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ChÅ«mei Watanabe

2024-01-26T13:39:31Z

Tokugami: /* Transformers: Zone */ Chumei Watanabe had no involvement with Zone; the theme songs and score are both by Katsunori Ishida.

'''Chūmei Watanabe''' (渡辺宙明 ''Watanabe Chūmei''), real name '''Michiaki Watanabe''' (渡辺宙明 ''Watanabe Michiaki'') ([[August 19]], [[1925]] - [[June 23]], [[2022]]) was a Japanese composer. His extensive resume stretched back to the 1950s, and included such noted television shows and movies as ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', the ''Super Sentai'' franchise, the ''Metal Heroes'' franchise, and others.

==Composition Work==
===[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]===
*Theme songs

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913810/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 IMDB entry]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8764 Anime News Network entry]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20150930004702/http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002437136 Chumei Watanabe Anime music composer still going strong at 90]
*[http://www.last.fm/music/Michiaki+Watanabe Last.FM entry]
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-27/composer-michiaki-watanabe-passes-away-at-96/.187111 Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at 96]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watanabe, Chumei}}
[[Category:Musicians]]

ChÅ«mei Watanabe

2024-01-26T13:37:49Z

Tokugami: /* Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory */ Watanabe only composed the theme songs to Victory, not the score.

'''Chūmei Watanabe''' (渡辺宙明 ''Watanabe Chūmei''), real name '''Michiaki Watanabe''' (渡辺宙明 ''Watanabe Michiaki'') ([[August 19]], [[1925]] - [[June 23]], [[2022]]) was a Japanese composer. His extensive resume stretched back to the 1950s, and included such noted television shows and movies as ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', the ''Super Sentai'' franchise, the ''Metal Heroes'' franchise, and others.

==Composition Work==
===[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]===
*Theme songs

===[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers: Zone]]===
*Score

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913810/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 IMDB entry]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8764 Anime News Network entry]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20150930004702/http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002437136 Chumei Watanabe Anime music composer still going strong at 90]
*[http://www.last.fm/music/Michiaki+Watanabe Last.FM entry]
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-27/composer-michiaki-watanabe-passes-away-at-96/.187111 Composer Michiaki Watanabe Passes Away at 96]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watanabe, Chumei}}
[[Category:Musicians]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)

2024-01-26T13:35:10Z

Tokugami: Chumei Watanabe only composed the theme songs; the score is by Katsunori Ishida.

{{disambig3|Victory}}

{{nav-victory}}
[[File:VictoryPoster1.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|By the power of Grayskull... I HAVE THE POWER!]]

'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory''''' (戦え!超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーV ''Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformers Victory'') ran from [[March 14]], [[1989]] to [[December 19]], [[1989]] in Japan for 38 broadcast episodes, in support of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1989 (Victory)|toyline]] of the same name. "[[Transformer V]]" is the [[theme song|opening theme]] and "[[Cybertron Banzai]]" is its [[Japanese themes|ending theme]], both written by legendary composer [[Chūmei Watanabe]].

{{TOCclear}}

==Development==
[[File:Victory concept art.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Early ''Victory'' treatment artwork by [[Ban Magami]].]]
After the conclusion of the daring, unusual ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', ''Victory'' took the continuing animated saga of the Transformers back to a much more basic approach, restoring an unmoving status quo of small groups of [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s battling over energy on [[Earth]]. Like ''Masterforce'' before it, the series takes a fresh-start approach, focusing on a cast of entirely new characters, although the connections between the previous series are a lot more clearly drawn than they were between ''Masterforce'' and ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', with repeated appearances by members of its cast.

Early planning for ''Victory'' was done by [[Masumi Kaneda]], who had also been responsible for ''The Headmasters'' and ''Super-God Masterforce''. His earliest treatment for the series—written in September 1988 and illustrated by [[Ban Magami]], as seen at right—included prototypical versions of the characters who would become [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]—with [[Brainmaster]] and [[Breastforce]] gimmicks already in place—as well the Brainmaster trio, the [[Multiforce]], a non-bestial [[Victory Leo]] and a four-man iteration of the [[Breastforce]]. Perhaps most interestingly, characters based on [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] and [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] all appear in prominent positions among the Decepticons, and the treatment obviously called for the return of all six [[Headmaster Junior]]s from ''Masterforce'' to fill out the series human cast alongside Star Saber's human son, [[Jan Minakaze]]. For whatever reason, though, Kaneda was less involved with the actual production of the finished series, with [[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]] credited as the head writer. Kaneda did, however, script the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|''Victory'' manga]], with the massive storytelling gulf between it and the anime illustrating how few of Kaneda's ideas for the series actually made it into the show.

For an unknown reason—be it a rushed schedule, a diminishing budget (perhaps caused by ''Victory''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s uncommonly well-done animation) or something else—''Victory''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 38-episode run features a full six [[clip show]]s, containing no new footage or story at all. As if that wasn't enough, a ''further'' six were released directly to video after the end of the series, bringing the total up to 44.
{{--}}

==Storyline==
[[File:Brainmasters victory cartoon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In the year 2025, following the defeat of the [[Decepticon]]s on [[Earth]] in the [[Masterforce War]], the villains have begun aggressively attacking other planets in the universe. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s join with many other civilizations and lifeforms (including [[Human]]ity) to form the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]], which strikes back against the Decepticons with its military, the Galactic Defense Force. Recently appointed [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] heads up the Sector One Defense Force, backed up by the [[Brainmaster]]s and [[Multiforce]], while [[Ginrai (robot)|God Ginrai]] takes charge of Sector Two.

[[File:Victory36 deathsaurusearth.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Seeking the energy necessary to free his massive [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]] from imprisonment in the [[Dark Nebula]] where Star Saber sealed it years ago, the Decepticons' new [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], attacks Earth with his [[Dinoforce]], prompting Star Saber and his team to set up residence on the planet. Accompanying them is [[Jan Minakaze]], Star Saber's adopted human son, whose parents died in a Decepticon attack when he was just a baby, and [[Holi]], head of the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]], who soon arrive on Earth to be with their leader. The Decepticons, meanwhile, are progressively joined by more and more members of the elite [[Breastforce]] squad, including their scheming leader [[Leozack]], who seeks to take leadership of the Decepticons from Deathsaurus, and the sneaky [[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]], who's only looking out for himself.

After a series of energy-raiding adventures on Earth, the Breastforce target the Micromasters' homeworld of planet [[Micro]], where they liberate their teammate, [[Guyhawk]], enabling the team to combine into the mighty [[Liokaiser]] and finally defeat Star Saber in battle for the first time. Despite the addition of the six-changing samurai [[Sixshot (G1)|Greatshot]] to their ranks, the Autobots are weakened by this turn of events, and when God Ginrai arrives on Earth to aid them, he is fatally wounded by Deathsaurus and recreated as Victory Leo. When Deathsaurus finally reactivates his fortress and turns it upon the Earth, Star Saber and Victory Leo combine together into [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]] to end the threat of Deathsaurus once and for all.
{{--}}

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Victory episodes}}
{{collist|3|
# [[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber]]
# [[Sneak Attack! Dinoking]]
# [[Attack! Leozack]]
# [[Unite!! Multiforce]]
# [[Move Out! Rescue Team]]
# [[Infiltration... The Uranium Mine]]
# [[Explosion!! The Energy Base]]
# [[Big City - Underground Terror]]
# [[Clash!! Two Great Heroes]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The New Warrior - Hellbat]]
# [[Attack the Shuttle Base!!]]
# [[Tanker Hijack Operation]]
# [[Move Out!! Breastforce]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Rescue Jan!!]]
# [[Mach and Tackle]]
# [[A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid]]
# [[Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior]]
# [[Rescue! Guyhawk]]
# [[Unite! Liokaiser]]
# [[Assemble! Combiner Warriors]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress]]
# [[Battle Up of Wrath!!]]
# [[Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle]]
# [[Crisis! Ambush in the Desert]]
# [[A Deadly Battle]]
# [[Ginrai Dies!!]]
# [[Fight!! Victory Leo]]
# [[Ultimate Crisis!! Autobots]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Awaken! Victory Leo]]
# [[The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification]]
# [[Jan - Defend the Campus!!]]
# [[A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs]]
# [[The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!]]
# [[The Strongest! Victory Saber]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves]]
# [[The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!]]
# [[Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification]]
# [[Autobots Forever]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Radiant! Victorious Planet]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The Emperor of Destruction Wins!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[SOS! Global Defense Directive]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Micromasters!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Victory Attack of Friendship!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Echo Across the Galaxy! Bell of Love!!]]{{dag|red}}
}}
{{dag|red}} ''[[Clip show]]''

==Main cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
;[[Brainmaster]]s
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber/Victory Saber]] ([[Hideyuki Tanaka]])
*[[Road Caesar]] ([[Kōji Totani]])
**[[Blacker]] (Kōji Totani)
**[[Braver]] ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])
**[[Laster]] ([[Shingo Hiromori]])
;[[Multiforce]]
*[[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] ([[Masashi Hironaka]])
**[[Wingwaver]] (Masashi Hironaka)
**[[Dashtacker]] ([[Yoshikazu Hirano]])
**[[Machtackle]] ([[Yūki Satō|Hiroyuki Satō]])
;[[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]]
*[[Holi]] ([[Kyōko Tongū]])
*[[Boater]] ([[Aya Hisakawa]])
*[[Fire]] ([[Tomoko Maruo]])
*[[Pīpō]] ([[Hinako Yoshino|Hinako Kanamaru]])
;Others
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (Shingo Hiromori)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Greatshot]] ([[Michihiro Ikemizu]])
*[[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] ([[Hiroshi Takemura]])

|c2=
;[[Breastforce]]
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] ([[Takeshi Aono]])
*[[Liokaiser]] ([[Keiichi Nanba]])
**[[Leozack]] (Keiichi Nanba)
**[[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] ([[Masato Hirano]])
**[[Guyhawk]] ([[Hōchū Ōtsuka]])
**[[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]] ([[Yoku Shioya]])
**[[Jallguar]] (Hirohiko Kakegawa)
**[[Killbison]] ([[Kazumi Tanaka]])
;[[Dinoforce]]
*[[Dinoking]] ([[Daisuke Gōri]])
**[[Goryu (G1)|Goryu]] (Daisuke Gōri)
**[[Doryu (G1)|Doryu]] (Masashi Hironaka)
**[[Gairyu]] ([[Yūki Satō|Hiroyuki Satō]])
**[[Kakuryu (G1)|Kakuryu]] (Masato Hirano)
**[[Rairyu]] ([[Shinobu Satouchi]])
**[[Yokuryu]] (Hirohiko Kakegawa)

|c3=
*[[Jan Minakaze]] ([[Miyako Endō]])
*[[Illumina]] ([[Yumi Tōma]])
|nonumbering=true

}}

==Home video releases==
[[File:MadmanVictory.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Australian DVD release]]
===Japan===
{{main|Geneon Universal Entertainment}}
*''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 (2003)
*''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 02 (2003)

===United Kingdom===
{{main|Metrodome}}
*The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' (2006)
*''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (2007)

===Australia===
{{main|Madman Entertainment}}
*''The Transformers: Victory'' (2008)
*''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (2009)

===United States===
{{main|Shout! Factory}}
*The Japanese Collection — ''Transformers: Victory'' (2012)
*Transformers — The Japanese Collection (includes ''Headmasters'', ''Masterforce'' and ''Victory'') (2012)
{{-}}

==External links==
*{{w|lang=ja|戦え!超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーV|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory'' at the Japanese Wikipedia}}

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[[Category:Television series]]
[[Category:Victory media]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)

2021-10-22T08:57:17Z

Tokugami:

{{Nav-operationcombination}}

The '''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination''''' (<ruby>戦<rt>たたか</rt></ruby>え! <ruby>超<rt>ちょう</rt></ruby>ロボット<ruby>生命体<rt>せいめいたい</rt></ruby>トランスフォーマー <ruby>合体大作戦<rt>がったいだいさくせん</rt></ruby> ''Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformer Gattai Daisakusen'') [[story page]]s ran in the pages of ''[[TV Magazine]]'' from February to October 1992. Unlike ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone]]'' or ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|Return of Convoy]]'', the ''Operation Combination'' story pages were not supplemented by any additional animation or [[manga]], telling the entirety of the story on its own. These story pages also mark the last vintage Japanese [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] fiction, with the series being cancelled afterward, not to be revived until 1995 with ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G-2]]''.

The story was written by [[Masumi Kaneda]] and the pages were drawn by [[Ban Magami]].

==Issues==

===Part 1===
:'''Published:''' February, 1992
:'''''Birth of the Five-Part Combiner Rescue Warrior: Guard City!'''''

The newest [[Autobot]] warrior, [[Guard City]], has arrived. He is made up of [[Fire Chief]], [[Streetstar]], [[Fly-Up]], [[Sparkride (G1)|Sparkride]], and [[Safety]]. Guard City's personal data is as follows:

*Height: 60 meters
*Weight: 25,000 tons
*Running Speed: 450 kilometers per hour
*Jump Power: 500 meters

:'''''Free-Combiner, Guard City!'''''

Guard City boasts a new kind of combination called "[[Free-Combination]]", allowing his component pieces a certain level of autonomy so that they can freely change places when the need arises. Using this power, Guard City can create Repair, Mach, Signal and Attack formations.

===Part 2===
:'''Published:''' March, 1992

Something to do with [[Sixwing]]...?

===Part 3===
:'''Published:''' April, 1993

===Part 4===
:'''Published:''' May, 1992

Guard City and the four Micromaster six-combiners are assembled.

===Part 5===
:'''Published:''' June, 1992
:'''''The Road Army vs. the Jet Army! New Decepticons Appear!'''''

The Decepticons have finally arrived to plunder [[Earth]] ''en masse''. Leading the way are is [[Dark Jet]], head of the Decepticon [[Jet Corps]]. Autobot [[Road Corps]] leader, [[Spin Road]], attempts to stop his evil counterpart, as the two match their missile launchers against one another. Despite the best efforts of the Autobots, the Decepticons continue to close in on Earth.

:'''''The Rivals of the Road Corps and Jet Corps Collide!'''''

Each member of the Decepticon Jet Corps and the Autobot Road Corps conveniently has an arch-foe on the other team. Spin Road seeks vengeance upon Dark Jet, who once murdered his closest friend, [[Fire Road]] is the polar opposite in technique of [[Shadow Jet]], [[Checker Road]] and [[Moon Jet]] both seek to prove their power source is better than the other's, and [[Mach Road]] was once good friends with the Autobot-defector [[Flare Jet]], but they are now bitter enemies.

===Part 6===
[[Image:BattleGaiaVisualWorks.jpg|300px|thumb]]

:'''Published:''' July, 1992

:'''''The Decepticons' Wicked Five-Part Combiner: Battle Gaia!'''''

The [[Decepticon]]s have unleashed their newest warrior, [[Battle Gaia]] upon the Earth. He is made up of [[Great Cannon]], [[Leyland]], [[Sandstorm (OC)|Sandstorm]], [[Shuttle Gunner]], and [[Target Hawk]]. Battle Gaia's personal data is as follows:

*Height: 65 meters
*Weight: 40, 000 tons
*Running Speed: 560 kilometers per hour
*Jump Power: 1000 meters

:'''''Big Pinch, Autobots!'''''

As a Free-Combiner, Battle Gaia can create his own useful formations, such as the Flying, Dash, Crash, and Fire formations. In the middle of a city, Battle Gaia attacks, making short work of [[Sixwing]] and [[Sixtrain]], though Guard City's Mach formation allows him to retaliate effectively.

===Part 7===
:'''Published:''' August, 1992

The Jet Corps assemble above Earth in preparation for an attack, but are defeated by [[Sixtrain]].

===Part 8===
:'''Published:''' September, 1992

===Part 9===
[[Image:AutobotScrumFormation01.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]

:'''Published:''' October, 1992

:'''''The Decepticons' Attack on Earth!'''''

In Earth's orbit, Battle Gaia and the Jet Corps prepare to attack the planet. The Autobots have gathered their [[Micromaster Combiner]]s from all over the globe to help fend off the attack. [[Sixbuilder]] takes on Dark Jet, Sixwing takes on Flare Jet, [[Sixturbo]] takes on Shadow Jet, Guard City takes on Moon Jet, and Sixtrain goes up against Battle Gaia.

Guard City, Sixbuilder, Sixwing, Sixturbo, and Sixtrain unite, forming the "[[Autobot Scrum Combination]]". Unleashing the power of all twenty-nine individual robots, the energy rips through Battle Gaia, reducing him to scrap. The Jet Corps gather up the remains of Battle Gaia and retreat. With the day saved, the Autobots fly back to Earth, waving goodbye.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Streetstar]] (1)
*[[Safety]] (2)
*[[Guard City]] (3)
*[[Fire Chief]] (4)
*[[Fly-Up]] (5)
*[[Sparkride (G1)|Sparkride]] (6)
*[[Sixbuilder]]
*[[Sixwing]]
*[[Sixtrain]]
*[[Spin Road]]
*[[Fire Road]]
*[[Checker Road]]
*[[Mach Road]]
*[[Sixturbo]]
|c2=
*[[Battle Gaia]]
*[[Great Cannon]]
*[[Shuttle Gunner]]
*[[Target Hawk]]
*[[Leyland]]
*[[Sandstorm (OC)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Dark Jet]]
*[[Shadow Jet]]
*[[Moon Jet]]
*[[Flare Jet]]
}}
{{stub}}

==Notes==
*[[Scrash (G1)|Scrash]] is mentioned in the story pages, but does not appear.
* The [[Source:Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)#After 2025|Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline]] published with the ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (manga)|Kiss Players]]'' manga covers the events of ''Operation Combination'' in only a single sentence. Oddly, this sentence does not precisely reflect the events of these story pages and features practically no known ''characters'' from the series:
:"The new leader of the Decepticons, [[Scrash (G1)|Scrash]], leads [[Flashwing]], [[Deathplay]], [[Darkfly]] and [[Sharpedge]] to invade Earth, but is stopped by Sixbuilder and the other new defenders of the Earth." This is all kinds of crazy. Scrash did not participate in the assault on Earth seen in the ''Operation Combination'' story pages and neither did those four mysterious Decepticons (though some postulate that they may be alternate names for the [[Jet Corps]]). Just where this altercation originates is something of a mystery. The likeliest source is one of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "telephone audio adventures" which were known to exist during ''Operation Combination'' and, indeed, where the bulk of information regarding Scrash comes from. Whether this altercation is a second battle or an alternate telling of the first one is also unknown.

==External links==
*[http://tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/opcom.php Archive of ''Operation Combination'' story pages at TFArchive]

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[[Category:Story pages]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)

2021-10-22T08:56:40Z

Tokugami:

{{Nav-operationcombination}}

The final series in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "Generation 1" run, [[1992]]'s '''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination''''' (<ruby>戦<rt>たたか</rt></ruby>え! <ruby>超<rt>ちょう</rt></ruby>ロボット<ruby>生命体<rt>せいめいたい</rt></ruby>トランスフォーマー <ruby>合体大作戦<rt>がったいだいさくせん</rt></ruby> ''Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformer Gattai Daisakusen'') takes the award for having the smallest number of individual releases in a "major" ''Transformers'' toyline. On the other hand, every release in the line is a multi-pack, containing anywhere from two to six individual robots. Also, Decepticons are back! Yay!

The line was advertised solely with [[story page]]s which did ''nothing'' to flesh out any of the individual components of the six combiner teams, however.

After this series, ''Transformers'' ended in Japan, not to resurface until [[1995]]'s short-lived ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)#Takara G-2 line|Transformers G-2]]'' toyline. In the interim, Takara put out more ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]]'' series to provide giant transforming robot toys and fiction.

==Toys==
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''5-Robot Gestalts'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TF-04 [[Guard City#Toys|Guard City]] ([[Fire Chief#Toys|Fire Chief]], [[Fly-Up#Toys|Fly-Up]], [[Safety#Toys|Safety]], [[Sparkride (G1)#Toys|Sparkride]], [[Streetstar#Toys|Streetstar]])}}
{{Bp-d1|TF-10 [[Battle Gaia#Toys|Battle Gaia]] ([[Great Cannon#Toys|Great Cannon]], [[Leyland#Toys|Leyland]], [[Sandstorm (OC)#Toys|Sandstorm]], [[Shuttle Gunner#Toys|Shuttle Gunner]], [[Target Hawk#Toys|Target Hawk]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Micro Transformer 6-Robot Gestalts'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TF-01 [[Sixbuilder#Toys|Sixbuilder]] ([[Crush-Bull#Toys|Crush-Bull]], [[Digger#Toys|Digger]], [[Gran Arm#Toys|Gran Arm]], [[Iron Lift#Toys|Iron Lift]], [[Mixing#Toys|Mixing]], [[Treader#Toys|Treader]])}}
{{Bp-a1|TF-02 [[Sixwing#Toys|Sixwing]] ([[Chain Gun#Toys|Chain Gun]], [[Falcon (OC)#Toys|Falcon]], [[Flanker#Toys|Flanker]], [[Missile Run#Toys|Missile Run]], [[Raker#Toys|Raker]], [[Supersonic#Toys|Supersonic]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TF-03 [[Sixturbo#Toys|Sixturbo]] ([[Circuit (OC)#Toys|Circuit]], [[Discharge (G1)#Toys|Discharge]], [[Glide (G1)#Toys|Glide]], [[Neo-Wheel#Toys|Neo-Wheel]], [[Road Police#Toys|Road Police]], [[Sireen#Toys|Sireen]])}}
{{bp-a1|TF-05 [[Sixtrain#Toys|Sixtrain]] ([[Atlan#Toys|Atlan]], [[Converter#Toys|Converter]], [[Desire#Toys|Desire]], [[Raise#Toys|Raise]], [[San D-Go#Toys|San D-Go]], [[Windy (G1)#Toys|Windy]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''VS Sets'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-06 [[Spin Road]] VS [[Dark Jet]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-07 [[Fire Road]] VS [[Shadow Jet]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-08 [[Checker Road]] VS [[Moon Jet]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-09 [[Mach Road]] VS [[Flare Jet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:OC-toy Sixturbo.jpg|thumb|200px|Sixturbo]]
|}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* The Decepticon leader mentioned in the ''Operation Combination'' fiction, [[Scrash (G1)|Scrash]], never received a toy. In fact, he was never even ''shown''. A theory is that Scrash would have been the toy known as [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]. The use of the [[Turbomaster]]s and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] in the ''Operation Combination'' toyline seems to support this, as does the fact that in some European markets, Skyquake was sold under the name "Crash". Skyquake was also released in Japan in the European packaging, with only some legal information on the back changed to Japanese, which seems to bear the idea out further.

[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]
[[Category:Japanese toylines]]
[[Category:Operation Combination| Operation Combination (toyline)]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)

2021-10-22T08:54:56Z

Tokugami:

{{disambig2|the real-world franchise|the in-universe project|Operation: Combination}}
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'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination''''' (<ruby>戦<rt>たたか</rt></ruby>え! <ruby>超<rt>ちょう</rt></ruby>ロボット<ruby>生命体<rt>せいめいたい</rt></ruby>トランスフォーマー <ruby>合体大作戦<rt>がったいだいさくせん</rt></ruby> ''Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformers Gattai Dai Sakusen'') was a franchise that ran throughout 1992 in Japan. It marks the final vintage ''Generation 1'' series released in Japan, as the line was cancelled following ''Operation Combination'', not to be revived until 1995 and ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G-2]]''.

The franchise consisted of:

*A [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|toyline]]
*A [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|series of story pages]]

Operation Combination takes place after ''[[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'' and focuses on several [[combiner]] warriors, both [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]]. The series is unusual in that it doesn't make an effort to introduce brand new leaders for each faction. Years later, origins would be provided for the new Micromaster characters through the ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster]]'' series, and the scenario would be fleshed out for its 20th anniversary in the contemporaneously-set ''[[Transformers United EX|United EX]]'' storyline.

==Story==
Decepticon High Regent [[Scrash (G1)|Scrash]] sends [[Battle Gaia]] and the [[Jet Corps]] to plunder [[Earth]]'s energy. The Autobots, headlined by [[Guard City]], defend the planet. The storyline covers only a single battle fought between the two groups, taking place in Earth's orbit.

''Operation Combination'' is a continuation of the animated series continuity. However, nothing of ''Operation Combination'' was ever actually ''animated''. Instead, the stories were told exclusively through "[[story page]]s" in ''[[TV Magazine]]''.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/opcom.php Scans and translations of several Operation Combination story pages]

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Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)

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'''''Beast Wars: Transformers''''' is a Daytime Emmy award-winning [[computer-generated imagery|computer-animated]] television series produced by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] that premiered on [[April 22]], [[1996]] in syndication in the United States.<ref>Though this episode played several days earlier in several US markets, its most widespread screening was on the 22nd.</ref>

Though [[Trukk not munky|reviled]] by many ''Transformers'' fans when it first hit the airwaves in 1996, ''Beast Wars'' is now considered by many to be among the finest examples of ''Transformers'' storytelling, striking a happy balance between character, humor, and story.

==Overview==
''Beast Wars'' opens at an unspecified time and place, where two warring factions of robots have crashed on a strange planet populated by animals like those on [[Earth]]. The planet abounds in mystery, with vast deposits of raw [[energon]] and evidence of [[Vok|alien]] activity. The Energon forces the newly arrived Transformers to take on protective beast forms to shield themselves from the ambient Energon radiation. And so begin the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]...

[[File:Beastwarsmaxgroup.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Rattrap and Airazor conspire to ruin school picture day.]]
Though at first the show seemed to be in an entirely separate continuity, by the end of the first season's 26 episodes, viewers had been treated to a number of classical Transformers references, such as [[Unicron]] and even the reappearance of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], last seen as a ghost in the third season of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]. These ties to the original story increased as the second season progressed and the planet was revealed as prehistoric Earth, the characters having been thrown back in time. The third season was entirely structured around the [[Maximal]]s defending their dormant [[Autobot]] ancestors aboard the ancient crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]].

The show won over many viewers through fun, intriguing stories and generally high production values. Strong characterization, top-notch scripting and voice acting, and complex, overarching plot threads are among the reasons cited for the show's enduring popularity. Some of the show's mysteries and machinations still remain topics for fan debate decades after its conclusion.

The show's CGI, though somewhat primitive by today's standards, was revolutionary by television standards of the time (and puts [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|some later shows]] [[Transformers: Cyber Missions|to]] [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|shame]]). Mainframe's animators took pains to ensure their characters gestured and emoted in great detail, and the "camera" work often took creative advantage of the format's flexibility.

The show was immediately followed by a sequel series, ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', which was infamously received much less favourably compared to ''Beast Wars''.
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==Episodes==
{{main|List of Beast Wars episodes}}

''Beast Wars'' had 52 episodes over 3 seasons.

===Season 1: 1996–1997===
{{columnlist|4|
# [[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]
# [[Beast Wars (Part 2)]]
# [[The Web]]
# [[Equal Measures]]
# [[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]
# [[Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge]]
# [[Fallen Comrades]]
# [[Double Jeopardy]]
# [[A Better Mousetrap]]
# [[Gorilla Warfare]]
# [[The Probe]]
# [[Victory (episode)|Victory]]
# [[Dark Designs]]
# [[Double Dinobot]]
# [[The Spark]]
# [[The Trigger, Part 1]]
# [[The Trigger, Part 2]]
# [[Spider's Game]]
# [[Call of the Wild]]
# [[Dark Voyage]]
# [[Possession]]
# [[The Low Road]]
# [[Law of the Jungle]]
# [[Before the Storm]]
# [[Other Voices, Part 1]]
# [[Other Voices, Part 2]]}}

===Season 2: 1997–1998===
{{columnlist|4|
# [[Aftermath]]
# [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]
# [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]
# [[Tangled Web]]
# [[Maximal, No More]]
# [[Other Visits (Part 1)]]
# [[Other Visits (Part 2)]]
# [[Bad Spark]]
# [[Code of Hero]]
# [[Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate]]
# [[The Agenda (Part 1)]]
# [[The Agenda (Part 2)]]
# [[The Agenda (Part III)]]}}

===Season 3: 1998–1999===
{{columnlist|4|
# [[Optimal Situation]]
# [[Deep Metal]]
# [[Changing of the Guard]]
# [[Cutting Edge]]
# [[Feral Scream Part 1]]
# [[Feral Scream Part 2]]
# [[Proving Grounds]]
# [[Go with the Flow]]
# [[Crossing the Rubicon]]
# [[Master Blaster]]
# [[Other Victories]]
# [[Nemesis Part 1]]
# [[Nemesis Part 2]]}}

==Credits==
{{see|Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)/credits (season 1)}}
{{see|Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)/credits (season 2)}}
{{see|Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)/credits (season 3)}}

==Characters==
[[File:BW Maximals.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Time for Rattrap to lead.]]
[[File:BW Predacons.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Waspinator is loved by fans.]]
Because developing new CGI character models was, at the time, an expensive and time-consuming process, the number of on-screen characters in ''Beast Wars'' was relatively small compared to most other ''Transformers'' shows. It is thus practical to list all the Transformers who appeared in the cartoon. They are listed in order of appearance. (The [[stasis lock]]ed [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] are not on this list.) Note that many characters besides these are also full-fledged ''Beast Wars'' characters, having appeared in other media.
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'''Main Cast'''
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] ([[Garry Chalk]])
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] ([[Richard Newman]])
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]* ([[Scott McNeil]])
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] ([[Ian James Corlett]])
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (Scott McNeil)
*[[Tigatron]] ([[Blu Mankuma]])
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] ([[Pauline Newstone]])
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (Scott McNeil)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] ([[David Sobolov]])
*[[Tigerhawk]] (Blu Mankuma)

'''Others'''
*[[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]] ([[Susan Blu]])

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
'''Main Cast'''
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] ([[David Kaye]])
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] ([[Don Brown]])
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] ([[Doug Parker]])
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] ([[Alec Willows]])
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (Scott McNeil)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]† ([[Venus Terzo]])
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] ([[Jim Byrnes]])
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] ([[Colin Murdoch]])
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] ([[Campbell Lane]])
*[[Dinobot II]] (Scott McNeil)
'''[[Tripredacus Council]]'''
*[[Ram Horn]] ([[Lee Tockar]])
*[[Sea Clamp]] (Ian James Corlett)
*[[Cicadacon]] (Scott McNeil)
'''Others'''
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (Lee Tockar)

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*[[Vok]] (Blu Mankuma, Richard Newman)
'''[[Decepticon]]s'''
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (Doug Parker)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (Garry Chalk)
'''[[Protohuman]]s'''
*[[Blix|Leader Neanderthal]] (Garry Chalk)
*[[Una]] (Susan Blu)
*[[Chak]] (?)
'''Computers'''
*[[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] (Ian James Corlett)
*[[Predacon computer|Predacon Computer]] ([[Carol Savenkoff]])
*[[Teletraan I]] (David Sobolov)
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Allied with the Maximals, nominally a Predacon.

† Became a Maximal towards the end of the series, though originally a Maximal protoform.

==Awards and nominations==
===1998 Daytime Emmy Awards===
*Outstanding Achievement in Animation - [[Clyde Klotz]] '''(WINNER)'''

==International releases==
===Japan===
In Japan, the ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' cartoon was split into 2 separate 26 episode series.

====''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers''====
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'''''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers''''' ( ビーストウォーズ超生命体トランスフォーマー ''Beast Wars Chō Seimeitai Transformers'') aired in 1997, consisting of the North American season 1 episodes. In charge of localization was [[Yoshikazu Iwanami]], an audiography director whose resume included shows such as the [[TV Tokyo]] dubs of [[Saban]]'s ''[[X-Men]]'' and the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Iwanami's signature style of localization and dubbing relies heavily on satirical comedy and ad libbing, most commonly turning the programs into self-referential parodies of themselves. While the early episodes of ''Beast Wars'' were fairly innocuous in their ad libs, as time went on their inclusion became progressively more intrusive and by the last third of the series there was a severe tonal shift.

The ad libbing in ''Beast Wars'' primarily consisted of "noise"; talking for the sake of talking and reducing atmospheric silence or visual subtlety to a minimum. One particular trait of the dub was that each character had their own unique vocal tic with which they would punctuate their sentences or, more commonly, chant incessantly for no apparent reason. For instance, Waspinator would chant "''bun''", Scorponok would chant "''orya''", Blackarachnia would hiss "''chā''", Rhinox would ramble "''dana''" and so on. This gimmick was especially pronounced during fight scenes, when characters would repeatedly and comically shout their vocal tics every time they pulled the trigger of their weapons, reducing firefights to a cacophony of unending gibberish.

Many characters underwent considerable changes in personality and characterization. Some of these changes were gradual; Megatron began the series as a gravelly voiced and uncharismatic slob who would loudly hock loogies after fits of maniacal laughter. That trait was phased out in exchange for him becoming an effeminate, mood-swinging goofball; his tone of voice transitioning from a ferocious baritone to a silly high pitch at the drop of a hat. He was also made humorously cowardly, shouting out wimpy excuses while retreating (including the claim that he was late for piano practice).

Other characters were fundamentally altered right from the get go. [[Predacon computer|NAVI-ko]], the Predacon computer, gained a girly and fitful personality and characters would talk with her rather than at her. Tigatron was made into a humorous samurai ronin parody. Airazor had her gender changed, becoming a young male and Tigatron's trusty ward (and later, his lover).

All 26 episodes were aired without any edits for time or content (unlike the Japanese broadcasts of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|The Transformers]]'' and many future imported Western ''Transformers'' shows). However, the episodes were aired out of their original sequence: "[[A Better Mousetrap]]" and "[[The Probe]]" were switched around in accordance to their production order, while "[[The Spark]]" and [[The Trigger, Part 1|both]] [[The Trigger, Part 2|parts]] of "The Trigger" were all moved up earlier to come before "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]". As a result, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] appeared in "The Probe" before its proper debut in "A Better Mousetrap", while "The Spark" coming before "Victory" made it seem like the Maximals were abandoning Airazor in their attempt to leave Earth.

''Beast Wars'' aired on [[TV Tokyo]] in the Wednesday 6:30 PM timeslot. As the second season of the North American ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' was not ready for localization by the time ''Beast Wars'' ended in Japan, a pair of domestically produced cartoon series, ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'', were commissioned to fill the gap. The [[Japanese themes|opening theme]] for ''Beast Wars'' was "[[War War! Stop It]]" by [[Banana Ice]] while the ending theme was "[[For the Dream|FOR THE DREAM]]" by [[Mickey]].

====''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals''====
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'''''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals''''' (超生命体トランスフォーマービーストウォーズメタルス, ''Chō Seimeitai Transformers Beast Wars Metals'') aired in 1999, consisting of the North American season 2 and 3 episodes. While ''Beast Wars'' had been fairly judicious in its self-referential humor, even in its last stretch of episodes, ''Beast Wars Metals'' was an unrestrained self-parody, constantly breaking the fourth wall and demonstrating awareness of its own status as a TV series.

Ad libbing was done to the extreme and characters all received major personality adjustments to reflect the aggressively comedic nature of the series. For example, Depth Charge was turned into a goofy old man who enjoyed singing fishing songs while transforming, Silverbolt was now psychotically polite with an obnoxious happy-go-lucky attitude, and Rampage now talked in the rough-and-tumble dialect of a cartoon street punk. The show was incessantly self-aware, regularly acknowledging the camera, the TV channel and, in one of the more oppressive gags, Rattrap would constantly smell what the audience was eating (making remarks to the effect of, "Oh, that's Sato-san's curry" as he sniffed). Yoshikazu's dubbing style would become synonymous with all imported Western ''Transformers'' cartoons in Japan, as he would be placed in charge of localizing every series through ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'', all with the same overbearingly satirical attitude.

The distribution of episodes for ''Beast Wars Metals'' was complicated. Japan included selected episodes in two separate theatrical releases:

:*''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' (premiering the episode "[[Bad Spark]]")
:*''[[1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair]]'' (premiering the episode "[[Cutting Edge]]").

Since the above episodes were released theatrically, they are not included in the show's proper 26 episode list, with their places being taken by two original [[clip show]]s:

:*Episode 14: "[[Where Is the Banana?]]"
:*Episode 26: "[[Remix: I Lost the Banana!]]"

As with the other installments in the ''Beast Wars'' franchise, ''Beast Wars Metals'' aired on [[TV Tokyo]] in the Wednesday 6:30 PM timeslot. The series had two opening themes, "[[Tamashii no Evolution]]" and "[[Sennen no Soldier]]" by [[Hironobu Kageyama]], and two ending themes, "[[BA-BI-BU-BE Beast Wars]]" and "[[HALLELUYAH]]" also by Kageyama.

===United Kingdom===
When originally aired on GMTV in the United Kingdom, ''Beast Wars'' was only screened on school holidays, usually in double bills on Bank Holidays, and one episode per morning on half-term weeks, meaning that only a few episodes were shown a year, with wide gulfs in between (most prominently, ''three months'' passed between the airings of "Other Visits" parts [[Other Visits (Part 1)|1]] and [[Other Visits (Part 2)|2]]). In a sign of things to come, "[[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]" was shown some 25 minutes earlier than billed due to rescheduled news reports, meaning many fans missed the entire opening episode. Things went from bad to worse when "[[Equal Measures]]" was skipped, and only continued when, after "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]", the series skipped directly to "[[Other Voices, Part 1]]". The entirety of the second season followed the conclusion of the first, but the channel never aired the third season; although it was subsequently released on VHS, the [[cliffhanger]]-resolving "[[Optimal Situation]]" was only available as a free gift with purchase at [[Toys"R"Us]].

Additionally, these GMTV airings were modified in various ways. The first and most foremost alteration was the removal of the word "Transformers" from the series' title, which was only reinstated with "[[Other Voices, Part 1]]". With regard to the actual content, the earliest episodes generally had nothing more extreme than the removal of uses of the word "[[Slag (slang)|slag]]" (as it is effectively a synonym for "slut" in English slang), but with the beginning of the second season, edits were steadily made to episodes for no readily apparent reasons. Additionally, any scenes featuring flashing images were routinely put through a filter that slowed such scenes down to comical levels. This culminated in a butchered version of "[[The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda]]", which snipped out many short scenes throughout all three episodes for no reason, from inconsequential moments like Tarantulas cackling and driving out of his lab in Part 1, to key scenes such as Silverbolt and Optimus Primal's "office talk" in Part 2, and in what was the last straw for many fans, the complete second half of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s speech (''the part explaining [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s entire motivation''), also from Part 2.

During the time they had the rights to the series, GMTV also showed the entirety of seasons one and two on the then-obscure digital-only channel ITV2.

Channel 5, a terrestrial channel, showed the entire series in its complete form in 2003. Thankfully. This got rerun too, leading to the ''Beast Wars'' comics getting [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|used as reprints in Titan's Movie-based comic]].

===France===
In France and (French) Belgium, the show was called "Animutants" and had a good-quality dubbing, rather close to the original voices. But while the first two seasons of the show were aired, the third one never was; the show always ended with "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]", leaving the viewers in the area with the worst case of cliffhanger ever.

However, the French dubbed episodes that can nowadays be found on DVD and VHS stop at "[[Other Visits (Part 2)]]", but we can assume that the TV broadcast reached the end of the season.

===Belgium===
Beast Wars aired under its original name with Dutch subtitles, but like the French broadcast, it stopped abruptly after "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]".

===China===
In China, the show was localized as ''Chāonéng Yǒngshì'' (超能勇士, "Super-Powerful Warriors") and released in a good-quality dubbing by the People's Art Theatre of Liaoning. It was very successful on the TV station and once won a very high audience rating. Like the Japanese dub, Season 2 and Season 3 episodes were also merged into one season called ''Chāonéng Yǒngshì: Jīnshǔ Biàntǐ'' (超能勇士：金属变体, "Super-Powerful Warriors: Transmetals"). Neither title included "Transformers", leaving some of the audience unaware that this was a sequel to [[The Transformers (cartoon)|their childhood]]. Following the Chinese release of ''Beast Machines'', the People's Art Theatre of Liaoning re-dubbed the show with character names changed into the Chinese translation of ''Beast Machines'', I.E. changing the name of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] from Hēixīngxīng Duìzhǎng (黑猩猩队长, "Captain Chimpanzee") to Xīngxīng Jiāngjūn (猩猩将军, "General Gorilla").

===Vietnam===
In Vietnam, the show was called ''Chiến tranh quái vật vũ trụ'' ("Galaxy Monster Wars"). The show was released on VHS tapes with a very good Vietnamese dub, then it was copied to VCD. Unfortunately, as happened in France, only the first two seasons were aired. It ended with "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]", and left the fans with a cliffhanger.

===Germany===
The German dub used the original title, ''Beast Wars''. The show was initially very successful on the TV Station RTL2 and was released on VHS. However, only the first season was shown and dubbed. Furthermore, the TV broadcast had many fight scenes censored to comply with Germany's strict laws against TV violence; however, the VHS Release was uncut. After many reruns the show was cancelled and the second and third Season were never shown in Germany.

===Italy===
The toyline was already renamed ''Biocombat'', but the cartoon got the long and unusual title of ''Rombi di Tuono e Cieli di Fuoco per i Biobombat'' ("Thunderbolts and Flaming Skies for the Biocombat"). Such long titles were indeed a tradition for cartoons dubbed in Italian in the '90s. The theme song was replaced with the homonymous "[[Rombi di Tuono e Cieli di Fuoco per i Biocombat]]".

The dub made many changes—much dialogue was simplified, and every silence was filled with either a narrator describing aloud what just happened or Megatron having inner monologues.

For some reason, "Gorilla Warfare" and "The Probe" were switched around in the airing order. To patch this, the former begins with the narrator stating that Optimus Primal is searching around for another probe after last time's failure.

The ''Beast Wars'' dub is the first time the terms "Autobots" and "Decepticons" were kept as such in an Italian dub. While "Decepticons" was kept in subsequent series, to hear "Autobots" again, Italians had to wait until 2007 when the first live action movie was released, since ''Robots in Disguise'' and the Unicron Trilogy went back using "Autorobot".

===Spanish America===
The show aired in many Latin American countries, mainly through [[Cartoon Network]]'s South American feeds, as well various local TV stations. The dub was recorded at Audiomaster 3000 in Mexico. Apart from some name changes (Optimus Primal became Optimus Primitivo, to name an example) the dub was completely uncut.

==Home video releases==
===Canada===
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[[File:Alliance Beast Wars Vol1 DVD.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
;VHS
*''Beast Wars'' — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure (1996)
*''Robots-Bêtes'' — Une Adventure Cybernetique (1996)
*''Beast Wars'' — Beasties Escape (1998)
*''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Évasion (1998)
*''Beast Wars'' — Warning from Space (1998)
*''Robots-Bêtes'' — Alert Dans L'Espace (1998)
*''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (1998)
*''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! (1998)
*''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (1998)
;DVD
*''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes — Where the Beasties Began! (2005)
*''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! (2005)
*''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! (2005)
*''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! (2005)
*''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (2005)
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===Japan===
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[[Pioneer]]'s Japanese DVD sets of the series come with optional English language dialogue with Japanese subtitles, allowing fans in Japan to view the more serious version of the show if desired.
;VHS
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers (1997)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Cheetus's Crisis (1997)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Disappeared (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Solitary Warrior Tigatron (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — New Weapons of Terror! (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Goodbye, Rattle!? (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Floating Island Death Match (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Destrons' Dramatic Finish (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Two Dinobots? (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Revive, Beast Power! (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Immortal Starscream (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Fare Thee Well, Tigatron (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — To Protect the Peace... (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Special'' — Great Cybertron Army Collection (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Special'' — Great Destron Army Collection (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Great Quiz Collection (1999)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — We're Back! (1999)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — Convoy Reborn (1999)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — I Quit! (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — Huh? The Face? (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — I'm a Crab! (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — I Do Love You! (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — Gro~w Bigger (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — Rrray! (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — The Movie (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — I Am Resurrected (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — Love Typhoon (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — Sssshiny! (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — I Hath Returned (2000)
*''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It (2000)
[[File:Pioneer BeastWars Laserdisc Box2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
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*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition (1998)
;DVD
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD BOX (2000)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD BOX 1 (2000)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD BOX 2 (2000)
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===United Kingdom===
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The entire run of the show ended up on VHS from 2000 to 2001, though "[[Aftermath]]" was only available as a pack-in with [[Claw Jaw#toys|Claw Jaw]], and "[[Optimal Situation]]" could only be obtained as a free gift with purchase at [[Toys"R"Us]]. DVD releases were considerably more spotty, starting from "[[The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda]]" and releasing only ten episodes across two volumes. In both cases, however, cuts were gone! Characters could rightfully swear!
[[File:UK Beast Wars Vol3 VHS.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Not featuring [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]].]]
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*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Free Video (2000)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (2000)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (2000)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 3 (2000)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 4 (2000)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 5 (2001)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 6 (2001)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 7 ([[March 5]] 2001)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 8 (March 5, 2001)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 1 (2001)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 (2001)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 (2001)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 (2001)
;DVD
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (2004)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (2005)
{{-}}

===United States===
[[File:Rhino BeastWars Vol1 DVD.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55]]
;{{main|Rhino Entertainment}}
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 (2002)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 (2002)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (2003)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season (2004)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season (2004)

;{{main|Shout! Factory}}
*''Transformers - Beast Wars'': Season One (2011)
*''Transformers - Beast Wars'': The Complete Series (2011)
*''Transformers - Beast Wars'': Seasons 2 & 3 (2011)
*''Transformers - Beast Wars'': Chain of Command (2014)
*''Transformers - Beast Machines'': The Complete Series (2014)
{{-}}

===Australia and New Zealand===
{{main|Madman Entertainment}}
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 (2006)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 (2006)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 (2006)
*''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (2009)
{{-}}

===Russia===
Russian DVD sets come with only Russian dialogue and no subtitles.
;DVD
*''Transformery: Beast Wars'' — Season 1 Vol. 1 (first 13 episodes of the first season) (2011)
{{-}}

===Germany===
;DVD
;[[Pandavision]] (2012)
*''Transformers: Beast Wars'' - Season 1 (April 24, 2012)

===Pack-ins and Giveaways===
{{main|Hasbro|Pack-in material}}
;VHS
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Aftermath]] & [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]] (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Aftermath]] (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]] (1998)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Bad Spark]] & [[Code of Hero]] (1999)

;DVD
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Equal Measures]] (2006)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[A Better Mousetrap]] (2006)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[The Spark]] (2006)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Spider's Game]] (2006)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Possession]] (2006)
*''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — [[Code of Hero]] (2006)
*"[[Beast Wars (Part 1)|Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers]]" and "[[Victory (episode)|The Destrons' Dramatic Finish]]" (2006)
*"[[Beast Wars (Part 2)|Destroy the Destrons]]" (2006)
*"[[The Web|Cheetus's Crisis]]" (2006)
*"[[Equal Measures|Operation: Time Bomb Transfer!]]" (2006)
*"[[Chain of Command (BW)|Convoy Disappeared]]" (2006)
*"[[Power Surge (episode)|The Sky-Mountains Explode]]" (2006)
*"[[Fallen Comrades|The Solitary Warrior, Tigatron]]" (2006)
*"[[Double Jeopardy|Kick of the Spider Woman]]" (2006)
*"[[The Probe|New Weapons of Terror!]]" (2006)
*"[[Gorilla Warfare|The Assassin Virus]]" (2006)
*"[[A Better Mousetrap|Goodbye, Rattle!?]]" (2006)
*"[[The Spark|The Falcon Warrior, Airazor]]" (2006)
*"[[The Trigger, Part 1|Floating Island Death Match, Part 1]]" and "[[The Trigger, Part 2|Floating Island Death Match, Part 2]]" (2006)
*"[[Dark Voyage|Around and Around the Jungle]]" (2006)
*"[[Possession|The Immortal Starscream]]" (2006)

==Notes==
* The first season of ''Beast Wars'' cost $18 million, according to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b334d45514e26ab4/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&lnk=st&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron&rnum=1#bc8e54e9165e0823 a 1997 interview with Bob Forward].
* The decision to go forward with a second season came in late November of 1996.<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.toys.transformers/KcGZU0EOPf0/_zV_QoKiGe8J</ref>
* There are three known unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episodes: "[[A Greater Ape]]", "[[Bitch Wars]]", and "[[Dark Glass]]".
* {{w|lang=ja|B-CLUB (模型雑誌)|B-Club magazine}} erroneously claims that ''Beast Wars'' is the first fully CGI television show in the world, a title actually held by ''{{w|Insektors}}''. Mainframe's own CGI show ''{{w|ReBoot}}'' also predates ''Beast Wars''.
* The Production Designer for the show, [[Clyde Klotz]], won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 1997. How cool is that?
* For reasons unknown, neither the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] nor the [[Shout! Factory]] U.S. DVD releases of ''Beast Wars'' season three included the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UmCEsbUe6E opening that was televised], which included an original shot of the ''Axalon'' and ''Darksyde'' spaceships crashing down to prehistoric Earth. Instead, all season three episodes began with the season two [[title sequence|opening]] for the first part of the beginning credits.
* Also, the ''Beast Wars'' season one releases from both Rhino and Shout! Factory used the shorter version of the [[title sequence]] and [[theme song]] that originated from when ''Beast Wars'' was shown as part of the syndicated ''[[Power Block]]''.

===Foreign names===

*''English:'' '''''Beasties''''' (Canada; broadcast only<ref>https://imissbionix.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/beast-wars-beasties-dvd-sets-wont-be-released-in-canada/</ref>)
*''Japanese:'' '''''Beast Wars Chō Seimeitai Transformers''''' (ビーストウォーズ <ruby>超生命体<rt>ちょうせいめいたい</rt></ruby>トランスフォーマー, "Beast Wars Super Lifeform Transformers"), '''''Chō Seimeitai Transformers Beast Wars Metals''''' (second and third seasons, <ruby>超生命体<rt>ちょうせいめいたい</rt></ruby>トランスフォーマービーストウォーズメタルス, "Super Lifeform Transformers Beast Wars Metals")
*''Bulgarian:'' '''''Voinata na zverovete''''' (Войната на зверовете "War of the Beasts")
*''Cantonese:'' '''''Ciunang Jungsi''''' (Hong Kong, 超能勇士, "Super-Ultra Warriors")
*''French:'' '''''Animutants''''' (France), '''''Robots-Bêtes''''' ("Beast-Robots", Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''''Biocombat'''''
*''Latvian:'' '''''Briesmoņu kari''''' ("Monster Wars")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Bǎibiàn Jīngāng''''' (Taiwan, 百變金剛, "Morph Vajra"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Yěshòu Zhànzhēng''''' (China, 变形金刚：野兽战争, "Transfomers: Beast Wars")
*''Polish:'' '''''Kosmiczne Wojny''''' ("Cosmic Wars")
*''Russian:'' '''''Bitvi Zverey''''' (Битвы зверей, "Battles of the Beasts"), '''''Zhestokye voini''''' (Жестокие войны, "Cruel wars")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Guerra de Bestias''''' (America, "War of Beasts")
*''Vietnamese:'' '''''Chiến tranh quái vật vũ trụ''''' ("Galaxy Monster Wars")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhWipIfRhqz0stsLo2v9If0qbNDVfoSrY "Beast Wars Super Lifeform Transformers" playlist] on TakaraTomy's YouTube channel (JP only)

[[Category:Beast Wars media]]
[[Category:Television series]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)

2021-10-22T08:47:04Z

Tokugami:

{{disambig2|the Japanese franchise from the real-world year of 1986|the ''Transformers'' toyline from the real-world year of 2010|Transformers (2010 toyline)}}
{{nav-2010}}
'''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010''' (<ruby>戦<rt>たたか</rt></ruby>え!<ruby>超<rt>ちょう</rt></ruby>ロボット<ruby>生命体<rt>せいめいたい</rt></ruby> トランスフォーマー <ruby>2<rt>にい</rt></ruby><ruby>0<rt>ぜろ</rt></ruby><ruby>1<rt>いち</rt></ruby><ruby>0<rt>ぜろ</rt></ruby> ''Tatakae! Chō Robotto Seimeitai Transformers Ni-Zero-Ichi-Zero'') is the title given to the 1986 ''Transformers'' line in [[Japan]]. It was a simultaneous Japanese release of [[Hasbro]]'s own 1986 product line, and was the first instance of what would become [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s standard method of operation—the annual rebranding of the franchise with a new sub-title. It accompanied the fictional shift of the animated series from the present day to the 21st century, but while the original American version of the series took place over 2005/06, the Japanese version advanced the setting to 2010, hence the line's new name.

The franchise consists of:

*Toys released under the original ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' branding, consisting mostly of the toys released by Hasbro that year, except for [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]].
*A [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], consisting of all thirty episodes from the third season of the ''Generation 1'' animated series, plus two newly created [[clip show]]s.
*Two [[manga]] published in [[TV Magazine]]: ''[[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers]]'' and its follow up, ''[[The Great Transformer War]]''.
*A [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|series of story pages]] which ran alongside the manga and provided prose adventures with two-page magazine spreads.

Following this, a period of much greater differentiation between Takara and Hasbro's Transformers lines set in when the series was rebranded as ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|The Headmasters]]'' in 1987.

{{DEFAULTSORT:2010 (franchise)}}
[[Category: Generation 1 franchises]]
[[Category:Japanese franchises]]

Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)

2021-10-22T08:35:45Z

Tokugami:

{{nav-masterforce}}
[[File:MasterforcePoster1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Before {{w|Power Rangers Time Force|Time Force}}, {{w|Power Rangers Wild Force|Wild Force}}, {{w|Power Rangers Mystic Force|Mystic Force}}, {{w|Power Rangers Megaforce|Megaforce and Super Megaforce}}...]]

'''''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce''''' (トランスフォーマー <ruby>超神<rt>ちょうじん</rt></ruby>マスターフォース ''Transformers Chōjin Masterforce'') is a Japanese animated series that ran throughout 1988 into the early months of 1989 for 43 broadcast episodes, in support of the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|toyline]] of the same name. "[[Chōjin Masterforce no Theme]]" plays as its opening theme and "[[Moero! Transformer]]" for its ending.

==Overview==
With the conclusion of the first Japanese-exclusive ''Transformers'' [[franchise]], ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', head writer [[Masumi Kaneda]] felt that he had brought the story concepts introduced in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' to a conclusion, and sought to make a "fresh start" with ''Super-God Masterforce''. Whereas ''The Headmasters'' had featured the existing cast of the American animated series, and gradually introduced new characters as it progressed, ''Super-God Masterforce'' was, on the surface, almost entirely divorced from what had gone before, featuring only a cast of entirely new characters in a new scenario. Although links between ''Masterforce'' and the events and characters of ''The Headmasters'' were expanded upon in various other media and articles, the series itself is remarkably self-contained, to the point of frustration, with many important background aspects not fully divulged in the course of the broadcast series.

There is a very human-centric focus in ''Masterforce'', with the basic theme of the series being that "with the Masterforce, you too can transform" — that human beings are to be responsible for the defence of their own planet. This resulted in the very ''different'' approach the series takes, which sees the figures released that year by [[Hasbro]] as [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Powermaster]]s reimagined as "[[Headmaster Junior]]s" and "[[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]]"—human beings who connect to lifeless [[transtector]] bodies and actually ''become'' Transformers themselves. In a similar thematic move, the Autobot Pretenders do not don exterior shells and pass themselves off as "giant humans," as in American fiction, but instead perform an ill-defined holistic transformation that actually alters them at a cellular level, shrinking them down into human forms.

For some inexplicable reason, this was the first ''Transformers'' cartoon to be shown in Russia, followed by the other Japanese cartoons (in the wrong order), which left many Russian children very confused as far as continuity goes.

==Storyline==
After the events of ''The Headmasters'', the [[Earth]] has been free of [[Transformer]]s for several years, until the emergence of the [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]]s in [[2020]].<ref>Contemporary ''Masterforce'' media never gave a date for the events of the series. Decades after the fact, [[Seacons comic 5|a ''Generations Selects Special Comic'' story]] by [[Hayato Sakamoto]] laid down that ''Masterforce'' transpired in 2020.</ref> This group of villains were pursued to Earth during the Stone Age by a group of Autobots led by [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], and when both teams crash-landed on the planet, they used their special "Pretender" powers to adopt new disguises. Metalhawk and his Autobots took on the forms of human beings and began to live among the burgeoning humanity, guiding the evolution of their culture and society, while the Decepticons became monstrous creatures and tormented early man as "demons." Eventually, the Autobot Pretenders defeated the Decepticons and sealed them away, but as the series begins, they have been liberated from their prisons by the evil alien energy-being, [[Devil Z]], to play a role in his schemes.

With the return of the Decepticons, the Autobot Pretenders are forced to drop their disguises and take up arms once again, gaining allies in three young human children ([[Shūta Gō]], [[Cab (human)|Cab]], and [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]]) who are imbued with the power of the "Masterforce" and bond with three transtectors sent to Earth from the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. The Decepticons recruit their own Headmasters Juniors as well, and as the battles on Earth progress, the true objective of Devil Z's plan comes to light. The arrival of [[Mega]], [[Giga]], [[Buster (G1)|Buster]], and [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] heralds the quest for the "[[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]]"—super-powerful lifeforms that are the perfect fusion of human and Transformer, able to manipulate [[Chōkon Power]]. With these four warriors on the side of the Decepticons, the Autobots must find Godmasters of their own, and succeed when they are joined by a young trucker named [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], who soon recruits three more Autobot Godmasters.

Incensed by this failure, Devil Z ups his plans by summoning [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] (the newest incarnation of Decepticon leader Scorponok, who is busy leading the Decepticons against the Autobots out in space) to Earth. Discovering his plan, [[Grand Maximus]] races to Earth to inform the Autobots of BlackZarak's approach. Our heroes create [[Godbomber]], a drone that serves as an upgrade for Ginrai, enabling him to transform into "God Ginrai" and fight in space, allowing him to beat BlackZarak back.

The Autobot suffer a grave loss when the final Godmaster, [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]], is discovered and sides with the Decepticons, using his ability to adopt two robot forms to infiltrate the Autobots and destroy their headquarters. Without a base of operations, the Autobots are at a disadvantage when BlackZarak returns and merges with Devil Z to bring about the destruction of Mankind. As characters lose their humanity, change their alliances, and engage in final battles, everything comes down to a climactic duel between God Ginrai and BlackZarak atop the Matterhorn, where the Autobot hero must beat his opponent, or all life on Earth will be forfeit.

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Super-God Masterforce episodes}}

{{collist|3|
#[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]
#[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]
#[[Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet]]
#[[Birth! Headmaster Jrs]]
#[[Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules]]
#[[Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland]]
#[[Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!]]
#[[Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers]]
#[[A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble]]
#[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai]]
#[[Ginrai: God On of Rage!!]]
#[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]
#[[Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!]]
#[[Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai]]
#[[Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai]]
#[[Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter]]
#[[An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger]]
#[[A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer]]
#[[Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen]]
#[[The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!]]
#[[Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters]]
#[[Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot]]
#[[Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!]]
#[[Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?]]
#[[Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?]]
#[[God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!]]
#[[God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon]]
#[[Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado]]
#[[Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts]]
#[[Destroy Godbomber!!]]
#[[Appearance!! The Final Godmaster]]
#[[Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!]]
#[[Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes]]
#[[BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space]]
#[[Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction]]
#[[God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?]]
#[[God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base]]
#[[The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform]]
#[[Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn]]
#[[Autobots! Desperate Attack!!]]
#[[Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z]]
#[[A Battle... and Then...]]
#[[Fight! Super Ginrai!!]]{{dag|red}}
#[[Begin the Bomber Project! The Creation of God Ginrai]]{{dag|red}}
#[[The Secret of Godbomber!]]{{dag|red}}
#[[Great Turn-Around! Autobot Warriors!]]{{dag|red}}
#[[You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform]]{{dag|red}} [[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]{{dag|red}}
}}
{{dag|red}} ''[[Clip show]]''

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''[[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]]'''
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]/Super Ginrai/God Ginrai ([[Hiroshi Takemura]])
*[[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] ([[Tsutomu Kashiwakura]])
*[[Ranger]] ([[Hōchū Ōtsuka]])
*[[Road King]] ([[Kaneto Shiozawa]])
*[[Clouder]] ([[Takeshi Kusao]])
'''[[Pretender]]s'''
*[[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] ([[Katsuji Mori]])
*[[Diver (G1)|Diver]] ([[Yūji Mikimoto]])
*[[Lander]] ([[Ryōichi Tanaka]])
*[[Phoenix (G1)|Phoenix]] ([[Masato Hirano]])
'''[[Headmaster Junior]]s'''
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] ([[Hiroko Emori]])
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] ([[Yuriko Yamamoto]])
*[[Shūta Gō]] ([[Yumi Tōma]])
'''Others'''
*[[Godbomber]]
*[[Grand Maximus]] ([[Ikuya Sawaki]])
**Grand
*[[Sixknight]] ([[Show Hayami|Shō Hayami]])

|c2=
'''Super Energy Beings'''
*[[Devil Z]] ([[Hidekatsu Shibata]])
'''[[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]]'''
*[[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] ([[Keiichi Noda]])
**[[Giga]] (Keiichi Noda)
**[[Mega]] ([[Rihoko Yoshida]])
*[[Darkwings]]
**[[Buster (G1)|Buster]] ([[Yoku Shioya]])
**[[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] ([[Ken Yamaguchi]])
*[[Clouder|Doubleclouder]] (Takeshi Kusao)
'''[[Pretender]]s'''
*[[Blood]] ([[Kōji Totani]])
*[[Dauros]] ([[Daisuke Gōri]])
*[[Gilmer]] ([[Masaharu Satō]])
'''[[Headmaster Junior]]s'''
*[[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]] ([[Kōzō Shioya]])
*[[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] ([[Akari Hibino|Yōko Ogai]])
*[[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] ([[Keiichi Nanba]])
'''[[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]]'''
*[[King Poseidon]] (Masato Hirano)
**[[Turtler]] (Masato Hirano)
**[[Gulf]]
**[[Kraken]]
**[[Lobclaw]]
**[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]
**[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]]
'''[[Sparkdash]]'''
*[[Guzzle (Masterforce)|Guzzle]]
*[[Javil]]
*[[Sizzle (Masterforce)|Sizzle]]
'''Others'''
*[[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] ([[Banjō Ginga]])
*[[Browning]] ([[Fushigi Yamada|Kyōko Yamada]])
*[[Guardminder]] (Masaharu Satō) (leader), ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]]) (generic)

|c3=
*[[Donq]] ([[Isamu Tanonaka]])
*[[Haruma Gō|Professor Gō]] (Keiichi Noda)
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Home video releases==
[[Image:MadmanMasterforce.jpg|thumb|150px|Australian DVD release]]
===Japan===
{{main|Geneon Universal Entertainment}}
*''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 (2003)
*''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 02 ([[June 25]], 2003)

===United Kingdom===
{{main|Metrodome}}
*The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' (2006)
*''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (2007)

===Australia===
{{main|Madman Entertainment}}
*''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' (2008)
*''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (2009)

===United States===
{{main|Shout! Factory}}
*The Japanese Collection — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' (2012)
*Transformers — The Japanese Collection (includes ''Headmasters'', ''Masterforce'' and ''Victory'') (2012)
{{-}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''''Transformers: Pretenders'''''
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Yǐnzhé Zhànshì''''' (变形金刚：隐者战士, "Transformers: Pretenders")

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{w|lang=ja|トランスフォーマー超神マスターフォース|''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' at the Japanese Wikipedia}}

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[[Category:Super-God Masterforce media| ]]
[[Category:Television series]]

Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)

2021-10-22T08:33:54Z

Tokugami:

{{nav-masterforce}}

'''''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce''''' (トランスフォーマー <ruby>超神<rt>ちょうじん</rt></ruby>マスターフォース ''Toransufōmā: Chōjin Masutāfōsu'') is a ''Transformers'' [[franchise]] from [[Japan]] in 1988. Breaking radically from the previous series, ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|The Headmasters]]'', which was a continuation of the [[America]]n series, ''Super-God Masterforce'' featured all-new characters and locations, dropping many of the futuristic elements, and focusing on human characters that bonded with robot bodies.

The ''Super-God Masterforce'' franchise featured the following primary components:

*Toys released under the original ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' branding
*[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|A cartoon series]]
*[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|A manga series]]
*[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (story page)|A series of story pages]]

''Super-God Masterforce'' stands out as one of the most unusual and ''different'' visions of the Transformers universe; things got back to normal when the franchise was rebranded as ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]]''.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Super-God Masterforce (franchise)}}
[[Category:Generation 1 franchises]]
[[Category:Japanese franchises]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce| ]]

Four Warriors Come out of the Sky

2021-10-22T08:32:13Z

Tokugami:

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=1
|prev=The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2
|image=4soldiers.jpg
|caption=Warriors! Come out to PLAY-AY-YEEEEE!
|title="Four Warriors Come out of the Sky"
|japanese=空から来た四人の戦士
|romaji=Sora Kara Kita Yonin no Senshi
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Keisuke Fujikawa]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|airdate=[[July 3]], [[1987]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''In the year 2011, the Decepticons are back, and they've got added power in the form of the newest addition to the Transformers' war—Headmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:FourWarriors Decepticon attack viewscreen.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"The Decepticons are attacking! Darn them all to hell!"]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the year [[2011]], the [[space bridge]] suddenly reactivates, and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] steps through with a small force including the mysterious new recruits [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. Galvatron aims to take control of [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]], and Weirdwolf volunteers the three [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s for this task. Galvatron is irritated at his impudence, but the Headmasters rush off anyway. Galvatron sends the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s, [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s, and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s to attack the [[Autobot]]s.

At [[Great Dome|Autobot Base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly|Carly Witwicky]]'s tea is interrupted by the Decepticon attack, and they rush to the control room, where Spike contacts the Autobot base on [[Athenia]]. The message reaches Athenia, where [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] theorises that the loss of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]'s energy has destabilised Vector Sigma. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] arranges for troops from [[Earth]] to reinforce those on Cybertron while he and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] also prepare to head there. He also suggests Spike and Carly evacuate to Athenia.

[[File:FourWarriors Galvatron abuses Skullcruncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
On Cybertron, Mindwipe turns his hypnotic powers on the Autobots, sending [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to sleep. Unfortunately Skullcruncher also succumbs, much to Galvatron's fury. Spike realises that the Decepticons are after control of Vector Sigma, alarming [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]].

Meanwhile, on Earth, the Autobots under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s command have received orders to join the conflict on Cybertron, but their way to the space bridge is barred by a Decepticon contingent led by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], and he and Magnus square off. At the same time, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] are plotting ways to get a ride to Cybertron when they accidentally run into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. He chases them until Wheelie gets the bright idea to run across a bridge over a ravine, and Trypticon is dumb enough to try to follow them. The bridge snaps under his weight and he plunges into the river below.

[[File:FourWarriors Shoki rescues Magnus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Sixshot has Ultra Magnus pinned when the [[Trainbot]]s arrive and free their leader. The Autobots head for the space bridge, but are cut off again by Sixshot. Ultra Magnus sends the Trainbots on while he, [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] keep the Decepticons busy. The Trainbots are attacked by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]], but luckily [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] chooses this moment to join the battle, and the Autobots succeed in reaching [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and the Earth space bridge terminal. The troops are carried through the space bridge aboard the Trainbots, while Wheelie and Daniel stow away.

[[File:FourWarriors Decepticon Headmasters flaming balls.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fire! Water! Heart!]]
As the battle escalates and conditions worsen on Cybertron, Optimus arrives with more troops. On Athenia, [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] is reminded of the early days of the war when many Autobots fled Cybertron to escape the conflict. As if on cue, a mysterious light appears in the sky, approaching Cybertron—a light that [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] soon realises is not a star, but a star''ship''! As the Decepticons approach their goal, demolishing the Autobots that stand in their way thanks to Mindwipe's sleep-inducing hypnosis power, this ship appears in the skies over Cybertron, and four new warriors soar out to bar their advance—[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (3)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (4)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (5)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (6)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (7)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (10)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (18)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (19)
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] (20)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod]] (21)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (23)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (24)
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] (25)
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (27)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (31)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (33)
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] (47)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (48)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (49)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (50)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (51)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (52)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (53)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (54)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (55)
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*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (56)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (57)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (58)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (59)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (60)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (61)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (67)
*[[Shouki]] (69)
*[[Seizan]] (70)
*[[Getsuei]] (71)
*[[Suiken]] (72)
*[[Kaen]] (73)
*[[Yukikaze (G1)|Yukikaze]] (74)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (81)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (82)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (83)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Spaceship Maximus]] (84)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (85)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (93)
*[[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] (94)
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]] (95)
*[[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]] (96)
*[[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] (97)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] (98)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (99)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (100)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (101)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (102)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (103)
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*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (17)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (22)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] (28)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (29)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (30)
*[[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] (32)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (34)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (35)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (36)
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (37)
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (38)
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (39)
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] (40)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (41)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (42)
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*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] (43)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (44)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (45)
*[[Octane]] (62)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (63)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (64)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (65)
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (68)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (75)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (76)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (77)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (78)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (79)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (80)
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (86)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (87)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (88)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (89)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (90)
*[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] (91)
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (92)
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*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (46)
*[[Carly]] (47)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (66)
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Holy ''crap''.

==Quotes==
{{note|The following quotes are from the [[Omni Productions]] dub.}}

"This is so strange. How come a robot would feel sleepy?"
:—'''Grimlock''' is confused by the effectiveness of Mindwipe's hypnotic abilities.

"All right, listen up! I'm the ninja consultant for the Decepticons. My name is Sixshot."
:—'''Sixshot''' introduces himself.

"Well, well the game's over. So whaddaya think huh?"
:—'''Sixshot''' after he defeated Ultra Magnus

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
*This episode occurs a year after "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]" (which takes place in 2010 in Japanese continuity, compared to America's 2006), taking the place of "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]" for this continuity.
*The events of [[The Great Transformer War issue 3|issue #3]] of ''[[The Great Transformer War]]'' take place almost immediately before this episode, focusing on the Autobot Headmasters' hunt for the Decepticon Headmasters, who are joining [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] for his assault on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
*Athenia previously appeared in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]", but it has been seriously re-worked since then.
*The energy of the Matrix was released in "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2".
*The concept of Autobots fleeing Cybertron to escape the war was established in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2]]", and revisited in "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]".
*Up to this point, the space bridge has been the province of the Decepticons alone, but this episode establishes that the Autobots have now created their own network, linking Autobot City on Earth to Cybertron and Athenia.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:FourWarriors Metroplex drives in.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Metroplex misses the "low bridge" sign.]]
*When the Decepticons emerge from the space bridge at the start of the episode, [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] is missing from the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] is missing from the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and both Divebomb and Headstrong are missing from the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. The two Predacons reappear later on, but the others don't, and Rippersnapper actually gives out orders to the team.
*Similarly, when the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] appear, Strafe is missing, but when the angle switches, Scattershot has disappeared, and Strafe is in his place (just as ''Lightspeed'' issues orders to the team!).
*Perhaps in an attempt to outdo his brother (who appeared in two places at once in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''), Sideswipe is seen on both Athenia and Earth.
*Right before Sixshot introduces himself to Magnus, a shot of Soundwave shows him with his optics colored white instead of red.
*Despite being huge in most shots, Metroplex is somehow able to drive right into one of the tunnels leading into Autobot City.
*As Chromedome steps forward to introduce himself, Hardhead's mouth is missing.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Headmasters-primedies.jpg|thumb|225px|"Did Prime just... die?" "You know, it was really unclear."]]
*This episode begins with a montage recapping the vague basics of Transformer history, covering their eons-long war, their migration to Earth, the death of Optimus Prime, the rise of Rodimus Prime and Megatron's recreation as Galvatron. The death of Prime is of particular note, as it shows him perishing in a fire-fight in front of [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], rather than accurately replicating his actual death from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. This was a bit of a continuity patch-job on the part of ''The Headmasters'', as the movie still hadn't reached Japan yet at this point (and wouldn't until 1989, when ''Victory'' was airing), so the actual circumstances of Prime's death hadn't been chronicled outside of similarly vague explanations in the pages of ''[[TV Magazine]]''.
*Although he does not speak, Prowl appears quite prominently in a few scenes, despite his death in the movie. The fact that the movie had not yet been released in Japan at this point is often cited as a reason for this, but Prowl's name ''was'' included on the list of dead Autobots in the Japanese dub of "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", so they ''did'' know. The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]'' storyline [[Prowl II|seemed like it was going to explain this]], but got shunted off into its own alternate reality when it ended.
**Years later the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] finally gave a full explanation: Japanese cartoon Prowl did die in the events of the movie and was subsequently replaced by his dimension-hopping counterpart from [[BT World|a closely-related alternate universe]].
*Blitzwing is shown with the Decepticons, but he was banished from their ranks in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]". This previously occurred in "[[The Ultimate Weapon]]", and it will not be the last time that this occurs in ''The Headmasters''.
*Many characters who'd previously been quite different in height are now scaled down to match other characters. Most noticeably, Grimlock is now the same height as Blurr and Wreck-Gar. In dino-mode, he's the same height as Goldbug.

===Trivia===
*The Japanese-language version of this episode released on DVD by [[Metrodome]], [[Madman Entertainment]], and [[Shout! Factory]] is missing the opening montage.
*The Metrodrome DVDs translate the title as "'''Four Warriors from Outer Space'''".
*The [[Shout! Factory]] DVDs translate the title as "'''Warriors from Space'''".

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Four Soldiers from the Sky'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 12]], [[1992]]

:*''Title:'' "'''Warriors from Space'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub), "'''Four Warriors from Outer Space'''" (Shout! Factory menu)
::*Sixshot refers to himself as a "[[Phase Sixer|Phase Six]] Decepticon officer" instead of the original "Decepticon City Ninja Commander".

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Los soldados del pasado'''" ("Soldiers of the past")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cóng Tiān ér Jiàng de Sì-yǒngshì '''" (从天而降的四勇士, "The Four Warriors Come down from the Sky")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chetvero Nebesnykh Voyinov'''" (Четверо небесных воинов, "The Four Sky Warriors")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''I quattro guerrieri dello spazio'''" ("The four warriors of space")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1996]] — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2001]] — ''Transformers: The Movie'' ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) — Omni dub only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2002]] — ''Transformers: Takara'' (Sony Wonder) — Omni dub only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) — Omni dub only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2005]] — ''Transformers: The Movie'' — Reconstructed (Metrodome) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' (Metrodome) — Optional commentary by [[Chris McFeely]]. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) — Optional commentary by Chris McFeely. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2009]] — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2012]] — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

Four Warriors Come out of the Sky

2021-10-22T08:25:20Z

Tokugami:

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=1
|prev=The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2
|image=4soldiers.jpg
|caption=Warriors! Come out to PLAY-AY-YEEEEE!
|title="Four Warriors Come out of the Sky"
|japanese=<ruby>空<rt>そら</rt></ruby>から<ruby>来<rt>き</rt></ruby>た<ruby>四人<rt>よにん</rt></ruby>の<ruby>戦士<rt>せんし</rt></ruby>
|romaji=Sora Kara Kita Yonin no Senshi
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Keisuke Fujikawa]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|airdate=[[July 3]], [[1987]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''In the year 2011, the Decepticons are back, and they've got added power in the form of the newest addition to the Transformers' war—Headmasters!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:FourWarriors Decepticon attack viewscreen.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"The Decepticons are attacking! Darn them all to hell!"]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the year [[2011]], the [[space bridge]] suddenly reactivates, and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] steps through with a small force including the mysterious new recruits [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. Galvatron aims to take control of [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]], and Weirdwolf volunteers the three [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s for this task. Galvatron is irritated at his impudence, but the Headmasters rush off anyway. Galvatron sends the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s, [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s, and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s to attack the [[Autobot]]s.

At [[Great Dome|Autobot Base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly|Carly Witwicky]]'s tea is interrupted by the Decepticon attack, and they rush to the control room, where Spike contacts the Autobot base on [[Athenia]]. The message reaches Athenia, where [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] theorises that the loss of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]'s energy has destabilised Vector Sigma. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] arranges for troops from [[Earth]] to reinforce those on Cybertron while he and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] also prepare to head there. He also suggests Spike and Carly evacuate to Athenia.

[[File:FourWarriors Galvatron abuses Skullcruncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
On Cybertron, Mindwipe turns his hypnotic powers on the Autobots, sending [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to sleep. Unfortunately Skullcruncher also succumbs, much to Galvatron's fury. Spike realises that the Decepticons are after control of Vector Sigma, alarming [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]].

Meanwhile, on Earth, the Autobots under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s command have received orders to join the conflict on Cybertron, but their way to the space bridge is barred by a Decepticon contingent led by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], and he and Magnus square off. At the same time, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] are plotting ways to get a ride to Cybertron when they accidentally run into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. He chases them until Wheelie gets the bright idea to run across a bridge over a ravine, and Trypticon is dumb enough to try to follow them. The bridge snaps under his weight and he plunges into the river below.

[[File:FourWarriors Shoki rescues Magnus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Sixshot has Ultra Magnus pinned when the [[Trainbot]]s arrive and free their leader. The Autobots head for the space bridge, but are cut off again by Sixshot. Ultra Magnus sends the Trainbots on while he, [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] keep the Decepticons busy. The Trainbots are attacked by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]], but luckily [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] chooses this moment to join the battle, and the Autobots succeed in reaching [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and the Earth space bridge terminal. The troops are carried through the space bridge aboard the Trainbots, while Wheelie and Daniel stow away.

[[File:FourWarriors Decepticon Headmasters flaming balls.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fire! Water! Heart!]]
As the battle escalates and conditions worsen on Cybertron, Optimus arrives with more troops. On Athenia, [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] is reminded of the early days of the war when many Autobots fled Cybertron to escape the conflict. As if on cue, a mysterious light appears in the sky, approaching Cybertron—a light that [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] soon realises is not a star, but a star''ship''! As the Decepticons approach their goal, demolishing the Autobots that stand in their way thanks to Mindwipe's sleep-inducing hypnosis power, this ship appears in the skies over Cybertron, and four new warriors soar out to bar their advance—[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]!
{{--}}

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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (3)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (4)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (5)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (6)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (7)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (10)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (18)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (19)
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] (20)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod]] (21)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (23)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (24)
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] (25)
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (27)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (31)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (33)
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] (47)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (48)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (49)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (50)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (51)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (52)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (53)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (54)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (55)
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*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (56)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (57)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (58)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (59)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (60)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (61)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (67)
*[[Shouki]] (69)
*[[Seizan]] (70)
*[[Getsuei]] (71)
*[[Suiken]] (72)
*[[Kaen]] (73)
*[[Yukikaze (G1)|Yukikaze]] (74)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (81)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (82)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (83)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Spaceship Maximus]] (84)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (85)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (93)
*[[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] (94)
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]] (95)
*[[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]] (96)
*[[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] (97)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] (98)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (99)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (100)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (101)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (102)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (103)
{{!}}}
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*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (11)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (17)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (22)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] (28)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (29)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (30)
*[[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] (32)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (34)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (35)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (36)
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (37)
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (38)
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (39)
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] (40)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (41)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (42)
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*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] (43)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (44)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (45)
*[[Octane]] (62)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (63)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (64)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (65)
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (68)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (75)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (76)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (77)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (78)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (79)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (80)
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (86)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (87)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (88)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (89)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (90)
*[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] (91)
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (92)
{{!}}}
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*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (46)
*[[Carly]] (47)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (66)
}}
Holy ''crap''.

==Quotes==
{{note|The following quotes are from the [[Omni Productions]] dub.}}

"This is so strange. How come a robot would feel sleepy?"
:—'''Grimlock''' is confused by the effectiveness of Mindwipe's hypnotic abilities.

"All right, listen up! I'm the ninja consultant for the Decepticons. My name is Sixshot."
:—'''Sixshot''' introduces himself.

"Well, well the game's over. So whaddaya think huh?"
:—'''Sixshot''' after he defeated Ultra Magnus

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
*This episode occurs a year after "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]" (which takes place in 2010 in Japanese continuity, compared to America's 2006), taking the place of "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]" for this continuity.
*The events of [[The Great Transformer War issue 3|issue #3]] of ''[[The Great Transformer War]]'' take place almost immediately before this episode, focusing on the Autobot Headmasters' hunt for the Decepticon Headmasters, who are joining [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] for his assault on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].
*Athenia previously appeared in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]", but it has been seriously re-worked since then.
*The energy of the Matrix was released in "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2".
*The concept of Autobots fleeing Cybertron to escape the war was established in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2]]", and revisited in "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]".
*Up to this point, the space bridge has been the province of the Decepticons alone, but this episode establishes that the Autobots have now created their own network, linking Autobot City on Earth to Cybertron and Athenia.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:FourWarriors Metroplex drives in.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Metroplex misses the "low bridge" sign.]]
*When the Decepticons emerge from the space bridge at the start of the episode, [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] is missing from the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] is missing from the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and both Divebomb and Headstrong are missing from the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. The two Predacons reappear later on, but the others don't, and Rippersnapper actually gives out orders to the team.
*Similarly, when the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] appear, Strafe is missing, but when the angle switches, Scattershot has disappeared, and Strafe is in his place (just as ''Lightspeed'' issues orders to the team!).
*Perhaps in an attempt to outdo his brother (who appeared in two places at once in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''), Sideswipe is seen on both Athenia and Earth.
*Right before Sixshot introduces himself to Magnus, a shot of Soundwave shows him with his optics colored white instead of red.
*Despite being huge in most shots, Metroplex is somehow able to drive right into one of the tunnels leading into Autobot City.
*As Chromedome steps forward to introduce himself, Hardhead's mouth is missing.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Headmasters-primedies.jpg|thumb|225px|"Did Prime just... die?" "You know, it was really unclear."]]
*This episode begins with a montage recapping the vague basics of Transformer history, covering their eons-long war, their migration to Earth, the death of Optimus Prime, the rise of Rodimus Prime and Megatron's recreation as Galvatron. The death of Prime is of particular note, as it shows him perishing in a fire-fight in front of [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], rather than accurately replicating his actual death from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. This was a bit of a continuity patch-job on the part of ''The Headmasters'', as the movie still hadn't reached Japan yet at this point (and wouldn't until 1989, when ''Victory'' was airing), so the actual circumstances of Prime's death hadn't been chronicled outside of similarly vague explanations in the pages of ''[[TV Magazine]]''.
*Although he does not speak, Prowl appears quite prominently in a few scenes, despite his death in the movie. The fact that the movie had not yet been released in Japan at this point is often cited as a reason for this, but Prowl's name ''was'' included on the list of dead Autobots in the Japanese dub of "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", so they ''did'' know. The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]'' storyline [[Prowl II|seemed like it was going to explain this]], but got shunted off into its own alternate reality when it ended.
**Years later the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] finally gave a full explanation: Japanese cartoon Prowl did die in the events of the movie and was subsequently replaced by his dimension-hopping counterpart from [[BT World|a closely-related alternate universe]].
*Blitzwing is shown with the Decepticons, but he was banished from their ranks in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]". This previously occurred in "[[The Ultimate Weapon]]", and it will not be the last time that this occurs in ''The Headmasters''.
*Many characters who'd previously been quite different in height are now scaled down to match other characters. Most noticeably, Grimlock is now the same height as Blurr and Wreck-Gar. In dino-mode, he's the same height as Goldbug.

===Trivia===
*The Japanese-language version of this episode released on DVD by [[Metrodome]], [[Madman Entertainment]], and [[Shout! Factory]] is missing the opening montage.
*The Metrodrome DVDs translate the title as "'''Four Warriors from Outer Space'''".
*The [[Shout! Factory]] DVDs translate the title as "'''Warriors from Space'''".

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Four Soldiers from the Sky'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 12]], [[1992]]

:*''Title:'' "'''Warriors from Space'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub), "'''Four Warriors from Outer Space'''" (Shout! Factory menu)
::*Sixshot refers to himself as a "[[Phase Sixer|Phase Six]] Decepticon officer" instead of the original "Decepticon City Ninja Commander".

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Los soldados del pasado'''" ("Soldiers of the past")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cóng Tiān ér Jiàng de Sì-yǒngshì '''" (从天而降的四勇士, "The Four Warriors Come down from the Sky")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chetvero Nebesnykh Voyinov'''" (Четверо небесных воинов, "The Four Sky Warriors")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''I quattro guerrieri dello spazio'''" ("The four warriors of space")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1996]] — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2001]] — ''Transformers: The Movie'' ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) — Omni dub only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2002]] — ''Transformers: Takara'' (Sony Wonder) — Omni dub only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) — Omni dub only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2005]] — ''Transformers: The Movie'' — Reconstructed (Metrodome) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' (Metrodome) — Optional commentary by [[Chris McFeely]]. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) — Optional commentary by Chris McFeely. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2009]] — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2012]] — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

ShÅ«ta GÅ

2021-10-22T08:20:54Z

Tokugami: Added furigana over the kanji

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:''Shūta Gō is a [[human]] and [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster Junior]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Shutago.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The S is short for Sucker]]
At first, '''Shūta Gō''' (<ruby>剛<rt>ごう</rt></ruby> <ruby>秀太<rt>しゅうた</rt></ruby> ''Gō Shūta'') was part of a long-standing tradition, fulfilling the role of the [[Autobot]]s enthusiastic young human ally. However, not long after the death of his father, [[Haruma Gō|Professor Gō]], Shūta became something much more. Bonded to the [[Transtector]] from the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Shūta became '''Goshooter''' (ゴーシューター ''Gōshūtā''), a [[Headmaster Junior]] and a true Autobot warrior, able to help his friends and allies in new, dangerous, but always exciting ways.

Whether in the form of a human or a Transformer, Shūta is always eager for new challenges and willing to jump into dangerous situations without hesitation... or thought, really. He means well, but he tends to leap before he looks, and his brain-mouth filter could use some work. A skilled soccer player, Shūta is close friends (and friendly rivals) with fellow Headmaster Junior [[Cab (human)|Cab]], and they both have a slight crush on their teammate [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Yumi Tōma]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Shuta on bike.jpg|left|thumb|He should really have a helmet on.]]

Once upon a time, Shūta had a pretty normal life. He went to school, he did his homework, and he was friends with one of the scientists at his father's observatory research center, "Mr. Hawk," who trained him and helped him to improve his soccer skills. On the day that a cruise liner was sunk off the coast of [[Canada]] by two [[Blood|monstrous]] [[Gilmer|creatures]], however, everything changed. Mr. Hawk revealed to Shūta that he was not from Earth—in truth, he was [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], leader of a secret cell of Autobot [[Pretender]]s who had long been protecting [[Earth]] in secret. The monstrous creatures were [[Decepticon]]s, who had restarted their campaign against Earth, and Metalhawk and the Pretenders were forced to return to battle once more. Shūta followed Metalhawk into the nearby city on his motorcycle to watch him battle a [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]], but wound up trapped in the clutches on the slimy [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]]. With the help of his fellow Pretenders, Metalhawk defeated the Decepticons and rescued Shūta. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}}

When news of a Decepticon attack on the [[Karin Islands]] reached the Autobots, Shūta convinced Metalhawk to allow him to go along. On the Karin Islands, he met the local prince, Cab, but their first encounter was a rough one, with Cab attacking Shūta because he thought he was a robot in disguise like the Pretenders. Once the misunderstanding was cleared up and the Decepticons were defeated, the two boys became quite friendly, and Cab decided to accompany Shūta and the Pretenders back to Japan. Upon their return, however, the group discover that Shūta's father's observatory had been attacked by the Decepticons, and Professor Go had been fatally wounded. The professor handed Shūta the key to the Autobots' new base and died before his son's eyes. {{storylink|Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt}}

[[File:Shuta armor.jpg|thumb|.....told ya.]]

Shūta and Cab soon found something else to fight over when they met [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]], a young girl from [[Mont Porte]], while helping the Autobots to rescue the scientist [[Blanieux|Professor Blanieux]] from the Decepticons. Shūta and Cab proved instrumental in saving the professor, overpowering a [[Destroid]] [[stewardess]] that had been sent to capture him, and Minerva joined them in attending the [[International School]]. {{storylink|Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet}}

Not long thereafter, Shūta, Cab and Minerva's determination to help the Autobots in their fight prompted Metalhawk to make them a remarkable offer. Given [[Master-Brace]]s, which enhanced their strength and reflexes with [[Chōkon Power]], and [[Transtector]]s to which they could bond, the three kids became [[Headmaster Junior]]s and could now fight alongside the Autobots as true Transformer warriors. Shūta had to learn, however, that his powers were for rescuing innocents first and fighting Decepticons second. His first clash with the Decepticons' own team of Headmaster Juniors put his resolve to the test when he had to rescue a baby from a burning building without sinking to the Decepticon Juniors' level and fighting back. Metalhawk helped to take out the young punks, and Shūta saved the child, in the process learning the importance of putting the lives of others ahead of defeating his enemies. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

Despite learning this lesson, Shūta's new powers still made him a touch on the arrogant side, and a chewing-out from his soccer coach was soon followed by a trip to America to [[Holographic battle drone|train]] with [[Diver (G1)|Diver]]. He and Cab mastered their teamwork fighting Seacons and the Decepticon Juniors again, {{storylink|Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules}} and later on during their American vacation, Shūta was instrumental in rescuing a boy named [[Chris]] from [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]]. {{storylink|Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland}}

[[File:Shuta cab rivals.jpg|left|thumb|They aren't fighting...their hair just got tangled.]]

Back in Japan, Shūta, Cab and Minerva enrolled in a hang-gliding contest, during which they came under attack from the newest addition to the Decepticon army, the [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] brothers, [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (G1)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}} After a further altercation with the new villains in the Karin Islands, Shūta demanded to know why the Autobots did not have Godmasters of their own, {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble}} but his wish soon came true with the appearance of [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]. Shūta and the Autobot Juniors travelled to America to meet their new comrade, {{storylink|Ginrai: God On of Rage!!}} and soon after, welcomed him to Japan when he came to visit the Autobot base. This also proved to be the first chance to battle alongside him, when they all tangled with the Decepticon Juniors and briefly captured [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]]. {{storylink|A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}} Friendship came quickly between Ginrai and the Juniors, and Shūta gave him the grand tour of the Autobot base. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}}

Summer got off to a rocky start when Shūta attempted to stop Cab from peeping on Minerva and the other female pupils during their swimming classes at school, {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} but once summer vacation set in, the team enjoyed a trip to the Rocky Mountains in Canada, where they met [[Ranger]]. {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}} The summer held several more exciting times for Shūta, like when he was mistaken for Ginrai by [[Sixknight]] {{storylink|A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer}} or when he met the famous F1 racer [[Road King]] (who turned out to be a Godmaster). {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}} Even a return trip to the Karin Islands resulted in more mayhem when the Autobots became caught up in another Decepticon plot in the area. {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}}

[[File:Goshooter birthhmjrs.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto]]

As the new school term began, a strange television program caught Shūta and Cab's attention when the mysterious fortuneteller featured on the show revealed the existence of the Autobots and Decepticons to the world. This was, of course, a Decepticon plot to turn Humanity against the Autobots, and Shūta and the Juniors did their part to help turn public opinion around by helping rescue people from a flood caused by the villains. {{storylink|Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!}}

Shūta and the other Juniors were left with little to do when the Autobots funnelled their resources into the "Bomber Project", aiming to create [[Godbomber]], a drone that would give Ginrai the power to fly and fight in space to battle the approaching Decepticon super-weapon [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]. After BlackZarak was repelled, however, the Juniors discovered that they too possessed a link with Godbomber and were able to control and transform it by uniting their Chōkon Power. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

Shūta tasted the bitterness of true defeat when the final Godmaster, [[Clouder]], sided with the Decepticons and helped arrange an assault on the Autobot base. With only Shūta, his fellow Juniors and Metalhawk to protect it, the base was a lost cause, but Shūta refused to abandon his father's last great work. Nonetheless, the base was destroyed by the Decepticons' attack. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

During a later outer space battle with BlackZarak and the Decepticons, [[Grand Maximus]]'s battleship was sent plummeting into Earth's atmosphere when its tachyon converter was knocked offline. Setting personal safety aside, it was Shūta who saved the day by donning a [[jet pack|rocket pack]] and reactivating the converter. When the ship reactivated with a judder, he was thrown free and continued his searing re-entry, only to be swept up by Ginrai just before impacting. {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}}

While searching for the Decepticon base, Shūta was approached by the repentant Clouder, who offered to take him there. Shūta warily agreed to accompany to see if his claim was legitimate before radioing the other Autobots, but while Clouder's intentions were good, the other Decepticons caught wind of the pair's approach and ambushed them. Captured and thrown in a dungeon, Shūta naturally assumed Clouder had betrayed him and began pummeling the Godmaster. [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] was gentlemanly enough to correct Shūta's misconception, but proceeded to use the Headmaster Junior as a bargaining chip, summoning Ginrai to the base in exchange for his supposed safety. Held in the grip of [[King Poseidon]], Shūta cried out for his commander to forget about him and fight back against Overlord. Thankfully, the equation was soon balanced out by Cancer, who turned against the Decepticons and freed Shūta. Decepticon defeat and Autobot escape immediately followed, {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} and not long after, Shūta participated in a large-scale Autobot attack on the Decepticon base, culminating in its destruction. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

On a mission to stop BlackZarak in the Grand Canyon, Shūta, the other Juniors and Ranger were attacked by King Poseidon, and Shūta was seized by Buster and had a gun put to his head. The tables were luckily turned by the arrival of Ginrai, and the Decepticons retreated to Europe. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Shūta and the Juniors again ran afoul of King Poseidon as the team scaled the Matterhorn, {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} and they could only watch and cheer as Ginrai engaged in his final battle with BlackZarak. When the Decepticon adopted a new, serpentine form, Ginrai called upon Shūta and the Juniors for their power, and the three kids were transported into his chest cockpit. There, they added their Chōkon Power to Ginrai's to create the "Final Fire Guts" attack, with which BlackZarak and Devil Z were both finally destroyed.

In the wake of Devil Z's destruction, however, the bond between the Autobots and their Transtectors was broken, and Shūta became a normal kid again as [[Goshooter|his now-living Transtector]] and those of all the other Autobots headed into space to continue the fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!}} {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}} {{storylink|The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!}} {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}} {{storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}} {{storylink|Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?}} {{storylink|God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!}} {{storylink|God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon}} {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}} {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}} {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}} {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}} {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}}}}

====''Cloud''====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Wandering}}}}

====''Legends'' comic====
In [[2021]] after the [[Masterforce War]], Shūta, Cab, and Minerva went into space with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s crew in order to find the missing former Decepticon Headmaster Juniors. {{storylink|LG24 Shockwave & Cancer Prologue}} The three were then caught up in a battle between Fortress Maximus's and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s troops. When Scorponok detonated a nearby black hole, Fortress had [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] take the humans to safety, and so they avoided being infected with "[[blackball]]s" like the other Autobots. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} The humans would join the Autobots in the [[Legends World]], where they reunited with the former Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, who brought them new Headmaster-Braces from [[Grand Maximus|Grand]]. {{storylink|LG24 Shockwave & Cancer Prologue}}

Shūta continued playing soccer in this alternate universe, but while arguing with Wheelie about the advantages of the sport, his practice was interrupted by the [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] transtector attacking. Battling the intruder alongside Wheelie, Shūta used his soccer skills to deflect the [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] head that was kicked at them before having Wheelie kick ''him'' at Galvatron while firing his head-mode guns. This "Head Ball Vulcan Attack" both defeated Galvatron and increased Wheelie's interest in soccer, though to Shūta's disappointment, he only saw it as another method of pranking people. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}} Since all their friends had found jobs, Shūta and Bullhorn wanted to be useful too and signed up with the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]], which promised all employees a free transtector. Unfortunately, their boss [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] was evil and had rigged the transtectors to lock the Headmasters in so that they would work for him forever as slaves. He had Shūta and the others attack the Autobot base, but since he'd refused to feed them, they soon ran low on energy and the locks were deactivated. Shūta and the rest detached and fled, leaving the train-mode transtectors ramming into Astrotrain. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} [[Flywheels]], another of Astrotrain's victims, later recalled that Shūta had been there. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}}

A new Godbomber was built in the Legends World only for its parts to be stolen by the Decepticons, though the main Headmaster component was left behind. Shūta, Cab and Minerva communed with the drone like they had before, endowing it with life, then accompanied it into battle with the false Godbomber. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} After being gobbled up by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and used as a power source, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} Shūta was seen on the streets of the rebuilt [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} He and Wheelie later got part-time jobs at [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]]'s delivery business. {{storylink|TF Legends Late Xmas Present Chapter|Late Xmas Present Chapter}} The Headmaster Juniors accompanied Ginrai on a delivery job to [[Bonapar Island]], where they were attacked by a revived Giga and Mega who separated Ginrai and Godbomber from their transtectors. Shūta helped save the day by kicking Cab and Minerva's head modes onto the headless bodies, allowing them to drive off their attackers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (God Ginrai)|Bonus Edition God Ginrai}} Giga and Mega later lured them to their [[Chōkon Tower Chinese Restaurant]] to settle the score with Ginrai, and the Headmaster Juniors assisted in the duel by sitting inside Godbomber and lending it their power. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 60|Bonus Edition Vol. 60}} They were among the Masterforce warriors to join forces and defeat Devil Z, again by powering up Godbomber. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Grand Maximus}}

====Train Wars====
[[File:TrainWars2 ShuutaGou.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
Shūta Gō would one day reunite with his living transtector, [[Goshooter]]. He obtained a new form of transtector from the factory in [[G Nebula 89]], becoming a "Godmaster Jr". This new form of the [[Masterforce]] system allowed Shūta to transform into a helicopter and into a plasma energy rifle that endowed the holder with [[Chōkon Power]]. {{storylink|#Generations|''Generations'' Shūta Gō bio}} Eager to show off his new power, he got his chance when [[Darkwings]], [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]], and [[Blue Bacchus]] attacked the [[Second Army]] at G Nebula 89 in an attempt to capture the transtector factory. Before he got to action, though, he bickered with Goshooter over whether it was safe to use his still-unfamiliar abilities. Black Shadow eventually got sick of their arguing and shot at them, prompting the duo into action. With Shūta as the plasma rifle, they were able to blast the [[Crossformer]]s away with a combination of all three types of Chōkon. Darkwings fled in fear, and the two partners went back to verbally one-upping each other, to the annoyance of their comrades. {{storylink|Train Wars: Goshooter & Shūta Gō Chapter}}

[[File:TrainWars2 GoshooterSoccerMove.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
When [[The Fallen]] attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the hopes of merging with [[Vector Sigma]], [[Overdrive]] sought additional help using the power of his [[Quantum Dial]]. Further empowering the dial with the help of the Oracle, Overdrive reached across space and time to recruit Goshooter and Shūta Gō, as well as other inter-dimensional warriors.

The reinforcements were no match for the Fallen's combination mode, however, and soon Goshooter and Shūta Gō were the only warriors left untouched. The two of them tag-teamed the Fallen's minion [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]], using a love of soccer to kick the villain into submission. When Goshooter was impaled by the Fallen's spikes, though, Shūta and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] attempted to stop the Fallen from assimilating Vector Sigma. Shūta was nearly consumed along with the orb, but Daniel and his partner Shouki blasted them free. Shūta turned Vector Sigma over to Goshooter, who scored a big goal by kicking the orb right into the Fallen's ugly face.

When the battle was over, Shouki and Goshooter said their goodbyes while Shūta teased Daniel about his age. {{storylink|Train Wars 2}}

===''TV Magazine'' comic continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
[[File:Shuta manga.jpg|left|thumb]]

When the Decepticon Pretenders attacked the Karin Islands, Shūta accompanied his Autobot friend Metalhawk there and attempted to persuade the local prince, Cab, to back down from the fight. Cab responded by slugging Shūta one and telling the foreigner to keep out of it, but was shocked into silence when the Pretenders dropped their disguises and revealed their robotic forms. Shūta explained the origins of the Pretenders as Metalhawk routed the Decepticons, and said that he would introduce Cab to the Autobot hero. {{storylink|Gods? Demons? The Pretenders}}

Back in Japan, Cab and Shūta attended the International School together and soon discovered that Metalhawk had recruited their classmate, Minerva. Metalhawk explained that the three kids were going to help fight the Decepticons, and after a period of intensive training, they were given Master-Braces and Transtectors and became Headmaster Juniors. Shūta and Cab immediately went joyriding in their Transtectors and ran into trouble when they encountered a [[Lobclaw]] Seacon, but Metalhawk saved them—though not without chastising them for their lack of teamwork. {{storylink|The Birth of the Junior Headmasters}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}} {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Divine Combination!}}}}

[[File:Shuta cab manga torture.jpg|thumb|]]

During a later battle between Metalhawk and Blood, Metalhawk summoned the Headmaster Juniors to aid in the rescue effort in the surrounding city. Shūta and Minerva were forced to sneak out of the International School dormitory, and they and Cab then met their opposite numbers in the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, whom they defeated. Shūta was not best pleased about having had his night's sleep ruined, but Minerva pointed out that it was Sunday tomorrow anyway. {{storylink|The Battle of Destiny - Children of Good and Evil}}

Shūta and the Juniors soon met and befriended the Autobot Godmaster Ginrai, {{storylink|On Scene! Our Savior's Name Is Ginrai!}} and later travelled to the planet [[Athenia]] to see him be appointed [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}} With the other Autobot Masterforce warriors, Shūta fought [[King Poseidon|Grand King Poseidon]] on Earth. {{storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}}

At one point, Shūta and Cab were captured by the Decepticons and tortured by Blood. [[Mega]] and [[Giga]] hoped that the two boys would join their twisted Decepticon family, but Shūta refuted the notion that the villains were any kind of family at all. Thankfully, they were rescued by Minerva and Ginrai, and as they recuperated, the boys laughed about how the two seemed to be filling the roles of their mother and father. {{storylink|The Good and Evil Families of Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}} {{storylink|Life or Death? The Desperate Divine Combination!}} {{storylink|The Great Turnabout of the Autobots}}}}

In the final battle against BlackZarak, the villain turned on his fellow Decepticons, leading them to unite with the Autobots in defeating him. All of the Transformers boarded Grand Maximus and charged him with their energy before he crashed straight into BlackZarak, obliterating him and Devil Z. The death of Devil Z caused the bond between the humans and their Transtectors to be broken, and Shūta became a normal kid again as [[Goshooter|his now-living Transtector]] and those of all the other Autobots headed into space to continue the fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Life-Forms}}

====''Victory'' comic====
[[File:Shuta victory manga.jpg|thumb|left|[https://youtu.be/dsw-KSiO0VE?t=13s Saint Seiya!]]]
When a new Transformer war erupted on Earth, Shūta and Cab decided to check out the new Supreme Commander, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], thinking that he wasn't a patch on God Ginrai. They appeared in the middle of a battle between Star Saber and the Decepticons, lecturing the adopted human sons of the two faction leaders ([[Jan Minakaze]] of the Autobots and [[Solon Kitakaze (G1)|Solon Kitakaze]] of the Decepticons) on how much better Ginrai was. In mid-pontification, however, the boys were attacked by [[Dinoforce]] member [[Kakuryu (G1)|Kakuryu]]. Star Saber swooped in to save them and hurled Kakuryu over a cliff, but as the Decepticon clawed at the edge of the crevice, Star Saber showed mercy and helped him back up. This was enough to convince Shūta and Cab that Star Saber was a good egg, and they cemented their friendship with Jan. {{storylink|Star Saber, Warrior of Love!}} Jan was later invited by the boys to Cab's treehouse, but that didn't turn out to be such a good idea, since [[Yokuryu]] smashed up the place and captured Jan. {{storylink|Danger, Jan! Hurry, Star Saber!}}

Shūta and Cab established themselves as members of Star Saber's Autobot warriors when they got new suits of armor modeled on the [[Brainmaster]]s. (Shūta wore a suit based on [[Braver]].) {{storylink|Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}} Their little group of armored humans, the "[[Victories]]", was soon joined by Jan's sister [[Patty Minakaze|Patty]] to whom both boys took a liking, {{storylink|The Strongest Pair, the Combination of Victory!}} despite her making the boys scrub and clean the Autobot base. {{storylink|Victory Saber Is Strong!}} More surprisingly, they were joined by Solon, who betrayed the Decepticons when he learned his true heritage. With their team now completed, they were able to channel their power into their respective Autobot counterparts to form the Victory Blade attack, soundly thrashing [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] and [[Liokaiser]] in one blast. {{storylink|Shine, Five Stars of Victory}}

Shūta, Cab and the other Victories were all aboard [[Galaxy Shuttle]] during the final battle between the Autobots and Deathsaurus's planet-destroying fortress. When the battle was done, they all boarded the fortress with the other Autobots and Decepticons and witnessed Deathsaurus's disclosure that the fortress contained all the Decepticon civilians. This revelation led to the laying down of Autobot and Decepticon arms and the beginning of a new age of peace. Shūta and Cab glomped Patty in happiness. {{storylink|The Grand Victory War}}
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Super-God Masterforce}}
[[File:Goshooter toy.jpg|thumb|130px]]
*'''Goshooter''' (Headmaster Junior, [[1988]])
**''ID number'': '''C-301'''
**''Accessories'': Headmaster transtector, helmet/seat, rifle, left & right small pistols

:Shūta Gō's [[transtector]] transforms into a white [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Mazda RX|Mazda RX-7]] police car. The roof is hinged and can be opened to reveal an interior in which Shūta can sit, using his head-mode helmet as a seat. His head guns can be stored on the hood while his rifle can be plugged onto the roof.

: In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, the Goshooter transtector has a flip-down panel on its chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives reads for Speed, Strength, and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Shūta (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Shūta has the transtector's face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip-down panel featured on larger Headmasters.

:Goshooter shares a mold with the American Headmaster [[Siren (G1)#Generation 1|Siren]], but it is unclear which character came first in the design process.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/GoShooter/goshooter.htm More information on Goshooter at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1Siren toy.jpg|250px|thumb]]
*'''Goshooter Siren''' (Headmaster Junior, 1988)
**''Accessories'': Headmaster transtector, helmet/seat, rifle, left & right small pistols

: A Siren-decoed version of Goshooter was made available via mail-order offer in Japan. He cost 1800 yen and four [[Robot Point]]s. It is unknown if he came in a plain mailer box or in [[Hasbro]] packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Siren/siren.htm More information on Goshooter Siren (well, Siren) at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations'' (Japan)===
[[File:Generationstoy-Go Shuta.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Goshooter''' ([[March 10]], [[2014]])
**''Accessories'': 2 blasters, rotors

:Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through ''[[Transformers Generations 2014]]'' Vol. 2, this [[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|''Generations'']] two-pack includes the Goshooter Transtector in the form of a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] and Shūta Gō as a redeco of the same line's [[Blaze Master#Generations|Blazemaster]]. Goshooter transforms into a sports car that mimics the original toy's police deco (the most obvious omission being his lightbar) and comes with two blasters which peg via [[5 mm post]] into his hands, forearms, and rear vehicle sides, and can also combine into a large weapon. Magazine previews have shown the combined weapon attached to Goshooter's leg as a booster to give him superpowered kicks.

:Meanwhile, Shūta transforms into a helicopter, a robot with [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] hands, and a 5mm-handle weapon to be held by the Transtector. His robot mode deco harkens to his armoured appearance in ''Masterforce'', complete with green visor. Magazine previews explain this Shūta 'has grown into a fine young man', making him the first of the former ''Masterforce'' characters to meet up with his living Transtector.

:Goshooter originated as one of ten possible toy concepts shown in ''Transformers Generations 2014'' Vol. 1, with a poll being held to choose which of the figures would be produced. Goshooter won with 29.3% of the votes.<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>

:Shūta's mold was also used to make ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]'' [[Jolt (Armada)#Transformers|Micron Jolt]] and ''Generations'' [[Spinister (G1)#Generations|Spinister]].
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG29-Goshooter.jpg|upright=0.66|thumb|Wheelie's new human friend.]]
*'''Wheelie & Goshooter''' ([[September 24]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG29'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Goshooter is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Siren (G1)#Generations|Loudmouth]], transforming into a head for any ''Titans Return'' [[Titan Master]]/''Legends'' Headmaster-compatible toy. He comes in a two-pack with [[Wheelie (G1)#Legends|Wheelie]] that does not include Loudmouth's vehicle accessory. As a redeco of a Titan Master figure, Goshooter is also compatible with any of the vehicle partners from that line.

:Like Loudmouth, Goshooter features misassembled thighs.
{{TRLoudmouthMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
[[File:Shuta masterbrace toy.jpg|100px|thumb|Jinchōkon bling]]
*'''Headmaster-Braces—Goshooter''' (1998)

:Shūta's Master-Braces came alive with this role-play set, including two silver-chromed bracelets with handcuff-style hinges, and a small clip-on "communicator" pin.
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===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF GoShuta.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Go Pewta]]
*'''Go Shooter''' (2002)
**''Act'': '''5'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:Robot-mode Shūta was included as part of the fifth ''Masterforce''-centric wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] [[Plastic|PVC]] figurines. Like all figures in the wave, he was available in both full-color and metallic silver "pewter" versions.

: In eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version of Goshooter came packaged with the left arm of the [[Scorponok (G1)/toys#Super Collection Figure|Black Zarak]] "Build-A-Figure". This part could be in either full color or smoky-clear plastic, packed at an equal ratio of 4:4 cases.

: The pewter version of the figure has a potential problem with connector peg breakage at the shoulders, due to said pegs often getting a layer of pewter paint before being forced into a socket, leading to sticking and tearing. Care should be used when moving or removing the arms; shaving down the socket interior with a thin hobby knife is usually sufficient to fix the issue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/GoShooter/goshooter.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Goshooter at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/PewterGoShooter/goshooter.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' pewter Goshooter at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Although this article presents Shūta's name in the traditional Western manner, in Japan, a person's name is written family name first, given name last. Hence, Shūta's name is written as "Gō Shūta", this being the phonetic origin of his Transformer name, Goshooter (ゴーシューター ''Gōshūtā'').
*His age is listed as 13 on his [[Tech Spec]]/[[bio]].<ref>[http://sig-yan.web.infoseek.co.jp/japaspe/mf/c301.html Gooshooter's tech spec at http://sig-yan.web.infoseek.co.jp]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Siren''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Sirena''' ("Siren")
*''Russian:'' '''Siren''' (Сайрен)

==References==
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ChÅkon Power

2021-10-22T02:50:03Z

Tokugami: Added furigana over the kanji

[[Image:Chokonpower.jpg|right|thumb|300px|My burning heart burns for justice.]]

The mysterious '''Chōkon Power''' (<ruby><超魂<rt>ちょうこん</rt></ruby>パワー, "Super Soul Power"), or '''Ten-Chi-Jin''' (<ruby>天地人<rt>てんちじん</rt></ruby>) manifests in three primary forms:

*'''Chichōkon''' (<ruby>地超魂<rt>ちちょうこん</rt></ruby>, "Earth Super Soul") — the power of the Earth. It is characterized by the [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] [[Blood]] as "the ultimate energy that grants existence to the life on the surface of the Earth".
*'''Jinchōkon''' (<ruby>人超魂<rt>じんちょうこん</rt></ruby>, "Human Super Soul") — the power of humanity. Blood describes it as "the ultimate energy that gives humans the strength to keep on living".
*'''Tenchōkon''' (<ruby>天超魂<rt>てんちょうこん</rt></ruby>, "Heaven Super Soul") — the power of the heavens. Blood classifies it as "the ultimate energy of the growing universe".

These three different aspects—Earth, heaven, and human—are denoted by some Eastern religions as the three core aspects of life, hence Chōkon Power is effectively the primal energy of life itself. While individual beings can learn to manipulate the energy for their own ends, it is a difficult task to accomplish—aside from the warrior [[Sixknight]], who professed to derive his strength from Tenchōkon, no other ordinary Transformers displayed the ability. Through the machinations of the alien entity [[Devil Z]], however, the lifeforms known as the [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]]s were given the inherent ability to manipulate all three forms of Chōkon Power, making them one of the most powerful types of super-robotic lifeform in existence.

Chōkon Power also exists in at least three other forms:

*'''[[Devil Power|Machōkon]]''' (<ruby>魔超魂<rt>まちょうこん</rt></ruby>, "Devil Super Soul"), a corrupt form utilized by Devil Z itself.
*'''[[Beast Power|Jūchōkon]]''' (<ruby>獣超魂<rt>じゅうちょうこん</rt></ruby>, "Beast Super Soul"), the power of beasts.
*'''[[Spirit energy|Shinchōkon]]''' (<ruby>神超魂<rt>しんちょうこん</rt></ruby>, "God Super Soul"), a form native to the [[Legends World]] that can make thoughts into reality and resurrect the dead.

The Godmaster [[transtector]]s originally resided in a region of space known as [[G Nebula 89]], which was rich in Tenchōkon, suffusing the transtectors with it. Devil Z subsequently stole the mechanoids and hid them on Earth, where, over the years, they absorbed the planet's inherent Chichōkon. With two of the three Chōkon Powers now filling them, the final step in Devil Z's plan for the transtectors was to bond a human being to them, thereby adding Jinchōkon—inherent in all humans by its very nature—to the equation and giving the resultant Godmasters lifeform power over all three aspects of Chōkon Power.

The effects of Chōkon Power vary. Most commonly, it is simply channelled from its source—down from the sky, up out of the ground, or from within the Godmaster—into the Godmaster's fist, which can then either deliver a powerful, charged punch, or release the energy by firing it as an offensive blast. At other times, it is projected in waves from the Godmaster's body, or can be channelled into their weapons for enhanced firepower. The only type known to have an effect specific to itself is Chichōkon, which gives Godmasters the power to control the Earth beneath them, levitating and energizing rocks and dirt that can be hurled at opponents.

[[Headmaster Junior]]s also possess some small measure of Chōkon Power, although this may simply be the Jinchōkon that exists inherently within them as humans, "activated" when they received the Masterforce. They cannot use this energy offensively; instead, it serves to automatically enhance their strength, reflexes and agility.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
[[Image:Tenchokon.jpg|left|thumb|(Burning.)]]
The power of Chōkon was researched by [[Mega]] and [[Giga]] at their [[Giga and Mega's base|secret island base]]. They would develop applications combining the three different forms to be used by a single being—a Godmaster. {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}} The Godmasters were in actuality created through the planning of Devil Z, who had the transtectors soak in Tenchōkon and Chichōkon, all the while priming them for bonding with humans with his power for the final component: Jinchōkon. {{storylink|Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!}}

Early in the [[Masterforce War]], the three [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s were introduced to the concept of Chōkon by [[Blood]] at the [[Decepticon Base]]. Blood went over the three varieties of "Ten-Chi-Jin" and the [[human]]s were more than impressed. Blood went on to further explain that any imbalance would drive mankind to extinction and the stolen power would go to the Decepticons to use in conquering the universe. The Headmaster Juniors were specifically implored to decrease Jinchōkon by draining people of hope and luring them into becoming Decepticon minions. {{Storylink|Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland}}

The [[Pretender]]s in turn were formally introduced to the real-life applications of Chōkon when they battled [[Buster (G1)|Buster]] and [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] at Giga and Mega's base. The Pretenders found themselves in over their heads by the users of all three powers and the battle was revealed to have been engineered by [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] to show the other Decepticons the sheer superiority of the Godmasters. As a further demonstration, Hydra and Buster used their [[transtector]]s to create the "Chōjin Godmaster Chōkon Bomb" that destroyed an entire squadron of [[United States Air Force]] jets. The observing Blood was taken aback by the sheer force of the attack. The Godmasters later fought the [[Autobot]]s but did not make specific mentions to using Chōkon. {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}}

[[Image:Chokonpunch.jpg|right|thumb|Definitely lots of burning.]]

Even still, once reviewing video footage of their battle, the Autobots discovered that the Godmasters had immense regenerative powers—a result of the combination of the three Chōkon types. It was realized that the two were inherently different to the Pretenders and the Headmaster Juniors and it was certainly possible that they had hidden strength the likes of which they had never seen before.

At the Decepticon Base, Giga once again went over how Godmasters utilized Chōkon—through the combination of the Godmaster's soul with the transtector were they able to tap into all of Ten-Chi-Jin, granting them limitless power beyond that of gods. The Headmaster Juniors were also noted for their human factor. Mega reassured the Pretenders that, despite their lack of Jinchōkon, they would still be useful.

The Autobots once again battled the Decepticon Godmasters, this time on [[Karin Islands|Viscas Island]]. This time, the Godmasters called upon Chōkon Power, overwhelming the Autobot Pretenders. However, they did not feel like they could combat the Autobots once the Headmaster Juniors arrived to assist and the tide turned against them. At the Decepticon Base, Buster suffered from low self-esteem after being unable to utilize his Chōkon Power to comparison to his brother due to the "weakness in [his] heart". Buster declared that he would become stronger, to which Hydra looked forward. {{Storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble}} The brothers would soon show their power to [[Diver (G1)|Diver]] when they battled over the newly discovered Godmaster—[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]. In response to Diver's claims about taking [[Earth]] as a new home and becoming closer to humanity, Hydra boasted of his superiority over humanity thanks to the Chōkon energies, both showing off Chichōkon and Tenchōkon in turn. Diver, however, disagree with them surpassing humans as all they had was power and no heart. Ginrai came to the rescue when he accidentally combined with his transtector and harnessed the power of Chichōkon sending a bemused Hydra and Buster flying away. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}}

[[Image:Chokoncharge.jpg|left|thumb|IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZER!]]

In following battles, Godmasters on both sides would call upon Chōkon Power for their attacks:
*Buster used Chōkon bolts against [[Lander]] and Diver. {{Storylink|Ginrai: God On of Rage!!}}
*Ginrai used Chichōkon against [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]]. When the Hydra brothers arrived, Hydra used a Chichōkon, which Ginrai was able to disperse easily, and Buster used Tenchōkon which momentarily brought Ginrai to his knees. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}}
*Hydra used Chichōkon against Ginrai, but the Autobot responded with Jinchōkon-imbued punches to Hydra's gut. Hydra would later return the favor with Chōkon punches and more Chichōkon, but Ginrai's Chōkon proved to be the more superior in the end. {{Storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}
*Super Ginrai used Chōkon-imbued physical attacks to make the components of [[King Poseidon]] explode. Which isn't hard to accomplish, mind. {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}}
*King Poseidon was again a recipient to Super Ginrai's attack, this time the "Chōkon Knuckle Punch". The [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] limbs exploded. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

For a while, it seemed as if Godmasters had a monopoly on Chōkon. That is, till the powerful robotic Transformer [[Sixknight]] arrived on Earth seeking out a challenge. He brought himself before the Decepticons and bragged of his powerful Tenchōkon. Mega and Giga, already having minions that possessed more than just Tenchōkon, laughed at his inability to tap into Chichōkon or Jinchōkon. Even still, the Decepticons convinced Sixknight to battle Ginrai. Sixknight initially had a good showing against the Godmaster, but was ultimately defeated by the Special Fire Guts cannon blast that combined all three Chōkon types. {{storylink|A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer}}

[[Image:ChokonTornado tornado.jpg|thumb|]]
The Autobots and Decepticons went right back to battling each other:
*Ginrai, [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]], [[Ranger]], and [[Road King]] all used their unique Chōkon attacks, based on the classical elements, on Seacons. {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}}
*Buster attempted to use Tenchōkon, but was restrained before he could complete his attack. {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}}
*Ginrai used a blast of Chichōkon to overwhelm Hydra and Buster in their [[Darkwings]] form. [[Mega]] then used her Chōkon abilities to levitate a large meteorite to attack Ginrai. {{storylink|Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!}}
*Ginrai used Chōkon Power to send Hydra and Buster blasting off. When they returned as Darkwings, Ginrai used Special Fire Guts. [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] soon arrived and used his Chōkon Bolt Masher missiles on Ginrai, which helped in the curb-stomping of Ginrai. {{Storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}}
*By the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Overlord used his Chōkon Bolt Masher and Chōkon Daemon Blast attacks, which had little effect on God Ginrai. Once on the Moon, God Ginrai attempted to focus Chōkon energy into his Godcannon, but was interrupted by [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]. {{Storylink|God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!}}
*God Ginrai used Chōkon to escape a deadly shot from the [[Giga]]tank. When the Autobot Headmaster Juniors rushed to Ginrai's defense, Hydra used Chōkon to create a sand barrier between the Godmaster brothers and the Autobots. Overlord would use his abilities to create a powerful Chōkon tornado that enveloped the Decepticon Godmaster, but it was dissipated by God Ginrai's Godpunch striking Overlord from underground. {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}}
*Lightfoot used his Chōkon Spin Drill to loosen King Poseidon's hold on God Ginrai before the Decepticon could throw him into an underwater volcano. God Ginrai then used Chōkon to boost his Godcannon to blow King Poseidon apart. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}}
*Buster attempted to use Chōkon on [[Godbomber]], but failed to hit the robot. God Ginrai used Chichōkon to blast Overlord away. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

Ginrai's personal Chōkon Power was used to energize [[Godbomber]]. When Ginrai was weak, Godbomber was incapable of moving till the Headmaster Juniors discovered that they could supply their own Chōkon to power Godbomber. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

*The final Godmaster, [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]], used Chōkon to allow him to fly in eagle mode without King Poseidon dragging him down to the ocean. Ginrai used Chōkon God Fire Guts to destroy a mountain to cover the nearby base mode Overlord in rubble. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}}
*Doubleclouder used Chōkon bolts to attack [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] after the Godmaster was caught conspiring with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}}
*While distracting Ginrai from the attack on [[Autobot Base]], Hydra and Buster combined their powers together for the "Chōkon Scramble Attack". {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} Afterwards, Hydra stunned Ginrai temporarily with Chōkon Power, but the battle ended when Ginrai shot down Darkwings with Tenchōkon. In the following battle between Overlord and Ginrai, Overlord used Chōkon Bolt Masher while Ginrai energized himself with Chōkon to throw Overlord into the exploding Autobot Base. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}
*During [[Operation M1]], Overlord frequently used his Chōkon Bolt Masher. While trapped in a [[black hole]], Ginrai and [[Grand Maximus]] combined their Chōkon, drawn from the electromagnetic energies in the black hole, to power the Godcannon to dissipate the black hole. Once the two Autobots arrived on earth, BlackZarak and Overlord attempted Chōkon attacks, only to hit each other. The two villains were then struck by a Godcannon shot. {{Storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}

[[Image:HumanExtinction Ginrai Chokon.jpg|thumb|left|So much power you're likely to chōkon it.]]

Realizing the power of Jinchōkon and humanity's refusal to be predictable, Devil Z became afraid of the species, providing more impetus in crushing the Earth under his heel. To this extent, he first sought to conquer the Earth in Operation M1. When that failed due to the power of Ginrai, Devil Z began [[Operation M2]], which was intended to destroy all of humanity except for the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors under his control. Operation M2 also failed, thanks to the immense Chōkon of Ginrai. {{Storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}} The continuing success of Ginrai did nothing to improve Devil Z's opinion of humanity. His feeling would soon be shared by Buster and Hydra, who asked the alien to convert them into fully robotic lifeforms. Devil Z complied to their request, granting them [[Devil Power]] to replace the lost Jinchōkon and then some, making them stronger than ever. The brothers would test their Devil Power against Ginrai in a close battle, but the human was all too happy to show them his Chōkon was a match even for their new abilities by striking them with his Fire Guts attack. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}}

Giga, however, disagreed with his comrades' opinion on humanity and sought to prove it himself by only attacking God Ginrai physically. His demonstration of the power of humanity was ignored as Devil Z, now in BlackZarak, ordered a retreat. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Buster and Hydra would attempt one last battle with Ginrai, but their quick flight gave Ginrai the idea to use his Chōkon to increase his flight speed, allowing him to overtake Darkwings.

To destroy humanity, Devil Z unleashed his Devil Power upon the world, {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} even creating a [[Devil Thunder amplifier]] to allow him to kill all of the humans on Earth. His plots and machinations were finally stopped when Ginrai and the Headmaster Juniors combined their Chōkon into the Final Fire Guts attack to destroy the Decepticon emperor. With Devil Z's death, the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors were permanently separated from their transtectors, who had become sapient beings. With this, the existence of beings that could combine all types of Chōkon had come to an end. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Having gained a new transtector, Super Ginrai used the three forms of Chōkon Power to battle [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] in the [[Legends World]]. There he also discovered the existence of Jūchōkon when he used [[Getmaster]] technology to draw power from [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] explained that Jūchōkon, also known as Beast Power, existed within all beast-type Transformers in the [[Beast Era]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 41|Bonus Edition Vol. 41}}

The Legends World was also home to a mysterious "spirit energy" that its creators, the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]], were experimenting with. This energy was generated from the dreams and wishes of its inhabitants, and the Zamojin would absorb it to grow stronger. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} The inhabitants could occasionally use the energy themselves to make their wishes come true, though this ability could also manifest involuntarily in the form of [[Transformers sickness]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} The spirit energy would also let dead Transformers who had died in other world manifest in the Legends World as ghosts. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} Giga would eventually identify the energy as Shinchōkon, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 50|Bonus Edition Vol. 50}} which he and Mega then learned to manipulate. During a rematch with Ginrai, the two used Shinchōkon to create a second Overlord transtector out of thin air, power a missile barrage named the "Shinchōkon Dis-Relive", and combine the two Overlords into the mighty Overlord Tera. Ginrai also learned to control the energy, combining it with Jūchōkon and powering up into "Double Chōkon Fire Guts" form he used to defeat the Overlords. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 60|Bonus Edition Vol. 60}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' manga===
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===Ask Vector Prime===
Devil Z's [[Devil Power]] was Machōkon (魔超魂, "Devil Super Soul"). The [[dark science]] used by the [[Chaos Trinity]] was a form of Machōkon and [[Direwolf]] was another acknowledged user. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 20 July 2015}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
The [[Titan Master]] Ginrai granted Chokon Power {{sic}} to robots he combined with. {{storylink|Trypticon's Titan Master Crunch}}

==Notes==
*In the [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|''Legends'' comic]] packed in with [[Grand Maximus]], a confession by Devil Z implies that Chichōkon and Tenchōkon are actually [[Angolmois Energy]] and [[Zodiac]], respectively.

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Energon Power''' (divided into Earth Energon, Star Energon, and Spark Energon; [[Shout! Factory]] sub)

==See also==
*[[Burning justice]]
*[[Magic]]

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[[Category:Legends franchise]]
[[Category:Powers]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce]]

Free-Combination

2021-10-22T02:39:52Z

Tokugami: Added furigana over the kanji

[[File:Free Combination Formations.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The many uses of Free Combination, including "Christmas Tree Formation".]]

'''Free-Combination''' (<ruby>自由合体<rt>じゆうがったい</rt></ruby> ''Jiyū Gattai'') is a special technique used by both [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]]s, allowing them to swap the component robots making up their limbs. It is different from [[Scramble Power]] in that it allows a certain level of autonomy to the individual robots, so that they can rearrange themselves when their unique skills are needed, forming special formations.

The only known Free-Combiners are [[Guard City]] and [[Battle Gaia]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination}}

==See also==
*[[Scramble Power]]

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Operation Combination]]

Mercenary

2020-07-23T16:09:34Z

Tokugami:

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{{disambig2|the de facto faction|[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s assistants|Shadow Raider}}
[[File:Mercenary Symbol.png|thumb]]

Independent from both the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, the '''Mercenaries''' are dangerous, skilled operatives whose only allegiance is to getting paid and to whichever side they find most beneficial at the time.<ref>https://transformerstcg-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034460772-INTRODUCING-MERCENARIES-</ref>

==Toys==
===''Generations''===
====''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''====
*[[Doubledealer#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Doubledealer]]*
*[[Snapdragon (G1)#Generations|Snapdragon]]*

:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Originally shown to be Mercenaries at [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair 2020]], Doubledealer and Snapdragon were released in Decepticon-themed packaging.

====''Generations Selects''====
*[[Exhaust]]

==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
====War for Cybertron: Siege II====
*[[Detritus (G1)#Transformers Trading Card Game|Detritus, Arms Dealer]]
*[[Drift (G1)#Transformers Trading Card Game|Deadlock, Soldier of Fortune]]
*[[Mudflap (G1)#Transformers Trading Card Game|Mudflap, Hired Muscle]]
*[[Nightbird (G1)#Transformers Trading Card Game|Nightbird, Enigmatic Agent]]
*[[Lockdown (G1)#Transformers Trading Card Game|Lockdown, Bounty Hunter]]
*[[Octane#Transformers Trading Card Game|Octone, Capricious Agitator]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category: Factions]]

Free-Combination

2019-07-09T16:50:39Z

Tokugami: The packaging for the Free-Combiners says "Jiyū Gattai", not "Jizai Gattai". The planned Diaclone subline was called Jizai Gattai, so the piece of trivia does not apply either.

[[File:Free Combination Formations.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The many uses of Free Combination, including "Christmas Tree Formation".]]

'''Free-Combination''' (自由合体 ''Jiyū Gattai'') is a special technique used by both [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]]s, allowing them to swap the component robots making up their limbs. It is different from [[Scramble Power]] in that it allows a certain level of autonomy to the individual robots, so that they can rearrange themselves when their unique skills are needed, forming special formations.

The only known Free-Combiners are [[Guard City]] and [[Battle Gaia]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination}}

==See also==

*[[Scramble Power]]

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:MacGuffins]]
[[Category:Operation Combination]]

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