&A with [[Peter Cullen]], commercials, TV spots and trailers, "The Touch" music video, cast and crew biographies, and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' ("[[Optimal Situation]]").<br />
*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:Madman's previous ''Complete Collection'' 17-disc set was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the live-action sequel, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this time in a Decepticon-themed packaging.<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' Blu-ray (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986MovieSE DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'' Special Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection2009 DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection Decepticon Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie Blu-ray.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (Blu-ray release)<br />
</gallery></center><br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 1 Collection''' (AU [[June 20]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 1 "remastered". Includes Special Featurette: original cast reunion, Ep 1 commentary with Voice Director [[Wally Burr]], Eight Transformers creator interviews, Character Profiles, TVCs, Easter Eggs and Episode One previews of ''Transformers Prime'', ''Headmasters'' and ''Beast Wars''. Unlike previous Madman releases, the "Remastered" sets do not use the Rhino DVD audio track.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.1 Collection''' (AU [[August 1]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 1 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Triple Changer]], Featurette - The [[Combiner]], Historical [[Commercial|Trailers]] and Toy ads, Concept Art 1, Fan Film, and Opening and Closing Animations.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.2 Collection''' (AU [[September 12]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 2 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Bob Budiansky]], Featurette - [[Fandom|Fans]], Original TV [[Commercial bumper|Bumps]] x 19, Concept Art 2 and Fan Art, and Atari Transformer Game Promo Materials x 3.<br />
:World Exclusive cover by Transformers artist [[Marcelo Matere]].<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Seasons 3+4 Collection''' (AU [[October 3]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Seasons 3 and 4 "remastered". Includes [[Character model]] Sheets, Storyboards, Scripts and DVD ROM content.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Complete Collection''' (AU [[October 2]], 2013)<br />
:Re-release of the entire series "remastered". Extras unknown, but may include the material from previous sets.<br />
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===Japanese G1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Headmasters''''' (AU [[November 7]], 2007 / NZ [[December 20]], 2007)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series available in the original Japanese and the [[Omni Productions]] English dub, with optional English subtitles replicated from [[Metrodome]]'s previous release, complete with errors.<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries (taken from Seibertron.com) and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce''''' (AU [[February 13]], 2008 / NZ [[March 25]], 2008)<br />
:Five-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on episodes [[Rise Up!! Pretenders|1]], [[Birth! Headmaster Jrs|4]], [[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z|41]] and [[A Battle... and Then...|42]].<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Victory''''' (AU [[May 14]], 2008 / NZ [[July 4]], 2008)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on all episodes, plus the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].<br />
:Extras include box art galleries, toy galleries (with pictures from seibertron.com and transformerstoys.co.uk) and Japanese commercials (which are all for Zone toys, and include what appears to be an industry pitch reel used to demonstrate the toys to retailers), as well as scans of the [[TV Magazine]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story pages]] available via DVD-ROM.<br />
:In keeping with Madman's dodgy enthusiasm there's a bunch of seemingly random (sometimes translated, sometimes not) scans of manga and story-page material for ''[[Battlestars]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]]'' included in the set as well.<br />
:Cover art by E.J. Su.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:To capitalize on the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', all three of the Japanese Generation 1 sets were re-released in one package at a lower price point ($99.95 AUD versus $150-odd AUD).<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanHeadmasters.jpg|'''''Headmasters'''''<br />
File:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|'''''Super God Masterforce'''''<br />
File:MadmanVictory.jpg|'''''Victory'''''<br />
File:Madman JapanG1 Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Beast Wars''===<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1''' (AU [[March 15]], 2006 / NZ [[March 31]], 2006)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' series, plus exclusive audio commentary tracks by [[Bob Forward]], [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Ben Yee]], interviews with Forward and DiTillio, toy galleries, commercials, character profiles and a reproduction of the original "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]" comic.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2''' (AU [[July 26]], 2006 / NZ [[August 14]], 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the second season of ''Beast Wars'', plus more exclusive audio commentary tracks by Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee, an hour-long featurette on the "Soul of ''Beast Wars''", convention panel footage of [[David Kaye]] and [[Garry Chalk]], animation test footage, production models and more toy galleries and commercials.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3''' (AU November 8, 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the third season of ''Beast Wars'', with even more interviews and commentary tracks with [[Simon Furman]], David Kaye, Garry Chalk, [[Scott McNeil]], [[Alec Willows]] and key [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] staff, plus much much more including a "Making of ''Beast Wars''" documentary from 1996, outtakes, galleries and scripts.<br />
*'''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection''' (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
:Combined re-release of the three previous ''Beast Wars'' sets.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman BW S1 DVD.jpg|'''Season 1'''<br />
File:Madman BW S2 DVD.jpg|'''Season 2'''<br />
File:Madman BW S3 DVD.jpg|'''Season 3'''<br />
File:Madman BW Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Prime''===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 1 - Darkness Rising''' (AU/NZ [[June 20]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[Darkness Rising]]'' parts 1-5. <br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Masters & Students]]" to "[[Deus ex Machina]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 3 - Alien Threat''' (AU/NZ [[September 12]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Speed Metal]]" to "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers''' (AU/NZ [[October 3]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" to "[[Partners]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise''' (AU/NZ [[November 7]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the final six episodes of season 1, "[[T.M.I.]]" to "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - Season 1''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features season 1 in its entirety with commentaries on selected episodes.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:TFPMadmanVol1.jpg|'''Volume 1 - Darkness Rising'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol2.jpg|'''Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol3Final.jpg|'''Volume 3 - Alien Threat'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol4.jpg|'''Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol5.jpg|'''Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise'''<br />
File:TPSeason1-dvd.jpg|'''Season One DVD collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 1) - Orion Pax''' (AU/NZ [[June 19]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of season 2, "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" to "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 2) - Battle for Supremacy''' (AU/NZ [[August 7]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Loose Cannons]]" to "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 3) - Weapons of Choice''' ([[November 6]], 2013)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Flying Mind]]" to "[[Toxicity]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 4) - Unclear Objectives''' ([[February 5]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Hurt]]" to "[[Legacy]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 5) - Advance on Cybertron''' ([[May 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Alpha/Omega]]" to "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol6.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol7.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol8.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount''' (AU/NZ [[June 4]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first four episodes of season 3 "[[Darkmount, NV]]" to "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 2) - Race for Salvation''' (AU/NZ [[August 6]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next four episodes, "[[Project Predacon]]" to "[[Thirst]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 3) - Omega Lock''' ([[October 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the final episodes from "[[Evolution]]" to "[[Deadlock]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''' ([[November 12]], 2014)<br />
:The feature-length conclusion to the series.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol11.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol12.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol13.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
File:MadmanTFP-PR.jpg|'''Predacons Rising'''<br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Operation Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[January 7]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:Features four episodes centered on the title character: "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Triangulation]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[March 4]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:"Everyone's favourite Autobot shows what he can across three popular Transformers series. The plucky 'Goldbug' is in full voice as he takes on the evil Decepticons in Generation 1, Animated and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Optimus''' (March 4, 2015)<br />
:"Take a look back at the leader of the Autobots and the defender of Earth in this special DVD release. Featuring episodes from Generation 1, Unicron, Animated, and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Megatron''' (July 8, 2015)<br />
:Episodes centered around Megatron from Generation 1, Energon and Prime: "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]", "[[Megatron's Sword]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Rock Bottom]]", and "[[Flying Mind]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFP-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: Prime - Operation Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Optimus.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Optimus'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Megatron.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Megatron'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season One''' ([[November 20]], 2013)<br />
:Features 16 episodes, two shorts, season 2 sneak peek.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Two''' ([[April 9]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, two shorts, character gallery, commentary on two episodes.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Three''' ([[June 18]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, comic gallery, toy gallery.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonOne.jpg|'''Season One'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonTwo.jpg|'''Season Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonThree.jpg|'''Season Three'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Unicron Trilogy''===<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Collection One''' ([[December 4]], 2013)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries, comic book cover galleries and video game profiles.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Armada'' Collection Two''' ([[January 15]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' Collection One''' ([[February 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Energon'' Collection Two''' ([[March 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 25 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator [[Guido Guidi]].<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]] '' Collection One''' ([[April 16]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator Marcelo Matere.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Cybertron '' Collection Two''' ([[May 21]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Cover art by Marcelo Matere.<br />
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<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-1.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-2.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-1.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-2.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-1.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-2.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part Two'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The video quality on the original Madman release of ''Transformers: The Movie'' is decidedly worse than most other DVD versions released. The special features also suffer from quality problems — they look bloody terrible. Stan Bush's "The Touch" in particular is very yellow, looking like it was transferred from a 7th generation VCR copy. Remember when we said before that the Madman special features were enthusiastic but dodgy? Well, that's what we meant, mate.<br />
*According to [http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12112 an interview on Seibertron.com] with [[Frank Welker]], a representative of Madman gave Mr. Welker a pre-release version of the 2007 ''Complete Collection'' DVD set in the hopes of securing an interview to be included on the final version of the set. This did not evidently pan out as the disc content is the same as Madman's 2004 Generation 1 releases.<br />
*In the wake of 2009's ''Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition'' set, Madman's previous G1 ''Complete Collection'' set has been retroactively labelled the "Autobot Edition".<br />
*While the Madman releases of Generation 1 up to their "Remastered sets use original broadcast video previously used in the Maverick Entertainment DVD release, the audio track used was the 5.1 track composed by Magno Sound and Video for the Rhino DVD release. The unaltered audio track was used for the "Remastered" releases, however. <br />
*The features on the ''Beast Wars'' sets, in keeping with Madman's enthusiastic but low-budget approach, get better with each release. The first set's commentary tracks feature some of the worst audio ever used on a DVD commentary — with the voices barely audible and sometimes completely drowned out by traffic noises. The other sets are not quite so bad, with the third the most polished (and rich) in special features.<br />
*No, seriously mate, Madman is awesome. Dodgy, but enthusiastic. They couldn't be more Aussie.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.madman.com.au/ Madman Entertainment's homepage]<br />
* [http://www.botchthecrab.com/replies.asp?index=402 A review of the ''Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set at Botch the Crab.com]<br />
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'''Madman Entertainment''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored ''Transformers'' [[home video|DVD sets]]. Their sets are typified by an ''enthusiastic'' array of extras and exclusive features (which are often a little on the dodgy side).<br />
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==Releases==<br />
===Generation 1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (AU [[March 12]], 2003)<br />
:Extras include a "creation of the cover" gallery, theatrical trailer, [[commercial]]s, cast and crew biographies and the music video for "[[The Touch]]" by [[Stan Bush]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1''' (AU [[November 11]], 2003 / NZ [[December 30]], 2003)<br />
:This set is notable for featuring the original broadcast masters previously used by [[Sony|Sony Wonder]] and [[Maverick Entertainment]], licensed from [[TV-Loonland]], but uses the 5.1 soundtrack put together by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]].<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1''' (AU [[April 21]], 2004 / NZ [[May 21]], 2004) <br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 24 episodes from season two: "[[Autobot Spike]]" through to "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2''' (AU [[July 21]], 2004 / NZ [[August 19]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 25 episodes from season two: "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]" through to "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'''''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection1 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 1'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection2 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 2'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection3 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 3'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1''' (AU [[October 20]], 2004 / NZ [[November 12]], 2004)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the first 16 episodes from season three: "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" through to "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2''' (AU [[December 8]], 2004 / NZ [[January 20]], 2005)<br />
:Three-disc set containing the remaining 14 episodes from season three: "[[Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine]]" through to "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'' — Collection 6: Series 4''' (AU [[July 20]], 2005 / NZ [[August 16]], 2005)<br />
:Two-disc set containing the three-part episode "[[The Rebirth]]", plus interviews, [[public service announcement|PSAs]], [[commercial|trailers]] and scripts.<br />
*'''The Best of ''The Transformers''''' (AU [[November 8]], 2006)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the 10 "best" episodes of Generation 1, as voted by Australian fans.<br />
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye]]", "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", "[[Heavy Metal War]]", "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", "[[Call of the Primitives]]", "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "Ghost in the Machine".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 Collection4 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 4'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection5 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 5'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Collection6 DVD.jpg|'''Collection 6'''<br />
File:Madman G1 Bestof DVD.jpg|'''The Best of...'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 27]], 2007 / NZ [[July 11]], 2007)<br />
:17-disc set compiling the previous six "Collection" sets, released to take advantage of the nostalgia and interest generated by the [[Transformers (film)|live action movie]], also including [[The Transformers (Madman)|an exclusive mini-comic]] set in 2001 before the animated movie, as well as a piece of artwork featuring Prime's Matrix chamber illustrated by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]].<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie'' — Special Edition''' (AU June 27, 2007 / NZ [[July 13]], 2007)<br />
:Two-disc set featuring the movie in both full- and widescreen, the "Scramble City" OVA with its original Japanese audio track, an interview [[Flint Dille]], Q&A with [[Peter Cullen]], commercials, TV spots and trailers, "The Touch" music video, cast and crew biographies, and a bonus episode of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' ("[[Optimal Situation]]").<br />
*'''''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:Madman's previous ''Complete Collection'' 17-disc set was re-released in 2009 to coincide with the live-action sequel, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', this time in a Decepticon-themed packaging.<br />
*'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' Blu-ray (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986MovieSE DVD.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie'' Special Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 CompleteCollection2009 DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection Decepticon Edition'''<br />
File:Madman G1 1986Movie Blu-ray.jpg|'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' (Blu-ray release)<br />
</gallery></center><br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 1 Collection''' (AU [[June 20]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 1 "remastered". Includes Special Featurette: original cast reunion, Ep 1 commentary with Voice Director [[Wally Burr]], Eight Transformers creator interviews, Character Profiles, TVCs, Easter Eggs and Episode One previews of ''Transformers Prime'', ''Headmasters'' and ''Beast Wars''. Unlike previous Madman releases, the "Remastered" sets do not use the Rhino DVD audio track.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.1 Collection''' (AU [[August 1]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 1 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Triple Changer]], Featurette - The [[Combiner]], Historical [[Commercial|Trailers]] and Toy ads, Concept Art 1, Fan Film, and Opening and Closing Animations.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Season 2.2 Collection''' (AU [[September 12]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Season 2, part 2 "remastered". Includes Featurette - [[Bob Budiansky]], Featurette - [[Fandom|Fans]], Original TV [[Commercial bumper|Bumps]] x 19, Concept Art 2 and Fan Art, and Atari Transformer Game Promo Materials x 3.<br />
:World Exclusive cover by Transformers artist [[Marcelo Matere]].<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Seasons 3+4 Collection''' (AU [[October 3]], 2012)<br />
:Re-release of Seasons 3 and 4 "remastered". Includes [[Character model]] Sheets, Storyboards, Scripts and DVD ROM content.<br />
*'''''Transformers Generation One Remastered: Complete Collection''' (AU [[October 2]], 2013)<br />
:Re-release of the entire series "remastered". Extras unknown, but may include the material from previous sets.<br />
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===Japanese G1===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Headmasters''''' (AU [[November 7]], 2007 / NZ [[December 20]], 2007)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series available in the original Japanese and the [[Omni Productions]] English dub, with optional English subtitles replicated from [[Metrodome]]'s previous release, complete with errors.<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries (taken from Seibertron.com) and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce''''' (AU [[February 13]], 2008 / NZ [[March 25]], 2008)<br />
:Five-disc set featuring the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on episodes [[Rise Up!! Pretenders|1]], [[Birth! Headmaster Jrs|4]], [[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z|41]] and [[A Battle... and Then...|42]].<br />
:Extras include a "making of the cover" gallery, character art galleries, toy galleries and Japanese toy commercials.<br />
:Cover art by Guido Guidi.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Victory''''' (AU [[May 14]], 2008 / NZ [[July 4]], 2008)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' series in Japanese with English subtitles, with optional Omni dub on all episodes, plus the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]].<br />
:Extras include box art galleries, toy galleries (with pictures from seibertron.com and transformerstoys.co.uk) and Japanese commercials (which are all for Zone toys, and include what appears to be an industry pitch reel used to demonstrate the toys to retailers), as well as scans of the [[TV Magazine]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story pages]] available via DVD-ROM.<br />
:In keeping with Madman's dodgy enthusiasm there's a bunch of seemingly random (sometimes translated, sometimes not) scans of manga and story-page material for ''[[Battlestars]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]]'' included in the set as well.<br />
:Cover art by E.J. Su.<br />
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*'''''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection''' (AU [[June 24]], 2009)<br />
:To capitalize on the release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', all three of the Japanese Generation 1 sets were re-released in one package at a lower price point ($99.95 AUD versus $150-odd AUD).<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanHeadmasters.jpg|'''''Headmasters'''''<br />
File:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|'''''Super God Masterforce'''''<br />
File:MadmanVictory.jpg|'''''Victory'''''<br />
File:Madman JapanG1 Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Beast Wars''===<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1''' (AU [[March 15]], 2006 / NZ [[March 31]], 2006)<br />
:Four-disc set featuring the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' series, plus exclusive audio commentary tracks by [[Bob Forward]], [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Ben Yee]], interviews with Forward and DiTillio, toy galleries, commercials, character profiles and a reproduction of the original "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]" comic.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2''' (AU [[July 26]], 2006 / NZ [[August 14]], 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the second season of ''Beast Wars'', plus more exclusive audio commentary tracks by Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio and Ben Yee, an hour-long featurette on the "Soul of ''Beast Wars''", convention panel footage of [[David Kaye]] and [[Garry Chalk]], animation test footage, production models and more toy galleries and commercials.<br />
*'''''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3''' (AU November 8, 2006)<br />
:Three-disc set featuring the third season of ''Beast Wars'', with even more interviews and commentary tracks with [[Simon Furman]], David Kaye, Garry Chalk, [[Scott McNeil]], [[Alec Willows]] and key [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] staff, plus much much more including a "Making of ''Beast Wars''" documentary from 1996, outtakes, galleries and scripts.<br />
*'''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection''' (AU June 24, 2009)<br />
:Combined re-release of the three previous ''Beast Wars'' sets.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:Madman BW S1 DVD.jpg|'''Season 1'''<br />
File:Madman BW S2 DVD.jpg|'''Season 2'''<br />
File:Madman BW S3 DVD.jpg|'''Season 3'''<br />
File:Madman BW Complete DVD.jpg|'''Complete Collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Prime''===<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 1 - Darkness Rising''' (AU/NZ [[June 20]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[Darkness Rising]]'' parts 1-5. <br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Masters & Students]]" to "[[Deus ex Machina]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 3 - Alien Threat''' (AU/NZ [[September 12]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Speed Metal]]" to "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers''' (AU/NZ [[October 3]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" to "[[Partners]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise''' (AU/NZ [[November 7]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the final six episodes of season 1, "[[T.M.I.]]" to "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - Season 1''' (AU/NZ [[August 1]], 2012) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features season 1 in its entirety with commentaries on selected episodes.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:TFPMadmanVol1.jpg|'''Volume 1 - Darkness Rising'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol2.jpg|'''Volume 2 - Unfamiliar Enemies'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol3Final.jpg|'''Volume 3 - Alien Threat'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol4.jpg|'''Volume 4 - Strength in Numbers'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol5.jpg|'''Volume 5 - One Shall Fall, One Shall Rise'''<br />
File:TPSeason1-dvd.jpg|'''Season One DVD collection'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 1) - Orion Pax''' (AU/NZ [[June 19]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first five episodes of season 2, "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" to "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 2) - Battle for Supremacy''' (AU/NZ [[August 7]], 2013) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next five episodes, "[[Loose Cannons]]" to "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 3) - Weapons of Choice''' ([[November 6]], 2013)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Flying Mind]]" to "[[Toxicity]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 4) - Unclear Objectives''' ([[February 5]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Hurt]]" to "[[Legacy]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 2, Volume 5) - Advance on Cybertron''' ([[May 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the episodes from "[[Alpha/Omega]]" to "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol6.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol7.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol8.jpg|'''Season 2: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount''' (AU/NZ [[June 4]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the first four episodes of season 3 "[[Darkmount, NV]]" to "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 2) - Race for Salvation''' (AU/NZ [[August 6]], 2014) (DVD/Blu-ray)<br />
:Features the next four episodes, "[[Project Predacon]]" to "[[Thirst]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'': (Season 3, Volume 3) - Omega Lock''' ([[October 8]], 2014)<br />
:Contains the final episodes from "[[Evolution]]" to "[[Deadlock]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' - [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''' ([[November 12]], 2014)<br />
:The feature-length conclusion to the series.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFPVol11.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume One - Orion Pax'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol12.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume Two - Battle for Supremacy'''<br />
File:MadmanTFPVol13.jpg|'''Season 3: Volume 3 - Weapons of Choice'''<br />
File:MadmanTFP-PR.jpg|'''Predacons Rising'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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*'''''Transformers: Prime'': Operation Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[January 7]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:Features four episodes centered on the title character: "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]", "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Triangulation]]".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Bumblebee''' (AU/NZ [[March 4]], 2015) (DVD)<br />
:"Everyone's favourite Autobot shows what he can across three popular Transformers series. The plucky 'Goldbug' is in full voice as he takes on the evil Decepticons in Generation 1, Animated and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Optimus''' (March 4, 2015)<br />
:"Take a look back at the leader of the Autobots and the defender of Earth in this special DVD release. Featuring episodes from Generation 1, Unicron, Animated, and Prime".<br />
*'''''Transformers'': 30 Years of Megatron''' (July 8, 2015)<br />
:Episodes centered around Megatron from Generation 1, Energon and Prime: "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]", "[[Megatron's Sword]]", "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", "[[Rock Bottom]]", and "[[Flying Mind]]".<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFP-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: Prime - Operation Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Bumblebee.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Bumblebee'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Optimus.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Optimus'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-30-Megatron.jpg|'''Transformers: 30 Years of Megatron'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
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===''Transformers Animated''===<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season One''' ([[November 20]], 2013)<br />
:Features 16 episodes, two shorts, season 2 sneak peek.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Two''' ([[April 9]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, two shorts, character gallery, commentary on two episodes.<br />
*'''''Transformers Animated'' Season Three''' ([[June 18]], 2014)<br />
:Features 13 episodes, comic gallery, toy gallery.<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonOne.jpg|'''Season One'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonTwo.jpg|'''Season Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTFASeasonThree.jpg|'''Season Three'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
===''Unicron Trilogy''===<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Collection One''' ([[December 4]], 2013)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries, comic book cover galleries and video game profiles.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Armada'' Collection Two''' ([[January 15]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes ''Armada'' toy galleries and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Transformers: Energon]]'' Collection One''' ([[February 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Energon'' Collection Two''' ([[March 19]], 2014)<br />
:Features 25 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles, toy galleries, and comic book cover galleries.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator [[Guido Guidi]].<br />
*'''''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]] '' Collection One''' ([[April 16]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Unique cover art specially created by Transformers comic artist and toy illustrator Marcelo Matere.<br />
*'''''Transformers: Cybertron '' Collection Two''' ([[May 21]], 2014)<br />
:Features 26 episodes on 4 discs and includes character profiles and a toy gallery.<br />
:Cover art by Marcelo Matere.<br />
<br />
<br />
<center><gallery><br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-1.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Arm-2.jpg|'''''Armada'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-1.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Eng-2.jpg|'''''Energon'' Part Two'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-1.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part One'''<br />
File:MadmanTF-Cyb-2.jpg|'''''Cybertron'' Part Two'''<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
*The video quality on the original Madman release of ''Transformers: The Movie'' is decidedly worse than most other DVD versions released. The special features also suffer from quality problems — they look bloody terrible. Stan Bush's "The Touch" in particular is very yellow, looking like it was transferred from a 7th generation VCR copy. Remember when we said before that the Madman special features were enthusiastic but dodgy? Well, that's what we meant, mate.<br />
*According to [http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12112 an interview on Seibertron.com] with [[Frank Welker]], a representative of Madman gave Mr. Welker a pre-release version of the 2007 ''Complete Collection'' DVD set in the hopes of securing an interview to be included on the final version of the set. This did not evidently pan out as the disc content is the same as Madman's 2004 Generation 1 releases.<br />
*In the wake of 2009's ''Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition'' set, Madman's previous G1 ''Complete Collection'' set has been retroactively labelled the "Autobot Edition".<br />
*The features on the ''Beast Wars'' sets, in keeping with Madman's enthusiastic but low-budget approach, get better with each release. The first set's commentary tracks feature some of the worst audio ever used on a DVD commentary — with the voices barely audible and sometimes completely drowned out by traffic noises. The other sets are not quite so bad, with the third the most polished (and rich) in special features.<br />
*No, seriously mate, Madman is awesome. Dodgy, but enthusiastic. They couldn't be more Aussie.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.madman.com.au/ Madman Entertainment's homepage]<br />
* [http://www.botchthecrab.com/replies.asp?index=402 A review of the ''Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set at Botch the Crab.com]<br />
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[[Category:Companies]]<br />
[[Category:Home entertainment]]</div>TheQuazzhttps://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Magno_Sound_%26_Video&diff=1014939Magno Sound & Video2015-10-14T22:13:21Z<p>TheQuazz: /* Madman Entertainment */</p>
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<div>[[Image:MagnoSound_logo.jpg|thumb|right|Magno Doodle is such fun...]]<br />
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'''Magno Sound & Video''' is an American post-production studio. In 2003, when [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] remastered [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'']], Magno was contracted to remaster the mono soundtrack into a 5.1 multi-channel track befitting a DVD release, but mixer Michael Jordan and sound designer Jeff Formosa infamously added in 30 new tracks of sound effects that did not exist in the original soundtrack by [[Sunbow Productions]]. When professionally interviewed, their reasoning was that the new mixes would appeal to a broader audience <ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HNN/is_10_18/ai_110073878/pg_1 BNet article from October 2003 "'Transforming' mono cartoons into multichannel DVDs"]</ref>; when simply asked about it by fans, Magno executives lied about adding the noises and claimed that they had always been there, but that they had not been heard before because of the limitations of 1980s televisions. <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a614b114805c5209? Rhino DVD consultant Dave "Zobovor" Edwards recounts the "explanation" he was given for the added sounds]</ref><br />
<br />
In 2005, UK DVD distributor [[Metrodome]] brought Magno in to do similar work for their [[The Transformers: The Movie|''Transformers: The Movie - Reconstructed'']] release, and again, Magno introduced the random sound effects heard in the Rhino release of the television series. When confronted on the issue by Metrodome, who were not informed that the audio would be modified to this extent, Magno continued to lie about the sounds always having been there.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/6f02f543cfc7d0e7/ Metrodome DVD consultant Chris McFeely relays the "explanation" Magno gave to Metrodome mid-review]</ref><br />
<br />
These "improvements" have been met with '''considerable''' ire from the ''Transformers'' [[fandom]], and since then, subsequent remasters of the ''Generation 1'' cartoons have generally left the soundtracks alone.<br />
<br />
==DVD sets affected by Magno Sound & Video's handiwork==<br />
===Kid Rhino===<br />
*''The Transformers''<br />
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===Metrodome===<br />
*''Transformers: The Move - Reconstructed''<br />
<br />
===Madman Entertainment===<br />
*''The Transformers: Complete Collection'' (Audio Only)<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.magnosound.com/ Magno Sound & Video's official website]<br />
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[[Category:Home entertainment]]</div>TheQuazzhttps://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Magno_Sound_%26_Video&diff=1014938Magno Sound & Video2015-10-14T22:12:58Z<p>TheQuazz: /* Madman Entertainment */</p>
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<div>[[Image:MagnoSound_logo.jpg|thumb|right|Magno Doodle is such fun...]]<br />
<br />
'''Magno Sound & Video''' is an American post-production studio. In 2003, when [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] remastered [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'']], Magno was contracted to remaster the mono soundtrack into a 5.1 multi-channel track befitting a DVD release, but mixer Michael Jordan and sound designer Jeff Formosa infamously added in 30 new tracks of sound effects that did not exist in the original soundtrack by [[Sunbow Productions]]. When professionally interviewed, their reasoning was that the new mixes would appeal to a broader audience <ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HNN/is_10_18/ai_110073878/pg_1 BNet article from October 2003 "'Transforming' mono cartoons into multichannel DVDs"]</ref>; when simply asked about it by fans, Magno executives lied about adding the noises and claimed that they had always been there, but that they had not been heard before because of the limitations of 1980s televisions. <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a614b114805c5209? Rhino DVD consultant Dave "Zobovor" Edwards recounts the "explanation" he was given for the added sounds]</ref><br />
<br />
In 2005, UK DVD distributor [[Metrodome]] brought Magno in to do similar work for their [[The Transformers: The Movie|''Transformers: The Movie - Reconstructed'']] release, and again, Magno introduced the random sound effects heard in the Rhino release of the television series. When confronted on the issue by Metrodome, who were not informed that the audio would be modified to this extent, Magno continued to lie about the sounds always having been there.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/6f02f543cfc7d0e7/ Metrodome DVD consultant Chris McFeely relays the "explanation" Magno gave to Metrodome mid-review]</ref><br />
<br />
These "improvements" have been met with '''considerable''' ire from the ''Transformers'' [[fandom]], and since then, subsequent remasters of the ''Generation 1'' cartoons have generally left the soundtracks alone.<br />
<br />
==DVD sets affected by Magno Sound & Video's handiwork==<br />
===Kid Rhino===<br />
*''The Transformers''<br />
<br />
===Metrodome===<br />
*''Transformers: The Move - Reconstructed''<br />
<br />
===Madman Entertainment===<br />
*''The Transformers: Complete Collection''(Audio Only)<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.magnosound.com/ Magno Sound & Video's official website]<br />
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[[Category:Home entertainment]]</div>TheQuazz